'Reis! Wake up! We got a job on our hands!' Quistis yelled at her, thrusting her room's door wide open, a coiled whip in her hands, 'Seifer has escaped detention room 1-A! We must capture him and bring him back!'

'Alright, alright, I'm awake, what's going on?' Reis yawned, rubbing her eyes and reaching out for her two katanas.

'I've told you already. Just get up and I'll tell you what to do,'

Reis jumped up out of her bed, buckling on the two katana sheaths and slipping their sharp blades in. She dashed out of her room, following Quistis.

'Seifer's escaped detention,' Quistis said, running towards the elevator, 'I will make sure that nobody uses the elevator. You guard the carpark, make sure that he does not try to steal a car to escape,'

'Is there anybody else to watch out for?' Reis asked, now fully awake and thinking.

'Fujin and Raijin, his two followers. They're…as different as different can be. Raijin is noisy and huge, Fujin is silent and small. As you can guess-'

'Raijin uses physical attacks and Fujin uses magic. They're following Seifer. Correct?' Reis said, tapping her fingers on a katana hilt.

'Yes, that's correct,' Quistis said, rather annoyed that Reis cut in the middle of her speech, 'Get going now. They might be anywhere,'

Reis sneaked along the corridors of the academy, treading silently and quickly like the wind on a grass plain. Hiding in the shadows cast by the dawn sun, she edged her way to the carpark. Silence and stealth; the best strategy to find a hidden opponent.

A pair of See-D's were running towards the quadrangle, one holding a rifle and the other a saber. They were talking furiously to each other, giving orders which neither followed and pointing in directions which were never visited. Useless team…they're better off under a commander…

'So, this is where I'm supposed to stay,' Reis muttered to herself, unsheathing her two katanas. This would be easy…it's only a narrow corridor…

A pair of hard, heavy footsteps sounded across the main circular walkway of the Garden. Reis peered over the high barrier wall, to check on who it was.

'Seifer!' she yelled out to the vast academy, 'Seifer is here!'

'Be quiet, you whore,' Seifer shouted at Reis, his gunblade raised over his head. There was blood dripping off the entire length of it.

'Seifer…what did you just call me?' Reis said, indignant.

'I SAID YOU WERE A WHORE! Now get out of my way before your pretty face gets slashed in two,'

'Who do you think you are, Seifer? I'm an instructor, and you, an incompetent student,'

'I do not care about identities,' he whispered, eyes gleaming in malice, 'I have been knighted by the true queen of this world. Now, get out of my way or face the consequences,'

'I think it's you that should face the consequences, Seifer. Now get back into your detention block and stay quiet,'

Suddenly, without warning, Seifer rushed at Reis, catching her by surprise. His gunblade bit down onto Reis' soft white skin over her thighs, the trigger pulled a split second before and adding a searing bullet wound to the slash. Retaliating fiercely, Reis struck the gunblade, causing Seifer to step back, before smashing his leg with the blunt end of the other katana.

'I don't want to injure you, Seifer, dirty bastard as you are,' she panted, clutching at the wound on her leg with her left hand, the blood seeping down her leg.

Snarling, Seifer made another attempt to kill Reis, easily parried by the more experienced woman. Striking Seifer's arm, Reis caused him to drop the gunblade.

'I've told you already, Seifer, I don't want to injure you. Now leave the gunblade there and move to the detention block,' she said, her blue eyes staring mercilessly into his dark grey ones.

Laughing insanely, Seifer snatched up the gunblade again, this time thrusting the tip into Reis' shoulder. She screamed in agony; the heat of the gun's blast seared her flesh as the tip drove into her, twisting in one direction to inflict the most injury. In an instantaneous reflex, Reis severed Seifer's weapon hand using her other katana, letting the young man scream in pain as much as she did. Bleeding copiously, Reis began to stagger. The crimson fluid flowed steadily down her white linen dress, staining it a dark red.

'I've warned you, Seifer,' she growled, pointing the katana's tip at his jugular vein, 'I've warned you,'

Suddenly a powerful shock raced through Reis' body. Screaming in pain again, she collapsed to the ground, her entire body smarting due to the magnitude of the electric attack. A black-robed person stepped over her face, hoisting Seifer up and heaving him to the carpark. No…I cannot fail my duty…I don't want this to happen…I will not die…I won't let him escape…

Another blast of magic from the unknown person, and Reis knew no more. All that she could remember…was heat that burned her to the core, singing her clothes and roasting her flesh and skin. Confused screaming…yells of panic…cries for assistance…before she blacked out entirely.