Jeez, took me long enough to finish this chapter. What with writer's block, school(which is now over and I'm graduating on this coming thursday), and my busy life, I thought I'd never get to write anymore. But never fear, I'm alive, and the story shall go on!
Disclaimer: Yeah...I don't own FFVII or Cid or Vincent...but I have a Cid keychain...and my friend has a Vincent keychain that calls him an 'angst bunny'...
"Finally! I thought we'd never get here." Cid stretched as he stood on the port of Banal, a freshly lit cigarette poking out from between his lips. Vincent stood beside him, silently agreeing with the blonde man.
Banal, being a port town, whose main commerce was fishing, had a grand port, with ships of all sizes docked there and the smell of fish wafting from the market. With the sea air and the temperate climate, the town was known as a great relaxation spot.
"So, where to next? We could head Northeast to Yokoto, or Southeast to Tola." Cod asked as the two headed into the town. Already they could see the Tiny Bronco parked outside the town. However, this was not their destination just quite yet. As he waited for the raven-haired man's response, Cid pulled a paper from his pocket that Koro had given him, and on that paper was a list of a few supplies they needed.
Quietly pondering his options, Vincent shrugged, making the captain groan. "Don't you have any idea where you're going?"
The crimson-eyed man just shrugged once again, causing Cid to start muttering about things like "Can't fucking believe this" and "What kind of traveler doesn't know where he's going?" as they continued into town.
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Two men stepped out of the inn, the smaller one, with short, wild white hair, stretched and yawned, the two large gas tanks on his back moving slightly, causing the flammable liquid inside to stir around a little. "Well, he should be here by now..." Looking up to his larger companion, he let out a sadistic grin. "Let's go have some fun."
The larger man, bald, stoic, and with a slightly gray skin tone, simply nodded as he flexed his hands.
"Good. I was getting kinda bored." And with that, the two men walked deeper into the city.
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"I need...some bandages, some first-aid cream...and some...tampons?!(1)"
Vincent shook his head as the Cid yelled the last word out, causing everyone within a twenty meter radius to look directly at him, some of them giggling.
"Damn that Mizuki. She knows damn good and well that I don't buy shit like that for her."
Vincent shrugged as he walked ahead of Cid and into a store. Browsing the shelves, he picked the items Cid had called out(including the tampons), and stopped by the food section when he spotted small, round, blue fruit.
"...Shear said Cid likes blueberries and cinnamon in his tea..."
Picking up a package of blueberries, Vincent calmly took his items to the counter and pulled out the gil that Cid gave him earlier to pay for them, receiving a strange look from the cashier before paying and leaving, all the items in a brown paper bag.
"Did you get everything?" Cid asked as the gunman stepped outside, another new cigarette hanging from him mouth.
Nodding, Vincent started to head off to the Tiny Bronco, as Cid followed.
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"There he is...you know, I missed him." The shorter man said as he turned to the larger man, his hair blowing around slightly from the wind on the rooftops.
Saying nothing, the stoic man just watched as Vincent and the shorter blonde man walked beneath them.
Dropping his head a little, the shorter man, grinning like a maniac, started shaking. "Oh, I missed him so much...I'll make sure he gets 'punished' for this...Hahahahahahaha!!"
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The shrill, sadistic laughter that echoed around the two men caused Cid to look around confused, and Vincent to tense up, his pupils dilated in fear.
"Who the hell is making that much noise?" Cid asked, but Vincent only clutched the paper bag he held tighter.
"Oh, Vincent. I'm hurt. You didn't tell your new friends about us?" said a person in a singsong voice.
Turning to the gunman, Cid's brow furrowed as he noticed Vincent's tensed body and clutched bag. "Vincent? The hell's going on?"
As if on cue, the two men from on the rooftops leaped down, landing on either side of Cid and Vincent. "Simple. We just found our little bitch that ran away. And we want him to come back." came from the shorter male, his eyes wide along with his grin, and a flamethrower in his hands.
Vincent took a step back, and Cid took one forward. "Well, he obviously doesn't want to go. So, fuck off."
The grin on the shorter male widened a little more, as he flicked a switch on his weapon, causing it to lit. Cid could hear electricity crackle behind him, and he turned to see the larger man wield a pair of extremely large tasers. "Well, he obviously doesn't have a choice."
"Tch. Well, ain't this shitty..." the captain said as he reached into his coat and Vincent reached into his bag.
"...Since you obviously don't want to come willingly, I guess we have to use force."
For the first time, the larger man spoke up. "Galian. We were told to bring Vincent back alive."
'Galian' merely shrugged. "Well, I don't plan on killing...just maiming."
There was a brief moment of anticipation and waiting, before, in a flash, 'Galian' fired away and the larger man rushed forward. That's when Vincent and Cid reacted. Cid raised a gun into the air and fired it, causing a flare to go off. Vincent, on the other hand, having wished he brought his gun, threw the tampons at the shorter male. As they passed through the flames that spouted out of the flamethrower, they continued on at him, now ablaze themselves(2).
"The hell?!" 'Galian' exclaimed as he dropped his gun and proceeded to try and protect himself from the flaming women's products. Cid then threw his flare gun at the larger man and grabbed Vincent, running past the shorter man and towards the now started up hovercraft.
"Where do you think you're going?!" the sadistic male cried as he grabbed at Vincent, who slashed at the outstretched arm with his claw. As Galian pulled away, the two males ran and jumped onto a rope ladder that was hanging off of the side of the craft, and the Tiny Bronco pulled away, heading Northeast.
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After making it to the bridge, Cid looked at Vincent, his face serious. "What the fuck was that? Who the hell were those people?"
The three crew members were a little shocked, not knowing what happened, and looked on with curiosity as Vincent said "It's a long story...do you still want to hear it?"
Cid took a seat in his captains chair and propped his feet up, lighting a cigarette as he said "Well, I got time, so spill it."
Vincent looked out the window, placing his bag on the nearest surface, and sighed. "It all started in my hometown, Phalia..."
To be continued...
(1)Yes, Mizuki is a woman, so I decided that Cid should have to exclaim 'Tampons?!' Poor soul...I do torture him so...and he likes it :D
(2)OMG Flaming tampons of Doom!!!!(alright, so I was bored and decided to be random. Deal with it.)
Okaies, time to be slightly serious. I hope to finish this and my other story by the end of this month...but don't hold your breath, cause I don't know how much time I'm going to spend with my boyfriend. Yes, I'm a guy and DO have a boyfriend(I'm the uke, for those who know they want to know). So, let's all hope for the best...and reviews help speed up the process :)