Chapter 2
Going Away Surprise
Zach slowly made his way over to the common storage area for the village and fiddled with the lock. He shivered softly as a breeze ran over his body making the branches shake softly and the grass almost dance underneath him. He smiled softly after he heard the lock on the shed click and open. He tossed it aside with a thud making a small mushroom cloud of smoke that brought back memorizes of the reactor. He took over to the other side of the village just behind the head families house to the ruins that once stood so mighty. "Piece of shit" he mumbled under his breath trying to hold in some anger "I'm only doing this to become as good as Sephiroth, all the rest of Shinra can go to hell." He slowly opened up the shed door as the old hinges creaked under their own weight. The whole shed was dark and damp, some water dripped from the old roof and it reeked of old mildew. Zack quickly took a deep breath and began to move in. Some rustling noise was coming from the rafters from the shed and then a high pitched squeak. He immediately took a defensive stance as a small bat swooped down and landed on his shoulder. "Stupid creatures" he muttered as he batted at it. The bat quickly took action and scratched at his face. Zack softly blinked and felt some blood running down his face from the two scratches the bat left. "Damn bats" he yelled as he went down a got a rock and flung it at the flying bastard. SMASH, "what the hell who broke my goddamn window show yourself!" Zach quickly closed the shed doors.
He sparked his lighter and softly wiped the blood from his cheek and brushed his hand over his shirt. He looked around the room at the old cobweb covered boxes. They were all the worthless possession of the people in the village, the things they did not want to keep in their homes. He kept scanning the room "If someone took my damn AH." He exclaimed as he saw his sword sitting in the corner of the shed behind some of his parents old boxes. He walked over smiling more than every, he was waiting for another reason to use it again but it had been a little bit of time. He looked over it, the hilt was still beautiful, the tan on it had not faded at all. The blade was still clean, dust covered, but clean either way. It was just any other short sword but Zack still loved it, he was still waiting to get a more.unique sword, something to really impress Sephiroth. He slowly lifted it, it almost felt different to him, time must have weakened his sword technique. He turned quickly and stuck his sword messily into his fathers box of his childhood clothes. The wood splintered a bit as the blade stuck right into it with a soft crack of the wood. Zack placed on foot on the box and pulled hard, but the sword stuck. Zack's face turned red, he was not about to be defeated by a damn box. He pulled back as hard as he could and landed on the ground with a loud thud as his sword fell next to him sticking in the floor. "Box 0, Zack 1" he slowly made his way to his feet, his back was hurting a bit but he could take it. He ran over and kicked the box hard and hopped back on one foot growling softly in pain "Damn it" he softly and angrily yelled and stormed out of the shed tripping over boxes on his way. His eyes squinted as he tried to adjust to the flash of light as he made his way stumbling outside his sword dragging slowly on the ground.
He made his way down the trail that would lead out of town and to the world where he would have to find a way to Shinra HQ to try to become a soldier. The grass was beautiful today, green dancing with the wind with small dots of flowers peeking through the small jungle on each side of Zack. He softly kicked up a stone and watched it bounce along the trail to the fork in the road. Zack stood there and just waiting, deep in thought. He knew he should stay straight on the road and just went to Shinra and stayed away from the reactor but something was pulling him off to the right, his body turned without him even realizing it. He took his first step quickly, then the next slowly moving slower and slower as if he knew something dangerous was coming soon enough. The sticks were breaking under his feet as he made his way slowly towards the reactor. He could smell the fuel and death in his nose with every moment he found himself closer and closer. He walked over the charred metal and made his way over to the core softly shaking as memorizes began to rush back to him. He looked into the core softly and everything blurred as he looked deeper and deeper into it. "What the." he softly said as he squinted, he was not about to believe what he was seeing as his sister slowly formed in front of him. He looked right at her eyes, they were still just as blue as he remember them. "Z..a.c..k" he watched her slowly lip as everything went white then black. He woke up to a roar as he looked up to find the foot of a large wolf hovering over his head.
Zach slowly made his way over to the common storage area for the village and fiddled with the lock. He shivered softly as a breeze ran over his body making the branches shake softly and the grass almost dance underneath him. He smiled softly after he heard the lock on the shed click and open. He tossed it aside with a thud making a small mushroom cloud of smoke that brought back memorizes of the reactor. He took over to the other side of the village just behind the head families house to the ruins that once stood so mighty. "Piece of shit" he mumbled under his breath trying to hold in some anger "I'm only doing this to become as good as Sephiroth, all the rest of Shinra can go to hell." He slowly opened up the shed door as the old hinges creaked under their own weight. The whole shed was dark and damp, some water dripped from the old roof and it reeked of old mildew. Zack quickly took a deep breath and began to move in. Some rustling noise was coming from the rafters from the shed and then a high pitched squeak. He immediately took a defensive stance as a small bat swooped down and landed on his shoulder. "Stupid creatures" he muttered as he batted at it. The bat quickly took action and scratched at his face. Zack softly blinked and felt some blood running down his face from the two scratches the bat left. "Damn bats" he yelled as he went down a got a rock and flung it at the flying bastard. SMASH, "what the hell who broke my goddamn window show yourself!" Zach quickly closed the shed doors.
He sparked his lighter and softly wiped the blood from his cheek and brushed his hand over his shirt. He looked around the room at the old cobweb covered boxes. They were all the worthless possession of the people in the village, the things they did not want to keep in their homes. He kept scanning the room "If someone took my damn AH." He exclaimed as he saw his sword sitting in the corner of the shed behind some of his parents old boxes. He walked over smiling more than every, he was waiting for another reason to use it again but it had been a little bit of time. He looked over it, the hilt was still beautiful, the tan on it had not faded at all. The blade was still clean, dust covered, but clean either way. It was just any other short sword but Zack still loved it, he was still waiting to get a more.unique sword, something to really impress Sephiroth. He slowly lifted it, it almost felt different to him, time must have weakened his sword technique. He turned quickly and stuck his sword messily into his fathers box of his childhood clothes. The wood splintered a bit as the blade stuck right into it with a soft crack of the wood. Zack placed on foot on the box and pulled hard, but the sword stuck. Zack's face turned red, he was not about to be defeated by a damn box. He pulled back as hard as he could and landed on the ground with a loud thud as his sword fell next to him sticking in the floor. "Box 0, Zack 1" he slowly made his way to his feet, his back was hurting a bit but he could take it. He ran over and kicked the box hard and hopped back on one foot growling softly in pain "Damn it" he softly and angrily yelled and stormed out of the shed tripping over boxes on his way. His eyes squinted as he tried to adjust to the flash of light as he made his way stumbling outside his sword dragging slowly on the ground.
He made his way down the trail that would lead out of town and to the world where he would have to find a way to Shinra HQ to try to become a soldier. The grass was beautiful today, green dancing with the wind with small dots of flowers peeking through the small jungle on each side of Zack. He softly kicked up a stone and watched it bounce along the trail to the fork in the road. Zack stood there and just waiting, deep in thought. He knew he should stay straight on the road and just went to Shinra and stayed away from the reactor but something was pulling him off to the right, his body turned without him even realizing it. He took his first step quickly, then the next slowly moving slower and slower as if he knew something dangerous was coming soon enough. The sticks were breaking under his feet as he made his way slowly towards the reactor. He could smell the fuel and death in his nose with every moment he found himself closer and closer. He walked over the charred metal and made his way over to the core softly shaking as memorizes began to rush back to him. He looked into the core softly and everything blurred as he looked deeper and deeper into it. "What the." he softly said as he squinted, he was not about to believe what he was seeing as his sister slowly formed in front of him. He looked right at her eyes, they were still just as blue as he remember them. "Z..a.c..k" he watched her slowly lip as everything went white then black. He woke up to a roar as he looked up to find the foot of a large wolf hovering over his head.