Chapter 3
I'm sorry Aeris. I wish there was another way. Rufus thought to himself, as he watched the flickering streetlights pass swiftly by. A sudden realization hit him hard as he looked down; the gas monitor was a meter away from reading zero. Any minute now the bike would give out, then Sephira and Zack would catch up to them and bring them back to Hojo. I can't let them take her and I won't. She doesn't belong in a place like that. What do I…his body felt vaguely fatigue as he tried to contemplate a way for Aeris to escape… "That's it!" Rufus's face jeered.
"That's what?" Aeris muttered insecurely, lifting her head three inches.
"Okay…Aeris, the bike can't take much more."
"Oh… I thought something else was going wrong," she said, barely audible to his ears because of the roaring engine.
"No…that's not it…in a few minutes we will hit the main rode, and when we do…I'm going to throw you off."
"WHAT?" Aeris said in distress, her grip tightening. "No…Rufus no!" Her eyes swelled with tears as fright stole her mind away from thinking clearly.
"Yes." Rufus yelled, squinting through the blurry sight that of which the fog had caused him. "Do you want to die? Unless we do this, you are going to."
"No…what about you?" she sobbed.
"You are who I care about. Not me. No-no-no-no-no You can't!!!"
"But…what if I get caught or I never see you again?"
"You're making this harder. I've already decided my fate and yours. I'm throwing you off. Alright," he shouted, instantly feeling guilt.
"...Yeah." she said whipping away her tears shamefully. "Here take my necklace… so that you will be reminded of me." She pulled her necklace off, which was more a laced bow then anything, and slid it underneath Rufus's arm. He took it and kSephiraed it around his wrist, as his face softened at the touch of her pearly smooth skin. He looked in the rear view mirror to catch a glimpse of her snow white face one last time, before hitting the main rode. Her tear-stricken face was looking up in extreme anxiety, as her long light-brown hair flowed freely behind her in the tumultuous winter wind.
Was he actually going to throw her off…?
Would she escape if he did…?
What would he do next…?
Aeris's body trembled as these questions flooded into head. Then the question that she feared most took over her mind…
Where would she go once he threw her off?
"Ready?" Rufus called out.
Aeris's heart began to pound wildly as they finally hit the main rode. "Yes," she lied, "I'm ready." Rufus drove into the crowded streets of Midgar trying to get as close as he could to the crowds of people, as he took hold of her hand. "Aeris, I'll be back for you…I promise," and with those final words, he grabbed her arm and flung her slight body off the motorcycle, onto a man with the idea of cushioning her fall.
I hope she'll be O.K. Rufus thought, looking back at the black car, still following close behind. He sped up then stridently turned the corner down sector six, the black car still following close behind. They're so fast…
Sudden smoke filled the air when the motor finally gave way. Not now. Please not now. Come on…Rufus tried starting it up again, it was no use; the bike was dead weight now. He put the bike down and slowly turned around to face his rival. Zack had gotten out and was now pointing a gun at Rufus threatening him that if he were to move, he would be shot at. Sephira had also gotten out and was looking at all the scratches that Rufus had made to her brand-new bike. She growled hoarsely, picking up a gas container from out of the trunk, by means of filling up the empty tank.
"Stop. Don't move," Zack demanded as he inched closer. " Tell me…did you actually think you could escape? Didn't Hojo tell you that the life materia he brought you to life with was a homing device…So as long as your outside in the open; he knows exactly where you are at all times..." Zack's smirking face pierced Rufus's heart with severe resentment. "Honestly, did you think you would have been able to escape with that in you?"
There wasn't and answer Rufus could give, because of the fact that Hojo had never told him about him having a homing device within the chambers of his trembling body.
"Tell me. Where is Aeris," Zack said harshly, showing that he had had enough fun.
Sephira finished filling up the tank, then walked slowly over to Rufus, "Doesn't matter, that diminutive girl has a life materia in her heart too. Hojo will be able to control her in her sleep... She will feel sharp pains pierce through her body.. only when she disobeys Hojo, that is, or when she gets reminded of him. So as long as that thing is in her, she's hopeless…but there is hope for you. The only way you can take out the life materia is to cut it out. I'd love to cut it out for you, but I know that the far worst punishment for screwing up mine and Zack's day, would be to bring you back to Hojo's laboratory-"
"Shut up… you witch." Rufus snarled, as his eyes filled with tears of rage and passion. "Then you too, admit that his laboratory is a vindictive, merciless place to bring her and me?"
Sephira walked straight up to him, to where she was now only five inches away from his trembling body. Pulling his chin up, she made eye contact with him. "Don't touch me," Rufus spat, smacking her unwanted hand away. Zack narrowed his eyes at Rufus actions, stepping closer to his shooken up body.
"Why're you angry? You haven't spent half of your day looking for you, might I add that you're a real pain to follow. And my bike..." Sephira muttered mockingly, producing a gun. "Let me thank you…" Sephira whispered furiously, shooting Rufus in the chest without any warning whatsoever. Rufus's eyes flashed open in shock as he began to breath heavily from pure sharp piercing pains filling into the nerves throughout his chest.
Zack jumped back when Sephira stormed past him, making a mental note never to mess with her bike. Without hesitating another moment, he ran over to Rufus's quavering slouched figure and helped him up to the car, "Come on buddy."
"No!" he whispered out in agony, "Ouch…No!"
Sephira looked back and noticed that Zack actually felt sorry for the little guy by the way he took care of his needs. The raven haired man gently heaved Rufus into the car then turned around to face Sephira, whom was holding the keys to the black vehicle high above her head in the air. "Have a soft spot, do we?" Sephira smirked cruelly down at Rufus, handing Zack the keys.
"No. I just think that you were to rough with him. Hojo did say he wanted him back alive."
"He will still be alive... barely- So you're going to take him back while I look for Aeris. Right?"
"Yeah." Zack spat, giving her a dark mean look.
"What? I just had it waxed! Shut up Zack."
"I didn't say anything," Zack smiled in satisfactory seeing the guilt rush into Sephira's tone.
"You know what you did- Err! I'm going," Sephira jumped up onto her bike and started up the engine. "See you at eleven-o-clock."
"Yeah. Sephira don't screw up." Zack smiled and waved, as Sephira sped off. The dark haired man turned around and hopped onto the drivers seat picking up the phone and dialing Hojo's lab number. "Hojo, we found Rufus…"
"W about the girl…"
"She disappeared, but Sephira went to go search for her…"
"…Glurple...flurp..." Hojo hiccupped, bored with the conversation.
"Sir Rufus is not doing so well…Sephira shot him and now he's shaking violently. He's lost a lot of blood, and he keeps on bleeding-"
"Bring him to me quickly then…I'll have Kilik fix him up. Until then, make sure he's as warm as he can get or he'll get hypothermia."
"Yes sir." Zack clicked off the phone and threw it in the glove department. After getting that under his belt he started up the engine then twisted back to situate his extremely large trench coat comfortably on top of Rufus's cold shacking body. "It'll be okay…He'll fix you up again…" My gosh. I'm actually being nice. Kilik is wearing off on me…Hum…I wonder how fast this car can go. Zack smiled as he revved up the engine.
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