Chapter 6: Day 1 in an alternate world, final part
Cloud, Yakumo, Laina, Dudley and his chocobo family left Nibelheim village swiftly and all of them arrived near the entrance to the City of the Ancients by nightfall. Cloud turned off his motorcycle before both he and Yakumo got off the motorcycle while Laina climbed off Dudley, caress his feathery head softly and gave him and his family some more Gysahl Greens to eat before she, Cloud and Yakumo went through the entrance of the City of the Ancients, walked down a long winding path made out of bony scales which leads them down into the depths of a deep canyon, reached the bottom of the canyon, went through a shadowy doorway and they find themselves in the City of the Ancients once again.
"Here we are in the city once again." thought Laina to herself.
"Well, we're here now, Yakumo." said Cloud as he glance at Yakumo. "Do you still sense the rare materia?"
"Yes, Cloud, I do still sense it here." said Yakumo to both Cloud and Laina before she raised her right hand and pointed her finger down the centre path which leads toward a grove of stone-like trees far in front of them. Cloud, Yakumo and Laina then glance and nodded to each other before they walked down the centre path toward the grove of stone-like trees in front of them, went through and walked down a long, straight and slightly narrow tunnel, came out of the other side of the tunnel and all 3 of them soon saw the same lone, huge and unusual-looking white-coloured seashell building standing near the large circular pool of clear blue water which look shallow on one half of the pool while the other half is deep into the shadow.
"I sense the materia strong reading coming from the very bottom of the pond in front of us, Cloud, Laina. Sealed tightly/safely within a treasure box." Yakumo told them both.
Both Cloud and Laina nodded to her before Laina walked away from both Cloud and Yakumo, approach and stop in her tracks near the edge of the pond, close her eyes and hold out both of her hands to use her power of "Telekinesis" to take and pull the treasure box out from the bottom of the pond. Small ripples began to appear on the surface of the pond when Laina began to use her power to take/pull the treasure box up and which slowly got stronger until the treasure box broke through the surface of the pond with a slightly loud splash, floated toward Laina (who open her eyes) before she lowered the treasure box in front of both Cloud and Yakumo, stop using her power and lowered her hands down to her sides.
"Well done, Laina." said Yakumo in an approving tone of voice to Laina (while Cloud nodded his head at her) before she kneel down in front of treasure box, disable the magic spell on the treasure box with her power of mako/ESP to unsealed it, open the treasure box and they saw a single round-shaped, gold-coloured materia lying inside it. Yakumo take the gold materia out of the treasure box, stood up from the now empty treasure box, turned to glance at Laina and hold the gold materia out to her.
"Here you go, Laina. Take it." said Yakumo to Laina.
Laina nodded to Yakumo, hold out her left hand to take the gold materia from Yakumo, smiled in relieved then gave Yakumo a friend's hug. "Thanks for your help again, Yakumo. I really appreciate it. And I also appreciate you, your husband and your chocobos help in getting/bringing me to this place."
"You're welcome, Laina." said Yakumo as she smiled and hugged Laina back before they pull away from their friend's hug. "Hey, why don't we take some pictures together before you leave?"
"Take some pictures together?" said Laina in a confused tone of voice.
"You brought a camera with us, Yakumo?" Cloud asked Yakumo.
"Yeah, I did, Cloud." answered Yakumo as she pull the camera out from her pocket. "So, do you want to take some pictures with us, Laina? For remembrance."
"…Very well then, Yakumo. I guess I'll take some pictures with you 2 before I leave." said Laina.
Yakumo smiled at Laina before she pull her husband and Laina by their arms close to her (Laina stand at her right while Cloud stand at her left) and Laina help uses her power to lifted/floated the camera out of Yakumo's hands and hold it steadily in front of the 3 of them and it immediately snap 2 pictures of them standing together. Laina then return the camera to Yakumo, take and keep 1 picture of them together in her left pocket while both Cloud and Yakumo take and keep the other one and Yakumo put the camera back into her pocket.
"Well, here goes nothing." said Laina to both Cloud and Yakumo as they glance at down at the gold materia which Laina is holding in her hand before Laina hold it close to her chest, close her eyes and wished/prayed for the gold materia to sent her back to her own world/dimension. Seconds after she told her wish to the gold materia, the gold materia began to glowed brightly (which make Cloud, Yakumo and Laina covered their eyes with their hands) before bolts of gold-coloured lightning appear and erupt out of the gold materia and a huge oval-shaped portal/doorway made out of pure energy started forming/appearing in front of them.
Cloud, Yakumo and Laina lowered their hands from their eyes when the bright glow of the gold materia slowly dimmed down and they saw the energy portal/doorway in front of them.
"Well, I guess this is farewell, Cloud, Yakumo." said Laina as she glance at both Cloud and Yakumo.
"Yeah, farewell, Laina Donovan." said Cloud.
"And Laina, I wish you and your friends/companions huge luck in defeating Sephiroth, Hojo and the Shinra company." Yakumo told Laina.
"Don't you worry, Yakumo. We'll do our best." said Laina to Yakumo before she lowered and put the gold materia down onto the ground, glance at the doorway/portal and step into the doorway/portal without hesitation and vanished inside it.
Both Cloud and Yakumo watched as Laina step and vanished into the doorway/portal before it started to shrink smaller and smaller until it vanished completely. They also noticed that both the gold materia which lies on the ground and the treasure chest which kept it safely have also vanished as well.
"It must have gone back into hiding once again." thought Yakumo to herself.
"Now that we've help sent her back, shall we return to our home now, Yakumo?" said Cloud as he glance at his wife.
"Yeah, let's go home, Cloud." said Yakumo as she glance at her husband before they turned around and swiftly left the City of the Ancients.
FIN.