Chapter 5 Ambush!
Seifer sat slumped in his seat with his eyes closed as the transport left the prison compound. Just getting here had exhausted him and he didn't think he'd ever be able to move again. Questions were circling around his head, which he was choosing to ignore, when a voice interrupted them.
Quistis had turned away from the window and was inspecting the blonde man sitting across from her intensely.
"Seifer?" she said concerned that he'd not moved since they came aboard. He hadn't said one word since she'd first laid eyes on him. And that wasn't like Seifer.
"Instructor?" he answered sarcastically never opening his eyes to look at her.
"You" she paused "look like hell."
At that comment he let out a small chuckle "Did you come all this way to gloat?"
"No, I was actually concerned as to if you were alright. But I can see now that I needn't have been" she snapped.
The transport lurched over a large bump at that moment causing Seifer to let out a gasp and turn pale as his raw back bumped the seat.
Adalia called out from the drivers seat "Sorry, but this road looks pretty bad up ahead" The two soldiers sitting behind Quistis grumbled something she didn't quite catch, but she ignored them.
Quistis leaned forward placing her hand on Seifer's arm. He looked up, startled.
"Cure" she said letting the magic slip from her, "I'm sorry that's all I have, I didn't junction anything else. I thought it would be a simple in, out, and then back home by breakfast." She gave him a wry smile "I didn't think you'd manage to provoke a guard by running into his fist."
He smirked "You know me, always making new friends."
It helped-----a little. The throbbing in his face stopped and the pounding in his head was almost gone. But with the next bump the vehicle they were riding in went over, he realized his back would take a lot longer to heal.
"Thanks" he mumbled, not knowing what else to say. Always at a loss when a kindness was shown him, he turned to look out the window at the heavily wooded area they were driving through.
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Adalia Hamilton and Taryn James never saw the missile that took their lives. One minute they were driving along and the next the transport was rocked by an explosion. The deafening roar was followed by machine and laser gunfire. The team lay motionless where they had fallen for a few minutes, stunned by the small blast.
"Oh Hyne" Xi-Wang yelled, "We're under attack." He crawled over to the weapons compartment and started pulling the guns that had been stowed there when they went into the prison, handing them out to the three others.
Quistis sat up, wiping blood from a cut on her forehead. " I think we're safe in here, at least for now. Is everyone alright?" Xi-Wang and Jace both answered that they weren't hurt then continued to arm themselves.
She turned to see Seifer pulling himself up painfully. "Adalia, Taryn?" There was no answer from up front. She looked in that direction and noticed the smoke and damage.
When she started to stand Seifer pulled her back down as they heard the ping of bullets hitting the transport. "Are you crazy?" he asked looking her in the eye as he held her by the shoulders.
"I have -have to find out if Taryn and Ad----"
Seifer shook her slightly "how by getting killed yourself?"
"I'm the one responsible for these people," Quistis argued. "I have to find out if they are alive."
"Then have one of your men cover you" Seifer suggested to her. She nodded her agreement.
When Jace was in position, Quistis crawled to the front. There was a gaping hole where the driver's compartment had been and the two SeeD's were sprawled out unnaturally. She knew they were dead.
Jace squeezed off several rounds at the enemy before he and Quistis pulled back to the shelter of the intact passenger section. Xi-Wang and Seifer watched them as they made their way back. Quistis just shook her head in answer to the unasked question.
"What in the hell is going on?" Quistis asked as she sat down and began rubbing at the cut on her forehead again. "Who are those soldiers and why are they attacking us?" She looked at the two remaining SeeD's, who just shrugged.
Seifer's head was spinning. He knew the answer to her questions. At least he thought he knew. 'It was too good to be true. They wouldn't let me leave that easily. Damn Perry, why did he make a deal he had no intention of honoring.'
At last he cleared his throat "Me" he said.
"What" Quistis asked, not following what he had said.
"Oh come on" he said sarcastically "You know they want me. Why else would they attack. I know it's what you're all thinking."
"No!" she refused forcefully cutting him off. "Don't you even think for one minute that I---We are going to sacrifice you. We just rescued your sorry butt and I wont let them win that easily!"
Seifer looked over at the seething woman a slight smile playing across his lips. "And you can wipe that smile off your face, Seifer Almasy, because I haven't begun to fight yet."
'Damn she's beautiful when she's mad' Seifer thought looking away.
"Besides It'll be dark soon," she added, "and I think we may just have a little surprise for our friends out there." A secretive smile crossed her face.
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"Yes sir," the soldier said into his phone, as he looked over at the wrecked transport "we have them trapped in their vehicle." He listened to the reply on the other end before continuing "I understand. There will be no survivors." He flipped the phone closed and with a cold smile walked away.
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Authors Notes: Thanks again to all of you that have reviewed this story.
Thank you Red Scorpion for pointing out Laguna's role in Esther. I will have a solution later in the story.
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Seifer sat slumped in his seat with his eyes closed as the transport left the prison compound. Just getting here had exhausted him and he didn't think he'd ever be able to move again. Questions were circling around his head, which he was choosing to ignore, when a voice interrupted them.
Quistis had turned away from the window and was inspecting the blonde man sitting across from her intensely.
"Seifer?" she said concerned that he'd not moved since they came aboard. He hadn't said one word since she'd first laid eyes on him. And that wasn't like Seifer.
"Instructor?" he answered sarcastically never opening his eyes to look at her.
"You" she paused "look like hell."
At that comment he let out a small chuckle "Did you come all this way to gloat?"
"No, I was actually concerned as to if you were alright. But I can see now that I needn't have been" she snapped.
The transport lurched over a large bump at that moment causing Seifer to let out a gasp and turn pale as his raw back bumped the seat.
Adalia called out from the drivers seat "Sorry, but this road looks pretty bad up ahead" The two soldiers sitting behind Quistis grumbled something she didn't quite catch, but she ignored them.
Quistis leaned forward placing her hand on Seifer's arm. He looked up, startled.
"Cure" she said letting the magic slip from her, "I'm sorry that's all I have, I didn't junction anything else. I thought it would be a simple in, out, and then back home by breakfast." She gave him a wry smile "I didn't think you'd manage to provoke a guard by running into his fist."
He smirked "You know me, always making new friends."
It helped-----a little. The throbbing in his face stopped and the pounding in his head was almost gone. But with the next bump the vehicle they were riding in went over, he realized his back would take a lot longer to heal.
"Thanks" he mumbled, not knowing what else to say. Always at a loss when a kindness was shown him, he turned to look out the window at the heavily wooded area they were driving through.
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Adalia Hamilton and Taryn James never saw the missile that took their lives. One minute they were driving along and the next the transport was rocked by an explosion. The deafening roar was followed by machine and laser gunfire. The team lay motionless where they had fallen for a few minutes, stunned by the small blast.
"Oh Hyne" Xi-Wang yelled, "We're under attack." He crawled over to the weapons compartment and started pulling the guns that had been stowed there when they went into the prison, handing them out to the three others.
Quistis sat up, wiping blood from a cut on her forehead. " I think we're safe in here, at least for now. Is everyone alright?" Xi-Wang and Jace both answered that they weren't hurt then continued to arm themselves.
She turned to see Seifer pulling himself up painfully. "Adalia, Taryn?" There was no answer from up front. She looked in that direction and noticed the smoke and damage.
When she started to stand Seifer pulled her back down as they heard the ping of bullets hitting the transport. "Are you crazy?" he asked looking her in the eye as he held her by the shoulders.
"I have -have to find out if Taryn and Ad----"
Seifer shook her slightly "how by getting killed yourself?"
"I'm the one responsible for these people," Quistis argued. "I have to find out if they are alive."
"Then have one of your men cover you" Seifer suggested to her. She nodded her agreement.
When Jace was in position, Quistis crawled to the front. There was a gaping hole where the driver's compartment had been and the two SeeD's were sprawled out unnaturally. She knew they were dead.
Jace squeezed off several rounds at the enemy before he and Quistis pulled back to the shelter of the intact passenger section. Xi-Wang and Seifer watched them as they made their way back. Quistis just shook her head in answer to the unasked question.
"What in the hell is going on?" Quistis asked as she sat down and began rubbing at the cut on her forehead again. "Who are those soldiers and why are they attacking us?" She looked at the two remaining SeeD's, who just shrugged.
Seifer's head was spinning. He knew the answer to her questions. At least he thought he knew. 'It was too good to be true. They wouldn't let me leave that easily. Damn Perry, why did he make a deal he had no intention of honoring.'
At last he cleared his throat "Me" he said.
"What" Quistis asked, not following what he had said.
"Oh come on" he said sarcastically "You know they want me. Why else would they attack. I know it's what you're all thinking."
"No!" she refused forcefully cutting him off. "Don't you even think for one minute that I---We are going to sacrifice you. We just rescued your sorry butt and I wont let them win that easily!"
Seifer looked over at the seething woman a slight smile playing across his lips. "And you can wipe that smile off your face, Seifer Almasy, because I haven't begun to fight yet."
'Damn she's beautiful when she's mad' Seifer thought looking away.
"Besides It'll be dark soon," she added, "and I think we may just have a little surprise for our friends out there." A secretive smile crossed her face.
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"Yes sir," the soldier said into his phone, as he looked over at the wrecked transport "we have them trapped in their vehicle." He listened to the reply on the other end before continuing "I understand. There will be no survivors." He flipped the phone closed and with a cold smile walked away.
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Authors Notes: Thanks again to all of you that have reviewed this story.
Thank you Red Scorpion for pointing out Laguna's role in Esther. I will have a solution later in the story.
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