Sorry for this taking so long to do :p just haven't had time and still batting around the idea of maybe making a sequel

Midgar's Disease

Chapter 12

As Zack and cloud approached the forest of Midgar, gunshots could be heard. Trucks could be seen at the lining of the forest. Cloud glanced from side to side, he could see some corpses of the infected around the lining of the forest, Cloud gripped Zack's hand a little as they both ran into the forest. As they entered the gunshots seemed very close so they turned and ran a different way of the gunshots.

Cloud and Zack where deep in the forest when they decided that they would need a rest before continuing. They both rested up in a tree Cloud snuggling into Zack as he didn't know if they where even going to get out of the forest. Cloud felt Zack's grip tighten on him a little. Both of them shot up when they both heard a scream that sounded like it was from Aerith. Zack told cloud to stay in the tree and stay hiden while he goes and tries to find aerith. Zack ran of before Cloud could answer.

Zack ran through the trees and bushes trying to find Aerith. Zack had ran for quite a while and he couldn't hear Aeriths screams anymore. He was running further away from everyone, Zack leaned against a tree he was so tierd he could feel his lungs burning and his muscles as well, he was cold and scared and he began to realise that he was alone and left Cloud all alone. Zack could feel himself panic, cloud could be dead,even though he hadn't left him for that long cloud could have got caught when he just ran off, Zack ran through the forest as fast as he could trying to get back to cloud. Zack was about to call for him when he felt the ground under him disappear, he saw he was falling for a split second, Zack felt his whole body ache then he fell into complete darkness.

Aerith was hugging the branches in the tree she had just got away from the infected and there was no one to be found she was shaking sephiroth had protected her and got struck down by those men with guns, Aerith froze when she heard shuffling not far from her.

"Zack!...Where are you!"

Aerith knew that voice, she jumped down and ran towards that sound, She ran right into cloud making him tumble over but he regained his balance. Cloud let out a sigh of relief and gave Aerith a cuddle, they both continued to walk about the forest looking for everyone. Aerith explained to cloud that Tifa's mother didn't make it and got caught in one of the traps, Cloud also explained on what happened with zack and that he shouldn't be far but he hadn't been responding to clouds calls.

Night had already fallen, Cloud and Aerith had joined up with everyone else though a few didn't make it. Tifa, reno, Barret and Cid had all survived sephiroth and Tifa's mother didn't make it. Zack was still in the unknown no one knew if he was alive or dead, Cloud didn't believe it though he believed that he was alive and was alright. They all decided to have a rest and gather some energy before they started to find the way out of the forest. Reno was out in front as he had the best eyesight out of all of them. As they where all going through bushes every small or big hole they whispered Zacks name encase he was down one of them and needed help as none of them had gave up on him as they all did once and there not going to do it again. A flash light could be seen in the distant and they all push back behind trees, being careful as they where right in front of a hole they had just passed. Cloud peeked out and saw there where more flashlights coming there way, if they ran those people would notice them and not everyone would get away, Cloud looked about they needed to hide but where.

"Everyone we'll have to go down this hole or they'll notice that we're here." Cloud whispered

"Yeah but what happens if they find us down the hole ...we'll be stuck like rats" Reno countered

"I know but I rather take the change than stand here and get caught."

Cloud turned and sat gently at the edge of the hole and turned to everyone else.

"you can come if you want or stay up here and get caught but I rather take a chance and try and hide from them."

Cloud slide down the moist mud it was very steep on this side but from what he could see from the other side it was sloped so they could get out in that area. Cloud heard everyone else slide down and they all got low so that they were sort of hidden but if a light was shon down the hole they would be spotted and killed.

"w..whos there"

Everyone stopped when they heard a small whisper , the persons voice sounded like they were in agony. Cloud crawled about a little when his hand crest a boot or something that felt like a boot. Cloud followed up from that and found that this was a body. Cloud heard a groan. from the body cloud could tell it was a man who was well built and had spiky dark hair.

"Zack.." Cloud whispered

Cloud could see him open his eyes to him and whispered a small yes, cloud nearly burst into tears, zack was alive, When they heard footsteps upbove them they all froze, Cloud looked up and saw a man with black hair, they where talking about retriveing puppy and were to check every trap in the area. Cloud could hear them leave but that man hadn't moved he was looking down the hole right at them.

"Did we dig this hole Genisis?"

Cloud saw a man with red hair come in view and looked down at them. He scratched the back of his head.

"No this must be a hole that was here already"

"Good dump all the infected body's down there and bury them so if reporters come we can hide that some of them may have got out."

"Yes Angeal"

Cloud watched as both men left his sight cloud signaled to everyone that they can move now Barret came on the other side of cloud and both of them started to move zack, A agonised whimper came from him.

"Zack whats wrong?" Cloud whispered

"M-my, my leg"

Aerith crawled towards zack and started pressing down on his legs as she got down to his right shin she could feel something stick out his leg, she gave out alittle gasp and signalled cloud to come to her.

"He has a compund wound cloud...and we'll have to push it back in so he won't get any infections in the bone marrow."

"...I don't think he'll be able to handle that aerith...he's been missing since this morning, he's probably lost alot of blood...and those people aren't far from us they'll hear him and kill all of us."

Everyone nodded and cloud ribbed off one of his long sleaves from his shirt and handed it to aerith. Cloud gabbed zack and sat his head on his lap, Zack blindly searched for clouds hand, he grasped it and Zack smiled.

"Aerith push it back in ...I won't be able to move as mush as I could if you leave it out." zack couldn't speak above a whisper.

"you sure Zack...?"

"I've been through worse aerith" Zack grinned at her and aerith handed cloud the fabric and told cloud to make zack bite down on it.

Aerith placed her hand on the bone and saw Zack wince at it but he nodded at her and gripped clouds hand a little harder. Cloud stroked Zack's hair as aerith started to push on the bone. Tifa was beside Zack holding his other hand when he started to whimper. Everyone was around Zack trying to make him as comfortable as possible. When they could hear the bone cracking back Zack low whimpers came to loud painful moans, cloud was whispering that it would be over soon and Zack seemed to take him by his word. when the final crack came Zack fell back on to cloud lap and cuddled into to his waist whimpering. Aerith removed the fabric that Zack was biting on and tied it round the open wound now on his leg. Cloud wrapped his arms around Zack until he stopped shaking. A light shone down on them and everyone winced at the brightness.

"So this is where you've been puppy."

:P Hope to update soon but please review if you want me to write and hopefully get it up faster