Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ A Hearts Second Chance ❯ Chapter 19 ( Chapter 19 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]
Lilly was walking back to her apartment after hard day training with Sephiroth and Zack. Looking at her watch she sighed gratefully, she had about forty-five minutes before she needed to check in with Vincent. She was looking forward to taking a hot bath to relax her tight muscles. Sephiroth had not been joking when he had said she would be his student, and she’d been working with him everyday since joining. Today the two bastards had brought in all of the first and second-class soldiers for a battle royal that had completely drained her. Sephiroth and Zack had split the group in two. Each of them taking the team captain position, and she had been on Zack’s team. The man had leadership abilities on level with Sephiroth so it had been a long fight that had ended with her lying on her back panting from exhaustion. She knew these training sessions were to test her strength, but they also helped to cement her place in soldier. Some of the men were still Leary of her since her dramatic entrance to the compound.
She was grateful she had decided to take matters into her own hands. She had gained two new friends and had helped to further the search for Cloud. With the information Vincent sent to her phone and the data Sephiroth had they were able to narrow their search to specific regions.
The bell on the elevator ringed signaling she had reached her floor, the doors opened to an empty hall as she exited and headed for her apartment. As she walked by a vent it began to blow out smoke, jumping back Lilly covered her mouth, “Shit.”
Looking around she did not see anyone as she went to the stairwell door. Grabbing the handle, she was surprised when it did not turn. Grabbing it tighter, she gave it a vicious tug as the hallway began to fill with the smoke. Looked as if Hojo’s henchmen did not want to get close to her, she was almost flattered by that thought. Stepping back, she gave the door a solid kick, but it did not budge. What the hell was wrong with her? She should have been able to splinter the door. Coughing now, she looked around for another way out. Headed back towards the elevator she paused when a man in a mask stepped from the apartment close to the elevator. He stood there arrogantly knowing the chemical in the smoke was weakening her. She staggered a little as he began walking towards her, smiling she gathered the last of her strength and attacked. Taking him to the floor, she ripped his mask from his face intending to use it, then someone grabbed her from behind and dragged her from the man, the mask ripped from her hand. Her vision began to blur, but she had no intention of giving up without a fight. Kicking, punching, biting, and gouging at anyone who came within reach, she fought the effects of the drug. Dropping to her knee as her lungs screaming for oxygen, dropping her hands to the floor she felt a man grabbing her arm. Swinging out her arm, she landed on her ass panting, then to the floor as her vision faded completely.

Vincent had been waiting for Lilly’s call now for fifteen minutes. Flipping the phone open, he dialed her number and waited. When the voicemail answered, he felt a twinge of fear course through him.
Something is wrong. Chaos said from deep within him. Vincent called again receiving her voicemail again. He was beginning to agree with Chaos. Hanging up he scrolled through the applications on his phone locating the tracking program. The device showed she was leaving Midgar, his heart faltered. Hojo’s men had abducted her, where were Sephiroth’s men? He thought angrily as he took off in the direction the abductors escaped. When he found the men who had taken her, he was going to rip them into pieces.


Lilly woke between two men as they dragged her through the halls of a building. One of the men opened a door to their right then dragged her through. Raising her heavy head she saw the Mako tubes, one already occupied with Cloud’s unconscious form. Dread filled her body as she began struggling to free herself but the drug was still coursing through her system weakening her. One of the men wrapped his arm around her to try to still her struggling body. Lilly bit down on the exposed arm tasting blood.
“Fuck.” He screamed, slamming her into the table. She lay there on her stomach with her legs dangling to the floor as he jackknifed her arm across her back and held her head down on the table.
“Welcome back” Lilly stopped moving as Hojo stepped into her field of vision and squatted down to look at her. She had expected to be taken to Hojo’s lab, but not seeing the scientist who had used her for his experiments.
Rage filler her giving her power she surged up swinging her fist at Hojo’s face. He fell backwards on the floor barley dodging her fist. The man at her back slammed her back into the table knocking the wind from her lungs.
“I’ll kill you.” She gasped. “I swear I’ll kill you for taking everything from me.” She screamed when her lungs flooded with air.
“Oh and what might that be?” Hojo asked getting back up on his feet.
“My past, my memories, my life you bastard.” She growled.
He laughed, “I didn’t take them. Your parents sold you to me when you were a baby knowing what I had planned for you.”
“No. That’s not true,” she protested. It couldn’t be true.
“Everything you know, everything you are is from me.” He said leaning close with a smirk.
“No. you‘re lying” she whispered, as he backed away.
She began struggling again trying to force her arms to lift her body, but the man held her in place. “It’s no use trying to escape again. I’ll make sure you remain sedated this time.” looking up he nodded to someone.
She felt a needle pierce her backside, “I’ll fucking kill you, you bastard.” she roared as the drug took effect.
“Not likely.” Hojo said. “Were you followed?”
“No. We got out of there before anyone noticed we had taken her.” One of the two men answered.
The other man added, “According to our security surveillance. They still do not know she is missing.”
“Good. My dear son is becoming irrational in his search for Cloud. I am surprised he has managed to find nearly all of my labs so far. I wonder where he got his information.” Hojo said walking away from his unconscious test subject. “No matter. He will not find this one. Not even Shin-Ra knows the location of this lab,” he said as he opened a door, revealing his prized position. Jenova.

Vincent crouched on a hillside beside a harmless looking warehouse complex watching the armed men patrolling the fence. The red dot on the phone indicated this was the place they had taken Lilly. Looking at the phone, he realized this building was not on any maps he had unearthed in his search for Cloud. Chaos growled from within him, trying to urge Vincent into action, but he knew he would be no match for the number of guards in the building without knowing the layout.
Slowly working his way closer to the fence he decided to do as much investigating as he could. A door on the nearest building opened, Vincent dropped low to hide. A growl escaped his throat when he watched Hojo exit the building talking to one of the other scientists. Vincent could make out most of their conversation, but the only part that held interest was the fact that Cloud was here too. When the scientists walked around the corner of the building, Vincent left the area. Turning in the direction of Midgar, he decided it was time to get some help to raid the lab.