Blood



Pain

Death

Screams

Horror

Life

Death

Help me…

"Help me!" Tifa screamed, setting up right. Droplets of sweat streamed down her forehead. As she looked over at her clock 8:00 am. A cold chill ran down her spine as she looked around the room. It was daytime, but nothing was light. A chilled cackle seemed to echo behind her, footsteps ran down the hall.

Tifa looked up as a tall shadow loomed over her, blood ran down a deadly sword, strong hands held the handle. Dark mako eyes loomed down at her, the sword swung downward about to strike.

"Tifa!" Rufus yelled from outside her window. "Tifa! Tifa run!" Hearing the voice the dark figure withdrew his blade and looked out the window. Looking back at Tifa one last time, he disappeared into the shadows.

"Tifa!" Rufus yelled again as he opened her front door. Running up the stares he ran into her room. Tifa sat in her bed, tears running down her face. Her light blue nightdress was streaked with blood that fell from the sword.

"Rufus." She choked. Walking over to her, he paused, then wrapped one arms around her shoulder, allowing her to cry into his chest.

"Shhh, it's gone." He whispered quietly.

"What was that?" She asked, trying to calm down her breathing. Rufus wiped a tear off her cheek and shook his head.

"I don't know, but it's gone now." Relaxing a bit Tifa pulled away from Rufus and stood up. Looking around her room she winced, seeing everything covered in blood.

"Man, this is going to take me forever to clean…" she groaned. Rufus stood and walked over by her side.

"I'll help you." He said quietly. She looked at him, and then smiled.

"You will?"

"Sure, I don't have anything else to do." Tifa smiled and nodded. Leaving the room she got water and soap, then returned a few moments later.

"Here, you do the floor, I'll do things besides the floor." Rufus laughed quietly and took a rag from her hand.

"What's so funny?" she asked.

"You just sounded like scarlet, all she ever did was try to push her work off on me and Reeve. The tone of voice you had, was the same as when she tries to bribe us." Tifa laughed quietly and started washing off her table.

"Hey Rufus? How did you know I was in trouble?" She asked. He paused, and then replied.

"A dream, it was strange." he said as he whipped the red liquid off the floor. Tifa stood when a frantic knock came at the door. Walking down the stares she opened the door and looked down at Marlene. Her hair was a mess and her dress splattered with blood.

"Tifa! Please help!"

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Yes, it is really short, I don't feel well… please review… or I'll hit you with the clarinet case of doom!!!!!