Tifa raised her head as the door to the cell slowly opened. A figure walked in then closed the door behind him. Just the slighest glance in his directing sent shivers down her spine. He was tall and pale, almost white as snow. His short red hair was spiked, three claw like scars crossing his face. Tattoed on his wrist was the number 08.
"Up." he said, kicking Tifa. She kept her head down as she rose up, stumbling over to him.
"What do you want?" She said, her throte parched from lack of nutrition. Roughly he grabbed her hands and tied them them together.
"I don't want anything, I was just ordered to come get you." She scoulded and follwed him as he pulled he along. The hallway was dark as night, for a moment Tifa wounded how he could even see where he was going.
"Of corse" she thought to her self "he's not even human anymore." She stumbled as her foot caught between the stones that made up the floor. But her fall did not give her a break, for the clone just contuned to pull her along as she stumbled up to her feet. He oushed open an iron rusty door and pushed her in, then closed it behind her. The room was much warmer and lighter. The walls and floor were made of close fitted stones. To cancle out the draft was a large fireplace, an active fire rippleing in it's soul. An old rug lay spralled across the floor, while candle lamps perched on the walls. Across from her was a set of antieke funeture. He captive setting in one of them.
"Holy shit," Reno cursed for the hundredth time that hour. Even after all the explations, Rufus's existance still had him rather shooken. The two had been close friends when they were younger, and the young president's death hit him hard. He raked a hand through his messy hair and took a gulp of the beer he had ordered.
"So, your going after that Lockheart girl?" Rufus could feel his cheek turn warm. He turned his back from the others.
"Not just for her, but because if their kidnapper was able to take them, it's putting the whole world in danger." Rufus stopped to think. That was why he was going after them, right?
"And now, you want to use my phone to contact Reeve, right?" Elena bounced over to Reno's side.
"Oh corse! you think we came all this way just to visite you?" Reno laughed and pointed over his shoulder.
"Phone's over there, you're paying for the call." Rufus nodded and picked up the recever.
"Thank you, Reno."
Tifa held her breth as the figure stood up. All she could tell, was that is was a he. He was robbed in a long black cloke, down to his feet. A dark hood was pulled up over his head, shadowing his face. Two bright mako eyes stared out at her.
"Excellent." The voice was cold and raspy, but strangly fimular. He stoodd up and walked over to Tifa, lifting her chin with two pale fingers. his eyes sent shives down her spine, but she refued to wince. She refused to give him an satifacation.
"You're a monster." she growled, frozen to his touch. He laughed and walked away from her.
"But you have yet to get to know me, Tifa." he rasped.
"You kidnapped me and my friends," she refued to let her voice raise, "and god knows what you did to Rufus." her voice shook on her last words. "Ah yes.. Rufus." the figure clenched his fist then relaxed, "He's been... taken care of." Tifa didn't move or speak. She couldn't belive him. She wouldn't let herself. Rufus wasn't dead, he was her only hope.
"What do you want from me?" she wispered finally. "I'm about to make you a deal. You see, there are a lot of you in that cell to feed. So, since my plain doesn't involve all of you, I'll just kill off the usless ones.. starting with the little girl."
"Don't you dare!" She lost it, her voise rose into a scream. The man laughed.
"Unless you fill your side of the deal." Tifa could feel herself sicken. What was her side of the deal? He looked up at her, his mako eyes gealming.
"Sing for me, Tifa." Tifa froze.
"What?"
"Sing something. I like your voice."
Rufus tapped his fingers on the conter top as he waited for Reeve to answetr the phone. Finally after a dozen rings, a brunett girl picked up. She was dressed all in white, glasses perced on her head.
"Shrea?" Rufus spoke in disblefe. Shrea nodded.
"Presedent Rufus, it looks like you had the same idea I did." "Shrea, where is Revee?" Shera's expression faltered.
"He's in a coma, Rufus. No one knows what casued it. When Cid vanished, I flew here. When I found him, he was passed out at his coumputer." she trailed off "he hasn't woken yet, infactk, he hasn't improved at all." Rufus clenched his fist.
"But this was out only chance." he wispered. "Don't say that, Rufus!" She snapped, "we still have a chance, we'll still find them." Rufus punched the wall, skinning his fist. "Then tell me, Shrea, what else can we do!?"
"Don't give uo, Rufus. I'm going to stay here to treat Reeve. If he wakes up, I'll contact you." with that she hung up. With that, Rufus throw the receve out the window.
Tifa took a few steps backwards. The man looked at her, playing with a dagger in his hand. Clentching her eyes shut, Tifa took a breath.
I hold my breath as this life starts to take its toll
I hide behind a smile as this perfect plan unfolds
But oh, god, i feel i've been lied to
lost all faith in the things i have achieved
and I
I've woken now to find myself
In the shadows of all i have created
I'm longing to be lost in you
away from this place i have made
won't you take me away from me
Crawling through this world as disease flows through my veins
I look into myself, but my own heart has been changed
I can't go on like this
I loathe all I've become
Rufus took off running from the house. He couldn't take much more of it. He was used to being in a position of power. Having everything going his way. Everything falling into place in a perfict plain. Now, everything he had plained was falling apart, crumbling around him. He was suposed to find Reeve, and end this. How did he even know Tifa was still alive? He could be chacing nothing. But then again, it wasn't Tifa he was after, right? He couldn't feel emotions...right? Fustrated, he reached into his pocket and pulled out the cold Shiva metira. Throwing it he yelled the summon's name. Shiva rose from the ground, looking at her new master. Without any comanded she landed by him, looking into his eyes. Almost like a human would. "You were sent by them, were you not? Can't you tell me anything?" Talking to a summon. He laughed lighty. He was surly going crazy. But Shiva took his hand, her fingers made rufus go numb at the touch. She wispered one word. "Shinra."
Tifa clenched her hand around her micraphone.
I've woken now to find myself
in the shadows of all i have created
i'm longing to be lost in you
away from this place i have made
won't you take me away from me
lost in a dying world i reach for something more
i have grown so weary of this lie i live
i've woken now to find myself
in the shadows of all i have created
i'm longing to be lost in you
away from this place i have made
won't you take me away from me
By the end of her song, she felt fant. She had through of that song whileshe was in her cell, and now it seemed like the only thing she could sing. Slowly, the man clapped and rose to his feet. "Beautiful, Tifa. Now for the rest of my deal. Sing for me every day, and until my plain works, I won't need to kill anyone." Tifa clenched her eyes shut and nodded. Her ears started to ring and she felt dizzy. When she finally passed out, she wanted to die.
"Shira?" Rufus repeated to the others, "She said Shinra." Reno raised an eyebrow. "Rufus? That's your last name, I mean, couldn't she just be talking to you?" Rufus shook his head. "No, Reno, I just know it ment something more then that.. I just know."
Ha! Sorry it took me so long to update. This is one of my loger chapters I think. The song Tifa sings is 'Away form you' by Evanescence. Sorry for the spelling errors, You see, I'm somewhat dislexic, and that prevents me from spelling great. Ontop of that I don't have a spell check, so I have to do it myself. It'skind of like trying to get water out of a stone.
Now review or I will hit you with my clarnet case of DOOM!
-Leea Silver XOXOX
"Up." he said, kicking Tifa. She kept her head down as she rose up, stumbling over to him.
"What do you want?" She said, her throte parched from lack of nutrition. Roughly he grabbed her hands and tied them them together.
"I don't want anything, I was just ordered to come get you." She scoulded and follwed him as he pulled he along. The hallway was dark as night, for a moment Tifa wounded how he could even see where he was going.
"Of corse" she thought to her self "he's not even human anymore." She stumbled as her foot caught between the stones that made up the floor. But her fall did not give her a break, for the clone just contuned to pull her along as she stumbled up to her feet. He oushed open an iron rusty door and pushed her in, then closed it behind her. The room was much warmer and lighter. The walls and floor were made of close fitted stones. To cancle out the draft was a large fireplace, an active fire rippleing in it's soul. An old rug lay spralled across the floor, while candle lamps perched on the walls. Across from her was a set of antieke funeture. He captive setting in one of them.
"Holy shit," Reno cursed for the hundredth time that hour. Even after all the explations, Rufus's existance still had him rather shooken. The two had been close friends when they were younger, and the young president's death hit him hard. He raked a hand through his messy hair and took a gulp of the beer he had ordered.
"So, your going after that Lockheart girl?" Rufus could feel his cheek turn warm. He turned his back from the others.
"Not just for her, but because if their kidnapper was able to take them, it's putting the whole world in danger." Rufus stopped to think. That was why he was going after them, right?
"And now, you want to use my phone to contact Reeve, right?" Elena bounced over to Reno's side.
"Oh corse! you think we came all this way just to visite you?" Reno laughed and pointed over his shoulder.
"Phone's over there, you're paying for the call." Rufus nodded and picked up the recever.
"Thank you, Reno."
Tifa held her breth as the figure stood up. All she could tell, was that is was a he. He was robbed in a long black cloke, down to his feet. A dark hood was pulled up over his head, shadowing his face. Two bright mako eyes stared out at her.
"Excellent." The voice was cold and raspy, but strangly fimular. He stoodd up and walked over to Tifa, lifting her chin with two pale fingers. his eyes sent shives down her spine, but she refued to wince. She refused to give him an satifacation.
"You're a monster." she growled, frozen to his touch. He laughed and walked away from her.
"But you have yet to get to know me, Tifa." he rasped.
"You kidnapped me and my friends," she refued to let her voice raise, "and god knows what you did to Rufus." her voice shook on her last words. "Ah yes.. Rufus." the figure clenched his fist then relaxed, "He's been... taken care of." Tifa didn't move or speak. She couldn't belive him. She wouldn't let herself. Rufus wasn't dead, he was her only hope.
"What do you want from me?" she wispered finally. "I'm about to make you a deal. You see, there are a lot of you in that cell to feed. So, since my plain doesn't involve all of you, I'll just kill off the usless ones.. starting with the little girl."
"Don't you dare!" She lost it, her voise rose into a scream. The man laughed.
"Unless you fill your side of the deal." Tifa could feel herself sicken. What was her side of the deal? He looked up at her, his mako eyes gealming.
"Sing for me, Tifa." Tifa froze.
"What?"
"Sing something. I like your voice."
Rufus tapped his fingers on the conter top as he waited for Reeve to answetr the phone. Finally after a dozen rings, a brunett girl picked up. She was dressed all in white, glasses perced on her head.
"Shrea?" Rufus spoke in disblefe. Shrea nodded.
"Presedent Rufus, it looks like you had the same idea I did." "Shrea, where is Revee?" Shera's expression faltered.
"He's in a coma, Rufus. No one knows what casued it. When Cid vanished, I flew here. When I found him, he was passed out at his coumputer." she trailed off "he hasn't woken yet, infactk, he hasn't improved at all." Rufus clenched his fist.
"But this was out only chance." he wispered. "Don't say that, Rufus!" She snapped, "we still have a chance, we'll still find them." Rufus punched the wall, skinning his fist. "Then tell me, Shrea, what else can we do!?"
"Don't give uo, Rufus. I'm going to stay here to treat Reeve. If he wakes up, I'll contact you." with that she hung up. With that, Rufus throw the receve out the window.
Tifa took a few steps backwards. The man looked at her, playing with a dagger in his hand. Clentching her eyes shut, Tifa took a breath.
I hold my breath as this life starts to take its toll
I hide behind a smile as this perfect plan unfolds
But oh, god, i feel i've been lied to
lost all faith in the things i have achieved
and I
I've woken now to find myself
In the shadows of all i have created
I'm longing to be lost in you
away from this place i have made
won't you take me away from me
Crawling through this world as disease flows through my veins
I look into myself, but my own heart has been changed
I can't go on like this
I loathe all I've become
Rufus took off running from the house. He couldn't take much more of it. He was used to being in a position of power. Having everything going his way. Everything falling into place in a perfict plain. Now, everything he had plained was falling apart, crumbling around him. He was suposed to find Reeve, and end this. How did he even know Tifa was still alive? He could be chacing nothing. But then again, it wasn't Tifa he was after, right? He couldn't feel emotions...right? Fustrated, he reached into his pocket and pulled out the cold Shiva metira. Throwing it he yelled the summon's name. Shiva rose from the ground, looking at her new master. Without any comanded she landed by him, looking into his eyes. Almost like a human would. "You were sent by them, were you not? Can't you tell me anything?" Talking to a summon. He laughed lighty. He was surly going crazy. But Shiva took his hand, her fingers made rufus go numb at the touch. She wispered one word. "Shinra."
Tifa clenched her hand around her micraphone.
I've woken now to find myself
in the shadows of all i have created
i'm longing to be lost in you
away from this place i have made
won't you take me away from me
lost in a dying world i reach for something more
i have grown so weary of this lie i live
i've woken now to find myself
in the shadows of all i have created
i'm longing to be lost in you
away from this place i have made
won't you take me away from me
By the end of her song, she felt fant. She had through of that song whileshe was in her cell, and now it seemed like the only thing she could sing. Slowly, the man clapped and rose to his feet. "Beautiful, Tifa. Now for the rest of my deal. Sing for me every day, and until my plain works, I won't need to kill anyone." Tifa clenched her eyes shut and nodded. Her ears started to ring and she felt dizzy. When she finally passed out, she wanted to die.
"Shira?" Rufus repeated to the others, "She said Shinra." Reno raised an eyebrow. "Rufus? That's your last name, I mean, couldn't she just be talking to you?" Rufus shook his head. "No, Reno, I just know it ment something more then that.. I just know."
Ha! Sorry it took me so long to update. This is one of my loger chapters I think. The song Tifa sings is 'Away form you' by Evanescence. Sorry for the spelling errors, You see, I'm somewhat dislexic, and that prevents me from spelling great. Ontop of that I don't have a spell check, so I have to do it myself. It'skind of like trying to get water out of a stone.
Now review or I will hit you with my clarnet case of DOOM!
-Leea Silver XOXOX