A/N: This my bf, my brothers, and my story. We do not own anything, but the oc that have never been placed into the story. R&R.
Blood. Blood lots and lots of blood. It clung to my hands drying quickly in the hot winds meandering between the ruin towers of Midgar. Valentine shuddered in my arms with every breath taken. Strife lay beside me, not moving. The buster sword lying next to him. Valentine woke slowly, meeting my eyes. "Highwind." The voice echoed hollowly in my ears. "Is he dead?" My eyes swept across to Strife. He had yet to move, but I was hopeful. "No!" I said firmly. "He's been through too damn much to die like this." "Did we win?" Scarlet eyes rapidly dulling as they search mine. "We will." A dizzying flash of memories pulled him from Midgar and into a time several months before this all happened. The day it all started.
The sky was clear, without a cloud in sight. The controls hummed gently in his hands. The ship responded to his lightest touch, obeying his every whim. He was without any worry. There was no distractions, no sounds…"Kale, if you don't hurry your ass up we are dead." Well, almost no sounds. Kale Highwind grimaced at his little sister. "We aren't even close to being late." "We will be if you don't get your heads out of the clouds. And look at this." She jabbed a slim finger at the display screen before her. "We are getting off course." "Shut up Ammy, I know what I'm doing." Kale retorted.
Amethyst Highwind narrowed her eyes at her brother, and despite her slender 5'0" frame, it was a sight to behold. Her vivid violet eyes flashed dangerously, her dark brown locks, identical to Kale's, curled around her jaw in a pixie cut. Her teeth chewed her lip in distress. "If we are late Mina will kill us. It is her sweet 16 after all." "It's Darren's as well, considering they are twins." Kale said reasonably.
"I knew that." She retorted. Kale smiled shyly. "Are you gonna give him something special, Ammy?" Ammy's jaw dropped in outrage. "Of course not!" She shrieked. "I mean, I did get him a present too, but its because it's birthday! I don't like him!" "You coulda fooled me. But the fact remaining, I don't think he's into younger women." Kale said. Ammy muttered something incoherently. At the tender age of 15, Ammy was the youngest of the AVALANCHE children, something Kale teased her mercilessly for. It was his prerogative as the oldest of the aforementioned group. He reasoned. Being the lofty age of 19, he jokingly referred to spending time with his little sister as "Babysitting". A fact not lost on his mother, Shera Highwind, who quiet happily beat him over the head with whatever she happened to be holding at that moment.
Silence reigned in the cockpit for a second. "Are you gonna be flirting with her again?" Ammy asked abruptly. Kale grinned. "Mina?" Kale and Mina Valentine enjoyed a certain banter that ranged from insulting and abusive, to flirtatious or even a little intimate at times. Nothing too adult, after all she was barley considered a women, but more often then not Mina stomped away angrily. With her heart racing and a pretty blush adorning her cheeks. Kale was careful where he flirted, especially considering Vincent Valentine is quiet literally a dead shot, and Kale suffered no delusion on what he would do to the guy who talked dirty to his only daughter. "Usually she starts it." He muttered under his breath.
"Aries." Ammy said meaningfully, referring to the young daughter of Cloud and Tifa. Aries Strife was quite obviously in love with the young Highwind, something Kale noted, but never exploited. Damn decent of me. Kale thought. Especially considering her bountiful assists. He added with a lecherous grin. At 17 years of age, Aries rivaled her mother's striking figure. "Can't help it if she's cute when she blushes." Kale shot back. And blush she did, at almost every instance she was near the tall, handsome, pilot. "Shut up and fly." Ammy's voice yanked back Kale out of his thoughts. "Fine" Kale said, shaking his head gently, and accelerated towards Wutai.
