It was colder when Jyah stepped outside. The snow had completely
stopped as well, leaving a frosty wind in it's place. Jyah was pretty sure
it was just past one in the morning, because the streets were bare. Well
with the exception of some drunkards passed out in front of the bar and a
few passing cars.
Across the street there was a group of guys smoking something. They were all laughing, and talking loud. "Hey C'mere!" one of them said. He was dressed in all gray and had long raven hair. "Come join us!" He laughed holding up something, which was letting off smoke. Hmm Jyah thought. They're Smoking Pot. "Sure Why not.." Jyah yelled to them as he crossed the empty street.
Another man, well more or less another teenager, lit up another joint, and took a long toke off it, and passed it to Jyah. He took it between his fingers and raised it to his mouth. Then Stopped. "C'mon Man! Just do IT!" The all gray guy said. Jyah hesitated a slight bit and then raised the lit joint to his lips. He sucked in air as well as smoke, so long, that he almost started to cough.
He passed the joint to the man in gray. Jyah felt warm and comfortable already, as if it was summer and he was in an open field. His head tingled a bit and he knew that the effects were kicking in a bit. "Fuck..." Jyah said as he shook his head "This shit is great!" He could feel a smile purging through his lips. Then he laughed.
"What's your name punk?" The gray guy said and he inhaled some smoke. "Jyah.. what about you?" The guy laughed, as he pulled a lighter out of his pocket and lit another joint. "My name is Shaw Allan, but I tell everyone to call me Cid." Jyah was puzzled, "why Cid?" he asked. " I dunno I jez think it sounds catchy ya know. But call me what you want" Shaw passed Jyah the Joint again. "thanks Cid." Jyah mumbled through long drags. "Well hey nice talkin to ya Cid... Or Shaw... Or whatever. Maybe I will catch ya some other time man. Lata."
Jyah turned around and walked down the barren street. He pulled out his mickey, unscrewed the cap and took a long sip, before doing it up and putting it back in his bag. He closed his eyes as he felt the vodka slide through his throat leaving a soft burning sensation behind. And in his mind, he replayed the night of nirvana over and over again.
What could go wrong with such a gorgeous night...
Jyah opened his eyes just in time to see Remmie running up from behind him. "*huff huff* Jyah! Hey I thought you'd be long gone by now!" She choked for air whiping a few beads of sweat off her forehead. Jyah just shook his head.
He wasn't really listening to her talk. Look at her Jyah. Just go for it. You know you want her... Jyah could tell she was blabbering on about something to do with a man at the bar. Take her back to your place. Get her drunk Jyah. You know you want to... Jyah just nodded his head and 'hmm'ed, pretending to know what she was saying.
He was still thinking. You know this night can get even better than it already is Jyah. And you know how to make it go your way. Jyah shook his head and broke his long silence.
"Drink?" He asked Remmie as he pulled out the mickey again. Remmie quickly snatched the bottle from is hand, and with a few quick gulps, she handed back the empty bottle. "Don't mind if I do!" Remmie giggled and she licked the excess booze off her lips.
"So where are we going Remmie?" Jyah asked ever so lightly as he lifted his head, realizing just how far they actually were from the bar. He honestly has no idea where they were but after looking at Remmie, and seeing the sureness in her eyes, he felt highly reassured that they were going the right way.
"If we go left at the next street, We just have to pass through the back alleys, then a few minutes after that were at my place," Remmie said confidently , "That back alley is kinda dangerous. I never ever go though there alone, but since im with someone, well there's safety in numbers if you know what I mean. It takes about 10 minutes off the walk, and im not sure about you but I am freezing!"
Jyah looked at Remmie. 'Tsk the middle of January and all she has on is some light jacket and a skimpy dress. Women.' Jyah then looked down and turned his gaze back to the ground. He wasn't sure if he should mention his hotel so soon, or just let the matter be, and spend the night at Remmie's. 'Who said I was gonna try anything. Like she's hot and stuff and I know I wont try anything and. damn honesty kickin in again!'
"Well what about my hotel?" Jyah asked immediately regretting his words. 'Jyah you damn fool! Why did you do that!?' Remmie turned to Jyah, a little surprised that he reminded her. "uhhh.I'll direct you to it once we get to where I live if that's okay with you. Don't worry I wont forget." She smiled at Jyah. "thanks." he said half heartedly.
Suddenly Remmie stopped right on the spot. Her face turned pale as if she had seen a ghost. ".Jyah.." She whispered slightly shaking, "Did you hear that?" Jyah stopped too. He reached into his back and pulled out a small silver gun. Remmie jumped and quickly grabbed Jyah's shirt. She began tugging it vigorously. "Jyah. We're being watched." Jyah quickly turned his head to the left to see something or someone crouched behind an abandoned pick up truck. He pointed his loaded gun in the direction of the figure in the shadows.
Remmie pressed her shaking body closer to Jyah's. Jyah too was beginning to shake. "Show yourself!!!" Jyah barked into the eerie darkness. "I don't play games! Show your fucking face!" The figure seemed to be moving closer and closer to Jyah and Remmie at a fast rate. "Jyah. I'm scared." Remmie whispered, breathing heavily into Jyah's neck. "Remmie give me some goddamn space!" Jyah hissed as he turned to face the terrified girl. For a split second they looked into each others eyes, and felt like they were in there own world.
Only a few yards away, something made a noise in the darkness 'click click' Jyah knew that sound all to well. "Look out!!!!" He yelled pushing both him and Remmie to the ground. And with a BANG, a speeding bullet narrowly missed Remmie's head. A deep gruff voice emerged from the shadows. "Well well if it isn't Mr. Jyah Bardel. And what's this? You have a whore?" Remmie's face grew red with rage.
"Show yourself!" Jyah shouted, firing a single bullet into the direction of the voice. "Your aim is terrible Jyah!" the voice chuckled, emerging from the darkness. A man slightly older than Remmie replaced the shadow. "Reno!" Jyah yelled in shock. He didn't even need to look twice to know it was Reno. He was in a navy blue suit, A Turks trade mark, and hand fiery red hair, pulled back into a single ponytail. The slim man carefully took a lit cigarette out from between his lips and butted it on the ground.
"Find a place to hide!" Jyah whispered to a terrified Remmie. All Remmie could do was nod and run with all her might. " Where are you going bitch!?" Reno yelled, firing a field of bullets at the fleeing girl. "Shit!" Remmie cried in pain as she fell to the ground just feet away from the protection of a dumpster.
"Remmie!!" Jyah yelled running towards the wounded girl. Reno just stood there and looked letting out a horrible evil laugh. "What? Jyah someone finally means something to you?" Reno pointed his loaded gun towards the dumpster. "Shuttup!" Jyah yelled, running out from behind the dumpster, moving right into the open. "Stop it what do you want with her!!!!"
"I don't want her Jyah, I just want you.. Dead." Jyah pointed his loaded gun at Reno's head. "What kind of game are you playing Reno!" Jyah snarled, putting light pressure on the gun's trigger. "A game of cats and mouse. And it looks like the cats just caught the mouse." "Cats?" Jyah asked still pointing the gun at Reno.
"That's right Mr. Bardell." A female voice said Jyah. He felt something cold and hard brushing against the back of his neck. a gun. "The cats caught the mouse finally. I'd say I had fun this time hey Reno?" the voice said again. "Don't turn around" She hissed as she signaled for Reno to come closer.
Reno slowly walked towards Jyah. "You can't run from us forever Mr. Bardell." Reno said, putting his gun in his holster. "Running didn't help Mr. Norwood, and it certainly wont help you either." Jyah was at loss of words. "Where the hell is Bryan!!! You have him! Where is he!" Reno punched Jyah in the face, sending him to the ground like a rag doll. Everything was spinning. His head felt like it had just been bashed In with a hammer. He lifted his face off the ground. The other person was Elena.
Now Elena was a very pretty girl. She'd look a lot better if she weren't so cold. She was about his height, and had short cropped blond hair. Her brown eyes looked almost black in the darkness of the night. She knelt down beside Jyah and pointed the gun at him again. "Why do you run from us. Jyah?" she hissed, nearing the gun even closer to Jyah's forehead. "Can you not face the truth like a man?! You don't run from us! You can't run from the Turks Mr. Bardell. We will always find you! NOW GET UP! Come back to Midgar, and face the truth like a man. and we wont kill you. yet."
Jyah staggered to his feet and rubbed his head. "I'm not going back. I'm not a coward! Kill me now! DO IT!!! Save me the embarrassment!" Elena looked at her gun as if she was getting ready to shoot. And at that moment Jyah quickly glanced at Remmie. "Don't worry I got it handled." Remmie mouthed to Jyah, then went back to fiddling with something in the darkness.
"So are you ready to die?!" Elena hissed, getting Jyah's attention once again. "Wait!!" Reno yelled, "let's give him a Turk style goodbye first!" Elena smiled. Reno wound up and gave Jyah's knees an unsuspecting kick, causing him to collapse again. Jyah struggled to get up again. Elena fired her gun again shooting him right below his left knee. He screamed in agony. Reno laughed, placing his foot on Jyah's dirty cheek, grinding his face into the cold ground.
Elena laughed and kicked him repeatedly where she had shot him just moments ago. Jyah was in such intense pain. Just let me die!!! Please just let me die! He gritted his teeth and let out short quick breaths. He wasn't going to make it. A gunshot rang out, and Elena fell to the ground, dropping her gun. Another shot fired and Remmie came running out from the shadows.
Remmie shot Elena again, this time in the back. Jyah grabbed Elena's gun and fired it at Reno, grazing his shoulder. Reno winced and turned to run. "Jyah watch your back!!! I will be back!" And with that he disappeared into the darkness of the night.
Remmie ran up to Jyah and helped him off the ground. His leg was saturated in blood. "Shoot her again." Jyah gasped short of breath. Remmie fired three shots at Elena's head, then tossed the empty gun to the ground. "We gotta get out of here." She said to Jyah, swinging his arm over her shoulder. "My place isn't far, just hold on"
Across the street there was a group of guys smoking something. They were all laughing, and talking loud. "Hey C'mere!" one of them said. He was dressed in all gray and had long raven hair. "Come join us!" He laughed holding up something, which was letting off smoke. Hmm Jyah thought. They're Smoking Pot. "Sure Why not.." Jyah yelled to them as he crossed the empty street.
Another man, well more or less another teenager, lit up another joint, and took a long toke off it, and passed it to Jyah. He took it between his fingers and raised it to his mouth. Then Stopped. "C'mon Man! Just do IT!" The all gray guy said. Jyah hesitated a slight bit and then raised the lit joint to his lips. He sucked in air as well as smoke, so long, that he almost started to cough.
He passed the joint to the man in gray. Jyah felt warm and comfortable already, as if it was summer and he was in an open field. His head tingled a bit and he knew that the effects were kicking in a bit. "Fuck..." Jyah said as he shook his head "This shit is great!" He could feel a smile purging through his lips. Then he laughed.
"What's your name punk?" The gray guy said and he inhaled some smoke. "Jyah.. what about you?" The guy laughed, as he pulled a lighter out of his pocket and lit another joint. "My name is Shaw Allan, but I tell everyone to call me Cid." Jyah was puzzled, "why Cid?" he asked. " I dunno I jez think it sounds catchy ya know. But call me what you want" Shaw passed Jyah the Joint again. "thanks Cid." Jyah mumbled through long drags. "Well hey nice talkin to ya Cid... Or Shaw... Or whatever. Maybe I will catch ya some other time man. Lata."
Jyah turned around and walked down the barren street. He pulled out his mickey, unscrewed the cap and took a long sip, before doing it up and putting it back in his bag. He closed his eyes as he felt the vodka slide through his throat leaving a soft burning sensation behind. And in his mind, he replayed the night of nirvana over and over again.
What could go wrong with such a gorgeous night...
Jyah opened his eyes just in time to see Remmie running up from behind him. "*huff huff* Jyah! Hey I thought you'd be long gone by now!" She choked for air whiping a few beads of sweat off her forehead. Jyah just shook his head.
He wasn't really listening to her talk. Look at her Jyah. Just go for it. You know you want her... Jyah could tell she was blabbering on about something to do with a man at the bar. Take her back to your place. Get her drunk Jyah. You know you want to... Jyah just nodded his head and 'hmm'ed, pretending to know what she was saying.
He was still thinking. You know this night can get even better than it already is Jyah. And you know how to make it go your way. Jyah shook his head and broke his long silence.
"Drink?" He asked Remmie as he pulled out the mickey again. Remmie quickly snatched the bottle from is hand, and with a few quick gulps, she handed back the empty bottle. "Don't mind if I do!" Remmie giggled and she licked the excess booze off her lips.
"So where are we going Remmie?" Jyah asked ever so lightly as he lifted his head, realizing just how far they actually were from the bar. He honestly has no idea where they were but after looking at Remmie, and seeing the sureness in her eyes, he felt highly reassured that they were going the right way.
"If we go left at the next street, We just have to pass through the back alleys, then a few minutes after that were at my place," Remmie said confidently , "That back alley is kinda dangerous. I never ever go though there alone, but since im with someone, well there's safety in numbers if you know what I mean. It takes about 10 minutes off the walk, and im not sure about you but I am freezing!"
Jyah looked at Remmie. 'Tsk the middle of January and all she has on is some light jacket and a skimpy dress. Women.' Jyah then looked down and turned his gaze back to the ground. He wasn't sure if he should mention his hotel so soon, or just let the matter be, and spend the night at Remmie's. 'Who said I was gonna try anything. Like she's hot and stuff and I know I wont try anything and. damn honesty kickin in again!'
"Well what about my hotel?" Jyah asked immediately regretting his words. 'Jyah you damn fool! Why did you do that!?' Remmie turned to Jyah, a little surprised that he reminded her. "uhhh.I'll direct you to it once we get to where I live if that's okay with you. Don't worry I wont forget." She smiled at Jyah. "thanks." he said half heartedly.
Suddenly Remmie stopped right on the spot. Her face turned pale as if she had seen a ghost. ".Jyah.." She whispered slightly shaking, "Did you hear that?" Jyah stopped too. He reached into his back and pulled out a small silver gun. Remmie jumped and quickly grabbed Jyah's shirt. She began tugging it vigorously. "Jyah. We're being watched." Jyah quickly turned his head to the left to see something or someone crouched behind an abandoned pick up truck. He pointed his loaded gun in the direction of the figure in the shadows.
Remmie pressed her shaking body closer to Jyah's. Jyah too was beginning to shake. "Show yourself!!!" Jyah barked into the eerie darkness. "I don't play games! Show your fucking face!" The figure seemed to be moving closer and closer to Jyah and Remmie at a fast rate. "Jyah. I'm scared." Remmie whispered, breathing heavily into Jyah's neck. "Remmie give me some goddamn space!" Jyah hissed as he turned to face the terrified girl. For a split second they looked into each others eyes, and felt like they were in there own world.
Only a few yards away, something made a noise in the darkness 'click click' Jyah knew that sound all to well. "Look out!!!!" He yelled pushing both him and Remmie to the ground. And with a BANG, a speeding bullet narrowly missed Remmie's head. A deep gruff voice emerged from the shadows. "Well well if it isn't Mr. Jyah Bardel. And what's this? You have a whore?" Remmie's face grew red with rage.
"Show yourself!" Jyah shouted, firing a single bullet into the direction of the voice. "Your aim is terrible Jyah!" the voice chuckled, emerging from the darkness. A man slightly older than Remmie replaced the shadow. "Reno!" Jyah yelled in shock. He didn't even need to look twice to know it was Reno. He was in a navy blue suit, A Turks trade mark, and hand fiery red hair, pulled back into a single ponytail. The slim man carefully took a lit cigarette out from between his lips and butted it on the ground.
"Find a place to hide!" Jyah whispered to a terrified Remmie. All Remmie could do was nod and run with all her might. " Where are you going bitch!?" Reno yelled, firing a field of bullets at the fleeing girl. "Shit!" Remmie cried in pain as she fell to the ground just feet away from the protection of a dumpster.
"Remmie!!" Jyah yelled running towards the wounded girl. Reno just stood there and looked letting out a horrible evil laugh. "What? Jyah someone finally means something to you?" Reno pointed his loaded gun towards the dumpster. "Shuttup!" Jyah yelled, running out from behind the dumpster, moving right into the open. "Stop it what do you want with her!!!!"
"I don't want her Jyah, I just want you.. Dead." Jyah pointed his loaded gun at Reno's head. "What kind of game are you playing Reno!" Jyah snarled, putting light pressure on the gun's trigger. "A game of cats and mouse. And it looks like the cats just caught the mouse." "Cats?" Jyah asked still pointing the gun at Reno.
"That's right Mr. Bardell." A female voice said Jyah. He felt something cold and hard brushing against the back of his neck. a gun. "The cats caught the mouse finally. I'd say I had fun this time hey Reno?" the voice said again. "Don't turn around" She hissed as she signaled for Reno to come closer.
Reno slowly walked towards Jyah. "You can't run from us forever Mr. Bardell." Reno said, putting his gun in his holster. "Running didn't help Mr. Norwood, and it certainly wont help you either." Jyah was at loss of words. "Where the hell is Bryan!!! You have him! Where is he!" Reno punched Jyah in the face, sending him to the ground like a rag doll. Everything was spinning. His head felt like it had just been bashed In with a hammer. He lifted his face off the ground. The other person was Elena.
Now Elena was a very pretty girl. She'd look a lot better if she weren't so cold. She was about his height, and had short cropped blond hair. Her brown eyes looked almost black in the darkness of the night. She knelt down beside Jyah and pointed the gun at him again. "Why do you run from us. Jyah?" she hissed, nearing the gun even closer to Jyah's forehead. "Can you not face the truth like a man?! You don't run from us! You can't run from the Turks Mr. Bardell. We will always find you! NOW GET UP! Come back to Midgar, and face the truth like a man. and we wont kill you. yet."
Jyah staggered to his feet and rubbed his head. "I'm not going back. I'm not a coward! Kill me now! DO IT!!! Save me the embarrassment!" Elena looked at her gun as if she was getting ready to shoot. And at that moment Jyah quickly glanced at Remmie. "Don't worry I got it handled." Remmie mouthed to Jyah, then went back to fiddling with something in the darkness.
"So are you ready to die?!" Elena hissed, getting Jyah's attention once again. "Wait!!" Reno yelled, "let's give him a Turk style goodbye first!" Elena smiled. Reno wound up and gave Jyah's knees an unsuspecting kick, causing him to collapse again. Jyah struggled to get up again. Elena fired her gun again shooting him right below his left knee. He screamed in agony. Reno laughed, placing his foot on Jyah's dirty cheek, grinding his face into the cold ground.
Elena laughed and kicked him repeatedly where she had shot him just moments ago. Jyah was in such intense pain. Just let me die!!! Please just let me die! He gritted his teeth and let out short quick breaths. He wasn't going to make it. A gunshot rang out, and Elena fell to the ground, dropping her gun. Another shot fired and Remmie came running out from the shadows.
Remmie shot Elena again, this time in the back. Jyah grabbed Elena's gun and fired it at Reno, grazing his shoulder. Reno winced and turned to run. "Jyah watch your back!!! I will be back!" And with that he disappeared into the darkness of the night.
Remmie ran up to Jyah and helped him off the ground. His leg was saturated in blood. "Shoot her again." Jyah gasped short of breath. Remmie fired three shots at Elena's head, then tossed the empty gun to the ground. "We gotta get out of here." She said to Jyah, swinging his arm over her shoulder. "My place isn't far, just hold on"
