Great.
Fucking great.
No way am I getting out of this, I thought as I weaved through crowds of people. Thankfully, the Midgar Sector 6 slums market was busy today. Today was supposed to be an off day for Cadets, a couple weeks before the start of the SOLDIER exams.
"Hey, get back here!"
I looked behind me. I spotted Jack, a fellow cadet and bully, along with his lackeys trailing closely behind me. They shoved people out of their way, trying to reach me, earning a few curses from the people they shoved. I stumbled, nearly crashing to the ground. I caught myself, but not before scraping my hands as I got back up an
Angeal always said I never took anything seriously; always never paying attention to anything long enough to actually know what was going on. He said I had the attention span of a puppy, being so easily distracted by little things. Sometimes, I think it's a good thing to have, but recently it's been nothing but a damn curse.
"Zack....."
I looked up from my corner in the cell. Cloud leaned against the cell bars on the other side of the cell. They had separated us a while after we'd attempted to escape, putting up cell bars to divide us. It wasn't pretty.
I limped over to the cell bars, collapsing to the floor near it. I