Misery
Ch. 17
"Rufus, she has "the eyes." But the strange thing is, she doesn't have geostigma." Rufus stayed silent as Cloud voiced his frustration. "I know she was in Shinra, but she didn't have the Jenova cells put inside her from what you told me." Rufus's head turned to the side. Cloud glared at him. "Rufus." Cloud spoke with a menancing voice. "What do you know about this!" When Rufus didn't speak, Cloud walked toward him. "Cloud, calm down." "Then tell me what the hell's going on!" Rufus sighed. "She didn't have the Jenova cells at first. We.." Rufus stopped. "What!" Cloud pressed. "We forcibly put them in her." Cloud's face dropped. Rufus put his hand up. "Let me explain. Kai was a good soldier, but she didn't have quite the skills that the other did-" "You mean like me." "Precisely." "Rufus, you can't expect everyone to have all the same qualities and skills!" "Cloud, let me finish." Cloud stopped, but kept the look of extreme anger on his face. "Like I said, Kai was a good solider but in battle she lacked form and she always hesistated. She was too kind, so we "enhanced" her. With the Jenova cells, she became increasingly stronger and her skills improved greatly. That's why she was always with you, Reno and Rude. You were the best soldiers I had and still have-" "Count me out. I'm not in Shinra anymore. I'm sorry I even joined Shinra in the first place." "When Kai gets angry or frustrated, she turns into this superbeing. She never did like the idea of having Jenova inside her." "Well no kidding! I can't believe you forced those cells inside her!" "Cloud, I had no other choice-" "That's no execuse! Kadaj capture her. It's hard telling what he did to her." "Kadaj!"
A laugh came out of the shadows behind them. "Yes. And now I hold her very being in my hands." Kadaj stepped out of the shadows. "Kadaj!" Cloud ran at him, sword drawn. Before Cloud could reach him, Kadaj snapped his fingers. A sharp piercing sound hit Cloud's ear, bringing him to his knees. Rufus covered his ears. "That...sound..." "Yes, it's the sound that cause Kai to snap. Soon enough, she'll do what I want." Rufus's eyes shot wide open. "She's a sister. Eventually she'll lose the battle of keeping her true self and she'll become like one of us. "A remnant." Rufus stated. "Exactly." He looked down at Cloud, who glared up at him. "Those are the eyes I've gotten to see so often." "Don't you touch her!" "Hn." Kadaj kicked him backwards, Cloud bouncing off the floor. "Cloud!" Rufus cried. Rufus looked back at Kadaj. "What do you want?" "I guess I should thank you for putting those Jenova cells inside of her. She'll make an excellent teammate." Kadaj laughed and turned to walk out of the building. Cloud strugged to get up. "Kadaj!" Cloud ran to catch him. Drawing his blade, Cloud attacked him. At the last secocnd, Kadaj spun around and threw an attack at him, hitting Cloud directly in the stomach. Cloud flew back, smacking the wall. Kadaj walked up, his sword in Cloud's face. Kadaj stood there smirking. "You waste Jenova's cells. You don't know what power you hold."
Kadaj turned around, acting as though he were leaving. A sharp pain in his shoulder told him otherwise. Cloud looked to his left shoulder, seeing Kadaj's blade lodged in his shoulder. Kadaj kneeled down to Cloud. "Oh don't worry Cloud. I'll take good care of Kai. The next time you see her...you won't recognize her." Kadaj pulled his sword roughly from Cloud's shoulder. Kadaj walked out of the building laughing. As Cloud got up and ran at the door, Kadaj shut the door cutting Cloud off. "Kadaj! Come back here! Coward!" Cloud sank to the floor. He fisted his hands and punched the door, cracking it. "Dammit...Kai..." Cloud stood up, holding his left arm. Blood from the sword wound began to crawl down his arm and to the floor. "Cloud let me wrap that for you." "You-This is all your fault! Because of you that bastard Kadaj is going to get ahold of Kai and force her to become another Sephiroth!" With Cloud's last word, his fist hit the wall. "This wound...this is nothing. It won't even compare to the pain Kadaj will put Kai through when he finds her." Cloud left, slamming the door behind him.
