Silent Screams
A/N: Moving on! Also, since I have windows XP, and there's obviously something wrong with it for Fanfiction.net, this ~*~ means later.
Chapter Eighteen
Quistis placed the magnetic covers over Squall's silently breathing body. He was buckled safely in and looked as peaceful as ever. It was his first good rest in days. Quistis, on the other hand, had gotten little to no sleep, yet she still pushed on. The bags under her eyes were carefully hidden by well applied make-up. Quistis rubbed her eyes softly, seeing the light cover-up on her fingers. From looking at her fingers, she turned her head and looked at the third door. Quietly, Quistis pressed the button and floated into Seifer's bedroom.
The magnetic cover did little covering, in fact. It was as if he didn't want the cover over top of him. Quistis floated over to him, pushing the covers away from Seifer, and then unbuckling his safety belt. Seifer's long, lean body was now floating. "Seifer," Quistis whispered. No response. "Seifer!"
"Uh! Huh?" Seifer rolled around, yet, he continued to roll in a circular motion. "What the hell!"
"Hey! Quiet!" Quistis whispered.
"Where are we! Why are we floating!" he said in a confused voice.
"Squall's asleep, shut up!" Quistis paused for a moment. "We're in space heading to the moon."
"Why?" Seifer asked in his oh so cocky voice.
"Because, Hyne lives there."
~* ~
Seifer sat in the pilot's seat, buckled safely in, and commanded the ship. Quistis pulled her knees up to her chin and rested her chin onto her knee. They needed to get to the moon, and fast. Quistis silently breathed out, sending a strand of hair flying. "So...why are we going to the moon?"
Quistis sighed. She enjoyed the silence of space that allowed her to think. "I told you already. I have to see Hyne."
"Yea, I got that much, Quistis. But why do you have to see Hyne? Don't we have a world to save?" Quistis' sapphire eyes peered out into space.
She took in a breath, placing her feet onto the ground. "Yea. But Sorceress Rinoa is much to strong for me to face by myself."
Seifer looked at her odd. "First of all, you got me and Squall. Second of all, when did you start calling Rinoa Sorceress Rinoa?"
Quistis blinked. "She's not the Rinoa we know. Something's wrong with her. I mean, she wants to destroy the world because why? Squall betrayed her? It isn't rig..." She was quickly silenced by her own thoughts.
"What?" Seifer asked, turning his head concerned.
"It all makes sense now. In my last dream, she told me Squall had betrayed her. But, to kill the whole world just for that?" Seifer nodded. "She said that this power she had, being a sorceress, made her crave more power."
Seifer paused and thought slowly. "So, she's under a spell?"
Quistis shook her head. "No. Not at all. Since Ultimecia was killed, that changed the future by preventing any more sorceresses to be created. Rinoa and Squall," she paused, letting her head hang down, "they were to have a child who was to have Ultimecia. That's what she meant when she said he betrayed her twice. Once by saving me and twice by..."
She blinked softly, the tears forming. "What's wrong, Quistis?"
She shook her head, wiping the tears away from her eyes. "It's.nothing. Just, get to the moon."
~*~
As the hour dragged on, they neared the moon. Squall was piloting as Seifer and Quistis shoved on their space suits. When they finally entered the moon's atmosphere, they could see it was a living hell. Monsters of all sorts crawled across the moon's silver surface. Red Dragons flew across the sky as Malboros let their tentacles reach up and hook onto another monster. Squall unhooked his safety belt as they landed and flew up towards the ceiling. Quistis walked in, the gravity boots allowing her full access to walking. "Here." She handed him a suit and he took it gratefully.
She turned around to walk back to the entrance/exit of the ship. "Quistis?" She turned back around and looked at Squall. "I...want you to have me necklace."
"You want me to take Griever?" she said, surprised he would allow anyone to take his favorite Guardian Force. "But...why?"
Squall shrugged, unhooking the necklace. He handed it to Quistis, the chains floating up. She placed it on as Squall shoved on his suits. The weight of the necklace was surprisingly less than she expected. "Ready," he said, holding the helmet in his arm.
"Squall?"
"Yea?"
"I know why Rinoa's doing this." Squall nodded his head, letting her go on. "She...well, she's craving power, Squall. That means that she's not under a spell. When we killed Ultimecia, we killed her, and yours, granddaughter." Squall blinked slowly, letting the shock enter his body. "She told me, in my dream, that you betrayed her twice. It didn't make much sense then, but now, it does. You killed a piece of her by killing Ultimecia."
Squall took in a breath, a single droplet of a tear rolling down his face. "And the second time was?"
"Not was, is." He looked at her confused. "Squall...I..."
Seifer entered the cockpit, seeing the two in a heavy conversation. "Hey, are we ready to go?" Quistis placed her helmet on, making sure it was on tight. Squall followed her example, still waiting to hear the second time he betrayed Rinoa. Thoughts flooded his mind trying to figure out what he did wrong. Was it the fact that he had chose Quistis over her? Or the fact that he had lost his virginity to Quistis and not her?
Then it struck him. The second betrayal had struck him right then and there, and it struck him hard. His eyes went wide as he watched Quistis walk out of the cockpit.
~*~
After numerous battles, and a few level ups, they were lost. Seifer turned to look at Quistis, hoping she knew the way. In his transmitter, he mumbled out, "Are we getting closer?"
"I don't know. I'm just following my heart, Seifer," she groaned back as they entered another battle. She loved to battle, yes, but this was their eightieth battle in an hour.
After they finished the battle against three Red Dragons, Quistis slumped against a large boulder. "I'm so tired," she groaned out.
"Yea. I know what you mean," Squall said as he leaned against the boulder as well.
Seifer shook his head. "We can't stop! We have to find this god damn Hyne! I don't want to watch the world die up here on the moon!"
"Seifer!" Quistis said. "We've been walking for over an hour. For all I know, we probably passed the place already! Let us get some rest!" Seifer blinked, not even looking at Quistis. "Are you listening to me?" He raised his arm slowly, pointing past the boulder. Quistis and Squall both turned their heads, looking four large pillars that held up a roof over a door.
"Nice job, Seifer," Squall chuckled out.
~*~
The eerie silence of the Greek like structure frightened Quistis and her guardians. They've never, despite where they traveled, have ever witnessed anything so grand. Hallway after hallway was decorated in silver. It was the same silver, though, that Quistis' Silver Moon had inscribed on the handle as well as the crescent moon. They turned down another hallway, seeing the cloaked figure.
"Welcome, to the Palace of Hyne," it mumbled out.
"Wait a second," Seifer said. "You can breathe in here?"
The figure laughed. "I can, Quistis can, Hyne can, you can not and nor can Squall. Quistis, take off your helmet and remove yourself of those clothes." She pulled off her helmet, taking in a small breath. It choked her at first, and the second time it choked her, but the third time she took a breath, it was as if she was breathing on Earth. She pulled off the equipment, taking the Silver Moon off of the hook and hooking it onto her belt. The figure nodded its head. Quistis walked down the hallway, seeing the figure shake its head.
"What's wrong?" Quistis asked.
"Your guardians are not allowed to see Hyne." Quistis turned to face Seifer and Squall who both shrugged. They stepped back to the other hallway, watching Quistis walk on.
Quistis and the cloaked figure entered a large room from that hallway. She gasped loudly, taking a step back at what she saw. Silver glowed from every single angle, including a large throne where a man sat. This man had long, silver hair that floated around him. His facial structure was almost feminine, with the exception of his large forehead and nose. His skin was a soft grayish white and he only wore a long white toga. His eyes flashed opened, showing the same eyes Quistis had; pure sapphire. He stood up, allowing his large angelic wings to span across the room. "Nero," his luscious voice called out. "Leave."
The cloaked figure, or Nero, bowed his head and dissipated into the air. Quistis looked from where Nero was standing back to Hyne. "Hyne...," she whispered.
"Yes?"
"Oh, I..."
Hyne smiled down at Quistis. "I know what you mean." He paused. "My creation, you are beyond what I expected to be created. You are strong and self assured, not only that, but you are skilled. A beautiful creation."
"Um...thank you?" she said, almost unsure of what to say to him.
"You are to kill Sorceress Rinoa." She nodded. "You are to save the world." Again, she nodded. "I see Nero has told you all these things. But I shall tell you more. At first, I created millions of mages to defeat an ultimate being, but most of them died. From there, to kill the first Sorceress, Ademia, I created an elite group of archangels called SeaD; Supreme Elite Angels of Death. Now, through time, SeaD was changed to SeeD, and they were to kill any sorceress that caused the world harm. Now, through time, the archangels changed into humans."
"But, I thought Nero was..."
"Yes, he was the first Blue Mage SeaD. He was the ultimate being; part angel, part human. That is what you are Quistis. A Blue Mage SeaD. Nero denied this, causing his human part to die and leaving him immortal. But, enough of the history of the world." He paused again, a smile crossing his face. "My Quistis, you are to save the world. When you kill Sorceress Rinoa, the angel part of you shall die, and you will remain human. This angel part, however, will only leave if you destroy the ultimate weapon, The Silver Moon. The Silver Moon, however, can only be destroyed by true love."
"What if I don't destroy The Silver Moon?"
"It will kill you."
~*~
Hours passed and Seifer and Squall waited patiently. Nero stood there, watching them. Finally, they heard the large doors open up and Quistis walked out. But it wasn't the same Quistis. All her blonde hair was held up into a bun, a few strands cascading down. Her normal battle outfit was gone and it was replaced by a silver gown. The Silver Moon was grasped firmly in her hands.
The most different change was the fact that she had large white wings glowing with a silver dust.
Quistis walked closer to the two men and SeaD. "I am a Blue Mage SeaD."
Squall blinked. "We know that you're a SeeD."
Nero shook his head. "No. She is a SeaD. S-e-a-D."
At the same time, Quistis and Nero both said, "Supreme Elite Angel of Death."
Seifer's eyes went wide. "So that's what SeeD means?"
"That's what the true meaning of SeeD is. People who are SeeDs are descendents of archangels, the first group of SeaD. Hyne created them to kill sorceresses. A Blue Mage SeaD, however, is the ultimate being."
Squall noted something different with Quistis. The necklace that hung around her head was now glowing a different silver. "What happened to Griever?" he asked, knowing something was different.
Quistis smiled softly, grasping the necklace in her hand. "It is now Ultimate Griever. With me controlling him, it is the only thing that can kill Sorceress Rinoa."
A/N: Moving on! Also, since I have windows XP, and there's obviously something wrong with it for Fanfiction.net, this ~*~ means later.
Chapter Eighteen
Quistis placed the magnetic covers over Squall's silently breathing body. He was buckled safely in and looked as peaceful as ever. It was his first good rest in days. Quistis, on the other hand, had gotten little to no sleep, yet she still pushed on. The bags under her eyes were carefully hidden by well applied make-up. Quistis rubbed her eyes softly, seeing the light cover-up on her fingers. From looking at her fingers, she turned her head and looked at the third door. Quietly, Quistis pressed the button and floated into Seifer's bedroom.
The magnetic cover did little covering, in fact. It was as if he didn't want the cover over top of him. Quistis floated over to him, pushing the covers away from Seifer, and then unbuckling his safety belt. Seifer's long, lean body was now floating. "Seifer," Quistis whispered. No response. "Seifer!"
"Uh! Huh?" Seifer rolled around, yet, he continued to roll in a circular motion. "What the hell!"
"Hey! Quiet!" Quistis whispered.
"Where are we! Why are we floating!" he said in a confused voice.
"Squall's asleep, shut up!" Quistis paused for a moment. "We're in space heading to the moon."
"Why?" Seifer asked in his oh so cocky voice.
"Because, Hyne lives there."
~* ~
Seifer sat in the pilot's seat, buckled safely in, and commanded the ship. Quistis pulled her knees up to her chin and rested her chin onto her knee. They needed to get to the moon, and fast. Quistis silently breathed out, sending a strand of hair flying. "So...why are we going to the moon?"
Quistis sighed. She enjoyed the silence of space that allowed her to think. "I told you already. I have to see Hyne."
"Yea, I got that much, Quistis. But why do you have to see Hyne? Don't we have a world to save?" Quistis' sapphire eyes peered out into space.
She took in a breath, placing her feet onto the ground. "Yea. But Sorceress Rinoa is much to strong for me to face by myself."
Seifer looked at her odd. "First of all, you got me and Squall. Second of all, when did you start calling Rinoa Sorceress Rinoa?"
Quistis blinked. "She's not the Rinoa we know. Something's wrong with her. I mean, she wants to destroy the world because why? Squall betrayed her? It isn't rig..." She was quickly silenced by her own thoughts.
"What?" Seifer asked, turning his head concerned.
"It all makes sense now. In my last dream, she told me Squall had betrayed her. But, to kill the whole world just for that?" Seifer nodded. "She said that this power she had, being a sorceress, made her crave more power."
Seifer paused and thought slowly. "So, she's under a spell?"
Quistis shook her head. "No. Not at all. Since Ultimecia was killed, that changed the future by preventing any more sorceresses to be created. Rinoa and Squall," she paused, letting her head hang down, "they were to have a child who was to have Ultimecia. That's what she meant when she said he betrayed her twice. Once by saving me and twice by..."
She blinked softly, the tears forming. "What's wrong, Quistis?"
She shook her head, wiping the tears away from her eyes. "It's.nothing. Just, get to the moon."
~*~
As the hour dragged on, they neared the moon. Squall was piloting as Seifer and Quistis shoved on their space suits. When they finally entered the moon's atmosphere, they could see it was a living hell. Monsters of all sorts crawled across the moon's silver surface. Red Dragons flew across the sky as Malboros let their tentacles reach up and hook onto another monster. Squall unhooked his safety belt as they landed and flew up towards the ceiling. Quistis walked in, the gravity boots allowing her full access to walking. "Here." She handed him a suit and he took it gratefully.
She turned around to walk back to the entrance/exit of the ship. "Quistis?" She turned back around and looked at Squall. "I...want you to have me necklace."
"You want me to take Griever?" she said, surprised he would allow anyone to take his favorite Guardian Force. "But...why?"
Squall shrugged, unhooking the necklace. He handed it to Quistis, the chains floating up. She placed it on as Squall shoved on his suits. The weight of the necklace was surprisingly less than she expected. "Ready," he said, holding the helmet in his arm.
"Squall?"
"Yea?"
"I know why Rinoa's doing this." Squall nodded his head, letting her go on. "She...well, she's craving power, Squall. That means that she's not under a spell. When we killed Ultimecia, we killed her, and yours, granddaughter." Squall blinked slowly, letting the shock enter his body. "She told me, in my dream, that you betrayed her twice. It didn't make much sense then, but now, it does. You killed a piece of her by killing Ultimecia."
Squall took in a breath, a single droplet of a tear rolling down his face. "And the second time was?"
"Not was, is." He looked at her confused. "Squall...I..."
Seifer entered the cockpit, seeing the two in a heavy conversation. "Hey, are we ready to go?" Quistis placed her helmet on, making sure it was on tight. Squall followed her example, still waiting to hear the second time he betrayed Rinoa. Thoughts flooded his mind trying to figure out what he did wrong. Was it the fact that he had chose Quistis over her? Or the fact that he had lost his virginity to Quistis and not her?
Then it struck him. The second betrayal had struck him right then and there, and it struck him hard. His eyes went wide as he watched Quistis walk out of the cockpit.
~*~
After numerous battles, and a few level ups, they were lost. Seifer turned to look at Quistis, hoping she knew the way. In his transmitter, he mumbled out, "Are we getting closer?"
"I don't know. I'm just following my heart, Seifer," she groaned back as they entered another battle. She loved to battle, yes, but this was their eightieth battle in an hour.
After they finished the battle against three Red Dragons, Quistis slumped against a large boulder. "I'm so tired," she groaned out.
"Yea. I know what you mean," Squall said as he leaned against the boulder as well.
Seifer shook his head. "We can't stop! We have to find this god damn Hyne! I don't want to watch the world die up here on the moon!"
"Seifer!" Quistis said. "We've been walking for over an hour. For all I know, we probably passed the place already! Let us get some rest!" Seifer blinked, not even looking at Quistis. "Are you listening to me?" He raised his arm slowly, pointing past the boulder. Quistis and Squall both turned their heads, looking four large pillars that held up a roof over a door.
"Nice job, Seifer," Squall chuckled out.
~*~
The eerie silence of the Greek like structure frightened Quistis and her guardians. They've never, despite where they traveled, have ever witnessed anything so grand. Hallway after hallway was decorated in silver. It was the same silver, though, that Quistis' Silver Moon had inscribed on the handle as well as the crescent moon. They turned down another hallway, seeing the cloaked figure.
"Welcome, to the Palace of Hyne," it mumbled out.
"Wait a second," Seifer said. "You can breathe in here?"
The figure laughed. "I can, Quistis can, Hyne can, you can not and nor can Squall. Quistis, take off your helmet and remove yourself of those clothes." She pulled off her helmet, taking in a small breath. It choked her at first, and the second time it choked her, but the third time she took a breath, it was as if she was breathing on Earth. She pulled off the equipment, taking the Silver Moon off of the hook and hooking it onto her belt. The figure nodded its head. Quistis walked down the hallway, seeing the figure shake its head.
"What's wrong?" Quistis asked.
"Your guardians are not allowed to see Hyne." Quistis turned to face Seifer and Squall who both shrugged. They stepped back to the other hallway, watching Quistis walk on.
Quistis and the cloaked figure entered a large room from that hallway. She gasped loudly, taking a step back at what she saw. Silver glowed from every single angle, including a large throne where a man sat. This man had long, silver hair that floated around him. His facial structure was almost feminine, with the exception of his large forehead and nose. His skin was a soft grayish white and he only wore a long white toga. His eyes flashed opened, showing the same eyes Quistis had; pure sapphire. He stood up, allowing his large angelic wings to span across the room. "Nero," his luscious voice called out. "Leave."
The cloaked figure, or Nero, bowed his head and dissipated into the air. Quistis looked from where Nero was standing back to Hyne. "Hyne...," she whispered.
"Yes?"
"Oh, I..."
Hyne smiled down at Quistis. "I know what you mean." He paused. "My creation, you are beyond what I expected to be created. You are strong and self assured, not only that, but you are skilled. A beautiful creation."
"Um...thank you?" she said, almost unsure of what to say to him.
"You are to kill Sorceress Rinoa." She nodded. "You are to save the world." Again, she nodded. "I see Nero has told you all these things. But I shall tell you more. At first, I created millions of mages to defeat an ultimate being, but most of them died. From there, to kill the first Sorceress, Ademia, I created an elite group of archangels called SeaD; Supreme Elite Angels of Death. Now, through time, SeaD was changed to SeeD, and they were to kill any sorceress that caused the world harm. Now, through time, the archangels changed into humans."
"But, I thought Nero was..."
"Yes, he was the first Blue Mage SeaD. He was the ultimate being; part angel, part human. That is what you are Quistis. A Blue Mage SeaD. Nero denied this, causing his human part to die and leaving him immortal. But, enough of the history of the world." He paused again, a smile crossing his face. "My Quistis, you are to save the world. When you kill Sorceress Rinoa, the angel part of you shall die, and you will remain human. This angel part, however, will only leave if you destroy the ultimate weapon, The Silver Moon. The Silver Moon, however, can only be destroyed by true love."
"What if I don't destroy The Silver Moon?"
"It will kill you."
~*~
Hours passed and Seifer and Squall waited patiently. Nero stood there, watching them. Finally, they heard the large doors open up and Quistis walked out. But it wasn't the same Quistis. All her blonde hair was held up into a bun, a few strands cascading down. Her normal battle outfit was gone and it was replaced by a silver gown. The Silver Moon was grasped firmly in her hands.
The most different change was the fact that she had large white wings glowing with a silver dust.
Quistis walked closer to the two men and SeaD. "I am a Blue Mage SeaD."
Squall blinked. "We know that you're a SeeD."
Nero shook his head. "No. She is a SeaD. S-e-a-D."
At the same time, Quistis and Nero both said, "Supreme Elite Angel of Death."
Seifer's eyes went wide. "So that's what SeeD means?"
"That's what the true meaning of SeeD is. People who are SeeDs are descendents of archangels, the first group of SeaD. Hyne created them to kill sorceresses. A Blue Mage SeaD, however, is the ultimate being."
Squall noted something different with Quistis. The necklace that hung around her head was now glowing a different silver. "What happened to Griever?" he asked, knowing something was different.
Quistis smiled softly, grasping the necklace in her hand. "It is now Ultimate Griever. With me controlling him, it is the only thing that can kill Sorceress Rinoa."