Renegade

An: the song is by Kylie Monogue its called Bittersweet Goodbye and the characters are not my own, hence them being in this section…

Renegade

We Could Be Gone

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Here we are in the dead of night
Will you keep me warm and hold me tight
All we have is until the dawn
Let the night be long and ease the dawn
I love you more than you'll ever know
It hurts to see you go

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Squall lay nestled in the golden arms of an Adonis of his very own. He smiled at his waxing poetic thoughts. He wasn’t sure his old rival and lover would like the terms in which was described within Squall’s head.

“Squall?” Seifer’s voice was rough with sleep and Squall lifted his head to see that Seifer was now indeed awake. He smiled in the darkness, his hand sliding caressingly down Seifer’s broad chest.

“Yes?”

“Can’t you sleep?”

“You have to leave here before dawn. I can’t risk you being caught. Sleep now and I’ll wake you when you have to leave.”

“Why can’t you tell everyone that I’m back? That the sorceress controlled me? Don’t you believe me?”

“I do, but right now, everyone is still after your head. Let it calm down a bit first will you?” Squall hugged Seifer closer as they shifted so that Seifer lay with his head on Squall’s shoulder. Squall smiled into the golden blonde strands that brushed his lips.

I Love you The thought went unsaid as he couldn’t stand the chance that someone would catch him and everything he’d worked so hard for would disappear in an instant.

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So darling sing me a lullaby
Bittersweet goodbye

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Squall sank down into the empty cold bed at four am and cursed the gods. He hated having to send Seifer away in darkness. He hated having to hide the fact that Seifer was alive. Hated having to hide the fact that he was gay and very much in love with his old rival. He’d just gotten warm in his bed again when the alarm started blaring. He leapt from bed and jerked his clothes on, grabbing Lion Heart as he ran out the door, heading for the bridge. As he reached the bridge, the announcement was being read over the PA system.

‘SEIFER ALMASY HAS BEEN SIGHTED WITHIN GARDEN BOUNDARIES. DO NOT PANIC, HE HAS BEEN CAPTURED AND IS SOON TO BE DEPORTED TO ESTHAR TO STAND TRIAL AND FACE EXECUTION FOR HIS ACTIONS IN THE SECOND SORCERESS WAR. I REPEAT…’

“No, oh no…” Squall felt tears brim in his eyes as he continued his race for the bridge. Once he got there, he slammed a hand down over the pa system and glared at Xu.

“How dare you do this without talking to me first. HOW DARE YOU!!!” Squall stood there, panting, his belts jingling as he hadn’t buckled them and Lion Heart naked in his hand.

“Garden is under my control. Any decisions to be made are done by me! Any announcements that need to be made will be done by ME… Is this sinking in yet?” Squall’s voice was deep with anger as he glared at the incompetent instructor. She nodded and backed away.

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Don't you think about the future now
These few hours
Let the nighttime envelop us
Take us under
Bewitching spell, bewitching spell
Here we are in the dead of night
Won't see you past the morning light

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Squall just missed the Estharian Guard Unit that took Seifer from garden. He ran for the Ragnarok, hoping to beat them to Esthar. He found that he had to wait to be allowed into Esthar. He was running for the Palace as vid screens appeared along the streets, showing the trial as it proceeded.

“…the execution of Seifer Almasy will take place in exactly ten minutes. We will show it, so please, keep the children out of sight…” Squall gave a moan and ran harder, his feet barely touching the roads as he cast haste repeatedly. He reached the palace and lunged towards the guards. Seifer was standing there, held up by a guard on either side while several faced him, guns in hand. Squall swung Lion Heart around himself viciously as he annihilated the firing squad. Seifer was watching him, open-mouthed and shocked.

“Squall…” Squall turned at Seifer’s muttering of his name and slew the guards holding him. Hyperion lay only a few feet away and Seifer lunged for it, arming himself. He looked at Squall as they stood there amongst the carnage.

“What now?” Seifer spoke cockily as guards swarmed out of the palace, Laguna, Kiros and Ward at the forefront. Squall stepped in front of Seifer, his gunblade held in the defend position.

“Squall son, what are you doing?”

“You will not kill him!!!” Squall roared the words and Laguna took a step back, staring at him in horror.

“What has he done to you… what has happened to you?”

“Seifer has done nothing to me. I will not let you kill him. If I have to kill you, my own father, I will.” Squall kept his gaze flitting over the ranks of the soldiers, not falling into the trap of staring at his father and forgetting about the rest of the Estharian guards present.

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So darling sing me a lullaby
Bittersweet goodbye

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“Break.” Seifer whispered softly and Squall gave a tiny affirmative nod. As one they turned and ran towards the nearest exit. Seifer matched Squall’s stride easily and they ran as one, gunblades held out the side, Squall in his right hand, Seifer in his left. Squall’s left hand was clasped tightly in Seifer’s right. They made it to the outskirts of Esthar and then the guards got within range. The bullets whizzed around the pair.

“Squall…” Seifer gasped the name as a bullet hit his left lung. He sank to the ground and Squall followed him, curling around his body.

“Seifer… no, not like this, damn it, not like this.” Squall curled around the blonde tighter, pressing against the wound, trying to stop the blood.

“Don’t, it’s over Squall. Sing for me? Just something before I die?” Seifer’s eyes had tears in them as well and Squall nodded, tenderly rocking Seifer in his arms as he sung a lullaby, tears trailing silver tracks down his porcelain skin.

“Love you Squall.” Squall gasped a ragged sob and held Seifer even closer.

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Remember me when you're away

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“I Love you too.” Squall spoke softly and Seifer smiled a brilliant smile, his whole face lighting up.

“Remember me when I’m gone?”

“Won’t ever forget you my love.” Seifer coughed and blood came dribbling from his lips as he went limp, dying there on the blue Estharian road, his trench coat riddled with holes, blood bubbling from the puncture in his lung and dribbling from his lips. Squall didn’t care about the blood and leant over him, kissing him farewell. Squall tenderly laid Seifer down on the path, dropped Lion Heart and scooped up Hyperion, smearing Seifer’s spilled blood over both his cheeks in two handprints and flung his jacket off, smearing blood over his white t-shirt as he declared himself renegade and charged the speechless guards, the blood on his cheeks running as his tears ran down his cheeks.

“THIS IS FOR SEIFER!” Squall screamed the words as he ploughed himself onto Kiros’s Katanas, slashing the willowy man in half as he dropped to the ground, blood running from his ruined abdomen to paint the blue roads red with his crimson blood.

He died there, only a few feet away from Seifer’s body. No one touched either of them.

It is said that the bodies disappeared during the night. People went back the next day to dispose of the bodies, but they weren’t there. The road though, was permanently stained crimson purple that no amount of paint or scrubbing could remove.

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End