Chapter Two
The next morning, Tifa took a quick trip back to the Highwind to tell Cid about the materia. "Dammit! Couldn't you told you spent the night in the mansion instead of having me sleep on the #$ conference table?" Tifa's face flushed with embarrassment. "Sorry Cid, we kind of forgot about you." Cid went red as a tomato, he looked ready to explode, but he just sat back and lit up a cigarette. "Forget it, just get the damn thing so we can get out of here." Tifa left Cid at the ship and rejoined Cloud and Vincent. Then they set off to Mt. Nibel to find the new materia.
It didn't take long to reach the reactor; it's just past the bridge. Being back brought up so many memories, this was the place where Sephiroth freaked out and realized he was experimented on. This started his twisted obsession to become one with the planet and drove him to summon Meteor. It was the same as always; a pod room full of mako produced monster soldiers. Coincidently, Cloud, Tifa, and Vincent were the three that took out Sephiroth a year ago. Cloud has the master summon materia, Tifa has the master command materia, and Vincent has the master magic materia. They all have their best weapons and wizard bracelets, which although don't provide a great defense, but has eight materia slots. Their efforts put together was able to take down Sephiroth once and for all. They're ready for anything.
"The materia should be in Jenova's cell", Vincent started, "I found out how to open it." Vincent walked up to the door and banged it in six different spots, the door opened quickly and they stepped inside. The room was a wreck from last time. Where Jenova once rested, a green orb gleamed in the dim light, Tifa walked up and grabbed it. "So this materia is supposed to make people into giants?" Vincent nodded, "yeah, this is the first part of my plan. Our next stop should be Cosmo Canyon to get the zombie materia."
As they stepped out of the reactor and made their way back to town, they heard steps behind them, they turned to see that the mako soldiers had left their pods and were following them. Cloud drew his mighty Ultima Weapon and Vincent drew his Death Penalty. "How can those things still be alive? They've had to have been in there at least thirty years." This puzzled cloud, but Vincent simply began shooting. "Persistent bastards aren't they?" Cloud followed Vincent's lead and started slashing. Tifa put on her Premium Heart glove and delivered a few fast punches to the first one she saw, but the monster smacked her back against the reactor, she was down for the moment, Leaving Cloud and Vincent to finish them off.
The mako soldiers swarmed on the two fighters, while Cloud cut them down at close range, Vincent shot them down at long range. For a while, it was working, but the soldiers just kept coming, they seemed endless, and the two fighters stamina was wearing thin. Tifa laid her back against the reactor and cast the Fullcure spell, her wounds healed instantly. She looked over at her two friends; their fatigue was clearly visible, and there was little she could do to help. Then she remembered the growth materia; she had put it in one of her materia slots for safekeeping. She stared at it intently; the spells target becomes a giant. Well if there was ever a time to use it, now was it!
Tifa gathered her energy and cast the spell; "Grow!" she shouted, and just that quick, her body began to grow. Cloud and Vincent stopped fighting to see, the spell made Tifa grow about twenty feet, taller than the reactor. Tifa got a touch of vertigo, seeing everything become small so suddenly was a bit of a shock, but it wore off and she was ready to fight! Tifa slammed her colossal fist into the group of pygmy monsters and squashed them flat. A few more hit and the soldiers were gone, and then she turned to the reactor. "This pile of junk's been nothing but trouble. I'm going to get rid of it once and for all!" Tifa grabbed hold of the building, ripped it out of the ground, and threw it over the edge of the cliff. The cursed reactor was finally gone.
"Dispel!" Vincent cast the spell on Tifa, which made her shrink back to normal size. Her victory was stunning. "Nice work Tifa", Cloud started, "I think you should hold on to that materia". Vincent nodded in approval and said, "I agree. Now I don't mean to step on the moment, but we need to get to Cosmo Canyon. Lets not forget Meteor still coming."
