Howdy! Here is ch.11. I can't spell 11 so I won't even try or my editor will have something to say. :D

Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot.(And three other characters but I'm telling y'all, you won't meet them for a while so hang in there!)

Chapter Eleven

"So, what's the plan?" Zell asked, stuffing his face with a hotdog.

Quistis, Zell, Irvine, and Selphie sat in the passenger's wing of the Ragnarok. They were now two people short with no Commander.

"Well," Quistis said, thinking it out. "We could split into two groups like planned or stay as one group. We have to find another energy crystal. There's more than one, but their exact locations are unknown."

"Wouldn't it be safer to stay as one group?" Irvine said raising his cowboy hat. "That way our defenses would be stronger."

"True," Quistis agreed. "But where do we look?"

"Hey wasn't there an energy crystal in the Deep Sea Research Center?" Selphie asked suddenly remembering their adventurous experience there.

"I believe so," Quistis nodded but still not sure.

"Fer fie sont wek fo ver?" Zell asked, his mouth full.

"What?" Selphie asked, disgusted.

"Sorry, so why don't we go there?" Zell asked swallowing.

"Well, I'm not entirely sure that the crystal's still there," Quistis replied.

"Well, we're not getting anything done just sitting here talking about it!" Zell threw his hands up, "and we have to start somewhere! Right?"

"Yeah! So let's go!" Selphie jumped up and ran out of the room. Irvine sighed, stood, and went out after her.

"Quistis?" Zell tilted his head. "You're worried about Squall and Rinoa, aren't you?"

"Yes." Quistis sighed, looking out the window. "I'm just not sure if what Squall did was right. What if this is what Ultimecia wanted? Squall and Rinoa could be in grave danger! I guess I just worry too much."

"Quistis, don't worry about it! Squall will be okay. He'll take care of Rinoa and come back when all this is over. Don't worry." Zell treied to be helpful, and Quistis smiled at his efforts.

"Thanks, Zell," Quistis replied, and they left for the bridge.

"So we're going to the Deep Sea Reasearch Center?" Irvine asked as Quistis and Zell came up.

"I guess so," Quistis replied.

"Righty-O!" Selphie exclaimed and took off.

The Deep Sea Research Center was located in the middle of the ocean far away from land. It had been used for tests on fish and water GFs before it was abandoned. It was in shambles. There was equipment everywhere destroyed.

"Do you see it?" Selphie whispered gripping Irvine's arm. "This place is spooky!"

"It would have been right here." Zell pointed at a small shelf. There were pieces of glass on it.

"It's been destroyed. Ultimecia is way ahead of us," Quistis replied inspecting the shelf.

"So now where do we look?" Irvine asked.

"I... don't know." Quistis replied. "Where would another one be? I have no idea."

"Hey didn't Odine say that they're found all over the world, just uncommonly found?" Selphie asked.

"You actually listened to that duck!" Zell asked.

"No, I just heard that one thing." Selphie replied waving away his comment. "So anyway, why don't we just start in one place, search for the crystal, and if we don't find one, move to another place?"

"Selphie, you're brilliant!" Irvine exclaimed.

"Well, let's go!" Selphie ran from the building, the others followed her.

"So where do we start first?" Zell asked.

"How about Galbadia? Like Zell said, we have to start somehwhere," Irvine replied.

"Okay, but where in Galbadia?" Quistis asked.

"How about Deling City? We can get a room and food." Zell grinned.

"Zell, is that all you ever think about? Food?" Quistis asked, her hands on her hips. Selphie laughed.

"No. I'm just hungry!" Zell pouted.

"Man, you ate like fifteen minutes ago!" Irvine exclaimed.

"That was a snack!" Zell used in defense.

"You call FIVE hotdogs a snack!" Irvine asked the blond in disbelief.

"Yes, I do!" Zell was becoming annoyed.

"Guys! Guys! Enough!" Quistis stood between the two. "We have a job to do. Selphie, let's go to Deling!"

"Oki-doki!" Selphie giggled, and they headed to Deling City.

"So where do we look?" Zell asked, five minutes later.

They were outside of Deling City. They had no idea where to look for the energy crystal.

"Well," Selphie replied, thinking aloud. "Energy crystals are mainly found in damp places where the sun doesn't normally reach. So, why don't we try the caves up on the cliffs? It's dark and damp in those!"

"Once again, Selphie, you are brilliant!" Irvine exclaimed.

"Should we take the Ragnarok and land on top?" Quistis asked.

"Oh no! The Ragnarok's too heavy! The cliffs are very fragile. We had better just walk," Selphie explained.

They walked down the road to the cliffside.

"We have to climb UP THAT?" Zell' mouth hung open.

"Yes, now get moving or we'll never get back before dusk," Irvine replied.

"..Okay," Zell sarcasically replied.

"These cliffs are high and they don't have very good footing, so we need to be careful. Got it?" Selphie instructed everybody.

"Yes, Selphie," Quistis replied orderly.

"Got it, babe," Irvine tipped his hat.

Zell nodded. He was pouting again.

"Lighten up, Zell!" Selphie smiled at him.

They soon started up the steep cliffs. Rocks fell often and most of the rocks had moss on them, and there were snake nests everywhere.

"Whatever you do, don't bother the nests," Irvine warned everyone. "The mother snake will tear you apart if you touch one of her nests."

" Thank you, Indiana Jones," Zell mockingly snapped with sarcasm.

"Watch it, Zell!" Irvine warned him.

"Stop it both of you!" Selphie screamed, climbing onto the ledge.

"Yes, my darling little Sefie," Irvine said suavely.

"Don't push it Irvine!" Selphie barked.

"Will you three stop acting like children?" Quistis yelled slightly annoyed. "We have a job to do, you know."

Selphie, Irvine, and Zell nodded, embarrased.

They walked into the cave. It was dark, dusty, and damp with spider webs and bats everywhere.

"Now, where would that crystal be?" Quistis wondered.

"I have no idea. What about you, Selphie? Where would it be?" Zell shrugged.

"I don't know. Let's go in a little farther. It will probably be around water," Selphie replied.

They walked in a little farther and something caught their eyes. There were glass pieces shattered on the ground.

"Oh no!" Quistis moaned, "this one's been destroyed too!"

A/N: I have only one thing to say: on the sentence where irvine says "You call FIVE hotdogs a snack" there is SUPPOSED to be a ! and a ? after it. My big ole meanie editor won't let me have both! I DON'T CARE IF IT'S NOT PROPER! IT GETS MY POINT ACROSS! Is that too much to ask? Oh yeah, R&R please! Merci and Later Days!

E/N: YES, because I'm no editor if I don't fix it:P And you don't have much to speak, Miss We'll-continue-the-war-in-chapter-10 and then forgets to add her comments! Editor 1, Author 0. (She's going to kill me for that!)

A/N: Excuse me? Girl, don't even try b/c you will lose! I have the power to end this story right here and right now! How does this sound:

'And then a great big ole meteor came out of the sky and killed everybody. THE END!'

Don't mess with the Queen of Evil's Twin Sister/Jester!

E/N: Sounds like you'll be losing your readers like a washed street bum loses flies. (and that has to be one dang big meteor hitting Squally and Rinoa all the way over there too?)

A/N: You have a good point, but I shall never lose the war! And yes, it was a great big, humongously large meteor. Have you never seen Final Fantasy(R) 7? There is a great big meteor b/c Sephirothis a butt. (I have yet to beat that game. I am so close but so very far away.) The only differenec is that Squally was pulled out of the game at the last minute and landed in my bedroom. Hehehehe!

E/N: erases 'differenec' and writes 'difference'. Jeez, pay attention where your fingers go Katelyn! And no, I haven't played any of the FFs... I've only watched FF8 and FF10. And Sephiroth is NOT a butt, he's very awesome. He could so kick Squall's butt!

A/N: Girl, you are so dead! I shall have a talk with you tomorrow at school! And I do not wish to pay attention to where my fingers go! I've told you a hundred million times: I am so broke I cannot afford to pay attention. So shuddup! And miss editor, you are becoming a little too bold. Behave yourself or shall discontinue this over a year long story and leave you hanging, or I will come up with the most cliff hanging ending that was ever invented! Do not lead me to temptation, I can find it myself!

E/N: I dare you. :P It'll only irk your readers more. Irk irk irk! Y'all... ;)

A/N: STOP WITHTHAT VILE WORD! Dear Gussie, It is almost as bad as "y'all" and I'm full bred southern! And as for that challenge, I accept in full. You shall regret that you ever crossed paths with Katelyn Evil Queen's Twin Sister Who Causes More Trouble Than She's Worth. Mwhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

E/N: I agree with that one! (snuck this in, one point for me!)

A/N: I may be more trouble than I'm worth, but I sure am sneeky and I will win this! You can't beat me on my onw ground. So there! (Haha! Now who has the last laugh?)

E/N: Me. ;D