Rinoa felt horrible. She had had everything break from her in about half a year. Squall had left, Siefer had raped her, and her powers were gone. The empty feeling inside her was abysmal. She felt that after seeing Squall one last time she would end her life. No one cared about her. She had merely been a toy for everyone. Squall, Siefer, and Juile had all just used her and thrown her aside.
"No," she said, "I can't give up. I'll do it for my baby."
Though it was still a complete shock to her that she was pregnant she knew that she needed to be there for her baby. She loved it even though it was half Siefer. She had to take care of it. 'Why me' she thought to herself as a tear fell down her check.
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
"Squall's life is on a thread," the doctor reported to the headmaster, "He is suffering from heartbreak. He lost the two most important people in his life within the same year. His mind is shutting down and as long as he continues like he is he will be in a coma forever. He needs support but he can't get it while he is unconscious. Basically there is nothing we can do."
The headmaster sighed. Squall was out just when he was needed. Selphie and Irvine had reported that Juile was planning to take all of Rinoa's powers. They had no clue if it had already happened but they did know that Rinoa was on the way.
"Ok then, make sure that Rinoa makes it here safely."
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
Quistis was sitting next to Squall fighting back the fear that was eating at her. 'What if he never wakes? What if he dies?' She had no clue what to do. Rinoa was on the way but would that even help? She was with Siefer and the memories might even push Squall even more over the edge and that was assuming that Squall woke to see her.
"You need to sleep."
Quistis turned to see Zell.
"...Will he live?"
"...I don't know." Zell responded.
Quistis let a single tear slip down her check as she thought of a world without Stave. She needed him.
"I can't sleep. I... don't know what to do... I don't think that I could live without him."
"You need to be strong," said Zell.
"..."
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
Squall was tiring. All he had to do now was give up and slip into the ease of death. It would be the easy way out. What was he living for anyway? 'No! Those are the thoughts of a man about to fall asleep, because of cold, and never wake.' Squall continued to fight... a losing battle.
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
Rinoa finally got off the plane. She made her way out of Balamb to the Garden as she got there she saw some of the kids running up to her.
"Rinoa! Hi! Where were you?"
"I was out on a mission," she responded lightly.
"Squall was sad without you," one of them said.
"He was?"
"Now he is unconscious."
"How?"
"Quistis was hurt and he blacked out."
Rinoa ran to the infirmary.
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
Juile felt the power surround her. More power then ever known was in her hands. She smiled as she began to lift off the ground. Black wings sprouted from her back as she launched into the air. All she had to do now was create a place for herself. Then she could slowly take over the world.
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
Rinoa made it to the infirmary to see her only love, Squall on the bed. Tears flowed down her face as she saw it. The heart marker said that there was no heartbeat. All she had wanted was to talk to him one more time.
"How ironic it is..." said the nearby Quistis.
"What?" Rinoa said through a sob.
"Both of the people he lived for a really actually here for him to whole time."
"Where... where is Gil?"
"Who is Gil?"
"Squall's wife..."
"Squall doesn't have a wife, he has been heartbroken since you ran off with Siefer."
A thousand questions flooded through Rinoa's mind. No wife? Was Squall saying that Gil was his wife a sick joke? How did he know that I was with Siefer?
"I-I don't understand... I saw him with a woman he called Gil... He said that she was his wife..."
Quistis looked at Rinoa with some hatred. "How can you say that after breaking his heart. He has and will love no one but you; I know that now. All you can do is concoct lies about some woman that he was with?"
Rinoa's eyes flashed angrily. "It is not a lie. Squall left me for another woman. It was the day that he asked her to marry him that I saw the ring. I thought it was for me so I was overjoyed," Rinoa's voice broke and then she continued, "I eventually found him later that day. He said that he had asked this girl named Gil to marry him and then he kissed her."
Quistis slapped Rinoa. Her eyes flashed with pain and anger.
"How can you say that-" Quistis started but was cut off by Irvine who saw the ensuing fight.
"I know what happened... it was Juile. When we were caught by here we heard some of her men speaking about shapeshifters."
That stopped both Rinoa and Quistis dead. Rinoa's tear streaked face was suddenly filled with horror. She had left Stave when he had never even thought of leaving her. She suddenly sat and it hit her. Juile had all of the sorceress's powers in the world, she had destroyed the most prestigious Garden leader, and she had control over Galbadia. She was plotting to take over the world.
"So you really did love Squall the whole time?"
"Yes, when I left Siefer found me. He," She gulped and continued, "Seemed to want to be kind to me and we began to go out. Then I found out that he was working for Juile. He put, put a mind controlling device on me and," she sobbed unable to go on.
"So Juile has your powers..."
"Yes," she sobbed, "and now Squall is gone."
"He isn't."
"What?"
We had to put him on a Life Saver. I didn't tell you because I wanted to see if you really did love him."
Rinoa was speechless.
Cid came in followed by Zell, Selphie, Irvine, and Xu.
"Report," Cid said to Rinoa who mostly out of habit came to attention. She then realizing that she was no longer under Cid's command. Quistis had obviously tried to stand but it was to no avail. Rinoa didn't understand why she was in a wheelchair but she had guesses.
"Apparently Juile did manage to get Rinoa's powers by separating Squall and Rinoa. They used shapeshifters to fake that each one hated the other causing Rinoa to leave. She found Siefer who took her in and then used a mind control device. At that point he took her to Juile's castle where she extracted the powers."
"Anything else to add Rinoa?"
"Well Siefer, he did more... I, I don't know how to say this but he raped me, and now I am pregnant."
Silence followed. Squall stirred.
[AUTHOR'S NOTE: Sorry that it took me so long to get this out here. I just finished FF9 and it was very good I had that on my mind and could not focus on this. If you have any questions or comments then you can email me at Stpat@worldaccessnet.com. Feedback is GREATLY appreciated. Flames just get printed and burned.]
"No," she said, "I can't give up. I'll do it for my baby."
Though it was still a complete shock to her that she was pregnant she knew that she needed to be there for her baby. She loved it even though it was half Siefer. She had to take care of it. 'Why me' she thought to herself as a tear fell down her check.
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
"Squall's life is on a thread," the doctor reported to the headmaster, "He is suffering from heartbreak. He lost the two most important people in his life within the same year. His mind is shutting down and as long as he continues like he is he will be in a coma forever. He needs support but he can't get it while he is unconscious. Basically there is nothing we can do."
The headmaster sighed. Squall was out just when he was needed. Selphie and Irvine had reported that Juile was planning to take all of Rinoa's powers. They had no clue if it had already happened but they did know that Rinoa was on the way.
"Ok then, make sure that Rinoa makes it here safely."
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
Quistis was sitting next to Squall fighting back the fear that was eating at her. 'What if he never wakes? What if he dies?' She had no clue what to do. Rinoa was on the way but would that even help? She was with Siefer and the memories might even push Squall even more over the edge and that was assuming that Squall woke to see her.
"You need to sleep."
Quistis turned to see Zell.
"...Will he live?"
"...I don't know." Zell responded.
Quistis let a single tear slip down her check as she thought of a world without Stave. She needed him.
"I can't sleep. I... don't know what to do... I don't think that I could live without him."
"You need to be strong," said Zell.
"..."
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
Squall was tiring. All he had to do now was give up and slip into the ease of death. It would be the easy way out. What was he living for anyway? 'No! Those are the thoughts of a man about to fall asleep, because of cold, and never wake.' Squall continued to fight... a losing battle.
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
Rinoa finally got off the plane. She made her way out of Balamb to the Garden as she got there she saw some of the kids running up to her.
"Rinoa! Hi! Where were you?"
"I was out on a mission," she responded lightly.
"Squall was sad without you," one of them said.
"He was?"
"Now he is unconscious."
"How?"
"Quistis was hurt and he blacked out."
Rinoa ran to the infirmary.
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
Juile felt the power surround her. More power then ever known was in her hands. She smiled as she began to lift off the ground. Black wings sprouted from her back as she launched into the air. All she had to do now was create a place for herself. Then she could slowly take over the world.
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
Rinoa made it to the infirmary to see her only love, Squall on the bed. Tears flowed down her face as she saw it. The heart marker said that there was no heartbeat. All she had wanted was to talk to him one more time.
"How ironic it is..." said the nearby Quistis.
"What?" Rinoa said through a sob.
"Both of the people he lived for a really actually here for him to whole time."
"Where... where is Gil?"
"Who is Gil?"
"Squall's wife..."
"Squall doesn't have a wife, he has been heartbroken since you ran off with Siefer."
A thousand questions flooded through Rinoa's mind. No wife? Was Squall saying that Gil was his wife a sick joke? How did he know that I was with Siefer?
"I-I don't understand... I saw him with a woman he called Gil... He said that she was his wife..."
Quistis looked at Rinoa with some hatred. "How can you say that after breaking his heart. He has and will love no one but you; I know that now. All you can do is concoct lies about some woman that he was with?"
Rinoa's eyes flashed angrily. "It is not a lie. Squall left me for another woman. It was the day that he asked her to marry him that I saw the ring. I thought it was for me so I was overjoyed," Rinoa's voice broke and then she continued, "I eventually found him later that day. He said that he had asked this girl named Gil to marry him and then he kissed her."
Quistis slapped Rinoa. Her eyes flashed with pain and anger.
"How can you say that-" Quistis started but was cut off by Irvine who saw the ensuing fight.
"I know what happened... it was Juile. When we were caught by here we heard some of her men speaking about shapeshifters."
That stopped both Rinoa and Quistis dead. Rinoa's tear streaked face was suddenly filled with horror. She had left Stave when he had never even thought of leaving her. She suddenly sat and it hit her. Juile had all of the sorceress's powers in the world, she had destroyed the most prestigious Garden leader, and she had control over Galbadia. She was plotting to take over the world.
"So you really did love Squall the whole time?"
"Yes, when I left Siefer found me. He," She gulped and continued, "Seemed to want to be kind to me and we began to go out. Then I found out that he was working for Juile. He put, put a mind controlling device on me and," she sobbed unable to go on.
"So Juile has your powers..."
"Yes," she sobbed, "and now Squall is gone."
"He isn't."
"What?"
We had to put him on a Life Saver. I didn't tell you because I wanted to see if you really did love him."
Rinoa was speechless.
Cid came in followed by Zell, Selphie, Irvine, and Xu.
"Report," Cid said to Rinoa who mostly out of habit came to attention. She then realizing that she was no longer under Cid's command. Quistis had obviously tried to stand but it was to no avail. Rinoa didn't understand why she was in a wheelchair but she had guesses.
"Apparently Juile did manage to get Rinoa's powers by separating Squall and Rinoa. They used shapeshifters to fake that each one hated the other causing Rinoa to leave. She found Siefer who took her in and then used a mind control device. At that point he took her to Juile's castle where she extracted the powers."
"Anything else to add Rinoa?"
"Well Siefer, he did more... I, I don't know how to say this but he raped me, and now I am pregnant."
Silence followed. Squall stirred.
[AUTHOR'S NOTE: Sorry that it took me so long to get this out here. I just finished FF9 and it was very good I had that on my mind and could not focus on this. If you have any questions or comments then you can email me at Stpat@worldaccessnet.com. Feedback is GREATLY appreciated. Flames just get printed and burned.]