Chapter 5
Cloud and the remain Turks watched the Galian beast. The beast in turn, watched them. His eyes darting from face to face. He let go of Tseng, causing him to fall to the floor. He looked at Cloud and made an animalistic noise. Was he laughing? Cloud didn't know, who knew what these things were capable of. Suddenly, a crash from down the stairs caused them to jump. The Gigases were swarming towards them, having broken through the gate.
"Come on!" Reno said, running for the fire ladder. Rude followed him. Cloud looked back towards the Galian, finding him gone. Tseng still lay on the ground.
"We can't leave Tseng!" Elena cried, starting towards him.
Cloud, thinking fast, punched Elena square in the back of the head, causing her to collapse unconscious. Cloud drug Elena to the ladder, tossing her down to Rude. He climbed onto the ladder and was going to descend when the Gigases broke through the door. He quickly slid down the ladder, and the group started down the alley. They heard a thud on the ground behind them, and turned to see a dead Gigas that had lept from the roof.
"Dumb ass." Reno said, smirking. The group ran out into the street, finding themselves face to face with a seemingly endless horde of Gigases.
"um, ideas?" Reno asked, his EMR in his hand.
Cloud stared at the crowd, trying to think of a plan. Just then the crowd opened up as the truck burst through them. The truck skidded to a stop right in front of the group.
"Get in!" Vincent yelled from the drivers seat. Cloud quickly jumped into the passenger seat, while Reno and Rude, who was still holding Elena, climbed into the back. The trucks wheels spun as Vincent floored the gas pedal. He made a quick u-turn and plowed back through the crowd. As they were speeding away, they heard an explosion come from behind them.
"Tseng! You son of a bitch!" Reno yelled. Cloud looked in the mirror, shocked to see the support pillar for sector 7 slums to be collapsing.
"He's carrying out the mission!" Reno informed Cloud. "Shinra wanted us to get rid of the outbreak as fast a possible. They sent teams to the support pillar to crush the slums. The fall would also kill anyone on the top plate."
"But wouldn't the Gigases survive?" Cloud asked.
"No, the resurrect materia, while powerful, is still limited. It can't bring back something that's been totally destroyed."
Cloud watched in silence as the plate came slamming down to the ground behind them, they had barely made it out of sector seven. The kept driving, heading for sector 8.
"Vincent." Cloud said. "We thought you were dead."
"None of us are dead." Vincent replied, his eyes on the road ahead of them. "We were around Aerith's house when the outbreak happened. We're all there."
Cloud felt joy that the team had survived the outbreak.
"Tifa, and the others came to tell us you were in trouble. I came as quick as I could."
"Wait, Tifa's alive?" Cloud asked surprised.
"Yeah, Seventh Heaven was overrun when you went to help the turks, but Barret, thinking quickly, got them out the back door. I've never seen anything quite so interesting as four people riding one motorcycle."
Now Cloud was absolutely ecstatic, not only was the team OK, but so were the others.
"So we're going to sector 8?" Cloud asked.
"Yes, I think that is best. We can decide what to do from there. I think it'd be best to get out of Midgar as fast as possible."
"Yes, but we can't risk the Gigases getting out of Midgar."
"I've already have a plan for that. We have to lock down the exits. Make sure none can get out."
Cloud was impressed, he knew
that Vincent had leadership ability, but the fact that he had thought
so far ahead was amazing.
"OK, but for now let's get to Sector
8." Cloud said. He looked ahead of the huge crowd of Gigases in
front of them.
