Disclaimer: I do not own FF7 or any of the characters. All I own is my OC's.
" Hey Spiky." I said as I entered the garage. Cloud was working on his motor cycle Fenrir. He looked up briefly to acknowledge me. He then returned to his work. Cloud had recently been attacked by a large group of fiends and they had damaged his bike. If you knew Spiky then you'd know how much he loved his bike. Every penny he got extra went into that bike. Not that I minded. He was my best friend and I understood how much he loved that bike. I walked over to watch him work on Fenrir. I finally got bored just watching him so I began to work on the bike with him. Fenrir was beaten up pretty bad.
" Man Spiky, what did you do to poor Fenrir? Ride him threw hell?" I asked him.
" Very funny. You know what happened." he said as he continued working.
" Well then did you make Fenrir do the fighting, cause he's pretty beaten up." I said looking the bike over.
" Yeah, he did take quite a beating didn't he." Cloud said looking at his bike.
" Hey Storm." my sister said walking in. She had short spiky blond hair that was a bit longer than Cloud's and she had the same sky blue eyes. She wore a gray tank top and tight black pants with black and gray boots. She wore two gun holsters, one on each side. She fought with her high powered twin pistols. She wore a long black glove up one arm and a short fishnet one on the other. For unknown reasons Val wore a bright red scarf that wrapped around her neck once or twice and the rest hung down till her skins. Her tank top also only went to a few inches above her pants. She also wore two red cross hatching belts.
" Hey Val." I said. It was kind of ironic really, her first name was Valentine and her best friend was Vincent Valentine. They even fought the same way. I couldn't say much, Cloud Strife was my best friend and my name was Storm and we both fought the same way as well so, I couldn't say anything. Val was my younger sister. Our parents had died when we were little. Somehow I ended up friends with Spiky and helped him and Avalanche. Then Val joined us shortly before we found Coffin Boy, that's what I call Vincent. They became good friends. Though it struck me as odd, Val she loves to talk and Vincent is so quiet. Then again, I only tend to speak when I have a smartass comment, or some of my sardonic humor. Besides that I really don't have much to say, if its not my terrible humor or smart ass remarks it usually pretty important. Cloud, has gotten me to stop the smartass remarks and my humor, so I really don't say much. Cloud talks more than me and that's kind of scary. Though I can talk to Cloud and Val all day when I'm alone with them, but with other people I don't have much to say.
" So Val where is Vincent? You two are normally inseparable." Cloud commented.
" I haven't seen him today. I came to ask you if you've seen him?" Val asked.
" No, I haven't." Cloud said standing up.
" I did." I said.
" Where is he?" Val asked.
" I…he asked me not to tell anyone. He'll be at 7th heaven by now though." I said. Vincent and I weren't friends. We didn't get along at all. Though, Val was the only one who knew how much I liked him. I'd keep where he was a secret cause he asked me to. And, I also knew how much Val cared for Spiky. We'd never rat each other out, so she knew why I wouldn't tell.
" Okay." she replied leaving for 7th Heaven. Cloud and I finished Fenrir up before heading to 7th Heaven which took a good three or four hours at least. I ran my hand through my brownish blonde hair. My eyes were the same bright blue as my sisters and Cloud's. I pulled my hair into a ponytail as we headed down the street towards the bar. When we walked inside we knew something was wrong mainly because all the members of Avalanche were there.
" What's up?" Cloud asked immediately and everyone turned our way.
" Finally we were about to go get you two." Tifa replied relieved.
" What's wrong?" Spiky asked again, more alarmed this time, but his voice remained cool and level.
" Those fiends were not random." Cid stated taking a drag of his cigarette.
" A anti-Avalanche group has been established. We know it for a fact. They attacked Yuffie." Nanaki stated.
" But I gave them a dose of pain all a Yuffie!" Yuffie screamed punching the air.
" Did they say that was their purpose?" Cloud asked.
" Yep, they ran their mouths quite a bit cause they thought the had me, but I went all ninja on them and beat them up. I had to kill the others but I managed to capture one." Yuffie stated proudly.
" Where is he?" Cloud asked.
" In the basement." Barret replied. Cloud nodded and if some silent order was given we all headed into the basement. The basement was dark until the light switch was flipped and light flooded the room. Tied to a chair in the center of the room was a man. He had pale skin that was so white he could pass for a ghost. He had long blonde hair and sea green eyes. He had and unhappy look on his face. He was strongly built and was probably a few inches taller than Spiky. I recognized him immediately, and before I could stop myself I blurted out his name.
" Eric?" I stuttered in utter disbelief and astonishment. His eyes snapped to me in an instant. He seemed as shocked as I was.
" You're a member of Avalanche?" he almost yelled. I nodded blankly my head swimming.
" You know him?" Barret asked.
" Know him? Eric was her best friend for years until Midgar was destroyed…we thought you were dead." Val stated shocked .
" I lived." he replied angrily. I didn't think I stepped forward and before anyone could stop me I punched him hard square in the jaw.
" That's for letting me think you were dead you jackass! Now why the hell do you want us dead? If your don't start talking you might actually piss me off then I can't guarantee you'll not live long." I all but hissed at him. Everyone stared shocked even him. He looked down in shame.
" I didn't know you were part of Avalanche…I thought you had died as so many others did that day." he replied solemnly. I stepped back my anger dwindling.
" But you should have let this piece of shit planet die! We all would have been better off there would have been no more suffering it would all have been over. If anyone understands what I'm saying it's you." he screamed at me.
" I hate the planet I'll admit that, but I never said I wanted it and everything on it wiped out. Things can change, that's why I joined Avalanche." I replied. My answer was truthful.
" Then your as useless as everyone else in this room." he snapped angrily. I would have killed him then if Spiky had grabbed me as I went to lunge for him.
" Val take Storm out of here." Spiky replied in a even tone. Val nodded and drug me out of the room even as the door shut my angry glare never left him.
" Storm are you all right?" she asked.
" No…if he survived then how many others Val? How many!? What if the others aren't dead what if they're a part of them too, then what!? Huh?" I ranted angrily pacing the bar.
" I honestly don't know. I know how you feel though, Eric was my friend to." Val replied sadly and my anger faded. I sighed and headed for the door.
" Where are you going?" Val asked.
" To burn off some steam." I replied as I slipped out of 7th Heaven. I wandered aimlessly around the ruins of Midgar fighting the fiends. I finally returned to myplace about 1 or 2 am. Or well I tried to return that is. I caught a glimpse of a shady character around 7th Heaven. Curious I followed. I was surprised when he figure made for the forgotten forest. I followed silently. I rested my hand on my sword as I followed. I had on biker gloves that allowed me to grip my sword better. I was beginning to regret not wearing a full hoodie. Instead I had on my vest like green hoodie that only went about half way down my chest. As always it hung open revealing my white tank top that stopped a few inches above my shorts. I wore big green baggy cargo short that just passed my knees and my green, white, and black shoes. I managed to follow unnoticed. I realized where we were heading suddenly, to the Forgotten City. Vincent now lived there, why I wasn't sure why but it was where he chose to live. But why here? I wondered. Suddenly the figure was joined by other figures. Now there was about twenty in total. I had no idea if Vincent had returned or not, I pulled out my cell phone and dialed him. Vincent never turned the ring on, he had it on vibrate in his pocket cause the sound attracted fiends. He answered on the second ring.
