Captured
Cloud stepped though the doorway and found himself in a small room. He looked around quickly thinking that he hadn't gone anywhere but the room was different. The runes were not kept in good shape and the walls were crumbling. There were old decayed pieces of wood all over the room and the roof was missing some rather large blocks of stone. The most disturbing difference between the room he had been in and the one he was in now was the fact that the room he was now in held more than twenty men all with weapons trained on him.
"Dear stupid Cloud how good to see you," said Soren as he walked forward with a blade held in his hands.
"Soren, how did you know I would be here," Cloud growled as he let the two extra blades fall to the ground along with the backpack. He thought quickly and his eyes narrowed. "The old man's granddaughter. She is in on it as is the old man."
"No, no dear Cloud. As much as I would like to let you think that it was they who had betrayed you it is much more fun to tell you the truth," Soren said as he sheathed the blade and paced back and forth with his hands behind his back. "You see the truth is that even though Aeris talked to you I too could listen to her."
Cloud inhaled sharply at what Soren was getting at. "That's right foolish man. Aeris told me. I forced her to tell me," Soren said as he started to laugh maniacally.
Cloud started to draw his sword but Soren's laughter died quickly at the movement. " I don't think that would be smart," he said his voice cold.
"Why not. I think I could kill you quickly, before they could react," Cloud said with a grin on his face.
"Perhaps you could but then your friends would die and so would Yuffie's children. You see my men have orders that they kill your friends if they do not get word from me by morning," Soren said his voice back to being conversational.
"Tell me what you want then. If you want to kill me here is your chance," Cloud said as he held his arms out wide.
"No, no, well I mean not yet. I will kill you in due time but first I just want you to be my prisoner. So be a good boy and drop that last weapon of yours and your bracer since it contains your materia," Soren said happily.
Cloud dropped the blade and his bracer hoping that he would get the chance to gut the Soren later. He had to hope that he would. Either way he had to go along with Soren so that his friends lived.
"Very good you are a quick learner aren't you. Now men take him into custody," Soren said as he yawned and walked from the room.
Two men came forward and placed chains around his arms and legs. "Move," said one of the soldiers as he hit Cloud in the back of the head with the butt of his gun. Cloud stumbled forward and out of the house. He glanced over his shoulder and saw a man gather up all Cloud's things.
"Well at least you aren't leaving them," Cloud said.
"Of course not. We need you to have your weapon if we are to have our duel," Soren said from up front.
"Oh we will have a duel alright. If it is fair I will tear your heart out," Cloud growled as another man hit him in the back of the leg, and a different man punched Cloud in the face a few times. Cloud felt the blood start to trickle down from his temple and from the side of his mouth. He knew at that moment that Soren planned to have a bit of fun with him before their duel. Cloud guessed it was a way to punish not only Cloud for killing Soren's father Sephiroth, but to punish Cloud's friends by making them watch him being tortured.
"Now, now Cloud is that any way for a hero to act," Soren said innocently as he led them off into the distance.
Tifa was sitting with her back to the wall in their cell, if that was indeed what you could call it. The place was huge more than sixty feet sqaure. There were beds enough for them all. In that room there was Barret, Cid, Red, Yuffie, her husband Vincent, Marlene, Cassandra, Tifa and lastly Crystal who had tried to help them but had been captured in the process.
"Damn! What the hell we supposed to do now," Barret yelled as he hit the wall with his fist.
"Settle down Barret," Tifa said trying to be the calm one.
Vincent was holding Yuffie close over on his bed. He was stroking her hair and whispering to her. "Tifa I know that we should have faith in Cloud but I for one feel we should also face facts. He can't defeat them all. There are just to many," Vincent said as his hand closed unconsciously. It just didn't feel right without his gun.
"Vincent I have faith in Cloud. He would keep his word unless there was something that kept him from it," Yuffie said as she lifted her head to look at him.
"I just don't know. He is so different than I remember. All those years changed him," Vincent.
"Hell with that! We need to get out of here and get yer kids," Barret yelled again hitting the wall again.
"Father stop it that isn't helping," Marlene said admonishingly. "I am scared I really am. I don't know what they are going to do to us."
"They won't do anything to us Marlene. They need us to bring Cloud," Tifa said sadly knowing that it was true. Soren hated Cloud more than anything in the world. At least he didn't want to destroy the world like his father she thought.
"I
just want my children," Yuffie said sadly as she hugged Vincent.
"They are so close and yet so far away yet."
"I
know honey I know," Vincent said holding her tight.
"I am going to die here I think unless Cloud comes for us. I don't think that he will. He left us once he will do it again," Cid said as a wracking cough shook his frame.
"You don't know that Cid," Cassandra yelled at him even though he was a hero.
"Everyone calm down. Cloud will come I am sure of it," Crystal said from her cot. "It is in his blood. Even though you have all hurt him he will come."
"We'll see," Cid said as he patted Red like he would a dog.
"Come with us you two," a guard said as he opened the door to the cell.
Sky slowly stood up and urged her brother up. She was in better shape and had taken their captivity a bit better than he had. He was tired and weak from being sick. They missed both missed their mother and they both wanted to go home.
Joren wanted to see Marlene again and be with her. He had hoped that there could be a future for them but now he wasn't so sure. He thought that he might die here without anyone even trying to help them. That was a though that he just couldn't stand.
"Come on Joren we need to go with them," Sky said as she helped her brother up. He was doing better now that he was over his sickness but they hadn't helped him get over it.
"Alright sis let's go," he said as he started forward on legs that were a bit weak.
They were led out of their room. They weren't sure where they were going now. They weren't headed in the direction of the commons area where they ate, or to the training yard. They were going in a different direction where they had been told other cells were located.
As they passed the torture room they saw the men strapping a man to a metal bed. As they watched the men placed electrodes all over his body and another laid out knives and other instruments. The man's face was covered in blood and his hair was matted with it. They didn't get a real good look at him either as they were shoved along.
"Don't be nosy," one of the men said.
"Ok, sorry," Sky said as they passed another room and saw the men place three swords in the room along with a backpack stuffed full of things.
"I wonder what's going on," she whispered to her brother.
"Who knows. Maybe they caught an intruder," he whispered back.
"Indeed I have," came a voice they knew very well.
"I'm sorry I didn't mean to be nosy," Sky said not wanting to anger Soren. He was frightening when he was mad.
"That is fine. It was a little hard not to be when my men were so sloppy," he said conversationally. "Would you like to know who I have now?"
"Um . . Sure," Joren said a little hesitantly.
"I have the great Cloud Stife. The hero, the slayer of my father," he said happy as could be.
"But . . . but he looked dead," Sky said.
"Oh no not yet. He and I have to duel. No I am just punishing him for killing my father right now," Soren said.
"But how can you do that. He saved the world and you!" Sky yelled at Soren then cringed for fear of what he might do to her.
Soren turned to her and said simply. "He killed my father. What would you do had he done that to your father. To the world he is a hero, but to me he is nothing more than a murderer."
Soren took a deep breath then and calmed himself. "I did say though that if he showed up alone and gave himself up you could go home. I have decided that I won't let you go home yet but I will let you see your parents and be with them. Take them to their parents," Soren said as he snapped his fingers at his men who herded the two of them down the hall. Soren walked into the room where Cloud was and shut the door behind him.
They heard men approaching the door and Tifa was ready to spring forward and possibly fight her way out if there were but one or two of them. She wouldn't sit there and wait for them to either kill all of them or let them rot in their cell. No she would get out and if possible warn Cloud. She owed it to him at least.
The door opened and just as Tifa was ready to spring forward she was stopped in her tracks as she saw Joren and Sky shoved into the room. "Compliments of Soren. Be happy that Cloud did as he was told," one of the men said as he closed the door then.
"Mom, Dad," the both cried out in unison and rushed forward.
"My babies," Yuffie cried out as well and rushed forward to meet them with Vincent right behind her. Yuffie caught her children up in a big hug and kissed both of them on the forehead and cheeks. Vincent gave each a big hug as well and said, "I wasn't sure I would have the joy of seeing the two of you again. I am glad that I was wrong."
"Damn straight! Now all we need is that spiky headed punk, and Cait Sith and we're all here then," Barret said.
"Father don't be rude," Marlene chided.
"Sorry," he said.
Yuffie and the others didn't seem to notice his outburst though which he felt was good. He was glad that the kids were alright. He was glad also that they had finally be reunited with their parents. Children shouldn't be seperated from their parents like that. It was just wrong.
"It's so good to see the two of you safe and sound," Tifa said as she came forward and hugged them.
Everyone was talking and getting reacquainted except for Marlene who was hanging back a little. Joren noticed that and ran over to her. "Marlene I'm so glad to see you again. I wasn't sure that I was going to. I mean being a prisoner and all," Joren said as he gazed down at his feet a bit nervous to see her again.
She looked at him and tears welled in her eyes. They had never told anyone but they had been dating for a short time before he had been taken. She had kept her sadness in check but now that he was standing in front of her she just couldn't hold the tears back anymore. They started to fall and she threw her arms around him and kissed him in front of everyone not caring what they saw or thought. "I'm so happy now," she cried into his shoulder.
They were all stunned at that outburst but no more so than Barret himself. "Wha . . ." was all that he could utter.
"You
two," Yuffie asked and then smiled happily. "I'm so happy.
My boy has found himself a good girl."
"Indeed he made
a very good choice didn't he," Vincent said as he put his
shoulder around his daughter.
Marlene and Joren smiled at everyone until they saw the look on Tifa's face. Her smile had slowly disappeared and then faded completely from her face. "What's wrong Tifa," Cassandra asked who was also happy. She had gotten caught up in the mood.
"It's just that I remember what we were told don't you? Yuffie will get to see her children again when Cloud shows up alone and gives himself up. What's that mean then that we get to see Sky and Joren now," Tifa said her voice soft and distant.
"Oh god you don't think he did do you?" Yuffie asked as her hand flew to her face.
Sky looked at her mother and her face fell. "Mother we were told that Cloud had been captured and that was why we were coming here to be with you. We saw someone being chained down on out way here."
"Damn!" Barret yelled.
"We may all be in more danger than we had previously thought my friends. With Cloud now captured there is no need of us. They may try to kill us all now," Red said from where he sat next to Cid.
Three days had passed since Cloud had given himself up and he knew that it as time for him to fight back. He lifted his head from his blood slicked chest and looked at the smiling face of his torturer. It was hard to see thanks to the blood flowing into his eyes but Cloud was used to that. The man had a smug look on his face as if to say I get to torture the world's greatest hero.
"You enjoying yourself," Cloud spat out as he tested the chains. They were good chains and strong. Cloud though felt that the wall wasn't so strong. The building that he was in was very old and the mortar would be weak.
"Yes I am Cloud Strife. I am enjoying myself immensely. Never had I thought that I would be allowed to hurt you as you hurt me," the man said and laughed. He is crazy thought Cloud.
"What did I do to hurt you?" Cloud asked.
"Of course you wouldn't remember killing my father. He was just another member of Soldier at the time. You had killed him in Midgar city when Avalanche was fighting Shinra," the man answered.
"Sorry kid but war is war, and life is life. I wasn't going to just curl up in a ball and let someone kill me. That isn't me," Cloud stated as he flexed his muscles to get them loose.
"You're not sorry Cloud. I'm just going to get you to say it though in pain. Few things mean as much to me," the man said as he started forward.
"Didn't you just hear me? I said I won't lie down and die for anyone, especially someone who is crazy like Soren," Cloud said as he jerked his arms forward and they hit the end of the chain and he felt the manacles cut into his flesh. Nothing happened though and Cloud knew then that he was in trouble. The man smiled again and doused Cloud with a bucket of water.
"Now you will know pain," the man said as he brought jumper cables forward and touched them together. Cloud saw the sparks and chuckled.
"I have felt worse kid," Cloud said as the man stuck the ends onto Cloud's chest.
Cloud felt his skin start to sizzle from the high voltage and then he could smell the burned flesh. His muscles started to contract and he arched his back in pain.
"That's right Cloud the pain is just starting," the man said as he sliced Cloud's chest in a few places. The blood started to flow then and Cloud tried all the harder to keep from screaming in pain.
The man then went over and pulled out a snake. "This snake's poison is very bad Cloud. It won't kill you but it will start to rot your flesh," the man chuckled as he brought it closer.
"I don't think so," Cloud growled through gritted teeth but the snake bit into his arm.
The others were still in their room unable to do anything. They had tried to escape once and that had caused a repercussion. They had broken Barret's leg so that it would dissuade any other such ideas.
"I'm sorry Barret," Tifa said as she sat with her head on his shoulder.
"It's alright," he said and patted her head. "We will be fine. I'm sure of it."
"I wonder what they are waiting for. If they wanted us dead they would have killed us by now," Crystal said.
"I think that they want us for something," Cassandra said.
"That may be but they knew that we were going to try and escape," Yuffie said.
"Yes they did and they were ready for it. If only I could transform we could get out of here," Vincent said as he wrung his hands helpless.
"It's alright father," Joren said. "It's not your fault that we were captured. It's that we had never really had to fight."
"No son I should have been there to protect you," Vincent said.
"Honey stop that. We both know that neither of us could have stopped Soren. He is too good. We would have just been killed," Yuffie said.
"Mother we need to help Cloud don't we?" Sky asked.
"No we don't. We need to let him rot," Cid said as he puffed on his pipe.
Just as Sky opened her mouth to protest Cid they all heard a scream rip through the building. It held such pain and anguish that they all flinched. Tifa hugged herself, and Vincent closed his eyes. "Oh god is that Cloud?" Sky asked scared of the answer.
"I believe that it was, I truly do," Crystal said as tears came to her eyes and those of the other women there. Even Barret felt a lump is his throat at the thought of what that scream meant. What was worse was that they screaming continued for a very long time.
Two weeks had passed and Soren walked into the room where Cloud was still hanging. They had made sure that he was fed well and given plenty of liquids. Their duel was approaching and Soren wanted to make sure that Cloud was plenty strong when they healed him of his wounds.
Soren looked at Cloud then and shook his head in amazement. Cloud's chest was covered in cuts but none that were too deep. The skin on his chest was charred and burned and Cloud looked like he was mostly dead. Soren didn't care about that though as long as Cloud was alive.
"This is your last day of torture Cloud though it seems you are unconscious. Five days hence we have our duel. On the day of my father's death," Soren said as he walked from the room.
Cloud opened his eyes and a smile split his bloodied face. "I am thinking that our duel may be sooner than you think," Cloud whispered.
The man came back in and had a gleam in his eye. "Today is our last day together. I am thinking I shall submerge you in water and let the piranhas have at you. It would be a good way to end our time together," the man said happily.
Cloud had to admit that the man was good. He had made Cloud scream in pain which no one else had ever been able to do. His torture methods were unique and used things that inflicted the most bodily pain while doing the least amount of damage. He had lit Cloud on fire and then put him out. While the wounds covering his body were still fresh he had dumped alcohol on them. That had been too much with the electricity coursing through him. He had screamed that day long and loud.
Cloud rolled his eyes to gaze up at his chains and smiled to himself. He had been working on them now for two weeks and had weakened the metal immensely. In fact he was sure that he would be able to break it if he wanted. He was going to give the man a chance to help him though and by doing so redeem himself.
The man started forward and Cloud said, "Help me get free and I will let you live."
The man laughed then and looked Cloud right in the eyes. "I would never help you, you piece of shit! You ruined my life and now I get to ruin yours," the man growled and then spit in Cloud's face.
Cloud inhaled slowly and shook his head. "Then I am sorry. I may have ruined your life but you are keeping me from my promise. Our time as you said is up now. Though I ruined your life I am going to do something much worse now. I am going to end it!" Cloud said vehemently.
In that instant his arms flashed forward and as they hit their tether they snapped. Cloud's arms continued forward and he clamped his hands around the torturer's throat. "As I said you die now," Cloud said and crushed the man's throat and quickly broke his neck to make sure he was dead.
Cloud then searched the place and found the keys to his shackles which he used to unlock the chains from around his wrist. He dropped the chains onto the man at his feet then and stepped over the body to the table where some of the very same knives that had been used to torture him lay.
He picked up a few of them and placed some in his pants. He held two and then went to the door. He needed to find his things, and he knew that once he did he would be able to get his friends things as well.
He left the room and saw two guards coming towards his own room. He quickly ducked back inside and shut the door. Cloud placed his ear to the door and waited for the sounds of their footfalls to get closer. They did come closer and he heard their voices getting louder and louder. They neared his door and he gripped the knives harder waiting. He watched then as they passed his room by.
He let the men continue down past his room for perhaps ten steps when he stepped out behind them and his arms shot forward. The knives flew true taking the men in the back of the neck. Both dropped dead with no more sound than their bodies hitting the floor. "I"ll have to remember to thank Yuffie for teaching me how to properly throw a knife," Cloud said as he moved to them and picked up one of the guns. It had been awhile since he had used one but he figured it would all come back shortly.
He moved then from room to room looking for his belongings. The first door he came to he opened and found a man sleeping on a cot. Cloud moved forward silent and broke the man's neck killing him without any sound as well. He didn't want them all knowing he was free, at least not yet.
He moved from room to room killing as he went, until finally he came to the room he was searching for. He opened the door and saw his and everyone else's equipment. There were five men in the room though and one of them was playing with Cloud's sword acting like a fool. "Look at me I'm the great Cloud," he said mockingly and laughed with his friends.
They were all stupid and hadn't even noticed Cloud in the room. "No you are not Cloud. That would be me," Cloud said coldly. The men turned around quickly none of them believing their eyes. Cloud was standing there. He should have been in the torture room but he wasn't, he was here with them.
They all reached for their guns since none of them had thought to hold onto theirs. They had all leaned them against something. As they moved though Cloud reacted and none of them ever got the chance to even grip their guns. They all died and Cloud dropped the gun. "Fools," Cloud whispered as he stepped over one of their bodies.
He grabbed his bracer and put it on. He then reached down and picked up his sword. He looked at it almost lovingly as he ran his hand down it's length to re-familiarize himself with the blade. "You and I my friend, will never be apart for too long shall we."
He then put on his magnet and sheathed the blade on his back. He then grabbed a backpack and threw everyone's equipment in the bag. The materia he threw in the bag as well and after he had everything stuffed in the bag he threw it over his shoulder. Lastly he reached over and picked up the blade he had retrieved from the mountain. As his hand closed over the hilt he felt coldness creep into his hand. "Yes I know you and I have a destiny to fulfill," Cloud said as the coldness left his hand then.
"Now it is time I freed my friends and kept my promise to Yuffie," Cloud said as he stepped out of the room into a hallway filled with men. None of them had a gun, in fact they all had clubs. He knew then that they had been given orders to take him alive. There were enough of them though that they might just accomplish it.
"Stop where you are Cloud and we won't have to hurt you," one of the men yelled who looked like the leader.
Cloud dropped the bag to the floor and was watching his own feet while the man spoke. When the man finished Cloud slowly lifted his gaze to look at all of them. "You are all going to die," Cloud hissed and charged forward with his blade drawn.
He waded into the men swinging his new blade effortlessly. With every swing men died and in moments Cloud was covered in blood. The men swung their clubs but most blows didn't even come close. They were too scared of the man in front of them to actually concentrate on what they were doing. He cut them down one by one though with no mercy.
One man landed a solid blow to Cloud's head but it didn't even faze Cloud. The club had split the skin and blood flowed down the center of Cloud's face but he swung his blade slicing the man in two. In no time at all they were all dead and the hall was littered with their bodies and their limbs.
Cloud was breathing heavy when he picked up the bag and found one of the men still alive. It was a man who had cowered hoping Cloud would forget about him. Cloud grabbed the man's chin and turned his head to gaze at Cloud. "Where are my friends and the boy and girl."
"T. . . T. . . Th. . . they are down the hall at the end. There will be a d. . . door. Go through it and go to the end of the hall. They are in that room," The man stammered as tears ran down his face.
"If you want to live leave this building now. Anyone in this building once my friends are free will be my enemy and hence will be dead," Cloud said his voice dead and cold.
The man stood up and ran away from Cloud as fast as his feet would carry him. Cloud then walked down the hall and felt the blood start to flow. In the battle he had torn all of the cuts open and his chest was in tatters. It looked as if a dog had used it for a chew toy.
He then heard steps approaching from behind him and he turned to see the hall fill with men again. This time he guessed there were maybe twenty men. They all had swords though and he knew that these men didn't care if he died. Cloud dropped the bag and looked at them. "Tell me," Cloud said.
"Tell you what," one of the men yelled back at Cloud.
"Tell me what it feels like to know that you are dead."
The man wasn't sure how to react to that. He was being paid well to fight for Soren but he wondered if Cloud was serious. He had a wife and daughter, and they were the reason he was here now. He wanted them to have a great life. He didn't want them to live in squalor. He loved them with all his heart but he had a job to do and if he didn't do it then he would be killed by Soren. He had seen Soren kill men for less than not doing their job so he swallowed hard and gazed at Cloud for a moment.
The man rushed forward forgetting Cloud's remark and tried to bring his sword down in a slash. He couldn't find the strength to though and then he fell to his knees and skidded on the slick floor. He looked down to see a knife protruding from his chest, and his last thought was that he would never get to see his daughter again. He would never get to hold her and tell her that he loved her ever again. Darkness closed in around him and tears streamed down his face as he mouthed "I love you Lisa." That was when he died the breath leaving his lungs for the last time.
The other men charged then and Cloud rushed forward with blinding speed. Cloud swung his blade killing men and then he parried slash after slash but he couldn't block them all. He felt the blades bite into his flesh many times but he ignored the cuts and stabs. His goal was set in his mind and nothing was going to keep him from it. He was going to kill all these men and get to his friends. He growled and shoved all the men back from him, and charged into their midst again.
Tifa heard the footsteps approaching and she signaled to the others. They had all decided that they couldn't just sit here anymore. They needed to get out and help Cloud. He needed their help and they couldn't fail him, not now.
The door opened and Tifa kicked forward from where she was hidden next to the door. Her foot connected with someone's hand she knew because she felt the fingers close over her ankle. She heard the sharp intakes of breath from her friends and then she heard a voice that she hadn't thought to hear. "You know that is not the greeting I was expecting," Cloud said as he dropped her foot and stepped into the room quickly shutting the door behind him.
"Cloud!" everyone exclaimed but none moved forward to embrace him. He knew why though.
Yuffie turned her gaze away from Cloud as he stepped into the room. She had never seen anyone so horribly mutaliated and still alive. His chest was covered in cuts as was his legs and arms. He was nothing more than a giant wound and he was covered in blood from head to toe. He looked like a demon she thought and she wasn't the only one either she could tell. There wasn't really any of them that could actually look at him. They couldn't bear to see their friend like that.
"Cloud my god," Tifa said as her hand covered her mouth. She heard sobbing from somewhere and wasn't sure who would be crying though she herself felt like crying at the sight of Cloud.
"Damn kid," Barret said because it was all he could say. He choked back the tears that had started to gather. He had always known Cloud was tough but to see Cloud now made him wonder. Just what could keep a man going when he was wounded so badly.
Cloud looked them all over and saw two people that he didn't recognize. One was a young man and the other a beautiful young girl. He guessed them to be Yuffie's children and if they were he was glad. He wouldn't have to hunt them down now. Everyone was together and therefore could escape together.
"We don't have time for a gathering. You all need to get out of here," Cloud said his voice hard and commanding, the voice that they were all used to. He tossed a bag down on the floor. "Take your weapons and prepare yourselves for battle."
"Cloud are. . . are you alright," Red stammered.
"I am fine Red and it is good to see you alive and well," Cloud stated.
"Are you sure you are alright," Vincent said as he pulled his guns from the bag and placed the clips in his belt. The others had been getting their weapons as well and they all looked at Cloud with doubt in their eyes.
"I will be fine once Soren is dead and my promise is fulfilled. It isn't completed yet," Cloud said and nearly fell forward. He would have if he hadn't caught himself with his blade.
Tifa rushed forward to his side and cast Cure spells on him. Slowly his wounds started to close. The worst ones first then the others. Cloud stood there then his breathing even and the blood slowly dripping onto the floor at his feet.
"Cloud," Tifa started hesitantly.
He turned his gaze to her and the look in his eyes made her bite back what she was going to say. It was as if he was no longer the Cloud she remembered and in truth she wasn't so sure that he was. She wondered if it was her fault for turning him into the killer she saw before her.
"Cloud we can all leave together. My children are right here. They are your promise Cloud. You said you would save them and so you have. Now we can all leave together as we should have came in here," Yuffie said with a smile on her face. A smile Cloud didn't return, a smile that he couldn't return.
"No you all need to leave, and leave me here. I have to kill Soren or he will continue to come after all of you until I fight him. He wants me dead Yuffie and nothing will stop him," Cloud said and strode from the room into the hallway that was littered with bodies. He never looked back as he took off at a jog searching for Soren. The others watched him go and they wondered if they should help. They wondered if they didn't help if they would ever see him again. They wondered about many things as they looked down the hallway and saw the bodies of too many men. All those bodies had once been living breathing people and Cloud had killed. He had killed them all and now he was hunting for at least one more.
