Reno, Rude, and Yuffie were running down the corridors with Yuffie in the lead followed by the two Turks. The corridors were empty, dark, and maze like. Yuffie did not know which way to go and it was starting to feel like they were going in circles. Up ahead of them, the hallway split into two like a T and something was telling her to turn left. She was about to turn the corner when someone pulled her back just before a sword swung down in front of her, missing her.
With both feet off the ground she looked up to see Rude standing behind her holding, her up by her shirt. After he let her go, she nodded thanks to the bald Turk and then looked ahead to see Weiss turn the corner facing them with his sword gun raised.
Before Weiss could do anything, Rude had his gun out and started shooting. This forced the Tsviet to jump back around the corner.
Yuffie did not have a weapon and there was no way her martial arts skills would be any match in a gun fight. As if reading her mind, Reno pulled out a gun and handed it to her. It was not her ideal choice of weapon, but she knew how to use one, so she accepted it and released the safety.
"What I wouldn't give for some materia right now," Yuffie thought to herself as Weiss stuck his sword out around the corner and fired three rounds, missing them.
Instead of sticking around to fight, the spiky haired man made a break down the other hallway to the right with the Yuffie and the Turks in pursuit. He was much faster than them and was able to doge every bullet Rude and Yuffie shot in his direction. It was like he was able to predict their shots.
Weiss fled through a door at the end of the hallway. It took a few seconds before the three reached the same door and entered. On the other side was another big warehouse like room with high ceilings. It so dark they could not see where the room ended. There were three dim and flickering lights hanging over them by the entrance, but the rest of the room was pitched black. Weiss was nowhere to be found but they could hear noises off in the distance.
Reno looked behind him and located a light switch by the door, so he flicked it with his nightstick. A few more lights flickered and turned on lighting up part of the room, but the far end was still very dark. They could just make out the outline of Weiss standing amongst a large group of oddly shaped shadows.
As the lights started to warm up it grew a little brighter and the three were able to make out the other shapes. Weiss was surrounded by a large group of about thirty monsters, all with Genesis faces. They were monsters that the three recognize from all over the planet, including monsters that were exclusive to the Shinra Mansion.
Reno turned around and tried to open the door, but it was locked on their side. "Shit," Reno commented out loud. He then turned around and flicked the switch on his rod.
Weiss smiled wickedly at them when suddenly, as if under his control, all the monsters rushed the two Turks and Yuffie.
Having no choice but to fight, the three separate themselves so they could focus on a small group of monsters while watching each other's backs. Many of the monsters were ground monsters with a dozen flying ones. Rude and Yuffie proceeded to shoot at the flying monsters while Reno focused on the ground monsters with his electric nightstick.
Yuffie emptied a clip and called out to Reno who pulled a full clip out of his jacket pocket and threw it towards her. She caught it, loaded her gun and continued shooting.
The three were doing a decent job keeping the monsters at bay considering how much they were outnumbered. After Rude ran out of ammo he threw his gun away and lifter his fists ready to fight with his hands; he preferred hand to hand combat anyways. Yuffie did the same once she ran out of ammo.
In the heat of battle, Yuffie looked around and could not see Weiss anywhere. She assumed he was either hiding or used the commotion as a chance to escape. She looked over at Rude who seemed to be holding his own against three Ceaser monsters. She then proceeded to deliver a roundhouse kick to the Dorky Face she was battling.
Suddenly a ringing noise came from Reno's direction, catching her attention. She looked over to see Reno reach into his pocket and pull out his cell phone. She couldn't help but wonder how his phone had a signal this far up north and made a mental note to ask him who his service provider was when they were out of this mess.
"Yo," Reno said, answering his phone with his right hand while electrocuting a cat like creature with his left. "It's about time!" he exclaimed to the person on the phone. "We could really use some help!" Reno paused for a second as he listened before responding. "Well how the hell should I know?" he said rudely while knocking a creature upside the head with his rod. "Why don't you try the GPS?!"
As soon as the redhead said that, Yuffie could make out the sound of a woman yelling at him through the phone, despite her being a few feet away from him.
Reno moved the phone a few inches away from his ear until the yelling stopped. "I'm sorry," Reno sighed into the phone. "We could REALLY use your help PLEASE," he said nicely then hung up the phone.
Yuffie looked over to Rude who also appeared to be listening in on Reno's conversation while fending off a monster. They were a little more than half way through the group at this point. Most of the monsters were not very strong, except for the ones from the Shinra Manor and the Mt. Nibel area.
Rude was surrounded by dead or unconscious monsters with one Ghirofelgo giving him a bit of trouble.
Suddenly, as if sensing their progress, Yuffie felt and heard a low rumble coming from across the large room. She looked towards the noise that was coming from a dark corner of the warehouse. Peering into the darkness, she could just make out a glowing pair of eyes that appeared to be moving. She then heard another low rumble, followed by a loud roar that shook the ground.
As soon as she heard the noise, she knew exactly what they were dealing with. She recognized the noise from travelling through the Mt. Nibel area with her friends years ago. Before the echo of the roar could subside, a large beast approached and stepped out into the light confirming what Yuffie feared, a dragon.
Noticing the dragon, Reno and Rude stop fighting for a second, startled that they missed such a large creature hiding on the other side of the room.
"Hurry up guys," Reno commented to himself, thinking about his comrades that were looking for them.
Noticing the three humans fighting with the other monsters, the dragon let out a louder roar and extended out its monstrous wings as if it was casually stretching after a long nap. It then proceeded to walk towards the fighting group. As it drew closer, Yuffie noticed that this monster did not have a Genesis face like all the other monsters.
"Why the hell did they bring that thing here?" Reno wondered out loud.
The last hand full of monsters continued attacking as if they didn't even notice the huge dragon approaching casually. The three were able to fend off the monsters' attacks but they were more concerned with the dragon that luckily did not seem to be in a rush to reach them.
Right when the dragon was half-way across the room, the three heard a large explosion causing the ground to shake. Less than a second later, they heard another boom but this time the ceiling closer to the dragon crumbled in. Some of the rubble feel down from above, hitting the dragon and drawing its attention.
Suddenly, gunshots came flying through the hole hitting the dragon but not causing any serious injury. The dragon looked up in the direction of the incoming bullets and roared in anger. It then proceeded to jump up through the hole and chase after its attacker.
A few seconds after the dragon left, Barret and Cid came jumping down through the hole and assisted the others with fighting the remaining monsters. After the last monster fell, everyone could hear the gunfire echoing in from outside.
"We should go help them," Yuffie advised her friends. She assumed there was an alternative that Weiss must have escaped through.
The group ran to the other side of the warehouse and found an exit leading outside.
Outside, the helicopter was hovering in the air dodging the dragon's attacks while Reeve and Elena bombarded the creature with machine gun bullets. The bullets appeared to have no effect on the dragon's metal-like scales. Every time the dragon took a dive, the helicopter would move just in time, successfully avoiding its attacks.
Reno was impressed with Tseng's piloting skills since the redhead was the one who usually did all the flying.
Barret then started to shoot at the dragon from the ground drawing its attention while the two in the helicopter continued to shoot at it from behind angering the dragon because it did not know whom to attack.
Decision, the dragon focused on Barret and looked like it was about to dive towards him, but the helicopter maneuvered closer and continued shooting. Suddenly, the Dragon turned and swiped at the helicopter. Tseng almost moved in time, but the dragon managed to hit one of the top propellers breaking it clean off.
The helicopter started to wobble midair and Tseng had no choice but to make an emergency landing. It was a rough land, but he managed to touch ground without crashing. The three exited the helicopter and ran to meet the others by the warehouse. Realizing all its targets were on the ground, the dragon looked down and started to prepare for a drive.
"What are we going to do?" Elena asked. "Guns aren't working."
Cid, who had been standing closest to the warehouse door casually smoking his cigarette, took one last drag of his smoke before speaking. "I got this," he said, flicking his smoke into the snowbank next to him and grabbed his spear.
He then proceeded to run and jump high up into the air as the dragon approached the group. The group watched as Cid came crashing down spear first on top of the dragon's head, right through its eye and into its head. The dragon fell dead immediately, crashing into the ground and stopping just feet away from the group. Cid then proceeded to forcefully pull his spear out from the dragon's head and walked over to the others like nothing happened.
"Wow…" Yuffie said as everyone else around her to there in awe. "Soooo, does anyone else know where to find Cloud and the others?" she asked the group.
"The front entrance to the facility is over there," Tseng replied, pointing up towards the tallest structure a few buildings over. "I assume they would be keeping the prisoners in main building."
"Where's Vincent?" Yuffie asked, looking around.
She finally realized he was no longer with the group and the last she saw him he was fighting with Cid and Barret.
"He saw someone running from this building just when we arrived and took off after him," Elena replied.
"Must have been Weiss," Yuffie explained.
With all the monsters subdued, the group proceeded to make their way towards the main structure in search for their friends.