Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy 8 characters, same old stuff.

Chapter 3

"Squall, where are you?! Why did you go?! I thought you promised." Rinoa called out.

"Don't trust him!" A cold and deep voice yelled out. "Leave this place now!!!!"

"Why?! I want to know where I am, where is Squall?!" Rinoa yelled back. She fell to the ground in the pitch black place. Everything around her disappeared. She was alone. "Someone please help!"

"No one can hear you!" The deep voice boomed.

"Rinoa, wake up!" Another voice answered.

"Squall?! I'm here, come for me!!!" Rinoa desperately cried out, tears starting to flow. Rinoa woke up in a gasp, tears falling down her face. "No!" Rinoa yelled. "It was just a dream." Rinoa calmed down a little, her body still cold and trembling. Rinoa looked over to where Squall was, he was still sound asleep. She slowly walked out of bed, wiping her tears. "Squall." Rinoa whispered.

"Huh? R-Rinoa?" Squall asked sleepily. "What are you doing up so early?"

"I couldn't sleep." Rinoa replied. Squall kissed her on the lips. He noticed she had been crying and she was cold.

"Rinoa? What's wrong?" Squall asked, with a lot of concern in his voice.

"I had a terrible dream. Squall I'm scared." Rinoa said, crying. Squall got out of bed and held her close to him tightly.

"There's nothing to be scared about, I'm here for you." Squall said to her, resting his chin on her shoulder. "Shhh." Rinoa's sobs simmered down a bit.

"I-In my dream, a man told me not to trust you and to leave this place." Rinoa said into Squall's chest. "Squall, I was really scared, it was p-pitch b-...." Rinoa couldn't help but start crying again.

"Don't talk about it. You don't have to worry, I'll always be here and you know that. You can trust me. I trust you and love you." Squall said, kissing on the forehead.

"Some way, you always make me feel better." Rinoa said, looking into Squall's soft blue eyes. Squall just smiled. Rinoa then noticed Squall's necklace. "I promise." Rinoa read.

"I promise also, to never let go of you. I will keep you just like this if it means your going to have nightmare again." Squall said. Rinoa smiled at his sweetness.

"Can I sleep with you tonight?" Rinoa asked.

"Sure." They both climbed in bed and went to sleep.

*1 hour later*

Squall woke up from his dream to hear walking. At first he figured it was him or his servants, until he heard some talking, like they were about to enter there room. Squall carefully got out of bed carefully, not to wake Rinoa up. He grabbed his gunblade and head towards the door.

"Emperor Samuel wants a black haired girl, I think." A male whisper said on the other side of the door.

"You really need to get your orders straight. Be quiet, we're goin' in." The second whisper said. They slowly opened the door. Squall jumped out and hit one in the face and the other in the stomach. They both fell to the ground in pain.

"What are you doing?!!" Squall yelled, looking down at the pitiful men. The men didn't speak.

"Squall?" Zell asked, looking up from his pillow. "What's going on?"

"I don't know, but I think they were sent by Samuel." Rinoa then woke up to hear what Squall just said.

"This place isn't safe." Those same words repeated in her mind. "Samuel." Rinoa said in a whisper.

"I'm going to ask you one more time. What are you doing here?!" The two men still didn't answer. They quickly got up and made a run for it. Squall and Zell chased them. They continued chasing. They two men dressed in black ran around a corner. Squall and Zell followed them there but they disappeared. "Damn!"

"Who were those guys?" Zell asked, catching his breathe.

"I don't know, they could of been the assassins." Squall said. "They were looking for......" Squall than realized they were looking for Rinoa.

"Squall man, you alright?" Zell asked. "They were looking for someone?"

"Y-yeah, I think they wanted Rinoa. I have to go talk to Samuel. Stay in the room. Don't let Rinoa out of your sight. You hear me?!" Squall commanded.

"Yes sir!" Zell saluted.

"Don't do that." Squall said as he ran to Samuel's office. He made it to Samuel's office and turned the knob. It was locked. Squall used his gunblade and shot it. The door opened and he went in. Samuel was still in his golden chair, looking at a big piece of paper. Squall couldn't see it clearly.

"Squall!" Samuel exclaimed, surprised. He quickly put the paper away. Squall came into the bright lit room. "What brings you here?" Samuel folded his hands on his desk.

"I think the assassins came." Squall lowered his gunblade.

"What?! How?!" Samuel asked.

"I don't know, but I think they were looking for Rinoa." Samuel had a really nervous look on his face. It seemed as if he were hiding something. "What I found strange was that they said you sent them.

"Huh?! I don't even now these people!" Samuel yelled.

"I didn't blame you." Squall said. 'Not now anyway.'

"Where are they now?" Samuel asked.

"I don't know."

"We'll look into this tomorrow." Samuel walked from his desk.

"What?! This is important, what if they come again?" Squall asked.

"I'm sure they probably want." Samuel gestured for Squall to get out of his office. Squall couldn't do anything but leave. He took another look in Samuel's office, than left. Squall hurried back to his room.

"Squall! What happened?" Rinoa asked, as she walked up to him.

"Something isn't right about this situation." Quistis said, as she stood from her bed.

"Something's really not right." Zell repeated. Irvine turned on the light.

"What do you mean?" Asked Selphie. Everyone sat on their own beds.

"Samuel...He's been acting strange." Rinoa started. "When we first came here, a butler came up to me and told me to leave this place because its not safe."

"You mean that we should leave?" Selphie asked.

"What about Cid's order?" Irvine asked.

"Samuel just told us to talk about it in the morning. He seemed so nervous." Squall said, deep in thought.

"See, I told you. I don't trust him." Zell said. Everyone just stood in silence. "Let's call Cid."

"Good idea." Squall said. Squall walked over to the room's phone and dialed Cid's office.

"What's wrong Squall?" Zell asked.

"The phone is dead." Squall answered.

"How can that be?" Quistis asked.

"I got a bad feeling about this." Rinoa said.

"What are we going to do?" Irvine asked.

"The only thing to do is to talk with Samuel tomorrow. He won't talk to us for some reason right now." Squall said, hanging up the phone. "Let's just get our sleep." Squall turned out the light.

"You're the leader." Zell said as he got back in bed.

*

"How long will it be?!" Samuel asked over the phone in his office.

"It will take until tomorrow." The voice on the other end of the phone said.

"Well hurry, I think they're catching on to me." Samuel commanded. "Don't worry, I will have the whole world in my hands." Samuel hung the phone up. "Good thing I turned there phone off." Samuel said to himself. "As for you Rinoa heartily, say good bye to your life."

*

It was the next morning. Everyone was already up and in Samuel's office. "I don't get this. I thought you said the assassins were going to be here tonight." Zell said, as he sat down with everyone else.

"I guess I made a mistake." Samuel answered. He sat down at his desk.

"We tried to call Cid yesterday, but the line was dead." Squall announced. "Did you have anything to do with that?"

"Of course not." Just then, the phone rang. Samuel picked it up in a hurry. "Hello?.....It is?....

Great....Yes, I'll be there..." Samuel looked at Squall than Rinoa. "Yeah.....Bye." Samuel hung the phone up. "Alright Rinoa Heartilly. Its time for you to say goodbye." Everyone looked at him with a confused look on their faces.

"Huh?!" Rinoa asked, taking a few steps back. Samuel ad an evil smile on his face. "Samuel?"

Samuel ran towards her and grabbed her by the neck.

"Rinoa!" Squall yelled. He unsheathed his gunblade. Before he could take the first swing, Rinoa and Samuel were gone. "Rinoa!"

"What the hell happened?!" Zell asked, as he jumped from his seat. Everyone quickly got up. Squall ran out of the door, furious. "Let's go guys." Everyone ran after him with their weapons.

They kept running and came to a stop. They were now outside. It was different. Everything was gone. The hot sand was still there. The children, men, women, an men were gone.

"I think we're in an arena." Quistis said, looking around. They were all fenced in. The arena was really huge. It was more like a sandy stadium. Rows of chairs were everywhere. Suddenly, evil laughing bummed through the arena.

"Who's there?!!" Squall yelled, holding his gunblade. Samuel then appeared with two guards, standing in a balcony, holding Rinoa.

"Squall!" Rinoa called out. The guards in gold and sandals, put him hand over her mouth.

"Rinoa!" Squall charged, but was stopped by a force field. He was then thrown down to the ground.

"You can't have Rinoa. She is in my hands now. HAHAHAHAHA!" Samuel laughed.

"Hey, you evil stiff, what do you think you doing?!" Zell yelled, cracking his knuckles.

"This world will finally be mine!" Was all Samuel said and left with the guards still holding Rinoa. Just then, 3 T-rex's came out from an opening that was located at the end of the long and wide arena.

"Damn!" Squall yelled. "Get ready to fight people!" Everyone got their weapons ready. The T-rex's charged after them. One of the dinosaurs swung its tail at Squall. Squall ducked under it and charged after its back. He first shot it and then he slashed it down the center of back. Zell ran up to help Squall. He punched the T-rex in the face and then he kicked it, killing it.

Quistis wrapped her whip lash around the second T-rex's neck. She used her whip as a swing an swung around the T-rex. The animal fell to the ground. Quistis jump on it with her whip still around its neck and strangled it before it could get back up. The third T-rex hit Irvine in the back, causing him to fall to the ground. Selphie used her weapon and hit the T-rex. The creature looked at Selphie and charged after her. Irvine jumped back up and shot the dinosaur in the head. Blood poured from the animal. It screamed in pain. Squall ran up to the third T-rex and stabbed his gunblade in the heart of the T-rex. It fell to the ground dead. "We're wasting our time." Zell announced as everyone gathered.

"We have to move." Squall said Just then, More than a million of Samuels guards came out, charging after them with weapons. "Show time!"