Chapter 10: The Confusion
Slowly Zack made his way to a tree and leaned against it breathing hard closing his eyes as he did so.
"You ok?" Aeris asked him with Dyne at her side looking deeply concerned for him.
"Coarse... I am!" He told them trying to raise his voice over his cough.
"Maybe you're the one who needs to get to a doctor, Zack." Dyne joked trying to get Zack to freak out and shape up.
"I do not!" He yelled looking up at him.
It was the first time Aeris noticed his eyes. The bright baby blue eyes, the same as the ones Cloud had. The sword too was also the same, with the exact placing of the two holes near the grip and the color matched too.
Even Zack's clothes matched Cloud's and it disturbed her. Slowly she made her way over to him and bent down slightly to match her sight with his.
"Geez, does she always have to do this?" Dyne asked, jealously hidden within his question was hinted as he spoke.
Aeris nor Zack spoke. Instead they just blankly stred at each other and Aeris finally snapped out of it and stood back from him shuddering slightly.
"What? What is it?" Zack asked her looking strangely at her.
"Maybe it's your breath." Dyne told him sacasticly snickering as he made the remark.
"You're, You're Cloud. You have to be! Or he is you... I don't know. This is all so confusing!" She shouted as she dropped to her knees and pushed her face into her hands, sobbing softly. Dyne and Zack stood over her looking at each other for answers to her sudden out burst.
"Aeris? What the hell are you talking about?" Dyne asked her quickly shrugging and shaking his head at her in confusion.
Aeris lifted jer jead and shook it quickly letting her tears fling off from the side of her face.
"Didn't we tell you already we have no idea who Cloud is? He's someone who just appeared in your dreams when you were knocked out that's all." Zack told her trying to calm her down.
"No, no, no! Hr has to be real! He had the same shoes, the same sword, the same strength, clothes, wisdom, even the same eyes as you, Zack. But his hair... his face... his voice... It was all different. He was a different person! You can't dream of something you've never seen, or heard from. He said you were both dead/ You had died 7 years ago and y- you two years ago, Dyne. I couldn't have just blasted into the future and came back! This makes no sense!" Aeris suddenly told them.
"I think the Mako Posioning is starting to sink in, Dyne. We'd better get her help fast!" Zack told Dyne quickly.
"No! I'm fine! I know what I saw! I know what I heard! This isn't a joke! I'm not imagining all these things!" She screamed looking to them as her tears poured down her pale cheeks.
Dyne's eyes suddenly grew large as he stared at her and Zack noticed that he was. He followed Dyne's gaze to her face to see that her tears were a pale green color that shimmered like gllitter.
"Shit! Dyne get her and run!" Zack scremed and Dyne obeyed him without question as he stepped towards Aeris and scooped her off the ground, into his arms and started running after Zack who was now going full speed.
A loud roar from the nearby woods that were coming into view made Zack stop and pull his sword from his back.
"Fuck... Ah fuck! We're on the second continent, Dyne!" Zack yelled to him as he started to back up.
"Damn it Zack! I told you we were going the wrong way!"
"No! We were going the right way damn it! Past here is Rocket Town!! You know how much help we would be able to get there for her!"
"What the hell are you talking about!? How do you know that?! I thought it was Nibleham, Nibel Moutain, and then Rocket Town!"
"That's the other way! We're on the Chocobo Pennisula!! Near Bone Village! It's where that big red Rapter thing lives! It feeds on them mostly!"
"Mostly?! Then what else does it feed on!?"
"Us if we don't gind another way!"
"Brillant Zack! Now where's the other wat around this god damn thing!"
"The only way is through it, Dyne!"
"Fuck Zack! You should have said that before. Now what are you going to do!?"
Another roar ripped through the land and made Zack back a few more steps as he place his arm in front of his face to sheild the debry that was pushed into him and he could smell the hot breath of the beast that remained in the forest, well hidden in the darkness.
"What else is there to do?!" Zack shouted over another cry of the beast. Dyne's eyes lit up instantly to this question and he shook his head at him furiously.
"You'll get us all killed!" He called to him placing Aeris as gently as he could onto the ground, trying not to scar her with his gun hand, or even hit the trigger.
Aeris could feel the ground beneath her start to rumble and she pushed off it looking around trying to keep herself balanced.
"Well... Here we go!"
"No! I will not go in ther!" Dyne shouted as Zack started towards the wods, but stopped when Dyne yelled at him. Zack turned in surprise and started at him blankly for a moment and then shrugged at him looking confused.
"And why not?!"
"Because it's coming to us!" Dyne screamed as Aeris's eyes shot open in surprise as she looked up at Dyne her body shaking in fear and then turned towards the forest and stared at it for a moment, only to hear the splitting of the trees and the slamming of them falling on each other and the ground. The tree's leaves rusled loudly and she could see, from the top of the hill that they had stepped on, that the trees were falling to the sides leaving a great thick open line that was heading towards the end of the forest near them.
Zack seemed to have no clue on what to do and Dyne could only stand in front of Aeris with his gun pointed out towards the woods, slightly shaing in fear from what was coming at them.
Slowly Zack made his way to a tree and leaned against it breathing hard closing his eyes as he did so.
"You ok?" Aeris asked him with Dyne at her side looking deeply concerned for him.
"Coarse... I am!" He told them trying to raise his voice over his cough.
"Maybe you're the one who needs to get to a doctor, Zack." Dyne joked trying to get Zack to freak out and shape up.
"I do not!" He yelled looking up at him.
It was the first time Aeris noticed his eyes. The bright baby blue eyes, the same as the ones Cloud had. The sword too was also the same, with the exact placing of the two holes near the grip and the color matched too.
Even Zack's clothes matched Cloud's and it disturbed her. Slowly she made her way over to him and bent down slightly to match her sight with his.
"Geez, does she always have to do this?" Dyne asked, jealously hidden within his question was hinted as he spoke.
Aeris nor Zack spoke. Instead they just blankly stred at each other and Aeris finally snapped out of it and stood back from him shuddering slightly.
"What? What is it?" Zack asked her looking strangely at her.
"Maybe it's your breath." Dyne told him sacasticly snickering as he made the remark.
"You're, You're Cloud. You have to be! Or he is you... I don't know. This is all so confusing!" She shouted as she dropped to her knees and pushed her face into her hands, sobbing softly. Dyne and Zack stood over her looking at each other for answers to her sudden out burst.
"Aeris? What the hell are you talking about?" Dyne asked her quickly shrugging and shaking his head at her in confusion.
Aeris lifted jer jead and shook it quickly letting her tears fling off from the side of her face.
"Didn't we tell you already we have no idea who Cloud is? He's someone who just appeared in your dreams when you were knocked out that's all." Zack told her trying to calm her down.
"No, no, no! Hr has to be real! He had the same shoes, the same sword, the same strength, clothes, wisdom, even the same eyes as you, Zack. But his hair... his face... his voice... It was all different. He was a different person! You can't dream of something you've never seen, or heard from. He said you were both dead/ You had died 7 years ago and y- you two years ago, Dyne. I couldn't have just blasted into the future and came back! This makes no sense!" Aeris suddenly told them.
"I think the Mako Posioning is starting to sink in, Dyne. We'd better get her help fast!" Zack told Dyne quickly.
"No! I'm fine! I know what I saw! I know what I heard! This isn't a joke! I'm not imagining all these things!" She screamed looking to them as her tears poured down her pale cheeks.
Dyne's eyes suddenly grew large as he stared at her and Zack noticed that he was. He followed Dyne's gaze to her face to see that her tears were a pale green color that shimmered like gllitter.
"Shit! Dyne get her and run!" Zack scremed and Dyne obeyed him without question as he stepped towards Aeris and scooped her off the ground, into his arms and started running after Zack who was now going full speed.
A loud roar from the nearby woods that were coming into view made Zack stop and pull his sword from his back.
"Fuck... Ah fuck! We're on the second continent, Dyne!" Zack yelled to him as he started to back up.
"Damn it Zack! I told you we were going the wrong way!"
"No! We were going the right way damn it! Past here is Rocket Town!! You know how much help we would be able to get there for her!"
"What the hell are you talking about!? How do you know that?! I thought it was Nibleham, Nibel Moutain, and then Rocket Town!"
"That's the other way! We're on the Chocobo Pennisula!! Near Bone Village! It's where that big red Rapter thing lives! It feeds on them mostly!"
"Mostly?! Then what else does it feed on!?"
"Us if we don't gind another way!"
"Brillant Zack! Now where's the other wat around this god damn thing!"
"The only way is through it, Dyne!"
"Fuck Zack! You should have said that before. Now what are you going to do!?"
Another roar ripped through the land and made Zack back a few more steps as he place his arm in front of his face to sheild the debry that was pushed into him and he could smell the hot breath of the beast that remained in the forest, well hidden in the darkness.
"What else is there to do?!" Zack shouted over another cry of the beast. Dyne's eyes lit up instantly to this question and he shook his head at him furiously.
"You'll get us all killed!" He called to him placing Aeris as gently as he could onto the ground, trying not to scar her with his gun hand, or even hit the trigger.
Aeris could feel the ground beneath her start to rumble and she pushed off it looking around trying to keep herself balanced.
"Well... Here we go!"
"No! I will not go in ther!" Dyne shouted as Zack started towards the wods, but stopped when Dyne yelled at him. Zack turned in surprise and started at him blankly for a moment and then shrugged at him looking confused.
"And why not?!"
"Because it's coming to us!" Dyne screamed as Aeris's eyes shot open in surprise as she looked up at Dyne her body shaking in fear and then turned towards the forest and stared at it for a moment, only to hear the splitting of the trees and the slamming of them falling on each other and the ground. The tree's leaves rusled loudly and she could see, from the top of the hill that they had stepped on, that the trees were falling to the sides leaving a great thick open line that was heading towards the end of the forest near them.
Zack seemed to have no clue on what to do and Dyne could only stand in front of Aeris with his gun pointed out towards the woods, slightly shaing in fear from what was coming at them.