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Time to get back on the job
Squall wakes up the next morning with an uneasy feeling, but he merely
plays it off as nothing but stress and gets ready for another day in
Garden.
As usual Selphie greets him at his dorm with that same, rather annoying,
cheery smile.
"Hey Squally." She says with a bright smile.
"Don't call me that." He says a little too forcefully.
"Oh," She steps back slightly. "Well I... just thought I'd wake ya up
again."
"Thanks Selphie, but today is not a good day for me."
"It's not even morning and you're grumpy." She pouts. "Grumpy-wumpy."
"Whatever." He scoffs.
"I knew you were going to say that."
Squall looks down at her with a stern look.
"Where's Seifer?"
"Huh? Oh yeah he's in the Quad... Why?" She looks at him puzzled.
"Nothing, just need to talk to him." He walks past her towards the main
hall, but turns and looks back at her.
"And tell Cid he can stop sending you down here every morning."
Selphie looks at him stunned that he knew.
"O-okay..." She watches him walk out of the dormitory area and down the hall
speechless. 'How did he know!?' She asks herself mentally.
Squall makes his way to the Quad and finds Seifer sitting on the stage
looking out on the landscape going by.
"Hey Princess." He says casually.
"Hey." Squall sits next to him on the stage.
"You ordered us to go then, Mr. Commander-in-Training?" Asks Seifer not
once looking at Squall.
"No, and I'm not a Commander-in-Training Seifer. In fact I turned it
down."
"Wow the Princess turned down a chance to be a hero." Chuckles Seifer
still looking out on the passing scenery of the Trabia area.
'I wish he would stop calling me that...' Thinks Squall.
"So," Says Seifer. "You came to talk to me for a reason..."
"Cid's given us a new mission," he sighs somewhat frustrated. "We're going
to Ethstar to help Laguna..." He shakes his head. "We are supposed to help
him find the child of Edea."
"What?" He says now looking at Squall. "She had a kid?"
"Yes... a boy... he possesses even more power than her, or so the information
tells us."
"If we beat her then he should be no problem." He says calmly
"His powers may actually be more than Ultimecia."
"And of course it's our jobs to find him and kill him right?" He asks
already knowing the answer.
"Yes... it is. What I don't understand is when she had a child." Wonders
Squall.
"And why are you telling me this?" Asks Seifer sitting back down.
"Cid asked for both of us and Zell to look for him."
"I'm working with Chicken Wuss?" Seifer stands again and starts walking
towards the main hall.
"Wait!" Calls Squall running over to him. "If we don't do this there
might be more casualties Seifer and everybody could be the next target."
"Fine Princess, but tell the Chicken to stay the fuck out of my way."
"I'll tell him."
"Good." Seifer walks quickly out of the Quad leaving Squall alone.
'Damn jerk... Now I have to tell Zell. Let's hope he has a better reaction.'
Squall finds Zell, yet again, in the cafeteria waiting for a hotdog.
He taps him on the back and Zell almost hits him.
"Don't do that!" Zell yells at Squall.
"Sorry Zell... I need to speak with you." He says in his most professional
tone.
"Sure thing man, just let me get my hotdog." He walks up to the counter.
"One hotdog." He asks the lady at the counter.
"Sorry we're all out."
"Damn..." He slouches and walks almost beaten back to Squall.
"They always run out before you get there." Says Squall matter-of-factly.
"Yeah I know, but you still gotta try." They move over to a nearby table
and sit. "So you wanted to tell me somthin'?"
"Yes. I need you to come with me on a mission-"
"Sure thing!" Interrupts Zell.
"...With Seifer."
Zell looks at him unsure of what he said.
"What?"
"I need you to come on a mission with me and... Seifer."
"What! You want to go on a mission with Alm-ASS-y? Are you kidding me
Squall?"
"They're Cid's orders." He says bluntly.
"Damnit." He punches the table. "I hate Cid sometimes, but I have to
follow orders. Where're we goin'?"
"We are going to look for Edea's son and kill him."
"She had a kid?"
"Yes and he's possibly more powerful than Ultimecia."
"Whoa! That's something alright... We know anything about this kid?" Asks
Zell.
"Not much, but we do know he might have been hidden by the Galbadians."
"Not good." Says Zell leaning back in his chair. "Do we know where he was
last?"
"Supposedly he was in Ethstar last, but he might have come back to
Galbadia."
Zell leans back forward.
"You think he could be here in Garden?" He whispers to Squall.
"It's always possible, but who could it be?" He asks Zell.
"Maybe some new student or somethin'... or somebody that doesn't really fit
in here. We did get a lot of new recruits from Trabia."
"New recruits?" Squall pauses thinking.
"What is it Squall?"
"Max!" He says snapping his fingers. "It might be Max Caron, Zell!"
"Huh? That little guy couldn't be her son. He doesn't even look like
her." States Zell.
"But still think about it. He all of a sudden showed up and..."
'Wait,' thinks Squall. 'He was in my head when I met him.'
*** Flashback***
'What the hell is going on!?'
'Nothing' says the voice again.
'Alright! Get out of my head and show yourself!' he mentally yells.
'Are you sure?'
'YES!'
'Fine...'
***End Flashback***
"It has to be him." Says Squall. "He was in my head back at the
orphanage."
Zell looks at Squall strangely.
"You sure you're okay?"
"Yes. Something tells me he's the most likely suspect."
"We should talk to him then." Zell says standing.
"I need you to get Seifer, Zell."
Zell slouches like before and nods walking out of the cafeteria.
'I hope those two can just work together for once.' Thinks Squall. 'Or
this could be a very short mission.'
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Time to get back on the job
Squall wakes up the next morning with an uneasy feeling, but he merely
plays it off as nothing but stress and gets ready for another day in
Garden.
As usual Selphie greets him at his dorm with that same, rather annoying,
cheery smile.
"Hey Squally." She says with a bright smile.
"Don't call me that." He says a little too forcefully.
"Oh," She steps back slightly. "Well I... just thought I'd wake ya up
again."
"Thanks Selphie, but today is not a good day for me."
"It's not even morning and you're grumpy." She pouts. "Grumpy-wumpy."
"Whatever." He scoffs.
"I knew you were going to say that."
Squall looks down at her with a stern look.
"Where's Seifer?"
"Huh? Oh yeah he's in the Quad... Why?" She looks at him puzzled.
"Nothing, just need to talk to him." He walks past her towards the main
hall, but turns and looks back at her.
"And tell Cid he can stop sending you down here every morning."
Selphie looks at him stunned that he knew.
"O-okay..." She watches him walk out of the dormitory area and down the hall
speechless. 'How did he know!?' She asks herself mentally.
Squall makes his way to the Quad and finds Seifer sitting on the stage
looking out on the landscape going by.
"Hey Princess." He says casually.
"Hey." Squall sits next to him on the stage.
"You ordered us to go then, Mr. Commander-in-Training?" Asks Seifer not
once looking at Squall.
"No, and I'm not a Commander-in-Training Seifer. In fact I turned it
down."
"Wow the Princess turned down a chance to be a hero." Chuckles Seifer
still looking out on the passing scenery of the Trabia area.
'I wish he would stop calling me that...' Thinks Squall.
"So," Says Seifer. "You came to talk to me for a reason..."
"Cid's given us a new mission," he sighs somewhat frustrated. "We're going
to Ethstar to help Laguna..." He shakes his head. "We are supposed to help
him find the child of Edea."
"What?" He says now looking at Squall. "She had a kid?"
"Yes... a boy... he possesses even more power than her, or so the information
tells us."
"If we beat her then he should be no problem." He says calmly
"His powers may actually be more than Ultimecia."
"And of course it's our jobs to find him and kill him right?" He asks
already knowing the answer.
"Yes... it is. What I don't understand is when she had a child." Wonders
Squall.
"And why are you telling me this?" Asks Seifer sitting back down.
"Cid asked for both of us and Zell to look for him."
"I'm working with Chicken Wuss?" Seifer stands again and starts walking
towards the main hall.
"Wait!" Calls Squall running over to him. "If we don't do this there
might be more casualties Seifer and everybody could be the next target."
"Fine Princess, but tell the Chicken to stay the fuck out of my way."
"I'll tell him."
"Good." Seifer walks quickly out of the Quad leaving Squall alone.
'Damn jerk... Now I have to tell Zell. Let's hope he has a better reaction.'
Squall finds Zell, yet again, in the cafeteria waiting for a hotdog.
He taps him on the back and Zell almost hits him.
"Don't do that!" Zell yells at Squall.
"Sorry Zell... I need to speak with you." He says in his most professional
tone.
"Sure thing man, just let me get my hotdog." He walks up to the counter.
"One hotdog." He asks the lady at the counter.
"Sorry we're all out."
"Damn..." He slouches and walks almost beaten back to Squall.
"They always run out before you get there." Says Squall matter-of-factly.
"Yeah I know, but you still gotta try." They move over to a nearby table
and sit. "So you wanted to tell me somthin'?"
"Yes. I need you to come with me on a mission-"
"Sure thing!" Interrupts Zell.
"...With Seifer."
Zell looks at him unsure of what he said.
"What?"
"I need you to come on a mission with me and... Seifer."
"What! You want to go on a mission with Alm-ASS-y? Are you kidding me
Squall?"
"They're Cid's orders." He says bluntly.
"Damnit." He punches the table. "I hate Cid sometimes, but I have to
follow orders. Where're we goin'?"
"We are going to look for Edea's son and kill him."
"She had a kid?"
"Yes and he's possibly more powerful than Ultimecia."
"Whoa! That's something alright... We know anything about this kid?" Asks
Zell.
"Not much, but we do know he might have been hidden by the Galbadians."
"Not good." Says Zell leaning back in his chair. "Do we know where he was
last?"
"Supposedly he was in Ethstar last, but he might have come back to
Galbadia."
Zell leans back forward.
"You think he could be here in Garden?" He whispers to Squall.
"It's always possible, but who could it be?" He asks Zell.
"Maybe some new student or somethin'... or somebody that doesn't really fit
in here. We did get a lot of new recruits from Trabia."
"New recruits?" Squall pauses thinking.
"What is it Squall?"
"Max!" He says snapping his fingers. "It might be Max Caron, Zell!"
"Huh? That little guy couldn't be her son. He doesn't even look like
her." States Zell.
"But still think about it. He all of a sudden showed up and..."
'Wait,' thinks Squall. 'He was in my head when I met him.'
*** Flashback***
'What the hell is going on!?'
'Nothing' says the voice again.
'Alright! Get out of my head and show yourself!' he mentally yells.
'Are you sure?'
'YES!'
'Fine...'
***End Flashback***
"It has to be him." Says Squall. "He was in my head back at the
orphanage."
Zell looks at Squall strangely.
"You sure you're okay?"
"Yes. Something tells me he's the most likely suspect."
"We should talk to him then." Zell says standing.
"I need you to get Seifer, Zell."
Zell slouches like before and nods walking out of the cafeteria.
'I hope those two can just work together for once.' Thinks Squall. 'Or
this could be a very short mission.'