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Trapped in the world of Final Fantasy 8
Chapter 3 – Big trouble
Mark was now in a high security prison, he was locked in a small metal room were his arms and legs were incased in metal restraints. He thrashed a bit, but wasn't able to move enough. The restraints held strong against him.
The electronic doors opened and President Laguna Loire and his assistants Kiros and Ward entered. They stood in front of Mark for a moment then Kiros said
'What are you?'
They dare insult you?
'Hey what do you mean by that?' demanded Mark, feeling slightly offended.
'It's not every day you see someone with glowing eyes and fangs.' Said Laguna; fighting back the urge to punch him.
'Why the hell did you kill all those people!' yelled Laguna
'Because they got in my way…' responded Mark calmly
'Fucking murder!' yelled Ward, smacking Mark in the face with full force 'some of those workers where my family and friends!' Mark grinned evilly but said nothing in response to Ward's outburst. Kiros watched them silently his eyes lined with tears and rage. One of the assistants killed was his nephew.
'Is that supposed to scare me Loire? You and your friends are past your prime. Even when you were younger you, Kiros and Ward made a mockery of Galbadia army, your nothing' laughed Mark, watching the looks on the faces of the three men in front of him.
Make them suffer, and then KILL! KILL! KILL!
First shock. Then embarrassment. Followed by rage. The guards in the room had to restrain and then drag the three out of the prison cell while Mark laughed mockingly all the while, who seemed to enjoy creating such a reaction. Even though he was imprisoned he could still make life a living hell.
Why am I doing this, I only want revenge against the sorceress?
You must destroy everything Mark, torture! Kill! Submit to the darkness!
Eventually the commotion died down and Laguna and the others went to the landing bay to escort the seeDs to interrogate him and if necessary seal him.
As you know readers in Mark's world FF8 was just a game and after completing it several times over he'd learnt a great deal about the characters personalities and pasts and knew exactly were there sore spots were.
Laguna for example had his repeative failures in the army and missing his son's birth and the death of his wife. Yes Mark was going to have a lot of fun mentally torturing Laguna Loire and to a lesser extent Kiros and Ward.
Back on the Ragnarok, with the sunny beauty Selphie piloting descended on the Esther landing bay. Onboard were Squall Leonheart, Rinoa Heartily, Quistis Trepe, Irvine Kinneas, Selphie Tilmitt and Zell Dincht.
Now Squall Leonheart, hero of the world and defeater of Ultimecia was a young man of slightly more than average height. He had floppy dark brown hair and a somewhat pale complexion.
His eyes were the deepest icy blue you'd ever see. They were direct and sharp and seemed to pierce your very soul. He was quiet, and semi cold hearted, to best describe him would be a lone wolf. He dressed mainly in black leather and around his neck was a thick silver chain and from that hung two rings; one was his silver Griever ring, with the symbol of a lion shaped Guardian Force.
The other was the Bond ring, a thick gold ring with black quartz set atop it and smaller gems around the band, it was a gift from Rinoa after he had been promoted the commander.
Squall is trained in a variety of weapons but he preferred to use a gun blade in battle.
Now the young Sorceress Rinoa who had aided Squall and the others against Ultimecia was slightly under average height; only 5ft 4inches. She had long thick black hair with a brown highlight across her forehead and a faint tan upon her skin and rosy colored lips.
Her eyes were a deep chocolate brown that seemed to draw you into their depths and melt away your tough exterior. She was a happy, cheerful person that hid away her own sorrow and tried to make all those around her happy and light hearted.
She tended to dress in a beautiful sea blue; usually a blue shirt, blue jacket and shorts. Her favorite weapon of choice was the Sun rise, a small wrist device that shot high speed cutting disks.
The strict, dominating SeeD instructor Quistis Trepe was 18 years old. She had guided the group since their failed mission to kidnap President Deling. She was quite tall and had olive tinted complexion and waist length golden blond hair that seemed to sparkle in the light.
Her eyes were a deep, deep blue that contained a vast knowledge and a torrent of emotions that hid behind her usually expressionless face.
Quistis mainly dressed in warm sunny colors, such as oranges and yellows. She usually wore a tight fitting, imposing orange jacket and skirt and knee height black leather boots.
She was most skilled with the gun blade like Squall, but tended to favor a whip as her weapon. An excellent choice for keeping enemies at a distance.
Irvine Kinesis was the top sniper from Galbadia Garden. He joined up with the team when he was hired to help the other seeDs assassinate Sorceress Edea who was under the control of Ultimecia. He was a tall young man, just topping 6ft. He was lightly tanned and had long light brown hair tied in a ponytail.
He had shallow brown eyes that matched his personality quite nicely. He was a light hearted man who was a known flirt and cheated on his girl friends frequently. He was not to be trusted.
(A/N Irvine fans forgive me!)
He dressed in a full length brown jacket and always wore his wide brim hat. He considered himself a cowboy as well as a real ladies man.
Irvine's main weapon was a sniper gun; his main jobs consisted of murder and assassination of dangerous political enemies. When it came to the shot he was all business; almost like an imitation Squall. Unless nerves set in of course.
Selphie Tilmitt was a transfer student from Timber garden and had been with Squall and Zell since their first mission, several years ago. She was a beautiful petite 17 year old with a somewhat tanned complexion and dark brown shoulder length hair that was curled at its edges.
She had emerald green eyes that were always alight with joy and excitement. She was a fun loving person and the soul of any party either hosted or attended to by her. She was kind and generous and always stuck by her friends.
She always dressed in various shades of yellow; her preferred clothing was a thigh length bright yellow dress.
Selphie's preferred choice of weapon is a large red num-chuck which she used with various martial art techniques to pummel her enemies into submission.
Zell Dincht was a carefree young man who lived in Balamb in his youth and joined Balamb garden in the hopes of becoming a big war hero like his grandfather.
He was a medium sized man who usually wore a round goofy smile on his face and gelled his pale blond hair into ludicrously long spikes.
He had blue-green eyes and like Selphie he tended to be hypoactive and fun loving. Though he wasn't the smartest guy around, he was loyal and caring towards his friends. Unfortunately he had a tendency to get into fights at the drop of a hat. Usually at the annoying comments of the ex-knight Seifer Almasy.
He tended to dress in bright, strong colors like reds and blues. Usually a bright shirt, jacket and shorts.
Zell was highly skilled in various martial arts such as karate, Ninjitsu, Judo, Kung fu and Ti-Kwan-doe. He fought mainly with his fists and wore spiked knuckle dusters that could kill a Tyrannosaur with a single punch.
Now back to the story…
The six seeDs landed and quietly descended. During the flight to Esther they had been contacted again by Laguna, telling them of the real situation and that they'd found the man unconscious in Laguna's office, after he'd been shot after nearly killing Laguna.
Laguna had hired them to take Mark to Balamb for interrogation and if need be seal him like they would a sorcerer or sorceress.
Laguna and his old war buddies Kiros and Ward escorted them to the high security prison.
As usual Selphie talked loud and almost continually, however Rinoa seemed quiet, fearful and withdrawn in her own thoughts.
Though Squall was not the most perceptive of people, he could tell that his girlfriend was upset about something.
'Rin what's wrong?' said Squall, pulling next to her and putting his arm around her in a comforting manner.
'The guy who did all this is under the control of the Dark one, at the moment he is no major threat, but soon he'll be even more dangerous than Ultimecia. Squall be careful…' muttered Rinoa leaning against Squall and pulling him into a brief hug before continuing down the corridors and passages.
The group proceeded down to the bottom level of the base and turned left twice and they entered the small room with several guards standing with their guns ready and their faces alert. At the end of the steel room was a large door that resembled those you find in a bank vault.
Laguna walked to the front and ordered the guards to open the door. They typed in several codes and the doors opened with a hiss. Squall took a deep breath and entered with a slightly shaking Rinoa at his side and moments later the rest of the seeDs and Laguna followed in after.
The room was quite large and encased in steel plates. In the prison cells center was a dark hired youth. He was incased in metal on every limb and to their surprise he had fangs and blood red eyes.
'Welcome to my humble abode' greeted Mark with forced cheer. The seeDs cautiously approached. Rinoa hung back slightly. Mark turned his head in her direction and an evil smirk appeared on his face and his eyes glittered strangely.
'Hello Sorceress Rinoa, long time no see. It's been a while hasn't it?' said Mark urbanely
What are you waiting for? KILL! KILL!
Soon we shall, but I will destroy her mentally before I destroy her physically and the same applies for Leonheart.
Mark shook his head slightly and his eyes shimmered
'I'd offer you all a drink but I'm a little tied up right now…' he joked, Selphie held back a small chuckle that threatened to burst out of her, despite the seriousness of the situation.
Squall shot her a dark look and turned his attention back to Mark.
'I'm Commander Leonheart, you are being taken to Balamb garden for interrogation.'
'Interrogate me?' Mark said with false innocence 'little old me? But I haven't done anything wrong.'
'You've killed a large number of people and you will suffer the consequences…' said Quistis stepping forward and inspecting Mark
Suffer the consequences? They can't stop me, my power will grow and grow soon I'll be strong enough to destroy all those fools
Correct Mark, but first we must escape…
I'll think of something…
'Hard to believe that some kid killed all those people…' she added, looking at a piece of paper with information depicting his crimes and the damage he'd caused.
'Hey! You're only a year or two older than me Quistis Trepe…' said Mark.
Squall began to get annoyed with this time wasting and issued the orders to have the prisoner moved to the Ragnorak so that he could be transported to Balamb garden. The sooner they got him there; the sooner things would get back to normal.
'Your just want me there cos your lonely' joked Mark, watching Squall's face darken.
The guards detached the attachment restraints that connected to the walls and floor and he was stuck in a metal cube that had his head sticking out, rather comically.
'Hasn't the sorceress been any good in the bed lately' he added. Squall growled and drew out his gun blade and tried to strike Mark with it, however Zell grabbed him from behind and Irvine and Selphie restrained him. Mark howled with laughter as he was wheeled onto the Ragnorak.
Mark was stuck in the storage room, still inside the restraint cube to prevent his escape. The ragnorak was then boarded by the seeDs. Irvine and Quistis were ordered to guard him while Selphie piloted and Squall co-piloted.
Mark for some reason was singing a TV theme song very loudly, it was weird and repetitive and it quickly got on Irvine's nerves.
'Shut da hell up!' yelled Irvine, jumping to his feet
'I can't stand that damn song!'
'Well don't listen!' retorted Mark, grinning evilly
'Don't make me hurt you!' growled Irvine, while Quistis watched the seeD and the prisoner argue, resisting the urge to throttle them both.
'You hurt me?' laughed Mark; his voice sounded scornful 'Your nothing compared to me cowboy'
Irvine stuck his fingers up at Mark and Mark stuck his tongue out at him in response and muttered a few profanities under his breath.
For the next hour or so Mark mentally planned his escape as they drew ever closer to Balamb Garden. He wasn't strong enough to break the bonds yet and the technology was magic resistant. Those were the only problems. He could escape easily after that and plan how to get into Balamb garden and initiate the mission.
I don't suppose you could help me?
I'm surprised you didn't asked before; I can flux this small prison with haze magic, to weaken it. But after that I can't really help you directly.
Ok…do it now!
The cube like restraints were encased in a purplish haze and the machine cracked and sparks flew. Mark tensed his muscles and forced himself upwards, breaking the mechanical device into fragments and wires.
Mark drove his fist into the side of the ragnorak and before the two seeDs could do anything Mark ripped a large hole in the side of the air ship and dived out into the sky. His arms and legs stretched out to slow his dissent.
Unfortunately at several thousand feet it wouldn't really help much. Luckily Mark used a hover spell in mid fall to slow his dissent and allowing him to fly, he followed through with a wind magic to propel him away from the ragnorak and out of sight as he sped off into the distance.
'Oh fuck!' exclaimed Quistis using a spell to seal the hole in the Ragnorak.
'Irvine! Tell Commander Squall and the others what has happened now!' commanded Quistis. Irvine nodded his face pale as he rushed up the stairs to the top level where the ship's controls were. They'd lost Mark! Damn Squall was gonna be mad when he found out.
'What the hell do you mean you lost him!' yelled Squall.
'That guy's a fucking psycho, his a threat to everyone around him! And you fucking let him get away!' Thundered Squall, while Irvine backed away, trying make excuses to get himself out of trouble.
The ragnorak landed at Balamb garden half an hour later and immediately Squall send out the guards and half the seeDs to find Mark.
Meanwhile in Balamb Forest an old veteran was having his daily walk in the monster infected forest. He paused to wipe the sweat from his brow when he heard a muffled thud and the sound of breaking branches followed by a groan.
The old man rushed over to where the noise had come from. In the midst of several broken trees lay a dark haired youth dressed in white and wearing a golden armor claw over one of his arms.
'Damn…that hurt' muttered Mark pushing himself to his feet and regretting that he'd stopped the hover spell before he'd reached the ground. He needed more practice with magic.
Hey kid! Are you alright?' asked the old man, rushing forward. Mark shook his head slightly and winced as he felt his ankle. It was swollen and almost certainly sprained.
'Fuck I think it's sprained!' muttered Mark, mentally cursing his foolishness.
'Looks like its sprained kid' observed the old man 'what were you doing up in those trees?'
'…I was running away from this huge orange monster and it chased me up a tree, and after it left I fell out.' Lied Mark smoothly
'OK, need a hand?' asked the old man.
'Sure…' responded Mark, the old man helped steady Mark and the two of them walked slowly through the forest.
'My names Nami by the way' said the old man
'…Mines Marcus Greenwood' lied Mark again, the old man helping the hobbling teen towards his small house near the fire cave.
'You can stay here for awhile, till I can give your parents a call.' Said Nami, Mark faked a brief sorrow filled expression and said quietly
'My parents are dead…' Of course his parents were not, but they were in another world.
The old man seemed a little startled by that. He'd lost his grandson and daughter in the sorceress wars a few years ago.
'You can stay here for awhile if you want' offered Nami helping Mark inside, his house which was well furnished and the walls were and case were covered with trophies, medals and weapons.
'I was in the army in my youth.' Explained Nami leading Mark to a seat.
You need to keep a low profile for now, so you may as well stay here. I'll brainwash him to think that you're his grandson…
Then once the time is right he can enroll me in Balamb Garden, it would be a perfect excuse to get close to our targets and complete the mission.
Alright I'll brain wash him now…Haze control!
The old man was surrounded with a blue haze and when it cleared his eyes were unfocused and from his walking you could tell that he was slightly disorientated.
It is done, he now believes that you're his grandson Marcus Greenwood and you've moved in to his home now that your parents have been killed in the Sorceress wars.
'Oh dear me Marcus, you really need to be more careful when you go climbing trees' said Nami wearily stooping briefly as he wrapped Mark's ankle in a thick cotton bandage.
'Don't worry grandpa I'll be more careful next time' replied Mark, his face turning in a faint smirk.
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Told you Mark would escape and now he can focus on his mission to eliminate the sorceress and her knight, while the voice in his head slowly poisons his mind with darkness.
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