Wrong Intentions.
By Kool Kaizer.
Ch. 5: Am I...dead?
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(Rinoa's POV)
I stood there, watching Squall walk away, hesitantly following the staff person. All that was going through my head was "When I get back, We'll take care of this." I hoped that he would come back, and when he did, He would be on his own two feet. I wanted to follow him right then and there but there was something holding me back, and then the picture of my brother raced through my head, and I knew that I had to let my sister, and Cale know what was going on, so I slowly turned to the door that led to Cale's infirmary room and opened it.
"Rinoa...what's going on? And where is Squall, and Zell?" Cale asked slowly, I looked up into his eyes and I could see a questioning look.
"Cale...Selphie...Zell isn't doing so great, and Squall had another match." I replied shakily.
"What happened?" Cale asked, I knew that I couldn't keep it from them for long so I started explaining.
"Cale, do you know someone that goes by the name...seifer?" I asked while looking down at the floor.
"Yeah...why?" I looked up into his face to see that the questioning look from earlier was replaced with worry.
"Well, Zell had to fight him, and it didn't go so well, when I left to go and watch his fight, afterwords I didn't get to talk to him. The medics brought him here unconscious, and after I got into his room I couldn't even look at him, from all of the wounds that he had." I explained to both of them.
"That's...terrible, but who is seifer?" Selphie asked.
"Selphie, seifer is the worst person that you will EVER run into in your whole life, trust me I used to know him." Cale answered.
"Oh, anyway Rinoa do you know how Zell's doing right now?" She asked.
"No, the last time I seen him he was unconscious." I answered.
"Well...could we go see how he's doing?" Selphie asked hopefully.
"Yeah, I think that would be a good idea." Cale said enthusiastically, while getting up from the hospital bed he was laying on.
"Ok, well let's go." I said while walking towards the door.
"Wait how about you two go ahead and I'll catch up." Cale said.
"Why? don't you wanna come with us?" I heard Selphie ask.
"Well, I want to into my normal clothes, these hospital suits are really itchy and uncomfortable." Cale explained.
"Alright, Selphie come on lets get out of here." I said, while opening the door.
"Hey wait! What room is he in?" Cale asked.
"Oh, heheh...sorry, um I think it's room 258." I said.
"Ok, go ahead I'll catch up." Cale said with a small smile.
"Ok, Selphie come on." this time I made it out of Cale's room, then started walking in the direction that I knew Zell's room was located.
I had to walk around a little bit but I finally found my brother's room, I walked through the door with Selphie close behind me. I was glad that Zell had gotten the the blood cleaned off of him. Not long after we came in here, I heard a distinct click coming from the door, and was half-expecting to see Cale walk through but instead it was Dr. Kadowaki.
"Hello Dr. Kadowaki, how is he doing?" I asked.
"Hello..."
"Rinoa, and this is my sister Selphie." I said finishing the sentence.
"Ok then, Hello Rinoa...Selphie." I could tell that she had a little bit of hesitation in her voice, at this I was kind of puzzled.
"What's going on?" I asked slowly.
"...your brother isn't doing so well." She explained slowly.
"W-what...do you mean?" I asked in shock.
"It doesn't look promising, the person that he fought last, really beat him up bad." she explained.
After hearing this, I really regretted not going and getting everyone else sooner. I looked over at Selphie, and she looked like she was starting to break down. "Come on Selphie, everything is going to be alright, I know that Zell won't give up so easily." I didn't know if I was saying this to reassure Selphie or myself, but at that moment Cale came through the door, I looked up at him sadly, as soon as he seen the state that Selphie and me were in, his quickly changed from a small smile to a serious, and grim look.
"What's going on?" He asked slowly.
"Zell is going to...going to..." I knew it was bad when Selphie couldn't finish a sentence, I looked over to see her crying, I could also feel tears slowly starting to build up in my eyes. I looked up to see Cale at Zell's bedside checking for a pulse.
"What are you doing?" I asked curiously.
"Rinoa, did seifer use any attacks that would have been out of the ordinary?" He asked.
"No...wait! There was a green ball of fire." I couldn't think of the name so I tried explaining it.
"Would it...have been...an ultima?" He asked slowly.
"Yeah! That was...what...it...was...Cale why are you looking at me like that?" I had never seen a look like this coming from Cale before.
"Oh no! Dr. Kadowaki what medication have you given him?" Cale asked anxiously.
"Nothing yet, I had just finished cleaning him up." She explained
"Ok good, and do you know if there are any Thelas leaves hear?" He asked anxiously.
"I'm not sure, why." she asked.
"Never mind why, just bring me two if you can find them...and also a bottle of peroxide." At this I couldn't understand it, this was the first time I had ever seen him act like this and it was starting to freak me out, but for some reason I wasn't doing anything. After the doctor left the room was silent for a couple minutes until I heard a noise coming from where Cale was standing. I looked up to see him pull out something that looked kind of like a mushroom from a hidden pocket somewhere inside his clothes. I watched as he broke it up into little pieces, then get one of the plastic cups that were sitting on the counter in a big stack.
"Cale, what are you doing?" I asked.
"Look at Zell's face carefully." He instructed, so I walked over to my brothers bedside and looked, at first I couldn't see anything, but after a minute I could see a very faint green,
"Cale, he's...green, what's going on here?" I asked.
"He's poisoned, with a sickness called Hyphosictum, it is a rare disease and really I don't know how he got it, the only place where I know this disease can be contracted is on the Centra coast, and even there it is rare, so I don't understand how he could have gotten it, but the ultima that hit him could have triggered something." He explained, while putting water into the cup along with the mushroom thing and mash it into a brown goop.
"What was that thing?" I asked pointing at the cup that he was holding.
"It's a Hypha Phaysia mushroom." He answered, while taking one of those popsicle stick things and mixing it up more. "Rinoa, could you do me a favor and open Zell's shirt?" He asked.
"Y-yeah sure." I said looking down at my brother, I didn't know why he asked me but the way Cale was acting I was half afraid to say no.
I really didn't want to do this but I moved my hands to the top button of the hospital shirt and slowly undid everyone of them, after I was done with that I opened the shirt. I felt my knees go weak, and the feeling of something threatening to come up my throat at the site of the wounds that covered my brothers' torso.
"Crap! It's worse than I thought!" Cale said, I seen him reach into yet another pocket and pull out a blue flower with about eight petals on it, I watched as he quickly pulled the petals off and lay three of them on the nastiest looking gashes. "Rinoa, hand me another plastic cup." He instructed.
I turned around, grabbed one, and handed it back to him. I watched as he squeezed the liquid out of the stem of the flower into the empty cup, he then grabbed the cup with the 'nasty goo' as I would call it, and mixed both together. After that he brought the cup that had both of the 'ingredients' mixed together up to Zell's mouth, he opened it and drained the contents that were in the cup into his mouth.
"The ingredients will pretty much run down his throat without having to be swallowed so thats good." Cale said, while cleaning up the mess that he had left on the counter.
"What were they for?" I asked curiously.
"The mushroom, and the necter from the flower will keep the poison at bay for about two hours, so that will give me more than enough time to put the rest of the antidote together and fully stop the poison." He explained."
"Well...why couldn't the doctor just give him the medicine?" I asked.
"Because, there's not supposed to be a cure, I am probably the only one that would have any idea of how the poison works, and so i am probably the only one that would know how to cure a disease like this." He explained.
I didn't have time to ask anymore questions as I heard a distinct click come from behind me that I knew to be the door, I turned to see Dr. Kadowaki coming through the door holding a small pile of leaves and a small container with a few rags.
"Here's the two Thelas leaves you wanted, and also the peroxide, and a couple old rags that I had found." She said while handing everything to him.
"Alright thanks." He said while turning around and putting everything together.
I watched as Cale quickly and calmly completed the potion or whatever it was, and opened Zell's mouth to give him the rest of the cure.
"What was so important about the things that you asked for?" I heard the doctor ask Cale.
"Well, he had a disease called Hyphosictum, and the ingredients that you brought me were what I needed to cure the disease." Cale answered.
"Hypho-what...OH! You mean Hyphosictum...of course." There was something about the way she said it, that didn't sound right, but I didn't have time to think on it further as I heard Selphie's small voice coming from behind me.
"When is he going to wake up Cale?" She asked.
"Well...I don't really know but...probably in a little while." Cale said, shrugging his shoulders.
Just as Cale was saying that, out of the corner of my eye I seen a slight movement coming from Zell's bed, I looked over and seen him starting to slowly sit up.
"ZELL!" I knew that only Selphie would ever scream that loud, and before I knew it she was already hugging him.
"OUCH! Selphie! What's the matter? And what happened?" Zell complained while trying to get selphie's arms off of his neck.
"You...you don't remember?" I asked slowly.
"Remember what! And geez selphie leemme alone!" He yelled while finally getting selphie off of him.
I looked over at Cale, we exchanged worried glances before I looked back over at my brother. "You don't remember anything?" I asked worriedly.
"what am I s'pose ta remember?" He asked still confused.
"Your fight with seifer!" Cale yelled.
"Oh...ya...that, um...ya a little bi--- what happened?" He asked after finally realizing.
"He beat you up really bad, and then we found out that you were sick." I explained.
"Ok...I remember the fight, and then green fire, and...SQUALL! WHERE'S SQUALL!" at this I couldn't understand it, I knew Zell screamed but...never that loud.
"Hey Dr. Kadowaki, thank you for the help but I think we can manage from here." Cale said while walking toward her.
"Well alright, but if you need anything just ask the person at the main desk." Now this was weird first me brothers screaming and now Cale was getting the practically pushing the doctor out the door.
After the door closed I waited a couple minutes then. "Cale! What are you doing? That was the Dr. Kadowaki, why did you just push her out like that?" I asked, walking over to him.
"Rinoa, that wasn't Dr. Kadowaki." He answered.
"What? What do you mean that wasn't Dr. Kadowaki.?" now I was really confused.
"Rinoa! Couldn't you tell that she wasn't even a doctor, much less Dr. Kaodwaki? First of all, I KNOW Dr. Kadowaki personally, she was the person who helped me come up with the vaccine for Hyphosictum, then we could all probably tell that she didn't know me, plus if there are Galbadians here I know that they're going to at least TRY to get someone in here with us to tell them of our plans, so she was probably that inside person." He explained.
"Hello, did everyone forget bowt me?" Zell said, waving his arms.
"Oh, sorry Zell what were you saying?" I asked, turning around to face him.
"Where's Squall?" He asked.
"He's in a match right now...why?" I asked.
"Oh no! Do you know who He's fighting?" He asked.
"Um...no, why?"
"Before I blacked-out I remember seifer saying something, when he first said it I couldn't make out what he was saying but now for some reason I remember, He said something about fighting Squall next..." He explained, after hearing this I started walking towards the door, but I was stopped when I felt a strong grip on my my arm, I turned to look strait at Cale.
"Hold on Rinoa, I cant just let you go like that, especially if there are going to be Galbadians attacking." He said while letting go, and moving in front of the door.
I stood there for a few minutes, thinking on what to do. "Cale, I'll just be a few minutes, besides the Galbadian's aren't suppose to attack until the tournament is over, AND we can probably come up with a good plan if we have Squall here to help." I said.
"...(sigh)...Ok Rinoa, but don't be gone long." He said stepping aside from the door.
After I got out of my brother's room, I seen Dr. Kadowaki standing behind a desk talking with three cloaked men, I didn't really think anything about it and started walking in the direction of the waiting room.
I walked through the door separating the waiting room from the hall, I looked around for a place to sit or stand and found a spot in the far corner of the room, when I looked out the window I felt worry and anxiousness go through my body as I seen Squall and seifer battling in the arena.
I watched them exchange blow after blow with a speed that was almost...unhuman, for I could barely see their arms move, it was just a quick flash and everytime the steel of their blades met I could here a faint clang. I could feel myself becoming more tense with every flash of their gunblades, I seen Squall land a few blows on seifer, but he quickly paid them back, I knew that Squall had the upper-hand but I didn't know how long that would last after seeing what seifer had done to Zell.
I didn't have to wait long as I seen seifer take the same stance as he did before when he used the first Ultima, after I seen that I started pounding on the window and yelling at Squall to watch out, but I knew the glass was to thick for him to here me so I settled on standing there and hoping that he would see what was coming before it was to late.
But my hopes were shattered as I watched the green ball of intense energy shoot through the air and find it's target...Squall. "NO!" I yelled as I started running towards the door that led to the arena, but the staff blocked the entrance, I thought about trying to break through but I knew that I wouldn't get far so I went back to the window and watched on, to my amazement Squall was still standing, this puzzled me for when seifer used it on Zell he was down on the ground instantly, I was brought out of my thoughts as I seen an ugly dark purple aura engulf Squall, I could tell that Squall was concentrating hard so I knew it wasn't an attack from seifer---- "NO!" I yelled once more as I watched seifer run at Squall.
"NO!!!" I found myself screaming this time as I seen seifer thrust his gunblade into Squall. Now I found myself trying to fight my way through the staff that were guarding the doorway to the arena, but they just pushed me back, I looked around frantically and seen that I had everyones' eyes on me, but I didn't care, I just had to find a way to get out there.
I looked back out the window to see that Squall was looking at me, it was only a short moment that he did, but I could see the pain and agony that was very evident in his eyes, I watched him look down at the hilt of the gunblade that had been thrust through his abdomen, I seen him raise his hands to the handle, but I couldn't watch so I looked over to where seifer was standing and seen that he was slowly backing away, then I looked at his face to see a mix of total shock and disbelief.
I looked back over at Squall to see him slowly fall down on one knee, if it hadn't been for this stupid window I would have been out there a long time ago.
I seen the same purple aura engulf him again then they both...disappeared. I could here gasps coming from around the room, then I felt a tap on my right shoulder, I turned to see a man in a cloak just like the three that I had seen talking to Dr. Kadowaki.
"Are you Ms. Rinoa Caraway?" He asked.
"Um...no sorry I think you have the wrong person." I said while turning away from him and heading for the exit, for I had seen a Galbadian emblem under the cloak which he quickly covered.
I walked through the door and started at a quick walk, I looked around frantically for a place to hide but all that I could see was doors and everyone of them that I tried were locked. I heard a door open from down the hall and turned to see the same guy starting to walk towards me, that was all it took and I was already running, trying to find a place where I could hide or at least get away from him.
I looked back to see that he was also running...after ME, so I ran faster, it was then that I felt the straps of my small backpack and I remembered that I had brought my shooting star with me, now all that I needed was a minute or two so that I could equip it.
I turned down another hallway and found myself at the end of it, I could here the footsteps getting closer so I reached into my backpack and pulled out my weapon, I had just enough time to put it on, for the soldier had found me.
I raised my arm and aimed at him. "Stop! Or I'll shoot!" I yelled.
"Heh...heh...heh, you actually think that you can stop me with a little toy like that? Hmm...you must be stupider than I thought, first you run into a dead end, and then you aim a toy at me, HA! Commander Almasy told me to watch out but I don't think I'll have to haha, so are you at least gonna shoot?" he said with an evil laugh.
I was backing away, I didn't want to shoot but if I had to I would. "STOP! This is the last time I'll say this!" I yelled.
"HA! No I think your wrong, this is the last time you'll say ANYTHING HAHAHA!" He laughed, I seen an flash, and felt a jolt go through my arm, but nothing else happened, I waited a couple seconds more and then pulled the trigger...but nothing happened, I looked to see a small dagger wedged between the part that was connected to my arm, and the actual device that was supposed to be fired.
"Hmm...looks like your little toy is broken, aww to bad." He said with a devilish smirk.
I started to back up slowly, but that didn't do much good as I seen him lunge at me then I felt something hard smack the side of my face, I opened my eyes and seen that I was on the floor, I glanced up to find myself looking down the barrel of a gun.
"Heheh, Commander Almasy said that he wanted you to be brought to him...but he never said he wanted you alive...so I'll take it upon myself to quickly and painlessly end your life HAHA! So any last words...Ms. Caraway?" He said with an evil smile.
Now I regretted not listening to Cale, thoughts were going through my head millions be the second, I wanted to at least say goodbye to all my friends and my two siblings but I knew that was out of the question, BANG! That interrupted me from my thoughts, I knew that it wasn't coming from the gun that was pointed at me so I started looking around, and pretty soon there were more gunshots then I heard an explosion followed by screams.
"Hmm...sounds like the attack has started...ah well heheh times up Ms. Caraway, at least you can be thankful that it ends here instead of with the Commander, I heard that he doesn't treat his prisoners very well heheh." He said with the same evil smile.
I looked down and closed my eyes, and waited for the bullet that I knew would be coming, and soon enough I heard the loud BANG that I knew to be a gun...but for some reason I didn't feel anything, I opened my eyes and lifted my head slowly to see that the soldier that had almost killed me, lying there motionless on the ground.
"Whew, that was close, anyway are you Ms. Rinoa Caraway." I heard a voice coming from my right.
I looked up to see a man that didn't look much older than Squall walking towards me, I stood up and looked at him. "Why would you want to know?" I asked suspiciously.
"Sorry, that's restricted information...unless you are Ms. Caraway." He answered.
"Well then, thank you for helping me and have a nice day." I said while walking past him.
"Wait! Hold on a minute! I just need to know if you are alright." He said.
"Why."
"Because...because...(sigh) alright but don't tell anyone else. I'm Jeremy Fisher, and I'm a private in the Balamb army, ok now are you Ms. Caraway or are you not." He asked anxiously.
"Y-yes I am...but who sent you here?"
"We got a call from sergeant Leonhart, asking for back-up so...here we are." He explained happily.
So there's more than just you?" I asked.
"Uh ya, I was sent out to find at least you, so here you are, now with all of this chaos going on will you please follow me back to my comrades." He said it more like a command than a request, but I was glad that I wouldn't have to go alone.
"Wait! I have a friend, and my two siblings, and I want to get them first before I do anything else." I said while following him.
"Ok, where are they?" He asked.
"They're in the infirmary." I answered.
"Ok, well follow me but we have to be fast, I don't want us to wind up dead so come on." He said taking off at a slow run.
We made our way through a few corridor's, the screams and gunshots hadn't stopped but I was just hoping that the others were alright, I was taken from my thought's when I ran past a large window, I looked out and instantly my feet felt as if they were glued to the cement. For there in all of the ruckus was Squall who was practically laying flat on his back, I could feel the panic rising through my body again when I seen him, I looked around the arena and seen nasty dark green and purple colored...stuff all over the place, then I seen a quick flash coming from the roof of what looked like the waiting room, there was something moving quickly I couldn't make out that it was a missile...until it blew up, I didn't really care about the explosion, what was more important was what it hit.
I couldn't scream, I couldn't move, all I could do was watch in horror as Squall flew off of the arena, and fly into the wall that was right next to the window, I seen the wall right next to me crumble in, I could feel the impact of the hit without even touching the wall, and I could see Squall laying there motionless on the ground, then I seen another flash, and heard another explosion, this time it hit him almost dead on, I could feel tear-drops running freely down my face as I watched Squall's body go flying, I didn't see where he landed for I felt all of the power in my legs leave and I collapsed onto my knee's, I tried to get up but as much as I tried, I couldn't even move all I could do was cry.
"There you are! Geez I thought I lost you, come on!" I looked up slowly trying to stop from crying.
"Whoa, what happened?" He asked concerned.
"I s-seen S-squall...die." I managed to say before I broke down again.
"Sergeant...L-leonhart? w-where?" He asked while standing up hurriedly and looking out the window.
It took a few minutes but I finally stopped crying. "He...flew into the wall from an explosion...then there was another explosion right next to him, and that was all that I seen." I replied shakily.
"Oh no...we have to find him! And...and bring him back to the infirmary!" Jeremy said enthusiastically.
"HEY! THERE THEY ARE! GET'EM!" I looked behind me to see about ten Galbadian's at the end of the hall.
"Shoot! Come on I have to get you out of here." Jeremy yelled while grabbing my arm and helping me to my feet. "Now RUN!" He said while pushing me forward.
I started running as fast as I could, I looked back to see if Jeremy was right behind me and sure enough he was right on my heels, but he was also pulling out two black handguns, we made our way around the corner and I seen a sign saying Infirmary on it with an arrow pointing in the direction that I was facing.
"Ok! You go on ahead, find your friends and family and I will catch up alright." He ordered.
I slowly nodded, before turning around, but before I could start running.
"Wait! Here take this, now GO!" He said while handing me one of his guns.
I took it, and slowly turned around I looked back one more time then started running. I heard gunshots being exchanged, also a few screams, I looked back one more time to see Jeremy get hit by a bullet, I wanted to turn around and see if I couldn't help him but I seen him look at me "GO!" were the last words that I heard from him as I turned around and ran faster and faster towards my destination, I heard about three more gunshots and...that was it, I was too afraid to look back...afraid of what I might find.
"There she is! GET HER!" I heard from behind me, then more gunshots, I don't think I had ran anywhere near as fast as I was running now in all of my life, for I heard the whiz of bullets flying past me and knew that I had to get out of here. I turned the corner and found myself in front of two big metal doors, I pushed one open then found myself in the infirmary, I was having a hard time breathing for the moment but I knew that I couldn't stop until I made it back to the others so I continued on.
As I got closer to Zell's room I seen a group of about ten soldiers all in a circle at the other end of the room that I was in, and they all seemed to be having fun with whatever was in the midst of them, but I didn't want to find out so I cautiously walked on.
I found myself right outside my brother's room, I grabbed the handle and slowly opened the door, as soon as I stepped in I felt a hand cover my mouth quickly, then I felt the blade of a bloody sword touching the front of my neck, but it was quickly removed, I turned to look at Cale, then around the room, the three cloaked men that I seen talking to Dr. Kadowaki, were on the floor lying motionless, then I seen Zell and Selphie on the floor with them, I looked back at Cale frantically to see a look of coldness on his face, I didn't know what to think and started backing away from him, I didn't know if my siblings were dead, and if they were then who did it, I knew that Cale had been acting weird but I didn't think that he would do something like this, but I was having second thoughts as he started walking towards me, I looked down at his sword and to my relief he was letting it go.
He pulled me into a tight hug then stood back. "Thank God, Rinoa I thought you were...dead, hey Zell, Selphie it's safe to get up." He said with a smile.
I looked down at my brother and sister to see them getting up from off of the floor, then I found myself in another hug from both of them.
"Geez Rin, izit good ta see you." Zell said with a big grin.
"Ya same here." Selphie said.
"Anyway, where's Squall, and what's going on out there." Cale said while bending down to grab his sword from where it had landed on the ground.
I could feel the burning in my eyes again, I looked down at the ground, I could feel a few tears slowly making their way down the sides of my face. "H-he's...dead." with that I totally lost control and broke down into tears once more.
"H-hey Rin, naw he can't be...dead, he's too tough." Zell said, while pulling me into another embrace and trying to calm me down.
"N-no Z-zell, I s-seen him...get h-hit by two ex-expl-explosions, and s-smack into a w-wall." I tried to make it as clear as possible through crying.
"Cale, we have to find him." Zell said.
"(sigh) I know Zell but...it's too dangerous right now." Cale said.
"W-what?! Your just gonna ditch your bro like that?! Geez man that's cold." Zell practically yelled.
"Shutup! Don't you think this is tough for me? Of COURSE I want to save him! He's my BROTHER! But right now we have to focus on getting out of here, and hope...that...he's alright, I know Squall, if he were in a situation like this, he would get the people that he's with to safety first then come back, and as much as I hate to do this...I'm going to do the same, besides it would be better if we can get to safety first, no use getting caught or killed trying to get to one person who might be...dead." Now I had stopped crying and I could see the hurt, anxiousness, worry, and everything else all at the same time come over Cale's face.
"Ok, but we better get out before we get caught here." Zell said.
"Ok, but I'm coming back tomorrow and looking for Squall, as for now we have to focus on getting out of here before the Galbadian's find us, Zell you have you fighting gloves right?"
"Ya, right here." Zell said while pulling them out of his pocket.
"Ok, Rinoa Squall told me that he was training you with the shooting star." He said turning to me.
"Yeah but...it won't work." I explained while holding my arm up and showing him why.
"Alright, I can fix that but not now, do you have any other weapons?" He asked.
"No...wait yeah I have this gun, but do you know someone named Jeremy Fisher?" I asked while pulling it out and showing the gun to him.
"Yeah, He's one of my friends...why do you know him?" Cale asked while taking the gun and checking for bullets.
"Kinda, but...He's dead also." I replied sadly.
I seen Cale stop and look up at me "What! How do you know that?" He asked.
"I was almost killed before I got here, one of the Galbadian soldier's found me and if it wasn't for Jeremy...I wouldn't be here right now, then He led me almost all the way here, but...when a group of soldiers found us he gave me that gun for protection and tried to hold back the Galbadians but they...killed him." I answered slowly.
"Well, Jim always did help everyone when they were in trouble but...I guess this time He went a little too far." Cale said sadly.
"So...is there anymore bad news oh great mistress of tragedy?" Zell said.
"Zell this is no time to be cracking jokes especially in a time like this!" I yelled.
"Alright, stop! We have to get out of here so come on, and Selphie stay VERY close to us, now come on." Cale said while handing me the gun and opening the door.
After we were all out we made our way slowly through the infirmary and surprisingly for all of the noise we just made there were no Galbadians waiting to welcome us with bullets.
"Which way should we take to get out of here?" Cale asked while looking back at us.
"We can't just walk out the front door, but I didn't know there was another way out." I answered.
"Yeah there is but it's under the stadium, through a sewage system." He explained.
"Nasty, I'm not going anywhere near there." Selphie said with disgust.
"Ya man, that's kinda nasty doncha think?" Zell said.
"Yeah I know it wont be all fun and games, but we'll be able to get out of here safely plus there is a place nearby the exit where we can go and hopefully it will be safe there." Cale explained.
"Yeah we should go there, besides it probably won't be that bad." I said.
"Ok, let's go then." Selphie said.
So we all followed Cale down so many different hallways I lost count, and through even more rooms, I never knew that this place was so big, but we continued on, we went down three more corridor's before I stopped.
"Hey Cale how much longer before we get to the---" I stopped as I felt a cold hard piece of metal touch the back of my head, I slowly turned to once again look down the barrel of a gun, I looked around to see that we were surrounded by a squad of Galbadians.
"Hay Bert, look wut I found, wut d'ya think we should do with'em?" One of them said.
"I dunno, wut d'ya think Harper?" another asked.
"Hold on, let me see who they are." a particularly ugly guy said.
"Hmm, these kids look like the ones we're lookin for, should we take them to Commander Almasy alive, or should we have a litto fun first." He said with a cruel smile.
"Hay I say we hav sum fun." yelled another excitedly.
"Ya me too." yelled another.
"Ok then...who shall be first?" He said while circling our little group.
I looked over at Cale who was slowly reaching for his Katana, then I remembered the handgun that I had, so I did the same.
"Hay boy, gimme that litto sord uv yerz." a Galbadian said while pointing his gun at Cale, I had now reached my gun, I pulled it out and quickly aimed at the guy closest to Cale, but I never got to pull the trigger as I felt the end of a gun touch my head.
"Nunno litto missy I think that gun would be safer on the ground." the soldier said.
I looked over at Cale who nodded and I slowly laid it on the ground as he did the same with his sword.
"Ok now lessee howza bowt...you!" the one named Harper said as he grabbed Selphies arm and pulled her away from us.
"NO! Let her go, if your going to kill anyone kill me and let the others go!" Cale yelled while running after Selphie.
"Ho ho, reckless bravery never saved anyone boy, but hay who cares at least I have a first victim, and as for letting them go...HA! I'm not stupid, but I'll let the Commander take care of them howz that, oh an any last wurds? hahaha." He said while pointing his gun at Cale's head.
I couldn't watch first, Squall died, then Jeremy, and now Cale! I just couldn't believe that I actually liked the Galbadian army at one time, but now I just closed my eyes and trying to keep from crying.
"Ok well gess not aww well g'by." I heard him say.
I sat there and heard the gun go off then a dull thud, I couldn't take it, everyone that was close to me was dying, first all my friends, and now I didn't know who would be next. I didn't want to open my eyes for fear of what I might find but I did anyway, I looked up and seen Cale still standing there, then I looked at the ground to see the dead soldier laying there, then I heard a few more shots and the other soldiers around us dropped dead also. I stood up and looked around, and out of the shadow's came four people, three guys and one girl.
"Heh I thought I would find you guys down here, geez looks like we made it just in time huh." The tall man in front of the others said while walking towards our little group.
"Who are you?" Cale asked.
"Aww c'mon Cale you don't even recognize me? Sheez I thought that YOU of all people would." He said, and I could here the humor in his voice.
"How do you know that name, and you still didn't answer my question yet." Cale said.
"Aww geez Cale you ruin all my fun, cant'cha recognize a friend." the man said while pulling off the hat that was partially covering his face.
"I-irvine man is it good to see you." Cale said excitedly while running over to him.
"Yeah, if your brother hadn't called me and said that there was problems I wouldn't have been here ta save yer hide man." Irvine said with a boyish grin.
"Anyway we have to get out of here before more soldiers come." Cale said while walking over and picking up his Katana.
"Oh and who might these young people be?" Irvine said looking over at me and my two siblings.
"Oh this is Zell, and she's Selphie, and I'm Rinoa." I said while pointing at each of us.
"Hey I heard Squall was hangin out with a girl named Rinoa, are you her?" He asked.
"Yeah, he's a friend from school and he also was teaching me how to use the shooting star." I answered.
"(gasp) the shooting star...THE Shooting Star?" He asked looking over at Cale who just nodded, "Geez he never lets anyone touch that thing, much less use it, you his girlfriend our sumthin?" He asked, looking at me.
I could feel heat rising up my neck, and spreading across my face. "No, just a friend." I answered.
"Hmm, well you must be special or sumthin cuz he NEVER let me touch that thing, and I'm like his best friend." Irvine said.
"Ok Irvine, only you can be talking about stuff like this in a situation like this one, now get real alright." Cale said seriously, and in my head I silently thanked him.
"Alright man, jus askin a few questions thats all, ya don't hafta get all huffy like that." Irvine said raising his hands up in defense.
"Ok now we have to get out of here, and there's two ways the sewers or the front door now which way do you think we should go?" Cale asked.
"Sewers definitely, but do you have a place where you can hide out at?" Irvine asked.
"Well I think I do, I just hope that the Galbadians haven't found it yet." Cale replied.
"Ok well two things, one I know a different place where we can go that will be safer AND the Galbadians definitely won't be there, but it will take a couple days to get there, and two where is Squall?" Irvine asked looking around.
I looked over at Cale and seen the same sadness in his eyes that I was feeling, and once again I could feel the same burning in my eyes that was so familiar.
"He...didn't make it." Cale replied sadly.
"W-what, you gotta be jokin man...right?" Irvine asked looking around at all of us.
I couldn't hold it in anymore and started to cry.
"Oh no...wait! Don't think that he's dead just yet alright, if I know my man Squall, he will probly come walkin towards us or sumthin in a few days or sumthin like that." He said trying to reassure us all.
"Ok Irvine I'm really hoping that what your saying is true but right now I think that we should get out of here alright." Cale said reluctantly.
"Alright man but we hafta wait a few more minutes for Jeremy alright." Irvine said.
"I'm sorry Irvine but Jim won't be joining us on our way out." Cale said even sadder.
"What do ya mean man?" Irvine asked after a few minutes.
"Irvine, He's...dead, you can ask Rinoa." Cale explained.
"Y-yeah He helped me get to the Infirmary, but we were pursued by Galbadians and he died trying to hold them back." I explained slowly.
"O-ok then...well let's...get out of here." Irvine said sadly, before leading the way to the sewers.
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(OK!!!!!! welp here i am an Im gunna hava litto tawk wit all me readers ^_^
anywayz here's duh part where I 'MIGHT!!!!!!!' put Squall in wit do ya tink evryone?
Evryone else: We'll kill ya if ya don't!!!!!!! (evryone else says angrily)
Me: Hmm welp...uh...mebbee I could put it in...but then it would ruin all uv my fun HAHA.
Evryone else: ARE YOU EVIL OR SUMTIN!!!!!
Me: Ya...I am...an I like it....LOL
Evryone else: Well...wut if we stop reedin dis stry
Me: (GASP) NOOOOO!!!!!!!!!.....ok you convinced me, I'll be nice an put in duh part wit Squall so...uh I kinda hafta go an do that so b'by peepulz'z.
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(Squall's POV)
(Cough)....(cough) "Am I...Dead?" I asked myself, I was starting to wonder if I was alive, or...not, and for the moment I wasn't feeling the pain that I had before, but something brought me from my own musings.
"No Master Leonhart, you are far from it" I heard someone...or something say in my head.
My eyes shot open and strangely...I found myself in a huge bed, I looked around me to find that I was in a room...or bedroom that you would only find in a VERY rich person's home, I looked down to see a very intricately designed quilt draped over me, I quickly threw it aside and stood up, I looked around the room to find the person or thing that had just talked to me inside my head, but found no one there but...me.
I quickly remembered what had just happened a few minutes ago...or at least it seemed like a few minutes ago for me, I felt along my arms to find that all of the bruises that I had aquired from the battle gone, and also I was wearing...PAJAMAS! I HATED pajamas but right now wasn't the time to worry about them, I had to find out where I was, then try and find a way back, so I started looking for at least my normal clothes, but they were nowhere to be found, I seen some closed drapes and decided to at least see where I was.
I pulled them aside and what I saw left me in shock, there were buildings the size of...OF...I don't know, but they were just...HUGE, and there were weird looking...things, I couldn't even begin to tell anyone about how weird this was, first I wake up in a room fit for a king, THEN I find that all of the bruises and cuts and everything else that had hurt a couple minutes ago...didn't now, and then I found myself in...what seemed like fairy land, I was brought away from my thoughts as I heard a loud knock on what seemed like a door.
"Yes, what is it?" I managed to say calmly.
The door opened to reveal a...woman that in some way reminded me of Rinoa. "Ah, Master Leonhart I am glad to see that you have awakened." She said happily.
"What do you mean? And where am I?" I asked.
"Why Master Leonhart, you are dreaming right now, but this place is real, only in a different dimension from your world." She explained.
"Why are you calling me Master!? And what do you mean by different dimensions?" I asked confused.
"I am calling you Master only because that is what you are, for you are the heir to the throne, you are one of the legendary Droganites." She explained.
"D-drago....draco...drognite...WHATEVER! But I think you have the wrong person lady, I'm not...a drog...thing, I'm a human not no heir to the throne of fairy land!" I yelled.
"Let me explain this better, every two to three thousand years, there are about four droganites two boys, and also two girls born into the world of humans, the first pair is sent to one dimension, and the same is done to the other pair only a different dimension from the other, the pair is made up of one of the boys, and one of the girls, we keep track of them, and also watch their actions to be sure which pair would be able to rule this country, then when they are old enough we will contact them and tell them what is going on." She explained.
"You mean to tell me, that I'm supposed to rule over a land that you would find in a kids book, I'm supposed to be one of four drog...things, and that I have no other choice but to be a ruler!?" I asked, almost yelling.
"You do have a choice, so that is why I will let you think on it, we will talk again, but until that time comes, we have sent a guardian force to protect you from any major harm so until we meet again please think on what you have heard...goodbye Master Leonhart." And with that I felt my eyelids closing and I seen the floor coming closer and closer, Everything seemed to be going in slow motion, then there was nothing but blackness.
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I tasted a horrible coppery tasted in my mouth and opened my eyes slowly, I tried to move but as soon as a muscle even so much as twitched I felt pain shoot through my whole body, I laid there for a few minutes thinking about all that I had just heard, but now I found myself in a totally different situation, I found that my clothes were wet, I was hurting everywhere, I couldn't move, and on top of that I still had that nasty taste in my mouth.
I heard a sound like a...footstep, that almost blended in with the sound of the running water that I could tell was off in the distance, I quickly turned my head to where the direction that I had heard the sound, and immediately regretted it as I heard a stiff crack followed by pain shooting from my chest up to my head, but for the moment I ignored it, all that I seen was two yellow glowing eyes, at first I dismissed it for a cats' eyes, but then I reminded myself that it was so dark I couldn't even see the tip of my nose, AND the eyes were too big to be a cats eyes.
"Wh—(cough)...(hack)...what...are...you?" I managed to get out painfully.
"IT IS GOOD TO SEE THAT YOU ARE ALIVE MASTER LEONHART." It said...REALLY loud, then I seen a flash and was blinded by a dim light.
After the shock of the light had subsided, I opened my eyes to see the same ugly monster from the fight with seifer that I had seen get blown up. "H-how...are...you...still...alive?" I asked slowly.
I heard something that sounded almost like a snort...only nastier sounding. "I WON'T GIVE UP ON MY ASSIGNMENT THAT EASILY MASTER LEONHART." It answered plainly, while moving over to me, I seen another flash and felt the pain that was pounding throughout my body quickly subside, and I found that I could now sit up.
"What are you? And how are you still here?" I asked.
"I AM A GUARDIAN FORCE, I WAS SENT HERE BY MISTRESS ALMA, ONE OF THE TOP COUNCILORS OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL IN MY HOME WORLD, I AM HERE TO PROTECT AND GUIDE YOU WHILE YOU ARE ON YOUR JOURNEY TO PROVE THAT YOU CAN BE THE RULER OF THE WORLD OF THE GURDIAN FORCES." It explained.
"Ok, well three things, one I don't want you to call me Master, or Leonhart or anything like that, it makes me sound like I'm forty, just call me Squall. Two, do you have to always talk that loud? and three, what is your name?" I asked.
"Ok from now on I will call you Squall, and I will no longer talk as you would call it...loud, and about my name...I can take three forms, one for speed, strength, and human, each has a name, but I don't have one in particular that I am called by all of the time." It replied.
"Well then, if your going to be my guardian then I will have to think one up, anyway...I would like to get out of this stadium, I've been here long enough." I said while slowly pulling myself up from off of the wet, musty ground, I don't know what this creature did but I could hardly feel any pain, it wasn't completely gone but at least I could walk.
"Alright then Squall, follow me I know a short way out of here, but where would you want to go then?" It asked.
"I have somewhat of a hideout up in the forest covered mountains of Balamb, I used to live close to where it is so I was always there, but the only thing is...it will take me about two days to get there on feet, that is if the weather is good." I explained while following him.
"Won't that be a little far?" He asked.
"Yeah, but I can do it." I replied, after that we didn't talk anymore, I just followed him until we came to a hole, that was in the wall right next to me, I looked at it, I knew that I could fit through it but I didn't know if my 'guardian' could, so I turned around to look at him.
"Will you be able to get through also?" I asked pointing at the hole.
He looked past me at the hole, and then at me. "not in this form." He said plainly, I was confused, until I remembered what he said about being able to take three forms, then I just watched in amazement as He turned from this huge ugly beast into something that looked almost half-human.
He was about as tall as me, as a matter of fact he resembled me a lot, only longer hair and his eyes were really weird, they still had that freaky glow to them that I had seen before, and his right arm wasn't normal, it was incredibly larger then his left arm, I stood there shocked at how nasty his arm looked, until I looked down at his hand to see him holding a...a gunblade.
It looked nothing like mine, there was a metal piece holding it onto his arm, with a gun handle that looked like the one on seifers gunblade, but the blade itself was totally black, and it kind of zig-zagged going down, and at the end there was a small hook.
He quickly realized that I had seen it, and quickly put it in the black leather sleeve that was hanging from his belt, and folding down the part that connected with his arm.
"Whoa, that thing looked awesome." I said.
"I am sorry Squall but I don't know how it ended up in my hand, I only have it out if I...have to use it, but I think we should get going." He said steering the conversation away from the weapon, and heading toward the hole in the wall.
I felt kind of disappointed, but I wanted to get out of here so I turned and followed him through the small hole.
I looked down the small tunnel that we were in, but it wasn't much use for everything was dark, but I was thankful that it was pretty much a strait shot, and at the other end I could tell that the light of day was shining as far as it could into the tunnel.
I stepped out and immediately I felt the sharp cold of winter, I then remembered that it was mid-December, and thought nothing more, I just followed my guardian into the mountains, hoping that if Irvine had found the others then he would think of taking them there for safety.
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Whew I'm done wit chap five YAY, ok welp I'm VERY sorry for not updating sooner but I had chap 5 dun a long time ago I had it ready and EVERYTHING but when I went put it up I found that my stupid comp had deleted chap 5 AND 4 out so I had ta start ALL over again, but I got busy...kinda, and then I had a writers block the size of Texas, and a litto bit o lazyness kicked in an I jus never got to it but HERE I AM an wit chap 5 too hehe.
Ok an if the first part absolutely SUCKED, then I can understand cuz that wuz wen I had duh writers block an I couldn't think of ANYTHING so...sorry heh...heh.
And if anyone recognizes anything that I have mentioned in this chap is from Morrowind, or Lord of the Rings then yew are currect...but I don own any uv them alrite, jus ta tell ya.
Alrite time to say GEEEE TAAAANKS to alluv ya that reviewed.
Brandon or...Da shirt...lol: Hey man glad ya could reed me stry, but one thing do ya want me ta call ya Brandon or da shirt...anywho you can tell me nex time I see ya (were good buds).
Aloneandnotafraid: Yo man....or gurl, hay thx for reedin an sorry bowt the cliffhanger last time but I felt like bein evil so heheh sorry, an I'm glad ta see ya like my stry so much that you reviewed and said HAY START WURKIN ON IT!!!!! cuz that was kinda why I got it dun so fast heheh.
Dark Eva: Geez your the only person that seems ta like cliffhangers...kewl haha anywayz glad ya like it an hope ya liked this one.
Selphie Kinneas: Ahhh yet another faithful reader...kewl anywayz glad ya liked me last chapter and hope ya liked how I put Irvine in, but ya think he coulda gotten thar faster huh ah wellz but he's in now an will continue ta be in duh stry until my use for him has ended....GWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA I'm PURE evil, but I dunno when my use for him will end mebbee last chapter, mebbee nex chap, or mebbee never...I dunno anywayz I'll figure it out so hope ya liked this chapter.
Ashley: Ok welp yewr last but not least, anyway too bad that ya dun like FF8 strys but guess it cant be helped, but if ya stop reedin you will be missed so bye (waves).
Ok welp thats evryone...at least I think anywayz I hope ta hav me nex chap up by Christmas...mebbee a nice Christmas present to ya all anywayz if I dun get it up by Christmas then I wish you all a Merry Christmas hope ya hava good one.
Ok welp I gots towns ta burn, an peepulz'z ya kill so I gotta go bye.........LOL jus kiddin bowt the killin an burnin (I'm startin ta sound like seifer now...AHHHHHHHHH!) anywayz I do hafta go so C YA.