Chapter Two: Tifa's Mind

The hour passed silently as the two remained in the same position. Tifa's head resting on Cloud's hand as the injured and sore blonde rested on his back staring at the ceiling. Their breaths were in unison as no words were passed to break the silence. What words could be said? They knew neither had any idea where they were, they knew the other was fine and they knew that their captures were still a mystery.

"I wonder what the others are doing…" Tifa whispered as she stared at, what she thought was, the door. Shifting her body slightly she looked up to find Cloud still in the same position. "…Cloud?"

"They're probably looking for us…" He barely grunted as he sat up. The weight on Cloud's neck forcing him to sway as he struggled to find his balance. With his hands firmly planted on the ground he lifted himself up and swayed forward slightly before gathering his balance. As he turned his head to Tifa he opened his lips to speak. However the faint echo of steps froze him in place as he turned his eyes back to the door.

The heavy steel creaked as the rusty bolts shifted the door open. The light from the outside spilling in like the sun was on the other side. A blob image of a figure walking forward hit their eyes, the figure looking like he was being born from the light itself. Slowly the features came clear and Cloud's eyes widened. Tifa's expression no more different said for the dropped mouth. "Kadaj..." Cloud whispered.

Almost the instant he mumbled the male's name his arm reached out and yanked Cloud's head to the floor roughly slamming the blonde's skull against the dirty floor causing Cloud to go into a dizzy state. With the blonde temporarily distracted he heaved him up and handed him off to two other figures, both dressed in a black cloak, hood pulled up and hiding his face. As the chains pulled tight on the blonde Kadaj gripped the metal and broked the thick chain link. The clatter of the metal echoing the area as Cloud and the hooded figures disappeared through the door way. The light swallow them up.

Slowly the silver haired male turned around and looked to Tifa the faintest of smirks coming to his face as he titled his head off to the right. His eyes stuck on Tifa's. "Brother will return...later." Giving Tifa a sinisiter smirk he headed to the door and closed it behind him leaving Tifa alone in the cell.

As the door closed it started as a gunshot signaling the thoughts in her head to pour out. Cloud was gone now...if she would see him again alive was a mystery she prefered not to think about. Her worry ranged more than just to Cloud, it was to her friends, to Marlene and Denzel...and her anger boiled to the people who had taken them captive.

Pulling her knees to her chest she rested against the wall and lifted her eyes to the roof. Her friends...they had to be looking for them. It's not like they could just forget Cloud and Tifa. After all Tifa was a little too tough and forward to be forgotten and Cloud...well they would never forget the pain in their ass for a long time.

Chuckling softly she closed her eyes. Marlene and Denzel. They both loved Cloud so much...and the stubborn swordsman hardly spent any time with them like he should have. Always going off on his own, never answering his phone when someone called, finding ways to get out of playing with them. It was like he was allergic to children with the way he subtly avoided them. Tifa would have to change that when they got out of this...if they would...

Lowering her head she rested her chin on her knees and opened her eyes. Her pupils taking close study of the chains that bound her ankle. Cloud...the stubborn, selfish, depressed...most mysterious person Tifa knew... His soft blonde locks, his crisp blue eyes, his stern jaw twitching to break and speak more on his mind, his full lips just begging to be locked with hers. A blush flew over her face as she buried her head into her knees to hide herself from whatever eyes could see her.

As she lifted her head her mind switched from Cloud...to the people who took him. The people who had caught both of them. What had they done to them...how could Cloud and Tifa fall to this low state? Being shackled in a dirty cell and seperated from one another...moreso...how did Kadaj...return?


Chapter Two, done and done. I know they're short chapters but then you don't have to get bored while reading them XD. Anyways...review if I should continue.