Terminal

Genesis flipped the channels of the TV in his living quarters absentmindedly, he found nothing interesting to watch and was getting restless. He decided to stop and placed the remote on his coffee table then leaned back on his sofa with his arms outstretched on the backrest. Running on the television was a soap opera and the scene he was watching was about a man on his deathbed, with a girl crying all over him.

"The hell is this?" He asked himself. He raised an eyebrow and thought that it was lame but decided to watch it anyway.

Genesis sobbed with his cheeks soaked with tears while his eyes were still glued to the TV screen, he ate chips in between his sobs then grabbed a tissue paper to blow his nose.

"You can't die you weak piece of shit!" He exclaimed then threw the bag of chips on the TV screen. "So powerful... Beautiful..." He expressed his undying love for the soap opera and will be waiting for the next episode. He sighed shakily before he look at his clock, it was still early, then his eyes found themeselves in the calendar that was plastered on his wall.

A grin of absolute evil appeared on his tear stained face.

"Sephiroth!" Angeal barged into the Generals' office with a bang making him jump. Sephiroth clutched his chest for his heart was beating madly.

"What in the world is going o-"

"It's Genesis! He...!" Angeal was visibly shaking from head to foot. Sephiroth stood up, horror etched on his face.

"What happened?" He asked sternly. Angeal swallowed before he spoke again.

"He... Just follow me, now, right NOW!" Sephiroth didn't waste a moment and started running after Angeal.

Sephiroth opened the door of the room in the in house hospital in Shinra company with a bang, Doctor Hollander jumped and threw his documents up in the air while Genesis, who was lying down on the bed, started a sudden, excruciating coughing fit.

"Sephy..." He called with a hoarse voice. "I..." He gestured his hand for him to come near the bed.

"What happened?" The General inqiured with Angeal hot on his heels.

"Sephiroth... I..." Genesis said with the still hoarse voice while trying to hold his breath, he sounded like an 80 year old man. Then started coughing again, he inhaled a long and loud breath with a pathetic look on his face which made Sephiroth to turn to doctor Hollander. Angeal swallowed with a sour look at the intensity of Genesis' breathlessness.

"What is this about?" Sephiroth asked with genuine concern, the Doctor sighed and sat down his chair.

"Genesis... He... Caught some kind of virus from a monster and it greatly affected his lungs" Hollander paused then looked solemnly at the General. "The virus had spread and it caused severe respiratory damage." He said glumly while he adjusted his glasses. "He... He's terminal..."

"WHAT?!" Both Angeal and Sephiroth exclaimed at the same time. Genesis started another set of coughing fit that sounded really painful.

"I... Can't take it anymore..." He said with a grimace. Since Angeal and Sephiroth were still shocked and were facing Hollander, he pulled out a vial of strawberry jelly from his pocket, grabbed a tissue paper and poured some in it, he hid the vial away then started coughing again in an exaggerated manner while he covered his mouth with the same tissue, both Angeal and Sephiroth turned around to see him. Then he slowly lowered the tissue with a look of absolute horror on his face. Both his friends went over to him to look as well, seconds after, the three of them were sporting identical looks and it was totally picture frame material.

"This... it's blood! IT'S BLOOD!" Genesis started to be frantic as he held the "bloody' tissue paper in front of him and his friends with an overly shaky hand.

"Why is your blood looking like jelly?!" Angeal asked frantically then he quickly grabbed the mask from the oxygen tank then slammed it in Genesis' face which made him yelp from the pain. Sephiroth held it for him while he gestured his head for Angeal to turn on the oxygen.

"Breath! Just breath alright?! Your blood is already cloting and this is bad! Really bad!" Sephiroth started yelling while Genesis was still in pain, blood pouring out of his nose from the force of Angeal's hand from before. "Doctor! He's getting worse! His lungs are giving out!" Sephiroth yelled at the Doctor who was trying to stop them.

"He doesn't need the oxygen mask!" Hollander yelled back.

"STAY WITH ME GENESIS!" Sephiroth was already hysterical while Angeal was holding both his hands on either sides of his head like a mad man.

"All of you calm down!" Hollander yelled at the 'dying' commander and his overly frantic friends. It was complete chaos inside the room. Genesis slowly turned his head towards the doctor then spoke.

"How can I calm down?! You don't know how I feel! Are you even human?! You can't understand another man's feelings! You have a heart of stone! COLD HEARTED, THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE!" Genesis yelled dramatically then he started sobbing while clutching his chest. Sephiroth and Angeal still frantic, muttering to themselves and was shocked at what was happening, the room suddenly looked like it belonged to a mental institution. "I can't do this anymore..." Genesis said in a almost whisper. Then he turned his head towards the Doctor's table were a few medical devices were situated, he suddenly jumped from his bed, taking his IV along with him, grabbed a surgical knife then started screaming in an over dramatic manner.

"I mustn't suffer any longer! I will bid you farewell and be gone forever... I love you all, especially you..." He paused then turned his gaze towards the General with his lips quivering. A tear escaped his eye, all he had to do was recall the dramatic episode of the soap opera he had just watched. "Sephiroth..." The General's eyes widened at his last statement and Genesis could have sworn that there were tears waiting to fall out of them, The commander hovered the knife on top of his wrist and that's when the General took action.

"NO! YOU CAN'T!" Sephiroth jumped and latched himself at Genesis' waist, the force pushed the commander backwards causing him to bump his head on the wall with a sickening thud, he yelled in agony from the pain of his head then both of them fell over. The surgical knife got thrown away and pierced itself at Angeal's left shoulder, whose eyes greatly widened then screamed on top of his lungs. Genesis' eyes were about to roll behind his head when he spoke first.

"April fools my sweet..." Then he was gone, unconsciously anyway. The General's eye twitched. Angeal on the other hand stopped his hysterical screaming while his eyes started to harden towards the Commander.

'My sweet'? Really?! He thought angrily.

Hollander had to call for back up to be able to stop the General from killing the unconscious form of Genesis Rhapsodos with the surgical knife that he carelessly pulled out from Angeal's shoulder. Hollander started sneaking out when there were enough people grabbing every inch of the greatly enraged silver haired man.