Chapter 5:"The escape"

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Some hours passed. Tifa and Kadaj were taken to a small room in the warehouse, that was exactly like a cell. Rufus' men had untied them, since Rufus had said that he wanted them to feel "comfortable, like they were in their own home". Tifa was afraid. She could usually stay calm in situations like this, (she had been in jail before) but this time she had a feeling that something bad would happen. She slowly crept onto Kadaj's lap and looked at him with fear written all over her face.. He wrapped his arms around her and kissed her tenderly.

"Don't worry." He whispered in her ear. "I won't let anything happen to you."

She laid her head on his chest and heard his heart beating. It was the most beautiful sound she had ever heard.

Suddenly, the door opened and Rufus with two of his men stepped in.

"Oh, now I get it! That's why we found you together. Well, I'm sorry to interrupt your little "tête-à-tête", but there's someone here to see you…" he said, with an evil smile on his face.

He led them to the big room they were before. There, stood the woman that had threatened Tifa that night, Kadaj's wife. When she saw Kadaj she ran to hug him. He pushed her away. She looked at him angrily.

"Either you like it or not, you'll come with me. " She said. Then, she looked at Tifa.

"You…I told you that you would suffer…" she turned to Rufus. "I want her whipped to death! Do you understand me?"

"Yes, ma'am. Whatever makes you happy…You pay me after all…"

He grabbed Tifa and dragged her to a nearby chair. He made her sit, with her back to him. Her eyes had widened with fear. She didn't want to die. At least not like this! Meanwhile, Kadaj's wife had grabbed him by the hand and was literally dragging him towards the exit. Suddenly, he managed to escape from her grip and ran towards Tifa. He stood between her and Rufus.

"You'll touch her only over my dead body." He said.

"As you wish." Replied Rufus and took out his gun. At the prospect of seeing Kadaj get killed, his wife let out a scream and fainted. For a moment, Rufus was distracted by her scream. That was all Kadaj needed. He kicked the gun out of Rufus' hand and punched him in the face. Rufus fell down. Kadaj took Tifa by the hand and together they started running towards the exit. They got out before Rufus could react. Fortunately for them, Kadaj's wife had left the limo outside. They got in and drove away as quickly as possible.

Finally, they got to Tifa's house. They entered the house, laughing. Kadaj swooped Tifa up in his arms and started dancing around the room. He put her down and hugged her.

"Stop!" she said, laughing. "You're squeezing me too hard! I can't breath!"

He laughed and kissed her. They slowly went up the stairs and into the bedroom. They missed each other's bodies so much.

Some hours later, Tifa felt happier than ever. She thought she was in heaven. Kadaj had fallen asleep. She stood up carefully, so as not to wake him. She got dressed and started picking up Kadaj's clothes. A piece of paper fell out of his pocket. She picked it up and looked at it.

"No…It can't be…" All her happiness was lost. The paper she was holding was a map that showed the way to the source. It was supposed to be in Cloud's room. But it was in Kadaj's pants. Everything was clear now. Kadaj had set everything up, in order to get into her house and steal the map from Cloud's room. She shoved Kadaj to wake him up.

"What…what is it?" he asked.

"Can you explain why THIS was in your pants?" she yelled at him, showing him the map. Kadaj remained silent.

"So that's why you did all this! You didn't want me! You wanted this!"

"No! That's not true! Maybe it started that way, but…"

"And Rufus capturing us? And your wife? Was that all fake?"

" No, it wasn't fake, please…"

"I don't want to hear a thing from you! Get out of here and don't come back!" She threw his clothes at him and burst into tears. Her heart was broken.

"Please, let me explain…" he said and tried to hug her. She pushed him away.

"GET OUT!" She yelled at the top of her voice, between her sobs.

Kadaj saw that nothing could be done right now. She needed time to think. So, he got dressed and left the house.