Discalimer: Same as always (Do I need to keep putting this in now?)

Lilies in the Church

The Church

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Humming to herself quietly, Aerith gently tendered to her flowers to make everything appear perfectly natural for the people who she instinctively knew were watching her. She could hear their breathing and feel their presence but she wasn't going to respond to them just yet. If there was one thing the Ancient knew it was to always appear calm and collected, it saved a lot of trouble when it came to big things going down. Plus she didn't want to give the game away to early; Zack had asked her to just act as naturally as possible.

He and some of the other members of Avalanche were currently hiding out in the church, hidden in the broken floorboards under the men's feet or else up in the rafters where they could see what was going on a whole lot easier. It wasn't exactly the most comfortable of spots but there were worse things that could happen.

Tseng walked towards the girl after a few minuets, aware that she wasn't reacting to his presence but prepared to put up with that. "Aerith?" he questioned gently, watching the flower girl stop her work to look up at him, "I've been sent to collect you."

"You're being awfully polite today Tseng," she said in the same old tone of voice which would make most people melt into a very happy pile of goo in the corner, "But I suppose I should return that favour."

The Turk raised an eyebrow in surprise and was about to question when suddenly the very foundations of the building shook and immediately there seemed to be a flurry of action. People scrambled out of their homes, looking to the sky to see if anything was going on only to hear the distant thunks as something hit the plate high above. It sounded ominous and deadly.

Suddenly chunks of concrete and metal came tumbling down as the support pillar crumpled under a massive weight. People were screaming out that the sky was falling in and Tseng ran with his Turks to head back to their base of operations and discover what was going on. Zack scrambled onto the roof of the Church to get a better view and watched as the Shinra tower block came tumbling down as if someone had pulled out the wrong piece from a jenga game.

What scared him the most though was the shadow of a figure he saw. Even though it was from a distance and there was going to be no confirming until the news actually managed to get some information itself, Zack knew who had done such an act. Whilst his heart was overjoyed with the fact that his friend was still alive, a stab of fear ran through his chest as the sheer destructive force which had been implemented in a single attack.

It was beyond what any normal human being could do and it genuinely terrified him. "What did they do to you?" he questioned the figure which had long since disappeared down into the skyline and out of his sight range.

Something told him that this was going to be a really bad situation to deal with.

Authors note: Duh duh duh, which ones gone crazy and all badass? Have to wait to find out. Please review!