I do not own final fantasy 8 and never will as it is owned by Square the most awesome game company in history or in my view anyway. As usual Zek, James and Julia are my own OCs so yeah that's my no claimer.
Chapter 16: Balamb Garden vs. Galibadia Garden
War sucks get over it!
Zek and James ran out of the Quad area for dear life as the Galibadian soldiers just kept coming, the two teenage boys soon reached the main lobby of Garden but when they did they saw the Lobby was a mess.
It had only been about an hour since the attack had started and already there were casualties, some Students had taken shelter on the second floor but apparently the soldiers had already started entering from that way from there.
"Whoa I've never seen people run so fast" James commented out loud as he watched some students fighting off a few Galibadian soldiers in the hallways ,meanwhile Zek was focussed in another direction and saw some students running out of the elevator n a hurry.
"James lets go find Julia and the others I think Julia might be in at the front entrance" Zek yelled out pointing his sword in the entrances direction and by luck striking a poor Soldier in is way.
"Well that was lucky" James remarked seeing how close the man was to Zek "you're right James lets watch each others backs from now on" Zek replied back seriously this time.
"Yes Sarge whatever you say Sarge" James playfully remarked back doing his usual playful salute, Zek smirked "you really should stop playing Command and Conquer James" Zek remarked while running off to help Hector.
Hector was stuck in a corner with three soldiers in front of him "lets save old Mr cautious shall we Private" Zek teased back, receiving a death glare "hey no fair" James yelled out slightly taken back by the remark.
(A/N if you don't know Command and conquer is a computer game where you use strategy to win missions only mentioned it because it's sitting on a shelf next to me)
Zek sighed "sorry about that James but you were referring to me as Sarge from that game so I had to get you back" James understood.
"Hey you two morons help me here will you, and I want to point out that I might want to point out that we're in a real war situation and besides Sarge and Private are Galibadian army terms who if you don't already know are trying to kill us!" Hector yelled out.
Zek and James both looked at each other embarrassed "opps our bad and besides he started it" Zek stated pointing at James, James looked at Zek and attacked one of the men with guns.
Zek had now only to attack the other two ,he cast a Blizzard spell at the other two Soldiers leaving them both unconscious "well you two definitely took your time" Hector snapped at them from his position on the floor "your hurt" Zek blurted out seeing blood on Hectors pants.
"Understatement of the year Zek now if you don't mind could you help me get up or do you want me to bleed to death" Hector snapped again ,Zek and James smirked evilly "James should we help grumpy over here" Zek asked sarcastically ,James sniggered "he can look after himself" James replied back also sarcastically.
Hector grasped his leg painfully then looked at them annoyed "Zek Kirk Loire if you dare leave me here I'll haunt you at night and if I survive I'll tell my Mother how bad you really are" Hector exclaimed.
Zek looked at him "what's your mummy going to do Hector she doesn't even know who I am" Zek replied back in a childish voice before holding a hand out to Hector. "Aww come on Hector you knew I was joking as if I would leave a friend to die even If you're always correcting me at every turn" Zek explained as he helped Hector to his feet.
"Argh I think its broken" Hector cried out falling down Zek and James looked at each other "come on Hector your going to the good Dr" James told Hector teasingly grabbing him and carrying him to the Infirmary.
"Thanks guys" Hector thanked them just as they were about to leave the Infirmary to fight once more "oh well breaks over lets start to do some actual fighting" James stated enthusiastically.
Zek nodded "your nuts Zek Kirk Loire" James commented, Zek gave him a knowing look "same for you James Luka Seagil" James smirked "how about a deal you never say my full name again and I never use your full name again" James stated, Zek smiled.
"Agreed but I can't help get the feeling Hector knows something I don't" Zek commented while going down some more stairs into what used to be the front entrance "whoa you guys are getting your asses kicked" Zek blurted out seeing how many Seeds and Cadets were fighting in the small area.
Xu looked at them seriously "oh thank hyne you guys are here we need all the help we can get this is the 3rd wave of troops so far and everyone's either hurt or exhausted" Xu explained to them. Zek saluted her correctly for once "yes Xu we'll kick some Galibadian ass for you", Xu smiled slightly "okay then Cadets show your stuff" she said.
It was almost half an hour later when the 3rd wave of troops were down, by this time though Zek had used 5 cure spells on various people and had managed to use up most of his fire spells.
"Wow that was not easy I hope the next wave won't come for a while" Zek remarked happy to take a break for a minute .James agreed "and to think we're only been fighting for half an hour here and a sort time before these guys have en fighting since it began" James commented also taking a breather while he could.
Zek smiled then said "well if you think about it we're still only Cadets your 15 and I'm 17 so we're doing well for our age and rank and we haven't died yet" James nodded in agreement "your right but promise me one thing"
Zek looked at him "yeah?"
James continued "you watch my back" Zek smiled "of course we already agreed on that before remember" Zek replied, "uh hate to ruin a cliché sign of friendship but can I be involved in this too" Julia remarked from behind.
"Hey you pulled a snake on us" Zek and James both yelled out in unison, Julia laughed "you bet I did your expressions was so worth it too".
(A/N I know I've already said his but a snake is when you sneak up on someone)
James laughed "okay all three of us stick together" the other two saluted, while Zek looked up to see more Soldiers coming.
"Uh hi there everyone I guess your all tired and exhausted right now I just wanted to say that your all doing great …so please continue fighting for garden because I'm sure if we try hard enough we can win this battle"
(A/N I'm not sure of what squall says in his speech during the game but I remember it was similar to his)
"I believe you all can do it so get up from the ground and fight like everything important to you is at stake and if we lose well at least you'll know you did your all"
Zek smirked then commented "that speech was so not Squall like but its worked miracles so lets this once follow the Commanders orders shall we" James and Julia nodded "yeah lets fight to death" Julia yelled.
James and Zek looked at her "Julia we will fight but we're not committing suicide okay" Zek stated sternly waiting for her response.
She grinned "I know but if I die I want you to know that well I'm sorry for being such a scrooge lately but I guess was a little jealous because everyone's been ignoring me…"
Zek smiled "I know we really need to stop separating into little groups elsewhere lets all agree if we survive this all of us and Hector also that we'll hang out together more often" Zek stated calmly.
It was then that Garden suddenly hit something with such force it sent Julia and the others flying back against the wall "oww Nida watch where your going" James complained. Zek groaned while Julia was first to stand "now I know what you felt like to be you last week Zek".
Zek helped James up and cast a cure spell as a cut was on his arm "thanks man I really need to stock up on spells" James replied "no problem I need to as well" Julia laughed "okay its official we're all going to the Training Centre after this to restock on spells agreed".
Zek and James nodded "agreed now lets go kick some butt!" Zek yelled running down onto a large patch of grass with students from Galibadia and Balamb fighting while Soldiers were shooting in random directions.
"Ahh that thing almost hit me" Zek yelled as a Soldier with a machine on his back speed only millimetres away from him "ha I think hyne likes you today" Julia joked with her friend.
Zek poked his tongue at her "your so immature Zek" she retorted as she began battling with a girl in a Galibadia Garden uniform it was obvious that she didn't want to be fighting so she fell down purposely. When the girl was down Julia looked at her closely and almost went white "Tash..." Julia stuttered out not looking behind her.
Zek was in a battle of his own and had just summoned Diablo's on 6 Galibadian soldiers .Luckily he saw the Soldier behind Julia just in time and ready to strike "Julia get down" he screamed out but was too late as Julia flew back wincing in pain.
Zek ran at the Soldier and cast "Blizzard!" just in time to stop the man from also attacking the Galibadian girl "are you okay" Zek asked the girl completely ignoring Julia who was behind him "you idiot I'm the one who fell back and who do you help first no you have to help her".
Zek was taken back by this "hey what did I do I was going to help you Julia I'm not multitasking you know" Zek blurted out in defence, the girl got up "thank you for saving me I didn't mean to hurt your girlfriends feelings" the girl told him.
Julia almost choked "him my boyfriend you must be delusional" she retorted at the girl's statement.
Zek looked at her hurt "aww Jules you don't like me" he said in a childish voice, Julia glared at him "idiot I don't hate you and if I did I would never have hung out with you since we were six would I" Julia snapped at Zek bluntly.
"Ah guys we're kind of in a middle of a battle here" James yelled out while stabbing a man in the chest "oh yeah what's your name by the way" Zek asked the mystery girl.
"Tasha but you can call me Tash but are you Zek Loire and I don't seem to remember you but you look familiar" the girl answered back while defending herself with martial arts.
Julia helped her by handing her one f her pistols "here take one of my pistols you are on our side aren't you?" Julia hesitantly asked.
The girl nodded "they forced us to fight why would I side with them" was her angry reply, "oh that's good and now everyone's finished speaking lets fight already! This Sorceress isn't going to kill herself you know" James yelled as his kantanas hit two more Soldiers on either side of him.
Zek looked at James blankly "okay Tash or whoever you claim to be lets get these bastards and I'll ask you later about how you bloody well know me because let me tell you something I've never met you in my life".
Tash laughed "you just have a bad memory that's all Zeke" Tash teased Julia laughed "ha shame she knows your childhood nickname" James looked up "so that's why you call him that" James exclaimed while kicking another Soldier out of the way.
A few hours later
"Man this is tiring I swear when this is over I'm sleeping in and if any of you stop me you'll face thy wraith" Zek exclaimed in a tired raspy voice. Julia looked at him "Zek you've been watching too much TV".
"Hey they are retreating all the Galibadian soldiers are retreating" James yelled out happy as anything that it was over ,Zek looked up and wiped his hair from his face "they are" he stated bluntly. Julia looked at Tash who had been helping them for the last few hours, she had collapsed unconscious onto the ground.
"Hey its leaving …and they're just leaving all the students from their Garden behind those sad people" Zek yelled out.
And I'll stop here cause I'm evil and hey hats two update in two days I will once more say that this was hard to write and to tell the truth I was dreading this chapter cause I had to make it sound like a large battle so I hope I pulled it off.Oh and by the way I was writing this at my Aunts house on a laptop which is hard to get used to so lease don't sue me if I make some mistakes.