Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ A Hearts Second Chance ❯ Chapter 16 ( Chapter 16 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

Sephiroth woke suddenly, panting from the nightmare he had been caught up in. Rolling over he wrapped his arms around Cloud and pulled the blonde close while he buried his face in Cloud’s hair, then inhaled trying to calm his racing heart. In the two weeks since their disagreement, Sephiroth had been having disturbing nightmares, each one worse than the previous. He had seen himself doing cruel things to Cloud and to the people who had been precious to the blonde. During this last nightmare, Sephiroth watched helplessly during what had been their final fight. In the background, Sephiroth could hear a sadistic laughter coupled by whispering he could not make out. It was as if someone else was in control of his mind as he attacked Cloud, and finally with Cloud ending his dream self’s life.
Cloud groaned in his sleep wrapping his hand around Sephiroth’s hand where it gripped Cloud‘s side. Sephiroth placed a kiss on Cloud’s shoulder as the blonde woke. Turning Cloud blinked sleepily at Sephiroth over his shoulder.
“Are you alright?” He asked yawning.
“Just a bad dream.” Sephiroth said as Cloud rolled to his back.
“Do you want to talk about it?” He asked running his fingers through Sephiroth’s pale hair.
“I don’t remember what it was about.” Sephiroth answered closing his eyes from the feel of his hair being stroked.
Cloud scowled. “How can you not remember? You have been having them every night.”
Sephiroth ran his thumb along Cloud’s bottom lip. “How can I not forget when waking to you.”
Cloud smiled, “You’re trying to distract me.”
“Is it working?” Sephiroth asked leaning down to brush his mouth against Cloud’s.
With a sigh, Cloud wrapped his fingers in Sephiroth’s hair. “Yes.”
Then Cloud pulled him roughly into his mouth.

After months of training with Vincent, Lilly had learned some helpful tactics, and she was making use of one. Stealth. Smiling she crawled across the ground towards the edge of the cliff beside the Vincent‘s favorite place, the waterfall. Down below the unsuspecting, gorgeous man was taking one of his quiet moments. Peaking over the edge, she saw Vincent sitting on the grass beside the water, one knee raised with his clawed hand resting on it while his black hair danced in the breeze. Sighing, she would give everything she owned to run her fingers through it. Lilly watched as he flexed the claw looking at it as if it offended him. She had asked why he wore it once, he had told her it was part of him and he could not remove it, and then walked away. End of subject. So she had never asked again, but today as she watched he removed the clawed gauntlet and laid it on the grass beside him. She couldn’t believe he had lied to her about it, however, when he held up his arm she understood. The entire hand and forearm were horribly scarred; it looked like someone had stuck his arm in a meat grinder. Before she could feel anything close to pity, his head jerked up.
Lilly sucked in her breath and scooted away from the edge of the cliff. Rolling onto her back, she held her breath and waited. When she did not hear anything, she let her breath out in a sigh grateful he had not noticed her. Looking up at the cloud-filled sky Lilly wondered what had happened to cause such a disfiguration, she knew Hojo had experimented on him but he never talked to her about it. Anytime she asked he would either answer yes, no, or completely ignore her.
A blast of wind caught her off guard, covering her eyes she was surprised by the feeling of something landing on the ground on either side of her. Looking up she saw Vincent standing above her his red eyes glaring down at her.
“What are you doing?” He hissed.
“Looking up at the sky.” She answered watching him closely. He looked pissed, which was something she had never seen before. There was no way spying on him could have cause this reaction, so what the hell had happened?
“You were not sneaking up on me?” He demanded.
“No” She said getting ready for anything. Her swords were just out of arms reach but she was sure she could get to them before he tore into her.
Vincent had been sitting beside the waterfall lake lost in his past, trying to remember why he had ever cared for Lucrecia. Ever since he had met Lilly he had felt drawn to her, maybe not as much as Chaos had been, but there was still something there. What he had felt for Lucrecia was nowhere as strong as what he was starting to feel for the young brunette he had been training. Flexing his hand, he was reminded at the condition of his body. Tortured as he had been by the madman Hojo, Vincent knew he held no appeal physically, but he had still caught glimpses of desire in Lilly’s eyes. As he had sat there he had became aware of someone watching him. Chaos had purred, Vincent’s signal it was Lilly.
Looking down at the woman who had plaguing him he pulled his gun from his holster at his hip, “It’s time to test your abilities to their fullest level. You’ll need to come at me with the intent to kill.”
“I can’t do that.” she said her eyes wide as she looked down the barrel.
Vincent aimed at her head. “Yes you can.”
“What are you doing?” she whispered.
“Giving you a reason you lying, weak little bitch.” He growled squeezing the trigger.
Anger flushed through Lilly’s bloodstream at what he had just called her. Growling she kicked out at him the moment he fired the gun, the bullet grazing her cheek as it thudded into the ground beside her. Her foot connected with his stomach as she roared in a murderous rage. Grabbing her swords, she tossed the sheaths away and jumped for the bastard with a war cry that sent the birds screeching into the air.

Cloud had slept in late this morning after his blissful night with Sephiroth. Sitting up in the bed, he winced from the tenderness in his body. Nichodemus opened his eye to stare at him as he lay contently on his back. Cloud reached out and scratched Nico’s stomach gaining a loud purr in response. Getting up cloud looked at the clock; he had about an hour before he would meet Sephiroth and Zack for lunch. Taking a shower, he then dressed and left the apartment after sitting out some food for Nico.
A short time later Cloud walked into the office building and pulled out his phone to check the time. He still had about fifteen minutes before his lunch date. Smiling cloud walked down the hall towards the elevators as a man stepped out of a door in front of him. Cloud stepped to the side to avoid him but the man stepped back into his path. A sharp pain in his shoulder caused Cloud to look behind him at the man who had stuck him with a needle. Then stranger in front of him lunged for him. Cloud viciously slugged the one man as he kicked the other sending both flying in different directions. Whatever they had injected into him did not take long to hit his system as hit his knees when his strength faded. The two men jumped up and grabbed Cloud holding him down until the drug had more of an effect on him.
“Imagine my surprise when I found out you were the reason Sephiroth chose to stop the treatments.” Cloud looked up at Hojo. “Now you will have to take his place,” the man said staring down at him.
“Bastard.” Cloud growled fighting to free himself, but it was no use. His limbs were beginning to go numb.
“I’ll make sure no one will find you. I’m tired of loosing my test subjects. Let’s get going.” Hojo said turning away.
The two men picked Cloud up as his vision began to fade. “Too bad the boss won’t let us have some fun. He’s real pretty.” Their sadistic laughter rang in his ears as he lost consciousness.


Sephiroth was reading through the information Zack had gathered. “Where did you get this?”
“I have my sources.” Zack said smugly. Sephiroth just eyed him over the top of the papers then continued. The report was about the girl who had escaped Hojo’s lab in Nibelheim. As Sephiroth read the documents concerning subject zero he became more appalled by the scientist’s actions.
The girl had been given to the scientist while she was an infant. Since then she had endured roughly thirty years of experiments. “You will notice that the good doctor tried out every new form of our Mako treatments on her before giving them to the soldiers.” Sephiroth nodded. “Also when she escaped, the experiments on you began.”
Sephiroth looked up at his first. “If she is gone and he can’t use me than…” he stopped as he watched the color fade from Zack’s face.
“Cloud.” They said in unison. Sephiroth had noticed the doctors hanging around watching him but he had never thought for a minute that Cloud might have been in danger because of their relationship. However, what better revenge for Sephiroth’s betrayal than to use Cloud as his new experimental subject.
Grabbing the phone, Sephiroth dialed Cloud’s number as he looked at the clock. They were supposed to meet in five minutes but after several rings, it went to voicemail. Sephiroth left a message for cloud to call.
Zack picked up his phone and dialed. “Hey Erica. I need a favor. Can you locate a buddy of mine through the GPS on his phone?”
He stood and headed for the door with Sephiroth hot on his heals. They passed the elevator and headed for the stairs.
“In the lobby.” Zack shouted as he jumped over the rail landing on the next flight of stairs.
As they burst threw the door into the lobby Zack continued with Erica. “Where?”
“That way.” Zack said turning for the hallway by the elevators. Coming to a stop in the empty hall Zack looked around then saw cloud’s phone lying on the floor.
“Thank you Erica.” He said hanging up as he picked up Cloud’s phone. Now what? Zack thought to himself. He turned as Sephiroth turned to the lobby, walked past the front desk with the sputtering attendants, then entered the security office.
“There was someone abducted by the elevators not long ago find him.” Sephiroth barked. Then men jumped from the harshness in Sephiroth’s voice and rushed to obey his orders. Cloud appeared on the monitor walking down the hall moments before the attack. The scene blurred as the security guards scanned forward following the men as they carried cloud out of the building.
“That’s all there is in the buildings security.”  The security guard said in a shaky voice.
Growling Sephiroth grabbed the nearest man by the collar and pulled him from the chair. Typing on the computer, he gained access to the Shin-Ra database then the surrounding security system until he found Cloud again, then followed until the men began loading the blonde onto a helicopter. Hojo turned looking into the camera and saluted it with a triumphant smirk on his face. Then he climbed aboard the helicopter moments before it lifted from the ground. Looking at the time imprint on the camera he noted it was fifteen minutes ago. With a roar, he slammed his fist into the monitor shattering the screen, sending sparks and glass showering him. His hate-filled eyes caused a shiver to run down Zack’s spine.


Let me out. Chaos whined.
Shut up. Vincent told him as he blocked a vicious attack from Lilly that could have taken his head off. He had told her to attack to kill and she was making good on that order. If the cuts on his arm and legs were anything to go by.
Chaos laughed. Shouldn’t have called her such names.
Vincent winced as his gauntleted arm was met with her blade. Looking into her rage filled eyes he watched as the pupils slit in fury, maybe not. Vincent agreed but he had not been thinking when he had insulted her.
Let me out. I’ll calm her. Chaos added with a purr.
No. Vincent said sternly.
Please. She looks so tasty dripping in sweat. Chaos said adding a visual of him licking a path up her bare stomach.
Vincent was so caught off guard by the visual he forgot he was in a fight.
Look up. Chaos said with a chuckle. Vincent responded a moment too late. She kicked him in the gut, sending him through a few trees before he slid to a stop on the forest floor. He blinked the dirt from his eyes as he gasped for breath. He was sure if he had been human, he would have been spit in two from that kick. A moment later, she was straddling his hips with a handful of his red coat. He stared up into her Mako blue eyes as she fought her emotions. Her hands tightened briefly on his coat before she jerked him up into a kiss.
Chaos purred from the aggressive action. The demon was getting exactly what it wanted. Vincent’s mind was blank as his body reacted like a match to gasoline.
She bit his bottom lip causing him to gasp; taking advantage, she forced her tongue into his mouth. He and chaos moaned from her exotic taste.
More. Chaos ordered as he gave a hard push against Vincent’s mind to free himself. Vincent reacted to the threat as if a bucket of cold water had been dumped on him. He shoved Lilly off his lap and jumped to his feet. She lay on the debris covering the ground panting. Her eyes hooded with desire watching him hungrily. Taking a deep breath, he calmed himself and pushed Chaos as deep into his psyche as he could. Looking at her coldly he said, “Your training is done. I can teach you no more. If it is a warm body you need, go to town. You can never be the woman I desire.” with that he turned and walked away.
“And just who the hell do you desire?” Lilly demanded from her position on the ground.
Turning Vincent looked at her with his cold eyes, “Lucrecia.”
“Very well, leave, but you will still need to keep me informed of Sephiroth’s activities. Or did you forget your love’s orders.” She hated herself for saying it as she watched his body tighten in anger.
“I have not forgotten,” he said as he disappeared.
She had been so sure he desired her in that moment. That is why she had made such a bold move. She had even felt his body harden below her while she plundered his mouth. She sighed as she stood. She decided to walk down to the waterfall to cool down in its glacial water, and get some of the dirt and sweat off her body.

Zack watched Sephiroth from the doorway to the balcony while his friend leaned against the rail glaring at the darkening sky. They had searched Hojo’s lab for anyone or anything that would tell them where the bastard had taken Cloud to, but they had found nothing. Every one of the scientists had disappeared leaving broken computers and burnt paper in their wake.
“We’ll find him.” Zack whispered but it seemed Sephiroth could not hear him. Turning Zack walked away. Opening his phone, he dialed his contact and waited while the phone rang. When a man answered Zack said, “Hey buddy I have need of your help.”
“What do you need?” The man asked
“I need you to track down all of Hojo’s labs. He had taken a friend of mine.” Zack said with a barely suppressed anger.
“That I can do. I will gather the information and send it to your phone.” Then the man hung up. Looking back at Sephiroth through the doors Zack prayed his contact would find the information soon.
Zack frowned as something vibrated in his pocket. Reaching into his pocket, he found Cloud’s phone. Flipping it open the phone turned on, shit, he thought, it was set to auto answer.
“Hello?” A woman’s voice said form the speaker. “Cloud are you there? You didn’t call earlier so I became worried. Is this a bad time?”
Was the little bastard cheating? No, Cloud cared too much for Sephiroth. “Who is this?” Zack barked. “How do you know Cloud? Do you know where he is?”
“What happened?” She asked concern in her voice.
“Who are you?” Zack demanded.
“You could say I’m his sister. Now what is going on?” She barked.
“He’s missing.” Zack said quietly.
Lilly felt like someone had punched her in the chest. Closing her eyes, she sat in the kitchen chair.
“How long? Do you know who took him?” She asked the man on the phone.
“He was taken at noon today by a man name Doctor Hojo.” The man growled the name into the phone.
“I see. Can you please keep Cloud’s phone on you and call me if you find him. I’m going to call a friend and see if he can help. If we find anything on our end I’ll call you.” Lilly heard the man ask her name as she disconnected the call. She knew he was one of two men, Sephiroth or Zack and since he was not screaming at her, she knew she was talking to Zack. The one she had heard was searching for her.
Picking up the phone, she dialed Vincent but was not surprised when the call went to voice mail. “Vincent Hojo has cloud. I need to know where all he could have taken cloud. Please Vincent I need your help.”
A moment later, she received a text. ‘Stay where you are I’ll find him.’
Growling she looked at the phone tempted to break it to pieces she replied ‘Don’t take too long’