This is a short and bizarre chapter. You have been warned.
"STOP RUNNING YOU LITTLE WOMANIZER!"
Barret was still very close his prey. Reno knew that he could not run forever.
"I have to find a place to hide and fast!"
"Give up the materia, Cloud Strife and Tifa Lockhart!"
Tifa glanced from behind a noticed that the geeks were still in hot pursuit.
"Those guys just don't quit!" Cloud yelled.
"Well, we aren't giving this up," Tifa said.
She looked at the gleaming ball in her hand.
"Not with millions of dollars on the line for us..."
"Are you sure that Shinra has their facts straight?" Vincent asked.
"Are you saying that our scientists are incompetent!" Rude yelled.
Vincent scratched his head as they walked to the convention center.
"Well, they were wrong the first time..."
The lobby suddenly filled with weird battle cries. Cloud and Tifa ran past Vincent and Rude.
"ATTACK OF THE GEEKS!" Tifa screamed. "ATTACK OF THE GEEKS!"
Several yards behind them followed the geek thieves.
"Give it up! You will never get away!"
Rude and Vincent stared wide eyed at the situation. Vincent's left eye began to twitch. Yuffie and Cid ran past as well.
"Come on, Cid. Let's get em!"
Vincent slapped his forehead. Rude gave a load groan.
"Ah, crap," Rude said finally. "Come on, let's follow them."
The geeks were now practically breathing down Cloud and Tifa's necks.
"We have you now!" a female geek cried.
"GOTTCHA, YOU PUNK!"
Reno crashed into Cloud and Tifa, knocking them down. Barret crashed into the whole group of geeks, and they fell as well. Tifa tried to crawl away from the human pile, but the female geek grabbed both of her ankles.
"Not so fast, Tifa!" she snarled.
Tifa managed to slam her foot on the geek girl's arm, making the girl let go. As she got up, the geek girl grabbed at the materia in Tifa's hand. Two women struggled to have their way and were soon rolling on the floor.
Meanwhile, Cloud was trying to shake off the rest of the thieves. Barret was trying to punch Reno, but only managed to punch the geeks.
Yuffie and Cid ran up to fiasco. They stared at each other for a moment, shrugged their shoulders and joined in the fight as well.
"Stop! All of you!"
The whole group, including the geeks, stopped and saw Rude panting and resting his hands on his knees.
"Well, you've told us to stop," Yuffie said. "What's the problem?"
"The material is a dud."
"What?!" Tifa yelled.
"The scientists figured out that the material was not of Sephiroth after all. It has no power. It's completely useless!"
The whole group stared at Rude in shock.
"You mean we went through all of this crap for nothing?!" Cloud screamed.
"Pretty much," Vincent replied.
"And the winner is team three!"
"We won!" the young teenaged blonde girl yelled.
"Thanks to that dud silver materia," Yuffie grumbled.
The geek thieves got into a group hug, forcing Cloud and the rest of the gang to join in as well.
"No," Yuffie cried. "I'll get a disease from the geeks!"
"I guess this means no hard feelings?" Reno asked.
"Yeah," the female geek replied. "There's nothing to fight about anymore."
"Let's celebrate and go see Mystere tonight!" the teenaged girl yelled.
Tifa nodded assent.
