The ShinRa helicopter's blades cut through the dense fog, allowing the passengers to see the mountains below for a second before their view was obscured.

Zack Fair, SOLDIER First-Class, looked back at his companions.

Two Infantrymen sat behind him and Tseng, Leader of the Turks, was driving the aircraft, sitting a row infront of him.

He flashed the Infantrymen a grin and one smiled nervously back while the other remained motionless; gripping the seat he was sitting in so hard that his knuckles were turning white. From what Zack could see of his face, he was green and not feeling well at all.

"Motion sick, huh? " Zack asked him, pity in his eyes.

The only response was a weak nod.

Poor kid…

He turned back around to peer out his window.

The view was breathtaking once they got out of the fog, the snow-topped mountains were stunning and he could see a river following alongside them from below.

"Whoa. " He breathed. He had never been in this part of the world before.

"Tseng!" He called, tearing his gaze from the fogged-up window to face Tseng.

The Turk turned around, keeping his face stoic.

"Where are we? " Zack asked in a yell so that he was heard past the noise the aircraft made.

"A couple miles south of Modeohiem! " Tseng yelled back.

Zack nodded and gave him a thumbs up, signifying he understood, then turned back to the window.

Maybe this'll keep my mind off Angeal…He mused, gazing at the scenery below him.

His stomach felt like it was tying itself in knots.

I have to think of a way to convince both him and Genesis to return to ShinRa…and I don't know how I'll do that yet…

He unbuckled himself from his seatbelt.

" I'm coming up! " He yelled to Tseng, then, holding on to the driver's seat and the passenger's seat and trying to keep his balance, he made his way up and flopped down in the seat next to the silent Turk. He quickly buckled himself in and sighed, drumming on his legs with his hands.

" Tseng, our orders are still just to bring Angeal and Genesis back, right? " He asked the Turk after you a while, turning in his seat to look at him.

He saw Tseng sigh.

" That depends on if you can convince them or not. The orders are they obey and return or disobey and be killed. "

Zack's eyes widened slightly but he nodded sadly.

Damnit Angeal…

To keep his mind off his mission he looked at all the buttons and gadgets there were up front.

" Whoa. Why do they need so many buttons? "

" Don't. Touch. Anything. " Tseng growled, facing him for a second and giving him a glare.

Zack deflated.

" Okay, okay. " He slumped back in his chair and closed his eyes, deciding to try and get some much needed sleep knowing it would keep his mind off his mission.

Tseng smiled grimly.

A sleeping Zack was much better than an awake and curious Zack…

That was until Zack started murmuring and tossing around in his sleep. They were small movements, a twitch of a finger, a small kick, or moving to a more comfortable position.

Tseng watched him from the corner of his eye, wondering what the SOLDIER was dreaming about.

Zack mumbled Angeal's name and shifted to another position, his foot striking out and accidentally hitting the emergency button that turned the engine off.

" Zack! " Tseng yelled out, fear and surprise in his voice.

Zack shot up, immediately awake, and stared at Tseng, who was struggling with the controls and trying to turn the engine back on, with wide eyes.

" Oh shit…I'm sorry! "

" What's going on? " One of the Infantryman cried.

" I think I'm going to – " The other Infantryman mumbled.

" Don't you dare throw up on me! " The first one that spoke yelled.

" Tseng what's going on! " Zack yelled.

" You turned the engine off! I can't get it back on, the blades froze! "

" How? " Zack asked, ignoring the sounds of frantic searching for something to throw up in behind him.

" With the engine off, the blades stopped turning, and, since it's so cold up here, froze. " Tseng muttered dryly, flipping switches and pressing random buttons that made no sense to Zack.

" Oh Shiva…I'm so sorry. "

" Apologies won't – "

The sound of retching in the backseat made Tseng and Zack turn around.

" 'M sorry…" The Infantryman that was sick mumbled.

His fellow Infantryman looked green as well, staring at the throw up in the bag he had found.

" We're going down! " Tseng cried.

Zack whipped around, took off his seatbelt and grabbed the two Infantryman.

" Whoa! What are you doing! " The one that wasn't sick cried.

" To the back! He pushed them towards the back of the aircraft as Tseng fought franticly to get the helicopter to work again.

" Help me find parachutes! "

The three of them searching, trying to keep the panic down that threatened to rise and overwhelm them.

One of the Infantryman, the one that had thrown up, found two and held them up weakly.

" These work? " He mumbled.

Zack smiled at him.

" Good work! "

Zack took the parachutes from him and opened them up, only to see that there were holes in both of them.

" Stupid mice! " Zack spat, throwing the parachutes away.

" What are we gonna do? " One of the Infantryman asked, their voice small and scared.

" We'll get out of this…" Zack tried to reassure him.

" How? Do you have some kind of special SOLDIER power that can stop us from falling? We're going to die now because of – "

The Infantryman, the one that had found the parachutes, quickly put a hand over his companion's mouth to hush him.

Zack looked down, ashamed.

" I know…and I'm sorry. I didn't mean – "

" Get ready to hit the ground fast! " Tseng yelled from the driver's seat, causing Zack and the two Infantryman to scramble up to the front.


The crash wasn't as bad as Zack had imagined it to be. They had crashed into a large pile of snow that cushioned the blow quite a bit.

The only problem was that they had been tossed through the windshield and flung like Frisbees across the ground.

Zack laid there for a minute, groaning, before remembering Tseng and the two Infantryman.

He scrambled to my feet.

" Tseng! "

" Hey, guys! "

Zack whipped around when he heard noises behind him.

He sighed in relief when he saw Tseng stand up and brush the snow off of his suit. The two Infantryman were next to him, one on the ground and the other standing up. The one standing walked over and offered a hand to the one on the ground, who took it gratefully, and started to stand up only to fall back on his butt again.

Zack couldn't help but grin.

" That was fun! " He exclaimed, brushing the snow from his shoulders.

" No it definitely was not. " Tseng muttered darkly, glaring at Zack. " If we wouldn't have crashed we would have been in Modeohiem by now. We should hurry if we want to want to get there before dark. It should be at the bottom of this mountain…"

Zack shrugged, figuring Tseng would say something like that.

"We're expecting you to get us there. " Tseng added, walking ahead.

"'Cause I'm the country boy is it? All right! Follow me everyone! "Zack waved towards the mountain and started off, happily marching foreword.


Zack was very surprised when he found that one of the Infantrymen was walking alongside him, oblivious to the harsh conditions and the mountain they were currently hiking up.

He turned around to see how Tseng and the other Infantryman were doing and frowned slightly when he saw that the Infantryman was lagging far behind the main group.

"Yo! Don't fall too far behind! "He called out to the Infantryman, grinning.

His enhanced hearing caught the snort from the army grunt and his grin widened.

He turned back around and noticed that the Infantryman who had been walking next to him was slightly ahead.

Zack quickened his pace to slide up next to him.

He smiled.

"At least someone's keeping up, "

The Infantryman shrugged a little.

"I'm a country boy too…" He explained.

Zack's eyebrows rose in interest.

"Really? From where? "

There was a moment's hesitation from the Infantryman and he stopped walking. Zack stopped next to him, crossing his arms.

"Nibelhiem," He said.

Zack couldn't help but laugh. He quickly turned away, to face the edge of the cliff, trying to hide his laugter behind his hand.

The name sounded so funny it was hard not to laugh.

"What about you? " The Infantryman asked quickly, taking offense.

Zack turned back around, still grinning. He brought his fist up to his chest.

"Me? Gongaga! "He cried proudly.

The Infantryman snickered, but the sound was barely audible.

Now it was Zack's turn to be offended and he pointed at the young man.

"You know Gongaga? " He asked.

The Infantryman shook his head.

"Sorry…it's such a backwater name. "

"Ditto, Nibelhiem, "Zack said, turning back around.

"Like you've been there! " The young man called after him.

Zack sighed and spun back around.

"No, but there's a reactor there – right? A reactor outside Midgar usually means-"

"Nothing else out there, "They said in unison, looking down at the ground.

They looked up at one another in surprise.

Zack laughed first and then the Infantryman joined in quickly afterwards.

After their laughed had died down, Zack turned around to face Tseng.

"Hey! Tseng! With me and … "Zack trailed off, looking at the Infantryman silently asking for his name.

The Infantryman took off his helmet revealing spiky, blonde hair that reminded Zack of a chocobo that had been through the dryer; – Zack had to fight off a snort and another laugh – light, blue eyes and a smiling face.

"Cloud. " He said.

Zack smiled back and turned back to Tseng.

"With me and Spike here, you got nothin' to worry about! We'll get you to Medeoheim in no time! "Zack cried, doing something between a pelvic thrust and a quick, celebratory squat.

Tseng stopped walking to study the two smiling boys.

"Good, I'll leave you to it. " He called up to them, sighing, before resuming in his walk.

Zack and Cloud grinned at one another again as they continued their hike.

They both knew that they would be damn near inseparable after this, that they would be the best of friends and would do anything for the other, even if it got them killed.


A/N: As you've probably noticed, I did not base these one-shots exactly how the scenes happened in the game, I'm using the main idea but adding my own twist.

Cloud: *sigh* Why'd you have to make me sick...and why would there be MICE in the helicopter?

Genesis: *snicker* My bad...

Cloud: O_O

Zack: *shoves Cloud and Genesis out of the way* Heya peoples! *turns to me* Can I do that again? Who knew crashing helicopters was so FUN!

Cloud: No, it definaltly was NOT!

Zack: *pouts* You sound like Tseng...

Genesis: *coughs* ANYWAY...our writer does not own Zack, Cloud, Tseng, Angeal, myself or anything envolved with Final Fantasy even though -

TheAssassinRenevaron: Even though I wish I did T.T

Cloud: *facepalm* Please review...