Well, I didn't get ALL of my regular reviewers on the last chapter, but I still got a lot.

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OK folks, Here's some more reading material.

CHAPTER 40: LUNAR BASE

Up at the Lunar Base, two maintenance personnel were speaking with the Esthar President as the three capsules approached.

"3 capsules are approaching, shall we recover them?" One of them asked.

"Of course." The president replied. "What do you expect?"

"Are these the special personnel coming aboard?" He asked.

"Yeah, I hope they don't cause any problems." The president said.

"Shall we put the troops on standby?" The other guy asked.

"I don't think we'll need to." The president said.

"Capsule recovery team, initiate recovery process." One of them said into the mic.

"I'm going to check up on Adel," the president said. "You guys take care of the rest."


Soon, the capsules ended up in the recovery room where they opened, releasing Squall, Quistis, and Rinoa. They floated about for a few seconds, due to the lack of gravity, until the gravity generator activated and the three of them slowly floated to the floor, whether it was up or down made no difference. Two men walked in, one seemed to be just another staff member, and the other was wearing a white lab coat.

"Welcome to Lunar Base," the man in the lab coat said. "I am Piet."

"Here is the letter of introduction from Esthar's ambassador." Squall said as he handed him a piece of paper.

"Wow, what is she, 17, 18?" The other man said kneeling over Rinoa. "Is she dead?"

"Don't touch her!" Squall yelled at him as her ran over and picked Rinoa up.

"I understand the situation." Piet said. "Let's get her to the Med-lab and we'll talk there." Piet led Squall down a hall and into the room on the left, where there was a medical bed. Squall put Rinoa on it. He knew she would be fine here, once he found Ellone, he would come back.

"Come, let's go to the control room." Piet said. Squall and Quistis followed him further down the hall and to the control room.

"Wow, look how close to the moon we are!" Quistis said.

"This is no time to be impressed," A controller said, "Look at the monitor there." Squall and Quistis peered down. There seemed to be life on the moon, thousands and thousands of monsters!

"Monsters?" Quistis said.

"The lunar world is full of monsters, didn't you learn that in school?" the controller asked. "As you can see, the monsters are all gathering at one point. The Lunar Cry is starting."

"Whatever, I need to see Ellone." Squall said.

"Up the stairs over there." Piet said. Squall and Quistis headed for the staircase and found another hall. Two doors were there. One read 'Locker Room', the other read 'Lounge.' Squall looked out a window, and saw a giant device sitting about 300 yards away. Inside, he saw a person. This person didn't look like a regular human. She had a very muscular body, gray skin, long red hair, and a long purple skirt. This person was very tall, about 12 feet tall to be exact.

"Why is that person stuck in there?" Squall asked.

"Do you have any idea who that is?" A woman staring at the machine asked.

"No, who?" Quistis said.

"That figures, you must not be from Esthar." The woman said. "That is no ordinary person, that person is Sorceress Adel."

"THAT'S what happened to Adel?" Squall asked, "She's lost in space?"

"The current president confined her in that machine at the Esthar Sorceress Memorial." She said. "After that, we brought her into space. We had to keep her away from places where she could bring harm." She said. "That machine, known as Adel's Tomb, has wave jamming systems so powerful, they effect Radio Waves down on the planet. Adel can't use any time of magic, sorcery, or junctions from inside that machine, which is probably what explains why she is always asleep." Squall wasn't in the mood for a long story, so he walked into the lounge. Inside, he found the woman he was looking for. His dear 'Sis.'

"Squall, I'm so happy to see you again!" Ellone said.

"Me too." Squall replied.

"I got you involved in so many things, so much hardship." Ellone said. "I'm so sorry."

"It's OK." Squall said. "I understand what you were trying to do. Were we of any help?"

"Of course, you were my eyes." Ellone said. "Thanks to you guys, I was able to see just how much I was loved. I couldn't change the past but just seeing it was more than enough. Thank you so much."

"It's OK." Squall said. "I came here because I need your help. You said you can't change the past, right?"

"You can find out things about the past you never knew." Ellone said. "From what you learn, you may see some things differently in the present. You're the one that changes, not the past."

"Really? There's no way to change the past?" Squall asked. "No! I want to find out for myself. Take me to Rinoa's past. I need to see the past through Rinoa. I want to find out what happened to her and try to warn her. If Laguna could hear my thoughts, maybe Rinoa could too."

"Squall, I can't. I don't know Rinoa." Ellone said. "I told you, I can only send people I know in the present to people I knew in the past."

"But I brought Rinoa with me." Squall said. "She's resting in the Med Lab. Please sis, just try."

"OK, let's go." Ellone said giving in. Squall began to lead his Sis to the med lab. As they got down the stairs, a siren went off.

"Red Alert! Red Alert!" A speaker said over the siren. "All unit's report to the Med Lab, stat!"

"Med lab? Rinoa!" Squall shouted. "Ellone, you better go wait in the Control Room, I'll go check it out."

"Be careful, Squall!" Ellone said as she ran into the control room.

"Quistis, keep an eye on Ellone!" Squall told her as Quistis followed Ellone into the control room. Squall ran as fast as he could to the Med Lab. Once he was about 10 feet away, the door opened, and out stepped Rinoa! Rinoa said not a word, but stumbled down the hall headed for the control room. There seemed to be a magical barrier around Rinoa, which prevented Squall from getting close. Squall kept trying, but couldn't get close as Rinoa made her way into the control room, headed for the main computer.

"Squall, something's wrong with Rinoa!" Quistis said.

"NO!" Ellone said.

"Get away from there!" Piet yelled, "That's Adel's Tomb's seal deactivation device!" Rinoa pushed several buttons, and an announcement came over the speaker.

"Adel's Tomb Level 1 seal has been deactivated." At the sound of this, there were many panicked screams. Squall ran forward to Rinoa to try to stop her. Rinoa turned around as her eyes went red, and she mentally threw Squall away!

"Squall, look, the moon!" Quistis said. Squall looked down at the moon again. The monsters were moments away from descending to earth.

"The Lunar Cry, it's finally starting!" Piet said. "We have to stop her! If she plans to free Adel, she'll have to go to the Tomb itself, that's where the other lock is!"

Squall ran upstairs and found two people staring at the moon. Within seconds, the monsters let loose and began falling to the planet!

"So many monsters, it looks like they're headed for Tears Point in Esthar." One of them said.

"That must mean that Lunatic Pandora is at Tears Point, when did this happen?" Asked the other.

"Have you guys seen a girl in blue come by here?" Squall asked them.

"She went into the locker room." One of them said. Squall ran in and saw Rinoa slip into a space suit!

"Rinoa!" Squall yelled as he put on his own Space suit. He followed Rinoa to an area of zero gravity, and floated after Rinoa. The doors at the end opened, letting Rinoa out, and the Esthar President in. Before Squall could get out, the door shut, and he was left with no choice but to go back.

"It's much too dangerous now, we must leave Lunar Base at once!" One of the Presidents aides said.

"We have to evacuate, Mr. President!" The other said. "Please hurry to the pod!"

"Forget about me, just go!" The President said.

"Please Sir, we must hurry!" The first aide said. The two of them began dragging the president to the pod, and the president was resisting like a little kid. Squall noted that The President acted a lot like Laguna Loire.

"Hey you!" The president said to Squall. "Take care of Ellone!" As the president was dragged off, Squall ran back to the control room, still clad in a space suit.

"Dammit, the seal's gonna be broken!" Piet cursed. "Come on, we have to evacuate!" Squall looked out the Window and saw Rinoa press a few buttons on Adel's Tomb, breaking the seal. Squall could swear that he saw Sorceress Adel smile when this happened. Before much longer, Adel's Tomb was swallowed by the Lunar Cry, knocking Rinoa away. The monsters began to reach earth, and Adel's Tomb passed through the top of Lunatic Pandora.