Who I Am Doesn't Matter
I pace the living room, "Why won't you let me see him?"
"You almost killed him!" Tifa growls, sitting on the couch. Cloud's with Ven in the bedroom, and they want me to stay out here. To stay away from him. I glare at her, "I didn't do it on purpose."
She stands, "You think that makes it better?! You don't deserve to exist, you monster! You're a waste of space and money!"
I walk up to her and grab the collar of her shirt. My eyes narrow as I let the "life" in them fade away. I speak with no emotion as I lift her up into the air, staring up at her as I do, "You know, I'm getting really sick of your hatred for me. What I do doesn't matter, you've hated me since I was born."
She groans, "Put me down at once!"
"Vanitas!" Cloud yells in surprise.
I turn to him, "She was saying some very mean things."
"Put her down!" he demands.
I shrug and drop her. She yelps slightly, hitting the floor. She then looks up, glaring at me before looking at Cloud, "I want it destroyed. Now!"
Cloud frowns, "We're not going to destroy him."
"Why not?!" she growls, pushing herself to her feet, "It almost killed Ventus, it's out of control! It needs to be destroyed!"
"Don't bother," I cross my arms, "I'm leaving. I don't want to keep ruining your precious family."
"Vanitas, wait," Cloud comes towards me and I shake my head, "No, I see when I'm not wanted. Thanks anyway. Tell Ventus I'm sorry."
I turn and quickly leave the house. I look around and cut through the neighbor's yard quickly. I don't want Cloud to be able to follow me. I can hear him calling for me, but I keep running, cutting through everyone's yards, trying to stay out of sight. I pull my phone from my pocket and call Dr. Hikari. She answers on the third ring, "Vanitas?"
"Um, hey. Are you working?" I hop a fence, grunting as I hit the ground on the other side.
"Sort of. I'm with Namine and Kairi. Is everything okay? How is Ventus doing?" she asks.
"Ventus will be fine. You wouldn't happen to know of any clone shelters around Radiant Garden, would you?" I cross over into the woods, looking around.
"Well, the closest shelter is in Twilight Town, why? Did something happen?" she replies.
"Just curious, thanks." I hang up and cross back through the yards of the neighborhood. I follow the roads, keeping hidden by the houses and shops as I go until I leave the city. I know where Twilight Town is, Axel moved here from there. It's not too far. Maybe a day's walk. I continue down the road until there's nothing but darkness around me. I rub my eyes as I walk, groaning softly. The contacts must be making them irritated. I take the contacts out quickly and my eyes hurt less. I rub my eyes again, Without the contacts, my secret's gone.
As I continue walking, I feel the familiar pain of my insides twisting. I double over and cough up blood, groaning. I shiver, wiping my mouth on my glove. The movement causes pain to flare along my arm where I prove I'm alive. I groan, "Forgot about that.."
I stumble forward and continue towards my destination. I see light up ahead and the familiar noise of a vehicle roars in my ears. I step off to the side so I'm not in the road. The vehicle's headlights flash in my face and I cover my eyes, but not fast enough. The car suddenly stops and someone yells, "You see his eyes?! He's one of them!"
I turn and run, I hear doors open and then footsteps behind me. Whoever they are, they're coming after me because I'm a clone. This is bad. This is very bad. Best case scenario, they kill me right here, worst case scenario, worse things can happen, clones aren't people. No one will care how badly we're treated. No one cares how many of us are found dead on the side of the road.
I run as fast as I can but it's not fast enough. Both my arms are grabbed and I'm suddenly jerked backwards. I groan as my insides twist again and I cough up more blood. The first voice I heard groans, "This one's sick."
Another voice replies, "Doesn't matter, we can still use him. Help me get him into the truck."
I'm dragged backwards and I fight against them, trying to break free, but it's useless. I'm dragged back to their vehicle and I look back to see a man opening one of the two back doors. They pick me up and throw me in. The door shuts behind me and I'm really surrounded by darkness. I can hear their footsteps as they walk around the vehicle back to their seats up front. I crawl towards the door and I'm startled by a voice, "Don't bother. It's locked."
I turn back and within the darkness I can see an outline in the very top corner. I squint, trying to see past the darkness, but I can't. The boy sighs, "They lock the doors from outside. You can't open them from in here. I tried when I was caught a few days ago. It was locked then, and it's locked now."
"Who are you?" I fall, smashes my face against the metal bed encasing us as they vehicle jerks forward. I groan, "Who are they? Where are they taking us?"
"Who I am doesn't matter. Who you are doesn't matter. We're clones, we don't matter." the boy speaks bitterly, "Who they are? I don't know, all I know is they abducted me from some street in my hometown while I was with my Host. Since they went after you, too, I assume they're rounding up clones. I'm not sure why, but I am sure it's for nothing good."
"Right.." I frown, shivering as my body betrays me again. I cough up blood and the boy makes a sound of disgust, "What is wrong with you? Clones don't get sick."
I shudder, sitting up, "I'm a.. Special case.."
