The Ranger

I do not own FFVII

The second chapter. I make a solemn promise to make this chapter as long as physically possible. If will be one of the only times I ever use another persons perspectives, Hope you enjoy.

CHAPTER 7

The helicopter touched down at the HQ. Next to me, I had a pair of swimming trunks and an assault rifle that looked like an AK. From what I was able to get, the man in Costa del Sol was arming somebody. Who, I am not sure, and their purpose is even more shadowed. I slid open the door and got out of the flying death trap.

I took in a breath and cracked me back. The female turk said, "You're a very strange Soldier."

She walked off, but a yelled to her, "I'm sorry." She turned and shook her head.

I walked through the front of the building and up to the elevator. I pressed level 41, and was off. The elevator ride was slowly making it to the top.

'This is nothing like before. I never had a single operation ever go so smoothly, but I hope like hell I don't have to write a report anyways,' I thought.

The door slid open and I walked out of the elevator. I was greeted by a guy wearing a deep blue set of clothing and a helmet. "Director Lazard has asked me to tell you to report to him at once," he said.

I nodded and said, "At once."

I walked past him and down the offices hall. I made it to the final door and knocked on it. Lazard said, "Enter."

I opened the door and stepped in. I was greeted by Veld and Lazard sitting at a table.

"Sit," Veld said sternly. I did so and Lazard cleared his

"Firstly of all, you are being charged with sexual harassment in the work place. We want to hear your side of the argument. Please note, you are under observation by a truth materia," Lazard said.

I nodded and said, "When we landed, she made a joke about stripping down. I thought she was crazy, then she threw these at me." I placed the swimming trunks on the table. "She told me to look away as she stripped down, however I didn't follow the snipers fundamental rule of ignoring all outside forces."

"What is this fundamental rule?" Lazard interjected.

"It is the concept of paying attention only to the task at hand. Even going as far as to slap a bug shows an undisciplined action," Veld said.

Lazard nodded and said, "Continue."

"I felt as if I were being watched. I foolishly turned and saw her breasts. She immediately called me on it, pushed me to the ground and threatened me. After which, she got up and sat in the boat plane, obviously angered at me. I quickly put that thing on and proceeded to the mission at hand," I finished. Then set the AK on the table.

Lazard turned to Veld and asked, "Is that the version you were told?"

He shook his head, turned to me, then said, "In her version, you were on top of her." He reached into his nice suit and pulled out a recorder.

"Under Shinra codes of conduct, Abraham was found guilty of Sexual Harassment, but cannot be charged for a fallacy of report. I, Veld of the Department of Administrations here by drop the charges on Abraham. I also subject Shrunken to six months probation," Veld said to the recorder. He pressed the top button and left without another word.

Lazard and I were left in the room alone. Lazard was the first to say, "This will not be placed on your record."

I nodded, but didn't say anything. I was shocked that she even had time to tell anybody what happened.

"We had a turk who was on scene, but operating in the shadows, take care of your report. You were never there officially," Lazard said.

I nodded and Lazard said, "Now, onto the final bushiness at hand, You have officially been on a mission, now all you need is twenty hours of scheduled training or classes to qualify for third class. When you are at third, you will receive a small mako injection."

"What is a mako injection? Isn't mako only a power source?" I asked. I remembered that subject came up yesterday when talking to Zack.

Lazard nodded then shook his head. "In extremely concentrated forms, it is a power source. When in smaller dosage, no, instead it is injected into your body. You'll be stronger, faster, and some of the others swear that you heal faster," Lazard said.

"Thats amazing, sir," I said enthusiastically.

Lazard nodded and said, "You are dismissed."

I saluted and left the room. As I walked to through the hall, Sephiroths door opened and he poked his head out.

"Abraham, please come in," Sephiroth said.

I entered and asked, "What's this about?"

"I'm going to ignore that insubordination, but just this once," Sephiroth said in a serious manner. He sat at his desk and gestured to the seat opposite of him. I took it.

"Fair enough, what did you need to see me for, sir?" I asked.

Seph gestured to my blade, which was laying on a coffee table. "A very unique weapon you were given," Seph said.

"What's unique about it?" I asked.

"It was meant for commanding officers before the whole mako injections. It was then redesigned to be sufficient in combining a rifle with a sword. This is the only surviving prototype," Seph said.

"So this is only a prototype?" I asked.

Seph nodded. "It has a dual core system. A gravity materia occupies one core, while the other core is vacant. Whoever designed the weapon knew what they were doing. The materia has two functions. It reduces the weight of the weapon, making it much more effective, while also propelling bullets," he explained.

He stood from the desk, walked to the blade and lifted it. He turned it into the rifle mode, and pressed a button on the top. From behind where the scope would come out, a small clip exposed itself. He pulled it out to show it had twenty bullets in it. He put the clip back into the top, reverted it back, and handing it to me.

I took the blade, secured it into the holster, and then walked to the door. I put reached for the handle, but stopped. I turned to see Seph sitting at the desk again. I asked, "One last question, if I may. How do you know so much about the weapon?"

Seph looked up from his work and said, "I used the weapon when I was first promoted. I never found guns that appealing, so I opted for a sword."

I nodded and left without another word.

One Month Later

After a month, you break into a routine. I would wake at five, get a shower, and dress in a clean uniform. At six, I eat breakfast. By this time, Zack wakes and joins me for breakfast. We then spar for a half hour, except on sunday. After we spar, I eat a second breakfast to regain some energy. After the second breakfast, I check my phone for daily tasks. On tuesdays and thursdays, I attend class for one hour at noon. After classes, or at one, I eat a quick lunch, then get back to work. Once all my tasks are completed, I go to the work out room or do some 'unscheduled' marksmen practice with some turks. After dinner, I'm free to do whatever I want.

Before this, I considered myself strong, but I was weak compared to myself now. I can at least defend against most of Zacks attacks now, I can hold the blade at the ready for a pretty long duration, plus I'm developing muscles in places that I didn't think I ever truly would.

Today was a little different. I had accumulated twenty hours of training time, courtesy of Zack doing paper work stating that he is training me, plus most of our spars being watched.

I took my shower and ate breakfast. But my phone went off before Zack woke up. I read the text, which said, 'Abraham, we need you in the Briefing room immediately, L.'

I went into my room, strapped on my blade and put on the standard issue helmet.

As I stepped out of the room, Zack stepped out of his.

"Little early there fatty, I haven't eaten yet," Zack stated.

"For the last time, I eat after we spar because we burn too many calories to sustain our bodies! Also, I'm being called in for what I hope is action," I stated as I left.

I walked to the elevators and called both of them. The right on opened first, so I got in and held floor 41. I sped off immediately to the Soldier floor. Once there, I turned to go to Lazards office, but turned left and entered the door labeled 'Briefing Room.'

Lazard, Heidgeir, and Veld were all sitting around a table. I saw two others sitting, an infantrymen, and a turk.

I sat next to the turk and Lazard said, "Now that we are here, we can begin. This is a joint operations task that holds the upmost importance. Both the infantry and Soldier will be assisting the turks in the protection of Professor Reyleigh. He is carrying very confidential files that cannot be lost to us. We choose Abraham of Soldier as the Soldier for his discovery of this terrorist cell within the continent."

Heidgeir said, "The strategy we have decided is to go by train. The first cart will contain the turk and many infantrymen. The next two will contain more infantrymen, while the final cart will contain a contingency Soldiers..."

He was cut off when Lazard said, "Abraham is the only available Soldier operating in our cell at the moment. We recently lost a lot of Soldiers..."

"If all goes according to plan, this will be a successful mission," Veld promised.

One Hour Later...

We had just arrived at the sector 7 station, and disembarked. The three of us moved forward and found the mass of Infantrymen waiting with the professor. She was very pretty, but looked on edge.

"We are ready to move you," The turk said.

Rayleigh sighed and said, "Finally."

A loud explosion occurred, on the platform, killing nearly all the infantrymen. I was blown back along with the turk, professor, and the infantryman.

I was the first to get to my feet, and dodged in time to miss a blast of fire. I looked up to find a man in black clad clothing and red sunglasses. He smiled as I pull out my blade.

He shot another fire spell at me, which a barely escape from and swing the blade at him. He jumped back and shot a lightening bolt spell at me. I dropped the blade from the shock and reach for the knife in my boot. The man chuckled as I threw the blade at him. He raised his hand up, and the blade stopped in mid air. He flicked his wrist, and the blade flew back at me and lodged itself in the helmet. I dropped to the ground and played dead.

I heard a few gun shots, then a thud on the pavement. At first I thought it was the magic guy, but then a loud laugh was followed by, "Do you even know who you fight? I am Tierce of Avalanche!"

While he cried his name, I removed my helmet, picked up my blade and converted it into gun mode.

Aiming at him, I scream, "To whom it may concern!"

He turned around and raised his hand again. This time, I put a bullet right through his hand. He watched in horror as blood poured from the wound. Another bullet went through his head, effectively killing him.

The turk, now on his feet, said, "We need to get on that train."

I nodded, then heard the train start to pull from the station. We ran at our top speed and made the train just as it left the station.

We entered the train, and two more black clad insurgents met us. I looked the turk in the eyes and said, "Take care of them, I cant fight in cramped spaces."

I busted through the side window and climbed out. I ran as fast as I could to the front of the train to disable the train.

The turk cracked his neck and pulled out a pistol and knife. "Lets get this over with."

He pointed the pistol at them and started to shoot. They took a few shots, but stayed standing. As the gun ran empty, they both removed body armor and said, "Lets fight with honor."

The turk charged, knife in hand. The shorter of the two runs first and ducks as the turk swings the blade too high. The taller man tried to mimic the move, but the blade cut his jaw when the turk swung lower. The turk spun around to see his jaw dripping with blood.

Angered, the tall man tries to connect a punch, but the turk dodges to the right and cuts his side running from chest to ribs. He then spun around his arm and flipped him onto his back. The turk turned, but got hit in the cheek.

The turk stumbled back and tripped over the tall man, effectivly landed next to the pistol. He quickly reloaded, and pointed the gun at the smaller man.

The smaller man threw his arms up, and begged for mercy. However, the turk had none to spare, and put a bullet through his chest.

The turk got off the floor and moved on through the rest of the train, leaving the tall man to perhaps bleed out...

Whilst I was ignorant to what had just occurred, I ran on top the train. I reached the first cart. I busted through the glass and climbed through it to find the professor and the infantryman bloodied, but okay.

The infantryman had no helmet on, and the first thing I noticed was his spiky blond hair. He had a small blade in his hand, and was breathing heavily. I noticed a man on the ground with both a bullet wound in the hand, head and a series of cuts and gashes on his arms.

The turk came in through the back and saw the scene. He then saw the body and asked, "Shouldn't he be dead?"

A loud thud was heard on the roof, so the three of us climbed up top to find the tall man standing on the roof. He pointed to the turk and said, "You killed my brother!"

His body blazes a bright blue, and shot what looked like a energy blast from his hands. He hit the turk, which sent him screeching to the edge. The turk fell over the edge and was holding on the edge with only one hand.

"Save him, I got this man," I ordered the blond infantryman.

The tall man was shaking with anger, but I saw he was unarmed. I planted my blade into the roof of the train, and pulled my gloves a little tighter.

I got into position, and the man said, "I am Kanos! I will avenge my brother!"

He charged me and tried a haymaker, but I dodged and tried to knee him in the gut. He blocked, so I shoved him back.

I mimicked the charge, did a sloppy haymaker. He attempted a knee, but instead of blocking, I elbowed him in the jaw. He reeled back and was enraged. I saw blood coming from both his nose and jaw. He ran up and was randomly swinging, I dodged left, then right. I got close to him and started to hit lefts and rights on his gut, then followed up with an uppercut. He fell back, then reached into his boot.

A knife came out, and now he looked furious. "Honor is over-rated," he slurred out.

He slowly walked forward, then paled when I reached the blade. Now, Sword in hand, a marched forward.

"Put the knife down!" I screamed. He did so, sobering up to the fact my weapon is bigger.

"You wont win this war, we will come down on you like an AVALANCHE," Kanos said, then jumped off the train to his death.

The turk and the infantryman were both watching me, both bordering awe and fear. The turk then asked, "You did that while UN-enhanced?"

I nodded and the infantryman was jaw-dropped in awe.

We went to the back of the cart, climbed down, and entered the cart to find the professor shaking in fear while the man in black was gone.

"What happened?" The infantryman asked.

The woman looked at him and said, "The cuts and wounds just... Rejuvenated. He took the data, and ran..."

The turk had his phone out, and said into it, "We have failed..."

End Of CHAPTER 7

There we are. I do hope you enjoyed that chapter. This was fun to write, seeing as I was forced to act out the fighting scenes. Exams are next week, and the following week as well, so I might not be able to write a chapter as quickly as possible... Sorry if I can't. Almost summertime though. I justify the fights this way, one Tierce ignored Abraham, anybody who gets cut will go down for a few minutes, bullets sound the same in every language, and rage can blindside you and make you sloppy. Please don't forget to Favorite, Follow, and Review!