The red tornadoes rained down from meteor upon Midgar, tearing pieces from houses and other buildings in their wake. Multiple plates fell, killing anyone taking refuge underneath them.
AVALANCHE watched in horror from the safety of the Highwind. Cait Sith was babbling about how he told everyone to take cover in the slums…and how they were killed anyway. Suddenly, a bright green light appeared on the horizon. Lifestream.
Lifestream twisted around and around Meteor, breaking it up into even smaller fragments. The planet began to shake and finally a brilliant flash…Then the planet was still….
After Meteor: Rise from the Ashes
When the flash cleared, Midgar was in ruins. Most the plates were downed from the tornadoes. The Highwind circled the area of destruction and surveyed the damage.
"Shit!" Exclaimed Cid as he got a better view of the area. Cait was in the back sobbing for all the souls lost in the slums.
"Take 'er down Cid," said Barret solemnly.
"Eh? Where?" asked Cid.
"Kalm I suppose."
"Okay, Kalm it is." he said as they flew off to the small town in the distance.
Three months after Meteor was destoryed, A few miles outside of Midgar, a large group of people stood dazed and confused. Among them were President Shinra, Rufus and the other recently deceased executives from the Shinra Electrical Company.
"What the hell are we doing here? …. And what the hell happened to my beautiful city?!" exclaimed the crotchety old President as he noticed his magnificent city in ruins. His question was soon answered.
"In the past year, many people have died unreasonably. Therefore, I, the Lifestream, have decided to give you all that were killed within the last year a second chance at life. Use this chance wisely, as I shall not give you another one." said a mysterious, feminine voice.
Jessie, Biggs and Wedge stood isolated from the rest of the group, on the far side opposite where the Shinra where at.
"Well, this is just peachy. Now, we got to kill them all over again!" muttered Jessie as she pointed an accusing finger in the Shinra's direction. Biggs just sighed and Wedge glared over at the enemy.
"So, what now?" asked Wedge. Jessie and Biggs shrugged. "You mean you don't know?!"
"…" said Jessie.
"…" agreed Biggs.
"Well! This is great! How are we going to have lunch?!"
"…"
"Well, let's just see here. If that is Midgar…or…was Midgar." Jessie pointed to the flaming heap of a city. "Then, that must be Kalm there…" She pointed to the top of a large tower in the distance.
The trio started their trek across the plains to the city of Kalm.
"Are we there yeeeet?! I'm huuuungry" whined Wedge.
"Bah, that is the 5th time you've asked me this mile. No, we aren't there yet. Are we in the city yet? No, therefore we are NOT in Kalm yet dammit!" replied an irritated Biggs.
"::Sigh:: Knock it off you two. Jeez, just a few more miles." retorted Jessie.
"Few more miles?! FEW MORE MILES?! It's been just a few more miles for the last hour and a half!"
"Biggs, you're flipping out, calm down."
"No! I refuse to calm down until we get to Kalm."
"…Guys…?" asked Wedge sheepishly.
"Biggs, you are acting like a three year old…"
"Do I care?! Look…see if I care. There, do I look like I care?" Biggs snapped angrily.
"No Biggs, you don't look like you care, but do us all a favor and SHUT UP!"
"Jessie…?" nagged Wedge again.
"WHAT?!" She snapped in response.
Wedge cringed. "Ya know…I was just thinking. We were killed in Sector 7 right? Well, theoretically…aren't our original bodies still…you know, rotting underneath that plate?"
"…!" noted Biggs.
"Oh…eew." agreed Jessie.
"FOOOOOOOOD!" exclaimed a very hungry Wedge. He dashed over to the local restaurant.
"Dude, we like…have no money." Jessie pointed out.
"Shit! You're kidding!" said Biggs in a panic.
"Well, all I got is 10 gil, maybe we can get a meal at the MacShinra." said Jessie as she counted out her gil.
"Eew! Why not Burger President?" complained Biggs.
"Food is food…Beggars can't be choosers, Besides, MacShinra is cheaper." stated Jessie flatly.
"::Incoherent grumble::"
Jessie grabbed Biggs by the shirt and dragged him off to MacShinra's as Wedge bounded ahead of them.
"Oo! I'll have one Reactor burger with a large Shinra fry and Mako Dew."
"Wedge!" snapped Jessie angrily.
"Yeah?"
"Does the word budget mean anything to you?"
"Oh…yeah"
Just as they sat down with what little food they had and began to divide it up, a large group of people came in, along with a lion thing and a giant white marshmallow with a cat sitting on its head. Jessie picked out a large African American man that looked awfully familiar to her. She thought for a moment then remembered….
"Hey! That's Barret!" she exclaimed once it hit her. By this time, they group was having a fight over the no pets allowed policy. Apparently, they considered that red lion thing a pet and didn't want it in there.
"I'm sorry sir, but we can't allow animals in the restaurant, it's a health issue" stated the frightened manager as Barret threatened to blow his brains out. Jessie chose that moment to go talk to Barret (which wasn't very bright on her part).
"Barret!" she exclaimed…
"Bah, leave me alone, 'foo!"
"…Tifa?" she turned to Tifa for support.
"…Jessie?" Tifa asked in bewilderment.
By this time, the red lion thing took the hint and waited patiently outside. Barret turned around and looked straight into Jessie's face.
"Jessie!" Barret hugged her hard, so hard that she ended up sputtering when he finally let go. "Where'd you come from?"
"Not sure really…but I'll tell you what, I saw President Shinra and the rest of his minions in a large group along with us outside of Midgar. They looked like those people from Sector 7. Oh, by the way. Midgar is like, a heap of rubble right now. Have you noticed?" she explained.
"Yeah, we noticed. And 'dat old slime bag's back too. Aw…dammit!" cried an upset Barret.
Jessie looked at the line of the now impatient customers behind them. "Uhh…why don't we take this somewhere else?" she suggested.