Chapter III
We walked all over the city. The Estharian people were pretty friendly. They waved with smiles at us and greeted me with respectful bows like they do in Japan. Ellone showed me the Shopping center. It was just like how it was on the game. I was so amazed by everything. The city of Esthar was more amazing than it was on the game. It was so weird though. How could all of this be real? I wasn't sure. I decided to ask Ellone a few questions. "I can't really remember too many things. Like when was the last Sorceress war? I just can't remember." I said in a sad way. It was a good thing I passed Speech and Drama with straight A's. My old teacher, Ms. Smith said I would be a pretty good actress if I really tried hard enough. Ellone seemed to buy my acting.
"The Sorceress War ended only ten months ago. A lot of the World leaders are still trying to get the Galbadians to sign the peace treaty. They're having the new elections in Deling City. Trying to decide who is going to run the country. Of course, the Galbadians really don't have a choice but to sign the peace treaty. They're pretty much out numbered by all the cities and continents." She told me. I nodded.
As we walked, we talked more about the cities and stuff. It was so interesting to hearing that Laguna was trying to set up their very own Garden now. The Esthar Garden was still in construction though.
Suddenly there was gun fire close by. Both of us jumped high into the air and dropped down to our knees, covering our heads. "Oh shit! What's going on!" I exclaimed. Ellone shook her head violently. "I don't know!" She cried out. I quickly looked around and spotted several Estharian guards rushing down the road. One hurried forward and grabbed Ellone's shoulders. "Lady Ellone! We must take you to the closest safe house! There are Galbadian Rebellion Fractions in the city!" He said quickly. Ellone quickly stood. "Come on, Dawn!" I nodded and stood. We all hurried down the road to get to safety.
There was gun fire all around us and explosions. I couldn't believe what was going on. The Estharian soldiers were running all over trying to get to where the fights were going on. I was wondering how the heck a rebellion fraction got into the city without being seen. Then again, I suppose the airships in the sky were the reason why.
Just then the soldiers escorting Ellone and me, halted stopping us. There were Galbadian soldiers ahead of us. They were running towards us. "There she is! Kill the Estharian soldiers! Capture Ellone!" I heard one yell. I grabbed Ellone's hand. "Come on!" She nodded and we began running while our escorts would try and fight the Galbadians off. Ellone and I ran as fast as we could to the nearest transporter so we could climb on. "Hurry! Get on!" I said. Ellone nodded and climbed on. I was just climbing on too when suddenly I heard a gunshot and felt something hot hit my calf. I gasped and fell to my knees, clutching my leg. I had been shot!
"Dawn!" Ellone cried out. She reached to grab me and pull me on. But I looked over my shoulder and could see several Galbadians running towards us. There was no way I could get on now. Ellone had to get away as fast as she could. I slapped the button to the Presidential Palace and the transporter sped off with Ellone on it. She screamed out my name.
I quickly forced myself to stand and tried to run away but ran right into someone's arms. I gasped and looked up to see a Galbadian soldier. I let out a fearful squeak and tried to run away but he wrapped his arms around me to keep me from running. I struggled to get away as hard as I could. It wasn't easy. He was strong. I jerked and pulled but still couldn't. I was soon surrounded by soldiers. The one holding me tight. "We'll take her with us as a hostage! Get aboard the airship!" One soldier ordered. I let out a scream trying to escape but the soldiers paid no attention. The soldier who had captured me dragged me towards a ship close by. And when I say dragged, I mean it. I was trying so hard to plant my feet down and stop from being pulled. My shoes squealed against the crystal like ground as he pulled.
But the Galbadian had his own way of getting me to the ship. He stopped pulling and scooped me up over his shoulder. I screamed and tried to kick my way off his shoulder. He carried me towards the ship like a sack of potatoes. "Let go of me, you stupid country hick! Or I'm going kick your ass so hard right into next week!" I yelled. I think that kind of pissed the soldier off. Because he literatelly threw me on the ship right to the ground. That hurt. I hit my elbow really hard on the metal floor and it hurt so bad. Another soldier grabbed me and dragged me towards a cell where there were two children and a man. The soldier threw me in beside them and slammed the door shut. I stood holding my elbow and began kicking the bars of the cell, saying the most vulgar words. There was no way I was going to Heaven if I was going to say words like those.
After awhile I could feel the airship moving under us. So we were taking off now. There were a few jerks as explosions racked the ship close by. I staggered against the bars when that happened. The children were crying and hugging each other as tight as they could. I could definitely see that they were scared to death. The old man was trying to calm them down.
"Hey, gramps. Why did the Galbadians attack Esthar?" I asked. The man gave me a look as if I was crazy. I sighed and shook my head. "Come on. I'm suffering amnesia so I don't know. Enlighten me, please." The man sighed and nodded. "They are trying to get their hands on Ellone, taking hostages as they go. They're terrorists, kid. Galbadian scum who are trying to get President Laguna to release a few Galbadian soldiers who were in the Sorceress Wars. Some of the most dangerous soldiers too." He told me. I nodded. "So they're going to try and kill us, huh?" He nodded. "Yes. There had been a few attacks before. But those were months ago. Looks like they're attacking in a pattern." He said. I shook my head. "Well I'd hate to burst these idiots' bubble. But there is no way I'm going to let them kill me." I said.
Just then a soldier came in and walked towards our cell. He was armed with a Uzi. "You four! Stand up and against the wall!" He ordered. We all looked at each other and stood. We all faced the wall with our hands above our heads. The soldier came in and began shackling up the man first. I looked around for any possible escape only to see a pole close by. I looked at the soldier who was now bullying one of the children and tightening the shackles on the poor kid. That really pissed me off. So I snatched the pole as fast as I could and turned just as the soldier was coming towards me. I wasn't going to let him shackle me up so I swung the pole hard right into his chest. Only thing was, I didn't realize that the pole was already broken and sharp on one end. I ended up stabbing the guy through the sternum.Boy, was I shocked. My face went pale and I could see the blood running down the pole to my hands. The soldier gasped in pain as I attacked him. The man hurried forward and took over. He used his side to shove the pole harder into the soldier's side making him fall back and dead. I couldn't believe it. I killed someone. I felt like I was going to be sick. The man looked at me. "Hurry! Get the key and unlock us!" I slowly nodded and shakily stepped forward bending over the dead soldier. I grabbed the keys with shaking hands then hurried over to man first to unlock his shackles. He took the keys from me and released the children. "Now, we must get out of here before more comes." He said. We hurried to the back of the airship and up to a hatch. The man looked around. "We're going to have to jump." He said. I looked at him like he was crazy. "Jump! Dude, what have you been smoking!" I exclaimed. He looked at me then pointed. I turned and spotted a few parachutes. I nodded now understanding what he meant. It was the only way. It was a good thing my cousin took me sky diving one time or else I wouldn't know what the hell I would be doing.
We put the parachutes on, making sure the children were ready then the man opened up the hatch. We were sure high up in the air. And by the looks of it, we were flying over a mountain. I could see a town far off in the horizon. It was now or never. So the man jumped first then I had the children jump next.
"Hey!" I heard from behind me. I looked over my shoulder and spotted a Galbadian soldier running towards me. I had to jump now or be caught. I looked up at the sky. "God, please don't let me die." Then I jumped. The wind caught me just like that. I heard the soldier yelling. There were a few gunshots and again I felt the bite of a bullet hit me. Only this time, near my thigh. It only skimmed me but still, it burned. I let out a scream of pain as I clapped my hand over my waist. I had to pull the chute now or I would meet my ending. So I grabbed the red cord and pulled. The chute shot out and I jerked as the wind blew open the silky sheet. I slowly drifted through a cloud feeling my blood running down my leg. Man, being shot was definitely no pleasure cruise. Now I had a bullet in my right calf and now a cut in my right thigh. Definitely not my day. "At least I'm away from any danger right now."
Why the hell did I have to jinx myself? Because as soon as I was out of the cloud, I spotted something flying towards me. And by the looks of it, it was the top of a really, really big ship. I gasped as it was coming closer towards me.
"Oh shit!" I screamed out. I tried to jerk as hard as I could out of the way. I moved a little. I spotted someone standing on what looked like a balcony looking shocked as I barely moved aside. I recognized that guy. Or at least I thought I did. I sped right past the large ship missing a the side a little but bumped into it once. "Ow." I muttered. And what was worst, I heard the engines to the airship. I looked up and spotted the Galbadian airship coming back. "OH CRAP!" I yelled. I started to shake hard to get to the ground faster. I looked back at the ship that was slowly making it's way past me. My eyes went wide. That wasn't just a ship. It was Balamb Garden!
I couldn't believe it! Balamb Garden had almost hit me! And I was excited about it! What the hell was wrong with me!
Suddenly there was a blast of wind and the Galbadian airship came very close to hitting me next. My parachute hit one of the wings and tore. Swearing up a very bad storm I began to fall the rest of the way towards the trees below me. And before I knew it, I hit a tree branch as I fell. I gasped in pain as fell and hit another. This time I caught it. My arms wrapped around the branch holding tight. Aw man! I was so going to feel that in the morning. I looked up and spotted the airship coming back. I really had to get down from this tree. I quickly unstrapped the parachute and began climbing, sorely may I add, as fast as I could. I was just reaching the bottom when a rain of bullets came down towards me.Screaming out in fear, I dropped down from the branch landing on the balls of my feet. Unfortunately, I was still very sore, I had a bullet in my leg and still bleeding like crazy. My legs gave out from under me and I fell to my knees. Ow, that really hurt. I covered my head as bullets began hitting the ground close to me. I swear I was going to die! The Galbadians knew I was alive and they were going to make sure I didn't get away alive.
Suddenly there was an explosion and I saw something hit the airship, or close to hitting it. The airship flew away as fast as it could. I uncovered my head and looked myself over. I was so lucky. Because I wasn't hit again. I had to get out of there. The soldiers would be back. I knew they would. I had to find help so I didn't have to bleed to death. Painfully I forced myself to my feet and began walking through the trees. I limped most of the way, actually. I could feel my blood dribbling down my leg. My right side was soaked in my own blood. I was dead scared. I wondered if I was going to die out there. I traveled deeper into the woods trying to find my way out. But it was getting darker. There was no way I could walk anymore. I was growing tired. I staggered over a few fallen logs as I walked. I was sore, scared and pissed. Finally I couldn't take it anymore. I couldn't move my legs anymore. So I just fell to them and then laid down. I knew I was going to die out there. Out in the woods. All alone.
I felt tears filling my eyes. I was wondering what my dad was doing now. Had he found out that I was missing? Most likely. He really didn't miss a thing. He probably called the cops and was out searching for me. I wanted to be home now. I wanted to be in my bed or watching a movie with my dad. I wanted to be somewhere else than there. And finally, I couldn't stay awake anymore. I fell asleep.