"Loneliness, it shadows me
Quicker than darkness
Crawls to the surface of my skin
Visibly surrounded by it
Chaos and hate shadow me
Pain it fills me up
Only one thing makes me feel
Missing better half of me"
"Am I Inside" -Alice In Chains
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Cloud stared back at the time machine with anxious content. It had been a miracle at best that he had managed to avoid waking the others as he prepared to perform his certain deeds. Cloud silently appraised himself for being so stealthy, knowing that his years of training in soldier had not gone to waste. Even Vincent had not moved an inch as he crept past his slumbering group of friends.
He knew that what he was preparing to do was going against the groups' wishes. He felt like a criminal even thinking about it, but he knew that this was in his best interest. No one understood his grief...his loneliness.. his struggle to see each day through. The only person who had ever understood him was gone.. and it was all his fault. His sweet angle... his soul mate... he had failed to protect her. She died for the planet, he knew, but there had to have been a better way. She didn't deserve her fate!
From the day his sweet Aeris left her body to join the lifestream, Cloud had been devastated. Each moment without her had been misery. When he was the leader of AVALANCHE, he had a purpose. Reality could drift away... there was even times he put the whole issue out of his mind. People depended on him... the whole WORLD depended on him. It disgusted him when he regretted his adventure was over. He had saved the world, but he wished that it had been demolished, consuming his soul in the process.
The last six months had been hell. Tifa had tried to comfort him... she had even confessed her love for him. He could not tell her the feeling was mutual, and he knew he had broken her heart. He couldn't help it, his heart was with someone else, and there it would remain forever.
But now... now things were different! At last, now he had the chance to right the wrongs in the past! He would save Aeris, and they would be happy at last! The thought of having Aeris in his arms again overwhelmed him, and he barely contained his excitement in fear of waking the group.
He punched in the date he wanted to return to, and a timer began to count down to when he would be transported back in time. Cautiously, he stepped into the main chamber, and began to count down in unison with the machine.
"30... 29...28.." He whispered with his eyes closed
A noise in the room forced Cloud's eyes open to inspect the source. Vincent stood no more than 20 feet away staring him down, making shrill tendrils of fright shiver down his back. However, Cloud stared back, unwavering, daring Vincent to speak.
The timer read 10 seconds... Cloud smiled knowing Vincent could not foil his plans.
The last thing that Cloud heard before he was zapped into time in space was Vincent's cold, monotone voice..
"You have made a grave mistake... may the gods help us all..."
Quicker than darkness
Crawls to the surface of my skin
Visibly surrounded by it
Chaos and hate shadow me
Pain it fills me up
Only one thing makes me feel
Missing better half of me"
"Am I Inside" -Alice In Chains
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Cloud stared back at the time machine with anxious content. It had been a miracle at best that he had managed to avoid waking the others as he prepared to perform his certain deeds. Cloud silently appraised himself for being so stealthy, knowing that his years of training in soldier had not gone to waste. Even Vincent had not moved an inch as he crept past his slumbering group of friends.
He knew that what he was preparing to do was going against the groups' wishes. He felt like a criminal even thinking about it, but he knew that this was in his best interest. No one understood his grief...his loneliness.. his struggle to see each day through. The only person who had ever understood him was gone.. and it was all his fault. His sweet angle... his soul mate... he had failed to protect her. She died for the planet, he knew, but there had to have been a better way. She didn't deserve her fate!
From the day his sweet Aeris left her body to join the lifestream, Cloud had been devastated. Each moment without her had been misery. When he was the leader of AVALANCHE, he had a purpose. Reality could drift away... there was even times he put the whole issue out of his mind. People depended on him... the whole WORLD depended on him. It disgusted him when he regretted his adventure was over. He had saved the world, but he wished that it had been demolished, consuming his soul in the process.
The last six months had been hell. Tifa had tried to comfort him... she had even confessed her love for him. He could not tell her the feeling was mutual, and he knew he had broken her heart. He couldn't help it, his heart was with someone else, and there it would remain forever.
But now... now things were different! At last, now he had the chance to right the wrongs in the past! He would save Aeris, and they would be happy at last! The thought of having Aeris in his arms again overwhelmed him, and he barely contained his excitement in fear of waking the group.
He punched in the date he wanted to return to, and a timer began to count down to when he would be transported back in time. Cautiously, he stepped into the main chamber, and began to count down in unison with the machine.
"30... 29...28.." He whispered with his eyes closed
A noise in the room forced Cloud's eyes open to inspect the source. Vincent stood no more than 20 feet away staring him down, making shrill tendrils of fright shiver down his back. However, Cloud stared back, unwavering, daring Vincent to speak.
The timer read 10 seconds... Cloud smiled knowing Vincent could not foil his plans.
The last thing that Cloud heard before he was zapped into time in space was Vincent's cold, monotone voice..
"You have made a grave mistake... may the gods help us all..."