CHAPTER 13!!
Chapter 13: The Turks in Hospital: Bedside Hyjinks!
"Ugh… there is no way I was just beaten by three delinquent girls!" he said, coughing up two spurts of blood. "Oh, and by the way," Alex said, moving forward, and standing right in front of Rufus, her katana held in her hand, "This is for calling me Puny and Insignificant." She swung downward, but Rufus never felt the attack hit him. When he opened his eyes, he saw a small indentation in the ground in front of him. He knew what she had done, and called the corporation to send a chopper. Soon, the villagers watched as a med team rushed out of a landing chopper, put Rufus on a stretcher, and made a run for it. When it left, they returned to their normal lives. Meanwhile, inside the town's clinic, Cloud and Vince were watching the fallen Turks, waiting for them to wake.
Reno was the first to open his eyes. "wha… what? Where am I? And… Where is this?"
Cloud said calmly, "You are in the North Corel Clinic, recovering from serious injuries, so I'd suggest staying down and resting." Reno, hearing Cloud's voice, started struggling, and shouted,
"NO! I'M IN ENEMY HANDS! Where are my cyanide pills?!" "We combed your clothes before admitting you, so you have none anymore. That's them over there," Cloud said, pointing for Reno's eyes to follow. His eyes trailed to a small sink where a nurse was finishing the disposal of a small bottle of pills down the drain.
"NOOOO! " Reno screamed, as he struggled against his bonds. "It is my duty to the Shin-Ra to kill myself if I'm ever captured. Now, I can't anymore…" he said, just as Elena awoke from her sleep and, sleepily, said, "Wha… what? Where am i?" "Don't bother, Elena. They got us. We are in the North Corel Clinic, being treated for serious injuries. They combed our clothes before they admitted us, and I just watched a nurse pour the last of our cyanide pills down that sink over there," Reno said. "No… I can't fulfill my duty…" Elena whispered to herself.
Rude soon after awoke, took a quick look around, and turned to look at Reno, saying, "Let me guess. North Corel Clinic, recovering from serious wounds, and all of our cyanide pills have been dumped down a drain?" "As perceptive as ever, Rude," Reno replied stoically, "Didn't miss a thing. Except for the fact that our enemies have captured us." "Actually, Reno," Rude said, "Just before all this happened, Rufus fired you. I think he carried that over to all three of us. By the way, how's Elena?" "Why?" Reno asked, intrigued, "What happened? Did she try and avenge us?" "No, actually," Rude replied, "After you got your ass handed to you by that girl, I was ordered to take her out, and also failed. But, what I saw through my blurred vision was incredible. Elena attempted one of her 'Mini-nade Barrage' attacks, only to have most of it destroyed and the last three backfire on her. One in her mouth, one down her shirt, and one right under her legs." "Really? Ouch, that has to hurt, having a KO grenade explode on your chest," Reno said, with hints of pity and pain on his voice. "To answer your question, Rude," Elena's voice sounded from across the room, "I AM IN AN UNBEARABLE, EXCRUCIATING, UNGODLY AMOUNT OF PAIN! I feel like the Highwind landed on me and crushed everything from the bottom up, lengthwise. Literally. My mouth feels like it's full of copper wire and cotton wads, and my chest feels like I have a pair of coiled bacon strips dangling from it. I won't even touch on how my legs and upward into me feels, but the doctors say they're going to have to operate to get all the shrapnel out of my body. I hope they overdose me on painkillers and anesthetics." "You're that bad off? Surgery? Geez, it should have been me," Reno said, sounding genuiely pained. "Reno," Elena said, "I don't really think you want to have your twig and berries filled with or cut off by shrapnel." "Um… yeah, Reno…," Rude broke in, "That may have been a nice sentiment and all, but… I wouldn't even wish that fate on Sephiroth." "OH, yeah, good point," Reno said, "I don't think I want ot be made incapable of getting it on with the ladies. Way to much to lose… so, … HAHAHA! Elena, you suck!" Reno's mood and attitude changed considerably with this comment. "Gee, thanks Reno," Elena said, "You're my hero. You're so up there, you wouldn't even take a trio of grenades for a team mate." "Oh, Reno, you got served," Rude said as he started chuckling, then laughing hysterically. "Hey, Rude, ya know what?" Reno asked, to which Rude replied, "What?" Reno, with a smile on his face, turned over in his bed and said, "Suck it, Rude. Suck it long, and suck it hard." Elena, surprised at this exchange, said, "First off, Rude, this time it's you got served. Hard. And Reno, are you really that gay?" "I AM NOT GAY!!!" Reno said, while Rude just kept on laughing. Soon, Reno was laughing, and then All three Turks were laughing uncontrolably. "Ah! I think I snapped something!" gasped Elena; At this, Reno looked at Rude, who looked back at him, and then both started raoring in hysteric laughter. Soon, Elena was laughing with them, so hard that she almost feel out of her bed. In a few minutes, all three were exausted again, and promptly fell asleep. Outside, Cloud and Vince were talking. "Well, it seems they finally laughed themselves to sleep. So," Cloud said, "Explain Vince. How can three girls be that powerful? I mean, I could never destroy Reno's rod. I was never able to capture elemental magic attacks in my weapon and return it back… I was NEVER capable of dodging one of Elena's grenade attacks… I can't understand it." "Well," Vince said, trying to gather his thoughts, "The three of them can get in two Limit Breaks for one full guage. They can also combine their Limit Breaks to create a … well, I don't know what to call it, but it's like they summon the gates of Hell themselves to suck up their foes. I actually WATCHED them do it, too! They can cast magic at once, without having to wait for a turn. I watched them destroy a Tonberry in that fashion. Like we saw today, they can do things that the group can't. Heck, using three small communicators from their world, they were able to not only summon three creatures, but become them, too! In that form, they completely annihilated Sephiroth!" "Wait, wait. You mean to tell me that Sephiroth is no longer wandering the planet?" Cloud asked, now worried. His only real opponent had always been Sephiroth. "No, They didn't kill him," Vince said in an assuring tone, "I don't think they have it in them to kill anything." Cloud sighed deeply, then said, "Good. At least I can still finish him myself. That much reassures me." "Why are you so obsessed with beating him, Cloud?" Vince asked, perplexed, "I mean, you beat him in the North Crater. Twice, I might add. You beat him in Midgar when Kadaj put the Black Materia in his armour and transformed into him. And you beat him when you teleported to the other alternate dimension with Tifa and Ended up back here. You beat the darkness within. Now, you have to let it go. Ignore the darkness. Expel it." Cloud nodded, and said, "Maybe it is about time I got rid of it. You're right, Vince. OK, keep my back." Suddenly, Cloud screamed in pain, and turned to face Vince, who was holding a large slab of flesh in his hands. "GODDESS BE DAMNED, VINCE! I DIDN'T MEAN LITTERALLY!" Cloud shouted though screams of pain, then grabbed his torn back flesh and ran to the doctor, his exposed spine seeming to enjoy the open air around it. Vince chuckled slightly, then muttered, "Watch what you say Cloud…", and walked away.
Well, that is it for now. Chappy 14 up soon!