Chapter 3
Edge
Cloud tried to more but the materia used was well beyond mastered so he would have to wait till it wore off. He looked over to Tifa who was crying with her knees curled to her chest. Reno and Rude had just taken Marlene and Denzel. They continued to lie like this for around and hour before he could start to get feeling in his arms. He lifted his body up clumsily and crawled his way towards Tifa. To his left he could see his sword had been moved a couple of metres away, but he would have to get that later.
"Tifa."
He finally got to Tifa after what seemed like hours and begun to untie the ropes. The spell was making the easy job more difficult.
Tifa looked over her shoulder and saw Cloud and gave him a sad smile and moved into a sitting position as her hands were released. Cloud instantly fell back down beside her as she wiped the tears away and looked over to Cloud. "You okay?"
Cloud just looked at her and looked away. "It's not me you should be worried about." He said looking at her very pale skin. She turned away and coughed before facing Cloud again. She shook her head and looked over to the bar. There had to be some materia there she could use. She stood up and started to clumsily walk towards the bar.
Cloud watched as she made her way toward the house before looking around. His mind was a fussy and it was getting hard to move. Then he noticed something. "TIFA! GET BACK!" Tifa twirled around and gasped but before she could move the bar behind her exploded. The force of the explosion caused her to lose her footing and she hit the ground rolling till she came to a stop.
Cloud watched the explosion but had to cover his face from all the rubble flying towards him. He waited until it stopped before he looked over himself. He had a few new cuts and bruises, but the MAKO and Jenova cells would heal him up quickly. He didn't want to but he looked over to Tifa and was shocked. She was covered in blood and cuts. With a new found energy, he managed to get up with a stumble and run towards her.
New York – The lair
They all entered the main entrance of the lair to see their father meditating. They walked past quietly and Don was quick to get to his lab and placed the strange machine on the bench before working on the cables. Mikey followed and as soon and the machine was put down, he picked it up.
"Work on this first, I want to know what it is." Don just ignored him and continued on his work. He turned his chair and Mikey followed. "Please Donnie."
"Not now Mikey," he grinned as he connected one of the cables which seemed to be working fine. He looked to Mikeys new 'toy'. "Which should I fix first, the TV or that thing?" Mikey grinned and slammed the machine on the bench and was given a glare from his older brother. Both Leo and Raph walked over, they were both also interested in what Mikey had found before.
Don looked and pulled a part off and looked at the wiring. His eyes widened and he continued to go through it. "This has to be alien tech, not even Bishop has stuff this advanced. Not even Cody had something like this. I don't think this is a gaming console Mikey."
"What's seems to be really advanced Donatello?" All four of the turtles looked at their father as he walked over. He looked at the machine that Don held.
"Mikey found this in the junk yard earlier. It looks to be alien tech." Leo said having a closer look.
"How can something like this end up in a junk yard of New York?" Splinter asked as he also had a closer look. Don shrugged as he continued to pull it apart.
After a couple of hours, everyone had gone to bed besides Don. He was told to wake them if anything happened but he was just pulling it apart so he highly doubted it. He should be able to fix it, but it would take a while. He played with it a few more hours before he decided to go to bed, he would put it back together in the morning.
Cloud was walking through the streets of Edge with Tifa unconscious in his arms and his fusion sword on his back. None of the people of the city even bothered to help as he walked through the streets. They knew that if they helped AVALANCHE in any way, they would be killed by wither ShinRa or the Turks. They were only allowed to eat at Tifa's bar. Cloud had to get out of the city before ShinRa SOLDIERS came back. He started to get into a jog through the streets as he looked for anything to help them. But there was nothing.
He ran to the exit to the city but stopped when he felt Tifa shiver. The poison, he looked around for anything to find nothing. He sighed before he ran out the city, the hit of the desert heat hitting him instantly. He didn't bother stopping as he ran towards Mideel.
He could hear the helicopters in the distance heading towards Edge as he ran through the desert. After a while he could hear the screams of the people and the sounds of guns being fired. He stopped again and looked back at the now burning city. Rage was coursing through his body but he had to be strong… for Tifa. But he also felt guilty. He couldn't save anyone.
It would at take him hours before he could even see Mideel. Now he just walked through the desert with Tifa in his arms and watched as the fiends roamed around. They knew Cloud was strong and Cloud was lucky that the monster here were weak and knew their place, so he simply ignored them. He looked over at his shoulder where the syringe entered before. He didn't want to admit it. But it hurt, a lot. He walked over to a small cliff with enough room for him to stand under before resting Tifa against the wall in a seated position. She was still bleeding from all the cuts from the explosions and shaking from the poison.
Her eyes were opened slightly and it was getting harder for her to breath. It took her a while to realise they've stopped before she looked up at him. She watched curiously as Cloud inspected his shoulder and moved his arm around. "Cl… Cloud?" Her voice was barely above a whisper but Cloud looked and her and gave her a small but sad smile. She lifted her arm and rested it on his shoulder gently. "Does it… hurt?" Cloud tensed and looked away from her, Tifa knew by the reaction it did. She watched as his hand gripped harder around his shoulder and was making obvious sounds of pain. Tifa was worried and quickly wrapping her arms around him, she had to comfort him.
Cloud could feel himself shake as the pain grew. Tifa was trying her best to encourage him but he couldn't even feel her over the pain. She was saying something but couldn't hear her as he fell to the ground and was consumed by darkness.
