Only You
by Astra
OtakuAstra@hotmail.com
http://OtakuAstra.tripod.com
Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy or it's characters, and ya know what, I'm sick of saying that a million times. .
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Cloud... I remember the first time I heard your name. Biggs apparently "didn't catch" it, but I was listening... and I remember thinking, Cloud... such a nice name. My mother used to tell me stories of what life was like outside Midgar, and she told me of such things as clouds, that are white and fluffy and look like puffs of fleece as light as dreams... and they float in the sky, that mysterious blue thing that exists above the plate.
I remember when you rescued me in the Mako reactor... it was the first time I looked into your eyes, and they were blue, bright blue... could that be what the sky looks like? No... your eyes had a blue fire in them, much much brighter than this sky could ever be. Some of that fire must have leaped right into my heart that day...
Now, as I lie here on the cold metal bars of the ramp leading up around the pillar, I am too tired to be scared. ...no, I am very tired, but the weariness does not drown out the fear. I hear gunshots above... Barret? Where are Biggs and Wedge? Confused... and tired... and scared... and so cold... The Shinra soldiers, the paratroopers, tell us that three rebels have been disposed of. I can see Barret up above me, but the rest... Biggs? Wedge? Tifa? .......You?
Yes, that's probably it. They are telling us this to scare us. That must be it. You can't die... can you? It's amazing... people so close to you can disappear, just like that. I'm scared. Are you alive now, Cloud? Where are you? ...it's cold up here...
Now I see you, Cloud... you and Tifa and the girl in the pink dress. There's Wedge... he must be injured. I can't tell... you all look like ants from up here. It's making me dizzy. There goes the girl in pink... now you're ascending the ladder. I wait for a while... there you are... What? Help me? No, I'm just glad I could speak with you one last time... Cloud, don't... because of our actions, people died. This is probably... our punishment...
...no. It's my punishment. Cloud, get out of here! I'm too feeble to yell it out, but I think Get out of here! Escape! with all my heart and soul. We dragged you into this, Cloud. You just needed a job. It's not your fault. Hurry, escape! No, don't go up... what are you doing now? Fighting the red-headed man... huh? I'm too tired to care. Just don't get yourself killed...
...falling... burning debris is falling... oh God, I'm going to be crushed, I'm going to die. Cloud! Get the hell OUT of here! Don't you realize you're going to die? I'm too weak to get out, but you have no excuse! Just hurry! I'm falling... the ramp is collapsing... great. Now we'll be buried under the ruins of Sector 7, forever... no. I can see you and Tifa and Barret escaping... then everything goes black.
Yes, black. I can't see... but I can hear... Biggs! Wedge! Jessie! MAR-LE-NE! DAMMIT ALL TO HELL... god... damn... is that Barret? So I can still hear... and I can feel... I'm being crushed! I can't breathe... Cloud! Cloud, can you hear me? I wonder if my voice is even going out, or if I'm just thinking. Cloud, I'm still alive in here... save me... No. That's not my fate. It's like I said... because of my actions, many people died. This must be my punishment. I'm glad, Cloud. Go on with your life. I was supposed to die, and I will, but you weren't supposed to die, and you won't. Keep going. Save the Planet. I believe in you, Cloud.
...But Cloud... all I wanted was... you...
by Astra
OtakuAstra@hotmail.com
http://OtakuAstra.tripod.com
Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy or it's characters, and ya know what, I'm sick of saying that a million times. .
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Cloud... I remember the first time I heard your name. Biggs apparently "didn't catch" it, but I was listening... and I remember thinking, Cloud... such a nice name. My mother used to tell me stories of what life was like outside Midgar, and she told me of such things as clouds, that are white and fluffy and look like puffs of fleece as light as dreams... and they float in the sky, that mysterious blue thing that exists above the plate.
I remember when you rescued me in the Mako reactor... it was the first time I looked into your eyes, and they were blue, bright blue... could that be what the sky looks like? No... your eyes had a blue fire in them, much much brighter than this sky could ever be. Some of that fire must have leaped right into my heart that day...
Now, as I lie here on the cold metal bars of the ramp leading up around the pillar, I am too tired to be scared. ...no, I am very tired, but the weariness does not drown out the fear. I hear gunshots above... Barret? Where are Biggs and Wedge? Confused... and tired... and scared... and so cold... The Shinra soldiers, the paratroopers, tell us that three rebels have been disposed of. I can see Barret up above me, but the rest... Biggs? Wedge? Tifa? .......You?
Yes, that's probably it. They are telling us this to scare us. That must be it. You can't die... can you? It's amazing... people so close to you can disappear, just like that. I'm scared. Are you alive now, Cloud? Where are you? ...it's cold up here...
Now I see you, Cloud... you and Tifa and the girl in the pink dress. There's Wedge... he must be injured. I can't tell... you all look like ants from up here. It's making me dizzy. There goes the girl in pink... now you're ascending the ladder. I wait for a while... there you are... What? Help me? No, I'm just glad I could speak with you one last time... Cloud, don't... because of our actions, people died. This is probably... our punishment...
...no. It's my punishment. Cloud, get out of here! I'm too feeble to yell it out, but I think Get out of here! Escape! with all my heart and soul. We dragged you into this, Cloud. You just needed a job. It's not your fault. Hurry, escape! No, don't go up... what are you doing now? Fighting the red-headed man... huh? I'm too tired to care. Just don't get yourself killed...
...falling... burning debris is falling... oh God, I'm going to be crushed, I'm going to die. Cloud! Get the hell OUT of here! Don't you realize you're going to die? I'm too weak to get out, but you have no excuse! Just hurry! I'm falling... the ramp is collapsing... great. Now we'll be buried under the ruins of Sector 7, forever... no. I can see you and Tifa and Barret escaping... then everything goes black.
Yes, black. I can't see... but I can hear... Biggs! Wedge! Jessie! MAR-LE-NE! DAMMIT ALL TO HELL... god... damn... is that Barret? So I can still hear... and I can feel... I'm being crushed! I can't breathe... Cloud! Cloud, can you hear me? I wonder if my voice is even going out, or if I'm just thinking. Cloud, I'm still alive in here... save me... No. That's not my fate. It's like I said... because of my actions, many people died. This must be my punishment. I'm glad, Cloud. Go on with your life. I was supposed to die, and I will, but you weren't supposed to die, and you won't. Keep going. Save the Planet. I believe in you, Cloud.
...But Cloud... all I wanted was... you...