Chapter 6

"Laguna should be striking soon… He will bring help as well." Said Dr. Odine to a dark figure sitting on a throne. "He knows that he cannot win the secret war that he has gotten himself into."

"He will most likely bring in his most powerful allies…" said Emerson who was next to Odine. "Perhaps his precious SeeD's."

"Let them come." Boomed a voice that came from the direction of the throne. "This works both ways. We have the home territory advantage plus… They will fall into our trap by coming here in the first place. Are our forces ready to go?" Odine and Emerson nodded. "Well done my officers. Tell our forces not to hold back and slaughter then intruders with no mercy. Actually better yet make them suffer slowly…" Odine and Emerson grinned as they left the room to tell their men their orders.

4 days later on the Ragnarok heading towards Estar the Elite SeeD's were being briefed on their mission and being assigned to the cadet teams that they were going to be protecting.

"Quistis, you will go with Selphie and Irvine with team 1." Began Squall. "Julia, you are with Robert and Amy assisting team 2. John, you Duke, Sandy and Linda will go with team 3. Edmond, you Daemon, Wendy and Jewel are with team 4. Last is James, you will go with Bust, Howard, Rachel and Mitchell. I will stay here with Rinoa and Zell as back up. If the situation gets too dangerous call for help and stay put." All the SeeD's shouted in agreement, stood up and saluted. "Good luck to all of you. Remember your training and we will all travel back to garden together." Once again the SeeD's saluted and left the meeting room. In about 20 minutes the Ragnarok landed one of the many airport towers of Estar. Laguna was already waiting for them with an army of soldiers all around the airport and surrounding buildings to make it safe.

"Okay you have already been briefed on your mission and the four paths you need to take to reach your destination!" shouted Laguna over the noise. "This is a very hostile zone so be careful! Remember you must download the files on their computer to your disc and return it safely! Good luck to all of you!" Kiros stepped forward and told each team to enter a traveling tube that transported them to their path. Robert and Amy waited for Julia as she told the team that they would be protecting to be extra careful and that they were watching the cadets. She then hugged her sister and told her to be even more careful.

"I actually thought that I would never return here…" said Robert quietly. Amy nodded putting a hand on his shoulder. When Julia returned they hid themselves and followed the cadets and Estar soldiers behind them as the noise of bombs and gunfire were heard all around them.

Michelle walked slowly walked further down the dark alley behind her team captain Andrew and behind here were Leo and Adrian and behind them were 5 Estar soldiers looking behind them. Andrew then heard something and made the signal to stop and be alert as he held his sniper rifle. Michelle quickly extended her lance as Leo prepared his magic and Adrian prepared his sword. After about 2 minutes Andrew got back up and told the group that the coast was clear. Suddenly 2 soldiers came out of no where and began to fire upon them making the group take cover. Michelle quickly ran out of her hiding spot and ran so quickly that she was in range within a few seconds and instantly killed a soldier with several slashes of her lance. Andrew popped out as well putting a bullet into the soldiers head. Andrew and his team were moving once again and ran into 4 more teams of enemies but dispatched of them easily. Ten minutes later the entire group was taking cover, for a machine and 10 soldiers were firing madly at them. Andrew and the Estar soldiers returned fire as the other SeeD's casted spells. Leo quickly ran out and activated his limit break enabling him to fire a stream of fireballs while Michelle casted protect around him to block the bullets. He killed 5 soldiers instantly while damaging the machine but soon had to take cover once again. Adrian soon casted haste on himself and charged forward dodging attacks and destroying the machine and the rest of the soldiers. The SeeD's once again moved forward alert as ever when suddenly 2 men stepped out in front of them. They all took cover as an Estar soldier fired him weapon at them which they dodged with ease.

"It's them…" he whispered to his comrades.

"Who is he?!" shouted Leo over the noise. All the Estar soldiers began to fire all at once but the 2 men easily dodged them once again by taking cover and moving closer with incredible speed. They then charged forward towards the distant SeeD group once the firing stopped. Leo used his limit break once again to fire several fireballs at his opponents but they simply side stepped to avoid begin hit. It also seemed that they were picking up more speed. Andrew also needed to use their advantage of distance before it went away. He quickly began to fire at them with his sniper rifle but kept missing. Adrian and Michelle stood in front of the group with their weapons out and prepared to strike as their enemies got closer. Michelle was the first who charged forward striking with her lance but it was easily dodged. She screamed as she was struck in the arm then thrown into the air. Adrian fell onto his right knee as a dagger pierced his leg. Andrew quickly ran forward but was struck in the shoulder by another dagger. The enemy appeared right in front of him in an instant but was stuck by 5 fireballs. Leo ran forward to strike but was kicked in the elbow section of his arm making him yell in pain as his arm broke. One enemy had already killed 2 of the 5 Estar soldiers as his comrade began to decide which SeeD to kill. He finally stood above Michelle but quickly flew to the right to prevent from being impaled by 4 arrows. He was then slammed into the wall by Robert who had jumped down from a building. The man tried to slash at the SeeD but only cut air and was soon shoved into the wall making it crack under the force. Robert then began to beat upon the man until he fell to his knees lifeless. Amy had already impaled the legs of the remaining enemy and then sent an arrow right into his head. She began to care for the wounded Estar soldiers when she looked at the SeeD's and shouted to Robert.

"Michelle is missing!" Robert looked around once again.

"So is Julia…" he whispered helping Andrew up.

"What the hell were those guys?!" shouted Andrew. "How did all of us lose to them?!"