Star and Rage stood to her left, Yuri to her right. Together they walked through the gates of Galbadia. The tight knot in her stomach squirmed. Raven felt nauseous; all she wanted to do was show mercy to this G.F., to be back at Balamb, living her normal life, with Xeno in it. Yuri laid a hand on her shoulder; she was about to turn and run. He could sense it. His glance said, to put it quite simply, 'be strong, Raven.' Raven nodded with difficulty. Why were human's egos so colossal as to think they were the only good things alive? They were their own worst enemy, not G.F.'s. They thought G.F.'s were monsters; it was truly they who were the monsters. Human's started wars, committed murders. They needed to think more outside the box. She was in her SeeD uniform. A figure of influence, of power and right. In Galbadia, they would be on familiar terms with and distinguish her not as 'the student from Balamb', but 'Raven Tilmitt, a influential figure'. At the moment, she was a GF assassin. She looked over at Rage. His face was set, strong-minded, resolute, unwavering in faith, grim. Her brother would do anything to stop her from getting hurt. He would try and prevent this slaughtering. She swallowed her emotions as she had so often learned to do. They would have to be saved for later, when she had time for them. There were frenzied orders being shouted from in the distance; Raven could take notice of them now that she had let go of her feelings. Star, Yuri, Rage, and Raven all glanced significantly at each other. Nodding, they ran to the source of the noise. "Kill it!" "Squall told us to wait for his SeeD's!" "Who cares what that old eccentric, bizarre fool says?" "Yeah!" "He is no fool! I was with him when he defeated Ultemecia, and if he says wait he has good reason for it!" Raven recognized one of the voices as Zell Dintch, a friend of her mother's that had visited quite frequently when her father had left them. "Cool down, dudes! We're here!" hollered Rage above the racket. "See?" said Zell, arms crossed. The other men complained, grumbled, griped, and muttered among themselves and stepped aside. "I don't want to kill the GF. But I have no choice; it's them who wants ta kill it. The way in to the site where the GF is being contained is here. Good luck. Raven, you go in first." Zell stepped aside. Raven strode unflinchingly past him. Zell blocked the entrance again. "Yo! Lemme through! My sister's in there! I ain't gonna let her face this on her own!" "Trust me, Rage. I have my reasons."

Raven was not in the least bit prepared for what she was about to see as she entered the site where the GF was being contained. It was all she could do to hold back tears and not lose consciousness then and there.