Breathless

Who: Rufus
Where: New Russia
When: During the 'Final Fantasy 7 Group'*
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Rufus was walking with Vanessa in the blinding snow, keeping his eyes
on Jay;s heels so that he didn't get lost in the snowstorm. He was
bitterly cold and shivering, despite the thick jacket he had on.
'Two days. Two long days.' He thought and plodded in the snow, his
boots crunching the powdery stuff and the wind whipping his hair and
snow into his eyes. His head snapped up as he heard the loud rolling
bang of explosives.
"Oh smeg." He murmured, as the rumbling sound of the avalanche began
to roar and fill his ears. He grabbed Vanessa's hand and began to run.
"Quickly!" He yelled to her as he sprinted.
The roaring of the snow grew so loud he couldn't think, the blast of
cold air hit him first, yanking his hand from Vanessa's and knocking
him hundreds of yards in front. He tried to yell out in pain as he
thumped into the icy ground but the wind took his voice away and no
one heard it. Looking around he couldn't see Vanessa, she had been
thrown into a snow drift by the force of the preceding icy blast of
wind.
Then the snow came.
A raging force, like a wall of ice pounded into Rufus with the force
of a raging bull. It was cold. So cold. He couldn't think, even with
all his GELF DNA he couldn't manage to think of anything but the
aching pressure around him and the fierce coldness that consumed him.
He tumbled along with the force of the snow unable to tell which way
was up utterly convinced that these were his last moments of life.
He tumbled along with the snow for what seemed like an age, his lungs
aching from the lack of air. Forced along the current by pressures
that rendered him unable to move freely. He thought of Amber, and how
she'd probably be surfing on the top of the drift by now and of his
mother and father. He knew he was going to die.
Suddenly he slammed into something, it knocked what little breath he
had left in him out and the force of the snow behind him pinned him to
the object. He managed to establish that it was a tree, moments before
he blacked out.
---- Later ----
As the snow subsided, and the blizzard raged, Rufus hung in the tree
branches unconscious. He was alive, but the force of being pressed
against the tree had cracked his ribs and it could be safely assumed
that he had broken at least one leg from the concussive force of the
icy wind that had knocked him down. His arm was broken too and he was
battered and bruised. He awoke to a hurt locker** and looked down at
the dizzying drop beneath him. He moaned and hoped that he wouldn't
have to endure this for too much longer.
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OOC - Rescue me plz?
*Those of you uneducated they were called Avalanche.
** More painful than a world of pain as it's more condensed.