Rinoa opened her eyes to the familiar sight of the long winding corridors of the Stargazer.
She had been on board the Stargazer many times before when she was still alive. Being a relatively new member of the SeeD in life, she had to train onboard the Stargazer. Now she was place in the same ship she had so dread in the past. But that was the past. Now only happiness greeted her upon appearing in this place. She stood up slowly. A sudden wave of plasma pulse shook the ship roughly, and threw Rinoa momentarily off balance. She struggled to steady herself.

What was that, she thought, better find out for sure.

"All hands, report to bridge. Repeat, all hands please report to bridge."

Quistis, Rinoa thought. She's still around. I must find her.

Rinoa walked down the lightly lit path of the Stargazer. Streaks of blue waves were visible
from the glass windows of the Stargazer. Unknown to Rinoa those were the warp signatures left by the transwrap drive belonging to the Annihilator. Rinoa's boot lifted off the deck noiselessly as she took step after step towards the Bridge. She stopped. The footstep behind her stopped instantly.

"May I help you miss?" A young handsome ensign behind her spoke. At least they can see me
now, she thought. Rinoa spun round.

"May I know who's in charge of this ship?" Rinoa mustered in her sweetest voice. The young ensign replied foremost with a curious look on his face. He softened up by the look on Rinoa's face.

"You must be a new SeeD member!" he exclaimed, "everyone on board knows the Captain. It's Captain Quistis!" Rinoa nodded her head slightly.

"Is this the way to the bridge?" she asked. The ensign put his hands in his pocket.

"Yes miss, but I believe the Captain is rather busy now, so its best if you waited to later till visiting the Captain." Rinoa thanked him, and left him where he was. The ensign merely shrugged and walked away. At least Rinoa now knew that she had at least one good friend to confide in this lonely ship, and the direction for a quick reunion. She walked past the Crew's Quarters, before finally reaching the silver doors of the bridge. She hesitated.

"Come in!" a familiar voice rasped out. Rinoa took a breath in, and quickly let it out in a whiff.

Rinoa stepped into the bridge. Blue halogen lights hung above, fixed into the ceiling, providing for most of the lightings. A semi-arch of sorts spanned from the left end where she was to the right. Two neat rows of ensigns were manning the computer systens. From where she was, Rinoa thought she could hear Quistis gasp.

"Rinoa!" she called out. Without thinking she left the command seat and rushed towards Rinoa in an embracing hug. Rinoa squeezed hi back. Quistis finally pulled away. The two ladies looked at each other as if as they hadn't saw each other for a long period of time, but that in fact was the truth. Quistis had never once visited Rinoa's preserved body after she had died. She being simply as commander, had no time for that kind of thing. Quistis wanted to chat with Rinoa, having a lot of things in mind wanting to say and her adventures in the land of the unknown. She quickly pulled her away to the panty room.

The Annihilator cruised slowly around the new city that was so unfamiliar to him. The plasma screen bliped several times, before switching itself off. So far none of the authorities had discovered him yet. But give it a little time plus the disadvantage of foreign terrain, Squall was positively sure if he were to stay longer without a clear course of action, this plan would be futile. Squall was snapped out of his thoughts by a sudden red blip appearing on the screen.

Not that fast, he thought. Soon the blips became two, then three. Obviously the authorities thought highly of him. That was good. Squall's fingers danced around the keyboard, and the Annihilator picked up substantial speed rapidly. The tall frightful building zoomed past him as if they were the ones moving, not him. The yellow warp core wisely chose that moment to accelerate, giving the Annihilator the advantage of speed. Squall tapped a small button.

Time sure passed fast. It was only a few moments ago when the call for a Priority One Alert came through the intercom. Xclaiver sighed. He set the Chaser on full thrust.

"Senoir Fighters! Please report to Hanger Bay 4. I repeat, Senoir Fighters please report to hanger Bay 4. This is a Priority One Alert!" The monotonous voice sounded throughout Pod 6. The pilots of Pod 6 had been automatically woken up by the distress call. Xclaiver threw off his sheets roughly onto the floor of his Spartan Bunks. Though technologically advanced and superior, the Terrans were never one to take to much interioir designing for their fighters. claiver pulled his shorts down, and slipped on the Air Force regulation jumpsuit. A small panel slowly slided out from the wall. Xclaiver reached out and started wearing his badges and insignas on his uniform. The panel slid back. Xclaiver left the room.

"Men! Attention! At 0300 hrs we spotted an unknown type craft entering our atmosphere. We suspect it is from Gaia, the world of which X-Com recently completed a peace intervention. Now it has infiltrated into our world! This must be stopped at all costs! Treat this craft as a potentially hostile craft. Fire at will! Pilots, go!"

Xclaiver silently mumbled in his head while strapping on to his antigrav craft. His hangover from last night's wild Sex and Wine party. He tried to brush the thoughts away. The cockpit glass slit close, and the Chaser was on its way.