Chapter 16
"So how we going to explain what happened to Cid." Questioned Zell as they walked toward Balamb.
"I know! We can tell the truth." Selphie suggested.
"That's stupid, the truth solves nothing it just makes more problems." Auron implied.
"The whole garden thinks we are murderers. I doubt Edea will take it well no matter what we say." Said Squall.
"Yeah...I guess we should just tell the truth." Zell retorted and Auron grunted. Once they came into the garden, Squall went to Cid's office and got on the mike to explain.
"This is Squall, I guess I got some explaining to do. As you all know Cid is no longer with us today, as you may think it to be my fault I guess you can say it is. That car wreck outside the gates of town... that was my fault. I knew Cid had been drinking, I should have not let him drive home like that. I'm sorry..." As he looked out the office windows he saw that everybody had bowed there head in prayer.
"That was beautiful, just beautiful..." Irvine cried as he wiped tears from his eyes.
"I can't believe they bought that bullshit." Zell gestured as he laughed.
"Yeah, well I didn't buy it." Edea said as she entered the office.
"Edea didn't know you was around." Zell said making a big smile.
"Just tell me the truth about what really happened." Requested Edea. Squall laid the whole story down to her, she had trouble buying it at first but she finally understood.
"I can't believe my marriage too that man was all staged." Edea moaned.
"Oh, I bet he was too nerdy for you anyways." Auron said as he looked at Cid's picture.
"How can you just say stuff like that, if you're trying to make me feel better its not working," Edea complained.
"I don't know how to make people 'feel' better, I figure that's a waste of time." Auron grumbled.
"Well you didn't have to be so blunt about stuff. Sure I thought he was a little dorky, but he was a sweet man." Edea scorned.
"Well, actually he wasn't. So I guess you could say he was mean and ugly." Auron continued.
"Auron, stop while you're behind." Irvine retorted. Auron back handed him.
"You don't know how much I hate fucking cowboys. So don't push it." Auron warned.
"Edea, if there is anything we can do for you, you will let us know right?" Squall said as he started to exit the room. The others followed him.
"Oh yeah, we are throwing a celebration party. That hard earned victory against Cid...err the supreme needs a little celebrating. You can come if you..." Auron started. Rinoa dragged him out by the arm.
"Are you retarded? You know the person we just killed is the one she is grieving over. Let her be." Rinoa said as she dragged him out. They exited out to the front of the building.
"Well, I'm going to set up some stuff. We are going to have a big celebration party. Zell would you like to help?" Selphie asked. Zell's face turned red.
"Uh yeah I guess." Zell stuttered.
"How come he gets to help?" Irvine whined.
"Cause, I need a big strong man to help me set up the band stage." Selphie said as grabbed Zell's arm and dragged him off.
"I'm stronger than that little punk will ever be." Irvine pouted as he stomped off.
"You got a bar around here? I could use a drink." Sephiroth asked.
"Sure, why don't we all go and wait for Zell and Selphie to set up." Rinoa suggested."
"Fine with me." Tidus replied.
"Yeah, hope they got some vodka." Auron said.
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"So what do you need me to do?" Zell asked.
"Well you could help move stuff. I called my dad, and he is bringing over a bunch of drinks. He's bringing a band over for us too. "Red Hot Chili Peppers" Which is one of my favs." Selphie yelped.
"Mine too. So when is he going to get here?" Zell asked.
"Any minute now...wait there he is!" Selphie yelled. A large truck pulled up to the quad, and a 6 and a half foot man stepped out. "Hey Dad!" Selphie yelled as she ran up and gave him a hug.
"Hi, how's my little girl doing?" He looked up and saw Zell.
"So, you're Zell right? You planning on taking my little girl from me?" He asked.
"Uhmmm...yeah, I mean no." Zell said nervously.
"I don't like him Selphie." He whispered to his daughter.
"Give him a chance Pop, you never liked any of my other boyfriends either." Selphie replied. She ran over to Zell. "I'm going to go get dressed, you and Pop can unpack stuff. Behave yourself Pops." She said as she strolled off.
"So Zell, where do you work at?" The old man asked as he took out a box and carried it to the stage.
"Uhmm, I'm a gym class instructor." Zell replied as he got one of the bigger boxes.
"Hmm...so you don't really get paid that much. So, how do you plan on supporting a family when you get older?" The old man questioned.
"Well, fighting has always been one of my talents. So, I thought about boxing." Zell replied. He set it on stage, and went to get the crate of drinks.
"I see, I admire the way you like to actually work for your money. I don't like the kind of people who sit at a desk all day. By the way, the name is Spartin."
"Nice to meet ya Spartin, so I guess you don't mind me going out with Selphie?" Zell asked making his politest grin.
"I said I admire you. I never said I wanted you going out with my daughter. But I guess I can't do nothing about it, but I swear if you ever, I mean once abuse her in anyway I will..."
"Dude, I promise, I would never hurt Selphie." Zell remarked.
"Good to here that, for your own good you'd better be telling the truth." Spartin warned. Just then Selphie came back, she had a tight miniskirt on and a strapless top.
"I'm back guys, so you guys have fun talking about guy stuff?" She asked.
"Oh yeah, we almost got everything unloaded." Zell said cheerfully. Spartin rolled his eyes.
"Well, you kids have fun with this party of yours, I'm going to go kick back and get some R and R." Spartin yawned as he strolled off.
"You're not going to stay for the fun?" Selphie asked.
"Nope, you're old enough to be responsible." He mumbled as he disappeared from sight.
"Whoa Zell, he must really like you. He has never left me alone with a guy, what did you say to him?" Selphie questioned.
"Well, he asked me about my career and junk. Then he made me promise to never hurt you and so on." Zell went on.
"He's so pathetic." Selphie grumbled.
"Hey, it's nice that you have a dad that worries about you. Not every guy in the world is as good as me." Zell bulged his chest.
"Don't get to cocky, you ain't shown me the goods yet." Selphie joked. He laughed and after a few hours they finished setting up.
"I'll go get everybody, you can call the band." Zell said as he ran off. Selphie took out her cell phone. When she called she got bad news, their flight had been canceled that morning. She felt a lump in her throat when Zell returned with everybody.
"They aren't going to be here, I'm sorry but we don't have much of a party." Selphie sighed, as she looked as she was about to cry.
"Don't worry about it Selphie, we still got drinks." Said Squall, as he got himself a beer.
"Hey, you guys think you could do me a favor...kinda cheer her up a little. You guys can be the band." Zell whispered.
"Sounds fun, I wanted to play an instrument last time, but I had to stay Squall." Rinoa complained.
"Alright Zell, we'll do it. Now's your chance anyways, Irvine didn't even show up." Yuna nudged him when she said that.
"Thanks guys, I knew I could count on you." Zell said.
"It would be better if we surprised her, why don't you pretend that the party is over, and take her for a walk while we set up." Tidus suggested.
"Sounds great, I owe you guys big time." Zell implied as he walked over to Selphie putting on a grim face.
"Hey, would you like to go for a walk. I know you're disappointed but we might as well enjoy ourselves before we put everything away." Zell faked and made a sad voice.
"Yeah, I guess so...nice of you to try and make me feel better." Selphie sighed as she and Zell walked out of the quad. After they were out of sight Squall got up on stage and took the mike.
"Here's what we do..."
"Oh no you don't, I'm taking charge this time." Rinoa ran up and grabbed the mike from him. Squall stepped back.
"Yes your highness." He joked.
"First thing's first. Who can play a lead guitar?"
"I can!" Tidus yelled. He quickly ran up the stairs and started jamming on it.
"Not bad, Yuna you can play the bass guitar." Rinoa gestured.
"Alright," she went up beside Tidus and turned it on.
"Quistis, you can handle the keyboard. Paine you get the drums. Yuffie and Eiko you handle the techno players." They all got to their positions.
"Aeris and I'll just watch." Sephiroth cut in.
"Very well...Auron you're bartender. I changed my mind, I think I'll just sit back and watch too." She said, as Squall made a sigh of relief and walked off stage. "Hey, I didn't say you could leave, you're our singer." Rinoa yelled.
"Me, I can't sing..." Squall moaned.
"Well, you can now." Rinoa ordered.
"Let's get you a costume," she went behind stage and found an old Elvis outfit with a wig and side burns. "Put this on, and just sing these lyrics." She handed him a paper with Elvis's old song lyrics on it.
"Now everybody practice these songs, they will be back in an hour knowing how long of a walk Zell normally takes." Rinoa stated as she sat down on a chair and watched them mess up over and over. They practiced for about 45 minutes and started getting the notes right and Zell and Selphie came into sight.
"A little early but I think we are set." Rinoa said to herself. They turned off all the lights for a surprise.
"Well I guess we'd better start cleaning up." Zell moaned trying to keep from grinning. Selphie sighed and they entered the quad. The lights went on.
"Surprise!!!" Rinoa yelled. Everybody sat in position, and Squall walked out on stage dressed in white with sunglasses and the works.
"We thought we'd do a little party all for you Selphie, since I owe you one." Squall yelled. Selphie's face lit up and she laughed as Squall started to sing like Elvis.
"You knew about this didn't you?" Selphie asked.
"Yeah, did I score points on this?" Zell questioned making his manly grin.
"Yeah you did, speaking of scoring how about we have a little party of our own later?"
The show ended and the ones not playing cheered. Squall walked down to Selphie and lowered his glasses.
"Thank you, thank ya very much..." Everybody laughed as Squall danced off to the side.
"I've never seen Squall act that way before...wow you guys are amazing!" Selphie yelled. They all joked around and got drunk. Auron was especially wasted and passed out behind the bar.
"Well ready to go?" Zell asked as he lifted Selphie up.
"We should help clean up first." Selphie said.
"Oh...you guys uh go...have fun. We'll take care...of it." Squall staggered around and almost passed out. Zell nodded and continued on the way to his dorm with Selphie. What he didn't know was somebody was ready to set him up, somebody had been watching him all day and was pissed off. As he entered the dorm he laid Selphie down on the bed. She began unzipping his pants and he got under the covers with her. Just as Selphie and he got comfortable somebody walked into the bedroom.
"DON"T MOVE!!!" Yelled a familiar voice. Zell turned around and looked up, Irvine was right behind him holding a M14.
"What are you doing!?" Selphie screamed.
"You made the wrong decision slut, now you are going to pay for it." Irvine yelled.
"C'mon man, you are over reacting." Zell said as he slowly moved toward Irvine.
"Get your clothes on now!" Irvine warned as he aimed the gun at Zell.
"Irvine stop you're scaring me." Selphie pleaded. Irvine went over and grabbed her, yanking her off the mattress.
"You ain't near as scared as you soon will be bitch." Irvine threatened.
"Irvine, cmon buddy you are just a little drunk...at least wait till you get sober to make rash decisions." Zell said trying to calm him down.
"I can't take your smart mouth anymore, one more word and I'll shoot her right now!!!" Irvine yelled. Zell got dressed and Irvine motioned them out to his car with a gun on them. He made Zell get in the driver's seat and he sat in the back with Selphie.
"Drive us to the train station." Irvine demanded.
"Alright alright, just promise that nobody gets shot when we get their." Zell said as he started the car and drove off.
"I won't I got other plans for the both of you." Irvine said. As he almost arrived at the train station, he looked in the rearview mirror and saw how scared Selphie looked. "Oh, we shall be leaving now. I wouldn't go back to that dorm of yours either...I left a ransom note on the table for Selphie and signed your name on it. And you wonder why the old man didn't like you when he saw you, that's cause I called him on his cell phone and told him that you had a shaded past. As for me and Selphie, we are going to have a happy life together, while you spend your days in jail." Irvine laughed as he opened the door and started dragging Selphie out. Zell felt sick to his stomach from what he had just heard. He raced back to his dorm, but he found that somebody else was already in their. Spartin was snooping around in his room, because he planned on checking up on Zell after what Irvine had told him.
"Ah ha!" Spartin said to himself when he found a note on the table.
If you want your daughter back, you send 10,000,000 Gil to Dollet Town Auto Shop. And if you think I'm dumb enough to give you my real address think again. Send the money or else.
Signed, your future son in law,
Zell Dintch.
Zell listened as Spartin read it out loud to himself.
"That son of a bitch, I can't believe I even thought about trusting him. The man on the phone was right, why didn't I listen!" Spartin yelled to himself as he stormed out taking the note with him as evidence. Zell vomited, he was so nervous he couldn't think.
"What am I going to do now?" Zell said to himself as he almost gagged again. He went off out into the woods that night to sleep, hoping that this was all a dream and he would wake up in his dorm, with Selphie next to him talking about the party they had. But instead he awoke to police cars traveling the nearby roads. He decided he would go to the only person that he could trust, Squall. He stood outside Squall's window and heard Squall talking to Rinoa.
"Do you really think Zell did that?" Squall asked.
"Of course I want to think he didn't, but explain to me why he and Selphie are missing."
"So you are saying Zell did it, how dare you! He has been a good friend of mine for almost a year now, I know Zell and I know he didn't do it!" Squall yelled.
"I didn't accuse Zell of anything, but since you are being so grumpy about it, I think I'll just go to my dad's house till you cool down." Rinoa responded.
"No wait!" Squall yelled, but Rinoa had already slammed the door in his face. Squall sat down on the bed in his pajama boxers and buried his face in his hands. Zell leaped through the window.
"I'm glad somebody trusts me..." Zell started. Squall almost flipped off the bed.
"Zell!!! What are you doing here?!" Squall asked.
"I need your help man, you're the only person I can trust. Let me explain last night..."
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"So how we going to explain what happened to Cid." Questioned Zell as they walked toward Balamb.
"I know! We can tell the truth." Selphie suggested.
"That's stupid, the truth solves nothing it just makes more problems." Auron implied.
"The whole garden thinks we are murderers. I doubt Edea will take it well no matter what we say." Said Squall.
"Yeah...I guess we should just tell the truth." Zell retorted and Auron grunted. Once they came into the garden, Squall went to Cid's office and got on the mike to explain.
"This is Squall, I guess I got some explaining to do. As you all know Cid is no longer with us today, as you may think it to be my fault I guess you can say it is. That car wreck outside the gates of town... that was my fault. I knew Cid had been drinking, I should have not let him drive home like that. I'm sorry..." As he looked out the office windows he saw that everybody had bowed there head in prayer.
"That was beautiful, just beautiful..." Irvine cried as he wiped tears from his eyes.
"I can't believe they bought that bullshit." Zell gestured as he laughed.
"Yeah, well I didn't buy it." Edea said as she entered the office.
"Edea didn't know you was around." Zell said making a big smile.
"Just tell me the truth about what really happened." Requested Edea. Squall laid the whole story down to her, she had trouble buying it at first but she finally understood.
"I can't believe my marriage too that man was all staged." Edea moaned.
"Oh, I bet he was too nerdy for you anyways." Auron said as he looked at Cid's picture.
"How can you just say stuff like that, if you're trying to make me feel better its not working," Edea complained.
"I don't know how to make people 'feel' better, I figure that's a waste of time." Auron grumbled.
"Well you didn't have to be so blunt about stuff. Sure I thought he was a little dorky, but he was a sweet man." Edea scorned.
"Well, actually he wasn't. So I guess you could say he was mean and ugly." Auron continued.
"Auron, stop while you're behind." Irvine retorted. Auron back handed him.
"You don't know how much I hate fucking cowboys. So don't push it." Auron warned.
"Edea, if there is anything we can do for you, you will let us know right?" Squall said as he started to exit the room. The others followed him.
"Oh yeah, we are throwing a celebration party. That hard earned victory against Cid...err the supreme needs a little celebrating. You can come if you..." Auron started. Rinoa dragged him out by the arm.
"Are you retarded? You know the person we just killed is the one she is grieving over. Let her be." Rinoa said as she dragged him out. They exited out to the front of the building.
"Well, I'm going to set up some stuff. We are going to have a big celebration party. Zell would you like to help?" Selphie asked. Zell's face turned red.
"Uh yeah I guess." Zell stuttered.
"How come he gets to help?" Irvine whined.
"Cause, I need a big strong man to help me set up the band stage." Selphie said as grabbed Zell's arm and dragged him off.
"I'm stronger than that little punk will ever be." Irvine pouted as he stomped off.
"You got a bar around here? I could use a drink." Sephiroth asked.
"Sure, why don't we all go and wait for Zell and Selphie to set up." Rinoa suggested."
"Fine with me." Tidus replied.
"Yeah, hope they got some vodka." Auron said.
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"So what do you need me to do?" Zell asked.
"Well you could help move stuff. I called my dad, and he is bringing over a bunch of drinks. He's bringing a band over for us too. "Red Hot Chili Peppers" Which is one of my favs." Selphie yelped.
"Mine too. So when is he going to get here?" Zell asked.
"Any minute now...wait there he is!" Selphie yelled. A large truck pulled up to the quad, and a 6 and a half foot man stepped out. "Hey Dad!" Selphie yelled as she ran up and gave him a hug.
"Hi, how's my little girl doing?" He looked up and saw Zell.
"So, you're Zell right? You planning on taking my little girl from me?" He asked.
"Uhmmm...yeah, I mean no." Zell said nervously.
"I don't like him Selphie." He whispered to his daughter.
"Give him a chance Pop, you never liked any of my other boyfriends either." Selphie replied. She ran over to Zell. "I'm going to go get dressed, you and Pop can unpack stuff. Behave yourself Pops." She said as she strolled off.
"So Zell, where do you work at?" The old man asked as he took out a box and carried it to the stage.
"Uhmm, I'm a gym class instructor." Zell replied as he got one of the bigger boxes.
"Hmm...so you don't really get paid that much. So, how do you plan on supporting a family when you get older?" The old man questioned.
"Well, fighting has always been one of my talents. So, I thought about boxing." Zell replied. He set it on stage, and went to get the crate of drinks.
"I see, I admire the way you like to actually work for your money. I don't like the kind of people who sit at a desk all day. By the way, the name is Spartin."
"Nice to meet ya Spartin, so I guess you don't mind me going out with Selphie?" Zell asked making his politest grin.
"I said I admire you. I never said I wanted you going out with my daughter. But I guess I can't do nothing about it, but I swear if you ever, I mean once abuse her in anyway I will..."
"Dude, I promise, I would never hurt Selphie." Zell remarked.
"Good to here that, for your own good you'd better be telling the truth." Spartin warned. Just then Selphie came back, she had a tight miniskirt on and a strapless top.
"I'm back guys, so you guys have fun talking about guy stuff?" She asked.
"Oh yeah, we almost got everything unloaded." Zell said cheerfully. Spartin rolled his eyes.
"Well, you kids have fun with this party of yours, I'm going to go kick back and get some R and R." Spartin yawned as he strolled off.
"You're not going to stay for the fun?" Selphie asked.
"Nope, you're old enough to be responsible." He mumbled as he disappeared from sight.
"Whoa Zell, he must really like you. He has never left me alone with a guy, what did you say to him?" Selphie questioned.
"Well, he asked me about my career and junk. Then he made me promise to never hurt you and so on." Zell went on.
"He's so pathetic." Selphie grumbled.
"Hey, it's nice that you have a dad that worries about you. Not every guy in the world is as good as me." Zell bulged his chest.
"Don't get to cocky, you ain't shown me the goods yet." Selphie joked. He laughed and after a few hours they finished setting up.
"I'll go get everybody, you can call the band." Zell said as he ran off. Selphie took out her cell phone. When she called she got bad news, their flight had been canceled that morning. She felt a lump in her throat when Zell returned with everybody.
"They aren't going to be here, I'm sorry but we don't have much of a party." Selphie sighed, as she looked as she was about to cry.
"Don't worry about it Selphie, we still got drinks." Said Squall, as he got himself a beer.
"Hey, you guys think you could do me a favor...kinda cheer her up a little. You guys can be the band." Zell whispered.
"Sounds fun, I wanted to play an instrument last time, but I had to stay Squall." Rinoa complained.
"Alright Zell, we'll do it. Now's your chance anyways, Irvine didn't even show up." Yuna nudged him when she said that.
"Thanks guys, I knew I could count on you." Zell said.
"It would be better if we surprised her, why don't you pretend that the party is over, and take her for a walk while we set up." Tidus suggested.
"Sounds great, I owe you guys big time." Zell implied as he walked over to Selphie putting on a grim face.
"Hey, would you like to go for a walk. I know you're disappointed but we might as well enjoy ourselves before we put everything away." Zell faked and made a sad voice.
"Yeah, I guess so...nice of you to try and make me feel better." Selphie sighed as she and Zell walked out of the quad. After they were out of sight Squall got up on stage and took the mike.
"Here's what we do..."
"Oh no you don't, I'm taking charge this time." Rinoa ran up and grabbed the mike from him. Squall stepped back.
"Yes your highness." He joked.
"First thing's first. Who can play a lead guitar?"
"I can!" Tidus yelled. He quickly ran up the stairs and started jamming on it.
"Not bad, Yuna you can play the bass guitar." Rinoa gestured.
"Alright," she went up beside Tidus and turned it on.
"Quistis, you can handle the keyboard. Paine you get the drums. Yuffie and Eiko you handle the techno players." They all got to their positions.
"Aeris and I'll just watch." Sephiroth cut in.
"Very well...Auron you're bartender. I changed my mind, I think I'll just sit back and watch too." She said, as Squall made a sigh of relief and walked off stage. "Hey, I didn't say you could leave, you're our singer." Rinoa yelled.
"Me, I can't sing..." Squall moaned.
"Well, you can now." Rinoa ordered.
"Let's get you a costume," she went behind stage and found an old Elvis outfit with a wig and side burns. "Put this on, and just sing these lyrics." She handed him a paper with Elvis's old song lyrics on it.
"Now everybody practice these songs, they will be back in an hour knowing how long of a walk Zell normally takes." Rinoa stated as she sat down on a chair and watched them mess up over and over. They practiced for about 45 minutes and started getting the notes right and Zell and Selphie came into sight.
"A little early but I think we are set." Rinoa said to herself. They turned off all the lights for a surprise.
"Well I guess we'd better start cleaning up." Zell moaned trying to keep from grinning. Selphie sighed and they entered the quad. The lights went on.
"Surprise!!!" Rinoa yelled. Everybody sat in position, and Squall walked out on stage dressed in white with sunglasses and the works.
"We thought we'd do a little party all for you Selphie, since I owe you one." Squall yelled. Selphie's face lit up and she laughed as Squall started to sing like Elvis.
"You knew about this didn't you?" Selphie asked.
"Yeah, did I score points on this?" Zell questioned making his manly grin.
"Yeah you did, speaking of scoring how about we have a little party of our own later?"
The show ended and the ones not playing cheered. Squall walked down to Selphie and lowered his glasses.
"Thank you, thank ya very much..." Everybody laughed as Squall danced off to the side.
"I've never seen Squall act that way before...wow you guys are amazing!" Selphie yelled. They all joked around and got drunk. Auron was especially wasted and passed out behind the bar.
"Well ready to go?" Zell asked as he lifted Selphie up.
"We should help clean up first." Selphie said.
"Oh...you guys uh go...have fun. We'll take care...of it." Squall staggered around and almost passed out. Zell nodded and continued on the way to his dorm with Selphie. What he didn't know was somebody was ready to set him up, somebody had been watching him all day and was pissed off. As he entered the dorm he laid Selphie down on the bed. She began unzipping his pants and he got under the covers with her. Just as Selphie and he got comfortable somebody walked into the bedroom.
"DON"T MOVE!!!" Yelled a familiar voice. Zell turned around and looked up, Irvine was right behind him holding a M14.
"What are you doing!?" Selphie screamed.
"You made the wrong decision slut, now you are going to pay for it." Irvine yelled.
"C'mon man, you are over reacting." Zell said as he slowly moved toward Irvine.
"Get your clothes on now!" Irvine warned as he aimed the gun at Zell.
"Irvine stop you're scaring me." Selphie pleaded. Irvine went over and grabbed her, yanking her off the mattress.
"You ain't near as scared as you soon will be bitch." Irvine threatened.
"Irvine, cmon buddy you are just a little drunk...at least wait till you get sober to make rash decisions." Zell said trying to calm him down.
"I can't take your smart mouth anymore, one more word and I'll shoot her right now!!!" Irvine yelled. Zell got dressed and Irvine motioned them out to his car with a gun on them. He made Zell get in the driver's seat and he sat in the back with Selphie.
"Drive us to the train station." Irvine demanded.
"Alright alright, just promise that nobody gets shot when we get their." Zell said as he started the car and drove off.
"I won't I got other plans for the both of you." Irvine said. As he almost arrived at the train station, he looked in the rearview mirror and saw how scared Selphie looked. "Oh, we shall be leaving now. I wouldn't go back to that dorm of yours either...I left a ransom note on the table for Selphie and signed your name on it. And you wonder why the old man didn't like you when he saw you, that's cause I called him on his cell phone and told him that you had a shaded past. As for me and Selphie, we are going to have a happy life together, while you spend your days in jail." Irvine laughed as he opened the door and started dragging Selphie out. Zell felt sick to his stomach from what he had just heard. He raced back to his dorm, but he found that somebody else was already in their. Spartin was snooping around in his room, because he planned on checking up on Zell after what Irvine had told him.
"Ah ha!" Spartin said to himself when he found a note on the table.
If you want your daughter back, you send 10,000,000 Gil to Dollet Town Auto Shop. And if you think I'm dumb enough to give you my real address think again. Send the money or else.
Signed, your future son in law,
Zell Dintch.
Zell listened as Spartin read it out loud to himself.
"That son of a bitch, I can't believe I even thought about trusting him. The man on the phone was right, why didn't I listen!" Spartin yelled to himself as he stormed out taking the note with him as evidence. Zell vomited, he was so nervous he couldn't think.
"What am I going to do now?" Zell said to himself as he almost gagged again. He went off out into the woods that night to sleep, hoping that this was all a dream and he would wake up in his dorm, with Selphie next to him talking about the party they had. But instead he awoke to police cars traveling the nearby roads. He decided he would go to the only person that he could trust, Squall. He stood outside Squall's window and heard Squall talking to Rinoa.
"Do you really think Zell did that?" Squall asked.
"Of course I want to think he didn't, but explain to me why he and Selphie are missing."
"So you are saying Zell did it, how dare you! He has been a good friend of mine for almost a year now, I know Zell and I know he didn't do it!" Squall yelled.
"I didn't accuse Zell of anything, but since you are being so grumpy about it, I think I'll just go to my dad's house till you cool down." Rinoa responded.
"No wait!" Squall yelled, but Rinoa had already slammed the door in his face. Squall sat down on the bed in his pajama boxers and buried his face in his hands. Zell leaped through the window.
"I'm glad somebody trusts me..." Zell started. Squall almost flipped off the bed.
"Zell!!! What are you doing here?!" Squall asked.
"I need your help man, you're the only person I can trust. Let me explain last night..."
Hope you didn't think this was the last chapter. Like I said this story isn't nearly finished, so keep reading and keep reviewing. Tell me what you think so far of this chapter.