Of Thorns and Roses
By
Lost Mercenary
*I don't own any of the Final Fantasy VII characters*
*Note: This first part isn't actually the beginning of the story it comes in later. This is a prologue*
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"Tifa! Get Down!" yelled Cloud.
She didn't even hesitate. Tifa threw herself to the ground as the Xentrador creature flung over her, in an almost successful attempt to kill her. She hadn't noticed the pain until now. It launched through her, a burning sensation eating at her senses. She could no longer concentrate on what was happening around her and now only the discomfort existed in her universe. Nothing else seemed to matter. Not even Cloud and how much she didn't want anything to happen to him. Even in this battle.
Cloud's eyes darted and focused upon the hideous monster and he raised his Buster Sword and struck the Xentrador with an outraged form of aggression, light green blood spewed from its neck. He left its corpse and drew his attention towards the injured Tifa. He immediately presumed the worst had happened. Tifa looked at Cloud, whose face was riddled with red scars, blood dripping from the gashes in his forehead.
With a burst of urgency, Cloud begins to sprint to his friend, heavy pain clinging to his leg muscles. The heaviness of his Buster Sword combined with the large amounts of fatigue made the approach more difficult. He was shouting her name as wave after wave of ferocious Xentradors barrelled into him, slowing his advance towards Tifa.
He finally reached the wounded girl, and he kneeled down in order to pick her up. She was barely conscious but still alive. Cloud's stomach churns as he stares blankly at Tifa, whose eyes were closed, but frightened.
A forceful jolt of immensely sharp pain tore through Cloud's right arm as a Xentrador sunk its fangs deep within his flesh, blood beginning to ooze from the punctured limb. Knowing that the creature was there, Cloud swings his sword while ignoring the pain as much as he can and thrusts it into the abdomen. A shrill screech echoed in Clouds ears as the beast began to die in agony.
Now the pain finally engulfed him but he tried to stand firm. Cloud knew now that he couldn't pick Tifa up but it would be damned if he would let any one of these monsters near her.
I won't le it happen, I won't!
He could no longer see his allies. There were simply too many Xentrador and now they surrounded Cloud like vultures circling their prey. He now knew that his survival was no longer an option, but he might be able to save Tifa.
The Xentrador charged at him with almost impossible speed, shrieking as they did so. Cloud kept swinging his Buster Sword with what little strength he had left in order to keep them at bay while all the while trying to ignore the sheer amount of pain in his injury. The creatures kept coming at him like the sea battering waves against a rock on a beach, though despite how many had fallen and there seemed to be no end in sight. The blood of his opponents was splashing all over him as he swung and sunk his blade into them. It carried a terrible scent, one so repulsive and overcoming that he almost couldn't concentrate on his current task. It was the scent of death.
Tifa could hear the chaos that surrounded her and her fear began to overcome her. The cries of the monsters as they feel to the ground dying and their shrieks of determination to kill her and her friends. To kill... Cloud... Then the fear and terror within her escalated as the thought of the one she loved most was too terrible to bear.
Please Cloud, don't die. Help me...please.
Tifa began to feel herself moving. No, not moving. Dragged. She was being dragged away! She knew it couldn't be human. Whatever had grabbed her leg was too deformed and too warm and sweaty to be human. She wanted to yell, she wanted to scream but she couldn't.
Cloud...help...
"Damn it!" said Cloud, as he witnessed a Xentrador begin to drag Tifa away. He couldn't get to her though; more of them had gotten in the way. He swung desperately and tried to wrestle his way through them in order to get to her but it was futile. More and more Xentrador blocked his path making it impossible for him to get to her.
"Tifa!" he yelled.
Nothing... she couldn't hear him and now Cloud could no longer see her. She was gone.
"Tifa!!!"
By
Lost Mercenary
*I don't own any of the Final Fantasy VII characters*
*Note: This first part isn't actually the beginning of the story it comes in later. This is a prologue*
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Tifa! Get Down!" yelled Cloud.
She didn't even hesitate. Tifa threw herself to the ground as the Xentrador creature flung over her, in an almost successful attempt to kill her. She hadn't noticed the pain until now. It launched through her, a burning sensation eating at her senses. She could no longer concentrate on what was happening around her and now only the discomfort existed in her universe. Nothing else seemed to matter. Not even Cloud and how much she didn't want anything to happen to him. Even in this battle.
Cloud's eyes darted and focused upon the hideous monster and he raised his Buster Sword and struck the Xentrador with an outraged form of aggression, light green blood spewed from its neck. He left its corpse and drew his attention towards the injured Tifa. He immediately presumed the worst had happened. Tifa looked at Cloud, whose face was riddled with red scars, blood dripping from the gashes in his forehead.
With a burst of urgency, Cloud begins to sprint to his friend, heavy pain clinging to his leg muscles. The heaviness of his Buster Sword combined with the large amounts of fatigue made the approach more difficult. He was shouting her name as wave after wave of ferocious Xentradors barrelled into him, slowing his advance towards Tifa.
He finally reached the wounded girl, and he kneeled down in order to pick her up. She was barely conscious but still alive. Cloud's stomach churns as he stares blankly at Tifa, whose eyes were closed, but frightened.
A forceful jolt of immensely sharp pain tore through Cloud's right arm as a Xentrador sunk its fangs deep within his flesh, blood beginning to ooze from the punctured limb. Knowing that the creature was there, Cloud swings his sword while ignoring the pain as much as he can and thrusts it into the abdomen. A shrill screech echoed in Clouds ears as the beast began to die in agony.
Now the pain finally engulfed him but he tried to stand firm. Cloud knew now that he couldn't pick Tifa up but it would be damned if he would let any one of these monsters near her.
I won't le it happen, I won't!
He could no longer see his allies. There were simply too many Xentrador and now they surrounded Cloud like vultures circling their prey. He now knew that his survival was no longer an option, but he might be able to save Tifa.
The Xentrador charged at him with almost impossible speed, shrieking as they did so. Cloud kept swinging his Buster Sword with what little strength he had left in order to keep them at bay while all the while trying to ignore the sheer amount of pain in his injury. The creatures kept coming at him like the sea battering waves against a rock on a beach, though despite how many had fallen and there seemed to be no end in sight. The blood of his opponents was splashing all over him as he swung and sunk his blade into them. It carried a terrible scent, one so repulsive and overcoming that he almost couldn't concentrate on his current task. It was the scent of death.
Tifa could hear the chaos that surrounded her and her fear began to overcome her. The cries of the monsters as they feel to the ground dying and their shrieks of determination to kill her and her friends. To kill... Cloud... Then the fear and terror within her escalated as the thought of the one she loved most was too terrible to bear.
Please Cloud, don't die. Help me...please.
Tifa began to feel herself moving. No, not moving. Dragged. She was being dragged away! She knew it couldn't be human. Whatever had grabbed her leg was too deformed and too warm and sweaty to be human. She wanted to yell, she wanted to scream but she couldn't.
Cloud...help...
"Damn it!" said Cloud, as he witnessed a Xentrador begin to drag Tifa away. He couldn't get to her though; more of them had gotten in the way. He swung desperately and tried to wrestle his way through them in order to get to her but it was futile. More and more Xentrador blocked his path making it impossible for him to get to her.
"Tifa!" he yelled.
Nothing... she couldn't hear him and now Cloud could no longer see her. She was gone.
"Tifa!!!"