Chapter 2
The angry boy, a bit too insane
Icing over a secret pain
-jumper 3rd eye blind
The ocean rolled in ominous waves below the windows of the Ragnarok. After take off everyone had gone to the cock pit to hang out for the rest of the flight. All except one. Zell stayed in the Conference room, staring out his window. He shut his eyes and images flashed in his head.
'Daddy?'
'Daddy, are you awake?'
His eyes shot open again. There were too many memories swarming in his head. He couldn't even blink without seeing that image.... He shook his head. Now wasn't the time for that. Is there ever a time for that? His mind dared him. 'Stop it, Zell, it was 10 years ago. "Get over it!"'
"Zell are you ok?" Quistis stood over him. 'When had she come in?' "You were yelling. I thought something was wrong."
He put on one of his infamous smiles. "Naw, I'm good." His smile reassured her. She sat across from him. "Where is everyone?"
"Well, Irvine is hanging over Selphie's shoulder being a backseat pilot." She laughed, "and Rinoa dragged Squall off somewhere, probably playing tonsil hockey. And we are here." She took a drag off her cigarette.
"You know those things can kill you?"
"You're point?" They sat in silence after that. Both in thought. Deep in thought. They both knew why they were going to Esthar. They were all running away.
It had only been last summer when they had faced Ultamicia. Now, they were afraid of it happening again. ' We're all cowards...' Zell blinked. His eyes stayed shut longer than planned.
'Daddy?'
'Go back inside.'
'Daddy, what's wrong?'
'Zell, just go back inside ok. Go make cookies with mommy.'
A tear leaked from Zell's eye. As his thoughts were interrupted by
Irvine's voice over the p.a. system. "Now landing in Esthar."
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"Welcome!!!" Laguna Loire shouted as he ran down the hall of the Presidential Palace to greet his new guests. "This summer is going to be great! We have so much to do around here!"
"I'm tired." Squall proclaimed in his usual tone. Laguna laughed and playfully punched his son's shoulder.
"That's my son! Always a joker! Now come on I wanna show you the pool!" Laguna sprinted off, leaving the teenagers in his dust. Squall rolled his eyes. That man was a moron.
Zell slung his back pack over his shoulder. "I'm off to find the kitchen." He started down the first hall he came to. He passed one giant window after another, without any sign of hotdogs. Finally he passed a room that looked to be a library. A girl, maybe a year younger than him sat in the middle of the floor, Indian-style, with a book spread open in her lap. Her head was down, causing her hair to fall down, covering her face. Maybe she knew where he could grab a bit to eat!
"Hey." He said.
The girl jumped and stared up at him for moment, looking as though she had just seen a ghost. "Uhm.." Zell continued, hesitantly, "I was wondering where the kitchen was."
The girl jumped up, and he couldn't help noticing tight her tank top was. Mentally, he slapped himself. The girl whipped around, her hair twirling, and darted behind a shelf filled with books. "Hey!" Zell called after her. But, no use, she was gone. "Goddamn it!"
The angry boy, a bit too insane
Icing over a secret pain
-jumper 3rd eye blind
The ocean rolled in ominous waves below the windows of the Ragnarok. After take off everyone had gone to the cock pit to hang out for the rest of the flight. All except one. Zell stayed in the Conference room, staring out his window. He shut his eyes and images flashed in his head.
'Daddy?'
'Daddy, are you awake?'
His eyes shot open again. There were too many memories swarming in his head. He couldn't even blink without seeing that image.... He shook his head. Now wasn't the time for that. Is there ever a time for that? His mind dared him. 'Stop it, Zell, it was 10 years ago. "Get over it!"'
"Zell are you ok?" Quistis stood over him. 'When had she come in?' "You were yelling. I thought something was wrong."
He put on one of his infamous smiles. "Naw, I'm good." His smile reassured her. She sat across from him. "Where is everyone?"
"Well, Irvine is hanging over Selphie's shoulder being a backseat pilot." She laughed, "and Rinoa dragged Squall off somewhere, probably playing tonsil hockey. And we are here." She took a drag off her cigarette.
"You know those things can kill you?"
"You're point?" They sat in silence after that. Both in thought. Deep in thought. They both knew why they were going to Esthar. They were all running away.
It had only been last summer when they had faced Ultamicia. Now, they were afraid of it happening again. ' We're all cowards...' Zell blinked. His eyes stayed shut longer than planned.
'Daddy?'
'Go back inside.'
'Daddy, what's wrong?'
'Zell, just go back inside ok. Go make cookies with mommy.'
A tear leaked from Zell's eye. As his thoughts were interrupted by
Irvine's voice over the p.a. system. "Now landing in Esthar."
**************************************************************************** **
"Welcome!!!" Laguna Loire shouted as he ran down the hall of the Presidential Palace to greet his new guests. "This summer is going to be great! We have so much to do around here!"
"I'm tired." Squall proclaimed in his usual tone. Laguna laughed and playfully punched his son's shoulder.
"That's my son! Always a joker! Now come on I wanna show you the pool!" Laguna sprinted off, leaving the teenagers in his dust. Squall rolled his eyes. That man was a moron.
Zell slung his back pack over his shoulder. "I'm off to find the kitchen." He started down the first hall he came to. He passed one giant window after another, without any sign of hotdogs. Finally he passed a room that looked to be a library. A girl, maybe a year younger than him sat in the middle of the floor, Indian-style, with a book spread open in her lap. Her head was down, causing her hair to fall down, covering her face. Maybe she knew where he could grab a bit to eat!
"Hey." He said.
The girl jumped and stared up at him for moment, looking as though she had just seen a ghost. "Uhm.." Zell continued, hesitantly, "I was wondering where the kitchen was."
The girl jumped up, and he couldn't help noticing tight her tank top was. Mentally, he slapped himself. The girl whipped around, her hair twirling, and darted behind a shelf filled with books. "Hey!" Zell called after her. But, no use, she was gone. "Goddamn it!"