Reseracting Old Ghost's
Chapter 1: The Lie's Of A Fath
Maeko felt a cold wind blowing across the waters of the Bulmor harboMaeko felt a cold wind blowing across the waters of the Bulmor harbor as stared out into the dark night sky. He suddenly felt all alone in the world, lost in a sea of unfamiliar face's. It had been a week since he left the Mesa church, although cast out might be a better term.
He had been researching ancient document's and journals during his spare time in the basement library of the Mesa compound. He came across some strange documents which looked to be older then perhaps the Mesa Church itself. In these document's he found what appeared to be the chronicles of a group named Avalanche. Avalanche, in the teachings of the Mesa Church, was the group responsible for the downfall of Midgar, the great holy land. But these document's spoke of Avalanche as if they were hero's. As Maeko delved into the documents, simply titled "Project Jenova", he began to question the Mesa Church and it's teachings. Cloud Striff was not painted as the evil, menacing force that Mesa made him out to be. Just as Sephearoth was not the savior he was believed to be. Maeko reported his findings to head of his order, Binah Clare Heart. Clare assured Maeko that the document's were of course fake, but Maeko felt there was more to "Project Jenova" then it just being a fake and felt that it should be researched in depth. Clare told him that she would bring the documents to the attention of the Kether Elyon, Longinus.
As Maeko laid in his small room in the Mesa Church in Malkuth he thought of the event's in "Project Jenova". Cloud and the rest of Avalanche fighting against Shin-Ra and then Sepheroth, the man he called his savior. He wondered if it was true, if he had really been worshiping a madman. The sound of footsteps marched down the stone floor outside the door to his room. The door violently burst open, and standing there clad in full armor was Hughe Payen, Grand Master of the SOLDER Templar. Templar SOLDER's dragged Maeko out of bed and placed him in handcuff's.
"Maeko Stem, you are here by dismissed by the Mesa Church for conspiring against the Church and it's members. You are being given the chance to leave the Church of your own free will only as you are one of the few that the former Kether Elyon held in his good graces." Hughe Payen glared at Maeko "In my own personal opinion you should be sentenced to death for charges such as these. Leave the Mesa Compound and never return, or I will make it my intention to carry forth that sentence personally."
Maeko had not been given the chance to reply to the charges laid upon him before he was blindfolded and carried off. That was a week ago, a week Maeko had spent struggling just for survival. Maeko eventually found his way to Bulmor, a town on the coast line of what use to be the Woodlands Area. There he was hoping to find passage to New Junon and make his way to the runes of Edge, which also happen to be the runes of Midgar and the starting point for all Mesa's teachings and beliefs. He would visit the temples of Sepheroth and his children. Maybe there he would find some answers.
Shera Highwind was getting her ship, The Bronco, ready for departure. She glanced around nervously as she took the shiny green orb out of the burlap sac it was hidden and placed it in a chest, closing and locking the lid. Shera was amazed that her contact actually came through. Matira was hard to come by, especially Cure matira. She hurriedly slid the chest under the bed in her captains quarters and left to make the final preparations to return to the small village of Truno, also known as New Junon. As she made her way to the deck of The Bronco she could hear voices. She did not recognize the voices which immediately put her on edge. As she slowly peered through the crack in the door which lead to the ships deck she could see two male's rummaging through her supplies. There looking for the Matira... she realized. Without thinking Shera burst through the door and dropped one of the assailant's with a swift kick to the skull, but the other didn't go down so easily. He got hold of her and brought her to the ground, twisting her arm to the breaking point.
Maeko heard a scream of pain coming from one of the ship's but could not pinpoint exactly which one. Then another cry, sounding like a woman, coming from a small ship near the end of the harbor. Maeko rushed toward the ship to aid the girl. He hurried onto the ship's deck and was met face to face with a large bald man with black robe and a strange glow in his eye's. The bald man reached toward him, but was shocked when the small young man grabbed his arm and with amazing strength hurled him over his shoulder. The bald man landed with a thud, tried to get up but fell back to the ground, out cold. Maeko couldn't help noticing a red tattoo on the man's forearm, a cross, with equal arm's, slightly flared at the end's. I've seen that symbol somewhere before, but where. Before Maeko had a chance to think, he was struck on the back of the head. A sickening crack echoed through Maeko's head, then the darkness took him.