Nogias: Ya know, Errolas, I still feel like I should have gotten more air time. I mean, one chapter?
Errolas: Nogias, we've been over this. Ashe is the dark, serious one, so it would have been wrong to make his a comical story. You are the comical guy, so throwing you into a serious setting would have killed your character.
Nogias: WHAT?!
Errolas: Not really, Nogias. It would have killed the idea of you being a comedian. A funny guy that everyone can get a laugh out of.
Nogias: Oh. Wait, WHAT?!
Ashe and Errolas: *sigh* Why even bother?
Ashe: Part 8 of the "ASHE RESCUE" Saga. Enjoy! Oh, and Nogias?
Nogias: Yeah, What?
Ashe: this. *Ashe flicks Nogias on the forehead*
Nogias: GWAFF! OW, DAMMIT THAT HURT, YOU BASTARD!
Ashe: Whatever…
Errolas: ON WITH THE SHOW!
SIDE STORY 1: ASHE RESCUE SAGA, PART 8: The Deal: Psyonics Crosses Over!
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As Musaji and his sisters walked down the hall, they all saw the same thing: Three downed robot humanoids, and a dragon hovering over each, each dragon seeming very familiar. They continued down the hall to see Cloud still battling it out with XV. Cloud lashed upwards with his Buster sword, while XV swung downward with his Judgment Blade. As hot smoking plasma met hyper-toughened steel, XV broke the clash and put his blade away. "Wait, What are you doing?" Cloud asked, as XV sat down. "There's no point in continuing now," XV said, as he pointed down the hall. Cloud looked down the hall, his jaw dropping at what he saw. There, in a heap near the end of the hall, lay Askad, Omega, and Kary, with three dragon roaring over their bodies. Then, unexpectedly, the dragons landed on their hind legs.
Three bursts of light shot upward, and soon, Sam, Alex, and Clover stood next to each other, gasping for air. Cloud and Musaji stared down the hall at the girls, but for a reason that not one of the spies understood. Then, as they looked at each other, they finally understood: Their transformations had completely wrecked their clothes, leaving them in shards and tatters several meters away from the cyborg bodies of their fallen foes. Squealing in shock and embarrassment, they ran to the shattered remains of their clothes and screamed, "DON'T LOOK!" As they scrambled to put on what they could of the cloth shreds, Cloud instantly turned around, trying, and failing, to suppress a monster nosebleed. XV, however, stood watching, fascinated by the actions of the girls. As Sam tried uselessly to get into the ruined remains of her combat armour top, she noticed XV's glowing red eyes… pointing right at HER. "EEEEEEEEEK!" she screamed, trying to cover what she could of her body, while Clover and Alex followed her line of sight straight to XV's, who turned to view them, trying to understand their behaviour. As the other two girls quickly mimicked Sam, their faces turning redder then beets, Xv began to advance on them.
"NO! STAY BACK!" Sam shouted, still trying to cover herself as XV began moving. She quickly finished her request with the threat, "I'LL KNOCK YOU OUT IF YOU KEEP MOVING!" XV laughed loudly, causing all three girls to stop and look at him with confused expressions, each hoping he wasn't about to go where they could tell he was. "How could you possibly knock ME out? You are merely Human females, and are therefore weak!" he said as he continued to laugh, oblivious to the three immense death glares stabbing through his robotic frame. "WHAT DID YOU SAY?!" all three girls shouted, exploding with rage at having just been branded with a classic, though incorrect stereotype. Instantaneously, and in unison, the three flew at XV, shouting angrily as they got near. Still laughing madly, XV felt, but didn't see the fist, foot, and forehead that collided with his lower pain centre, stomach, and face as the three enraged females took aim and attacked. Flying backwards, XV righted himself in mid-air, touching a large dent in his head. "You three will pay for…" he stopped, looking over at the large metallic shape that was, in fact, his body. Not surprisingly, Clover had been the last to make contact with her massive head-butt, and had actually loosened several key connections in XV's head, severing it from his body. XV watched, horrified, as his body began to twist, contort, and flail about, trying it's hardest to find him, only to fall to pieces.
"NO! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!" XV screamed, trying his hardest to get back to his almost destroyed body. Sam picked up the small severed head and, with an air of anger and pain in her voice, said, "PROVING A POINT, YOU JERK! GIRLS ARE NOT WEAK!" Sam the proceeded to slam XV's head into the ground like a foot-ball player performing a touchdown. A robotic shriek of "NO!" erupted from XV's head not only as he hit the ground, but again as Alex punted him to clover, who performed a dead-on spike to send his head plummeting through several floors. As if expected, a metallic groan emanated from hole beneath, as well as several shocked voices asking if Meteor had struck, only to be followed by a much louder sound: XV shouting. The only sound heard for several, seemingly endless, seconds was that of XV shouting "OW." Cloud, from his position, called over to the girls, saying, "I'll go and recover him, you just stay here and see if you can get dressed, ok? PLEASE DON'T KILL ME!" he yelled as he dashed off, hitting the stairs quickly. In the couple minutes that it took for Cloud to return with XV's damaged metal cranium, the girls had managed to piece their tattered clothes together in a way that nearly covered the more important parts of their bodies, though the ripped shards of cloth seemed to be giving them no end of troubled to keep on.
"Don't worry, Cloud," Sam said, Turning after a quick, light dusting off, "We aren't going to kill you. You didn't label us under a ridiculously untrue stereotype. You're safe." Cloud breathed a sigh of relief, knowing he wouldn't get his skull ripped in half by angry teen girls… today, at least. XV attempted to struggle, but soon became quite still. "What is it that you people want?" he said, his voice now sounding slightly feminine. Cloud looked at XV's head with a smirk and said, "Well, we were hoping we could do the same for you guys that we did earlier for the sibling warriors, and offer you and the others jobs with AVALANCHE. For the sole reason of vengeance." "XV's face looked stoic and robotic as he said, "Why? Why would you face us under circumstances like this, when we weren't even your enemy, and… offer us work upon defeat?" "Shin-Ra has used you. Shin-Ra has, in a way, used us all. At AVALANCHE, we believe that everyone is equal, and that you should treat others as you'd want to be treated. His army killed my best friend many years ago, and I keep his memory alive in me with his sword. Now, I think it's time hey reaped what they've sown. What say you?" Cloud responded, holding out a hand, only to return to the reality that involved a severed robot head sitting in his hand. "Oh… Uh… Yeah. Sorry," Cloud said, putting his free hand behind his head. "No, that's fine. I'm quite taken by what you said. Alright, I'm in. But, you'll have to fix up the other four before you can get a definite answer," XV said, with a slight hint of humour in his words that made cloud begin to chuckle. "At least I've learned something today," XV said, "DON'T UNDERESTIMATE YOUR OPPONENT." The three girls looked at him and smiled, happy that he finally understood.
~SEVERAL MINUTES LATER…~
Cloud, the girls, the Nanotech siblings, and the fully restored newcomers descended down the stairs, sending bullets every which way and bodies flying in all directions. As they hit the ground floor, they could see Barret and Vincent ascending from the basement floors with a slightly banged up Cid in tow, Barret clearing the way as Vince aided Cid up the stairs. By the looks of them, there had been one HELL of a battle, and they'd ONLY JUST made it through. As they all converged on the front door, Cloud looked over at the main reception desk, only to see no one. "Omega, Do me a favour?" Cloud asked, to receive a nod from the red cyborg. "Go over to the main reception counter, and look for a female receptionist named Harriet. If you find her, collect her and say today's the day for leaving. If not, look around for any notes from her." Omega nodded in understanding and dashed off to the desk in search of his target. "I REPEAT, COLLECT, NOT KILL!" Cloud and the others dashed for the door, running straight for the buggy as Omega chased after them, Harriet the receptionist slung over his shoulder. As they climbed into the buggy, Cid reached into his shirt and pulled out a small device. "Heh. THOSE LOSERS FORGOT TO CHECK ME FOR WEAPONS! LOSERS! BAM!" he shouted as he pushed the little button. As the buggy moved away, a large explosion rocked the Shin-Ra building. Everyone cheered as the building dropped down several floors.
~SEVERAL HOURS LATER…~
Once they arrived back in North Corel, Ashe looked around. "Strange… I would have thought my brother would be here… waiting to ambush me in a surprise drop kick greeting… YARGH!" He shouted as he rolled out of the way of an attack that didn't come. "Brother?" Cloud asked, looking over at Cait Sith for more info; all he got was a pair of confused expressions and two pairs of shrugging shoulders accompanied by one annoying southern voice saying, "No one said anything about THAT!" Ashe looked from one face to another… "He's not here? He should have been in the Shin-Ra basements… Wait… did they move him? Where would they move him to?" Cloud stood in thought before coming to a realization: "Maybe the hidden treasure of Shin-Ra Manor… Is your brother!"
___SIDE STORY COMPLETE___
Ashe: So, Nogias, happy now? My story is finally over after eight massive, gruelling, painful instalments, while you got one crappy, insane little one-shot!
Nogias: SHUT UP, LOSER! At least I didn't get addicted to Mako Meth while in that box! I was clean, man!
Ashe: HEY! THAT'S NOT AN ADDICTION! I CAN QUIT WHENEVER I WANT! It's just… not that easy… *pulls out a bucket of Mako pills from his back-pants pocket, and downs the whole bucket in one gulp*
Nogias: And they call me "SLIGHTLY OFF-KEY". Feh, I'm so sure!
Ashe: HEY! SHUT IT! At least I am out of pills now!!! *pulls out another bucket from the adjacent pocket, and attempts to swallow the whole thing*
Nogias: *Gives Ashe a big grin* Yeah. I'm the weird one.
Ashe: *with his mouth full* WHAT? STHUT UFF! I CAN GETH THEETHE DOWN, JUTHT WATCH MEH! *tries to swallow, but starts coughing them out in bursts* NO! MY BABIES!
Nogias: Yeah. I can SO SEE that I'm strange. YOU'RE CALLING METH PILLS YOUR CHILDREN! *bursts into hysterical laughter*
Errolas: Well, with this massive brawl over, I announce that the next storyline chapter will be up shortly! Sorry for the wait, mental block. Damn, lousy mental block!
Errolas, Nogias and Ashe: *Ashe still has his mouth full* (TH)SEE YA LAT(H)ER! R&R! FLAMES(THS) ARE WELCOME!