I've given the matter some thought, and have come to a conclusion. Squall Leonhart is a total badass.

JadeAlmasy: I chose those teams because they seemed to be the most popular. I usually send those with the highest levels with Selphie, and those with the lowest levels with Squall.

NinjaFox: Glad you like, and I hope you keep coming back.

Griever Weapon: Sometimes, it helps to see how I reply to the other reviewers. If you did that, you would have found out that Europe was out of the question, I do not live there. In fact, read what I say to Incognito girl.

Incognito girl: Not only did you rule out other continents, but countries as well! Yes, I do live in the U.S.A. Now comes the hard part, what state?

QueenAdreena: Hope you update your fic soon. Will we ever cease to amaze each other?

lady rinoa: Here's the update, is this soon enough for ya?

I was playing some REALLY old skool video games, so that might explain how I got the name for this chapter.

CHAPTER 23: BASE INVADERS

Selphie, Quistis, and Irvine spotted some Galbadian Army uniforms in the back of their car and put them on as to disguise themselves as Selphie pulled up to the missile base. A guard came up to them and looked them over, though he had no suspicion that they were SeeDs, well, two SeeDs and a sharpshooter.

"Alright, go ahead." He said, lowering the blockade and opening the gate. Selphie pulled in and parked the car, as an announcement came over the loudspeaker.

"Following the launch on Trabia Garden, prepare for the launch on Balamb Garden. All personell take your positions."

"Ewww, this uniform is itchy and it stinks!" Selphie said, getting adjusted to the Galbadian Military gear.

"When is Launch time?" Quistis asked.

"It doesn't matter." Selphie said. "If there's a door, we go in. If there's anything we can break, we break. And in the end, we blow this place to smithereens!"

"Hey Selphie, I like your attitude!" Irvine said, "Let's do it up!"

"Move out." Selphie said, opening the door that led inside the base. She spotted two doors, one of which read 'Exit Only.' So it looked like Selphie would have to take the other door, however, it was locked, and needed a Card Key to be opened.

"Insert ID card?" Selphie asked. "But we don't have one!"

"So like, I found this in the car." Irvine said, handing Selphie a card. "Give it a try." Selphie did so, and soon, the door slid open.

"OK, if we spot any soldiers, just act casual." Selphie said. Good thing too, cause there was a Soldier in the next area, guardinganother door. Quietly, they walked past, not even so much as getting the eye from the other soldier. Soon, they found two more guards. One standing in front of a door, the other at a staircase that led up. So they decided not to bother them, and head in another direction. There, two more soldiers were standing, though they weren't guarding anything, just talking about inspecting a circuit room soon. However, they turned around and spotted Selphie and her teammates.

"Hey you," The soldier said. "Could you deliver a message for us? Tell the guys at the missile launchers to go on ahead with the circuit room, and we'll catch up later."

"Yessir!" Selphie said, trying to get a gruffness to her voice and make herself sound like a man. She then turned around and came back to the two guards again. She went in the door, which the guy let them through without a second thought. Selphie spotted a soldier standing next to a missile launcher looking over them for any defects.

"Excuse me, sir. I have a message for you." Selphie said.

"Well, what is it?" The guard asked.

"It's about inspecting the circuit room." Selphie said. "The maintenance team said they were too busy and said for you to go on ahead."

"Ok, but I'm still not done here." The soldier said. "Can you tell them I can't go just yet? I would appreciate it." Selphie then headed back to the maintenance team to deliver the message.

"They said they were too busy to go as well." Selphie said.

"Hmm, Well then, Could you guys do it for us?" The soldier asked.

"Hey, that's not cool." The other soldier said. "What if the Base Commander finds out?"

"It'll be fine," the first one said. "All we have to do is make sure everything is up and running."

"Uhh. I guess so." The soldier said. "But you're taking all the heat if we get in trouble!"

"Fine, so will you guys do it?" The soldier asked.

"Yessir." Selphie said. The only place she could think where the circuit room might be is that door the first soldier they saw was guarding, so they began to backtrack. There, the soldier was still guarding.

"The maintenance team asked us to take their place with the inspection." Selphie said.

"Really? Then I guess my shift is over." The guard said. "I'm gonna call in my relief, go ahead with the inspection." As the guard left, Selphie entered the room and approached the control panel. She didn't know what to do, so she just started hitting buttons here and there. Soon, the lights went out, and Selphie knew that she was the cause as another announcement came over the loudspeaker and the backup lighting came on.

"Electrical System Malfunction. Maintenance team investigate immediately."

"It would look really bad if they found us in here." Quistis said as the three of them stepped out. Before they could get very far, the Maintenance team showed up.

"Hey you!" the soldier said. "What's going on in there?"

"I don't know." Selphie lied. "We were just about to go call on you."

"OK then, let us handle it." the second soldier said as the two of them entered. Selphie looked at her comrades, and they all gave a nod and followed the maintenance team in, and beat the living hell out of them, tying them together.

"Lets keep movin!" Selphie said. She led them back to the missile launcher, where there was a guard standing.

"Hey, We're trying to push the missile launcher into place, you think you guys could confirm the coordinates?" The guard said.

"Yessir!" Selphie said.

"That's the control panel, the password is E-D-E-A." He said.

"The control panel," Selphie thought, "Now we're talkin!" She walked over to it, where nobody could hear the conversation between her and her comrades.

"So like, let's just bust this thing up." Irvine said.

"But it'd be a bummer if WE launched the missiles by mistake." Selphie said.

"So then let's hold back and mess around with it a bit." Quistis said. Selphie logged on and saw an option that said "Set Target."

"Perfect!" Selphie said. "We can send the missiles crashing into the middle of nowhere!" Selphie selected the option, but a window popped up.

"We don't have the authority to change the target!" Selphie said.

"Then change the error ratio." Quistis said.

"What will that do?" Selphie asked.

"It will give the chance that the missiles will miss the Garden, crashing into the area nearby, keeping any damage to the Garden minimal at best." Quistis said. Selphie chose the option, and set the Error ratio at 75, the highest it would go. She then ran a simulation, and uploaded the data. Once she was done, they turned to go to the one place they hadn't yet been, upstairs.

"This area is off-limits!" the Guard said.

"But we came to report on the coordinate data." Selphie said.

"Oh, very well then, go on ahead." He said. As Selphie and her team headed up, he took time to note that the soldier he just talked to only stood at 5 feet, 1 1/2 inches, and wondered if they really did have someone that short at the base.

"All systems go, sir!" A guard said.

"Everything's all set, sir!" Another one said.

"We had some minor setbacks," Said the base commander, "But proceed as scheduled." He then got on the microphone.

"Attention, we are entering the final phase. Take your positions and prepare for launch!" He then turned to notice three new soldiers in the room.

"What are you doing here?" He said.

"We've come to report on the missile coordinates." Selphie said as she gave a salute.

"Don't move!" The guard said. "I thought you looked suspicious, you're the intruders! No use hading it now, that salute you just did was completely wrong!" Selphie looked at her comrades and nodded. A bright light filled the room as Selphie, Quistis, and Irvine ditched their Galbadian clothes, and were back in their normal gear.

"Finally," Selphie said, "That uniform is itchy, and it stinks!" Soon, a battle took place, with the SeeDs gaining the upper hand. Selphie used her nunchaku to beat repeatedly on one of the soldiers, as Quistis choked out the other with her whip. Irvine had is rifle pointed at the commander, but soon bashed his skull with the butt. The three soldiers were down and out.

"Alright," Selphie said. "Let's stop the missiles, set the self-destruct sequence, and blow this stand!"

"Here," Quistis said flipping a lever. "I stopped the missiles, we're safe for now."

"OK, now lets find that Self-Destruct button." Selphie said. Look as they may, it wasn't in the room and they were about to give up, until Selphie noticed another room.

"Hey guys, I found it!" Selphie said. "Let's rip out the abort button!" Irvine did so, stuffing it into his pocket, as Selphie slammed the other button.

"Self-Destruct sequence initiated." An announcement said as an alarm went off. "Self-Destruct in 10 minutes."

"Haul ass!" Irvineyelled as the three of them burst out the emergency exit. Nobody saw one of the guards wake up and push another button.


As Selphie and the others made it outside, they noticed three rocket launchers sticking out of the ground! Before another thought could be registered, 12 missiles shot out of them! Selphie and the others couldn't believe it. But still, now they had to get out, which was going to be tricky, because there was a Tank blocking their path, with a Soldier standing on top. The Tank had a panel that read 'BGH251F2-Iron Clad."

"There's no way I'm letting you all live!" The solder said, "It would be inexcusable to Sorceress Edea!" In seconds, the man was firing at them! Using every move in their arsenal, they had to dodge the bullets.

"Thunder Storm!" Quistis shouted as the three of them disappeared. Rain Clouds began to form as Lightning struck the ground before the Tank. An entity arose from the crater created by the lightning strike, the entity of the thunder GF, Quezacotl. The GF flew above the Tank and created a dome of pure electricity. Energy collected at the apex of the dome, then shot straight down, destroying 3 of the machines six engines! Irvine got the Idea, and decided to try a different approach.

"Brotherly Love!" He shouted. Sacred had heard his call, and lifted up a chunk of land beneath the Iron Clad. Using all his strength, he threw it into the air, and was sent crashing through it by Minotaur. The Tank came crashing to the ground, upside down! Three soldiers spilled out of the tank, all three of them, dead. But there was bad news, the exit was sealed, and the walls were too smooth to climb.

"Are we locked in?" Selphie thought to herself. "Squall will take care of the rest, right?"

"It came quietly," Quistis said. "I thought the end would have been more dramatic."

"Squall, he didn't trust me." Irvine said. "That's probably why he put me on this team."

"What are you saying?" Selphie thought. "Squall chose us because he believed in us. Right Squall?" Selphie looked at her watch. There were only 15 seconds before the base blew. She looked at the destroyed Tank, and got an Idea. She huddled her team inside the dead machine, and counted down to the explosion.