Fix it ficlet

[icedark_elf]

Yeah, I finally wrote one. I need to add more later. I get the feeling this is just going to be the first tiny part of the story.



He was tired. Really, really tired.

Gasping for air, Zack wondered if Cloud was okay, and that made him twitch up slightly, falling back as that reminded him just how bad he was hurt.

Stupid troops. Stupid bullets. Stupid Shin-Ra.

He didn't want to go like this, leaving his friend here, out of it and vulnerable. It wasn't right. They couldn't have gotten so far just to have things go wrong just in sight of the goal. Hadn't enough things happened to them over the last few years? Especially to Cloud. Cloud didn't deserve to die out here, or go back to the labs. He deserved the chance to wake up and be free again.

The sound of something moving didn't even register through the haze of pain and growing numbness. Not until Zack saw Cloud push himself up next to him. That caught his attention, and he focused as best he could on the other. Awake? That was good.

Then he saw the sparkle of something soft in Cloud's hand, even as it was almost limply shoved against his chest.

Pain flared up as the hand hit the injuries, even as the injuries started to repair.

Down. Where had Cloud gotten that?

He didn't know, didn't really care at the moment. Cloud was looking at him expectantly. Blank expression, sure, but there was a definite expectant tone to it. Zack wasn't sure if this was going to be enough, though. There had been a lot of bullets. But he couldn't ignore the expectant look.

"Kay, Spike," he rasped, breathing hard, and he knew he was still bleeding bad, even with the down. Maybe, though, maybe he could do something with this. "I'll get up. Just...give me a minute."

Even as he said it, he felt his eyes shutting, and even his stores of energy giving up. Not the strange, chilling numbness of before, but the more familiar sensation of blacking out.

He hoped he woke up.

As everything went dark, he was sure he heard the sound of chopper blades.

Comments

[cleflink.insanejournal.com]

Ooh, neat place to end it. *also hopes Zack wakes up*

Love how Zack is still reassuring even when bleeding out all over the floor. And yay for Cloud and phoenix downs!

[icedark_elf.insanejournal.com]

*makes grabby hands at your icon* Waaaant.

Zack's very good at reassuring. It's very part of his Zackness. And we all want Zack to wake up.

[elanor_pam.insanejournal.com]

Mmmmmnnnnggggnnnn. Icon. Iiiiiiiiiiicoooon. Can I snag it?

[cleflink.insanejournal.com]

That one's not actually mine - was made by shannonsu on LJ. She has said that people are more than welcome to use her icons though.

Cloudangst for everyone!

[silara.insanejournal.com]

Well.

I'm not sure if the helicopter is good or bad... probably both, because they mean Zack'll live, but they also mean Turks and Hojo...

*purrs* I was watching this last night, so this ficlet makes me happy.

[icedark_elf.insanejournal.com]

Mmm, but I write Turks under Rufus's orders, and my Rufus, for the most part, likes Zack.

The end credits make me wibble, hard, and so I was all "Must write fix it fic. Must write!"

[silara.insanejournal.com]

Ah, I see...

I know what you mean! *plotting a fixit fic herself* Now, if only I didn't have that test for my Jap Lit class...

By the way, do you mind if I friend you?

[icedark_elf.insanejournal.com]

Fix-it fic, a staple of FFVII fandom since the first person realized about Zack. *nods*

Go right ahead. I like friends.

[pyrotechnik.insanejournal.com]

I get the feeling this is just going to be the first tiny part of the story.
Well, I hope so! I can't wait to see more!

[icedark_elf.insanejournal.com]

Oh, yes, there has to be more. Have to explain where Cloud got the down, and what happens next.

[artimusdin.insanejournal.com]

Mmmm. And since I'm pretty sure CC implied that the Turks were gonna let them escape (but the Troopers caught them instead), the two just might survive! =D Way to go Cloud, quick thinking!

[icedark_elf.insanejournal.com]

You were just waiting for me to write this, weren't you?

*hugs the pair* They are the wibbly cute pair, we must protect the species.

[artimusdin.insanejournal.com]

I'm always waiting for your writing. ♥

Indeed! We must find them a safe habitat for them to live in peacefully.

[icedark_elf.insanejournal.com]

*amused* Glad you enjoy it.

And we should. Where they can live, and breed, and breed more.... *is a pervert*

[artimusdin.insanejournal.com]

♥ I always do. Granted, sometime I'm left sobbing like a little girl, but I still enjoyed it.

*purrs* Yes. We must protect the species and give them a viable population!

[madamhydra.insanejournal.com]

Yay for fixit fic! Zacks are too precious to let go bye-bye. ^_^;

::pats the Cloud:: Yes, you're a good boy, too.

[icedark_elf.insanejournal.com]

*snuggles the Cloud* He did good, and he knows it. Now he's just waiting for Zack to wake back up, cause Zack is Zack, and nothing else is allowed.

[pegunicent.insanejournal.com]

-hugs them- Oh, I just bet Reno and Rude are going to save the day! I hope. Please?

[icedark_elf.insanejournal.com]

*grins* You'll see.

[elanor_pam.insanejournal.com]

I want more, mommy. Can I have more? *puppy eyes*

[icedark_elf.insanejournal.com]

*grins* I'm going to write more soon. They're all staring at me in my head now.

[ladynero.insanejournal.com]

*bats big helpless kitten eyes* More? Please Mistress? May I have another helping?

[icedark_elf.insanejournal.com]

*grins* I'm going to write more soon. This is my fix-it fic. Well, another one.

Not that there can ever be too many fix it fics.

[azimel.insanejournal.com]

...Don't even try to instill hope in us like that. Massive ;_; for you.

[icedark_elf.insanejournal.com]

*hugs her fix-it fic* I like my shiny fixit. Usually I get ;_; faces for my death fics. *offers you a cookie*

[azimel.insanejournal.com]

Oh, I loved this. But it was like the written version of the Aeris!ghost when Cloud goes back to the church in Midgar in the game where it's a simultaneous "hooray Aeris!" and a sucker punch to the face, since Cloud basically just lost her _{((until Advent Children))} and just ultimately accumulates into a woob.

_{Yeah, I know Aeris!ghost was probably a game glitch. But I loves that game glitch.}

....So is Zack gonna live? *wibble eyes*