The New Blood To Be Shed

Disclaimer: I do not own anything from or referring to Angel or Final Fantasy VIII they are both licensed and not mine. I own nothing except the crap that I make up, hooray for me….

Author's Note: Sorry I was out of the reviewing dealie for a little while. I was off on my vacation for a while which was a little boring….but I'm back! Thanks to those who waited!!

Ch.6

"Hey!" Gunn called from the top of the stairs to the lab as he descended, a manila folder in hand, "Found that guy you were looking for!"

"What?" Fred asked as she put an ointment on Irvine's neck for the bruises Spike had given him earlier.

"That one kid from the other dimension," the lawyer said as he leafed through the file he had in hand, "What's his name? Zephyr, Sifter…"

"Seifer?" Squall suggested from his corner of the room.

Gunn looked up, "Yeah, that's it. Anyways, we found where he's staying…."

The lawyer produced a small picture that was undoubtedly the ex-Knight in the flesh, but upon further study, Squall found that he was in entirely different clothes.

"This was taken a half an hour ago by one of the hotel workers there. They say he's been calling himself Seifer, and the scar matches right?" Gunn asked.

"Well, if it isn't the all too familiar face…" Zell trailed angrily as he studied the photo, then looked up the lawyer, "When can we move out, so we can kick his ass?"

"Zell, you're sitting this one out," Squall told him indifferently as he studied the picture some more.

"What?!" yelled the enraged SeeD, "Why the hell do I have to sit this one out?!"

"Just view it as punishment for your previous actions…"

"What previous actions?!"

Irvine spoke up, "You know, when you were beating the crap out of Seifer when he was already down for the count."

"Oh that…." Zell softened a little, but then pouted as he kicked aside a chair nearby, "Whatever…."

And with that, the little blond went to a far wall to pout by himself.

Squall disregarded him and looked to Gunn, "Where is this place?"

"I'll tell you, you're friend has got some taste," the lawyer said as he took the picture from the teenager, "He's staying at The Four Seasons hotel."

"What's that?"

Realizing that these kids had probably never heard of this establishment, Gunn elaborated, "A very expensive hotel in this dimension, I'm surprised he could even afford it."

"He probably stole someone's money to buy himself a room," Zell replied moodily as he put a hand into his pocket, then shuffled around for a bit, "Hey! That bastard stole my Gil!"

"Your what?" Fred asked.

"My cash!" the young SeeD explained, "That asshole must've robbed me when I was unconscious!"

The whole group snickered a bit at this, even Squall managed a small smile at his rival's antics, but then he turned back to Fred.

"When can we go?" Squall asked, "We need to bring Seifer in as soon as possible."

"Um, you can probably go now, but we have to talk to Angel first."

"Do that, and can we get our weapons back?"

"Still have to talk to Angel.

"Alright," Squall sighed, he just wanted to get this over with and get back home, however the hell they were supposed to do that…..

Just then, the telephone rang.

Fred went to go pick it up, "Wolfram & Hart, science department….Oh, Angel!"

The whole group was silent as they strained to hear the near inaudible phone conversation between the two.

"Yes, alright. Right away," the young scientist said as she nodded her head, put down the receiver, and then turned to the group, "That was Angel. He says he wants to bring in this Seifer guy as soon as possible."

"Why so soon?" Gunn asked.

Fred shrugged, "He didn't say, all he told me was that Spike-"

The blond vampire looked up.

"-a small special ops team and Squall are to go get him."

"Hey! How come Squall and vampire boy get to have all the fun?!" Zell yelled.

"Because Angel wants it that way!" Fred retorted, she was more than sick of Zell's childish attitude by now. Then she turned to Spike, "Are you up for it?"

"Sure," the blond vampire said as he shoved himself off of the wall and started walking towards the stairs, "I've been getting a little stir crazy anyways. Come on psycho leather boy."

"Psycho leather boy?" Squall asked.

"He means you," Fred told him.

The commander shook his head and followed the vampire. He didn't even care about the degrading nickname, he just wanted this chance to capture Seifer, once and for all.

"Um, can I get my gunblade back?" he asked the blond vampire.

"Sure, whatever," Spike replied as he made his way up.

Seifer eyed his handiwork. His gunblade was polished to perfection, he could see his reflection shimmer in the metal, it looked as if he had just bought it. The young man had just polished it for two hours and now it was in the dead of the night. He took it in his hands and tested the weight, it took some time to get used to it again, but then it all came back to him. He swung it twice in the air, the metal ringing. He loved it.

Just then, there was a pounding at the door.

"Open up!" yelled a voice on the other end.

Seifer just looked at the door with a look of confusion. How did anyone find him here? He didn't cause any trouble since he got here!

"Open up! Last chance!" the person yelled again.

"Screw you!" Seifer yelled back.

He heard some mumbled talk on the other end of the door for a minute, then the door was busted in, revealing four armed soldiers in black with guns, a guy with blond hair and a leather duster, and finally…..Squall.

"Leonhart?!" Seifer said, astonished.

The commander raised his gunblade, "Just give up Seifer!"

The you Ex-Knight was silent for a minute, then his old vigor returned, "You'll have to kill me Squall!"

"Get him!" the blond person yelled and the soldiers went forward.

Seifer easily deflected their blows, slashing the first one who charged him in the left shoulder and shoving him forward to collide with a second soldier. Then in a mad attack, he slashed one in the stomach, and the final one in the leg, immobilizing them. He looked at Squall as they fell to the ground, yelling in pain.

"Until next time Leonhart!" Seifer yelled as he sheathed his blade and ran out to the terrace.

He spotted a couple of pipes that ran up the side of the monstrous building and he jumped for them, nearly missing, but then he got his grip. The young Ex-Knight began to climb the pole quickly up, the roof was his only chance, he had a plan.

Squall looked after him and debated jumping, Seifer had barely made, how good will he have chanced?

"Move!" Spike yelled at him as he went out onto the terrace, "I'll head him off, you get up their by the stairs or something!"

"Right!" the commander agreed as he ran out the hotel room, and Spike jumped and landed on an adjoining terrace, then jumped to a higher one.

He repeated this process numerous times until he finally jumped onto the roof and looked over the edge, he saw Seifer.

"Here, let me help you up!" he said as he grabbed onto the blonds' wrist and hauled him overhead.

The ex-Knight flew in a circle and landed roughly on his back on the cement of the roof. He growled in pain a moment, but then got up and unsheathed his Hyperion. Spike readied for an attack, but he didn't need to, Squall had busted through the door behind him. The blond vampire took this moment of opportunity and hit the boy over the head with a double-fist.

Seifer fell down to the ground unconscious, his gunblade clattering to the side.

"This your boy?" Spike asked Squall.

The SeeD nodded, "Yeah."

"Well, let's go then."

Spike picked up the unconscious blond and Squall picked up his fallen Hyperion. Now they had Seifer, now all they had to do now was get a way home….

Author's note: Thanks for waiting for this chapter! I've been having a bit of a problem with this story, I hit major writer's block with this one. Though I highly recommend my other stories, Perfect Imbalance and Perfect Imbalance 2: The Mystery of the Immortal. Tell me whatcha think if you go check them out! I'll get the next chapter soon though!!