Chapter Nineteen---Sorrowless

"Is it working?...What do you mean it takes time?...Fine, just finish it before they release him!...Yes, I know what I'm doing, don't question me Tiffa!! I've done this before, remeber?...That's what I thought. Don't mess this up, Tiffa. Wouldn't want any accidents, now would we?"

Things were going smoothly. Hell would freeze over before Trista let Sephiroth Prelude get the best of her. Or anyone else for that matter. If it was the last thing she did, she would break Riku. And if she had to use Zexion to do it, so be it.

He would break.

Milk it for all its worth, make sure you get there first
The apple of your eye, the rotten core inside...
We are your prisoners, things couldn't get much worse...
I've had it up to here, you know your end is near...

Zexion was slightly unnerved by the song he was currently listening to. Sora had generously given him his own ipod to listen to while he recovered. Zexion mostly liked the music the younger boy listened to but this song hit far to close to home for comfort. And as for recovering, he wasn't doing so well.

The doctors first told him that it wasn't unsual to feel sick and groggy, that it would take time for the breaks to mend and his body to heal. But then he started vomiting and fainting and the doctors couldn't figure out what was wrong with him. He should be fine. He should be getting better.

But he wasn't.

Right around noon, Tiffa came in, all smiles and laughter as she gave him his painkillers. A syringe injected into his IV, a harmless liquid slowly dripping into his veins. To stop the pain. That's what she said. She said it would stop the pain.

Intoxicated eyes, no longer live that life,
You should have learned by now, I'll burn this whole world down...
I need some peace of mind, no fear of what's behind...
You think you've won this fight,
You've only lost your mind.

The flash of fear and knowing in Zexion's eyes was lost on Tiffa as she whirled out of the room and Zexion's eyes focused on the IV tube as another bout of nausea overtook him and he threw up him luch on to the floor. The room spun and he couldn't tell if he was even on the bed anymore as a nurse rushed in, worried. Voices filled his head as darkness swallowed his world.

No one noticed the ipod that had toppled to the floor, music still blaring through the headphones as it lay abandoned, casting judgment into the empty room.

You had to have it all...Well, have you had enough?
You greedy little bastard you get what you deserve
When all is said and done, I will be the one to leave
You in your misery and hate what you've become

Heaven help you...

Axel was sitting at the computer in Cloud's office. He was supposed to be working but something didn't add up. The nervous tension Riku carried around. The way the silverhaired teen couldn't place that feeling of dejavu. The way dread hung above their heads like a storm cloud, ready to unleash heaven's rage upon the ground.Cloud walked in, saw the worried look on Axel's usually smirking face and looked at the screen.

A pretty woman with warm cinamon eyes and a bright smile. She stood next to her sister, jubilant in the court's decision to find the other woman not guilty. Cloud's face was now etched in a disturbed frown as Axel shifted uneasily, continuing to read.

The green eyed woman had been suspected of killing her mother and father. The prosecuting attorney had little evidence, only just enough to raise suspicion. However, the DA had come up with a case shattering witness. Her sister, Tiffa Lockheart. Tiffa Lockheart had been with her sister, shopping out of town, the day their parents were murdered. A salesman in Hollow Bastion confirmed her story.

Green eyes meet with blue as Cloud hurried him from the studio, hoping to find Sephiroth before it was too late. The miles didn't go by fast enough as Axel contemplated what he'd just found out. Half of him hoped this was a mistake. But there couldn't be two Tiffa Lockeheart's with a sister named Trista. As Sephiroth's house came into view, Axel had one last thought as a sinking feeling overcame him.

A storm was coming and it might just kill them all.

A.n: Woooot!!!!!!!!! chapter 19!!! Review my lovelies and enjoy the sorrow.:) I'm so evil. I'm going to go update something else.Song: Enough- Breaking Benjamin

Ulti!!!!