* Chapter 29 has arrived! ^-^ Enjoy! Oh, FF8 belongs to Squaresoft, though
the fic is mine! *
1 Chapter 29
1.1 Unexpected Help
Rinoa awoke from a nightmare. She sat up perspiration poured down her body like all hell as she surveyed her surroundings. She was in the FH grand hotel that she had arrived to two days earlier. Squall was in Balamb, but her dream told her otherwise. They were being attacked and her powers had already identified a wave of power from there. She got out of bed and walked over to the bathroom nearby. The walls were an off white color with coral designs as decorations. The large mirror before her was crystal clean and the sink was all shiny silver. She turned the cold water on and soaked her face. After several minutes, she looked back up to see her image reflect across the smooth surface. For someone who was thirty-four years old, she looked like she was still twenty-two. She had a few fine lines around her eyes, but Squall always said she looked angelic and always would even when they were old and wrinkly. She loved the way he made her feel happy and now she was worried about him. He has no weapon to defend himself if her vision in fact was true.
Rinoa quickly got dressed and started to put her boots on when an Esthar soldier knocked on the door.
"Come in." she ordered. A young soldier who had his mask off, came in. Rinoa could have sworn that even in the dark the young man's eyes glowed green, and his hair kept getting into his face.
"I have some bad news, Mrs. Leonhart." He began.
"Go on." She said.
"Balamb Town has been destroyed and the Garden is gone. We are still trying to figure out if Garden had been destroyed or they had powered it up to escape." Rinoa's face fell in sadness and her thoughts flashed to squall.
"Have they found Squall?" she asked.
"I'm sorry, when our soldiers came in just a few hours after a distress call we couldn't find garden at all. The city, villages, forests and practically everything are burnt to a crisp." He explained. The raven- haired woman stood up and firmly walked over to the window. I will not cry…Squall is alive! Edea and Cid are alive and so is my daughter! I will not give up.
"Tell president Laguna to begin a search." She ordered.
"We are already searching the oceans from the west to the eastern coasts." The man said.
"Fine, but do more then search! Squall is alive and I know it!" she said loudly. The young soldier nodded and left Rinoa alone in the dark room to ponder her thoughts.
* * *
Squall watched as more of Garden's soldiers died. He cursed whatever sorceress or evil that had caused this great destruction below. Edea tried to comfort him but he shrugged her sympathy away. He had already thrice over tried to rush down to the first level to fight even with his bare hands but it took all of Cid's, Edea's and Nida's strength to hold him down. He felt the floor vibrate with power and Nida announced that the systems were online. They cast the shield up and some of the soldiers cheered below. Then came the ion cannons that Nida shot at the upcoming monsters.
Xu and Raijin had entered the control room and they nodded that Garden was ready for take off.
"Good. Nida, upload now the ultron spell and set the timer for five minutes. We have to give our men time enough to escape into the Garden." Squall commanded, then he turned toward Xu, "Start the Garden up and get ready for flight."
"Sir, we only have 45% of magic stored up. I don't think the remaining fighters will have a chance to escape." Nida explained.
Squall paced the floor and sighed, "Fine, cast the spell now and you can lower the power magic on that shield."
"Yes sir."
"Commander?" Xu began.
"What now?"
"The monsters are having some trouble. There appears to be two silver wolves attacking the monsters." She said. Squall looked down upon the filed to see wolves almost the sizes of a ruby dragon. Hyne, thank you, Squall said within the walls of his mind.
* * *
The two wolves attacked the advancing armies and killed off several hundreds in the process, yet that was only a fraction to the rest.
: My wolves! Attack the serpents! : an ethereal voice chimed within the spirit wolves' minds.
: Yes mistress. : the wolves said in unison. They attacked the wreathing serpents and the creatures that rode upon them roared with anger.
"Spirit wolves!" Molokai growled. This was the Hyne's doing! He looked up at the night sky and roared at his mother.
"How dare you strike upon this army! Even you are no match for us, mother!" the beast roared. Lightning flashed angrily across the sky yet, there were no clouds, but stars that shined brightly full of anger. Molokai's brothers roared in agreement, then howled with rage when they saw that the Garden was missing.
"Where are the filthy humans?!" roared Lanais, Molokai's second oldest brother. Molokai growled and then commanded his armies to burn the continent away destroying anything alive. The GF wolves were gone and they had left Molokai with small casualties, but still it was his army.
"Let's move out and report to Hades." Molokai ordered. His brothers protested but kept their opinions to themselves. They too wanted to run about killing off everything. Molokai muttered and remembered that they were still young. He himself was only nine eons old and Lanais was only eight in a half while the others were younger. He scowled at the picture before him then ordered his serpent to travel to back to the Central Plains.
* * *
Garden had just become movable when the ultron spell was cast over the Garden. Those wolves had kept his enemies away, causing the remaining SeeD's to return safely. They had moved away silently hoping that the spell would not fail. Their destination was north of the Balamb continent toward Trabia. They had to unite their forces to fight against the monsters. Instructor Alaric had come by the control room, and had several minor cuts on her face, arms and some bruises on her right leg, but otherwise she was all right.
"I have some good news and bad news Commander." Alaric said. Squall nodded and she explained to everyone what she had seen along with several others had seen.
"Apparently, we have also been fighting Galbadian Mercenaries. Each of them rode some of the monsters and had brought along some hi-tech machines." She said.
Raijin banged his fists against the walls and muttered, "Those damn bastards never know when to give up, do they? It makes me so angry that those scumbags can be so low as to join up with those creatures just to try to take over us, ya know?"
"I know how you feel, but what is the good news, Alaric?" Squall said, but didn't get a chance before seeing the doors open. There he saw the two people he had never in his life expected to see during this war.
"Seifer…Quistis?" Squall managed to say.
"Yup it's us puberty boy." Seifer managed to smile, "You didn't think I disappeared for good, did you?"
"It's been awhile Squall." Quistis said with a wolfish grin plastered on her face.
* Mwhahahahhaha! I left you here!!! R/R please!! *Puppy eyes*
1 Chapter 29
1.1 Unexpected Help
Rinoa awoke from a nightmare. She sat up perspiration poured down her body like all hell as she surveyed her surroundings. She was in the FH grand hotel that she had arrived to two days earlier. Squall was in Balamb, but her dream told her otherwise. They were being attacked and her powers had already identified a wave of power from there. She got out of bed and walked over to the bathroom nearby. The walls were an off white color with coral designs as decorations. The large mirror before her was crystal clean and the sink was all shiny silver. She turned the cold water on and soaked her face. After several minutes, she looked back up to see her image reflect across the smooth surface. For someone who was thirty-four years old, she looked like she was still twenty-two. She had a few fine lines around her eyes, but Squall always said she looked angelic and always would even when they were old and wrinkly. She loved the way he made her feel happy and now she was worried about him. He has no weapon to defend himself if her vision in fact was true.
Rinoa quickly got dressed and started to put her boots on when an Esthar soldier knocked on the door.
"Come in." she ordered. A young soldier who had his mask off, came in. Rinoa could have sworn that even in the dark the young man's eyes glowed green, and his hair kept getting into his face.
"I have some bad news, Mrs. Leonhart." He began.
"Go on." She said.
"Balamb Town has been destroyed and the Garden is gone. We are still trying to figure out if Garden had been destroyed or they had powered it up to escape." Rinoa's face fell in sadness and her thoughts flashed to squall.
"Have they found Squall?" she asked.
"I'm sorry, when our soldiers came in just a few hours after a distress call we couldn't find garden at all. The city, villages, forests and practically everything are burnt to a crisp." He explained. The raven- haired woman stood up and firmly walked over to the window. I will not cry…Squall is alive! Edea and Cid are alive and so is my daughter! I will not give up.
"Tell president Laguna to begin a search." She ordered.
"We are already searching the oceans from the west to the eastern coasts." The man said.
"Fine, but do more then search! Squall is alive and I know it!" she said loudly. The young soldier nodded and left Rinoa alone in the dark room to ponder her thoughts.
* * *
Squall watched as more of Garden's soldiers died. He cursed whatever sorceress or evil that had caused this great destruction below. Edea tried to comfort him but he shrugged her sympathy away. He had already thrice over tried to rush down to the first level to fight even with his bare hands but it took all of Cid's, Edea's and Nida's strength to hold him down. He felt the floor vibrate with power and Nida announced that the systems were online. They cast the shield up and some of the soldiers cheered below. Then came the ion cannons that Nida shot at the upcoming monsters.
Xu and Raijin had entered the control room and they nodded that Garden was ready for take off.
"Good. Nida, upload now the ultron spell and set the timer for five minutes. We have to give our men time enough to escape into the Garden." Squall commanded, then he turned toward Xu, "Start the Garden up and get ready for flight."
"Sir, we only have 45% of magic stored up. I don't think the remaining fighters will have a chance to escape." Nida explained.
Squall paced the floor and sighed, "Fine, cast the spell now and you can lower the power magic on that shield."
"Yes sir."
"Commander?" Xu began.
"What now?"
"The monsters are having some trouble. There appears to be two silver wolves attacking the monsters." She said. Squall looked down upon the filed to see wolves almost the sizes of a ruby dragon. Hyne, thank you, Squall said within the walls of his mind.
* * *
The two wolves attacked the advancing armies and killed off several hundreds in the process, yet that was only a fraction to the rest.
: My wolves! Attack the serpents! : an ethereal voice chimed within the spirit wolves' minds.
: Yes mistress. : the wolves said in unison. They attacked the wreathing serpents and the creatures that rode upon them roared with anger.
"Spirit wolves!" Molokai growled. This was the Hyne's doing! He looked up at the night sky and roared at his mother.
"How dare you strike upon this army! Even you are no match for us, mother!" the beast roared. Lightning flashed angrily across the sky yet, there were no clouds, but stars that shined brightly full of anger. Molokai's brothers roared in agreement, then howled with rage when they saw that the Garden was missing.
"Where are the filthy humans?!" roared Lanais, Molokai's second oldest brother. Molokai growled and then commanded his armies to burn the continent away destroying anything alive. The GF wolves were gone and they had left Molokai with small casualties, but still it was his army.
"Let's move out and report to Hades." Molokai ordered. His brothers protested but kept their opinions to themselves. They too wanted to run about killing off everything. Molokai muttered and remembered that they were still young. He himself was only nine eons old and Lanais was only eight in a half while the others were younger. He scowled at the picture before him then ordered his serpent to travel to back to the Central Plains.
* * *
Garden had just become movable when the ultron spell was cast over the Garden. Those wolves had kept his enemies away, causing the remaining SeeD's to return safely. They had moved away silently hoping that the spell would not fail. Their destination was north of the Balamb continent toward Trabia. They had to unite their forces to fight against the monsters. Instructor Alaric had come by the control room, and had several minor cuts on her face, arms and some bruises on her right leg, but otherwise she was all right.
"I have some good news and bad news Commander." Alaric said. Squall nodded and she explained to everyone what she had seen along with several others had seen.
"Apparently, we have also been fighting Galbadian Mercenaries. Each of them rode some of the monsters and had brought along some hi-tech machines." She said.
Raijin banged his fists against the walls and muttered, "Those damn bastards never know when to give up, do they? It makes me so angry that those scumbags can be so low as to join up with those creatures just to try to take over us, ya know?"
"I know how you feel, but what is the good news, Alaric?" Squall said, but didn't get a chance before seeing the doors open. There he saw the two people he had never in his life expected to see during this war.
"Seifer…Quistis?" Squall managed to say.
"Yup it's us puberty boy." Seifer managed to smile, "You didn't think I disappeared for good, did you?"
"It's been awhile Squall." Quistis said with a wolfish grin plastered on her face.
* Mwhahahahhaha! I left you here!!! R/R please!! *Puppy eyes*