This chapter contains some horrific details of Terra's murder I put () to indicate where the text no longer discusses the death in detail.
Her fever had passed as quickly as it came. It was as if her mind was keeping her from something telling her warning her. 'An unbroken promise.' She thought. She understood now as she looked down as she saw the river of blood on the ground. Terra's neck carved open flesh hanging where her heart had been ripped out, her emerald eyes slightly opened staring.
Can you feel it? The heart ache, does it drill through your soul make it shatter like glass? Can you feel the pain? Her pain, her heart ache, her soul shattering it breaking like glass?
She'd seen evil in her life but this was...you can't understand what this was...what it is. The shock ranked her body as she knelt to the floor, she tried to heal her knowing it was too late she was gone. The tears cascaded down her face she was always strong, optimistic but this... she couldn't now.
"Mom I think I know how the heartless are-" Aerith sat in the corner holding Terra in her arms gently rocking her, the blood staining her clothes. A river of tears flowed down her now pale face. The day had faded now slipping into the dark night.
() "She'll be fine Sora you should go." Yuffie said trying to comfort him.
"She's never been like this before."
"I know but soon you'll see she'll be happy, back to normal she just needs sometime."
"My dad should be here."
He was spending too much time in the darkness. His soul was becoming corrupt his mind was wondering. He enjoyed the flirtation he was receiving from Tifa he hoped that soon it would turn into more.
"Tomorrow's the big day rest up and be prepared to win think of the grand prize."
"What grand prize?"
"You know finding this girl you know the one you've been nagging about. Oh he's forget huh someone else caught you're interest?" He smirked at him. "Hey come on give me the details."
"Nothing to tell." Cloud smiled.
"Nothing to tell?"
"Not yet."
'I'm pretty sure you're dad is trying his hardest to find you guys but you can't worry about him now you have to go.' He thought about what Yuffie said what it meant. He wished Kiari was here she'd help him through this. But like everyone else she was gone. The golden gates opened before them a gold statue of two men sword fighting was built on top the building. The sign read: The Olympus Coliseum.
She wondered the alley behind the hotel. The sound of the water running was soothing and relaxing. She noticed a tunnel guarded by bent bars she moved closer to them. The space was big enough for her to fit through. She noticed Leon sitting down on the rocks near her she went to join him. They sat there for hours saying nothing too lost in their thoughts.
"Thank you Aerith for saving her...I'm sorry about Terra I know how it feels to lose people you care about." There was silence. "We should go." Leon stood up. "Are you coming?"
"No I'll stay here for a little while." More hours passed as her thoughts controlled her.
"Come on Aerith lets go." Yuffie said standing up.
"You know I've lost so much and I've never complained or... got emotional I've dealt with it. I lost my father when I was a baby, my mother, me race, my home, Cloud, Sora, Roxas, most of my friends, even my life now Terra. How much more can I lose? I lost Zack I mean it wasn't serious to him but I loved him. My husbands gone I don't even know if he's alive. What about Roxas? I don't where he is or if he's okay. What am I going to lose next the twins?"
"Aerith..."
"I can't lose anything else."
"How do we enter in the games?"
"You don't."
"How come?"
"Okay you wanna be in the games fine all you gotta do is fight them." A group of twenty heartless entered the arena. "I have three word of advice for you, don't lose!"
"But that's two-" The horn was blown the match had started. Sora ran to attack the heartless.
"Okay we have just a little problem. A small one nothing to lose sleep over but there's this kid."
"A kid?"
"He's pretty good and he's your next opponent so... just get him out of the way and then well it's the big fish."
"My contract says-"
"I know you think I don't know!? I wrote that contract in record time too but you're going to beat this kid and the Hercules alright. Just get the kid out of the way."
"So who's our next opponent?"
"Some spiky haired guy looks a bit hard to beat but you can handle him kid who knew you were any good huh?" Their next opponent entered the stage. The audience widely cheered.
"Now entering the arena the undefeated champion of the underworld...Cloud!" The sound of clapping was thunderous.
"Dad?" Sora looked in shock he seemed different.
"Sora what are doing here?" Sora ran to his dad hugging him. He was greeted by a metal sword. Sora fell to the ground.
"Dad what's going on?" Cloud moved to attack Sora. Sora used the keyblade to stop his dad from hitting him. "Dad what are you doing? I've been looking for you!"
"You found me."
"Mom needs you why are doing this?" Sora said dodging Clouds attacks. "Dad Terra's dead!" Cloud put his sword down. "The heartless killed her and Mom...she's never been like...she needs you Dad I'm worried about her."
He sat in the darkness of the cave lost in his thoughts. What happened to him he was losing himself and he hadn't realised.
"We'll take you to her but we should leave now."
"Sora..."
"Let's go dad."
"How is she?"
"She's...um...Cloud...she found Terra with...she's not okay."
"I should go see-"
"She's asleep but the twins are next door." Infalna was crawling on the floor while Zack was biting a chew toy. Cloud sat on the floor next to them Infalna crawled into his lap.
"Daddy." She giggled.
Tifa watched Cloud bonding with his children thoughts of Marlene and Denzel flooded into her mind she hoped they were with Barret and safe. Sora crouched to the ground looking at the two dead bodies that laid in front of him. The bodies were on top each other a long blade through their bodies.