A ruined lab laid right in front of Professor Arron looked puzzled. His lab coat was white like many others. Arron had a dark skin tone and a small mustache covered above his lip. He adjusted his round glasses and looked around. His face filled with anger. The lab's computer was ruined. He looked left at the broken water cooler. A ripped up poster of the blue square logo of T.U.N.A. above the ruined cooler. The saying: "The world’s protector." on the poster. Then he looked on the floor and picked up a gold disk.

The intercom’s light flashed. A small beep emitted from it. He then put the gold disk on what was left of his desk and pressed the button the intercom. *Click* the intercom sounded.

"Who is it?" the professor asked into the intercom.

"Cloud Strife." Cloud said.

" Tifa Lockhart." Tifa said.

"Oh, your the-" Professor Arron.

"I just wanna ask you something." Cloud said.

"Come in." the weary man said.

The silver door next to the broken water cooler opened. Cloud, wearing a collar shirt and some slightly sagged khakis. His serious looking face looked at Professor. Tifa followed Cloud as usual. Arron looked around the lab and picked up a clipboard.

"Look at this place it looks like a mess." Cloud said.

"I know. My work- they totally trashed the place." Arron said.

"Well what was that thing your working on?" Tifa asked.

"Oh the Sokushi That thing. It’s made out of a rare materia It has a silver color- It’s similar to magic or ‘green’ materiea orbs, but- ...but you can’t fit it on a weapon-" the professor stopped.

"Why?" Cloud asked as Tifa looked around the lab.

"Well it needs a high voltage of electrical current to go through it. Like a lighting bolt in a storm. That type to make it at least glow. So this was the lab- I tested with this." Professor Arron said slowly.

He picked a silver two peg. A cone connected to two blue wires. The apparatus was badly damaged by gunfire. The right leg was twisted. Arron pointed at the center of the cone.

"This is were the sokushi was." Arron said.

"It’s power are almost humanly impossible. When I tested it- It made the Mako pool vibrate a bit. IF you put small amount of voltage it made the waves of the pool’s wave shift." Arron said.

"So it controls the life stream?!" Cloud said violently.

"Seems like it. If enough electricity is exerted onto the sokushi it probably be possible to control the life stream under the earth. Even absorb it."

Arron looked at the down at the silver desk with all the papers tattered.

"No, you mean-" Tifa said.

"Yes, a device put into the wrong hands- could kill this planet at a rapid pace. Harness this energy and you could probably power a million Midgars," he said sadly.

"So this is what Aerith is talking about." Cloud thought.

"The power to control sprit energy. That’s the use for the silver materia," the Professor said.

"It’s priceless- Nothing can replace a human soul... Nothing..." Arron continued.

"I know how priceless a soul is........." Cloud thought.

"Second Crisis. That small thing can kill us all off." Cloud thought.

"We received a call yesterday. Here, we recorded it" Professor Arron said. The thin and middle aged scientist stood up from his stool. Then Cloud and Tifa followed them outside his lab. The silver hallway in the Terre lab was brightened. Arron walked at a steady pace and shifted to the right of the hallway. He put his keycard into the slot next to a red door. Tifa looked up at the communications room. Small and large monitors cluttered the place. Wires all around the small room. Keyboard and mice were in the center desk and a videophone in the right. Three black leather chairs bolted down next to the central desk. Cloud, Tifa and Professor Arron sat down on the seats.

"Well, here it is," Arron said.

Arron typed on the computer keyboard.

The main monitor on the central desk switched from a black prompt to a small software audiosope. Cloud heard some static from the right.

Then the audio became crystal clear.

"Hello, Who is this?" President Wallace said.

"It’s me...," an unknown voice said.

"How the hell did you get my personal line?!" Barett screamed furiously.

" I have connections." the man said.

"That voice- You sound so familiar." Barett said.

"Well yes, You thought I was dead." the voice replied.

"Enough of that. I have that silver materia of yours. Well in 48 hours. I’ll now be the new leader. Master of this planet," the young voice said.

" Is this some kinda prank call?!" Barett said deeply.

"Nope, it’s your new leader. Very, very soon T.U.N.A. will be in ashes. AVALANCHE will die." the voice said.

"You $%^&**! Barett’s temper rose as well as his voice.

"Farewell…" said the voice.

The message stopped and Cloud shook and stood up.

"No?! It can’t be!" Cloud said as the computer shut down.

"Rufus!" Cloud yelled.

"Impossible! He was killed in Midgar." Arron said.

"You could be right." Tifa said.

Cloud’s PHS beeped and in his right pocket picked it up. His face filled with shock because of the revelations of before. His hand slowly opened the flap of the PHS and opened it.

"Hello." Cloud said.

"Come bring Tifa we gotta emergency meetin’! Now!" Barett said.

"What about Professor Arron ?" Cloud asked.

"Bring him, too. We need him now." Barett said in a more quiet than usual loud tone.

"Okay." Cloud said as he replaced his cell phone into his pocket.

"What is it?" Tifa asked.

"We’ll it’s urgent. We have to go. Fast." Cloud said.

"Professor, are you coming?" Cloud asked.

Cloud’s eye brows raised too the sudden rush of urgency.

Arron didn’t say a word but followed the two to the Presidential building, which was the center of the city. Cloud went outside the laboratory and looked at the small part of the city that was complete. The door automatically shut behind Cloud, Tifa, and Arron. Strife immedietly ran towards the center of town crossing back and forth through the heavy traffic in the central section. He looked back at the metallic structures, which were under construction. The others followed and tried to keep up with him.

The three stopped in front of the incomplete central complex. Cloud, Tifa, and Arron looked at the metallic circular building which the west part of the building was still of metallic frames.

"We're here ."Tifa said.

The group’s pace went to a normal walk to the glass entrance.

Cloud walked up to the intercom and pressed the green ‘com1’ button.

The intercom started light up and static came out of the intercom’s small speaker.

"Mister Strife come in." the attendant said.

"Okay." Cloud said,

The door slowly opened and hissed. Cloud stared at the plush lobby. The floor below him was a clean light blue carpet covering most of the presidential library. He looked right at the attendant table, which was empty and has only a black seat and a small computer terminal. Cloud then looked at front as a SOLDIER met him. He was wearing about the same uniform as Cloud wore years before. The blue turtleneck sleeveless shirt, metal shoulder pad and leather belt.

"You'relooking for President Wallace" the SOLDIER asked.

"(This guy gives me the creeps) Yeah." Cloud said.

"The left hallway, sir." the officer said.

Cloud walked form the lobby to the meeting room, which was at the far end of the small medium lighted hallway. The door opened up with a familiar hand reaching the hand.

"Cloud..." Advisor Reeve said.

The meeting room was full of suited people ranging in race, sex, and age. Barett was the end of the table turning back. He picked up a stack of papers.

"We are in a state of emergency as we all know. The silver materia stolen and two days to recover it. If we don’t. Will- you know." Barett said slowly.

"TUNA cannot take threat and disregard it. We have to act now, damn it!" President Barett yelled at other advisors as the advisors shocked in their leather chairs.

"Second Crisis." Cloud said.

"What?! What are you saying?!" Barett asked.

"The second crisis on this planet. Threatening it..." Tifa said.

"Yeah... We have to put this city on full alert." Barett said.

"But if the people here about this they’ll go-" Reeve said erratically.

"That’s a risk to take, but I am sure to take it. If we don’t let them know it would make even more stuff we have to fight then we already-" Barett said.

"I know we can’t just say everything will go away like the Shinra." Cloud said silently.

The meeting is in progress and the SOLDIER that showed Cloud his way to the room had something in his hand. A miniature black bug for recon. His face was covered with the huge blue helmet. His eyes wondered about the hallway looking for some place to plant it.

"Have you gotten that bug in yet, Lieutenant?" A man asked through his helmet.

"Nope.. Wait...." the SOLDIER said.

"Found it." he said.

The SOLDIER’s name was Lieutenant Janus and a Second Class SOLDIER.

He had a light skin tone and red eyes. Janus planted his gloved hand planted the bug at a nearby plant.

"About my ‘pay’?" Janus aksed.

"Don’t worry. Your doing fine," the man said into the radio

"Shin-Ra will rise again and more powerful than ever. More than my father would ever imagine. Surpassing him and basically laying waste to his former power," the man on the other line said.

"Revolution!" Janus whispered into the radio

He turned back and stood still inside the lobby. The meeting was still in session as Cloud, Tifa, Barett, Reeve and the advisors discuss the dire situation.

"An attack?! You crazy! We don’t even know whowe arefighting. It could just be a joke!" Barett exclaimed.

"It’s probably our only option." Reeve said sternly.

"Rufus. I should tell them. No, but it’ll probably drive them nuts even more." Cloud thought.

Strife opened his mouth slowly. He sat down slowly because of those words out of his mouth.

"Rufus. Rufus Shinra is whowe arefighting." Cloud Strife said in a mannered voice. The advisors gasped while Tifa stood up and tapped him on the shoulder.

"You sure you can say this?" Tifa asked.

" Yeah." Cloud said.

"That’s absurd! It’s not right!" Barett roared enormously.

"He’s dead. D-E-A-D. Dead!" Barett said so truthfully in his vicious tone.

"No, he was the one who called you." Cloud said.

"It-" Wallace paused.

"Your right." Barett’s tempered voice began to fade away.

Barett sat down slowly on his chair. He looked at everyone in the meeting room and picked up a cup of water that was on the wooden desk.

"Any ideas?" Barett asked.

" High alert in Terre and tell the citizens to stay in their homes," Reeve said.

"Yeah, this is the only thing we can do." Barett replied.

The committee started to talk to each other and there faces filled with fear and anxiety. More chatter erupted. Cloud began his eyes and putting his fingers over his face "An attack. I don’t like that either. If they ask me to fight I don’t want to- Pleas- I can’t handle-" Cloud whispered.

"What?" Tifa asked.

Cloud closed his mouth and turned around. His eyes closed as he glared into nothingness (HE’S NOT HIGH!).

"I know your trying to help me. But I have to handle this myself. Something I have to fight myself. My fears...." Cloud said quietly to hhimself.

"Fear of anyone I love die." He continued.

Barett stood up and looked at the members with relief. He peered at everyone and said: "Meeting dismissed." All of the members rose and walked into the exit.Barett walked to him and said: "We're gonna start a defensive SOLDIER will be on high alert for some time... So it’d be better if both of you stay here. Added security." Barett said straight and professionally.

"Ok...." said Strife blandly.

"But what’s wrong with you? It’s like you don’t wanna-" Tifa stopped.

"C’ya." Cloud said as he walked out the door.

"You’ve been acting weird. I should leave him I think Cloud needs to be alone." Tifa thought as she looked at the saddened Cloud Strife. She went out the door while Barett stood straight in the meeting room.