Installment 2: The Hidden Consciousness
The sun was shining bright, the very opposite of the deteriorating soil surrounding Midgar. Cloud leaned against his bike as he flipped off the cap of his drink. Construction workers and Geo-Scientist were working to restore the land, by digging and studying the earth.
"Hey, mercenary! Why don't you use some materia to help move the earth around here!" a worker manning a crane yelled down as he slammed the large tool into the ground. Cloud was unflinching to this and simply sipped at his drink, "That's not what I'm here to do," he said calmly, "...my job is to protect you from monsters, and I don't see any monsters," he glared off into the distance.
The worker leaned out of the window of his machine, "I'll...uh...pay ya extra!"
"Hey!"
a scientist yelled, "Stop pestering the merc! Now get back to
work!" the scientist had long black hair pulled back in two
pony tails running down his back, "There is something here,
something big. We have no time for games," he stepped into a
large portable. Cloud looked off into the distance.
"Ahhh!
Monster!" workers started running past Cloud; he glared at the
beast as he took his giant sword in hand.
"Behemoth,
they're not common in these parts," he said to himself. The
scientist from before turned toward him, "Do not damage any of
the equipment!"
"Whatever, you'd better go before you
get hurt," Cloud held his blade at an angle as the beast stomped
large foot prints into the hard decayed earth. Cloud leapt into the
air lunging at the beast head but was deflected by its vicious jaws.
Cloud bounced back to a slide as the Behemoth made two attempts with
its claws. Cloud jumped back dodging an attack, then swiftly parrying
the blow slicing straight through its claws. It let out an ear
piercing screech then took a lunge with its jaws at Cloud. He jumped
back then leapt onto its head, the Behemoth stood to its full height
of two stories on its hind legs. Cloud raised his blade above the
beasts head, and without hesitance drove the large deadly blade into
its skull. With another cry it fell onto its back creating a large
crack in the distorted ground. Cloud fell off the beasts head and
rolled near a group of machinery. The workers and scientists were
watching from a distance, they approached with caution, but soon
halted as the crack from the Behemoth spread across the soil to
create a gaping hole. The beast fell through into small river of
green water, "...Lifestream," the head scientist muttered.
The gaping hole revealed a pathway of caverns lit by glowing crystals
in the walls. Cloud pulled out his cell phone, "Yuffies gonna
love this..."
