Missile base.
I had time to think in the truck on the way there. Was there chemistry with Rinoa and Squall? What was up with Irvine? I felt a bit rejected at the time. I thought back to the SeeD party. She had gotten him to dance while I was watching them the whole time. I wondered if anyone would miss me if something went wrong on the mission. Feeling a bit rejected I thought about times when I was training him. Seifer would be training with us at the same time and would always start a fight. Seifer would always be a complete jerk to everyone and has remained like that. All I wanted to do was help them both. Squall always looked so alone, which is why I wanted to help him and if needs be protect him. Now he was travelling with Irvine and Rinoa, while Zell, Selphie and I went to a missile base with a chance of death being involved.
I decided to stop dwelling on the past and focus at the task at hand. We neared the gate and a guard came looking at us. We had already changed into our guard outfits as soon as we got in the truck.
He waved us in.
We parked up and as we left the truck, I spotted a key card and picked it up.
We walked into the base and headed for the door. Selphie started getting stressed because we needed a key card to get in. I handed her the card I picked up.
The door opened.
"I hope we don't get caught just yet" I whispered to Selphie.
She looked determined instead of carefree although she kept saying about blowing the place up.
We talked to guards and then beat a few others up before the lights went out. Selphie had messed with the controls.
Then when we got to the rocket room, we were asked to help with a missile so we agreed to do it. We didn't want to break cover just yet.
Then they asked us to programme the computer. Selphie started tapping on the keyboard like a mad woman. Finally it was all set and we told the guard we have co-ordinates. So we went upstairs and were spotted as intruders. No sooner had he said that we were in our normal clothes and kicking there butts.
After looking round the room we found the control panel we were looking for and tampered with it, then we went into the other room to set the self destruct.
We discussed for about a minute that we should have twenty minutes as the self destruct time. I thought it was going well until we headed through the nearest door and outside. Someone had nicked the truck that we were in but It didn't matter anymore because we were greeted by a big mechanical monster.
After fifteen minutes we had beaten it and the guards that were in it. I looked around as we ran after Selphie. There was nowhere to go. We were going to die, according to Selphie and all she was thinking about was if Squall would take over the festival. Also she wondered if he let us go here to die. I don't think so, he wouldn't have chosen us if he didn't think we could do the best job we could of it. Deep down he cares, he just doesn't want us to see it. Although I think he cares overall more about Rinoa. That's me out of the picture I guess. I was poked out of my thinking by Zell who was pointing at the machine that we had just beaten. We found a way in and stayed there as the place exploded all around us. Then Selphie started pressing buttons. The machine started moving.
Some guards directed it to a boat and we were loaded on.
An afternoon later we found ourselves at Fisherman's Horizon.
We had been shuddering and steering this thing off the boat. Then we ended up next to this guard, in front of Squall, Rinoa and Irvine.
I was so glad to see them, until I realised that we were in this machine and that Selphie had started pushing buttons.
We were currently in a battle with them.
Could this get any worse?
Well yes. They beat us and the machine went into the water as we were trying to get out of the thing.
Eventually we crawled up the side of the ledge and slowly but shakily stood up.
I saluted first out of our team.
I was however confused about why they were there, but it became clear later when we followed Irvine back.
Squall looked glad to see us back. I could tell.
As we followed Irvine back, I turned round to see Rinoa talking to Squall. He had turned a bright shade of pink, but I decided that I wouldn't ask. I was keeping out of the picture.
In my mind, things were just getting complicated.