The Escape
"I'm going to ask Dexter about Marlene." Tifa stated after everyone was done with greeting each other. "Better don't go alone." Yuffie advised her. "I'll go with you." "Thanks Yuff. What are you doing in the meantime?" Tifa asked the rest of the group. "Oh, we'll talk 'bout the good ol' times." Barret answered with a grin. Cid also grinned and patted the tall black man on the back. "Yeah, that'll be @$%ยง$& funny!" Tifa chuckled and went off with Yuffie, straight to the Highwind. The two of them entered the chocobo stables where Kevin Dexter sat tied to a thick pipe, his hands behind his back. Tifa stopped in front of him while Yuffie stayed next to the door. "Okay, Kevin, where did you take Marlene?" Tifa asked, venom in her voice. "You'll see." Kevin grinned. Then everything happened very fast. Kevin suddenly jumped up, his hands tied no longer, grabbed Tifa around the waist and pressed the barrel of his gun to her temple. "Get out of the way." he ordered Yuffie. When Yuffie didn't move, Kevin kicked Tifa in the back with his knee. "Tell her to go away!" he snarled into her ear. Tifa couldn't help but do as he told her. "Yuffie, go away." she begged her friend. "But Tifa..." Yuffie started. "Please!" Tifa cried out, while Kevin pushed the barrel harder against her temple. Yuffie slowly moved to the side, and Kevin started to make his way towards the exit. "If you follow me, she dies." he threatened before leaving the Highwind with his prisoner.
Soon Tifa found herself lying on the backseat of a stolen car, hands and feet bound tightly. "Where are you taking me?" she asked, her voice shaking with fear. "Shut up." Kevin answered while driving out of Midgar. "Why are you doing this?" Tifa kept asking, much to her captor's displeasure. "I said shut up, bitch!" he shouted at her. "If I hear one more sound coming from you, I'll stuff your fucking mouth!" "Please..." Tifa whimpered fearful. Suddenly the car stopped, and Kevin got out. He opened the door and pulled Tifa from the seat, only to slap her hard across the face. Tifa fell to her knees in pain, quickly looking at her surroundings. Kevin had drove the car to a very lonesome street, not a single car was in sight. Tifa was ripped from her observation when Kevin grabbed a handful of her hair and pulled her head back on it so she had to look into his face. "If. I. Tell. You. To. Shut. Up." he started, his voice full of anger and hate, "you will do so!" The last two words he underlined with two hard blows to Tifas stomach. Kevin let go of her hair, and she slumped to the ground, crying. Kevin went to the trunk of his car, opened it and got out a roll adhesive tape. He ripped of a long stripe, returned to Tifa and lifted her head. "Hold still now." he ordered before putting the tape over her mouth, forcing her to stay silent. Kevin lifted his helpless prisoner up on his arms and carried her over to the trunk. Tifa started to squirm and stir in his arms when she realised what he was about to do. All her efforts were useless, and Kevin laid her into the trunk of his car. "Don't worry." he grinned. "You'll get out soon. Just two or three hours." Then he closed the trunk, leaving Tifa in almost complete darkness, alone with her fear and thoughts.
"What?" Cid cried out in horror. "Dexter took Tifa?" "Yes, for God's sake!" Yuffie answered angrily. "I couldn't do anything! He had his gun at her temple!" "No one blames you." came Clouds tired voice from the bed. "But..." he coughed before speaking on, "we have to find them before he hurts or...does worse things to her." "And we will find him." Yuffie swore to herself. "I'm a ninja, I can find every one every where." "Then ya better start lookin' for Tiff, before that guy does sumthin to her." Barret advised her. "Okay." Yuffie answered. "Who's coming with me?" "I will!" Cid called out. "Me too!" Barret raised his good hand in the air. "Great." Yuffie muttered under her breath before grinning at her comrades. "Then let's go!"
The car came to a sudden stop, then Tifa heard the front door opening and Kevin's footsteps approaching the trunk. Shortly afterwards it opened, and Tifa blinked a few times when the unexpected bright light shone into her eyes. "We are here." Kevin informed her. Tifa whimpered behind the tape that still covered her mouth, and he smiled. "If you think I'll take this" he ran one finger over the surface of the tape, "off, you are wrong. It will stay there until you deserve it to be taken off." With that, Kevin bent into the trunk and lifted Tifa up on his arms. He carried her into the small house that stood nearby, and down into the cellar. There he laid her down on the cold stone floor and searched through his pockets for the key to the room he wanted to put Tifa in. Kevin finally found the key, unlocked the door and carried Tifa in. The only furnishing was an old mattress; the room had no lamp and no window. Tifa started to cry when Kevin laid her down on the mattress and stroke her cheek. "You'll get used to the darkness, my dear." he said. Then he controlled the roped that tied her hands behind her back, was satisfied with the result of his control and stood up. "I'll come back to you soon, my dear." he whispered before leaving the room and looking the door behind him.