"Wouldn't try that." Vincent said, whipping out his Quicksilver and shooting the Gatling Gun Arm. Barret tried to shoot it, he got a click in return.

"You bastard!" Barret shouted. Before they knew it Vincent had another shot off, and this one sent Cloud's Buster Sword flying out of his hands. He shot again. Tifa saw her glove unravel and fall to the floor.

"What did you all come here to ask me?" Vincent asked.

"What the hell you're doing out there?! You ravaged Wutai, North Corel, and a slew of other towns!" Barret ranted.

"Heh heh heh. It's all part of mine and Lucrecia's plan." Vincent replied.

"Thought she was dead." Cloud said. Vincent's eyes locked with Cloud's. The red ones with the Mako filled blue ones. The faithful conversation had been conjured up again. Cloud thought they locked eyes for at least a year, but it was only for a minuet.

"I'm carrying on her legacy." Vincent said.

"How'd she die?" Tifa asked.

Vincent slowly turned around. "Sephiroth killed her."

"He's dead! You helped us kill him." Barret said.

"Mr. Wallace, he lives on in your partner." Vincent said.

"What? Cloud! No way. He may be his clone but like Hojo said, he's . . ."

"I'm different." Cloud said, finishing for Tifa. "I'm a failed experiment. I'm a clone gone wrong." Cloud grabbed his Buster Sword, ready for attack.

"None of you see it." Vincent said.

Before they could react the small group found themselves falling down a shaft. Vincent had opened a trap door on them. They landed in a dumpster at the Junon Airport. The AVALANCHE Nation airship was taking off.

"C'mon," shout Vicks, a fellow AVALANCHE Nation warrior, "we're getting outta here!"

Cloud, Tifa, and Barret jumped on a rope that Vicks lowered.

We'll be back. I swear. Cloud said to Vincent in his mind. He knew it. Cloud wasn't finished with that traitor.

"What are you doing out here Cloud? You know it's too dangerous." Nanaki said.

"I've had it with life in Costa de Sol. The attacks get more numerous each month. I'm headed to Midgar, the city of peace." Cloud replied.

"The attacks will start there too." Nanaki said.

"Not for awhile." Cloud said. "Any news?"

"I was going to Costa de Sol to tell you." The creature once known as Red XIII responded. "We're it."

"What do you mean?" Cloud asked.

"When I saw you last year you said Yuffie was probably dead. I can confirm that."

Cloud wanted to feel bad, but he really didn't. He'd had such a thin relationship with her. It was like reading about a death in a newspaper.

"Cid's space station was destroyed by Shinra." Nanaki said.

"I see." Cloud said, turning his back. "We're it. The only ones left."

"Some escape pods made it out. There is still a chance he survived." Nanaki said with some hope.

"But he'll never survive in this new Overworld." Cloud said, now with his head down.

"He could of crashed in a town."

Cloud grimaced. "Unlikely. And you know Cid. He'd be only to say 'The Captain goes down with the ship.'"

Nanaki smiled. "That'd be like Cid."

"You want to come with me?" Cloud asked.