You know what? I feel so stupid. I have just finished rereading all of my story that I have written down, and I just realized how much stuff I have left out. Stupid, stupid, stupid. (After reading a review, I went back and read the story over.) Thank you very much for pointing that out to me! And yeah, I should have explained this a bit better at the beginning, but Squall is slightly out of character. I decided that I wanted to make him a little bit over protective. Yeah, it's great that I am just now doing this at what? Chapter thirteen? You all will have to excuse me. I cannot write to save my life. Well, here goes.
Disclaimer: As of 5:06pm I still own nothing that has to do with Square. Or the characters of Final Fantasy VIII. I have been asking for that for about four years for my birthday and still haven't gotten it.
Chapter Thirteen
Ultimecia. An evil witch that six young teenagers were forced to fight. They thought that they had gotten rid of her for good, and now, she was back for revenge. But how? How did a sorceress that had passed on her powers manage to return? It was all very confusing. No ends seemed to meet.
It was Dr. Odine who had made the discovery. The strange, little man with a brilliant, yet schizophrenic mind. He had been spending hours upon hours in his laboratory. Strange events had occurred that led the doctor to the suspicion that something just was not right. The increase of monsters around the world and the unknown interference at the new Space Station was one of the reasons the little man had begged to be allowed to restart his research. The President had complied and the lab was reopened.
Dr. Odine spent every waking hour in his lab. No one ever saw much of the doctor. It only took a few weeks before any news was released to the President. The doctor had made a discovery: The sorceress from the future was not entirely defeated. She still roamed, still lived, and was still a threat.
Edea was brought into Esthar for questioning. But she had repeatedly told them that she passed her powers by accident to a young woman. A woman that many knew. She had passed her powers to Rinoa Heartilly. The matter was dropped there. Edea knew nothing.
The President then decided to call those who had made the first attempt. SeeD would know what to do. SeeD, led by his son, would destroy this witch once and for all.
But one thing still made no sense? What had the doctor used to determine his discovery? How did the increase of monsters and the interference prove anything? What had led the doctor to that final conclusion? The doctor made no comments after he released his discovery. After the announcement, the doctor went back to his research. Locked in that lab he stayed. No one dared to bother him. He was not a very liked man and was left to do as he pleased
But one person doubted. One person failed to see the doctor's rash thinking. One person questioned.
Laguna stood in his quarters, lost in his thought. He never heard the footsteps behind him. He didn't hear anyone call his name. He continued to stare out the window at the grand city. Well, that's what one would have thought. His gaze faced the grand city, but he saw nothing but the replay of the last couple of days' events. He felt nothing but cold. A death trap. He was convinced that he had sent the six young people into a death trap. His son one of them. He did not trust Dr. Odine. he did not like what the little man had said. He did not believe what he had explained.
The doctor had said that there was more to the simple increase in the monsters and the interference was more than it seemed. To Laguna, he was speaking in riddles. To Laguna, those riddles were more than just ways to annoy the president. There was something about the way that doctor had descrbed how the sorceress had returned. Something unnatural about it all.
Was the doctor just making an important discovery, or was there something that laid hidden in the shadows?
A/N: Well, I hope that clears things up a bit. I am so sorry if I caused some confusion. But I am working on this. Remember: I don't like the first twenty chapters. I have things ten times better and in more detail in the later chapters. Also, you all have to bear with me. This story started out as a simple journal for my english class. I never thought I would be posting this on here. Please, forgive me. I know it's bad, but hey, I'll make a deal with you all: If you promise to read ths thing all the way through to the very end, you can flame me all you want. I am trying to make changes to it as best as I can. The early chapters are the hardest. I think I may just end up finishing it and then going back and redoing everything instead of trying to do it while I'm in the process of posting it.
And yeah, this will be the only chapter(save for the first ones) where the war is post-poned b/c my editor does not know about this chapter just yet. She'll probably realize that I skipped a chapter and chew me out. But I am sorry if my spelling is off, I tried my best to do it myself.
As for Squall's off-character thing, I am working on that. It is one of the things I hate the most in this. I really don't like that at all. Honest. Like I said, I may end up coming back after it's all done and fixing it. All ideas and suggestion are most definitely welcomed! Thank you to all of you who have read and reviewed. I am very grateful there! Thanx! Later Days y'all!