Trials and Tribulations

Chapter 6

The Betrayal part deux

-RECAP! Squall and Rinoa have been taken by Seifer, and Quistis and the others are out to find out why. Thank you and good night.-Kagome

As the smoke cleared, Squall saw a figure appear. Creation? Why would he create something? And how? He shook his head and tried once more to break free from the stand that he was chained to. Come on! These chains have to give away some- He stopped as the chain holding his right hand broke off, giving him time to grab his gunblade and cut off the other bindings. Squall then glanced up and saw that it was Rinoa who had appeared from the smoke. Rin's his creation? What a joke. "What's this all about, Seifer? How is she your creation?"

Seifer laughed and then glared at Squall. "How? Watch...And learn." He stepped behind Rinoa and whispered something in her ear, to which she nodded to, setting her sights on Squall. Pleased with himself, Seifer turned to walk out.

"Sir!" One of the Galbadian soldiers ran in, clearly out of breath. "The SeeDs! They're..They're here. And so is the senator, with Estharian soldiers."

Seifer nodded. "Good. They're here. Just like I thought they would be, seeing as I took their...friends." He glanced over his shoulder at Squall. "But, will you still be alive when they get-" He quickly looked back towards the door, just as Quistis and the others rushed in. "I didn't expect you so soon. But glad that you could come."

"Shut it, Seifer!" Zell stepped forward, getting ready to battle him, if necessary. "Just give us back Squall and Rin and you won't be killed." The others nodded in agreement, also ready to fight.

They should just get out of here! There's no point in them coming here at all! I could have taken care of him and got Rin out of here. "You all should just-" Squall stopped short as the blade from Rinoa's weapon caught him off-guard. "Rin! What are you doing! It's Seifer you should be attacking! Not me!"

Rinoa placed the blade back on the weapon and shook her head. "No. You're my target. It's payback for what you did to me. For offering me as Adel's sacrifice, for everything that you did. I can never forgive you. Never!" She aimed the blade at Squall once more and was just about to fire it when Laguna and his soldiers ran in.

Laguna motioned to a few soldiers. "Take Mr. Almasy, and that soldier of his." After they nodded, he motioned to a few more. "Search around and arrest any other soldiers that you find." He then glanced over at Rinoa and Squall, then at the others.

Squall glanced over at Laguna and shook his head. "Don't you even dare think about taking Rinoa. I'll handle her, got it?" He backed away as Laguna nodded and followed the soldiers out. "Rin, you know that it was Seifer that did all that to you, right? Not me."

She shook her head. "No. It was you. Seifer said so! He said that it was you!" She released the trigger and fired the blade, which was hit off course by Irvine's gun. "Don't defend him! You should know that he did all that to me!"

Irvine sighed and started to walk over to her. "No, Rinoa. It was Seifer, not Squall." He then stared at Squall. "Seifer must've brainwashed her or something to make her believe that. There's no other way. We have to snap her out of it, you do know that right?" Squall nodded. "So, then what do we do?"

Squall shook his head once more. "I don't really know. If it is just a brainwashing, then there must a button or something that can undo this." He glanced over at Irvine and the others, who nodded and hurried over to block Rinoa from getting to Squall. If I'm right, then we can save Rin.

To be continued...

A/N: Sorry for another short chapter, but part trois will be up Enjoy until then!-Kagome