Fo: Hey all! Here is the next chapter!
Veemon: I can't believe your getting married!
Fo: Me too! It's bonkers!
Veemon: I'm so happy for you!
Fo: Thank you ^^
Taichi: Fo does not own 'Final Fantasy VII'.
Fo: I still can't believe I'm getting married *.*
Taichi: I still have no idea why he wants to marry you...
Fo: Shut the hell up Tai!
Taichi: Fuck you!
Fo: Asshole...
Taichi: Bitch!
Fo: Pansy ass bitch!
Taichi: Cunt!
Veemon: Why do you two always fight?
Fo: He starts it!
Taichi: Do not!
Fo: You do too!
Taichi: Do not!
Veemon: Well I'm finishing it!
Fo: EEP!
Final Fantasy VII: Last Stand
Chapter 10: All The Small Things
-Mara's POV-
I woke up with a huge friggen head ache as I sat up, and when I went to move my arm I realized that I was handcuffed to the bed.
'The shackles were heavy as I try to squeeze my hand out of the cuff.
'Great...' I said in my head as I looked around the room I was in, it was very dark and it smelled like mildew.
'What the hell is going on?' my thoughts said to me as I rubbed my eyes while the shackle jingled with each move I have made.
I felt my body and I realize that I was wearing my sea foam green outfit.
I felt as if I was in a nightmare and I couldn't wake up from it. Then I start to remember I curl up and start to sob into my knee as I remember everything that happened on my Birthday at the orphanage.
All the bodies of the children and the staff haunted my mind.
I don't know if my dad even survived.
"Daddy...." I said softly, I needed to know if he was okay.
Then I heard heavy footsteps, I got scared and started to shake. I knew I couldn't escape, I was shackled to the bed and there was no window. Suddenly the door opened slowly and the lights flickered on, blinding me, it took me a while to adjust to the lights.
"Whose there?" I called out still trying to adjust to the lights.
The person didn't respond and this kinda annoyed me.
As I kept rubbing my eyes as I started to growl.
"Answer me!" I demanded as I kept rubbing my eyes.
Then I felt someone sitting next to me.
"Keep your eyes shut for a couple of seconds." said a voice, it was Yazoo!
I listened to him and kept my eyes shut for about four seconds and opened them. I could see again!
"What the hell do you want?" I hissed at him as I gave him a nasty look.
He chuckled a little bit as he looked at me.
"Don't worry, I'm not going to hurt you," he said sweetly.
For some reason I felt that he was being sincere. I felt my body started to relax.
"Why am I here?" I asked him calmly.
Yazoo smirked and shook his head.
"It would ruin the surprise," he said with a smile, I frowned.
"Why are you doing this?" I asked him calmly, Yazoo frowned at me and stood up.
He walked over to the other side of the room and stops in front of the wall. He turns around looking at me as he crosses his arms and leans back against the wall. Yazoo smirks and rolls his cat like eyes.
"I guess I'm looking for answers," he said.
I'm getting even more and more confused as each day passes by. It really sucks.
"What kind of answers?" I ask Yazoo curiously, I couldn't help it, I had to know.
Yazoo let out a 'hmp' as he looked to the side.
"My brothers are obsessed on finding our mother, but I'm looking for something else," Yazoo said.
"What are you searching for?" I asked as I cocked my head to the side, Yazoo smirked at my question.
"I don't know, I was told to follow you and I'll find it." Yazoo said as he looked at me, my eyes widened at what he said.
'It makes so much more sense now!' I said in my head as I remember that day when Yazoo broke into my house.
That's why he let me go that day in my home. Then we heard a pair of foot steps, Yazoo stood up straight and uncrossed his arms. I look over at the door and saw Loz. I gave him the look of death and I know that Loz saw that look. He started to laugh hard, I would do anything to kick his ass right now.
"How you doing, sweetheart?" Loz asked, I crunched my noise and growled.
"Is my dad alive?" I hissed at him.
Loz laughed even more, this made me more pissed off.
"I don't know. And I don't care," he said as he shrugged his shoulder.
That set me off! I grunted and the next thing I know Loz was thrown up to the ceiling and falling to the ground, hard. Yazoo shook his head.
"Moron," Yazoo had said softly as he looked down at Loz.
Then I looked at Yazoo with tears in my eyes. I guess I shocked him, because his eyes widened when I looked at him.
"I need to know if my dad is alive or not. Please, Yazoo Tell me if my dad is alive." I begged him as tears streamed down my face.
Yazoo looked at the ground and shook his head.
"Honestly, I don't know," he said as he looked at me with sadness in his eyes, I gasp and started to cry into my knees.
"I need to know if he's okay! Yazoo please! You have to let me go!" I pleaded. Yazoo shook his head 'no'.
"I can't do that," he said, I felt my heart sank into my stomach.
"Yazoo! You should know what it's like to be searching for something! At times you lose hope. Please, let me see if my father is okay," I begged him.
Yazoo sighed and walked to the bed and sat next to me and lifted my wrist that was cuffed.
"You must be quiet," he whispered to me, I nodded my head as I watched him uncuffed the shackle from my wrist.
Then Yazoo bent over and pulled out a small black duffle bag out from underneath the bed. He sat it on the bed and looked at me.
"Here, put this on and I'll take you to Healing," Yazoo said softly as I rubbed my now free wrist.
'I am so shocked that he is helping me,' I thought he would laugh at me.
I opened the bag and pulled out a nurse's uniform. I gasp as I looked at the uniform.
"Yazoo, this is my uniform. How did you get it?" I asked him as I look at him, Yazoo shook his head.
"It doesn't matter, we have to leave right now!" he said pulling me up from the bed.
"Hurry up and get changed," he said as he turned around.
"Alright, alright..." I mumbled, he obliviously heard he, because he grabbed me by my elbow and took me to the other side of the room so I can change.
"We don't have much time, he said softly," Yazoo is really helping me to escape!
I sighed and started to take my cloths off. Who would've thought that he would actully be helping me. The only thing on my mind right now, is finding my father.
"You need to hurry up Haines," Yazoo said with his back turned while I changed in the nurses uniform.
"I'm going as fast as I can," I said as I put the cloths I took off in the duffel bag.
-End of Mara's POV-
Meanwhile at Tifa's bar; Cloud, Tifa, Yuffie, and Piper were discussing ways to find Mara.
"We have to find her," Cloud said as he slumped his head into the palm of his hands grasping his blonde locks.
"Barret, Quinn, and Cid took the 'Tiny Bronco' to find her by sea. Emma, Red, and Reeve have some troops searching for her North from here." said Yuffie as she kicked her feet as she sat on the bar stool.
Cloud looked up at the young ninja, he knew that she was just trying to get him to relax, he also knew that Yuffie didn't care for Mara. Tifa looked at Cloud and saw that same look in his eye when Aerith was killed. She too wanted find Mara so as possible; even if she gets jealous over Mara sometimes. Cid is like family to her, Mara is his daughter. Cid would do the same thing for anyone else in their gang.
'He really cares about her,' Tifa said in her head as she stared at Cloud with a frown on her lips.
"Cloud, we'll find her," Tifa said to Cloud as she placed a hand on his shoulder.
Cloud looked at Tifa and at the shot glass in front of him.
"Tifa's right, I have my mean searching all over Edge, Hope Island, and Junon." Piper said to Cloud.
Then suddenly, Piper's Blackberry cell phone (Fo: Always wanted one.) started to vibrate on the wooden bar.
She had a content look on her face as she looked at it and picked it up and pressed 'Send' and put it up to her ear as she tuck some of her hair behind her ear.
"Piper Perez," she said into the black phone.
Cloud, Tifa, and Yuffie looked at her, hoping it was good news. Piper was silent for awhile that seemed like hours.
"I see," she said, Cloud just stared at the phone just hoping she got a lead.
Deep down he knew it can't be good.
"Thank you Sir," she said, she took the phone from her ear and pressed 'End' on her phone.
Piper let out a big sigh as she sat her phone on the bar and looked at Cloud.
"What is it, Piper?" Tifa asked with a large amount of concern in her voice.
Tifa hoped everything is going to be okay, her and Barret had to send Marlene and Denzel to Eden's apartment over at Junon, so they can have a better chance to find Mara. Tifa knew how much Mara means to Denzel, he would just get in the way. Piper shook her head slowly, Cloud knew it was nothing good.
"There were no survivors at the orphanage, except for one young girl." said Piper, Yuffie and Tifa gasped.
They couldn't believe all those children were murdered. Cloud couldn't take it anymore, he just has to find Mara.
"Dammit!" Cloud swore under his breath, Tifa looked over at him.
He was sick of waiting, he had to do something! Cloud grunted and stood up and started to walk to the door.
"Cloud!" Tifa said as she looked at him.
"I have to do something!" he snapped as he marched his way outside.
Tifa sat up from her seat and started to follow Cloud.
"Tifa!" Piper called out to her, but she ignored her and then Piper went after her, leaving Yuffie alone at the bar.
"Drama," Yuffie mumbled as she reached over the bar and pulled out a bottle of vodka.
As Cloud was walking to his bike, Tifa was storming after him.
"Cloud!" Tifa called out as she pushed him from the back.
Cloud stopped and turned around and looked at her with his blue eyes. Tifa glared at him, she was so angry.
"Why do you care about her so much? She's not Aerith!" Tifa yelled, Cloud didn't say anything.
"Why aren't you saying anything!?" Tifa shouted at him, Cloud turned around to Fenrir.
Tifa didn't know what to do anymore, it breaks her heart that Cloud won't tell her anything anymore.
"I'm going," he spoke softly as he started his engine.
"Cloud..." Tifa spoke, Cloud speed off towards Midgar.
"Tifa, let him go. We are doing more harm than good just sitting here," Piper said as she placed her hand on Tifa's slender shoulder.
Tifa nodded her head and followed Piper back inside the bar.
Cid was piloting the 'Tiny Bronco' day dreaming about finding his daughter.
"You okay?" Barret asked, Cid looked at him.
Quinn was sitting behind Barret with his eyes shut and his arms behind his head.
"If he keeps day dreaming, we will crash," Quinn said, Cid and Barret looked at him with daggers in their eyes.
"Shut the hell up or I'll throw you out of this damn plane!" Barret shouted at him, Quinn ignored him.
"Look, I want to find Mara as well, I'm just saying I rather not crash and die," Quinn said, Barret growled at the young pirate.
"We need to find my daughter Barret," Cid said.
"We will," Barret said as he took out his cell phone.
Barret knew Cid was a wreck, he wouldn't know what to do, if anything happened to Marlene.
"Who you calling?" Cid asked as he looked at him, Barret looked at him as he ran threw his 'Contacts'.
"Vincent," Barret answered as he pressed 'Send' on Vincent's name.
Barret held the phone up to his ear as it rang.
"What?" Barret heard Vincent's monotone voice on the other line.
"Hey, did you find anything, Vincent?" Barret asked calmly, hoping Vincent had found something.
He could hear Vincent running and jumping threw the tree tops.
"I found one of Mara's shoes here in the forest 6 miles from Healing," he said, Barret grinned a little and Cid saw him grin.
"What's going on, Barret?" Cid asked with desperation in his voice.
Barret looked at the pilot and smiled.
"Alright, thank you Vamp," Barret said, he could hear Vincent grunt and this made Barret laugh.
"Barret, go to Mara's house and check for any clues," Vincent said before he disconnected the call, Barret sighed with a grin on his face and flipped his dark grey cell phone shut and place it in his pocket.
"Turn that way," Barret said, pointing the direction of Mara's island.
Cid gave him a baffled look. Cid hopes that Barret knows what he is doing.
End of Chapter
Fo: End! I'll update soon as possible!
Taichi: Forever, like always....
Fo: I'll sick my fiance on you!
Taichi: So scared!
Fo: You should be!
Taichi: But I'm not...
Fo: I reeeeeeally hate you Tai!
Taichi: And I feel the same way.
Ryuk: This chapter was named after the song by 'Blink 182'.
Fo: That is such a fun song ^^