Chapter four
Left aside to Die
Final Fantasy VII fan fiction
Major changes, I am sorry for replacing some of the chapters with major updates, but they are necessary for what I want to do as I changed the other chapters slightly.
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Sephiroth walked across the top floor corridor, looking out of one of the top windows and down to the room below he had just looked out of. hearing a noise above him he looked up, nothing was there. Grabbing hold of the top of the window he pulled himself out, looking out onto a neon light, he grabbed the ledge and climbed the outside of the building until he was stood on the top of the domed like chrome roof. The metal was rusted and old, the acidic rain that fell upon Midgar had begun to corrode the roof. He looked around it, walking over to the aerials that stuck up from a outcrop in the roof. he looked down to his feet as his eye caught something, blood led its way to the back of the outcrop. Sephiroth walked around it cautiously. Looking upon the metal plates he saw her sat there, the weapon in her hand.
"Dree'm..." Sephiroth said, he got no reply, she stabbed the knife into her leg, and pulling it out watched the wound disappear from the skin, leaving another pale mark on her white skin, the neon lights reflected from her, the ghostly figure sat on top the HQ. Sephiroth walked towards her and sat down beside her, not too close though, as to alarm her. She looked at him, her eyes were cold and empty. "Are you ok?"
"You saw him...I hated him..." she drew her name in her leg with the fresh blood. "He said you would never know...He lied...As usual." Dree'm looked back at the envelope opener. Sephiroth pulled off his coat and placed it gently over her shoulders, he shivered slightly in the cold the wind cutting at their faces like ice. but she didn't move. He put his hand slowly on hers, taking the knife from her, she didn't resist it. he placed the knife next to them and she pulled the coat around her. Staring out upon the neon metropolis.
She stared silently at the lights, Metallic footsteps clanged again across the roof, turning around Sephiroth's green eyes looked upon another youth. The boy was wearing a grey gown, what all the subjects were dressed in, his number inscribed onto the cloth. 667. The boy did not move as Sephiroth looked at him. The boys white hair was patchy like Dree'm's and he tried his hardest to hide it by combing it back into a ponytail.
Dree'm turned her head to look at him, and as she did he walked and sat the other side of her. He leant close and whispered into her ear.
"Why is he here?" Dree'm looked at him,
"He is my friend." She said back to him and looked at Sephiroth who smiled at him, he could feel the boys mistrust,
"You are Joan aren't you?" Sephiroth said, forcing a smile to the suspicious boy.
"I prefer Silva…" He replied bitterly, the 12 year old looked up from his shallow eyes, a twitch in his right eye made it close uncontrollably.
"Silva…" he said, staring into the lights ahead of them again.
"How did you know?" Silva spat at Sephiroth.
"Know what?" Sephiroth replied.
"That I am called Silva?" Sephiroth laughed slightly. But looking into the boys eyes he saw how serious he was.
"I just guessed. You look like a Silva." Sephiroth replied tactfully. But all Silva did was scowl back.
"No you didn't. I just told you my name!" Sephiroth looked back at the boy. The seriousness never faded. Dree'm's eyes stared still at the Metropolis never moving. "You are the same as them." Sephiroth sighed as Dree'm replied to Silva quietly.
"No he is not. He is helping us, and you know he is."
"But why? Why is he helping us? What does he gain from it?" Dree'm looked back at the metropolis. "Anyway, are you ok?" Silva looked at the blood on the tin roof.
"Yes…" She replied. "did they put the black stuff in your mouth?" Silva shook his head.
"They couldn't catch me. I spent all morning and dinner running around the labs, I could run forever if they just let me." A small smile creeped upon his face, but it soon faded. "One day we will run across Midgar and run home. And they will never catch us, because we can run forever." His small hand outstretched to the horizon, bony and nails pulled off from scratching at the metal walls that held them.
"You like to run?" Sephiroth asked.
"It's the best thing. My number, number 7, is the number of red stallion, the winning chocobo, that wins all the long races…" He said it with pride and accomplishment. "I like going to the lab on Tuesdays, because they always have the racing on the little TV, and if I'm good they let me watch it…" His eye twitched rapidly. He looked back at Sephiroth who was staring at it, then shyly looked away. "it's the mako…" He said trying to hide his embarrassment and his sadness.
Lights suddenly lit up the dark roof, Sephiroth looked up as a helicopter shone its beam upon them.
"Don't move!" the shout came from the Turks, a Red haired man got out from the helicopter, followed by a young man in a white coat, only 18. Sephiroth stood up, walking over to the man in white. He nodded in respect, although reluctantly, and then asked him what was going on.
"As much as I am in awe of you Sephiroth, I do not fear you. do not think your authority will stop me from removing these children from your help." Sephiroth scowled
"And what is that suppose to mean?"
"Number 666, is to be moved to the Mako reactor in Wutai. She will be terminated within a year. And 667, it is undecided where he shall go before termination."
"Terminated?!" He said it quietly so they could not hear. "They are PEOPLE. you cannot terminate them. can you not re-home instead, all they need is care and attention. Not TUBES and fear?"
"And I suppose that home would be yours?"
"If necessary, yes."
"Well then you will be glad to hear you too are going on a journey. My father has your mission in his office." Rufus walked passed Sephiroth and towards Dree'm. She looked at him as she sat under the glare of the spot light. Sephiroth turned to face her. Dree'm looked up at her brother, his shadow cast like a sheet over her small body.
"Stand up 666..." He said sternly. Dree'm did not stand. "STAND!" He yelled at her, reaching for her arm. with a swift movement the knife was lodged into Rufus's wrist, blood gushed from his wrist, He screamed and the Turks rushed to him, stopping the bleeding and not daring to remove the knife. Rufus hissed at the Turks as he got into the second Helicopter that hovered over the roof. Dree'm and Silva still sat in their places. "Get her down, with force if necessary." Sephiroth turned to Dree'm walking towards her when one Turk stood in front of him. The mans bald head reflecting the lights.
"Turk duty, Not for a SOLDIER, no matter what his rank.." Sephiroth resisted the urge to smite them all down and turned to the helicopter with Rufus in.
"Get in Sephiroth, my father will want to see you..." Rufus ordered as the Turks moved towards Dree'm and Silva cautiously. Sephiroth glanced at Dree'm whose eyes pleaded for help, then at Silva's smug eyes that hated him for the hope he brought his friends. but he got into the helicopter.
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Vincent had left Midgar over half a day ago and now he travelled to Rocket town, he had to warn his comrades, it was urgent. He flew on his wings swiftly and calm through the clouds, his chaos form tamed to a degree. He arrived in Rocket town later that day. The small town was now a bustling city full of mechanics, a large factory sat on its outskirts, machines and airships of all kinds were parked in the hangar. The Rocket town PowerStation shadowed the buildings in a purple shadow in the amber sunset. Vincent walked into the Hangar, he looked into it. A oldish man stood in the centre yelling at a bunch of kids. They ran around pulling goggles down in a hurry to finish an Airship for Shin-Ra, the new Shin-Ra logo was painted upon all the craft, and on the hangar itself. Vincent walked over to the man and waited until he stopped yelling. Turning the man jumped back, startled.
"What the fuck are you doing here?" He said abruptly, pulling the bent and broken cigarette from his mouth.
"Good evening to you too..." Vincent replied Calmly.
"Still got the mysterious 'n' broody charm ey, then?" the man said back laughing. "It's been too damn long my scary friend." the man laughed again, erupting into a cough, he looked away and at the Boys in overall's that ran around. Suddenly yelling at one of them "Dopey twat you turn it left, LEFT!" the boy stared back startled. "NO, YOUR OTHER FUCKING LEFT!" He turned back to Vincent who looked at the flustered lad,
"You still have the charm too...Cid." Vincent broke a small laugh. Cid looked at him.
"So, I hope you bring good news...How's Cloud do you know, its been a few months since I went up."
"Cloud is fine..." Vincent looked at the Large airships, "...You work for Shin-Ra now then?"
"Yes, they pay me well, I'm not happy with it but it keeps the food on the table. With her gone its so much harder..." Vincent looked at Cid with sadness, only a year back Cid's wife had died, he missed her immensely, but his work kept him going.
"I need to talk to you, it is pretty urgent, and you may not like what you hear," Cid laughed.
"Why do you always carry bad fucking news my man? why not news of a wedding, or a birth? its always death and doom." Vincent sighed.
"would you rather me tell you, or it creep upon you like death?" Cid stared at him.
"My office, it's quiet there." As Cid and Vincent headed towards Cid's office a Boy ran up to Cid.
"Dad!" He shouted, out of breath from running. "Airship two, its crashed in test flight!" Cid looked startled at the young boy no older then 16, his face was black with smoke and oil, apart from the clean tanned face beneath where his goggles laid.
"Was anyone injured?"
"No, everyone is ok, it was as we came to land, the air thrust was too much the supporter wings snapped and the hull caught fire, it flipped and dragged into the fields. we all got off before it hit the floor." Cid ran out to the back of the hangar to look upon a exploding ship, people ran around it with hoses and each time it blew up they ducked as more metal flew into the evening sky. "I'm sorry," the boy said as he stood beside Cid. Cid put an arm around the boys shoulder.
"As long as you are OK." Cid said patting the boys shoulder, "At least it flew, you know what to do now?"
"Yes sirree, same as you." Cid nodded, the boy took a cigarette from his pocket and put it in his mouth. Cid snatched it from the boys lips as he muttered a swear word.
"You was saving that joke, eh?" the boy laughed, his imitation of Cid almost perfect. "Off to work now, son." The boy ran off, laughing to himself. Cid walked back to Vincent.
"Dad?" Vincent said. Cid looked at him.
"We adopted him last year, his parents died in the war." Cid said turning Proudly to Vincent. "Got a genius talent with machines, most of these are his." he pointed to the airships. "His weapons are a great success though, fucking like BOOM and shit, they kill most monsters with a single hit. Shin-Ra want them made for general use, but he can only work over at Midgar, so he nips down every month to oversee the production." Cid smiled as they walked into his office. Vincent seemed almost upset by the fact he had to bring such bad news. "So your doom story? Another "Sephiroth" wanna-be" He lifted his fingers into the air and made emphasis upon the word " ...some punk going around killing like a psychopath claiming to be Sephiroth's ultimate clone again. like that Drake kid last year, we gotta go smack this punk arse bitch...? Stupid Gary-Stu…"
"It IS him. This is no wanna-be." Cid's cigarette fell from his mouth. "A girl, called Dree'm she is the daughter of the late president Shin-Ra, Rufus's sister." Cid sat down.
"So another summoning job?" He said looking at the rock that constantly hung over the planet.
"No, her quest is far from that, it is personal as far as I can gather. She is hunting us." Vincent said pulling the blinds on the office down.
"Us?" Cid asked a bit unnerved. "As in..."
"Us who killed Sephiroth..." Cid went silent,
"Why?"
"I have yet to truly understand, but it seems as a child she grew a very fond relationship with him. Revenge, I presume."
"Revenge? I'm presuming by your tone she is not just any ordinary child."
"No, another of Hojo's twisted creations. she is immune to mako and most types of magic, she was supposed to be killed over 8 years ago, but she was too powerful. there was 7 children in the experiment, she was the only girl to survive, and the only one to evolve."
"Another clone..."
"No, she is not a clone, her power could easily surpass that of Sephiroth's. but she does not want to use it to destroy the planet. Just us. As far as I can gather anyway. She seems a bit, confused."
"So all this is, is a revenge trip?" Vincent nodded,
"As far as I can tell, I cannot find her, I cannot see her until she makes herself known, I do not know if she works alone or not. she just appeared from the mist like a shadow, the public know nothing about her, and neither does Shin-Ra." Vincent looked at his old friend sadly. "It will not be long before she comes after you. she has already killed Reeve." Cid looked in anger at Vincent's words. "She is a threat, I wish for you to hide."
"HIDE?" Cid yelled, "No fucking way, I'm no coward."
"She is not like him! we have no idea how she works. you must, for your boys sake..." Cid looked at the photo of his family on his desk. "What about Cloud and Tifa?"
"I am off to warn them next." Vincent said swiftly.
"I will not hide, I have weapons." Vincent sighed in sadness, "Go warn the others, I have protection here." Vincent sighed and headed for the door.
Cid stood at the door way as Vincent left, he turned to his left and looked down at his son.
"You was listening wasn't you?" The boy nodded.
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Dree'm walked into the Reactor, It was rusted and each time she stepped upon the gauge that led across the pipes that weaved their way down into the ground part of it fell through. She stood at the door. Long ago it had fallen from its hinges. It led onto a metal corridor, the carpet that was chewed up by plants and disease led in three directions, one led strait ahead and onto a corridor with glass either side. She walked along it and stared at the reactors below. The glass was murky and as she banged it with her hand it fell out and landed heavily on the floor far below. She looked at the far end and saw him wave. Feeling the glass upon her nose and the woman beside her. Turning on her heels she looked down at herself. Staring intently at the small girl. Dree'm turned her head and looked at the woman.
"I know you? You have escaped! Guards!" As the scream of the lady kicked up the corridor was full of guards. Dree'm turned and ran, pushing her way past the Scientist and past the guards, Soon she was pulled to the floor. Cold leather gloves across her skin heavily. She scratched at her waist for the sword. More guards came and more of them grabbed her. Dree'm shut her eyes and let out a Scream that shook the rotten metal corridor. She opened her eyes as the noise around her went, as the sirens silence. And looked upon a rusted ceiling. Breathing heavily. She grabbed the floor suddenly as the corridor shook unexpectedly she stood up and grabbed the rail as the corridor began to split and fall. she hugged to the rail tightly as it fell. Landing upon the reactors below it split them open. The blue stagnant mako spilt across the floor and the impact sent Dree'm flying into the opposite reactor. Her eyes closed slowly as the Blue liquid soaked into her feet and clothes.