Sanity

Ch 7

Destruction


An explosion sent debris flying everywhere and Genesis and Rufus took action. The light white blonde haired man fired an assault of bullets where the smoke from the explosion was at while the other put up a barrier. Cries of pain rang in the air. In a flash mutated creatures came up from the shadows.

"Shit!" yelled Genesis as he tried to block the attacks but was thrown across the room.

A sword came crashing down on Rufus, barely able to block it with the side of his guns. The kids were wide open.

"Mom!" the triplets yelled as they tried to run to their mother but a large wolf like creature with three tails, yellow eyes, and scaly skin blocked them. It leapt to attack but a fiery red light blasted it into ash.

"Don't even think about hurting my children." Genesis was up and fighting armed men, trying to get close to the children.

Rufus really hated mako mutated creatures and was positive that the ones he was hacking away at with the enemies weapon were Hojo's creations.

Axel stood behind Vincent as he kept Yuffie and Demyx close to him while the triplets stood in front of the rest of the younger ones in order to provide some sort of protection. Anger, worry, and frustration boiled within the redhead.

"Dad." he whispered as his fists balled up watching his father fight to protect them.

Riku clung onto Loz while Roxas hid behind Yazoo and Sora behind Kadaj. All of the children huddled in a corner behind the turned over couch for coverage.

"We have to do something." muttered Loz.

"What can we do?" replied Yazoo.

"We need to protect the others while our parents are protecting us." answered Kadaj.

In a blink of an eye two armed men stood in front of the children and reached out for them. A harsh shove tossed the triplets and Vincent to the floor leaving the younger ones open. A man grabbed Riku by his hair and pulled making the boy cry out.

Genesis turned to the sound of the cry and anger consumed him. Some son of a bitch was grabbing his baby boy and hurting him while another lifted up his two younger twins in a rough manner. He shot a red ball of fire towards the men's faces.

"Get your hands off my children!"

"Genesis! Look out!" Rufus yelled as blood dripped down the side of his face as he saw one of the armed men's hand light up in a blue light and aimed at the ex-general.

The warning came to late as Genesis turned and the blue light hit him square in the abdomen and sent him crashing into the wall. The auburn haired man gasped in pain and held his bleeding stomach.

Rufus fell to the ground as a blow was dealt to his back. Large claw like gashes decorated his back and drenched his white shirt with crimson blood. He had tried to go to the auburn haired man's aide but while he was looking the other way one of the mutated creatures jumped on him.

"Fuck this." growled Axel as he saw his father being surrounded by those creatures.

"Vincent, take care of Demyx!" Anger flared through him and he pushed himself away from the others as an orange-red light swirled around him as he ran towards his dad and ignored the others calls. Two flat metal disc like weapons with sharp pointed edges appeared in his hands. Axel looked at the weapons curiously but didn't think twice as he flung them at the creatures and flames erupted around them. The creatures turned into ash and the weapon returned to its user.

"Dad!" the redhead yelled as he reached the light white blonde man and knelt by him. "Are you okay?" he asked as he dropped the chakrams.

Rufus looked at his son in awe. "I'm fine." he slowly got to his feet and looked at his son. "Where did those come from?"

Axel looked at the weapons. "I-I-"

"Dad! Axel!" Demyx called from behind Vincent as the long haired boy slashed at a creature with a newly appeared golden clawed gauntlet on his arm.

The two turned towards the sound of the voice but met with a blade slashing down on them. Rufus grabbed his son and covered him with his body and awaited the blow. But it never came. A wall of water danced around them as a layer of protection while the man who attacked them lay on the floor soaked and with holes through his body. Rufus and Axel stared with wide eyes at Demyx who had left the others and jumped between them and the now dead man. Water dripped from his small hands and his body trembled. The light white blonde haired man lifted his youngest into his arms as a sob escaped the boy and broke down in tears. He buried his son's head into his shoulder.

His boys, especially his youngest, shouldn't have to witness any of this. This blood and destruction. To be a witness and cause of death. Rufus yanked a gun away from one of the dead bodies.

"Stay close Axel." He rushed towards where Yuffie and Vincent were as he saw the boy being lifted by his hair and the girl crying.

Meanwhile the triplets were furious as they watched their mother crash into the wall and clutch his stomach as a man placed his foot on top of the auburn hair, pushing the head closer to the ground.

Loz let his anger fuel him as a metal gauntlet appeared on his left arm as he punched the ground with his hand causing the floor to vibrate with such force that the wooden flooring shattered making the intruders stumble and fall, giving enough room for Kadaj and Yazoo to run past with a gleaming sword and gun respectively towards the man that hurt their mom.

Kadaj slashed at the man's back and Yazoo fired his gun at the man's head killing him instantly. The two rushed over to Genesis in panic.

"Mom!"

"We need to stop the bleeding!"

"How?"

"Give me your shirt! Quickly!"

Genesis watched his two boys with blurry eyes. He was not surprised his children had summoned weapons and were fighting like it was second nature to them.

"Guys." he coughed and tasted something metallic on his mouth. "It's fine. Get out of here. Protect your brothers and the others." Blood ran down his chin.

"Mom! Stop talking! You're hurt real bad!"

The two were to worried about their mother that they didn't notice one of the mutated creatures creeping up behind them.

Riku was watching with terrified eyes and saw the coming threat. He felt something appear in his hand and without thinking threw it. The animal yelled out in pain and crumbled to ash. The triplets turned to the sound and stared at their youngest brother. Black mist swirled at Riku's feet.

"Loz!" Riku yelled, snapping the boy out of his shock. "Back me up!" He grabbed Roxas and Sora's hands and pulled their frozen bodies with him. He pushed each twin towards one of his brothers and kneeled in front of his mother.

"Keep them close to you." Riku ordered Kadaj and Yazoo, pointing to the twins.

He placed his shaky hands on top of the blood covered one of his mom that currently covered the wound. A thin layer of that black mist wrapped itself around Genesis' wound.

"Riku-"

"It's okay mom. I got this. You're gonna be fine."

Genesis looked at his youngest son with tired eyes.

'I should be protecting them. Not the other way around.' the auburn haired man thought.

"What the fuck is going on! This was suppose to be a 'Retrieve and Destroy' mission!" a booming voice yelled from the other side of the crumbled wall. "If you want the job done you have to do it yourself. Hojo needs those fucking kids! That whore, Cloud is at his limit." the voice yelled at his subordinates as he entered the room.

Dead bodies and ash were scattered everywhere.

"Roxas." whispered Sora, "Did you hear? They have mommy. They're gonna hurt uncle Gen and Rufus more if we don't do something. I don't wanna- I don't wanna-" and the brunette began crying. Yazoo held Sora closer to him.

Roxas didn't know what to do. 'I want them to suffer. I want them to hurt for causing all of this fear and pain, but most of all for hurting my family, especially my mom!' the blonde thought as more men entered the destroyed room. His fists balled up and his eyes squeezed shut.

Genesis and Rufus were corned, the best they could do at the moment was to keep the children close.

"Get the two we came for and kill the rest. I'm sure Hojo won't mind." ordered the man in charge of the attack. Panic and fear rose within the adults and children.

'Die!' thought Roxas as he opened his eyes that glowed.

Black creatures with glowing yellow eyes and sharp claws sprung up from the shadows of the room. The creatures latched themselves onto the unsuspecting men and struck them in the heart but when they neared Genesis, Rufus, or the children they backed off.

Sora watched in horror as the bodies fell to the ground, dead. He turned to his brother and stared in shock. The black mist had completely surrounded Roxas but it wasn't only his power he was using. He was sucking away the triplets, Genesis and especially Riku's strength the most. Sora watched as Riku began to turn paler and his body swayed, ready to faint any second. The black mist that covered Riku was disappearing. The young silver haired boy collapsed against Loz.

"Riku!"

Cerulean eyes watched the triplets panic over their brother. He watched as Genesis tried to help his boy even though he was hurt.

"No." whispered Sora. "Roxas stop. Stop." He turned to his twin and launched himself at him.

"Roxas you have to stop!"

A bright light covered the room. As quickly as it came it went as well. Once the light disappeared the creatures were gone and only the fallen bodies, ash, and rumble were left as signs of the previous struggle.

Genesis, Rufus, and the kids lay unconscious among the ruble.


Nana: Wow this chapter was all over the place. I hope I didn't confuse any of you. Though the chaos of the chapter kinda goes with the chaos of battle if you wanna put it metaphorically or such.

Genesis: I thought you would never update.

Rufus: How long has it been?

Nana: Oh shut it you two. Go back to baby sitting.

Reno: Oh Nana, don't get butt hurt.

Nana: *smiles* Oh Reno. I'M not the one who gets butt hurt. I mean aren't YOU the one who gets a d-mffh!

Rufus: *covers Nana's mouth* I think you need to get some sleep. You practically radiate evil when your tired.

Reno: *blushes* Stupid Nana.

Genesis: You know better than to mention something that can be used against you.

Reno: *glares* You get butt hurt too! More than me since you happen to twice more kids than I do.

Genesis: *turns red* You're going to die!

Sephiroth: Now Gen, please calm down. Remember last time you got angry we ended up needing to replace the triplets room.

Genesis: *mumbles* If you had seen what they did to the room you would have probably destroyed the house.

Sephiroth: Would you care to repeat?

Genesis: No.

Nana: Please refrain from blowing anything in this place. Thanks.

Peace&Love

{Nana}