Chapter 17
"I see...I knew you wouldn't do something like that." Squall said in relief.
"Yeah, but how do we prove it, and how do we get Selphie back?" Zell asked.
"Think about it, Irvine is missing, and you are still around here. Nobody would be dumb enough to hang around after a kidnapping." Squall explained.
"We'll that's true but it can be reversed psychology too." Zell exclaimed.
"That's a good point. Your choice, we going to go to the police, or you wanting to play hero?" Squall asked with a grin.
"I ain't going to the police, Spartin is the sheriff and he wouldn't listen a word I say." Implied Zell.
"Then I guess we go look for her then. Let me get into some clothes and we'll head for Dollet Town." Replied Squall. He went over and put his favorite black pants and shirt on.
"Dude, I owe you one for this. Thanks man." Said Zell.
"I ain't doing it for you, I'm doing it for Selphie. Plus I hate Irvine anyways, never could stand that guy." Squall retorted.
"Anyways, in the note he said he wasn't going to be in Dollet Town." Zell explained.
"Like you said reversed psychology." Squall gestured as he started writing a note and put it on the fridge. "I'll just tell her that I went on a fishing trip at Fisherman's Horizon."
"Yeah right...like you would ever go fishing." Zell joked. Squall got his car keys and they headed for Balamb Train station.
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"Well you going to pay him Sir." A deputy asked.
"That's plan B, I first want to get all my men to Dollet Town. If anybody spots Zell, don't kill him unless Selphie is with him. I need him alive otherwise." Spartin ordered.
"Yes Sir, we shall station ourselves in Dollet."
"Here is the money, incase something goes wrong. Don't mess up, this is just about all the money I got." Spartin warned as the deputy walked out of his office.
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"Well, we are almost their." Squall said as the train was pulling up outside Dollet Town.
"Yeah, should we split up?" Zell asked.
"Goddammit, I hate that. People in movies always split up, that is so dumb. Cause one gets killed and the other don't know and after he finds what he is looking for he has to search for his dead friend, then he gets killed." Squall exclaimed.
"Alright fine, all ya had to say was no." Zell gestured. The train came to a stop and the two of them walked out of the station into the town of Dollet.
"Nothing out of the ordinary." Zell implied. Squall examined around, he found a shotgun slug on the floor.
"When being a detective it takes patience and good observation skills." Squall noted as he pointed at the slug.
"So he is in this town." Zell said as he strolled off in the direction of the hotel. Squall walked after him. Zell stopped over at the tavern/hotel. "Seen any cowboys around here lately?" Zell asked the bartender.
"Uhm, I don't remember any" The bartender replied.
"Damnit!" Zell exclaimed. Squall walked up and put 300 Gil on the bar.
"So when was the cowboy here?" Squall asked. The bartender took the money with a smile.
"Yeah there was one, last night. He had a short brunette with him too. Those cheapskates left without paying this morning." The bartender complained. Squall grabbed Zell's shoulder and led him out of the tavern.
"Ok so we know he is around here. I got a hunch that he is hanging around in this town." Squall explained.
"And I got a hunch saying that he is up their watching the auto shop with his sniper." Zell implied. Squall glanced up and realized that would be the best hiding place, since it's full of fiends and it's deserted.
"You are getting better, I don't think even I would have thought of that." Squall complimented as he followed Zell up the old dirt road and across the bridge. As they climbed up the steep cliffs the old satellite where they first met Biggs and Wedge came into sight.
As they climbed the cliffs they saw somebody standing there, white hair was dangling down to the ground.
"He is up there."
"Sephiroth what are you doing here?!" Zell questioned.
"Shhhhh... he is up there, I saw it. When I saw that note in the police station, I came here to investigate. It's Irvine, I saw the beam of a sniper rifle. And I know Zell would never use a gun." Sephiroth explained.
"He's better at this than you Squall..." Zell joked.
"Hmph." Squall grunted. Zell started walking out toward the tower, and Squall noticed a red dot on his shoulder.
"Get down!" Squall yelled as he ran up and pushed Zell out of the way. Just as Zell fell forward a bullet brushed past him and pierced into Squall's shoulder.
"Damnit," Squall yelled as he held his arm. Sephiroth ducked to the ground.
"I guess I owe ya two now." Zell joked.
"Ain't fucking funny, it's just a flesh wound but it's getting all over my favorite coat." Squall complained.
"I hate snipers, who kills people a mile away anyways?" Sephiroth stated.
"Sephiroth, you stay here with Squall, this fight is between me and Irvine." Zell ordered.
"Tch, you'd get killed in less than a second." Sephiroth gloated.
"Maybe so, but this fight is between me and Irvine." After Zell said that, cop sirens were heard from town below. They had blood hounds and would be there any minute.
"You go on Zell, Sephiroth and I will buy you some time." Squall said.
"Speak for yourself." Sephiroth said as he started to go up follow Zell. Squall grabbed Sephiroth's sleeve.
"Cmon man, it's just Irvine, you're more useful keeping the police away. If Irvine gets scared there is not telling what will happen." Squall explained.
"Well, I guess if you can't handle the cops by yourself I will have to stay." Sephiroth said, he would never admit to anybody being right. Zell continued to climb up the cliff. He ducked behind some brush, then squinted his eyes to see on top the satellite. He saw Irvine on edge of the dish, then glanced over and Selphie appeared to be somehow bound to the antenna. He crawled over to the satellite, and instead of going up the elevator because he knew Irvine would be expecting that, he started climbing up the side. Meanwhile the cops were on trail.
"I can't believe I'm about to kill men of the law." Sephiroth complained.
"Hey I got an idea...How about we go into town and make a few distractions for the cops to handle." Squall suggested.
"You mean making explosions and tearing stuff up?" Sephiroth asked and made an evil smile.
"Yeah, just don't kill anybody, and don't leave any evidence behind." Squall said as he ran back down to the town. Sephiroth grinned as he leaped down from the cliffs and raced back to cause some action. Meanwhile Zell was about to reach the top of the satellite. As he climbed up to the edge behind Irvine, he snuck over to Selphie. She glanced at him, and he gave her the hush sign. He went over to her, and saw she was handcuffed. He strained as he broke the handcuffs from the antenna. He led her around the other end of the dish.
"Stay here, I got to take care of some business," whispered Zell.
"Just don't get shot." Selphie said. She pulled Zell to her, and engaged in a kiss. As Zell stood there with his back turned he felt something poke him in the back of the head.
"I won't miss this time, Squall was an accident." Irvine gestured. Zell turned around and faced the gun barrel.
"What you plan on doing after you kill me?" Zell asked. Irvine grinned.
"Well, since you ruined my ransom plans it looks like you will get to be with Selphie after all. I'm going to kill her and you. I'll just say that you killed her before I could stop you. I'm sure in the end everything will be OK. I'll probably get a little reward for taking you out, not 10,000,000 but something. Plus you and Selphie get an eternity together in the afterlife."
"That's sick." Selphie gasped.
"Too bad I won't be able to just shoot you, Selphie, that would make things obvious. So I guess you'll have to jump off the satellite and fall to your death, I'm sure it won't hurt when you hit. And Zell, you can die either way, I can say you committed suicide or I could shoot you say you attacked me."
"There is one problem with you're plan. Even if the cops believe you, Squall and Sephiroth won't and you won't last 3 seconds with them after you." Zell said.
"Fuck...fuck it. Good point, ugh dammit." Irvine cursed as he started to pull the trigger. Zell blocked the bullet with his arm, and his bone was fractured. Irvine stepped back and pointed his gun at Zell.
"C'mon Irvine, it's over for you. Just give up." Zell snapped.
"No, not till I kill you two." Irvine yelled as he psyched out.
"C'mon Irvine, you don't need to kill Selphie, your fight is with me not her." Zell said.
"Your right, Selphie...I guess you can leave." Irvine motioned.
"But, Zell I can't ju..."
"Go Selphie!" Zell ordered. She hesitated but went down the elevator.
"Now, is the part where you get shot in the head." Irvine said as he pointed the gun at Zell's forehead.
"Oh cmon, you wanted to challenge me right? I only got one arm, the other is wounded you could take me."
"I can take you, I can take you!" Irvine screamed trying to make himself confident as he put his gun down. Irvine pulled out an 8 inch serrated blade and started waving it around.
"That's more like it..." Zell complimented as they engaged in combat.
Pretty interesting isn't it. As you probably know Zell could take anybody in a fist fight, but he only has one arm and the other girl I mean guy has a knife. Just wait till you see the fight.
"I see...I knew you wouldn't do something like that." Squall said in relief.
"Yeah, but how do we prove it, and how do we get Selphie back?" Zell asked.
"Think about it, Irvine is missing, and you are still around here. Nobody would be dumb enough to hang around after a kidnapping." Squall explained.
"We'll that's true but it can be reversed psychology too." Zell exclaimed.
"That's a good point. Your choice, we going to go to the police, or you wanting to play hero?" Squall asked with a grin.
"I ain't going to the police, Spartin is the sheriff and he wouldn't listen a word I say." Implied Zell.
"Then I guess we go look for her then. Let me get into some clothes and we'll head for Dollet Town." Replied Squall. He went over and put his favorite black pants and shirt on.
"Dude, I owe you one for this. Thanks man." Said Zell.
"I ain't doing it for you, I'm doing it for Selphie. Plus I hate Irvine anyways, never could stand that guy." Squall retorted.
"Anyways, in the note he said he wasn't going to be in Dollet Town." Zell explained.
"Like you said reversed psychology." Squall gestured as he started writing a note and put it on the fridge. "I'll just tell her that I went on a fishing trip at Fisherman's Horizon."
"Yeah right...like you would ever go fishing." Zell joked. Squall got his car keys and they headed for Balamb Train station.
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"Well you going to pay him Sir." A deputy asked.
"That's plan B, I first want to get all my men to Dollet Town. If anybody spots Zell, don't kill him unless Selphie is with him. I need him alive otherwise." Spartin ordered.
"Yes Sir, we shall station ourselves in Dollet."
"Here is the money, incase something goes wrong. Don't mess up, this is just about all the money I got." Spartin warned as the deputy walked out of his office.
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"Well, we are almost their." Squall said as the train was pulling up outside Dollet Town.
"Yeah, should we split up?" Zell asked.
"Goddammit, I hate that. People in movies always split up, that is so dumb. Cause one gets killed and the other don't know and after he finds what he is looking for he has to search for his dead friend, then he gets killed." Squall exclaimed.
"Alright fine, all ya had to say was no." Zell gestured. The train came to a stop and the two of them walked out of the station into the town of Dollet.
"Nothing out of the ordinary." Zell implied. Squall examined around, he found a shotgun slug on the floor.
"When being a detective it takes patience and good observation skills." Squall noted as he pointed at the slug.
"So he is in this town." Zell said as he strolled off in the direction of the hotel. Squall walked after him. Zell stopped over at the tavern/hotel. "Seen any cowboys around here lately?" Zell asked the bartender.
"Uhm, I don't remember any" The bartender replied.
"Damnit!" Zell exclaimed. Squall walked up and put 300 Gil on the bar.
"So when was the cowboy here?" Squall asked. The bartender took the money with a smile.
"Yeah there was one, last night. He had a short brunette with him too. Those cheapskates left without paying this morning." The bartender complained. Squall grabbed Zell's shoulder and led him out of the tavern.
"Ok so we know he is around here. I got a hunch that he is hanging around in this town." Squall explained.
"And I got a hunch saying that he is up their watching the auto shop with his sniper." Zell implied. Squall glanced up and realized that would be the best hiding place, since it's full of fiends and it's deserted.
"You are getting better, I don't think even I would have thought of that." Squall complimented as he followed Zell up the old dirt road and across the bridge. As they climbed up the steep cliffs the old satellite where they first met Biggs and Wedge came into sight.
As they climbed the cliffs they saw somebody standing there, white hair was dangling down to the ground.
"He is up there."
"Sephiroth what are you doing here?!" Zell questioned.
"Shhhhh... he is up there, I saw it. When I saw that note in the police station, I came here to investigate. It's Irvine, I saw the beam of a sniper rifle. And I know Zell would never use a gun." Sephiroth explained.
"He's better at this than you Squall..." Zell joked.
"Hmph." Squall grunted. Zell started walking out toward the tower, and Squall noticed a red dot on his shoulder.
"Get down!" Squall yelled as he ran up and pushed Zell out of the way. Just as Zell fell forward a bullet brushed past him and pierced into Squall's shoulder.
"Damnit," Squall yelled as he held his arm. Sephiroth ducked to the ground.
"I guess I owe ya two now." Zell joked.
"Ain't fucking funny, it's just a flesh wound but it's getting all over my favorite coat." Squall complained.
"I hate snipers, who kills people a mile away anyways?" Sephiroth stated.
"Sephiroth, you stay here with Squall, this fight is between me and Irvine." Zell ordered.
"Tch, you'd get killed in less than a second." Sephiroth gloated.
"Maybe so, but this fight is between me and Irvine." After Zell said that, cop sirens were heard from town below. They had blood hounds and would be there any minute.
"You go on Zell, Sephiroth and I will buy you some time." Squall said.
"Speak for yourself." Sephiroth said as he started to go up follow Zell. Squall grabbed Sephiroth's sleeve.
"Cmon man, it's just Irvine, you're more useful keeping the police away. If Irvine gets scared there is not telling what will happen." Squall explained.
"Well, I guess if you can't handle the cops by yourself I will have to stay." Sephiroth said, he would never admit to anybody being right. Zell continued to climb up the cliff. He ducked behind some brush, then squinted his eyes to see on top the satellite. He saw Irvine on edge of the dish, then glanced over and Selphie appeared to be somehow bound to the antenna. He crawled over to the satellite, and instead of going up the elevator because he knew Irvine would be expecting that, he started climbing up the side. Meanwhile the cops were on trail.
"I can't believe I'm about to kill men of the law." Sephiroth complained.
"Hey I got an idea...How about we go into town and make a few distractions for the cops to handle." Squall suggested.
"You mean making explosions and tearing stuff up?" Sephiroth asked and made an evil smile.
"Yeah, just don't kill anybody, and don't leave any evidence behind." Squall said as he ran back down to the town. Sephiroth grinned as he leaped down from the cliffs and raced back to cause some action. Meanwhile Zell was about to reach the top of the satellite. As he climbed up to the edge behind Irvine, he snuck over to Selphie. She glanced at him, and he gave her the hush sign. He went over to her, and saw she was handcuffed. He strained as he broke the handcuffs from the antenna. He led her around the other end of the dish.
"Stay here, I got to take care of some business," whispered Zell.
"Just don't get shot." Selphie said. She pulled Zell to her, and engaged in a kiss. As Zell stood there with his back turned he felt something poke him in the back of the head.
"I won't miss this time, Squall was an accident." Irvine gestured. Zell turned around and faced the gun barrel.
"What you plan on doing after you kill me?" Zell asked. Irvine grinned.
"Well, since you ruined my ransom plans it looks like you will get to be with Selphie after all. I'm going to kill her and you. I'll just say that you killed her before I could stop you. I'm sure in the end everything will be OK. I'll probably get a little reward for taking you out, not 10,000,000 but something. Plus you and Selphie get an eternity together in the afterlife."
"That's sick." Selphie gasped.
"Too bad I won't be able to just shoot you, Selphie, that would make things obvious. So I guess you'll have to jump off the satellite and fall to your death, I'm sure it won't hurt when you hit. And Zell, you can die either way, I can say you committed suicide or I could shoot you say you attacked me."
"There is one problem with you're plan. Even if the cops believe you, Squall and Sephiroth won't and you won't last 3 seconds with them after you." Zell said.
"Fuck...fuck it. Good point, ugh dammit." Irvine cursed as he started to pull the trigger. Zell blocked the bullet with his arm, and his bone was fractured. Irvine stepped back and pointed his gun at Zell.
"C'mon Irvine, it's over for you. Just give up." Zell snapped.
"No, not till I kill you two." Irvine yelled as he psyched out.
"C'mon Irvine, you don't need to kill Selphie, your fight is with me not her." Zell said.
"Your right, Selphie...I guess you can leave." Irvine motioned.
"But, Zell I can't ju..."
"Go Selphie!" Zell ordered. She hesitated but went down the elevator.
"Now, is the part where you get shot in the head." Irvine said as he pointed the gun at Zell's forehead.
"Oh cmon, you wanted to challenge me right? I only got one arm, the other is wounded you could take me."
"I can take you, I can take you!" Irvine screamed trying to make himself confident as he put his gun down. Irvine pulled out an 8 inch serrated blade and started waving it around.
"That's more like it..." Zell complimented as they engaged in combat.
Pretty interesting isn't it. As you probably know Zell could take anybody in a fist fight, but he only has one arm and the other girl I mean guy has a knife. Just wait till you see the fight.