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Title: Awakening
Author: GW Katrina akaicedark_elf
Beta:forgottenlover
Fandom: Final Fantasy VII
Claim: Ifalna
Other characters/pairings: Gast
Table/Theme Name & Number: Theme Set IV, 02-Overlooked for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
over_look
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None
Summary: Ifalna wishes she was still overlooked.
Wordcount: 272
Awakening
She had been overlooked for years.
Now, as she woke for the first time in forever, Ifalna wished that she had stayed that way.
All of her people were dead, she could hear their voices in the Lifestream, murmuring softly. The planet was being hurt in ways that made her cringe. And humans...well, they were everywhere, and causing more and more damage every day.
She knew that they had stirred the Calamity. It was her job to keep it sealed away, to keep it from harming again, and when human’s had woken her up, it had slowly pulled Ifalna from her sleep as well.
When she had agreed to the task, though, she had not thought she would be the last.
Oh, she could feel sparks, here and there, of people who had the blood of the Cetra in them, but nothing like her.
She was the last.
And she was trapped.
When they had waken the Calamity, they must have found signs of her as well. Ifalna wasn’t sure, but she woke up in a lab, with a human looking down on her, a curious look on his face. It was easy to see that he did not see her as a person, only as something to investigate. She could feel it in her bones.
No good would come of this.
“You,” she rasped, the first words in ages hard on her throat. “You released the Calamity. Why?”
He had, she could see it all over him, sense it in the Lifestream. How could he have done that?
“My name is Professor Gast,” he said, ignoring her question. “Hello, Ancient.”
Title: Alone
Author: GW Katrina akaicedark_elf
Beta:forgottenlover
Fandom: Final Fantasy VII
Claim: Zack Fair
Themeset/Prompt: Ten Set 04/03-Alone forstory_arc
Ratings: PG-13
Wordcount: 820
Link to Archive Post: Interconnected
Alone
Of all the things that bothered Zack the most with this, it was that he was alone that made him wish for something to happen.
Oh, he doesn’t wish Spike was here. That much was very clear in his head. It’d be nice to know if the kid was okay, and what happened. He doesn’t remember much after spotting the glow of Midgar, and hurrying for it, all his reserves stripped and them being hunted more than ever. Cloud was a heavy weight on his shoulder. Years of mako and treatment hadn’t really bulked him up anymore than the military had already done, but it made those muscles denser, heavier.
He remembers pain, though he can’t remember why he hurt. It was an odd feel, and he found he did not care for it at all. Still, if he knew what had happened, he was sure that more things would make sense.
It had hurt, and he was sure he had heard Cloud screaming, but that might have just been a hallucination. Spike hadn’t really talked in over a year, since long before he had finally broken them out. Too long, too long, waited too long, a voice whispered at him. And it had been. If he had done it sooner, maybe Spike would have still be talking, be aware. Maybe they could have made it to Midgar, to Aeris, and others. Maybe it would have done some good.
But it didn’t seem to have done so. He wasn’t sure if the blond had gotten away, or if they were just holding them separately. Separate rooms, separate labs, just away from each other. Out of sight, out of mind, right?
Well, if they thought that, they were nuts. He wasn’t going to forget Spike. Was going to get out of here and get his friend and get the fuck away from Shinra.
Not that he had seen any scientists in a long time. Zack was sure it had been a long time, anyway. Mako and the labs were hard on his time sense. He remembered when he had found out years had passed in the labs the first time. Years. Not the months, or maybe even one or two years that he had thought possible on the outside edge. Years. Four years of their lives, gone. Nibelheim was repaired, and people moving around, acting as if their town had never burned. He was surprised as many survived the disaster as it seemed had. Remembered so many bodies, so many people who Seph had killed.
His mind shied away from the scene, and he grimaced. Another effect of the mako. Not only did it fuck with his time sense, it made it hard to keep his focus at times.
Absently, he wondered when the scientists would come back. He couldn’t remember the last time they had come and dragged him out of the mako and did whatever to him. He didn’t like the idea, but he needed out of the mako. Things were getting too fuzzy at times, and at others he found it hard to breath. Poisoning, maybe. They had always warned about that, and he remembered seeing Spike, eyes green and the pupils just little points.
He wondered how the kid was.
He wondered if he had found Aeris. Aeris would take good care of him. She’d feed him up right and make sure that he got better. That was good. Maybe the kid would remember some of their talks and get a message to Rufus.
Gods, another kid who was going to kick his ass after this was all over.
Zack was going to get out. He just knew he was. And when he did, he was going to go visiting all those people who were important to him. Take Aeris with him, go visiting. She’d love his parents, and he just knew that they’d be nuts for her. Probably start pestering him about grandkids.
But that was all for later. After he got out of this lab, again. Then he had to make sure that Spike wasn’t in a lab somewhere else, and he really hoped he wasn’t. Spike didn’t deserve that. He was a good kid, and he had done what he had to do. Did better than Zack had.
He wondered if his cousin was still mad at him. She had been a little spitfire back then, and furious at him joining SOLDIER.
Probably. She always did know how to hold a grudge. Well, he was done with Shinra. Maybe she’d forgive him. Though he never did find out what he had joined to find out. Got to meet Seph, though. That had been worth it.
He wondered if he would ever find out what had caused his friend to lose it like that?
He wondered if Spike was doing okay?
And so, trapped in mako, Zack’s thoughts wandered in circles yet again.
forgottenlover as she saves you from my less likable aspects of fic.Title: Awakening
Author: GW Katrina aka
icedark_elfBeta:
forgottenloverFandom: Final Fantasy VII
Claim: Ifalna
Other characters/pairings: Gast
Table/Theme Name & Number: Theme Set IV, 02-Overlooked for
over_lookRating: PG-13
Warnings: None
Summary: Ifalna wishes she was still overlooked.
Wordcount: 272
Awakening
She had been overlooked for years.
Now, as she woke for the first time in forever, Ifalna wished that she had stayed that way.
All of her people were dead, she could hear their voices in the Lifestream, murmuring softly. The planet was being hurt in ways that made her cringe. And humans...well, they were everywhere, and causing more and more damage every day.
She knew that they had stirred the Calamity. It was her job to keep it sealed away, to keep it from harming again, and when human’s had woken her up, it had slowly pulled Ifalna from her sleep as well.
When she had agreed to the task, though, she had not thought she would be the last.
Oh, she could feel sparks, here and there, of people who had the blood of the Cetra in them, but nothing like her.
She was the last.
And she was trapped.
When they had waken the Calamity, they must have found signs of her as well. Ifalna wasn’t sure, but she woke up in a lab, with a human looking down on her, a curious look on his face. It was easy to see that he did not see her as a person, only as something to investigate. She could feel it in her bones.
No good would come of this.
“You,” she rasped, the first words in ages hard on her throat. “You released the Calamity. Why?”
He had, she could see it all over him, sense it in the Lifestream. How could he have done that?
“My name is Professor Gast,” he said, ignoring her question. “Hello, Ancient.”
Title: Alone
Author: GW Katrina aka
icedark_elfBeta:
forgottenloverFandom: Final Fantasy VII
Claim: Zack Fair
Themeset/Prompt: Ten Set 04/03-Alone for
story_arcRatings: PG-13
Wordcount: 820
Link to Archive Post: Interconnected
Alone
Of all the things that bothered Zack the most with this, it was that he was alone that made him wish for something to happen.
Oh, he doesn’t wish Spike was here. That much was very clear in his head. It’d be nice to know if the kid was okay, and what happened. He doesn’t remember much after spotting the glow of Midgar, and hurrying for it, all his reserves stripped and them being hunted more than ever. Cloud was a heavy weight on his shoulder. Years of mako and treatment hadn’t really bulked him up anymore than the military had already done, but it made those muscles denser, heavier.
He remembers pain, though he can’t remember why he hurt. It was an odd feel, and he found he did not care for it at all. Still, if he knew what had happened, he was sure that more things would make sense.
It had hurt, and he was sure he had heard Cloud screaming, but that might have just been a hallucination. Spike hadn’t really talked in over a year, since long before he had finally broken them out. Too long, too long, waited too long, a voice whispered at him. And it had been. If he had done it sooner, maybe Spike would have still be talking, be aware. Maybe they could have made it to Midgar, to Aeris, and others. Maybe it would have done some good.
But it didn’t seem to have done so. He wasn’t sure if the blond had gotten away, or if they were just holding them separately. Separate rooms, separate labs, just away from each other. Out of sight, out of mind, right?
Well, if they thought that, they were nuts. He wasn’t going to forget Spike. Was going to get out of here and get his friend and get the fuck away from Shinra.
Not that he had seen any scientists in a long time. Zack was sure it had been a long time, anyway. Mako and the labs were hard on his time sense. He remembered when he had found out years had passed in the labs the first time. Years. Not the months, or maybe even one or two years that he had thought possible on the outside edge. Years. Four years of their lives, gone. Nibelheim was repaired, and people moving around, acting as if their town had never burned. He was surprised as many survived the disaster as it seemed had. Remembered so many bodies, so many people who Seph had killed.
His mind shied away from the scene, and he grimaced. Another effect of the mako. Not only did it fuck with his time sense, it made it hard to keep his focus at times.
Absently, he wondered when the scientists would come back. He couldn’t remember the last time they had come and dragged him out of the mako and did whatever to him. He didn’t like the idea, but he needed out of the mako. Things were getting too fuzzy at times, and at others he found it hard to breath. Poisoning, maybe. They had always warned about that, and he remembered seeing Spike, eyes green and the pupils just little points.
He wondered how the kid was.
He wondered if he had found Aeris. Aeris would take good care of him. She’d feed him up right and make sure that he got better. That was good. Maybe the kid would remember some of their talks and get a message to Rufus.
Gods, another kid who was going to kick his ass after this was all over.
Zack was going to get out. He just knew he was. And when he did, he was going to go visiting all those people who were important to him. Take Aeris with him, go visiting. She’d love his parents, and he just knew that they’d be nuts for her. Probably start pestering him about grandkids.
But that was all for later. After he got out of this lab, again. Then he had to make sure that Spike wasn’t in a lab somewhere else, and he really hoped he wasn’t. Spike didn’t deserve that. He was a good kid, and he had done what he had to do. Did better than Zack had.
He wondered if his cousin was still mad at him. She had been a little spitfire back then, and furious at him joining SOLDIER.
Probably. She always did know how to hold a grudge. Well, he was done with Shinra. Maybe she’d forgive him. Though he never did find out what he had joined to find out. Got to meet Seph, though. That had been worth it.
He wondered if he would ever find out what had caused his friend to lose it like that?
He wondered if Spike was doing okay?
And so, trapped in mako, Zack’s thoughts wandered in circles yet again.
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