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Chapter 3: Dollet's Freedom Part 2

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Seifer," Is that all you have to say!", another furious wave of wind whipped at his face, making it string as if thousands of tiny needles were being thrust at it. The soldiers that emerged form the foggy fronts soon changed from, into monsters that were being supplied by the moon.

~(-+-)~

Irvine," What are they?"

Squall," They aren't the same monsters like when the moon rose over Estar."

Seifer sweeped a soldier down witha kick and slahsed at a monster but his sword hit nothing, it had gone threw it," What is this! It's like they are ghosts!"

Squall," ...I don't get this..."

Seifer took a couple of steps backswards losing some ground, blocking the monsters very real blows," Well, you better get it soon!", he fell backwards, sliding on the cold stones.

Squall confronted the monster," Back off!", but it didn't obey, it attacked once again. He was able to block the beast just in time, the wind and water was making it more difficult for him to get a good grip on his sword, and it weighted his clothes. Irvine was the only one to have a chance to survey their surroundings as the massive hoard closed in.

Irvine," W-what happened to the buildings?"

Seifer stood up and brushed himself off," What do you mean cowboy?"

" Just look dammit, the fucking buildings vanished! With the entire city!"

" I don't get this, is it some sort of trick-", in the middle of Irvine's sentence thunder roared.

~(-+-)~

Quistis ran as fast as she could towards the square, and stopped suddenly, almost causing a collision between her, Selphie and Zell.

Zell," Hey! What's the hold up!"

Quistis," This fog, it's so erie, it's unatural."

Zell," You only say that because you are scared of the storm."

Selphie," I do recall a little boy that used to be scared of storms at one time."

Zell," B-but I was only 3!"

Quistis," Quiet."

Rinoa finally caught up with them and bent over to pant. Once she was caught up it left her to wonder," What is it Quistis?"

"This storm system shouldn't have a fog such a this... I hear fighting, the square should be around this corner.

They all, with very little certain for their own safety, peeked around a near by brick house, and saw how the storm walls were forming, with the moon as it's centerpiece.

Zell," What the Fuck!?"

Selphie," Calm down."

Zell," How can I calm down! This is just like twister, where the walls start to build and then we are all sucked up. No more Seeds!-And that freaky moon make it worse than a cult film."

Rinoa furrowed her eye brows," You what too much tv."

Quistis," If it were a tornado, it would of sucked us up by now."

Rinoa," What happened to the building?

Selphie," What do you mea-ACK-mmmmph!"

" Shh, there's monsters over there!", said Zell covering her mouth, then began to glot," And you guys tell me I'm noisey. I swear-blah blah, blah blah-"

Rinoa was bored of this conversation already, and suddenly felt something warm on the back of her neck. Her hair began to stand on end as she turned to look," AAIEEEE-mmm!"

"Shhh-It's me, Raijin, ya know?"

Fujin," ..."

Quistis," Late as usual."

Raijin," We met up with some unexpected resistence, ya know?"

Quistis," It still doesn't matter, you are late and that results in a demer-"

Fujin," SURROUNDED."

Zell," Oh crap."

Rinoa," You can let go of me now!"

Selphie," and you can too Zell!"

As far as any of them could see was a hoard of monsters, on unfamiliar terrian.

Rinoa," AAAIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"

~(-+-)~

Squall took a short pause from his work out," It's RINOA!", he ran a couple of paces in the direction of the scream," RINOAAA!"

Seifer put his commander at blade point," You idiot, if you go now we will be killed, keep your damn head on straight and watch your troop's backs! I swear the only reason you two are together is because of that 'oh rescue me!' crap."

Squall could only blink with his stormy grey eyes.

" It is the only reason isn't it? Or she just won't let you go.",a bullet whizzed by Seifer's head, coming from the gun on Squall's blade," What the-?"

Squall," Consider yourself lucky."

Seifer," (That fucking-)", before any more thoughts could be completed a dead monster fell on his back," Shit."

Quistis's troops had already pushed their way through the hoard, or where ever they could break their defense, ultimately ending up in the center of the square. Squall and Rinoa ended up fighting back to back.

Squall," Are you alright?"

Rinoa," I'm fine, just scared."

"You shouldn't be."

The monsters were finally being held at bay, and retreating.

Quistis," Finally, I thought I would never get out of this."

Squall," What about all the cadets and Seed candidates?"

Fujin," EVACUATED."

Raijin," That was just freaky, ya know? The storm just came out of nowhere... ya know?"

Squall," The town should be able to handle itself now. We need to evacuate as well, we've been here way too long. But first we need to locate the president."

All the female Seeds saluted with a simultaneous," Right!", with the exception of Fujin. It made Squall sick.

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"Leader, leader! The monster hoards are retreating! What shall we do?", asked a frantic minion.

A short darkheaded woman stared unto a mirror in her dark chambers, she only chortled from the news.

" Leader Randi? Are you alright? You, you are laughing."

She hushed herself," That is perfectly alright. I meerly wanted to test him.. we will set out our elite troops are once. Tell them I will accompany them."

" Leader! Are you insane! They fought off the monster hoard without Gf's or magic."

" This is just taking my test a bit further. You see, the hoard was to weaken them; however, I need to see if he has it with him."

" Has what?"

" You have no clue. Get out."

" But-"

" I said get OUT!"

The minion grabbed his head and cowarded on the ground," Get.out.of.my.head!", fromt eh that comment he was flung by a mysterious force out a dark door, the door shutting by itself.

" You will never know. He will have it, and when he uses it, he will be ready.", a curel smile came to her lips and she slauntered otu of her chambers though a private exit.

A younger girl with short blonde hair tied up in a pale green doo-rag fell as she tried to catch up with the woman, she pushes herself up to speak," Randi! Why are you doing this! Please wait!",with the last bit of energy she fell back to the floor unable to keep up.

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Rinoa," The president's mansion is locked up tight. We thought it might be possible to get in threw the secret passage way."

Squall arched an eyebrow," Secret passage?"

Quistis," Squall wasn't with us that time."

Rinoa out a finger in you chin," oh.... well anyways there is this passage under the gate where we tried to catch Ultimecia, and it's full of monsters."

"Alright, Then will use the passage, but incase the president isn't home, we need ot seperate into three groups of 3."

Irvine hugged Selphie gratefully and turned to face Squall," Do we haf to?"

Squall," We need to get out as soon as possible so crews can get out and access the damage."

Zell," Aw man."

The sound of running footsteps and horses hooves broke the calm.

Seifer," Don't tell me we missed some."

Quistis," you don't suppose it could be a search party do you?"

Irvine," I dunno."

It became appearant that the footsteps were getting closer.

Zell turned away ," Can we just go?"

Squall grabbed his shoulder stopping him cold," No.", his eyes narrowed try to see anything, or just something," (damn it isn't search party. It feels evil. We need to retreat Rinoa from the field, she has teh least experience.)"

Selphie,"Earth to Squall."

Squall,"hmm?"

Selphie," What is it?"

Squall," Evil."

Seifer," Dammit it Leonheart, you're not being a big help you know.", a small group of soldiers in green and black uniforms emerged out of the clouds , one of which was holding a flag with the ensignia of the Red Syndicate on it, followed by a woman dressed in red robes riding a red hare steed. The horse became uneasy, but with the simple touch of the woman it calmed.

Squall grew impatient," Who are you.", he snarled.

" One as handsome as yourself shouldn't make such awful faces."

Squall," Get to the point."

" Quit being so hasty."

One of the soldiers spoke to her so he coudln't be heard," What are you doing?"

"Quiet."

" Ma'am?"

" I said QUIET!", she meerly swung her arm and the soldier was hit with such unstoppable, fantastic force that he flew back was a few feet, then disapeared into a flurry of blood and tissue acrossed the square in a second.

Rinoa huddled up close to Squall," I'm scared."

Squall," You shouldn't be."

Rinoa," God, all I want is to be comforted."

" Not on the battle field. This is serious"

The woman chortled once again, it was soft and melodic, unlike a killer," Let me introduce myself, I'm Randi Millten, the leader of the Red Sydicate. I thought it would be nice to let you know who you are fighting before your demise. I'm more than ready to battle if you can make up your mind... as if you really have a choice."

Zell," Bring it on witch!"

Her eyes narrowed in Zelled direction," -And you, will be the first to die.", her four troops made a line in front of her," You can fight me with as many people as you like, but it will do you no good."

Rinoa whispered over to Qustis," Something isn't right with her."

Qustis," That's for sure."

Rinoa," No, I mean, she's differen, not a normal being."

" What do you mean?"

" I think she's a sorceress."

" I thought you were the only sorceress!"

Rinoa," I know, but there are people that are born from the line of sorceresses that never get the power. I don't understand how she got this power. Her magic is so weak, it's only being amplifide in someway and that's going to kill her."

Seifer already made the first move, slashing one of the soldiers down. But to his dismay, it only left scratches. Zell had already knocked one over with a barrage of fists, only doing a little more damage than Seifer.

Seifer," This is insane!"

Squall took his turn and lept up into the air to bring his blade down on the woman, only to be caught in mid air by an invisible force and blown backwards, with shards of ice flying at him, one of them piecing his arm.

The dark haired woman looked down at him," You can't attack me so easily Leonheart. For you see, I'm portected by a ghost spell, unless you have two of my soldiers defeated on the battle ground at any time, I am non existence, and you can't attack. Well, you could try but it may result into some interesting punishments."

Rinoa walked into the forground and shouted ," CURA!", attempted to repair Squall's arm. It began to heal with a warming soothing light but suddenly make the ice shard explode making the wound deeper and causing minor nicks and scratches all over the place.

Squall fell to one knee," AGHHH."

Randi chuckled," Don't you love my demolition ice projectiles? They stay in and drill threw the victim, or when magic is used on them they explode."

Quistis murmered and casted Cura on Squall again to repair the damage that was left from before. Blood had already soaked thew his jacket. Unfortunately, Curas didn't replentish the blood, only higher level magic could do that but they would be needed for later.

Rinoa hit all the soldiers with his shooting star, doing minor damage and was able to cast stop on three of them. Fujin casted flare on the one that had been wounded the most. Raijin casted shell on Seifer so he would be ready.

Randi," To bad they can't move. That jsut means it's my turn now..."

Irvine," What do ya mean yer turn! You said you are non-existent on the battle field!"

Randi," I am non-existent only because it makes me a ghost. But ghost can fight back, just like those monster apparitions you fought earlier."

Selphie held on to Irvine's arm," I'm scared."

Irvine," Don't show it Selphie, don't show it."

Randi rose her staff in hand and called out ," ULTIMA!".

All the Seeds where washed over in this magic. First to fall was Zell, followed by Fujin and Raijin.

" Cerberus!", cried Quistis, and everything disappeared for a moment, allowed the three headed dog to fly on the scene, washing everyone over in a warm tingly light, and disappear. Afterwards the solders broke the stop spell.

Rinoa rose her hands in position casting Meltdown, causing the opponents to turn an erie shade of purple. Squall casted Blizzaga. The ice shards pierced a soldier and froze them momentarily, then diappeared, doing a very great deal of damage. Seifer, Irvine and Selphie tooks turns to attack and soon their turn was over.

Randi almost seemed bemused, and pointed to Selphie," She is next.", then out of no where her soldiers began to attack her as a group, tearing up her yellow dress and tainting it with blood.

Irvine," SELPHIE!", he ran up to her before she could fall to the ground. Quistis assisted with Curas, and Selphie was soon able to stand again. The soldiers had used all their turns at once on Selphie. It was a truely deadly technique. Squall casted shell on Quistis. Irvine attacked with Quezacotl, knocking one of the soldiers over. Seifer viciously attacked another soldier taking a hefty amount life points from him. Selphie casted Firaga on the soldier knocking him over.

Randi's red hare horse walked into the forground.

The two soldiers simultaneously attcked everyone with Wind based magic that attacked all. It was lessened by their vitality stats but was enough to knock Selphie out.

Randi grinned and whispered this time," Ultima."

The ground twisted and began to shake, suddenly they were being bombarded by meteors again, breaking Quistis's shell, knocking her unconscious.

"Quistis..", Seifer muttered, then turned to Randi," You BITCH!- PHENOIX DO-"

Squall," Don't, her triple has worn off, it won't do us any good to protect her until her summons at again!"

"-OWN!", Seifer covered his mouth after what had been said, and sure enough Quistis was brought back to the world of the living.

Irvine glared at Seifer," Screw us up some more why don't ya!"

Seifer," Shut the Hell up."

Quistis casted a spell on Rinoa," CURAGA!- You'll need this later!"

Irvine summoned Quezacotl again, blinding everyone on the street, except those who knew it was coming. Another soldier fell. Squall attacked Randi head on, nearly knocking her off her horse, but did little damage. Rinoa used Curaga on Seifer.

Randi," You fool, I am well guarded from physical attacks.-PHONEIX DOWN."

A soldier rose from his grave. Then that soldier casted Curaga on the other remaining one. The remaining one used Phoneix Down on another fallen soldier, and he slowly rose from the ground. Randi's horse step back into the background into it's safe bubble of protection magic. The newly revived soldier used another Phoneix Down on the first soldier that fell, and that soldier used Curaga on himself.

Randi," hahahaha."

Irvine," That bitch."

Quistis casted Triple on Seifer," I know I won't be able to last on the battlefield but take this!", the familiar warm light from before washed over his body and he was given the ability to triple magic attacks.

Irvine used Curaga on himself, and Seifer used Flare, taking out the two weakest soldiers again, one of them disappearing forever, not able to be revived. Randi's horse stepped into the forground.

Squall attacked her with Flare hoping the status change would help them get an advantage. She changed unto a queer shade of purple like her soldiers had. Rinoa attacked one soldier with Bio weakening him.

Randi," Holy..."

A bright white light surrounded them all and they were engulfed. As soon as it was over Irvine was found on the ground unconsious because he had junctioned dark magic.

Rinoa," She got Irvine!"

Seifer ignored her and concentrated on winning, and casted bio on a soldier that had fallen before, killing him. Now Randi would be in the forgruond all the time. Squall used Blizzaga on Randi, knocking a good amount of damage off her. Rinoa used Shiva to attack the battle field. barely doing damage to the soldiers.

Randi snaps her finger tips," Magic Defense On."

Seifer," What the hell! She's like Adel now!"

Randi," Ultima..."

Squall," Shit, not again!"

They took cover as the careening rocks flew at them again. After it was over they stood up again.

Randi pointed to Quistis's unconscious body," Draw."

Squall," (This isn't good...)"

Seifer," How can you draw from an unconsciouis body?!?"

Rinoa," A sorceress can. Adel and Ultimeca just decided they didn't want to."

Randi," Triple, Curaga, Estuna, Shell."

Squall attempted to attack her but was thrown backwards from the spell and fell on top of Seifer.

Seifer," Curaga!"

" Draw!", cried Rinoa as she took a triple from Quistis as well," TRIPLE!"

Seifer," CURAGA!"

Rinoa," TRIPLE!

Squall," SHELL!"

Randi," Holy, Ultima, Meltdown, Blizzaga..."

Seifer fell and the moon casted an erie light on Rinoa and Squall.

Randi smiled," Magic Defense Off."

Rinoa," Why is she smiling?"

Squall," She has something up her sleeve. And we need to end this."

" Right.", Rinoa chanted to call up her Sorceress powers and began to float on two wings, a gilded bow formed in her hands and she drew back the string. Squall called forth Greiver.

The earth rumbled and shook as Greiver came to the forground, about to crush Randi. Rinoa stood behind Squall, who was controlling the beast.

"Squall! HELP! I C-Can't control myself!"

Squall still kept his concentration and managed to look over his shoulder," What do you mean??"

Rinoa's arms seemed to move on a whim of their own, aiming the arrow straight towards Squall's back," I can't move my arms!", she pulled the taut string further back," Move!"

Squall," I can't! Greiver has me frozen!"

Tears flowed down her cheeks as she steadied her aim," For the love of God MOVE!"

Squall could only watch in horror as his girlfriend was struck by lightening and she let go of the wire. A golden arrow flew, straight threw his back, and out of his chest, spray sticky blood everywhere and ultimately targeting Randi, knicking her off her horse and pinning her to a tree. The blood poured.