Chapter 1
His skin was pale, sweat dripping from his forehead like a leaky faucet. His eyes were squeezed shut, the apparent strain and pain showing on his face. He wanted to brush the hundreds of wires off his arms and head, but his hands were fastened down to the gurney. The currents of electricity were piercing his skull, making it impossible to move or even think. Seconds seemed like minutes and minutes seemed like hours. Finally a horrific scream of pain escaped his throat, and the current stopped. The room went quiet, the only sound being the scratching of pen on paper and the mans shallow, staggered breathing. After a few minutes the lead scientist walked up to the gurney and began removing the wires from the manIt seems you are losing your resistance Cloud,And its about time. Finally the unbreakable Cloud becomes… breakable," Cloud opened his eyes, staring into the cold eyes of Professor Hojo. He inhaled deep and spit into his face.
"I…will…never be…broken," Cloud stammered, His skin was tingling, his mouth was dry, he was mentally and physically exhausted, but he refused to give into the power he hated; Shinra INC.
Hojo glared at Cloud while wiping the saliva from his forehead, He bent down to make sure he was eye level with Cloud and chuckled at him."No more of that my fine specimen," He said. Cloud glared at Hojo and slammed his head into Hojo's. Hojo was knocked to the ground. When he got up he glared at Cloud, "you'll regret that Cloud," He turned around and turned on the electricity.
Cloud felt the familiar pain as electricity coursed through his body. He tried to hold back the screams that wanted to escape his throat. He couldn't hold it back anymore and he lost control of his limbs as a scream escaped his throat and as his body started convulsing. His body started fighting against his restraints. The pain finally stopped and Cloud could breath again, even though his breathing is shallow and staggered. Sweat was running down his face. Every muscle in his body was throbbing.
Hojo took a cloth from his pocket and crammed it in Cloud's mouth." No more of that either my fine specimen. We have more experiments to conduct," He tapped his forehead mockingly. He looked behind him and called two guards to come wheel Cloud back to his cell. The guards wheeled Cloud down the hall to his cell, They opened the door and picked Cloud up and threw him into the cell. Then they slammed the door shut and walked away.
Cloud crawled to his cot, crawled under the blankets and fell asleep. He dreamt of her. Oh how he missed her, he wanted to be in her arms, to hear the laugh that always sent his heart into knots, to see her eyes glimmer every time she smiles at him. He dreamt of being next to her, of being in her arms again. He dreamt of being with all his friends again. He wasn't sure how long ago he had been captured after the explosion at the Mako reactor in North Corel, when they had been separated. What he did know was that he wanted Tifa in his arms again, he wanted to tell her that he loved her. She didn't know about his affection, and he was afraid if he died here she would never know.
"Cloud? Cloud can you hear me?" her voice echoed through his subconscious, "Cloud, I want you back! I need to find you!" Her distressed cries rang through his ears like a church bell. He fell into a deeper sleep. Now he could see her and himself.
"There you are Cloud…" Her smile lit up his dreams. She had long black hair, pale skin, brown eyes. She was wearing the same black clothes that she always did. A black tank top with a white one under it, a pair of black shorts with a black skirt over it that is a little shorter than the shorts, and her black boots. "I've missed you…" She walked over to him.
"Tifa…" His voice echoed, "I've missed you too. I'm in the Shinra building. They are using me for experiments." Her eyes filled with tears as she walked close to him. He cupped her face in his hands.
"I will be there soon Cloud. I promise." He pulled her face to his, their foreheads touching.
"I need to confess something to you Tifa." Their lips coming closer and closer, "I…" He paused; Tifa began to disappear, slowly fading away. He began to feel frantic, "I love you Tifa! I love you!" He yelled, but it was no use… she was gone. And it was just him, alone, inside his cold cell, waiting for Hojo to conduct another inhuman experiment on his already battered body.
