Cloud still had that picture in his head, the mighty Galians, marching towards Wutai. The city was practically unearthed. The faces on Da-chao were shaved away. Shinra had discovered fusion. And Cloud was sort of glad. At least they weren't sucking Mako up. . .

"C'mon, the buggy is out there!" Barret shouted. The four warriors raced down the mountain and reached their buggy, their prize for winning a Chocobo race. Barret got behind the controls and started to drive. "We'll get to Cosmo Canyon, Nanaki can probably give us an idea on what the hell is goin' out there."

Cloud turned to look at the Galians marching towards Wutai. Somehow, he knew it'd be his last time seeing the city.

Lucrecia is dead.

Cloud shook off the memory of those words. Perhaps humans could sense death. Cloud seemed to sense the death of Wutai.

I'm sensing the future. And it's obvious that Wutai is doomed. He told himself. Humans can't sense death. He told himself again.

They reached their submarine. Using narrow rivers they reached Cosmo Canyon without getting anywhere near Junon, the likely source of the Galians. They trotted up the rock stairs into Bugenhagen's residence.

"Looks like some old friends are here!" The guard said with glee.

"We need to see Nanaki," Cloud said, "any idea on where he is?"

"Your very lucky. Tomorrow he's returning from a venture he set out on months ago!" He exclaimed.

The four rested well, except for Yuffie.

"Cloud," she whispered in the dark, "wake up please. Cloud?"

"What? What? Oh, Yuffie. What's up?" Cloud asked quietly.

Yuffie stared at the eternal fire they were resting by. "My father is dead."

"Yuffie, he could of made it out of Wutai." Cloud responded.

"No, I just had a horrible dream. He was being . . . oh I just-"

"Yuffie, it's okay." Cloud said, trying to comfort the child.

"Vincent! That madman killed my father! He was there! Beating him and stabbing him!" Yuffie was now crying uncontrollably.

Vincent, no one can sense death.

Somehow, that whole conversation was going back on him now.

Nanaki arrived the next morning. Cloud could see he was petrified by the news.

"The new fusion power of Shinra is enabling them to produce new clones at rapid rates. Vincent must of became a Galian once again and let scientists extract his DNA. Shinra can make an unlimited amount of Galians, with Vincent as their master." Nanaki explained.

"What can we do?" Tifa asked.

"Die." Nanaki answered.

That was the darkest day of Cloud's life. He looked out of his house to see Costa de Sol. It was a mess of twisted metal. The beach water was black with pollution. He thought he saw a Galian run into an alleyway. That was normal though; there were always a few lurking around. By now though most had became somewhat tired or even passive. Ten years could do a lot to a beast, ten hard years of destruction. He looked around his house to see what the attack of yesterday had done. One wall was knocked down. He'd been practically spared. Cloud didn't really have any walls on his house. He had half of one in his bedroom. He did have half a roof, though. But his living room, where he sat now, was roofless. The most expensive house Cloud knew of had ten walls and most of the room. He remembered the roof was gone in the bathroom.

Cloud looked at his bathroom, a toilet sitting out in the open. No sink, and no bath. He had a large metal bucket there with a hose running from Shinra River, one of the only clean water sources in the world. Nowadays, Midgar Slums seemed like paradise.

Many had moved there. Though it was infested with creatures at least you didn't have to worry about Galian attacks. Cloud would go there, except the Overworld was now filled with Galians, too dangerous of a place.

What the hell am I saying? I'm going to rot staying here.

He grabbed the Buster Sword.

"To Midgar."

Sure you want to go there? Sephiroth asked.