A/N: MUST...FINISH...If I start foaming at the mouth, just tell Zell and Seifer! They'll take care of me! Oh, and imagine Rupert having that slight British twang to his voice.
Seifer: Like hell we will! Do you REALIZE how bad she gets by the end of her stories?!
Kirie: starts foaming
Zell: Dear god, Seifer! Look what you did!
Seifer: RUN! RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!
Kirie: Things MAY or MAY NOT start getting violent...very very VERY violent... still foaming at the mouth RRRRRRRRAWR!
Silent Screams Chapter 41
Quistis looked out the window. Clouds zoomed past them as if it was nothing, which clouds basically are. She took in a slight breath, staring as Rupert tried to pinpoint Deep-Sea Research Garden. "It's not where it used to be, I can tell you that much. I can try doing a world wide scan on it, but if it has a security system like you said, dear Quistis, then we might not be able to find it."
Quistis shrugged. "No problem." She spun around and walked past the men. She went to the door on the bridge, slowly opening it. The emergency lights went on, but soon turned off.
Quistis was flying high in the sky now. Nero and Seifer looked out the window, sighing softly. Squall flinched as he heard the sighs. Irvine's head was hung down. Quistis batted her wings while picking up speed. She aimed down, her entire body twirling past the clouds. She flew straight, searching the world. There was not a single sign of the Garden.
Suddenly, large waves blossomed from the center of the sea. Quistis stopped flying as the Apollo went on. She looked down, seeing that it was the Deep- Sea Research Garden! It had both a flying mode and a submerge mode. She batted her wings up, floating higher into the sky. The Apollo had slowed down and she reached the ship in no time. She banged on the window, pointing down.
Sure enough, when Rupert checked the radar and sonar again, it was there. "Well, looks like Quistis brought it up now, hasn't she?"
Seifer rolled his eyes. "Look, just take us down there as close as you can. If need be, Nero and I can fly those two down."
"Well, the girl might not be able to take such low altitudes."
Nero sighed. "Fine. Squall, you come with me. Irvine, go with Seifer..."
Seifer spun around, glaring wickedly at Irvine. "No screaming, cowboy!"
Seifer hooked onto his shoulder and waited for the door to open. He leapt out once it did, holding onto the cowboy tightly. Quistis saw Nero leave next and flew down with them.
ooooooooooo
"Sorceress Eleni, we're prepared to use the Lightning Sword," Nadia announced. Eleni smiled, flicking her wrist slowly. Without Quistis here to power it, they had to come up with another way.
What better way then to steal the Blue Mage SeaDs power from the past that entered Quistis' dream. Nadia walked into the Lightning Sword's chamber, watching the glass shards float aimlessly around it.
Nadia held a black box, only to result in opening it. A glass shard, although shaky, zoomed up into the air, causing all the shards to dance around the sword.
Eleni's smile grew larger as the clouds went from gray to black. The sun was disappearing slowly, all signs pointing to the total Solar eclipse of the sun.
ooooooooooo
They neared the large Garden. Quistis felt her heart beat quicken. "Nero?" she called out. Nero looked over at her. "Do you feel that?"
"Feel what?"
Quistis shrieked with writhing pain. She stopped flying, causing Seifer to spin around, looking at Quistis as she grasped her head and cried out in pain. "My head!" she screeched. Her angel wings began to flap harder and faster.
"Irvine, you know how to swim, right?" Seifer asked quickly.
"Yea, but why should that mat...ter!"
Irvine was now free falling down towards the sea. Seifer batted his wings and grabbed onto Quistis just as her wings stopped beating.
They heard a loud splash. Squall and Nero both winced as they saw Irvine emerge from the sea. "You dirty bastard!" he screamed.
Yea, real secret ops, Irvine.
Seifer held onto the shaking Quistis, cooing her softly. "Quis, what's wrong?" he whispered to her.
"My...heart beat...its going too fast..."
Seifer automatically placed two fingers against her vein on her neck. Sure enough, it pumped blood faster than it should. He frowned. "Nero...her heartbeat is too quick for her to control..."
Nero flinched. Yes, he had a feeling that the Sorceress Eleni would use the Lightning Sword against them. "Look, there's no way I can carry two of them! Her heartbeat will go down in time, but we need to get moving before its too late." He looked down at Squall. "Squall, I'm gonna drop you in the water gently and take Irvine back up to the airship, ok?"
"Is Quistis going to survive?"
"Yea, she just shouldn't be doing anything strenuous right now."
Nero floated down to the sea, dipping Squall in. "Oh sure, he gets placed in! I get dropped in! Stupid mother..."
Nero grabbed a hold of Irvine, darting up into the sky towards the airship. Seifer floated down to where Squall was. "Hook onto my foot, ok?"
Squall nodded and grabbed a hold of the blonde's foot. Seifer batted his wings, sending them slowly towards the floating Garden. Nero came flying back down, staring as Seifer pushed himself harder and harder. Nero soared down and hooked onto Squall, picked him up as he released Seifer's foot, and floated towards the Garden as well.
When they finally reached it, they sat still for a few moments, regaining their strength. Quistis stood up, her head still throbbing, and wobbled over to Squall. She knelt down, grabbing a hold of his hand. She whispered out, "Don't die, hon."
Squall smiled softly, pulling her into a wet hug. "You don't die either, ok?"
She smiled back and stood up, her composure mostly gained. "Ok, let's go in."
With those words, the foursome entered the door as the ship slowly floated. As they entered, the world changed into the metallic maze once again. "Well," a familiar voice rang out. "What have we here? A human, two fallen angels, and a Blue Mage SeaD? Hmph...If you'd like to reach Sorceress Eleni, then you must go through me."
The foursome was prepared to fight. Suddenly, from the shadows, emerged Nadia. "Look, we don't have to kill you," Seifer said.
Suddenly, her eyes blasted red. The same beast from Quistis dream emerged, and soon, they were in the same area. Her head began to pound again, but she quickly ignored it. "Sure ya do!"
Red eyes burned into each of their minds. The brown fur bristled in the wind. A large gaping mouth with sickly and mangled, but none the less sharp, teeth mirrored in their eyes. Two large paws with larger claws came at them suddenly. Quistis held up her hands, pushing the claws back as the protective bubble enforced them.
As the paws struck, she winced in pain. The demon went back to its ready position, a large pointed tail swinging back and forth. Quistis placed her hands down, pulling out her whip.
Seifer struck first, emerging his wings and floating up into the air. He charged at her, slicing the demon right on its nose. He went back to his position, the black metal pointed tips, scratching the dirt-clad ground. Squall ran up to the beast, taking his sword and jabbing it into the leg, hitting the trigger, then jumping back to his spot. Nero pulled out his swallow, twisting it around. His wings emerged, black in all their glory, and darted towards the beast named Nadia, shoving the swallow in, pulling it out, then slicing it with the other end.
Quistis hooked her whip quickly, grasping a ball of energy suddenly. Nadia looked down at her, seeing her unprepared for a hit. She bounded towards her, but with one quick motion, Seifer grabbed Quistis, pulling her out of the way.
In retaliation, Quistis opened her eyes, now bright silver, and was hurdling the ball of energy into the opened mouth. Right when it went into the mouth, the ball exploded, causing the beast to writhe in pain.
Seifer went again, this time call upon his Limit Break. Squall attacked again. Nero cast Ultimaga. Quistis looked at the beast and with one shot from her whip, the beast was dust.
The world around them changed back into the metallic maze. They heard a faint clapping echoing in the hall. "Bravo, killing my best demon. Too bad. Looks like I get a go around now..."
Seifer: Like hell we will! Do you REALIZE how bad she gets by the end of her stories?!
Kirie: starts foaming
Zell: Dear god, Seifer! Look what you did!
Seifer: RUN! RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!
Kirie: Things MAY or MAY NOT start getting violent...very very VERY violent... still foaming at the mouth RRRRRRRRAWR!
Silent Screams Chapter 41
Quistis looked out the window. Clouds zoomed past them as if it was nothing, which clouds basically are. She took in a slight breath, staring as Rupert tried to pinpoint Deep-Sea Research Garden. "It's not where it used to be, I can tell you that much. I can try doing a world wide scan on it, but if it has a security system like you said, dear Quistis, then we might not be able to find it."
Quistis shrugged. "No problem." She spun around and walked past the men. She went to the door on the bridge, slowly opening it. The emergency lights went on, but soon turned off.
Quistis was flying high in the sky now. Nero and Seifer looked out the window, sighing softly. Squall flinched as he heard the sighs. Irvine's head was hung down. Quistis batted her wings while picking up speed. She aimed down, her entire body twirling past the clouds. She flew straight, searching the world. There was not a single sign of the Garden.
Suddenly, large waves blossomed from the center of the sea. Quistis stopped flying as the Apollo went on. She looked down, seeing that it was the Deep- Sea Research Garden! It had both a flying mode and a submerge mode. She batted her wings up, floating higher into the sky. The Apollo had slowed down and she reached the ship in no time. She banged on the window, pointing down.
Sure enough, when Rupert checked the radar and sonar again, it was there. "Well, looks like Quistis brought it up now, hasn't she?"
Seifer rolled his eyes. "Look, just take us down there as close as you can. If need be, Nero and I can fly those two down."
"Well, the girl might not be able to take such low altitudes."
Nero sighed. "Fine. Squall, you come with me. Irvine, go with Seifer..."
Seifer spun around, glaring wickedly at Irvine. "No screaming, cowboy!"
Seifer hooked onto his shoulder and waited for the door to open. He leapt out once it did, holding onto the cowboy tightly. Quistis saw Nero leave next and flew down with them.
ooooooooooo
"Sorceress Eleni, we're prepared to use the Lightning Sword," Nadia announced. Eleni smiled, flicking her wrist slowly. Without Quistis here to power it, they had to come up with another way.
What better way then to steal the Blue Mage SeaDs power from the past that entered Quistis' dream. Nadia walked into the Lightning Sword's chamber, watching the glass shards float aimlessly around it.
Nadia held a black box, only to result in opening it. A glass shard, although shaky, zoomed up into the air, causing all the shards to dance around the sword.
Eleni's smile grew larger as the clouds went from gray to black. The sun was disappearing slowly, all signs pointing to the total Solar eclipse of the sun.
ooooooooooo
They neared the large Garden. Quistis felt her heart beat quicken. "Nero?" she called out. Nero looked over at her. "Do you feel that?"
"Feel what?"
Quistis shrieked with writhing pain. She stopped flying, causing Seifer to spin around, looking at Quistis as she grasped her head and cried out in pain. "My head!" she screeched. Her angel wings began to flap harder and faster.
"Irvine, you know how to swim, right?" Seifer asked quickly.
"Yea, but why should that mat...ter!"
Irvine was now free falling down towards the sea. Seifer batted his wings and grabbed onto Quistis just as her wings stopped beating.
They heard a loud splash. Squall and Nero both winced as they saw Irvine emerge from the sea. "You dirty bastard!" he screamed.
Yea, real secret ops, Irvine.
Seifer held onto the shaking Quistis, cooing her softly. "Quis, what's wrong?" he whispered to her.
"My...heart beat...its going too fast..."
Seifer automatically placed two fingers against her vein on her neck. Sure enough, it pumped blood faster than it should. He frowned. "Nero...her heartbeat is too quick for her to control..."
Nero flinched. Yes, he had a feeling that the Sorceress Eleni would use the Lightning Sword against them. "Look, there's no way I can carry two of them! Her heartbeat will go down in time, but we need to get moving before its too late." He looked down at Squall. "Squall, I'm gonna drop you in the water gently and take Irvine back up to the airship, ok?"
"Is Quistis going to survive?"
"Yea, she just shouldn't be doing anything strenuous right now."
Nero floated down to the sea, dipping Squall in. "Oh sure, he gets placed in! I get dropped in! Stupid mother..."
Nero grabbed a hold of Irvine, darting up into the sky towards the airship. Seifer floated down to where Squall was. "Hook onto my foot, ok?"
Squall nodded and grabbed a hold of the blonde's foot. Seifer batted his wings, sending them slowly towards the floating Garden. Nero came flying back down, staring as Seifer pushed himself harder and harder. Nero soared down and hooked onto Squall, picked him up as he released Seifer's foot, and floated towards the Garden as well.
When they finally reached it, they sat still for a few moments, regaining their strength. Quistis stood up, her head still throbbing, and wobbled over to Squall. She knelt down, grabbing a hold of his hand. She whispered out, "Don't die, hon."
Squall smiled softly, pulling her into a wet hug. "You don't die either, ok?"
She smiled back and stood up, her composure mostly gained. "Ok, let's go in."
With those words, the foursome entered the door as the ship slowly floated. As they entered, the world changed into the metallic maze once again. "Well," a familiar voice rang out. "What have we here? A human, two fallen angels, and a Blue Mage SeaD? Hmph...If you'd like to reach Sorceress Eleni, then you must go through me."
The foursome was prepared to fight. Suddenly, from the shadows, emerged Nadia. "Look, we don't have to kill you," Seifer said.
Suddenly, her eyes blasted red. The same beast from Quistis dream emerged, and soon, they were in the same area. Her head began to pound again, but she quickly ignored it. "Sure ya do!"
Red eyes burned into each of their minds. The brown fur bristled in the wind. A large gaping mouth with sickly and mangled, but none the less sharp, teeth mirrored in their eyes. Two large paws with larger claws came at them suddenly. Quistis held up her hands, pushing the claws back as the protective bubble enforced them.
As the paws struck, she winced in pain. The demon went back to its ready position, a large pointed tail swinging back and forth. Quistis placed her hands down, pulling out her whip.
Seifer struck first, emerging his wings and floating up into the air. He charged at her, slicing the demon right on its nose. He went back to his position, the black metal pointed tips, scratching the dirt-clad ground. Squall ran up to the beast, taking his sword and jabbing it into the leg, hitting the trigger, then jumping back to his spot. Nero pulled out his swallow, twisting it around. His wings emerged, black in all their glory, and darted towards the beast named Nadia, shoving the swallow in, pulling it out, then slicing it with the other end.
Quistis hooked her whip quickly, grasping a ball of energy suddenly. Nadia looked down at her, seeing her unprepared for a hit. She bounded towards her, but with one quick motion, Seifer grabbed Quistis, pulling her out of the way.
In retaliation, Quistis opened her eyes, now bright silver, and was hurdling the ball of energy into the opened mouth. Right when it went into the mouth, the ball exploded, causing the beast to writhe in pain.
Seifer went again, this time call upon his Limit Break. Squall attacked again. Nero cast Ultimaga. Quistis looked at the beast and with one shot from her whip, the beast was dust.
The world around them changed back into the metallic maze. They heard a faint clapping echoing in the hall. "Bravo, killing my best demon. Too bad. Looks like I get a go around now..."