Disc. FFVII is not mine. I promise.
Ok, so this is kind of.. mildly disturbing. But it's necessary for the storyline. Please don't kill me!
IV. Bloodshot.
Cloud: a raging volcano. Vincent: a mass of silent and calculated fury. Yet both were equally transfixed by the screen before them.
It provided the only light in the darkened room, which was thick with dust. Neither man took breath; the only sound that could be heard was the gentle whirring of the tape revolving in the antiquated machine.
Tight black straps bound creamy skin to a metal chair. Dark hair spilled around her in disarray, cutting violent lines down her white shirt as she thrashed about wildly. She wore a short pleated black skirt which revealed that her legs had also been bound, tightly enough to cut into her pale flesh. Her eyes were obscured by a blindfold, but the rest of her face was sickeningly familiar.
The camera shook slightly as it was re-adjusted, presumably to rest upon the shoulder of whoever was making the film. This had the double effect of enabling proceedings to be clearly seen by the viewers, whilst also preventing the captor's identity from being reviled. Moving slowly to the left, a steel table came into view. The film-maker reached out with long, masculine fingers and selected a single syringe from a row of five. Holding it out in front of him, he flicked the needle with precision and gently squeezed, and was rewarded when a little clear liquid flowed from the tip. Satisfied, he moved toward his captive. Grasping her right arm, he injected the substance into the wildly struggling girl, who gasped audibly. She thrashed about a few moments longer, before her resistance subsided considerably.
"Ah. Perfect."
The voice was cold and smooth, and laced with aristocratic authority.
"Hello, Cloud. Welcome to my lovely little film. I hope you like it."
He put his fingers under her chin and tilted her head upward sharply.
"And this, the star of the show…"
He continued, as he rubbed her scarlet bottom lip roughly with his thumb.
"Miss Tifa Lock…. Aaah! You little bitch!"
His thumb began to bleed from a fresh bite mark, which she had managed to inflict on him despite her inebriated state.
"You'll pay for that.."
He slapped her, with blinding force. Her head snapped to the side, an angry bruise already beginning to form on her porcelain cheek. He was breathing heavily - in loud, audible gasps, which gradually slowed as he regained the self-control to re-address Cloud.
"But, unlike most films…"
He traced her collarbone with his index finger.
"…this has a raison d'etre..."
His tone filled with mockery.
"That means a purpose, dear Cloud."
His voice betrayed a smile at his insinuation of cloud's stupidity. As he spoke, his finger trailed lower.
"I need your… assistance with something."
His hand rested on the top button of her shirt.
"You come alone. You come unarmed. You do not inform anyone as to the contents of this tape.
He undid her top button, and trailed his hand lower.
"I need your full co-operation, or else…"
He undid the second button, revealing the top of her bra.
"Someone could get hurt."
His hand disappeared from the shot, and re-emerged, clutching a surgical knife.
"You have two days."
Cloud and Vincent watched with a kind of sick fascination as the knife inched nearer to Tifa's body, Until it hovered a hairs' breadth from her skin.
"Yours sincerely…"
He made an almost artistic incision into the area just below her collarbone on the left hand side. She made no sound, not wishing to give him the satisfaction; she merely bit her lip until it began to bleed. With subtle cruelty, he made another set of shallow incisions on the right hand side. Blood seeped out slowly. Cloud's blood boiled. Vincent ground his teeth.
"Sleep well, Cloud."
The screen went blank.
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