Squall walked into his office, a little unnerved by what had happened in
Deling City. He sat at his desk, trying to figure out what had happened to
Jace, but was interrupted by a knock at his door.
"Come in," he said. Rinoa came quietly through the door and walked over to her husband.
"Coming to bed soon?" she asked. Squall smiled.
"Yeah, I'll be there in a little bit. I just have some extra paperwork to do." Rinoa smiled at him, knowing he was lying, but kissed him and went to bed without saying anything. He was going back to thinking again, when he was interrupted by another knock.
"Come in," he said a little testily. The door opened again, and Sonya walked inside. "Hi," he said, getting up out of the seat.
"Hi, dad," said Sonya, moving over to give her father a hug. "How are you?"
"A little tired," said Squall, smiling, "But that comes from old age. You?"
"Not bad. I just can't sleep." Squall looked at his daughter, almost exactly the spitting image of her mother, if not for the brown hair she had inherited from her father.
"Anything wrong?" he asked. Sonya shrugged her shoulders.
"Not really. I just haven't been able to sleep the last few days."
"So you said. Anything you wanted?" asked Squall.
"I just hoped you were having another bout of insomnia. We could stay up all night and talk." Squall smiled.
"I think you're in luck. I haven't slept in the past three days." He took her arm and the two went for a walk. "Anything you wanted to talk about?"
"Jace."
"Strange topic, talking about my partner. Anything you waned to know about him?" Sonya shrugged her shoulders.
"Is there anything you know about him? Like, anything that could be dangerous?" Squall's mind flashed back to the events earlier, when Jace's head had erupted in flames.
"Nothing you need to know about. Why?" Sonya turned and walked to the second story deck, and walked out into the night.
"Dad, I have something to tell you." Squall moved next to her and put his arm around her shoulder.
"Yes?"
"Jace and I, we've been going out for the past two months." Squall nodded.
"Okay," he said.
"Doesn't it shock you at all that I've been keeping this from you for two months?" Squall laughed.
"Not really. I picked up on it after you two were going out for about a week. It's pretty easy to pick. God knows I found out the hard way." Sonya laughed.
"Yeah, I heard about how you and Mom met." Squall joined in the laughter and the two of them stayed out on the deck, watching the stars until the sun came up.
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Jace walked slowly through the dark, grimy streets of Deling City that were overflowing with people, his weapon in his hand. He made his way through the throng, looking for someone, but not entirely sure who. He stopped for a second, and scanned the street, hoping to get some idea of what he was searching for.
"There he is!" shouted a voice from behind him. Jace spun around, but the street had somehow become completely empty.
"Where?" came another voice. Jace spun around again, and suddenly, standing right in front of him, was Charlie, the man from the theatre. He was holding a woman around the neck, a knife at her throat. The woman looked up, and Jace stepped back in shock.
"Sonya," he said, dropping his sword to the ground. Charlie laughed and ran the sharp blade across her throat. Blood poured down her chest and seeped down her top to the ground. Sonya flopped to the ground, landing in the pool of he blood, splashing it everywhere. "No!" shouted Jace. Charlie laughed again and threw the knife at Jace. It hit him and his world went black.
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"Argh!" Jace shouted, sitting up in his bed. He scanned his bedroom for any threats, but found nothing in the dark room. He got out of bed and grabbed the pants for hid SeeD uniform and put them on, and grabbed a grey shirt that was lying on his desk chair. He then strapped his sword to his back, for no other reason than to shake the sense of terror he was feeling for Sonya. He ran out of his room and made his way to Sonya's. His fear of something having happened to her grew greater when he found her room empty. "Where the hell is she?" he asked himself as he moved out of her room and ran up to Squall's. He knocked on the door, and faintly heard Rinoa's voice.
"Come in," she called. Jace opened the door and walked in.
"Is Squall here?" Rinoa, a faint smile on her face, shook her head.
"He's walking around Garden with Sonya," replied the woman. "Anything you wanted?"
"How can you tell?" asked Jace. Rinoa smiled.
"Not many people carry their weapons to someone else's room." Jace laughed. "Come here, sit down," she said, sitting up.
"What's up?" asked Jace.
"Something's wrong with you. I can tell."
"It's nothing," said Jace, still a little edgy about his dream.
"You can either tell me or I cast something on you that will make you tell me," said Rinoa with a little laugh. Jace smiled.
"Alright, but can I tell you after I find Sonya?" Rinoa closed her eyes for a second, then opened them again.
"They're on the second floor deck," she said. "But they're not alone."
"Come in," he said. Rinoa came quietly through the door and walked over to her husband.
"Coming to bed soon?" she asked. Squall smiled.
"Yeah, I'll be there in a little bit. I just have some extra paperwork to do." Rinoa smiled at him, knowing he was lying, but kissed him and went to bed without saying anything. He was going back to thinking again, when he was interrupted by another knock.
"Come in," he said a little testily. The door opened again, and Sonya walked inside. "Hi," he said, getting up out of the seat.
"Hi, dad," said Sonya, moving over to give her father a hug. "How are you?"
"A little tired," said Squall, smiling, "But that comes from old age. You?"
"Not bad. I just can't sleep." Squall looked at his daughter, almost exactly the spitting image of her mother, if not for the brown hair she had inherited from her father.
"Anything wrong?" he asked. Sonya shrugged her shoulders.
"Not really. I just haven't been able to sleep the last few days."
"So you said. Anything you wanted?" asked Squall.
"I just hoped you were having another bout of insomnia. We could stay up all night and talk." Squall smiled.
"I think you're in luck. I haven't slept in the past three days." He took her arm and the two went for a walk. "Anything you wanted to talk about?"
"Jace."
"Strange topic, talking about my partner. Anything you waned to know about him?" Sonya shrugged her shoulders.
"Is there anything you know about him? Like, anything that could be dangerous?" Squall's mind flashed back to the events earlier, when Jace's head had erupted in flames.
"Nothing you need to know about. Why?" Sonya turned and walked to the second story deck, and walked out into the night.
"Dad, I have something to tell you." Squall moved next to her and put his arm around her shoulder.
"Yes?"
"Jace and I, we've been going out for the past two months." Squall nodded.
"Okay," he said.
"Doesn't it shock you at all that I've been keeping this from you for two months?" Squall laughed.
"Not really. I picked up on it after you two were going out for about a week. It's pretty easy to pick. God knows I found out the hard way." Sonya laughed.
"Yeah, I heard about how you and Mom met." Squall joined in the laughter and the two of them stayed out on the deck, watching the stars until the sun came up.
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Jace walked slowly through the dark, grimy streets of Deling City that were overflowing with people, his weapon in his hand. He made his way through the throng, looking for someone, but not entirely sure who. He stopped for a second, and scanned the street, hoping to get some idea of what he was searching for.
"There he is!" shouted a voice from behind him. Jace spun around, but the street had somehow become completely empty.
"Where?" came another voice. Jace spun around again, and suddenly, standing right in front of him, was Charlie, the man from the theatre. He was holding a woman around the neck, a knife at her throat. The woman looked up, and Jace stepped back in shock.
"Sonya," he said, dropping his sword to the ground. Charlie laughed and ran the sharp blade across her throat. Blood poured down her chest and seeped down her top to the ground. Sonya flopped to the ground, landing in the pool of he blood, splashing it everywhere. "No!" shouted Jace. Charlie laughed again and threw the knife at Jace. It hit him and his world went black.
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"Argh!" Jace shouted, sitting up in his bed. He scanned his bedroom for any threats, but found nothing in the dark room. He got out of bed and grabbed the pants for hid SeeD uniform and put them on, and grabbed a grey shirt that was lying on his desk chair. He then strapped his sword to his back, for no other reason than to shake the sense of terror he was feeling for Sonya. He ran out of his room and made his way to Sonya's. His fear of something having happened to her grew greater when he found her room empty. "Where the hell is she?" he asked himself as he moved out of her room and ran up to Squall's. He knocked on the door, and faintly heard Rinoa's voice.
"Come in," she called. Jace opened the door and walked in.
"Is Squall here?" Rinoa, a faint smile on her face, shook her head.
"He's walking around Garden with Sonya," replied the woman. "Anything you wanted?"
"How can you tell?" asked Jace. Rinoa smiled.
"Not many people carry their weapons to someone else's room." Jace laughed. "Come here, sit down," she said, sitting up.
"What's up?" asked Jace.
"Something's wrong with you. I can tell."
"It's nothing," said Jace, still a little edgy about his dream.
"You can either tell me or I cast something on you that will make you tell me," said Rinoa with a little laugh. Jace smiled.
"Alright, but can I tell you after I find Sonya?" Rinoa closed her eyes for a second, then opened them again.
"They're on the second floor deck," she said. "But they're not alone."