A/N: Don't sue me, don't sue me! Kudasai! Please read my disclaimer before suing me, then you might have a change of mind. Yes, we all know they're just a legal boring addition everyone must have at the beginning of their fics, but my story is not fully original, you see. So, here it is! - Dun dun dun. -

Disclaimer: I do not own FF7. This includes the characters, and even the plotline of this particular story. I wanted to recreate the entire FF7 game into one big story. I've gathered as much info as I could, and still gathering, including all the dialogue that's spoken in the game. So generically I do not own 95 percent of this story. The only 5 percent I own are the descriptions in writing this story, and credit for writing the story itself. I hope you enjoy! Wish me luck on this ginormously long project.

A/N: I will add an intro later that tells a bit about Midgar's appearance, and possibly the scene with Aeris in.

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- Chapter One -

Avalanche and the North Mako Reactor

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Somewhere within the northern corners of the capital, Midgar, a train set its brakes to a slow halt, coming to a full stop at the train station some minutes later. Two motionless guards dressed in formal red uniforms stood just outside the halted train. Two older boys hopped out the train instantly while the two guards immediately ran towards the two boys, yelling "Hey you! Stop!" They sensed suspicion.

The boys reacted immediately by jumping the two guards, knocking them down and unconscious without a word, as if it were already planned. One other girl jumped off the train, all of them rushing northwards, taking a turn into an alleyway that lead into a larger area. It was obviously not meant to be trespassed by unauthorized people. This intrusion set alarms and red flashing lights off all over.

The last man to jump out of the train didn't appear to fit the rest of the gang. He owned rather light blonde hair that was kept slightly long in the front, and short in the back. He also kept the front of his hair lazily spiked, which allowed some of the spikes to fall to the sides of his face, but others were kept up. He's a 21 year old man with an earring on his left ear, left shoulder armor, darkly colored gloves, a navy blue vest and pants, short boots and carries a ridiculously large sword as his weapon, sheathed on his back.

"C'mon newcomer. Follow me!" The black man told the blonde. Quickly, he ran and followed the others to their destination. The unidentified blonde followed, but was interrupted by a group of two solders dressed completely in blue uniforms, guns held in ready position. They ran towards the male, aiming their guns.

"Hey, you! Halt! Intruder!" They hollered.

Quickly, the boy unsheathed his sword and held it in front of him. This sword was large enough to block any gun attacks, much used like a steel shield. A split second later, he was protected by two gunshots they each fired. He used a summersault between the two soldiers, rising up behind them before elbowing them both roughly on their upper backs, then shunning them in a painful manner, knocking them to the ground unconscious. He didn't hesitate a moment to catch up with the rest of the gang, taking a turn and meeting them in front of a large metal gate, all together.

"Wow, you used to be in Soldier all right! …Not everyday ya find one in a group like Avalanche." Biggs, one of the group members, commented.

"Wait a minute. Soldier? Aren't they the enemy? What's he doing in Avalanche?" Jessie, the only female in the group, asked as she looked hesitantly at the ex-Soldier. Biggs only shook his head, and looked back at Jessie.

"Hold it, Jessie. He was in Soldier. He quit and now is one of us." Biggs turned to the victorious blonde, "Didn't catch your name…"

"…Cloud." He responded lowly, looking up at the reactor tower ahead of them, but quite a distance off. He didn't pay much attention to anything else going on, except whatever interference might cross his path. Just like those previous soldiers attempting to fight him. Boy, wasn't that a mistake.

"Cloud, eh? I'm—"

"I don't care what your names are. Once this job's over… I'm outta here." Cloud responded, sheathing his sword into the sheath attached to his back. He held the same expression on his face; without a smile. Before Biggs could respond to Cloud's moody attitude, the large black man rushed to the group, looking at them a bit upset.

"The hell y'all doin'? I thought I told you to never move in a group!" he ranted. They all just rolled their eyes and nodded, awaiting his next command. "Our target's the North Mako Reactor. We'll meet on the bridge in front of it. Got it?" Everyone else nodded.

At the touch of a nearby button planted into the wall, the metal gate opened. Jessie, Biggs, and Wedge moved on, the leader stopping only a few feet ahead. He looked back at Cloud.

"Ex-Soldier, eh? Don't trust ya!" He warned, before then moving on, forcing Cloud to move on and catch up. There was no way they could waste any time; anyone could catch up to them. If they're caught, they're all busted big time, and their plan would be smashed.

Barret Wallace, if you haven't yet noticed, is the leader of the Avalanche organization group. Avalanche is a group dedicated to destroying Shinra's plans to proceed and drain the Mako energy from the planet in forming new technology and productions for our conveniences. He's a very largely built muscle black man with a black buzz cut. He's 35 years old with an earring on his left ear, a tattoo of a skull imprinted on his left upper arm, he wore a tan-colored vest left open with no shirt, a black fingerless glove on his right hand and a big round machine gun for his left arm (He lost his arm a number of years ago), a dog tag, silver metal around his waist, green pants and large boots.

Cloud took one last glance at the Mako Reactor, and headed forth, proceeding to enter the reactor itself. Just as Barret said, he was found on a long bridge with the rest of the gang. About halfway across the bridge, there was another one bridging off to the side, leading into another entrance. Sort've like a T shape if you looked at it from a certain angle above. They all headed into one of the entrances.

"Yo! This your first time in a reactor?" Barret asked Cloud, the others standing quietly as they awaited Barret's next command.

"No. After all, I did work for Shinra y'know."

"The planet's full of Mako energy. People here use it everyday. It's the life blood of the planet. But Shinra keeps suckin' the blood out with these weird machines!" He explained with an upset tone of voice, mainly directed towards Shinra Inc. for doing as he said.

"I'm not here for a lecture. Let's just hurry and get this over with." Cloud simply stated.

"That's it! You're comin' with me from now on."

Jessie and Biggs deciphered the code to open the gate before them, Jessie, Cloud and Barret rushed through to decipher the next code on the next gate. She opened the second gate, and the three members headed into the elevator, the door automatically shutting behind them.

"Press that button over there." Jessie pointed, standing by the elevator's door. Cloud did as he was told, pressing the up button. As they waited, Barret spoke.

"Little by little the reactor'll drain out all the life. And that'll be that."

"It's not my problem." Cloud shrugged calmly.

"The planet's dyin', Cloud!"

"The only thing I care about is finishin' this job before security and the Roboguards come."

Barret had a hard time keeping his anger to himself. He shook his fist quietly, letting himself steam off. He was getting pissed by Cloud's attitude, anyone could see that. The elevator reached its destination, and the door slid open. Everyone quickly rushed out. They all proceeded through rooms at a time, noticing the signs and flashes saying "Warning" or "Intruder Alert!" constantly. This merely triggered them to pace quicker before anyone could catch up to them and stop them from accomplishing Avalanche's goal. They battled a few enemies here and there, but nothing too hard to handle. At one point while walking along a large metal railing with several crossed holes in them, Jessie got her foot stuck while quickly pacing to catch up. She fell down with a thump.

"Aaah!" She screamed. She tugged and tugged, but her foot wouldn't become free.

"Jessie!" Barret rushed back to help Jessie, but she only waved him away quickly after realizing the time shortage they were in.

"No, stop. You two go along, or we'll all get caught! Hurry and set the bomb. Go!" She waved them off. Barret hesitantly nodded, and ran forward for a number of feet. He took one look back at Jessie, and gave her a thumbs up; a signal saying, "We're gonna do this. Wish us luck." He nodded, then caught up with Cloud.

Eventually they reached the room of the bomb, a bridge leading to the reactor's core where they could set off the bomb to blow the entire reactor up.

"When we blow this place, this ain't gonna be nothin' more than a hunka junk." Barret nodded to Cloud, "Cloud, you set the bomb."

"Shouldn't you do it?" He looked to Barret.

"Jus' do it! I gotta watch to make sure you don't pull nothin'."

Cloud shrugged. "Fine. Be my guest."

At this moment, Cloud blinked into a sudden unexpected flashback of an unidentified moment. He shut his eyes blankly as he heard a voice in his head say something along the lines of "Watch out! This ain't just a reactor!" But the voice was also unknown. Cloud held his hand to his forehead painfully and confused. Barret blinked.

"…What's wrong?"

"Huh?" Cloud shook his head, and looked up at Barret.

"What's wrong, Cloud? Hurry it up!"

"…Yeah, sorry." Shaking himself back into reality, he walked up to the bomb. He kneeled down, and pressed a few buttons to decipher some code, causing the bomb to be set. A rumble was then heard, but not from the bomb itself. Barret looked back.

"Heads up, here they come!" He warned out loud, loading his machine gun-arm immediately, while Cloud unsheathed his sword. Something caught up to them, and it wasn't anything ordinary or small.

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A/N: What could this be? What caught up to Cloud and Barret, and how are they going to get out in time before the bomb explodes? What about Jessie, will she get her foot free before time's up? If she doesn't, kabloom. Find out in chapter two, coming soon. Hope you enjoyed! Leave a review at the doorstep, kudasai!

In Japanese, "kudasai" means "please" for non-Nihongo speakers. (…Oops.)