Stained Souls
Chapter 6: Suspicions Arise
Tifa had just put the kids asleep when the front door opened. She looked at the clock that hung over the children's head, reading it as 7:00. The hour was late but her rising excitement of Cloud being home pushed the matter aside.
"It's coming down hard." Tifa said as she came around the corner to meet Cloud at the Foyer. Cloud replied with a simple 'yah' as he wiped his boats on the mat.
"Where's Vincent?" he asked. Tifa was a bit hurt by Cloud's metallic like voice.
"He's sitting in the dinner." She answered softly before leaving him. Cloud, oblivious to Tifa's slight depression, carried on to walk into the dinner part of the house.
He walked into a grand room with a long counter to his left, separating him from the roomful of tables. One of them carrying Vincent.
"Daily Delivery." He said pitifully as he waved the neatly folded paper. Vincent quickly walked over to the counter and read the letter without noticing Cloud's curious expression. Unexpectedly he raised his head slowly to Cloud.
"Done reading it already?" Cloud joked but Vincent didn't respond back as lightly.
"This is only half of the information." Cloud didn't need to hear more from Vincent. He looked at the paper, then at the counter; hoping the answer would be hidden within the surface. But only his faint reflection of panic stared back at him. "Where's the other half?" Vincent's old accent carried a deadly hiss, causing Cloud to think up the answer quickly. Then it came.
The fax. It didn't print out one copy but two. He remembered pondering how long that buzzing noise was going on for today but Cloud didn't dwell long on the matter because Reno was tearing his shirt off by then. He could see the other half float silently to the floor. Unnoticed by the sex crazed spies.
"I'll get it!" Cloud answered. "Don't worry; I'm going to get it."
"You better." Vincent answered, still frozen in his last position. Cloud backed out of the room then dashed through the halls to the main door, slightly spooking the passing Tifa. She let Cloud's rudeness go, since he didn't do this very often.
"What's wrong?" She noticed Cloud's race out of the house had something to do with Vincent's stony gaze.
"Something's up with Cloud." He replied.
"Wow, like I didn't notice that." She said sarcastically.
Sorry if that chapter was boring. I promise to do better but I'm under deadline. Next Chapter Cloud will get the sheet of paper, but someone has already beat him to it. REVIEW IF YOU'D PLEASE!!!!!!