Final Fantasy VII SQUARE-ENIX.
"Ouch! Watch it you sky nut!
Tifa nudged Cid's licentious way in the small place they had been thrown into.
"I was just trying to get comfortable."
The van kept a steady pace, no need to drag unnecessary attention, only a couple of blocks before they'd reach the helicopter.
Vincent was as comfortable but what really bothered him where the two of them arguing on and on.
"Please retain yourselves from making such a commotion."
Cid and Tifa turned silent but kept picking one another and Vincent was ignored for the rest of the trip.
XX
EARLY MORNING
"As I said before, if you ever make it out of Midgar I expect a proper reward!"
Was it Cid's impression or Rowena was rather annoyed unlike the afternoon before?
"Of course, you'll get you're money!"
"Tifa…err…"
Cid felt Rowena's anger arise along Tifa's tone.
"As settled, you will."
"I was just making sure, you know, it's enough of a luck to you that I'm putting my life at stake for your great escape."
She looked at her watch.
"Well then, at 3 am you'll be downstairs. Some gentlemen will bring special cases for you to enter."
"What kind of cases?" asked Tifa.
"You'll see!" she giggled.
XX
"Test Subject Specimens…I mean…is that women mentally sane?"
"Com'on Tif, ya gotta admit the bitch made us a hell of a favour."
Tifa grunted again and Vincent had to endure her constant complaints once more.
The van stopped! They waited a little while and some men grabbed the cases containing "dead bodies", once inside the building they had to wait an incredible amount of time before someone opened up.
A little guy with glasses opened Cid's case first. He would've been taller hadn't it been he walked curved.
"Please, follow me and don't talk!" he almost pleaded.
The small group made it through the elevator and at the last floor shown on the cabin's panel they got off. Another couple of stairs and they reached the top of the building where a huge helicopter awaited them. It was pitch black and the men coming down to meet them where perfectly camouflaged with the aircraft.
"Some chopper! This is no cargo aircraft, the hell they use it for then?"
Cid's thoughts were interrupted. He was invited to aboard quickly followed by Vincent and Tifa.
There were only two men: the pilot and a man seating near him who waved without saying a word, their identities where left unknown.
Without giving much of a goodbye sign the little man had quickly made his way back inside and the chopper took off. Before Cid could light a cigarette he had a gun pointed to his front. The man took his helmet off.
"Rude!" Tifa exclaimed jumping off but lost her balance, Rude gave her some handcuffs.
"Put em to your buddies…NO…behind" he ordered.
Boy was Cid ever mad at Vincent for not sleeping with that bitch, and Tifa as well, but she wouldn't admit it.
Tifa did as told; he sure kept his distance if ever she tried to make a move. Rude took the precaution of removing Vincent's gun and Cid's sphere, there was no need to frisk Tifa, the live weapon had simply to be nicely tied up, as he did.
After a while Reno came to meet the bunch with a big grin on his face, setting some sort of auto-pilot. He and Rude grabbed a couple of parachutes for him and his partner.
"Any last requests before we leave you here?"
Tifa was about to have an hysterical crisis, unlike Cid and Vincent who were seriously considering a way out of this mess.
"Why you stinky bastards have such a heart?"
"Try me" mocked Reno bending near him.
"How about you light me a cigarette?"
Reno chuckled "You heard the man Rude, he's gonna explode yet he has the gust to smoke rather than beg me to free him".
Rude took out his lighter and lit Cid's cigarette. Vincent's face was locked to Cid's actions.
Cid spitted the cigarette on Reno face….the asshole had been smart enough to keep near. Vincent knocked a surprised Rude out of the aircraft with one side.
Cid stomped on Reno hard while he saw Vincent freeing himself with ease thanks to his claws.
Reno took out a gun but was quickly unarmed by Vincent. Reno freed himself throwing himself into the void with a laugh.
"Booom…" he last yelled.
Vincent freed Cid and he ran to the cockpit without hesitation. Tifa was freed and she joined Cid.
"Cid!" she yelled.
"Tifa!" Vincent made sign to silence highlighting a dark box with numbers decreasing; an obvious time bomb for the chopper had been initiated.
Cid aimed for a woody area, the speed to which he was decreasing altitude made their stomachs reach their brain, Tifa's head twirled and she almost fainted.
Cid stopped in time on top of the trees and let gravity do the rest asking them to hold on for the fall and jump in less than 10 seconds.
Rude and Reno finally landed and took the time to grab a pair of goggles as they heard the unmistakable sound of an explosion.
After they had ascertain this they went back to give a happy report for a change.
XX
Tifa's head hurt like hell and she could feel her body in pain, as she regained full consciousness she felt the strong embrace of the gunman.
She released herself as quickly as she could, her face red in embarrassment just to discover Vincent had lost consciousness.
"Vincent!" she shook him "Please wake up…please…hey!" she started crying "Vincent!"
She saw him breathe deeply as he mumbled something.
Relieved she looked for her other companion.
"CID!" she yelled with all her voice.
"Don't scream dammit!" he was behind her trying to get up.
"You're…all right, aren't you?" she quickly dried her face.
"Yeah, no sweat!" he joked fondling his pockets.
"Shit!"
The familiar statement came from the least expected person.
"What is it Vin?"
"My gun!
Damn!"
"Well feel lucky, I lost my cigarettes. What about you
Tif?"
She looked puzzled "Why nothing, I wasn't carrying anything."
"Lucky me I have the cell phone" he took it out switching it on "Little battery…and no…COVERAGE! Oh this is just great."
He turned it off, it was useless to consume the battery in such a place.
They were in an undefined place, obviously the same continent, but….where exactly?
End of the chapter, please review.