Disclaimer: Don't own FF7 or characters, just Talin

AHA!!!!

Beep....beep...beep.....beep...beep......beep
The beeping was giving me a headache. A very painful one. My head hurt already. My eyelids felt heavy, and my breathing was restrained. There was something cold wrapped around each of my wrists and ankles. Cautiously, I opened my eyes. I stared at the white ceiling for a few moments. This didn't feel like my bed, and what was the beeping noise???

I turned my head and saw a machine close to the bed, where my pulse bumped in waves over the screen. There was a clip attacched to the wire coming from it, and it was clipped onto my finger. It was somewhat uncomfortable but I was too distracted to care. I noticed ont he other arm an IV was taped into my forearm. I tried to breath deeper, but it hurt terribly and I stopped immeidatly. Why couldn't I breath. Suddenly I heard fabric rub against fabric, and I realized, finally, a bright red form int he corner. Then it all came back. The gun. Loz. Yazz, Daj, screaming, pain....black....Sephiroth.

"Vincent." I snarled, and tried to sit up.
Something pulled tight around my neck, preventing me from lifting my head more than an inch from the pillow. I froze. It was cold, hard...metal. I dropped my head back and heard the rattle of metal against metal. A chain... I realized I'd been chained down to a bed, defenseless. Panic suddenly exploded as I pulled harder at the restraints, and the beeping increased rapidly.

"Doctor!" An urgent voice yelled from the hallway, and a nurse came in. "Now stop your fussing, you're going to hurt yourself." She chided.
She observed the pattern of my pulse over the screen, and a few numbers that switched every few seconds at the bottom of the screen. Suddenly, a burly man with graying hair entered, wearing the usual white coat. I froze. This scene was all too horrifyingly familiar.

"Hold still bitch!" An angry voice cursed. I struggled away from the rough hands that were dragging me. Running as fast as I could, I ran down the hall, heart pounding.
"Stupid cunt!" The guard yelled, and I could hear him thundering after me. I flew down the halls, dodging anyone that got in my way. Suddenly, a solid figure stepped out in front of me, and I collided with what felt like a brick wall. I fell back onto the floor, and stared up at the person. The scientist loomed over me, a furious expression on his face.
"Where were you going?" He growled, and grabbed me by the hair, pulling me to my feet.
I started screaming behind the leather muzzle that they had buckled on long ago because I would bite if I had the chance. Far off, I could hear the painful cries of my brothers, unable to save me. Again.

The doctor pulled a syringe out of a medical cabinet, and pulled a bottle out of his pocket. The liquid was thick black, and there was no label. He filled the needle all the way to the top, and turned towards me with it.

"Get away from me!" I finally managed to shriek.
Instantly flames burst out over my body, attempting to melt the restraints. After a few seconds of intense fire, they weakened and snapped as I fought against them. I jumped off the bed and over the startled doctor, ripping the IV out of my arm as I went. I ran for my life down the hall, gasping frantically. My chest hurt so bad.

Suddenly something wrapped around my waist, yanking me to a hard stop. Another arm came up over my throat, pulling me back tightly.
"That'll be enough." A deep voice snarled in my ear.
I shot flames backwards, but I was not released. Infuriated, I continued to blast until the pain in my chest became to great. I twisted my head sideways, and paused. Cloud.

"Let me go." I ordered firmly.
Suddenly I was surrounded by about 6 men, and they had guns locked on me. Cloud stepped back as I glared at them. I was about to attack when I heard a startled cry.
"Talin!" A shaky voice called.
I twisted around and saw Loz staring at me. There were a few guards around him, guns aimed at him, and he was heavily chained.
"Lozzy? You're ok?" I asked, forgetting the situation entirely. I went to him, ignoring the warnings from the gunmen.
Loz tried to smile, and I realized his lip was split so he couldn't really. He had bruises on his face, and he was limping. But his eyes showed nothing but care and concern as I approached him.
"What'd they do to you?" I asked, my voice cracking.
Loz lowered his gaze, unable to answer. Renewed rage built up. But I couldn't attack now. They had Loz. After some prompting, they finally got me chained. The doctor was huffing as he finally caught up.
"Send it for x-rays." He said through pants.

IT. I glared at him, and then I saw a bed being wheeled across the hall. Yaz was on it, silent, eyes closed.
Not again. Not this torture again. I felt tears brun down my cheeks as they forced me to walk.

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