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AN: Thank you guys all for the reviews! And once again sorry for the (somewhat) long delay from the last chapter =P Had three tests so I had no time to write. But hopefully this chapter will make up for it. But beware, this chapter reveals the real story. I won't say anymore than that! Just read and see for yourself!
Chapter 18: Betrayal
I was tired. The night didn't seem very long and get back to Balamb was not hard work. But damn...I was tired.
Tomorrow would be the big day. The day in which everything went to pieces. This whole new world that I have just become so accustomed to would be gone and everything would return to normal. Due to security reasons, I could not say anything about this before to anyone. But it's already too late for anyone to do anything so I can reveal everything.
What was true may not be true anymore. My life is full of lies and everything I do is for a purpose. I left Galbadia not by jumping out the window of my room. A high-tech place like that would not simply allow an elite to escape. I was sent to Balamb by Galbadia's highest ranked people. I was the best that Galbadia had, the best that ANYONE had and because of that, I had a very important job. I had the most important job of all.
I was to end the war once and for all.
My mission? Gain access to Balamb Garden, rise amongst their ranks, find their secrets and then rendevous with two other metasites and finish Balamb off from the inside out. It was a flawless plan. I had enough power to charge straight into Balamb and destroy everybody, but that was not the plan.
Balamb Garden always excelled in weaponry. Their weapons have always been better than Galbadian weapons. The only advantage Galbadia had was the superior metasite squads. To gain total power, Galbadia must have Balamb's weaponry and Balamb must have Galbadia's metasites. That explains the spies that Rinoa told me about.
Little does Rinoa or anyone know that I am the Galbadian spy. Why would I always go over to Rinoa's house? I'm not exactly the social type. I knew Cid would place me in the custody of one of his best SeeD's. Turns out I was right again. I lived with Irvine Kinneas and just my luck, General Caraway lived right next door.
I go into Caraway's house and gain information on the most recent weapons of Balamb. He keeps them locked up in a safety vault but it's no problem for a metasite to crack it.
Staying with Irvine helps me see how a top SeeD trains. Unfortunately, Irvine is really lax with his schedule and it is harder for me to keep a tab on him. Most of the time I have down his exercise schedule and his training routines for the day. With this program, Galbadia's soldiers will be much stronger and can match Balamb's standards. Coupled with the weapon designs that I have memorised, Galbadia will crush Balamb.
Tomorrow, I will fight and I will win. I will finally finish what I came here to do. But something has been nagging at me lately. And it's not good. Not good at all.
Do I care about these people?
All the people I've met since I've come to Balamb. Irvine, Cid, Quistis, Selphie, Caraway, Nida, Zell, and most importantly Rinoa. Do I care about them? They don't seem as bad as what I was brought up to think. I had fought countless battles against Balamb and slain tons of their best soldiers. Was I fighting the wrong enemy?
And about Rinoa...I feel something. I don't know what it is. It's not making me comfortable but at the same time...I can't help being drawn into it. Is this love? Am I falling in love all over again?
I can't...I can't do this, not with Rinoa. She doesn't deserve me. Even a shit head like that Jason guy is better than me. I have too much blood on my hands that I cannot wash and I shouldn't let her get close to me.
Should I kill tomorrow? I don't know anymore. Maybe I should let Fujin and Raijin do the killing. That's right, Raijin. He's not dead. I mentioned before that I could strike with pinpoint accuracy and that fight with Raijin was staged. If people payed close enough attention, they would have known that I haven't killed for three years. I have given the illusion of killing by striking at large nerves that produce lots of blood but clot quickly. In times I have let others do the killing for me. But never in three years have I killed anybody. I guess everybody has a breaking point. I reached mine three years ago when I killed my last victim. I knew it. Right at that moment, I knew that I could not go on killing. I don't know how to explain it. It's like one minute you kill and one minute you don't.
My mission is to kill. I've been hiding the fact that I haven't killed and now I will probably have to shed blood again. I don't know if I can do it.
PING! My metasite woke me up. It was 6:30, an hour before I usually wake up. I had to get a good night's sleep but it was hard. I had way too much to think about last night and it just wasn't sitting well in my head. In Galbadia, all the metasites learned to sleep anywhere at anytime yet remain totally cautious so I eventually got to sleep.
The reason I woke up so early was because I had to check and double check everything. It's a habit of mine before any fight. Of course mock fights like the one Raijin and I had didn't count, but a real fight is different.
I called the armor around my arm and grabbed a piece of adamantine from a pocket in my jacket. My right arm had an extending blade with a razor sharp edge to it. It's my secondary blade just incase I lose Lionheart. My secondary blade could extend to a length of two and a half feet and was attached just above my arm so that to remove it, you'd have to remove my arm as well.
Unlike a metablade, this blade was solid and had to be sharpened. Because I hadn't used it for so long it had become dull. I extended the blade to it's fullest and ran the adamantine along both sides of it slowly then quicker making sparks fly out of the end of the blade. Irvine would not hear me because he's the deepest sleeper I've ever known.
Next I checked my shoulder blade, a three foot long curved blade the extended from my shoulder down to my arm. I have an extra muscle on my metasite armor that allows my shoulder to move which creates angles for me to cut from. I took the piece of adamantine and ran it once really quick down the blade.
Finally, I checked all my ranged attacks. There are two "shells" on either side of my collarbone. These "shells" can open up and inside is a small biological cannon which fires charges equal in power to a heavy machine gun but can be charged or fired rapidly. I use these energy weapons mostly as backups since I prefer to fight close or use stronger blasts emitted from my hands.
Lionheart did not need checking. A metablade does not get dull and is almost impossible to damage. The weight will never change and the grip molds immediately to my hand. All metablades also have a neat feature. The particles that make up the blade do not stick to anything, therefore, you never have to clean it and blood and gore will not get in the way of your strike.
I was ready. I got up and left my room heading into the kitchen. I fixed myself something simple, toast with some butter and eggs and bacon on the side. I was already eating when Irvine woke up.
"The hell? Why're you up so early?" he asked.
"Just felt like it I guess...There's still a piece of toast in the toaster if you want it." I said.
He strolled over to the toaster and took out the toast. He just had to put some raspberry jam on the thing, it's his favorite so basically the whole damn fridge is full of raspberry jam.
"I'm heading up to the Garden with you today. I gotta talk to Cid about some stuff." he said.
"Oh yeah? What kinda stuff?"
"Ah nothing much, just some small raids by some renegade metasites around the area." he said
I nodded my head. For a split second I thought they might have found out about me but by the tone of voice he was using I could tell that he had no clue. My hand was shaking as I was cutting up the eggs. I was so confused I didn't know which side was right and which side was wrong.
"Let's go." said Irvine shoving the last piece of toast into his mouth.
I hastily gobbled up the rest of my breakfast and put on my jacket. I checked that all my equipment (which wasn't much) was packed. Then we headed to the Garden in Irvine's car. I looked at all the buildings around the town. They were so pretty and I could visualize them burning and being destroyed because of me. I would change history, Balamb might not even exist after what I was about to do.
Then I thought back to all the awards I've won and everything I've been doing in my life. It all seemed to lead up to this moment, this one moment was what I've been working for all these years. My head was telling me to finish this and gain glory from Galbadia and everybody by ending this war. But my heart was telling me otherwise...
We arrived at Balamb and I went to my locker which was situated in the worst possible place to have a locker because I came to Balamb later than everyone else so naturally they stuck me in the only place left. I was in this little corner next to the training center. I gathered up my books (Balamb: The Historical Evidence, and Tactics and Strategy: All you need to know) and headed to Quistis' class. I walked the hallways and noticed every face that I passed by. My metasite saw everyone and linked them with names I had seen in the yearbooks Rinoa leant me. Rinoa...just the thought of her made me shake with guilt. How many times had I betrayed her already? She should be the person I lie to the least. Yet I lie to her the most.
I got to Quistis' classroom and walked in when the class was still relatively quiet. Quistis herself was busy with some student asking for extra help. I took a seat in the back corner of the class and waited while the rest of the people filed in. I scanned each one of them, their names, their faces, their personalities. I noticed everything.
When Rinoa walked in, she saw me, blushed, and looked away. I felt a chill go up my spine due to what I was going to do.
At that moment, Raijin and Fujin would be waiting hidden in the forests outside Balamb Garden. Another reason why metasites were so dangerous is because you don't need a whole army of metasites. You only need a small squad and because of that, it's impossible to track metasites on radar. The guards on the Balamb Garden walls would not see Fujin and Raijin and they would be dispatched before they could sound alarms.
Everyone in Garden would go to the Quad in their first class today. It was "cleanup day" in other words, it's a day where the students clean up the mess that was left after the banquet. The instructors and Headmaster Cid would be there supervising everybody and generally slacking off. Then at the end, the Headmaster would give a little speech telling everybody how good a job they had done and that sort of thing. Galbadian spies had already figured out all this information and figured that this day was the most effective to strike on since everybody was in a central area. "Alright everyone, settle down. I want a nice even line starting here and the last person has to close the door. We're heading to the Quad." Quistis' voice rang out in the classroom. It was time for "cleanup day".
I walked in silence. I was just focused on my mission. I knew in less than two hours, this place would be under Galbadian control.
We reached the Quad and saw some students carrying tables and folding chairs. I singled out Headmaster Cid, he looked so happy. Way too happy. He didn't know that his demise was near.
It was definitely a good plan. Probably the best plan anyone had ever concieved. Only a genius could think up of something like this. That genius was a certain Dr. Odine, a master tactician and strategist. I admit, the man was a little messed up in the head but if he set his mind to do something, it was top notch. He sort of went into these trances sometimes and would produce flawless strategies every time. This was his greatest achievement.
I was packing up some tables and stacking them onto a movable trolley when the attack came. A deafening blare reverberated through the Quad and people started looking around frantically and covering their ears. Then a voice came out on the P.A. system.
"All SeeDs! This is an emergency! Get everyone out of the Quad NOW! All metasites to south entr-"
It cut off with a soft but quick gasp. I knew the security guy had been cut down by either Fujin or Raijin. Probably Fujin since Raijin would have smashed the system as well. I looked around and caught a glimpse of Rinoa in the crowd. She had a terrified but determined look on her face and she was drawing her weapon. I wanted to tell her to get out of there, but I couldn't get to her.
People were going crazy. Some were screaming and some were gearing up for a fight. Fools. They had no chance, with me and the other two metasites inside the building, they could not win. Three metasites that I didn't know were heading for the exit trying to get to the north entrance when the exit suddenly burst open. Raijin was standing there along with his partner, Fujin.
Raijin and Fujin's metasites were like night and day. While Raijin's metasite was spiny and aggressive-looking, Fujin's was quite subdued. It was a pale blue in color with white highlights here and there. Her armor was also very round and sleek. But to underestimate her is a big mistake. She was definitely a tougher fighter than Raijin due to her skill. She carried a mid-length curved machete that was great for slicing and carving.
The three Balamb metasites stood their ground and readied their weapons. One of them was slender and small in build and carried twin knives. Another one looked to be a cadet since he was shaking a little. Nevertheless he carried his broadsword with a steady hand. The last one looked as if he was the most experienced fighter out of the three. He stood with his cutlass held out in front by one hand while his other lay relaxed by his side. Then the cutlass-wielding metasite let out a sudden blast of energy at Raijin. The blast shattered the surrounding glass and streaked towards Raijin at the speed of a bullet. Raijin jumped out of the way and dashed at the three metasites.
The fools would have stood a better chance if they were spread out more. My previous hopes for the cutlass wielder were quickly dispatched when I saw him charge Raijin head on. Raijin ducked under his swinging cutlass and brought his serrated blade firmly across his chest cleaving him almost in half. The haze of red metasite blood poured across the battlefield as the remaining two metasites attacked. The greenish yellow metasite with the broadsword hesitated during his swing and Raijin parried it. Because of the weight of Raijin's sword, the broadsword was swept cleanly aside.
But Raijin didn't have time to kill him because the smaller cream colored metasite attacked him from above and below with the daggers. Raijin boosted out of the way and used his sword to take the barrage of attacks. Then Raijin released one of his nova blasts and rocked the metasite back. He finished up with his blast with a well placed swipe of his sword and decapitated him. The remaining metasite was still standing but he was shaking again.
Raijin laughed and boosted up to him knocking his sword out of the way then grabbing his head with one hand. Raijin lifted him up and drove the sword through his chest.
This all took place in about a minute and Fujin was just standing by the exit nonchalantly. They both saw me and gave a quick salute before turning their attention to other victims.
Quistis came up to me and yelled at me.
"Squall! Go fight them! Go!"
"Yes Squall, please, we need you now." It was Cid. Cid's voice was calm and collected even in such a time of crisis.
Raijin and Fujin weren't doing anything except for blocking the exit. They were waiting for my move.
I initiated my metasite armor, feeling the tendrils bore into my skin and then the armor plates attaching. Then in a swift movement I knocked Quistis aside and had Lionheart directly over Cid's throat...
AN: Sorry for the cliffhanger!!! But had to do it, it's for dramatic effect. Yup, this is the chapter where I turn the whole story around. Been waiting to write this chapter for a long time! What will Squall do? You'll have to wait! I hope you like it, and if you don't, keep reading! Don't let one depressing chapter turn you away from the story, k? Please Review! Thanks!
AN: Thank you guys all for the reviews! And once again sorry for the (somewhat) long delay from the last chapter =P Had three tests so I had no time to write. But hopefully this chapter will make up for it. But beware, this chapter reveals the real story. I won't say anymore than that! Just read and see for yourself!
Chapter 18: Betrayal
I was tired. The night didn't seem very long and get back to Balamb was not hard work. But damn...I was tired.
Tomorrow would be the big day. The day in which everything went to pieces. This whole new world that I have just become so accustomed to would be gone and everything would return to normal. Due to security reasons, I could not say anything about this before to anyone. But it's already too late for anyone to do anything so I can reveal everything.
What was true may not be true anymore. My life is full of lies and everything I do is for a purpose. I left Galbadia not by jumping out the window of my room. A high-tech place like that would not simply allow an elite to escape. I was sent to Balamb by Galbadia's highest ranked people. I was the best that Galbadia had, the best that ANYONE had and because of that, I had a very important job. I had the most important job of all.
I was to end the war once and for all.
My mission? Gain access to Balamb Garden, rise amongst their ranks, find their secrets and then rendevous with two other metasites and finish Balamb off from the inside out. It was a flawless plan. I had enough power to charge straight into Balamb and destroy everybody, but that was not the plan.
Balamb Garden always excelled in weaponry. Their weapons have always been better than Galbadian weapons. The only advantage Galbadia had was the superior metasite squads. To gain total power, Galbadia must have Balamb's weaponry and Balamb must have Galbadia's metasites. That explains the spies that Rinoa told me about.
Little does Rinoa or anyone know that I am the Galbadian spy. Why would I always go over to Rinoa's house? I'm not exactly the social type. I knew Cid would place me in the custody of one of his best SeeD's. Turns out I was right again. I lived with Irvine Kinneas and just my luck, General Caraway lived right next door.
I go into Caraway's house and gain information on the most recent weapons of Balamb. He keeps them locked up in a safety vault but it's no problem for a metasite to crack it.
Staying with Irvine helps me see how a top SeeD trains. Unfortunately, Irvine is really lax with his schedule and it is harder for me to keep a tab on him. Most of the time I have down his exercise schedule and his training routines for the day. With this program, Galbadia's soldiers will be much stronger and can match Balamb's standards. Coupled with the weapon designs that I have memorised, Galbadia will crush Balamb.
Tomorrow, I will fight and I will win. I will finally finish what I came here to do. But something has been nagging at me lately. And it's not good. Not good at all.
Do I care about these people?
All the people I've met since I've come to Balamb. Irvine, Cid, Quistis, Selphie, Caraway, Nida, Zell, and most importantly Rinoa. Do I care about them? They don't seem as bad as what I was brought up to think. I had fought countless battles against Balamb and slain tons of their best soldiers. Was I fighting the wrong enemy?
And about Rinoa...I feel something. I don't know what it is. It's not making me comfortable but at the same time...I can't help being drawn into it. Is this love? Am I falling in love all over again?
I can't...I can't do this, not with Rinoa. She doesn't deserve me. Even a shit head like that Jason guy is better than me. I have too much blood on my hands that I cannot wash and I shouldn't let her get close to me.
Should I kill tomorrow? I don't know anymore. Maybe I should let Fujin and Raijin do the killing. That's right, Raijin. He's not dead. I mentioned before that I could strike with pinpoint accuracy and that fight with Raijin was staged. If people payed close enough attention, they would have known that I haven't killed for three years. I have given the illusion of killing by striking at large nerves that produce lots of blood but clot quickly. In times I have let others do the killing for me. But never in three years have I killed anybody. I guess everybody has a breaking point. I reached mine three years ago when I killed my last victim. I knew it. Right at that moment, I knew that I could not go on killing. I don't know how to explain it. It's like one minute you kill and one minute you don't.
My mission is to kill. I've been hiding the fact that I haven't killed and now I will probably have to shed blood again. I don't know if I can do it.
PING! My metasite woke me up. It was 6:30, an hour before I usually wake up. I had to get a good night's sleep but it was hard. I had way too much to think about last night and it just wasn't sitting well in my head. In Galbadia, all the metasites learned to sleep anywhere at anytime yet remain totally cautious so I eventually got to sleep.
The reason I woke up so early was because I had to check and double check everything. It's a habit of mine before any fight. Of course mock fights like the one Raijin and I had didn't count, but a real fight is different.
I called the armor around my arm and grabbed a piece of adamantine from a pocket in my jacket. My right arm had an extending blade with a razor sharp edge to it. It's my secondary blade just incase I lose Lionheart. My secondary blade could extend to a length of two and a half feet and was attached just above my arm so that to remove it, you'd have to remove my arm as well.
Unlike a metablade, this blade was solid and had to be sharpened. Because I hadn't used it for so long it had become dull. I extended the blade to it's fullest and ran the adamantine along both sides of it slowly then quicker making sparks fly out of the end of the blade. Irvine would not hear me because he's the deepest sleeper I've ever known.
Next I checked my shoulder blade, a three foot long curved blade the extended from my shoulder down to my arm. I have an extra muscle on my metasite armor that allows my shoulder to move which creates angles for me to cut from. I took the piece of adamantine and ran it once really quick down the blade.
Finally, I checked all my ranged attacks. There are two "shells" on either side of my collarbone. These "shells" can open up and inside is a small biological cannon which fires charges equal in power to a heavy machine gun but can be charged or fired rapidly. I use these energy weapons mostly as backups since I prefer to fight close or use stronger blasts emitted from my hands.
Lionheart did not need checking. A metablade does not get dull and is almost impossible to damage. The weight will never change and the grip molds immediately to my hand. All metablades also have a neat feature. The particles that make up the blade do not stick to anything, therefore, you never have to clean it and blood and gore will not get in the way of your strike.
I was ready. I got up and left my room heading into the kitchen. I fixed myself something simple, toast with some butter and eggs and bacon on the side. I was already eating when Irvine woke up.
"The hell? Why're you up so early?" he asked.
"Just felt like it I guess...There's still a piece of toast in the toaster if you want it." I said.
He strolled over to the toaster and took out the toast. He just had to put some raspberry jam on the thing, it's his favorite so basically the whole damn fridge is full of raspberry jam.
"I'm heading up to the Garden with you today. I gotta talk to Cid about some stuff." he said.
"Oh yeah? What kinda stuff?"
"Ah nothing much, just some small raids by some renegade metasites around the area." he said
I nodded my head. For a split second I thought they might have found out about me but by the tone of voice he was using I could tell that he had no clue. My hand was shaking as I was cutting up the eggs. I was so confused I didn't know which side was right and which side was wrong.
"Let's go." said Irvine shoving the last piece of toast into his mouth.
I hastily gobbled up the rest of my breakfast and put on my jacket. I checked that all my equipment (which wasn't much) was packed. Then we headed to the Garden in Irvine's car. I looked at all the buildings around the town. They were so pretty and I could visualize them burning and being destroyed because of me. I would change history, Balamb might not even exist after what I was about to do.
Then I thought back to all the awards I've won and everything I've been doing in my life. It all seemed to lead up to this moment, this one moment was what I've been working for all these years. My head was telling me to finish this and gain glory from Galbadia and everybody by ending this war. But my heart was telling me otherwise...
We arrived at Balamb and I went to my locker which was situated in the worst possible place to have a locker because I came to Balamb later than everyone else so naturally they stuck me in the only place left. I was in this little corner next to the training center. I gathered up my books (Balamb: The Historical Evidence, and Tactics and Strategy: All you need to know) and headed to Quistis' class. I walked the hallways and noticed every face that I passed by. My metasite saw everyone and linked them with names I had seen in the yearbooks Rinoa leant me. Rinoa...just the thought of her made me shake with guilt. How many times had I betrayed her already? She should be the person I lie to the least. Yet I lie to her the most.
I got to Quistis' classroom and walked in when the class was still relatively quiet. Quistis herself was busy with some student asking for extra help. I took a seat in the back corner of the class and waited while the rest of the people filed in. I scanned each one of them, their names, their faces, their personalities. I noticed everything.
When Rinoa walked in, she saw me, blushed, and looked away. I felt a chill go up my spine due to what I was going to do.
At that moment, Raijin and Fujin would be waiting hidden in the forests outside Balamb Garden. Another reason why metasites were so dangerous is because you don't need a whole army of metasites. You only need a small squad and because of that, it's impossible to track metasites on radar. The guards on the Balamb Garden walls would not see Fujin and Raijin and they would be dispatched before they could sound alarms.
Everyone in Garden would go to the Quad in their first class today. It was "cleanup day" in other words, it's a day where the students clean up the mess that was left after the banquet. The instructors and Headmaster Cid would be there supervising everybody and generally slacking off. Then at the end, the Headmaster would give a little speech telling everybody how good a job they had done and that sort of thing. Galbadian spies had already figured out all this information and figured that this day was the most effective to strike on since everybody was in a central area. "Alright everyone, settle down. I want a nice even line starting here and the last person has to close the door. We're heading to the Quad." Quistis' voice rang out in the classroom. It was time for "cleanup day".
I walked in silence. I was just focused on my mission. I knew in less than two hours, this place would be under Galbadian control.
We reached the Quad and saw some students carrying tables and folding chairs. I singled out Headmaster Cid, he looked so happy. Way too happy. He didn't know that his demise was near.
It was definitely a good plan. Probably the best plan anyone had ever concieved. Only a genius could think up of something like this. That genius was a certain Dr. Odine, a master tactician and strategist. I admit, the man was a little messed up in the head but if he set his mind to do something, it was top notch. He sort of went into these trances sometimes and would produce flawless strategies every time. This was his greatest achievement.
I was packing up some tables and stacking them onto a movable trolley when the attack came. A deafening blare reverberated through the Quad and people started looking around frantically and covering their ears. Then a voice came out on the P.A. system.
"All SeeDs! This is an emergency! Get everyone out of the Quad NOW! All metasites to south entr-"
It cut off with a soft but quick gasp. I knew the security guy had been cut down by either Fujin or Raijin. Probably Fujin since Raijin would have smashed the system as well. I looked around and caught a glimpse of Rinoa in the crowd. She had a terrified but determined look on her face and she was drawing her weapon. I wanted to tell her to get out of there, but I couldn't get to her.
People were going crazy. Some were screaming and some were gearing up for a fight. Fools. They had no chance, with me and the other two metasites inside the building, they could not win. Three metasites that I didn't know were heading for the exit trying to get to the north entrance when the exit suddenly burst open. Raijin was standing there along with his partner, Fujin.
Raijin and Fujin's metasites were like night and day. While Raijin's metasite was spiny and aggressive-looking, Fujin's was quite subdued. It was a pale blue in color with white highlights here and there. Her armor was also very round and sleek. But to underestimate her is a big mistake. She was definitely a tougher fighter than Raijin due to her skill. She carried a mid-length curved machete that was great for slicing and carving.
The three Balamb metasites stood their ground and readied their weapons. One of them was slender and small in build and carried twin knives. Another one looked to be a cadet since he was shaking a little. Nevertheless he carried his broadsword with a steady hand. The last one looked as if he was the most experienced fighter out of the three. He stood with his cutlass held out in front by one hand while his other lay relaxed by his side. Then the cutlass-wielding metasite let out a sudden blast of energy at Raijin. The blast shattered the surrounding glass and streaked towards Raijin at the speed of a bullet. Raijin jumped out of the way and dashed at the three metasites.
The fools would have stood a better chance if they were spread out more. My previous hopes for the cutlass wielder were quickly dispatched when I saw him charge Raijin head on. Raijin ducked under his swinging cutlass and brought his serrated blade firmly across his chest cleaving him almost in half. The haze of red metasite blood poured across the battlefield as the remaining two metasites attacked. The greenish yellow metasite with the broadsword hesitated during his swing and Raijin parried it. Because of the weight of Raijin's sword, the broadsword was swept cleanly aside.
But Raijin didn't have time to kill him because the smaller cream colored metasite attacked him from above and below with the daggers. Raijin boosted out of the way and used his sword to take the barrage of attacks. Then Raijin released one of his nova blasts and rocked the metasite back. He finished up with his blast with a well placed swipe of his sword and decapitated him. The remaining metasite was still standing but he was shaking again.
Raijin laughed and boosted up to him knocking his sword out of the way then grabbing his head with one hand. Raijin lifted him up and drove the sword through his chest.
This all took place in about a minute and Fujin was just standing by the exit nonchalantly. They both saw me and gave a quick salute before turning their attention to other victims.
Quistis came up to me and yelled at me.
"Squall! Go fight them! Go!"
"Yes Squall, please, we need you now." It was Cid. Cid's voice was calm and collected even in such a time of crisis.
Raijin and Fujin weren't doing anything except for blocking the exit. They were waiting for my move.
I initiated my metasite armor, feeling the tendrils bore into my skin and then the armor plates attaching. Then in a swift movement I knocked Quistis aside and had Lionheart directly over Cid's throat...
AN: Sorry for the cliffhanger!!! But had to do it, it's for dramatic effect. Yup, this is the chapter where I turn the whole story around. Been waiting to write this chapter for a long time! What will Squall do? You'll have to wait! I hope you like it, and if you don't, keep reading! Don't let one depressing chapter turn you away from the story, k? Please Review! Thanks!