Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ Family ❯ I�m the One ( Chapter 14 )

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Family
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Pairing: Sephiroth/Cloud
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Chapter 14: I'm the One

Having had very little to eat, and only a minimal amount of sleep since Cloud had been found, Sephiroth was feeling edgy and irritable. He still cursed Zack for not letting him kill that bastard Montgomery.

But his friend had been right. To have done so would have resulted in him being questioned by the Grand Supreme Courts, rather than the top brasses of Shin-Ra. And if tried, and found guilty of murder, he would have been court marshaled, maybe even executed!

Sephiroth had been tempted….sorely, sorely tempted to disregard the advice of Zack. But as his friend's wise words had slowly sank in, he realized that there was no way he was going to let the death of Montgomery be the reason for him to be taken away from Cloud and his child. So he had lowered his sword…and he had allowed Montgomery to live.

The very fact that Sephiroth had listened to his friend, and had agreed to spare Montgomery's life was a testament to how much he truly loved Cloud. He knew the little blonde would not have been happy, thinking he had been the cause of another's death…..even if the bastard that attacked him deserved to die!

Although Sephiroth may not have actuallykilled the boy, he'd still had the joy of beating the living crap out him!

oOo Flashback oOo

Montgomery's whole body jolted with pain, as hewas thrown against the wall on the opposite side of the room. He had been picked up bodily, and cast aside in one easy move…..Nowhe cowered, his whole body racked in pain,andwatched in silent rageas the General began fawning over Strife like some love starved puppy.This was not over—not by a long shot!

Someone surely would have heard the commotion of the General breaking into his room…someone surely would save him from the General's wrath.

Sephiroth picked up andcradledhis precious lover as carefully as he could, trying hard not tojarthe fragile body in his arms. Cloud had not stirred once since heand Zack had retrieved him from Montgomery's clutches.

He fumed silently to himself…. Montgomery was not going to be allowed to get away with harming another cadet, not if he had any say in it. Nor would he be permitted to remain in SOLDIER either. As far as Sephiroth was concerned, Montgomery's military career was over. Sephiroth knew that no-one would miss the boy…..his test scores were far below average, and his mouth tended to get him into too much trouble all the time with his superiors. Sephiroth would be doing everyone a favor by getting rid of him.

Zack keptthe prisoner under guard, his Buster sword aimed at the boy's throat, while Sephiroth attended to his unconscious mate. Montgomery's eyes followed him as he carried Cloud out of the bedroom.

“Anyone would think, by the way the General's holding Strife, that he's in love with thebitch or something,” he dared whisperto Zack.

“Shut your damn mouth!” Zack ordered, giving the sitting boy a well aimed kick with his boot.

“Oh, that's right…I forgotyou'vehad a piece of his tight little ass too, haven't you? Well, that makes three of us then…And I have to say, Cloud was very passionate when screaming out my name….evenbegging me to pound into him harder!”

“Why you fucking son-of-a….” But Zack didn't get to finish his rebuke.

In the next room, Sephiroth had visibly bristled. It had always been rumored, among the ranks, that the General not only had extraordinary strength, but also heightened senses as well. And that meant he could hear the whisperbeing spoken from the bedroomas loudlyas if he were actuallystanding therein the room too.

Laying Cloud down gently on the dirty floor, Sephiroth turned, and retraced his steps back into the bedroom.

Too late to do anything about it, Zack saw the feral look in his friends narrowed emerald eyes, as Sephiroth stormed into the room.

Montgomery didn't know what had hit him. All he was aware of for one brief moment was a blur of movement in front of him….and then pain….The sharp, burning pain of the bones in his nose being broken, causing him to scream out in alarm. He flung his arms up across his face, to protect himself. He knew the General wasn't finished with him yet.

Sephirothpivoted on his left foot, and swung his massive gloved fist in a tight arc, connecting with Montgomery's ribs. The sound of more cracking echoed around the room. Sated, Sephiroth breathed in deeply, getting control of himself again….and took a step back.

The woundedcadet groaned, wiping away the blood that was filling his mouth and dribbling down over his chin. He grinned up at the General, a sneer on his face as he began to laugh. “What's the matter? Don't you like the thought of other people playing with your toys?” he taunted.

Zackwas at a loss. Montgomery didn't know when to leave well enough alone.He knew the boy was hurting…he'd heard the sound of something being broken when Sephiroth had hit him….But still the boy couldn't resist angering the irate man in front of him. And Zack didn't know how to calm his friend. He'd never seen him like this before.

Montgomery began speaking again, the wordsedged in pain, dripping with venom. “Do you know how many times I fucked your little playmate? Four! Four times I made his ass mine….and each and every time, the little slut begged for more…..And he is really, really good at sucking cock……………..”

Without warning, Montgomery's head flew backwards at the forceful punch Sephiroth threw at him. The boy coughed, andblood ran freely from his spilt andtrembling lips.He tried to force himself to smile again….but the smile was frozen, as the cold sharp blade of the General's sword was placed against the side of his throat, as the steel edgebegan to press into his skin unmercifully.

“Seph!Don't! He's not worth killing. Please think of Cloud.Who's gonna look out for him?” Zack said, pulling hard at the arm that had held the deadly blade close to Montgomery's neck….ready to lop off his head if the bastard uttered another word.

“Seph…Think about what you're doing…You'll be leaving your lover and your child alone…Defenseless……Let the courts deal with the scumbag, Seph…You know I'm right.”

Slowly, as his friend's words sank in, Sephiroth withdrew Masamune, but couldn't resist one more hit, striking the dark haired boy across the head with the hilt of the sword hard, and watchingwith sadistic satisfaction as Montgomeryclosed his eyes and slumpedto the ground--unmoving.

“Be grateful for my friend, you worthless piece of shit,for without his intervention,you would have dieda very slow and painful death.”

Sephirothdidn't know if the boy could hear him and frankly hedidn't really care. His main priority now was to his lover and unborn child. Montgomery could rot in hell for all hecared.

He went back to his unconscious partner and picked him up, speedingcarrying him off to the medical facility. Sephiroth knew that Zack would take care of what was left of Montgomery.

oOo End flashback oOo

Now, as he was pacing anxiously outside the offices of the Shin-Ra board of directors, waiting to explain to them the reasons for his actions, Sephiroth was debating whether or not he had made the right decision.

Maybe he would have felt better knowing the boy's blood had been spilt on Masamune's razor sharp edge….Knowing that he would never hurt Cloud again….

He smiled slowly….He didn't really need to worry….Montgomery may well be alive, but he was never going to be able to hurt anyone else….ever.

Finally the doors opened…and, taking a deep breath to calm himself, Sephiroth was led into the chambers beyond.

Three men and one woman sat behind a long desk in front of him. Sephiroth couldn't see Rufus because of the blinding light of the sun gleaming in through the wide uncovered windows, but he knew the young executive was hidden somewhere in the shadows, he could feel the short haired blond's presence nearby.

He scanned the board members from right to left, taking note of their faces, his own countenance expressionless and unreadable.

He watched as Palmer, head of the Space Exploration program, fidgeted in his chair. How someone as incompetent as that buffoon got to be a board executive, Sephiroth would never know.

Then there was Reeve. The good looking executive was the head of the Urban Development. His latest project was major reconstruction of Midgar's inner city. On more than one occasion, Sephiroth had smelt a soft lilac scent wafting from the man. He had smelt that fragrance on someone else, but at the moment, he couldn't recall who.

To Reeve's right was Heiegger—the Public Safety Maintenance head. He sat and stared back at Sephiroth, trying in vain to hide the fear he felt for the General from his eyes.

Scarlet, the head bitch of Weapons Development was sat beside him. The eyes she rested on Sephiroth were full of unveiled lust. She would give anything to spend a night with the powerful man stood before her, and she didn't care who knew it.

The final chair was meant for Professor Hojo, but it was at present empty. He was currently taking care of two wounded cadets.

Tseng was there, standing off to the side since he was the head of the Investigation Division. He leaned against the wall, his arms folded across himself, waiting for the meeting to proceed.

Thick cigar smoke filled the air, and a few nervous coughs greeted his approach, as Sephiroth nonchalantly took the chair indicated to him, sitting down and crossing one long booted leg over the other, giving off the air of bored indifference.

The large, pompous man in the centre of the group, decided to break the awkward silence first. He leant forward a little on the desk, his hands clasp together in front of him, his face breaking into a false welcoming smile.

“General….We all know why you are here.” The man leant even closer. “You are here to tell us why there are two cadets, under your supervision, currently in the hospital.”

Sephiroth raised an eyebrow.

“We know that the hospitalization of Cadet Cloud Strife is not down to you….But the other boy, Cadet Adam Montgomery…..Can you explain to us, General, why you felt it necessary to take upon yourself the responsibility of his chastisement?”

“Heidegger, he beat, kidnapped and almost raped my lov…..” Sephiroth stopped himself in time. “He almost raped another of my men. As you yourself just said, Sir….Those two boys are under my supervision. Therefore, I dealt out punishment as I saw fit.”

“But General….Don't you think that you were a little…excessive with the force you used against a low ranking cadet? After all said and done, you have left him suffering from multiple cuts and bruise's….A broken nose …A fractured skull. And you've left him in a coma….” He stopped for a moment, sipping from a glass of water in front of him.

“General…Adam Montgomery is, at this very moment, hooked up to a life support machine,” Scarlet cut in, secretly getting enjoyment out of thinking about the pain Sephiroth had caused the cadet. “The doctors have said that if he regains consciousness, he should be able to lead some sort of normal life….But his career in the military is now over. You have robbed us of a cadet, General. You have lost us a future SOLDIER…….”

“No….” Sephiroth interjected angrily. “I have saved this company the embarrassment of having a failure within their ranks. Montgomery is a bully and a coward. Is that the type you would trust fighting for you?” he asked, bitterly.

Everyone in the conference room could feel the anger rolling off Sephiroth. Fingers began tugging at collars, as the heat in the room began to intensify……They were experiencing at first hand the General's wrath.

“The boys who come here to join SOLDIER are under my command, and as such, I will not have anyone questioning me about the way I deal with them. If I feel that there has been insubordination, intimidation or harassment of any kind….I sort it out.”

“But don't you think you could have shown some…tact…in dealing with the Montgomery boy? Couldn't you have spared him some of the pain?” Reeve asked. Sephiroth could tell that the man didn't like violence of any kind.

“I spared his life. He should be grateful for that.”

The directors mumbled amongst themselves, obviously not liking Sephiroth's answer.

“We cannot afford to have you taking it upon yourself to act as judge and jury, General.”

“I would have acted as executioner also, to make sure that nothing like that ever happens again!” Now it was Sephiroth's turn to lean forward in his chair. “Need I remind you, gentlemen,” he continued, purposely forgetting to address Scarlet, “That I am the one you call upon to settle all foreign and domestic disputes?”

His voice, though calm, had now taken on a menacing edge, and his green eyes flashed with barely contained anger.

“I believe I am the one to whom Shin-Ra looks to in time of trouble. And believe me when I say, that it would have cost you far more to keep a cadet like Montgomery than to give him a dishonorable discharge. Because, had Cadet Montgomery succeeded in raping Cadet Strife, the boy's mother would have, without a doubt sued, and this military facility would be under intense investigation, which is something that none of you… least of all our great Command-In-Chief…..wants to happen.”

Sephiroth paused, letting his words echo around the now deathly quiet room. He eyed the people before him, daring them to challenge him.

None did.

“Do you have anything more you wish to say to me, gentlemen?….No? Good, then I declare this meeting over. If you'll excuse me, there is a certain cadet I wish to check-up on.”

Sephiroth stood and turned, his long silver hair fanning out behind him as he walked towards the door.

Rude and Reno nervously stood by the exit. They glanced across at their boss, who discreetly nodded his head at them to permit the General to leave.

Rufus was surprised at the show of restraint the General had shown. He knew first hand the terrible temper the man had, and while Rufus in no way sympathized with Montgomery—that asshole had got everything he deserved as far as he was concerned, he was nevertheless taken aback that Sephiroth hadn't killed the boy just for the mere fact that he had picked on Cloud, least of all actually laying a finger on the boy.

And judging by today's outcome of this most unfortunate situation, it had become very evident that Sephiroth was no longer the company's puppet. The strings had finally been cut, and now Sephiroth was of free will….and all because of one young boy, who was even now struggling not to lose their unborn child.

As Sephiroth swept out of the smoke filled room, Rufus thought back to an hour prior, when Gast had come to him, informing him that Cloud needed to be placed on maternity leave as soon as possible. If not, he had warned, there was a high probability of the vulnerable cadet miscarrying.

This information had worried Rufus. More so, because just before Gast had come to see him, Sephiroth had been to see him first…The General had a plan.

And Rufus had agreed to it.

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Low steady breathing was the only sound coming from the very still, young body. The subtle beeping from the heart monitors gave Sephiroth a little extra reassurance that his lover and child were alright, as he tenderly rubbed his thumb back and forth over the small, limp hand clasped tightly within the grip of his own large powerful one.

The General's silver hair fell forward, hiding the misery in his cat-like green orbs. He wanted so much to hear the boy's voice again. But Cloud had been sedated. The doctors had felt it necessary.

He hated seeing Cloud look so bruised and battered. Now the blood had been washed away, it revealed his slightly swollen face, the black-purplish circles that were prominent under his closed eyes. His slit lip was slow in going down. Even the handprint was vivid, not so much now as when it was first made, but Sephiroth could see the fading mark upon his lover's angelic countenance.

The sound of feet shuffling into the private hospital room was no cause for Sephiroth to stir from his place by his partner's bedside. If anything, the new arrivals caused Sephiroth to be on guard. He looked at the intruders through narrowed eyes.

“And what the fuck do you want?” he hissed, still trying to come down off the high of his anger of the so-called meeting from an hour ago.

“General, it's time for us to exam Cadet Strife, just to make sure that he hasn't suffered a relapse… or that the baby isn't under any stress,” Professor Gast said in a fatherly tone.

He was still afraid of Sephiroth, but he understood the man's anger was not directed his way, but the other scientist next to him…..Hojo. Gast held the same view as many others. Hojo had fucked up far too many lives, including the life of his best friend's son, who had since disappeared.

Gast had looked for the young Valentine, but to no avail. Vincent had fallen off the face of the earth, and gone with him was his girlfriend, Lu, the attractive lab assistant whom Vincent had planned to marry. Gast often wondered what had become of the pair of young lovers.

He came back from his musing when he realized Hojo was speaking.

“We need for you to leave, General, in order for us to do our job.”

Sephiroth didn't budge from his place at Cloud's bedside. If anything, his grip on the young boy just got tighter, more possessive.

“I'm not leaving. You can do your exams with me here,” he replied challengingly.

Irritated, Hojo stomped his foot as if he were a child who just had his favorite toy taken away. “Patient confidentiality, General,” he screeched. “Unless you are family, you have to leave.”

Apparently, telling the boy's partner to get out wasn't the right thing to say.

Sitting, Sephiroth may have given Hojo the impression that he wasn't quite so frightening. But now….stood erect at full height, and holding onto Musamune in one hand.

“You can try to intimidateme all you want, General… It won't work. I told you…”

“I am Cloud's lover and the father of his child—therefore…that gives me every damn right to be here,” Sephiroth snapped.

“You're….You're the father?” Hojo mumbled. But, how could that be possible? Zack was always the one with the boy. It had to be Zack. Didn't it?

“Don't you dare try to cover up for a SOLDIER, 1st Class,” Hojo shouted, uncaring about the patient. “It is documented that the child belongs to Zack.”

Gast snorted. He did not concur with Hojo on Zack being the sire, and had told the other scientist of the fact.

“I'm not covering up for anybody,” Sephiroth replied coldly, annoyed to think that the stupid man stood before him believed someone else to be the father of his child. “And what gives you this asinine notion that Cloud's baby is Zack's?”

“I've dated the boy's pregnancy back to the very first time that you, Zack and Cadet Strife went out drinking,” Hojo stated smugly.

Sephiroth blanked—instantly recalling the memory of his claiming of the boy that first time.

For a moment, he was back in the room, holding Cloud tightly, kissing him deeply, his hands roaming the young firm body beneath him.

“Cloud was a virgin when I took him that night,” Sephiroth said out loud, without realizing he had done so. He could still smell the underlining scent of vanilla that enticed him to possess the boy. Even now, Cloud was emitting the enchanting aroma, but not as strongly, because of his unconscious state.

The General's blood quickly raced through his veins, warming him and pooling in his groin, causing him to turn from the scientists. Professor Gast hid his laugh with a cough, delighted with the look of shocked horror he saw emerging on Hojo's face, as the truth suddenly hit home. Gast didn't know which he enjoyed more—Sephiroth being embarrassed at his arousal…..Or Hojo being speechless for the first time in his life.

“I……I…….I…..” Quivering with anger at being made a fool of, Hojo glared at Gast, and silently dared him to mock him. Gast had no intention of doing so, Sephiroth was doing a superb job of making him look stupid. As far as he was concerned, they had work to do.

“Please, take your seat again, General. We're about to wake Cloud, and he's probably going to be a little out of it. I think it'll be a good ideal if you're the first person he sees,” Gast explained, seeing as Hojo was still wallowing in self dismay.

Sephiroth watched intently as the professor leaned over Cloud and injected something into his arm.

A few minutes later, azure eyes fluttered open. Cloud gave a small groan, and instinctively placed his hands on his stomach, in fear for his child.

“The baby is alright, love,” Sephiroth gently whispered, trying to reassure the little blonde, rubbing gently at the boy's hand again.

Tears filled the semi-dazed orbs, as Cloud turned to face Sephiroth. “Montgomery… he-he… I tried to stop him. I didn't want him to hurt her, Seph…” Cloud cried, filled with shame that he couldn't protect his child. It would have been his entire fault if anything had happened to their baby…because he had lacked the strength and size to fight back.

“No, love. Please don't cry. Our child is safe,” Sephiroth offered in comfort, leaning forward and kissing away the boy's tears. Cloud's sobbing lessened.

“Professor Gast and Hojo need to exam you now, to make sure that everything is okay,” he told his young lover. The hand Sephiroth was holding tightened. “I'm not going anywhere, sweetheart,” Sephiroth reassured, and Cloud relaxed his grip.

Hojo stood back taking notes as Gast propped the boy's legs up and instructed him to spread them. Snapping on latex gloves and pouring a hefty amount of gel onto his fingers, Gast inserted his index and middle fingers into the young cadet's anus. Cloud immediately tensed up.

“Relax, or it will hurt more than it should,” Gast cautioned.

After a few minutes of probing, Gast removed his fingers, and threw away the soiled gloves. “No rectal damage. From what I can tell, I estimate any type of penetration to be over 24 hours ago, which is a good sign,” Gast said smiling, as he began to feel around Cloud's slightly extended belly.

“Why is that, Professor?” Sephiroth asked.

“Had Cadet Montgomery violated Cloud, then not only would there have been the possibly that Cloud could have lost the baby, but also….Montgomery would have surely died in the process,” Gast replied.

Hojo gave a brittle laugh. “Montgomery is a damn fool! Strife's body has an exorbitant amount of Mako… Not nearly as high as yours, Sephiroth, but close enough. It appears your little lover's body responds only to yours sexually,” Hojo added, overly thrilled at the results.

Sephiroth was not pleased at the professor's giddiness but he listened as Hojo continued, “…It's as if you and the boy are bonding on another level. If I didn't know better, I would say that the Jenova cells are responding positively to each other within your bodies.”

The General gritted his teeth, wanting to knock that smug look off Hojo's face…. but Sephiroth could wait. If everything worked out in his and Cloud's favor then they, along with Zack, would be nothing more than a distant memory in Shin-Ra's history.

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Cloud was released from the medic ward the following day after all his other tests came back negative from the lab. All was fine, except that his blood iron was low. Professor Gast gave the soon-to-be mother a one month supply of iron pills, which he was told had to be taken daily.

In addition to that, Cloud was advised to stay off his feet for at least a day or two. And to make sure he got the required rest ordered, Sephiroth had made plans to take Cloud away. As soon as he'd heard that Cloud was to be released from hospital, he had met with the President in regards to letting him and Zack take Cloud on leave for a few weeks.

A highly unusual request, but Rufus had granted permission nonetheless. Both Zack and Sephiroth had accumulated so much vacation time, that they had more than enough to donate to Cloud for him to have eight weeks off.

They were cutting it kind of close, coming back with only four weeks until his due date, but Sephiroth needed the time to do what he had to do.

Upon getting home from the hospital, Cloud headed straight for the shower…and then slipped into bed. He didn't want to talk about what happened or what could have happened. He was just thankful that Sephiroth had showed up when he did, preventing that asshole Montgomery from raping him.

He tossed and turned, reliving over and over again those few hours he had been held for. The things he had done. The things he hadn't wanted to do. He remembered taking Montgomery's cock in his mouth, of being forced to swallow the other boy's seed, and he nearly vomited. Whimpering, he silently cried from being humiliated at Montgomery's cruel hands.

Sephiroth got into bed beside Cloud, and held him tightly within his arms, rubbing his hands possessively over the shaking boy's tummy, whispering words of love and comfort against his young lover's neck, until he knew the young boy had fallen to sleep.

In the morning, Sephiroth told him to pack a month's worth of clothes. The reason why? —He was taking him back home, to Nibelheim, to see his mother again.

oOo TBC oOo

A/N: Well, how was that? Mitts & I have to admitted, are holding on to the edge of our seats with each chapter that we write. So, Montgomery is out of the picture. Was every on satisfied with the outcome of his fate? And what's this plan the Rufus agreed to with Sephiroth? Don't know? Well, stay tuned for the next chapter to find out.

Mitts & ArchNemesis

oOoOo Teaser for Chapter 15 oOoOo

“You know people are starting to believe that you're really a vampire.”

Closing his eyes, Vincent sighed inaudibly. “What do you want, Highwind?”

“Not a damn thing,” Cid replied taking a long drag off his cigarette.