Chapter 14: What is Family?
I fell, faster and faster, only to remember that Snow was trying to protect me.
But I forced myself to stay conscious to be aware of everything, Snow made himself fall faster and faster to catch up with my weak body, until finally he caught me turning his body as needed to make sure that I wouldn't get hit by anything on the way down. I felt Snow's body against mine shivering from the pain he must have been taking, covered me from ledges, glass windows, poles that extended off of buildings, I looked at the floor that awaited us…
I knew we wouldn't be able to survive the crushing fall so I used the sliver of energy I had left to make an energy cushion so we could survive even in our horrible position. We landed on a soft airy field of energy and softly laid on the floor both of us unable to speak, I had puncture wounds that were very deep because of the spiky tail I was smashed with, while snow had broken bones, glass in his body, and bruised everywhere, from the looks of it…
We were done, "Snow…" I said weakly as Snow slowly turned to me, I healed his wounds from a couple of feet away as he could only sit there immobilized, "Seby…" he whispered, "this can't be the end…" he coughed, "well looks like this show reached its finale…" I smiled, I healed him almost to full capability, Snow trudged towards me and kneeled, he held my body up, "No…" I told him, "Don't…I'll only be in your way…forever…get Hope and get out of here…" I whispered.
Snow's eyes sympathetic as he walked off leaving me, like I asked him to, he looked back at me and ran back to pick me up and 'save' me… "Dammit" I thought in my head, Snow took me up many flights of stairs and met up with Hope, from there they exchanged few words and took me to the ship Fang guarded. Snow laid me down and everyone used their L'Cie powers to heal me, "Guys…" I said slowly getting my energy back, "this isn't right, I'll only get in your way…" I told everyone, they looked at me puzzled but didn't listen thinking I was being silly.
But an hour later with all three L'Cie healing me I was back to normal with only the marks to show what I had been through. I stood up slowly wincing at the sharp pains, "thanks" I said sarcastically and walked away, they all began to follow, but Snow stopped them and went alone, "what's this about?" Snow asked, "Exactly as I told you, IM ONLY GOING TO BE TROUBLE!" I shouted as I stared in Snow's eyes.
"Tell me what makes you think that" Snow said, "after we killed the Fal'Cie…and we were floating in that green vortex, I saw cocoon and a creature behind it ready to destroy it…but when I shot that last arrow at the monster, to save everyone, the aura that formed around my arrow…was the same monster that was going to destroy cocoon…my focus as a L'Cie is to destroy Cocoon…but yours is to kill me and save it…" I whimpered as I took a step back as if I had the plague.
Snow grabbed my shoulder and made me face him, me being so sad and weak I didn't even try to struggle this time, "well we're family…and we stick together no matter what…we'll find a solution…" Snow assured, "HOW!" I shouted in exhaustion "GO AGAINST FATE!" I ran to the kitchen and grabbed a knife as Snow followed, I held the knife to my neck, "WHY SHOULDN'T I END IT NOW! SAVE ALL OF YOU THE PAIN AND SUFFERING!" I shouted, but Snow tackled me, landed in top of me and stopped me from moving, the knife clanging on the floor. "BECAUSE WE'RE FAMILY!" Snow yelled at my face, I calmed down, "but there has to be a limit of a family's power…" I whimpered, "No…this family doesn't have a limit, we will find a solution and save everyone…" Snow said with that stupid grin that practically yelled 'Everything is gonna be ok!', "Ok…" I said nodding my head, I stared at Snow as hard as I could, to express all the stress I was going through, "I believe in you…cause I love you…" I said.
"Good" Snow smiled, he sat on a kitchen counter and patted next to him, asking me to sit, "but family tells family everything too, so tell me everything, your history, your thoughts, everything" Snow placed his hand on my shoulder, "Ok…because your family" I said as I leaned my head on his broad, strong shoulders, but was he right? Can family really overcome anything? ...Even fate?