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A/N: Thank you for reviewing!!!!!!! Sorry just had to get that out of my system. Thanks so much. I'm absolutely FREEZING. My flats got no heating! Not much happens in this chapter but it is important it sets the scene for the rest of the story and the romance will start to happen soon! I promise! Anywhoo please please please please please please please please read and review.
Squall stepped out of the small tent he shared with three other men. Hostility hit him immediately - it was in the air - he looked around trying to see if there was any sign of disturbance. Nothing. So he walked out of the camp towards the Garden. The place was deserted no one was there which was unusual as there were hundreds in refugee camp. Squall walked slowly trying to find anybody who could tell him what had happened.
He saw a woman ushering children into the main tent. He walked over and tried to ask her what had happened. She just shook her head.
Squall frowned. What the hell is going on? Was the plan they all had been training for going to happen now? But they hadn't been trained properly. Maybe Galbadia found out about the plan were bombing them. The only thing Squall was sure about was that something big had happened.
He looked briefly to the left to see if he could see any of the women working at the yard. They were. At least some normality was still there but the guards seemed jumpy and had their guns pointed at the women and the safety off. His eyes searched for Quistis she was trying to say something to the guard. He just laughed and then shoved her face into the ground. His boot on her neck. He was making her swallow the mud. Squall felt anger rising but tore his eyes away and tried to drown out the sound of Quistis choking as mud was forced down her throat. He walked quickly on. If he was seen staring he would join her fate.
Squall reached the Garden without any other disturbance and felt relief as he walked through the front gate but it wasn't a pleasant sight that met him. Zell and Selphie were standing there in hand cuffs with the other people that had escaped. All of them had been returned. A tall cowboy escorted him and was having an argument with a Garden Master. For some reason Squall felt tears well up in his eyes. Hope seemed to have gone. There really was no escape from this Island.
He caught Zell's eye and Zell managed a small smile from his ashen face. He nudged Selphie who just looked at Squall her eyes full of tears. The spirit had been knocked out of her.
Squall moved on he couldn't be late for training but when he reached there it was in up roar. It seemed that the return of the escapees had caused a huge anger. It seemed that it wasn't only Squall who had realized that there was no escape. Everybody had knows now. They are going to live and die here. So are their children and their children's children.
The training room was a riot. The men were shouting and swearing, cursing Glabadia and all who live there. Seifer seemed had taken charge. Great thought Squall we are gonna be lead by a power hungry twat. He walked calmly to his seat and sat down. It wouldn't be long before people came in to sort everyone out and he didn't want to be seen as one of the people who were being unruly. He valued his life.
Squall was right. The guards poured into the room. Shoving people down. Telling them to listen. Seifer got hit repeatedly with a bar and was taken out. Blood pouring from his head. As the sign of their leader had been taken down everybody else seemed to calm down.
The General stood at the front of the class. He obviously had been fighting recently his full belly hung over the top of his trousers and the gold of his uniform glittered in the light. He looked as if he came from a different world from the rest of the people in the room.
The people he was talking to were gaunt. The skin was stretched over the muscles that had been brought about by ten hours of training a day. There was no sign of an over hanging belly in any of them. Their clothes instead of glistening in light were dull and torn. A few with blood smears. The dull lifeless eyes stared at the man in front of them.
"Now as you all should know. The seven people that have been in Glabadia are back. Glabadia have rejected them. Treated them badly made them work for next to nothing. Have abused the woman that have worked in the factories and then when they have finished with them sent them back after spending a week in their prison. The time to act is now. We have put up with Glabadia for long enough. They have ignored us, used us for cheap labour, and blamed us for the problems in the world that they have caused. They even refuse to join an agreement to try and save the world from being polluted. All the pollution comes from them but it affects us so why should they care? They are power hungry, selfish, arrogant, ignorant pigs and they need to be taught a lesson." The General paused for effect. The class was silent waiting for the news that was bound to happen.
"As you know you have been training for a massive attack against Deiling city. The attack will be in progress in two hours. We will be sending five of you. Due to recent events we will be changing the original people. Seifer has been taken off the team and so has Rajin and Fujin for being disruptive." He cast a accusing look around the class. A few people shifted in their seats.
"So we have decided to put Zell and Selphie on the team as they know their way around the city better than anyone and after the way the Glabadians have treated them they will want revenge. Zell will be taking Rajins place and Selphie will take Nida's place. Squall you will be put in instead of Seifer, as you are the best trained and have the same weapon. Quistis will take Fujins place and Nida; you will be briefed as your original job has been changed. Also you will take the Irvine boy, the man who brought the escapees back will be taken as a hostage. The rest of you will be doing other small attacks on other cities and towns. That is all. Thank you." The General turned round as left.
Scared eyes darted across the room. They all knew what that meant. In other words the General had signed their death warrant.
***
Two hours later Squall, Quistis, Selphie, Zell, Nida and Irvine were sitting on a boat. Waiting. For within an hour they will be at Deiling then the true test begins. As Zell's mum says. You either get busy living or you get busy dying.
A/N: Thank you for reviewing!!!!!!! Sorry just had to get that out of my system. Thanks so much. I'm absolutely FREEZING. My flats got no heating! Not much happens in this chapter but it is important it sets the scene for the rest of the story and the romance will start to happen soon! I promise! Anywhoo please please please please please please please please read and review.
Squall stepped out of the small tent he shared with three other men. Hostility hit him immediately - it was in the air - he looked around trying to see if there was any sign of disturbance. Nothing. So he walked out of the camp towards the Garden. The place was deserted no one was there which was unusual as there were hundreds in refugee camp. Squall walked slowly trying to find anybody who could tell him what had happened.
He saw a woman ushering children into the main tent. He walked over and tried to ask her what had happened. She just shook her head.
Squall frowned. What the hell is going on? Was the plan they all had been training for going to happen now? But they hadn't been trained properly. Maybe Galbadia found out about the plan were bombing them. The only thing Squall was sure about was that something big had happened.
He looked briefly to the left to see if he could see any of the women working at the yard. They were. At least some normality was still there but the guards seemed jumpy and had their guns pointed at the women and the safety off. His eyes searched for Quistis she was trying to say something to the guard. He just laughed and then shoved her face into the ground. His boot on her neck. He was making her swallow the mud. Squall felt anger rising but tore his eyes away and tried to drown out the sound of Quistis choking as mud was forced down her throat. He walked quickly on. If he was seen staring he would join her fate.
Squall reached the Garden without any other disturbance and felt relief as he walked through the front gate but it wasn't a pleasant sight that met him. Zell and Selphie were standing there in hand cuffs with the other people that had escaped. All of them had been returned. A tall cowboy escorted him and was having an argument with a Garden Master. For some reason Squall felt tears well up in his eyes. Hope seemed to have gone. There really was no escape from this Island.
He caught Zell's eye and Zell managed a small smile from his ashen face. He nudged Selphie who just looked at Squall her eyes full of tears. The spirit had been knocked out of her.
Squall moved on he couldn't be late for training but when he reached there it was in up roar. It seemed that the return of the escapees had caused a huge anger. It seemed that it wasn't only Squall who had realized that there was no escape. Everybody had knows now. They are going to live and die here. So are their children and their children's children.
The training room was a riot. The men were shouting and swearing, cursing Glabadia and all who live there. Seifer seemed had taken charge. Great thought Squall we are gonna be lead by a power hungry twat. He walked calmly to his seat and sat down. It wouldn't be long before people came in to sort everyone out and he didn't want to be seen as one of the people who were being unruly. He valued his life.
Squall was right. The guards poured into the room. Shoving people down. Telling them to listen. Seifer got hit repeatedly with a bar and was taken out. Blood pouring from his head. As the sign of their leader had been taken down everybody else seemed to calm down.
The General stood at the front of the class. He obviously had been fighting recently his full belly hung over the top of his trousers and the gold of his uniform glittered in the light. He looked as if he came from a different world from the rest of the people in the room.
The people he was talking to were gaunt. The skin was stretched over the muscles that had been brought about by ten hours of training a day. There was no sign of an over hanging belly in any of them. Their clothes instead of glistening in light were dull and torn. A few with blood smears. The dull lifeless eyes stared at the man in front of them.
"Now as you all should know. The seven people that have been in Glabadia are back. Glabadia have rejected them. Treated them badly made them work for next to nothing. Have abused the woman that have worked in the factories and then when they have finished with them sent them back after spending a week in their prison. The time to act is now. We have put up with Glabadia for long enough. They have ignored us, used us for cheap labour, and blamed us for the problems in the world that they have caused. They even refuse to join an agreement to try and save the world from being polluted. All the pollution comes from them but it affects us so why should they care? They are power hungry, selfish, arrogant, ignorant pigs and they need to be taught a lesson." The General paused for effect. The class was silent waiting for the news that was bound to happen.
"As you know you have been training for a massive attack against Deiling city. The attack will be in progress in two hours. We will be sending five of you. Due to recent events we will be changing the original people. Seifer has been taken off the team and so has Rajin and Fujin for being disruptive." He cast a accusing look around the class. A few people shifted in their seats.
"So we have decided to put Zell and Selphie on the team as they know their way around the city better than anyone and after the way the Glabadians have treated them they will want revenge. Zell will be taking Rajins place and Selphie will take Nida's place. Squall you will be put in instead of Seifer, as you are the best trained and have the same weapon. Quistis will take Fujins place and Nida; you will be briefed as your original job has been changed. Also you will take the Irvine boy, the man who brought the escapees back will be taken as a hostage. The rest of you will be doing other small attacks on other cities and towns. That is all. Thank you." The General turned round as left.
Scared eyes darted across the room. They all knew what that meant. In other words the General had signed their death warrant.
***
Two hours later Squall, Quistis, Selphie, Zell, Nida and Irvine were sitting on a boat. Waiting. For within an hour they will be at Deiling then the true test begins. As Zell's mum says. You either get busy living or you get busy dying.