A Project Called Angel

Chapter 7

Half the day had been spent walking. She had been out of the city limits for at least a good hour or two now. No doubt they were celebrating her absence... Soon, she found herself staring out at nothingness, nothing but dry soil and weeds. This was not what she had hoped for, then again, she hadn't planned that it would ever come down to her running away from the people that she'd come to love. She felt like crying now, and that's exactly what she did, she cried. She cried quietly as the sun went down, setting on the horizon. It was sad really, in her moment of running away, she didn't even bother to bring food or anything in which to stay warm. That is what she was now regretting as she shook from the cold, her stomach groaning in protest as it had nothing to nurish it currently at the time. She continued to cry softly as she laid herself on the ground, curling up to stay warm, before letting out a few coughs. She wanted to go home, though at this point, she knew that there was no home to go back to. This caused her to cry even more, not noticing the on coming foot steps that approached her. She shivered again, her arms hugging herself helplessly. Soon, three figures presented themselves to her, causing her to quickly retreat and run. She didn't get far though, before slipping and falling from fatigue. She let out a small cry as she hit the ground, some rocks scrapping and cutting at her delicate skin. She curled up into a ball, crying out of fear and pain, not knowing what was to come next. What suprised her though, was the tone in the persons voice that spoke softly to her.

"Come now sister, don't cry? We won't hurt you, we want to help you" the youngest of the three said, quietly kneeling down beside her, placing a hand upon her shoulder. She moved back, scared as she cried, crystal tears falling and hitting the ground making him smile.

"Yazoo?" he called.

"Yes brother?" the one with long silver hair asked.

"Come here" he said, staring down at her shivering form. The bigger of the three also came up along side Yazoo, staring down at her with tears in his own eyes.

"Brother, she's crying" he said with a wavering voice. This caused Angel to look at him through watery eyes, staring at him, before he grabbed ahold of her. At first, she struggled slightly, before she felt something wet on her head. She looked up, tears falling from his eyes onto her face. This caused her eyes to water more as she cried, eventually hugging him. Soon, he hugged her back, holding her close. "It's alright sister, Loz will protect you" he said, hugging her close to him, in return giving her some much needed warmth. Not long after being held by Loz, she fell asleep, no longer able to fight her fatigue.

"So, what did I say?" the youngest of the three asked, grinning slightly.

"Huh?" Loz asked, not really paying any attention except to the young girl laying against him asleep. The boy growled in slight annoyance.

"I told you that it'd be easy to find her, did I not?" he asked.

"Yes, you did Kadaj" Yazoo said, looking over at the girl with slight interest. "She's quite interesting, don't you think brothers?" he asked, picking slightly at the silver strand that was in her hair.

"Yes, she is indeed" Kadaj said, picking up all of the crystal tears that he could find, placing them in a bag. After he found all that he could, he placed them in his back pocket. "Come brothers, we should be on our way, before brother and his friends come looking for us. They'll undoubtedly realize that we have her sooner or later" he said, a malicious look on his face. "Loz, will you carry her?" Kadaj asked.

"Not a problem brother. Sister is safe with me" he said, grinning happily.

"Alright, then lets get going" Kadaj said, starting to walk away towards their awaiting bikes. "Poor girl, hasn't the slightest thought as to what is in store for her..." he said quietly, more to himself. Soon after, they came to their bikes, Loz holding tightly to Angel. "Oh, and Loz?" Kadaj called.

"Yes brother?" he asked, setting Angel on the bike before getting on behind her, letting her rest against him.

"Try not to crush her?" Kadaj said this, more as a statement than a question. Loz just snorted as a result.

"Don't worry brother, I won't crush her. She's our sister after all, I have to take care of her" he said, his voice was that of a loving older brother. This caused Kadaj to laugh.

"Yes, you do that Loz, you just go and do that." With that, they soon rode off, not really caring about much else. Although as they rode, Loz couldn't help, but to notice how small this girl was that sat before him. He had thought that she was small the first time that he had seen her, but now that he was up close and personal, she was actually smaller. He had known that she was their sister, the first time that he had seen hair, the streak of silver in her hair made that obvious. Although, Yazoo had had to take a second look at first in the beginning, but still. Other than their full head of silver hair, Loz had noticed something different about her. Unlike them, she had two different colored eyes. While one was their mako blue green, the other was also gold. Gold, being uncharacteristic of the three brothers or even Cloud in all honesty. It was something completely different. To be honest, he had never really seen anyone with eyes like hers before, but I guess there's a first for everything right?