Chaos in Gaia

Duo landed neatly next to the face planted General on the mat. He stood and brushed himself off before hauling the silver-haired male to sit up and got a glare for his efforts,” Be nice or I’ll sit on you.” The glare only doubled. Duo shrugged, if he wanted to be that way…

~ a few minutes later~

Zack was laughing, Cloud was shocked, Tseng was keeping his amusement in check, Rufus was smirking, and The TURKS were cackling like hyenas while the soldiers were confused; Hojo merely whimpered pathetically at his own pain and humiliation. Duo was perched on Sephiroth’s back, and where he sat didn’t allow Seph to roll over or sit up.

A rather undignified position for him to be in but hilarious all the same.


Duo calmly and sweetly chastised him,” Now, what have we learned?”
Sephiroth growled and Duo whapped the back of his head,” Well?” Sephiroth snarled before he replied sullenly,” To be nice to my captors.” Duo shook his head,” We’re not your captors more like…your forceful hosts.”

He waved his hands as he finally got up and pulled the General up with him,” This is going to be your new home for a while.” Here he turned to point at the President,” So get used to doing things our way; everyone works here. No one person is too important to not lend a hand when asked.”


Stepping off again he lead them past people busily moving junk and building homes from it, Children rushed past laughing while carrying pails of nails or water bottles, and older folk were puttering around lending a hand with some of the lighter work.

A seemingly thriving community under the squalor that Shinra had created above. Yet as they moved deeper into the works they passed tents and the groans and whimpers of pain coming form within suggested not all was well.

Duo halted at a tent that was made of black and white stripped material,” I want you to take a look in here real quick. I need to do something as it is.” He picked up bucket of water by the entrance and several rags.

He slipped inside and they followed; the spears pointed at them left no choice. They took a moment to adjust to the even dimmer lighting before recognizing it was indeed a field type hospital. The forms were all shadowed and indistinguishable. Many tossed in their beds, crying out with weak voices.

One stood out to the SOLDIERS keener hearing; a little girl’s voice.

Zack and Sephiroth moved closer to the figure Duo was cooling down with the damp rags. A little girl of 6 or 8 was cradled in his lap on her tiny bed.

They wondered what she was here for until she turned to face them with teary eyes.

Or would have if one eye wasn’t missing. She had three long and what looked to be poisoned scratches going down that side of her face; her eye must’ve been gouged out during the attack.

She lifted her arms to them and wailed,” Mommy, can you bring me my mommy?!” Zack stumbled back looking sick and Sephiroth barely held his own ground. Duo shushed her and bounced her lightly,” Don’t worry Cecile, you’ll see your mommy soon. She’s going to come back and take good care of you da’ling. Just you wait and see.” He bathed her feverish face before laying her back in bed and covering her with a blanket. She giggled weakly at his drawl and nodded as she fell asleep with his reassurances. Duo laid a damp cloth over her brow before backing away and leading them out.

He stood with bowed head; Sephiroth knew the reason why,” Her mother’s not coming back is she?” Duo jerked his head up and gave him a stony look before chuckling in a disturbing manner.

He grabbed Seph’s arm and jerked him into a walk,” Oh no; she’s coming back.” Here he flashed a feral smile back towards the others and spoke up since they were out of range of the tent,” AS the Reaper angel sent to collect that little girl’s soul.” He snarled in frustration and abandoned Sephiroth as his victim and grabbed the blond President.

The others tried to stop him but once again their bound hands, lack of weapons, and the weapons trained of them made the group halt. Duo slammed Rufus into a tunnel wall making him grunt as the air was knocked out of him and in pain.

Duo seized the lapels of his coat and pinned him;” DO you know why that little girl is going to die you stuck up brat?” Rufus shook his head,” Because the medical treatment that might’ve saved her life was too expensive! You made it to where only your ilk can get anything! Not only that but it was your damnable reactors that spawned the hellish monster that attacked her! Her mother saved her temporarily but died while searching for an alternate healing technique besides the Shinra medical treatment.”

He pulled Rufus back and slammed him up into the wall once more,” Because of you a 6 yr old girl is going to die a slow and painful death! And all I can do is sit with her, read to her, and comfort her. So many now your greed, apathy, and stupidity have killed.” He paused and looked at Rufus contemplatively,” Tell me bratling; have you ever sat at the bedside of a young man your age, and held his hand as he begged you to kill him? Have you ever cradled a young woman who cried as she was forced to give birth to a child that was the product of rape from a soldier? Have you EVER for a moment paused to think what suffering your company might have reeked upon the world?”


Duo rattled the President,” HAVE YOU?!” Rufus shook his head vigorously. Duo growled and raised his hand, and threw a punch.

Rufus shut his eyes and flinched at the sound of tearing metal. When he opened his eyes and turned his head he sobbed; Duo’s fist had went right through the thick steel plating next to his head like wet paper. He looked back at Duo who regarded him coolly,” I thought not.”

Duo dropped the hyperventilating man and stepped past him; black clothes causing him to fade like a phantom from view.

Once more Rufus was corralled with the others and they were marched down a tunnel in a different direction from Duo. One of them watched the shook up President and remarked,” You should feel lucky man.” The president looked at him in morbid curiosity and the kid shrugged,” Last time he did that he didn’t turn his punch. Poor bastard lost his entire abdomen and Duo left him to die screaming on the ground from shock, pain, and terror.”

Rufus looked sick and they youth clasped him on the shoulder jovially,” On the bright side if he had connected, you would’ve lost your head and died instantly! Better than that right?” Rufus promptly fainted and their captors laughed gregariously as the same kid slung him over his shoulder and marched them to their rooms, and slung Rufus in with Tseng.

Locking the doors they clattered off chatting, leaving their captives to contemplate what would happen now.

Sephiroth and Zack had the worst of it; they needed to figure out how to deal with a SOLDIER 1st class level rogue….