Darkness

Darkness

By: Aeris

No this isn't happening

Sephiroth did this to you, didn't he!

No first my town, now my father

Shin-Ra, SOLDIER Makou reactors everything

God, no

I HATE THEM ALL!!!

what is that glistening next to me?

His sword that heartless bastard's sword

They say only he can use it

I pick the blade up. Damn what they say

I run into the reactor, racing up the stairs

And there he is, back turned to me, arms held out almost in a reverent fashion

my hometown give them back

I raise the sword, and he spins around with inhuman speed.

My arms swing in for the kill, and he catches the blade just inches from his heart.

And I feel a sharp pain flow through me, I see blood drip from a gash extending from my shoulder to my hip

I fly backwards, bouncing like a doll falling down the stairs

And I hear him and his damned laugh

The same laugh I heard when he burned my birthplace my home

Then he turns back around and disappears, feeling no sense of remorse at all!

And as I lay on this cold, steel floor, drowning in a pool of my own blood, I think

Maybe it is just fitting I die here. Where my papa died.

What about the promise I made with him?

That promise meant so much to me didn't it mean anything to him?

He said he'd save me when I was in trouble

I laugh in my subconscious. It's a little late for that now, dear Tifa. He's in Midgar, probably laughing and drinking with some SOLDIER buddies not even letting one thought of me slip through his mind.

He doesn't care. I may as well just die.

Why bother living if I have no reason? My family is dead, as are my friends and home. I would just end up starving on the streets or worse.

My eyes are growing heavy now

Well, I may as well die now, I'm almost dead anyway.

And he'll read about it in the papers, about the legendary Sephiroth setting a town ablaze.

He'll read the list of victims, and find the name Tifa Lockheart.

And he'll probably laugh and tell all his pals

That's all I am now. Another victim to be forgotten after the evening news.

I hear a thud nearby it's that SOLDIER. I think his name was Zack.

God, he reminded me of him so much. Now he shares the same fate as me.

I am about to take my final breath when I hear footsteps.

The other soldier that came with. He's still alive?

Lucky bastard.

Well, you may as well just get out of here. Nothing to see but a bunch of dead people.

Oh, God.

His voice, it sounds so familiar

will you be in the papers if you do well?

I won't be able to come back to this town for a while

He takes his helmet off to reveal spiky blonde hair.

Sephiroth, you bastard

How about we make a promise

It's him he did come for me

My God Tifa you're no

Um if you become really famous and I'm ever in a bind, you'll come save me, alright?

What?

It can't be

say something please

Come on promise me

Alright I promise

you said you would save me when I was in

He picks me up. Those arms, the same arms I longed him to hold me close with...

I feel like such an idiot now. He really did come for me.

His strong, yet gentle arms set me down, and I close my eyes.

I give up.

He runs to Zack, taking his sword.

I close my eyes, smiling faintly.

And he goes off to get revenge on the heartless monster with the legendary blade

The blade that ended my life.

I have found a reason to live now. But, I don't have the strength to.

I sigh, and let the darkness overcome me.