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Characters are property of Square Soft. This is not for
profit, but only for my own sick fun. <G>

When you get old and your vision goes, �a� looks a lot like
�s�. Which explains why the Doctor is of Polish decent instead of Japanese in
this fic arc. Feel free to mentally pronounce it however you are the most
comfortable.

Much credit to Acid Rain for all her help writing this.
Couldn�t do it withoutcha, Babe.

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When you put your arms around me

I get a fever that's so hard to bear
�Fever� by Peggy Lee

Fever: Chapter Three

Zell Dincht:

Squall was in the sick bay, raving. Apparently he�d been
staving off the fever with Esuna, and it backlashed big time. I thought
Squall had said Irvine was sick, but Irv seemed perfectly okay. Sleepy and petulant, but okay.

Selphie drug her cowboy off for some tender lovin� care, and
I hadn�t heard much from either of them since. Quis was sulking in her room,
probably rewriting the rulebook to cover commander lugging protocols.

I was in quarters, burning my way through what might have
been a cold or might have been related to Squall�s fever but probably was
nothing more than 2 pounds of sand in my sinuses. I never got sick and if I
caught anything it never lasted long. It�s metabolic. Ma used to say I could go
through the 24-hour flu in three minutes.

Doc wasn�t happy about my scratchy throat and stuffed nose,
but my symptoms didn�t seem to match either Squall or Irvine�s so she let me
confine myself to quarters. Of course, Quis had to mention the Squall bite I
had already Cured, so I didn�t get away without the ever-popular shot,
not that needles bother me. Dr. Kadowski had her hands full, anyway,
since some loud mouth leaked the Commander�s situation and the President of
Esther suddenly got all nosey.

And I had way too much time on my hands. So much that I was
on my hands and knees, scrubbing my damned bathroom floor, trying to track down
a weird smell that had been bugging me all day.

You would think with a stuffed head that I couldn�t smell
dick, but I could, and probably tell you who�s it was, too.

I had all the lights on, searching for dirt. I�m not the
cleanest guy in world, ask my Ma, but after I hit the tiles with the orange
cleaner you could have done surgery in that room, Baby.

The smell was still there. I got a brainstorm and decided to
check the medicine cabinet. Yep, a tube of liniment must have been leaking,
because the smell almost rolled me over. I quickly dumped it in the bucket with
the orange scented rags, trying to kill the odor. Then I slammed the
mirror-covered door and got the shock of my life.

My pupils were slit.

I double checked. Yep. Slit, like a cat�s. How the fuck did
that happen? When did it happen? How did I not notice?

Time to shuck off for full body inspection.

I couldn�t tell, with the weird artificial lights in the
bathroom, if my skin tone had changed or if I just thought it had. Didn�t
Irvine look different, too? I wasn�t
sure. Were my ears slightly pointed? They were! And my teeth had gone from
sharp to werewolf.

Okay, a few katas to calm myself down.

We got back from the desert, deposited Squall and Irvine
with appropriate caregivers, and I came to my room to get cleaned up. I must
have napped for a couple three hours, and then I woke up with supernose and a
few other changes.

If I woke up at all. Maybe I was still asleep. That thought
cheered me up so much I almost went to flop back on the bed. But I knew I
was awake and that this was really happening.

Unless I was crazy. I mean, Squall had gone nuts and if he
could go, anyone could. It�s not like I was ever strung all that tight, anyway.
I felt rational enough, just scared. Not even scared, really, creeped out.

Time to talk to Quis.

I slipped up to the Admin Offices, feeling guilty for not
obeying Kadowski�s orders. Technically, though, since I wasn�t sick, I
outranked her. How weird was that? She�d been taking care of me and my sports
related owwies since I joined the Garden. Four years later she takes orders
from me. Or she would if I ever gave any.

I knocked twice and stuck my head in. �Hey, Quisty��

Xu looked up at me, frowning. �Aren�t you confined to
quarters?�

�Do I look different to you, Xu?� She wasn�t my favorite
person, but any unbiased opinion would do.

�Sunburned,� She said, looking me over critically. It�s the
only way Xu looked at anyone, really. �Haggard. More feral. Are you losing
weight?�

My stomach growled at that. �I think I�ll go grab a hot dog
or three.�

�Go back to your quarters and have a cadet bring you lunch.�

�Where�s Quis?� Dang, I was really getting hungry.

�Don�t change the subject. She called in sick. Dr. Kadowski
said Kinneas was unhurt. What�s his excuse for -?�

�Y�know, Xu, I gotta go eat.� I sprinted for the door,
hoping I made it to the cafeteria before my stomach ate my liver.

�Zell? Zell! I haven�t dismissed you!� Xu stood up. �Zell,
don�t run all over Garden�!�

Know what? I outranked her, too.

******

Dr. Kadowski looked over the three men who suddenly appeared
in her Infirmary. Their strange dress at first suggested Estherian Soldiery but
President Loire had agreed to honor the quarantine. �You can�t come in here!�

�We are here,� the shortest one said. Even he was taller
than the Shumite instructors. He had to be well over 6 feet tall.

�Yes, I see that, but I have sick children here so you�ll
have to go!� She made shooing motions towards the door.

The three men stared at her blankly. They were mostly
obscured by the shadows, but Kadowski could see that they were wearing some
sort of green uniform. The middle sized one had a fancy robe over his, with
glittering embroidery. The tallest of the three was easily 8 feet tall and if
he weighed less than 400 pounds, Kadowski would eat her charts.

Robe Guy spoke up. �We have come for Irvine Kinneas.�

Against her will, Kadowski found her eyes straying to the
curtain that hid Squall�s cubicle.

Squall had been distraught when Zell brought him in, intent
on keeping everyone away from Irvine. The doctor was finally forced to send the
sniper to his quarters, under the care of his girlfriend, Selphie, hoping that
separation would calm Squall�s anxiety. It seemed to have worked, as the
Commander collapsed immediately into an exhausted, fevered sleep.

The Doctor could not see Squall�s eyes snap open at the
mention of Irvine�s name.

Shorty smiled at Kadowski. �In there?�

�No.� She drew herself up to her full 5 foot 3 inches and
glared at the men. �I don�t know who you think you are, but�?� Kadowski�s voice
trailed off as the tallest and thus far silent man pointed an obvious weapon at
her.

�We will take Irvine Kinneas,� Robe Guy said. He gestured with his head towards Squall�s
cubicle, the motion bringing him more into the task lighting of the darkened
Infirmary.

Dr. Kadowski blinked, momentarily distracted by the slightly
pointed ears, sharp teeth and narrowed slit pupils of the man. She pulled
herself together. �You will not! That is a very sick boy in there, leave him
alone!�

�Sit down, Childless One,�
Shorty said, and Kadowski found herself doing just that. The Big One
nodded encouragingly and kept the weapon trained on her.

Robe Guy jerked open the curtain to reveal and empty bed.
Then there was a flash of blue light and he fell back, encased in ice. The
other two fell back, hissing in distress.

Kadowski wasn�t sure if it was the unexpected ice attack on
their comrade or the sudden bright light. Taking no chances, she hit both the
lights and the alarm before ducking under her desk. Something fired over her
head, leaving a nasty purple splotch on the wall.

Squall edged out, holding onto the wall for support, but
still able to summon. Kadowski winced
as she saw the familiar green ball lights forming; grateful Squall was the only
patient in this section of the Infirmary.

Icicles swirled to form the beautiful Shiva. Robe Guy had
struggled out of his ice prison and rose to his feet, casting a warmish red
light over himself and his fellows. Diamond Dust flowed over everything
in the room only to shatter and dissipate. The strangers took minimal damage,
but it was proven that Shiva could pierce their defensive spell.

The Big One tried to grab for Squall, who snarled and
dodged. The Commander scanned the room quickly, and Kadowski knew he was
probably seeking his gunblade.

Kadowski scuttled out from behind her desk, intent on
reaching the locked cupboard that held Squall�s weapon. Shorty kicked her
viciously in the side and grabbed her by the hair as she gasped for air.

Squall threw the first thing he found at Shorty, hitting the
stranger smartly on the side of the head with a bedpan. Shorty snarled, but
still was able to haul the uncooperative Kadowski to her feet.

The door to the Infirmary flew open and Zell burst in, hot
dog in hand. He kicked The Big One away from Squall and into the wall.
�Everybody ok?� he asked, bouncing lightly as he took a bite out of his lunch.
Panting slightly, Nida and two senior cadets rushed in behind him, weapons
drawn.

�Don�t force us to injure the Woman,� Shorty said. Off to
the side, Robe Guy started casting.

�Mine,� Squall panted. �All mine.� He summoned Shiva
again.

�Oh, shit,� Zell said. He crammed the rest of the hotdog
into his mouth and hit The Big One twice in the breadbasket, then once across
the knees before ending with a snap kick to the kidneys. The Big One went down,
moaning.

Shorty threw Kadowski into the cadets and they all went down
in a knot of limbs. Nida tried a tackle, but Shorty side stepped with
superhuman speed and ran over to The Big One. Robe Guy finished whatever spell
he�d been working on, and all three disappeared.

Shiva, summoned but with no enemies in sight, faded away.

Zell caught Squall as he sagged and pulled the hospital gown
more decorously around him. Squall looked up at Zell, his eyes stormy with
confusion. �Mine?�

�Anytime, Baby,� Zell whispered back. He looked over at where
Nida was helping Kadowski sit back at her desk. The cadets, deeply embarrassed
by being generally useless, hovered, and Zell addressed his orders to them. �I want total shut down and a room by room
search. We need to know if those guys even left or if they�re invisible or
something, so watch what you say.�

They saluted and
left to start security recovery.

Zell shifted Squall in his arms and wiped a bit of mustard
from the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand. �What the fuck
is going on?�

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