A/N: okok.. I don't think I'll finish the story today… but if I go on at this pace.. I'd most certainly be able to finish it soon oh, and I've noticed one mistake in the previous chapter, the time Selphie gave Quistis was supposed to be 1315 not 0115 P Anyways, review… plz… I need reviews.. "

Chapter 8

DOLLET BEACH – MIDNIGHT

"Spotted anything?" Selphie ran over to one of the SEEDs eagerly. He merely shook his head in response. "Poof. Boring!"

"Selphie, stop running around, you've making me really dizzy right now." Quistis begged.

"But Quisty, we've been here for half a day! And there's still nothing!" whined Selphie.

Quistis ignored Selphie's whining. She glanced down at the digits on her watch. 0000 HRS, 'Midnight,' she thought. 'Almost all of the other attacks occur at midnight.' "Selphie, be quiet." She scolded as she looked around in the darkness and listened. Silence. Nothing but the sounds of the waves crashing on to the sandy beach. Everything is so quiet, so peaceful, so calm. But something is telling her that this is wrong. This silent peacefulness, this calm. It's all wrong. "Too quiet." She muttered.

"Then why did you tell me to be quiet, Quistis." Selphie laughed.

"I'm not talking about you, Selphie, for you, quiet is good." Quistis raised up her palm telling Selphie to stop moving as she walked towards the beach.

"Commander?" One of the SEEDs questioned.

"Shh!" she snapped at him, while walking further towards the beach. Now, all 3 SEEDs are up on their feet in their fighting stance. Selphie had also took out her Nanchaku and Quistis, Save the Queen in hand. And there, from the dark water of the ocean, where shadows of 5 water vehicles. The black color of the vehicle told them that they aren't reinforcements sent from any of their allies. Quistis quickly turned to Kenneth. "Get the other teams here! Call for reinforcement!" She shouted as Kenneth sped off into the town. One of the SEEDs, a gunner, started aiming at the centre vehicle. "Save your bullets, you can't hurt the machine." She stopped him.

As soon as she finished her last sentence, the vehicles' doors started opening as a stream of men in black uniform stormed the beach. The 5 SEEDs charged at their enemies. Quistis took down 2 men with one swift of her Save the Queen while gunner man shot down one of the men coming to attack her from behind. Selphie has already taken down 3 on her own while another SEED; a spear holder took down 2. Quistis took down 3 more with her whip but no matter how many they took down, more seems to be appearing. 'There must have been at least 50 of them.' She thought, guessing from the capacity of the vehicles. She looked around to see that they are slowly losing their stand. "Retreat into the town!" she ordered, as they started to back off into the town. Once the reached the town, they were joined by the other team. Zell quickly ran over to knock down 2 men with his fists before spinning around in a high kick to knock down 2 more running up to him. Quistis took down 2 more with another swift at her whip, while one of the SEEDs casted 'Fira'. After the flames died down, she noticed 4 tall shadows emerging.

"The infamous 4 attackers…" she muttered. As she started to advance through to them, but the thick pack of black warrior constantly kept coming her way. Quistis ducked low as she noticed someone took aim at her with a rifle before being knocked down by Selphie's Nunchaku. In the middle of the fight, Quistis noticed the 4 tall shadows of men walked past them into the city. She quickly left the site and ran after them into the city, until they've reached the town centre and she saw them split into different directions. It was too dark, and therefore she couldn't see what there features. "Where are you, Seifer?" she muttered quietly before deciding to follow the one heading east for no particular reason other than to take back at least one of them, if she can. She ran after her target and followed him until she reached a dead end. The man no where to be found. She spun around as she heard movement behind her back, and there stood a tall dark man with dark hair and an evil glint in his eyes. The man gave her a chilly smile before charging at her with his twin dagger. She blocked off the attack with her Save the Queen before spinning around to strike her own move. The man dodged in a skillful manner before crossing his arms together to cast a spell. Quistis was caught off-guard and fell on her knees under the sleep spell.

"I know it sucks to kill someone in their sleep," she heard him speak, "But killing a SEED commander has got to be an exception!" He laughed excitedly before striking down one of his dagger to her chest…

And with that last image, Quistis' world turned black…