I decided to retcon (lol) the whole Existence crap for this whole fanfic, and also the cloaked/hooded man I mentioned in the last chapter is scrapped, so it didn't happen. I'll delete it and re-write that part, but for now I'm really lazy to do it.
Enjoy!
Chapter 2: Bombing Mission
The way to the meeting point went smooth. No one in their right mind would mess a 2m tall man with gun-arm.
"So," Blaise started. "I still don't know the details, could you enlighten me what we going to do exactly?" He fastened his steps so he could catch up to Barret.
"We are going to stow away, on the train which takes us to the reactor," Barret explained in a low voice. "Biggs and Jesse, have the codes, Cloud is going to plant the bomb. We will have ten minutes to escape from the reactor." Barret looked at him. "I hope you can use that sword effectively. You, spiky, and me will be doing most of the fighting."
He nodded in understanding. He was thinking how is he going to deflect bullets but he'll figure something out.
"Do they know about him?" he asked pointing his thumb towards Cloud.
"I messaged to Biggs through my PHS. Luckily they had enough time to fabricate a fake ID for him too."
After a short while they arrived at the station. Barret's PHS rang. It was Biggs.
"Where are you?" Barret asked.
"We saw it came earlier then scheduled, so Jesse and me decided to hijack it. We are there... right about now." and they indeed heard a train coming. It was Biggs behind the wheels, who stopped it on time. Biggs and Jesse leaped out with a satisfied smirk on their faces.
"Nice work," Barret praised, but then he lectured. "But next give us a goddamn heads up if you go improvising!"
"Yeah,yeah" Jesse replied nonchalantly, she then noticed Cloud. "Who's he?"
"Mercenary." was Cloud's simple reply.
She was about to ask more questions, when Barret butted in.
"Alright, questions for later we are on a time people, short version she's Tifa best friend." He then went inside one of the wagons and motioned at them. "Move in!" The AVALANCHE leader ordered.
Blaise went inside the same wagon as Barret, Cloud went to the top of it, Biggs was behind driving seat, Wedge and Jesse was in the first and second wagon.
"It should take us about 13 minutes to reach the reactor." Barret informed the brunette.
The ride was a bit bumpy. Looked like Shinra wasn't about to renew their train tracks.
Blaise found some nostalgia in it since this was the definite starting point of the game.
He even tried to play the theme for the mission in his head. 'And of course the freaking guard scorpion. When I played it when I was six I kept dying to him because I was a retard.' he thought about the good old times with a hint of a smile.
For Barret this was the time, to give the kid some speech. Tifa was worried about him, especially at his outburst when he was questioning the kid. The pain, the sadness, and just plain welcoming the afterlife with open-arms attitude. He remembered how empty he felt when Corel was burned to the ground. The hatred and anger he felt mixed with grief and sorrow, was almost unbearable. He shuddered to think what he would have done had he not found Marlene in the burning wreckage of the town.
"Look," Barret started catching his attention. "I don't know what happened that has given you this attitude, but you have to rise up from that. So no suicide attempts you hear? It's shit but you got to live." Finished his speech to him.
Blaise haven't said anything for a moment, but he rebutted.
"...What's to live for, when EVERYTHING you ever cherished, faded away in the most brutal way imaginable?" he asked low monotone voice, trying his best to keep his emotions in check.
Barret for the moment haven't said anything. From this one sentence he was able to deduce one thing.
He lost everything.
Barret couldn't really respond.
"I'll tell you at least one thing." Blaise gathered the courage to enlighten him a bit" I don't even wish it upon who caused it." That was true. Blaise was always empathetic guy, and there was a level and pain he would never wish it anyone, even though he was able to be vengeful, to a certain degree.
"But even so," he continued with sigh. "I at least will try to rise up."
"Good to know." The leader said with a sympathetic smirk. However inside there was one thing on his mind. 'What kind of sadistic shit did he went through, to not even wish it upon who caused it!?' He thought. 'Is it related to Shinra?'
Just the thought of what those pigs make people do made him wanting to throw up.
His line of thought was interrupted by the train's brake.
"Ride's over!" he told the young swordsman.
Blaise managed to catch a glimpse of Jesse kicking a guard in the stomach.
Barret motioned to follow them. As he was running after them he noticed there were two sets of stairs. 'Huh, so the closer one is where the two MP will come down. Another thing to tick off my list.' He halted his thoughts and went upstairs.
Biggs and Wedge were keeping watch, while Jesse started hacking the door.
Barret came behind them.
"All right, people keep watch, and don't get so cramped up! We are easy target this way!" he ordered us then stormed off to a direction, most likely to check if MP's are coming. Wedge watched the direction Barret went, and Blaise decided to keep his eye on the opposite of it.
After a few seconds Cloud came up with his disinterested facial expression.
Biggs feeling uncomfortable because of his giant-ass sword he wanted to start a conversation.
"You used be in SOLDIER huh? Not everyday you find them in a group like ours." he commented.
For poor Jesse this was a shocking news to her. Her head turned directions to Biggs so quickly, that if she would have done it any faster, her neck would be broken.
"HE!? SOLDIER!?" exclaimed in shock. "Aren't they the enemy?"
Biggs sighed."He was in SOLDIER, but he quit and works for us now." He explained, then turned towards Cloud."I didn't catch your name though."
"Cloud…" he simply answered.
"Cloud eh? I'm-" Biggs was interrupted by him shaking his head.
"I don't care about your names, once this job is over, I'm outta here." Cloud spoke without a hint of care. Blaise however saw a fault in logic in this.
"Yet, you were interested in my name." He commented. Cloud looked at him and replied.
"Because you can use a sword, and actually not bad with it." he answered factly.
Barret was coming on their way. Blaise realised that they were still cramped up.
"The fuck y'all doing? I told you to spread out!" he shouted.
"Our target is the north mako reactor, we'll meet at the bridge, get going!" he ordered the rest of AVALANCHE.
The way to it was pretty narrow, but it was possible to hope over a few pipes and get to the reactor railings faster. Blaise decided to follow the path since that was more easier for him to follow. While he was running he noticed a guard dog, waiting for to ambush an intruder.
He drawn his sword, and saw the dog leap out and try to get him on the ground.
He was unsuccessful. Blaise anticipated it, and slashed the dog. He felt wrong for doing it, but he shook his head and went where the entrance to the reactor itself was.
"Open fire!" he heard a shout behind him, there two MP's. They were about to fire at him, when Cloud arrived behind them and sliced them with his Buster Sword.
"Thanks." He thanked him, but he gave no reaction. We both went inside the reactor.
Unlike in the game, they had to wait for Biggs, Jesse and Barret to arrive.
'Was I this fast, or Cloud just flipped Barret off and came quickly here?' Blaise wondered about that. They waited for them a full minute before the trio arrived.
"Took you long enough." Cloud stated the obvious.
Barret sent him a glare but didn't offered a response.
Biggs went to decipher the code.
"You ever been in a mako reactor before?" The leader asked the blond haired swordsman.
"No, after all I didn't work for Shinra y'know." Cloud replied sarcastically.
"The planet is full of mako energy. People use it everyday." Barret started his rant.
"They sucking out the planet's blood with these machines." Cloud shrugged.
"I'm not here for a lecture, let's just do it." Barret clenched his fist, but let it go.
"From now on we are going in together." He ordered Barret. Blaise had a weird thought.
'God please don't tell me I'd have to join bodies with Cloud.' the thought alone sent shiver down his spine. Luckily for him he didn't had to.
Biggs finished deciphering the code, and the door unlocked. Surprisingly the hallways, were empty.
'No wonder we would be able to blow these up! What a bunch of jackasses.' Blaise thought astonished by their stupidity.
They took the lift, with Jesse. Barret decided to continue his earlier lecture.
"Little, by little the reactors sucking the life out of the planet, and that'll be that."
Cloud shrugged again. "Not my problem." Barret was starting to get really pissed off now.
How the hell could he not care when it's affecting his life too!
"The planet is dying Cloud!" Barret shouted at him.
"Right now all I care about is finishing this job, before Roboguards arrive." Barret took several deep breaths to compose himself, because he was sure he was going to strangle Cloud if he wasn't going to calm down.
Blaise snorted. He forgot how much of an ass Cloud was at the beginning.
Thankfully the ride was over. The door opened and,
And there was 3 Grunts, 2 1st rays, and 2 Mono drives waiting for us.
Cloud went outside he quickly dispatched the Grunts, Barret shooted down the 1st rays,
And Blaise sliced up the Mono's.
They continued down the stairs. They climbed down all the way to the bottom.
The reactor core bridge was actually a lot bigger,
'Looks like we'll have room for the fight.' Blaise deduced.
Cloud was walking front, he saw a materia on the floor and he knelt down .
'Hmm a restore materia, this could be useful'. He thought.
"Cloud plant the bomb." Barret ordered the former SOLDIER.
He raised an eyebrow."Shouldn't you do it?"
"I gotta watch you don't pull anything!" Cloud shook his head in disbelief, and then he seemed to zone out a little bit.
Barret lost patience and snapped him out of it. "Cloud hurry it up!"
"Yeah all right." he answered a little out of it.
Cloud was about to set the timer when the alarm went off. They heard a lound steps, They looked everywhere, but Blaise was the first one to notice.
"Above!" he shouted. Everyone rolled out of the way as the Scorpion tried to land on them.
The things was freaking huge, Blaise was grateful the platform was a lot bigger, than in the game.
"So…" Blaise started."Does anyone have a plan?"
Cloud decided to speak up. "Attack it with everything you got, and dodge his attacks."
"Huh, pretty straight forward" He commented.
"Less talking, more beating!" Barret ordered.
The scorpio was scanning Barret.
"I think it likes you." Cloud deadpanned while casting Bolt.
"YOU really know how to push my buttons blondie!" Barret shouted, back. He was so angry, that he had this blue glow around him, and Barret was charging a big red circle in his gun-arm.
Blaise was looking at it while dodged another sweep of it's tail.
'So THIS is how a limit break looks in real life!' he was amazed to say the least.
Barret shotted his Big Shot at it. It did a lot of damage.
Blaise went under the Robot slashing its legs. The robot then using his tails knocked him away with the tip of it. It hurted bit since he was smashed against the railing.
Cloud was starting to have enough of this. He was starting feel a mental strain, since he used Bolt for like the seventh time. He jumped up and sliced the Robo in half with a Braver.
Blaise was still down. He felt dizzy getting his head smashed in the railing.
Barret went to him holding out a hand. "You allright?" he asked.
He accepted the hand, "Feeling dizzy." he admitted. Barret grabbed a small bottle of red liquid in it. "Drinks this it'll make you feel better." He drank what he assumed was a potion.
It wasn't the best drink the world, but he felt a lot better after it.
"Feeling better?" Blaise nodded.
Cloud in the meantime setted the bomb to ten minutes.
"It's set." he informed them.
"All right let's get the fuck outta here people!" They then started running like the floor was lava. The climbed up the ladders, but saw Jesse's foot was stuck in a metal beam. Cloud quickly went to get and got it unstuck. They haven't encountered anyone on their way back.
The main reason it was so close with ten minutes was because of the freakin lift!
Blaise could swore there were a faster method to reach the top then this.
They ran outside and they both went where Wedge was waiting. Jesse slipped but Cloud helped her up and they avoided the detonation at the last second.
Both entrance were blocked by heavy rubble from the enormous explosion. Thankfully nothing collapsed on them so everyone was fine.
They were cleaning their way to the otherside.
They found a large rouble's on each other which were impossible to move.
"We are in luck, I got some explosives left!" Jesse informed them.
And proceeded to wire it up.
"At least this should keep the planet going...even if a little bit." Jesse commented.
Wedge agreed, but Barret stayed silent.
"Okay, everyone get back!" They went to the far side of the hallway, and the bomb detonated. There were flames after the detonation and almost everyone came out unscathed.
Except Blaise and Wedge. The former jacket got on fire and had to toss it away, while the former would be having hard time taking a dump.
"That was my favourite jacket!" whined Blaise. Barret ignored it
"Alright, everyone we meet at the Sector 8 train station," he then looked at Blaise.
"Since I doubt you know the way, you coming with me." Blaise only nodded.
'Huh, guess I won't meet Aerith then.' he mused.
Everyone scattered, Barret and Blaise was about to head out when, Cloud shouted.
"Wait!" Barret turned to him. "If it's about your money, wait till we get back."
They then left Cloud in a hurry.
The whole sector was in chaos. People were running in panic, and houses were in ruin.
'How many did have we killed tonight?' Blaise wondered about that. Was this course of action even justifiable? How many mothers, fathers, and children will have to mourn for their loss?
Was he even different from the man who killed him and his parents?
He clenched his hand and shook his head.
'No! I'm not a sadist greedy shitstain!' he denied vehemently.
Barret wore a mask of impassivness on their way, but even deep down was feeling guilty of the damage he had caused from the explosion.
When they arrived there the train had more guards than usual. They decided to sneak to the back of the train, where there were not any passengers. When they opened the door, Jesse, Biggs and Wedge were already inside.
"Man, you guys scared the lifestream out of me!" he whisper yelled Wedge.
"You were the one who let his guard down, you don't see them, shitting their pants." Blaise quipped pointing at Biggs and Jesse.
"Yeah, and I'll have problems sitting." he said while pointedly looking at Jesse.
Blaise did too."And I'll have problems with the cold," he intoned. Jesse felt uncomfortable under their gaze, she scratched her head, and apologized. Both of the forgiven her.
Barret was looking out the cart, to see where Cloud is, when the train began to move. He cursed knowing that the ex-SOLDIER won't really be on this ride.
Which meant that Shinra would likely capture him.
Everybody, with the exception of Blaise wondered where Cloud was. Blaise was sitting on top of a box next to Barret.
"Cloud…"Biggs began."Do you think he was killed?" he asked their leader.
Barret snorted. "No way!"
Jesse was wondering too, after all he did save her life twice. When her foot was stuck, and when she slipped.
They heard faint footsteps from the top of the train.
"Do you think Cloud will stay and fight for AVALANCHE?" Biggs asked. Barret started to get pissed.
"How should I know? I'm not a mind reader!" he slammed the fist next to the wall.
"If you guys weren't a bunch of screw ups!" he didn't really mean it, but at this point he just needed to went both his anger, and his guilt.
"Hey Barret what about our money?" Wedge asked, but he slammed his fist to shut up.
They heard the footsteps but louder. The door opened, and Cloud jumped in, giving a heart-attack for Barret, a trio yelling "Cloud!" and the impassive face of Blaise.
"Sorry I'm a little late." Cloud trying to play it cool.
"Show off." Blaise mumbled. Barret after recovered.
"You goddamn right you're late! Come waltzin in here causing a big scene!"
Cloud showing off he replied. "It's no big scene, just what I always do."
"Fuck, having everyone worried like that, you don't give damn about anyone but yourself!"
Cloud was honestly surprised but couldn't keep the sarcasm out of his voice. "Wait... you were worried about me?"
Barret was taken aback. "WHAA?! That's coming out of your share hot shot!"
He was heading toward the door to go to the passenger wagon."Wake up! We are heading out people."
Blaise turned towards with a smirk Cloud, "9 out of 10, needs more heart attack, and front flip." Cloud smirked at this and Blaise went to in the other wagon.
Barret scared most of the passengers from the wagon into the other one.
Blaise took a seat next to Barret. He noted that the kid looks like he is only half here.
'I don't get it, a minute he is depressed, the next he is sarcastic and the next he is depressed again. He's got mood swings that's for sure.' He then decided to brush it off as his way of dealing with lost. Trying to cover it up with mirth and sarcasm, and then instantly back at it again.
The rest of the gang came in, Cloud went to Jesse, to show that Midgar scale monitor.
"Hey Blaise, wanna see this?" she asked Blaise.
"No, thanks." he yawned, feeling drained after this whole day.
After Jesse laid down the info for Cloud, Barret looked outside.
"You can see the surface now, this city don't have either day nor night.
If that weren't there you could see the sky…" Barret mused out. Blaise couldn't deny that the in it's own way, the lighted out slums and city, were not a bad sight for him.
Cloud leaned closer to the window."A floating city pretty unsettling scenery." he commented.
Barret stood up arms crossed. "Huh, never thought you of all people would say such things, you're just full surprises." He then continued.
"It's because of that fucking pizza, that people underneath are suffering! The air is polluted, and the reactors suck the life out of the planet." he finished his rant.
"Then why doesn't everyone move onto to the Plate?" Cloud asked.
"Dunno. Maybe because they don't have the money for it or cuz they love their land no matter how polluted it gets." Barret answered. Cloud sighed.
"I know...no one lives in the slums because they want to. It's like this train. It can't run anywhere except where its rails take it." Cloud dropped his Strife wisdom upon him.
"Wow, never took you for the philosophic type." Wedge commented, Cloud went into show-off mode and just shrugged. Everyone got ready, they were arriving the Sector 7 station.
After everyone took off they scanned the area of Shinra troopers, but there weren't anyone.
Barret signaled everyone to go to him. They formed a circle.
"Mission was successful but don't get lazy! The hard part is still to come, and don't y'all be scared of that explosion. Cause the next one is gonna be bigger." Barret finished his speech. Somehow after that little speech with Cloud on the train made his guilt vanish. Blaise just gulped hard.
"Meet at the hideout move out people." He ordered the rest. Barret was in a hurry to go back. Blaise just walked there casually.
To his surprise, Cloud actually went with him.
"You weren't half bad, but you really made some rookie mistakes, like going under that Scorpion." Blaise snorted at this lecture,
"Well, sorry but I didn't have any materia unlike you." Cloud was surprised. "Even if I had, I never used them before."
"Why don't you buy one?" came the obvious question.
"I ain't got any gil what's so ever."Blaise responded.
"Well...I'm inclined to tell you how to use materia if you find some. Free of charge for once." Cloud offered. For Blaise this was a no-brainer and decided to accept it.
"All right, let's start at the beginning, when you put a materia into your weapon or armlet, you just start to feel like you can cast them. It does make you tired though so use it with caution. Also it increases your efficiency with magic, but decreases your strength…." and so Cloud decided to explain how to use the materia's to Blaise.
They arrived to see Barret, scaring the people off Tifa's bar, while Tifa bowed and apologised to her customers for the inconvenience. Barret stood guard at the entrance, but he let them inside.
Biggs,Wedge and Jesse were eating a crap ton of food on the table,
Marlene running from behind the table thinking his father came home, she shouted "Papaa!" excitedly, but she only saw Blaise and Cloud entering. She ran to the back of the room. She was extremely shy. Tifa knelt down to Marlene. "Marlene aren't you going to anything to them?" Tifa tried to make marlene less shy, but she was unsuccessful so far.
She then walked to us.
"Welcome home you two, Looks like everything went well." After a moment she decided to ask. "Did you fight with Barret?"
"Yeah." was the simple answer.
"More like pushing his button every given opportunity." Blaise chimed in.
"Should have known" she sighed. "He's always pushing people around, and you've always been in fights ever since you were little."
Blaise then noticed that Cloud had a flower in his hands, 'Where the fuck was he keeping it?' he thought. Then again he wasn't really aware of everything for the moment.
"A flower? You don't really see them in the slums. Who is it for?"
Cloud just simply gave it to Tifa.
"Maybe I should decorate this place with flowers." She joked. Blaise decided to grab a plate and started eating, he was hungry.
"Hmm, So good." Blaise praised it as the food melted in his mouth, Tifa smiled at the compliment. But she just noticed that he didn't have his jacket on.
"Where is your jacket?"
"Burned to a crisp." He said coldly, while glaring at Jesse. She decided to eat faster to escape the glare. Wedge decided to throw his two gil in.
"And my butt is burned too!" he complained.
"You guys will never let me live it down will you?" she asked rhetorically.
"Nope!" they both deadpanned in unison and laughed.
They were able to finish their meal just in time, to see Barret storm in.
Marleene jumped into her father's arms. "Welcome home Papa!"
"You all right Barret" Tifa asked since his buttons were pushed today.
"Great!" he replied, happy to see his daughter, and spend some time with her.
He pressed the button on the machine, and said "Get in here ya fools!"
"In a bit!" Blaise replied, he turned to Tifa.
"Tifa can you give me some drink?" he asked, but then exclaimed "OH SHIT, I still ain't got any money on me!" Tifa just giggled. "You're member, so it's on the house." she reassured him. He sighed with relief.
She poured some booze for him, and she noticed the sad look in his eyes.
"Something wrong?" she asked Blaise.
"Sorry, it's just I'm a person who has mood swings you know." he explained to her.
"Sorry...It's my fault you got dragged into-" Tifa's apology was halted mid sentence when Blaise put his hand up.
"Don't blame yourself. Wrong place, wrong time, and I was the one who accepted the offer."
He reassured her, and took a sip.
"I didn't had any suicidal thoughts today." he half joked. Tifa however wasn't amused by this.
"Please don't joke about this." Tifa asked sternly. Cloud however was interested.
"Why would you be having suicidal thoughts?" he asked. Blaise sighed.
"If you want to know Barret may have a vague idea, so don't nag me about it." he told him resolutely.
Cloud sighed. "You're right not my business." and then he went down to the base of operation,
Blaise finished his drink, "Thank you for the drink!" and then went down where the other members were.
Blaise went down to see Jesse at the table and the news were on about the blast.
She was proud of her, work however he had a frown on his face.
There were at least 200 confirmed deaths.
He clenched his fists. He forgot a crucial part of things. That AVALANCHE was/is a terrorist group. And that means there was always going to be civilian casualties.
"Can you make the bomb less destructive?" He asked Jesse masking his anger with interest .
"Already on it, don't want you guys teasing me with this stuff forever." she quipped.
He would have smiled if he wouldn't have seen the death count on that.
"Yo Cloud I wanted to ask you something." Barret started, while punching the bag.
"Was there anyone from SOLDIER fighting us today?"
Cloud shook his head."None I'm positive."
"You sound pretty sure."
Cloud just chuckled "If there was anyone from SOLDIER you wouldn't be standing here now." Barret started to get pissed off again.
"Don't go thinkin you so bad just cuz you was in SOLDIER!" Biggs was holding Barret down, but Barret tossed Biggs away, and started to calm down.
"Yeah you're strong. Probably all them guys in SOLDIER are." Barret admitted.
"But don't forget that your skinny ass's workin for AVALANCHE now! Don't get any ideas about hanging on to Shinra."
Cloud scoffed."Staying with Shinra?" He was offended a little. "You asked a question and I answered it." he then went few inches away from Barret face.
"I'm going upstairs, I want to talk about my money." he turned to go up but Tifa came down after hearing the commotion below.
"Cloud, Wait!" She asked her childhood friend.
"Tifa let him go. It seems like he still misses Shinra."
"Shut up!" Cloud snapped, pissed off that Barret was so quick to jump at the gun, and assuming things."I don't care about neither Shinra, nor SOLDIER ." he then started walking off but turned around ."But don't get me wrong, I don't care about AVALANCHE or the planet for that matter!" with that he went up.
"Did you really had to start a fight Barret?" Tifa asked.
"He was pushing my buttons all day." Barret answered.
"To be honest you were the one who started poking at him, unfairly at that." Blaise stated, and continued. "He acts like a jerk at times, but he didn't started assuming stuff about anyone in this room ,and you did Barret." He pointed it out, He only give a long suffering sigh. Tifa went up to quickly catch Cloud while Barret, went through his stuff, and picked up a small and a large bag.
"Here you go kid, your share." he tossed Blaise 200 gil.
"You sure? I mean I'm grateful but-" Barret interrupted him.
"Look you don't have any money on you so you accept that money it's yours." Barret said with finality.
"Thanks Barret." Blaise yawned. "Think I'm gonna turn in now, night guys." with that he turned to sleep on the same place where he slept last time.
Barret climbed upstairs to see Tifa and Cloud talking.
"So come on! You gotta keep your promise!" Tifa told Cloud.
"Wait-sec big time SOLDIER." Barret told Cloud sarcastically, and pulled a bag of gil out of his pockets." A promise is a promise. Here." and tossed him a bag of gils. It was a total of 1500.
"This is my pay? Don't make me laugh." Cloud responded offended by how little gil he got.
"Then you'll?" Tifa asked afraid but Cloud continued in a cocky attitude.
"You got the next mission lined up? I'll do it for 3000." Barret eyes bulged out at the price.
"What!?" he exclaimed. Tifa then proceeded it calm Barret down.
"It's okay it's okay." Tifa tried to reassure him. She then started to whisper.
"We really hurting for help right?" she asked him.
"That's money for Marlene schooling.) He whispered to her back.
Then he was pacing around and told Cloud. "2000!" he only nodded at this.
"Thanks Cloud!" She thanked him.
Cloud turned towards Barret."What's with that kid anyway?" Barret turned towards him raising an eyebrow. Tifa decide to elaborate.
"He joked about not having any suicidal thoughts today, which I didn't found funny. Cloud asked why would he think such things and told us that you may have an idea about it." Tifa finished her explanation.
Barret sighed, Blaise must have spent all his energy just talk to him about that and it was probably enough for him to tell that much for one day.
"I was trying to give him speech, to try to rise above his depression, and don't have any suicide attempts, while we were heading to the reactor." His explanation was stopped by a snarky comment from Cloud.
"So you really care huh." Barret and even Tifa shot him a glare and he just scratched his hair.
"But what he said is what left me speechless. He told me what's to live for when everything you ever cherished just fades away in the most brutal way." Tifa gasped, and even Cloud shuddered at it. "He told me what he went through he doesn't even wish it upon the guy that caused it to him." Tifa didn't even want to think what he went through, but this gave an idea what kind of loss he took.
"But the look in his eyes Tifa. That look was of a man who doesn't have anyone to care for." he finished Barret with some sympathy in his voice.
"What could he have gone through?" Cloud asked the obvious question.
"We can't force answer out of him." Tifa said resolutely. "The wound must also be fresh, but all we can do is to not pry too much, and let him speak about it if he wants to." the two of them nodded and went to sleep.
AN: Yeah, I'm not the best with writing fights. I like to imagine them more than type every single stuff about it, I for one rarely read fights in fanfiction and like to imagine them, but I will try to expand them.
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