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The Lady with Silver Hair

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Loz walked into the bar and took a seat.  He was waiting to meet up with Kadaj and Yazoo.  The three had split up for a fact-finding mission into the upper echelons of ShinRa.  The large clone beckoned for the bartender.  The man came down the bar and placed a bottle of beer and a napkin next to him.

“ . . . how’d you know I wanted beer?” Loz asked, nodding at the bottle.

“It’s from the lady in the corner,” he stated, pushing the napkin forward.

There was a note written on it.  

Just busted out of the lab.  I could use a little company.

A heart was drawn underneath the letters, just in case there was any confusion about what kind of company she meant.  ‘Just busted out of the lab’?  Someone thought they were cute.  The clone’s eyes narrowed.  On the one hand, it was nice to be noticed.  On the other, lab references did not endear anyone to the remnants.

“Great,” Loz growled.  “Someone finally buys me a drink and no one’s around to witness it.  Which woman is it?”

“The . . . lady with silver hair.”

Loz stared at the bartender.  The man flicked a nervous glance at Loz’s hair, then stared at his green cat eyes.  The remnant turned to look around the small bar.

Sure enough, in the corner sat a young woman with long, silver hair.  Her skin was pale as ivory.  She wore a pair of sunglasses, even though the bar was fairly dim.  Why would she wear such things in a place as dark as this?  Maybe to hide her eyes.  The eyes freaked people out.  As if reading his mind, the woman slipped the glasses down her nose.  Vivid blue eyes stared back at him, the slit pupils narrowing as they adjusted to the brighter light.  She raised a glass of white wine in a toast, then pushed her glasses back up.

Loz turned away, his mind whirling.

There was a woman like them.  There was a woman remnant.  He had a sister!  Did she . . . ‘just broke out of the lab’?  She was being serious.  What should he do?  Oh gods . . . Kadaj would know what to do.  Thinking wasn’t his strong suit.

He doesn’t believe me. A forlorn little thought entered his mind.  I must seem like a trap.  Yeah, I wouldn’t trust me either, honey.

Where . . . did that come from?

’Just broke out of the lab’, gods, worst pickup line EVER.  A few years of physical experimentation and mental torture has thrown you completely off your game, Maya.  Maybe I should have written ‘I’d hate to see you go, but I’d love to watch you leave.’  Unf, what an ass!

Loz had heard people say that about him before, but not quite in the same context.  He got a sudden image of the zipper on the front of his jacket being drawn down with a sensual purr and petite, feminine hands splayed across his bare chest.  A little frizzle of sexual excitement raced up his spine.  He wasn’t entirely sure it was his.

I wonder if that’s who they wanted to breed me to.  Might have been worth it.

The mental image suddenly changed over to the harsh, painful memories of life as a living experiment.  Loz remembered them all too well, especially late at night after too much to drink.

Or maybe not.  Wait.  Oh hell.  Is *he* a trap?!  Oh shit, I’m so stupid!

Loz became aware of a scuffling behind him.  She was trying to escape!  The woman slid out of the booth and bolted for the door.  Without thinking, Loz tore after her, catching her just outside the door.

“I’m not a trap!” he cried.

She stared up at him with wide blue eyes.  

“Holy Hell, there’s two of them!”

The big clone turned to see a squad of ShinRa soldiers holding Tasers and heavy duty restraints.   They looked surprised to see Loz.  Again, without a thought, the big remnant shoved the woman behind him and faced the soldiers.

“Wanna play?”

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

“It was really too much to hope he’d just wait in the bar,” Kadaj observed, watching a ShinRa soldier fly across the alley and collide with a brick wall with a sickening crunch.

A soldier scrambled away from the fight.  Catching sight of a slender, silver haired figure, the man grabbed it by the arm and held a gun under the sculpted chin.

“Back off or I’ll cap your freaky bitch!” He screamed in desperation.

Loz paused in his pursuit, put a hand over his mouth and snorted in amusement.  The trooper gave him a bewildered look and looked over at his captive.  

Yazoo’s eyes glared cold murder at the human.

Kadaj laughed out loud as the long-haired clone tore the last trooper to shreds.

“That was worth the attention,” the youngest clone declared.  “What was that all about, anyway?”

“Oh!”  Loz ran back around the corner.  

The woman was gone.  The big clone checked behind dumpsters and under cardboard boxes.  He found two bums and a stray dog, but no fourth remnant.

“There was a woman!  Like us!  And I could hear her thoughts!  And she thought I was hot!”

Kadaj sighed.  

“Loz, how many times do we have to go over this?  The stickers have LSD in the glue.  You put them on your hand and you get high. . .”

“Nooooo, I didn’t take any stickers this time!  She was real!  She was really there and she liked me!”

Kadaj sighed and rolled his eyes.

“Why is that crazy?  I’m a good looking man!” the eldest remnant protested.  Loz turned his back to his brother.  “Look at that ass!”

Exactly what I was thinking,” the youngest clone sneered.  “Yazoo!  Are you done?”

Loz deflated, feeling a lump rise in his throat.  But the woman was real!  He saw her!  And she wanted him!  Was it just drug stickers again?  But –  Loz’s green cat eyes fell on a crumpled up napkin on the ground.  He picked it up and turned it over.

Just broke out of the lab.  I could use a little company.

“Me too, sister.”
I was re-reading one of my favorite :iconenide-dear: stories The Golden Fork Restaurant among loads of other hilarity, Loz whines that no one ever buys him drinks after Heidegger comes onto Yazoo and Kadaj.

Then this thought popped into my head. Consider it AU of an AU. Cold medicine is a wonderful thing, isn't it?
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Rixe-Rhapsodos's avatar
Nice ass Loz.... but truly if I did have to choose....my vote goes to Yazoo. You just can't beatthat sexy hair and gunwork. SSSSOOOOOOOO FIIIIINE!!!!!