MISSING AND MOVING ON
By Wonga316
COPYRIGHT Final Fantasy and its characters are property of Squaresoft etc, etc...
INTRODUCTION This my first attempt at FF8 fan fic. It takes places directly after time compression with a twist that will rock the crew of FF8 to the core (especially Rinoa).
Excuse any spelling or grammar mistakes. I try my best to catch them all but occasional one does slip through. I'll also try to keep everyone IC and minimize OC.
"..." Indicates normal speech [...] Indicates speakers thoughts -...- Indicates any other communications e.g. – radio, television, telephone, speaker
CHAPTER 02 "SQUALL!" Rinoa screamed.
Quistis turned around and saw the young sorceress shove Alex out of the way the rush towards the fallen body.
"What the!" Alex exclaimed as he hit the ground [Rinoa?]
"NO! Don't touch him! Someone stop her!" The doctor yelled. The compression portal suddenly closed and the rush of air pushed everyone including Rinoa back to the ground. The force of air also scattered some chairs and knocked the flower arch over. The scene looked like a hurricane had passed through.
***Esthar – Dr Odine's Lab***
"Rinoa. Are you awake? Awake up baby." Alex spoke softy.
"Hmmm.... Squ... Wher..." Rinoa mumbled half consciously.
"It's Alex. You're in Esthar. It's me, Alex." [Damn it, she's asking about 'SQUALL' again. I thought she was over him]
"Alex. Where am I?" Rinoa opened her eyes and found that she was lying on a bed with Alex looking over her. "WAIT! SQUALL! LET ME GO! SQUALL! SQUALL!" she suddenly remembered what had happen during the wedding and started where she left off.
"Rin! Calm down!" Alex said trying to hold her down. "Squall is safe! Just settle down!" [Damn you, Leonheart...]
"Calm down! I WANT TO SEE SQUALL! SQUALL! LET ME GO!" she yelled again, trying harder to free herself. "Please Alex! I have to see him, I have to hold him." She pleaded as her tears were streaked down her checks.
"Its alright Alex, you can let her up." Laguna's spoke from the doorway. Alex reluctantly released her and she shoot off towards the door and Laguna.
"Hang on Rinoa. I know you..." Laguna said holding his hands up and blocking the doorway completely.
"HANG ON! I have to see him!"
"Rinoa, just listen to me. There's something you should know before you see him." Laguna said putting his hand on her shoulders.
"What? Is something wrong? Is Squall ok?" Rinoa asked her voice dripping with concern.
"You better come see for yourself." Laguna said leading Rinoa away. Leaving Alex wondering in the room what was to happen to with himself and Rinoa.
"Are we back in the Esthar?" Rinoa asked as Laguna lead her through the corridor. "It looks like the laboratory."
"That's right. After what happen at the wedding, the doc thought it would be best that we brought Squall here." Laguna answered.
"Why? Is there something wrong with Squall?" Rinoa asked again.
"I... Ah... that might be better explained by Odine." Laguna replied unsure about himself as they approached a set of double steel doors. Laguna pulled an access card out and swiped it into the key slot on the side. The security system beeped and the doors slid open. Cid and Edea discussing something in private on one side of the room. The rest of the gang appeared to be arguing with Ward and Kiros. They also seem to be protecting Peit. Peit was at a console typing in some commands trying to ignore the comotion behind him.
"What's going on? Where's Squall?" Rinoa asked to one in particular, getting everybody's attention.
"Rin! Hyne, you're awake." Selphie exclaimed as she rushed towards the young sorceress "The doctor says we can't see Squall."
"WHAT! Why not, let me see him!" Rinoa demanded.
"I know you all are worried about Squall but the doctor gave specific instructions that no one is to see him for now." Kiros explained to the group and Ellone.
"Where is the doctor right now?" Quistis asked, getting annoyed by the answers that they were getting from the Kiros.
"Dr. Odine is currently in his office and asked that no one disturb Squall or himself." Piet replied not looking away from his console.
"SQUALL COULD BE SICK OR DYING AND HE'S TAKING A BREAK IN HIS OFFICE!" Rinoa yelled at the top of voice. "I WANT TO SEE SQUALL NOW!" everyone was taken back by the outburst.
"I think everyone should take a deep breath and calm down for a moment." Edea spoke to the group.
"But Marton, that's Squall in there. He's one of us." Zell replied to the older women.
"Uncle! Can't you do something!" Ellone demanded the Esthar President
"I'm sorry... I have agreed with Odine on this. It would be best that we wait." Laguna answered not looking Ellone in the eye [I'm sorry Ellone... I know it hurts but just please be patience]
"WAIT FOR WHAT? I've waited for almost five years! I... I..." Rinoa broke down before she could finish her emotional outburst.
"Rinoa!" everyone rushed to her side as she fell to her knees.
"Please... I... I... Just... Want to see him. I want... to see... Squall." she whispered with tears running down her checks. "You don't know what it's like. Everyone here has lost someone close to him or her but when I lost Squall it was more than that... I was more than loosing family or friends. Squall was everything... He was only thing I knew in my life..."
"He's still unconscious. I'll open the shutters so you can see him but I'm afraid that I still can not allow you to see him." Piet answered Rinoa's plea and entered the commands to open the safety shutters. The sounds of the shutter motor made everyone notice a large viewing window slowly appear behind them. Irvine and Zell helped Rinoa to her feet and made they way to the viewing window. Everyone soon followed.
"It's the same holding cell that Ellone was in." Irvine mention aloud.
"Hyne! What is Odine thinking?" Ellone replied. Squall was lying face down on the cell floor. He wore elastic safety ties around his hands like a prisoner. Squall's normal clothing had been removed and he was now wearing a patient gown.
"I apologies for my lateness." Odine said as he entered the viewing room. "Piet, do you have the test results?"
"Results Tests? What kind of test are you conducting?" Cid enquired.
"We have to conduct the same safety tests that Seed team had when they returned from time compression." Peit answered the headmaster.
"If that's the case them why are his hands tied and the heavy security?" Quistis asked.
"That's because we have also conducting... ahem... other test..."
"What do you mean by 'other tests ?'" Rinoa asked.
"DNA tests to precise. I have concerns the man that came through the portal may not be Squall Leonhart." Odine's response shocked everyone in the room except for Piet who he asked to conduct the tests.
"What do you mean? I know that's Squall. My Squall! Just let me prove it!" Rinoa said angry and upset at the doctor's comment. She marched over to the cell door but was headed off by Laguna.
"Rinoa please just wait a moment. There is still a lot that we don't know." Laguna pleaded.
"Get... Out... Of... My... Way..." Rinoa was seething with anger. She had enough of the excuses and delays. All she knew and cared about was Squall who was just meters away on the other side of the cell door.
"He's waking!" Irvine yelled, pointing into the view window. Everyone watched the man slowly gain move and shift uncomfortably.
***Inside the Cell***
[Ah... Where... My head]
The first thing he notice was that he was cold and lying down. He tired to sit up and suddenly felt this muscles sting as he tired to move. This brought him back down and he rolled over onto his back instead. His eyes slowly focused on a high ceiling with a pair of fluoresce tube lights. He brought his hands to his eyes and notice that they were tied together [What the? Where am I? Why are my hands tied? What's that mirror doing there?] Squall had turned his head to the side to see a large mirror nearing covering the entire size of the wall. A steel door without any handles was just the left of it [That mirror... am I in the Esthar laboratory? The last thing I remember was...]
***Viewing and Control Room***
"SQUALL! SQUALL!" Rinoa had not stopped yelling his name and banging on the window since Irvine alerted everyone that he was waking. "Why can't he see me?"
"I'm afraid it's a one way mirror sound proof mirror." Odine said to a frantic Rinoa.
"That's it! Open the door!" Rinoa spat. "Get out of my way!"
"Rinoa wait" Rinoa turned around to see that it was Quistis.
"Quistis, don't you love Squall? Don't you miss him?" Quistis looked away from her pleading friend "Please help me... I have to..."
"It's killing me as well, Rin. But I... I... can see where Laguna and Dr. Odine are coming from..."
"Rinoa... I think they are right. How would you feel if that wasn't Squall." Alex asked from the doorway. "I know that if that man wasn't Squall it would kill you."
"Alex, I... I'm..." [Hyne! How long has Alex been there? Did he hear everything I said? Hyne, I have forgotten about Alex.]
-Where am I? What's going on?- Odine had asked Piet to activate the speakerphone in the holding cell.
"Squall!" Everyone exclaimed after hearing his voice over through the console speaker.
"You're in a special facility in Esthar. Do you remember anything about what happen?" Odine spoke into the microphone that extended from the console.
-Do I remember... I remember everything. Where's my clothes and equipment?-
"...Interesting..." Odine then click the microphone "Do you know your name?"
-My name? ...Is this a military interrogation?-
"Just answer the question please-
-Whatever... just tell me where I am?-
"SQUALL! That's Squall! Are you happy now? Open the door!" Rinoa yelled at the Odine and his assistant after hearing his patent quote.
"Yeah, open the door or we are going to bust it down! We're elite Seeds you know!" Selphie added. They were backed up with Quistis, Zell and Irvine coming behind them.
"Headmaster Cid, are you going to condone this behavior from your Seeds?" Odine asked the elder man.
"I'm not going to argue with these Seeds. If you want to stand between the world's most elite Seed team of their 'objective' then go ahead but I better warn you that this team has not failed a mission or missed a target to date." Cid replied giving a descret wink to the group.
"Laguna, are you going to do anything? You're the President of Esthar!" Odine said to the clumsy man.
"You're right, Odine." Laguna's response brought a sigh of relief from Odine. "Piet release the lock on the cell door."
"WHAT! Have you lost your mind?" Odine demanded Laguna.
"No I haven't and as you said I am the President."
-Hello? Is anyone there?- Squall voice echoed through the speaker. –I'm not sure what you want but can you at least turn up the heat.-
"Piet don't open that door! We still don't know how he managed to get through the portal or why he is even here. For all we know, that person could be under the control of a sorceress." Odine attempted reason.
"We'll deal with that scenario if it arises. In the meantime open the door." Laguna countered. Piet gave in to the pressure from Laguna and released the cell door. Everyone except from Odine, Piet and Alex rushed into the room and mobbed Squall in a group hug. They could hear the sound of laughter and cries as a family was reunited after almost fives years apart.
"Piet continue with the test." Odine requested as he watched everyone in Squall's cell.
By Wonga316
COPYRIGHT Final Fantasy and its characters are property of Squaresoft etc, etc...
INTRODUCTION This my first attempt at FF8 fan fic. It takes places directly after time compression with a twist that will rock the crew of FF8 to the core (especially Rinoa).
Excuse any spelling or grammar mistakes. I try my best to catch them all but occasional one does slip through. I'll also try to keep everyone IC and minimize OC.
"..." Indicates normal speech [...] Indicates speakers thoughts -...- Indicates any other communications e.g. – radio, television, telephone, speaker
CHAPTER 02 "SQUALL!" Rinoa screamed.
Quistis turned around and saw the young sorceress shove Alex out of the way the rush towards the fallen body.
"What the!" Alex exclaimed as he hit the ground [Rinoa?]
"NO! Don't touch him! Someone stop her!" The doctor yelled. The compression portal suddenly closed and the rush of air pushed everyone including Rinoa back to the ground. The force of air also scattered some chairs and knocked the flower arch over. The scene looked like a hurricane had passed through.
***Esthar – Dr Odine's Lab***
"Rinoa. Are you awake? Awake up baby." Alex spoke softy.
"Hmmm.... Squ... Wher..." Rinoa mumbled half consciously.
"It's Alex. You're in Esthar. It's me, Alex." [Damn it, she's asking about 'SQUALL' again. I thought she was over him]
"Alex. Where am I?" Rinoa opened her eyes and found that she was lying on a bed with Alex looking over her. "WAIT! SQUALL! LET ME GO! SQUALL! SQUALL!" she suddenly remembered what had happen during the wedding and started where she left off.
"Rin! Calm down!" Alex said trying to hold her down. "Squall is safe! Just settle down!" [Damn you, Leonheart...]
"Calm down! I WANT TO SEE SQUALL! SQUALL! LET ME GO!" she yelled again, trying harder to free herself. "Please Alex! I have to see him, I have to hold him." She pleaded as her tears were streaked down her checks.
"Its alright Alex, you can let her up." Laguna's spoke from the doorway. Alex reluctantly released her and she shoot off towards the door and Laguna.
"Hang on Rinoa. I know you..." Laguna said holding his hands up and blocking the doorway completely.
"HANG ON! I have to see him!"
"Rinoa, just listen to me. There's something you should know before you see him." Laguna said putting his hand on her shoulders.
"What? Is something wrong? Is Squall ok?" Rinoa asked her voice dripping with concern.
"You better come see for yourself." Laguna said leading Rinoa away. Leaving Alex wondering in the room what was to happen to with himself and Rinoa.
"Are we back in the Esthar?" Rinoa asked as Laguna lead her through the corridor. "It looks like the laboratory."
"That's right. After what happen at the wedding, the doc thought it would be best that we brought Squall here." Laguna answered.
"Why? Is there something wrong with Squall?" Rinoa asked again.
"I... Ah... that might be better explained by Odine." Laguna replied unsure about himself as they approached a set of double steel doors. Laguna pulled an access card out and swiped it into the key slot on the side. The security system beeped and the doors slid open. Cid and Edea discussing something in private on one side of the room. The rest of the gang appeared to be arguing with Ward and Kiros. They also seem to be protecting Peit. Peit was at a console typing in some commands trying to ignore the comotion behind him.
"What's going on? Where's Squall?" Rinoa asked to one in particular, getting everybody's attention.
"Rin! Hyne, you're awake." Selphie exclaimed as she rushed towards the young sorceress "The doctor says we can't see Squall."
"WHAT! Why not, let me see him!" Rinoa demanded.
"I know you all are worried about Squall but the doctor gave specific instructions that no one is to see him for now." Kiros explained to the group and Ellone.
"Where is the doctor right now?" Quistis asked, getting annoyed by the answers that they were getting from the Kiros.
"Dr. Odine is currently in his office and asked that no one disturb Squall or himself." Piet replied not looking away from his console.
"SQUALL COULD BE SICK OR DYING AND HE'S TAKING A BREAK IN HIS OFFICE!" Rinoa yelled at the top of voice. "I WANT TO SEE SQUALL NOW!" everyone was taken back by the outburst.
"I think everyone should take a deep breath and calm down for a moment." Edea spoke to the group.
"But Marton, that's Squall in there. He's one of us." Zell replied to the older women.
"Uncle! Can't you do something!" Ellone demanded the Esthar President
"I'm sorry... I have agreed with Odine on this. It would be best that we wait." Laguna answered not looking Ellone in the eye [I'm sorry Ellone... I know it hurts but just please be patience]
"WAIT FOR WHAT? I've waited for almost five years! I... I..." Rinoa broke down before she could finish her emotional outburst.
"Rinoa!" everyone rushed to her side as she fell to her knees.
"Please... I... I... Just... Want to see him. I want... to see... Squall." she whispered with tears running down her checks. "You don't know what it's like. Everyone here has lost someone close to him or her but when I lost Squall it was more than that... I was more than loosing family or friends. Squall was everything... He was only thing I knew in my life..."
"He's still unconscious. I'll open the shutters so you can see him but I'm afraid that I still can not allow you to see him." Piet answered Rinoa's plea and entered the commands to open the safety shutters. The sounds of the shutter motor made everyone notice a large viewing window slowly appear behind them. Irvine and Zell helped Rinoa to her feet and made they way to the viewing window. Everyone soon followed.
"It's the same holding cell that Ellone was in." Irvine mention aloud.
"Hyne! What is Odine thinking?" Ellone replied. Squall was lying face down on the cell floor. He wore elastic safety ties around his hands like a prisoner. Squall's normal clothing had been removed and he was now wearing a patient gown.
"I apologies for my lateness." Odine said as he entered the viewing room. "Piet, do you have the test results?"
"Results Tests? What kind of test are you conducting?" Cid enquired.
"We have to conduct the same safety tests that Seed team had when they returned from time compression." Peit answered the headmaster.
"If that's the case them why are his hands tied and the heavy security?" Quistis asked.
"That's because we have also conducting... ahem... other test..."
"What do you mean by 'other tests ?'" Rinoa asked.
"DNA tests to precise. I have concerns the man that came through the portal may not be Squall Leonhart." Odine's response shocked everyone in the room except for Piet who he asked to conduct the tests.
"What do you mean? I know that's Squall. My Squall! Just let me prove it!" Rinoa said angry and upset at the doctor's comment. She marched over to the cell door but was headed off by Laguna.
"Rinoa please just wait a moment. There is still a lot that we don't know." Laguna pleaded.
"Get... Out... Of... My... Way..." Rinoa was seething with anger. She had enough of the excuses and delays. All she knew and cared about was Squall who was just meters away on the other side of the cell door.
"He's waking!" Irvine yelled, pointing into the view window. Everyone watched the man slowly gain move and shift uncomfortably.
***Inside the Cell***
[Ah... Where... My head]
The first thing he notice was that he was cold and lying down. He tired to sit up and suddenly felt this muscles sting as he tired to move. This brought him back down and he rolled over onto his back instead. His eyes slowly focused on a high ceiling with a pair of fluoresce tube lights. He brought his hands to his eyes and notice that they were tied together [What the? Where am I? Why are my hands tied? What's that mirror doing there?] Squall had turned his head to the side to see a large mirror nearing covering the entire size of the wall. A steel door without any handles was just the left of it [That mirror... am I in the Esthar laboratory? The last thing I remember was...]
***Viewing and Control Room***
"SQUALL! SQUALL!" Rinoa had not stopped yelling his name and banging on the window since Irvine alerted everyone that he was waking. "Why can't he see me?"
"I'm afraid it's a one way mirror sound proof mirror." Odine said to a frantic Rinoa.
"That's it! Open the door!" Rinoa spat. "Get out of my way!"
"Rinoa wait" Rinoa turned around to see that it was Quistis.
"Quistis, don't you love Squall? Don't you miss him?" Quistis looked away from her pleading friend "Please help me... I have to..."
"It's killing me as well, Rin. But I... I... can see where Laguna and Dr. Odine are coming from..."
"Rinoa... I think they are right. How would you feel if that wasn't Squall." Alex asked from the doorway. "I know that if that man wasn't Squall it would kill you."
"Alex, I... I'm..." [Hyne! How long has Alex been there? Did he hear everything I said? Hyne, I have forgotten about Alex.]
-Where am I? What's going on?- Odine had asked Piet to activate the speakerphone in the holding cell.
"Squall!" Everyone exclaimed after hearing his voice over through the console speaker.
"You're in a special facility in Esthar. Do you remember anything about what happen?" Odine spoke into the microphone that extended from the console.
-Do I remember... I remember everything. Where's my clothes and equipment?-
"...Interesting..." Odine then click the microphone "Do you know your name?"
-My name? ...Is this a military interrogation?-
"Just answer the question please-
-Whatever... just tell me where I am?-
"SQUALL! That's Squall! Are you happy now? Open the door!" Rinoa yelled at the Odine and his assistant after hearing his patent quote.
"Yeah, open the door or we are going to bust it down! We're elite Seeds you know!" Selphie added. They were backed up with Quistis, Zell and Irvine coming behind them.
"Headmaster Cid, are you going to condone this behavior from your Seeds?" Odine asked the elder man.
"I'm not going to argue with these Seeds. If you want to stand between the world's most elite Seed team of their 'objective' then go ahead but I better warn you that this team has not failed a mission or missed a target to date." Cid replied giving a descret wink to the group.
"Laguna, are you going to do anything? You're the President of Esthar!" Odine said to the clumsy man.
"You're right, Odine." Laguna's response brought a sigh of relief from Odine. "Piet release the lock on the cell door."
"WHAT! Have you lost your mind?" Odine demanded Laguna.
"No I haven't and as you said I am the President."
-Hello? Is anyone there?- Squall voice echoed through the speaker. –I'm not sure what you want but can you at least turn up the heat.-
"Piet don't open that door! We still don't know how he managed to get through the portal or why he is even here. For all we know, that person could be under the control of a sorceress." Odine attempted reason.
"We'll deal with that scenario if it arises. In the meantime open the door." Laguna countered. Piet gave in to the pressure from Laguna and released the cell door. Everyone except from Odine, Piet and Alex rushed into the room and mobbed Squall in a group hug. They could hear the sound of laughter and cries as a family was reunited after almost fives years apart.
"Piet continue with the test." Odine requested as he watched everyone in Squall's cell.