(Author's Note: Hey all! Well…here's chapter 33! Enjoy!)

Disclaimer: FF7 and Squaresoft are not mine. Rueh belongs to Rueh. Dete is mine…

Chapter 33

Someone's End…

-1 month later-

'I'm sick and tired of this!' Rueh punched the padded wall of the cell she was being kept in. She crossed her arms and looked around the somewhat small room while grumbling. Suddenly she looked up at the ceiling and an evil grin spread across her face. That's how she would get out of here…

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Sephiroth sighed as he sat down. Zack was on the other side of the room half asleep against the wall.

"Rueh's out," he said.

Zack perked up. "She is? Well…looks like we're making a break for the doors," he laughed softly trying to think of how she got out.

"Yeah…and no one can find her," Sephiroth started to laugh softly as well.

Zack shook his head and looked up at the ceiling when something hit the top of his head. "What was that?"

"What was what?" Sephiroth asked.

"Something hit me and I don't know where it came from…" Zack and Sephiroth gave each other confused looks. They slowly looked up at the grate over the air vent.

"So that's how you got out!" Zack exclaimed. They heard giggling from the vent then the grate fell down. He caught it before it hit the floor and made a bunch of noise.

Rueh's head popped down into the room from the vent. "Hey! I found a way to get out of here!" she exclaimed.

"Okay…but you do know that they know you're out?" Sephiroth asked.

Rueh shrugged. "Who cares? Anyways if you want out of here I suggest you get up here and follow me!" she said.

"And just how are we supposed to get up there?" Zack asked.

"Umm…I thought you 2 were smart…pretend you're a ladder!" they looked at her with dumbstruck looks. "Well? Come on! Before Hojo comes here!"

"Give me a lift Sephiroth," Zack stated.

Sephiroth sighed then after a few minutes had helped Zack get up into the vent. He and Rueh then helped Sephiroth up.

"Now which way?" Zack asked.

"This way," Rueh started to crawl the way she had been going. They shrugged and followed. The next thing they knew was that they were lost.

"Now what?" Rueh asked. She was out of ideas…for the moment.

"I'd say we get out of the vents and use the hallways. From the noise level it sounds like they know we're loose so we'll have to split up," Sephiroth said.

"All right," Zack agreed. They moved the grate over the opening in the vent and jumped down. They were in a hallway that was deserted.

"Or maybe we won't have to split up. Let's go this way," Sephiroth pointed down the hall towards the left. That's the way they went.

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"I DON'T CARE! FIND THEM!" Hojo roared at the few soldiers that stood in front of him. They nodded and quickly fled the room. Hojo turned to the sound of glass breaking.

"Hehe…if they're loose…I should be too," Dete ran for the door to the lab. Hojo tried to catch her but she managed to get away. His yell of anger followed her down the hall.

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Sephiroth shook his head. Rueh and Zack were no where to be seen in this hall. He had no idea as to how they had been separated. He shrugged and continued down the hall. After a minute he found himself at the doors to the lab. He drew his sword and kicked the doors open.

He found Hojo pacing back and forth muttering angrily to himself. He looked up. "So you finally came to the lab, eh?"

"To get rid of you and find Dete," Sephiroth replied.

"Oh yes. She just left here a little while ago. But it doesn't matter," Hojo shrugged.

Sephiroth narrowed his eyes. "What did you do to her?"

"Oh nothing much…she should be feeling the effects of it here pretty soon though…but that doesn't matter. I want to talk to you," Hojo stated in a bored tone.

"Well there's nothing to say," Sephiroth snapped. He ran forward and before Hojo could react his sword had hit its mark.

He pulled the blade away and let Hojo sink to the floor. He stood there for a second then turned and left the lab at a fast pace to find Dete.

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"Oh great we lost Sephiroth," Zack sighed.

Rueh shook her head slowly. "Some times he acts so much like blonde. Always getting lost and forgetting things…" (A/N: No offense meant to any blondes!)

"Anyways come on! We'll be out of here in a few minutes," Zack told her.

"But we have to fight them first," Rueh pointed out as a few soldiers came towards them.

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Dete slid down the wall she was leaning against so her back was facing into the hall. She had just finished beating off a few soldiers. Her breathing was ragged and everything she saw was spinning. She tried to get up and push away from the wall but failed.

'I think I'll just rest here for a minute…' She closed her eyes and tried to relax a bit. After a minute she had her breathing under control.

She tried to get up again but started to fall backwards. Someone caught her and placed a hand on her forehead. A voice talked softly to her but she couldn't make out what was being said. She heard the words 'fever' and 'rest' but that was all. She looked up into a pair of glowing green eyes then let hers slip closed.

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"Hey look! It's Sephiroth and he's got Dete!" Rueh exclaimed.

Zack sighed as they walked up to them. "Well. We can get out of here now."

"Yes let's!" Rueh said heading for the door that was a few steps away.

"Did anyone take care of Hojo?" Zack asked.

"I did," Sephiroth replied.

"All right. We can leave now," Zack said.

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Dete woke up wrapped in something warm. She was also lying on top of something. She didn't really care at this moment though because she was comfortable. She looked out the window. Everything was dark outside. Window? Wait…the last thing she remembered was the glowing green eyes.  She smiled to herself. It looked like they were back at the villa in Costa Del Sol.

She looked up to see what she was laying on. Sephiroth. He was asleep with his arms around her. His head was bowed so his chin rested on his chest. A few strands of his hair fell around his face.

He was sitting up on the bed in her room. She was wrapped in a blanket and curled up in his lap and against his chest.

She was about to try and go back to sleep when his eyes opened.

"Hey," he said softly.

"Hey yourself," she replied.

"How do you feel?"

"Better than what I did. It was you who kept me from falling wasn't it?" she asked.

"Yeah. You weren't doing so good. You had a slight fever and lost consciousness," he told her.

"Oh. So we're back? What about Hojo?" she asked.

"Yes we're back and as for Hojo…I took care of him," he said.

"I guess that's all I need to know about that. But how are you doing?" she asked.

"I'm fine," he replied.

"Good. Where's Rueh and Zack?"

"I don't know exactly where they are but they're here. Rueh fell asleep on the way here," he told her.

"Oh…" she started to move off of him but he only tightened his arms around her. "What…"

He put a finger to her lips to quiet her. He moved his hand to the side of her face then kissed her softly. She didn't pull away because she was startled. After a second he pulled back and looked at her.

Her eyes were half closed and were looking into his. He kissed her again and this time she returned it while wrapping her arms around his neck.

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Zack looked down at the sleeping Rueh and brushed a few stray hairs from her face. Her head was resting against his chest and she had an arm around his waist. He grinned to himself and kissed her forehead.

For now it looked like all their problems were over.

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~End~

(Author's Note: Hello all readers! I think that this is the last chapter but…Rueh mentioned something about having a sequel to this story…now raise your hands if you want to see a sequel to this story…I want your opinions on this…anyways thanks to all who read this! *gives you chocolate* ^_^ Juzu)