Upon their return to Balamb, the group made a b-line toward the infirmary. It didn't take long for them to patch Cloud up.

"It's a good thing they bullet exited." Said Cloud.

"You never should have gotten hit with it in the first place." Replied Zell.

"I know."

There was a short moment of silence between the group. None of them expected this. They weren't sure where to go from here or what to do. "Let's get rested up and sleep on this. I'm not sure where to go from here. Squall is our friend. I don't understand why he would do this and we need to figure it out before we take any drastic measures." Said Cloud.

They all nodded in affirmation and split up to head back to their dorms. Cloud walked up the hallway toward his room, passing by Squalls room. He noticed the door was open. "That's not like him to leave his door open." Cloud considered the idea that he may have left it open because he had no intensions of coming back.

He pushed the door open slowly, looking around inside to make sure Squall wasn't in there. He proceeded slowly into the room. Looking around for any evidence that might explain why he's on this rampage. A piece of paper caught Cloud's attention. He picked it up and began to read it.

"In the moments following this letter, I make no promises as to what will happen to me or those around me. I feel like I no longer have control over my actions anymore. Everything I do now is based on instinct and no longer where my moral compass points. A third-party entity has taken over me and is now working its will as you read this."

~Squall~

"Well, now you tell us." Said Cloud.

"Find anything interesting?" Asked Tifa.

"Yeah, he left a letter. It doesn't say much but I think all this stuff with SeeD and all the stuff he's done in the past is just starting to catch up to him." Replied Cloud.

"We have to help him, Cloud. No matter what the cost might be. It's our duty as his friends to do that, right?"

"Yeah, I know. He doesn't seem like he's in a talking mood anymore though."

"We've got to try. Killing him has to be a last resort."

"Killing who?" Asked a voice from the doorway.

"Hey, Selphie. I guess you haven't heard yet?" asked Tifa.

"Heard what?"

"You may want to sit down. It's not good." Suggested Tifa. Selphie sat in the chair by the bed and looked up at Cloud and Tifa.

"Something is wrong with Squall. He attacked us at the stadium, right after the tournament. Said he's getting revenge on those that helped shut down SeeD and trying to reboot the program."

"But how? There is no one left in the world that wants to operate under SeeD. Or that would support its return for that matter."

"He said he found a way to revive Cid, Siefer, the queen, all of them."

"Rinoa?" questioned Selpie. She looked at Cloud with a tear in her eye, then at Tifa.

"Her too." Replied Cloud.

Selphie sat there silently, running the situation in her head over and over. "I have to go talk to him," she sprang up from the chair, "he needs our help, he needs us."

"That's not a good idea Selphie, he's on a rampage right now. He shot me and swung his blade at us. He doesn't care anymore. We should plan this. There is no way he's gonna listen to us if we just charge at him."

"I don't care! He's one of us! He needs his friends!" Selphie began to cry and ran out of the room. Tifa and Cloud could hear her sobbing down the hall way.

"Should we stop her?" Asked Tifa.

"It wouldn't be any use, but we should at least follow her and make sure she's safe."