Chapter Seven: Taking the Kids
The bike hummed loudly under Denzel and Marlene as they sped through city taking wrong turns and knocking things over as the bike flailed around. Marlene clung tightly to Denzel's body as the underaged boy tried his best to steer Cloud's overly large bike. He continued to flick several switches to try and find something that would help him steerr. But as he pressed more buttons and flicked more switches strange things began to happen. The compartments in which Cloud stores his weapons burst open while the travelled through an alleyway causing the edges to scrap and screech against the bricks while creating sparks which caused both children to duck for cover.
As the passed through the alleyway the compartment lid retracted and the two sped out of the city and into the nearby waste land that surrounded it. "Hold on Marlene!" Denzel cried as he grabbed her hands and steered the bike further into the desert.
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The bickering between the group of adults had seemed to last for an eternity and Vincent wanted no part of their constant banter. Walking back to the direction of the kids he placed a hand to his forehead as he noticed both them and Cloud's mode of transportation were missing. From the black marks on the road and the large trail of destruction Vincent figured the two had gone after Cloud and Tifa.
Looking back to the others he figured he wasn't getting their attention anytime soon and he would have to take this rescue into his own hands. This was the very reason why he didn't want children of his own...too much hassle chasing them around. Calmly he followed the trail of destruction out the city and into the dry land beyond.
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"Denzel! Denzel slow down!" Marlene cried as she gripped to the boy tightly her face buring into his back.
"I-I can't! I don't know how!" Denzel yelled as he continued to play with buttons. With his head barely able to lift over the edge of the bike he hadn't seen the large rock in the way. It wasn't until the last possible second that he had come across it. "Marlene! Hold on!" Turning to grap the young girl he jumped from the seat and rolled on the ground with her.
As the multiple flailing and turnings came to a halt the two remained still on the ground. Their arms still tightly around each other and their heads tucked down. The dust that had risen around them covered the area from seeing anything clearly. Though a dark figure could be seen coming their way. His body shape looked familiar but the hair wasn't anything close to matching. "Cloud?" Denzel called out as he lifted his head from protectng Marlene. It was worth a shot right?
The figure was silent as it loomed closer and closer, the features still not coming clear...until it was too late. A hand had quickly reached out and pulled Denzel away from Marlene seperating the two. At the instant Denzel was thrown back he had gotten up though his postion was held as a sword was stuck out in front of him. An attack glowing on the oppostie hand of this new male and pointed at Marlene. "You two...you're connected to brother aren't you?"
"Kadaj..." An icy tone barely echoed the area at another figure walked through the settling dust. His freatures coming clear in moments, the red outfit and gold twinkle gave him away instantly.
"Vincent..." Kadaj spoke with more of a giggle in his voice. "How are you?"
"Let them go." Vincent demanded, he wasn't in the mood for a chit-chat.
"And if I don't?" He smirked as he pressed the sword closer to Denzel cutting the child's neck just enough to cause a stream of blood to trinkle down the soft flesh. Waving the red cloth from his body Vincent revealed the gold claw that was hidden. Rising it up in front of his face he looked to Kadaj through the slits in his fingers. No words had to be said. "Intriguing." Kadja smirked. "But...not interested." With a quick slit of Denzel's throat Kadaj threw a blast to his feet rising up another large cloud of dust.
The swirling red of Vincent's cape sheilded the raven haired male as he swiftly moved to Denzel's side. The male's lips turning down in a frown as he set a hand to the fresh wound on Denzel's throat...as the dust cleared it became evident that Kadaj had taken Marlene in haste...there was another one to add to the list of missing persons. Setting his eyes back to Denzel he covered the wound and pressed enough pressure on it to die it down quickly. Denzel was lucky...the main artery had been missed.
Yeah yeah, I know I know! Where are the freaking fight scenes huh? Well...unfortunatly I'm not overly well at fights scene with anyone but Cloud...and even then I'm a little...eh...you'll get one eventually. Right now it's just a lot of development.