Sorcery Illusions
Chapter 6: Change of Plans
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~*~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Why do I have to be here again?" Quistis whispered to Zell as they sat around the boardroom table with Squall, Seifer, Raven, Omri, Pamora and Tasman.
"Your name was on the list that Raven gave to Squall. Plus we don't want you getting kidnapped like Evan." Zell replied as Squall stood up to signal that the meeting was now about to start.
"First off, everyone in this room will be on a mission starting today. The ending date is still unknown. I have already found replacements for each of your positions until you are able to return to work." Squall began, which sort of surprised Raven at how well the quiet boy could go from a heartless bastard, to a professional leader so easily.
"What type of mission is it?" Omri asked, running his hands through his spiky black hair.
"I will get to that in a moment. Second, for all of you who don't know her, this is Raven Noire, a transfer SeeD from Galbadia. At my request, she will be joining us for this mission." As Squall said this, Raven, Quistis and Zell all looked over at the commander as if the boy had finally gone mad.
"Isn't that the girl my guys picked up out on the plains who wouldn't submit any identification and asked for you by name, Commander?" Pamora interrupted, causing the 3 who were staring at Squall to look away.
"Yes. That was a test I had set up to make sure that Miss Noire's skills were as perfected and honed as Galbadia Garden and her file said they were." Squall replied, maintaining his professionalism even though he was telling a flat out lie. And just like that, Squall changed to another subject. "You are all to get ready for this mission as we are leaving tonight. No uniforms are allowed as it is an undercover mission, and there will be absolutely no contact with Garden while we are on it. And before anyone asks, there is no option of getting out of the mission."
"Are you going to tell us what the mission is? And why are we required to be the ones who go on it, sir?" a timid voice came from Tasman's chair. For the shy blonde to speak was a big thing.
"I am getting to that as well. Anything that goes on here in the boardroom today is not to leave this room. It is all top secret and if anyone asks you what you mission is, just say that it is a monster extermination mission. Any events today are to only be known by you. Absolutely nothing is to leave this room." As Squall looked around the room, all eyes were on him. Quistis, Zell, Seifer and Raven all had an idea what Squall was about to say, but Omri, Tasman and Pamora were completely in the dark.
"Yes, sir." Tasman saluted, followed closely by Pamora and Omri.
"Squall, are you sure?" Raven asked as Squall reached around his neck.
Without answering Raven, Squall dropped his hands and turned to the three newcomers.
"Have any of you studied the legend of Hyne's son?" Squall asked as Omri, Pamora and Tasman were all looking very confused.
"The Second Coming of Hyne. He is born within a few generations of a knight, and is said to possess more power that Hyne himself could have even hoped for." Pamora said, the knowledge that got her head of security showing through.
"And with him comes a powerful knight and guardians. It has never happened and probably never will because everything is so rare." Omri added on, showing that he too had brains.
"The guardians are blue mages and the knight is holy. And when the four join forces in battle, they are said to be invincible." Tasman finished off, not wanting to be shown up by the other two.
"Would the Holy knight please stand up?" Squall commanded. Even though he didn't want to, Seifer felt his body pulled up to stand facing Squall. "Blue Mage?" as Squall said this, Quistis too felt her body stand and face her sorcerer.
"But there is suppose to be 2 blue mages." Pamora said, a little surprised at everything.
"Evan Brunnard is the other blue mage. He has been kidnapped. One part of this mission you are about to embark on will be to find and free him from captivity." Squall replied, reaching up to remove Griever. As he handed the pendent to the person on his right, who happened to be Raven, the brunet let out a small shudder as the magical energies began to course though his veins for the second time today.
"Is the other part of our mission to find Hyne's son?" Tasman once again spoke up.
"That will not be necessary." Squall answered as he held his head up high, towards the heavens. As if being drawn up by a mysterious force, his arms went straight out as Squall began to rise off the ground.
"What in Hyne's name is going on? "Omri exclaimed, jumping up.
"Just sit down and watch. This is something that you'll never forget." Zell said, looking over at the other three who had never seen this before and noticed that they all had disbelieving looks on their faces.
The white light began to appear around Squall as his wings began to fold out from behind him.
"No way!" Pamora now jumped up, not believing what she saw happening in front of her, Tasman and Omri not believing either.
"Commander Leonheart is Hyne's son?" Questioned Tasman, her voice considerably louder that usual.
"Yes, I am Hyne's son." Squall nodded in his once again deep.
"I can't believe it. Hyne's son has been running Garden behind our backs." Omri gasped, falling back into his chair.
Squall placed his hands back down to his sides and all eyes were on him as he began to float back down to the floor. The wings and the light then faded into thin air.
"Do you want your pendent back?" Raven asked, running her fingers over the platinum lion's head.
"Not right now. You hold onto it." Squall said, looking at the dark hared girl.
"So what exactly is it that the mission you are sending us on requires, sir?" Omri asked, still a little taken aback about Squall's little secret.
"Sorceress Adel's younger sister, Ayana is planning to take over Esthar. Raven has just returned from a mission to find and explore Ayana's base. After finding it in Timber, Raven found files on Garden staff and SeeDs. Those names are the names of all those present in this room here today." As Squall said this, the 3 people who did not already know this gasped in surprise.
"Why our names?" Pamora questioned as if Squall already knew the answer.
"We are not sure. All we know is that Ayana is very powerful. The only other person whose name was on the list that isn't here today is Evan. We think that might be a reason why he was kidnapped from the infirmary earlier this morning. Pamora?" Squall turned to the brown hared girl.
"Sir?" Pamora asked, saluting.
"After this meeting is adjourned, I want you to look over the tapes for the infirmary from this morning and tell me if you notice anything strange or out of the ordinary.
"Yes sir." Nodded the girl.
"Next off, I am going to require that from now until we leave for the mission, you are to travel in assigned pairs. Your pair may travel with another, but at all times you are to be with the one I assign you with. There is no changing of the groups and if there is any disagreements or arguments between group members, I will be forced to take drastic measures."
When Squall said this, Quistis squeezed Zell's hand a little.
"That bastard. He put me with Raven I bet." Quistis whispered to her boyfriend.
"He wouldn't do that, would he?" assured Zell, although he wasn't too confident himself.
"Pamora and Tasman, you are Group A. Omri and Zell, you are Group B. Group C, Quistis and Raven, while Seifer and I will make up Group D. Now, all of you are dismissed. We will be leaving at 2100hrs, and meet at the parking lot. And I need to see Quistis and Raven before you all leave." Squall then turned around and walked towards the door that connected the boardroom to his office.
"I'm going to kill him. I don't care if he is a sorcerer or a seagull. That boy is dead." Growled Quistis, her face flushed with anger as everyone around her began to move.
"It's only a couple of hours, Angel. And you can still talk to me. I'm probably going to be at our place trying to explain everything that is going on to Omri. Plus I am sure that Squall has a good explanation for it." Zell said as the black hared SeeD began to walk over towards them. "Just think of something totally unrelated to the mission and ignore her if you need to." Zell leaned over and gave Quistis a short kiss before walking over to meet Omri in the middle of the room.
All of a sudden the noise of the room hushed and the only sound that could be heard was that of the two giant doors closing, leaving Quistis and Raven to be the only occupants of the boardroom.
Although Raven wasn't looking over at Quistis, she couldn't help but feel Quistis staring into the side of her head.
"I think we should go see what Squall wants to see us about." Raven whispered meekly as she stood up and followed the path of the sorcerer. Quistis just glared as she watched the girl leave.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I hate making excuses to why I haven't gotten chapters out, but I don't have my computer right now, and I am using a friends. And also, a lot of you are noticing that I have a lot of mistakes in my spelling and grammar. It's just that I barely have enough time to write the chapter and get it up. So I am asking if there is anyone out there in fanfiction land that would like to be my beta reader. If anyone is interested in the job, just email me at fantasy_dragon@loveable.com and we can talk about it. If you don't want to email me, you can leave it in a review, as well leave your email address. As well, I am still offering the 50th review prize (we're half way to it!), but if you think that you might get it, please leave your email address so that I can contact you and get the details of your story. Well, that's all the rambling I have for today. Until next time, Love and Cookies!