Sammy: Hey hey! Thanks for those reviews Heida, lol, all 14 of them. And thank you all others who did review, it is much appreciated!! Some people were confused on my last chapter … which isn't good! That means I must be a crappy author! Well, at least people like the story … heh … anyways, peace to the whole world and my bank account! Please review each chapter!!!!
~Chapter 15: The Secret Spy~
Selphie was asleep in the passenger seat and Zell's eyes were threatening to shut as his car traveled to the Trabian border. Selphie had menacingly told him that if he stopped before getting to the capital of Trabia, she would kill him. So what was a guy to do? He drove on despite the fact that he was hungry, tired and needed to piss really badly.
Scuffling was heard from the trunk. Thinking the lack of energy was getting to him, Zell continued driving. It wasn't as if a rat was in the trunk … was it?
Hikari breathed deeply from the back of Zell's car. She had snuck on when she had overheard Selphie and Zell's conversation. They were going to Rinoa. What a coincidence because she really needed to get to Rinoa too. One reason for this was that she couldn't stand being in the house with her father any longer and the other was because of another overheard conversation. One would think she's a pretty nosy kid but half the time she was just at the wrong place in the wrong time. So went her life. While the trunk was opened and Selphie and Zell were busy attending the baggage that was upstairs she had emptied the spare tire compartment and climbed in. She always loved the advantages of being 3'11" and weighing no more then 70 pounds. Not to mention she was a 7 year old with spunk, attitude and independency.
It was uncomfortable but she had come prepared. She had with her a picture book, a bag of cookies and a flashlight. She was curled up in a ball and was desperately trying to get the bag of cookies opened without making too much noise since the car ride conversation had vaporized after 5 hours.
***
Rinoa stood on the balcony of her room. Squall was still inside asleep. Steer away from the subject entitled 'Squall'. She smiled at her embarrassment of the subject. Well it was normal after all. Wasn't it? She was pretty damn sure it wouldn't have been embarrassing for Selphie.
She leaned on the railing and looked out into the white snow lands. It looked like a desert painted white. There wasn't an excessive amount of trees. Only small patches here and there and even in the horizon you could see the border and the small forest in which they had encountered the sorceress. The thought of the sorceress was no better then the thought of Squall. Just thinking that inside of her she carried the power to destroy … the power was one thing but she knew that with power came the instinct. That was bad enough to get her stomach churning. She felt as if she was going to be sick.
"Aren't you cold?" The deep voice came from the doorway, it had a certain softness to it.
Squall Leonheart let the door shut behind him. He walked over to Rinoa and leaned on the railing next to her.
She just shrugged, "Not really …" Ok, apparently he wasn't asleep. Noting that he was close, she started blushing 18 shades of red.
"How long have you been awake …?" He asked, looking out to the scenery.
"Not long … about an hour or two." She nearly whispered.
He shrugged, "How long have I been asleep?"
"About four hours …" She said.
"It's 2 o'clock?" He nearly exclaimed.
"Yah …"
"Yo we should get going on this Desmond shit, you know?"
"I'm not sure I want to …"
"We … well … why not?"
She shrugged signaling him off the subject. "Because …"
"Ok … he replied simply. He bit his lip nervously. Without really thinking he slipped his hands on her waist. She went rigid as a board but slowly calmed down and leaned against him. "So …" He said his regular conversation starter.
She didn't respond so he continued, "Was this really your first time?"
She turned around sharply, "Squall!" She said incredulously.
"What? I mean … uh … you're … good …"
Raising an eyebrow she sarcastically put in, "You sure know how to make a girl feel special!"
"No … I mean … I …" He tried to think of something intelligent but in vain. So instead he planted her a kiss on the lips.
***
Zell was exhausted. Finally they had overcome the border and they arrived at Trabia's capital an hour later. They had driven six hours straight. It was four PM here in Trabia and he was hungry, excessively tired and he still needed to pee. Selphie, however, seemed completely peachy.
"I so better get good sex for the sacrifice I just made …" Zell though lazily.
Selphie pranced about in the hotel's parking lot. Deciding it was better to go see her Zell got out of the car and Hikari shoved the tire compartment (and all the suitcases piled onto it) open.
"Freedom!" She practically shrieked.
There were cookie crumbs scattered in the compartment but she casually closed the flap, piled the cases back onto it and quietly opened the trunk and shut it back.
Mission one and two accomplished. Getting here and getting out of the van without attracting attention to herself. She obviously hadn't noticed the drunkards and hobos that were on the streets wondering what the hell she was doing.
Mission three … find Rinoa. She had to be in this hotel, she just had to. She felt the aura's around her for a moment. No Rinoa … she couldn't feel her anywhere! Feeling desperate she tried again. She felt an aura similar to her sisters but just so much bigger. Her sister was strong … but to a certain degree. "You'll never know if you don't try …" were her only words of encouragement at the moment so she darted to the back of the hotel avoiding Zell and Selphie's eye sight.
Opening a back door that led to the janitor's room she grimaced. The stench was terrible. Sneaking between the shelves of cleaning products, she found a bathroom. Janitor's bathroom. Well it was better then nothing. Entering she locked the door, closed the toilet seat and pushed open the ventilation grid. She climbed into the ventilation duct and squealed in delight.
"I fit! I fit!!" She smiled to herself.
She slowly crept along, looking down in every opening to see where she was at. After looking through some opening she finally found the entrance hall … just in time too because Zell was questioning the receptionist.
"Do you have a room under the name of Rinoa Heartilly? Or Squall Leonheart …"
"Both actually, are you friends of theirs?"
"Yaah … pretty much, what room number?"
"Well, they both checked into two different rooms. Rinoa is room 35 on the second floor and Squall room 34 on the second floor."
"Ok Thanks …" Zell said. Then he turned to Selphie, " You want to just go up there and bring the baggage up later?"
"Yah!" She grabbed him by the hand and literally dragged him to the elevator.
Hikari scuffled back to the opening where she had seen the staircase. Sliding the grid she jumped out of the duct and landed hard on the stairs, nearly falling down a few. She couldn't reach back to the duct and close the grid so she scampered off the second floor. Once there she darted around a corner to avoid Selphie (who was still semi-dragging Zell) who was walking towards the 35th room. They knocked and entered.
***
"What the hell are you doing here?" Rinoa exclaimed.
Her response was a smack on the head, "You don't write, you don't e-mail, you don't call! I thought you were DEAD!"
"Selphie, I've barely been gone two days."
"Two days and a HALF!!"
Zell stood, leaning in the doorframe. Squall came into the room and the bewilderment that showed on his face was a camera moment.
"What the hell is the bitch doing here now?" He yelled.
"Excuse me!?" Selphie shrieked and she went over to Squall and kicked him in the shin.
After releasing her stress, Selphie resumed her composure. "Right, Rinoa, here's Zell, my boyfriend you know."
Rinoa smiled weakly, "Yah I heard, hello!"
Zell smiled back, "Hey …" meanwhile thinking, "Wow … she is quite a looker …"
Squall seemed to notice the presence of Zell for the first time, "Ooh, Zell! Dude! Keep your girlfriend under control."
"Fuck you." Selhie grimaced.
"Ok, anyways …" Rinoa said.
Zell laughed, "Yah … shut up Squall …" He smirked.
"What? You're against me?" He said in disbelief.
"Going against my girlfriend is suicidal." He responded. Selphie stuck out her tongue at him.
He looked at Rinoa pleadingly, she raised an eyebrow. Feeling completely abandoned he rubbed his temples in defeat.
"You know Selphie you-" But he didn't have time to finish his sentence because a loud crashing noise was heard from the bathroom.
Sammy-Chan: Duuuuuh … I wonder who could it be! Hahahahahahaha!! Please review for this chapter, it would be much appreciated!