Fo: Hi everyone! The 11th chapter! Woot, Woot! Sorry it's been so long T.T.... Well I decided to get rid of the bios... There's no point to them lol ^^ Well anyway I don't own 'Final Fantasy VII'! Please enjoy chapter 11 ^^
Taichi: Wow Fo....
Fo: Wow what? -.-
Taichi: Two chapters in one day....
Fo: So?
Taichi: Nothing! Just impressed is all....
Fo: Hey Taichi....
Taichi: What?
Fo: Just Ho Check'n ^^
Taichi: What that fuck was that!?
Fo: BOOYAH!
Taichi: I really hate you -.-
Fo: I crack myself up :D
Taichi: I outta crack you upside the head!
Fo: I would like to see you try ^.^
Final Fantasy VII: Last Stand
Chapter 11: Don't Take Me For Granted
Cid, Barret, and Quinn had arrived on the small island that Mara lived on.
Cid was in 'awe' as he stared at the tiny one floored home.
He saw that the small house was a salmon pink with a bright red roof. He could feel his heart pounding as he walked up to the red porch. Each step that Cid took his heart started to race faster and faster.
"What's the matter with him?" Quinn whispered to Barret.
Barret rolled his dark brown eyes and looked at the young pirate. Barret didn't say a word to Quinn and this upset the young pirate.
"Find then..... Ignore me," Quinn said in a childlike manner as he pouted his bottom lip and crossed his arms.
Barret really didn't like Quinn very much, he reminded him too much of Reno.
"Hey Cid," Barret called out to his friend.
Cid looked over at his friend as he reached for the door knob.
"Yea?" he said in his scruffy voice as he looked at Barret.
"Do you want me to come with you?" Barret asked as he walked over to the porch.
Cid shook his head 'no' as he entered the small house.
Barret sighed and walked over to the 'Tiny Bronco' with Quinn right behind him.
Quinn let out a small sigh as he leaned against the plane. Neither of them looked at each other.
"I know why you don't like me...." Quinn blurted as he glanced at him.
Quinn could hear Barret chuckling.
"Why is that?" Barret asked with a smirk as he looked over at Quinn.
Quinn let out a 'heh' as he place his hands behind his head.
"Because my brother is a Turk," Quinn answered with a frown as he gazed at the blue sea.
Barret gasped at what Quinn had just said to him.
"Whose your brother?" Barret asked him calmly.
Quinn let out a sigh as he walked over to the edge of the dock. Barret growled and followed him.
"DON'T IGNORE ME!" Barret shouted at him as he stormed after him.
Quinn looked over at Barret with a smirk.
"Reno....." he said as he looked at Barret.
Barret's eyes widened when Quinn said that name. Barret remembered that day when Reno pushed that button on the bomb and causing the plate to fall on Sector 7. Everyone in Sector 7 was killed that day and only Tifa, Cloud, and Barret made it out alive. Barret was so happy that Marlene wasn't in Sector 7 when that plate had fallen. He had vowed that he would avenge their deaths.
"Listen..." I know what he did that day and I know you would do anything to avenge their deaths," Quinn said in a serious tone as he continued to gaze at the vast ocean.
"Where you getting at?" Barret asked as he glared at the pirate.
"I'm saying that I had nothing to with it... I was too busy taking care of my family in Junon. I have no love for Shinra and that's why I became a pirate," Quinn explained as he crossed his arms and let the sea breeze crash into him.
Barret sighed and patted Quinn's back. Quinn looked up at Barret with a confused look on his face.
'He's gonna hit me....' Quinn's thoughts had said as he looked at the big scary bear with corn rows (Fo: I had the cutest image in my head when I typed that ^^).
Quinn sighed in relief when Barret started chuckling. He knew that Barret could beat him to a pulp.
"I know that..... "Barret mumbled as he smiled at Quinn.
Cid sat on Mara's red couch as he held a picture of Mara and the girls from the Honeybee Inn. He watched as a single tear fell on the glassed cover. Cid wanted to find her more than anything. Cid felt the hair on the back of his neck rise as he heard a screen door open. Then he heard a big dog barking, Cid sat up and and placed the picture on the couch and began to walk quietly where the barking was coming from.
Deep down he hoped it was Mara that was in that room.
He made it to Mara's bedroom, he was shocked to see a tall blonde woman on her bed wearing a red t-shirt and blue skinny jeans.
"Vinny...... Hush" the woman spoke to the large canine.
Cid's navy blue eyes widened; he recognized that voice.
"Eden?" Cid spoke getting her attention.
Eden looked over her shoulder and saw Cid moving the star covered curtain as he entered his daughter's sloppy bedroom. Eden smiled at Cid as she rubbed Vinny's belly.
"Mr. Highwind! How are you?" Eden greeted with a sweet smile on her face, she noticed that Mara wasn't with him.
"Please.... Call me Cid," he said to her smiling as he took a seat next to her.
"Alright! Is Mara still at the orphanage?" she asked him with a small smile on her face.
Cid looked down at his feet with a hurt expression on his face. Eden automatically knew something bad had happened.
"Cid? Where's Mara?" she asked with a serious tone in her voice as she gave Cid a worried look.
Cid looked up at Eden and shook his head. Eden could feel her heart rising up into her throat. Eden stood up as she gazed at Cid in horror.
"CID TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED TO MARA!" she shouted at Cid causing Vinny to jump off the bed and start barking.
"VINNY HUSH!" Eden ordered in a loud voice as she looked at the dog.
The dog whimpered a little bit as he layed down on the floor. Eden looked over at Cid and saw that he was standing up.
"CID!" Eden shouted at him.
Cid looked at Eden with a sadden expression on his face.
"Please Cid, tell me what happened to Mara..." Eden pleaded.
"She was kidnapped...." Cid answered.
Eden fell back into Mara's bed in shock and felt her heart breaking.
Meanwhile Yazoo and Mara were riding on Yazoo's bike, escaping to Healing. Mara held tightly onto Yazoo's waist as he drove threw the forest.
"YAZOO ARE WE ALMOST THERE!?" Mara asked loudly as she battled against the wind.
"A LITTLE FURTHER!" Yazoo shouted as he took a sharp turn causing Mara to squeeze his waist as she screamed.
Mara closed her eyes as she rested her head on Yazoo's back and started thinking about her father. Mara felt like someone was squeezing her heart as she remembered Loz attacking her father. She started to tear up as she listened to the sound of the bike's motor.
She became lost in her thoughts, thinking about past events.
As she drifted away from reality she remembered getting attacked by Reno, meeting Cloud for the first time, being attacked by Kadaj, Yazoo choking her in her bathroom, meeting Vincent for the first time, wigging out on both Vincent and Barret, singing her mother's song on stage, getting attacked by Kadaj again, being alone with Vincent in her home, meeting Aerith in her dreams, getting captured by Quinn, meeting Mina for the first time, hiding under Vincent's blanket during a thunderstorm, meeting Lucercia in Vincent's subconscious, standing up against Chaos, hugging Cid at her Birthday party, Cloud giving her Mina's katana, throwing Reno into a tree, and waking up chained to a bed.
She couldn't believe all what happened to her.
Then suddenly the motor had stopped and bringing Mara back to reality.
She lifted her head up and looked around and saw a small waterfall and a small building surrounded by bushes and trees.
Yazoo got off his bike and looked at the building.
"We're here," he said as he extended his hand to Mara.
Mara looked at his hand and then at his face before she put her shaking hand in his. Yazoo helped her off the bike and looked at her blushing face.
"What's wrong?" Yazoo asked as he let go of her hand.
"Nothing!" Mara said quickly waving her hands frantically as she blushed really hard as she looked away.
Mara brought her hands to her high ponytail and tightened it. Yazoo sighed and got on his bike. Mara looked at him as she held the bag that carried her cloths.
"Where you going?" Mara asked him.
Yazoo looked at her with a smirk as he rubbed his engine.
"Back to my brothers," Yazoo answered her.
Mara looked at him with a sadden expression. Yazoo smiled sweetly at her before a sped off. Mara sighed as she walked up the red tinted stairs.
"I know this place.... I have an internship here," Mara mumbled as she placed her thumb on the print scan.
She was amazed when the sliding doors opened up for her.
She entered the building slowly not sure this was a good idea or not.
She saw a tall brunette woman at the receptionist counter.
The woman was very tall with a nice bust size. Mara walked up to her.
"Excuse me miss?" Mara said politely as the woman turned to looked at her.
"Yes?" the woman spoke.
Mara noticed that the woman was in the same uniform as she was.
"I am Mara Haines, I have an internship here," Mara said sweetly as she bowed to the nurse.
The woman walked behind the counter and sat in a computer chair and began typing Mara's name into the keyboard. After a couple of seconds the nurse looked up at Mara and arched her brown eyebrow.
"Miss Haines you aren't needed here till next month," the nurse had said.
'Crap!' Mara's mind had blurted as she felt her cheeks starting to turn red.
"How embarrassing! I thought it was this month!" Mara lied as she scratched the back of her head.
The nurse smiled sweetly at Mara.
"Well one of our interns had dropped out and we're very short handed today...." the nurse said as she sat up off the blue chair.
"That's great news!" Mara exclaimed even though she still didn't have a clue why Yazoo had sent her here instead of her house.
The nurse walked over to Mara holding a clipboard.
"Here....Go attend to this patient," the nurse said as she handed Mara the clipboard.
Mara nodded her head as she took the clipboard from the nurse.
"Yes ma'am," Mara said as she watched the nurse sit back in the computer chair.
In room 7 sat Rufus Shinra under a white blanket. He was sitting in a wheel chair looking out his window. He could hear a young woman's voice outside his door.
"Room 7!" he heard the voice shout in glee.
He watched as the metal sliding door opened and a young blonde in a nurse's uniform entered his room. He couldn't take his eyes off her hips. Mara placed the clipboard in a plastic file basket hanging on the wall next to the door. Mara looked at Rufus with her famous sweet smile.
"Hello! I'll be your nurse!" Mara greeted to him sweetly as she took a bow.
Rufus smirked and pushed his wheels forward and started going towards Mara. He stopped in front of her and extended his hand out towards her. Mara assumed he wanted to shake her hand, so she place hers in his.
"It's nice to see you again Miss Haines," he said as he squeezed her hand.
Mara smiled sweetly as she shook his hand.
"Have we met somewhere?" Mara asked sweetly.
"Yes.... In Shinra's lab," Rufus said with a smirk as he squeezed Mara's hand tighter.
Mara's eyes were like saucers as she gasped and tried to pry out her hand from his.
"WHO ARE YOU!?" Mara shouted as she tried to pull her hand from his.
Rufus took his free hand and pulled down the white blanket reveling his face. Mara gasped as she stared at his bandaged face.
"RUFUS!!!!" she shrieked as she desperately tried to get away.
Mara started to scream as Rufus started pull her closer to him.
'This is why Yazoo sent me here....' Mara said in her head as she stared at Rufus in fear.
Rufus stood up and slammed Mara into the door. Mara stared at him in fear, she remembered him always beating her the time she had when she was living in Shinra's lab.
"I thought you were dead..." Mara muttered as she stared at Rufus.
Rufus started laughing in a evil way as he squeezed Mara's wrist.
"I always thought you were cute back then, but at the time you lacked a female body and now look at you! You filled out nicely...." he purred as he brushed the side of her boob with the back of his hand.
Rufus then placed his lips on top of hers. Mara managed to escape his lips and she then started to scream as she tried to push him off.
Suddenly, Rufus threw her across the room causing her to fall on her knees.
Mara watched as Rufus sat back in his wheel chair as he sighed and saw the door sliding open. Mara gasped when she saw Reno and Rude enter the small room.
She noticed that this must have been planned, because none of them said a word to each other.
Rufus handed Reno a large syringe and Reno didn't take his eyes off of Mara. After he took the syringe from Rufus, Reno walked over to Mara and knelt down in front of her. Mara looked at him with pleading eyes as she felt tears forming.
"Please..... Help me," Mara spoke as she started to shake.
Reno clenched his teeth as he rubbed the side of her neck with his thumb.
"Please don't.... Mara begged as she clenched his jacket.
Reno let out a sigh as he threw her into his arms making Mara gasp. He wrapped his arms tightly around her as she shook and cried. Reno began rubbing the back of her head as he looked over at Rufus.
"RENO!" Rufus shouted at Reno as he stared at him in anger.
Reno took the syringe and looked at it and then he looked at Mara.
"Insert the damn chip Reno! That's an order!" Rufus shouted at the young Turk.
Reno looked at the syringe in his hand debating what to do with it.
End of Chapter
Fo: End! Cliffhanger ^.^ Did you all like it! I really do enjoy love triangles! It keeps the readers guessing ^^ Will it be Cloud? Will it be Kadaj? Will it be Yazoo? Will it be Vincent? Or will it be Reno? Who knows?
Taichi: God you're weird....
Fo: So?
Taichi: NO WAY FO! YOU JUST WANT TO PICK A FIGHT!!!!!
Ryuk: This chapter was named after the song by 'Social Distortion'.