Chapter Eleven
It had taken Tifa over an hour to get over the initial shock of Vincent's announcement but she was still bound and determined to get to Cloud. She had ordered Cait Sith to stay behind in to begin evacuation procedures. Tifa had left detailed instructions so that Cait Sith wouldn't me overwhelmed by the chaos. She had told him to begin the evacuation later on today and said that by tomorrow every airship should be in the sky. She had hired multiple people to oversee construction of new fuel engines so that the airships could stay in the air for an extended period of time. She had also made a point to bring her doctor with her as she had been having some cramps and wanted to be prepared if she went into premature labor. The pilot had come over the loud speaker and announced that they would be arriving at Mideel within another two hours.
Everyone looked at Vincent as he began to detail how he knew Leviathon was preparing another strike. "When we were hit by the tidal waves I turned into Chaos before we were pulled under. While in that form I was able to make out some of Leviathons cries. He had announced that Rufus Shinra was dead and that he listened to noone. He said that he would attack a city every week. I flew here because I needed time to prepare myself."
Yuffie looked at him and rolled her eyes. "Prepare yourself for what? Another swim?"
"No. I am preparing myself for the final battle against Leviathon."
"What do you mean?"
Vincent smiled. "We must use mako energized limit breaks. Cloud's Omnislash, Barret's Catastrophe, Tifa's Final Heaven, Red XIII's Cosmo Memory, Cid's Highwind, Yuffie's All Creation, Cait Sith's Slots and my Chaos."
"Tifa's pregnant though remember?"
"We should be able to infuse a mak shell with enough energy to act as Tifa's Final Heaven."
"What do we do? Pray that these attacks work?"
Vincent took out a photgraph and Reeve laughed. "Forgive me but she's dead."
"I know Reeve but she helped us before so I know she'll help us again."
Red XIII was next to see the problem and added,"Last time she prayed to Holy. This time she's not alive to."
"She helped us after that. The geostigma didn't just cure itself. She used her Great Gospel to cure everyone afflicted with the disease."
"So you honestly think it'll work?"
"It has to."
Tifa awoke again to the sound of waves crashing. "Having trouble sleeping?"
"Yeah. Ever since Vincent gave his warning I've been thinking about what if the attack comes earlier?"
Cloud looked at her and smiled. "We'll face it when it comes. We always do."
"Last time we failed though. We couldn't stop Rufus so what makes you think we can stop Leviathon?"
"Sephiroth, Kadaj, Deep Ground and the Shinra. All of them are either dead or close enough to it."
"At least with them we had some minor victories."
Cloud held Tifa and whispered in her ear. "I'd say that being still alive counts as a victory."
Tifa smiled and kissed Cloud. No matter what was coming they would face it together.
Cait Sith paced back and forth and finally took a deep breath. "Attention! Everyone begin boarding the airships. The City of the Ancients is no longer safe. We are being ordered to evacuate! We will stay up in the air until further notice. Pack only what you need." Cait Sith pained at the idea of telling everyone to pack up again but he knew Tifa wouldn't hesitate if in his shoes. Unlike his friends he didn't pull his strength from years of combat experience or courage. He pulled his strength from their courage. He knew that if they could rise up to any foe he could to. He just wished someone was here to help him. Then he saw the first sign that Leviathon was close. Water began rising over the mountains. "Hurry! Leviathon's here!"
Under the water Leviathon let out a cry. To the regular listener it sounded like a playful cry a dolphin would make but to the survivors it was a cry of death and destruction.
