Poor Ara, I put her through so much.
Ara: Its ok, I enjoy most of it.
Kaia: You are ENTIRELY too positive.
Kadaj: Ahhhhhhhh! It's Kaia.
Sephiroth: Breathe.
Audra: Sephiroth if you will?
Sephiroth: Audra owns only Kaia and Ara. Although I may challenge her about her ownership...
Audra: shit...
"So you're alright then?" Sephiroth asked Ara who was curled up in a chair in the library, a mug of hot tea in her hand.
Sephiroth had brought her into the room to talk to her and locked the others out. It was a bit of a cross between a library and a computer room. Three large monitor screens were placed above a desk set in the far corner of the room and took up almost half of the wall.
"Yeah I'm fine. Just a little shaken up. A vampire coming into my room is not a normal experience for me." Ara admitted.
Sephiroth frowned and walked over to the screens. "I still would like to know how he got in. And how he got out with you. The cameras don't show anything. Even you disappeared."
"And exactly why is there a camera in my room?" Ara grumbled.
Sephiroth's eyes turned on her and she took a large sip of tea, burning her throat.
"So what's going to happen now?" She asked.
"We boost security. I'll activate the magnetic locks on the windows and doors. Install the keypads on the doorways and phones. Kadai and you need to stay together at all times no matter what." Sephiroth growled low in his throat. "I can't believe that they infiltrated my house."
Outside Kadaj and Yazoo looked at Loz and Kadai who had their ears pressed against the door.
"You do realize it's soundproof right?" Kadaj asked.
"Shhh!" Kadai said.
"Those two are hopeless." Yazoo muttered.
A knock suddenly came at the front door. The four remnants looked at each other. The library door opened and Loz fell over as Sephiroth and Ara walked out. Sephiroth's eyes narrowed as the knock came again.
"Loz get the door. Kadaj, Yazoo stand, on each side of it. Kadai, station yourself on the stairs and jump them if they charge." The four took their places as told and Sephiroth and Ara shrunk back into the shadows of the halls, Ara's hand resting on the gun at her side, while Sephiroth made sure he was standing in front of her.
Loz opened the door and was instantly knocked backwards. The door flew open and flattened Yazoo. Kadaj leapt out at the hooded figure that streaked in and was thrown over their shoulder, hitting the door and crushing Yazoo even more. Loz jumped back to his feet only to be knocked into the kitchen. Kadai sprung forwards and the figure barely avoided her as the female remnant flew past her and hit the wall, shattering the mirror that covered half the wall.
"Enough!" Sephiroth snapped. Walking forwards. Ara followed behind him. "Kaia what the hell are you doing here?"
The figure's hood fell back to reveal the blue haired girl Ara recognized immediately. Her blue eyes were like cold pools of ice as she met Sephiroth's own eyes.
"I came to make sure she got back alright. And I felt like beating the shit out of your remnants." Kaia replied.
"Mission accomplished." Loz moaned from the kitchen.
"How did you find us?" Kadai spat, standing up, glass falling off the back of her leather jacket she hadn't taken off yet.
"I'm connected to Sephiroth by a blood bond. I can find him anywhere." Kaia replied. "Don't ask me how Vincent found you. Perhaps he sniffed you out." She shrugged. "I do want you to know that I am doing everything in my power to keep Cloud away from you Ara. But he's stubborn and won't rest until he eradicates Sephiroth." Kaia informed them.
Sephiroth scoffed. "I'd like to see him try."
Kaia raised one blue eyebrow. "Let's see, he's killed you how many times again? At least three."
Sephiroth scowled at her.
"I just came to tell you that you shouldn't have any trouble with anyone except Cloud and your father himself." She was still talking to Ara more than to anyone else.
"Thank you." Ara said quietly.
"No problem. Take care of her Seph." Kaia smiled at Sephiroth's death glare at the childish nickname Kaia had deemed him with almost 7 years before. Kaia smiled at Ara, icy blue meeting light brown before she burst into flames and disappeared.
Kadai blinked a few times.
"Did she just-?"
"So she picked that up to." Sephiroth said. Kadai looked at him quizzically. "I helped train her to disappear into thin air. I'm glad to see she mastered it."
Kadai frowned at him. "And you let her go?"
"Why wouldn't I? I would trust Kaia with the lives of any of you." Sephiroth told them.
"But she's Cloud's sister!" Kadai spluttered.
"And my closest friend." Sephiroth added.
"That's one hell of an understatement." Loz muttered.
Green eyes turned on him.
Ara lifted an eyebrow at Kadai who was snickering. "I'll tell you later." The silver haired girl mouthed.
"I cant take this anymore." Ara moaned, flopping back on her bed as Kadai sat on the windowsill. The silver haired girl looked at her curiously. "I hate not being able to go anywhere."
Kadai smiled apologetically. "I'm sorry about all this. I do wish that we could do something. Even I'm starting to get antsy." She drummed her fingers lazily against the glass.
There was a soft knock on the door and Kadai tensed slightly. Ara rolled her eyes and moved to open the door. She blinked a few times, slightly stunned as the set of green eyes met hers. They stared at each other for a few moments before Sephiroth spoke.
"You and I need to go." Both girls stared at him. "Don't ask questions, just come on."
"Um, ok." Ara turned and walked to her closet, pulling out her jacket and slipping it on. She walked back to where Kadai was looking curiously at Sephiroth who was pointedly ignoring her.
Sephiroth looked at Ara and reached out, grabbing her arm, both of them disappearing. They reappeared on the roof of an abandoned building in the ruins that Kadaj and Ara had landed in before.
"Why are we here?" Ara asked, looking around and shivering slightly at the creepy landscape and cool breeze.
"I got a call from Kaia. She said Cloud was hunting for us. I don't know that he would have come close to the house, but I wanted you out of it if he did. There is the possible chance he will come here though." Sephiroth told her.
"I'm sorry to be such a complication." She said softly, pulling her coat tighter around her.
Sephiroth wrapped an arm around her shoulders and pulled her against him, his eyes still scouring the area. "Don't take this out of proportion." He warned her. "Its too cold for you to be up here with only that jacket on, and this makes sure that I know where you are." He never looked at her once, but did narrow his eyes at something on the horizon.
"What's-," She never finished her sentence as Sephiroth transported her into a room of one of the buildings. A sleeping bag and a couple of pillows were already set up in the corner. She looked around, noting the view from the window. "Safe house?" She guessed.
"Something like that." Something of a small smirk tugged at the corner of his mouth.
"So…I can sleep then?" Now that she thought about it, Ara was awfully tired.
He nodded, watching her the whole time she walked over to the sleeping bag and when she curled up underneath it. He even noticed when she closed her eyes and her breathing evened out.