"Wow, it's boiling!" said Jessie as they entered the cavern.
"Lava" said Dominic "No doubt there's a lot of fiends in here, did you bring whatever weapon you use?"
"Yes" she said pulling out a large chrome handgun from the bag she was carrying
"Alright then" he said walking onwards "Bizarre weapon, I thought you'd have something like a whip"
"I'm not that kind of girl" she said winking at him. Dominic laughed
"Does that mean Quistis is?" he thought aloud.
"Gross!" said Jessie laughing with Dominic. The two of them continued onwards through the cavern in silence.
"Pretty cool cavern" she said "As far as caverns go"
"How many have you been in?" Dominic asked
"Not many" she said "I used to go climbing with my dad"
"Interesting" said Dominic "Where's you go?"
"We went to quite a few places such as Trabia and the snowy places" said Jessie
"Sounds nice" he said
"It was" she said. They continued to walk through the cavern; the only sound that broke their silence was the sloshing of the lava and the gushing noise of steam.
"Where are all the fiends?" she thought aloud
"I have no idea" said Dominic "It was the same in the Garden; no fiends ever!"
"Maybe you scare them" she said sarcastically. Dominic laughed
"Nah, it's you it is" he said "You're a very scary person"
"Yeah right" Jessie said with a laugh.
The two students continued their walk until they reached a large pool of lava.
"I guess this is the end of the line" said Dominic walking around the pool. Jessie whirled around when she heard the sound of stone cracking underfoot. Dominic heard it also and looked up. Jessica ran around so that she was on the other side of the pool with Dominic.
"Who's there?" Dominic called into the darkness of the cavern. No one replied to his question. Dominic clenched his fist and he felt the pins and needles running up his spine as he prepared to block anything that was about to be fired at them. Next to him Jessie was stood pointing her pistol at the darkness but he could see that she was shaking; no use in a fight then he mused. They did not have to wait long until a large dragon appeared through the smoke.
"I didn't know they had these around here!" she said stepping back.
"They don't" said Dominic who had raised his right hand "I don't think a single red dragon has ever been seen in this area" the dragon eyed them suspiciously.
"What if it attacks?" Jessie asked looking up at Dominic who was taller than her.
"Being attacked isn't the problem" said Dominic "Fighting back is"
"What do you mean?" she asked. The dragon had begun to circle the pit slowly and the two teenagers walked around the opposite way.
"You're gun won't do much good and if I start attacking it I might bring down the entire cave" said Dominic.
"We could run" she guessed.
"It's always an idea" he said. The dragon stopped and began to walk back the same way it had come. The dragon stopped at the path that led to the entrance.
"Or maybe not" Dominic said. The dragon shook its head from side to side before turning and walking away through the smoke. Dominic and Jessie stood there in confusion
"What the hell?" Dominic said aloud "It could have killed us, why didn't it?"
"Who cares?" Jessie asked "Let's just get out of here, please"
"Alright" said Dominic "Just stay behind me" he ordered as they both began to walk towards the entrance. They walked slowly and Dominic's hand was constantly up; we don't want to get ambushed he told himself. They managed to make it to the entrance without getting attacked but also without sighting the dragon.
"Where did it go?" Jessie asked Dominic.
"I don't care where it went" he said "I'm still trying to figure out where it came from and why it just left when it had the chance to kill us"
"Do you think it could have killed that kid?" she asked as they ran back to the Garden.
"I don't know" said Dominic "We'll just tell Squall what just happened and then he'll be able to figure it out"
"You think so?" she asked
"I'll bet my life on it" said Dominic as they ran through the Garden and took the elevator to Squall's office.