The Highwind flew through the night sky swiftly. Aboard it the group sat silently.

"I guess this is it. It's actually over. Heh, never thought it would actually end." Barret said.

"I'm glad! Now I can get back to testing my real skills! This was nothing, I mean . . ."

"Someone shove a pipe down her throat." Barret interjected.

"I'll miss the action, but really, I won't. You know what I mean? Sure, I'll say to myself that I want to be out there fighting. But truly I'll be thinking 'Thank god I'm living in peace!'" Tifa said.

"Peace and tranquility is what the Planet needs. Time to heal. That is what I need." Nanaki said.

"I can start my new project, Highwind Station, the first life-supporting space station!" Cid said with excitement.

"I can finally leave Shinra! Get out of that scum hole!" Cait Sith exclaimed.

Damn liar. Cloud thought.

"I don't know what I'll do. I just want time to relax." Cloud said.

Vincent just sat quietly. "Lucrecia is dead."

Lucrecia is dead. Lucrecia is dead.

Lucrecia is dead.

Lucrecia is dead. The words rang in Cloud's head.

Vincent stood up and walked out.

"What's his problem, how the hell does he know that?" Barret asked.

"Vincent knows a lot. I think he can sense her death." Nanaki said.

"How'd I get caught up with such whacks?" Barret asked himself out loud. Cloud stood up and went into the operations room with Vincent.

"Vincent, if Lucrecia's dead . . ."

"She is, there's no doubt about it." Vincent said with is back to Cloud.

"How do you . . ."

"If you hadn't witnessed Aeris' death would you have known? Oh wait, you were almost the very damn person that caused it. You were about to take your goddamned sword and slice her in two. You better thank the devil I was there to stop you!" Vincent raged.

"Vincent, no one can sense death. I don't think Aeris could even sense death." Cloud said.

"You lie. Our own Nanaki has sensed death." Vincent retorted.

"Hey your right. But is he human?" Cloud asked.

"You aren't." Vincent replied.

"What?"

"You, Cloud Strife, well actually I should call you Sephiroth. You Sephiroth are the clone of the original Sephiroth! You are the world's evilest person!" Vincent screamed.

"Your going crazy. If Lucrecia is dead this is no way to act." Cloud said.

"You acted like nothing when Aeris died. You took the body, threw it in the pond, end of story. There is someone who can bring Lucrecia back Sephiroth! Cait Sith!" Vincent screamed.

The bouncing robot came in on the double. Vincent whipped out his Quicksilver.

"Lucrecia's Order will crush you!" Vincent screamed. He shot one bullet at Cloud, nailing him in the shoulder. Vincent shot the lock off of the emergency hatch and grabbed the only parachute left since the operation at Midgar.

"Sorry Cait, not your lucky day!" Vincent yelled and delivered one shot the Cait Sith's head causing sparks to fly everywhere. Vincent jumped through the small hole in the floor and parachuted to safety.

Clutching his shoulder, Cloud opened the thick steel door of the operations room. He dragged himself back into the control room.

"What the . . ." Tifa started.

"Vincent . . . ahhhh!" Cloud started but couldn't finish due to the intense pain.

"Get the first aid kit!" Cid yelled. The room went black.

Cloud eventually wound up in a hospital in Wutai. Yuffie, Cloud, Barret, and Tifa stayed there for a long time, until Lucrecia's Order came.

(2 YEARS AFTER SEPHIROTH'S DEFEAT-8 YEARS AGO)

Cloud watched his tea ripple. Then the small house started to shake. Cloud ran outside to see Barret.

"Barret what is . . ."

"C'mon, were goin' to the top of Da-chao to see!"

When Cloud reached Da-choa's summit he felt like dying.

When Vincent would get mad he'd become a beast, a Galian Beast, Cloud remembered.

Headed towards Wutai was at the very least, five hundred Galian Beasts. In front of the beasts' pack were Heidegger, Reeve, and Vincent.

"Two idiots and a moron." Barret said.

"I suggest we leave." Cloud said with his head down.

"What else would we do?" Tifa asked.

"Fight 'em! Bang! Pow! Just like old times!" Yuffie exclaimed.