It was an errie day in Costa del Sol. The sun was covered by the ominous grey cloud hich stretched along the sky. The beach was nearly empty becuase of the attack on Terre. Eveyone was in fear excpet Cloud in a white ‘wifebeater’ shirt and black sweats was holding his sword in ready postion. He looked at a small tree which was on the small grassy patch on the beach. It was brown and barely had no leaves. He put up his buster blade and was twisitng the woden handle. Then Cloud closed his eyes and breathed deeply. He lined up the blade with the center of the sword. Strife quickly lunged foward and yelled "Aghh!" as the blade ripped through the tree making it break into shredded twisted pieces of wood. A drop of sweat began to go down his forehead. Then a familiar voice came from behind and turned back to the town square.

"Cloud!" yelled Tifa.

The footsteps of her shoes began become louder as she ran to Cloud who was swining his sword diagonally. He kept on swipeing the sword in the grass if fighting an enemy. He put down his large buster sword on the grass poked into the furtile soil. He crouched down with his hands overh is knee caps. Cloud catched three fast breaths.

He looked at Tifa who was a few feet away from him. She looked down at him in his exhausted state.

"Huff-Puff. What is it?" Cloud asked in weak and squeaky tone.

"Barett called. He says that intellignce has found were Rufus is." she said.

"Yeah, is he still on the line?" Cloud asked.

"Yes."

Cloud pulled his buster sword out of the grass that made the silver blade a bit tarnished and dirty. He walked with Tifa to the summerhouse which was a bit dirty outside because of the two not being there. They went inside the living room which was about hte same as they left it. The dark green couch was in the center of the house. The wodden floor was shiny and polished that Cloud and Tifa saw their reflections , and the small 19 inch televison sat on a stumpy cabinet. Strife sat on the green couch and rested his buster sword flat on the floor. Meanwhile Tifa was sitting next to him with the remote in hand and shifting out through every channel which was just about reports on Cloud claming him to be a ‘loon’ during the press conference on the destruction of Terre.

Cloud with the phone right next to his ear ahd his pupils looking around the room were the halogen light glared into his mako eyes.

"We got news. We seem to know the coordinates on Rufus’ stronghold. It’s like this TUNA recon planes have pinpoitned a high concentration of mako energy there. Dr. Arron think it is because of the Sokushi and he is coming on this mission." Barett said.

"Mission?" Cloud asked.

"Cid will be picking you up soon."

"Well then I think I am ready." said Cloud as he put the reciver back on the phone base and turned back to Tifa who was puttin her hand over her eyes.

"Look it this stuff they’re talking about you. A little venting and they exagerrate it about you. Even now the news doesn’t know anything." Tifa said in a "It’s not that your crazy. It’s just that you can’t-" Tifa was interuppted by Cloud.

"Handle death. I have to face it once again. The thing that has haunted me for quite sometime." Cloud said in low tone.

Cloud walked into his bedroom which was the rightside of the window. He walked into the room and opening the dresser were all his objects of Strife’s morbid past . One rack was blank and to the right was the blue SOLDIER uniform and metallic shoulder which had three protruding sticks popping out of it. His blonde eybrows went up as he took out the uniform.

"I guess I’ll be needing this." Cloud said to himself. "and these, too."

He opened the lower part of the closet which revealed a blue sathel full of matereia. He untied the small knot locking it and he stared at the green lightning orb, and inserted into his Buster blade. Then Strife grabbed the the bahumaut matereia and inserted into the second slot of the sword slowly, and the orb clicked into the blade. He looked outside the bedroom were Tifa was piacking her metal knuckles into a white gym bag. Her expression on her face was kinda glum. She laid her hand on the gloves and stared at Cloud.

"Are you ready?" Cloud asked.

"Kinda.." she replied in a small voice.

"I thought we would be in peace and now all of sudden-" Tifa stopped and put her leather gloves which had a metallic knukles that had bumbs on each of the fingers. She walked towards Cloud.

" I’d like to tell you something." Lockhart said in a frank yet happy way of speaking.

"Ok. I just hope." Cloud said as she strapped his bustersword on his back, and fitted the two crystal bangles on his wrists, and punched his palm into his hand ready for whatever happens next. He opened the door out to the town, and Tifa went behind Cloud and walked ouside to the peer at a slow pace towards the small bay. The two looked at a familiar man in a blue pilot jacket with a red HW logo on his sleeves. His goggles were up and he had a menthol cigerette in his mouth smoking and the smoke coming his cigerette moved towards the sky. He was looking into the engine checking the propeller and oil.

"Looks okay. It ain’t broken." he said.

"Cid!" yelled Cloud.

Cid went his pocket and pulled out a silver wrench. Then on the hatch of the small red plane the covering hte engine fell on his head.

"Damnit! Ugh...." Cid said in a high pitch tone.

"Hey you f-" Cid stopped as he looked at the spiky haird man and the black haired girl.

"...Sorry. Almost ready!" Cid yelled to Cloud and Tifa who were 12 feet toward ‘The Tiny Bronco’. He walked towards Cloud and Tifa and shaked both of their hands.

"Never seen you in a while. I know all this shit is going on." Cid said as he opene the small door of the red seaplane.

Cid walked into the cockpit hwich had a little flight yoke and a thorttle. The dials were all rasing as Cid started up the engine of the seaplane. The propeller roated faster and faster until it turned to a circular blur. Cloud and Tifa sat on the small leather seats which were the seat was tattered and the yellow cotton fell on the black ground. The ‘Tiny Bronco’ skidded along the water on the patoons the water wetted gentely. Then the plane went up into the blue horizon.

In the back of the plane Cloud was staring at the small window into the sky. Then Strife looked left were Tifa was sleeping with the head leaning on the leather seat. He smiled, but then turned back at the sky. He looked down were Costa del Sol from the plane looekd like a toy. His green eyes looked at the sky were clouds scattered along heaven’s eye were gleamed into Strife’s eyes.

"The sky. It’s vast and what were doing is has a lot of possibilities. We don’t know what will happen. If we survive or Rufus will regain his power." He said to himself.

"We don’t know. It’s just what Aerith said about the right or wrong path." Cloud thought.

"Let’s get this thing over before it gets worse." Cloud said.

Tifa opened her eyes and woke up as he looked at Cid who was moving the flight yoke and controlling the plane. She stroked her hair and yawned.

"Huh? What did you say?" she asked.

"I wanna get it over with." Cloud said.

"I do too. Look what happened at Terre all those people. We have to stop-"

"Ok. I know we both have a purpose to fight."

The plane glided into the air as the huge city of Junon standed there. It’s large uptown had the blue flags of TUNA which the logo was a globe of the planet surrounded by hands. They waved in the air meanwhile the city below was the airport were the Highwind Alpha and Beat were chained to the airport. Small blue dots which were troops stood in pairs. The town below wasn’t visable, but the beach was pure sand not like oiled and dirty during Shin-Ra’s rule. It has been throughly restored.

Cid looked down at his CB radio and picked up the reciever, and pressed the red button on it.

"This is Captan Highwind. Please reply." Cid said in the radio.

"Yes, you have the permission to land in bay 4, sir." the communications officer said.

The plane’s pontoons retraced into the bay as the land tires came into replace them. The ‘Tiny Bronco’ landed on the landing strip as the passengers and pilot shocked inside it as the lane skidded on the landing strip making a decent landing.

Cid turned off the propeller as the plane slowed into the huge Bay 4 door and the red irens on hte sides turned red and President Wallace was standing in waiting on the catwalk were he was carrying a black breifcase. The huge lamps gleamed over the plane as the hanger bay closed. Cid, Tifa, and Cloud walked out of the airplane as a man with an ornage vest and lue shirt opened the engine. Cloud and Tifa walked slowly wit their lunking their luggage and were a bit wear because of the four hour plane ride. CId walked along the titanium floor and walked next to the technician who was wearing the blue shirt. He looked at him and gave Cid a salute and looked at him with a small smile on his face.

"Just don’t break it, kid." said Cid.

Highwind patted the technician in the back as he wlaked to the elevator left of the airplane. The tech in hte blue shirt turned red and scratched his forehead. Cloud and Tifa were talking to Barett.

"So, what’s the mission?" Cloud asked.

"Well, intelligence has found a reading of mako energy emitting from a island in the southern section of the planet. It’s level is so high as Professor Arron said would be too high for a natural mako pool. It’s gotta be the Soksushi, and we gonna send our forces to kick they asses, basicly." Barett said.

"An attack? " Cloud asked.

"No. Professor Arron had corrdinated it. He sayz we just have to plant explosives onto the Sokushi because it’s nearly indestrutble nezrly to every conventional weapons. The lightning and mako energy make a protective around it." Wallace continued.

"Are you willing to do it? I understand becasue your f*cked up, but your the probably the only one I can trust." Barett said.

"Yes." said Cloud in a frank tone.

Cloud, Barett, and Tifa walked into the silver hallway which was 40 feet long and had the letters "B-4" on hte right side of it. The three walked to a locked door were there was a key hole at the side attatched to a computer terminal:

"Please insert key"

Wallace took out a small red card from his pocket and pushed it into the ket slot. The computer screen turned green and it said ‘Access granted’. Cloud moved his head towards Tifa.

"I hope this works." Cloud said.

"............" Tifa replied.

The door opened and a small lab room was revealed. The light fixtures were straight and the metal table and laying on top of it were three circular explosives. Professor Arron wearing his lab coat as usaul was typing on a black laptop simulating the explosion.

"Hey, Mr. Strife." said Prof. Arron in a tired and stressed out voice.

"It’s all my damn fault. I have to redeem myself." Profesor Arron said as he continued typing on the keyboard.

"Don’t-" Cloud said as he Arron shoved his hand into Cloud’s face.

"I am trying to work here! No arguments."

Lockhart tapped Cloud in the back as Barett was talking to Arron.

"Man, he looks tied." Tifa whisperred to Cloud.

"Yeah." Cloud said.

"Man, you done?! If this plan of yours doesn’t work were all screwed." Barett said deeply.

"No, this is a delicate operation." Arron replied.

Arron stopped typing and swung his office chair in front Cloud, Barett and Tifa who were standing close to each other.

"Here's the simulation." Arron said as he typed in commands into the laptop.

On the monitor was a map of the island a huge green circle representing the mako energy manifesting in the Sokushi. Three red dots represented the explosives on the silver lab desk:

"This is the mako manifesting the Sokushi. Those three black dots are the explosives which will be approximently 20 meters from each othet. They are set at a 10 minute time window for Team 1 which consits of Cloud and two SOLDIERS. Team 2 will plant the other explosive and vice versa." said Arron.

"So how does this base look like?" Cloud asked.

"We can’t get a clear view of it with our satellites becuase of the mako energy." Arron replied.

"How much time do we have until they’re ready?" Cloud asked.

"-Don’t know." Arron replied.

"Alwight, I’ll get the jet ready be prepared in three hours." barett said as he left the small sized lab.

"......Sigh Do you want me to repeat it?" Arron asked.

"No, I understand it." Cloud said.

"Good." he replied.

Arron continued typing on the computer right after adgusting his glasses to top his nose. His fingers shock as he typed and the sweat on his forehead went down to his cheeks. Cloud looked at him and was a bit perlexed.

"You can go-" Arron mumbled.

Cloud, Tifa, and President Wallace went outside hte lab going towards outisde towards the crowded air strip. The silver highwind airships were being cleaned while camouflaged green and brown jet transports were filling with TUNA troops. Strife looked around and Tifa

"So the whole army is involved with this?" Cloud askled Barett.

"Yes." Barett said.

"Man, if these people get killed. It’s a part of battle, a bitter price to pay." Cloud thought as they continued walking toward the door to the Junon city.

"So were we going?" Cloud asked.

"Were going to the military base to suit up." Wallace said.

"Your coming?! You can’t! How can-" Cloud was stopped by Barett who covered his face with his large hand.

"I should whack you upside the head for that. ‘Cause Reeve said the same damn thing." Barett said.

"So were back to what were doing. To protect the world and something personal...."

Cloud said as he looked up at the late afternoon sky which was of a orangsih blueish color and the sun slowly rolling down for the day. The ocean turned and orsangeish color as they continued towards lower Junon.

"Well, whateva’ you say. We just gotta fight." Barett said.

Finally, the three reached Junon which was now in emergency status. Cloud looked at the buildings with their metallic shielldinga covering the small row of buildings and troopers scanning the ocean horizon equipped binouculars and missile launchers. They were looking around as Barett, Tifa, and Cloud passed by the troops. The first troop who was at the rusted and walked to them and gave them a salute. Cloud was jerking, but Tifa tapped his shoulder and stopped.

"Nothing to report, President." said the troop.

" Just nervous about you know-" Cloud said.

"Eveyone iz. Don’t be thinking your the only one." Barett said to him in a grave voice.

"Well, are we gonna suit up?" Cloud asked.

Barett walked to the Barracks which were the left of the shielding shops nearby. It was a bunker full troops which were doing about their business: One was insepecting the weapons wit his two hands looking at the assault rifles to see if they’re not jammed or too old to use. He shook them and nodded at the guns and threw into the large dumpster in the room., Troops were putting on their armor and one of the troops nearby was making the sign of prayer. He kneeled and laid his head down.

"I hope God. That we will make it all together." he whisppered as Cloud, Barett, and Tifa walked down the silver hallway which had small blue door labeled locker room. Barett waved his hand , and walked out of the hallway as Cloud and Tifa both bobbed their head in ‘yes’ as they went into the small locker room. Strife perred his head into as he turned the doorknob. He looked left at the black lockers which were opened and a blue jacket and armor was hanging by a small copper hanger. The jacket said on the back of TUNA S.O.T. or Special Operations Team. Strife walkd into the locker as Lockhart sat onto the wooden bench and shurgged beacuse of the night temerpature coming from the small window which was open. Cloud took the blue jacket. He walked in front of Cloud and said in a gentle voice: "Your cold? Here."

"Thanks." said Tifa as she fitted hte jacket on.

Strife weared the armor and took his Buster Sword out of the gym bag and sheethed on the leather strap on his back. Tifa turned her eyes to Cloud who was practicing with his sword swining it in circular motions.

"Hey. About that thing I was talking about." she said.

"Yeah, what?"

"Do you love me?"

"Yes, I do." Cloud said in a soft yet serious voice.

"Why do you ask?" Cloud asked.

"Because I do too." she replied as she stroked her hair.

Cloud held Tifa after the small talk. He wrapped his hands around her waist and leaned his head on her cheeck. He smiled and closed his eyes while Tifa looked down at Strife’f face as they continued embracing. Cloud and Tifa then released and smiled each other.

"Were getting closer, but I don’t know if I-" Cloud thought as his head nodded down.

Strife looked at the small window and peered at the night sky were the moon had risen and shone it’s rays on the nearly dorment city of Junon except for the airport were the troops were still preparing. He never felt like this until recently after the attack it became to him so abrubtly: "I’ll protect you no matter what." he thought.

"Ready?" asked Barett as he walked into the ready room.

"The plane’s ready, man. We gotta planet to save!" Barett yelled.

He was dressed in a black bullet proogf vest and on his right arm the Missing Score, a heavy duty hand mounted gatling gun. Wallace turned back as Cloud and Tifa stood up.

"What about Reeve?"

"Oh he’s handling my job for a while." said Barett in a cool tone.

"Heh-Heh-Heh. Oh well."

The three walks towards the gelinka airplane were two SOLDIERS holding their swords with two hands and stood still as Cloud, Tifa, Barett walked towards the airplane. Nightfall has just begun and the moon shone over the blue sea as the transport plane treaded off the airstrip teamed up by another Gelinka and two T-2 jet fighters which had a curveless shape and it’s canopy triangular as a eagles beak. The Gelinkas were in the center as they approched the star filled sky. The two T-2s were flanking left and right escortign the plane towards the southern island.

Cloud was scratching his head while Wallace was talking to the other SOLDIERs who had the circular expolsives in their hands.

"Were’s Professor Arron?" Cloud asked.

"He’s in the other plane he kept talking that it was his fault Terre was destroyed, but I think he’s taking it the wrong way." Wallace replied.

"(Like me, but now I can have some peace.) Yeah, but I don’t want anything to happen to him. I think we should have those SOLDIERs helping me should be with Arron." he said to Tifa.

"Yeah, Barett?" she said as Tifa shurgged his elbow.

" Ok." he replied.

The jet now for a few hours was about a hundered miles away from the shore line of the southern island. A huge green aura was gathering aorund hte isaland’s center in a huge gigantic dome. In hte cockpit the pilot dressed in black and the navigator dresser in grey were montitoring their instruments. The navigator officer looked at the radar as it flickered and disappeared.

"We lost radar, sir." said the navigator.

"Damn it, well. I have to make a blind landing. I think it- Damn I can’t take you do it!" yelled the pilot.

"Me? Your the aren’t you?! Why don’t do your f*cking job!"

"Alright, Alright (You act like my wife)" said the pilot relucntly as he pointed the yoke up and the gelinka’s tires lowered and was decreasing altitude as the convey went closer to the island’s shoreland were grey suited troop with machinge guns. The haid their rifles trained up. In the cargo bay Cloud and the crew were shaking back and forth. The rifles fell over. The silver suicases fell on the floor and Cloud looked as one of the breifcase fell on his head.

"Agh!" Cloud yelled.

"Man, this doesn’t look good. It’s like they knew we were coming." Barett said.

"How can they know if the-"

"The hell should I know?! Do I like a scientist?"

The gunfire contnued from the grey armored troops as they aimed their rifles at the jets as theit wings flew and exploded into a huge fireball crashing in the ocean. The pilots didn’t get out in time and were still stuck in their canopys and and drowned into the blue ocean. Barett looked outside at the destruction of the escorts, and slammed fist on the bench shaking it. His eyes widen as the jets made huge splashes while the yellow flashing which were a sign of gunfire carried on.

"F*ck man! I we shouldva not done this?!" Barett said nervously.

"I had that thought, too." Cloud replied in his typical serious voice.

"..." Tifa replied.

"Were decending please hold on!" yelled the pilot into the intercom.

The plane was one hundread from the shoreline were the first gelinka plane landed and a lot bullets werre flying around the beach head. A large flame came from one of the blue SOLDIERS arms as a white coated man was runnin into the green bushed that spread to about thirty miles of the isalnd. Barett’s Gelinka lowered altitude with it’s tail down and wheels down. It wen down ten feet and skidded into one of the grey covered troops knocking him over and making his forehead bleed knocking him on the sand. The plane’s wheels broke off when a rock hit em and the plane skidded with sparks flying as the floor of the cargo bay became hot. Cloud held on to the pole as Tifa grabbed onto Strife’s elbow tightly.

The plane slammed into a palm tree as the three SOLDIERS and Cloud,Barett, and Tifa jumped out of the plane. The pilots came out later as they all ran into dense green jungle. Wallace looked back as the others continued to run into the forest were gunfire was heard and yells of troops emitted from all directions. The bright flashes gunfire brightned the darkned island. Barett and the 2 troops ran to a small hole into the jungle which was a enterance to the canopy. Cloud, Tifa, and a SOLDIER with the bomb in his hand ran into canopy. Cloud and Tifa ran into the jungle. As Barett yelled: "Hey!" Cloud,Tifa and the SOLDIER who had a slim body yet muscular. His eyes were black and his skin tone was a tan brown turned and looked Barett who was loading his gatling gun with bullets.

"I’ll hold fort." said Barett as two troops standed side by side to him.

"Ok, let’s go!" yelled Cloud as they ran into the jungle.

The small skirmish continued were grey troops poured out of a small building were Cloud and team were running. The grey armored troops ran out firing into the air. Cloud’s lips closed and bumped them up. He ran as fast as he can into the jungle while the SOLDIER looked into a paper map of the island from the satellite before it was interuppted by the mako. The three continued into the jungle were the green rays of light bursted out of the canopy making the darkness of night into day. Tifa looked back as three groups grey troops with their machinge guns started to pursue them. They had their guns trained on Cloud, Tifa, and the SOLDIER.

"Uhh...." Tifa said to Cloud.

"We got company." she said nervously.

Team 1 stopped and turned back, They looked at the three troops who cocked their rifles in glee with all of the troops with a slight grin.

"Don’t move! " the front troops said in a deep voice.

Cloud and the SOLDIER sheeted their blades simutanously hwile Tifa readied her fist. Tifa closed her eyes as a green aura from the ‘Barrier’ Matereia warmed up. It gleamed brighter until three energy shields surrounding Cloud, Tifa, and the SOLDIER.

The troops clicked their triggers on the machinge gun sending bullets toward the three.

They’re zooming allo ver the group, but were absorbed by the barrier. Cloud and the SOLDIER charged towards the two trips on the left. Cloud salshes left and right and then made a 90 degree swipe slashing the grey troop’s chest as blood splattered on the floor. The troop fell dead silent on the dirt floor. The SOLDIER slashed the other troop in the kness knocking him on the floor.

"I guess I still got it in me." Cloud said as the continued into the thick jungle were the green rays became brighter. The rays were blocking their vision as it was about three feet from a small blue building. Standing there were three bays that were locked up tight they were about three feet tall. Cloud and the SOLDIER walked to the gleaming green mako which was gathering into a small ceiling door form the top.

Cloud walked towards the blue down and slashed his sword throught the first door. His arms were shaking as he growled as the Buster bvade went throught the door. He took it out swiftly and the barrier was broken down.

"Look at this place." Cloud said.

The SOLDIER took out his radio to contact Teams 2 & 3. His face turned red in fustraiton as he kept on pressing the call button. He shook it, and hte nodded his head.

"Mr. Strife? I can’t contact Teams 2 & 3. They must’ve been-" he said.

"No, it can’t be! It’s just the mako. " he said in a strong and loud voice.

"Moody......"

"Don’t say anything about that." Tifa said.

"About what?" the SOLDIER replied.

"Just don’t." Tifa said.

"Oh." the SOLDIER said as he shook.

They were inside a huge room with four catwalks surrounding a centered circle. The Sokushi cicular and silver was rotating the green mako was gushing into it sucking the grey materiea marble in the center. The SOLDIER grabbed the bomb out of his bag and walked towards the Sokushi rotating around.

"Think you can make it?" a voice asked in a saracastic tone.

"Your little bombing scheme is at an end."

Rufus stood on top of the catwalks wearing his white coat and black turtleneck shirt. In his hand was his 12 gauge shotgun. He fired in the air making a small flash in the air. The SOLDIER armed the bomb. Cloud siganled Tifa and the SOLDIER to stay covered outside.

"Get out of here! Take care of her." Cloud said as hte SOLDIER and Tifa ran into the jungle.

"No...." she said as she ran outside.

The SOLDIER on the dir road picked up his communiter banging on a tree.

"Work. Damn it!"

"Bomb 2 secure." a squeaky voice masked in static said.

"What about Bomb 3?"

"Got it." the officer at the other end replied.

"Thank God." he said.

The SOLDIER and Tifa sighed as the confrontration awaited inside the main building were Cloud and Rufus stood. Inside Strife held his sword looking up at the ex-president Rufus Shin-Ra as he glanced at him and smiled. He cocked his shotgun and aimed it down on Cloud’s forehead. They stood there as the bomb ticked and made a blue flicker. Cloud climbed up the catwalkd on the tall rafters. He sheeted his sword and jumped on the rail and looked at Rufus rearangned his aim to Cloud who was at an even level with him. He pulled the trigger on his shotgun blasting a few shells towards Strife. He duck and lunged foward Rufus with his Buster sword in his hand gleaming green beacuse of the mako energy inside the building. He slashed towards Rufus who jumed ot his right evading the attack. Shinra then reloaded his shotgun with bullets in his hand and cocking his gun once more.

Rufus’ and Cloud’s forehead were drenched in sweat. Cloud held his sword in hand and bobbed his head ready for the next strike. Shinra moved his hair back in his own way doing the same thing. Footsteps from the far side of the black catwalk was head.

The sound of it came closer as Rufus took off the whie hankercheif off of his face and looked int Cloud’s green pupils. The right aside of face was severly scared were a red mark stretched on his chhek down his neck. The footsteps began to become louder until a slash of a sword was head in Cloud’s ear. Rufus fell on hte catwalk face down on the floor.

"You bastar- You trai-" Rufus said in a weak voice.

"No, the Sokushi belongs to the Syndicate." he said proudly.

"Syndicate?" Cloud asked.

"Let’s fight." Janus yelled as he ran towards Cloud lunging towards with his sowrd. Cloud then blocked the attack pushing the sword at each other. Strife’s cheecks turned red and hte sweat on his head became to pour down. The sparks flew betwwne the sword due to the firction. Janus smiled as he forced Cloud down on the floor and his buster sword was thrown away two feet away from him.

"Fool, you don’t know what your dealing with. I’ll grab the artifact and you stay and die being blown to bits. I’ll love the sounds of screaming and making the good people like you suffer." he said as he put his broadsowrd’s blade on Cloud’s throat.

"As I disguied as a SOLDIER I leaked info to Rufus and unknowingly to another organization. I let Rufus have his fun while mine has just started!"

"So your not a?!" Cloud asked.

"That’s right. A spy. An imposter."

"You only got nine minutes to get out, farewell." Janus said.

Janus went up the staircase were mako energy flowed into the silver circular object. He went closer to the Soksushi with both of his hands about grasp and his eyes reflected the green light going into his pupils. Strife was laying on hte floor were his sword was only a few inches away. He opened up his hand as the bombs started to detonate and was stretching his arm and body towards the handle of his sword. He growled as he came closer to it. Janus heard the clanking of Cloud’s movement and turned back and Cloud stood up.

The bombs counted ‘9:25.30’ as he stood up and held his sword in one hand. Strife with his eyes focused on Janus slipping his hands through the mako energy and the electrcity overflowed on the Silver Materea.

"Only fools think so optimistically. Your not gonna get it over my damn dead body and over the planet." Cloud yelled as he raised his sword.

Janus’ jaw was wide open as closer raised his sword and and punchture his skin by Cloud’s huge sword. The buster sword skwered his shouldor. He jerked and fell on the catwalk nearby the Sokushi.

"It’s greedy people like you that make me sick." Cloud said.

"Rufus is dead and whatever organization you worked for has failed. Your superiors are probably going to kill you or the bombs will."

"Shut up! It’s not over yet. I see that you are a very arrogant kid. My superiors will hunt you and your freinds down leaving no trace of evidence." Janus replied.

Cloud ran back into the garage door which was sliced with a huge gap on it. He jumped down the catwalk and ran as Janus laid on hte floor smiling and turned his body to the right. He raised and swished his hand signaling Tifa and the SOLDIER to run. They started to escaping and time was slowly coming down to seven minutes. They dashed into thick green jungle as explosions litered the canopy. They were about two meters away from the gunboat were Barett and the troops were. Cloud’s hair dangled because plenty of fatigued and Tifa was running at full spped, but the SOLDIER was at the back and about a few inched between Tifa and himself.

"How many more minutes?" Cloud asked in gassy out of air voice.

"5 minutes." the SOLDIER replied.

"Don’t think about the time. Just focus on getting out of here!" Tifa yelled.

They continued to run towards the gunboat that has just arrived a few minutes ago. Wallace waited with his boots tapping and the other gunboats waiting. A troop with bifocal glasses looked ath im iwht his eyebrows raised up.

"Maybe their dead?" the troop asked.

"Hell no! They can’t be."

"I don’t know. Their just troops."

"Troops?! Those are my freinds and shut yer mouth."

"...." the troop said as he sat down on a cargo box full of rations.

The three ran into the gun boat as the door closed. The blue gunboats began speeding away as Wallace looked ath is watch.

"Three seconds. Two seconds. One second." Barett said.

The base began to shake and inside the reactor three explosions tore through the Mako Reactor were Janus was laying on the catwalk.

"Boss. I failed." he said into a communicator.

After that a dark and tall man with sunglasses ran in front of him. He went in front of him and kneeled down as Janus wiped the sweat of his face.

"It’s gonna blow." Rude said.

"Ok, let’s get outta here!" Janus yelled.

"’K." Rude replied.

Rude carried Janus with both of his long arms holding on his back. Rude ran out as the ceiling’s lights came down and the Soksushi was shattered to pieces by a jagged piece of metal. The high temperature and hte two sweat as Rude kicked a small wooden dooe in the bottom left side of the catwalk.

"They’re all gonna die. We’ll start with that girl." he said.

"........." Rude replied.


Meanwhile in Junon.......

Cloud was laying on a bunk bed tossing and turning thinking about everything that just happened. Tifa was holding his right hand and looked at him, and smiled.

"Were done. It’s over. Thank God, I am now free. Free from my inner deamons." he said.

"Yeah...." she said.

"I thank everyone. Especially, her." he said as he peered at thw window to the right.

Cloud put his hand into the wallet and pulled out a pink ribbon and threw it out of the window. The brezze took into the ocean which was just a feet away from the road outside.

"Sometimes, We have to let go." Cloud said.

"...and start life over."

Professor Arron walked into the room and the two turned back. He came and sat down next to them.

"Your right. I through with archology and science. It can help life or deprive life. Mine was the latter."

"Were are you going?" Cloud and Tifa asked.

"Kalm. Get some peace and quiet." he said as he fixed up his glasses.

He walked out of the room and walked down the staris. He walked in view of the window and waved goodbye. He walked down the road as the sun began to rose up and brighted the dim lights of Junon. Arron continued walking slwoly with a breifcase in hand smiling. Arron continued walking into the dark tunnel.

Everyone is in peace now. Cloud has conquered his fear, but is the true enemy destroyed?


THE END

Credits

Cast

Cloud Strife
Barett Wallace
Tifa Lockhart
Aerith Gainsborough
Janus
Rufus Shinra
Rude Payton
Reno
Reeve/ Kait Sith
Professor Arron

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