A/N: Thank you for the reviews, alerts, and favorites! Also to answer some of your questions, yes this fic will have both yaoi and het pairings in it and I will reveal Cloud's past with his old partner in this chap and in the future chapters. I don't know how many chapters this fic will have as of yet, but I'm guessing that it will be around the same number for my other chapter fic Club Rev as a rough estimate.

Disclaimer: In 1st Chap.

Warning(s): The same as those in the 1st Chap…


Cloud stared in horror at the sight that lay before him. He had arrived too late to save the chairman…

"Don't move! Put your hands where I can see them!" He yelled at the serial killer that he and his partner have been hunting down for over six months. He couldn't see what the man's face looked like because he was facing away from where the moonlight from the windows couldn't reach him. The serial killer didn't budge and only threw his head back and laughed, letting Cloud get a side view glance of who it was. Cloud gasped in shock. Silver hair and a green eye…

"No…" Cloud felt his legs give out as he hit the wall and slid down to a sitting position. Cloud felt tears run down his face as his partner slowly turn his head in his direction and grinned before he pulled the knife out of the chairman's left eye. Blood ran in thick rivers down the dead man's face and onto the floor and Cloud felt as though he was going to be sick.

"Please…please…don't….please…" Cloud began to beg as he watched his partner turned to face him and slowly made his way towards him.

"Please! Don't…you can't…you can't…please…" He begged even harder as his partner smirked and licked the knife clean and wiped the blade with the handkerchief that was in his pocket as he continued to make his way towards him. Cloud couldn't even see his partner because his tears had blurred his vision.

"Good to see you, Cloud."

He began to cry even harder when he realized that his partner was less than a foot away from him.

"Please, don't…hurt…don't hurt me…"

"Now, why would I do that? What good would hurting you do? I need you to remain alive."

"W-why?"

"Why what? Why keep you alive or why am I doing this?"

"B-both…"

"Well, for the first question, I need someone alive to tell the story of what took place here and as for the other one, you know why. You just don't want to admit it to yourself because you're in love with a married man that just so happens to be your partner and the greatest murderer of the century. It's such a shame that you don't have the strength to pull the trigger of the gun that lies in your hands…" His partner cruelly laughed at him before kneeling down to his level. There was nothing he could say to retaliate. His partner had always known how to read him like a book where no one else knew how to and he did the same in return, not to mention that he was always saving his life. That's what made him fall in love with the man that was kneeling before him.

"Let's put that love of yours to a test, shall we?"

Cloud gasped when his partner whispered into his ear and screamed when he put the knife through his left shoulder and began to remove his pants while chuckling.

"NO! Please stop! SEPHIROTH!"


"Cloud…are you ready?"

Cloud came back to reality and stared at the spiky brunette man in front of him. He hated when his mind would travel back to memories of his old partner, especially those of that night...the night when Sephiroth...

"Yeah… I guess so…"

"You know, I could do it for you if you're not feeling well. Actually, I'm kinda surprised that you're here at the station and not at your house after witnessing-"

"I'm fine Zack."

The 30 year old inspector sighed before getting out of the chair next to Cloud's desk and came to stand behind Cloud to try and rub his shoulders, but as usual, Cloud grabbed his hand before he could touch him.

"Don't…"

"Why not?"

'Because that's what he used to do when I'd get stressed out…'

Cloud didn't answer him and instead got out of his chair to go and address what happened to his police force. Zack watched Cloud go and muttered a curse. Just when he thought that Cloud was ready to move on from Sephiroth, he goes and shows him that he's no way near being ready. It has been that way for the past five years…he would try to make an advance on Cloud and Cloud would pull away from the start or just when he was about to get to the best part, Cloud would tell him to stop and then not talk to him for days. Zack knew it had something to do with Sephiroth, but he just didn't know what. And what makes it worse is that he wouldn't tell anyone what happened before they were able to handcuff Sephiroth...he wouldn't even tell the judge in Sephiroth's trial. What could've happened to make Cloud shut down on everyone that he considered dear to him? Zack shook his head before heading out of Cloud's office. It wasn't the best idea to miss hearing what action they were going to take about the murders.


The security guard whistled as he carried the breakfast tray along with a newspaper into the 24/7 prison cell room door where another security guard was holding the door open for him. The security guard hid the smirk that was on his face as he walked up to the single cell in the middle of the large room. The silver-haired man in the cell smirked back at the guard in recognition of who it was.

"Good morning officer, Daj. Love your brown hair by the way…"

"Good morning Sephiroth and thank you for the compliment. You know the drill. In the corner, hands behind your head and no turning around until you hear the door close."

"Yes, sir."

He motioned for the other two guards in the room to open the door and shifted the tray in to one hand as he made his way inside of the cell. As he sat the tray down on the small table within the cell, he grabbed the small piece of paper that was on the edge of the table and bawled it up in his fist before slowly making his way out of the cell and closing it. The other guard quickly locked the cell before returning to his normal post. He stood a few feet away from the cell and watched as Sephiroth slowly ate his food and opened up the newspaper.

"Oh my…the Commissioner and two other workers from ShinRa are found dead at the same time in coffee shops in different areas? What is this world coming to?" Sephiroth said sarcastically as he chuckled, making all of the guards, except for one, frown in disgust.

"I don't know what is worse. Being called a serial killer or the idiotic people of this city thinking that I did it when I have yet to move from this cell in 8 years… What do you think officer Daj?"

"Hmm, I don't know. Both seem to have their ups and downs…" He said with a smirk, which made Sephiroth laugh.

"How the fuck can you say that Daj? Obviously being called a serial killer is worse and you socializing with this freak is fucking weird!" the other officer said with anger in his voice.

"I don't seem the harm in doing so. I mean, it's not like he's getting out anytime soon and I hate it when it gets silent in here. It's creepy…"

"Not as creepy as you talking with the worst serial killer of our century as if he was your next door neighbor…"

"Well, since you haven't tried, why don't you try making small talk with him to help pass the time?"

"Fuck off."

"Suit yourself."

When he saw Sephiroth's smirk turn into a grin, he smiled, letting him know that he understood what his master wanted him to do with the angry guard. He'll take good care of the officer when he goes on break…


"So, what do we have so far ladies and gentlemen?" Cloud said as he examined the pictures that were taken at each crime scene that were tacked onto the bulletin board.

"The first victim that was declared dead on the scene by the paramedics was Dr. Hollander, a former employee of ShinRa. He was found on the coffee shop three blocks away from the next victim, Palmer, the ex-leader of the Space Department of ShinRa, who was found in a coffee shop four blocks from the last victim, Lazard Deusericus, ex-executive of ShinRa and Commissioner of the police force." Lieutenant Tifa said as she read the notes from her clipboard.

"Any connections made so far?"

"Several. They all were former employees of ShinRa, they were at coffee shops when they died, they died by the same method: gun shot through the left eye and…their time of deaths are the same." Detective Cid said as he folded his arms in his chair.

"Suspects?"

"…"

Cloud turned to face his police force and frowned when he saw that they stared at the ground or looked away, as if to say that they are afraid to say what they were thinking.

"I asked if there were any suspects."

"One…but it's impossible…" Another detective, Vincent, said.

"Well? I'm all ears since nothing is impossible."

"Ex-detective Se-"

"That's impossible."

"But you just said-"

"I know what I said and I'm about to explain why I said it's impossible. One, Evil Eye is still in prison, and yes I called to make sure of it. Two, he doesn't like to use guns; he prefers knives as he demonstrated so in the murders that took place 8 years ago."

"But he did use a gun on-"

"Those that he wasn't after…those he dubbed as unintentional kills. The ones that he was intentionally after, he used his favorite knife…"

"So, what are you trying to say?" Zack asked.

"That these three murders are connected with Sephiroth's, but they weren't done by him…"

"Then who did it?"

"His apprentice…"

He wasn't surprised when he saw his force stare at him with shock in their eyes.

"…What?" Detective Yuffie said.

"Evil Eye has an apprentice."

"And how do you know that?" Tifa said.

"He…he told me…the night when he was arrested…"

Cloud turned back to the pictures to not let his force see how glassy his eyes were and to circle the broken windows in the pictures with his red sharpie.

"Moving on, the apprentice used a gun, most likely a sniper rifle, to aim and shoot the victims in their left eye, probably to scare the city into thinking that Evil Eye had broken out of prison since he was the only serial killer that killed his intentional victims by stabbing them in their left eye. See where the shots in the windows are? All three of them are at an angle, signaling that the apprentice was using a rooftop to aim and shoot from. The problem with this theory is that…how can one person be in three different places at one time?"

"Maybe there are three instead of one apprentice…" Cid said with a wave of his hand.

"How can that be?" Tifa said.

"Well, if I were him, not saying that I am or anywhere close to being as fucking crazy as that asshole, I would make sure to have more than one apprentice, just in case the first one fails…or just to make sure that whoever I wanted them to kill gets done a lot faster than just having one person handle it…"

Cloud's eyes widened, making everyone in the room become silent. He had never thought that Sephiroth would have more than one apprentice…nor did he think that Sephiroth would take the time to train three people at once. This new theory made things worse…

"Cloud…?" Zack asked with worry in his eyes.

"This…this changes everything… If there are indeed three apprentices, we need to find them immediately…they could wipe out the city if they are just as deadly as he is!"

"But Cloud, where do we start? Sephiroth-"

"Evil Eye."

"Whatever. It took forever to wait for him to slip up!" Zack said with frustration.

"He didn't slip up… He let himself get caught…"

"So what! The point is that we have nothing but three dead guys, which one of them just so happens to be our Commissioner, and no leads on who they could be! We don't even have an idea of where to start looking for them!"

Cloud sighed. He knew why Zack was becoming frustrated. Like Lazard, he made the mistake of assuming that they were safe since Sephiroth was off of the streets, as did the rest of the city. It seemed that he was the only one that knew Sephiroth's reign of evil wasn't over…not by a long shot. As soon as he let himself get arrested, Cloud knew that he was just beginning…

"We do have a start… I want a team to check the rooftops of the building across from where they were killed to see if the apprentices left anything behind, another team to search his house for any clues, and..."

Cloud stared down at the ground as he felt himself begin to tremble at what he was about to request.

"…someone to come with me to Midgar State Prison…"

"Why are you going to the prison?" Tifa asked with concern.

"I…I need to talk to him…"

To Be Continued…


A/N: Dun, dun, dun! Cloud's going to have a short reunion with Sephiroth… :)

R&R

-KTK