Sorcery Illusions
Chapter 5: Tempers Flare
Disclaimer:
I do not own the game or the characters, they are not mine to do with as I wish.
Warning:
Little bit more language in this chapter than usual, but other than that it is pretty much the same as normal.
Enjoy!
Alexandra AKA ~*~Fantasy Dragon~*~
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"Come in." Squall sighed. He had given up on trying to get work done today, and was now just sitting at his desk trying to take it all in. After Seifer had some back from dropping Evan off at the infirmary and took Raven away kicking and screaming, I had been constant interruptions.
The doors opened and there stood the one person who had not yet interrupted him this morning.
"Squall, we've got a slight problem." Zell said, coming in and making him self right at home on the large leather chairs.
"Today is not my day, Zell. I don't need to here about how there are too many students enrolled at Garden or how financing is going right now." Squall let out another hearty sigh as Zell leaned forward in his chair.
"Oh, it's nothing to do with any of that stuff." answered the blond in a somewhat sarcastic manner.
"Then it can wait for another couple day." Squall then turned his chair and pretended to be interested in the work that was sitting on his desk, not facing towards Zell at all.
"Like hell it can. I'm up her to talk about the nervous break down I just witnessed my girlfriend have 2 hours ago. That is not something I want pushed to the side until tomorrow or the next day." Zell growled, his temper beginning to flare.
"She had a nervous breakdown?" Squall asked, his voice once again normal and monotone.
"Yes, and what's word, is that another one is one the way and it is going to be worse than this one." Zell added, hoping that Squall would get the hint.
"And what am I suppose to do about it? If Quistis has troubles expressing her emotions, I am not the one you should be coming to for help."
"You're suppose to be her friend, god dammit!" exclaimed Zell, getting pissed off and jumping to his feet.
"And I already have enough shit going on to deal with before her problems too. Now if you would please leave, I have some work that I really need to get done." Squall then picked up the pile of papers in front of him and started to read it, telling Zell that it was time for him to leave in an unverbal way.
"You're a goddamn sorcerer. What the hell goes on in your life that you have difficulties with? Paper work? Cause If that is all you have that makes your life a living hell and so much worse than everyone else's, you are wrong." flushed and flustered, Zell then stood up and began to storm towards the door. Just as he reached his hand out to turn the handle, the door flew open, knocking Zell down onto his ass.
As Zell got to his feet again, rubbing his behind, he saw Raven and Seifer standing there in front of him, both looking a little out of breath.
"Guys, we've got a problem." Seifer huffed, still trying to catch his breath.
"Then don't bother coming in here, because you'll get absolutely no sympathy from him." Zell turned as he said this and glared at Squall.
"No. It's a major thing that I swear, I had no part to do with it what so ever!" Raven insisted, seeing the disbelieving look on Zell's face. Squall sighed once again and put the papers in his hand down in a very pissed off manner.
"What exactly is this 'problem'. Tell me what in Hyne's name you guys are bitching about and I will judge whether or not it is a problem worthy of my time." Squall stood up and walked around to the front of his desk and began to rub his scar in a very pissed and irritated way.
"You fucking, arrogant pussy." Seifer growled and before you could say Chocolate Covered Chocobos, the blond knight was in front of the sorcerer, his hand wrapped around the younger man's throat. "You may be Hyne's fucking son, but you are still and asshole. Now you be a fucking human for a few minutes and get off your high pedestal." The snarl that was plastered on Seifer's face could have stopped even a Malboro dead in it's tracks.
"Fine." Squall managed to get out, despite the lack of oxygen in his body.
Seifer let the boy down somewhat carefully and just stood there as Squall gasped for breath. "Remember, Leonheart, you may be a fucking sorcerer, but you are not invincible."
"Fuck you, Almasy. Fuck you." glared Squall, his voice barely above a whisper.
"Too late, Squally. Too late." smirked the knight.
"Okay, break it up, you two. Y'all ain't kids anymore." Raven growled at the men in front of her. "We came up here to tell Squall about the problem we found downstairs."
"Now get on with it before I change my mind about listening." Squall sighed, still rubbing his neck. As well as he thought he knew his knight, Squall always seemed to forget just how strong Seifer really was.
"Well, I went down to the the infirmary to see how Evan was doing and Raven wanted to come and try and make peace with him. When we went into Evan's room, he was gone, the window was smashed in and there was a black feather there on his pillow. We asked all around, and no one saw where Ev could have gone." Seifer explained, then pulled a black feather out of the pocket of his long black trench coat.
"A black feather? What is that suppose to mean?" Zell asked from where he was standing, leaned up against the door frame.
"That's where it becomes a problem." Seifer said, as Squall took the feather and began to examine it.
"Ayana had this kind of obsession with black birds, hence where Crowe and I got our names. Anyway, she's always used black feathers as her mark. Like, if she destroyed something, she would always leave a black feather. So I think that there is a possibility that Ayana has something to do with Evan's disappearance." Raven said, sitting down on Squall's desk, then took the feather from Squall. " But I don't know why she'd take Evan if her target might be Squall."
"He was one of the people Quistis was getting files on for Squall before her breakdown. Maybe that has something to do with it." Zell suggested, still trying to make sense of everything.
"But why Evan?" Squall asked again. "Wait. Zell, where is Quistis now?"
"I don't know. She stormed off out of Dr. K's office after we talked to her." sighed Zell.
"Call her up here. We don't need both blue mages gone." Squall was able to remain calm during everything. "And call up Omri, Tasman, and Pamora. I don't think that this madness is even far from over."
Zell nodded then finally left, leaving only Seifer, Squall and Raven in the room.
"So what are we going to do about Evan?" Seifer asked, finally sitting down in one of the chairs.
"Nothing." Squall replied, walking over to look out the office window, trying to figure out how exactly Evan could have been kidnapped from a place where there were hundreds of SeeDs and SeeD cadets walking around at any given moment.
"You are fucking kidding me! You might be a heartless bastard, but Evan means everything to me. I don't want him in the hands of that psycho wench any longer than necessary." Seifer growled.
"Ayana isn't going to hurt him. I think that she may just be using him to lore the rest of us to her." Raven said so softly that Seifer and Squall almost didn't hear her.
"So you that she's got bigger plans for all of us?" Squall finally left his place in front of the window and came over to where Raven was still sitting on his desk.
"Yeah. Her base is in Timber. She's got the whole town bugged. I don't know where we could stay without her getting us. But we need to be close if we want to get Evan back and find out what she is up to." Raven put her head into her hands and began to curse at herself for not being able to come up with a decent idea.
"That leaves Deling City or Dollet. And Evan won't go near Dollet yet." Squall added as if they had already rescued him, making Seifer feel a little better.
"I have a place on the Timber side of Deling. Right off the train route. Or we could get a car. It's only about a 4 hour drive to Timber from my place on train. We could all stay there once we come up with a plan." Seifer replied, internally blaming himself for letting Evan get kidnapped.
"You mean if we come up with a plan." Raven grumbled.
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Wow. This is coming along better than I would have hoped it would. Are people still reading it? I only got one review from the last chapter. That's why it took me a little while to get this chapter out. My muse didn't want to cooperate. So if you don't mind telling me what you think of this story, I would love you forever! And I am thinking of offering another reviewer's prize. The 50th reviewer will get a one shot story with a pairing of their choice. Well, my schedual is clearing up a little bit, so I might be able to get chapters out faster. Well, remember to review so you have a chance at the review prize and Love and Cookies.