FF8: Wherever Time Takes You
By: BillJ

Chapter 2

---Seifer, Zell and Squall all make their way into the town. They run up the street and start getting attacked by Galbadian Soldiers. They defeat them easily and make it to a quiet spot.

Seifer: Okay fellas, you better have all your equiptment.....Communicators, weapons, first aid, all the other stuff.
Zell: Yeah we got it.
Seifer: Our objective is to penetrate the town center area and stand guard, if anything happens then we are on our own because the rest of the SeeD are on the other side of town.
Zell: Alright lets go, the town center should be at the end of this street.

---They look around, seeing no Galbadian soldiers they begin to become less tense and casually walk into the town center, which is a circular street with a fountain in the middle surrounded by buildings, also with a path to a forest.

Seifer: How boring....
Squall: Yeah.
Zell: At least we dont have to do anything hard, should be an easy passing grade.
Seifer: Speak for yourself this is like my 6th or 7th time.
Zell: Hahahaha
Seifer: Let's see if I can contact the others with the communicator. (He tries to use the communicator but it dosent work)
Squall: You have to get to higher ground.
Seifer: You think that will work? (points to the trail leading into the woods)
Squall: Yeah that should work.
Zell: There's a hill on the other side of the tree's.
Seifer: Alright ill be back in a sec, dont run off.

---Seifer jogs up the dirt trail leading to the forest, he gets to the edge of the forest and then hears something, he hides behind a fallen tree trunk and looks down with his binoculars. There is a line of Galbadian soldiers heading toward the communication tower, but they see Zell and Squall, and quickly surround them, realizing they were outnumbered, Squall and Zell had to surrender.

Seifer Thinks to Himself: THATS IT! In the other time we were hiding behind the fountain and the soldiers went right past us to the communication tower...I wonder whats going to happen to them.

---Down below in the town center the leader of the soldiers steps forward and leans over Zell and Squall.

Captain: Are you alone?
Squall: .....
Captain: Are you alone?
Squall: (Looks up toward the forest and see's Seifer, and then gives him a reassuring glance) That is correct.
Captain: Just two of you eh?
Captain: Were you going to attack the communication tower?
Squall: .......
Captain: Very well then.

---The captain whistles and all the Galbadian soldiers except two begin leaving for the communication tower, where they were origionall going. The two that stayed behind take a step back. The pull their guns and one shoots Squall and the other shoots Zell.

Seifer: NOOOO! (realizes he yelled too loud, he dives back behind a tree so they wouldn't see him, the two Galbadian soldiers quickly look up)
Soldier: THERE IS ANOTHER ONE!! THERE IS ANOTHER ONE!!
Soldier2: In the hills! There's a third one!

---All the soldiers quickly look toward the forest. They then turn back and run toward the town center again, then they begin shooting blindly into the tree's, Seifer runs up the large hill trying to escape, as bullets fly past him. Galbadian soldiers try to persue him as he runs up the hill.

(-------BACK AT THE BEACH-SeeD temporary HQ-----)

SeeD Member: Quistis, we lost radar contact with group M.....Seifer, Zell and Squall in the town center.
Quistis: The Town Center? Isnt that suppose to be one of the quieter areas?
SeeD Member: Maybe it was a fluke.
Quistis: Keep an eye on the situation, if you get them back on radar or communication then inform me.
SeeD Member: Alright.


(----Return to Seifer---)

---Seifer realizes that he gained a wide lead on the Galbadians stops at the top of the hill and takes out his communicator. He sits down on a rock and talks into it.

Seifer: HQ come in...HQ come in....
SeeD: HQ here, what is your location?
Seifer: I'm not sure, on top of a hill somewhere outside of town...this is an emergency....
SeeD: I'll get Quistis!
Seifer: Hurry!
Quistis: What is your situation?
Seifer: Being chased...I repeat I am on the run.....
Quistis: What is your count?
Seifer: ....(long pause)....minus two....
Quistis: Sorry your breaking up, repeat your last.
Seifer: Minus two....Galbadian shooters killed Zell and Squall.
Quistis: Uniformed soldiers shot your team?
Seifer: Yes, they slaughtered them right on the spot!
Quistis: Alright we'll get you out. Take out your map...we'll pick you up at secor BA493 south.
Seifer: Is there few enemy's and safe for pick-up?
Quistis: Yes, try to keep radio silence until….Three hours from now.
Seifer: Alright.

---Seifer hears voices coming up through the woods, he puts the communicator away and begins to run again.

(CHAPTER 3 COMING TONIGHT HOPEFULLY)