Editors Note: It continues...This chapter is a kind of summary of past events, and should put some pieces of the puzzle together.

Gale left Squall in the infirmary. Dr. Kadowaki told him that Squall would likely make a full recovery; he's been through much worse. The purple-eyed boy left soon afterwards, passing a distraught Storm on the way out. They didn't look at each other as they passed by.

"Oh my God! Is my daddy okay? Where's my daddy!" He heard her shout out behind him. He stopped for a moment, part of him wanting to leave and part of him wanting to stay. In the end, he left. It wasn't his problem. What did he care if Squall died? But he knew deep down that this was not the case.

He walked briskly towards the elevator. He vaguely noticed people staring at him from behind doorways. Let them stare, he thought. I don't care. I'm just happy that nobody is trying to kill me right now.

Then kill them before they can kill you. Kill the SeeDs… Replied a voice in his mind.

No, he thought, this time you're not going to win.

Why not? They are nothing compared to you. They are afraid of you. Eventually, they will think of you as a threat. And then…

Shut up, he thought. He stumbled, nearly tripping over. He felt slightly sick. With a great effort, he shut out the voice in his mind and stumbled into the elevator, hitting the nearest button he could reach, not caring where it took him.

He felt the bottom drop out of his stomach as the elevator plunged downwards. Looking up at the control panel, he saw that he had hit the button marked B1.

Eventually the elevator hissed to a stop. The doors opened and a blast of cool air blew in through them. It was dark outside. Cautiously, Gale approached the doorway, squinting into the darkness beyond. What am I doing, he thought, and stepped boldly out into the gloom.

"I'm very sorry to see you in such a state, Squall, but I must talk to you."

Squall looked up from where he was lying in the infirmary. The man standing before him was Headmaster Cid, the man in charge of Balamb Garden. He was very old now, and rumours were spreading around that he was planning to retire soon.

"Headmaster Cid." Squall replied, looking up at the wizened old man who had for so long directed him in his missions.

"Squall, I need to know what happened. What happened in the training area? How did you get those cuts?" Cid asked, frowning slightly, making his face even wrinklier than it was already.

Squall took a deep breath, and then began. "Well sir, I was sparring with my daughter in the training area. It's quiet there and we were unlikely to be disturbed. However, we were disturbed. The winged boy who calls himself Gale came into the area just before our match ended."

"Why was that?" Cid interrupted.

"I don't know," Squall continued, "But he was watching us very closely. Then something strange happened. He put his hands over his head, like he was in pain. Then he fell over and started twitching, like he was having a fit or something. A few seconds later, he got up and walked away like nothing had happened."

"And he didn't ask for help or say anything about it afterwards?" Cid asked, looking troubled. Squall shook his head.

"No, nothing. Then a T-Rexaur broke through into the area and attacked me-"

"That's impossible," Cid interrupted again, "I ordered the extermination of all T-Rexaurs after a group of them went on a rampage and killed several students."

"I swear it was a T-Rexaur, sir." Squall replied. "I tried to kill it, but I failed as you can see. The next thing I know I'm here with Storm crying all over me and repeatedly asking if I'm okay." He finished. Cid looked deeply disturbed by this news. He stood silently for a moment, then spoke.

"Let's go through this step by step. A mysterious object crashes into the hills near Dollet. Shortly after, a party of scouts goes missing. We now know that Gale killed them, but we don't know why. Your daughter was sent to look for the scouts, but found Gale instead, who attempted to kill her.

Storm incapacitated Gale, allowing us to bring him here. Upon questioning him, we discover that he is suffering from acute memory loss, or so he claims. I think it's safe to believe him. The Garden is then attacked by a group of highly trained soldiers who appeared to be trying to get to Gale.

Gale goes berserk and kills about ten of them, surviving a normally lethal wound through the heart. Later on, you are sparring with Storm when a T-Rexaur attacks you. I think we can assume that Gale killed it after you were knocked out." Cid finished, looking down at Squall.

Squall nodded slowly, thinking over what he had just been told. It made sense…or did it?

"Do you think that Gale came to Dollet in that burning object? Could it be a transport pod of some kind, which then malfunctioned and crashed, causing his memory loss?" Squall asked, looking back up at Cid. Cid nodded.

"That is a possibility. Dr. Kadowaki did a scan on Gale when he arrived here and it checks out with his story; an area of his brain appears to have been damaged by a massive trauma, but is still trying to function." Cid replied. Squall frowned slightly.

"Is this where Gale gets his psychotic attacks from? Where he loses control and attacks people?" Squall questioned, thinking deeply.

"Dr. Kadowaki seems to think so." Cid replied, still looking troubled.

"I think we need to get someone to follow Gale and make sure he doesn't cause any trouble. Not that we could stop him if he does…"

"Yes. That would be a good idea. I have a good idea of who to send, but you're not going to like it."

Squall narrowed his eyes. "If you're suggesting…"

"I am, Squall. It will help her get over her fear."

Gale's eyes were becoming accustomed to the darkness around him. He could make out pipes and metal girders all around him, crisscrossing and winding all around the area he was now in. It appeared to be some sort of maintenance area. It was eerily silent.

Gale walked away from the elevator, his footsteps echoing off the metal floor, making a dull clanging sound every time he put his foot down. Behind him, the elevator suddenly hissed closed. Gale whirled around, purple eyes widening as he saw his only exit speed up into the ceiling above him.

"Not good…" He whispered to himself, turning away from the empty glass elevator shaft and staring into the gloomy interior of the area he was in. Everything was silent again, except for a slow dripping noise. It reminded Gale of something, but he couldn't think what.

A sudden noise made him spin around once more. A metal clang sounded around the maintenance room. Something else was in the room with him. Gale backed slowly towards the elevator shaft, his left hand reaching for the call button. He felt nervous, almost afraid. Fear of the unknown is mankind's greatest weakness.

Two softly glowing blue lights appeared in the gloom. They blinked slowly, then began advancing towards Gale. Gale lifted his right hand, conjuring up a glowing ball of light. The immediate area was illuminated as a pool of light spread out. The glowing specks immediately disappeared. Behind him, the elevator arrived. Quickly, he stepped back into it, this time making sure that he actually looked at which button he was pressing.

As the elevator disappeared, the figure in the gloom let out a chuckle. Dr. Blaine had been right. 1500 was gaining human emotions. He was developing weaknesses. Very soon, 1500 would be dead, and Cloud would be the one to make it happen.