"Who's Gale?" Tempest asked tenativly.
Dr. Kadowaki paused, she hadn't been expecting that. "That's not something we need to talk about right now. I don't want to upset you. Do you remember what happened before you came here?"
"I...I was with Zan. That's all I remember." she said. "Please I need to know..."
"Tempest, a girl is dead. People think that you did it. Did you?" Dr. Kadowaki asked gently.
"W.What?" Tempest stutterd. "No! No I didn't kill anyone."
"She was killed with a gunblade Tempest, we don't have many of those around here. You were found with the body, what happened Tempest?" Dr. Kadowaki prodded.
"I didn't do it!" Tempest yelled.
"I want to belive you but you have to tell me what happened."
"I don't remember." she said.
"Dr. Kadowaki? Are you here?" a voice from the front office called.
"I'll be right back." the doctor left closing the door behind her. Tempest jumped up and listened at the door.
"I don't think this is a good idea! She should be kept here so I can try to find a way to help her." Dr. Kadowaki's voice came from the entry.
"I'm sorry but that's not possible. It's been decided that she is a threat to the safety of those in garden and is to be detained in the detention center until further notice." a mans voice said. "We'll be taking her now."
Tempest backed into a corner as the door was pushed open.
"Tempest, we need to take you somewhere safe." Dr. Kadowaki walked in followed by two SeeDs.
Tempest touched the computer she kept in her jacket all she had to do was junction one her her friends and call them, they would get her out of here. But then she would never get the answers she wanted.
"I didn't kill anybody." Tempest repeated as one of the SeeDs took her by the arm. The two of them led her out down the hallway, she saw Zan just as they were leaving the infirmary.
"Tempest? What's going on?" Zan started to come after them but Dr. Kadowaki pulled him to the side. The two SeeDs led her to a small detention cell. She was gently nudged in and the door was shut and locked behind her. Tempest curled up in the corner, this wasn't fair, she was sure she hadn't done anything, had she? Tempest took the ring out of her pocket, she looked at it intently. She remembered back to her short visit to Caraway's, he'd said the ring belonged to his daughter Rinoa.
"So that man was my Grandfather, and this is my mothers ring." She remembered one of the voices, the memories, she'd had there.
{"Please give this to Gale, as a remembrance. I will always think of her as my daughter."}
Her stomach nodded, the only thing she could remember in connection with Gale was a strong feeling of hatered. This ring belonged to her mother, why should she give it to someone else? Who was it that wanted her to give it to Gale? She wished desperatly that she could remember.
***
"Zan, they have to take her to the detention center." Dr. Kadowaki pulled him to the side.
"What?!" he exclaimed.
"It's for everyone's protection."
"But she didn't do anything!" Zan punched the wall.
"I'm doing my best to prove that, I'm going to go talk to her later. See if she can remember anything. But the question is Zan, if she didn't do it who did?"
"I don't know, but it wasn't her." he said sullenly.
Dr. Kadowaki put a hand on his shoulder. "We'll figure things out somehow."
Zan pulled away and stomped off to the secert area. It was the middle of the day so no one would be there now. He wanted to be by himself to think. He sat down leaning his head against the wall. She'd changed so much. He remembered when they were little, Tempest was always tagging along with him and his friends. She wanted to be a SeeD. None of them ever thought she could do it, but look at her now. She could easily take any of them out. Never in his life did he ever think he would wish Tempest was still that little helpless tag along. But right now he did.
"Are you okay?"
Zan looked up, Zio and Ivy had entered.
"We heard Tempest was sent to the detention center and came to look for you." Zio said.
"We have to get her out of there. It's not fair, they don't have any proof that she did anything." Ivy growled.
"The only one who can prover her innocence is Tempest." Zan leaned back again. But then it hit him. Like a bolt of lighting the thougt zapped into his brain. He jumped to his feet. "No, there is someone else! Come on guys we're getting Tempest out of there!"
He went running towards the door.
"What?" Zio ran after him.
"Where are we going?" Ivy asked following as well.
"To go see Elle." he answered. That would work, Ellone could prove Tempest didn't do it. The only thing standing in the way right now was the detention center. His first stop was the infrimary, Dr. Kadowaki wasn't there. Zan went to her desk and retrieved Tempest's gunblade. "Alright now we need to formulate some kind of plan to get her out."
***
"You sure about this?" Ivy asked uneasily. "I want to get Tempest out just as much as you two, but we could very well get kicked out if we're found out."
"Then we won't get found out." Zan stated flatly. Zio nodded in agreement.
"And we're off then." Ivy punched the button opening the doors to the training area. "Time to raise hell."
***
Zio ran down the halls as fast as she could near the detention center. "The monsters got out! The monsters got out!" she yelled at the top of her lungs. "There's a T-Rex R loose in the hallway!" She watched as a couple of the SeeDs scurried off to take care of the problem. All they had to do was wait, once they found out just how many monsters were loose in the hallways they'd be calling for backup. Zan and Ivy ran down the hall towards them.
"How're things turning out?" Zan asked.
"Backup! We need backup!" one of the soldiers stuck his head in the detention center and several other SeeDs ran off.
"Just as planned." Zio sighed. "I just hope no one gets hurt.
"Let's go." Tempest's gunblade in hand, Zan led the way into the detention center. To their disappointment the man at the front security desk was still there.
"How do we get past now?" Zio moaned.
"Hide over there." Ivy commaned.
"What?" the siblings looked at her.
"Just do it."
Quickly they obeyed.
"Help! Help!" Ivy screamed. "Help! It attacked me!"
The security guard came out to see what was going on. "What? What's the matter."
Ivy sat down holding her ankle and moaning in agony. "I got attacked by some of the monsters that got loose. I rolled my ankle, I can't walk on it. I don't want them to come back and get me."
"Yeah, it's probably not safe for you to be sitting out here. Come on I'll get you to a secured area." He helped her up and assisted her as she limped down the hallway still sniffeling. She managed to slip the key card out of his pocket and drop it on the hallway floor.
"She is a little to good at that." Zio shook her head as she went to pick up the card.
"Hey, saves up the trouble of breaking the door down." Zan shrugged. He went over to the front desk and typed Tempest's name into the room search. "There, room 4D." He left forgetting to turn the computer off. It didn't take them very long to get to Tempest's room. Zio slid the card through and pushed the controls to make the door slide open.
Tempest was curled up on the floor but she jumped to her feet as she heard the door open. She blinked in surprise when she saw Zio and Zan standing in the doorway.
"What's going on? Am I free to go?" she asked.
"No, we're getting you out. We're going to take you to someone who can prove you're innocent and then we can come back and everyone will know that you didn't do it." Zan took her by the hand and led her out of the little cell. "We just have to get to the Ragnorok now, hopefully Ivy got herself over there by now. Here, this is yours." He handed her her gunblade before they took off running down the hall.
***
The Security guard made his way back to his desk having made sure that the young girl was safely out of harms way.
"How on earth did all those monsters get out anyway?" he murmered as he sat down. He looked over at his computer. "Funny, I didn't think that I left that on." He looked at the open file on the screen, Tempest, the sorceress girl suspected of murder. He had a strange feeling about this, he got up and hurried over towards her cell as he went he tried to find the key card, it wasn't there. But it didn't matter, when he reached the cell the door was standing wide open. Empty.
***
Tempest held her gunblade in one hand as she led Zan lead her down the hall. "Who is it we're going to see? How can they help me?" she asked.
"We're going to see Ellone, there's no time to explain now."
{"How are my two favorite nieces doing?"}
Tempest shook her head to make the voice leave.
"Did I know this Ellone?" she asked.
"She's your aunt." Zio answered.
Tempest didn't ask anymore questions, that voice troubled her. Two favorite nieces? Who was the other? Whoever this Ellone was she hoped desperatly that she would have some answers for her.
They just stepped outside and were headed towards the Ragnorok hangar.
"Attention!" a voice boomed over the intercom. "Tempest has escaped from the detention center! Seal off all ways out of the garden! The prisioner must be detained!"
Zan stopped dead, Tempest almost ran into him. "What?" She looked over in the direction he was. a large group of SeeDs were patrolling the hangar.
"How are we supposed to get out now?" Zio moaned. "We'll never get past all of them."
Tempest pulled her computer out of her jacket, she downloaded and junctioned him. She smiled it was nice to feel the presence of one of her friends in her mind again.
"Mega Flare!" She cast the summon spell. The dragon came roaring down from the sky.
"What on earth?"
"What is that thing?" The soldiers began running towards them.
Tempest jumped onto Bahamut's back and helped Zio up after her. Zan jumped on behind.
"Let's go." The dragon lifted off.
"Hey! Wait!" Ivy came running from the Garden. Zan leaned over and lifted her up. Tempest looked back towards the gate, there was a man standing in the shadows watching them take off. A cocky grin spread across his face that made Tempest's blood run cold.
{"Why don't you play in here for awhile?"} bits a pieces of a lost nightmare flickered through her mind as she looked at his cold blue eyes. She stared at where he was long after he had passed from sight. Zan put a hand on her shoulder.
"Are you alright?" he asked.
"yes." she answered. "Which way is it to Ellone's house?" She prayed this woman had answers for her. She was so tired of not knowing. Tempest remembered back to when she was wandering, when she had been indifferant to her memories. If only it was that easy now.
Dr. Kadowaki paused, she hadn't been expecting that. "That's not something we need to talk about right now. I don't want to upset you. Do you remember what happened before you came here?"
"I...I was with Zan. That's all I remember." she said. "Please I need to know..."
"Tempest, a girl is dead. People think that you did it. Did you?" Dr. Kadowaki asked gently.
"W.What?" Tempest stutterd. "No! No I didn't kill anyone."
"She was killed with a gunblade Tempest, we don't have many of those around here. You were found with the body, what happened Tempest?" Dr. Kadowaki prodded.
"I didn't do it!" Tempest yelled.
"I want to belive you but you have to tell me what happened."
"I don't remember." she said.
"Dr. Kadowaki? Are you here?" a voice from the front office called.
"I'll be right back." the doctor left closing the door behind her. Tempest jumped up and listened at the door.
"I don't think this is a good idea! She should be kept here so I can try to find a way to help her." Dr. Kadowaki's voice came from the entry.
"I'm sorry but that's not possible. It's been decided that she is a threat to the safety of those in garden and is to be detained in the detention center until further notice." a mans voice said. "We'll be taking her now."
Tempest backed into a corner as the door was pushed open.
"Tempest, we need to take you somewhere safe." Dr. Kadowaki walked in followed by two SeeDs.
Tempest touched the computer she kept in her jacket all she had to do was junction one her her friends and call them, they would get her out of here. But then she would never get the answers she wanted.
"I didn't kill anybody." Tempest repeated as one of the SeeDs took her by the arm. The two of them led her out down the hallway, she saw Zan just as they were leaving the infirmary.
"Tempest? What's going on?" Zan started to come after them but Dr. Kadowaki pulled him to the side. The two SeeDs led her to a small detention cell. She was gently nudged in and the door was shut and locked behind her. Tempest curled up in the corner, this wasn't fair, she was sure she hadn't done anything, had she? Tempest took the ring out of her pocket, she looked at it intently. She remembered back to her short visit to Caraway's, he'd said the ring belonged to his daughter Rinoa.
"So that man was my Grandfather, and this is my mothers ring." She remembered one of the voices, the memories, she'd had there.
{"Please give this to Gale, as a remembrance. I will always think of her as my daughter."}
Her stomach nodded, the only thing she could remember in connection with Gale was a strong feeling of hatered. This ring belonged to her mother, why should she give it to someone else? Who was it that wanted her to give it to Gale? She wished desperatly that she could remember.
***
"Zan, they have to take her to the detention center." Dr. Kadowaki pulled him to the side.
"What?!" he exclaimed.
"It's for everyone's protection."
"But she didn't do anything!" Zan punched the wall.
"I'm doing my best to prove that, I'm going to go talk to her later. See if she can remember anything. But the question is Zan, if she didn't do it who did?"
"I don't know, but it wasn't her." he said sullenly.
Dr. Kadowaki put a hand on his shoulder. "We'll figure things out somehow."
Zan pulled away and stomped off to the secert area. It was the middle of the day so no one would be there now. He wanted to be by himself to think. He sat down leaning his head against the wall. She'd changed so much. He remembered when they were little, Tempest was always tagging along with him and his friends. She wanted to be a SeeD. None of them ever thought she could do it, but look at her now. She could easily take any of them out. Never in his life did he ever think he would wish Tempest was still that little helpless tag along. But right now he did.
"Are you okay?"
Zan looked up, Zio and Ivy had entered.
"We heard Tempest was sent to the detention center and came to look for you." Zio said.
"We have to get her out of there. It's not fair, they don't have any proof that she did anything." Ivy growled.
"The only one who can prover her innocence is Tempest." Zan leaned back again. But then it hit him. Like a bolt of lighting the thougt zapped into his brain. He jumped to his feet. "No, there is someone else! Come on guys we're getting Tempest out of there!"
He went running towards the door.
"What?" Zio ran after him.
"Where are we going?" Ivy asked following as well.
"To go see Elle." he answered. That would work, Ellone could prove Tempest didn't do it. The only thing standing in the way right now was the detention center. His first stop was the infrimary, Dr. Kadowaki wasn't there. Zan went to her desk and retrieved Tempest's gunblade. "Alright now we need to formulate some kind of plan to get her out."
***
"You sure about this?" Ivy asked uneasily. "I want to get Tempest out just as much as you two, but we could very well get kicked out if we're found out."
"Then we won't get found out." Zan stated flatly. Zio nodded in agreement.
"And we're off then." Ivy punched the button opening the doors to the training area. "Time to raise hell."
***
Zio ran down the halls as fast as she could near the detention center. "The monsters got out! The monsters got out!" she yelled at the top of her lungs. "There's a T-Rex R loose in the hallway!" She watched as a couple of the SeeDs scurried off to take care of the problem. All they had to do was wait, once they found out just how many monsters were loose in the hallways they'd be calling for backup. Zan and Ivy ran down the hall towards them.
"How're things turning out?" Zan asked.
"Backup! We need backup!" one of the soldiers stuck his head in the detention center and several other SeeDs ran off.
"Just as planned." Zio sighed. "I just hope no one gets hurt.
"Let's go." Tempest's gunblade in hand, Zan led the way into the detention center. To their disappointment the man at the front security desk was still there.
"How do we get past now?" Zio moaned.
"Hide over there." Ivy commaned.
"What?" the siblings looked at her.
"Just do it."
Quickly they obeyed.
"Help! Help!" Ivy screamed. "Help! It attacked me!"
The security guard came out to see what was going on. "What? What's the matter."
Ivy sat down holding her ankle and moaning in agony. "I got attacked by some of the monsters that got loose. I rolled my ankle, I can't walk on it. I don't want them to come back and get me."
"Yeah, it's probably not safe for you to be sitting out here. Come on I'll get you to a secured area." He helped her up and assisted her as she limped down the hallway still sniffeling. She managed to slip the key card out of his pocket and drop it on the hallway floor.
"She is a little to good at that." Zio shook her head as she went to pick up the card.
"Hey, saves up the trouble of breaking the door down." Zan shrugged. He went over to the front desk and typed Tempest's name into the room search. "There, room 4D." He left forgetting to turn the computer off. It didn't take them very long to get to Tempest's room. Zio slid the card through and pushed the controls to make the door slide open.
Tempest was curled up on the floor but she jumped to her feet as she heard the door open. She blinked in surprise when she saw Zio and Zan standing in the doorway.
"What's going on? Am I free to go?" she asked.
"No, we're getting you out. We're going to take you to someone who can prove you're innocent and then we can come back and everyone will know that you didn't do it." Zan took her by the hand and led her out of the little cell. "We just have to get to the Ragnorok now, hopefully Ivy got herself over there by now. Here, this is yours." He handed her her gunblade before they took off running down the hall.
***
The Security guard made his way back to his desk having made sure that the young girl was safely out of harms way.
"How on earth did all those monsters get out anyway?" he murmered as he sat down. He looked over at his computer. "Funny, I didn't think that I left that on." He looked at the open file on the screen, Tempest, the sorceress girl suspected of murder. He had a strange feeling about this, he got up and hurried over towards her cell as he went he tried to find the key card, it wasn't there. But it didn't matter, when he reached the cell the door was standing wide open. Empty.
***
Tempest held her gunblade in one hand as she led Zan lead her down the hall. "Who is it we're going to see? How can they help me?" she asked.
"We're going to see Ellone, there's no time to explain now."
{"How are my two favorite nieces doing?"}
Tempest shook her head to make the voice leave.
"Did I know this Ellone?" she asked.
"She's your aunt." Zio answered.
Tempest didn't ask anymore questions, that voice troubled her. Two favorite nieces? Who was the other? Whoever this Ellone was she hoped desperatly that she would have some answers for her.
They just stepped outside and were headed towards the Ragnorok hangar.
"Attention!" a voice boomed over the intercom. "Tempest has escaped from the detention center! Seal off all ways out of the garden! The prisioner must be detained!"
Zan stopped dead, Tempest almost ran into him. "What?" She looked over in the direction he was. a large group of SeeDs were patrolling the hangar.
"How are we supposed to get out now?" Zio moaned. "We'll never get past all of them."
Tempest pulled her computer out of her jacket, she downloaded and junctioned him. She smiled it was nice to feel the presence of one of her friends in her mind again.
"Mega Flare!" She cast the summon spell. The dragon came roaring down from the sky.
"What on earth?"
"What is that thing?" The soldiers began running towards them.
Tempest jumped onto Bahamut's back and helped Zio up after her. Zan jumped on behind.
"Let's go." The dragon lifted off.
"Hey! Wait!" Ivy came running from the Garden. Zan leaned over and lifted her up. Tempest looked back towards the gate, there was a man standing in the shadows watching them take off. A cocky grin spread across his face that made Tempest's blood run cold.
{"Why don't you play in here for awhile?"} bits a pieces of a lost nightmare flickered through her mind as she looked at his cold blue eyes. She stared at where he was long after he had passed from sight. Zan put a hand on her shoulder.
"Are you alright?" he asked.
"yes." she answered. "Which way is it to Ellone's house?" She prayed this woman had answers for her. She was so tired of not knowing. Tempest remembered back to when she was wandering, when she had been indifferant to her memories. If only it was that easy now.