Final Fantasy VIII 2: After the Armageddon

(You Know. The one that never happened!)

Authors: Confesser Kahlan and Anara

Disclaimer: See chapter one

A/N: This chapter was written by Anara.

Chapter 6: LOST

"But I told you I'm Dyne not Barret"

"Yeah, yeah, Barret we know, we know."

" Don't worry when we get to the hospital we'll have you fixed up like new." said Tifa

"Wha-what are you going to do to me?"

"We're not going to do anything to you silly, we'll leave that to the doctors."

"Doctors? But I hate hospitals! I hate doctors! Why are you doing this to me?"

"Geez," said Squall. "Your buddy over here is really freakin' out. Are you guys sure he really isn't this Dyne character he claims to be?"

"Don't be ridiculous of course he's Barret, he's just got Mako poisoning."

Squall and Laguna looked at each other.

"What's Mako?" asked Laguna.

"Its this green stuff that comes out of the ground," said Cloud.

"And why do you call it Mako?" asked Squally.

"We don't know, every one calls it that, it all started when the big cheese at a company in some city we live in started making Gil off of it."

"Whoa," said Laguna putting his hand on Squall's shoulder. "That is sooooo deep."

"Whatever..............................are we almost there," asked Squall. "I don't know how much more of this I can take." He brushed Laguna's hand off his shoulder and glared at him. Laguna grinned.

Cloud looked at Squall and Laguna, then at Tifa and Red. "I need a drink"

"Hey a nice glass of water sounds good to me too," exclaimed Laguna.

"I think I'll need something a little stronger than that."

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"Excuse me sir could you tell me... uh sir......................excuse me ma'am but could you help me..........................."

"Hey Barret what are you doing here?"

"AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! What the? Who said that?"

"Barret down here."

Barret looked down and saw a big white thing holding a black and white cat.

"Oh hey Cait Sith what are you doing here? I thought you were with Cloud and company."

"Well I was but then we went into this temple thingy and Cloud got controlled by that evil man we're trying to kill and the temple thing shrank and I got smooshed, and when I woke up I was here."

"Wait if you were smooshed then how could you 'wake up' here?"

"That's a very good question and as I don't know the answer right now you can write to the creators of our characters and ask them, but it's a very complicated process and I don't suggest you even consider doing it."

"Well then why did you even mention it?"

"Well I....................hey that's a good point, and I really don't know the answer to it right now but, if you want you can write to the creators at SQUARESOFT and ask them..........."

"Hey, hey, hey man I didn't ask for a thirty page answer. Just a simple 'I don't know' will suffice."

"Oh sorry Barret, but it was a very technical question."

"How was it technical?"

"I don't know, but if you want..."

"No. Stop. Don't go any further."

Barret turned his back to Cait Sith and walked toward the Chocobo races.

"Hey Barret"

Barret spun around.

"What?"

"You're going the wrong way, the exit's this way."

Cait Sith pointed in the opposite direction.

"Oh................................thanks"

Cait Sith smiled. "No problem."

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Squall stopped dead in his tracks and looked around. Laguna was walking with Cloud, talking the poor guys ear off.

"Man he really needs to get rid of that blue bottle," he thought.

He looked around again.

"Yep, something is definitely wrong."

He ran in the party's direction.

"And then after I saved Ellone I joined this resistance group to get rid of.................."

"Hey Cloud?" yelled squall.

Cloud turned around and looked at Squall.

"What?"

"I think we've been going in circles."

"What do you mean?" asked Tifa.

"Well we've passed that bridge over there twice."

"So?"

"So, unless your world is a giant copy of itself we might have a problem."

Red looked around then sniffed the air.

"Squall that's ridiculous there's no possible way............."

"He's right!" said Red sniffing the air again. "We've been going in circles."

"Great!" said Dyne, "First you guys kidnap and drag me all the way out here, you won't believe me that I'm not Barret, you threaten me with doctors and hospitals, and now you got us lost and going in circles, it can't get any worse."

"Yes it can," said Laguna. "There could be vampires or a dentist."

Everyone glared at Laguna.

"What?...............there is nothing scarier than a dentist."

Squall walked toward the bridge. "I think it just got worse," he said as he passed Dyne. He stopped just before the bridge. "So, how do we get out of this one?"

"Well," said Laguna. "We could jump out of your ship I gave you and start all over again."

Squall put his hand to his head. "Dad you need to stop taking those pills!!"

"Oh Squally," yelled Laguna. He ran over and gave Squall a big bear hug. "I knew you would accept me as your father."

Squall looked to Cloud who was laughing hysterically.

"Get off me, get off me," he pushed Laguna away. "It slipped out, I didn't mean it."

"Yeah sure you didn't." Cloud walked over and put a hand on Squalls shoulder. "Squally."

"Ok that's it!!" Squall grabbed the dreaded blue bottle out of Laguna's hand and threw it into river. "Its time for you to start sobering up, and when you do then maybe I'll recognize you as my father. Until then stop calling me Squally."

Laguna smiled his biggest smile. "Ok Squally."

Squall hung his head in temporary defeat (just like the authors when they can't figure out what to do next). "Whatever, can we please find a way out of this?"

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"Ok I don't need your help."

"Yes you do. Where are we now? You got us lost again didn't you?"

"Why is it my fault?"

"Because, Zell, you're the one driving." Rinoa shook her head. "Why do you always get everyone lost?"

"Hey you're the one who's giving me directions, so you can't blame it all on me."

Rinoa looked at Zell. "Yes I can."

Zell turned on the intercom. "Can someone please come up to the control room, we have a big infestation of the cockroach kind."

Rinoa rolled her eyes. "Fine Zell, if you don't want my help you could have just said so."

"I did."

"Whatever." Rinoa left pushing past Selphie on her way out.

"Geez, what a pain," said Selphie. "And I thought having to save her all the time in the game was bad."

"Hey Selphie do you have a clue where we are?"

"Well Irvine thinks we'll get out of this soon."

"Yeah but, how soon, and that doesn't answer my first question."

"Well if we fly around then eventually the storm will end and we can figure out where we are."

"So we just fly around no matter what?"

"Yeah, basically."

"So even if we hit a bird?"

"Yep."

"Even if we hit a passing ship? Or a mountain? Or the engines stop and we all fall to our deaths in some alternate world where no one knows us or will care?"

"Zell."

"What?"

"Maybe I should drive for a while."

"Be my guest, but if anything bad happens it's not my fault."