Spanning
By: Bahamut X
I do not own any of the Final Fantasy characters and they are all property of Squaresoft. Of course if I could think of storylines like that I'd right for Hollywood.
The cold and dark is unbearable. I must escape now………I am confined but soon, very soon I shall escape and take my place as ruler over the insects that inhabit my worlds. They locked me away here…cold, so cold…the time will come for my revenge but I must be patient………
Cloud looked around
his old hometown. The one that had burned to the ground. A few people sat
outside the general store playing checkers. The mansion was getting moldy and
falling apart. And the well still stood in the middle of town. Cloud thought to
himself, yup. Home to some extent. He walked up to the people playing
checkers and asked a young looking man, " Is anyone living in the old Shin-Ra
mansion?" "Well, not officially but this weird guy stays there when he's in
town. His name was….hey Bob what was his name again?" Another man who had
finished jumping seven different pieces said "Vincent I think. Not a real
friendly guy. Why you looking for him stranger?" "He's a friend of mine."
Before any more conversation could be made Cloud stalked up to the mansions
front door. The sun hung high in the sky and it was pretty hot. Cloud banged on
the door making an indent of his fist in the soft wood. Really starting to
break down. No one answered so he shoved the door open and looked into the
gloom of the mansion. Taking a few steps into the entry hall he suddenly heard
a scream. Cloud whipped his Buster sword off his back and ran into the front
room. He saw a few Ying-Yangs (the zombie creatures) ganging up on a single
man. Cloud dashed forward and swung his sword at one of the creatures lopping
it's head off then twisted to catch another in the chest. The sword flew
through the rotting flesh like butter and cut the creature down to size. Cloud
could see who the zombies had been after. Most definitely Vincent. "Hey
Vincent. How ya' doin?" Vincent broke the grip of one of the creatures who had
grabbed his arm and tore it's hand off at the same time. He leveled his gun at
another creature and blew its head off. "I am fine. And you?" The last
Ying-Yang lumbered at Cloud and he stabbed between its legs then leaped up,
ripping the monster straight up the middle. "I'm fine. I heard you were in
here." Vincent holstered his gun and said "I'm cleaning house. I figure this
would be a nice place to live." Cloud took a look around and said "Yeah, maybe
if you've been dead for god knows how long." Vincent said "There must be some
reason you are here. Did anyone else come with you?" " No. After we killed
Sephiroth I was on edge for a while so Tifa recommended I take a trip. So far
I've visited Wutai and guess who's the new fifth level Pagoda Goddess." "Who?"
Cloud stared at Vincent a minute because he thought his friend was a little
sharper than that then said "Yuffie. Then I visited Rocket Town and I found out
that Cid and Shera have gotten married. Now I'm here. What have you been
doing?" Vincent said "Not much really. A lot of reading, some piano playing.
Going through Hojos old stuff and burning most of it." They stood around for a
while then Cloud said "Do you know any good places to eat in this town?" "Not
really. I eat in if I eat at all." Suddenly overhead there was a huge sonic
boom and some of the roof ripped away exposing the sky and the two could see
The Highwind hovering overhead. They walked outside to see what Cid was doing
hovering over the town and a ladder fell from the sky and Cid climbed down off
it. Vincent said "Cid, you do know that you just ripped the ceiling off of my
house, right?" Cid lit a cigarette and said "Yeah, I'm sorry. Next time I'll
try to blow the whole damn thing down but that's not important. I came to tell
you about some weird shit I saw on the news. The Gold Saucer was just very
nearly knocked over by that big red weapon we saw in the dessert. Then that big
green thing just appeared off the coast of the northern continent. Then just as
I was flying here I was attacked by the Flying weapon thing. It very nearly
took me out of commission. What's stranger is that they are all heading north
towards the Northern continent. I thought it might be worth checking out seeing
as how people could get killed if their towns are in the way of those weapons."
Cloud said "Well if people are in trouble we've gotta help them. So off we go I
guess." Cid said " Yeah, but can we do it alone?" Suddenly a crew member yelled
down from up above "Captain! Bone Village is under attack as of right now!"
Cloud said " I don't think we have much choice here Cid. Let's go.
Squall walked down
the street of Eshtar. People around him laughed and talked about different
things but most of them were trading cards and playing Triple Triad. Squall had
nothing personal against the game except that Selphie had gotten he and Zell to
go with her to the big competition. She had actually borrowed most of his cards
but it wasn't a big deal. Except if she lost his Bahamut card then he would
have to rip her head off and shove it down her neck hole. If only that were
possible. Zell ran up behind Squall and said "Yo, Squall what're ya' doin?"
Squall said "Walking down the street looking for someone who isn't a card dork.
It's a fine game in moderation but this is madness. Who actually goes to these
kinds of things and they have lives?" "I bet you 10 gil that one of these
people has a life. Go ahead you can choose the person to ask." Squall scanned
the mob then walked up to a teenager staring at a deck of cards. "Excuse me but
do you have a girlfriend?" Zell stood behind Squall expecting to get his 10 gil
within the next few seconds. "Girlfriend? Who needs a girlfriend when I have
these cards. I've got Shiva, Siren, Edea, Rinoa and I just traded a Krysta card
for this brown haired beauty." Squall looked at the card and said "Ooooooookay.
An Irvine card. I'm gonna go…..this way." Squall walked away and Zell said "I'm
short of cash so can I write you an I.O.U.?" "Sure just remember to pay
though." The duo walked over to the junk shop just to get out of the street and
the owner said "There's a fee to play in here, you know." Squall said "We're
not here to play." Zell had a seat on a couch that was in the corner and
watched an overhead T.V..
Yes, I can feel them coming. They are trying to stop me. To halt my return, but they can't. I wont allow it. I will return and return to my former glory and I can leave the cold behind……leave the cold……
________________________________________________________________________