"Let
me repeat the plan," Squall said. "Quistis and others will get on this
train in Dollet. Then we'll go back to Timber and wait there for the
bandits. When they come
inside, the driver of the train will lock up all the doors so they
can't escape. Then we just wait till the train reaches Deling City,
where a group of Galbadians is waiting.
They'll help us capture them."
"What if they don't attack?" Zell asked.
"They should. The bait is too irresistable."
The train stopped and rest of the group got on the train.
"Let's teach them some discipline!" Seifer said.
"Remember," Squall warned. "We need to capture them. Not kill."
"Yeah, yeah."
"Squall, what were you thinking?" Quistis said, sounding angry. "I'm the team leader. You should have asked my permission for this!"
"I said that I was going to trace them. At least now we've got a chance to catch them for interrogation. We could find their base!"
"As far as I am the team leader, you have to tell me about your plans first. Oh, and don't think I didn't hear that you sent Irvine back to Galbadia Garden!"
"So...? He wasn't needed there."
"You can't decide that."
Rinoa decided to interfere in their quarrel:
"Calm down. Squall, you must remember that Quistis is the leader. And Quistis, you don't need to give him hard time. After all, he didn't do anything wrong!"
"Let's just concentrate on this mission," Quistis said and rose up to leave the cabin.
"Wow, she was mad..." Raijin said after she was gone.
Quistis was standing on the hallway, looking through the window, when Zell came out of the cabin.
"What was that about...?" he asked and leaned on the wall.
"I just don't like that someone steps on my toes," Quistis said.
"Squall takes this mission too seriously. He invented this plan to capture them after he had a battle with the bandits."
"He has fought them! Another thing he didn't tell me."
"Relax. I am sure he was going to."
"Hmm. Perhaps I'm taking this mission too seriously as well. After all, he didn't do anything wrong..."
"That's right. But now we must prepare. We'll arrive to Timber soon..."
"Do you think that they'll walk straight into the trap?"
"Why not? Do you remember when we had mission to assassinate Edea? We got her locked up between the gates."
"Irvine didn't manage to kill her, though. Luckily. But at least now we don't have to assassinate anyone..."
The railway station of Timber was in chaos. Some curious people had arrived to see the train carrying a mysterious treasure, but the bandits had come to drive them away. People were running away from there in panic, being chased by the muggers. The train arrived.
"Looks good," Squall said while looking through the window. "There aren't too many of them. We can easily catch them."
"I'm going to see if the driver can handle it," Fujin said, looking nervous. Her hands were slightly shaking.
"Are you alright?" Raijin asked.
"...yes."
She hurried to the control room right before the doors were opened. A bunch of bandits rushed inside.
"A trap!" one of them shouted. Zell and Squall attacked him while more bandits came inside to defend their buddies. Squall killed anyone who came too close and Zell managed to keep them off with his punches and kicks. Raijin and Seifer were at the door keeping the rest of them outside and Rinoa and Quistis aided them with magic. There were definately too much people in the train car.
"Why aren't the doors closing!" Rinoa asked loudly while casting an Ice spell.
"I don't know," she said and casted a Cure on Squall. "Seifer and Raijin, go take a look!"
They
got immediately more room to fight when Seifer and Raijin left. That's
why the enemies were quickly defeated and at least a few of them seemed
to be still alive.
But there was a surprise waiting...
"What the heck!"
Seifer's reaction was understandable. The controls of the train were destroyed, probably with a Fire spell. The driver was dead and his blood was splattered almost everywhere. In fact, he was almost cut in half. And next to him stood Fujin, with her Pinwheel stained in blood.
"Fujin, what the hell have you done!" Raijin shouted.
"I'm sorry..." Fujin said, looking like she was about to burst into cry. "I had to do it."
Before
Raijin or Seifer could say anything, she escaped from the train. Seifer
and Raijin tried to run after her but she disappeared quickly. They
were both shocked.
What the hell was going on?
