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After their little incident with the jeep, Cloud, Tifa, Daniel and 'Hunter' rode along for quite sometime to the South towards the Chocobo Farm. Late, late that night they reached the Northern Corner of the marshlands in which the Midgar Zolom dwelled and much to Cloud's surprise, that's where they stopped.
"Hey Hunter. Why are we stopping here?"
"Why not?" The young man replied as he opened the kickstand on the G-bike and stood it up before beginning to shift through one of the few saddlebags slung over the seat.
"Look. Daniel's asleep; Tifa's nearly there and I have to admit I'm worn out myself. Couldn't we at least go to the Chocobo farm?"
"No can do pal-ly," Hunter stop for a moment as he pulled a small tent out of the bag then walked over to a shadowed area where he slowly began to set it up "To risky. They could find us there."
Cloud was obviously starting to get angry. "What do you mean find us? There were after you!"
"Me? Oh buddy do you got it wrong."
"Then what are they after?!"
The young man didn't reply for the longest time as he finished setting up the tent. Still he didn't say anything just stood and walked over to where Tifa was sitting with Daniel then tapped her on the shoulder and pointed to the tent. Too tired and confused to hesitate she just nodded and walked over to the tent, flashing Cloud a worried look as she disappeared within.
Still where Tifa was, Hunter waved the Ex-soldier over to which he responded after a long while. "Could you just tell me what's going on?" Cloud whispered quietly so that Tifa couldn't here.
"Fine. I can tell you what I know and that's it." Cloud nodded "O.K. Those guys in the jeep weren't after me buddy they were after you and your wife. If you'd received that letter we wouldn't be having this conversation. But obviously you didn't. Guess Guardian was right on that aspect."
Cloud looked at Hunter suspicion in his eyes "Why would they be after us? What letter? And who is Guardian?"
The rider shook his head "Look. I dunno anymore about 'them' then I've told you. Everything else you'll have to find out when we get to where we're going." "Where are we going?"
"Can't tell you."
Cloud's eyes flickered angrily "Why are we supposed to trust you?"
Hunter stood up his whole 5 foot 5 feet and faced the slightly taller man with a blank expression "Can you really afford not to? You got no weapons. A little boy. And I've done nothing to hurt you or your family. Right now there's no one else you can trust. Get some sleep soldier-boy, you need it."
Cloud let a low growl escape his throat but pushed the anger to the back of his mind and dropped his eyes into a cold stare before turning away from the young rider.
"You hafta decide for yourself Cloud! You hafta decide whether I'm friend or foe I just gotta show you the right one."
The ex-soldier didn't reply as he disappeared into the tent leaving Hunter outside alone.
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After their little incident with the jeep, Cloud, Tifa, Daniel and 'Hunter' rode along for quite sometime to the South towards the Chocobo Farm. Late, late that night they reached the Northern Corner of the marshlands in which the Midgar Zolom dwelled and much to Cloud's surprise, that's where they stopped.
"Hey Hunter. Why are we stopping here?"
"Why not?" The young man replied as he opened the kickstand on the G-bike and stood it up before beginning to shift through one of the few saddlebags slung over the seat.
"Look. Daniel's asleep; Tifa's nearly there and I have to admit I'm worn out myself. Couldn't we at least go to the Chocobo farm?"
"No can do pal-ly," Hunter stop for a moment as he pulled a small tent out of the bag then walked over to a shadowed area where he slowly began to set it up "To risky. They could find us there."
Cloud was obviously starting to get angry. "What do you mean find us? There were after you!"
"Me? Oh buddy do you got it wrong."
"Then what are they after?!"
The young man didn't reply for the longest time as he finished setting up the tent. Still he didn't say anything just stood and walked over to where Tifa was sitting with Daniel then tapped her on the shoulder and pointed to the tent. Too tired and confused to hesitate she just nodded and walked over to the tent, flashing Cloud a worried look as she disappeared within.
Still where Tifa was, Hunter waved the Ex-soldier over to which he responded after a long while. "Could you just tell me what's going on?" Cloud whispered quietly so that Tifa couldn't here.
"Fine. I can tell you what I know and that's it." Cloud nodded "O.K. Those guys in the jeep weren't after me buddy they were after you and your wife. If you'd received that letter we wouldn't be having this conversation. But obviously you didn't. Guess Guardian was right on that aspect."
Cloud looked at Hunter suspicion in his eyes "Why would they be after us? What letter? And who is Guardian?"
The rider shook his head "Look. I dunno anymore about 'them' then I've told you. Everything else you'll have to find out when we get to where we're going." "Where are we going?"
"Can't tell you."
Cloud's eyes flickered angrily "Why are we supposed to trust you?"
Hunter stood up his whole 5 foot 5 feet and faced the slightly taller man with a blank expression "Can you really afford not to? You got no weapons. A little boy. And I've done nothing to hurt you or your family. Right now there's no one else you can trust. Get some sleep soldier-boy, you need it."
Cloud let a low growl escape his throat but pushed the anger to the back of his mind and dropped his eyes into a cold stare before turning away from the young rider.
"You hafta decide for yourself Cloud! You hafta decide whether I'm friend or foe I just gotta show you the right one."
The ex-soldier didn't reply as he disappeared into the tent leaving Hunter outside alone.