Chapter 11- The Darkness At The End Of The Line

Zell looked over at Seifer at little worried of what was happening. What was going to happen now? Since they had left Quistis' apartment they had gone back home. Seifer had sat the whole night in the same posture, it was morning now and he still hadn't moved. Neither he nor Squall knew what was going through his head, but guessed it was best they left him to have time for the night before to sink in. None of them was sure what to expect in the near future, how could they get their good friend back?

The silence was broken when there was a loud knock at the door. Squall stood from his position leaning against a wall and went to open the door. As soon as he opened it he was nearly trampled over by Selphie running inside with Rinoa slowly following behind.

"Seifer, do you know where Quistis is? Her apartment has been broken into" Selphie said sounding a little worn out from running all the way over to his home. She studied Seifer for a moment when he didn't answer noticing that he wasn't being his usual self. It seemed as though he didn't even hear her. "Seifer, where's Quistis?"  She said sternly this time, something defiantly wasn't right.

"I don't know" was Seifer's slow reply, barely audible to the others around him.

Selphie looked at everyone else around her, she could tell by their faces something wasn't right. Everyone knew something, but they wouldn't say. "What the hells going on here?" she said starting to feel more worried about Quistis than her apartment. "Someone just tell me"

"They can't tell you because we're not sure either" Seifer said, "Quistis is gone"

"Don't worry Selph" Zell said putting a hand on her shoulder "we'll find her"

Still confused by all that was going on she nodded her head though she wasn't sure exactly what he meant by 'we'll find her'. She let out a sigh accepting what was happening although she didn't know what was happening, she knew that the rest of them had secrets, which they kept away from her. A thought once crossed her mind that they didn't trust her but she only hoped that time would let all be revealed. "I guess I'll go then," she said quietly as she started to turn and leave but then stopped and looked back at her friends. "I know that you don't tell me everything, but please don't keep this secret from me. Quistis is my friend as well, I'm worried about her"

Seifer stood stiffly from the place her had been sat for so long and walked closer to Selphie "We know you're worried about her. Once we find her, you'll be the first to know"

Selphie smiled at him, before leaving his house. Somewhere inside her doubted what he had just said.

~*~*~*~

Seifer slowly placed an article on the suicide of Ellone on the table in front of him. First Ellone and now Quistis had been taken away from him by someone. He couldn't think of anyone who would have a reason for taking Quistis away like that. The loud ring of the phone disturbed him from his thoughts; he stood up and took the phone off the hook.

"Hello?" He said as he put the phone to his ear.

"Number 421006, otherwise known as Seifer" came a voice from the other end of the phone.

Seifer stood there startled for a moment, 421006 was the code number he was given when he was born…

There was a laugh from the other end of the phone "I take it I'm right then, this is Seifer?"

"Yes" he said quietly.

"I've been looking a long time for you." Said the mysterious voice "I failed last time when I tried to exterminate all of you, but some got away. I decided to protect the innocent people and track down the escapees to kill them myself."

"You've taken Quistis, haven't you?" Seifer said as panic shot through him. When the others heard Seifer's comment they came closer to him with worried looks on their faces.

"Clever boy" came the voice on the other end of the line "I'm going to make a deal with you, it's risking your girlfriends life here so I'd listen closely. If you do something for me, I'll let pretty Quistis go and leave you alone. You give something for me that I want, I'll give something to you that you want"

"What do you want?" Seifer asked still a little surprised by what this man was saying.

"I need some information, you better get a pen and paper ready so you can do this successfully and not get arrested"

Seifer got a piece of paper with a pen " Okay" he said, "What do you want me to do"

~*~*~*~

Squall pulled the car up at the back of the building from the destination that Seifer had been given. "Are you sure its safe?" Squall said to Seifer who sat in the passenger seat beside him.

"I don't know" Seifer said checking he had all the information "but I don't really have a choice do I?"

"I guess not"

Seifer stepped out of the car "I'll be out in about ten minutes"

Squall looked at Seifer "Have fun" he said sarcastically before Seifer slammed the door shut and went to the back entrance of the building.

When he got there he took out the piece of paper and typed in the code, which had been given. The light turned green meaning the door had been unlocked; cautiously Seifer stepped inside the building and closed the door behind him. Once he was inside he followed the instructions, which he had been given. He reached to the top of the largest filing cabinet where there was a key card just like the man had said. Seifer couldn't help thinking that this man had set everything up for him as he opened the next door and ran down the corridor. At the end of the corridor it split up into two different ways, on the left hand side there was a security guard with his back facing Seifer. Luckily he was walking to a security room, as soon as he was out of sight Seifer quickly entered a room using the key card he had picked up earlier. He smiled slightly as he realised that there had been a 'power cut', he thought back to earlier in the day when the man had told him that he would shut the main power down so that he wouldn't be seen on the security cameras. Seifer had never realised that this man was serious. In the room there were shelves after shelves full of files, luckily put in alphabetical order. Quickly he scanned the shelves until he found the 'G' shelf and pulled out the numbered file he needed, inside was the disk, which he had been asked to get. Quickly he put the disk inside his pocket and placed the file back in place.

He exited the door, which he had come into only to find himself standing face to face with a security guard. The guard immediately asked for help on his radio as Seifer pushed him out of the way to get out of the building. Behind him he saw the same security guard chasing after him, he decided that he had no choice and so hit the security guard knocking him unconscious on the floor. Seifer went as fast as he could through the doors he came from, looking back he saw a few more security guards chasing after him. Finally he ran out of the exit and jumped into the car, which Squall was in.

"Drive" Seifer said as soon as he got into the car.

Authors note: Yay another chapter complete, I tried to update quicker this time! Sorry if its really badly written but its quite hard to write someone breaking in a building. I also never mention what the building is because honestly I don't know myself! Its some sort of science laboratory place where they keep secret government information if that makes sense. I got confused as well!

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