Silent Screams
A/N: I don't like this chapter...not one bit. Damn finals...
Chapter 23
She sighed, staring at the endless amount of stars that conquered over space. Nero had found himself in a cozy little room aboard the Ragnarok and Seifer sat comfortably on the pilot's seat. She sat in the co-pilot's seat, the scene all too familiar. She sighed once more, staring dreamily at the moon and stars. Seifer turned his jaded eyes towards her and frowned. "Why are you sighing?"
She snapped her eyes over to him, shaking her head. "Nothing."
"Bull. Even if I weren't an angel, I'd still be able to tell. What's up?" he continued to press on.
"I said nothing, Seifer! So leave it at that!" she finally screamed, albeit, her temper was much shorter than usual. Seifer frowned once again and turned his head to the controls. Quistis shook her head, realizing he had won by her own spazzing out. "It's just that..."
"Go on."
She had to think of a lie. There was no way Quistis would tell anyone what was on her mind. "It's just that...I had a dream when I got my angel form back."
"Oh."
"It was just that...my father...When I was younger, just a year old, I was just like Dante. He's so intelligent, and can speak in full sentences! Yet, my father thought of me as a...freak...and now I realize that I am a freak." It was a nice cover; anything about any of their childhood would upset them. Seifer nodded his head gently.
He began to speak slowly and carefully choosing his words. "Well, are you thinking that Squall sees Dante as a freak?"
"What! No!"
"Ok, just a question! So, what's the whole big deal? You're father was clearly a dumbass and he didn't deserve you at all."
Quistis shook her head. 'Should've told the truth,' she thought to herself. It was going to be a long ride to the moon.
~*~
The hour passed and they were a few minutes to their destination. Quistis walked towards the door, sighing softly, looking out at the moon's atmosphere. "There's no need to place on that suit by the way," she heard Nero say behind her. She nodded her head and a tear solemnly rolled down her cheek. She shook her head and hit the button to open the door and jumped down. She spread her wings and batted them up towards the sky, enjoying the sight of the moon. Nero shook his head and turned to face Seifer.
"She's weird like this." Seifer scratched his arm, staring at her fly away. He spread his wings to go after her, but felt Nero's assuring hand on his arm.
"Let her go by herself."
~*~
She walked through the halls, her hands etching across the stone walls. It was too beautiful in Hyne's palace to just not look around. She turned down one hall, and across another, feathers trailing behind her. She stopped in one room, closing her eyes and opening them slowly. The past was revealed to her as she saw thousands of people dying. She spun away from the room, bumping into a person. She held up her hands to balance herself and felt two warm hands on her shoulders. "Quistis, where are you going?"
She sighed softly. "I'm just looking around, Seifer."
He blinked, pure professionalism dripping from his tongue. "You know that you need to see Hyne."
"I know. But..."
"You don't want to because you're scared of what might happen." She was silent. "Go see him."
~*~
She walked into the large room, staring at the ominous figure that loomed over her. His face was worn with worry and his eyes were flooded with tears. He turned and faced Quistis, staring at her golden figure. "Quistis," he whispered hoarsely out.
Her eyes bolted open, the future spinning in her mind. She shook her head, knowing this was what was going to happen. "Hyne, stop it!"
He nodded and the visions stopped, allowing Quistis to walk closer to him. "You do know that at some point you're going to have to look at the future."
"Not now, though. What can I do for you, Hyne?" she asked, being as polite as she could, though her words dripped with sadness.
He sighed and lifted his hand, a large mirror soaring in front of them. "I told you before that the world is dying. Yet, what I didn't tell you was the fact that it is another sorceress. She's nothing like Rinoa, though." Quistis nodded, looking at the world spinning. "If you can't tell, the oceans are being drained of their precious power and soon the land will follow. That is, if you do not defeat her within twenty nine days."
She nodded once again. "So...who is this person?"
He sighed. "That, I do not know. She has somehow managed to place a barrier around herself to protect herself from the angels finding her. She must've had ties with Rinoa or else...the spirit would've gone to the closest person, who was you, Quistis. Obviously, it's not you." Quistis' eyes twitched a bit, knowing the pain she had to go through and put Rinoa through. Could she do it to another person? She closed her eyes and nodded solemnly. "Seifer will be your assistant and no one else shall join you."
"But what about..."
"No one else shall join you."
~*~
Quistis sat there, staring at Squall's eyes tearing. She felt like crying herself, leaving her family alone, and leaving Squall for Seifer. She took a deep breath and placed a hand on his. He quickly pulled away. "Squall. Don't do this."
"Don't do what?" he whispered out. "Be heart broken?"
"Squall..."
"No, tell me what not to do! I don't get it, Quistis...I just don't get it...why can't he do it himself? He doesn't need you with him."
She sighed once again and held her cup of hot coffee tightly in her hands. "Squall, don't act like I'm leaving you for good. I'm coming home; we just need to take care of this. And he can't do it himself because he's an archangel. You know...he's an angel, but he wasn't a full SeaD. I don't know why Hyne won't let you go, but I must obey him."
Squall picked up his napkin and dabbed his eyes, refusing to show weakness. "I'm coming with you."
"Squall!"
"I don't care what Hyne says! I love you too much to let you go on your own. Especially with...Seifer."
Quistis looked at him, her eyes narrowing directly into his. "You're jealous."
"Wha?"
"You're jealous! Squall!"
He darted his head away. 'She knows me too damn well,' he thought in his head. He turned his head back up, only to see that she was gone. He then felt two arms wrap around him and a soft set of lips on his cheek. "Quistis, of course I'm jealous. The only thing that will make me feel better is if I do go along with you."
"How about a promise?"
"Huh?"
She smiled and sat on his lap in his office. "If you take care of Dante to the fullest, I'll return still loving you." He gave her a cold glare and she began to laugh. "You know I'm going to come back yours!"
"Then why make that sort of promise? That's unfair to me!"
"Because I know it would reassure you. Plus, I don't want Zell or Irvine anywhere near Dante while I'm gone!"
A/N: I don't like this chapter...not one bit. Damn finals...
Chapter 23
She sighed, staring at the endless amount of stars that conquered over space. Nero had found himself in a cozy little room aboard the Ragnarok and Seifer sat comfortably on the pilot's seat. She sat in the co-pilot's seat, the scene all too familiar. She sighed once more, staring dreamily at the moon and stars. Seifer turned his jaded eyes towards her and frowned. "Why are you sighing?"
She snapped her eyes over to him, shaking her head. "Nothing."
"Bull. Even if I weren't an angel, I'd still be able to tell. What's up?" he continued to press on.
"I said nothing, Seifer! So leave it at that!" she finally screamed, albeit, her temper was much shorter than usual. Seifer frowned once again and turned his head to the controls. Quistis shook her head, realizing he had won by her own spazzing out. "It's just that..."
"Go on."
She had to think of a lie. There was no way Quistis would tell anyone what was on her mind. "It's just that...I had a dream when I got my angel form back."
"Oh."
"It was just that...my father...When I was younger, just a year old, I was just like Dante. He's so intelligent, and can speak in full sentences! Yet, my father thought of me as a...freak...and now I realize that I am a freak." It was a nice cover; anything about any of their childhood would upset them. Seifer nodded his head gently.
He began to speak slowly and carefully choosing his words. "Well, are you thinking that Squall sees Dante as a freak?"
"What! No!"
"Ok, just a question! So, what's the whole big deal? You're father was clearly a dumbass and he didn't deserve you at all."
Quistis shook her head. 'Should've told the truth,' she thought to herself. It was going to be a long ride to the moon.
~*~
The hour passed and they were a few minutes to their destination. Quistis walked towards the door, sighing softly, looking out at the moon's atmosphere. "There's no need to place on that suit by the way," she heard Nero say behind her. She nodded her head and a tear solemnly rolled down her cheek. She shook her head and hit the button to open the door and jumped down. She spread her wings and batted them up towards the sky, enjoying the sight of the moon. Nero shook his head and turned to face Seifer.
"She's weird like this." Seifer scratched his arm, staring at her fly away. He spread his wings to go after her, but felt Nero's assuring hand on his arm.
"Let her go by herself."
~*~
She walked through the halls, her hands etching across the stone walls. It was too beautiful in Hyne's palace to just not look around. She turned down one hall, and across another, feathers trailing behind her. She stopped in one room, closing her eyes and opening them slowly. The past was revealed to her as she saw thousands of people dying. She spun away from the room, bumping into a person. She held up her hands to balance herself and felt two warm hands on her shoulders. "Quistis, where are you going?"
She sighed softly. "I'm just looking around, Seifer."
He blinked, pure professionalism dripping from his tongue. "You know that you need to see Hyne."
"I know. But..."
"You don't want to because you're scared of what might happen." She was silent. "Go see him."
~*~
She walked into the large room, staring at the ominous figure that loomed over her. His face was worn with worry and his eyes were flooded with tears. He turned and faced Quistis, staring at her golden figure. "Quistis," he whispered hoarsely out.
Her eyes bolted open, the future spinning in her mind. She shook her head, knowing this was what was going to happen. "Hyne, stop it!"
He nodded and the visions stopped, allowing Quistis to walk closer to him. "You do know that at some point you're going to have to look at the future."
"Not now, though. What can I do for you, Hyne?" she asked, being as polite as she could, though her words dripped with sadness.
He sighed and lifted his hand, a large mirror soaring in front of them. "I told you before that the world is dying. Yet, what I didn't tell you was the fact that it is another sorceress. She's nothing like Rinoa, though." Quistis nodded, looking at the world spinning. "If you can't tell, the oceans are being drained of their precious power and soon the land will follow. That is, if you do not defeat her within twenty nine days."
She nodded once again. "So...who is this person?"
He sighed. "That, I do not know. She has somehow managed to place a barrier around herself to protect herself from the angels finding her. She must've had ties with Rinoa or else...the spirit would've gone to the closest person, who was you, Quistis. Obviously, it's not you." Quistis' eyes twitched a bit, knowing the pain she had to go through and put Rinoa through. Could she do it to another person? She closed her eyes and nodded solemnly. "Seifer will be your assistant and no one else shall join you."
"But what about..."
"No one else shall join you."
~*~
Quistis sat there, staring at Squall's eyes tearing. She felt like crying herself, leaving her family alone, and leaving Squall for Seifer. She took a deep breath and placed a hand on his. He quickly pulled away. "Squall. Don't do this."
"Don't do what?" he whispered out. "Be heart broken?"
"Squall..."
"No, tell me what not to do! I don't get it, Quistis...I just don't get it...why can't he do it himself? He doesn't need you with him."
She sighed once again and held her cup of hot coffee tightly in her hands. "Squall, don't act like I'm leaving you for good. I'm coming home; we just need to take care of this. And he can't do it himself because he's an archangel. You know...he's an angel, but he wasn't a full SeaD. I don't know why Hyne won't let you go, but I must obey him."
Squall picked up his napkin and dabbed his eyes, refusing to show weakness. "I'm coming with you."
"Squall!"
"I don't care what Hyne says! I love you too much to let you go on your own. Especially with...Seifer."
Quistis looked at him, her eyes narrowing directly into his. "You're jealous."
"Wha?"
"You're jealous! Squall!"
He darted his head away. 'She knows me too damn well,' he thought in his head. He turned his head back up, only to see that she was gone. He then felt two arms wrap around him and a soft set of lips on his cheek. "Quistis, of course I'm jealous. The only thing that will make me feel better is if I do go along with you."
"How about a promise?"
"Huh?"
She smiled and sat on his lap in his office. "If you take care of Dante to the fullest, I'll return still loving you." He gave her a cold glare and she began to laugh. "You know I'm going to come back yours!"
"Then why make that sort of promise? That's unfair to me!"
"Because I know it would reassure you. Plus, I don't want Zell or Irvine anywhere near Dante while I'm gone!"