Misery
Ch. 18
I walked through the streets looking for Cloud. It wasn't hard to spot the spikey blonde hair so I strained my ears to hear his motorcycle. The
sun was setting fast. /Cloud, where are you/ By the time darkness fell, I was on the outskirts of the Forbidden City. I saw the stone structure as I
walked closer, my breath catching in my throat. "Why am I here again?" Thankfully noone answered. Looking around, I knew why I liked it here so
much. It was beautiful. Fireflies buzzed around me, like they were my spotlight and I was the star of this dark, beautiful hell. I kept walking, looking into
the sparkling dark blue water, seeing my reflection. My eyes suddenly focused on someone behind me. I watched the water ripple, blurring out my
reflection. There wasn't a breeze. I watched the person move back and forth behind me. I finally got the right timing and spun around, my sword
drawn. Time seemed to stop as the sword stopped against Yazoo's throat. His eyes shot wide open.
When time continued, Yazoo spoke. "My my. You've gotten better." I had a small daggar hidden behind my back, so if he drew his gun I would have a weapon to knock it out of his hands. I watched him reach for it. I pulled out my daggar and threw it so fast that the daggar was in his hand before he could blink. Yazoo winced in pain then looked up at me and smirked. "Beautiful eyes...sister." He laughed as he disappeard. I looked into the lake, seeing my eyes. "Why are they-" A memory of me strapped down to an operating table invaded my mind. Every vision I got, the detail was more and more apparent. 'She has beautiful eyes...no' 'Yes she does. Very beautiful...' I remember blinking at the voices then widening my eyes as I saw a sharp knife gleaming in the bright white light.
The memory faded as I stared into the water. "-I didn't hear that sound so why-" A stick snapping threw me from my thoughts. My head swiftly turned in the direction the snapped stick had come from, sword out and ready. I put it away when I saw it was Cloud.
He walked over to me as I sat down. He sat down next to me looking at me. I glanced at him when he gasped. I turned my head away, knowing that my Jenova eyes were still present. "I thought I'd find you here Kai." /Good. He's avoiding my eyes./ "Yeah. I'm attracted to this place. It's beautiful. I can...this is stupid to say but I feel free here. Even though this is Kadaj's base. I can talk about things without anyone having any contradicting thoughts. I can be...me..." "For someone so small, you seem so strong." My eyes widened. "What?" "Oh nothing." /I could've sworn I just heard him say for someone so small, you seem so strong-/ "I know about your eyes Kai. Kai?" Cloud looked at me concerned when my eyes shut tight and my hands flew to the sides of my head. /The knife gleamed into my eyes as I felt the blade cut into my skin./ I let out a scream and dropped to my knees. "No!" I felt Cloud's arms around me. "Kai! Kai! Can you hear me!"
I could barely hear him. I was trapped inside my memory, reliving the pain of my past. I was met by darkness. The last I saw were Cloud's sky blue eyes filled with worry. I saw his lips moving with my name and heard him calling my name but I barely head him and then all together, everything ceased when the darkness met me.
