((Hello! As many of you may know, I deleted my story FF7 2. Sad huh? Well this is a better version of that story, so enjoy! Also, as I said in the last FF7 2, I have changed some of the storyline around, because I can.

Disclaimer: No, I don't own FF7. But Aiko is my character!

This mean people are thinking, but they will not do much of that =D))

Aiko's sharp eyes scanned over the morning paper. Still nothing of interest going on in this pathetic little town. She sighed. Nothing fun ever happened in Cost de Sol. The weather was always hot and sunny. Aiko really hated it there. But now it was time for her to get to work. She was 17 years old and lived on her own, so she had to work constantly to keep up with expenses. However, she worked at a much higher paying job then anything one could find a Cost del Sol; she worked at the Golden Saucer. It was a bit of a trip to get there though. She always had to leave early in the morning to get there. She sighed again and lifted herself out of the chair. I better get going then. Aiko walked out the front door, locking it one the way out, and had to squint to see in the blinding sunlight. It was too early for most of the people to be up. That was just the way she liked it. She wasn't really much for people. Aiko, being a bit of a tomboy, greatly disapproved of them all. She was also rather shy. She took a moment to look around and take in the sights, as she always did, and then walked off to begin her trip to the Golden Saucer. She hoped that something interesting might happen today. Anything at all would be better then what she had. Yeah right. I'll bet that nothing will ever happen and I will be stuck her forever. And then I will die here, all alone, just like I always am.

"Looks like I am a little bit early..." Cloud murmured to himself, looking quickly at the clock in the station. It was now about 1:50pm. The air tram came to a halt and he waited for the passengers to get off. After all the chattering people disembarked from the tram, he stepped in and took a seat on one of the benches at the very front of the tram. He felt the trolley lurch forward and the propellers roaring to life. Then it started its' rather slow trip up to the Golden Saucer. Cloud watched the town slowly disappear from the back window as the tram moved up. He looked back around at the empty tram and sighed. This was going to be the first time since he had seen some of his friends in a year. All of them had seemed to be so busy through out the last year. Barret had been helping clean up his home town of Corel, which Cloud had noticed looked a lot nicer since the last time he saw it. Cid had been rebuilding his house, which had been demolished when the rocket had taken off. Cait Sith, or Reeve, as everyone now knew, had been looking for another job, last Cloud had heard. Vincent had gone back to sleeping, and Cloud had the feeling he wouldn't be coming. Nanaki had been at home, probably protecting the people from anything, and spending time with his grandpa while he still had some left. Yuffie had been materia hunting, and Cloud hadn't heard much of what Tifa had been up to. It'll be nice to see everyone again... Cloud mused to himself.

Aiko patted the chocobo fondly on the head. Her job at the Golden Saucer was to take care of the racing chocobo. She also sometimes had to greet the guests, which she disliked greatly, but right now it was time for her lunch break. She walked out of the stables and headed towards the new café that had been built. Aiko stepped into the cafeteria and walked up to the counter to see what there was to eat today. It was still packed even though it was about two o' clock. The Golden Saucer is always packed. She reminded herself. She grabbed some food that looked good and sat down. She always ate rather quickly, she hated being in the café. There were just too many people for her. All of them were munching loudly as they talked to each other about their pointless lives. Many of them had come here with friends; which would be nice to do if Aiko had any. Aiko finished her little lunch and stood up. She took a quick glance at all of the others in the room. She noted the most of them had just come to get some junk food. She then marched quickly past the hoards of gabbing people and slid outside. She was just about to step into the doorway that led to the chocobo center when the lights flickered and went out.

The tram had just about made it up half way up to the Golden Saucer when suddenly it came to a jolting stop. What the hell!?! Cloud's head smashed into the window from the force of the stop. The over head lights flickered and died. Oh joy. So much for being early. Cloud rubbed the back of his head and stood up, feeling the trolley sway. Oh god... Not now... Cloud felt his motion sickness starting to kick in. It wasn't so bad normally, but not being able to see anything at all in a moving vehicle really set it off. He quickly ran over to one of the windows and pulled it open.

Shit. This is just great... Aiko jogged through the darkness, trying to get away from the many screams of confusion from the guests and find a flashlight for these morons. She looked around carefully at the walls. Her night vision was much better then most peoples', but even so, she saw no signs of an emergency flashlight. Aiko sighed and continued her search. The people were still yelling and screaming, but she must have been farther away because now it was much quieter. She marched on still, passing the Theater. She looked quickly at her watch. It was now about 2:20pm. Aiko continued looking around in the blackness. I guess they never thought that the power would go out. She sighed again. The people had started chattering and she could hear some yelling. They must be telling the workers off. The semi-silence was unexpectedly broken as a shrill scream filled the halls. That's no scream of confusion... Aiko looked around rapidly, seeing nothing. More of the shrill screams filled the air, but just as quickly as they started, they stopped. What on earth is going on? Aiko felt her heart start to race. There was absolutely no noise now. I think I liked the screams better. At least then I knew everyone was still here.... Then she heard a soft dripping noise from behind her. She turned around slowly, and looked about. Nothing was there. I liked the silence better! Her heart was now pounding against her ribs. Heavy footsteps now over took the dripping noise. "Hello?" she called out; hoping it was another worker who could explain what was going on. No reply came. And she thought her heart was pulsating before. What the hell is going on? Who on earth would be creeping around in the dark? Aiko's mind growled. Well whoever it is, their going get it big time!

Cloud pulled himself back up from the window and felt his whole body trembling. He sighed and slowly sank back into one of the seats. I wonder how long this is going to last? It should be fast though; the Golden Saucer wouldn't want to lose any money for this. Cloud brushed his bangs out of his eyes. He looked up at the convenient illuminated clock on the wall of the tram. 2:05 was what it now read. He sighed again and laid his head back on the windowsill. Cloud let his eyes slid close, and took a deep breath. His body was still trembling. A small rattling noise caught his attention; he felt the tram rattling with it. What the hell is going on now? Cloud stood up, and heard the noise again, but now closer to him. With every passing second the noise got louder, and came faster then the last. Just as it was directly above him, it stopped. Cloud held his breath, not daring to move. He heard a hollow thunk and waited for the next noise. Nothing came. After about a minute Cloud relaxed. Maybe it was just a bird? His mind retorted sharply at him. A bird, eh? Some damn big bird to shake the whole trolley! He thought about it for a moment. There was no way it could have been a bird. Cloud started to turn around to sit back down when he felt a sharp jab to his gut. Just as quickly as the pain came, it went as the world turned blacker then it already was.

((Well, what did you think? Cool huh? Well, please do review it and give me any ideas on what you think would be cool and all that. Also, if you see any errors, point them out so I can fix them. Also, I would like to say that if you really, really want me to; I can put the old FF7 2 back up. Say if you want me to in the reviews and I will see what I can do. Thanks for reading my story!))