Chapter 10:
Irvine, Zell, and Squall sat in Cid's off. Cid was pacing back and forth.
"So, she wasn't found. Ultimecia must be laying low. You will have to try harder in finding her. Edea is at risk, Rinoa is at risk. Who knows when and where she will strike next? Did you speak to General Caraway while you boys were there?"
"No sir, we did not." Squall said. The mention of the General left a bad taste in his mouth. He and Rinoa had not spoken to her father since she decided to join the Garden and become a SeeD.
Cid sat down at his desk, and looked over some papers and maps, getting ready to plan for the next mission.
Irvine, who had been not only quiet throught the entire meeting, but glaring at Cid as well, finally spoke.
"Why did you do it? Why? Can you answer me that? Why did you take away her memories and destroy the person she once was?"
Cid, Squall and Zell all looked at Irvine as if he had just told that he was from planet x and that he was there to put transmitters in their teeth.
"Man, you ok?" Zell asked him as he looked over at Irvine.
Irvine did not return eye contact with Zell, but he just sat there, glaring at Cid with anger in his eyes.
Cid gave Irvine a questioning look, wonder what he meant.
"I assume you are referring to Ms Trepe." the headmaster replied.
"You're damn right I am. Quistis was, is, one of us. She always will be. So why did you pump her full of Guardian Forces and wipe out her memory?"
A strange feeling came over Squall. He was being to suspect where Irvine was the night before. He closed his eyes and swallowed. He had not yet had a chance to tell Cid that Irvine was not with him and Zell the night before.
"Is something going on that I should know about?" Cid asked, eyeing the three of them suspiciously.
"Irvine...he...we had all agreed to meet at the hotel last night. Irvine never showed." Zell burst out.
"Irvine?" Cid asked in a questioning tone while looking at him.
Irvine narrowd his eyes and glared at Cid once more.
"You never told me why you erased her memories..."
"Irvine, where were you last night?" Squall asked, even though he already suspected from Irvine's behavior, what the answer would be.
"With her." Irvine replied, still keep his blue eyes on Cid.
Cid put his hands on his hips.
"I thought I told you to avoid her if you saw her." Cid said to Squall.
"They didn't see her, just me."
"So why didn't you avoid her? You disobeyed.."
"What, and let her get attacked by a couple Geezards and Wendingos?" Irvine shot back.
"Where were you the rest of the night?" Inquired Zell.
"That is none or your business, or anyone else's for that matter."
Cid pinched the bridge of his nose, closed his eyes and let out a sigh.
"So, I am asking you again..why did you do it?"
"After what we went through with Seifer, turning on SeeD...I didn't want to go through that again. I had to make precautions."
"She left because she was burnt out, not because she wanted to turn on us..." Squall replied, sticking up for his former instructor.
"I know that. It's just when she left...she was important to Seed, just like Seifer once was. I couldn't allow her to leave, and remember things that might damage SeeD."
Zell and Squall sat and listened quietly, while Irvine sat fuming.
"So, when can she have her memory back?"
"When she comes back to Balamb Garden." Cid replied.
"How can she come back if she doesn't even remember being here?"
Cid, just shrugged his shoulders.
"So once again, you pass the buck and cop out. How wonderful. Quistis has no memory of her /b life, while you sit here, being safe. How nice."
Irvine got up out of his seat, and slammed the door on his way out of Cid's office.
Irvine, Zell, and Squall sat in Cid's off. Cid was pacing back and forth.
"So, she wasn't found. Ultimecia must be laying low. You will have to try harder in finding her. Edea is at risk, Rinoa is at risk. Who knows when and where she will strike next? Did you speak to General Caraway while you boys were there?"
"No sir, we did not." Squall said. The mention of the General left a bad taste in his mouth. He and Rinoa had not spoken to her father since she decided to join the Garden and become a SeeD.
Cid sat down at his desk, and looked over some papers and maps, getting ready to plan for the next mission.
Irvine, who had been not only quiet throught the entire meeting, but glaring at Cid as well, finally spoke.
"Why did you do it? Why? Can you answer me that? Why did you take away her memories and destroy the person she once was?"
Cid, Squall and Zell all looked at Irvine as if he had just told that he was from planet x and that he was there to put transmitters in their teeth.
"Man, you ok?" Zell asked him as he looked over at Irvine.
Irvine did not return eye contact with Zell, but he just sat there, glaring at Cid with anger in his eyes.
Cid gave Irvine a questioning look, wonder what he meant.
"I assume you are referring to Ms Trepe." the headmaster replied.
"You're damn right I am. Quistis was, is, one of us. She always will be. So why did you pump her full of Guardian Forces and wipe out her memory?"
A strange feeling came over Squall. He was being to suspect where Irvine was the night before. He closed his eyes and swallowed. He had not yet had a chance to tell Cid that Irvine was not with him and Zell the night before.
"Is something going on that I should know about?" Cid asked, eyeing the three of them suspiciously.
"Irvine...he...we had all agreed to meet at the hotel last night. Irvine never showed." Zell burst out.
"Irvine?" Cid asked in a questioning tone while looking at him.
Irvine narrowd his eyes and glared at Cid once more.
"You never told me why you erased her memories..."
"Irvine, where were you last night?" Squall asked, even though he already suspected from Irvine's behavior, what the answer would be.
"With her." Irvine replied, still keep his blue eyes on Cid.
Cid put his hands on his hips.
"I thought I told you to avoid her if you saw her." Cid said to Squall.
"They didn't see her, just me."
"So why didn't you avoid her? You disobeyed.."
"What, and let her get attacked by a couple Geezards and Wendingos?" Irvine shot back.
"Where were you the rest of the night?" Inquired Zell.
"That is none or your business, or anyone else's for that matter."
Cid pinched the bridge of his nose, closed his eyes and let out a sigh.
"So, I am asking you again..why did you do it?"
"After what we went through with Seifer, turning on SeeD...I didn't want to go through that again. I had to make precautions."
"She left because she was burnt out, not because she wanted to turn on us..." Squall replied, sticking up for his former instructor.
"I know that. It's just when she left...she was important to Seed, just like Seifer once was. I couldn't allow her to leave, and remember things that might damage SeeD."
Zell and Squall sat and listened quietly, while Irvine sat fuming.
"So, when can she have her memory back?"
"When she comes back to Balamb Garden." Cid replied.
"How can she come back if she doesn't even remember being here?"
Cid, just shrugged his shoulders.
"So once again, you pass the buck and cop out. How wonderful. Quistis has no memory of her /b life, while you sit here, being safe. How nice."
Irvine got up out of his seat, and slammed the door on his way out of Cid's office.