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// // Rikus thoughts
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Part 4
Riku was standing in front of the empty path way. He hung his head low, he was still in disbelief. The woman slowly approaches him, when she heard a slight sob come from the sliver boy. Riku couldn't hold back his tears, he was trying his best to, but. . .
"Riku. . . ." Aries said from a distance. She went over to him giving him a hug from the back. Riku sniffed some more and more. It wasn't he was sad, no, he was angry and was in pain.
"Tha-that bastard. . .mother didn't do anything wrong. . .and to think that I'm his grandson. . ." Aries knew it was going to be tough on him, but they haven't gotten to the worse path. Shinra corps. That will be too much for him to handle. Once Aries decided what she was going to do, she pulled a way from the boy.
"Riku. . I can stop this. Just give me the-"
"No. . .I want to keep going. . . .I want to know what happened to my mother." Aries looked away and began walking towards the other path.
"Aries. ." Riku called back. "My. . .Hojo. .mention about being a 'key' again. I heard the same thing from Jenova. . .is it. .will I find out why I'm a 'key'?" Aries didn't answer, she just kept on walking down the winding path.
"Aries please. . ." She still was walking until she reached the front of the path. She is going to regret every moment of this, she already caused enough pain to the boy, why do some more. Is that she wants to badly save him so? Or is it, she wants him to have a second chance unlike Sephiroth? Aries truly adored Riku in such a way, for being braves. But the next path will surely tare him up in pieces. She reached up to her heart, closing her eyes thinking of what to do. She didn't bother to notice that Riku was stiffly trailing behind. The young boy shuffled his feet on the ground, dragging them. When he got there, he past Aries and started to go in the path of Shinra. She opened her eyes and seen that everything was going white again. Riku must be strong, he must, for the sake of him, and Tristy and sadly his father. . .she glanced a Riku's back once more before they faded in there.
"Yes." she said. "Yes you will."
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It was pitch black in the room. There was no light to be seen. No sound to be heard. Just pure darkness and silence. A woman can be seen on the base of the cold metal floor. She was badly bruised and very bloody, and her clothes was striped off and was only in some sort of a thin white 'dress' that showed her naked back. A couple of needles can be shown on her arms, her legs, and her back. A collar can be seen too in the darkness. It appears to have a number on it. 2563. And had the word 'defect' by it in bold white letters.
//. . my number was. . .2564. . .she been experimented on?. . .so do she have the Jenova cells in her now? How many months passed?//
The woman flinched as she rolled over moaning in pain. Her black hair was caked in blood, her skin was scratched, her beautiful face was purple in some spots. Tristy opened her hazel eyes, that was once full of life, was now filled with agony and despair. She crawled to the steel door, placing her hands on it trying to stand up. She fell down on her butt and then turned to her side, curling up like a baby in the mothers womb. Sobs filled the air repeating two words over and over.
"Sephiroth. . .Riku." On and on she went until she fell back to sleep to her nightmares.
In the lab, Hojo was writing numbers and documents of his experiments. He picked up on file containing secret words on he can desynchronize. Another file he picked up had numbers black capital letters. '2564' was inscribed. He went picked up numerous test results and lab results, it lead always to one thing.
"Where is it? Where's that key? It must be in him! It gotta!" He rummaged through a couple more files before throwing them around in frustration. He clasped his head in his hands began to shake.
"It's been 4 months and still nothing! I don't get it. I ran the proper test on him over an over again! I'm overlooking something!" He thought through and through before he came up with something. "That woman. . .she must know what's inside 2564."
The cell door burst opened as Hojo stepped in finding the coldly woman in the back siting with her knees to her chin, looking with at the doctor with burning eyes of hate.
"You! I demand to know what's inside of Riku!"
"Hmph. . ."
"Tell me? Tell me! Where is the key?!"
"You will never find it. ."
//?! She knows?//
"You. .you know what I'm speak of?"
"Sure. . .why not?"
"Tell me, then. Or I'll have you executed. Where is it?"
"Like I said, you'll never find it."
"Why you. . ."
"Go run some of your pathetic labs. If you want to know so badly, go do that. But chances of finding the 'key' is one out of a million. So I wish you luck on finding it."
"How dare you speak to me like that you defect!"
"A defect? Eh? Then why is this 'defect' still alive? Don't you kill all the other ones? How come, huh? Are you scared of me? Or is it I hold something so valuable to you that I won't tell?"
"Believe me, I have no trouble of killing you."
"Then go ahead. Kill me with that gun in your hand! Come on, shoot! I already lost everything in this damn world! I have no husband! You took my child away from me! So why not? I'm already in hell so I might as well jump in further!" Hojo pointed his sliver magnum at her head. Tristy stared at him with bold eyes narrowing at him.
"You will tell me."
"I won't. Because blood is thicker then water. And you nor your labs can break the bond between us. Cause I will protect it with my life, from the likes of evil like you." Hojo placed his finger on the trigger. He hand was shaking and pulled away. He retreated back to the door. He looked at the woman who was casting an aura of hate.
"I think I found the 'key' already." the black haired woman eyes remained the same. "Yes. . .it's my worthless son of mine isn't it? Ahhh. . .yes. . .that makes sense. . .in order to get to the main key, I have to use the sub key to open that door of destruction. . .ahhhhh yes. . I can see it in your eyes it's the truth. Hiding behind that mask of hatefulness, I see it. So you knew that this day will eventually come, didn't you? Hahaha. . .I see, I see, so that's why you built that T.U.W.M. You was planning to escape with the baby, wasn't you? And you used Sephiroth as a decoy for your great escape. . .a genius you are. . hahaha. .not only did you deceived your husband, you deceived your baby as well. Riku wasn't it? Without Riku, the T.U.W.M wouldn't work. . hahaha. . nice job. And with Riku you know how powerful he can be. You wanted that power to yourself. You wanted someone stronger then Sephiroth, so that's why you had a child with him, didn't you? And you called that a 'bond'? You are using them for your own selfish deeds. You love them? You're no better then me." A tear formed in the corner of her hazel eyes. It rolled down her face, dropping on the cold floor below her.
"Hehehe, see, I told you I seen it. Well, if you excuse me, have some business to take care of. I'm glad that you cooperated with me so well." he turned to leave out the door, pausing before closing it.
"You're. .the evil one here, Tristy." The door shut in the cell. The black haired woman tears came down rapidly and more heavily. She shut her eyes and sobbed away.
"I'm . . . so. . .sorry. . . please. . . . ."
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Authors Note: Welp! That was a doozy! I wonder what's next. Stay tuned! Don't forget to review! Thanks a bunchie!
Orphdian ^__^
