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As she put her hand on the smooth wood of the door, she felt eyes watching her. Taking a look over her shoulder she saw many of the shady-looking people whom she saw earlier eying her with interest. Feeling anxious, she pushed the door open and walked inside. The bar was empty, except for a small girl who was looking at her shyly and a woman who was washing a glass. She looked up and smiled.

"Welcome to Tifa's Seventh Heaven! Can I get you something?"

Tifa looked at the girl who had just entered her bar a little strangely. The girl did not seem older than nineteen. She had brown hair and eyes and fair skin. She had her hair put up and it was of different lengths, making it stick up in many directions on top, and coming down in soft waves as it lengthened. Around her neck were a black choker and a silver chain. Hanging from the chain was something that looked like a heart with wings.

Continuing her inspection, she noticed the girl was wearing a shirt with strings coming off the shoulder. Around her middle was a white cloth held onto her with three black belts. She also noticed what looked like short-shorts under a 'flap' that look like part of a skirt. There were small tears around the edges. At the far right, from Tifa's point of view, there were two perfectly round holes, and one semi circle at the bottom on the 'flap'. The holes had one X over each.

The girl squirmed, feeling uncomfortable under Tifa's watch.

"Please, come sit down at the bar," Tifa said kindly. As she walked, there was a black 'cloak' hanging from her waist. It seemed as though she put it through a shredder and pulled out halfway through. Tifa watched the girl walk, and saw that she wore flat boots that opened wide at the ankle. They, too, were also belted.

Although her clothing could be considered 'scary' with all the belts, she could not have looked more nervous as she sat in front of Tifa.

"What's your name?"

The girl fidgeted in her seat. "My name is Raye," she said in a low tone. "I'm here…I'm here to see AVALANCHE?"

"Oh, you must be that princess," she said in realization. "My name is Tifa, and I own this bar. The other members haven't come back yet."

"Come back from what?" Raye asked.

Tifa walked to the other end of the bar, put the glass away, and returned to her.

"They went on a mission to blow up the North Mako Reactor. They're running a little late, I hope everything went alright."

Raye sat there, her mouth hanging open slightly in utter speechlessness. She put her hands on the bar and stood up quickly.

"I'm sorry," Raye said with a trembling voice. "There has to be some kind of mistake. My advisor has paid AVALANCHE to watch over me, while my kingdom is being taken care of. There is no way that AVALANCHE is still working like this…"

Tifa looked a little worried. "Barrett hasn't told me anything else. As far as I know, you're going to be part of this team."

Raye sat down, unable to stop herself from swaying dangerously.

"Are you feeling alright? You're pale," Tifa said, looking a little worried.

"No, no, no, no, no…." Raye muttered as she set her head down onto the bar. "I'll kill him…."

Before Tifa could say anything else, two men and a woman broke into the bar shouting, yelling, and laughing. Raye looked up and Tifa saw tears in the girl's eyes. Tifa put her hand on Raye's arm comfortingly.

"It'll be fine. We'll talk to Barrett when he comes in."

"Hey, Tifa! Let's get some food and drinks over here in celebration!" The fattest of the three that came in yelled.

Tifa rolled her eyes and began taking out glasses and plates.

"Papa!"

The little girl who was sitting quietly in the corner now jumped from her seat and ran to the door as it opened. A tall man with spiky blond hair walked through, and the girl blushed and ran back to her seat. Tifa walked out from behind the bar to the man.

"Welcome back, Cloud," she greeted with a large smile on her face. "Looks like everything went well. Did you fight with Barrett?"

The man whom she called Cloud shrugged. "Yeah."

Tifa shook her head and said, "I should have known. Well, I'm glad everyone's safe."

The door opened once more, and an extremely large, dark-skinned man walked through and hugged the little girl. She laughed and returned his affection. Raye felt shyer than she ever had before. Now, she wished that she would disappear into the woodwork instead of being here among the commotion. The large man who she heard someone call 'Barrett' glanced at her and calmed down. He took his daughter off his shoulder and set her on the floor. He turned to face Raye fully and she saw that his right (?) arm was non-existent. In its place, was a large gun-like machine. The hairs on her head stood on end and she silently wished that everything were a dream.

"Alright fools! Get in here! We're starting the meeting and I've got a lot to say!" he yelled. The three at the table, Barrett, and Cloud all went to one end of the bar where a pinball machine was located. The floor under the machine lowered and they all stepped down into a room below. Tifa gently took her arm led her down the stairs.

Please let me be dreaming…

As soon as her boots touched the floor, and she saw that the members of AVALANCHE were looking at her with expectancy, she knew that there was no mistake and she would have to kill Joel when she saw him next.

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I'm sorry not much happened. I'll make sure that they go on the second mission together!

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