Tifa's POV
Aerith walked in with a smirk on her face. I walked out from behind the bar. "You are not welcome here. We are closed. Get out of my bar." I said coldly. "Awh Teefs I haven't seen you in years. How are you? Still crying over something you'll never have?" "Aerith get out." I said. I could see Zack out of the corner of my eye looking terrified. "Still avoiding the question Tifa? You never change." "Still sleeping with everything that breathes? You never change." I mocked her. "Oh hey Lightning!" She said pushing me aside. "Get out Aerith. She owns this place." Lightning said backing me up. "You guys are no fun. Oh Light how is the pregnancy going? Hate for something to happen!" Aerith said. I punched her square in the nose. "Ow! Bitch! What was that for?" "For being a selfish whore who crosses the line!" I spat.
"Oh come on Tifa you still aren't mad about the past are you?" "Goodbye Aerith." "You broke me and Zack up! You are the selfish one!" "I did no such thing. I told Zack that I wish the both of you well and I hope you have a great life together. I was done with the fighting, but you do not I repeat do NOT walk into MY bar and demand the world bow down to you. You can go straight to hell you slut." I said shaking with anger. "I am tired of your shit Aerith. You disappeared from everyone. No one missed you. I told you once that no one feared you. I am still right and I warned Zack that you would cheat. I know he broke up with you the next day but I am not stupid. I know you guys got back together and you were still the whore you were from high school." She narrowed her eyes at me. "You better watch what you say I know very high people." She said. "Did you sleep with them too?" I asked with a smirk. "You're a bitch." "And you are a cheap slut." She started laughing.
"Tifa. I am here to claim what is mine." "Nothing here is yours." "Oh yes it is. Come on Zack you're coming home with me." "No I am not Aerith." He said standing up. He wrapped an arm around me. "I am perfectly happy here." HE said and kissed my cheek. "Aerith I finally one. Get over it." I said. She pulled out a gun. Oh shit did see that happening. "No I never lose! IF I can't have him no one can." I didn't falter. "Go ahead Aerith. Shoot me. If it makes you feel better shoot me. I can't stop you, btu think about how many lives you ruin by taking away my life. You ruin Zack's, Lightning's, Barret's, Marlene's, and Denzel's. Marlene is only five. Can you imagine the only sister or mother figure she has ever known gets taken away from her so suddenly. What if they avenge me? What will happen to you?" I said. "Oh and what about Denzel? I take care of him too. He is only starting to be a teenager. HE loses me he won't know what to do."
She started to lower the gun. She shook her head. "No I am not going to kill you." She said. Then what she did next no one expected. She shot me in the stomach. I collapsed back into Zac's arms as he lowered me to the floor. I could here Marlene and Denzel run downstairs. "Oh my God! Tifa!" Lightning screamed and she was sobbing. "This is all my fault." Zack kept muttering. I couldn't manage to say that it wasn't to tell him it was my fault. I never truly understood what people meant when they told me I was too strong for my own good. Now I get it. Marlene was crying in her dad's arms. Denzel just stood there in shock silently crying. Cloud was calling nine-one-one. Zack put pressure on my stomach. It hurt like a motherfucker. I don't know where Aerith went she must of run off after she pulled the trigger. I suddenly blacked out.
Lightning's POV
There was so much blood. I told Cloud to call the ambulance and police. Zack laid Tifa out on the ground and put pressure to the extremely bloody wound. HE kept saying it was his fault. In a sense it was, but I knew Tifa would want me to say it wasn't. "Zack, it isn't your fault stop blaming yourself. Aerith is a psycho bitch." HE nodded but I saw tears silently fall down his face. Barret was holding MArlene as she cried. It looked like he was crying too. HE told Denzel to go over to him. Denzel walked over to him and hugged him as all three of them cried. "Tifa stay with us. Stay with us." I kept saying over and over again. Her eyes closed. "No! Tifa! Stay with us! Don't die on me dammit!" I screamed. Cloud came over to me and pulled me to him. "No she needs me!" "That ambulance is here they will tkae care of her. We will follow them to the hospital." Cloud said. "I need to ride with her!" "No Zack will. HE will take care of her. The paramedics know what they are doing." I nodded.
"I should stay here with MArlene and Denzel we will visit in the morning. If she wakes up please tell her that." Barret said. "No I want to go." Denzel said. Barret nodded. "Do mind taking him?" "Of course not!" I said. He smiled. "Thank you." Cloud, Denzel and I got into Cloud's car and we drove to the hospital. I hope she is alright. If not Aerith is dead
