The Right Thing 1/?

[skeren]

Title: The Right Thing
Fandom: FFVII
Characters: Cloud
Words: 559
Warnings: Time Travel
Notes: Cloud isn't given a choice, he's just carried off to when he needs to be. Problem is... What does he do now?


I know you’ll do the right thing.

They weren’t exactly words in the way he was used to hearing words, not even from that voice. Since Aeris had died, he was sure he’d almost gone mad. Then again, later on he’d discovered he was already his own kind of crazy, so in a way, it was to say that he was going sane since then.

But this?

Do the right thing?

There were so many ways that this could be the right thing that his mind hurt to just think of it.

And he was expected to know, all on his own, how to do this.

History had, for instance, never been his strong point. What he knew of it was patchy, old studies eaten by Mako, or learned from people like Cid and Vincent, people whose lives had gone flying off the track just as badly, or worse, than his own. In no way did that truly help him.

Not when he had to make choices that could ruin or glorify those very same people.

Was it worth the risks?

He pushed up from his sitting position, staring down towards the town that was even tinier than he remembered. The town where he’d grown up and lost himself. The town he’d never wanted to see again. And his eyes were following a little girl. A blond little girl with hair just like his who couldn’t be more than twelve, thirteen, and definitely not an early bloomer.

She wasn’t treated the nicest, he could see it from his vantage point, and he wasn’t sure he wanted to keep watching. It was too similar, and explained too many things, when he really didn’t want that kind of reminder.

But he had to do something.

If he just stood here and waited, watching... then he’d be just as bad... no. He’d be worse than Sephiroth.

He’d be causing all of it when at any time he could have done something. When he could have stopped the bike from being turned on, so to speak. Nobody could stop him. He’d defeated a weapon, and here, now, there was no one to match him in physical power.

But how would it all affect her? Nidara. His mother. What would he do to her life if he stepped in now? He knew what would happen if he didn’t, and he felt terribly unprepared.

He knew he couldn’t be blamed for that. Aeris hadn’t had any warning to give him, just apologies and assurances as the Lifestream dragged him roughly away to here. Near the stream of it just up inside the cave that he used to like to visit as a child.

But he wasn’t any child anymore, and too many things had stolen the simple wonder he’d felt then, in the future of this offset point in time.

If it even was a different time and not something else stranger than that. Which was also fully possible.

But he knew, with certainty, that he would learn nothing if he stayed in this spot, watching a blond girl be bothered by people who apparently never learned.

Finally making a choice, he turned and started further up the mountain. First, seeing if the reactor existed. If it didn’t, then he had preventative measures to take.

Comments

[aikonamika.insanejournal.com]

o_o

I is fascinated. Utterly fascinated.o_o

I is fascinated. Utterly fascinated.

[skeren.insanejournal.com]

Cloud just started muttering in my head. It was -gonna- be a very short one shot, then he went '...But I wouldnt' know what she looks like right away you know' so it's gonna be logeeeeerCloud just started muttering in my head. It was -gonna- be a very short one shot, then he went '...But I wouldnt' know what she looks like right away you know' so it's gonna be logeeeeer

[megpie71.insanejournal.com]

Oh dear. Why do I get the feeling Cloud's caught in his own pseudo-Oedipal loop? (Please, please tell me Cloud isn't going to become his own father).Oh dear. Why do I get the feeling Cloud's caught in his own pseudo-Oedipal loop? (Please, please tell me Cloud isn't going to become his own father).

[skeren.insanejournal.com]

Actually, no ::blinks, then laughs:: I dunno why he focused on his mum, but I assure you he has zero desire to sleep with her. He's making the most horrified icky face at you -ever-Actually, no ::blinks, then laughs:: I dunno why he focused on his mum, but I assure you he has zero desire to sleep with her. He's making the most horrified icky face at you -ever-

[ladynero.insanejournal.com]

*blinks* You realize that you're starting back even *farther* than anyone else has?

*applauds* Oh this is gonna be good.....*blinks* You realize that you're starting back even *farther* than anyone else has?

*applauds* Oh this is gonna be good.....

[skeren.insanejournal.com]

I... yes. There's a reason for that ::points to Aiko's reply gotten:: I started aiming in a different direction than I ended up with ::cough:: Now watch Cloud... acclimate.I... yes. There's a reason for that ::points to Aiko's reply gotten:: I started aiming in a different direction than I ended up with ::cough:: Now watch Cloud... acclimate.

[artimusdin.insanejournal.com]

... u haz mai attenshuns nao. *stares*... u haz mai attenshuns nao. *stares*

[skeren.insanejournal.com]

::is time traveler bait::::is time traveler bait::

[artimusdin.insanejournal.com]

Damned straight you are. Obviously you need to expand on this 'verse, too. *nods firmly*Damned straight you are. Obviously you need to expand on this 'verse, too. *nods firmly*

[skeren.insanejournal.com]

yes ::has been trying to figure out when Gast leaves in this story's canon::yes ::has been trying to figure out when Gast leaves in this story's canon::

[artimusdin.insanejournal.com]

If Cloud takes care of Hojo early enough, he doesn't necessarily have to?If Cloud takes care of Hojo early enough, he doesn't necessarily have to?

[skeren.insanejournal.com]

Ah, but there's the kicker, I still gotta know how it went in Cloud's original timeline ::amused:: though I can say that, ironically, Hojo is -not- at the top of Cloud's list.Ah, but there's the kicker, I still gotta know how it went in Cloud's original timeline ::amused:: though I can say that, ironically, Hojo is -not- at the top of Cloud's list.

[artimusdin.insanejournal.com]

I think it was just before Aeris was born? I know that's when Hojo went "took over" the science program.I think it was just before Aeris was born? I know that's when Hojo went "took over" the science program.

[skeren.insanejournal.com]

::drums fingers once:: I think then... that I know how this will be arranged.::drums fingers once:: I think then... that I know how this will be arranged.

[artimusdin.insanejournal.com]

I'm glad you were able to make sense of my comment, because looking back on it, I can tell I accidently spliced two sentences into one. *cough*I'm glad you were able to make sense of my comment, because looking back on it, I can tell I accidently spliced two sentences into one. *cough*

[skeren.insanejournal.com]

::laughs:: my brain does that all the time and people look at me funny when I o 'wait, ho ate what cat??" at work or something like it::laughs:: my brain does that all the time and people look at me funny when I o 'wait, ho ate what cat??" at work or something like it

[artimusdin.insanejournal.com]

I am not alone~ *happy dance* I am not alone~ *happy dance*

[skeren.insanejournal.com]

::laughs:: I think the most amusing one was where I went 'wait, wait... Did you just say something about sticking a fork in his penis?'::laughs:: I think the most amusing one was where I went 'wait, wait... Did you just say something about sticking a fork in his penis?'

[artimusdin.insanejournal.com]

At least that sentence makes technical sense! ... even if it doesn't technically make sense.At least that sentence makes technical sense! ... even if it doesn't technically make sense.

[skeren.insanejournal.com]

sad thing is, is that one -was- what I thought they said. o.o sad thing is, is that one -was- what I thought they said. o.o

[artimusdin.insanejournal.com]

LOL. I have hearing problems, yes, but I tend to completely miss what people say rather than hear the wrong things.LOL. I have hearing problems, yes, but I tend to completely miss what people say rather than hear the wrong things.

[skeren.insanejournal.com]

I just rejumble things a lot. my coworkers are used to it by now. :::pauses and takes quotes off that::I just rejumble things a lot. my coworkers are used to it by now. :::pauses and takes quotes off that::