Chapter Seven
Knock. Knock.
Squall, still drowsy from yesterday, faintly heard the knocking on his door.
"Wha…d…y…" He mumbled while he rolled on his bed.
"Wake up! Sleeping Beauty!" A rather loud pounding followed. "It's already nine!"
"It's open… come in, Xu." He mumbled again.
"I ain't your girlfriend! She's already down at Café Balamb!"
"Say whuh…" He never heard a Café that's in Balamb Garden before.
"Just get your butt out here, man! You won't believe it!"
He pushed himself up and out of the bed. Putting on his feather necked jacket, he opened the door. Zell, in his unusual arrange of clothing: a completely white jacket, which has a picture of a Cactuar on the back, and a pair of black khakis.
Without a word, Zell signaled Squall to follow him as he fast-walked down toward the hall.
"Slow down… Where's Xu?" Squall questioned.
As they reached the main hall, they saw a line that snaked toward the entrance.
"What's this?" Squall asked, with a hint of confusion in his voice.
"Get in line, dude!" Zell said as he hurriedly went to the end of the line.
Squall followed.
"You won't believe this…" Zell repeated. " 'd you hear the clanking last night.?"
"No…" Squall said. He so was sound asleep last night, he would've slept through an earthquake.
"Well, guess what?"
"…What?" Squall said.
"They've built a tram system from here to Balamb!"
"You're serious?"
"Do I look like I'm joking." He put on a serious face.
Squall knew Zell can't be trusted much when he talks about something big.
"Just wait and see." Zell shrugged at him. "I'm not lying this time."
The line slowly pushed them forward to the Garden's entrance. Soon, they were past the huge double door that moved them into view of a single track.
"…Where's this train?" Squall questioned.
"I guess it went…But I heard it's really fast." Zell looked down the train track, which winded itself out of view into the hills.
"…Why are we going to Balamb?"
Zell turned around. "Well, for one, you get to see Xu…I get to talk to Selphie. She's the coordinator for the Garden Festival. Xu's there practicing for her gig with the performance group thingy…"
"So, we're having the Ball at Balamb?"
"Yeah. I checked on the School Net, and it says that Sid is renting the Piere de Balamb, or whatever you call that pier that's near my house, for an entire week."
"And I'll have to recharge my Shiva summon while I'm there." Squall slyly whispered.
"Hey, what about that bird summon I have?" Zell took out the yellow stone."
"Bring it to her. But I think that's hers though…"
"What, you think someone stole it?" Zell questioned.
"Don't know." Squall answered.
"Don't care." Zell followed.
They waited for a while. A faint hum can be heard, so all of them stood up, and anxiously waited again. As the hum grew to a thunder-like sound, Squall covered his ears.
A bullet train with twin engines soon came to a stop. All over, it's covered with Black with Gold hotrod like streams on the sides.
"Tight!" Zell approved.
The tinted window-doors opened with a hiss of steam. A waitress wearing a dress that matched the train welcomed them aboard.
The interior was as cool as the paint job. A line of Couches each faced a window, and was each mounted with a virtual-reality goggle.
"Now this is definitely in style!" Zell said as he jumped into a seat.
Squall sat in a black one next to Zell's.
"Cool! It's CounterStrike!" Zell said with the goggles on, making a gun with his hand.
The doors slid shut behind them, and the train slowly glided away from the Garden.
"Dude," Zell took his visor off. "You gotta play this game!"
"What's it about?"
"You're either Terrorist or a Cop, and you try too kill the other team!" Zell said as he whipped his eyes. "Killer graphics for a twenty year old game, too."
Squall shrugged and grabbed the helmet at his side. It would take a while to get to Balamb anyway. So the game went as they slaughtered those snipers and crushed those pesky dudes with submachineguns.
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Thirty minutes past, and the train whistled to a stop at Balamb train station. Balamb was at it's usual: sunshine, a fresh breeze, and the sounds of seagulls flying carelessly above them.
"Ahh…" Zell stretched out his arms. "Good to be back. I'm gonna visit Ma. I'll be back in twenty."
"'K." Squall said as he headed for Julia's house.
The Temple-like house was the same as last time. He knocked of the door. But, no one answered.
Squall looked around and saw a note on the door.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Those who wishes to regenerate his/her
Summons may visit me at the dock area.
--Julia
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I thought Julia never leaves the house…he thought. Nonetheless, he went.
The pier was loaded with students form the Garden. There was a stage at one side shouldering the edge. An orchestra circled below it.
Many of the students were crowded around a building near the pier, which had a yellow banner at the door that said "COUNTER-STRIKE". All of them were shoving over each other to get in Squall thought he saw a flash of over-greased yellow hair person throwing a punch in there.
The tamer students were at the various places of the pier. Most of the girls were gossiping happily in a huddle at the end of the pier. Those who like books better than video games were at the Balamb's Café. Squall looked over there, and saw Xu and Selphie waving at him.
He saw a flower stand near by. He paid the vendor for a red and a pink rose. And strolled toward them.
"Ladies." He handed Xu the red one, and pink for Selphie.
"Aw…" Selphie took it near her nose. "Zell would never do anything like this."
"He'll be seriously crazy with you… in about two days. Trust me." Squall assured her. "And I mean crazy. You could about qualify him as mental during that period."
"I hope so…"
Selphie was wearing a really, really short yellow dress, coupled with a yellow tank top.
"So how did your rehearsal go?" He turned to Xu.
"Swell." Xu grinned. "The best so far."
"The Garden Festival will feature her in a Single too!" Selphie said excited. Xu just blushed.
"Really?"
"I was going to surprise you, but…" Xu said with a soft voice.
"Better not shock him too much!" Selphie squeaked again.
"So your gonna do a dance or what?"
"Yeah…and I'm singing." Xu said after a pause.
"I took her to audition for it!" Selphie playfully patted Xu on the back. "And you said you didn't have a voice!"
The dress Xu was wearing was quite an ensemble. A sapphire colored, one piece dress, which is literally covered with rhinestones. Other than the dress, Xu herself was decorated with necklaces and bracelet. Squall could see the silver one she got from Julia.
Near by on the stage, an amateur rock band was tuning up. Guitar riffs and an earthquake-like bass rocked the entire Balamb Harbor. People clapped hard either because they enjoyed it or they were glad it was over.
Another rehearsal called Xu and Selphie. After a quick hug with Squall, both rushed toward the stage area.
Squall ordered a drink and watched Xu did a few dance moves on stage. He saw Xu gave him a small wink when she was near him. He smiled.
Zell suddenly came to him from the Game Room.
"Dude, you gotta help me!"
"What?"
Zell pointed at the building which he had been. "They're having a tournament at the EC now!"
"So?" Squall said.
"I beaten almost everyone! Except the finals are team battles, and our team is missing one person! You got to play, man! Or else well be disqualified!"
"There's have to be over a hundred people there. I'm sure someone wants to play."
"Man, they all suck! Besides, We'll be playing Seifer! I'm sure you like to whoop him at his own game! He and Fujin, Rajin has been the top clan for years! Don't you want to kick his butt?"
The name Seifer stuck his nerve. Squall immediately agreed. He waved Xu bye and went.
The EC was still flooded with people when they arrived. When they saw Zell walking in, they made way.
"A few jab to the chins made them know who is boss." Zell said.
Inside, the lights were dimmed out just to show two rows of chairs. Five blue, five red, facing each other. All the red seats were occupied. Fujin, a girl who is known for her less-than-patient attitude and short use of word; Rajin, Fujin's brother, he's like a tail, which always follow Seifer around; And Seifer.
All of the people in Blue seats stood up, and greeted Zell.
"Squall this is Buzz. He has been in a team for two seasons of this game." He pointed at a really tanned, well built dude. "He'll be our main Offensive." Buzz shook Squall's hand.
"This is Aaron, our Defense. He once single handedly took out a team of vets with a pistol." A wealthy-looking boy greeted him.
"Glad to be on this team." Aaron said.
"Lastly Ellone." He pointed at a black haired girl. "She flew all the way from Winhill to be our strategic command." Ellone gave him a wave.
"And everyone, this is Squall Leonhart, our Scout, he's a master Sniper Artist."
What he said is kind of true. Squall took out a total of forty-six people with a rifle while coming to Balamb.
"Alright everybody!" An announcer said over a loud speaker. "Those who are not in the final round should be outside! You can look at the combat on the Bigscreen outside!"
All the people filtered out except Seifer's team and them.
"Ok. Put on you headgear and wait to be suspended."
Suspended?
They all put on a goggle and a wristband After everyone's ready, Squall felt as though they were floating. He took off the goggle, and found out that they are floating because of an anti-grav generator.
He put the goggles back on, and found himself around a table. He saw Buzz, Aaron, Ellone, and Zell are there. They were wearing battle armors. Looking down at himself, he was too.
"Ok, the computer has picked the level and teams. The level will be "D- Dust." We will be Terrorist. Are you guy familiar with the map?"
Buzz looked around. Ellone and Aaron were shaking their head, but Zell and Squall were clueless.
"Ok, since you guys know what you're dong, go get prepared for the round." And they both went out a door.
"Let me explain the level. We well begin the round here." He pointed at one corner of a map that was on the table. "The goal of the level is to plant the bomb at these two sites." He pointed at the other two corners, which were marked with a "B". "Ellone will be our bomb carrier. We will stick together. Aaron and I will always be in the front of Ellone, scouting the area. Zell, you will stick to Ellone like underpants, never leaving her in any situation. Squall, you will bring up the rear. If we see any Snipers or Campers, we will call you to the front for counter-sniping or taking out bogies from long distance. Zell, stick with a Machine Gun this round. Squall, you'll get an Arctic Warfare."
"Is that good?" Squall asked.
"Good? It's capable of one-hit kill from any distance. Best rifle there is in the game."
"Oh…"
"And remember," Buzz said while he leaded them out the door. "Always buy a Flash-Bang and a HE grenade. Plus, Friendly Fire is off, so, you can shoot through your teammates. You guys got that?"
"Yeah." Zell said while exciting rubbing his hands.
The next room contained a pile of ammunition. Buzz picked out a large gun with two strap of ammo, and handed it to Zell. And then picking out a rifle, which is almost as big as Zell's machinegun, and four extra clips of ammo and gave it to Squall.
"You'll have the least of bullets, so don't shoot unless you have them in the crosshair, 'k?"
"What about close-quarter combat?" Zell said, looking at his bulky gun.
"Drop it and take out your Knife or Pistol." Aaron said while patting at the two sides of his leg, which is bulking out.
"Always remember this isn't real." Ellone said while all of them stepped on a transport. "Some risks are beneficial."
"TRANSPORT IN TEN SECONDS" A mechanical voice said.
"And, if we win, it's two thousand Gils each and a trophy!" Buzz said.
"Plus bragging rights!" Zell followed.
"…THREE, TWO, ONE, INITIATE TRANSPORT."
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The dark room blurred out and a bright sun was positioned above them. They were in midair as they slowly descended. Looking down, Squall saw a building complex with open rooftops and all looked composed of dirt and sand.
They landed foot first on the dirt.
"Ammunition check!" Buzz announced. "MP5 Submachine gun."
Aaron raised his long looking gun. "Kreig Kommando Sem-Auto Sniper Rifle."
Ellone was reloading her gun. "12-Gauge Auto-Shotgun."
"Para-Lite Machinegun." Zell said.
Squall looked down at his. It had a line of small writing on the sniper scope.
"AWM- Arctic Warfare/Magnum Sniper Rifle." He read out.
"Ok! Assume your positions!"
Ellone was carrying a brown bag on her back. Squall assumed that it was the bomb. Aaron and Buzz went in front of him. Zell stuck right by Ellone. Squall stood himself in the back of the pack.
"An Desert Eagle pistol and a Kelvar army knife should be at your sides. Use them if you're out of ammo or close combat is engaged in close encounter. And advance!"
They stealthily advanced onto a ramp. Ignoring an opening on the left, the team went straight. As they came on a corner of an opening, Buzz signaled for a Flash-Bang, a grenade that blinds who ever sees it.
Ellone came forward, grenade in hand. She pulled the pin, and yelled, "Fire in the hole!" And threw it around the corner.
After a loud explosion, gun shots and stray bullets can be seen and heard.
"Bogies around the corner." Ellone said.
"Ok," Buzz instructed. "When I give the signal, Zell will throw a Smoke Grenade. Me and Aaron will distract them. Squall, slowly come around the bend and take out any Oppositions."
"Copy." All of them said.
Scope on. Squall said to himself as he turned the scope and placed his eyes in it.
Zell, with his Grenade in hand walk up.
"On my mark…1…2…3…Release!"
©( Copyright Omega 2000-2002. All text is the property of Authors Tao Li and Jeanie Owen. All rights reserved.
Knock. Knock.
Squall, still drowsy from yesterday, faintly heard the knocking on his door.
"Wha…d…y…" He mumbled while he rolled on his bed.
"Wake up! Sleeping Beauty!" A rather loud pounding followed. "It's already nine!"
"It's open… come in, Xu." He mumbled again.
"I ain't your girlfriend! She's already down at Café Balamb!"
"Say whuh…" He never heard a Café that's in Balamb Garden before.
"Just get your butt out here, man! You won't believe it!"
He pushed himself up and out of the bed. Putting on his feather necked jacket, he opened the door. Zell, in his unusual arrange of clothing: a completely white jacket, which has a picture of a Cactuar on the back, and a pair of black khakis.
Without a word, Zell signaled Squall to follow him as he fast-walked down toward the hall.
"Slow down… Where's Xu?" Squall questioned.
As they reached the main hall, they saw a line that snaked toward the entrance.
"What's this?" Squall asked, with a hint of confusion in his voice.
"Get in line, dude!" Zell said as he hurriedly went to the end of the line.
Squall followed.
"You won't believe this…" Zell repeated. " 'd you hear the clanking last night.?"
"No…" Squall said. He so was sound asleep last night, he would've slept through an earthquake.
"Well, guess what?"
"…What?" Squall said.
"They've built a tram system from here to Balamb!"
"You're serious?"
"Do I look like I'm joking." He put on a serious face.
Squall knew Zell can't be trusted much when he talks about something big.
"Just wait and see." Zell shrugged at him. "I'm not lying this time."
The line slowly pushed them forward to the Garden's entrance. Soon, they were past the huge double door that moved them into view of a single track.
"…Where's this train?" Squall questioned.
"I guess it went…But I heard it's really fast." Zell looked down the train track, which winded itself out of view into the hills.
"…Why are we going to Balamb?"
Zell turned around. "Well, for one, you get to see Xu…I get to talk to Selphie. She's the coordinator for the Garden Festival. Xu's there practicing for her gig with the performance group thingy…"
"So, we're having the Ball at Balamb?"
"Yeah. I checked on the School Net, and it says that Sid is renting the Piere de Balamb, or whatever you call that pier that's near my house, for an entire week."
"And I'll have to recharge my Shiva summon while I'm there." Squall slyly whispered.
"Hey, what about that bird summon I have?" Zell took out the yellow stone."
"Bring it to her. But I think that's hers though…"
"What, you think someone stole it?" Zell questioned.
"Don't know." Squall answered.
"Don't care." Zell followed.
They waited for a while. A faint hum can be heard, so all of them stood up, and anxiously waited again. As the hum grew to a thunder-like sound, Squall covered his ears.
A bullet train with twin engines soon came to a stop. All over, it's covered with Black with Gold hotrod like streams on the sides.
"Tight!" Zell approved.
The tinted window-doors opened with a hiss of steam. A waitress wearing a dress that matched the train welcomed them aboard.
The interior was as cool as the paint job. A line of Couches each faced a window, and was each mounted with a virtual-reality goggle.
"Now this is definitely in style!" Zell said as he jumped into a seat.
Squall sat in a black one next to Zell's.
"Cool! It's CounterStrike!" Zell said with the goggles on, making a gun with his hand.
The doors slid shut behind them, and the train slowly glided away from the Garden.
"Dude," Zell took his visor off. "You gotta play this game!"
"What's it about?"
"You're either Terrorist or a Cop, and you try too kill the other team!" Zell said as he whipped his eyes. "Killer graphics for a twenty year old game, too."
Squall shrugged and grabbed the helmet at his side. It would take a while to get to Balamb anyway. So the game went as they slaughtered those snipers and crushed those pesky dudes with submachineguns.
--------------
Thirty minutes past, and the train whistled to a stop at Balamb train station. Balamb was at it's usual: sunshine, a fresh breeze, and the sounds of seagulls flying carelessly above them.
"Ahh…" Zell stretched out his arms. "Good to be back. I'm gonna visit Ma. I'll be back in twenty."
"'K." Squall said as he headed for Julia's house.
The Temple-like house was the same as last time. He knocked of the door. But, no one answered.
Squall looked around and saw a note on the door.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Those who wishes to regenerate his/her
Summons may visit me at the dock area.
--Julia
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I thought Julia never leaves the house…he thought. Nonetheless, he went.
The pier was loaded with students form the Garden. There was a stage at one side shouldering the edge. An orchestra circled below it.
Many of the students were crowded around a building near the pier, which had a yellow banner at the door that said "COUNTER-STRIKE". All of them were shoving over each other to get in Squall thought he saw a flash of over-greased yellow hair person throwing a punch in there.
The tamer students were at the various places of the pier. Most of the girls were gossiping happily in a huddle at the end of the pier. Those who like books better than video games were at the Balamb's Café. Squall looked over there, and saw Xu and Selphie waving at him.
He saw a flower stand near by. He paid the vendor for a red and a pink rose. And strolled toward them.
"Ladies." He handed Xu the red one, and pink for Selphie.
"Aw…" Selphie took it near her nose. "Zell would never do anything like this."
"He'll be seriously crazy with you… in about two days. Trust me." Squall assured her. "And I mean crazy. You could about qualify him as mental during that period."
"I hope so…"
Selphie was wearing a really, really short yellow dress, coupled with a yellow tank top.
"So how did your rehearsal go?" He turned to Xu.
"Swell." Xu grinned. "The best so far."
"The Garden Festival will feature her in a Single too!" Selphie said excited. Xu just blushed.
"Really?"
"I was going to surprise you, but…" Xu said with a soft voice.
"Better not shock him too much!" Selphie squeaked again.
"So your gonna do a dance or what?"
"Yeah…and I'm singing." Xu said after a pause.
"I took her to audition for it!" Selphie playfully patted Xu on the back. "And you said you didn't have a voice!"
The dress Xu was wearing was quite an ensemble. A sapphire colored, one piece dress, which is literally covered with rhinestones. Other than the dress, Xu herself was decorated with necklaces and bracelet. Squall could see the silver one she got from Julia.
Near by on the stage, an amateur rock band was tuning up. Guitar riffs and an earthquake-like bass rocked the entire Balamb Harbor. People clapped hard either because they enjoyed it or they were glad it was over.
Another rehearsal called Xu and Selphie. After a quick hug with Squall, both rushed toward the stage area.
Squall ordered a drink and watched Xu did a few dance moves on stage. He saw Xu gave him a small wink when she was near him. He smiled.
Zell suddenly came to him from the Game Room.
"Dude, you gotta help me!"
"What?"
Zell pointed at the building which he had been. "They're having a tournament at the EC now!"
"So?" Squall said.
"I beaten almost everyone! Except the finals are team battles, and our team is missing one person! You got to play, man! Or else well be disqualified!"
"There's have to be over a hundred people there. I'm sure someone wants to play."
"Man, they all suck! Besides, We'll be playing Seifer! I'm sure you like to whoop him at his own game! He and Fujin, Rajin has been the top clan for years! Don't you want to kick his butt?"
The name Seifer stuck his nerve. Squall immediately agreed. He waved Xu bye and went.
The EC was still flooded with people when they arrived. When they saw Zell walking in, they made way.
"A few jab to the chins made them know who is boss." Zell said.
Inside, the lights were dimmed out just to show two rows of chairs. Five blue, five red, facing each other. All the red seats were occupied. Fujin, a girl who is known for her less-than-patient attitude and short use of word; Rajin, Fujin's brother, he's like a tail, which always follow Seifer around; And Seifer.
All of the people in Blue seats stood up, and greeted Zell.
"Squall this is Buzz. He has been in a team for two seasons of this game." He pointed at a really tanned, well built dude. "He'll be our main Offensive." Buzz shook Squall's hand.
"This is Aaron, our Defense. He once single handedly took out a team of vets with a pistol." A wealthy-looking boy greeted him.
"Glad to be on this team." Aaron said.
"Lastly Ellone." He pointed at a black haired girl. "She flew all the way from Winhill to be our strategic command." Ellone gave him a wave.
"And everyone, this is Squall Leonhart, our Scout, he's a master Sniper Artist."
What he said is kind of true. Squall took out a total of forty-six people with a rifle while coming to Balamb.
"Alright everybody!" An announcer said over a loud speaker. "Those who are not in the final round should be outside! You can look at the combat on the Bigscreen outside!"
All the people filtered out except Seifer's team and them.
"Ok. Put on you headgear and wait to be suspended."
Suspended?
They all put on a goggle and a wristband After everyone's ready, Squall felt as though they were floating. He took off the goggle, and found out that they are floating because of an anti-grav generator.
He put the goggles back on, and found himself around a table. He saw Buzz, Aaron, Ellone, and Zell are there. They were wearing battle armors. Looking down at himself, he was too.
"Ok, the computer has picked the level and teams. The level will be "D- Dust." We will be Terrorist. Are you guy familiar with the map?"
Buzz looked around. Ellone and Aaron were shaking their head, but Zell and Squall were clueless.
"Ok, since you guys know what you're dong, go get prepared for the round." And they both went out a door.
"Let me explain the level. We well begin the round here." He pointed at one corner of a map that was on the table. "The goal of the level is to plant the bomb at these two sites." He pointed at the other two corners, which were marked with a "B". "Ellone will be our bomb carrier. We will stick together. Aaron and I will always be in the front of Ellone, scouting the area. Zell, you will stick to Ellone like underpants, never leaving her in any situation. Squall, you will bring up the rear. If we see any Snipers or Campers, we will call you to the front for counter-sniping or taking out bogies from long distance. Zell, stick with a Machine Gun this round. Squall, you'll get an Arctic Warfare."
"Is that good?" Squall asked.
"Good? It's capable of one-hit kill from any distance. Best rifle there is in the game."
"Oh…"
"And remember," Buzz said while he leaded them out the door. "Always buy a Flash-Bang and a HE grenade. Plus, Friendly Fire is off, so, you can shoot through your teammates. You guys got that?"
"Yeah." Zell said while exciting rubbing his hands.
The next room contained a pile of ammunition. Buzz picked out a large gun with two strap of ammo, and handed it to Zell. And then picking out a rifle, which is almost as big as Zell's machinegun, and four extra clips of ammo and gave it to Squall.
"You'll have the least of bullets, so don't shoot unless you have them in the crosshair, 'k?"
"What about close-quarter combat?" Zell said, looking at his bulky gun.
"Drop it and take out your Knife or Pistol." Aaron said while patting at the two sides of his leg, which is bulking out.
"Always remember this isn't real." Ellone said while all of them stepped on a transport. "Some risks are beneficial."
"TRANSPORT IN TEN SECONDS" A mechanical voice said.
"And, if we win, it's two thousand Gils each and a trophy!" Buzz said.
"Plus bragging rights!" Zell followed.
"…THREE, TWO, ONE, INITIATE TRANSPORT."
----------------
The dark room blurred out and a bright sun was positioned above them. They were in midair as they slowly descended. Looking down, Squall saw a building complex with open rooftops and all looked composed of dirt and sand.
They landed foot first on the dirt.
"Ammunition check!" Buzz announced. "MP5 Submachine gun."
Aaron raised his long looking gun. "Kreig Kommando Sem-Auto Sniper Rifle."
Ellone was reloading her gun. "12-Gauge Auto-Shotgun."
"Para-Lite Machinegun." Zell said.
Squall looked down at his. It had a line of small writing on the sniper scope.
"AWM- Arctic Warfare/Magnum Sniper Rifle." He read out.
"Ok! Assume your positions!"
Ellone was carrying a brown bag on her back. Squall assumed that it was the bomb. Aaron and Buzz went in front of him. Zell stuck right by Ellone. Squall stood himself in the back of the pack.
"An Desert Eagle pistol and a Kelvar army knife should be at your sides. Use them if you're out of ammo or close combat is engaged in close encounter. And advance!"
They stealthily advanced onto a ramp. Ignoring an opening on the left, the team went straight. As they came on a corner of an opening, Buzz signaled for a Flash-Bang, a grenade that blinds who ever sees it.
Ellone came forward, grenade in hand. She pulled the pin, and yelled, "Fire in the hole!" And threw it around the corner.
After a loud explosion, gun shots and stray bullets can be seen and heard.
"Bogies around the corner." Ellone said.
"Ok," Buzz instructed. "When I give the signal, Zell will throw a Smoke Grenade. Me and Aaron will distract them. Squall, slowly come around the bend and take out any Oppositions."
"Copy." All of them said.
Scope on. Squall said to himself as he turned the scope and placed his eyes in it.
Zell, with his Grenade in hand walk up.
"On my mark…1…2…3…Release!"
©( Copyright Omega 2000-2002. All text is the property of Authors Tao Li and Jeanie Owen. All rights reserved.