The remnants are believed to have hearts of stone and care only about one thing and that is Jenova or mother in their eyes. And it's mostly true. So when they kidnap Amber a young girl Cloud met two years before, they ask for ransom and that is mother's head (Though Kadaj STILL hasn't realized they don't have it.) They keep her not in The Forgotten City but a run down house they are kidding in somewhere in Midgar. Yazoo has been watching the 5-year-old child for most of the time and starts to get a feeling he has never felt before. He doesn't want to believe he is actually caring for the young girl but it starts to show that he's opening his eyes to a new experience. Though he wants to stay loyal to his brothers he can't allow Amber to be treated poorly. Will he leave the plan of Jenova behind and leave his brothers behind? Or will he just revert back to his old ways? (All FFVII characters belong to Square-Enix, Amber is © Me.)

Chapter one

The day was grey...dark and cold...The warm soothing days of summer were replaced by the falling of leaves leaving them bare like skeletons that would stay bare and brittle till spring arrived and they started to bloom. It would be useful if everything could regenerate. Just to go to sleep for a couple months then wake up fresh and alive. But that's not how Yazoo felt when he woke up. He felt as cold as the nip of the wind outside. He sat up and got up from his worn down bed. He left as bare to the chilly air because the worn down window got stuck and Yazoo's blankets weren't much good either, and all he was wearing were looks boxer shorts, the only reason Kadaj chose this house was because it was well hidden in the destruction of Midgar yet still livable. The water and electric was somehow still running so Yazoo couldn't complain. The young man reached into the closet and took out his leather jacket and pants and a black tank he whore under it. He was walking out of his room and heard Loz snoring in the room across from his so Yazoo didn't even have to look to see if he was still in bed. Kadaj was not the snoring type so Yazoo would peak through Kadaj's door to see his youngest brother sound asleep in his bed. Yazoo smiled seeing his brother look so peaceful when he slept. Yet when he was awake his emotions would be calm one second then frantic the next. Yazoo never understood emotions of "feelings". The only thing he ever understood was anger and somewhat excitement when ever he was in a fight or thinking about mother and what she would do to this planet and the fools who kept it from her. The thought made a smirk crawl onto his lips.

But soon it disappeared as he heard footsteps coming from the hall and into the living room. Yazoo turned around seeing Kadaj already in his jumpsuit staggering into the room rubbing his eyes still half asleep.

"Morning little brother, didn't get a good sleep?" Yazoo said chuckling wile he took an apple from the fridge.

Kadaj grumbled. "As a matter of fact no...And don't call me little brother..." He said leaning against the counter. "We need to get Loz up." He said after taking another apple from the fridge and he bit into it taking off a small chuck.

Yazoo cocked a brow. "What do you plan on doing?"

Yazoo saw a dark grin form on Kadaj's lips. The idea seemed to give him great excitement like he just wanted to run off and go. "I know how we can make big brother give Mother back."

Yazoo walked closer to his brother. When Kadaj said brother he was obviously referring to Cloud. Not much of a brother in Kadaj's eyes. He wouldn't give Mother back he wouldn't join them in finding a new planet and he is the reason Sephiroth was gone in the first place.

"We are going to kidnap one of the orphans he lives with. One alone, not playing with the others. Almost ignored so no one will know she was taken till someone picks up the note I've written." He chuckled handing Yazoo the letter so he could read it. "We need to wake up Loz then spy on the children then pick our target."

Heavy footsteps came from the hall and when the two brothers turned around not to their surprise Loz was already up. "If we are kidnapping a kid Yazoo is doing the baby sitting..." He said smiling at Yazoo evilly.

"What!" Yazoo snarled. "Why me?"

Loz laughed. "Easy, Kadaj hates kids, and I just don't want too. We will all help out in babysitting but you will be doing most of it. Kadaj and I already agreed."

Yazoo growled and threw his apple core into the garbage. With an angry look on his face he headed towards the door. "Well let's get this over with. I better be getting something good out of this."

Yazoo looked around his hiding spot. His back was pressed against the broken wall and a pillar. It could have been worse like hiding in a dark crummy ally. But he didn't really fit with the scenery either. It was a church that looked like it was blown up with its broken walls. Yet it was still peaceful. There was a small garden with white and yellow flowers as some children played in the patch running around looking at the flowers yet like Kadaj predicted there was one child sitting away from the others. She looked about 4 maybe 5 and her hair was a dark red with a pink ribbon around her head keeping her hair down just to her waist. She was wearing a long sleeve dress and small black boots. And she was sitting in a corner, alone...quiet, she looked kind of sad. Yazoo didn't feel remorse for the girl who probably lost both her parents in the hell that took place two years before.

Yazoo looked behind him and saw Kadaj pointing at him self then the little girl. Yazoo nodded and watched Kadaj advance on the un-expecting "prey" so to speak as he fallowed. Soon they were right behind her they looked to make sure no one was looking and Kadaj reached towards the girl.

"Psst." He whispered. "Hey kid." Soon the girls head popped out from around the broken wall looking at Kadaj, Yazoo, and Loz who had just crawled up. Kadaj reached his hand out to the tiny girl smiling.

"Come play with us." He said slightly stepping forward.

The little girl shook her head. "Miss Tifa says I'm not aloud to play with strangers."

The smile quickly fell from Kadaj's lips as he lowered his hand. "Tifa can't help you anymore."

Kadaj threw his arms around the girl snatching her in his arms. The young girl squirmed and tried to scream but Kadaj's hand over her mouth silenced her. Yet she continued to scream. Kadaj finally got angry and raised his hand. With a flick of the wrist his hand came down slapping the child hard across the face. The child screamed in pain as her captor hand struck her. Her eyes remained closed until she managed to look up at Yazoo. He saw her orange eyes. They were pleading for help wanting to be let free.

But Yazoo felt no remorse. He didn't know what it was like to be snatched from your home and taken away by strangers to somewhere dark and un-familiar. Not knowing why these men took you and why they won't let you go home.

He never had that experience.

Loz tied the girls' hands together and gagged her by tying a piece of cloth around her mouth. Her struggle subsided until a voice was heard over the laughing children.

"Kids it's time to head back." Said the voice was of a young woman.

The girl began to squirm again when she heard the voice. Kadaj raised his hand to slap her again but Yazoo grabbed his wrist and shook his head. The slap might get the attention of a child close enough to hear since the children stopped playing. The brothers glanced at the young woman who had gotten the children's attention. It was a friend of Cloud's. Her name was Tifa, the woman the little girl was talking about. Kadaj handed the crying girl to Yazoo as he reached into his pocked and nudged with his head telling them to head back to the bikes. Loz and Yazoo nodded as they started to head back keeping their bodies low. Yazoo looked down seeing the child's sleeve had slipped back somehow and Yazoo saw the familiar black marks.

"Let's hope you don't die till we get mother..." He whispered as he saw Kadaj drop the ransom note where the girl was once sitting.

Tifa had finished counting the children and noticed they were one short. "Where's Amber?" Tifa knew Amber wouldn't have run away. She was always close to the group of children. Yet she had been not as playful as she used to be. She didn't want to play with the other kids and barely even spoke to them. Tifa figured it was because she missed Cloud and wanted to see him.

One of the children piped up. "She is right-" The child turned around pointing at an empty corner of the church. "Well. She was right there."

Tifa walked to the corner and saw a folded up piece of paper on the ground. She knelt down and opened it. She quickly read through it and she was shot with panic. She shot up and ran to the children. "We need to head back to the bar right now! And we need to stay inside!" She said as the children began to fallow her back to the bar as she turned on her cell phone and called Cloud yet there was just his answering machine. "Cloud its Tifa. Amber has been kidnapped by Kadaj for ransom. He believes we have Jenova's head. Talk to Rufus talk to anyone so we can get her back!" She hung up the phone and looked back at the children multiple times to make sure they were all accounted for.

Cloud had just finished making a delivery and looked at his phone and he had a message that was sent a few minutes ago. He put the cell phone next to his ear and nearly dropped it. He hopped on his bike and quickly drove to Healin. When he arrived he threw the door open and stomped past Reno and Rude who were too shocked to react. He grabbed Rufus' wheelchair and spun it around so he could look into the geostigma infected man's eyes. "Where is Jenova's head?" Rufus looked up at Cloud through the blanket over his face. "Why, I don't know what you're talking about." Cloud clenched his fists. "You're hiding it! A 5 year old child has been kidnapped by Kadaj for ransom!" Rufus just shrugged. "I'm sorry Cloud but we do not have it. Your just gona have to find a different way to get the child back." Cloud stood up and pushed past Reno and Rude before he left he turned around. "If I find out your lying the stigma will be the last thing you will worry about." He said before slamming the door behind him.