As the guard threw Selphie and Quistis into their small jail cells they
discovered something blue in the corner of the room hidden in the sheet of
darkness.
"Rinoa?" Quistis said, making sure that it was her.
She got no reply but instead a loud yell in her ear, "RINOA!"
Selphie rushed over to her and shook her vigorously.
Rinoa opened her eyes blinking. She looked really confused and dumbfounded as to why she was here.
"Are you okay?" Quistis asked her nicely.
".." Rinoa attempted to speak but instead the only thing that came out was a soft sound of air, catching on to this quickly she nodded with a frown plastered on her face.
"Oh my chocobos!" Selphie cried out.
"She can't talk." Quistis looked rather horrified at finding this out.
"What did they do to you Rinoa!?!" Selphie asked her eyes getting quite wide.
Rinoa did not answer instead she looked at the ground, just staring there for a moment then she gathered up a bunch of dust and began writing with her fingers. After a long struggle to get her story out they looked quite confused.
"So, they didn't do any of it.It just happened." Quistis frowned.
She nodded and forced a small smile onto her face. The room fell silent, and then Selphie's face lit up like it did when she had an idea.
She stood up jumping and missing the ceiling by about two inches said, "We can give her that special remedy I've been saving in my dorm!"
"That's a great idea Selphie." Quistis actually for once agreed with the flaky Selphie.
"But. How are we going to escape from here first of all?" Quistis sighed.
Rinoa's smile all of a sudden appeared back on her face and with that she stood up and beat on the door like mad. Soon enough a guard came running over, "What the hell do you think you're doing lady!?!"
In reply to this man she kept beating on the door, and as Rinoa had predicted he ran in to try to catch Rinoa. She stuck her tongue out and made that little bratty face she had the first time her and Squall had danced. The man rushed at her and just in time the young girl moved send the man straight into the toilet hole, where his face had become stuck.
Rinoa waved them on and they all ran out shutting the door and locking it after all three had exited.
"We have to find Zell and the others," Quistis said running down the hallway, "I think I saw them go this way."
Sure enough after about two minutes of running a cell, which had no holes except the one on the door, which was shut at the moment anyway.
"Wow! They got a padded cell!" Selphie said excitedly.
Rinoa ran to the door and unlocked it sending the door flying open. It knocked her off her feet and she scrambled back up to her feet and waited for the others to run out.
Squall was the last to come out as he was walking rather slowly taking his time, ".."
"Come on Squall! We gotta go get our weapons!" Zell said punching the air.
"You okay Rinoa?" Irvine had rushed to help Rinoa up.
She nodded and ran off to catch up with the others, that is until Irvine pulled her back, "Hey, Rinoa. When I was in that cell, I started thinking."
"Wow.He was actually thinking." Rinoa thought to herself.
"And I thought maybe me and you could, ya know.Go on a date sometime?" He grinned and tipped his cowboy hat.
Rinoa put both hands on her hips and shook her head.
"Why won't you talk?"
Rinoa said nothing just stood there then without delay ran off to the others. Irvine running along behind her hoping to catch her before she had caught up with them.
"Okay let's get our weapons and get the hell out of here!" Zell said bouncing around from foot to foot then did a back handspring.
Rinoa stopped and shook her head so hard it looked as if it would fall off if she had not stopped any later than she had. She put both feet firmly on the ground and both hands on her hips.
"What?" Squall said looking quite annoyed.
Rinoa was having one of her little anger fits. She clenched her hands into fist and stomped around, "Grr.What about Seifer!?!" She said angrily in her mind.
Everyone looked at her like she was acting like a baby, then Squall spoke, "We will get Seifer too..." He would have done anything to get her to be quiet at the moment. He wasn't in the mood.
Rinoa's face lit up and she ran at Squall jumping up and hugging him swinging around a few times as if she were saying Thank You!
They walked for awhile then noticed a few guards standing by a table filled with their weapons, "I say we run and hit some head together then BOOM! Knock their light's out and take our weapons!" Selphie suggested helpfully.
"No, that would cause too much trouble." But by the time Irvine had finished his sentence Zell was already up there doing what Selphie had suggested.
Squall sighed shaking his head with showing him he clearly disapproved, "Zell."
'What!?!" Zell asked innocently.
Rinoa ran up grabbing everyone's weapon and handed it to him or her then grabbed her Blaster's Edge.
"Rinoa." Zell had walked up to her.
She looked at him blankly, ".."
"Zell, leave her alone. She can't talk." Quistis scorned him.
"And why the hell not!?!" He asked anger burning inside him.
"She lost her voice." Selphie said sadly.
Zell looked as if he had been struck with a giant hotdog upside the head. Everyone else just looked surprised. No one dared to ask what happened due to their rush to get out of the boat unseen.
Rinoa ran off down the hallway, everyone following her and as soon as she had turned her first corner a guard saw her and set the alarm off. Now everywhere was flashing red and people were looking everywhere for them. Irvine had run up to the guard who had set the alarm off and hit him with the butt of his gun, knocking the fellow out cold.
Rinoa looked around desperately then she chose a door opening it to see an asleep Seifer. She jumped up and leaped for him shaking him softly. He opened his emerald eyes and gazed at her.
"Rinoa.?" He looked really confused.
She nodded then helped him up and handed him his gunblade. Even though Seifer was not their friend none of them had the nerve to fight at the moment. Right now, at this moment, they were all friends.
"Come on!" Selphie urged them to go faster as she had earlier before they had left garden.
Every one of them rushed up the stairs to the deck and all of them shuffled onto a small lifeboat. Irvine, who wasn't paying the least bit of attention, let go of the rope before everyone had their life vest on and the boat began to fall down towards the endless amount of ocean.
It landed with a huge bounce knocking Rinoa and Squall out of the boat and sending them plunging into the ocean where they were swallowed up by a huge wave, and after the wave was gone, so were Rinoa and Squall.
"Rinoa?" Quistis said, making sure that it was her.
She got no reply but instead a loud yell in her ear, "RINOA!"
Selphie rushed over to her and shook her vigorously.
Rinoa opened her eyes blinking. She looked really confused and dumbfounded as to why she was here.
"Are you okay?" Quistis asked her nicely.
".." Rinoa attempted to speak but instead the only thing that came out was a soft sound of air, catching on to this quickly she nodded with a frown plastered on her face.
"Oh my chocobos!" Selphie cried out.
"She can't talk." Quistis looked rather horrified at finding this out.
"What did they do to you Rinoa!?!" Selphie asked her eyes getting quite wide.
Rinoa did not answer instead she looked at the ground, just staring there for a moment then she gathered up a bunch of dust and began writing with her fingers. After a long struggle to get her story out they looked quite confused.
"So, they didn't do any of it.It just happened." Quistis frowned.
She nodded and forced a small smile onto her face. The room fell silent, and then Selphie's face lit up like it did when she had an idea.
She stood up jumping and missing the ceiling by about two inches said, "We can give her that special remedy I've been saving in my dorm!"
"That's a great idea Selphie." Quistis actually for once agreed with the flaky Selphie.
"But. How are we going to escape from here first of all?" Quistis sighed.
Rinoa's smile all of a sudden appeared back on her face and with that she stood up and beat on the door like mad. Soon enough a guard came running over, "What the hell do you think you're doing lady!?!"
In reply to this man she kept beating on the door, and as Rinoa had predicted he ran in to try to catch Rinoa. She stuck her tongue out and made that little bratty face she had the first time her and Squall had danced. The man rushed at her and just in time the young girl moved send the man straight into the toilet hole, where his face had become stuck.
Rinoa waved them on and they all ran out shutting the door and locking it after all three had exited.
"We have to find Zell and the others," Quistis said running down the hallway, "I think I saw them go this way."
Sure enough after about two minutes of running a cell, which had no holes except the one on the door, which was shut at the moment anyway.
"Wow! They got a padded cell!" Selphie said excitedly.
Rinoa ran to the door and unlocked it sending the door flying open. It knocked her off her feet and she scrambled back up to her feet and waited for the others to run out.
Squall was the last to come out as he was walking rather slowly taking his time, ".."
"Come on Squall! We gotta go get our weapons!" Zell said punching the air.
"You okay Rinoa?" Irvine had rushed to help Rinoa up.
She nodded and ran off to catch up with the others, that is until Irvine pulled her back, "Hey, Rinoa. When I was in that cell, I started thinking."
"Wow.He was actually thinking." Rinoa thought to herself.
"And I thought maybe me and you could, ya know.Go on a date sometime?" He grinned and tipped his cowboy hat.
Rinoa put both hands on her hips and shook her head.
"Why won't you talk?"
Rinoa said nothing just stood there then without delay ran off to the others. Irvine running along behind her hoping to catch her before she had caught up with them.
"Okay let's get our weapons and get the hell out of here!" Zell said bouncing around from foot to foot then did a back handspring.
Rinoa stopped and shook her head so hard it looked as if it would fall off if she had not stopped any later than she had. She put both feet firmly on the ground and both hands on her hips.
"What?" Squall said looking quite annoyed.
Rinoa was having one of her little anger fits. She clenched her hands into fist and stomped around, "Grr.What about Seifer!?!" She said angrily in her mind.
Everyone looked at her like she was acting like a baby, then Squall spoke, "We will get Seifer too..." He would have done anything to get her to be quiet at the moment. He wasn't in the mood.
Rinoa's face lit up and she ran at Squall jumping up and hugging him swinging around a few times as if she were saying Thank You!
They walked for awhile then noticed a few guards standing by a table filled with their weapons, "I say we run and hit some head together then BOOM! Knock their light's out and take our weapons!" Selphie suggested helpfully.
"No, that would cause too much trouble." But by the time Irvine had finished his sentence Zell was already up there doing what Selphie had suggested.
Squall sighed shaking his head with showing him he clearly disapproved, "Zell."
'What!?!" Zell asked innocently.
Rinoa ran up grabbing everyone's weapon and handed it to him or her then grabbed her Blaster's Edge.
"Rinoa." Zell had walked up to her.
She looked at him blankly, ".."
"Zell, leave her alone. She can't talk." Quistis scorned him.
"And why the hell not!?!" He asked anger burning inside him.
"She lost her voice." Selphie said sadly.
Zell looked as if he had been struck with a giant hotdog upside the head. Everyone else just looked surprised. No one dared to ask what happened due to their rush to get out of the boat unseen.
Rinoa ran off down the hallway, everyone following her and as soon as she had turned her first corner a guard saw her and set the alarm off. Now everywhere was flashing red and people were looking everywhere for them. Irvine had run up to the guard who had set the alarm off and hit him with the butt of his gun, knocking the fellow out cold.
Rinoa looked around desperately then she chose a door opening it to see an asleep Seifer. She jumped up and leaped for him shaking him softly. He opened his emerald eyes and gazed at her.
"Rinoa.?" He looked really confused.
She nodded then helped him up and handed him his gunblade. Even though Seifer was not their friend none of them had the nerve to fight at the moment. Right now, at this moment, they were all friends.
"Come on!" Selphie urged them to go faster as she had earlier before they had left garden.
Every one of them rushed up the stairs to the deck and all of them shuffled onto a small lifeboat. Irvine, who wasn't paying the least bit of attention, let go of the rope before everyone had their life vest on and the boat began to fall down towards the endless amount of ocean.
It landed with a huge bounce knocking Rinoa and Squall out of the boat and sending them plunging into the ocean where they were swallowed up by a huge wave, and after the wave was gone, so were Rinoa and Squall.
