Well, it's the 7th, and I'm nursing a hell of a hangover. Ouch.
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QueenAdreena: I'm too anxious for that chapter! It's like going to the bathroom; I don't know how long I can hold it. BTW, I plan to be followed in my house by pink elephants at 2 A.M.
nightfighter642: Umm…Thanks. Or…You're welcome? Dammit, now I'm all confused!OK folks, we've entered the Home Stretch. I didn't do much with Raijin & Fujin, or Mobile Type 8, but I did my best with Seifer.
CHAPTER 45: SEIFER'S LAST STAND
A few minutes later, Lunatic Pandora came into view, and the Ragnarok was headed straight for it!
"Here we go!" Zell said. "Let's bust in there!"
"I wonder if we can get through?" Quistis said.
"Ahh, don't worry about it." Irvine told her.
"Are the machine guns and main cannon ready?" Quistis asked.
"Ready!" Selphie said. "Let's just fire like crazy and make a big hole, BOOM!" Zell pressed a button as the machine guns began to fire, however, not a bullet made it through, Lunatic Pandora had a shield.
"Shields?" Irvine asked.
"Lunatic Pandora is shielded, but not very well." Laguna said. "Just get a little closer and you can break through."
"Keep firing!" Squall ordered. The Ragnarok hit the shields head on, and struggled to get through. Once the machine gun barrels made it through, holes began appearing in the metal sides of Lunatic Pandora.
"Quistis, fire the main cannon!" Squall said. Quistis pressed a button and fired, leaving a big hole in the wall, large enough for the Ragnarok to get in and land. Laguna and his comrades were too old to fight now, so it was up to the SeeDs on this one. The six of them left the Ragnarok and heard two voices, approaching.
"Big sound, this way!" One of them said, "It's probably them, ya know?"
"THEM? NO, IMPOSSIBLE!" The other said. The two people the voices belonged to had appeared around a corner; Raijin and Fujin.
"Ahhhhhh!" Raijin whined. "It IS Squall, ya know?"
"SHOCK." Fujin said, but then she quickly changed her attitude. "GOOD. CONVINIENT."
"That's right." Raijin said. "Hand over Rinoa, ya know?"
"No! I'll never hand over Rinoa!" Squall shouted. "And we're taking Ellone! I won't let you resurrect Adel either!"
"You're greedy, ya know?" Raijin said. "Not fair, ya know?"
"PERSUASION, USELESS." Fujin said. "SEIZE!"
"You're funeral." Squall said. "Runaway Train!" Squall and his group disappeared as Fujin and Raijin soon found themselves on a railroad track! In the distance, they could see something approaching, the most poisonous GF of all, Doomtrain! The two of them found no escape as Doomtrain got closer and closer. Soon, Doomtrain smacked into both of them. Poisoning the two of them beyond belief! Raijin felt as if he had gone blind while Fujin started coughing up blood.
"RETREAT, TEMPORARY." Fujin managed to say.
"R-R-Right, we're not through yet, ya know?" Raijin said as the two of them scurried away. Squall and his gang continued on, where they saw two familiar Galbadian soldiers.
"Why the heck do I have to take orders from some punk kid?" Biggs whined.
"Well, he is our superior, sir." Wedge said.
"Don't you think I know that?" Biggs said. "This sucks, I picked the wrong career!"
"Well, why don't you quit sir?" Wedge asked, giving a good laugh. "Ha ha, I'm just kidding, sir."
"Wait, you're right Wedge." Biggs said. "You're absolutely right! I QUIT!"
"Huh?" Wedge asked.
"C'mon Wedge, Let's go home and have a drink." Biggs said.
"What! Me too?" Wedge whined.
"Of course, now come on!" Biggs said. Biggs looked over and noticed Squall listening in.
"Go to that elevator down the hall and then take the other elevator to your right if you want to find that slave driver, Seifer Almasy." Biggs said. As Biggs and Wedge left, Squall and his troop took his directions. Once they went down the first elevator, Zell led Squall the rest of the way, being in a familliar area due to his first escapade inside Lunatic Pandora.
"Careful guys, there's a machine around here somewhere." Zell was right as he met up with the machine that threw him out earlier, the flying Galbadian assault mechanism, Mobile Type 8.
"Let me take this thing," Zell said. "I've got a score to settle with it!"
"Go for it." Squall said, ready to watch his comrades back.
"Thanks, Squall." Zell said. "Mega Flare!" Squall and the Gang disappeared again as clouds began to form inside Lunatic Pandora. Soon, a being appeared before the machine. That being; The king of dragons, the GF Bahamut! A glowing orb of Energy appeared in Bahamuts mouth, and it shot forward! A huge explosion of fire rocked the area, in which Mobile Type 8 was reduced to a pile of ashes.
"Let's keep going." Squall said, knowing the door before him held at least four people. Squall slowly opened the door. Inside were Seifer, Ellone, Raijin, and Fujin, but Adel was nowhere to be found. Seifer was standing atop a podium, while Fujin held Ellone's arms back.
"We've come to take back Ellone!" Squall said.
"Looks like we have company." Seifer said to his clique, "Show 'em your hospitality!" Raijin gave a sigh, and advanced towards Squall.
"RAIJIN, STOP!" Fujin told him.
"What's up?" Seifer asked.
"Seifer, we had enough, ya know?" Raijin said. Fujin then let go of Ellones arms.
"GO." Fujin told her. Ellone then ran to Squall's side.
"Wait outside." Squall told her. "Laguna will be here soon."
"I knew you would find him." Ellone said before leaving.
"Hey, hey! C'mon people!" Seifer said.
"Seifer, we're quittin', ya know?" Raijin said. "Don't know what's right anymore, ya know?"
"Exactly my thoughts!" Seifer said. "I thought we were a posse!"
"POSSE." Fujin said. Suddenly, Fujin removed her eye patch, showing everyone that she still had both eyes. She also spoke in a way no one, not even Raijin or Seifer, and ever heard from her before; calm, peaceful, normal.
"We are. We always will be." Fujin said. "Because we're a posse, we want to help you. Whatever it takes to fulfill your dreams, we're willing to do. But you're being manipulated, Seifer. You've lost yourself and your dream. You're just eating out of someone's hand. We want the old you back! Since we can't get through to you, the only person left we can rely on is Squall. It's sad, sad that we only have Squall to rely on. Seifer, are you going to keep going?" Seifer raised his gunblade into the air in a salute.
"Raijin, Fujin, it's been fun." Seifer said. With that, Raijin and Fujin left and Seifer hopped down from his podium.
"Are you going to continue with this knight thing?" Squall asked.
"The knight has retired." Seifer said. "I guess you could call me a young revolutionary."
"What do you think you're doing?" Squall asked.
"You know me, I've always gotta be doing something BIG!" Seifer said. "I don't wanna stop, I'm gonna keep running! I've made it this far, now I gotta make it to the end, to the goal! And there's no way I'm sharing it with you!" With that, Seifer struck with his Gunblade, Squall quickly parried, and pushed Seifer away. Squall and his group went translucent as a booming voice filled the air.
"Zantetsuken!" The voice cried out as it began to rain inside the chamber, Squall knew who was coming, Odin!
"You should have quit while you had the chance, Seifer!" Squall said as Odin appeared on his six-legged horse. Odin rode forward, however, no one suspected the nasty surprise that Seifer had in store for Odin! As Odin advanced, Seifer sidestepped the GF and gave a thunderous slash with his gunblade! A brilliant flash was seen, and Odin's head fell off his shoulders! Seifer had done what was believed to be impossible since the death of Griever!
Seifer had killed a Guardian Force!
"Odin!" Squall yelled, he couldn't believe what he had just witnessed.
"Nice try Squall, but you can't beat me that easily!" Seifer said. "Lemme add another scar for ya!" Zell ran in and gave a roundhouse kick to his tormenter, which Seifer ducked, and then slashed Zell! Irvine tried to line up a shot with his rifle, Bur Seifer came in, knocked his weapon away, and kicked him in the stomach. Selphie and Quistis lashed out with their weapons, which Seifer grabbed and used to make to two slam into each other! Rinoa's projectile was deflected and sent back to her. Squall and Seifer picked up where they left off. Both slashing each other, but neither ready to give in. Squall had Seifer reeling, until the desperate knight shot Squall with the strongest fire spell of them all, Firaga! This had the six of them Regroup and prepare to go in for a second attack, which Seifer had predicted.
"Like how much I've improved?" Seifer asked. "Let's see how you like this!" A bright light surrounded Seifer, as he prepared for his limit break.
"No Mercy was deflected, and Demon Slice was countered, so I got a new one that's going to put your lights out!" Seifer said. "Bloodfest!"
The ground beneath Squall and his group was ripped open into a crater, as fire shot forth! The burns hurt all of them, and Squall's nose began to bleed.
"Not much of a fest!" Squall spat, "I'm the only one bleeding!"
"Who said I was done?" Seifer asked. He slashed Zell on his forehead, and blood began to pour and an almighty punch gave Irvine a cut on his lip.
"It's over Squall, and I win!" Seifer said. Seifer was preparing to deliver the final blow, however, Squall's body went translucent again along with everyone else's and Seifer's gunblade hit the floor. Seifer turned around and saw someone in a red robe holding the fallen Odin's Sword! Three sheaths on his belt signified that he had 3 other swords.
"You gave me the 4th one." The figure said. "Now Eat this!" Quickly, the figure lifted Odin's sword and let lose with a giant slash! The slash was so powerful, it knocked Seifer back into the wall, allowing him to drop face down.
"Where is the dimensional interval?" The figure asked as he disappeared in the same fashion all GFs do. Squall struggled to his feet, and handed his comrades potions. Soon they were back on their feet.
"Who was that?" Squall asked.
"It is said," Quistis began, "That there is a GF named Gilgamesh that had 4 swords. If any one sword was separated from the rest, Gilgamesh would cease to exist. But when the 4 swords, Excalipoor, Excalibur, Masamune, and Zantetsuken are reunited, Gilgamesh would return."
"So, that was Gilgamesh?" Zell asked.
"I believe so." Quistis said. Attention then turned to Seifer, who hadn't moved since 'Gilgamesh' unleashed his fury upon him.
"Seifer." Rinoa mumbled. She walked out the door to think about things while the others contemplated on what to do next. After a few minutes, Seifer opened his eyes and spoke.
"It's not over yet, Squall." Seifer said hoarsely as he crawled out the door, still in shock from his near death experience.
"Squall!" Rinoa screamed. They remembered where Rinoa had gone, outside! Quistis ran for the door, and noticed Seifer with his Gunblade to Rinoa's throat!
"Squall, Seifer took Rinoa," Quistis nearly screamed, "And he's heading for Adel's Tomb!"
DUN DUN DUN!
Next Update: Friday, June 10
