Chapter Ten
Tseng, Cloud, Cid, and Vincent had reached upper Junon. An unlikely combination, to say the least. It was eerily quiet at the helipad, no troops, nothing. Tseng was very cautious. He took out his phone.
"Elena. What's going on?"
"Nothing sir. Everything is fine."
"Where the hell is everybody?" Tseng demanded to know.
"Rufus has some of the battalion in lower Junon. Most of the troops are with him though. Did you take his service ramp?"
"Of course we did. What about the two morons."
"They have their end under control sir. Everything is…oh shit!"
"Elena! ELENA! Fuck!"
Cloud's eyes gazed at Tseng. "What's going on?"
"Nothing. I have it all under control." Tseng said.
"Bullshit! Cloud, why the hell are we even trustin this bastard!" Cid said.
"Relax, everybody." Cloud said. "Tseng, take me to Aeris. Now."
"Fine. Follow me." Said Tseng as he led them all to the infirmary. When they arrived, nobody was there. No Reno, no Rude, no Rufus, and no Aeris. Tseng took out his phone and called Reno. No answer. He tried Rude. No answer. Elena, nothing. "She was right here. In that bed. Cloud, I swear. I knew I shouldn't have let them two take care of this!"
Cloud walked over to the bed. He put his hands on the sheet. He could feel her. Cloud was finished screwing around. He decided to take matters into his own hands. He walked over to Tseng. He stood an inch away from him. He stared into Tseng's eyes. "Look, I am so tired of this. Now, we need to look at this logically. Where the hell could everybody be? I want you to think real hard. Ok?"
"Look Cloud, Rufus must've --"
"This isn't helping! Lets just go! I'm sure they are around here somewhere."
Tseng sighed. "I don't know."
"Well I do." Cloud said as he began to unsheathe his sword…
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In the prison wing of Junon; Aeris, Elena, and the rest of the Turks were all tied to chairs. Yazoo, along with Rufus and several ShinRa MP's were there too.
Rufus began to speak: "So, my own wonderful Turk's, after saving my life, now betray me! All three of you, along with your charismatic leader, are all going to be gassed. Don't worry though, you will all die together. Have anything to say for yourselves, traitors."
"When Tseng finds out that you --"
"Not you Reno, you're not allowed to speak. That is quite the weapon you have there. I see that the ShinRa weapons department developed it specifically for you. How does it work again?" Rufus comically asked as he took it from Reno's jacket. Sparks began to fly. He plunged it into Reno's chest. He cried terribly as the electric passed though his body. Rufus was grinning from ear to ear. Reno finally fainted from the pain. Rufus swung the staff across Reno's face. Rude squirmed in his chair, upset. "Now, now. I never liked that imbecile anyway. Fucking degenerate."
Rude and Elena said nothing. Yazoo was crouching in front of Aeris. She had her eyes closed, she didn't want to give her captor's the satisfaction. Yazoo forced her eyes open with his hands, laughing. "When brother gets here, I'm gonna make you watch. You're gonna watch him die!" Yazoo said just before forcing his lips onto hers. He was surprised when Aeris bit back, drawing blood. Yazoo smiled. "I like you."
"Save her for me." Rufus said. "Wait here. I'm going to go get our friends."
"No problem." Yazoo said. Rufus left with his men.
"Kadaj went peacefully back to the planet, Cloud will make sure you don't!" Aeris hissed. Yazoo wiped the blood from his lip before slapping Aeris across the face.
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As Cloud was about to take out his sword, he suddenly hung his head and stopped. He sighed, "Look Tseng, I know we haven't always been on the same page, but I'm tired of fighting. I'm tired of all this. I'm gotten over a lifetime of guilt, the last thing I need is more blood on my hands. If what you say is true, if Aeris is somehow here, then please take me to her. Please."
"Follow me." Replied Tseng. As Tseng swung open the door back to the air pad of upper Junon he was met with Rufus' double barrow shotgun. Rufus had at least twenty MP's with him. Tseng didn't move. He just stood there, staring into what could very well be his fate. As Cloud went for his sword the barrels of every soldier's gun immediately zeroed in on him. Vincent and Cid stood there, motionless. Vincent's hand was on his gun, but he kept it holstered.
"Cloud, it's good to see you again. I'm sorry to say though, you won't be playing the hero here today. I wouldn't make any movements, I know that you might be able to pull this off, but all I have to do is place a call to your brother, Yazoo. He and Loz survived the blast. He's waiting for you as we speak, with her. I couldn't imagine the pain for you if you lost her again, could you?" Rufus laughed. "Oh, and you, Tseng. I've decided to terminate the Turks' division of ShinRa, permanently. You and you're organization have been a burden on ShinRa from the start. I have you're troops waiting. Lets go everyone." Rufus lowered his gun from Tseng's face and motioned for everyone to get in front of him. He and his ShinRa MP's were closely following Cloud and company with guns drawn and cocked. "Everyone put your hands up! If anyone moves, kill 'em."
Cloud and Vincent were marching side by side, there were some ShinRa marked crates coming up and the two men were both thinking the same thing. The boxes were on both sides of everyone and with that kind of cover they would have a chance to gain the upper hand. Before they got to them, Cloud looked over at Vincent. Vincent nodded. Cloud smiled.
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"So tell me, Yazoo, how does it feel to fail?" Elena coldly said.
"What do you mean?" Yazoo asked.
"Well, for starters, you couldn't find that bitch of a mother you have, you couldn't kill Cloud, now that I think of it, you couldn't even kill yourself when the time came. That's what I mean."
Yazoo was furious. He pulled out his gun and marched towards Elena. Each step with authority. He pinned the gun to her forehead. "You…no…I…it wasn't my fault!" He cried.
"Don't cry, bitch."
Yazoo pulled the hammer back on his gun. His finger was twitching feverishly by the trigger. The buzzing vibration of his cell phone forced him to lower the gun though.
Aeris, with a big red mark on the side of her face, peered over at Elena. She smiled at her. Elena winked back.
"What is it?" Answered Yazoo.
"How are our guests?" asked Rufus.
"The blonde one is pissing me off, I was just about to--"
"I told you, don't kill any of them! At least not 'till I get back. Got it? Got it!"
"Got it. How long?"
"Not too lon-- GET THEM! FUCK! SHOOT! SHOOOT! SHOOOOOT!"
"Mr. President? Damn it!" Yazoo said as he began taping the mouths of his prey. "What do you have to say for yourselves now? You just wait. Wait until he gets here. You're gonna love it!" He said, while peering into those sea green eyes.
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Cloud had jumped and taken cover behind several crates just before Vincent made a heavenly leap into the air, opening fire. Several MP's were dead and Rufus was wounded. Vincent smiled as he put a bullet through each of the President's legs. Cid and Tseng had taken cover. Vincent soon joined them. Cloud sprung up, and in a flash, he sliced all four of the remaining MP's automatics in half, while they were still holding them. The four of them stood there, each with half of their weapons glued to their trembling hands. Cloud spoke, "You know who I am, you've seen what I can do. You're comrades are dead, do you want to suffer the same fate as they do?" He asked while looking at his blade. Before he could even look up from his sword, the four remaining guards had vanished.
"You cowards!" Screamed Rufus. "What are you gonna do to me? Please, ex-SOILDER."
Cloud fixed his icy cold eyes on Rufus. "Nothing. You and you're company have already done enough. ShinRa is finished. Just tell me where she is."
"In…in the…prison wing. You remember. You're…not going to kill me?"
Cloud said nothing as he made his way to her. Vincent and Cid followed. Tseng stayed behind. He approached his fallen superior. Rufus was lying on the ground, clutching his legs, blood had drenched the legs of his winter colored suit. Tseng said nothing as he pulled out a handgun from his inner pocket. He aimed the gun at Rufus' head.
"NO!"
Two shots silenced the former President of ShinRa forever. The son and the father; both murdered by two former employees.
Tseng had no expression on his face. He was as cold as ice. He put away his gun. "No hard feelings, boss. It was only business."
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Cloud and the others had reached the imposing door to the prison wing of upper Junon. He approached the door very cautiously.
"This is it." Cloud said. "Listen, whatever happens in there, promise me something. Both of you."
"Anything bud!" Cid said.
Vincent just nodded.
"Promise me that the both of you, no matter what happens to me, will get Aeris out of there. If she even…if she even is in there."
"You got it." The old pilot said.
Vincent nodded.
"I'll go first. Vincent, cover me." Cloud crept up to the door, he put his ear to it. Nothing. He drew his sword with his right hand, he wrapped his left hand on the doorknob. He slowly turned it. When he could turn no more, he looked at Vincent and Cid. They both reassured him. Like a bolt of lightning, Cloud kicked the door off of it's hinges and stormed into the dimly lit room. He scanned the room. He saw her. He froze. "Aeris!" He began making his way towards her. He saw that her mouth was taped. "Aeris, I'm coming!" He stopped when a bullet entered his body. He couldn't move. He fell to his knees. He saw her. "Aer..."
Yazoo emerged from a pitch black corner of the room. His gun was still fixed on Cloud. He put his finger on the trigger, smiling. "Killing you the second time was much better than the first!" He said as he began to pull the trigger. Before he got off another shot, Vincent sent two bullets into Yazoo's black heart.
"Don't cry Aeris." Cloud said, falling to the floor.
Cid rushed over to Cloud. He ripped Cloud's shirt off. Blood was gushing from his chest. He wrapped the shirt up and put pressure on the wound. "Stay with me, stay with me!"
Vincent took the tape off of Aeris' mouth and untied her before he made his way to the Turks. He decided to leave them be.
"Cloud!" Aeris cried. She rushed over to him, she clutched him into her arms.
Cloud smiled. "Aeris…Aeris…is it really you?"
Tears were streaming down her face, "Yes, it's really me. Don't close your eyes! Don't…leave me."
Cloud raised his hand to her face. He wiped away her tears. They kept coming though, and Aeris grasped his hand with hers. He squeezed back. "Aeris…Aeris…I…love…you." Cloud could barely utter the words under his breath. He closed his eyes.
"No! Cloud! Oh god!" Wept Aeris. Cloud's hand was still gripped to hers. She never let go.
Author's Notes: Hey everyone, thanks for the great support and all the reviews! I'm hoping for some more, negative or positive! I know it's been awhile since I updated but I've just been so damn busy. hope everyone liked this new fresh chapter! Some people might be pissed about the last part of it, but all I have to say to you is, wait for the next one! I really liked this chapter and had a great time writing it. I gotta tell ya, I've been in Cleris overboard for the past few days and I gotta tell ya, it feels great! Well anyway, I've rambled on long enough and I promise you all that the next chapter won't take as nearly as long as this one! Please READ AND REVIEW! Thanks again for your time,
NazMan.
