Silent Screams
A/N: Sorry for the delay. Kinda had a brain fart there.
Chapter 22
Eleni paced back and forth, keeping her eyes set on the ground. Her blonde hair bounced back and forth. She turned and looked at her spy. "So, you're telling me Seifer is alive?" The assistant nodded, and was suddenly blown away by a strong gust of wind. Eleni spun around, staring out at the darkest pits of the ocean hell she was bound to. Her own sister bound her to the pits of an ocean hell. "Then...he is an angel?"
"Yes. Although, he was never a SeeD, and what research shows, you must be a full acknowledge SeeD in order to be a full angel."
Eleni turned her head some, facing the spy. "Good."
Over the intercom, a male voice said, "Headmistress Eleni? There are three men here to investigate from Balamb Garden."
Eleni placed her hand on a red button next to the intercom. "Let them in and order all personnel to follow plan six eighty-five. Show no hostility and bring them straight to my office."
A moment passed. "Yes, Headmistress Eleni."
~*~
The amount of children darted back and forth, preparing for their headmistress' plan. The assistant shoved a few out of the way, her eyes flashing a dark red. "Damn children. Never know how to cooperate."
~*~
There was a soft pounding on the door. Zell turned around, shrugging towards him comrades. "Maybe Squall's losing it," he whispered towards the other two.
Irvine bared a grin larger than ever. "Yea, or maybe he's losing it."
Zell glared at him. "I just said that."
Raijen butt in and pounded on the door. "You guys, this mission isn't for us to, ya know, beat up on Squall and shit. Let's just break in and see what's going..."
Just as he was finishing his sentence, the door swung open, revealing the assistant. She was dressed in a black clad robe that reached all the way down to her ankles. She wore a tight tank top and a pair of spandex shorts. "May I help you?" her buttery voice rang out.
All three men were in awe. 'Thank you, Hyne!' Irvine thought in his head.
Zell turned and looked at Irvine, who had been drooling. "Irvine!" he whispered harshly out.
Irvine smiled gently and took the assistants hand, kissing it softly. She bore a grin on her face despite the circumstances. "Nice boner," she said, causing Irvine to go wide eyed. "Now, I ask again, may I help you?"
Raijen sighed. Since the lost of his two best friends, he had become more of a mercenary than ever. "Afternoon, miss. We're from Balamb Garden, ya know, and we've been sent here to investigate the life that has been growing in the Deep Sea Research Center, ya know. Now, if you'd kindly let us through."
"Of course. If you'd follow me to the Headmistress' office." The assistant turned around walking into a lavish garden. All three men followed, surprised at the amount of children living.
~*~
Zell sat comfortably on a leather couch with Raijen and Irvine. Irvine was stuck in between the two, gawking at Eleni. Eleni sipped on her tea and stared at the cameras. "So, may I ask why you are here exactly?" Eleni said after eating a butter cookie dipped in tea. Zell stood up and walked over to her desk, placing his hands down and leaning on it.
"We're from Balamb Garden. We've been sent here to investigate the growing life that has occurred."
"I understand. But why?"
"We have assumption as well as purpose to believe that someone sought refuge here due to the ray of death that had nearly wiped the entire planet clean of all life."
"I understand. And you are correct on your assumption and purpose." She placed the tea down and sat down in her chair, spinning around and facing Zell. "Yet, what I don't understand is why Balamb Garden is interfering with another Garden's personal life. I understand completely by law number eight fifty that every Garden shall, pretty much, mind their own business."
"Yes, you're correct. You mentioned about a Garden."
Eleni stood, smiling at Zell. "I see my assistant didn't welcome you properly. I would personally like to welcome you to Deep Sea Garden, I am the Headmistress here, Eleni." Zell squinted his eyes and noted a few key features of her.
"It's an honor to meet you, Miss. Eleni," Zell said while shaking her hand.
"The honor and pleasure is all mine. I have two of the best SeeDs in the world in my office. And it's Headmistress, Zell."
Zell shook his head. It was a battle of wits between the two. "Due to rule number twenty thirty eight, if any Garden personnel visits another Garden, they are not required to call the Headmaster, or Headmistress in this case, by their title."
Eleni squinted her eyes softly and nodded coolly in agreement. "So, what is it then, Zell, that you'd like to know?"
Zell sat down in a chair across from her desk. "I would like you know why you sought refuge here, of all places, and why you have started a Garden without the entrance permission from the three other Gardens."
Eleni smiled. "You're very intelligent. Quite the opposite of what news sites say."
He showed her his genuine grin. "I like to lead a secretive life, Miss. Eleni."
"As do I."
Irvine coughed silently, causing the two to turn and look at him. Zell turned back and looked at Eleni. "The answer, if you would."
"Of course," she responded sweetly. "We sought refuge here because, since it was already dead inside as well as outside, we thought that the ray of death would not effect the people. It was an exodus pretty much. As to why I have started a Garden without permission, Deep Sea Garden was not fully ready to be announced as a Garden. We wanted to build it up more, making it as large as Galbadia, but as gentle as Balamb."
"I understand. It was nice chatting with you Miss. Eleni. Squall Leonhart will be more than likely visiting here with the other Headmasters."
"Of course. It was a pleasure to meet you, Zell. My assistant will show you out."
~*~
Squall sat at his desk, vetoing rule after rule. Quistis sat on the ground with Dante, tickling him to his death. The laughter reverberated in Squall's head until he finally slammed his pen on the desk. Quistis looked up at him, worry covering her eyes. "What's wrong?"
Squall turned and looked at her, shaking his head. "Nothing." There was a soft knock on the large oak doors. "Come in," he said while reading another rule a student wrote.
"Hey Squall! We're back!" Zell called out as Dante ran towards him. Zell lifted him up and allowed him to hug him. "You've gotten huge!"
"It's only been two days!" Dante said in his childish voice.
"You've must've grown ten inches!"
"Nuhuh!"
"Listen, I need to talk to your Daddy and Mommy for a bit." Zell placed Dante down who instantly ran to his mother. Quistis held him tightly and kissed his forehead as he squirmed around. "Squall, did you get any word of another Garden?"
"Nope, why, what's going on?" he asked, still looking down at his papers. Quistis shook her head.
Zell shrugged, taking a seat across from Squall. "That's what was there, at the Deep Sea Research Center. We talked to the Headmistress. Her name is Eleni and she brought an exodus of people who were seeking refuge. They were trying to stay in the mother of all death ridden places. Now she wants to turn it into the Deep Sea Garden."
Squall sighed, rubbing his temples softly. "I dunno if she'll be allowed. How'd the place look?"
"Pretty good. It's really crummy on the outside, but the inside is like Trabia." Squall turned and faced Quistis, whose eyes were turning silver. She sat perfectly still, unmoving. Zell turned and faced her as well. "What's wrong with her?"
Squall sighed again. "She has her...angel part back, Zell." Zell's eyes went wide. "She does this frequently when something happens."
"Why does she have her angel part back?" Dante continued to play with his blocks, unconcerned about his mother because he was unknowing.
Squall stood up and stretched. "Because, there's another sorceress trying to take over the world."
The doors swung open and a familiar man to Zell walked in. Zell's eyes went wide and his mouth hung open. His normally tan skin went pale, as if he saw a ghost. "Seifer?" he whispered hoarsely out.
"Hey, Chicken-wuss. Squall, Nero and I need to take Quistis to go see Hyne. Is it alright if we take her?" Seifer leaned against the desk as Squall shrugged nonchalantly. He knew he was losing his wife to her true love. "What's up with her?"
"She's been doing it all day. I'm guessing something's going haywire in her mind," Squall responded. Zell still sat there, gawking.
Seifer turned and looked at Zell and flashed him a smile. "How the fuck is he alive!"
Quistis soon said, "Language, Zell!" All three turned towards her as she spoke. She looked at them as if nothing happened. None of them said a word. "And he's alive because I have my angel powers back."
"But..."
Seifer bent down and rubbed Dante's hair and he giggled. "Quistis, Hyne wants to speak to you in person."
She nodded. "Squall..."
He waved his hand, uncaring about her at the moment. Her eyes had a shot of pain course them. "Ok, shall we?" Seifer said as he walked out the doors. Quistis nodded and followed. She shut the doors behind her and continued walking. Zell turned and looked oddly at Squall.
"What's going on? Is she having an affair or something!"
"No. Nothing like that, Zell. That's who her true love is. She's just forced to love me because of..."
Dante sat there, playing with his blocks, uncaring about everything but his blocks.
A/N: Sorry for the delay. Kinda had a brain fart there.
Chapter 22
Eleni paced back and forth, keeping her eyes set on the ground. Her blonde hair bounced back and forth. She turned and looked at her spy. "So, you're telling me Seifer is alive?" The assistant nodded, and was suddenly blown away by a strong gust of wind. Eleni spun around, staring out at the darkest pits of the ocean hell she was bound to. Her own sister bound her to the pits of an ocean hell. "Then...he is an angel?"
"Yes. Although, he was never a SeeD, and what research shows, you must be a full acknowledge SeeD in order to be a full angel."
Eleni turned her head some, facing the spy. "Good."
Over the intercom, a male voice said, "Headmistress Eleni? There are three men here to investigate from Balamb Garden."
Eleni placed her hand on a red button next to the intercom. "Let them in and order all personnel to follow plan six eighty-five. Show no hostility and bring them straight to my office."
A moment passed. "Yes, Headmistress Eleni."
~*~
The amount of children darted back and forth, preparing for their headmistress' plan. The assistant shoved a few out of the way, her eyes flashing a dark red. "Damn children. Never know how to cooperate."
~*~
There was a soft pounding on the door. Zell turned around, shrugging towards him comrades. "Maybe Squall's losing it," he whispered towards the other two.
Irvine bared a grin larger than ever. "Yea, or maybe he's losing it."
Zell glared at him. "I just said that."
Raijen butt in and pounded on the door. "You guys, this mission isn't for us to, ya know, beat up on Squall and shit. Let's just break in and see what's going..."
Just as he was finishing his sentence, the door swung open, revealing the assistant. She was dressed in a black clad robe that reached all the way down to her ankles. She wore a tight tank top and a pair of spandex shorts. "May I help you?" her buttery voice rang out.
All three men were in awe. 'Thank you, Hyne!' Irvine thought in his head.
Zell turned and looked at Irvine, who had been drooling. "Irvine!" he whispered harshly out.
Irvine smiled gently and took the assistants hand, kissing it softly. She bore a grin on her face despite the circumstances. "Nice boner," she said, causing Irvine to go wide eyed. "Now, I ask again, may I help you?"
Raijen sighed. Since the lost of his two best friends, he had become more of a mercenary than ever. "Afternoon, miss. We're from Balamb Garden, ya know, and we've been sent here to investigate the life that has been growing in the Deep Sea Research Center, ya know. Now, if you'd kindly let us through."
"Of course. If you'd follow me to the Headmistress' office." The assistant turned around walking into a lavish garden. All three men followed, surprised at the amount of children living.
~*~
Zell sat comfortably on a leather couch with Raijen and Irvine. Irvine was stuck in between the two, gawking at Eleni. Eleni sipped on her tea and stared at the cameras. "So, may I ask why you are here exactly?" Eleni said after eating a butter cookie dipped in tea. Zell stood up and walked over to her desk, placing his hands down and leaning on it.
"We're from Balamb Garden. We've been sent here to investigate the growing life that has occurred."
"I understand. But why?"
"We have assumption as well as purpose to believe that someone sought refuge here due to the ray of death that had nearly wiped the entire planet clean of all life."
"I understand. And you are correct on your assumption and purpose." She placed the tea down and sat down in her chair, spinning around and facing Zell. "Yet, what I don't understand is why Balamb Garden is interfering with another Garden's personal life. I understand completely by law number eight fifty that every Garden shall, pretty much, mind their own business."
"Yes, you're correct. You mentioned about a Garden."
Eleni stood, smiling at Zell. "I see my assistant didn't welcome you properly. I would personally like to welcome you to Deep Sea Garden, I am the Headmistress here, Eleni." Zell squinted his eyes and noted a few key features of her.
"It's an honor to meet you, Miss. Eleni," Zell said while shaking her hand.
"The honor and pleasure is all mine. I have two of the best SeeDs in the world in my office. And it's Headmistress, Zell."
Zell shook his head. It was a battle of wits between the two. "Due to rule number twenty thirty eight, if any Garden personnel visits another Garden, they are not required to call the Headmaster, or Headmistress in this case, by their title."
Eleni squinted her eyes softly and nodded coolly in agreement. "So, what is it then, Zell, that you'd like to know?"
Zell sat down in a chair across from her desk. "I would like you know why you sought refuge here, of all places, and why you have started a Garden without the entrance permission from the three other Gardens."
Eleni smiled. "You're very intelligent. Quite the opposite of what news sites say."
He showed her his genuine grin. "I like to lead a secretive life, Miss. Eleni."
"As do I."
Irvine coughed silently, causing the two to turn and look at him. Zell turned back and looked at Eleni. "The answer, if you would."
"Of course," she responded sweetly. "We sought refuge here because, since it was already dead inside as well as outside, we thought that the ray of death would not effect the people. It was an exodus pretty much. As to why I have started a Garden without permission, Deep Sea Garden was not fully ready to be announced as a Garden. We wanted to build it up more, making it as large as Galbadia, but as gentle as Balamb."
"I understand. It was nice chatting with you Miss. Eleni. Squall Leonhart will be more than likely visiting here with the other Headmasters."
"Of course. It was a pleasure to meet you, Zell. My assistant will show you out."
~*~
Squall sat at his desk, vetoing rule after rule. Quistis sat on the ground with Dante, tickling him to his death. The laughter reverberated in Squall's head until he finally slammed his pen on the desk. Quistis looked up at him, worry covering her eyes. "What's wrong?"
Squall turned and looked at her, shaking his head. "Nothing." There was a soft knock on the large oak doors. "Come in," he said while reading another rule a student wrote.
"Hey Squall! We're back!" Zell called out as Dante ran towards him. Zell lifted him up and allowed him to hug him. "You've gotten huge!"
"It's only been two days!" Dante said in his childish voice.
"You've must've grown ten inches!"
"Nuhuh!"
"Listen, I need to talk to your Daddy and Mommy for a bit." Zell placed Dante down who instantly ran to his mother. Quistis held him tightly and kissed his forehead as he squirmed around. "Squall, did you get any word of another Garden?"
"Nope, why, what's going on?" he asked, still looking down at his papers. Quistis shook her head.
Zell shrugged, taking a seat across from Squall. "That's what was there, at the Deep Sea Research Center. We talked to the Headmistress. Her name is Eleni and she brought an exodus of people who were seeking refuge. They were trying to stay in the mother of all death ridden places. Now she wants to turn it into the Deep Sea Garden."
Squall sighed, rubbing his temples softly. "I dunno if she'll be allowed. How'd the place look?"
"Pretty good. It's really crummy on the outside, but the inside is like Trabia." Squall turned and faced Quistis, whose eyes were turning silver. She sat perfectly still, unmoving. Zell turned and faced her as well. "What's wrong with her?"
Squall sighed again. "She has her...angel part back, Zell." Zell's eyes went wide. "She does this frequently when something happens."
"Why does she have her angel part back?" Dante continued to play with his blocks, unconcerned about his mother because he was unknowing.
Squall stood up and stretched. "Because, there's another sorceress trying to take over the world."
The doors swung open and a familiar man to Zell walked in. Zell's eyes went wide and his mouth hung open. His normally tan skin went pale, as if he saw a ghost. "Seifer?" he whispered hoarsely out.
"Hey, Chicken-wuss. Squall, Nero and I need to take Quistis to go see Hyne. Is it alright if we take her?" Seifer leaned against the desk as Squall shrugged nonchalantly. He knew he was losing his wife to her true love. "What's up with her?"
"She's been doing it all day. I'm guessing something's going haywire in her mind," Squall responded. Zell still sat there, gawking.
Seifer turned and looked at Zell and flashed him a smile. "How the fuck is he alive!"
Quistis soon said, "Language, Zell!" All three turned towards her as she spoke. She looked at them as if nothing happened. None of them said a word. "And he's alive because I have my angel powers back."
"But..."
Seifer bent down and rubbed Dante's hair and he giggled. "Quistis, Hyne wants to speak to you in person."
She nodded. "Squall..."
He waved his hand, uncaring about her at the moment. Her eyes had a shot of pain course them. "Ok, shall we?" Seifer said as he walked out the doors. Quistis nodded and followed. She shut the doors behind her and continued walking. Zell turned and looked oddly at Squall.
"What's going on? Is she having an affair or something!"
"No. Nothing like that, Zell. That's who her true love is. She's just forced to love me because of..."
Dante sat there, playing with his blocks, uncaring about everything but his blocks.