"You're fucking insane." Cloud blinked at the words. Did Vincent just... swear at him? No... He couldn't have....
Yep he did the slap confirmed it. So did hitting the ground from the said slap.
"What the hell?!" Cloud tried to push Vincent away as the man sat on top of his stomach. Vincent grabbed Cloud's hands and pinned them above his head. Cloud felt fear crawl into his thoughts. Was Vincent going to....
Vincent's tongue ran down the main vein on Cloud's neck.
"NO!! Stop it!!" Cloud struggled against the larger man. He didn't know what to do. The man he had once considered to be his friend was raping him! His thought was confirmed as Vincent sucked on his collar bone.
"Vincent stop it!! I don't want this!! Vincent let go!! PLEASE!!" Tears streamed down his cheeks as Vincent captured his lips to shut him up. Cloud didn't know what to do but to shut his eyes tightly to not watch.
However he got curious when the weight on his stomach was gone. He opened his eyes and Vincent stood over top of him, glaring.
"If you can't even push me away what are you going to do if Yazuu tries to rape you again?" Vincent asked as Cloud slowly crawled over to a pool of water.
"My god Vincent, you left a hickey." Cloud said as if he wasn't even paying attention. Vincent look at him through slit eyes.
"You're an idiot." Cloud looked up at Vincent.
"I can't do anything when I'm on the verge of being raped! And you go and leave a fucking hickey! I hate you!" Cloud yelled at his dark companion.
"...Cloud will you just...."
"NO! I won't listen! You know... YOU KNOW ABOUT MY PAST!!! About all the times I was raped!! YOU KNOW!" Cloud stood up and begain to back away from Vincent. "You know... you know all of it!! I can't.... I can't take anymore...." Cloud shivered and wrapped his arms around himself. He was getting dizzy again. feeling sick.
With blood vomiting out of his mouth Cloud fell over in a heap.
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Yazuu played with his gun in angry. He had a lump on his head from that bastard! Whoever it was he was going to die.
"Yazuu?" He looked up briefly to see Loz standing there.
"What?"
"Have you seen Kadaj?"
"No why?" Yazuu watched silently as Loz scratched his head like the idiot Yazuu pegged him as.
"He's been gone for a long time. Think he went to find-"
"What are you two doing?" Loz jumped at the sound of the boy's voice. he turned to see Kadaj with a bright grin.
"We're waiting for you." Yazuu stood up. "I imagine Cloudy's bike is ready?"
"Yep. It's set in place. Now all he needs to do is find it and drive."
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Cloud woke up to a familar face of a little girl. He felt a cool rag on his forehead be pulled away.
"What happened?" He sat up slowly.
"Vincent said you fainted. Daddy and I got here after you did. Vincent told me to take care of you. They went to get your bike." Marlene said as she stood up.
"They did?" Cloud looked up somewhat dazed. The loss of blood this time effected him greatly. He felt like he was going to pass out again. His eyes shifted from focusing to black spots. "My head hurts." He rubbed the back of his head as if it helped. Stretching slightly he attempted to stand with succession. So Cloud stood there, dazed and trying to get a better barings of his surroundings.
Yep still the forest.
Yep still hazy. Cloud grabbed his head and steadied himself on a near by tree.
"Are you ok Cloud?" Marlene grabbed ahold of his pant leg.
"He's ill." A voice travelled from across the shallow pond in front of the two.
"Leave me alone Vincent. Where's my bike?"
"Rest up Cloud." Vincent stepped forward a little.
"I'm fine!" Cloud yelled. "Where is my bike?!"
"Cloud if you go fight them now you'll die. that's no way to save Denzel. You need to think this through more. Rushing in head first is not your style. You're not that stupid."
"If I don't do something now Vincent, I may never do it." Those words were a blow both to Vincent and Marlene. Her hero saying he amounts to nothing.
"Cloud....." A soft whisper came from her lips. Cloud looked down and for the first time, smiled.
"If I don't do this now.... I'll never become a hero. It's just a step... a way to get closer to actually become what I should be."
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"He's on the move." Yazuu snickered as the homing device blinked. "It was pretty smart doing that."
"It would be no fun if we didn't know where he was. And just adding a bomb to the bike would be down right boring." Kadaj flashed a childish smile.
"We can follow his every move now." Loz patted Kadaj's back.
"And when he least expects it we can attack. Let's see if he really wants to be a hero." Kadaj's laughter echoed off every tree in sight.