Hello readers! I'm sorry to have left you for a day, but I had some homework that needed to get done after my class and I couldn't get another chapter up before my night class, there just wasn't enough time for me to do that. Enough with the excuses, here is the next chapter. Disclaimer: If I owned FF7 or the characters, I would probably be getting paid for this story, but I'm not because I don't own it. Square Enix does, not me! I'm just borrowing the characters.

Chapter 36

"Why didn't you wait for us! I would have wanted to kick some ass if it was needed!" Yuffie yelled at them as she approached them at a run. Cloud and Tifa followed behind her.

"She didn't need you around ranting and raving while she tried to face her past Yuffie." Vincent answered once she got to them.

"True, but still, we would have been here to give you help if it was needed." Tifa said when she got closer with Cloud.

"It wasn't needed. We got what we came for." Angela said looking at the big metal box on the ground.

"Alright then. Let's get this back to the WRO HQ." Yuffie said trying to pick up the box. "Holy crap! What's in here, bricks?"

"Let Vincent and me carry it onto the airship before you pull something." Cloud said grabbing one end of the box and lifting it with Vincent. They proceeded to carry it to the airship.

"Come on Angela, let's go." Yuffie said.

"I'll meet you there." Angela said as she got on her motorcycle.

"Don't be to long." Tifa said and then made her way towards the airship, dragging Yuffie with her before she could protest. Angela started her motorcycle and took off towards the WRO.

"First Trent, and now you." August said as he approached Trisha's body. "I will carry out our plans. I'll just have to figure something else out. Your deaths will be avenged." He watched on as Trisha's body returned to the lifestream.

It took less than forty minutes for the airship to get back to the WRO and another forty five minutes for Angela to return. Yuffie was getting impatient with her.

"I don't see why she couldn't have ridden with us! We would've come back for her motorcycle." Yuffie complained as they waited for her.

"Silver Bullet is Angela's baby Yuffie. She wouldn't leave her in the middle of nowhere like that, unless it was absolutely necessary." Kyra explained.

"You should listen to Kyra's explanations more often Yuffie." Angela said as she walked through the door.

"Angela, I know that this is an old numerical lock, but I can't figure out the combination." Reeve said turning from the box.

Angela walked over and looked at it. "It's not just a numerical lock Reeve. It's also a puzzle." She pressed a button near the top of the numbered buttons and notes were heard. "You listen to the notes, and try to figure out the rhythm of the notes the numbered buttons make."

"I was wondering why they were making noise when I was pressing them." Reeve said.

Angela listened to the rhythm a few times to figure out the melody and then started to press the buttons. It took her a few tries, but she was finally able to open it. Inside was a stack of tapes, a video camera and a smaller box with a note attached to it.

Angela,

I'm sorry for making you run all over hell for this. The ultramateria is inside the smaller box. It is very powerful and very sensitive. Be very careful while handling it. I don't know what your situation is now in your time reading this, but please protect it if you feel it will be needed. If you know that it may never be needed, then destroy it if possible. I'm sure the Planet would understand. I also took the time to find and put together your old tapes with your old camera. I thought that you may want them after your journey. Please know that I wanted to be there when you finally woke up, but when I went to check on you in the lab that day, you were gone. Please forgive me for what I have done to your life. I'm to blame for ruining it in so many ways, but please forgive me.

Cronin

'There is nothing to forgive, because you did nothing wrong.' she thought after she had read the letter.

She folded it and put it in her inside pocket of her coat and turned her attention to the small box inside. She carefully lifted it out, put it on the table and opened it. The materia was pearl in color, but it was transparent. She carefully lifted it from the box to have a better look at it.

"How do you think we should destroy it?" Reeve said looking at the materia in her hand.

"I feel that it is not only powerful, but very fragile. It may not be impossible to just break it, but then we would have many pieces of it to destroy." Angela answered.

'Once broken, the pieces will disintegrate and return to the planet.'

'How do you know this?'

'I can hear the Planet speak through this. She wants you to break it so the power can return to her.'

"Angela? What are you thinking?" Reeve asked.

"Brutality. She told me that she can hear the Planet through this. The Planet wants me to break it so the power can return to her. I think that is what I'm going to do." she answered.

"Brutality-"

"I'll explain to you later Reeve. Angela, do as Brutality says and break it." Shelke said.

Angela disregarded Shelke for a moment, nodded and slammed the materia to the ground. It did shatter into a billion pieces, but they soon after disintegrated and returned to the lifestream. Angela then closed the bigger box, causing it to relock and she walked out of the room, close to tears. She was found later in the sleeping quarters by Vincent.

"Do you want to be left alone?"

"Your fine Vincent." she replied.

"You've been crying." He said after walking closer to her.

"So? Even you need a breakdown once in a while." she snapped.

"I'm sorry. I just hate seeing you like this." Vincent said as he sat down next to her and put his arm around her.

"No, I'm the one that snapped. Don't apologize for something that you didn't do Vincent. Don't be another Cronin. He blamed himself for so much that he didn't do."

Vincent brought her in closer to him. "I brought it up."

"I'm still the one who snapped."

Vincent tilted her head up by her chin, making her look at him. "Just please start smiling a little more, for me?"

"Look whose talking." Angela said with a slight smirk.

"Alright. Since the materia has been taken care of, start smiling more and I will to." he said.

" Deal."

"Deal." he said then he leaned down and kissed her.

It had taken about a month for her to find the materia, but that didn't bother her. What bothered her was that Vincent wanted her to return to Seventh Heaven while he finished fixing up the manor. She had tried to convince him to let her return home with him to help, but he had refused. He didn't want to wake her up early in the mornings to him working on the place. If she stayed at Seventh Heaven she would be able to sleep in and be in the company of friends who didn't care about who or what she was. If she had gone back to the manor, she would have been around strangers of the WRO, and he didn't want her to feel uncomfortable around them.

"You really miss him don't you?" Tifa asked as she came around the bar with more glasses for Angela to clean.

"Wouldn't you miss your husband?" Angela asked. She had been helping Tifa in the bar for the past month so Kyra could concentrate more on her studies.

"Yeah, I would. I'm sorry, I won't bring it up again." Tifa said.

Angela gave her a small smile before returning to the dishes at hand. Cloud had finally taken Angela's advice and Vincent's example and started to go out with Tifa. He agreed that it may be time to move on, and keep Aerith in his heart. Thankfully, they didn't need to be forced together like she had been with Vincent.

It was a particularly slow night and Tifa had decided to close up the bar early after the last patron had left. She let Tifa do her usual paperwork of counting the money and taking inventory while she cleaned up the bar. They had finished around the same time and they both went their separate ways to bed. When Angela got to her place she checked her phone for any messages. She always turned it off while working so she could concentrate on her shift. She saw that she had one message from Vincent and she called him back. He answered after one ring.

"I got your message to call, what's up?" she said when he answered.

"I just wanted to give you an update on things, but if it's to late for you-"

"No, now's fine. I just got off work, and I was going to play the Xbox 360 for a while before turning in." she replied.

"Xbox 360?" he asked.

"It's a game counsel Vincent. A gift from Reno and Kyra. Sort of a wedding gift. Anyway, the update?"

"Yes, the renovations are almost done. We only have one last room to finish and the place will be done." Vincent said.

"Cool. So I'll be able to come home soon?" she asked.

"Yes, I'll let you know when the renovations are done. That was all I wanted to talk to you about, so I'll let you get back to your game. I'll talk to you again soon."

"Alright Vincent. I love you."

"I love you to." he said, and they both hung up.

A/N: I know that it didn't seem to take that long for her to find the materia, but it did for the purposes of my story. Don't worry, this story isn't quite done yet. There is still a little bit more to go along with this story, and I will continue to update as soon as I can. R&R!