So Close
Warning: I don't own any of the characters or even the plot. It's a remake of a movie I saw called "So Close". I changed some of the pairings in the movie so there won't be any Yuri of the sort in it.
Chapter 8: Yuffie's Breakout II
"I'm sorry to say… but you lost," Tseng stated. Tifa growled and slowly, but painfully, lifted her head to see Cloud's condition, and like her, he was down.
Elena had pinned him against a near by wall with a gun to his head, but he wasn't as beat up as Tifa was. ((Damn it… I didn't want to do this but…)) Tifa thought. She placed her heavy feeling head down and sighed.
Tseng smirked and bent down to her level. "What is the password?" He asked calmly. Tifa growled in reply. The black haired man sighed and sat her limp body up. "I usually don't hit girls, so I am truly sorry, but you have lost fair and square… now answer me,"
Tifa allowed a painful smirk to appear on her lips and answered, "You forgot… you don't have my computer… HIYA!" Tifa screamed as she brought her leg out and tripped him onto the table. "And I won't let you have it!" She concluded as she brought out the gun she took from Elena before and placed it on his head. Tifa slowly bent down and picked Tseng up as she walked towards the two blonde's.
Elena watched the whole thing and glared her intense colored eyes at Tifa in disgust. "You… let him go or I'll kill your partner,"
Tifa smirked and gripped on Tseng tighter, "You do that and… your boss will die," Elena growled and unpinned Cloud from the wall and brought him close to her body, like Tifa did to Tseng. "I'll let go of this man if you let go of my man, we'll handle this fair and square. No weapons, just you and me,"
Elena nodded and took her gun from Cloud's head making Tifa mirror her then slowly pushed Tseng aside like Elena did for Cloud. Both of the men stared at the women as they cautiously place their guns on the floor. Tseng and Cloud saw the moment, as the girls stood fully up, and raced for the guns upfront of them. Elena and Tifa quickly saw what they were doing and pushed them back. Using her high heels, Tifa picked the gun up by the trigger hole and kicked it over to Cloud. Elena quickly saw this and growled. Tifa winked over to Elena as she ran towards the blonde haired woman aiming for the gun. Elena used both of her feet grabbing the gun and jumped into the air, she then kicked it over to Tseng as Tifa did a lower kick trying to trip her. Both of the men grabbed their guns and pointed it at each other watching the scene unfold upfront of them.
Tifa back flipped as Elena roundhouse kicked and then she did a back roundhouse kick and knocked Elena down. Elena spat and then neck sprung up. Tifa smirked and ran to the blonde, and on instinct Elena was at a defensive stance. Hard and fast punches were thrown at Elena, but she quickly blocked each and every one.
"Hmm… you're good, but you're not that good," Tifa smirked. Elena gave the brunette a confused look then shook it off. More punches were thrown.
"What do you mean?" Elena yelled in annoyance. Tifa smirked and jabbed his knee into the woman's stomach. "Uh…" Elena coughed. Blood came out of her mouth and onto the clean, tan carpet. At that Tseng twitched his eye and Cloud shuddered.
"I mean that you're good at higher level attacks, but not lower," Tifa explained as she jabbed her knee into Elena's stomach again. "And that is your weakness,"
Elena growled and grabbed Tifa's incoming knee attack again. Tifa looked a little shocked and tried to wiggle her knee out of her grasp. Elena smirked and flipped her over. Tifa recovered from the shock before she landed on the floor and used her other leg to kick Elena hard onto the other side. Elena landed through the glass table and was instantly knocked, but Tifa on the other hand only hit the ground lightly and front flipped upwards making her landing smooth. Cloud grinned and Tseng groaned in Tifa's victory. Tifa smiled and walked up to the men, guns still in place.
"So mister Tseng, where is this 'secret' elevator I saw in your blueprints, I don't see any door or anything," Tifa asked. Tseng smiled and took his gun off of Cloud's spiky head. Tifa motioned Cloud to do the same and he reluctantly obliged. The raven haired man smirked and grabbed one of Tifa's gloved hands.
"And what will you do? Release my prisoners?" He asked. Tifa gave him an innocent smile and nodded. Tseng groaned and showed her. "I am at your mercy," Cloud grinned and followed after Tifa and Tseng's lead.
After a few seconds of typing on his computer, a large portrait opened from the wall. Tseng escorted the assassin to it and let go of her hand. "You will unlock our systems after this, will you not?" Tseng asked. Tifa smiled and nodded, she then pulled out of her skirt pocket a palm-pilot and winked.
"I promise," Tifa smirked, and on that note Cloud knocked him out with the back of his gun. "Ready, Cloud?" Cloud nodded and they entered the beautifully designed elevator. "By my calculations Yuffie should be held on B4," Tifa stated as she pushed the button. Cloud gave her a weary look and Tifa shook her head. "Oh and by the way, Elena was easy to beat, how come she was able to pin you on the wall," Tifa giggled.
Cloud smirked, "I never hit girls," Tifa looked at him and started to crack up. Cloud gave her another weary looked making Tifa's wipe away her tear.
"Cloud… you are a girl… your make-up is STILL on!" Tifa giggled. Cloud's eyes bulged out and he instantly wiped his lips with the back of his gloved hands. And as Tifa said, he WAS still wearing his make-up.
"AH-HA!" Yuffie screeched. She had finally unlocked her cell cage. "In your face!" The hyperactive ninja yelled. After her blurt out she instantly covered her mouth. ((Damn… if Vinnie ever caught me… I'd go strait back to the rat hole they call a prison cell! I gotta be more quiet…)) Yuffie quickly thought. Outside her cell was a hallway and a door at the end of both ways, nothing else. ((Which way?)) Yuffie thought impatiently.
At one end was a chair and a monitor and at the other was just a plain old door. Yuffie grinned and ran to the left side, which was just the plain old door. ((Might as well chose the plain one… the other one looks suspicious…))
When Yuffie reached the door she studied it for a second and then yanked. "Uh! It isn't bugging," Yuffie growled. She then dashed to the other side and yanked on the door. "Arg, this one too! And there are no locks… not like I'm going to do that again," Yuffie sighed. "Might as well do it the easy way…" The ninja grinned. She walked up to the monitor embedded into the wall and touched it. As the ninja thought, a confirmation screen popped up. ((This will be easier than I thought)) After a few minutes of doing her 'thing' the door popped open making the ninja grin. ((It took me longer than expected, there might've been a virus or something on the main computers… good thing I'm good with hacking or I'd be stuck here all day!)) And on that note Yuffie exited out the door.
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Vincent growled, most of the doors have been locked leaving him stuck in the lower levels for now. Vincent just shook his head and walked aimlessly around… hoping that the doors would open soon. As he turned around a corner—
"Ouch!" A sqeaky voice yelled, followed by a faint thump.
Vincent stumbled a little bit but then quickly recovered. Catching him off guard was none other than the perky ninja, on the ground. At first he questioned her appearance… but then again he dared not ask how she escaped.
Yuffie shyly looked up and cursed herself, for she had just ran into the very person she didn't want to run into, Vincent Valentine. "Umm… hiya Vinnie," Yuffie grinned. Vincent stared blankly into Yuffie's bluish-grey orbs which made Yuffie even more nervous. "So… we gonna fight now?" Yuffie asked as she pulled herself away from his body, tearing their gaze apart as she did so.
After Yuffie shyly looked away Vincent instantly grabbed her hand with his good one. "Miss Kisaragi," Vincent addressed formally. Yuffie looked up and tried to hide her blush as she looked him into the eyes.
"Yeah?" Yuffie asked shyly making her bluff a little deeper.
"Would you kindly go back to your cell?" Yuffie snapped out of her gaze and glared at him.
"WHAT? I just spent hours on trying to get out and you say 'would you kindly go back to your cell?' Well buster what do you think I'll say, YES?" Yuffie yelled. A flick of emotion went through Vincent's eye but Yuffie didn't catch it as she kept on scolding him. "Well I got a thing or two I'll show you!"
"And that is?" Vincent pressed as he gripped her hand tighter. Yuffie deepened the glare and scowled.
"And that is this," Yuffie screeched stomping her foot onto his, making him slightly bend down. "And this!" Yuffie said a little softer. At the 'this' part Vincent widened his eyes. The short ninja had placed her lips on his… or more like brushed against his. The grip on his hand had loosened, from the shock, and Yuffie took that instant to back away and run off. Vincent just stood there as Yuffie ran off, he knew she couldn't go anywhere since the doors were locked, but then again she has escaped the best cell they had. The red eyed man slowly placed his fingertips on his, supposed to be, cold lips and looked off to the direction the perky ninja went off into. He would pay her back for that… and dearly. (A/N: Not anything perverted… get your minds out of the gutter!)
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Yuffie dashed off quickly to hide her blush. ((WHAT THE FREAKING MATERIA MADE ME DO THAT!)) Yuffie blushed. She stopped running and leaned against a nearby wall and placed her fingertips against her warm lips. ((His lips… they were cold)) Yuffie absently thought. A thick shade of red instantly pasted onto her skin and she scolded herself not to think about him… or it. ((Right now I have to think about a way to escape, not some stupid romance crap with a vampire!))
Yuffie pulled her back to reality and looked around for an escape root. ((Hmm… YES, that will do...)) Yuffie grinned as she started to devise a plan.
DING
Tifa and Cloud instantly rushed out of the elevator and looked around. "Cloud," Tifa started as she grabbed his hand. Cloud looked toward his childhood friend and smirked. "Yuffie should be in her own cell, the very last one. I'm going to see if I can find another way out, meet me here as soon as you can. 'Cause I don't think we'll get this elevator ride up and who knows when those two up there will wake up," Cloud nodded and gripped onto Tifa's hand. Tifa gave him a reassuring smile and let go, Cloud smirked and did so too.
The two fighters split up and went their separate ways. The hallways were dimly lighted and narrow, made of stone and cement, Tifa noted. It was going to be hard finding a way out. After a few minutes of searching and walking, Tifa sighed, it was like a maze… except for no end. She just hoped Cloud was having more luck than her because if not, then they'd be spending a long time there.
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Cloud had finally reached yet another corridor, there was too many in his options. Cloud noted there were many rooms, but they were bunched together, Tifa has said that Yuffie had her own cell… the best. So he would just have to find 'the best' but until then he just continued on his way.
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Yuffie grinned, she had finally made it out of the food elevator. It took her a long time to pulley it up, but in due time all of her effort was paid off. As she made her escape, Yuffie noticed that all the doors were closed tight, making her escape a little more difficult and yet more fun.
Finally Yuffie had entered the main room and saw her freedom. "Yes!" Yuffie cried. Yuffie glanced from side to side and noted that the guards were sleeping. Yuffie then snickered at her luck and made her getaway.
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The assassin had finally found the main door to the stairs and calculated a plan. ((So I calculate the timing on our escape, the lockdown will shut off as soon as we get Yuffie and before the rest of the Police know anything, making it a clean escape.))
Tifa was just about to turn around and run back to the secret elevator when she heard an eerie voice.
"Stop," The man softly ordered. Tifa's back hair instantly shot up and she slowly turned around.
Vincent stood there looking at the intruder and studied her. From behind, Vincent saw, she was wearing a short brown shirt, she had long chocolate hair which was tied loosely at the bottom, and she wore red heel boots attached to long, silky legs. As she turned around Vincent's breath was caught midway. She was like an angel, Vincent noted. Her eyes were glossy wine colored, her lips were pouty and thick, her face was angelic and pale, and her body was perfect… the way angels should have been made to look, perfection.
And it was none other than the bartender from The Loveless, Tifa Lockhart.
Tifa turned around slowly and caught her eyes onto the reddest of them all. Her eyes slightly widened from shock but went back to normal. The assassin summoned all of her strength into her voice and broke the silence. "So, you're a Turk," Tifa stated. "Valentine? Am I right?" Tifa said in a deadly, yet soft and beautiful tone.
"Yes, Miss Lockhart," Vincent replied. He was just about to ask her what she was doing there when it hit him… she WAS the 'Angel'. It was the only logical answer and it meant that she had locked down the system to retrieve the younger woman, Yuffie Kisaragi. "You are Angel," He stated. Tifa smiled heavenly at the dark man and walked closer to him.
"I thank-you for that night at The Loveless, but I don't thank-you for taking my defenseless little sister and locking her up in this sewer you call a prison," Tifa glared. She stopped right in front of the man and still kept eye contact. There was yet another eerie silence, just a deadly eye contact duel. They both knew what was coming next, and yet they both didn't want it for a reason, they would fight for what they believed in.
A/N: Hey Lady Evelynn here again. Hehe. I updated again, like I said before I am losing my interest in this story day-by-day, so I am hurrying this. I hope I don't totally screw it up. Anyways… here are some replies from my three reviewers!
Neko-Yuff16: Yes I believe it was sad that Yuffie was stuck with Vinnie… but hey, opposites attract. ((lol)) Well I hope I get my love for my story back, I mean just sometimes you want to hurry to the good part and skip the rest. Thanks for the review!
Tifa's Diary: Hmm… the ending… lets not go there for now but I will try and get my inspiration for my story back… I hope. Thanks for the advice! I might put this story on hold for a while or I'll just continue it and edit it later… I donno.
the Dr.: Thank-you… I enjoy humor… hehe, I just had to put that in there! Yeah Biggs, Wedge, and Jessie were easy but Tseng and Elena weren't because… Tseng's the big boss man! Lol. But hey, I cleared that up on this chappy. Well I did go easy on them on this chapter… but I don't know about the next…
