Chapter 9
„Life"
When Cait enjoyed the piggy ride on Delgado's shoulders, he jumped on the ground, covered by leaves from the trees.
-„ How do you like that ride?" – Delgado asked while he was looking for a place to seat and rest.
-„ Not bad" – Cait replied -„ If you could be a robot, you could run faster"
-„ Heh, I'm only a human" – Delgado sat, leaning his back on the rock. His face was shined by the sunbeams that were created from the trees. He felt Cait's body near him.
-„ Anyways, you ended your story tomorrow on that point when you survived the damage from the temple. You said that Reeve found you. What happened then?"
-„ I see that you are still interested in the story of my life" – Cait had a grin on his face -„ If you like it I can continue it…"
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ShiRa HQ, past
-„ Reeve took me back to ShinRa HQ when he free me from being trapped in a little rock. He was happy that I was still alive but he didn't want to send me for more missions. He cared about me a lot but I had a serious discussion with him."
Cait Sith and Reeve were playing cards on Reeve's bed
-„ I see that you're still beating me in cards" – Reeve laughet when he lost 5th time
-„ Don't forget that I'm perfect so you will never beat great Cait Sith" – Cait said with glory, waving his cards that he had in his paw"
Reeve wanted to shuffle cards but Cait interrupted.
-„ Can I ask you something Reeve?"
-„ Sure Cait" – Reeve looked on his little furry robot cat
-„ Can I return to Cloud's party?"
Reeve didn't know what to say. His face was looking like a break window. Then he frowned.
-„ No!" – Reeve said shortly
-„ Why not?" – Cait asked
-„ Because… I don't want to something happen to you! – Reeve get off from his bed and stood -„ Cloud wanted to kill you when he heard that we kidnapped Marlene. And this temple! I said to you that you shouldn't go there! Do you know what I was feeling when I was looking on the monitor?!"
-„ I'm sorry for that, but this was for the planet" – Cait tried to calm him down, but this made Reeve angrier.
-„ Planet!" – Reeve said with contempt -„ That's just pathetic! Those terrorists and they are saving the world! Did you forget that they killed so many people when they were blowing reactor No. 5?! Did you forget that killing is bad?!"
-„ But the Soldiers and Sephiroth are also killing…"
Reeve covered his ears to not listen
-„ I have enough of that you hear me!!" – Reeve started to shout on Cait Sith -„ I said NO and that means NO! This is an order Cait Sith!"
-„ You don't understand anything!" – Cait was now pissed off and he stand on Reeve's bed -„ You weren't living with him! You were just sitting here and looking on that dammit monitor!"
Reeve frost. He opened his jaw from this. He wanted to say something…
-„ Shut your face and listen to me!" – Cait shouted to Reeve who was standing and looked on angry feline -„ Look pal where you are living! You don't even know what is life! You're just working here and you're always alone! You don't have friends because deep in your mind you're a sick maniac who wants to be alone! Only one good thing that you made was creating me to have a friend! You learned me everything… about the killing, good and evil. When I joined Cloud's group, I learned what exactly that means! Life is when you are free. ShinRa is just making a propaganda… they want to rule everything, thay want to take your mind to be just a pseudo slave! However who was agains ShinRa, he was killed!"
Reeve didn't know what to say and Cait continued:
-„ At last I met someone other than you. Someone new. Maybe that's not a good relationship when they discovered that I'm a spy, but I felt good. You're saying that killing is bad. But kidnapping isn't?! You tricked me with that! I didn't know about that!"
Cait crossed his arms and turned backwards to Reeve.
-„ And I learned something. Me who is just a robot with intelligent AI! I learned what life is. What world is. And I wanted to fight for it even if I was weak in battles. That's why I wanted to sacrifice myself! And that's why I want to return to them! To save the planet… to save life…"
Reeve was shocked when he heard what Cait is talking about. He was just a robot and he know many things about life. And him? What he knew? He was just sitting in the building and working or looking on monitor to look what Cait Sith is doing. Reeve sat on his bed and he put his hands on his head.
-„ I don't know what to think about this…" – Reeve said quietly
Cait was still angry on Reeve but he looked on him by his one eye.
-„ Just look! This building is a prison for you! They don't care what are you doing for people but what are you doing to help dominate the energy resources and to rule the world! You're too naïve Reeve! Stop be a child and become a man!"
-„ I'm not a man…" – Reeve whispered. Then he felt Cait's paw on his shoulder
-„ You are a man, but you're heading the wrong way. You don't need some organization to make your dreams real. You can do that by yourself. You're intelligent and that's making you special and unique."
Reeve looked on Cait who had sadness on his face.
-„ And now you treat me just like a machine. I thought that I'm your friend… not just a robot that you can give him orders…"
Cait looked down, but his receptors could feel that Reeve get him in his hands and he placed him on his lap. Cait looked on his creator. Reeve placed his hand on Cait's head and he started to stroke his head.
-„ You're right Cait" – said Reeve. This time his voice was soft. There was no anger. -„ I'm sorry that I've shouted on you. You see, I never traveled. I only know the planet from books when I was a orphan. But now you learned me something. You opened my eyes. I was too weak and I wasn't acting like a man. I was only working and working. I don't even know what I am doing as work. I stopped to feel the time so I stopped to feel life"
Funny isn't it? The creator was supposed to teach his creation everything. But now it's vice versa. The creation learned the creator about something important… about life.
-„ Please let me go back to them Reeve" – Cait asked softly his friend who's smile disappeared now.
-„ But why Cait?" – asked Reeve -„ They don't trust you. They don't like you by this kidnapping. Why do you want go back?"
-„ Because I want to save the planet" – replied Cait
Reeve was now confused. All he want is just so save the planet? Without no reward?
-„ And you can help me Reeve"
Reeve still didn't know what to say. But now he understands everything. That we are saving the planet to make world more beautiful and safe. To continue this beautiful thing that is called life.
-„ How Cait?" – Reeve asked
-„ Well… you're still working here. When I will be in team and we will have some troubles with ShinRa, you can use your computers here and you can give us some useful informations and I will tell the others" – Cait said and smiled.
Reeve also smiled and he was stroking Cait again
-„ So… this is also saving the world but in the other way"
-„ Yep" – Cait replied shortly
-„ But there's still one thing Cait. They think that you're dead… or destroyed. How you will explain them your survival?" – Reeve asked
-„ I think that there shouldn't be time for explaining when we must save the world" – answered Cait -„ I will just say that I'm Cait Sith No 2. Time for feeling will be when everything will be over. So… will you let me go to return to them?"
There was silence. Reeve was thinking what to say now. Let him go or not? And finally…
-„ Yes you can" – Reeve said finally -„ But be…"
He couldn't continue because he was hugged by Cait…
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Present
-„ Why Reeve didn't want to let you go Cait?" – the green-eyed boy asked
-„ Reeve was caring about me a lot. He was afraid that something could happen to me and this time I could not make it. Survival in temple was a miracle. And I understand him. He loves me like son."
-„ Oh yeah you said once that you…"
-„ Shhh!" – Cait put his finger on Delgado's lips –„ You hear that?"
Delgado could hear something. Someone said „ Little ninja thief" or something like that.
-„ Someone's here" – Delgado said when Cait let his finger off his lips.
-„C'mon, let's check!" – Cait said and both runned to the direction where the voices were caming.
They stopped when in front of them were bushes.
-„ it cames from there!" – Delgado pointed on the bushes. They carefully came to them and part the twigs to see.
And Cait couldn't belive who he saw.
Author's note:
Sorry that I wasn't updating so long but I had many work in my school. When I will have some free time, I surely be writing. Hope you like my fanfic and remember – R&R :)