Lean On Me (FF7)

14

~Tifa's POV~

"Vincent!" I yell helplessly as Sephiroth stabs his shoulder to the bone.

Vincent yells out in pain, his facial expression actually changing for once. Somehow, I see a flash of

Turk-Vincent in his face as he cries out. I catch a glimpse of Reno and Rude making a run for it. Reno flicks two fingers off his temple in a simple gesture if goodbye, but I hold on to the hope of it being a signal. I can tell Vince won't be able to hold on much longer, so I get to work, faking a punch to the left side and hitting Loz square in the nose. I swing my leg around and knock him over, puffing air out of my nose. Where did those idiots go? I was having a hard enough time against Loz, but now that Kadaj and Yazoo are closing in...

Kadaj kicks me in the side, knocking me over easily. I struggle to stand, but Yazoo plops down on my stomach, knocking the breath out of my lungs. I gasp for breath and fight to get the straddling man off me, but he laughs at my attempts and swings a balled fist. I catch his hand and twist his arm, to which he barely winces, and simply breaks free, returning he gesture. I grit my teeth and glare up at him he leans over, his face dangerously close to mine as his brothers chuckle in the background.

"Did Cloud ever..."

"Enough!" Sephiroth says loudly. Yazoo pouts, but obeys. I yank my arm away and roll to my feet. "The day has yet to come when we finish off Avalanche," The way he says the word makes me shudder as he sneers at me. He pulls something from his pocket and their images flicker before Yazoo blows a kiss to me and they disappear.

I barely sit there for a moment to register what happened before turning and stumbling to Vincent's side. His red eyes are closed and his lips are slightly parted, shaky yet somewhat steady breaths being pulled through. I bite my lip gently as while I gaze at the deep wound in his shoulder. I can't see very well with his clothes covering it, but a darkened spot has already spread widely across the fabric of his shirt. Suddenly, loud, thudding footsteps stop short behind me and I whip my head around. Reno, Rude, Cid, and Cloud stand in the doorway. Cloud...

"I didn't ask him," Reno says quickly, pointing at the spiky haired blonde, who shoots him a glare.

"Want happened?" Cid says, his mouth hanging open slightly as he looks at Vincent.

"Long story," Rude shakes his head.

"Let's just get him out of here," I rush, looking back at my unconscious friend. Reno stands lazily in the doorway while Cloud silently helps Cid carry the tall, out cold man out of the room. I wipe my dusty hands off on my skirt before standing and looking at Reno.

"I thought you weren't coming back."

"Why wouldn't I?" he smirks. "We're allies, remember?"

"Right," I nod quickly, walking past to follow the two guys. Then I look back briefly. "Thanks Reno."

"No problem," his face heats up as he shrugs, pushing off the wall to follow. He's probably not used to a thank you or two. Rude leads, holding his gun even though I'm sure they're gone. As if reading my mind, Reno speaks up while we climb the rotting steps.

"Where do they go?"

"I don't know," I shake my head. "They just kinda... Disappeared."

"And left you?" He furrows his eyebrows.

"Yeah," I set my jaw, remembering the way Yazoo was acting. It was seriously annoying.

"That's... different," he shakes his head, the messy amount of red spikes on top if his head bouncing. I never got this guy's hair. A long, thin pony tail barely two inches around trails down his back while the rest of his head is covered in, short, soft looking spikes. He raises an eyebrow.