Wewt I finally get to write some action. Again, sorry for the lack of chapters. I had to finish up editing some videos and collaborations that were due months ago xD
Chapter 28
Tifa was grabbed by herself by the throat and slammed against the wall. Damn, Tifa never knew she was so strong. She instantly felt guilty for Reno.
"I bet you are surprised," the other one said, sneering coldly.
"Not really," Tifa lied. "It's not like I haven't seen a clone before. They have the nasty habit of coming across Cloud's path."
The Tifa clone snarled and pressed harder.
"Not me," she growled. "I'm not going to get killed like the other ones. I'm different."
Tifa laughed.
"I've heard that one before, too."
The clone released Tifa and she fell on the hard ground.
"Aren't you going to kill me?" Tifa asked.
Marlene let out a little gasp. The clone turned around and started for Marlene. Tifa quickly whipped her legs around and knocked the clone off of it's feet.
"RUN!" she yelled to Marlene and Denzel. "FIND BARRET!"
She jumped on the clone's stomach and punched her in the face. The clone threw Tifa against the wall, which knocked the breath out of her. Stars danced before her eyes. The clone advanced. Tifa dodged an attack and wrapped her legs around the clone's neck, turning her head away from her body. The clone screamed and threw herself against the ground. Tifa's back hit a bar and she lay paralyzed on the ground for a few seconds. Before she could stagger up, the clone seized her and threw her headfirst in a glass cabinet full of potions and liquid. The glass shattered and the acids started to pour down on Tifa. Tifa swore and rolled out of the way. As the clone ran towards her, Tifa seized two unbroken acids and threw them at the clone. The clone screamed as her flesh burnt away with a disgusting noise. Seeing herself in such a grotesque state, Tifa quickly slammed the rest of the cabinet down so the clone couldn't repeat the same trick.
"Not very smart, are you?" Tifa said calmly.
The clone growled and dove at her. She kicked Tifa in the stomach, slamming her against the wall. Then, she picked up a large shard of glass and started to advance towards her menacingly. Tifa swore in her mind and grabbed a chair, which she threw at the clone. It splintered into pieces and didn't do any damage. Tifa ran to the clone and seized its arms. They struggled back and forth for several seconds, until the clone took a swipe at Tifa's face. Tifa dodged it and the shard cut her arm instead. The clone blurred forwards and attacked again. Tifa wasn't fast enough and blocked her with the same arm. The shard buried itself deep into Tifa's arm. Tifa screamed and kicked the clone away. The clone recovered and stood there, panting triumphantly. The shard was so deep it seemed stuck in Tifa's skin. Her arm throbbed and she bit back another scream.
The clone ran towards her again and seized her by her throat, pinching off her air. Tifa gasped and struggled against her grip. The clone's face was distorted by the acid and by hate, the lust to kill Tifa taking over. Tifa dropped down to her knees and looked around the room for a way to kill the clone. Tifa saw a rather large power outlet about as big as her head. She wondered what they could possibly plug in that thing as she seized the clone's throat as well. She pushed her backwards and seized her arm. The clone looked too surprised to do anything. Tifa thrust the clone's arm into the power outlet and collapsed on the ground, clutching her throat as she coughed and gasped for air.
The clone screamed and cracked and sizzled for several seconds, until it was over. Tifa let herself fall to the floor and let dizziness overcome her.
The next thing she knew her name was being called by Barret.
"Tifa! Wake up, dammit!"
Tifa opened her eyes. Her breathing was still uneven, but the dizziness had disappeared. Barret had pulled the glass shard out of her arm and bound her wound.
"You okay?"
Tifa nodded numbly. Her arm felt asleep.
"Now you take it easy. You lost a lot of blood."
"Where are Marlene and Denzel?" Tifa demanded.
"They're right there. I didn't want them seeing this mess." Barret eyed the disgusting clone and helped Tifa up.
"I didn't realize they had my DNA," Tifa moaned.
"Apparently they did. And you're not the only one with a clone."
"Huh?"
"Everyone did. But they were real easy. Yuffie's clone was really stupid. It accidentally killed itself. Seems like you got a pretty good one though."
"Yeah. She was tough." Tifa rubbed her forehead with her hand.
"Cloud's got the best one though."
"What?"
"See yours? Its face is slightly different than yours. It's not completely symmetrical. Cloud's is perfect."
Tifa forgot to breathe for a minute.
"How is he doing?!"
"Okay, when we left him."
"You left him?!"
"He didn't want anybody else involved. He wanted to do it himself."
"Where are they?"
"Outside. We took care of them zombies…"
Tifa pushed past Barret and the kids and started to run the doors that led outside.
"Please, please…" she begged silently. She threw the doors open and looked around her. She soon spotted them, a little further away.
"CLOUD!" she called and started to run towards them.
"TIFA!" Two voices yelled her name.
She froze.
Her clone had been cold and very un-Tifa-like. Cloud's clone seemed exactly like Cloud. Whichever one it was.
They were perfectly in sync as they fought, seeming like dancers. Both of them had identical wounds and were bleeding insanely.
"STAY THERE!" they both yelled at her.
"Cloud! Which one is you?!"
"I am!"
"No, I am!"
Despite the seriousness of the situation, Tifa registered in the back of the mind this would have normally been funny. She tried to think of a trick question, but she was too busy worrying about the two Clouds.
So when one of them was finally cut in the throat, Tifa screamed.
"Cloud?!"
"I'm the… real one," the one that had killed the other panted.
"Cloud!" Tifa gasped. She started forwards. "Are you hurt?!"
Cloud's cheek lifted as he attempted a smile. He staggered towards her.
"It's… nothing…"
He dropped to his knees and fell face down on the concrete.
Cloud is in trouble! D:
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