The sound of Cids ringtone interrupted the silence that had fallen in the Highwind. He had been sat at the control board of his air ship for the best part of an hour sipping tea and reading the instruction manual for the Highwind...again.
Cid flipped his phone open and read the text Zack had sent him. He set down the instruction manual on the control board with his tea and went to the steering wheel. He started up his flying machine and almost as soon as he had gotten off the ground he herd and annoying voice behind him.
"Hey Cid, were are we going?" Yuffie asked in an innocent tone.
"Yuffie? What the hell are you doing here? I thought I was alone" Cid asked. He never really enjoyed Yuffies presence.
" I was looking for materia" she chimed "Now I answered your question, were are we going?"
"To the boarder of the Forgotten city" He answered sounding a little grumpy.
"Wwwhhhyyyyy?" Yuffie said going right to the front of the Highwind.
"Because Zacks stuck out there with Cloud" Cid now sounded worried.
"Uh...okay" Yuffie didn't fully understand the situation. Cid rolled his eyes and continued focusing on getting to the border of the white forest.
Zack looked up to see the Highwind landing a few feet away. He giggled as he saw Yuffie waving franticly from the glass front of the air ship. The rope ladder fell from the balcony of the Highwind and it thudded against the ground. Yuffie jumped off the balcony totally ignoring the ladder. She ran over with a look of fear on her face and kneeled next to Zack.
"ZACK! What happened? Is Cloud okay? Are you..." Her endless stream of questions was cut off by Zack.
"Yuffie calm down. Cloud's shoulder is dis-located, his fingers are broken and he's had a nasty beating. We need to get him to a hospital okay?" Zack said trying to sound as calm as possible. Yuffie nodded in response.
"How are we gonna get cloud to the Highwind?" She asked.
"Hmmm...well...his upper body cant move cause it will hurt to much so this is gonna be hard" Zack said trying to think of the best possible way to get cloud to the Highwind.
"We could use a sleepel so he wouldn't feel the pain?" Yuffie suggested.
"Yeah that's a good idea" Zack pulled out his sleepel materia and used it on Cloud.
He blondes head lolled forward and the pain completely went from his face as he went into a peaceful sleep. Zack gently scooped Cloud up and Yuffie stood next to the raven haired ex-SOLDIER. Zack watched as Yuffie ran back to the Highwind and scrambled up the ladder. He made his way to the ladder and slung cloud over his shoulder in a fire-man lift. He then climbed up the ladder into the Highwind and took cloud to the medical bay were Yuffie was waiting for him. Zack laid cloud down on the single bed in the bright room in the centre and stepped back. Yuffie and Zack looked out the big window dominating the far wall of the medical bay as the Highwind shifted and flew up into the air.
"Will Cloud be okay?" Yuffie asked looking up at Zack.
"Yeah...Clouds tough, he will be fine" Zack smiled, trying not to show his worry in front of the teen.
"Cool" Yuffie beamed "Ill go tell Cid, he looked worried sick" Yuffie said as she ran out the medical bay and back to Cid. The bouncy teen ran over to Cid.
"Zack says Clouds gonna be okay!" She said happily.
"Ah good" Cid sounded relived. He trusted Zacks judgement when it came to this sort of thing. "We are almost at the hospital"
Yuffie ran to the front of the Highwind. "Oh yeah I can see it!" Yuffie beamed. Suddenly her happy expression changed to one of fear and panic. As did Cids.
"LOOK OUT" Cid yelled as he ducked behind the steering wheel. Yuffie ran behind the control panel and waited for the sound of metal and glass smashing.