Chapter 18: Dyne's Rage
Zack quietly awoke with his arm still wrapped around Aeris's stomach, rising and falling with each steady breath she took. He smiled gently at her as he felt her smooth arm softly move to the side with her hands still clasped around his calmly. He felt as if the night before had been a dream, but here he was, beside her warm smooth stripped body holding to her lovingly as she continued to sleep.
She began to stir as he slightly moved his hand from her grasp, but fell back into her dreamless sleep with her hair still gently laying across the bed's sheets just as silky and shiny looking as it had been that night.
Slowly, he gently placed his hand on her side and glided it downwards over her dangerous curves, allowing the covers to outline her body for him. Then she turned to the side so she was facing the ceiling, as he lifted his hand from her. As she moved, she pulled her arm above her head, slightly bent with her hand in a loose fist and her hair laid still behind her right side. The red silk cover had rolled down from her body letting a red thin sheet lay softly against her that came up partly under her arm.
Zack pulled his arm up and laid his head on its side on his propped up hand and looked down on Aeris, admiring how beautiful and peaceful she looked as she slept. Her eyes were calmly shut and her lips, slightly parted as she took in small amounts of air.
Gently, Aeris began to stir again, opening her eyes slightly this time, to the morning sun that poured over both of them through the parted curtains.
Her emerald eyes turned their gaze to him then, and she raised her right hand from behind her and placed it carefully on the side of his face. She glided her fingers from its side to his neck and then dropped it into the silk pillow below, letting the tips of them brush against his chest as it fell.
"Morning…" He whispered as he leaned over softly and pressed his lips against hers, slipping his tongue in between her parted lips.
Carefully she returned it, copying his motions to satisfy him. As he pulled away he lowered his hand from her face and slid it down her side and she cupped her left hand over it and rose her own to his cheek again, gently brushing her knuckles against his soft skin.
He gripped her hand before it slipped off and pulled it to his lips kissing her knuckles and then making his way up her arm to her neck as she giggled playfully at him while he tickled her with each press of his lips against her. He moved himself towards her, lifting her up into his tight muscular arms and bit slightly into her neck slightly after softly kissing it twice.
They remained quiet as Zack gently laid her back, not wanting to move from their promise land but it was all destroyed by a sudden hollering from the down stairs between two men.
Aeris quickly sat up holding the sheet around her chest as she leaned back against Zack as he wrapped his arms around her in comfort and protection as they listened.
"I'm sorry, sir! I can't give you that information!" The man from the counter yelled.
"You don't understand! I have to know where they are!" Came an angered voice followed by a loud click that made Aeris shutter in fear, not wanting to believe what she already knew.
"Dyne! It's Dyne!" She whispered, tears starting to form in the corners of her eyes in fear. Zack shuttered for a moment, leaning towards her, kissing her neck as he whispered to her.
"It's alright, we'll be alright," He told her as he pressed his lips to her cheek trying to comfort her. She turned to him as he lifted his head to her and she quickly held to him as she closed her lips over his, two small tears of fear rolled down her cheeks as she sat there for a moment and Zack returned it as he slid off the bed holding the other sheet around him as he quickly lifted his clothes from the ground and grabbing Aeris's as well, gently laying them in front of her.
As he sat down on the bed trying to place his jeans back over his legs a loud gunshot was fired that made Aeris jump and almost scream, but Zack quickly turned to her and placed his hand over her mouth before she could make a sound.
"Shhh… don't panic." He told her as he laid her back, to calm down for a second but she refused to stay down and sat straight back up the moment she got the chance and pulled her dress over her shoulders and started to button it up towards her, while Zack was pulling his sweater over his head with the straps over his shoulders now. He swiftly to Aeris as she placed her thin red jacket over her shoulders and pointed to the bed and mouth the words 'under' to her and she nodded to him as she slipped off the edge to her knees.
She flipped her head over and looked to see her staff was lying slightly on the ground beneath it, next to Zack's thick long sword. Aeris quickly reached over and gripped the handle of it and then Zack ducked under and grabbed his sword.
Slow thick footsteps then started up the stairs and she quickly ran to the other side of the bed and scooped up the green marble like ball that laid on the floor and ran to Zack with her hair still unbraided. He was holding her bow and the other thin tie in his other hand as he placed his sword on his back.
They could hear Dyne near their room knocking in doors as he passed each one of them and Zack, in a panic, ran to the nearby window and pulled it open. He looked below and grabbed Aeris's hand, with his black leather gloves, now back over his hands and swung himself over the ledge and hopped down unto the top of an old pine green broken down truck. He lifted his hands up to Aeris as she pulled herself to the ledge and jumped to his arms. They looked back up at the window for a quick moment and then hopped from the top of the truck to the ground running off quickly into the city near the Shinra Mansion, thinking they could stay there for the moment as the door was kicked open by Dyne making a loud bang as it struck the wall.
"ZACK!" Dyne screamed and it rang through the quiet town, making Aeris turn back as she ran towards the house thinking he might be there, but Zack yanked her hand as he through open the gate to the mansion and ran towards the door.
He twisted the knob quickly and pulled Aeris in as the image of Dyne appeared out of the corner of her eye as he stormed off towards them.
She leaned against Zack's chest, listening to his heartbeat furiously against his chest in a deep panic as he took in his breaths swiftly trying to calm himself.
"ZACK! I KNOW YOU'RE HERE!" They heard Dyne scream, his voice full of rage and fury.
"HEY! What are you fucken trying to do here?!" Aeris heard Cid call out, probably upset that Dyne was disturbing his work on his ship.
"Don't mess with me old man!" Dyne yelled back as he kept going towards the other homes.
"Do you want to fight boy? I'll destroy your heart quickly if you like to make it painless!" Cid yelled and Aeris heard another click from Dyne's gun. She lunged herself forward and grabbed the knob that lead to the outside but Zack grabbed her shoulders and pulled her back from it.
"NO! Cid needs help!" She cried as tears rolled down her cheeks as she tried to get him to loosen his grip enough, but instead he turned her around and leveled his eyes with hers, looking hurt as well and staring into his bright eyes kept her from moving and he kissed her gently placing his hands over her flushed cheeks. His lips shook slightly as he pulled away and looked to her.
"We… we don't have a choice, he knows you're here too. If he finds you…" He told her trailing off and then wrapped his arms tightly around her body.
"He'll kill you too…" He finished as he held her.
"But we can't keep running from him. He'll kill to many to get to us…" Aeris whispered as he let go of her and she choked down her tears as she spoke.
"Cid will be alright."
"No! He's still hurt, he's a mechanic not a fighter!" Aeris yelled quickly back. He shook her head to her and took her hand leading her up the stairs and to the right holding to her hand tightly as he walked.
"We have to hide at least, if we talk and he burst through the door-."
1 BAM
Another gunshot was set off and Aeris cringed quickly. Zack stopped in his footsteps and looked to the windows to see the town's people gathering around in a tight circle, with Shelia in the center of it. He quickly pulled Aeris by the shoulders into the back room towards one of the curved walls as she shook in fear, looking as if to burst into tears at any moment.
"What just ha- happened?" She stuttered, as she looked deep within his eyes for an answer. As he leaned forward to kiss her, to take her pain and fear from her for at least a moment the wall behind her broken open and she tumbled back into it, down a thin ramp that was poorly put together in a deep spiral. She slid back down it until she hit the cold rock bottom, groaning in pain from the sudden impact. Zack had his head resting on her chest and refused to move, so that she could lie there to regain her senses again.
She looked up to watch the door swing gently opened, hitting the cold damp stonewalls gently. It seemed like an old cave and it was lined with skeletons that had probably been there for many years.
Zack slipped his hands from Aeris's stomach and placed them on the floor beside it, gently pushing off her as she began to sit up. He got to his feet and examined the area, looking back over to Aeris, and placing out a hand to her to pull her up.
"Where is this place?" Zack asked as he turned to see two doors in front of him beside the skeletons. He still had a hold of her soft warm hand and he pulled her with him as he made his way to the first door that was on the side. He twisted the knob, but not very far because it seemed that the door had been locked for sometime. It creaked painfully as it turned and Zack finally gave up on it, realizing the door had been locked for a long time, so if anything was in their now, it would be nothing but bones or even dust.
Looking to him curiously, she gripped the knob herself trying to help him pull it open but gave up with him and then was pulled over to the door at the end. Silently he reached over with a shaking hand, and wrapped his fingers tightly around the freshly polished gold knob and twisted it gently, praying that it wouldn't creak, and to his surprise it turned fairly easy and swung open with the slightest touch of his two fingers.
Carefully, Zack made his way through the door into a pitch-black room, lined with mako blue tanks, praying that they might be able to escape through here.
Zack quietly awoke with his arm still wrapped around Aeris's stomach, rising and falling with each steady breath she took. He smiled gently at her as he felt her smooth arm softly move to the side with her hands still clasped around his calmly. He felt as if the night before had been a dream, but here he was, beside her warm smooth stripped body holding to her lovingly as she continued to sleep.
She began to stir as he slightly moved his hand from her grasp, but fell back into her dreamless sleep with her hair still gently laying across the bed's sheets just as silky and shiny looking as it had been that night.
Slowly, he gently placed his hand on her side and glided it downwards over her dangerous curves, allowing the covers to outline her body for him. Then she turned to the side so she was facing the ceiling, as he lifted his hand from her. As she moved, she pulled her arm above her head, slightly bent with her hand in a loose fist and her hair laid still behind her right side. The red silk cover had rolled down from her body letting a red thin sheet lay softly against her that came up partly under her arm.
Zack pulled his arm up and laid his head on its side on his propped up hand and looked down on Aeris, admiring how beautiful and peaceful she looked as she slept. Her eyes were calmly shut and her lips, slightly parted as she took in small amounts of air.
Gently, Aeris began to stir again, opening her eyes slightly this time, to the morning sun that poured over both of them through the parted curtains.
Her emerald eyes turned their gaze to him then, and she raised her right hand from behind her and placed it carefully on the side of his face. She glided her fingers from its side to his neck and then dropped it into the silk pillow below, letting the tips of them brush against his chest as it fell.
"Morning…" He whispered as he leaned over softly and pressed his lips against hers, slipping his tongue in between her parted lips.
Carefully she returned it, copying his motions to satisfy him. As he pulled away he lowered his hand from her face and slid it down her side and she cupped her left hand over it and rose her own to his cheek again, gently brushing her knuckles against his soft skin.
He gripped her hand before it slipped off and pulled it to his lips kissing her knuckles and then making his way up her arm to her neck as she giggled playfully at him while he tickled her with each press of his lips against her. He moved himself towards her, lifting her up into his tight muscular arms and bit slightly into her neck slightly after softly kissing it twice.
They remained quiet as Zack gently laid her back, not wanting to move from their promise land but it was all destroyed by a sudden hollering from the down stairs between two men.
Aeris quickly sat up holding the sheet around her chest as she leaned back against Zack as he wrapped his arms around her in comfort and protection as they listened.
"I'm sorry, sir! I can't give you that information!" The man from the counter yelled.
"You don't understand! I have to know where they are!" Came an angered voice followed by a loud click that made Aeris shutter in fear, not wanting to believe what she already knew.
"Dyne! It's Dyne!" She whispered, tears starting to form in the corners of her eyes in fear. Zack shuttered for a moment, leaning towards her, kissing her neck as he whispered to her.
"It's alright, we'll be alright," He told her as he pressed his lips to her cheek trying to comfort her. She turned to him as he lifted his head to her and she quickly held to him as she closed her lips over his, two small tears of fear rolled down her cheeks as she sat there for a moment and Zack returned it as he slid off the bed holding the other sheet around him as he quickly lifted his clothes from the ground and grabbing Aeris's as well, gently laying them in front of her.
As he sat down on the bed trying to place his jeans back over his legs a loud gunshot was fired that made Aeris jump and almost scream, but Zack quickly turned to her and placed his hand over her mouth before she could make a sound.
"Shhh… don't panic." He told her as he laid her back, to calm down for a second but she refused to stay down and sat straight back up the moment she got the chance and pulled her dress over her shoulders and started to button it up towards her, while Zack was pulling his sweater over his head with the straps over his shoulders now. He swiftly to Aeris as she placed her thin red jacket over her shoulders and pointed to the bed and mouth the words 'under' to her and she nodded to him as she slipped off the edge to her knees.
She flipped her head over and looked to see her staff was lying slightly on the ground beneath it, next to Zack's thick long sword. Aeris quickly reached over and gripped the handle of it and then Zack ducked under and grabbed his sword.
Slow thick footsteps then started up the stairs and she quickly ran to the other side of the bed and scooped up the green marble like ball that laid on the floor and ran to Zack with her hair still unbraided. He was holding her bow and the other thin tie in his other hand as he placed his sword on his back.
They could hear Dyne near their room knocking in doors as he passed each one of them and Zack, in a panic, ran to the nearby window and pulled it open. He looked below and grabbed Aeris's hand, with his black leather gloves, now back over his hands and swung himself over the ledge and hopped down unto the top of an old pine green broken down truck. He lifted his hands up to Aeris as she pulled herself to the ledge and jumped to his arms. They looked back up at the window for a quick moment and then hopped from the top of the truck to the ground running off quickly into the city near the Shinra Mansion, thinking they could stay there for the moment as the door was kicked open by Dyne making a loud bang as it struck the wall.
"ZACK!" Dyne screamed and it rang through the quiet town, making Aeris turn back as she ran towards the house thinking he might be there, but Zack yanked her hand as he through open the gate to the mansion and ran towards the door.
He twisted the knob quickly and pulled Aeris in as the image of Dyne appeared out of the corner of her eye as he stormed off towards them.
She leaned against Zack's chest, listening to his heartbeat furiously against his chest in a deep panic as he took in his breaths swiftly trying to calm himself.
"ZACK! I KNOW YOU'RE HERE!" They heard Dyne scream, his voice full of rage and fury.
"HEY! What are you fucken trying to do here?!" Aeris heard Cid call out, probably upset that Dyne was disturbing his work on his ship.
"Don't mess with me old man!" Dyne yelled back as he kept going towards the other homes.
"Do you want to fight boy? I'll destroy your heart quickly if you like to make it painless!" Cid yelled and Aeris heard another click from Dyne's gun. She lunged herself forward and grabbed the knob that lead to the outside but Zack grabbed her shoulders and pulled her back from it.
"NO! Cid needs help!" She cried as tears rolled down her cheeks as she tried to get him to loosen his grip enough, but instead he turned her around and leveled his eyes with hers, looking hurt as well and staring into his bright eyes kept her from moving and he kissed her gently placing his hands over her flushed cheeks. His lips shook slightly as he pulled away and looked to her.
"We… we don't have a choice, he knows you're here too. If he finds you…" He told her trailing off and then wrapped his arms tightly around her body.
"He'll kill you too…" He finished as he held her.
"But we can't keep running from him. He'll kill to many to get to us…" Aeris whispered as he let go of her and she choked down her tears as she spoke.
"Cid will be alright."
"No! He's still hurt, he's a mechanic not a fighter!" Aeris yelled quickly back. He shook her head to her and took her hand leading her up the stairs and to the right holding to her hand tightly as he walked.
"We have to hide at least, if we talk and he burst through the door-."
1 BAM
Another gunshot was set off and Aeris cringed quickly. Zack stopped in his footsteps and looked to the windows to see the town's people gathering around in a tight circle, with Shelia in the center of it. He quickly pulled Aeris by the shoulders into the back room towards one of the curved walls as she shook in fear, looking as if to burst into tears at any moment.
"What just ha- happened?" She stuttered, as she looked deep within his eyes for an answer. As he leaned forward to kiss her, to take her pain and fear from her for at least a moment the wall behind her broken open and she tumbled back into it, down a thin ramp that was poorly put together in a deep spiral. She slid back down it until she hit the cold rock bottom, groaning in pain from the sudden impact. Zack had his head resting on her chest and refused to move, so that she could lie there to regain her senses again.
She looked up to watch the door swing gently opened, hitting the cold damp stonewalls gently. It seemed like an old cave and it was lined with skeletons that had probably been there for many years.
Zack slipped his hands from Aeris's stomach and placed them on the floor beside it, gently pushing off her as she began to sit up. He got to his feet and examined the area, looking back over to Aeris, and placing out a hand to her to pull her up.
"Where is this place?" Zack asked as he turned to see two doors in front of him beside the skeletons. He still had a hold of her soft warm hand and he pulled her with him as he made his way to the first door that was on the side. He twisted the knob, but not very far because it seemed that the door had been locked for sometime. It creaked painfully as it turned and Zack finally gave up on it, realizing the door had been locked for a long time, so if anything was in their now, it would be nothing but bones or even dust.
Looking to him curiously, she gripped the knob herself trying to help him pull it open but gave up with him and then was pulled over to the door at the end. Silently he reached over with a shaking hand, and wrapped his fingers tightly around the freshly polished gold knob and twisted it gently, praying that it wouldn't creak, and to his surprise it turned fairly easy and swung open with the slightest touch of his two fingers.
Carefully, Zack made his way through the door into a pitch-black room, lined with mako blue tanks, praying that they might be able to escape through here.