The Interrogation (Final Fantasy VIII, Seifer/Squall)

Squall Leonhart stood silently near the center of the room, staring intently at the large monitor set in the wall before him. The images on the screen were constantly changing. Seemingly random bits of video and film were clipped together, forming an endless montage centered around one person – Delgadia Garou. Seed had been watching the man for months – ever since they’d first gotten word from one of Garou’s former allies that Garou was planning an attack on the Garden. Unfortunately they didn’t know how or even when. Their informant had been murdered within minutes of informing Seed. The raid on Delgadia’s headquarters had turned up nothing, he’d left his family behind and disappeared underground along with dozens of supporters.

Garden staff and a few select members of Seed filtered in and out of the room, creating a faint buzz of motion around Squall that was completely ignored. He’d been like this for days, so intent on learning Delgadia’s plan that he’d spent every waking hour pouring over every scrap of information Had he been listening he would have noticed that some of the conversation was about him and his obsession with the video.

One of the room’s many doors slid open with a sigh, allowing a confidant blonde to stalk into the room, white coattails fanning out behind him like a banner. His eyes scanned the room quickly, taking in every detail before ignoring everything to concentrate on one person. The echo of Seifer’s boots died as he stopped abruptly in the center of the room, scant inches away from the Garden’s Commander.

“Come on.”