Am I the Devil?
Chapter 2
Disclaimer: I still do not own any characters from Final Fantasy VIII. They still belong to Squaresoft.
It was time for me to take form Squall what he had taken form me, happiness, love, friendship, and above all, his dreams. His dreams would have to be shattered just as mine had been. His life would become like mine, meaningless, lonely, and painful. They would all have to die. One by one, I'd kill them all. Except her, not Rinoa, I needed Rinoa for my life to be full of purpose again. She gave me the strength to go on and to succeed. She was nothing when she was with Squall; she was wasting her time with that fool, wasting her life away. It was time for me to make a comeback, time for the Sorceress's Knight to show his worth.
The perfect opportunity came for me to begin when I was in the bar in Balamb. I was chatting with old friends when I noticed a very loud voice outside. A familiarity reached me; I knew that obnoxious voice and the way it that it had no control over the emotions it brought forth. It could only be chicken-wuss. Of all the people I was about to kill, chicken-wuss was at the top of my list, so naturally I'd have to kill him tonight. And it had to be my lucky day, because it sounded, from the way his voice shook and slurred, that he was heavily drunk. I told the guys I'd see them later next week, and went out to greet my old friend Zell.
I walked outside into the midnight darkness and searched for the fool. He wasn't far up the road, stumbling and staggering along like a zombie, occasionally lashing out at people as they walked by him. I walked slowly behind him and watched where he went very carefully; I had to make sure he wasn't going back to any of his friends. If he did, I'd have to wait for another chance. To my luck, he staggered right towards the town entrance, probably heading up to where Balamb Garden used to be. In his drunkenness, he probably forgot that it wasn't there anymore. I wondered for a second then where Balamb Garden was if it wasn't here with Zell. He must have been sent in to investigate something, or maybe he was just visiting his parents. Whatever, it didn't matter. They wouldn't see him again anyway.
I finally took my chance and walked past him, then I faked a double take and walked back to him.
"Zell? Is that really you?" I asked, trying to sound as if I was greeting an old friend; my gunblade bumped against my ribs.
"Sheifer? Ish that you?" He slurred. Man, he was hammered all right.
"It is man! How long has it been? Who cares, it's been way too long!" I embraced him and gave a "friendly" laugh.
"Yeah, definitely toooooo long Sheifer. How've you beeen?" Zell said, clearly forgetting that I had tried to kill them all previously.
"I'm great Zell! In fact I just got a wonderful opportunity for a job and I think you could help me with it." I said to him, seeing if he'd take the bait.
"Shure, what can I do for an old friend?" Zell asked, falling for it.
"You can start by not crying for help." I said, and grabbed him by the neck, dragging him into an alley.
"Zell my old…'friend', you really shouldn't have gone out drinking tonight." I said, as I pulled out my gunblade. As I was about to kill him though, I heard a crackling noise. I stared at Zell's front shirt pocket for a moment, then reached in and pulled out a radio. I heard Squall's voice coming through.
"Zell? Are you there? Zell?" Squall asked.
"Hello Squall, how's it been? Enjoying your job as commander so far?" I said into the radio. Dead silence ensued for about ten seconds before a he replied.
"What do you want Seifer? Where's Zell?" Squall asked, sounding panicky. That wasn't like Squall at all, I must have gotten him worried. How he cares for his friends!
"Ah Squall, I'm afraid Zell won't have much time to report to you. He's gonna be taking a little nap pretty soon and he won't want to be disturbed. In fact it'd be pretty hard to disturb him. I pulled up my gunblade and brought it against Zell's neck. He tried to resist but he was way too drunk.
"SEIFER! Don't you dare! SEIFER!!" Squall yelled.
"Now that I've got your attention Squall, how would you like to hear your friend's last words?" I asked and gave the radio to Zell.
"Shquall I…" Zell began, but I didn't really feel like letting him finish. I drove the gunblade straight through his neck and he suddenly lost his voice.
"Sorry Squall, it seems Zell has come down with Laryngitis or something, and he won't be able to talk right now. Can I take a message?" I told him, and dropped the radio on the ground. I left Zell's body to be discovered later and walked out of Balamb, eager to find more of Squall's precious friends. I had a job to do. I could still hear the desperate cries of Squall echoing from the radio as I exited the city
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Of course, I had no idea where any of Squall's friends were. I'd have to search for them, but hey, wasn't that the best part? The thrill of the chase as they say. After chicken-wuss, I decided to go after messenger girl, and from what I was able to deduce, that cowboy Irvine would be hanging out with her too. Killing two birds with one stone, piece of cake. That would leave me with Instructor Trepe, that overly emotional, mediocre instructor. She'd be a tough one, but I'd still get her, just like I'd get all the rest. But that messenger girl really pissed me off with all her perkiness and her positive attitude, she was too happy.
Well she wouldn't be when I was through with her.