The Second Scar
Squall hardly slept that night. His mind was drowning in its thoughts, the voices he'd heard, Rinoa's condition, and realisation that his actions could mean his friends lives. Before long Squall found himself walking to the training area, as he needed to take his mind off things.
There wasn't a sound to be heard in the training area, that night. The place was usually filled with the cries of monsters, but tonight was different, there was nothing. Squall found the lack of noise uncomfortable. Something was wrong.
Squall heard movement behind him and he swiftly turned round to see nobody there,
"Hello?" Squall said confidently, not showing his feelings. No answer came.
Squall drew his gun blade and started to slowly walk back toward the entrance, looking behind every few paces. The only problem was that, when he got to where the entrance should have been, it wasn't there.
"Damn" Squall thought to himself, "The hells going on here?!"
A split second later, Squall was sent flying into the air and landed hard on his back. Squall quickly picked himself up and looked around, his eyes darting from right to left looking for his attacker, gun blade at the ready. Then something landed a hit on the side of his face, "Come on then, you son of a bitch!!.....Show yourself!!" Squall yelled at the top of his voice and started flailing about blindly with his gun blade. A second consecutive blow sent him dazed to the ground panting wildly, and for a brief moment before he blacked out, he stared in shock as he thought he could see Rinoa standing over him.
Squall found himself in the middle of a grassy meadow, the sun was giving off a comfortable heat and the wind lazily blew a soothing breeze over Squall's body. Squall looked over to the other side of the field, he could see somebody waving at him, but he couldn't make out whom. Squall set of at a gentle speed walking toward the person; he sped up as he recognised the female with long black hair and blue top.
He eventually came virtually face to face with Rinoa; a gentle smile spread across her face, she took Squalls hand and placed in it and single red rose. Squall tried to speak but she placed her finger over his lips. A small tear slowly started to run down her face, Squall put his hand up to her face and used his thumb to wipe away her tear. Squalls vision started to become hazy, as he and Rinoa embraced each other in the quiet meadow..
"I think he's starting to come round..go get the doctor Zell tell her he's coming round."
"You think he's ok?"
Squalls senses slowly started to come back to him; he felt warm, nice and comfortable and he felt a hand on his forehead brushing his hair out of the way. The touch of the persons hand was soothing to him; he felt all his worries drain out of him as well as the pain in his back. Next his vision slowly faded back; and Squall could see Irvine, Quistis and Selphie all kneeling down beside him, he was lying in a room in the infirmary. Squall then realised it was Selphie's hand that had been stroking his forehead, the hand that had been so comforting to him whilst he was in the dark.
Squall tried to get up but his friends wouldn't let him, they pinned him down to the ground.
"Let me up!" Squall declared to the three people who were currently holding him down.
"Sorry, no can do Squall" Irvine said through clenched teeth as the three people struggled to hold Squall down.
"You have to stay still, you're panicking!"
Squall finally gave up struggling, depleted of his strength and relaxed on the bed.
The doctor arrived, accompanied by Zell.
"Here, get out of my way, let me look at him" She demanded pushing through the small congregation of people around Squalls bed,
"Well his eyes seem to be focusing, he should be ok." The doctor informed Squalls friends. She now turned to Squall,
"Can you say your name for me?" Squall got a strong feeling of déjà vu when she said this
"Squall." He replied pretty much instantly.
"Good" the doctor told him as she inspected the small cuts on his face,
"I want to keep you in here for tonight, jus to make sure your ok." The doctor paused looking round at Squalls group of friends,
"You're friends can stay for a few hours but after that I want you to get some sleep" The doctor turned and started making her way towards the door, then she stopped and turned to Zell,
"You'll be ok won't you Zell?"
"Yeah, I'm fine doctor..you're forgetting, I'm invincible" Zell said with a smile on his face.
"Ah well anyway, as long as you don't let that thought get into your head..the cut was pretty bad, it'll leave a scar" The doctor then walked out of the room and closed the door behind her.
Squall propped himself up in the hospital bed using the very fluffy pillows that had been provided. The group all sat in silence until Selphie blurted out,
"You had us really, really scared, you know?" She looked on the verge of tears. Squall wasn't paying much attention though; he was trying to piece together what had happened to him. He finally gave up,
"What happened?" Squall said in a curious tone. The others looked around at each other, nervously.
"You mean, you don't remember?" Quistis said quietly looking at the ground
"Well, I damn well remember" said Zell from the corner of the room.
"Well you kind of owe your life to Zell here" Quistis said quietly, she then continued,
"Well Zell had come out of his room at the same time you had last night, he couldn't sleep either. Anyway he said he was shouting after you but you couldn't hear him"
"He should have done! I was inches away from him" Zell declared angrily
"Calm down man" Irvine said walking over to Zell and tried to calm him down
"Well anyway.You were just oblivious to everything around you, it was like you were in your own world.."Quistis paused, "Anyway, Zell followed you into the training area."
"And then you started freaking out!" Zell interrupted, "You were waving your damn gun blade about all over the place, when I tried to stop you, and you took a swing at me!" Zell walked from out of the darkened corner to where Squall could see him better, Squall could see a cut on Zell's face identical to the one Squall had on his forehead. Squall was shocked; he just lay there not believing that he had attacked one of his friends
The next few hours was spent in silence until the others decided it was time they went, they had been gone a few minutes when Selphie came back through the door. She walked up to Squall and held out her hand,
"Oh, I forgot to give you this, when we brought you up to the infirmary you had this in you hand, does it mean anything to you?" She held out in her hand, a single red rose.
"No.." Squall lied.
Selphie then just without warning burst into tears.
"You had me really, really scared. I was worried about you, Squall!"
Squall didn't know what to do
"Well.." He paused for thought, "You helped me a lot"
Selphie sniffed, "how?"
"erm, when you were stroking my forehead, I felt really relaxed, you helped me a lot." Was that the best he could do he thought to himself, comforting people never was his specialty.
Selphie seemed to cheer up a little after Squall said this.
"Tee Hee, thanks" she said blushing, said bye and left the room
Squall was left alone, in the dark clutching the rose in his hand as he drifted off into a peaceful slumber
Squall hardly slept that night. His mind was drowning in its thoughts, the voices he'd heard, Rinoa's condition, and realisation that his actions could mean his friends lives. Before long Squall found himself walking to the training area, as he needed to take his mind off things.
There wasn't a sound to be heard in the training area, that night. The place was usually filled with the cries of monsters, but tonight was different, there was nothing. Squall found the lack of noise uncomfortable. Something was wrong.
Squall heard movement behind him and he swiftly turned round to see nobody there,
"Hello?" Squall said confidently, not showing his feelings. No answer came.
Squall drew his gun blade and started to slowly walk back toward the entrance, looking behind every few paces. The only problem was that, when he got to where the entrance should have been, it wasn't there.
"Damn" Squall thought to himself, "The hells going on here?!"
A split second later, Squall was sent flying into the air and landed hard on his back. Squall quickly picked himself up and looked around, his eyes darting from right to left looking for his attacker, gun blade at the ready. Then something landed a hit on the side of his face, "Come on then, you son of a bitch!!.....Show yourself!!" Squall yelled at the top of his voice and started flailing about blindly with his gun blade. A second consecutive blow sent him dazed to the ground panting wildly, and for a brief moment before he blacked out, he stared in shock as he thought he could see Rinoa standing over him.
Squall found himself in the middle of a grassy meadow, the sun was giving off a comfortable heat and the wind lazily blew a soothing breeze over Squall's body. Squall looked over to the other side of the field, he could see somebody waving at him, but he couldn't make out whom. Squall set of at a gentle speed walking toward the person; he sped up as he recognised the female with long black hair and blue top.
He eventually came virtually face to face with Rinoa; a gentle smile spread across her face, she took Squalls hand and placed in it and single red rose. Squall tried to speak but she placed her finger over his lips. A small tear slowly started to run down her face, Squall put his hand up to her face and used his thumb to wipe away her tear. Squalls vision started to become hazy, as he and Rinoa embraced each other in the quiet meadow..
"I think he's starting to come round..go get the doctor Zell tell her he's coming round."
"You think he's ok?"
Squalls senses slowly started to come back to him; he felt warm, nice and comfortable and he felt a hand on his forehead brushing his hair out of the way. The touch of the persons hand was soothing to him; he felt all his worries drain out of him as well as the pain in his back. Next his vision slowly faded back; and Squall could see Irvine, Quistis and Selphie all kneeling down beside him, he was lying in a room in the infirmary. Squall then realised it was Selphie's hand that had been stroking his forehead, the hand that had been so comforting to him whilst he was in the dark.
Squall tried to get up but his friends wouldn't let him, they pinned him down to the ground.
"Let me up!" Squall declared to the three people who were currently holding him down.
"Sorry, no can do Squall" Irvine said through clenched teeth as the three people struggled to hold Squall down.
"You have to stay still, you're panicking!"
Squall finally gave up struggling, depleted of his strength and relaxed on the bed.
The doctor arrived, accompanied by Zell.
"Here, get out of my way, let me look at him" She demanded pushing through the small congregation of people around Squalls bed,
"Well his eyes seem to be focusing, he should be ok." The doctor informed Squalls friends. She now turned to Squall,
"Can you say your name for me?" Squall got a strong feeling of déjà vu when she said this
"Squall." He replied pretty much instantly.
"Good" the doctor told him as she inspected the small cuts on his face,
"I want to keep you in here for tonight, jus to make sure your ok." The doctor paused looking round at Squalls group of friends,
"You're friends can stay for a few hours but after that I want you to get some sleep" The doctor turned and started making her way towards the door, then she stopped and turned to Zell,
"You'll be ok won't you Zell?"
"Yeah, I'm fine doctor..you're forgetting, I'm invincible" Zell said with a smile on his face.
"Ah well anyway, as long as you don't let that thought get into your head..the cut was pretty bad, it'll leave a scar" The doctor then walked out of the room and closed the door behind her.
Squall propped himself up in the hospital bed using the very fluffy pillows that had been provided. The group all sat in silence until Selphie blurted out,
"You had us really, really scared, you know?" She looked on the verge of tears. Squall wasn't paying much attention though; he was trying to piece together what had happened to him. He finally gave up,
"What happened?" Squall said in a curious tone. The others looked around at each other, nervously.
"You mean, you don't remember?" Quistis said quietly looking at the ground
"Well, I damn well remember" said Zell from the corner of the room.
"Well you kind of owe your life to Zell here" Quistis said quietly, she then continued,
"Well Zell had come out of his room at the same time you had last night, he couldn't sleep either. Anyway he said he was shouting after you but you couldn't hear him"
"He should have done! I was inches away from him" Zell declared angrily
"Calm down man" Irvine said walking over to Zell and tried to calm him down
"Well anyway.You were just oblivious to everything around you, it was like you were in your own world.."Quistis paused, "Anyway, Zell followed you into the training area."
"And then you started freaking out!" Zell interrupted, "You were waving your damn gun blade about all over the place, when I tried to stop you, and you took a swing at me!" Zell walked from out of the darkened corner to where Squall could see him better, Squall could see a cut on Zell's face identical to the one Squall had on his forehead. Squall was shocked; he just lay there not believing that he had attacked one of his friends
The next few hours was spent in silence until the others decided it was time they went, they had been gone a few minutes when Selphie came back through the door. She walked up to Squall and held out her hand,
"Oh, I forgot to give you this, when we brought you up to the infirmary you had this in you hand, does it mean anything to you?" She held out in her hand, a single red rose.
"No.." Squall lied.
Selphie then just without warning burst into tears.
"You had me really, really scared. I was worried about you, Squall!"
Squall didn't know what to do
"Well.." He paused for thought, "You helped me a lot"
Selphie sniffed, "how?"
"erm, when you were stroking my forehead, I felt really relaxed, you helped me a lot." Was that the best he could do he thought to himself, comforting people never was his specialty.
Selphie seemed to cheer up a little after Squall said this.
"Tee Hee, thanks" she said blushing, said bye and left the room
Squall was left alone, in the dark clutching the rose in his hand as he drifted off into a peaceful slumber