EverShadow: Yep. The long awaited chapyter has arrived. This'll be the first of 3 parts of the end...

Tiger of Blackness: WAHOO!!

EverShadow: ...of the Omega Weapon. Tiger, did you listen at all when I said that there was going to be more?

Tiger of Blackness: More? Huh? What?

EverShadow: Apparently not. Well, on with the show.

The Journey to the End of Space and Time

(Aka: For Quistis: Part 1)

The Ragnarok descended upon the island at too fast a speed to be healthy for any of the occupants on board. Selphie screamed as the controls exploded. Irvine all but jumped in front of her to shield her from some of the blast. Seifer felt nauseous and he fell to his knees.

"WE'RE GUNNA DIE!" Zell yelled, taking the secondary controls. He pulled up as hard as he could, the muscles in his neck and arms straining.

"ZELL!" Squall shouted, holding Rinoa.

"I'M TRYING BOSS-MAN!" He shouted. Seifer stood up. He wasn't going to die, not when he was so close to Quistis. He seized part of the controls and pulled back with him. The Ragnarok's fall slowed down a little before crashing into the ground. Everyone groaned simultaneously, having hit at least one appendage on part of the Ragnarok.

"Are we ok?" Rinoa asked, getting up.

"Motherf-gingsonofabeotch..." Zell muttered as he got up.

"I think so...something knocked a few screws loose up there though..." Selphie said, rubbing her head.

"As if they weren't knocked loose before?" Irvine chuckled, receiving a smack atop the head. Seifer looked around. The lights in the Ragnarok returned when the back up power kicked in and when he saw what loomed outside, he very nearly jumped out of his skin.

"Hey, I'd love to rejoice our getting out of this crash in one piece but..."

"BRACE YOURSELVES!" Selphie yelled as the Omega Weapon's giant claw descended upon the Ragnarok. Seifer flung himself to the floor as did many others. The roar that followed was nothing short of deafening as the Ragnarok was heaved upwards like a toy. Even though the ship was bigger, the Weapon had no trouble lifting it above its head and shaking it around. Seifer turned around just in time to see Zell grow green.

"NOT NOW CHICKEN-WUSS!" Seifer warned. Squall stood up and tried to steady himself.

"Seifer, Irvine! Get up!" He ordered.

"What are you going on about, Pubes?!" Seifer shouted, his bravado returning and all sorrow forgotten due to their current situation.

"Just get up!" Squall shouted. Seifer scowled and stood up, shaking as the ship lurched left. Irvine balanced himself on his gun. Squall climbed over the window and looked down at the Omega Weapon's head.

"Don't worry, my baby..." Zell cooed, petting the floor. "We'll go down together." Selphie stared at him, walked over and hammered him on the head.

"Don't go saying that now!" She snapped.

"You see the eyes?!" Squall demanded. Seifer's look of confusion turned into a smirk as he drew his Hyperion.

"I get you now, Pubes." Irvine cocked his gun and smiled too.

"On the count of three! One, two, THREE!" All three of them fired through the window of the Ragnarok, directly at the Omega Weapon's eye. All three bullets made direct contact and it screeched in pain, throwing the Ragnarok aside.

"Everyone out!" Squall ordered, going to Rinoa's side.

"Squall..." She whimpered, looking down at her leg. Squall's eyes went wide in shock. Her leg was broken and white bone protruded from the skin. "Just get going..."

"NO!" He lifted her up.

"Come on Pubes! It's really pissed now and it's headed straight for us!" Seifer shouted. Squall carried Rinoa on his back and ran towards the hangar.

"ARGH!" Zell screamed as the Ragnarok took another tumble. "Get that damn door open!" The hangar had been bent shut and there was no way out. Even worse, the could feel the Ragnarok being lifted again, this time, to be smashed into pieces or blown up or disintegrated. Irvine loaded a pulse bullet and fired over and over. Zell tried to pound it open while Seifer looked for another way.

"How's Rinoa?" Selphie asked as she cast another cure spell.

"She's gone unconscious, probably from the pain..." he replied.

"We got it!" Irvine whooped as he gazed at the gaping hole that his hard work had done. Zell jumped through, followed by Seifer.

"Come on, Pubes!" he shouted as he disappeared through the hole. Selphie helped put Rinoa on her back.

"Let's go." Irvine said, putting an arm around her. Selphie looked up at him and smiled gratefully. Squall and Rinoa went through and just as Irvine neared the edge, the Ragnarok gave another lurch. He fell through but Selphie slid and smashed her head against the wall.

"SELPHIE!" He screamed hysterically, grabbing hold on the edge of hole. He pulled himself up and looked at her. "Come on...get up..." Selphie lifted her bleeding head.

"Irvy..." she whispered, smiling even though the blood was pouring down her face. "I..." That was the last he heard from her as the Ragnarok pitched forward and he lost his grip, falling to the ground with a resounding crunch. He could only stare in horror as the Ragnarok flew through the sky, hitting the ground with a giant thump and crunch. Small but consequential internal explosions followed.

"NOOOO!" He screamed, trying to get up but only succeeding in crawling forward a few places. "NO NO NO NO!" The others went silent. He yelled wildly. He turned his attention to the Omega Weapon. "I'LL KILL YOU!" He got to his feet, and ignored the pain, charging blindly at the Weapon.
"STOP!" Zell yelled. Irvine at the Omega Weapon, firing shots as he went. The Weapon merely swatted at them as if they were flies or bees.

"YOU BASTARD!!" Irvine fired off his hyper shot, inflicting minimal damage.

"Cowboy, you won't be able to take him on like that!" Seifer snapped.

"It doesn't matter now..." He shouted back. One sweep of the Omega Weapon's claw sent Irvine flying through the air. "You guys, get him while I distract him!"

"You idiot!" Zell shouted. "Get back here and wait until we regroup! You can't do anything!" Blood leaked out from Irvine's teeth as he coughed.

"Shit..." He hissed as he reloaded his Exeter. Seifer scowled and jumped into combat as well. He sliced at the Omega Weapon's side but the Hyperion merely scratched the surface. Zell, all but blinded by rage, gave an animalistic roar and flew at the Weapon, doing a Meteor Strike in the process. Squall set Rinoa down gently and drew his gunblade, rushing up and slicing. Irvine did a fairly good job of getting the Omega Weapon's attention, blasting shot after shot into its face. But even that wasn't enough to do significant damage and he was down to his last pulse bullet. In order to do any sort of damage at all, he would have to fire it at point blank.

"So be it!" He charged forward, loading the bullet into his gun. I can't waste this...he thought. The Omega Weapon fired a beam out of its mouth, missing Irvine but catapulting him away by the explosion. Intent on finishing its annoying prey, it charged, oblivious to the attacks of the other three.

"Catapult me!" Seifer ordered, turning to Zell.

"What?!" He demanded, running after the weapon.

"Put your hands out and give me a lift!" Zell did as he was told and Seifer stepped into his hand. The martial artist threw him up at the Weapon and he landed, though not very neatly.

"Damn!" He hissed as he tried to get a good grip on the Weapon's body. He thrust his Hyperion into its body and pulled himself up.

"SEIFER HURRY!" Zell yelled as the Omega Weapon neared the struggling body of the fallen cowboy. Either way, it was too late. The Omega Weapon made a noise akin to cackling and stomped heavily on the cowboy. But at the last minute, a blue aura surrounded him. Everyone turned to see Rinoa conscious for a second, hands stretched and then she fell back again. The three froze in horror when they turned around. The protect hadn't been enough. Irvine's body now lay crushed underneath the massive weight of the weapon. Blood spewed from his lips.

"You gotta be joking me..." Zell whispered in disbelief. "No...no way..." Irvine coughed and he put the Exeter to the Omega Weapon's leg. For once in his life, he couldn't think of anything smart to say so he fired and its leg exploded. The Weapon had tried to back away but now pitched forward, landing on the ground with only three legs left. Seifer jumped before he was crushed under while Squall and Zell rushed over to Irvine's side.

"Find...Sephy...she could still be alive...don't wanna give you false hope though...I doubt it. But still, find her." Irvine whispered.

"Phoenix down, cure, full-life anything!" Zell yelled in a frenzy, going through all of his spells and items.

"Save 'em." Irvine said. "Just...leave them for...yourselves."

"Come on, Selphie will be waiting for you when she wakes up." Squall said.

"Maybe...maybe not. Either way...if she is alive. Zell, I taught you everything I know about women."

"Sure did buddy." He replied, eyes tearing despite himself.

"So you'd better hook up with that hotty in the library, you hear?"

"Look, cowboy, you better live. Your girl's gunna be awful sad when she wakes up and you're not there. I for one think I have a better chance of surviving this encounter than living through a depressed Messenger Girl." Irvine chuckled.

"I'm sure she'll....turn out ok..." He closed his eyes. "I'm gunna sleep now..." The air was filled with silence until Zell, the most emotional of them all, screamed to vent his anger and began pounding the ground. Squall stood up and sighed while Seifer shook his head.

"Save it." He snapped to Zell. The martial artist looked up at him with murderous intent. "We'll need your anger, Chicken-Wuss. We ain't done yet." Seifer looked over at the Omega Weapon as it tried to get up.

"Bring it...I'll smack it so hard..." He promised. Squall swung his gunblade, more than ready to avenge his fallen comrades.

"For Quistis?" Seifer asked.

"For Quistis." Squall and Zell said at the same time.

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EverShadow: Aren't I evil?
Tiger of Blackness: ...YOU KILLED TWO IN THE SAME CHAPYTER!!

EverShadow: Who said I killed them...who said I didn't...BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!

Tiger of Blackness: Irvine's crushed, Selphie's probably dead!! YOU ARE EVIL!!! EVIL!!! I HATE YOU!!

EverShadow: Teehee. Anyway, this is the end of part 1 of 3. And as to why I took Selphie out...I kinda realized that in almost all the fanfictions I've read, it's either Rinoa or Quistis that get mortally injured/killed. So I figured, go for Selphie...but it's a nice cliffhanger no? HAHAHAHA!! EverShadow signing off.