Esacape

Kadaj POV

People say that Jenova aren't supposed to be happy with humans. That they should be with other jenova. We didn't listen to them, and it made me happy. His, yes his, name was Genesis Rhapsodos. Commander Rhapsodos as most people know him as, but for me, my brothers and his, we know him as just Genesis, or the red sun if we're being bored. Things were great for about a month or so, then things went bad. That's how I ended up down at Seventh Heaven, a tall Bloody Mary in front of me.

I sat, just thinking, knowing my plans for once I left the bar. "Fuck life, and fuck men."

"Amen to that." I looked over at the girl who had just cursed life and men. "Men can all go die."

She looked at me with an oddly amused expression. "Um...you do realize that your a guy right?"

I smiled lightly for a moment. "Your point? I won't be here much longer anyways."

Her face dropped slightly. "What do you mean?"

"I'm heading out to Angel Falls after I leave."

"Why?"

"Why else? To end everything."

"Why would you want to do that?"

"Why do you care?"

"Just curious is all. The names Roze."

"Kadaj. And because there's no point. What's the point of life when the one person you love is horrible to you, very few people accept the two of you anyway, and life just plain sucks."

"It'll get better. Just give it some time."

"Why? I can't escape my ex, and if he finds me again, which he will eventually, I don't even want to think what might happen."

"Why don't you go to the police or something if he's stalking you or whatever."

"He's out of their reach. I told you. There's no point in fighting. It's easier just to die." I took a huge gulp of my drink, downing the rest of it.

"Well, you might change your mind." she wrote on some paper, then slid it over to me. "Call me if you ever want to talk, k?"

I nodded and took the paper. I left some gil on the bar and left quickly.

Standing at the highest point of Angel Falls, I was almost tempted to find another way. I knew the sharp rocks would give me the death I wanted, but I wasn't sure I wanted to deal with the immense pain that I knew would come with it. Eventually, I gave up and stepped towards the edge.

"And just what are we doing up here?"

I turned around and my eyes widened in fear and shock. "G..Genesis? What are you doing here?"

He laughed. "Looking for you silly."

"But how...did you find me?"

"There's a tracker in your phone." he walked towards me. "So what are we doing up here?"

"Why does it matter?"

"Cause I'm worried about you Kadaj."

"No your not. If you cared you wouldn't abuse me Gen.

"Abuse? I don't know what you're talking about."

"Genesis. You hit me, cut me with the rune sword and your knives. And you rape me over and over again. You don't call that abuse?"

"It's how I show I love you Kadaj. Do you not believe me that I love you?"

"No, I don't. You don't love me Genesis. You love having power over me because I'm human."

"Tsk tsk tsk. It seems I'm going to have to prove my love once again." he walked towards me.

I backed up slowly. "Don't touch me Genesis."

He reached forward quickly, grabbing my arm. I tried to pull away from him but he was much stronger than me. I had no chance. He could feel me trying to pull away and back handed me with his free hand. I crumpled to the ground, trying to cover my face with my free arm. "I'm sorry Genesis, I'm sorry."

Bending down in front of me, he moved my arm away from my head. "You have no reason to be sorry dear Daj. I should apologize for not showing you my love enough. Come, let me show you." he pulled me towards him slowly.

I tried to pull away, a futile attempt at escape. "Stop Genesis. Just stop. Did you ever think that maybe I don't love you anymore?" as soon as the words were out of my mouth I regretted them.

"What? Of course you still love me. You'll love me forever."

I knew there was no going back, so I figured I may as well go with it. He was already going to beat the shit out of me. "No, I don't Genesis. I don't love you. I just want to go off on my own, go back to my life. Please, just let me go."

He glared at me. "I don't think so Kadaj. You are MINE. No one else's. I'll kill anyone who tries to take you from me. And if you're determined to leave, then I'll just kill you too. I won't let you leave me Kadaj." he pulled out his little knife.

He yanked the arm he was holding towards him. Slowly, he slid the knife along the length of my arm, cutting the skin. I turned away so I wouldn't have to watch the blood drip down along my arm. I felt him drag the knife along different ways on my arm, and I could feel the warm liquid running down my arm. I could feel tears falling down my face as he turned my head to look at him. He held the knife up to my face, tracing the tracks of my tears with the knife. I could feel the cold blade cutting slightly into my skin as well as the blood mixing with fresh tears.

The blade finally left my skin and I felt Genesis wipe away the blood and tear trails, his bare skin touching mine. "I love you Kadaj, and you love me. We're happy."

I just nodded, not trusting my voice, sure it would crack if I tried to speak. Genesis pulled me away from the edge, laying me down on my back. I knew what was coming. More pain, more scars, maybe even death after he was done with me.

I watched him as he slowly slid the zipper of my leather jacket down. Closing my eyes, I felt him slide a bare hand up my chest, wrapping his other hand around my back to lift me up slightly so he could push the jacket off. Sliding it off, he laid me back down on top of it, acting gentle and loving. I knew the act though. I'd experienced it more than enough times. He would act kind until he had me fully stripped then he would change, become rough, harsh.

Lifting up my hips, he slowly undid and pulled off my leather pants. I tried to shift my mind away, take myself somewhere else, away from the pain. It worked for a few moments, up until when he began to drag the knife along my chest. I felt the warm blood trickling down my chest slowly, and I felt his tongue sweep across the wounds. Biting my lip, I felt his hands drop the knife to the ground for now, instead deciding to slide down my legs and thighs, around behind me. I tensed up as I felt his fingers probing. I was glad. Normally he didn't bother with preparation, just slamming in without mercy. He slid in two fingers at once, making me yelp slightly. Genesis took no notice and began working on me. He quickly added the third finger as I bit my lip hard so I wouldn't make a sound. Months of abuse had taught me to stay quiet.

He decided I was ready, though we both knew I wasn't. Settling himself in-between my legs, he slammed in quickly. This time I couldn't hold back. I screamed. I had been away from him for weeks, so I wasn't used to his abuse, and he had always been too big for me anyways. Fresh tears streamed down my face as he mercilessly pounded into me again and again. I clamped my eyes shut and tried to block it all out, a little trick I figured out awhile ago. But this time it refused to work, so I merely laid under him as he ripped me apart.

By the time he finished I was numb to the pain, too weak to really do anything. I'm sure he would have done more had his phone not gone off. After talking for a few minutes he turned back to me. "I'm sorry my dear Daj. It appears I'm needed, but I'll be back as soon as I can." he redressed me before taking off into the air.

With the last of my strength I dug out my phone and the paper that had the girls number on it. I didn't know who else to call. Not my brothers, and I couldn't call Angeal. She was my last hope. I passed out with the paper in my hand, my phone lying next to me.

Roze POV

I left the bar, the weird silver haired boy on my mind. He seemed so innocent, yet he had every intention of killing himself. I didn't see the point. Sure, he was a human. That I picked up immediately, but he seemed so desperate to get away from life. It made me wonder who he was involved with that he was so scared of. Maybe a drug dealer or something like that. I didn't know why I was so worried about this. He was just a random kid, no importance to me.

I shoved the kid out of my thoughts until my phone rang. Pulling it out quickly, I saw it was an emergency number. Probably a wrong number but maybe I could help. I answered it. "Hello?"

"We're looking for Roze? Spelt.."

"Roze. This is her."I interrupted them, knowing they were talking about me.

"Ma'm, a young boy was brought in just a few moments ago from Angel Falls. Silver hair, about 5'2."

"I know who you're talking about. Why call me about him?"

"He was found with a piece of paper with this number in his hand, his phone next to him. Apparently you were the last person he attempted to call."

"Crap. Alright I'm on my way down there."

"He's in room 201. Just head in when you get here."

"Alright." I hung up.

So Kadaj was alive. He hadn't killed himself. I found it odd though that he was found on the ground about to call me. That didn't sound like a suicide attempt to me. Something must have happened. Then I remembered his fear of his ex. Maybe they had found him and beat the crap out of him. But then why not kill him? It didn't make any sense.

I walked into the hospital and went straight for Kadaj's room. The doctor was taking notes off the machine when I walked in. He turned and looked at me when he heard me. "Ah, you must be Roze. I'm Doctor Hojo." he offered his hand."

"Yes I'm Roze. So what's the deal with him?" I took the hand and looked at Kadaj.

He was in horrible condition, all bandaged up. "We were hoping you might be able to help us with that. He was found at the top of Angel Falls by a patrol team. Multiple cuts covering his body, a few bruises and it appears he was raped."

"Sorry I can't help you. I actually just met him a few hours ago. He said he was planning to kill himself because he was scared of his ex. I gave him my number in case he changed his mind and wanted to talk. I can tell you his name is Kadaj."

"So then we're looking at an attack by his ex most likely?"

"Most likely. Has he woken up yet?"

"Once but we couldn't get him to say anything. We had to sedate him because he was thrashing around. He's strong for a kid his size."

"Tell you what. I'll stay till he wakes up and I'll see what I can get out of him."

"That would be helpful. We're running tests right now to see if we can get the identity of his attacker from the semen left behind."

"Ok, I don't need the details. Just go before I change my mind."

The doctor left quickly and I walked over to sit next to the bed. All that was left to do was wait.

Kadaj POV

I was trapped, suffocating, choking. I griped at his arms, trying to pull him away. I couldn't talk, couldn't plead or beg. I kicked out at him but he wouldn't let go. He was going to kill me this time. I managed to get a kick to his chest in just the right spot. His grip loosened enough for me to shout. "GENESIS STOP PLEASE!"

I bolted upright in my bed. Bed? I looked around at the bright white room around me. A hospital? How had I gotten here? "You ok?"

I turned to see the girl from the bar. "Roze? What are you doing here? How did I get here?"

"A patrol team found you up at the falls passed out. What happened?"

I looked down, thinking about the night. "My ex found me."

"I kinda figured that. I need more than that Kadaj. WHO is your ex?"

"It doesn't matter. No one can stop him."

"Kadaj, I can help you. If I have to I'll hunt this guy down myself and kill him. You seem like a nice kid."

"And what are you going to do? Shoot him?" I sneered at her.

"No. I don't use guns. I could chop him up or I could strangle him or I could just kick his ass till he dies."

"Good luck. He's a jenova."

"So am I."

I looked at her in shock. Maybe she knew him. "Are you a part of SOLDIER?"

"Yeah. My brother is General Sephiroth."

"Your brother is Seph? He never told me he had a sister."

"You know him?"

"A bit. He's good friends with my ex."

"Well damn. That tells me a whole hell of a lot. Seph is only close to a few people. Angeal, my ex, Zack, Cloud and Genesis." she leaned back in her chair, looking proud of herself.

I visibly cringed at Gens name. She must have seen it. "Genesis? Your ex is GENESIS?"

I nodded. "You stupid kid. What were you thinking? Were you out of your mind? Genesis is unstable. Everyone knows that."

"WELL I DIDN'T OK?" I shouted at her.

"Ok ok. Calm down. Look, I'll deal with Genesis. If I have to I'll go to Rufus. He'll deal with Gen if he won't listen to me."

"Don't tell him I'm alive. Make him think I'm dead."

"Why? Once I deal with him he won't bother you again."

"Yes he will. You don't know how possessive Genesis is of me. He threatened to kill me for trying to leave him."

"Trust me, I know how he can get. He's my brother's best friend. Speaking of which, I'm gonna call Seph, find out where Genesis is. Excuse me will you?" she stood up and walked out."

Alone finally, I broke down. Genesis would find out where I was and come after me. He had put me in the hospital this time. Next time he would kill me. I pulled my legs up to my chest and cried, ignoring my body's screams of pain.

Roze walked back in a few minutes later, but I took no notice. I didn't care anymore. Nothing mattered. Let her see me cry.

I heard her sit next to me on the bed. She placed a hand on my shoulder. "Kadaj, look at me."

I tilted my head up just enough to see her. "Kadaj I got ahold of Genesis. He's on his way over here."

My head bolted up. "WHAT? YOU CALLED HIM HERE? HOW COULD YOU? DO YOU WANT ME TO DIE?" I tried to bolt up out of the bed to run.

Roze pushed me down onto the bed. "Just relax will ya? Look, I called Gen down here so we can get all this shit figured out. If there's something going on then I'll deal with it. You'll be under my protection the whole time."

I glared at her. "You don't get it. He'll put on the act he always does. He'll act like he cares. Like he's worried about me. But then once everyone's gone he'll flip out on me and beat the shit out of me, probably rape me again. These cuts all over my skin, they aren't from rocks. He cuts me. He does it every time. You can't let him near me. Please don't make me face him." I looked at her pleadingly.

"Kadaj relax. I always see through Genesis. If he's hiding something I'll see it."

Genesis showed up almost an hour later. When he saw me he ran over to me. "Oh Daj! My sweet sweet Daj! What happened to you? I've been so worried. I rushed over as soon as I could get away from Director Lazard."

I shrunk back from him. Roze stepped in front of him, stopping his access to me. "Now listen here Gen. I called you here so we could figure out what's going on. Kadaj is terrified of you and I want to know why." she stared him down, something I'd never seen anyone do.

"Afraid of me? I can't see why. Roze, will you give us a minute? I wanna talk to my sweet Daj." Genesis had his sweetest act on.

"Sorry Gen. I told him I'd be here the whole time. Anything you have to say to him you can say with me here."

"Roze, it's kinda personal mushy stuff that you don't want to hear."

"I don't care Genesis. You'll have to say it in front of me. So go ahead." she kept her eyes on Genesis, her face expressionless.

Genesis walked towards me but Roze put her arm in front of him. "Just stay right there Gen. You can go near him when I say you can go near him. Now talk."

He looked at me. "My sweet Daj. I don't know why you'd be scared of me. All I've ever done is love you. Is it because of what I am? I thought you were ok with that."

I looked away. "Genesis, I told her everything. I told her that you cut me and rape me. I told her that you threatened to kill me for trying to leave you. The doctors are running tests right now because I wouldn't tell them it was you. Soon enough they'll have evidence that it was you that attacked me up there. Just admit it."

I heard him growl. "Kadaj Yuiki. How could you turn on me like that? I saved you from the labs before they turned you into one of us. I gave you a good life as a human. How could tell such lies about me? Why would you hurt me like that? I love you Daj, and I know you love me."

"Yes Genesis, I do. I hate to admit it but I still love you after everything. But I can't do it anymore. I can't take the abuse. I'm tired of getting up every morning and wondering if it would be my last day. I want to be able to get up in the morning and not fear for my life."

I saw him tense and I knew what was going to happen. Instinctively I curled up in a ball to cover myself, to try to protect myself. The next thing I heard was something slamming into a wall and Genesis cursing. I opened my eyes to see Roze pinning Genesis to the wall. She had his arms pinned behind his back. He was growling at her and struggling. "Genesis Rhapsodos, how could you. An innocent human? He's just a kid. How could you hurt him so badly when he put so much trust in you, so much love? You're an ass hole and I'm going to Rufus about this first thing in the morning. Till then I'm taking you to Angeal so he can keep an eye on you." she jerked him away from the wall and headed towards the door.

Before she left she turned to me. "I'll be back later Daj. You'll be ok till then right?"

I nodded and watched her leave. I couldn't believe it. It was over, finally over. Genesis would be locked up and I'd be free of him. All because I met a random girl in a bar before my suicide attempt. I shuddered to think what might have happened if the timing between us had been different and I had never met her. It was horrible to think of so I just laid down and waited for her to come back.

I woke a few times when the doctor came in and out. He saw me awake one time and said that I looked better and that my wounds weren't very serious. He said I'd be out of there in no time and they would have the results of the tests by morning. I told him that I could tell him the results, but that I wanted the proof in case I needed to speak out against Genesis. The doctor agreed and left me to rest. I took his advice and went back to sleep.

The next time I woke Roze was sitting next to my bed. I looked at her and smiled. She was my saving angel. She even looked like one, her long honey blond hair running down her back in gentle waves, her green eyes bright and full of life. After a few minutes she noticed I was awake. She smiled back and walked over to the bed, sitting next to my legs. "Hey you. How you feeling?"

"Better. What happened to Genesis?"

"He's with Angeal. When I explained the situation Angeal was livid. He started screaming and Genesis was flinching and cringing and trying to hide from him. It was funny as hell. And the sad part is that Genesis is older then Angeal. I'd hate to see what happens when Seph finds out. Oh he's going to be pissed. I called Rufus and made an appointment to see him in the morning. It's all over Daj. You can relax."

"Thank you Roze. You've been so kind to me and you barely just met me." I sat up to look at her.

"It's fine Daj. Actually, because I had to deal with Genesis, I was able to patch things up with my ex. We're back to being friends because we were able to talk. You helped me Daj. So now it's my turn to thank you."

"Don't do that. I really didn't do anything. You're the one who did all the work while I laid here like a bump on a log."

She laughed at me. "Ok then, I won't thank you. But I will stay here to take care of you. And then once you're out of here maybe you and me can go get something to eat."

I looked at her in shock. "A..Are you asking me out? On a date?"

She looked around nervously. "Um...maybe. Look it's cool if you aren't interested."

"I'd love to." I smiled and grabbed her hand.

She smiled back and held my hand. Maybe I could start all over again. I could actually live mostly without fear. I just had to avoid snakes and I was good.