Bought For Slavery
Chapter 8
What am I going to do? thought Cloud. If he moved, Sephiroth would kill the kid. Slowly Cloud stood up then dropped his sword. "Let him go and take me," he said, his arms out to each side.
"Well, well, the great Cloud Strife is willing to give up his life for a small insignificant human?" he asked as he looked over at his brothers, who were just about to crack up laughing.
Sephiroth put his glare back on Cloud. "Very well Cloud," he said. Sephiroth dropped the boy, who ran back to the other orphans.
Before he could kneel down, Masamune went right through his body. Sephiroth had killed another. "NO!" screamed Cloud along with the other kids.
"Shut up or you all are next," threatened Kadaj with Souba, his double bladed sword. Immediately they were silent.
Back at the cabin, Rufus Shinra had been talking to Rude about business while Reno played along with Marlene and Denzel who was healed in no time, even without the doctor.
"When is Cloud coming back?" asked Denzel. "Right now, I have no idea. It could be today or tomorrow or whenever," said Reno as he leaned back on his hands.
"It doesn't take this long to get a doctor," said Marlene in defense. She knew something was wrong. Call it young woman's intuition.
Shinra turned around his wheelchair. "The girl's right. I too sense something is wrong," he said. "Rude, call the helicopter. We're going back to get Cloud," he said. "Right Boss," said Rude in his deep voice. "Cloud saved my life. Now it's my turn to save him," said Denzel.
Marlene and Denzel smiled and hugged each other. Marlene was so happy, she kissed Denzel right smack on the lips, much to his surprise, but he returned the kiss. Reno blushed.
Marlene broke the kiss and blushed as red as Reno's hair. "Sorry. I was in the moment," she said. "Trust me. I was too. No apology necessary," he said.
In the orphanage, which had turned into a blood bath, Cloud had been unable to save another life from Sephiroth. He held the teenagers bloody corpse in his hands. Tears were running down his eyes. "Why?" he asked. "Why would you do this?" yelled Cloud as he stood up and glared at Sephiroth.
"Why have I done this?" Sephiroth asked. "Why have you betrayed us?" he asked Cloud. "This isn't all over a young snot nosed kid you stole from us, now it's personal," snarled Sephiroth.
Cloud stood back. "A long time ago, you were with us. You shared in our pleasure. All along you thought we were the right side and all the rest were the wrong!" he yelled in anger.
Loz, Kadaj, and Yazoo were listening the whole time. "How come big brother gets all the attention?" asked Loz. "Shut up!" said Yazoo and Kadaj in unison. Some kids laughed at this, but were hit across the face by Gunblade to shut them up.
"You are so wrong and you so need to die," snarled Cloud. He ran and picked up his sword and then the battle of the Gods had begun. "Try your best. I can't be killed," said Sephiroth. "I'LL SEND YOU ALL TO HELL!" screamed Cloud.