Another short chapter for this short story...next one should be longer!
Then they ran. Cloud threw himself out of the trench, and the others had no choice but to follow. It was insanity; He was letting himself fall into a trap that wasn't even concealed from plain sight, and his friends were forced to follow. But he had no choice and he admitted that to himself the moment he stepped foot into this place. All the while, he knew that Sephiroth saw him, and that only made him run faster.
When he was finally in reach of her, Cloud put his hand on Aeris's shoulder and gently tugged, containing his anxiety. She stopped chanting. The walls stopped chanting. She turned her head and smiled. There were bags under her eyes, and her hair was a mess. It seems that she was doing this since she left two days ago.
"Uhh, Aeris," said Barret, "We should probably go because Seph-"
Tifa punched him in the stomach.
Aeris closed her eyes, "I know he is here. He was supposed to be here, and this was how it was supposed to happen. Except you shouldn't have come here."
We have no time for this bullshit. She's talking nonsense. None of us should be here.
Cloud grabbed Aeris and threw her over his shoulder. "Sorry, Aeris, but this isn't how it's going to happen. We will drag him down from his cloud, but not at your expense."
She tried to fight, but Aeris could barely lift her arms to protest.
Tifa and Barret followed Cloud as he began making his way back the way they came.
As they were running, Cloud heard Barret's gun-arm click, but he was unexpectedly thrown away by whatever he was about to fire at. Seconds later, Tifa went flying as well. They both hit the far walls of the stadium causing them to crack, and then they fell to the floor, motionless. Cloud was in shock.
He turned around to see if who he thought was there was really there, and his suspicions were confirmed. A small distance from him, Sephiroth was sinking down to the ground from above, with a sinister smile across his face. He got them...
R&R!