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from DC COmics.
Resurrection
Cloud opened his eyes and found that he couldn't see from what felt like dirt on his face. Instinctively he started using his hands to tear through the earth trying to escape, his grave. Digging as fast as he could till he finally caught a glimpse of light breaking through the darkness. He slowly emerged from the ground. The funny thing was he still felt nothing and still was unable to breathe. Yet he wasn't suffocating. 'Is this Hell? I have to be dead. The blade pierced my heart. I feel nothing so I can't be alive.' Cloud looked around and he was able to recognize were he was almost instantly. It was the park that was about 6 blocks away from Seventh Heaven. He would take Marlene and Denzel here often. He soon started to shake all over from the realization of what they had done to him. At first it was intense a feeling of grief and sadness, followed by an overwhelming sense of betrayal. After that there was an intense cocktail of feelings, rage, anger, hatred. However even that started to dissipate. Soon Cloud started to laugh, softly at first but then it picked up volume and intensity, until it sounded almost like the Devil himself was laughing. All there was in his mind now was insanity, pure madness.
He looked down at his hands. Were there used to be flesh was nothing more than decayed skin and bone. He laughed even more when seeing this. "So they were successful after all. Well sort of! So they think Sephiroth is the answer to all their problems. That he is the order of this world. So be it, if he is going to be order, then I will be chaos! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHEHEHEE!" Cloud ran over to the fountain to take a look at his face. His lips had rotted away showing a toothy grin and his right eye had rotted out of his skull. Most of his hair was missing as well. He could still somewhat see the cuts that Tifa left on his face. He laughed even more at his reflection.
"Well not as subtle as I hoped it would be. It might be harder to act upon my plan of revenge if people freak out and panic when seeing me. I think I will just have to make due with what I can get. I only have one question, how did I get back?" As if on cue there was a bright flash of light and the next thing he knew Aerith was standing right in front of him. Looking like she did the last moments she was alive. "Well, well, well Cloud. Me and Zack were expecting you to visit, but it seems you had last minute plans." Cloud grinned and spoke "So what does the flower girl of the dead feel the need to talk about?" Cloud spoke with a trembling hint of laughter in his voice. I'am here to try and save you. To bring you back. This is your last chance to decide whether revenge will be worth being cast out of Heaven and Hell for an eternity. To remain a remnant on the planet until it dies." It only took Cloud a second to decide. "Yup it's worth it! Need me to sign in blood or somethin?" "No need to be in such a rush. Sheesh, I don't even know you anymore! I understand the pain your going through Cloud, but anything has to be better than this. I beg you, please just come with me." Tell me why I am here Aerith!" Aerith stopped, and looked at Cloud with tear filled eyes. "Your here because the rage, hatred, pain, and desire for range was soo intense within yourself that the planet cast you out. But you still have a choice like I said to let it go and come with me." Cloud gave Aerith a smile, if you could call it that. "The only way I would want to go back is if my dearest friends were on the other side." Cloud looked at himself again. "You wanna know why you look the way you do?" Cloud nodded. "It has been five years. Sephiroth has control of the planet, yet to the people it just looks like the WRO has started to show it's muscle. Sephiroth realized that being a god will take time, so he is content in just pulling the strings of the people who have authority. To get back the way you were before the decay, you will have to be a typical zombie and eat the flesh of the living. So still up for staying here?
Cloud just looked at Aerith wierdly and started to laugh,"AAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA! So let me get this straight. I need to munch on some poor little fucking twit to look normal. Is that all? I thought there would have to be incense and candles with an incantation! Whoooohooohoooho! To easy!" Aerith seemed startled by Cloud's insane outburst and backed away a couple of steps. "Just remember the wounds that you have when you die will still be present in the form of scars. So the "smile" Tifa gave you will still be there." Cloud laughed some more. "Good! It is always a good thing to smile more!" With that Aerith vanished in a flash of white light.
Cloud sat on one of the swings for two hours thinking of his next move. When suddenly a car pulled up a fancy convertable. It shouted out that the individual was a wealthy person. Next thing Cloud saw was a gorgeous red hed giggling while she stumbled out of the car. Obviously drunk. A black haired man also stumbled out of the car, drunk as well. 'Hmmm. I think I just found out what I am having for breakfast.' Cloud thought with joy.
The man and the woman started making out in the car, completely oblivious of Cloud sneaking up behind them. The man was fondling the girl's breast and about to move his hand elsewhere, until he felt a tap on his shoulder. "Hey buddy. Do you got a light?" A deep voice spoke to him. "Hey pal! I am kinda busy so why don't you go and bother someone else before you end up with that cig up your ass." The man then turned around but before he could scream a bony hand grabbed his throat and tore it out. The man started making choking and gurgling noises as the blood poured out of his wound. At first the woman was too stunned to scream, but when she saw Cloud all thoughts seemed to almost stop for here. She stumbled out of the vehicle to try and escape but tripped. The next thing she knew she was grabbed by her hair and being dragged back to the car. "This way honey. I would like to sit comfortably when I eat." The voice sent chills down her spine. Suddenly her hair and her head were yanked backwards with so much force that it snapped her neck. The last thing she saw was the cold blue eyes of her killer.
Cloud wiped off some of the blood of of his mouth. All in all it didn't taste too bad. He had notcied as soon as he started to swallow the flesh his own grew back. In the end the bodies looked like hell. The mans head had been chewed of and his torso and stomach chewed up. While the womens arms, and legs had been nawed off. Cloud took a good look at his reflection in the fountain. With the exception of the long scar going down from his chest to his stomach, and the scars forming a smile on his face, he looked the way he did when he was alive. He put on the mans white suit and shoes. The coat that made the suit had blood stains on it and would draw too much attention for now. He didn't like the clothes he had but he planned on buying new ones first thing. He ripped a piece of the womens dress to make a scarf around his face so people wouldn't notice his scars.
He needed to get clothes and get equipped if he was going to go through with his revenge. He checked the man's clothes for anything. He found a wallet filled with money, car keys, a cell phone, a condom, and a comb. He checked the woman and found some jewelry, and a little more money. Deciding it best to check the trunk he opened it to find to his pleasant surprise was a trunk load of money and what looked to be a large bag of cocaine. 'Guess old loverboy was into some shady activity. Oh well this will be all I'll need.' Cloud skipped to the driver's side and got in the car. Turning the ignition he adjusted the mirrors and took off towards Edge, laughing the entire time.
See you next time!