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Chapter 38: A New Mission
The stale odor of cigarette smoke
that dominated the captain�s quarters no longer affected Vincent as much as it
had done when he had first set foot inside the man�s room.
Cid�s sitting area was littered with crushed empty beer cans and
piles of musty clothes. There were odd socks strewn over the backs of the
furniture, and an unused lamp had been tipped over, and not re-righted. The
dank darkness and shabbiness of the cabin was merely a prelude of the
occupant�s actual state of being.
Vincent slowly removed his
weapons, along with his borrowed garments, and placed the items carefully and
neatly upon the floor. Later, after determining how his lover was doing, he
would venture to his own quarters to get a fresh set of clothes, to feel like
himself again. Unfortunately, he didn�t have a replacement cloak, but he knew where
to acquire a new one. But first, he needed to see Cid.
He had barely taken two steps
across the room when a low possessive growl escaped inside his head, causing
his cock to instantly swell. Chaos was mewling from heat, again. And it was
driving Vincent absolutely crazy. It didn�t take a lot to figure out that Hojo had somehow triggered Chaos� mating cycle while he had
been trapped in the lab, for now the beast preened and whined at inappropriate
moments and in such a primeval way that it left the ex-Turk quite hard and
discontented.
Just being this close to Cid,
standing outside his bedroom door, had Chaos going berserk. The beast�s exact
words that were roaring inside Vincent�s mind were, �Let�s rut with our human until we pass out!� Vincent chided Chaos
for making such a bold remark, although the gunman couldn�t deny that it was a
nice idea. But he knew that Cid had been ill, and until he checked up on him
there was no way of knowing how bad off the feisty pilot was. And until he knew
that Cid was alright, Vincent wouldn�t give in to the creature�s frantic pleas
to reclaim their mate.
Allowing his fingers to gently
caress the door that separated him from his lover, Vincent decided to bathe. He
hadn�t had a decent shower since the day he�d left to rescue Cloud, which just
happened to have also been the last time he had been in bed with Cid. Plus, he
thought, he might be able to take care of the beasts needs himself while he was
in there.
Stepping into the cubicle and
turning on the water, Vincent turned his face up to the pouring stream and
lowered a hand down to tend to the hard-on he was sporting, made even more
rigid now from thinking about his lover on that fateful morning rescue�
Vincent�s breathing began to get heavier, as his lover
expertly swirled his tongue around the erect shaft, licking and stroking as his
mouth sucked and bobbed. Closing his eyes, falling into the erotic sensations
that soared through his veins, the ex-Turk gently touched the airman�s neck
with his free hand, letting his fingers caress and rub the claim mark.
Cid emitted a moan, as pinpricks radiated from the contact
of the gunman�s massaging fingers, igniting something within him. Taking one of
his hands from Vincent�s thighs, Cid took hold of his own aching need with it,
fisting his throbbing member with fevered strokes while his tongue continued
its sensual journey along the ex-Turk�s engorged appendage, trailing its way
over the pulsating veins beneath the soft, velvety skin, and enjoying the taste
as it reached the mushroom shaped dome, lapping greedily at the pre-ejaculate
that was steadily leaking from the slit�
Thirty minutes later, Vincent�s
skin and hair was washed and refreshed. His sexual ardor, however, had not been
abated. It felt as if Chaos was rubbing itself along his mind, to keep him
stiff.
The fading sunlight that filtered
through the windows of the room didn�t hinder Vincent in the least as he softly
padded his way back to the closed bedroom door. He had prefect night vision, no
thanks to Hojo, and as he turned the handle and
entered the inner room his eyes immediately located the man he yearned for.
Cid was laying on the bed, curled
over on one side, his back to the approaching gunman. The single sheet around
him outlined his masculine body shape, defining the contours of the ass that
was guaranteed to excite and tease. Walking quietly around to the other side of
the bed, Vincent let his gaze linger on his unconscious mate, noticing that
Cid�s skin had a pale hue about it�gone was the golden glowing tan. The pilot�s
blond locks were dingy and unkempt, and dark rings were visible under closed
eyes, showing the worry and stress his beloved had suffered.
In addition to Vincent�s overall
inspection, he noticed that his lover had also lost weight. Sighing, he realized
that their enforced separation had been far worse on Cid than it had been on
him.
Feeling guilty for having been
away so long, even though it had been out of his control, Vincent lifted the
sheet and slipped in behind the sleeping man. He was barely able to keep the
rampant Chaos at bay as he wrapped his arms around his mate, trying to generate
as much warmth and energy as he could to give to his trodden down lover. His
crimson eyes fluttered closed for the much needed rest he required, only to
open again swiftly as a gravelly voice sounded in the room.
�It�s about damn time you showed
up.�
�Cid?�
Propping himself up on his elbow,
Vincent reached around Cid and ran his right hand over his lover�s face, neck
and chest, letting his fingers reacquaint themselves with his body, remapping
out the contours and the lines that he had missed touching so much.
�Don�t paw me like an old lecher,�
Cid said hoarsely, his quickening breath showing that he wasn�t meaning any
word of his reprimand. In fact, he was relishing the light caresses and
tantalizing strokes that were slowly bringing him back to life.
Smiling slightly, Vincent swooped
down and captured Cid�s mouth, kissing his mate for all the gil that the airman was worth.
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Sitting bolt upright in bed, startled
and dilated pupils pursed into thin slits, and the narrowed eyes searched for
the source of the awful ear-splitting howling that resonated around the walls
of the small room.
Sephiroth, with Masamune at the
ready, had to gather his wits about him quickly to realize that he was no
longer held captive in Hojo�s lab�he was out of the
mad-man�s control.
Flopping back down into the
inviting softness of the mattress, Sephiroth fully intended to get a few more
hours of sleep. Exhaling to release the sudden build up of adrenaline, the
silver haired man willed his sword away knowing that he was not in any sort of
danger.
But the noise that had disturbed
his slumber didn�t cease. In fact, if anything, the grating screaming wail seemed
to be increasing in volume.
Irately looking over his shoulder,
Sephiroth zeroed in on his early morning wake-up call, and a small smile
crossed his lips when he saw the fist clenched arms and chubby legs of his
child kicking up a storm in her crib. She was demanding attention, and from the
pitch of her determined screams she wasn�t about to let up any time soon.
Glancing down at his body,
Sephiroth noted the grey sweat pants and ribbed white under-shirt that he was
dressed in. He wasn�t sure where the clothing had come from, but it would do he
told himself as, on unsteady legs, he walked towards the small decorative bed.
Remembering how his husband had
showed the way to hold their daughter, Sephiroth carefully hauled Stephanie up
from her cradle, shushing her gently, cooing and talking sweet words to her.
Placing her in the crook of his arm and letting one soft finger gently wipe
away her tears, his baby girl, able to smell the scent of her mother upon this
man, began to quiet and calm herself. Until his bedroom door swung open and she
was taken from her fathers loving arms, causing his little pet to wail anew.
�Oh! I�m sorry. I thought you
would still be unconscious. I heard the baby crying and wanted to make sure
that she�s alright,� Tifa said as she grabbed the
infant from Sephiroth, not allowing him any time to put up a protest. Within
seconds, Tifa had her goddaughter out of the
inexperienced father�s hands before he could even bat an eyelid. Unfortunately,
this course of action only resulted in making Stephanie cry again, this time
harder, and louder.
Going through the motions of
trying to figure out what could possibly be wrong with the temperamental
infant, Tifa struggled to get the baby to take a
bottle of expressed milk, sighing loudly when one of Stephanie�s flailing arms
hit the offending item away from her mouth and promptly knocked it across the
room with amazing strength.
The propelled plastic container
made a considerable sized dent in the steel enforced wall-panel that it was
flung up against, and the impact cracked the nursing bottle, causing a leak of
the precious waning supply of Cloud�s expressed milk that had been stored. Tifa sighed again. There wasn�t much of the precious liquid
left, and once it was gone she didn�t have a clue as to what they were going to
do if the screaming child�s mother wasn�t back before the milk gave out.
Of course Sephiroth said nothing,
enjoying watching Tifa become more frustrated with
each passing second. His smirk revealed the satisfaction he was having at the
martial artist�s expense.
Because the door had been left
wide open, Stephanie�s high pitched lament could be heard echoing down
throughout the corridors of the airship, and the alarming sound of it disturbed
and woke others, who quickly came to see what all the fuss was about.
�Man, who woke little Spike up?�
Zack asked with a slight grumble to his voice as he yawned, rubbing a hand
through his tousled hair and shaking off the remnants of sleep. His calmer wife
slipped by him, going straight towards the wailing baby, and holding out her
arms.
�Here Tifa,
let me try,� Aerith offered, and a relieved Tifa
relinquished her hold. Yet being passed from one female to another wasn�t what
Stephanie wanted, and she took her complaint to the next level, alternating her
flailing arms and legs in a flurry of movement. Her tiny body shook with anger
as her complaints were not being met. �Did you check her diaper? Maybe she�s
wet?� Aerieth guessed.
�No, she�s as dry as a bone, and
she�s not hungry either as she refused to take her bottle,� Tifa
answered, vexed that she couldn�t quiet the screaming child. Glaring hatefully
at Sephiroth, Tifa thought to herself that he must
have done something to her god-baby, to cause her to be so upset.
Aerith began to gently rock the
infant while pacing the floor, singing a lullaby softly and brushing her lips
over the anguished child�s forehead. But to no avail. Stephanie was continuing
to bring down the rafters with her cries and screams.
Zack was the one to finally come
up with a solution. His keen eyes had noticed that every time his wife walked
past his silver headed friend, Stephanie turned her gaze towards her father as
if to keep him in her sights, and her cries abated a little while she could see
him. But as soon as he was forced from her view, she picked up tempo again.
�Okay, Honey, this is not our
problem to deal with,� Zack said assertively, plucking his temperamental niece
from caring meaningful arms and dropping her back into her fathers protective
hold, ignoring Sephiroth�s surprised face and Aerith�s
confused one.
�Huh? Zack, don�t do this. The
baby needs me�.us.�
�No, she doesn�t,� Zack argued
back. �We�ve come barging in here thinking that Sephiroth needed saving from
his daughter and�..well he doesn�t.� He smiled as his instincts were proven
right and baby Stephanie, once more back in the strong comforting arms of her
father, allowed her crying to come to an end, and one chubby little arm reached
up so that tiny fingers could grip tightly to the long strands of hair that
tickled over her pretty, tear stained, face.
Staring incredulously at the
former General, jealously biting into her that the baby had accepted the man so
readily, Tifa stomped her foot in anger and turned
around, storming out of the cabin. Aerith too, knowing her presence wasn�t
needed, quietly left as well, embarrassed at not giving Sephiroth the
opportunity of taking care of his own child, of suspecting him of not being
competent enough to tend to his daughter properly.
�Sorry, man,� Zack said, a lazy
smile growing on his face as he stared at the beautiful picture Sephiroth and
Stephanie made. He went across and stroked a single finger down over the
infant�s heated cheeks, glad to see now that the little girl no longer cried.
�We didn�t all mean to barge in here. It�s just that, Tifa
and Aerith kind of know her routine. A diaper change. A new bottle. A hug. I guess the
early morning wake up call from this little tike put the girls out. Plus,
Aerith has been acting completely out of character since Cloud�.�
Zack stopped himself from saying
any more, but Sephiroth caught the slip straight away.
�Where is my husband, Zack? Why haven�t I seen him?�
In his heart, Sephiroth knew that
Cloud was somewhere else. He remembered his dream of the two of them just moment�s
earlier making love. And looking around this room he now stood in, he was aware
that it was nothing like the tiny cell sized room that he had been in, the room
into which two men, strangers, had walked.
Zack had never lied to his best
friend before, and he wasn�t about to start now. �We�re not sure, Seph,� he answered truthfully, watching the ex-general as
he sat himself down, successfully coaxing his daughter to take the remaining
baby milk. �But, that girl who helped you and Vincent escape, she knows where
Cloud is being held prisoner. Selphie, that�s her
name, is going to call her C.O. after breakfast,� Zack explained, his calm
voice hiding his inner turmoil, knowing that his friend wasn�t going to like
this news.
Placing the happily content baby back
in her crib, Sephiroth went to the closet and swung the doors open wide. He
smiled wistfully for a moment as he gazed upon his little blonde�s wardrobe,
his fingers reaching out to touch the fabric of one of Cloud�s sleeveless
sweaters. Then, with a soft sigh, Sephiroth took his hand away and instead
reached out towards the right of the closet, finding what he was searching for.
Pulling out his beloved formal
uniform, Sephiroth couldn�t help a goofy expression being pasted onto his
otherwise stoic face. Cloud, his beautiful and wily lover, had somehow managed
to acquire his favorite pauldrons and leathers, including his boots, straps,
and buckles. And judging by the amount of other clothing in the cupboard, Cloud
also seemed to have also acquired the rest of his clothes that he had left at
the military complex, possibly by sweet talking Rufus into shipping them to
him. He wouldn�t have put it past his honey tongued little husband. But
thinking now of Cloud, the small smile vanished, and a hard look once again
came down over the ex general�s face.
�I want to have a little �chat�
with this, Selphie,� Sephiroth said, his words
sounding calm and deadly as he went about his ritual of dressing.
Zack�s heart sped up as he watched
his friend don his battle gear, and he took a step backwards as his guts began
to knot. With the growing chill he could feel beginning to penetrate the room,
his worse fears were rapidly becoming reality, and he knew that Sephiroth was
fighting to retain control of his emotions.
�Seph,�
Zack began, trying to placate the man in front of him. �She�s just a kid, and
you going in all looming and menacing might scare her�I mean, I�m just two
inches shorter than you, and you scare the hell out of me. Just give the
girl a chance to talk to her superior first, please,� he pleaded, not wanting
his friend to interrogate or intimidate the young Selphie
in this dark morose mood of his.
�I�m not giving any more chances
to anyone,� Sephiroth said flatly as he finished slipping into his trench coat.
�I�m sick and tired of my life being fucked with. Wherever Cloud is being held,
I�m going to find him. And if anyone tries to stand in my way, then I�m going
to send them to Hell for taking what is mine. And once I get Cloud back home
safe and well�� I�m going after Hojo.�
As Sephiroth uttered the last few
words the temperature in the room dropped low, and freezing fog began to roll
in from underneath the closed bedroom door, curling around the thick panes of
glass at the windows.
�My daughter will have her mother,�
Sephiroth promised, speaking the words to himself as he set about putting
Stephanie�s baby bag together, not really knowing what went in it, but throwing
things in regardless. �She will not be like me. I only had Hojo to raise me, and look how I turned out. Damaged. But now at least I have my father in my life, and
we are trying to build a strong relationship. Although�..it
will take time.�
�Your father?� Zack said, confused. He knew that Sephiroth had never
before made any mention of having had parents while growing up, and so Zack had
always presumed his friend to be an orphan.
�Vincent �� he is my true sire,�
Sephiroth quietly answered as he tossed the filled baby bag to Zack. Then,
gripping Masamune in his left hand and scooping up Stephanie with the other, he
stood straight and tall and allowed the stern, no nonsense, expression to come
down over his face once again.
Oh, this is bad, Zack thought as he ran from the room with the intention
of warning everyone that he saw to stay out of Sephiroth�s way. And putting a
spurt into his step, he raced off to also see if he couldn�t also wake Selphie up, to make that important call right now.
oOoOoOo
The Wutain
princess sat numbly on her bed, her mind thinking over and over what the girl, Selphie, had told them regarding the other breeder.
�A couple of years ago, we had another lead on a breeder
named Tseng Kasaragi��
Collapsing backwards on her bed, Yuffie stared sightlessly at the ceiling and fretted over
this one piece of information. She had finally found her older brother, who
just so happened to be the leader of the Turks. And on top of that, Yuffie had also discovered that her brother was a carrier.
Her father had never once mentioned her brother�s special ability, and thinking
about it Yuffie supposed that, in all probably, it
had been because he was scared for Tseng�s life, fearing he would end up as
Cloud had done now.
But that still didn�t answer the
question of why her brother had left home. She had little to no memory of Tseng
when he lived there, and when Cid had first mentioned his name to them, Yuffie hadn�t put the pieces together. It had all only
fitted when Selphie had said Tseng�s last name. Kasaragi�.the
same as hers.
Rolling over onto her side and
resting her head on her arm, Yuffie sighed deeply.
While everyone else was focused on Cloud, she knew that her focus was going to
be centered on the Turk leader.
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Fully rested and able to think
clearly, Cloud knew he needed a plan of escape. He felt uneasy being around
Lazard�s wife, Quistis, because she openly scorned
and sneered at him whenever he was in her company, glancing at him with hostile
eyes while everyone else he met tried to be kind to him. Even Dr. Kadowaki was gentle and patient, and tried his best to make
each insemination treatment as painless as possible.
Today, Lazard
had allowed Cloud to venture down to the training field. This was where he was
now, desperately thinking out plans to get back to his baby. He pondered over
whether she�d grown any while he was being held captive, and wondered if she
missed him. Had her hair gotten any longer? Could she walk yet? Was she saying
words other than her cute and adorable babbling?
Tears of dejection began making
their way to his despondent azure eyes, and in order to get his mind off of his
precious jewel, Cloud had to blink hard and swallow several times, looking
around at his surroundings in the hopes of finding a weak link.
The scope of the sports ground he
was on was unlike anything he�d ever seen before. The training field was
exactly that�a field. The size of several normal football fields at the very
least. Out on the grass there were various obstacle courses and some tall built
up areas resembling high mountain peaks, amongst which Cloud could swear were
cave entrances.� Other sections of the
field were just simple flat terrain for ground combat, and that was where most
of the day�s activities seemed to be taking place.
Spying a bench off the main path,
Cloud sat down to watch some of the mock simulations, the jousting and the
sparring causing him to remember his own time as a cadet when he had trained
furiously in an attempt to become one of the elite members of SOLDIER. Alas, he
thought broodingly, those days were far behind him now.
But in all that time one thing
hadn�t changed though, and that thing was, the bullies. Cloud felt his gut
tightening up as a group of youths noticed him and, after a brief discussion
amongst themselves, began striding over towards him, arrogance and
superciliousness on their faces.
Shit, not again, Cloud thought in misery. He had thought this sort of
thing was behind him, had hoped that he wouldn�t have to deal with this sort of
behavior from others ever again. But unlike before, this time he was more than
ready to handle any trouble.
�So, you�re the bitch my
brother told me about? A little, puny, wimpy thing like you?�
Cloud�s breath caught in his
throat and his heart began to pound, for he found himself looking up at the
speaker of the harshly spoken words, and seeing a big husky boy with piercing
hazel orbs staring back down at him with contempt on a face that Cloud
instantly recognized.
Montgomery? But how?
�Adam said you weren�t the
sharpest tool in the shed,� the boy slowly drawled, mocking Cloud. The others
with him laughed, their scornful laughter and derisive jeers making Cloud feel
like he was stupid. Of all the assholes in the entire world, he had to have the
damndest bad luck to run into Adam Montgomery�s identical twin brother, Aaron.
Not wanting trouble of any kind,
Cloud rose to leave, his intention being to avoid a fight. He only managed to
take a single step forward however, before a hefty hand grabbed onto his arm
and meaty fingers held onto him in a bone crushing grip.
Cloud�s mind began to race as he
found himself violently spun around. This was not happening to him! What was it
about him that made him such an easy target for bullies?
�I don�t know you managed to get
the high and mighty Sephiroth to nearly kill my brother, but I assure you,� the
boy growled dangerously, �you won�t be walking away from this encounter.
And, look around� you don�t have the General�s coat tails to hide behind this
time, either,� he scoffed.
�Your brother got every damn thing
he deserved for what he tried to do to me,� Cloud vented, recalling the fear
and panic he had felt, knowing that he would almost certainly have miscarried
if he had actually been raped.
�Adam didn�t deserve to be put in
a wheelchair. What he did to you didn�t warrant him eating food through a tube
for the rest of his life! Nor should he have had to suffer the disgrace of
being kicked out of the military, not on account of a piece of ass!�
�He should have been able to
handle rejection better then, and not go after something that clearly wasn�t his,� Cloud countered angrily,
getting fed-up with the larger teen�s attitude. This boy was just a ignorant as his twin.
�Oh, that�s right�� Aaron smiled
devilishly, his fisted hold on Cloud tightening. �Adam told me all about you
being the General�s sex plaything. And now it seems you�re turning tricks for Deusericus. Getting to be quite the little slut, aren�t
you!� Pulling Cloud closer to his brawny chest, Aaron petted Cloud�s cheek with
an almost caring hand, his fingers trailing softly over Cloud�s pinched lips.
�Adam also said that you give the most amazing, mind shattering, blowjob. He
said that you were better than any hooker he�s ever paid for.�
Being reminded of the nasty
horrible act that he had been forced to perform, Cloud
lost all of his composure.
�BASTARD!�
No one really knew for sure what
took place after that, but it ended up with Cloud standing over the knocked
down youth, breathing heavily, visibly shaking with anger. He didn�t care that
blood was spilling from the other boy�s nose and lips. He didn�t seem to mind
that his own knuckles were bloody and torn from the tooth he had knocked from
Aaron�s mouth. He wasn�t going to let this son-of-a-bitch, or anyone else for
that matter, humiliate him. He had done what his evil brother had forced him to
do in order to keep his unborn baby safe�and no one had a right to judge him
for it!
Still panting and standing guard
over the fallen boy, something caught the attention of Cloud�s brilliant azure
blue eyes, and turning his head slightly, he saw his gleaming buster sword.
oOoOoOo
�I don�t think you should be
playing around with that thing so carelessly, Zell,� Riona
had said, chastising the short blond who was trying to show off in front of the
others.
�Yeah, man. Squall will have your
hide in a sling for messing around with that thing,� piped in another voice.
�Oh come on, Irvine, what the commander doesn�t know won�t hurt anyone,� Zell
had replied, attempting unsuccessfully for the umpteenth time to lift the
weighty object that he was holding. Huffing and puffing from straining and
exertion, he�d collapsed to his knees in near exhaustion, still with no
positive results at having so much as moved the weapon an inch.
�What won�t hurt anyone?�
Quickly turning around, Zell had
found himself face to face with his superior and friend, Squall, who was
walking back towards his team members with Seifer
following closely behind on his heels. Zell had attempted to shield the sword
from Squall�s view, but it was kind of hard to do that, the weapon not that
easily hidden.
Fixing the fighter with a pointed
glare, Squall had been about to reprimand Zell for tampering with evidence when
all hell had broken loose.
�BASTARD!�
The loud outcry had come from the
little blond, and they had all turned to see what was going on.
Looking across the field, watching
as punches and kicks rained down, they spoke, their voices unconcerned, excited
even.
�Twenty bucks says Montgomery wipes the floor with the boy,� Seifer
waged, reaching into the pocket of his cargo pants, pulling out his money.
�I�m in!� announced Zell. Riona and Irvine too betted, putting their money in Irvine�s hat.
�Squall?� Riona prodded. �Are you going to
bet on Aaron?�
�No. My money�s going with the
kid.�
No sooner had he said those words,
when Cloud leaped the wide distance between them, seemingly in the blink of an
eye, shoving Zell out the way like he was nothing and grabbing his buster sword
from off the ground with ease, twirling the blade high above his head as easily
as if it were a baton. Then, with a snarl, the furious little blond took off
once again towards the fallen Montgomery.
�Shit!� Seifer
cursed, immediately running after Cloud. Whoa, the kid was fast!
�Stop him! Stop him!� Squall
yelled, unsheathing his gunblade at the same time as Seifer, his long legs breaking into a fast run also.
The duo reached Cloud before he
could deliver his killing strike, his blow being deflected. But Seifer and Squall were both in for a rude awakening if they
thought it was going to be an easy task disarming the boy.
With blazing blue eyes that
narrowed in concentration, Cloud turned his attention towards his two new
aggressors, successfully blocking both gunblades as
they attacked him.
On the other side of the field, Kinneas loaded up his rifle and slapped the bold in place
before carefully lining up his target. His finger slowly squeezed the trigger,
and his victim�s once glowing, angry azure spheres widened in shock and
disbelief after the shot rung out.
Cloud stumbled, and fell heavily
to his knees. The piercing sting that he felt in his back told him that he had
been shot. Yet still he persisted in trying to hold off the gunblades.
Until weakened, and Cloud�s world
grew dark, and everything faded to black.
oOoOoOo
Walking down to the main conference
room, Sephiroth strode into the room with his tiny daughter held protectively
against his chest. The appearance of her there diminished his cold-hearted
demeanor by a fraction, but the AVALANCHE team could tell he wasn�t in a
pleasant mood by the fierce scowl he wore upon his handsome face.
Without saying a word, Sephiroth
walked over to Aerith and dropped his baby in her lap. Stephanie was about to
protest at the sudden loss of warmth from her father�s arms, but she didn�t
utter a sound when he cast a displeased look at her, and she immediately
quieted, putting a thumb into her pouty mouth and turning to clutch at the one
who held her now.
Without the baby in his hold,
Sephiroth exuded an ominous aura, and Selphie slunk
back in her chair as he approached her, shivering despite the heat of the room.
�Where is your base of operations,
girl?�
Her heart beating violently in her
ears, Selphie nearly cried. Sephiroth was no longer
the man that had pleased her in her dreams. Standing before her now, menacing
and threatening, there was no comparison to the dream lover that had held and
caressed her, who had taken her over and over again in her fantasies as she
slept.
He lifted a hand to her, and for
one wild moment she thought that he would caress her face, just as she had
imagined a thousand times over, and she wondered how it would feel as the agile
gloved fingers sensually touched her skin.
But Sephiroth�s fingers didn�t
stroke or caress her, instead they wrapped around her throat�choking her.
�Please�.no,� Selphie
begged as best as she could, her own frightened fingers clawing uselessly at
his hands, trying to force them away from her so she could breathe properly.
�You�re going to kill me, aren�t you?�
�On the contrary, I need you alive
in order to tell me where I can find my husband,� Sephiroth drawled, his voice
silky smooth as he slowly straightened up, removing his threatening hand and
dropping his arm down by his side. Turning his back and walking away from her,
he cast a glance over his shoulder and sneered, �Once you tell me the
information that I need then, if the mood strikes me, I�ll be merciful when I
end your useless life.�
�You bastard,� Selphie
whispered, tears falling unbidden from her large scared eyes.
�Let her alone, Sephiroth,� Aerith
said warningly, lending her voice to the Hunter�s defense. �Can�t you see that
she�s afraid? That she feels frightened?�
�I don�t really care about her, or
how she feels. All I care about is my mate, and his safe return.�
Before anything else could be said
by either party, Selphie�s mobile phone rang,
startling everyone in the room for a moment. The small handheld device buzzed
several times, sliding across the table a little with each vibration, waiting
to be picked up.
At Sephiroth�s nod, Selphie answered it and, in a calm collected voice she
said, �Hel-hello? Leon!
Thank goodness� did you get my message? Yes, that�s right� No, Leon, listen to
me, please� I�m alright, thank you, but you need to get Cloud out and bring him
back� Why? Because if you don�t, Cloud�s husband is gonna
kill me, and you, and everyone else at the Garden to get him back and��
The phone was violently snatched
out of her trembling hands.
�And this is Sephiroth�.. I�m
coming for Cloud.�
oOo TBC oOo
A/N: Oh, damn! Sephiroth is going
on a rampage and there�s no stopping him. Did you like Cloud? He was about to
tear it up, but Irvine had to spoil it. Bet Seifer and
Squall wasn�t expecting Cloud to counter their attack. And did you like the
tender moment with Vince and Cid? I did.
Doesn�t anyone believe that
Sephiroth will get Cloud back? Don�t know? Well stay tuned for the next chapter
to find out.
Nemesis & Mitts
oOoOo Teaser for Chapter 39 oOoOo
�I don�t want you to go, Zack,� Aerith
said in a small voice so pleading that it was on the verge of becoming a sob.
Her small slim fingers clutched at his clothing, and she buried her face in his
chest.
�Hey, Honey, please don�t cry.
Everything is gonna be okay,� Zack said in a reassuring
soothing tone, his hands rubbing her arms gently. �I�ll be back in time for one
of your home cooked meals. And you know, we�ll
probably be having company over when I do. Sephiroth and I are gonna bring back Cloud.� He forced a smile, still trying to
set her at ease.
�No, Zack, you don�t understand,�
Aerith pressed, turning her eyes upwards to stare at her husband in earnest. �I
need you here with me. Let Barret, or�. or Vincent, go with Sephiroth. Just�. not you.�
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