Sorry for the long wait, I had to sort out some issues of many different things. The fourth chapter of The Five Saints. It promises action, adventure and humor. Again with the randomness.
Disclaimer: Do not own SHMs or big V. I do not own Robert De'niro's line from… was it the Godfather or GoodFellas… I can't remember. Blah blah blah, you get the idea.
Chapter 4- BadFellas
2:36 AM.
That's what it read on the digital clock on Adrian's stereo. The girls should have met up with each other and contacted her by now but she's starting to get a bad feeling in her chest. Or rather, all over her.
"Ugh… what's wrong with me?"
She was leaning back in her seat, holding her stomach and chest. She felt like she was either going to have a heart attack or throw up. Adrian doesn't know where this feeling came from all of a sudden but she knows something bad must have happened. This brought up her curiosity about her so-called, "Hidden Power" or "Hexing", or whatever the others in high school called it.
'Is that why I'm feeling this way? Did something happen to the girls?'
She kept on thinking this over and over again. Until she finally decided to give it a shot. She closed her eyes, trying to ignore the uneasy feeling in her body and concentrate on finding the source of it all. It wasn't long into her trance when she finally picked up something. It was faint but powerful. All she saw in her mind was but a flickering image. She concentrated harder and the image became clear.
'…Is that... what the hell?'
Adrian saw nothing but green swirls of light in a dark void of nothingness.
'Is this the… LifeStream? Ho-holy crap…'
Suddenly, everything got all bright and began to ripple. Soon after, the light disappeared and the ripplinghad cease. She now saw what looked to be the inside of an abandoned building. Her vision suddenly went to the floor, shakily.
'What's happening?'
It was here that she clenched her eyes when a sting of pain went through her head.
If Sephiroth got a dime for every single thing that annoyed him… he would be one rich, stark raving mad, insanely hot silver haired dude. It wasn't enough that he encountered an annoying, blue haired freak at the body shop but had to HELP someone who was about to get drilled through his head AND THEN endure an overly boring, but important conversation with Vincent Valentine.
There was definitely something wrong with that.
Now, he was drifting in the swirling green realm, a place he was once a part of. But somehow, the LifeStream doesn't interfere with their travels between Earth and their world. It was as if the Planet gave them special guidance… then again, it was the Planet that had brought Sephiroth back in the first place for many reasons. Acquiring the Saints was one of them. That remains top priority.
'Still… I don't know why the Planet chose me… it could have brought back Aeris…'
He cringed at that thought. I mean, sure he had a chance to get to know her more during his time in the LifeStream, even though she was the one who persisted to talk with him and tried to read him, but… all that pink… he sees green now but the dreaded pink still burns his eyes.
"Is that all she ever wears?" he thought aloud.
He decided to stop dwelling on wardrobe color coordination, remembering that all he and his brothers' wear is black. (XD) He shouldn't even be thinking about something so… screwed up at the moment. It's almost game time and he better get sharp to obtain the Five Saints… by their free will or physical persuasion.
'Finally…'
Everything around him seems to ripple and it looked as if he were underwater and was about to break through the surface. He made it through to the other side and was now in the abandoned building. He looked around for bit before walking forward but he collapsed to the ground holding his head.
'What's happening?'
It felt like someone was taking a chainsaw to his head, or rather… like when Jenova was invading his mind, twisting and turning him inside out, to fulfill her every command. Maybe the first one was a bit too much, since chainsaws are extremely violent in some cases. (XP)
'Someone… is seeing… through me…'
He concentrated hard to block out the disturbance. 5 seconds on Earth and already he's waging a battle of mental dominance. But Sephiroth could tell that this unknown assailant is very inexperienced in the art of telekinesis and other powers that involve the use of the mind, the invasion was getting weaker.
'Running away are we?'
He tapped into the assailants own mind when it no longer invaded his and now he is trying to see through their eyes. Its dark at first but it blurs into what looks to be the inside of a vehicle it then changes as the alleged mind invader got out of the vehicle and ran through what looks like a park. The place seems familiar to him somehow but before he could remember, he immediately broke his mental connection with them when a trash can came into view.
'…was that one of the Saints? No… one of them can't be a telepath… only one way to find out…'
It seemed like the bus ride was taking forever for Alis, staring out the window was her only means of entertainment. Nothing but trees and bushes and it would only be about another twenty minutes until she got to the View.
":yawn: man… 2 somethin' in the morning for this crap…" she mumbled to herself, sleep evident in her voice.
She was about to fall asleep when she spotted something up the street.
"Suly?"
Indeed, it was Suly. She was walking up the street, limping. Alis quickly stood up and tugged on the cord. Once she got off the bus, she ran at Suly and caught her in a hug, nearly scaring her.
"Suly, are you ok? What happened?"
"I… I fell down a hill when… those guys were chasing us and I… sprained my ankle on a root… on the way down."
Her voice was raspy; it was obvious she was out of breath. Her hair was all frazzled and had leaves and little twigs tangled in it. Her clothes were dirty and she had a slight cut on her arm. She was shaky so Alis hugged her again to calm her down.
"It's okay Suly… where's your sister?"
Suly wiped at her eyes and said, "I don't know… I lost her when I fell… Oh my god, Alis… You don't think they got her, do you?"
Alis thought about it. Flori could handle herself pretty well against any ordinary person, but… its Yazoo and Loz from Final Fantasy.
'Not human.'
How could she forget? But she had to reassure Suly that her sister is okay and will make it. That's when the bushes next to them rustled. They both looked at each other with wide eyes and slowly look at the woods next to them. The bushes rustled more and the two girls clung to each other tightly like a young koala too its mother.
"Suly… this would be a perfect time to tell you… that I ate your lunch back in 6th grade…"
Suly took her eyes away from the woods and stared at Alis in shock. She gasped and pushed her away then glared at her as her voice quieted down to low, icy growl.
"You f---ing liar…"
"It's true. I'm really sorry."
Alis waved her hands in front of her defensively as Suly clenched and unclenched her fingers, breathing heavily.
"That was my peanut butter jelly sandwich… and here I thought all along that Lorenzo ate it… it WAS MY FAVORITE!"
The bushes rustled again and the girls were back in their clingy position. A twig snapped and the two closed their eyes, awaiting their impending doom when Flori jumped out of the bushes and began singing.
"It's peanut butter jelly time! Peanut butter jelly time! Peanut butter jelly time! Oh where you at! Where you at! Where you at! Where you at! Now there you go! There you go! There you go! There you go!"
"FLORI!"
She continued to sing.
"Peanut butter jelly! Peanut butter jelly! Peanut butter jelly! Peanut butter jelly!"
"Flori hey!"
And sing and dance.
"Peanut butter jelly! Peanut butter jelly! Peanut butter jelly with a baseball bat! Peanut butter jelly! Peanut butter jelly! Peanut butter jelly with a baseball bat!"
Now she was hopping around on one foot, Suly had kicked her in the shin but regretted it since she kicked with her bad ankle. So the two sisters were hopping around on one foot, grumbling obscenities and what not.
"I'm glad to know that you're handling the situation pretty well Flori, considering we're being chased by a couple of metro sexual, silver haired men." Alis said sarcastically.
"Comic relief is your job anyway, Alis. Suly, you ok?"
Suly nodded as she sat down on the ground, massaging her ankle.
"Well… we're all together now… did any of you see Rosia?"
The two sisters shook their heads, to this, Alis began to worry.
"Neither have I… I think we should call Adrian and let her know that we're okay."
Flori and Suly nodded.
Loz and Yazoo walked on in the woods until they come across a fork and it is down the other path that they see Kadaj walking up to them, carrying a girl in his arms.
"I don't believe it," Yazoo let out a defeated sigh; "…there went my 100 gil."
"Mine too."
The brothers reunited. Kadaj holds out his hand, while balancing Rosia in his arms, with a childish grin on his face.
"Pay up you two. You know the deal."
The two olders grumbled as they dug into their pockets and fished out their Gil. They handed it to Kadaj who gently set Rosia down on the ground and proceeded to count the money, while whistling the victory fanfare to himself. Loz just glared but Yazoo noticed something in the girl's hand.
"Hey, what's that?"
Kadaj stopped his counting and looked down at Rosia. She still had her two-way radio in her hand. He bent down and took it out of her hand.
"Ah… I think before she went out the window and fell off the roof, she tried contacting somebody, most likely the other Saints."
"What?"
Kadaj quickly slapped a hand over his mouth as Yazoo stared at him in disbelief. He slowly lowered his hand and whispered a "Nothing" which Yazoo replied with a "You little demon."
"Why don't you try using it? Maybe we can find the other Saints easier that way." Loz suggested.
Kadaj shrugged, "Eh, it's worth a shot. Here Yazoo."
He handed Yazoo a half-eaten Hershey bar and held the radio up and pushed the page button.
BEEP BEEP BEEP! BEEP BEEP BEEP! BEEP BEEP BEEP!
No sooner had Alis pulled her two-way radio out of her pocket did it start beeping. Flori and Suly gave her questioning looks but Alis waved them off.
"It's probably Rosia. She might have gotten lost or something."
The sisters nod with relieved sighs. Alis held down the red button.
"Rosia. This is Alis. Are you there? You ok?"
There was silence.
"Rosie! Yo! Are you okay? Please respond!"
But the voice the girls heard then was not Rosia's. It was teasing yet in a malicious way and Alis recognized it instantly.
#...Breaker breaker… Is this the rest of the Saints?#
Alis let the radio slip out of her hands as her mouth was wide open in shock. Suly crawled forward and caught the radio. Flori shook her head in disbelief.
"No way… they got her! Oh my god!"
Kadaj grinned as he heard a bunch of gasps and whimpers and yelling. Loz and Yazoo shook their heads.
"All right… have you ladies regained your composure yet so that you can pay attention to what I have to say?"
There was a bit of a scuffling on the other end which ended with,
#TALK TO HIM SULY!#
#Okay, okay… geez, you don't have to yell.#
The three brothers sat on some logs and rocks and waited for a reply.
#...Yeah… we'll listen.#
He smiled, "Good. Now as you may know, we have your friend. And I must inform you that we have no intention of letting her go."
#So… what do you have in mind?#
"Well Suly, when we meet in person, then we'll tell you what our intentions are. For now, I think it is wise for you to tell us where you are."
There was silence on the other end.
Suly looked at Alis and Flori who shook their heads.
"Um… you see… uhh…"
Alis mouthed the name 'Kadaj' when Suly looked at her questioningly and nodded.
"Kadaj… how do we know that Rosia is really okay?"
#... She's fine.#
#oh yeah sure, she's just peachy after falling off a roof huh, little brother.#
Flori snickered at the sarcastic remark from the other end and it was then that they realized the other two were with him after hearing Yazoo threaten that he'll eat Kadaj's remaining sweets if he continued to whomp on Loz.
"What the hell?" Alis voiced everyone's thoughts.
Order was restored as Kadaj cleared his throat and spoke.
#Anyways, you girls better know this… if you don't cooperate then we won't hesitate to resort to drastic measures.#
#What a way to sound professional Kadaj.#
#Not you too Yazoo. Why do you two always mess with me?#
#Because it's fun.#
#Nobody asked you crybaby!#
#You wanna dance shorty!#
#Loz, don't start. And Kadaj, you DID ask us a question.#
#...I hate you guys.#
Again, Alis voiced everyone's thoughts.
"What. The. Hell."
#MOVING ON! If you don't tell us your location, then we won't guarantee your friend's safety.#
Flori had just about enough. It was fine at first but now he was threatening them, and the possibility of Rosia getting hurt was high so she snatched the radio out of Suly's hand, took a deep breathe and…
"Hey, I got news for you, you little two bit prick son of a b---- rat b$trd."
Loz and Yazoo gathered around Kadaj as they all stared at the radio in shock of what they just heard.
#You mother-f-----, I'll f---ing cut your f---ing balls off. I'll shove'em up your f---ing $$.
Theirs eyes are as wide as dinner plates with their mouths hung open.
"I'll f---ing bury you!" Flori yelled into the radio, "I'll put f---ing ice picks in your eyes. I'll chop your f---ing eyeballs! I'll send them to your f---ing families so they can eat'em for dessert!"
"Flori, that's enough!" Suly cried as she was prying the radio out of her sister's hands.
Alis was pulling Flori back as she continued to yell in the radio.
"You understand me! You mother… F-----!"
Suly finally got the radio out of Flori's hands as Alis proceeded to hold her back.
"Phew… I'm really sorry for that… are you still there?"
O.0
All I can say is… Cid Highwind would be proud.
Kadaj held the radio in his hand; it took every ounce of his will power not to crush it. He had never been so insulted before. Maybe by Loz and Yazoo but never in this way. He turned around and was about to throw the radio at a tree when he stopped.
"Kadaj?"
He focused his vision to where he was looking at as cat-like slits saw through the shrubbery and focused on three figures about 100 yards away from them. He smiled mischievously, turned to his brothers and nodded in the direction of where he saw them. The two nodded and disappeared as Kadaj held up the radio again.
"Yes I'm still here… So… You won't tell us where you are then?"
#No way. We can't trust you.#
"But we still have your friend… you need to take that into consideration."
Again, there is silence.
"…You know what… don't worry about it. You'll be with her very soon."
After hearing that, Suly had the sudden urge to look into the woods next to them. Instant fear over came her and the rest as Alis voiced everyone's thoughts one last time.
"Oh crap."
Loz and Yazoo leapt out of the trees; Yazoo landed on the ground then pounced on Suly just before she could run off. Flori and Alis took off running but Loz used his trademark speed while he was still airborne and snatched Flori up around the waist.
"Flori! Suly!"
"Alis! GO!" Flori struggled in Loz's hold.
Alis didn't want to leave them behind but when she saw Loz get a firm hold on Flori and was readying to go after her, she ran off across the street into the woods. (Man, the woods are never a safe place. XP)
"Damn!"
Yazoo walked up to Loz with Suly in his arms; she was too scared to struggle so she just stayed quiet. Flori on the other hand, she was practically in hysterics.
"Let me go ya big ape! Just wait til I get free, oh I am so going to hand your ass to you when I'm done with Madonna over there!"
Yazoo raised an eyebrow in annoyance, "Excuse me?"
Suly gave Flori a look that told her to 'back off' which she did but she was still struggling. Suly looked up at the man carrying her and gave a shy smile. She was still terrified but seeing at how gently he was handling her, it relieved some of the tension.
"All righty then," Loz announced, "We should get back to Kadaj. I'm sure Vincent can handle her."
Yazoo nodded as Loz slung Flori over his shoulder.
"Hey! What the hell do you think you're doing! Put me down! I can walk on my own!"
Loz smirked, "Nah, you're funny when you let out hot air."
Flori huffed and crossed her arms over her chest. She couldn't come up with a decent comeback and the two knew that the other had a scoreboard set up already.
Loz: 1
Flori: 0
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Well that's the fourth chapter. Three down, two left. Next chapter will focus on Sephiroth and Vincent as they round up the last two Saints and head to their world. There, they will explain it all. Expect more randomness, fluff, drama, action and humor in the upcoming chapters.
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