Square Enix owns. Sorry, for the very, very long break between chapters. I had some life to deal with but now I'm back.
Chapter 11.
"Now, I don't think you're telling me every thing I need to know. I think Mother's here, and I am going to find her. We can do this the easy way, or we can to this the hard way. The choice is your's, although the hard way is more fun, don't you agree, Loz?" The calm voice rang out of the thin teen. His shoulder length mane of silver hair delicately covering one of his malice filled eyes. His double bladed Katana hanging at his side.
"Don't cry, Kadaj, We will find her, or Loz will burn this place to the ground as he did before. Won't you Loz?" The man with the longest hair said quietly while absentmindedly toying with his Velvet Nightmare.
The one called Loz snickered and cocked Duel Hound, his short, unruly hair seeming to crackle with electricity.
"Now, what's it going to be?" Kadaj asked.
The captives were quiet as they looked on in fear. It seems that only a few short hours ago the towns' people were enjoying their selves at a festival, now they are huddled close together in the center of town, icy fear clutching their hearts.
"There's no one here, Sir, please believe me." A gentle elderly woman spoke up.
"No one." The small group agreed.
Kadaj turned his attention to the woman, "No one here, you say? Are you sure of that? Because I don't believe you." He crossed to her and took her chin in his firm grip. "Now I'll ask you once more. Where is Mother? Tell me, or I'll kill you."
"Your Mother's not here, Sir!" A man's voice called out.
The longest haired male began to quietly whimper.
"Don't worry, Yazoo, we'll find her." Loz spoke in a husky voice.
Kadaj glared into the woman's face then forcefully thrust her away by her chin. She hit the stone pavement hard and yelped in pain.
He stood and addressed the towns' people, "I gave you a chance to tell me where she is, but you just chose not to take it. Loz, Yazoo, finish this. I'm calling the President again." With that he stormed away, not turning to hear the pleads and screams as Loz and Yazoo burnt the town to ashes.
Kadaj leaned against his bike and waited for Loz and Yazoo to finish. The next town already marked on the map in his pale hands. His slender fingers walking from this town to the next. Mother is here some place. The Reunion is immanent.
I will find you, Mother, and when I do, you will reward me. You will choose me to carry out your mimetic legacy! You will see how hard I have worked to find you. We will be together.
Kadaj was brought out of his musings by the deafening blast of the explosion. Loz and Yazoo will be returning shortly.
Too bad he hadn't gotten a hold of Mr. Shinra. All he got was that irritating red head again. He will get through to Rufus; he will not be taken lightly.
"So, Kadaj, were to next?" Yazoo spoke quietly, sitting on a rock and watching the village burn, black smoke billowing towards the heavens.
"I found another town with a Shinra building. We will try there in the morning."
"Hey, uh, why don't we just go find Mr. Shinra? Won't he know where Mother is?" Loz questioned.
"Kadaj would have to track him down first, but he can't." Yazoo shot a glance at the back of Kadaj's head.
"Don't you think I've been trying? Am I the only one who cares about where Mother is?" Kadaj yelled at the middle brother.
"Relax, Kadaj. We will find Mother. Until then, I say we play. Remember that girl in pink we played with?" Loz lounged against Yazoo's legs.
"Ah, yes. She was full of energy, and how she screamed when she fell over the edge." Yazoo smiled at the black smoke.
Kadaj blocked the other boys' voices as he poured over the map. Soon, their voices got to be too much and he wandered away to think of Mother in quiet.
Far away from his older brothers, Kadaj knelt beside a large stone at a shallow rivers edge. He stared blankly into his wavering reflection, tears in his eyes. Why couldn't he find her? Why wasn't she calling to him? Did she not trust him? He would show her. He would show them all! He may be the smallest and the youngest but he has trained very long and very hard to find her and nothing was going to stand in his way of being reunited with her!
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"Kilas? Kilas!"
Kilas was snapped out of her daydream by Anderal's gruff voice.
"Wake up girl! Yer burnin' the eggs!"
Kilas looked into her pan and sure enough, her beautiful yellow eggs were now a sickening greenish-grey and had the texture of hardened clay. "Ew." She gasped softly as she tossed the eggs into the trash and cracked more eggs into the pan.
"Ya with us now, girly?" Anderal chuckled good-naturedly and sipped his coffee. "Ya was a million miles away in that spacey head of yers'."
Uh… thanks, old man, I know…
Thinking of Cloud again, right?
Yeah… He's been gone for three days…
Let him stay gone.
Why are you so hateful?
Why are you such a lovesick puppy?
"Kilas! The eggs!" Anderal shouted and took the second set of burnt eggs away from her. "Damn it girl! Wake up! What's going on with you today? I'll get someone else to cook these. Go sit down."
Kilas plopped into a nearby chair and put her chin in her hands. Why did Cloud leave? After their kiss, things were a little awkward, yes, but the next morning he was gone. His whole room was cleared out before she woke up.
"Missing him, are ya? Well, ya best get used to it. Cloud is Cloud. He shows up when he wants and leaves when he wants. It's just the way he is." Jules spoke up. Jules arrived a day before Cloud left. She was a quiet, plump elderly woman who came to stay with Anderal every now and again. She had known Cloud as a child and saw him like a grandson.
Kilas grumbled. "I know, I know. But why does he have to be so difficult? It's dumb."
Alright, sorry this chapter is kinda crappy. I know its not my best by any means. I started it back in December before the wedding and I tried to pick it up again and something got lost… Oh well. I'll have a better one out in a few days. Untill then enjoy the nice sunny spring weather!