"Squall!" Rinoa screamed as she sat straight up with tears streaming down her cheek. She looked in the direction where Squall laid dead, but he wasn't there. She darted her eyes around the room, but still no Squall, in fact no evidence of the struggle between Squall and Omar was there. She started wiping tears off her face as she continued to look around the room. Giving a sigh of relief, she put her hand to her forehead and closed her eyes.
"Thank God, it was only a nightmare. Thank you God, thank you so much."
Rinoa leaned back against the wall and wraped her fingers around Squall's Griever ring that she kept on the chain around her neck.
"What's the matter!? Why did you scream!?" Omar yelled with a worried look on his face as he burst into the room. He walked over to Rinoa and wiped a tear off her face. "What's the matter, Lana?"
"Get away from me!" Rinoa screamed as she hit his arm away from her.
"Well, well. A bit tempered today I see." He said as he put his hand on her upper arm..
"Shut up and leave me alone!"
"Oh... bad choice of words, dear. No one talks to me that way. NO ONE." He began to tighten his grip on her arm.
"Let go of me. You're hurting me."
But Rinoa's pleas just made him tighten his grip. Rinoa's mouth droped open in pain, as he squeezed harder and harder.
"Well what is this?" Omar said lifting Squall's ring up off Rinoa's chest.
"Leave it alone!!" Rinoa screamed.
"Well if your gonna be that way..." he yanked the chain off of her neck.
"Give it back!"
Rinoa snatched at it, but Omar pulled it back out of her reach, "Why does this ring mean so much to you?"
"It belongs to my.... Hey! I don't have to tell you anything! Give it back!" Rinoa yelled as she made another attempt to snatch it back.
Omar quickly stood up out of Rinoa's reach.
"Well you won't need it any more. 'Cause you belong to me now, and you will never see your lover again." his ice blue eyes flashed in anger as he put the ring in his pocket and stormed out of the room.
Rinoa got up off the floor and curled up on the bed. She rubed where Omar bruised her arm an began to cry.
~~~~~
"Aww.. man.... I'm getting hungry..." Zell complained as he put his hand to his stomach.
"Yeah. I'm getting a little hungry myself." Squall said as he turned to face Irvine. "What about you?"
"Yeah. A little." Irvine replied.
"Alright. Let's look around and see if there's any berries or something." Squall said as he began to look around at the trees and bushes.
"Alrighty, pardner." Irvine said as he saluted Squall. Squall just stared back at Irvine, with an expressionless face.
"Uh.. Yeah." Irvine ran off to look for berries.
"Hey Squall!" Zell yelled. "There are some apples over here."
"Great! Do you think you could climb up and pick some?"
"Sure can." Zell began to climb the tree.
As Squall watched Zell climb the tree, he began to wonder about Rinoa. (Is she ok? Is she hurt?) He started to think about the picnic he went on with her just the day before she disappeared. He thought of how beautiful she looked, how happy she was, and how good she smelled.
"Yo, Squall! Helloooo...!? Any body in there?!"
Squall looked up at Zell, "Huh?"
"Man, I think your losing it. Here catch." Zell threw and apple down to Squall. Squall caught it in one hand and Zell climbed up a little higher. Irvine returned empty handed.
"Sorry Squall. I couldn't find anything. I'm gonna take that canteens and fill them up with some water." Irvine said grabbing the canteens.
Squall just nodded at him.
"Hey, Squall! Here's two more." Zell threw them down to Squall and Squall caught them both. Zell began his climb down as Squall took a bite out of his apple, daydreaming about Rinoa. Oh how he would love to feel her soft skin and hair, once again.
"Yo, Squall! Your spacing out on me again." Zell said jumping down from the bottom branch.
"Huh? Oh.. sorry Zell."
"What were you thinking about? Oh yeah.. dumb question."
Squall stared to say something, but was interrupted by Irvine.
"Alright! I'm back! Here you go Zell. Here ya go Squall." Irvine said tossing them their canteens.
"Hey Squall! Can I have my apple?"
"Huh? Oh yeah, sure." Squall tossed an apple to Zell and then another one to Irvine.
"Thanks, man." Zell said as he rubbed the apple on his shirt. Zell looked over at Irvine. "He's been day-dreaming about Rinoa."
"Ahh.. yes my favorite past time.... girls.." Irvine leaned against a tree and smirked.
Squall and Zell just stared at him.
"What?" Irvine asked as he sat back up.
"Figures." Zell said.
Irvine stuck his tongue out at Zell. Squall smirked and took a bit off his apple.
Omar's house.....
Omar picked up a picture of a dark haired woman that looks a lot like Rinoa.
"Thought you'd get away didn't you, Lana? But I found you and your not getting away this time." He put the picture down and headed for the kitchen. He fixed a sandwich and a glass of tea. He set them on a tray and carried them to Rinoa's room.
"Here you go sweetheart. I brought you your lunch." he set the tray down in front of Rinoa.
"I don't want it!" Rinoa yelled as she knocked the tray onto the floor. Omar hit Rinoa with the back of his hand, knocking her onto the floor next to the tray. Omar reached down and picked her up.
"Why are you so mean to me!?" Omar thew her against the wall and left the room. Rinoa fell onto the floor and began to cry.
"Thank God, it was only a nightmare. Thank you God, thank you so much."
Rinoa leaned back against the wall and wraped her fingers around Squall's Griever ring that she kept on the chain around her neck.
"What's the matter!? Why did you scream!?" Omar yelled with a worried look on his face as he burst into the room. He walked over to Rinoa and wiped a tear off her face. "What's the matter, Lana?"
"Get away from me!" Rinoa screamed as she hit his arm away from her.
"Well, well. A bit tempered today I see." He said as he put his hand on her upper arm..
"Shut up and leave me alone!"
"Oh... bad choice of words, dear. No one talks to me that way. NO ONE." He began to tighten his grip on her arm.
"Let go of me. You're hurting me."
But Rinoa's pleas just made him tighten his grip. Rinoa's mouth droped open in pain, as he squeezed harder and harder.
"Well what is this?" Omar said lifting Squall's ring up off Rinoa's chest.
"Leave it alone!!" Rinoa screamed.
"Well if your gonna be that way..." he yanked the chain off of her neck.
"Give it back!"
Rinoa snatched at it, but Omar pulled it back out of her reach, "Why does this ring mean so much to you?"
"It belongs to my.... Hey! I don't have to tell you anything! Give it back!" Rinoa yelled as she made another attempt to snatch it back.
Omar quickly stood up out of Rinoa's reach.
"Well you won't need it any more. 'Cause you belong to me now, and you will never see your lover again." his ice blue eyes flashed in anger as he put the ring in his pocket and stormed out of the room.
Rinoa got up off the floor and curled up on the bed. She rubed where Omar bruised her arm an began to cry.
~~~~~
"Aww.. man.... I'm getting hungry..." Zell complained as he put his hand to his stomach.
"Yeah. I'm getting a little hungry myself." Squall said as he turned to face Irvine. "What about you?"
"Yeah. A little." Irvine replied.
"Alright. Let's look around and see if there's any berries or something." Squall said as he began to look around at the trees and bushes.
"Alrighty, pardner." Irvine said as he saluted Squall. Squall just stared back at Irvine, with an expressionless face.
"Uh.. Yeah." Irvine ran off to look for berries.
"Hey Squall!" Zell yelled. "There are some apples over here."
"Great! Do you think you could climb up and pick some?"
"Sure can." Zell began to climb the tree.
As Squall watched Zell climb the tree, he began to wonder about Rinoa. (Is she ok? Is she hurt?) He started to think about the picnic he went on with her just the day before she disappeared. He thought of how beautiful she looked, how happy she was, and how good she smelled.
"Yo, Squall! Helloooo...!? Any body in there?!"
Squall looked up at Zell, "Huh?"
"Man, I think your losing it. Here catch." Zell threw and apple down to Squall. Squall caught it in one hand and Zell climbed up a little higher. Irvine returned empty handed.
"Sorry Squall. I couldn't find anything. I'm gonna take that canteens and fill them up with some water." Irvine said grabbing the canteens.
Squall just nodded at him.
"Hey, Squall! Here's two more." Zell threw them down to Squall and Squall caught them both. Zell began his climb down as Squall took a bite out of his apple, daydreaming about Rinoa. Oh how he would love to feel her soft skin and hair, once again.
"Yo, Squall! Your spacing out on me again." Zell said jumping down from the bottom branch.
"Huh? Oh.. sorry Zell."
"What were you thinking about? Oh yeah.. dumb question."
Squall stared to say something, but was interrupted by Irvine.
"Alright! I'm back! Here you go Zell. Here ya go Squall." Irvine said tossing them their canteens.
"Hey Squall! Can I have my apple?"
"Huh? Oh yeah, sure." Squall tossed an apple to Zell and then another one to Irvine.
"Thanks, man." Zell said as he rubbed the apple on his shirt. Zell looked over at Irvine. "He's been day-dreaming about Rinoa."
"Ahh.. yes my favorite past time.... girls.." Irvine leaned against a tree and smirked.
Squall and Zell just stared at him.
"What?" Irvine asked as he sat back up.
"Figures." Zell said.
Irvine stuck his tongue out at Zell. Squall smirked and took a bit off his apple.
Omar's house.....
Omar picked up a picture of a dark haired woman that looks a lot like Rinoa.
"Thought you'd get away didn't you, Lana? But I found you and your not getting away this time." He put the picture down and headed for the kitchen. He fixed a sandwich and a glass of tea. He set them on a tray and carried them to Rinoa's room.
"Here you go sweetheart. I brought you your lunch." he set the tray down in front of Rinoa.
"I don't want it!" Rinoa yelled as she knocked the tray onto the floor. Omar hit Rinoa with the back of his hand, knocking her onto the floor next to the tray. Omar reached down and picked her up.
"Why are you so mean to me!?" Omar thew her against the wall and left the room. Rinoa fell onto the floor and began to cry.