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"You better not hurt her!" Squall yelled at Caraway
"Well, what I have to do to her is all dependent on how co-operative you are" Caraway said in a cool, business like tone
"you're twisted. Seriously. That's your own daughter your talking about. You must really have no soul"
" I do what it takes to get the outcome I need Squall"
"like making a deal with someone like Seifer? Although, I actually have to say, that it was pretty good acting the other day. I honestly believed you didn't know who Seifer was, and that you only vaguely remembered me, and that you had no idea about me and Rinoa, when really all along you knew it all. Maybe when this stupid plan of yours fails, you should go into acting" Squall tried to remain calm even though pain was wracking his body from his assault by the guards.
Caraway laughed "And what makes you think this plan will fail. Although I am quite impressed that I fooled you all so easily. But I'll admit that I actually didn't know you were married to my daughter. Your friend seifer left that part out the first time. But that's enough for general conversation. Let's get to this call you'll be making"
"Just tell me what to say and I'll say it if you promise to let Rinoa go."
"You'll do it anyway" Caraway said pulling a pistol out of his pocket and loading bullets into it. He pressed the end of the gun on Squalls temple "or I'll shoot you"
"I keep telling you, you can kill me if you want but then your plan fails"
"Yeh, but if you keep pissing me off, I'll wait until you've called then I'll shoot you. Then who'll be there to protect your precious Rinoa?"
"Fine-just tell me what to say" Squall conceded. He didn't care too much about what they did to him, but he was not in anyway going to jeopardise Rinoas life.
"Well" Caraway said starting to pace back and forth again "you're going to call Laguna, and tell him that we have you hostage and that unless our demands are met, we will kill you. Then I'll speak to him"
"Fine". Squall reluctantly dialled Lagunas number.
Ring ring ring
Ring ring ring
"Hello president Loires office, whose speaking please?"
"It's Squall. Squall Leonhart. I need to speak to my father"
"is it urgent?"
"Yes. Very"
There were some tones and bleeps and then the familiar voice came over the line "Laguna Loire"
"Laguna, it's Squall. We have a situation"
"Situation" The president repeated
"Yes, the Deling mission. It's gotten complicated. I'm being held hostage."
"What. What's going on. Why?" Laguna cried into the phone.
It was at that point Caraway snatched the phone out of Squalls hand.
"This is General Caraway of Deling" he boomed into the phone "And as you have just heard we do have your son, and his wife for that matter, as hostages. And if our demands are not met, then they will be killed"
Squall could hear Lagunas muffled voice on the other end of the phone, but he could not make out what he was saying.
"Well" Caraway said into the phone "For a start you will immediately withdraw from your contract with Balamb Garden and the protest groups in this city.You will not send any more opposition. Furthermore you will officially cancel the limitations on our army. Finally you will send representatives to negotiate us regaining some territory back. So what do you say Loire?"
Squall again heard the muffled and long response but did not know what was being said. But he figured from the smile he saw spread across Caraways face that he had got his own way. "Very well. Tuesday it is. Goodbye" he said
before snapping the phone shut. Well" he turned to Squall and laughed "looks like my plan was successful after all. An official speech declaring the limitations dropped will be made shortly and after that I will be meeting with your fathers council to discuss territory."
"Well good for you. I want to see Rinoa now"
Caraway just laughed. "You really think I'm going to let you see her? Your not important anymore, it doesn't matter what you want"
"What so you're just going to shoot me now? Don't you think Laguna will be a little reluctant to negotiate when he finds out you killed his son, you do lose your leverage then"
"Ah yes. But he will not know until he arrives here and by then, he'll already be here and theres nothing he can do. But no Squall, I'm not going to shoot you. I did promise your father I wouldn't murder you. So I think I'll just…leave you here. Look at you, you're half dead anyway. Then I wont have done anything. It saves me a job"
Caraway turned his back and started to walk away when Squall called out after him
"this wont change anything. This wont change how she feels"
Caraway whipped around "What?"
"Face it. You can't stand that Rinoa's in love with me can you. You just can't accept that she made her own life"
"it amazes me that you can be so arrogant when I hold what's left of your life in my hands" Caraway said
"yeh, well you wanna know what amazes me? That Rinoa was raised by you, yet she turned out to be such an incredible person"
Caraway responded by whacking Squall across the side of the face with the gun. Squall felt all the blood rush to his head and his pain levels were going through the roof and he was loosing more and more blood.
"it just bugs you so much, me and Rinoa, doesn't it? Well no matter what you do to me or her you can not change the fact that she does really love me and she is my wife"
Caraway swung his fist and punched Squall in the mouth, and blood started trickling down his chin
"blood, Squall, is thicker than water"
"yeh, but love is stronger than anything"
Caraway just glared at Squall before kicking him in the stomach which caused Squall to collapse completely untill he was lying on the floor
"I'm done with you" Caraway said "I'd better go deal with my daughter"
"Let her go" Squall said through gritted teeth
"See I can't. I let her go and she runs to the police or Esthar…."
"What are you gonna do to her?" Squall demanded
Caraway gave an evil laugh. "live long enough…and maybe you'll hear her Scream"
"You bastard!"
Caraway narrowed his eyes and kicked Squall twice in the stomach again before turning and walking up the stairs.
"Do not hurt her" Squall managed to call after him
But Caraway ignored him and carried on up the stairs. When he reached the top, before slamming the door behind him he called "I'll give my daughter your goodbye"
Squall lay on the floor, blood pouring from various cuts bruises and wounds. His whole body ached, pain coursing through every inch of it. He could feel himself getting weaker and weaker and his eyes were starting to lose focus, his vision blurring. He closed his eyes and the minute he did a memory came flooding back in to his head. It was the morning before he'd left for Deling, when he said goodbye to Rinoa outside Garden.
She reached out and took the chain from around her neck, tears falling, and gave it to him.
"Now…" she said between choking tears "now you cant go and die on me…because you have to get this back to me…."
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