"Jade!!" Rayne rushed to her friends side "Jade wake up!!" she gently shook the young girl.
"That cage isn't gonna hold for long!" Reno shouted "Whatever we're gonna do, we need to do it NOW!!"
"We can't!" Rayne cried "We have to get Jade up first."
It didn't take long for them to get the girl awake, but she seemed pretty out of it. "What happened?" Jade asked wearily "Did we get it?"
"For now." Rayne replied "Now get up, we have to act quick." she helped Jade to her feet "God I hope that wacked out dad of yours knows what hes doing..."
"Ok now what?" Tseng asked, once they had joined Hojo as safe distance from the cage.
"Fire." Hojo replied "Its the only way to stop it."
"How are we gonna burn down the whole building?" Elena asked "That would take a lot of matches."
"I hate to point it out," Reno spoke up "But we really don't have time. That things gonna break outta there any minute."
Everyone turned to look at the caged beast. Reno was right, the steel bars were already starting to bend and snap. "I've got an idea!" Jade cried suddenly, darting off down the hall "You guys keep that thing busy for a while! Cat, you come with me!"
"Keep it busy?!" Reno shouted back "How, with our good looks?!"
"You'll think of something!" Jade replied "I have faith in you." she turned and disappeared down the hall, with Cait Sith right behind her.
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"Where are we going?" Cait asked, once he had caught up with Jade near the elevators.
"We're going up." Jade replied "Now, to find the fastest way up there. Come on cat, help me pry these elevator doors open."
"Uhhhh....ok then. What are doing exactly?"
"You'll see." Jade told him. Once the doors were open, the young girl climbed up through the trap door in the ceiling. "Come on cat." she said "You don't wanna be in there when I snap the cable."
"Snap the cable?!?!" Cait blinked in shock "What do you mean snap the cable?!?!"
"Just get up here!" Jade cried "We don't have time to goof around!"
"I don't think my Moogle will fit up there..."
"Sure it will." Jade replied "The doors big enough, now come on! Don't make me have to drag you up here by your stuffing!"
"Ok ok, I'm coming!" Cait mumbled as he squeezed through the trap door. "Now what?" he asked.
"Grab a hold of that cable." Jade said "And hold on tight. We're gonna go for a little ride."
"I really hope you know what you're doing." Cait replied, grabbing onto the thick elevator cable.
"Of course I do." Jade smiled reassuringly "Truuuuuust me." she pulled a small orb out of her pocket, and aimed at the bottom of the cable. "Hold on!" she cried "Lightning!!"
"What the...AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" With a loud pop, the cable snapped, sending the two of them flying towards the top of the building. "Next time warn me before you do that!!" Cait cried "Hey, are the doors at the top open?"
"Oh shit!" Jade cried "I knew I forgot something!"
"Oh well thats just perfect!"
"Just shutup, and jump when I tell you to."
"Fine.. but if I die, my ghost is gonna come back and haunt you!"
"You're a robot!" Jade exclaimed "You can't die! And you can't come back as a ghost! Alright, now JUMP!!"
"How do I let you talk me into these things?" Cait asked as he and Jade let go of the cable and jumped towards the closed elevator door. The cable continued upwards, leaving the two friends dangling from a very narrow ledge. "Ok, now what?" Cait asked in annoyance "Are we just gonna hang around here for a while?"
"Leave me alone!" Jade replied "I'm thinking!"
"Hey!" Cait exclaimed, glancing out of the glass elevator shaft "I think I can see your apartment from here!"
"Oh will you shutup!?!"
"Gee sorry!"
"I have an idea." Jade said, struggling to climb up on the ledge "I'm gonna try to get the doors open, then I'll pull you up." She pulled on the doors as hard as she could, but they wouldn't budge. "Hmmm.. a little harder than I though, but nothing to worry about."
"Nothing to worry about?!?!" Cait cried "We're hanging in an an elevator shaft, thousands of feet in the air, and theres nothing to worry about?!?!"
"Oh I know!" Jade replied happily "Let me see that!" she snatched the small gold crown off of the cats head "This should work."
"Hey!! What are you doing with that?!" Cait cried "Thats mine!!"
"I'll give it back." Jade told him "I just need something to pry the doors with." she stuck the small crown between the doors and pushed. Slowly, the door opened a crack, just enough for her to get some leverage. "See," she smiled, tossing the crown back at her friend "It worked."
"But its all bent up now..." Cait pouted "And I like that crown too.."
"I'll buy you a new one! Now come on!" Jade pulled Cait up through the door, and the two of them took off down the hall.
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"FIRE 3!!!" Rayne shouted as she held up a fire materia "Guys, I think we're just making it mad!"
"Just keep it busy long enough for Jade to do whatever shes doing!" Reno shouted back "Whatever you do, don't let it get out of that cage!"
"Thats easier said than done." Elena replied, reloading her gun "That cage isn't gonna hold much longer."
It was true, the cage was already starting to bend and snap. And the creature didn't seem to happy about the turn of events. It roared and trashed in anger, trying its best to free itsself from its new prison. "I hope she hurries up!" Rayne cried "I don't know how long we can hold this thing!"
"We'll hold it as long as we can." Reno replied, sending a blast of electricity straight towards the trapped creature. "Come on Jade!! Hurry your ass up already!!"
The creature screamed in pain from Renos blast, and began to thrash around even more. Rayne was right, all they were doing was making it mad. But there really wasn't anything else they could do. They had to keep it busy, long enough for Jade to carry out whatever plan she had. All they could do was hope the girl knew what she was doing, and that they could get out of there alive..
"That cage isn't gonna hold for long!" Reno shouted "Whatever we're gonna do, we need to do it NOW!!"
"We can't!" Rayne cried "We have to get Jade up first."
It didn't take long for them to get the girl awake, but she seemed pretty out of it. "What happened?" Jade asked wearily "Did we get it?"
"For now." Rayne replied "Now get up, we have to act quick." she helped Jade to her feet "God I hope that wacked out dad of yours knows what hes doing..."
"Ok now what?" Tseng asked, once they had joined Hojo as safe distance from the cage.
"Fire." Hojo replied "Its the only way to stop it."
"How are we gonna burn down the whole building?" Elena asked "That would take a lot of matches."
"I hate to point it out," Reno spoke up "But we really don't have time. That things gonna break outta there any minute."
Everyone turned to look at the caged beast. Reno was right, the steel bars were already starting to bend and snap. "I've got an idea!" Jade cried suddenly, darting off down the hall "You guys keep that thing busy for a while! Cat, you come with me!"
"Keep it busy?!" Reno shouted back "How, with our good looks?!"
"You'll think of something!" Jade replied "I have faith in you." she turned and disappeared down the hall, with Cait Sith right behind her.
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"Where are we going?" Cait asked, once he had caught up with Jade near the elevators.
"We're going up." Jade replied "Now, to find the fastest way up there. Come on cat, help me pry these elevator doors open."
"Uhhhh....ok then. What are doing exactly?"
"You'll see." Jade told him. Once the doors were open, the young girl climbed up through the trap door in the ceiling. "Come on cat." she said "You don't wanna be in there when I snap the cable."
"Snap the cable?!?!" Cait blinked in shock "What do you mean snap the cable?!?!"
"Just get up here!" Jade cried "We don't have time to goof around!"
"I don't think my Moogle will fit up there..."
"Sure it will." Jade replied "The doors big enough, now come on! Don't make me have to drag you up here by your stuffing!"
"Ok ok, I'm coming!" Cait mumbled as he squeezed through the trap door. "Now what?" he asked.
"Grab a hold of that cable." Jade said "And hold on tight. We're gonna go for a little ride."
"I really hope you know what you're doing." Cait replied, grabbing onto the thick elevator cable.
"Of course I do." Jade smiled reassuringly "Truuuuuust me." she pulled a small orb out of her pocket, and aimed at the bottom of the cable. "Hold on!" she cried "Lightning!!"
"What the...AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" With a loud pop, the cable snapped, sending the two of them flying towards the top of the building. "Next time warn me before you do that!!" Cait cried "Hey, are the doors at the top open?"
"Oh shit!" Jade cried "I knew I forgot something!"
"Oh well thats just perfect!"
"Just shutup, and jump when I tell you to."
"Fine.. but if I die, my ghost is gonna come back and haunt you!"
"You're a robot!" Jade exclaimed "You can't die! And you can't come back as a ghost! Alright, now JUMP!!"
"How do I let you talk me into these things?" Cait asked as he and Jade let go of the cable and jumped towards the closed elevator door. The cable continued upwards, leaving the two friends dangling from a very narrow ledge. "Ok, now what?" Cait asked in annoyance "Are we just gonna hang around here for a while?"
"Leave me alone!" Jade replied "I'm thinking!"
"Hey!" Cait exclaimed, glancing out of the glass elevator shaft "I think I can see your apartment from here!"
"Oh will you shutup!?!"
"Gee sorry!"
"I have an idea." Jade said, struggling to climb up on the ledge "I'm gonna try to get the doors open, then I'll pull you up." She pulled on the doors as hard as she could, but they wouldn't budge. "Hmmm.. a little harder than I though, but nothing to worry about."
"Nothing to worry about?!?!" Cait cried "We're hanging in an an elevator shaft, thousands of feet in the air, and theres nothing to worry about?!?!"
"Oh I know!" Jade replied happily "Let me see that!" she snatched the small gold crown off of the cats head "This should work."
"Hey!! What are you doing with that?!" Cait cried "Thats mine!!"
"I'll give it back." Jade told him "I just need something to pry the doors with." she stuck the small crown between the doors and pushed. Slowly, the door opened a crack, just enough for her to get some leverage. "See," she smiled, tossing the crown back at her friend "It worked."
"But its all bent up now..." Cait pouted "And I like that crown too.."
"I'll buy you a new one! Now come on!" Jade pulled Cait up through the door, and the two of them took off down the hall.
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"FIRE 3!!!" Rayne shouted as she held up a fire materia "Guys, I think we're just making it mad!"
"Just keep it busy long enough for Jade to do whatever shes doing!" Reno shouted back "Whatever you do, don't let it get out of that cage!"
"Thats easier said than done." Elena replied, reloading her gun "That cage isn't gonna hold much longer."
It was true, the cage was already starting to bend and snap. And the creature didn't seem to happy about the turn of events. It roared and trashed in anger, trying its best to free itsself from its new prison. "I hope she hurries up!" Rayne cried "I don't know how long we can hold this thing!"
"We'll hold it as long as we can." Reno replied, sending a blast of electricity straight towards the trapped creature. "Come on Jade!! Hurry your ass up already!!"
The creature screamed in pain from Renos blast, and began to thrash around even more. Rayne was right, all they were doing was making it mad. But there really wasn't anything else they could do. They had to keep it busy, long enough for Jade to carry out whatever plan she had. All they could do was hope the girl knew what she was doing, and that they could get out of there alive..