I am so sorry it took so long! I kept rewriting it and stuff.
Disclaimer: The only way I will ever own Kingdom Hearts or Final Fantasy is if someone gives them to me for my birthday (hint, hint!)
Chapter 10
Xion~
...and no one was in there.
Zack's head fell "That ruined the moment," he grumbled.
The room we had dramatically leaped into was very large and very dusty, two stairways were stuck to opposite walls.
"Ok! Um...Xion, look in the basement!" Zack told me "We'll look up there!" he pointed up one of the stairways.
"Xion," Dad looked into my eyes "If you see anyone that isn't Roxas, get away quickly. Ok?"
I nodded. Zack dragged my dad up the steps and I was alone.
Third person~
Cloud and Zack carefully opened the door, inside was a doorway.
They walked to the middle of the room, to a table.
"Hey, Zack look at this." Cloud pointed at an odd yellow symbol on the wood.
Zack touched the pattern and the floor began to glow.
"What the..?" Cloud stepped away from the table and to the wall, on a small border of non-glowing carpet. Zack stood glued to the floor.
The ground disappeared and the dark-haired man fell through open air.
"Zack!" his companion yelped.
He was laying in a blue space.
Cloud rushed down the stairs to his friend.
"Are you ok?" he asked, helping Zack up.
"Yeah, yeah, don't get your panties in a twist."
Cloud glared at him and the advanced to a hall. There were strange, dusty pods hanging from the walls and a large buzzing machine next to a door.
Zack peered inside the glass window on the microwave-like machine. Many test tubes were lined up inside, each filled with a dark liquid.
They opened the door. Inside was a pristine white room.
With blood stains on the floor.
The two walked to the chair in the center of the room.
"What do you think happened here?" Cloud asked.
Zack examined the scene, being specially trained in stuff like that.
He'd failed the class, but still...
"Well...look at these discarded needles on the rack. They've got blood on them. So...they were probably taking blood samples and not caring how much blood was spilt after they got what they wanted."
Cloud nodded, then pointed to the spots of red at the end of the armrests "And here?"
Zack looked at them "Mm...I bet whoever was strapped into this thing dug their fingernails into their palms when they were getting blood taken out."
"Wonder what kind of experiment they were doing."
Zack shrugged "Dunno,"
Cloud began looking at the instruments on the silver rack.
He noticed a syringe with a tiny bit of blue liquid inside. The label read 'Mako infusion, 2 mg'.
Cloud's heart stopped.
"Z-Zack," his friend looked over to him and jerked his head.
"Look at this."
Cloud handed him the syringe. Zack took it and read the label. His face paled.
"Mako?"
Cloud nodded "Zack...I think they were testing Roxas. That's why they took blood and once they thought he was a SOLDIER..."
Zack's eyes widened. He looked at the bloody chair behind him and the needle in his hand.
Suddenly a soft, mechanical beep rang out from the hall. Cloud and Zack looked at each other, then walked towards the source.
The sound had come from the machine by the door. A little screen on the top told them that whatever test it had been conducting was complete and the results were in.
Cloud tapped the screen and read the words aloud.
"'Test result: positive.' were they testing the blood samples...?"
Zack nodded "Yeah, I think so."
"Then why did they do the Mako infusion?"
"Maybe...maybe they didn't care if he wasn't. You know if your not a SOLDIER, Mako will wipe away your memory and your personality. Then...they would have an abnormally strong kid that they could mold into whatever they wanted." he sighed "When Roxas and Kairi were born, I hoped Aerith's human cells would overpower my Jenova cells. But I was wrong..."
"Zack, Aerith was about as superhuman as you. An Ancient and a Keyblade weilder? Come on, did you really believe you'd have normal children?" Cloud put his hand on Zack's shoulder. The blackette smiled weakly "You're one to talk! How're Xion's powers comin'?"
Cloud glared at him "Oh shut up! Xion's powers haven't matured yet! Tifa's still hoping she'll grow out of it before it even happens."
"Really? Tifa's not one to hang on to hopeless cases." Zack retorted.
"Let's just go get Xion." grumbled Cloud.
Xion~
It took me a while to find the basement. But finally I found the door (next to the dirty glass window overlooking the courtyard). The stairs spiraled downward into darkness.
But I could see the smallest glow of light as I descended.
It seemed to take forever, but I finally got to the basement.
Roxas~
I was tied to yet another chair, but this one without armrests. My hands were roped to the top of the chair legs, my arms pinned to my sides by rope that circled around the back of the chair and my chest.
Dried blood caked my right arm from the many needle wounds that were sprinkled up and down the main vein. I could hardly see with my left eye, probably a side affect of the weird cell test. Light from a single bulb directly above me surrounded my body in a yellow halo.
I heard footsteps on the stairs. The worst case scenario took root in my heart. The test results were in, I was a SOLDIER, they were coming to kill me.
I was going to die.
I had my head hung to show defeat, maybe they'd think I was asleep and would make my death quick and painless. They liked my pain and if I wasn't awake, I couldn't show it.
That logic makes sense...right?
The footsteps got louder. They got to the edge of the light and I heard a small gasp.
"Roxas!" a voice cried. Xion emerged from the shadows.
She held a silver sword in her hand and was still wearing pajamas.
I have never been so happy to see anyone in my life.
With the sword, she began to cut me loose.
"Roxas! I'm so glad your ok!" The weight of the world slipped off her shoulders; the weight of the universe? Yup, still on mine.
"Well, isn't this sweet?" Wedge stepped into the light. He held a sword even bigger than Xion's. He pointed it at her and she dropped her weapon.
The man slashed the ropes on my arms-cutting an impressive gash in the process-I stood next to my friend.
"Up the stairs!" Wedge commanded, jamming the tip of his blade into Xion's back. She gave an involuntary whimper of pain and I put my hand on her shoulder, steering her away from Wedge.
Once we got upstairs, Wedge directed us to the stairs on the right and stood guard.
The rest of AVALANCHE came in. DiZ flashed me a wicked grin. In his hand he held a strange weapon. It had the handle of a giant silver revolver that melded into a sleek blade.
"Cloud! Move it!" I heard a muffled voice yell from the library.
The door bursted open and our fathers ran out.
"Dad!" yelled Xion.
They ran down the stairs to the pre-chaos below. Cloud saw DiZ and stopped.
"That's..." he started.
DiZ swung his sword around, as if testing it.
"Like my toy? I got it from a boy maybe...fifteen years ago?" he smirked.
"Squall! Did you...kill him...?" Cloud seemed nervous.
"Kill? No. But I do believe he has been put into a mental hospital. You can send him a postcard from Hell"
Cloud launched forward and attacked the man. Dad ran over to us and knocked Wedge to the ground with this weird, key-shaped blade.
Then, a miniature war broke out.
I took the a sword from the unconscious Wedge and started fighting whoever got in front of me.
It was insanity.
My strength, doubled. My speed, tripled. As much as I hated these people, I didn't want to kill anyone.
I wasn't like them.
Xion~
Roxas cut their numbers in half easily. I battled against some girl with brown hair and blue armor covering her upper body. She was a good fighter, but something...something fueled me. I don't know how to describe it...it was like...like I had just been injected with a million shots of espresso.
It was amazing.
While I was fighting, I saw my dad fighting that big dude with the funny sword. Dad wove in and out of the stream of bullets coming from the weapon. Dad seemed really angry.
I wondered who that guy he was talking about...Squall? But before I could think further, the man threw my father into the wall next to us.
He pointed the gun-like weapon at my dad. The girl and I jumped back, our fight forgotten.
"C-Cloud..." she whispered. I looked at her, and to my shock, saw tears filling her wide eyes.
"I am ridding this Earth of SOLDIERS. If it kills me." the man declared.
"Dad!" I screamed, my voice cracked to the point that it didn't even sound like me.
The man put his finger on the trigger and began to squeeze it when a blue blur shot past me.
An orange shockwave went down the blade.
The girl I had been fighting leaped in front of the bullet.
Cloud~
I stared down the barrel of Squall's gun, pretty much the last place I had ever wanted to be.
I was leaning against the wall, only a few feet away from my soon-to-be-murderer.
Behind DiZ, I saw Zack fighting AVALANCHE'S leader, Elfé. Xion and Jessie stood gaping next to me. It crushed me that she was part of the team.
"I am ridding this Earth of SOLDIERS. If it kills me." DiZ told me.
"Dad!" I heard Xion scream.
But I was so terrified, she sounded a thousand miles away.
A heard a warmp, meaning DiZ had pulled the trigger and the bullet was coming for me. I closed my eyes and wait for the flash of pain then darkness that would inevitably come.
Nothing..
Nothing..
I felt a sudden weight on my legs. I opened my eyes.
Jessie laid across my lap, blood leaking out of a wound on her stomach.
"Jessie!" I screamed. She looked at me sleepily "Heh...I guess this is...it."
"N-no! You won't die! Jessie...!" Jessie had been my best friend...I couldn't loose her.
"I...I always loved you...Cloud." she smiled serenely, then closed her eyes.
I set Jessie on the floor and called my Keyblade back to me and started attacking DiZ viciously.
I knocked him unconscious, then locked him in a room.
I ran back to the others.
"Cloud, are you ok?" Zack asked. I nodded breathlessly.
"You guys owe us answers!" Xion declared, putting her hands on her hips. I smiled; she looked just like Tifa.
I laughed slightly then fell over.
Third person~
Zack ran over to his friend.
"Cloud! Can you hear me?" he shook Cloud.
Cloud attempted to focus on Zack, but couldn't. He also attempted to focus on the random shape behind him, but that was about as possible as the first try.
Roxas and Xion stood next to their fathers, fidgeting nervously.
Suddenly, there was a loud 'BANG!' A hole appeared above Cloud's head. Zack fell in front of Roxas and Xion.
"Zack!" Cloud managed. He somehow got up and walked over to Zack.
Roxas looked up and saw Shears holding a black handgun. He dropped to the floor, barley able to stay conscious after fighting with Roxas.
"Roxas..." Zack mumbled. The blonde turned to his father. Roxas knelt next to him.
"Sorry...kid...I wasn't ever a great dad...or anything...and I kinda kept everything from you..." Zack's breath got shallower and shallower.
'Dad.' Roxas mouthed. Tears began their decent down his cheeks, carving paths through the dirt.
"Zack! N-not you t-too!" Cloud stuttered.
"Your...not a kid anymore...you don't need me...to protect you..." he smiled his signature grin and his eyes unfocused, dulling to gray.
Suddenly, there was a flash. A black, metal key appeared in Roxas' left hand. There seemed to be a silver chain running through it.
Roxas didn't question it. He stood and rushed to Shears. His blue eyes glowed with Mako energy.
Shears gathered his wits and scrambled up, trying to run.
He made it to the door.
Roxas smashed his blade into Shears' side. He fell to the floor. Roxas stared down at him, pitiless. He raised the key over Shears' chest.
Without hesitation, the boy brought it down. Roxas felt the end hit the floor hard.
Shears screamed. Xion watched on in horror. She was scared.
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Ok if your confused, please PM me and I will explain. If you have played FF7 and Crisis Core and seen Last Order, you will probably understand everything. Other wise you might have questions.