My Adventures on Gaia
Chapter 12
"Meow……" Midnight said, her face full of fear as she looked at me and then out the front window of the chopper.
"I know girl. I'm scared too." I said. It was snowing heavily, which I guessed we were either near the Northern Crater or near Icicle Inn. "If it wasn't for this damn blizzard, we could find the town easily."
I had the windshield wipers going, which helped a little, but not a lot. All of a sudden, the peek of a mountain came into view and we were heading right for it. "Oh shit!!" I cursed and went up. We just about missed the peak, but the peak hit the end of the chopper, which resulted in the blades failing.
There was a loud beeping sound. "Warning…..warning….warning…."
And we were going down.
"Damnit!!" I swore and tried to pull up, but that did no use. Midnight put her front paws on my lap as we went down and I held onto her. "Just hold on Midnight!!"
I watched as the ground came closer…closer and then…..nothing.
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Genesis and Zack stood in front of Lazard's desk, along with Angeal and Cloud. "What did the president say?" Angeal asks.
Lazard sighed heavily. "Find them…..and bring them back. Then…..the President has ordered them to be killed."
All four of them gasped. "But Shell has every reason to kill Hojo!!" Zack yelled.
"Not only that she killed Hojo, but she has lied to us all this time." Lazard says. "I'm sorry Zack, but it's the President's orders."
"But-!" Zack protested, but Angeal put a hand on his shoulder and shook his head. Zack looked down and the ground and then tore away from his mentor, running out of the room.
"I'm not happy about this either." Lazard says. "Shell was a very nice and caring girl."
"Thank you sir." And the three left. Zack sat outside the office on the floor, his knees hugged to his chest.
"Search and kill huh….."
"Zack, it's hard on all of us." Cloud says. "I don't want to go after Shell or Sephiroth."
"Orders are orders though." Angeal said. "Let's head out."
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Midnight dragged a motionless Shell out of the wrecked chopper by the back of her jacket. Midnight then let go of her jacket and laid across her stomach, closing her eyes and meowing sadly.
All of a sudden, she heard the sound of an engine and a truck came into view, stopping a few feet away from them. The driver's door opened a man in full costume for the weather came out. The man looked very shocked at Shell and Midnight and tried to approach, but Midnight started growling and snarling.
"Midnight….it's me." The man removed his goggles and hood, reveling silver hair and green eyes. Midnight recognized the man and meowed loudly.
Shell……why did you bother to come look for me? Sephiroth thought and grabbed a heavy blanket out of the truck.
He wrapped the blanket around her cold body and put her in the truck, putting the seat belt over her and Midnight hopped in. He got into the truck and drove off.
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I let out a groan and moved my head to the side. Something licked my cheek and it tickled. I opened my eyes and saw Midnight staring right at me. "Midnight!!" I said happily and hugged her.
Midnight meowed and nuzzled her face against mine. "Yesh, I missed you too girl." I said with a laugh and stroked her head.
I heard a door open and footsteps. I looked over at the doorway to see Seph. And for once in his life, he didn't wear that Soldier outfit of his. OMG…….he wore black pants and a long sleeve white shirt, no socks.
Damn……..I bet Stormy would say the same thing…of course….she already has a boyfriend. I thought.
"Helloo?" a hand waved in front of my face. "Gaia to Shell?"
My eyes narrowed. "Midnight, hit him."
She jumped onto the bed and whacked him across the cheek with her paw. He rubbed the sore spot. "I can see she's happy to see me."
Without thinking, I wrapped my arms around him in a really tight hug. I probably squeezed all the air out of his lungs. I heard him wheeze. "Can't……..breathe……"
I loosened my hold on him, but did not let go. "Don't you ever run off like that again." I warned motherly.
"You sound like my mother……" he said plainly.
When he said that, I remembered what I said to him and let go, scooting away a little and sitting with my legs crossed on the bed. I twiddled my thumbs in my lap. "Um…….." I stammered.
"Is it true? What you said?"
"Every word." I answered quietly.
"Hmmm…..what happened to Hojo?"
I cringed. "I um….well…..I…..killed him……." I was afraid to look up, but then I heard the most disturbing sound in my life.
Laughter.
Not evil laughter….more like….hysterical…..
I looked up at him. He was starting to calm down from his laughing fit and cleared his throat. "Are you serious?"
"Were you….laughing at me?" I ask.
He blinked. "No…..I just found it funny that of all people…..how did you kill him?"
"……….I'm not sure. I just kinda lost my mind……" I replied quietly, looking down again. All of a sudden, tears began rolling down my face.
"Hey…..why are you crying?" he asks.
"No……" I sobbed. "I'm sorry…..that you had to find out that way…….I didn't want you to go to Nibelheim….that's where you would find out about Jenova and go crazy, killing everyone and setting the town on fire."
"Oh……….Well…….I guess I should thank you."
"Huh?" I looked up at him with teary eyes.
"You actually saved me."
My eyes widened. I…saved him….he's….not gonna go crazy……
Then, I instantly burst into tears of joy and hugged him tightly again. "I would do anything for you……." Oh shit, did I just say that?
He chuckled and put one hand on my head, ruffling my hair. "Yes, you did say that out loud. You tend to speak your mind a lot."
I smiled and snuggled closer to him. I don't really know what happened, but I think I fell asleep. Listening to the sound of his heartbeat.
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Me: God, I'm just in love with this story. ^.^ Anyway, if anyone here is a good drawer, could you please draw these two together? I would love it!!
Zaikia
