I run towards the window and see that a section of the boundary had been blown to bits. Through the fog, I saw several figures coming in. But it was hard to tell what the hell it was. There was one big figure and a bunch of tiny ones. Obviously humans or vampires.

I ran as fast as I could down the hallways to get outside. I could tell the others had noticed the blast too by all their screaming and running around.

"Move it!" I yell at the crowd, surprising them. But they moved out of the way anyways. I run until I finally reach outside, Vincent already there. "What do you make of it?"

"It feels like humans, but I can't really tell with all that smoke flying around," he replied, sounding way too calm for my liking. "Funny, I thought you and the others in the castle were the last ones left."

My eyes went wide and I gulped. "The last… ones?"

"Yes. I've been looking to see if there were any more survivors, but couldn't find anymore. Must've been looking in the wrong place."

Finally the smoke cleared and was surprised by what came out of it. A battle tank and several humans, maybe vampires, were coming our way. The leader or what I assumed was the leader, had long silver, cat like green eyes, pale skin, and looked like he loved to wear leather.

The man beside him had black spiky hair, beautiful blue eyes, a little bit on the tan side, and seemed more boyish than anyone I ever saw. He had a big grin spread across his face.

Me and Vinny went out to great them. We met up with them halfway across the field. And when we were close enough, I could smell that they were from Midgar. Not good.

The silver haired man looked at us with what seemed like annoyance. But the grinning fool next to him looked like there wasn't anything wrong going on. He was the first to speak.

"Why hello there. We come in peace, so don't feel threatened by us," the boy grinned out. It was starting to annoy me. "Is this some sort of vampire base or something?"

"You could say that," Vincent spoke up. "But we also hold humans too."

"Like hostages or something?"

"No. This is a place where people come if there is no other place to go. Think of it as… a shelter for the homeless. A place where people need protection from what's going on out there."

"Ah," the silver haired man finally spoke up, "so this is where all the humans ended up. We've been looking for anymore survivors, but found none."

"Same with us," I piped in, jabbing nose with my finger. I may have lost my accent, but I'll never loose this old habit.

The guy looked at us with his green eyes before sighing. "Well, if you have the rest of the humans, do you know a vampire named Cloud Strife?"

Cloud Strife? What do they want with him? "You mean little boy Cloud with blond spiky hair and blue eyes?" The guy and the black haired boy nodded. "We sure do, but he's fucking his boyfriend right now."

The green eyed guy looked perplexed for a second and growled. "I should have known. He's never one to stay single for long."

I couldn't help but chuckle, the boy next to the guy chuckling with me. But we soon stopped when Vincent and the silver haired guy glared at us. Right, this is no time for fooling around.

My raven cleared his throat and turned towards the tall man. "What are you doing here and blowing up our protective wall around my castle? I don't remember calling for some visitors."

"My apologizes, I'll make sure my men rebuild it in their offence. But may I ask, how else are we supposed to get in here?" The man glared at the raven.

"There's an intercom outside of the wall. If you would have looked, you could have found it and we would have let you in."

"So are you going to throw us out?" The black haired man whimpered innocently.

Vincent shook his head and sighed deeply. "No. I'm not the kind of vampire that would do something like that. And I know how hard it must have been to try and stay alive out there."

"You have no idea," I mumbled to myself. I looked over my shoulder to see a crowd of people and vampires waiting for us. "So, who else do you have in this little crew, um… what's your name again?"

"Sephiroth," the guy replied. "And this is Zack. The man operating the tank is Reno. The man behind me leaning against the tank is Rufus. And the guy next to him is Rude."

"I'm Cid and this is Vincent. Any other humans with you besides them?"

"Of course," Zack replied this time, smiling. "They're all in bus."

Now that I noticed it, there was a bus behind the tank. How could I have missed that? "You can let them out now and have them set free into the castle. We'll make sure that you guys are well pampered and cleaned before meeting the others."

"Thank you kindly sir," Sephiroth bowed slightly.

I snorted and waved it off. "Please, call me Cid. None of the sir crap." I smiled as the guy chuckled. "Please come in and make yourselves at home."

The man nodded and waved for his crew to go on. I went and helped people out of the bus, surprised to see not only adults, but children too. Some of them thanked me while others didn't say anything at all.

I looked back towards the others in the castle and clapped my hands together. "Ok guys, we have a handful of new humans. So I want you guys to be on your best behavior and help them out. Ladies, you'll get the women and children. Lads, you'll help out the men and get them situated with everything else. Now get to it!"

They split and helped out the newly arrivals, trying to be kind and gentle with them, especially the vampires. When they were all gone, Sephiroth, Zack, Vincent, and I went to the raven's office to speak about a couple of things.

"So," Vincent started, "what are you guys really doing here?"

The pale man took in a deep breath before speaking, "We heard that there was a base here and so we came running, bringing the survivors with us. We also heard that a pure blooded vampire's brother was here."

I don't like where this is going.

"The pure blooded vampire's brother was named Cid Highwind."

My eyes went wide and I gulped. All eyes seemed to be on me. "I-wha-I don't understand. I killed my brother years ago. And he never was a pure blooded vampire."

Zack gave me a sad look. "Apparently you didn't. For he is still alive and causing trouble with his band of deep ground soldiers called the Tsviets. What he did was 'play dead' until it was alright to move again. He tricked you that he was dead."

"But I would have noticed. He had gone crazy and acted like a crazed animal." Was I stuttering?

Vincent shook his head patted my shoulder. "Cid, after a time when a person looses him or herself into darkness, it seems that they get their sanity back, but are still looking out for blood and for something to kill. And how your brother got turned into a pure blood monster is beyond me."

I swallow the nasty lump that had been stuck in my throat and run my fingers through my hair. I get up from my set that I didn't notice that I was sitting on and walk towards the door. "I'm gonna work on my Bronco or something."

Vince watched me go with sad eyes, wincing when the door slammed close.

"Dammit, fucking, hell!" I curse I accidentally poke a hole in the oil tank, causing oil to spill all over my torso. I crawl from under the small plane in the garage and grab a bucket, placing it under the running oil.

"That's a nice language you came up with."

I jumped, hitting my head against the bottom side of the tiny Bronco. "Fuck!" I hiss, grabbing my forehead in pain. "Shit." I pulled my hand back to see blood slowly running down my hand.

Hands suddenly grabbed mine and pulled me towards the small bench in the corner. Cool hands touched my forehead and I hissed at the pressure. Something was suddenly being wrapped around my head, I knew it was gauze.

I opened my eyes (when had I closed them?) to see Vincent sitting next to me with a sad smile. I snort and look away with a grunt. Apparently, the raven knew. I heard him speaking about after I left. And he knew I was there.

"Look, Cid-"

"I don't want to hear it," I interrupted him, growling. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"I didn't want you to worry or break down or anything," he relied, looking down at his feet in shame, a small blush forming on his cheeks. "But I should have told you sooner."

"You should have."

"I'm sorry."

"Whatever." I stand up and crawl back under the small plane. "I suggest you leave if you're just gonna stand there." I swear I could hear him smirk as he crawled under the plane with me.

"You not good at holding grudges are you?"

"Not if it's you Vince," I smile at him, making him blush and turn away. I chuckle and get back to work, the raven watching me as my fingers twitted with small gadgets.

"Sephiroth and Zack got to see Cloud again," the sudden mumble of his voice made me jolt.

"Again?"

"Yeah. Apparently they had been good friends and… lovers, but got separated on an attack. Right now their having a little reunion of their own with Squall."

"So they're having a foursome?"

"You could say that."

I laugh and put down my tools, looking at the raven. He turned his head to look at me also, surprised to see how close our faces were. It seemed like gravity was pulling our faces together as our lips almost seem to touch.

Vincent had closed his eyes, waiting for my lips to touch his. I was almost there before there was a knock on the door. We quickly move apart and get out from under the plane just in time as the door opened.

"Cid, Vincent, just the people I wanted to met," the person at the door said. It was Nero and was he smirking like he knew what was going on in here. "I have some news about Deep Ground."

"Oh?" Vincent quirked an eyebrow, waiting for the vampire to continue.

"Apparently the leader of deep ground happens to be…" He suddenly stops and looks down at his feet.

"Go on."

"It so happens to be Weiss."

I stare at him with wide eyes before looking down, looking for something to say. After finding none, I walk out of the garage, brushing past the vampire.

Vincent looks at him with a glare. "Well done."

"Wha… I," Nero didn't get to finish for Vincent had already gone.

I sigh and open up the fridge, taking out a beer. I take a long swig, loving the burning sensation it left as it ran down my throat. I set it down on the kitchen counter and sit down on one of the counter's stools.

"Cid?"

I look up towards the door only to smile. "Hey Zell."

The kid that stood before in his jamys. They were blue with chocobos all over them. The kid had hair that reminded me of a chicken with bright blue eyes. His skin was tan and perfect with a strange tattoo on the side of his face.

He yawned and got a bowl of cereal, sitting next to me. "Something up, kid?"

He shook his head and sighed, leaning his head against his hand. He slowly ate his cereal with his eyes closed, yawning once in a while. I chuckle and drank my beer.

We heard footsteps and I quickly went on guard. The swinging door opened and a tall blond came in. He was one of those survivors that had been in the bus. The guy had slicked back blond hair with ocean green eyes and a scare between them. He wore baggy black sweats and a black tank top.

Upon looking at us, he nodded a greeting and got himself a beer from the fridge. He chuckled at the blond next to me, who had fallen asleep with his head next to his bowl. I couldn't help but chuckle myself.

"Who's the pup?" The guy asked, taking a swig of the blond. He leaned against the other side of the counter, eyeing the blond.

I smile. "Got him from the pound."

"Is that where you get all these humans?"

I then just noticed the fangs poking out. "You could say that. I found this one on one of my hunting trips with Vincent. He was sitting by his mother, trying to wake her up. She had been dead for days. He was just four years old."

"How old is he now?"

"16." I stand up and throw my empty bottle away, the guy following. I was about to pick up Zell before the guy got to him before I did. He picked up the blond and placed him over his shoulder.

"I'll take him to my room. His room his full anyways," he said to ease my confusion. "My name's Seifer, by the way."

"Cid."

He nodded a good bye and left the room, leaving me alone.

Alone. How I hated that word. But as long as my raven was with me, I wouldn't have to worry about being alone anymore.

Whew. Got that done. I'm getting haircut soon and I'm very excited!