THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA Chapter #9 By: Jbond007 E-mail: enriquetellez@hotmail.com ICQ #: 9910141 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello folks! I thank you all for keeping in touch with the new chapters of my fan fiction and also for waiting for the conclusion. I have some news. Iīll be making two endings of this story(a happy and a sad ending). This chapter will be the prelude to these two endings. I hope you all enjoy this chapter! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEAM #1(Laguna and Co.) The passages were very strange. The walls are made from mud and the floor was all muddy and they had a hard time walking, because the floor was also slippery. "It seems we being prepared for something. The more we walk, the more difficult it is to move throught," said Laguna. "I also expected to see normal enemies lurking in these passages. But none are here," said Quistis worried. "I fear the Weapon might be waiting for us," said Ellone worried too. "You women worry too much about things. Iīm sure.huh....look! Light!" shouted Laguna running desperately. "Uncle! Wait, it might be a trap!!!" said Ellone trying to stop Laguna. "Too late. He already got there. Letīs make haste Ellone," said Quistis walking faster. ANGER OF THE LAND!!!!!!!!! "ARGGGGGG!!" shouted Laguna. "UNCLE!!!!!!" shouted Ellone running as fast as she could. Ellone and Quistis ran as fast as they could to where Laguna was. When they arrived, they saw one of the Weapons a few steps away from Laguna, who was on the floor, injured. The Weapon that had injured Laguna was.....Diamond Weapon. "Uncle...please..answer me....donīt die please!!" shouted Ellone crying. "Anger of the Land..hmm.....I think thatīs a summon," said Quistis facing the Weapon. "Urgg...yes.........itīs......urg......TITAN," said Laguna trying to stand up. "Uncle, please donīt try to move. We will take care of this monster," said Ellone still crying. "So, it was true what Ellone said. The Weapon was waiting for us here," said Quistis. "Letīs trash him!" shouted Laguna standing up. "FULL-CURE" shouted Ellone as the magic healed Laguna up. "Incoming!!!" shouted Quistis as the Weapon prepared to attack. "ANGER OF THE LAND!!!!" shouted the Weapon. The Weapon had used the summon for a second time. The gigantic Titan, opened the land and shook it abruptly and roughly for 30 seconds. Our friends received a huge amount of earth damage.... "DAMN IT! This summon is very powerfull," said Laguna standing up. "Ellone, heal us after Laguna attacks," said Quistis preparing to cast Float. "All right! Good thinking about the float magic!" shouted Ellone as she casted Cure-All Magic. "Itīs my time to attack now! DESPERADO!" shouted Laguna as he loaded his machine gun. Laguna executed his limit break. He shoot the Weapon millions of times and for the grande finale, he threw him a hand grenade. Quistis and Ellone used their attack turn to cast Float and Cure. The Weapon casted Titan again, but it missed.... "Itīs a chance to gain the advantage now! Letīs trash this Weapon already!" shouted Laguna. "Prepare to die Weapon! shouted Quistis. Laguna summoned a new GF he had found in Esthar: HERO. It was a huge towering man, with a crimson cape, carrying a sword, which was non other than the EXCALIBUR. He stood there for a second, looking at his target. Then, HERO dashed towards the target and attacked it with full strenght in every part of the target. The attack was similar to the Lionheart, with the difference that Squall was not the one using it, it was HERO. After HERO finished striking Diamond, he shouted: "Hail the Hero, slayer of evil" and plunged his sword thorugh Diamonds body, thus giving him more damage. Then the HERO dissapeared. The amount of damage the Weapon received was tremendous... "Now itīs my turn to attack! Shockwave Pulsar!!!" shouted Quistis. The most powerfull of Quistis limit break, Shockwave Pulsar was succesfull. It took a huge amount of damage to the now, badly injured Weapon. "And nowīs my turn! FIRAGA! shouted Ellone. "Nice thinking! Hes an earth weapon and it should inflict more damage," said Laguna smiling. When Ellone finished the attack, the Weapon paralyzed completely. It didnīt move or showed any signs of life "Do you think we beat him already?" asked Ellone. "I donīt know. He should fall and dissapear, like all other enemies," said Quistis. "Iīll try shooting it," said Laguna pointing his machine gun at the Weapon. Laguna shot the Weapon, but it didnīt receive any damage or tried to avoid the attack. Diamond was not moving or doing anything, it was just there, like a statue. "I think we should get going. I donīt think heīs alive after all we did to him," said Laguna. "I still donīt think we should try and pass him to the next room. I think we should wait longer,"said Ellone. "But if we wait longer, and he doesnīt move, we will lose precious time. I think we should take the risk," said Quistis still not fully convinced they should do it. "Letīs go then," shouted Laguna as they all started walking towards the next room. Still there was no movement from the Weapon. To reach the next room, our heroes had to pass by the side of the Weapon. Laguna passed safely.......Quistis passed safely....but..... "AHHHHH" shouted Ellone as she fell to the floor. "ELLONEEEEE!!!!!!!" shouted Laguna. The Weapon suddenly started to explode. Ellone was the only one that was still in the room where Diamond was... "Run Ellone! Hurry!!!" shouted Quistis. "She wonīt make it! Iīll go help her," said Laguna determined, but it was too late.... The Weapon, as it died, grabbed Ellone. Then..the final explotion ocurred. The Weapon completely exploded and Ellone received all explosive damage. The explotion was so big, the whole room got destroyed and nothing was left of Diamond...and probably..Ellone too. "Ellone!!!" shouted Laguna almost crying. "The room is blocked by all these boulders. I donīt think we can move them," said Quistis sadly. "DAMN IT! THAT WEAPON KILLED HER!!!!!!!" shouted Laguna as he punched the boulders... TEAM #2(Krelian and co.) "This humidity.......a lot of water around us...make me think we near Emerald Weapon," said Krelian examining the area. "Dont you worry Sephy! Iīll protect you!" said Irvine trying to hug Selphie. "I was going to say the same thing to you Irvine," said Selphie laughing. "Guys...LOOK!" shouted Krelian. They reached a large pit, filled of water. In the center, a green, red and yellow light iluminated the water. "I think the Weapon is calling us," said Krelian. "Is the Weapon in there?" asked Irvine pointing the place. "Yep. We will have to go down and fight him in his own terrain," said Krelian as he took out a rare stone. "How are we going to survive underwater? What is that strange rock?" asked Selphie. "Iīll use the power of this stone to let us breath underwater. Its the UNDERWATER MATERIA(ff7 anyone?). Donīt worry about the air, just bust him up," said Krelian about to jump. "Letīs go then!!" shouted Irvine. Krelian was right. Emerald Weapon was in there, waiting for its enemies to go down and fight him...another great battle was about to begin... "Prepare yourself Weapon! Iīve come back to punish you all!!" shouted Krelian as he took out his staff. "HERE WE GO" shouted both Irvine and Selphie. Emerald began the battle casting "Mighty Guard" on himself... "Selphie..hurry, use Dispel magic right away. Im about to unleash a GF," ordered Krelian. "Alrighty!!!!" shouted Selphie. "Iīll be on standy for any healing," said Irvine. Krelian summoned a GF. It was... "Knights of the Round!" shouted Krelian. The 11 Knights of the Round punished Emerald Weapon with their attacks, and the last Knight, Arthur, finished the punishment for the Weapon. After the attack, the Weapon paralyzed. It didnīt move or showed any signs of life... "Huh? It completely lowered its defenses and is....Dead?" asked Irvine. "He canīt be dead. He has way too much HP for a KOR to kill him in one turn," pointed out Krelian. "Then why does it seem we beat him?" asked Selphie. "I donīt know. But I have bad feeling about this," said Krelian. "You guys worry too much about things. Heīs just dead. Letīs swim back and continue on," exclaimed Irvine starting to swim back. "I hope you are right," said Krelian doubting his remark. Our friends began to swim back. When they were half way to the surface, someone shouted.... "ARGGGGGGG" shouted Selphie A strange force was pulling Irvine down to where the Weapon was. A red liquid started to emanate from withing Emerald, and soon this liquid caught up with Irvine, who was already descending fastly due to the strange force. "SELPHIE!!! Iīll help you now!!!" shouted Irvine as he prepared an attack. "Itīs too late!! The liquid is about to reach us. Give me your hand NOW!!" shouted Krelian as he grabbed Irvineīs hand. Krelian used Float Magic and quickly returned back to the surface with irvine. When they got out of the water, the red liquid had already filled the pit...That liquid was blood. "Selphie!!!!" shouted Irvine "Damn it. It was trap. I shouldīve guessed it," said Krelian dissapointed. "YOU. YOU. You didnīt let me help my Selphie. It was your fault she died. You are still evil! You planned this to kill her!!!" shouted Irvine as she tried to punch Krelian. "Calm down. If it wasnīt for me, you would have died with him. Besides, if I was the one who planned it, how come the liquid tried to kill me too?" said Krelian. Irvine cried desperately, shouting for Selphie to come down from there. Krelian approached him, and put his hand on her shoulder to try and console him... "DONīT TOUCH ME! Itīs your fault my Selphie is dead!" shouted Irvine "..........We better get going now," said Krelian trying to hide his anger for what happened. "I will never see him again," cried Irvine "Donīt be so negative. He couldnīt drown cause we all had underwater ability. Maybe heīs still alive," said Krelian. "If she is...where is he now???" asked Irvine desperately. "I donīt know. But I have a feeling we will find out that if we move on," said Irvine as he helped Selphie stand up. "I...hope you are right. Letīs move on. At least we got the Weapon, "said Irvine still crying. TEAM #3(Squall and co.) Authorīs note: BTW, this was my ff8 fighting team. The corridors in this area of the temple, where filled with a strange fog...that have a feeling of doubt and fear... "Wow. This fog makes it difficult to see ahead," said Zell. "Letīs just keep going," said Rinoa. "This is too strange. The paintings in the wall are all about the sky and the planets. We should be ready for any attack," said Squall walking cautiously. Squall and his team arrived at a huge room, about the size of the yankee stadium. There was barely enough light to see...but..something that was gonna come was gonna make light, but not the one who receives it..... LIGHT PILLAR!!!!!!!!!! All the lights in the huge room lit up, and a huge yellow magic attack was directed towards Zell. The attack was very powerfull, thus dropping his HP to 1 and weakening him.... "DAMN IT! That attack is from....." said Squall as he was interrupted. "Its...Ultima..uggg...I canīt move a finger..." said Zell as he fainted. "Hold on Zell! Weīll cure you in a second," said RInoa as she prepared her cure magic. "WATCH IT RINOAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!" shouted Squall. Another light pillar was sent by the almighty Ultima Weapon, which finally revealed to our heroes. Just seconds before the attack touched Rinoa, Squall tackled her to safety, but he was not very lucky to escape that powerfull attack. Squallīs HP drops to 1 and is about to faint.... "Squall! Donīt leave me alone...." shouted Rinoa crying. "Ugggg...Rinoa........I love You," said Squall as he fainted. "Squall...my love!!!!!!" kept shouting as she hugged him several times. Zell and now Squall were down. Rinoa was all alone, with one of the most powerfull weapons. What could she do? She was there..holding Squall with her beautifull arms, crying his only love...but this was too much pain..a pain she needs to release.... "You stupid beast!!! I will kill you!!!!!! I hate you," shouted Rinoa as she stood up. "WISHING STAR!!!!!" The room color was white now, lots of angels appeared like protecting Rinoa. They all took out a bow, and a red colored arrow. The Weapon did not even move, and was in a standy tactic. Rinoa was too mad and couldnīt control the direction the Angel arrows would hit. The angelīs threw their red arrows, but the aim was not good at all. "I am a disgrace" thought Rinoa when she realized her madness had created a discrepancy in the angelīs aim. BUT.......as the arrows reached the wall, Ultima Weapon moved in the path of them, and received all the hundred arrows directly. The explosion was tremendous, and the whole room was left in shambles. When the huge shock finished, Rinoa was asking herself why the Weapon had done that. Suddenly, Ultima appeared in her back, grabbed her,and exploded...............The explosion was not too powerfull..but it was powerfull enough to take her away...... Sometime passed, and Zell regained conciousness. He cured himself and went to search for his friends...he only found Squall...which he cured immediately. "RINOA!!! Where is Rinoa!!!! WHERE IS SHE!!" shouted Squall as he stood up. "Im sorry....I just found you.. Everything is in shambles...it seems a huge battle happened here.." said Zell disappointed. "DAMN IT! Where is she? Did Ultima killer her?" asked Squall as he despereately searched the place for any trace of Rinoa. "I donīt think she lost. Thereī no sign of either Rinoa or Ultima. Maybe they both..." said Zell as he was interrupted. "DONT SAY THAT! She is alive! I know it. Maybe she just went into the room you see there," said Squall as he pointed the place. "Letīs hope sheīs there....Letīs move on," said Zell as they both started walking. ------------------- --------------------- ------------------ ------------------- 3 Weapons are already down, but..why would they lose so easily? Is there something behind this? Or someone? The final showdown is about to start..............I just hope...we are all alive to see it..mwahahahhahaah.(*ahem*) The 6 remaining heroes continued walking, without knowing the great danger they would face if they continued further. The three paths they each took(the three groups) connected to a very big hall with two gigantic doors. Eventually, after some time of walking, they all arrived there at the same time.... "SQUALL!!!! Thank Goodness you are safe!" said Quistis as she ran towards Squall. Just when Quistis was going to hug him, Squall púshed her so hard, she fell to the floor...then he utered... "Rinoa...where are you?" said Squall with tears in his eyes, not usual for him. Quistis saw this..and started to cry inside of her. She was on the floor, looking up at how sad Squall was because he had lost Rinoa. This event lowered Quistisī will to live... "Squall...Selphie....she was......" tried to tell Krelian as he was interrupted by Irvine. "SHE DISSAPEARED!! I LOST MY SELPHIE!!!" shouted Irvine desperately as he punched the wall. "Ellone......" said Laguna crying too. "Yes..Ellone dissapeared too..." said Quistis as she looked down. The atmosphere around our heroes was dissapointing. Everyone lots their will to fight. Even the energetic Zell was beggining to slowly loss his courage and will to fight. Laguna, Irvine and Squall were each in a different wall either crying or hitting the wall with their equipment. Zell was lying upside down in the floor, as if trying to rest. Quistis was crying too, not only because Squall was sad, but also because of all the casualties the teams had suffered. And Krelian..well, he was the only one that had still the will to live and fight..... "Guys, I know you guys are not in the mood to think, but..havent u noticed that just one member of each group dissapeared with the different Weapons? We must be a little more optimistic! Maybe our friends are behind on of these two doors! Come on guys..cheer up and lets go take on the Weapons!" said Krelian as he faced the doors, with a big smile in his face. "YOU STUPID BASTARD SHUT UP!!!" shouted Squall as he tackled Krelian "How can you smile in a moment like this? Canīt you see that we are probably going to meet our doom once we get in there?" cried Squall as he closed his eyes. "Squall.I cant believe you are like this? Donīt you have faith? Canīt you see your Rinoa might be behind that door? Donīt you want to save her?" said Krelian as stood up. "Yes Squall!Rinoa might be there! Not only her, but Ellone and Selphie too! We must proceed," said Quistis with so much sadness. "Squall! Please donīt lose faith. I want my Selphie back! Iīm going in there with our without your help" said Irvine as he loaded his gun with some pulse ammo. Laguna cleared his tears and walked slowly to where Squall was. Suddenly, he punched him on his stomach, making Squall fall to the floor airless... "Listen to me Squall! Where have your courage and strenght gone? Where is that Squall that once felt pride and could break any wall behind his goals? Are you going to surrender after all that weīve been through? Thatīs not the Squall I know! Donīt you want to save Selphie? Donīt you want to save your sister Ellone? Are you going to let them down? And...do you want to let down your only true love? I am sure Rinoa is behind that door waiting for his knight in shining armor to come and rescue her. I know you have the power, the desire, the will to help the people you love, and I refrain myself from believing you are going to give up here! I know that all of us still believe in you and we also expect you to believe in us! Besides, Raine and I would never have a son that escapes from problems and let fear overrun his desire of fighting and achieving his goals...." said Laguna as he was interrupted by Squall who was still on the floor. "What????? Who is that son you are talking about? asked Squall picking up his gunblade "...........He is standing next to me" said Laguna as he put his hand on Squallīs shoulder. "I.........then....you and Raine.....are my parents?" asked Squall as he looked at Laguna. "Yes! Raine would have been so happy to see how powerfull and handsome youīve got. Well, inherited the handsome part from me" said Laguna smiling. "..Then why? Why didnīt you take care of me? Why did I end up in Matronīs orphanage?" asked Squall. "Squall...son....its a very long story..and I dont think we have much time for stories. I promise you this, if we win this battle, if we win...im gonna tell you the whole story and all about your past," said Laguna seriously. "Yes Squall! We need to hurry up! We need to save our friends!" said Zell putting on his gauntlets. Everyone agreed with what Laguna said. Irvine and Quistis took care of healing everyone, while Laguna and Squall grinded his gunblade and reloaded his gun. Krelian was medidating and Zell...well..u know what he was doing =). "Ok guys! We are ready! I want to save Rinoa, my Sis and also Selphie! We can do it guys! I also need to win this battle, so I can finally learn all about my past! So guys, we have to win, and we will!" shouted Squall. "Thatīs our leader!" shouted Zell. "Selphie! Im on my way to save you baby" shouted Irvine. "...............Im ready" said Quistis with some sorrow in her heart. "Yes Squall! Thatīs my boy! Letīs save Ellone and the others" said Laguna as he loaded his gun. Everyone stood up, checked up their magic stock and now were ready to enter the two doors... "Well guys. I have made up the two groups. As you can see, each door has a name. Squall will be the leader of the team that will enter "The beggining" door accompanied by Quistis and Zell. The rest of us will be lead by Laguna and will enter "The end" door. Are you guys ok with my strategy?" asked Krelian. "Yes! Letīs show these monsters the LOIRE leadership skills, right Squall?" asked Laguna very optimistic. "Of course we will Laguna!" said Squall smiling and thinking with pride "I am a Loire!" Everyone agreed and shouted: VICTORY----The two doors opened automatically..and each group entered their respective door.... End of Chapter #9 -----> Donīt miss both endings of Alpa & Omega. Iīm sure you wil enjoy both of them! "Peace is but a shadow of death, desperate to forget its paintfull past" Kuja(FF9)