Through clouds eyes
Chapter 4
What the hell happened? I couldn't move I couldn't talk I couldn't see. Was I still unconscious, was I… dead? NO! I couldn't be dead I wasn't dead. Because if I were then I wouldn't be able to see Tifa again. Now that I found her I don't think I could live with ought her. What had happened though why was I here, wherever here is. Suddenly all the memories came back, the reactor, the president, the fall. I should have been killed so maybe I was dead. I had a brief flashback of Tifa and me talking. "No Cloud you can't die. You cant! Threes so much I want to tell you"! By this time tears were running down her cheeks. "I know Tifa". "Hey you gona be alright"? I didn't really think I was going to be all right but I needed to satisfy Tifa and hell even Barret. "Yeah ill make it just get Tifa out of here now"! I was loosing my grip and there was jack shit I could do about it. "Yo sorry about all this". "Don't go talking like it's the last time". While Barret and me were talking Tifa was pleading with Barret to do something. Then I fell as the reactor exploded and my last thoughts were of Tifa. All of the sudden I heard this voice in my head "can you hear me"? "Who are you"? I at first thought it was god, and then I realized that it had that feminine tone. "Don't worry about me, worry about yourself". "Ill try". Suddenly I heard this voice, not from inside my head but from someone else "Hallow… HELLOW"? I slowly, painfully opened my eyes. "He's moving"! When I opened my eyes I saw, the flower girl from the slums. "Hi are you alright". "Nope, shit". The pain was so intense I couldn't believe it but I forced myself to stand anyway. "Do you remember me?" "Yeah you were that flower girl in the slums". "I'm so happy that you remembered". My head was spinning so much I couldn't focus at all. We talked for a while then I saw this guy out of the corner of my eye, just then she saw him to. "Will you be my bodyguard"? I had no idea what she wanted one for but I assumed it was because of that man. "You do, DO everything right"? "Yeah but it'll cost you though". I had no idea what she was going to give me. "Ok umm how bout a date"? Just then the man in the back interrupted and I knew he was trouble. "Who are you"? "Don't you remember me"? He asked it like we were old friends. Then again maybe we were and I just didn't remember. All the sudden I did remember. "You're a Turk aren't you"! "Boy you're a smart one aren't you". He had this sly shit eating grin on and I just wanted to take him out then and there. Then 3 guards ran up besides him. "You want him taken out boos"? As if he could do such a thing. Just then Aeris pulled on my arm. "Come on, if you fight in here you'll ruin the flowers". She yanked my arm again and went in to the back part of the church and they came after us I was able to evade them. They must be really weak if I can out do them this easily. Especially after my injures. It was all going perfect when those idiots shot out the footing from underneath Aeris. She fell shrieking down to the bottom floor and a guard jumped down after her. Just great! As I was thinking of a way out of this mess I saw some barrels above me "Just wait a minuet," I yelled down as I ran up and pushed the barrel over witch landed squarely on the solder. It took him to the floor like a ton of weights. Then another guard ran down and I did the same thing to him, I repeated this 1 more time. Then Aeris was up with me and we hopped out the whole in the roof. "Who are they and what do they want from me"? "Well the first answer is that their the Turks a organization that does recruitment for SOLDER and they do a bunch of stuff on the side, kidnapping, murder, you know. "They look like it, so what do they want from me"? "Maybe they want you for SOLDER do you want to join"? I really didn't think she had the strength but maybe they wanted her for some other reason. "I… I don't know but I don't want to be caught by those guys". "Well then follow me". I started up the hill of garbage to get deeper in the slums when I was about half way there I heard some huffing and puffing "Wait…huff…for…puff…me". "I thought that you had what it took to be in solder". "Oh you're funny". I smiled and continued on but I was on my way again in about 2 minuets. We finally got in to the sector 5 slums and Aeris led me to where she lived. When we walked in to her house I saw that her…mom was in there? "Hi mom". Aeris was very happy to be home I could tell. After a few minuets Aeris's mom noticed me. "A bodyguard, did they follow you again"? "Yeah but I was fine, I had Cloud to help me out". She looked at me for a moment then must have recognized something but before she could say anything I said, "Is there a map around here"? "Ah no but where do you need to go"? "Tifa's 7th heaven". "Oh is Tifa a girl"? I knew what she was leading to and I had to answer so I simply said "yes". "A girl friend"? I could tell that she was almost hopeful. But what do I tell her, do I tell her yes to discourage her or do I be honest and say that I didn't know right now? I finally made up my mind and with a simple "yes" I saw her face fall. "Oh that's…that's nice. Yeah that's nice. So you want to go to sector 7? Ill take you there. Mom was heading to sector 7"! I saw Aeris's mom walk down the stairs and with a worried look on her face she began "But I… oh I give up when you make up your mind about something it never changes, but at least go get some rest". As Aeris went up to make the bed Aeris's mom came to me. "Look Mr. Cloud, you were a SOLDER right"? "Yeah". I had a weird feeling that I wasn't going to like this. "I know that you probably mean well and all but really Aeris doesn't need this right know, so if you could leave early in the morning I would appreciate it". I didn't say a word as I went upstairs where Aeris was waiting for me. "Your room is the second room down. Oh and Cloud, good night Cloud ". She had this smile on her face like she was up to something. Almost as if she was going to play a prank or something. I just forgot about it and laid down to wait for her to go to sleep. "Boy you haven't slept in a bed like this in a while". "Who are you"? "You'll find out soon enough. But what about back then". "Yeah back then". Then I saw a picture of me 5 years ago when I was at Nibrehim and my mom was talking to me and trying to get me to have an older girlfriend and something else but then I woke up. I got up and went out making as little noise as possible. I got outside the house and looked around. It was really nice here not like the rest of the slums, which had that dirty dry felling. I walked back out of the slums and was about to enter sector 6 when I saw Aeris. I jumped about 5 feet in the air and had no idea how she got there before me, maybe she was cut out to be in SOLDER after all. "Aeris how did you get here"? "You're an early riser, shall we head for sector 7"? I shrugged and we went off. We encountered a few monsters, most of which were easy. I found myself having to do most of the work, which wasn't suppressing given her size. We finally neared the big metal doors to sector 7 when Aeris recognized a playground. "I cant believe that its still here"! She ran up to this slide cat looking thing and sat between the ears. Then she motioned for me to come up so I did. "Cloud what rank were you"? "Rank", I asked confused. "In SOLDER." "Oh… um…" why couldn't I remember? Suddenly it came to me "First class" "that's the same as him" "him who"? But before she could answer the doors opened and a chocobo carriage came out with Tifa on the back of it and she looked at me kind of weird. "TIFA"!!! Aeris looked at the carriage and saw it was going further in to sector 6. Aeris jumped down and ran after her and I followed. Of course they had to take Tifa in to a town filled with nothing but sex and perverts, but then what was Tifa doing there? Aeris ran up to me and told me "This place isn't safe for women so we gota hurry". I was half tempted to pull out my sword right then and there but I needed to keep a low profile so we headed to the one place in sector 6 where I knew I could find something out
