Chaos Cursed
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Category:
Final Fantasy VII › Het - Male/Female
Rating:
Adult
Chapters:
22
Views:
975
Reviews:
3
Recommended:
0
Currently Reading:
0
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I do not own Final Fantasy VII, nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.
Chapter Fourteen
“Are you coming?” Zack questioned, glancing down to the two sisters. While Sanura had awakened, she was cuddling into Angeal, eyes closed tight as though to block out the realization that he was dying. Cloud was still basically out of it, slumped on the wooden chair on which Zack had placed him, but Seraphina was still standing, staring in the direction in which Zack was soon to travel.
Blinking as though surprised he had spoken, Seraphina turned to face him, shaking her head slowly. Since those last few words back in ShinRa Mansion, she had said nothing, functioning as though on autopilot. He simply watched as she dropped to sit down, an android put into standby mode would have seemed more lifelike than the girl he saw before him.
“…right, then. I’ll be back in a little bit.” He told them cheerfully, before heading off alone. Seraphina merely gazed after him, before closing her eyes and falling onto her side in the grass, hugging the bloodstained lab coat to her as a child would her deceased mother’s clothing. She lay there like that for hours, tears beginning to slide down her face as she remembered the past four years of the woman’s kindness.
True, she had been part of the group that had tortured her so, sending her screams echoing through the basement halls, but Andromeda had also stayed behind when the others went back to studying the test results, reading aloud to her from various books that the woman so adored to read, telling her about her college days, and what it was like when she had first started working at ShinRa.
~*~
“I know, it’s crazy of me, talking to you when you can’t answer back…” Andromeda’s voice slipped into the agonized darkness, bringing light and warmth. Eyes opened to see the woman sitting with her back to her, a mug of hot liquid held between her hands. “But I just…can’t help but think you can hear me, you know?”
She wanted so much to be able to answer, to be able to reach out to the woman who, while acting so carefree and young at times - giggling as she told her about her first date, or her first attempt at making a cake - was almost old enough to be her mother. In some ways, the woman had become a mother for her.
“It’s hard sometimes…there are nights when I wake up screaming, because of what I’ve let them do to you…what I’ve helped them do to you. For all I know, you’re very important to someone…and they’re probably going mad with worry for you…” A sigh, the cup beginning to tremble slightly in her hands as tears welled up in her eyes. “…I know how it is, being in that position…you see…I made the mistake of falling in love, once…not too long ago…”
Seraphina’s hand lifted to the glass of her capsule as she heard the pain in the woman’s voice, her other hand reaching up for the pendant that none of them had managed to remove - mostly due to the woman sitting before her, who had noticed that it flickered in time with her heartbeat. She wanted so much to be able to go to her, to comfort her…
“I’m sure you’ve fallen in love…at least once…well, this was the first time for me…and it was so perfect…he brought me flowers, took me out to eat, sat in the park and read to me under a tree… But he was part of ShinRa, too…and they decided he would be a likely candidate for SOLDIER.” The way she spat the word, so upset and full of distaste, made Seraphina wince. “…they didn’t do quite so many things to those candidates as they’ve done to you…only a small fraction, really…but even that is too much… In the end, it killed him. He died of mako poisoning…and I…”
Andromeda shook her head slightly, tears falling from her eyes. Her trembling made the drink splash over the edge of the cup and onto her hands, jerking her back to reality. As though ashamed of herself, the woman laughed, getting to her feet and setting the cup down before cleaning up the small mess she had made.
“Listen to me, babbling on like this about such terrible things…especially with you in the situation you’re in…I know! I’ll go get one of my books. That will brighten the mood up a bit for us both, won’t it, Fallen Angel?”
As the woman had stood, Seraphina had dropped back into her usual position, arms limp at her sides, head bowed, eyes closed. When the words of the story began, she started to drift back into sleep, a sleep untroubled, for the time being, by nightmares.
~*~
“Here we go…” The voice had her eyes snapping open, slowly turning her head to see Zack setting Genesis on the side of Cloud’s chair nearest to her. Her hand lifted as though it weighed an enormous amount, moving slowly to grasp Genesis’s hand, clenching momentarily, before the world went black for a time.
“Angeal, no…” The pleading whimper drew her back from the darkness, eyes opening to see Angeal dying, fading away into the life stream. Her sister, after that single plea, collapsed back into the grass, eyes open but without real life behind them, catatonic from the permanent loss of the man she loved so dearly. When Zack hefted cloud back over his shoulder, he glanced from one twin to the other, frowning slightly.
“…I can take you both with me…it’d probably be safer that way.” His voice was quiet, not wishing to upset them further, but still needing to speak. The only reaction came from Seraphina, who slowly shook her head, before collapsing back into the darkness that was so eager to hold her. As he walked away, Genesis reached out to grasp the hand so lightly resting upon his, holding it tightly, until a group of men calling him brother carried him away. The two girls were left, as so often had happened lately, completely alone. As the wind swept the grass around them, the chair fell over, dividing them yet more effectively from each other.
Blinking as though surprised he had spoken, Seraphina turned to face him, shaking her head slowly. Since those last few words back in ShinRa Mansion, she had said nothing, functioning as though on autopilot. He simply watched as she dropped to sit down, an android put into standby mode would have seemed more lifelike than the girl he saw before him.
“…right, then. I’ll be back in a little bit.” He told them cheerfully, before heading off alone. Seraphina merely gazed after him, before closing her eyes and falling onto her side in the grass, hugging the bloodstained lab coat to her as a child would her deceased mother’s clothing. She lay there like that for hours, tears beginning to slide down her face as she remembered the past four years of the woman’s kindness.
True, she had been part of the group that had tortured her so, sending her screams echoing through the basement halls, but Andromeda had also stayed behind when the others went back to studying the test results, reading aloud to her from various books that the woman so adored to read, telling her about her college days, and what it was like when she had first started working at ShinRa.
“I know, it’s crazy of me, talking to you when you can’t answer back…” Andromeda’s voice slipped into the agonized darkness, bringing light and warmth. Eyes opened to see the woman sitting with her back to her, a mug of hot liquid held between her hands. “But I just…can’t help but think you can hear me, you know?”
She wanted so much to be able to answer, to be able to reach out to the woman who, while acting so carefree and young at times - giggling as she told her about her first date, or her first attempt at making a cake - was almost old enough to be her mother. In some ways, the woman had become a mother for her.
“It’s hard sometimes…there are nights when I wake up screaming, because of what I’ve let them do to you…what I’ve helped them do to you. For all I know, you’re very important to someone…and they’re probably going mad with worry for you…” A sigh, the cup beginning to tremble slightly in her hands as tears welled up in her eyes. “…I know how it is, being in that position…you see…I made the mistake of falling in love, once…not too long ago…”
Seraphina’s hand lifted to the glass of her capsule as she heard the pain in the woman’s voice, her other hand reaching up for the pendant that none of them had managed to remove - mostly due to the woman sitting before her, who had noticed that it flickered in time with her heartbeat. She wanted so much to be able to go to her, to comfort her…
“I’m sure you’ve fallen in love…at least once…well, this was the first time for me…and it was so perfect…he brought me flowers, took me out to eat, sat in the park and read to me under a tree… But he was part of ShinRa, too…and they decided he would be a likely candidate for SOLDIER.” The way she spat the word, so upset and full of distaste, made Seraphina wince. “…they didn’t do quite so many things to those candidates as they’ve done to you…only a small fraction, really…but even that is too much… In the end, it killed him. He died of mako poisoning…and I…”
Andromeda shook her head slightly, tears falling from her eyes. Her trembling made the drink splash over the edge of the cup and onto her hands, jerking her back to reality. As though ashamed of herself, the woman laughed, getting to her feet and setting the cup down before cleaning up the small mess she had made.
“Listen to me, babbling on like this about such terrible things…especially with you in the situation you’re in…I know! I’ll go get one of my books. That will brighten the mood up a bit for us both, won’t it, Fallen Angel?”
As the woman had stood, Seraphina had dropped back into her usual position, arms limp at her sides, head bowed, eyes closed. When the words of the story began, she started to drift back into sleep, a sleep untroubled, for the time being, by nightmares.
“Here we go…” The voice had her eyes snapping open, slowly turning her head to see Zack setting Genesis on the side of Cloud’s chair nearest to her. Her hand lifted as though it weighed an enormous amount, moving slowly to grasp Genesis’s hand, clenching momentarily, before the world went black for a time.
“Angeal, no…” The pleading whimper drew her back from the darkness, eyes opening to see Angeal dying, fading away into the life stream. Her sister, after that single plea, collapsed back into the grass, eyes open but without real life behind them, catatonic from the permanent loss of the man she loved so dearly. When Zack hefted cloud back over his shoulder, he glanced from one twin to the other, frowning slightly.
“…I can take you both with me…it’d probably be safer that way.” His voice was quiet, not wishing to upset them further, but still needing to speak. The only reaction came from Seraphina, who slowly shook her head, before collapsing back into the darkness that was so eager to hold her. As he walked away, Genesis reached out to grasp the hand so lightly resting upon his, holding it tightly, until a group of men calling him brother carried him away. The two girls were left, as so often had happened lately, completely alone. As the wind swept the grass around them, the chair fell over, dividing them yet more effectively from each other.