Disclaimer: All belongs to Square, i just borrow and traumatise the characters and give them back for therapy.
Summary: AU. A surviving Zack is brought back to Nibelheim after being shot down on the way to Midgar, waking in that dreaded basement, and not alone.Hints of shounen ai, Zack/Seph Zack/Vincent. Zack POV
A sort of sequel to Final Thoughts, but you dont have to have read it before hand.
Searing pain greets me as I come back into full consciousness. Damn it I can hardly move from the pain, so I don't even try it yet. It gives me time to remember what happened…
Sephiroth…no…that was ages ago back in Nibelheim…wait…yes…Nibelheim… basement…yes…we were in the Shinra Mansion in Nibelheim…locked away in the basement…being experimented on by that sick bastard Hojo…we had escaped…we were being followed…outran them…we were sitting talking…wait…I was talking, Cloud…wait…where is he?
Fuck…it hurts to even just open my eyes…I hope I get accustomed to this pain soon…it will send me nuts if not…forget about it…just focus…need to find Cloud…I try calling out his name, but all that comes out is a pathetic groan. Great. I try opening my eyes again, but I see nothing but darkness…either I am in a small dark room, or I am blind…with Hojo I would back the latter…
It feels really close and tight in here…not that I'm afraid of the dark or anything…hell if I wasn't in too much pain to open my eyes properly…or blind, I could probably see…it's just after everything that crazy bastard I've learned to be more…cautions about being in small tight dark spaces.
Damn, I can't just lay around here waiting for the pain to go completely…I think I am starting to get used to it anyway…I have to see if I can find what happened to Cloud. Gritting my teeth from the pain I try moving my limbs and sitting up, but I hit something solid on all sides of me…even above me…it's like I'm trapped in a box…a coffin…I must be back in the Shinra Mansion then…there was always a crypt room here…never seen it as close as I am now though…that bastard…
Maybe I had only dreamt about escaping with Cloud…he is probably still locked away in that tank he is often kept in. I hate it when I dream…they always seem so real…my favourite one is when I wake up at home in Seph's bed…all of this is just a nightmare…talk about wishful thinking…
Why the hell did it go so wrong damn it? Why did you do this Seph? I will never forgive you for it, Never. You pushed me away when I only wanted to help you…you nearly killed me. I loved you but it wasn't enough for you. It was never enough. I HATE YOU.
You are dead now…so I was told at least. Too bad…I want to kill you myself for leaving us in the hands of this madman. I hate you.
I hate this more though. I cannot move or breathe…wait…I am not breathing? I can hear Sephiroth's amused voice, telling me how unobservant I am. Fuck off bastard. Get out of my mind. I do not want to remember you. Please. Leave me alone.
I hate him so much for this…I could never love him after what he has done…and yet…I still do…how could I? He is the reason I am like this now…I have him so much. He pushed me away…he nearly killed me…I wish he had done a proper job of it…I hate this pathetic excuse for an existence.
Somewhere outside is a noise…it is muffled by my…snug accommodation…but I can still hear it clearly…a loud inhuman cry of anguish…one I have heard many times since I have been locked away down here…presumed dead to the rest of the world…but I don't know what kind of being could make such a noise though…it sounds close…maybe it will find me in here and devour me…granted not the nicest way to go but it might be the only way though…
I feel a thump on the lid of my coffin…something is leaning against it…I'm not one to normally get scared but this thing sounds like it means business…and its hungry…the lid comes off slowly, falling to the floor with a thud, I flinch a little at the light…so I am not blind. Oh joy.
Thankfully said fear is pushing any thoughts of pain out of my mind so I can open my eyes and stare death in the face…
TBC
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