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Chapter 4- One More Thing
Cloud woke up. He was in a dark room. He tried to stand up but hit something. Cloud touched his head. He felt up. Metal. He was back in the cage that plagued his memories. But this time Cloud was smarter. He backed up against the back of the cage and kicked the cage door open. Cloud stood up. He put his hands out in front and felt his way around. Suddenly, the light came on. Cloud turned. Sephiroth was in the door frame against the wall. Cloud walked to him. He sat on the steps. Sephiroth sat next to him.
"Welcome Home Cloud. I'm glad you decided to come-"
"I didn't fucking decide to come back to this hell. What the fuck do you want with me?" Cloud said.
"Well. You are such a good fighter, I thought that since you came home, we could do some more fighting." Sephiroth said.
"No. No fucking way." Cloud said.
"And one more thing. Where did you go?" Spehiroth asked.
"I made some new friends. I was living with them. Oh yeah. And all that money that you waved in my face after all the fights. Were is it. I earned it and I damn well deserve it." Cloud said. Sephiroth laughed.
"Why? You never had a need for money before?" Sephiroth asked him.
"I-I have a brain tumor. And I need $5,000 by Wensday of next week. And today is Thursday. So, where is the money." Cloud said.
"Well. Why can't you get some of your new friends to pay for it." Spehiroth scoffed. Cloud looked at the ground.
"I'm a burden on them." Cloud said. Sephiroth laughed.
"Well, well, well. I will give you the money you earn, only if you fight for me one last time. As a, farewell fight." Sephiroth said. Cloud sat in silence for a minute.
"Okay. I'll do it." Cloud said. Sephiroth smiled. He took out his cell phone and dialed a number.
"Kadaj. Go to Cloud's friends. Tell them that he no longer needs them." Sephiroth said. Cloud jumped up.
"NO! I am only fighting one more time! And after that I am leaving you. No, no deal then." Cloud said. He turned.
"Oh and Cloud, one more thing..."
"Leon I am worried. Cloud's been missing since Sunday. He needs that surgery. What are we going ot do?" Aerith said. Leon sighed.
"Well. Aerith I have a confession. I didn't find Cloud on the street from a new time. I-sigh- found him in the basement of Spehiroth's Fights in a cage being tortured. I rescued him. So, I don't know if Sephiroth found him or what." Leon said. He looked over at Aerith. She had tears in her eyes.
"I knew something was wrong. He was so, insecure around people. He always seemed, off. Oh Leon now what'll we do?" Aerith sobbed.
Ding Dong. Leon stood up and walked to the front door. Three silver haired men walked in the house.
"Hello there. My name is Kadaj. These are my brothers Loz and Yazoo." Kadaj said.
"Yes. What do you want." Aerith said, standing up and standing next to Leon.
"Well. We are...friends of Cloud and came to tell you that Cloud no longer wants to see you. He found a way to pay for the surgery and is no longer coming home." Yazoo said.
"Where is he? And you guys are not his friends. Get the hell out of my house. And tell Cloud that he better get his ass home." Leon barked at them. Loz laughed.
"I'll tell him." Kadaj said. The three left and shut the door. Leon turned to Aerith.
"Aerith. Call Dr.Green. Tell her that if Cloud checks in to call us." Leon said. He pulled out his cell phone, grabbed his keys and walked out the door.
"Hello. May I speak with Doctor Green?...
"Are you fucking serious?" Cloud asked. Sephiroth laughed.
"No. So are Kadaj, Loz and Yazoo." Sephiroth said. Cloud sat down again.
"But, why did you treat me so mean if-"
"Because I hate you. You were... a bother." Sephiroth said.
"Well. I will fight for you sometime after the surgery. Now give me the money and I will come back to fight for you." Cloud said. Sephiroth laughed. He reached in his pocket and took out a wad of cash and haned it to Cloud.
"Cloud. You know if you don't come back, I know where you live now. I'll find you and make you more miserable then you were before so help me god." Sephiroth said. Cloud nodded and walked out the back door. He turned and walked to the hospital.
"Hi Cloud. It's nice to see you. Are you ready for your surgery?" Asked Dr. Green.
"Yeah. Here you go." Cloud said, handing him the money. He smiled and took it to the counter, handed it to a nurse, told her something, and came back to Cloud.
"Okay. Now I am going to need a parent to sign this so we can give you morphene for your pain." Dr. Green said.
"I-I don't have any family." Cloud said.
"Oh. Well, can you sign it?" He asked. Cloud nodded and signed his name. The doctor nodded and led him to a room. They dressed him in a hospital gown and told him the surgery would happen in 30 minutes.
The Nurse at the front picked up the phone. She dialed a number.
"Hello?" said a voice.
"Hi. My name is Gloria. I am a nurse at the Hospital. I was told to call this number if... Cloud Strife checked in. Well he is here and about to enter surgery in thrity minutes." Gloria said.
"Ok. Thanks." Then the phone clicked.
"Who was that Leon?" asked Aerith.
"A nurse. Cloud is about to go to surgery." Leon said. He grabbed her hand and led her out the door. They got in his truck and drove to the hospital. Aerith ran up to the counter.
"Cloud Strife. Please hurry he is about to go into surgery!" Aerith said. The nurse smile. She handed Aerith a yellow slip.
"Thir Floor. Room 117. Hurry though, his surgery starts in, ooh ten minutes!" The nurse said. Aerith grabbed Leon's hand and they ran to the elevator. The pushed the third floor and waited. They reached the third floor and Aerith ran out.
"Aerith! Slow down!" Leon said. She stopped and waited for him to catch up. They walked down the hall.
"113...115...here we go 117!" Aerith said. She knocked on the door.
"Come in." Aerith opened the door. Cloud was dozed off in his bed. Dr. Green was injecting a needle in his IV.
"Oh. Hi guys. Cloud is about to enter surgery. You can wait in here until he comes back, the surgery won't be long." He said.
"Ok. We'll chill out in here." Aerith said. Dr.Green smiled and wheeled Cloud out of his room to get surgery...
