Author's note: Thanks for the reviews. Well, in this chap we're finally getting somewhere..
-Seifer's POV-
I'm in the Training Center, training with Squall, when we hear running and yelling outside. Sounds like a lot of SeeDs are going somewhere. Fast. And not to mention noisy.
"What's going on?" Squall asks.
I shrug. "Maybe we should go take a look."
We exit the Center and go to the main hall. There's nobody there.
"Where'd everyone go?"
I shrug again. "And why?"
"Guys!"
We turn to look at the entrance. Quistis is running towards us.
"Quistis! What happened?" Squall asks.
"Roos.." she pants.
"Roos? Roos Essayah?" Squall says.
She nodds and swallows, leaning her palms on her knees "Roos... was.. kidnapped.."
"By who?"
She looks up at us. "By the Sorceress."
Before we know it, we're in a train. Quistis tells us the whole thing: they were going to the Timber TV Station where President Deling was to make a broadcast, when the Sorceress appeared and took Roos.
"It's alright, Quisty, we'll get him back," Squall says, stroking her back.
"I'm such a failure!" she cries.
"No you are /not/, Quistis," I say. "You're a great Instructor."
"No! I should've known he wasn't strong enough for this mission! I should've sent you two!"
We glance at each other, not sure whether to grin happily or to comfort her.
"You know that wasn't possible, like you told us," Squall says. "Besides, it was Cid's decision too."
She glances up at us. "So Cid's a failure too?"
"Wellh.. nooot exactly..." Squall looks unsure.
"Nobody's a failure," I say. "This is nobody's fault, since no one could've seen this coming. It was supposed to be a simple mission to free Timber, but it turned out a little more complicated. Anyways, we should't be looking for someone to blame, but for something to solve the situation."
Quistis, Squall and the two other SeeDs in the SeeD cabin look at me, quite amazed.
"What?"
"I.. never thought..you could be so.. ugh.. reasonable," says Langh. She's a pretty red-head with an attitude and a big sword.
"I assume that was'nt a compliment."
She smiles. "No offense, honey."
I frown a little at the last word, which makes her laugh.
"So, Quistis. Do we know where the Sorceress took him?" I ask.
She shakes her head. "Not a clue."
"So what's to do next?"
She shrugs. "They've got orders to go to Galbadia Garden next, so that's where we're headed."
"G-Garden? Why?" asks Laxell, Langh's little brother.
"Because the Galbadian soldiers have taken over Timber and now our brave SeeD brother and sister will sneak out of there to report to the nearest Garden," Langh explains.
Laxell frowns. "Why go to G-Garden to run away from the Galbadians?"
Everyone glance at each other.
"It's the Garden Code," Quistis says quietly. "The Gardens are independent from the government's actions."
-Seifer's POV-
I'm in the Training Center, training with Squall, when we hear running and yelling outside. Sounds like a lot of SeeDs are going somewhere. Fast. And not to mention noisy.
"What's going on?" Squall asks.
I shrug. "Maybe we should go take a look."
We exit the Center and go to the main hall. There's nobody there.
"Where'd everyone go?"
I shrug again. "And why?"
"Guys!"
We turn to look at the entrance. Quistis is running towards us.
"Quistis! What happened?" Squall asks.
"Roos.." she pants.
"Roos? Roos Essayah?" Squall says.
She nodds and swallows, leaning her palms on her knees "Roos... was.. kidnapped.."
"By who?"
She looks up at us. "By the Sorceress."
Before we know it, we're in a train. Quistis tells us the whole thing: they were going to the Timber TV Station where President Deling was to make a broadcast, when the Sorceress appeared and took Roos.
"It's alright, Quisty, we'll get him back," Squall says, stroking her back.
"I'm such a failure!" she cries.
"No you are /not/, Quistis," I say. "You're a great Instructor."
"No! I should've known he wasn't strong enough for this mission! I should've sent you two!"
We glance at each other, not sure whether to grin happily or to comfort her.
"You know that wasn't possible, like you told us," Squall says. "Besides, it was Cid's decision too."
She glances up at us. "So Cid's a failure too?"
"Wellh.. nooot exactly..." Squall looks unsure.
"Nobody's a failure," I say. "This is nobody's fault, since no one could've seen this coming. It was supposed to be a simple mission to free Timber, but it turned out a little more complicated. Anyways, we should't be looking for someone to blame, but for something to solve the situation."
Quistis, Squall and the two other SeeDs in the SeeD cabin look at me, quite amazed.
"What?"
"I.. never thought..you could be so.. ugh.. reasonable," says Langh. She's a pretty red-head with an attitude and a big sword.
"I assume that was'nt a compliment."
She smiles. "No offense, honey."
I frown a little at the last word, which makes her laugh.
"So, Quistis. Do we know where the Sorceress took him?" I ask.
She shakes her head. "Not a clue."
"So what's to do next?"
She shrugs. "They've got orders to go to Galbadia Garden next, so that's where we're headed."
"G-Garden? Why?" asks Laxell, Langh's little brother.
"Because the Galbadian soldiers have taken over Timber and now our brave SeeD brother and sister will sneak out of there to report to the nearest Garden," Langh explains.
Laxell frowns. "Why go to G-Garden to run away from the Galbadians?"
Everyone glance at each other.
"It's the Garden Code," Quistis says quietly. "The Gardens are independent from the government's actions."