and I will never never cease to fly, if held down...
Quistis walked into the core center of Balamb to find Selphie waiting for her.
"Wheres Zell?" Quistis asked.
"He and Irvine went to Squall's office, where we're supposed to go too. Where is Seifer, he has to come also." Selphie asked.
"We can't look for Seifer, just trsut me Selphie, its safer that way." Quistis said uncertainly, her voice quavering a bit with fear for Seifer's life.
"Quistis, he has to--" Selphie started but was cut off by Quistis.
"Theres no time to argue over it Selphie, we've gotta go..." Quistis said. Selphie stopped her questioning and followed Quistis up to Squall's office.
Upon arrival they saw Squall, Rinoa, Zell, Irvine, and Xu.
"Quistis, look!" Squall said, thrusting an arm at the open window, through which you could see arial soldiers attacking eachother, flying about in the chaos of battle. Rinoa put a restraining hand on Squall's outstretched arm but he shook it off.
"You've cost the lives of many SeeD's today over the life of a criminal." he contined. "Now where is Seifer?! We're turning him over to them. If it'll get them to stop this madness, then we'll give him away." Squall said Quistis bit her lip.
"Squall, you dare kill him and you might as well kill me." she said. They looked at her in horror. "I meant it." she said. Squall grimaced.
"Where is Seifer." he asked again. Quistis looked down. Squall walked over to Quistis.
"Where is Seifer?!" he yelled. Quistis's head snapped up.
"I don't fucking know!" she yelled, then ran out of the room. Squall went to chase her put Zell stopped him.
"Let her go Squall..." Zell said. Squall shook him off and started to go after her again but Rinoa pulled him back.
"No Squall. Let her go." Rinoa said firmly. Squall stiffened.
"She's the only chance we've got at getting these psychopath Gardens to leave us alone. They're under the impression we're hiding Seifer in here. They want him dead, and I'm willing to gladly give them his head on a silver plater. She knows where he is, and we need to find out." he said with as much pacience as he could muster.
"And what if it was me they wanted?! Say they wanted to end the Sorceress race, and they wanted me dead. Would you be willing to offer my head on a platter?" she asked. Squall turned to face her directly.
"What do you think the answer to that is Rinoa?" he said. Rinoa moved her hands from his shoulder to her hips.
"Put yourself in Quistis' shoes, and say I'm in Seifer's. How does the situation look now." she said. Squall shook his head.
"What is the point--" he started but was cut off.
"Are you so self-centered that you can't see the world from her eyes?! You can't imagine what her feelings are Squall?!" Rinoa asked, her voice rising with every word.
"Rinoa, it doesnt matter. I have to protect Garden---"
"No Squall. No. Your friends come before this Garden. Quistis is desperate. You can't see how much she's hurting?!" Rinoa said, she stormed out the door.
"Squall....she's right...they're both right." Zell said. He walked out the door also. Irvine tipped his hat and followed Zell, followed by Selphie.
Squall stood in the room, to stubborn to move. All he could hear was the sound of his own blood pumping in his ears. What was wrong with them? Since when did one person come before Garden?! Since it was Quistis......
Seifer had climbed out the window, and was climbing to the bottom of Balamb Garden. As soon as he got to the bottom there was a small ledge that jutted out from the side of the bottom just above the spinning rings that kept Balamb in air.
He figured this was as good as any place to hide. Seifer sat down, figuring it more safe than standing up.
Why was he hiding anyway? Why was he down here? Obviously this madness would continue until Balamb Garden was destroyed. He heard a deafening bang from above, somwhere in Garden. Soon screams were heard following. He clinched his fists until his knuckles were white. He had to show himself. He had to turn himself over so this would stop.
He got up, and looking around for a way to get back up into garden he spotted a trap door under his feet. He edged over, and opened the hatch. He climbed in to the dusty, rusty smelling darkness. He looked around until his eyes adjusted and saw that he was down in the area where the Garden's flying mechanism was first descovered.
He started to explore the room when a few SeeD's burst through a door across the room. They stopped in their tracks seeing him.
"Um.." one of them said. Seifer raised an eyebrow.
"Get Commander Squall" one nudged the other, whispering. Seifer laughed.
"What the hell are you guys doing down here." he asked.
"Gardens going down if we don't detach the lower mechanisms, aka, this." the SeeD motioned around. Seifer nodded.
"And one of us has to stay and pull that lever, that one, and turn that wheel-like thing over there. That will start the detachment. Theres a 50/50 chance the garden will make it to the ocean. We've gotta take it, its the only chance. If we don't, Garden's taking all of us to a crashing, fiery death." another explained.
"And who's going to fall with this hunk of metal?" Seifer asked.
"Well...we were going to pull straws..." one said. Seifer shook his head.
"Go..." he said. The SeeD's hesitated. "Go!" Seifer said.
"But who--" one said.
"Go! Now! I will take care of it, now go before I change my mind!" Seifer yelled. They quickly obeyed.
Seifer looked around. He closed his eyes. 'I'm sorry....Quistis' he said.
He walked over to the first lever and grasped it. 'Theres nothing left here for me but Quistis....and I'll be losing her soon. Best thing I could do is die saving lifes.' he thought as he pulled the first lever. He walked over to the wheel-like thing.
He grasped it and started turning it. 'This is probably the only thing you're good for now anyway Almasy...' he thought as the Garden gave a lurch. He sighed deeply and walked over to the last lever.
'And now that you've got something to live for....you're dying.' he thought. He grasped the lever, pulled, and the whole Garden detached from the lower mechanisms he was in. He closed his eyes and held onto the lever. 'Sorry Quisty.....' he thought.
Quistis walked into the core center of Balamb to find Selphie waiting for her.
"Wheres Zell?" Quistis asked.
"He and Irvine went to Squall's office, where we're supposed to go too. Where is Seifer, he has to come also." Selphie asked.
"We can't look for Seifer, just trsut me Selphie, its safer that way." Quistis said uncertainly, her voice quavering a bit with fear for Seifer's life.
"Quistis, he has to--" Selphie started but was cut off by Quistis.
"Theres no time to argue over it Selphie, we've gotta go..." Quistis said. Selphie stopped her questioning and followed Quistis up to Squall's office.
Upon arrival they saw Squall, Rinoa, Zell, Irvine, and Xu.
"Quistis, look!" Squall said, thrusting an arm at the open window, through which you could see arial soldiers attacking eachother, flying about in the chaos of battle. Rinoa put a restraining hand on Squall's outstretched arm but he shook it off.
"You've cost the lives of many SeeD's today over the life of a criminal." he contined. "Now where is Seifer?! We're turning him over to them. If it'll get them to stop this madness, then we'll give him away." Squall said Quistis bit her lip.
"Squall, you dare kill him and you might as well kill me." she said. They looked at her in horror. "I meant it." she said. Squall grimaced.
"Where is Seifer." he asked again. Quistis looked down. Squall walked over to Quistis.
"Where is Seifer?!" he yelled. Quistis's head snapped up.
"I don't fucking know!" she yelled, then ran out of the room. Squall went to chase her put Zell stopped him.
"Let her go Squall..." Zell said. Squall shook him off and started to go after her again but Rinoa pulled him back.
"No Squall. Let her go." Rinoa said firmly. Squall stiffened.
"She's the only chance we've got at getting these psychopath Gardens to leave us alone. They're under the impression we're hiding Seifer in here. They want him dead, and I'm willing to gladly give them his head on a silver plater. She knows where he is, and we need to find out." he said with as much pacience as he could muster.
"And what if it was me they wanted?! Say they wanted to end the Sorceress race, and they wanted me dead. Would you be willing to offer my head on a platter?" she asked. Squall turned to face her directly.
"What do you think the answer to that is Rinoa?" he said. Rinoa moved her hands from his shoulder to her hips.
"Put yourself in Quistis' shoes, and say I'm in Seifer's. How does the situation look now." she said. Squall shook his head.
"What is the point--" he started but was cut off.
"Are you so self-centered that you can't see the world from her eyes?! You can't imagine what her feelings are Squall?!" Rinoa asked, her voice rising with every word.
"Rinoa, it doesnt matter. I have to protect Garden---"
"No Squall. No. Your friends come before this Garden. Quistis is desperate. You can't see how much she's hurting?!" Rinoa said, she stormed out the door.
"Squall....she's right...they're both right." Zell said. He walked out the door also. Irvine tipped his hat and followed Zell, followed by Selphie.
Squall stood in the room, to stubborn to move. All he could hear was the sound of his own blood pumping in his ears. What was wrong with them? Since when did one person come before Garden?! Since it was Quistis......
Seifer had climbed out the window, and was climbing to the bottom of Balamb Garden. As soon as he got to the bottom there was a small ledge that jutted out from the side of the bottom just above the spinning rings that kept Balamb in air.
He figured this was as good as any place to hide. Seifer sat down, figuring it more safe than standing up.
Why was he hiding anyway? Why was he down here? Obviously this madness would continue until Balamb Garden was destroyed. He heard a deafening bang from above, somwhere in Garden. Soon screams were heard following. He clinched his fists until his knuckles were white. He had to show himself. He had to turn himself over so this would stop.
He got up, and looking around for a way to get back up into garden he spotted a trap door under his feet. He edged over, and opened the hatch. He climbed in to the dusty, rusty smelling darkness. He looked around until his eyes adjusted and saw that he was down in the area where the Garden's flying mechanism was first descovered.
He started to explore the room when a few SeeD's burst through a door across the room. They stopped in their tracks seeing him.
"Um.." one of them said. Seifer raised an eyebrow.
"Get Commander Squall" one nudged the other, whispering. Seifer laughed.
"What the hell are you guys doing down here." he asked.
"Gardens going down if we don't detach the lower mechanisms, aka, this." the SeeD motioned around. Seifer nodded.
"And one of us has to stay and pull that lever, that one, and turn that wheel-like thing over there. That will start the detachment. Theres a 50/50 chance the garden will make it to the ocean. We've gotta take it, its the only chance. If we don't, Garden's taking all of us to a crashing, fiery death." another explained.
"And who's going to fall with this hunk of metal?" Seifer asked.
"Well...we were going to pull straws..." one said. Seifer shook his head.
"Go..." he said. The SeeD's hesitated. "Go!" Seifer said.
"But who--" one said.
"Go! Now! I will take care of it, now go before I change my mind!" Seifer yelled. They quickly obeyed.
Seifer looked around. He closed his eyes. 'I'm sorry....Quistis' he said.
He walked over to the first lever and grasped it. 'Theres nothing left here for me but Quistis....and I'll be losing her soon. Best thing I could do is die saving lifes.' he thought as he pulled the first lever. He walked over to the wheel-like thing.
He grasped it and started turning it. 'This is probably the only thing you're good for now anyway Almasy...' he thought as the Garden gave a lurch. He sighed deeply and walked over to the last lever.
'And now that you've got something to live for....you're dying.' he thought. He grasped the lever, pulled, and the whole Garden detached from the lower mechanisms he was in. He closed his eyes and held onto the lever. 'Sorry Quisty.....' he thought.