Chapter Seven

"All Hell Breaks Loose"

Yuffie stepped into the large chamber that housed Leviathon and was impressed. Magicite crystals had formed along the edges of the chamber and a huge statue of Leviathon took up the end entire back wall. "Impressive is it not?"

Yuffie looke at Rufus with a disgusted look on her face and said nothing. Two armed soldiers escorted her to the middle platform and she saw what looked like a rune. "What is this for?"

"You'll find out soon enough." Rufus walked towards her with a knife and said,"How does it feel knowing your friends have deserted you?"

He was about to stab her when a loud blast filled the chamber. Yuffie smiled as Barret and Vincent began firing at the soldiers and Cloud began preparing his blade beam limit break. Barret began to run over to Yuffie but two soldiers grabbed him. Vincent transformed into Chaos but couldn't reach Yuffie in time. Rufus had tackled her and cut her arms. She let out a scream as her blood filled the rune. Cloud turned to see Barret firing his big shot limit break at a bunch of mako shards that fell and hit five soldiers.


Tifa awoke with a scream. "They were too late! Leviathon's awakening. We need to evacuate Midgar, Edge and Kalm."

Red XIII, Reeve and Cait Sith obliged and began using megaphones to warn the citizens of Midgar.


The chamber began shaking and Cloud realized they were too late. His thoughts then turned to Yuffie and he saw the statue of Leviathon raising to reveal a spiral staircase. Rufus smiled at Cloud and began his descent. Barret ran towards Yuffie while firing at the statue and it caved in as he grabbed Yuffie. Vincent began a strong assault on the remaining Shinra soldiers. Cloud fell and was nearly impaled by a mako shard but got out of the way just in time to see Vincent throw a soldier at it. "Vincent! Turn back! We have to retreat!"


The evacuation was well under way and Reeve had made a point to go to Kalm. Tifa looked around her as everyone began shouting in fear. Someone was about to run into her when Red XIII pushed them out of her way. "Thanks Red!"

"You need to get on that chopper with Marlene and Denzel! We'll meet up in the City of the Ancients."

Tifa looked at him and followed his instructions. She fought back tears as the helicopter took off leaving Red XIII behind.


When everyone was safely onboard the Shera Cid wasted no time taking off. Shera had begun tending to Yuffie while Cloud saw Cid had successfully evacuated Wutai. He also saw that Cid had found a casket to bury Godo when they had the chance. "We should head to the City of the Ancients."

"One step ahead of you Cloud."


Rufus finally reached Leviathons cave and saw the monster blink at him. He then felt the ground shake as a mako shard hit the ice prison. Leviathon let out a giant roar and the ice shards had hit Rufus cutting him in numerous areas. He fell to the ground as Leviathon showed him the destruction he was causing. Tidal wave after tidal wave began hitting the Shera while Midgar and Kalm were flooded by the deadly tsunami's. Rufus had not seen as many casualtied as he would have liked and soon began convulsing as the cave began to fill with water. "Why?"

The creature just looked at him before swimming away. Leviathon had left Rufus to die.


The Shera had tried moving away from the last tidal wave but was swallowed by it.


In Midgar, Mako reactors fill with water as the city on the plate was destroyed.

In Kalm, a mine is filled with water as its citizens flee by helicopter.

In Edge, the 7th Heaven bar fills with water as an bottle after bottle of beer floats away.

On a helicopter heading for the City of the Ancients a woman thinks of her husband and the child he might never know.

In the bottom of the sea a creature swims to his next target. Junon.


Three Months Later...

"The body of Rufus Shinra was found today as rescue teams sorted through the rubble of Wutai. The death toll has reached the thousands and cities destroyed are now Midgar, Kalm, Edge, Fort Condor, North Corel, Costa Del Sol, Gonaga village, half of Cosmo Canyon, Bone Village, Icicle Inn and Junon. Tifa Lockheart-Strife has begun plans on expanding the City of the Ancients to house the survivors. It has also been reported that Cloud Strife, Barret Wallace, Cid Highwind, Shera Highwind, Yuffie Kisaragi and Vincent Valentine among others are feared dead. In other news, Reeve Tuesti has begun plans to charge former Shinra employees Reno, Rude, Elena and Tseng with acts of terrorism. This is Kim Johnson saying good night and stay safe." Leviathon is still at large...


Author's Note

This is the end of part one of this fanfic. I've decided that the first seven chapters tell the story of how Leviathon is summoned. The next seven chapters will deal with the fallout and the search for the missing. After that I'll move forward another three months as the final two chapters detail the final battle with Leviathon and since this fanfic is called "The Birth" expect Tifa to give birth. For those that have reviewed the first seven chapters I thank you and hope I'll keep your interest during the next seven chapters. I promise I'll have a huge payoff or what in my mind constitutes as a huge payoff.