I hope that chapter made your season bright. :) And this chapter was CO-written with lestatsdarkrose.

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The grown ups were still distracted in the meeting room, when the attack again came. This time not from Squall but from a bunch of creatures. Like humans that were given attributes of monsters. Hideous they looked and ferocious they were, and stronger then the average human. Seth, Rin, Inna, Zell JR, and cadet named Kaleah stood in a line ready to fight. There faces stern. Rin breaks aiming her blade at one monster, to risk a glance at young Inna.

The front door entrance gate begin to crack open, and something bigger then what they expected forces it's way through the golden medal bars. All weapons drop an inch as faces look on in disbelief. Tiny ones they could handle but could they handle this thing. The hideous creature, similar to looks to an ogre but with a T-Rexsaur tail. It slams it's ten foot height into the over hang shaking the ground they stood on.

Should they retreat? Run away and try to get to the parents. One more slam and the wall gave way, scattering the group. The thing raises it's fist to crush them but a shot rings out from no were and hit's the beast in the eye. The creature lets out a blood chilling howl, and backs off. A cocking of a gun, then a high powered blast. The creature staggers now blinded and ready to go into a rampage, but a bullet finds it's place between it's eyes and it falls forward dead, or out cold, they couldn't really tell.

Seth, Kaleah, Inna and Zell JR gaze up from there positions on the floor, up at the smoking gun. It lowers and the images of Bobby appears. Bobby waves and goes back to her sniper position. Inna lets out an impromptu sigh and rolls her eyes.

"Well, if it was dad he'd hit the jugular vain right off," Inna snaps.

Zell JR, and Seth look at each other and then Inna, where she got that from they didn't know. Remembering Rin he looks for her. She sat by an over sized piece of the doorway wall looking as sad as it can be. Her blade sat in front of her and she made not even an intention to move.

"Rin! Rin!"

Seth gets to his feet and makes his way towards her, but the monsters made a move towards him. Seth freezes and raises his gunblade. Stealing one more glance at Rin; she was crying. The monsters moved forward, and Seth gagged on the fact these soldiers were once humans. Whose sick idea was this he didn't know. The ogre type thing shifted and began to move forcing a stifled scream from Kaleah.

"Dammit retreat!" Seth yells slashing down a monster solider.

Zell JR, Kaleah, and Inna nod in agreement and break into a run. Bobby providing cover fire, almost as skilled as her father. Seth rushes up to Rin and grabs her blade and her shoulder. Rin promptly pulls away, not wanting anything to do with him. Seth growls and reaches for her again, this time getting slapped. Something inside of him wanted to slap Rin for her childish behavior, but it was clear what was bugging her.

"Rin, your hand means nothing you can still fight." Seth reassures. "But right now we need to retreat."

Rin glares at him. A large clumsy hand grabs an unprepared Seth and raises him into the air. Seth struggles aimlessly to get free. Then when things couldn't get worse a loud crunching noise fills the room. Then the piercing clang of Seth's gunblade hitting the floor. The young mans scream went unheard.

As Rin stared at Seth's life less body, the ogre shakes then his hand opens. Rin never herd the gun shot that hit it's hand, she concentrated on Seth who fell to the ground like an old rag. The ogre turned and more crunching fills the room as it steps on Seth's legs.

Rin turns and wrenches out the contents of her stomach.

"Get Rin, I'll get Seth." Irvine's voice erupts from the chaos.

:"Na, I'm on it Irvy buddy." Zell rushes past Irvine and towards Seth.

Quintis rushes over to Rin and picks her off the floor ushering her in the way of retreat.

The high tailed it to the quad. Zell handed Seth over to Bobby and Inna.

"Irv, Jr. get you asses over here and help me bar the door."

Quistis took Rin to the corner and slapped her. "Just what the hell was that Rin Rai Leonhart! who the hell do you think you are? Do you have any idea what you just did. look at yourself you can't fight you're cripple! And your fathers a nut case. you could have gotten killed let alone you could have gotten the others killed what kind of stunt was that!"

Rin coldly looked at Quintis how much she loved to stuff the her blade up her ass. Just who the hell did she think she was? she knew who she was, her father was the almighty Squall Leonhart; her mother was Rinoa Heartilly she was the daughter of the two most love people in all the world and here she was being yelled at by a woman who couldn't keep Seifer allays in line!

Rin raises her middle finger as she stared down Quintis, then signed the best she can. 'I know who I am.'

Shocked Quintis gasped at Rin. Never in her life has she seen so much disrespect. Quintis raises her hand yet again to slap Rin but brave Inna grabs her hand.

"Fucking cool it Quintis." Inna snaps.

The large sized creature slams on the door again and splintering could be herd. The group cringes and wonders what else to do. The creature continues to slam into the door and Irvine looks over at Rin who sat on the floor, Inna and Quintis remained in there stale mate glazes.

"Irvine," Zell's voice broke in. "It's Seth."

"Dammit Zell get him to the infirmary." Irvine orders.

Rin lifts here eyes sadly to stare at Seth, but knowingly Irvine blocks her view with her body. Quintis gives Rin and dirty look and heads off to were last she seen Seifer. It was as good as assumed that Seth was dead. Killed by no other hand but a Leonhart spawn, not to mention an attack, no doubt lead by Squall himself. To Quintis, this was her idea of justice.

"Rin what happened back there?" Irvine asks as the creature pounds again shaking the building.

Rin looks at her hands and then at her blade that was carelessly tossed into a corner. Irvine rolls her eyes, damn Leonhart pride. That's what the matter was in this case. So that ment Rin probably figured herself for a cripple. In his eyes she wasn't. Calmly he walks over to a corner he picks up her blade, separating the two components.

"Rin," Irvine says holding up the disk piece. "You mom used to fight with a weapon similar to this." He strapped it on her arm. It was amazing that the person who created it left open the option of separating sections. "And this here is a gunblade, like your father uses."

Rin looks confused and takes the blade.

"Rin you still have two working fingers, hold that hand on bottom for support, and give the diskette more room." Irvine pats her head. "And see you got good support. I'm no good at fighting with those little missy, but I bet your going to have to slide your palm around to take most of the impact or you'd probably break your fingers."

She raises her eye brow at Irvine and lowers the blade, the handle slightly grinding on the disk. She didn't care she just wanted to be left alone. Irvine peeked around to see that Zell, Seth, and Quintis was gone. It was safe to let Rin move around now. He takes her by her arm and helps her to her feet.

"Now smile little missy."

"Rin Leonhart!" Seifer unmistakable voice seers the silence. "This is the last time any one of the Leonhart spawns, hurts an Almsy."

Rin blinks and faces Seifer, her face pale. Seifer raises his blade to attack. Rin couldn't find that in her to raise hers. She didn't understand what was going on with Seifer. Irvine steps in-between.

"Seifer bud, relax." Irvine tempts to intervene
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Seifer instantly puts the gunblade to Irvine's throat. His eyes cold and narrowed, Seifer had lost his cool. In the back of his mind, Irvine's instincts screamed for him to back off. He would have if not for Rin. Was Rin able to fight? And if so would Seifer be to great of a challenge for her? Those were two questions Irvine didn't want to find out. Sadly Irvine notes, the creature was gone, no longer pounding on the door. Any chance of distracting Seifer from his deadly rampage was gone.

"Move out of the way Kinneas!" Seifer growls pressing the blade into Irvine's throat.

"No," Irvine insists pulling his shot gun out of it's holster and switching off the safety. "Move and your dead."

Seifer stares into Irvine's eyes. He knew his target is just a mere few feet away. In Seifer's mind the gears were turning. And if he knew the cowboy he'd be over jumpy. To test this theory Seifer twitches his arm, and as expected the rifle raised halfway to it's mark. Seifer smiles and laughs, watching amusingly as Irvine's eyes twitch in confusion.

And in a flash Seifer's gunblade slide down and knocked away Irvine's aim. Twisting skillfully Seifer elbow's Irvine in the neck. A wild shot rings out, and Seifer barely notices the blood running out of a hole in his foot, much less the pain. Irvine staggers to the side, unsteadied by the swiftness of Seifer's attack.

"You fucking shot me bastard." Seifer growls.

Irvine looks up to see the butt of Seifer's gunblade, then nothing but blackness.

Seifer turns slowly to look at Rin, who stood motionless, her jaw slightly dropped. Seifer's eyes look at Rin, eyes full of hatred and anger. One that couldn't see into the future Rin had hope for. That his son had hoped for. Rin backs up she didn't want to fight her future father, much less any one.

"Dammit Rin DIE!" Seifer rushes at Rin.

Instinctively she raises her blade feeling her two fingers wretch painfully from only a scraping hit. Irvine was right in his calculations. Rin cringes and her face lets her know of her pain. An elbow to Seifer's gut gives her enough room to right and wing at him.

Her muscles strain painfully, done as Irvine told her but still to weak to be of any good yet. Using her body she brings her and Seifer into a standing show down of strength. A grin crosses Seifer's face. Her figured to have one considering his agility and his strength. But in his anger and haste he for got one thing.

In a magnificent move Rin points both blades to the floor and kicks up and into Seifer's head. Not to damaging of a blow but enough to stun him long enough so she could summon thundaga. Something that was engraved in her blood and it came so easily and instinctively. Like the magic coursed throw her veins, just like her blood. She look at Seifer who was down on one knee, could she have one so easily?

Seifer looks up an evil grin across his face, his body shook and it seems like he is laughing. No damage was done, Seifer was fine. IN a flash of speed he runs at Rin, she raises the disc and fires it blindly, unused to it being on her arm. Not even close to a hit. Rin stomps her foot and watches as her future father in law approaches. She gives out a hallow scream at covers her face as Seifer's gunblade comes down towards her head.

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