Lilly stood on the outside deck of the Highwind watching the clouds pass by. She felt a little nervous about the upcoming battle. Crossing her arms on the rail she laid her chin on them and stared down at the ground far below, allowing the soothing feeling of the wind to blow away the unwanted emotions plaguing her. Feeling a presence behind her, she sighed knowing who it was. A hand came to rest on the rail beside her, while a golden claw resting on the rail on her other side. Looking over her shoulder, she smiled up at Vincent, her shadow, as Cloud called him.

Vincent watched Lilly as her sad eyes left him to stare out over the scene passing them by. "We were just informed that the slums have been safely evacuated, so the only casualties should be limited to those fighting."

"That is good." Lilly said standing to lean into Vincent.

"Something is bothering you." Vincent stated wrapping his arms around her.

"Ever since you came to rescue me from the lab I have been unable to speak with Lucrecia. I had wanted to ask her about what Hojo may have in store for us so we could be a little more prepared." She said placing her hands on his arms.

"It must feel strange not having her there to talk to." Vincent could understand a little of what she was going through, if Chaos and the other demons stopped talking to him he would most likely feel what Lilly felt now.

"It does." She said while turning in his arms to face him. Reaching up she ran her fingers through his soft black hair then smiled mischievously. "So we enter a battle tomorrow that we may not survive, do you have any suggestions of how we should occupy our time." He let a rare smile cross his face as he leaned down, "Just one."

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"Seriously is your ship some kind of brothel. All I have heard in the last hour is the moans and cries of the people on this ship." Tifa complained as she sat in the chair across from Cid. "Mama Strife can't you tell your son to knock it off. I swear I can't get any sleep with all his screaming."

Laughing she said, "You really want to subject me to seeing and hearing my son as he is engaged in that kind of activity?"

"No I guess not." Turning to Cid she added, "So what's your excuse for not stopping them?"

"No man can stop that without dying." Cid said around his cigarette.

Sighing Tifa stood up and walked over to the cot set up on the other side of the room and dropped on it, "I'm sleeping here."

Cid grunted in response, he had been thinking of using said cot because his room was next to Lilly and Vincent's room and he knew they would not be sleeping this night. "Looks like the dining area will be full tonight. Do you have extra blankets on board the ship?"

"Ya. Near yer son's room." Cid said with a smirk. Mrs. Strife leaned back in her chair not even entertaining the thought of approaching the room. It was going to be a long night she thought as she looked around the room.

Frowning she asked, "Where is Zack and the two Turks that followed Rufus aboard."

"Yet another room I wouldn't go near." Tifa said from the cot on the other side of the room.