Final
Fantasy 7: Dark Epic
Chapter 2 "Sides Reveal"
By Sephiroth Zero
"I don't think he's coming." Wedge mutter to the other Avalanche member
as they wait in the bunker of the train.
"They must have got him then..."
Vick mutter voice trailing off as he put his head down.
"What a damn $%# waste." Barret
swear banging his gun arm against the side of the train causing a dull
thud noise.
*Bong*
*Bong*
"What's that noise?" Jessie
asks looking around.
*Bong*
"Sounds like it's coming from
something on the roof." Vick mutter as he stares at the ceiling. Hesitantly
Wedge walks up to the side door and pull it open. As the wind came pouring
in a black thing came falling down on top of Wedge pinning in him to the
ground.
"AAAAAAAA!" Wedge scream as
he struggles against the thing weight. "It got me." He whimpers as the
thing refuse to budge.
"It's Cloud!" Jessie cry recognizing
the thing. "He's been hurt." She gasps as she saw the bullet holes through
his chest.
"Who did this to you?" Vick
ask leaning down next to Cloud.
"A Turk..." Cloud gasp as
he clutch his chest as blood start stain his suit. Jessie quickly pulls
out some tonics and quickly applies them to the wound.
"Damn those #%*$ Shinra goons."
Barret sneer as he starts to pound the wall with his fist leaving some
marks on the wall. "Come on lets move Cloud to the next cart, it's to dangerous
to stay here." Barret order as they help Cloud up and walk to the next
cart.
Meanwhile in Shinra HQ the
particular Turk that was responsible for the wounding was off doing some
more hurting. Namely grabbing the two guards that refuse his entrance into
the building and sending them crashing through the revolving glass door.
As the smoke clear from the debris he promptly walk in scanning the damage
he just cause. As his friend gave whistle in shock, several more guards
came running down the stairs before them and surround him. As the lead
guy was about to signal to attack, he suddenly took a good look at the
Turk before them.
"Sergeant Cloud?" he gasps
as he promptly drops his rifle. Quickly saluting to his superior officer
he stutter, "I had no idea it was you, stand down."
"I was wondering when someone
will recognize me." Cloud smirk as he turns back to Reno.
"Well you have been officially
dead for the last five years." Reno retorts as he steps over one of the
unconscious guard body.
Picking up his radio, the
guard ask, "Sergeant, do you want me to inform the president of your return?"
"Sure." Cloud shrug as he
walks to the elevator with Reno. Leaning against the back window on the
elevator, Cloud mutter, and "It's been a long time."
Nodding Reno reply, "How the
wind of times change us all over time, so that we might not even recognize
are own reflection." Staring at his reflection, he continue, "My how time
has change us."
"Yeah," Cloud respond as he
stare to the ceiling above as the elevator went up, "you were never this
poetic back then."
"Look who's talking," Reno
snap as took a out a drinking canister and took a sip, "so what are you
going to tell them about the thing?"
Turning to the window as he
removes his sunglasses to reveal his blue eyes as they gave a soft mako
glow and mutter, "I don't know." Letting out a sigh he press his head against
the glass as the elevator slowly made its way up.
On the 70th floor of Shinra
HQ, President Shinra sat in his desk as he ponder the situation with the
reactor crisis with Reeve, the head of Urban redevelopment and Heideggar,
head of the Peace preservation force. So far for most of this meeting had
been Reeve and Heideggar hurling insults at each other. Letting out a sigh,
President Shinra massage his temples as he tries to ease all this stress.
Taking a deep breath, he interrupts,
"Reeve, how extensive are the damage to Sector 1 upper district and the
Reactors pump line?"
Taking a quick look at his
survey, Reeve answer, "The initial explosion and shockwave from the bombing
have severely weaken if not destroy the structural integrity in the surrounding
building. My men have tally numerous ruptures across all the other reactor's
pump lines." Looking up to the President as he finish, he reply "Taking
all this damage in to account this whole incident will cost Shinra roughly
6,500,000 Gils in repair and cost."
"President," Heideggar says
as he heard the price, "Let me send out a platoon of SOLDIER against those
Avalanche scum, we'll hunt them down and eradicate them." "Gya ha ha ha
ha ha!" He laughs as he finishes.
"That should be taken into
consideration as later use," President Shinra announce as he stood up and
turn to the back window, "we already have a spy planted in the midst of
the Avalanche." "Once we learn the nest place they'll try for we can crush
them in one strike." President sneer squeezing his hand into a fist. Turning
back to Heideggar, Shinra ask, "By the way, how's the scientist daughter
doing in her SOLDIER training I heard she got far?"
Choking as the subject came,
Heideggar pull on his collar as he stutters, "You mean Ghast's daughter,
the Ancient?" "Well," he continue as sweat came down his forehead, "she
kind of escape...again."
"What?" President Shinra says
as his eyebrow start to rise. The beeping from the intercom on the President
quickly drop the subject as the President answer, "Yes, I'm in a very important
meeting so this better be good."
"Yes sir," the voice on the
other line stammer, "I would like to inform you that Sergeant Cloud Strife
and Reno have just return and are coming up to see you."
"What?" the three gasp as
they heard the noise.
"Impossible," Heideggar mutter
to himself, "Cloud died after the Jenova Massacre there is no way he could
still be alive..."
"It was never documented that
he die, it was only guess." President Shinra snaps back.
"So he returns after all this
time." Reeve mutters in a trance-like sort of state.
"Well gentlemen, it seems
we may now have an ace up our sleeve now." President Shinra smirks to himself.
Meanwhile deep down in the
lower districts of Sector 7, Barret mutter, "You sure are heavy boy...."
"Your not the one that got
several holes through your chest..." Cloud retort as he bit his lip in
pain as they walk to the 7th Heaven. "Next time we do a reactor run, you
get yourself shoot and I'll carry you." he continues as they slowly walk
up the steps.
Entering a bar full of people, Barret yell, "Get
the heck out!" When no one budge, Barret let out a curse as he raise his
gun arm to the sky and starts firing as he scream, "NOW!" Everyone stop
still for a moment before
"Have pity for the dead."
Cloud murmur as he tries to shut off the noise.
"There are other ways to get
everyone to leave, Barret." A raven hair girl snap as she picks up some
of the discarded cups on the floor.
"Sorry Tifa." Barret apologize
shrugging before he remembers whom he was carrying. "Tifa I need your help
with Cloud." He shouts as he clear off the top of one of the table and
drop Cloud on top.
"Are you trying to save me
or kill me?" Cloud murmur as he rubs the back of his bruise head.
"What happen to him?" Tifa
gasp as she looks at his wound.
"Some Turk plug him good."
Barret answer as he went to the door to signal for the other to come on
in.
Analyzing the wound Tifa says
puzzle, "What Turk can cause this sort of wound the only one that I know
that could shoot like this is Vincent."
"So?" Barret reply impatient
at Tifa observation.
"He's been retire for the
past two years I believe he's running some big business on the next continent."
she continue.
"Who cares about the Turk
for now, how's Cloud going to be?" Barret demand.
"Luckily I have some recover
materia, so he should be all right, but it'll be a few days before he can
do any extreme sort of activities." she says as she push a few strands
of hair back. "By the way, Barret the Superiors want a report from you
down stairs." she says motion to the backroom. As Barret let out a curse
as he stomp off Tifa ask, "Cloud, how are you feeling?"
"Nice despite, I have to new
hole to breath with." he joke as he start to laugh, until the pain started
to kill him. "Jeez, whoever said that laughter was the best medicine should
be shoot." he mutter to Tifa who chuckle in response.
"Well it's alright now, so
you can catch up on some sleep." Tifa says as she closes Cloud eyes and
turn off the lights.
"It's cold." a lone ninja
curse as she stood at the edge of a mighty crater in the Arctic regions
of the north. She wore a provisional ninja gear with a huge razor sharp
disc attach to her belt and a huge ninja star on her back. She impatiently
tamps her foot as she looks around at the lengthy ice land before her.
"I hope I haven't kept you
waiting." a sly voice chuckle behind her.
"Finally you show up, Sephiroth."
she mutter as she turn to face the large SOLDIER before her with a smirk.
"The Avalanche fools, are doing exactly what you have told them to do,
Shinra official are to shock to do anything about it." she laugh.
"Calm down, Yuffie." Sephiroth
order, silencing the ninja's laughter. "Soon phase 2 will come into place."
he grin as the icy wind lick through his long silver hair.
"Yes, when we steal the HOLY
materia form Shinra." Yuffie smirk as she then suddenly remember something.
"You may find this interesting, Sephiroth." Yuffie says as she toss a photo
at Sephiroth who caught them easily with two fingers.
"Yes," Sephiroth mutter, as
he looks at them, "very interesting." Letting out a laugh he toss the picture
into the snows. The Arctic land slowly consume the pictures in it's icy
grave as the picture display a picture of a long spike black hair SOLDIER
with a patch over his left eye.
That ends the next chapter
of Dark Epic as I continue it still. As usual please send any C&C to
sephirothzero@oocities.com.