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☁ (onewolf) wrote in silverage,
@ 2011-09-01 22:06:00

Entry tags:

!log, cloud strife, rose tyler

closing time
Who: Cloud Strife + Rose Tyler + Anyone!
When: 9:00PM
Where: A small mart
What: Late-night grocery shopping
Rating/status: ~PG(-13?) for some language/ongoing.

These days, Cloud barely had time for himself.

His time was consumed by receiving orders, delivering letters and parcels, planning his route for the next day and then over again once he was ready for the next morning. On top of that, he was making preparations for his friend Zack when he does decide to come and work with him and part of that preparation concerned scouting around for a bigger office.

That was how he only managed to escape his routine one random night when he found that he had ran out of Mountain Dew which he was going to confess, he was rather fond of. After parking Fenrir just outside the small mart near his office, he grabbed a basket from the side and went straight to the first aisle. When he thought about it, though, as he took a milk carton, he didn't really have a set list in mind. He really just wanted his Mountain Dew and knew that he could use a couple more snacks to walk away with -- and maybe some coffee or some fruits, he really didn't know.

Maybe he'd walk away with all of the above, anyway, and this was what he was thinking about as he reached for the last carton of milk of his favored brand.

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onewolf
2011-09-12 05:02 am UTC (link)

"Not to you," the attacker snorted as he marched two steps closer to Rose and Cloud who instantly took her previous spot when she backed off as he pointed what seemed like a...stick...for the lack of a better word for it (it was dark, Cloud couldn't see it well). "Who the hell are you, anyway?"

"Put your weapon down," Cloud said.

Looking over Cloud, though, the attacker cried, "Hey, who the hell are these people?! I thought I told you to watch our backs?!"

Cloud's brows knitted a little. You? Who was 'you'? It was only then that he realized that the pairs of footsteps from the back had never disappeared and glancing over his shoulders, he found that the two young men with the cigarette sticks were actually accomplices. Great, they were trapped in the middle.

His thoughts instantly flew to Rose who had no one to watch her back but if he moved to her back, it would be useless. Turning back to the man with a stick, Cloud said as he lifted his left hand. "Put your weapon down. These are women, they've got nothing against you."

"Well I didn't mean for the whole world to see this, anyway." And with that, the attacker nodded to his friends from the back -- and the footsteps pursued.

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pinkandyellow
2011-09-12 09:02 pm UTC (link)

“Oh bloody hell.” They were surrounded and were definitely going to have to fight their way out. Rose didn't know about Cloud, but she wasn't exactly known for her fighting skills. But what other options did they have other than shouting for help. There was no one around. The only bystanders she remembered seeing were the two now approaching. The woman was still on the ground, but she appeared to be slowly pushing herself back. Good for her, but that left no one to hear their call for help.

Call!

Cell phone! Rose had a cell phone. She thought this was a brilliant idea and she immediately reached into her back pocket and flipped it open. It was a hard habit to shake, especially since she had refused to throw in the towel and just put it away in a drawer somewhere. She hadn't given it up when the battery had died. Not after Galen first charged it up. And not even after the Doctor from the future had told her that his previous self probably didn't even know she was missing. She just couldn't. There was something comforting about having it there in her back pocket all the time. It was like a piece of home.

She figured she'd call the Doctor (she still had the TARDIS listed as a contact from after the Slitheen incident), and he and the TARDIS would be there in a matter of seconds. She didn't think, in her slightly panicked state, that there might be a fall out if a space ship suddenly materialized in the middle of the street. Nor did she remember that her phone couldn't even make the call.

“Stupid 1964.” muttered Rose when it didn't work. She was only half listening as thug number one said something about not wanting witnesses, but it gave her pause. Then an idea and oh, she hoped this worked.

“Well, you're outta luck then, aren't ya?” Thankfully her voice, though rushed, was a bit more steady. “Cause I'm from the future. And in the future we have these handy little things called cell phones. I can make a phone call anywhere to anyone. But not just that! It can take pictures. Like yours,” which she was doing just then, “which . . . Oops. I've already sent to the coppers.” A lie. “Which means your ugly faces are gonna be plastered all over the city tomorrow. So if I were you, I would think really hard about how much of your pathetic little life you wanna spend in a jail cell.”

Her hand was tight on the phone and the other had grabbed Cloud's arm. If that didn't work she would push him forward toward the woman. They would have to at least try to make a break for it. Please work though. Please work. Please work!

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onewolf
2011-09-13 01:16 am UTC (link)

Oh brilliant, she had ideas! Cloud felt a rush of relief well from within him when he found what she was doing and one look at the shoulders of their attacker told him that it had worked. They were frozen, and when the pair at the back refused to believe them, Cloud retrieved his hand from Rose to slip his own phone out of his pocket -- one with a similar history of sentiments with Rose's -- and flash it to the two men behind them and finally, they stepped back.

"Th, that's just a toy--"

"I'd call her in on it if I were you," he said as he flipped his phone open. "Back off."

He stood his ground, keeping an eye on Rose by the corner of his sight and when they had turned to look at each other, Cloud returned to the attacker and stared straight into his uncertain eyes.

"You don't want to know what we aliens can do," Cloud was taking Rose's bluff further, "That stick won't break us." And he wasn't sure if he was doing a good job at it...

But five long breaths later...

Turning to the weeping woman, the attacker said, "You've got some luck, whore." And tossed his stick to her as he waved...something to their direction and took off in a rush.

The pair behind had followed suit.

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pinkandyellow
2011-09-13 08:27 pm UTC (link)

Rose took a deep breath as soon as she saw them begin to retreat. She didn't say anything for a long moment, simply thankful that it had worked. For a second there it looked like it wouldn't. Then she nodded to Cloud. “Nice touch with the aliens.”

A whimper alerted her that the woman was still on the sidewalk and Rose rushed to her, rolled the bat away, and knelt down by her side. “Hey. It's okay. They're gone now. You're okay. See?” Rose gently pushed some sweaty hair from the woman's face and saw that she had some bruises on her face. She wasn't entirely sure what the protocol was in this type of situation. “Hospital or Police?”

The woman shook her head. “I. . . I don't. . .”

Rose gave a heavy sigh. “What's your name?”

“Katherine.”

Rose nodded. “Katherine, I'm Rose,” she pointed her thumb at her companion. “And that's Cloud. We really should. . .” Rose looked helplessly to Cloud, “I dunno if they'll accept our phones as evidence.” She really did not want those jerks to get away with it.

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onewolf
2011-09-14 01:13 am UTC (link)

"I didn't take a picture," Cloud confessed -- but at least she had, right? By the time that the men had fled, he had also stepped closer to the women although he also kept his distance, not wanting to overwhelm Katherine who didn't look like she could even lift herself anymore. He crouched by the bat which he took with a gloved hand while he listened to the ladies talk.

"We need to get her to the hospital," Cloud decided easily then lifted the bat a little to Rose. "Then the police, if you want." Or they could just call the police to make for the hospital but as a principle, Cloud didn't trust the police body in general. So he decided against pursuing that leg of his idea.

Instead, he related his dilemma, "I've got a ride but I can't fit three adults in it."

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pinkandyellow
2011-09-14 07:54 pm UTC (link)

Rose nodded. “Okay. Honestly, I don't mind sitting with her and making sure she gets taken care of and everything.” Hospitals tended to be just a lot of sitting around and waiting, and Rose wasn't entirely sure Katherine would get first priority if it was a busy night. Rose really hated to think how much of Cloud's evening she had already wasted. After all, she did sorta insist he follow the woman with her. “So I could take her in a cab and maybe you could just make a call to let 'em know what happened.”

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onewolf
2011-09-16 12:51 am UTC (link)

Call...if he could. Hell, he couldn't even reach his own office in Edge City -- although as he thought about it, if he couldn't call within the immediate area, then Edge would be worse. Anyway.

"Okay," Cloud said with a nod and as he stood up with the bat still held seemingly lightly but actually firmly by his left hand. He didn't go yet, though.

"I'll call a cab," he informed Rose as he stepped closer to the curb and waited for a pair of headlights that could possibly belong to a taxi.

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pinkandyellow
2011-09-16 08:53 pm UTC (link)

Rose nodded. “Okay.” It was good that he stayed. She figured she would find her center again in the bright emergency room, but in the dark, almost abandoned street she felt oddly jumpy. She could only imagine how Katherine felt. Speaking of, she climbed to her feet and slipped an arm tightly around Katherine's own to help her up. “C'mon,” she murmured, “let's get you up and checked out.”

Katherine was half-pulled to shaky feet before she leaned on Rose to steady herself. Then they stepped a few feet to the curb. “Thank you,” said Rose, her attention turning from the street to Cloud. “Just . . . thanks for coming with me.” Rose didn't want to say it or think it even, but she was pretty sure they both knew how things would have gone if he hadn't been there.

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onewolf
2011-09-16 11:59 pm UTC (link)

Cloud nodded to Rose. "Don't mention it." She shouldn't. As long as he knew, as long as he was somehow involved, Cloud would have never let Rose gone alone. He would have come along and he would have done things similarly to what he'd done that evening. He was just glad that she was smart.

A taxi rolled in seven empty minutes later, hailed by Cloud who waited closest to the backseat door when the car slowed to a stop. He opened it and helped the women in when he thought his assistance might be needed.

Leaning over to the window to lift a fist to his right ear with the thumb and small finger extended, he said to Rose, "Give me a call." And then he realized that the cell network in this place was splendid -- and that anyway, she didn't know his number.

So he gave her his card -- Cloud Strife, it read, under his business name and along with his office's address and other contact details.

"Tell me how it went," he added.

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pinkandyellow
2011-09-17 07:23 pm UTC (link)

Rose took the card and gave it a curious glance before she turned back to Cloud. “Absolutely,” she agreed with a smile and a nod. “I'll give you a call tomorrow.”

She suddenly realized that she was probably going to have to make several phone calls in the morning. She liked to think Annie would have forgotten that she sent her out in the first place, but she doubted it. Not that it mattered, she thought as she gave Katherine's hand a reassuring squeeze, this was more important.

Unnecessary, most likely, but she added to Cloud, “Be careful.” Then she leaned forward and gave their location to the driver before letting herself lean back into her seat with a sigh. What a night.

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onewolf
2011-09-18 12:28 pm UTC (link)

"You too," Cloud said before he straightened his back, finally allowing the taxi to depart as he walked away, three steps. He stood back as he watched the car drive farther, and he stayed until there was nothing more to see.

When he was alone, he looked back to the bat that he held, then turning to the other direction, finally started back to the mart -- where his night began.

And for once more, the groceries had to be postponed.

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