After Meteor: Rise from the Ashes

Chapter 2

So, now all of AVALANCHE was reunited. All of them were there; Cloud, Barret, Tifa, Cid, Vincent, Yuffie, Cait, Nanaki, Jessie, Biggs and Wedge…everyone except Aeris all crammed into a very small hotel room. Cloud had asked Jessie if she had seen any girl with brown hair in a braid in a pink dress. She shook her head no.

"Alright Jessie, you say you saw ShinRa scum?" asked Barret impatiently.

"Yeah, I saw President Shinra and Rufus and Heidegger and Scarlet and- " she started listing all the Shinra executives. Barret cut her short.

"Alright already! So…we've got ShinRa back."

"Oooh goodie…" Stated Cait flatly. "Figures. I start rebuilding Midgar and ShinRa just waltzes back in. Why can't they stay dead?"

"Hey! If they stayed dead, then we would have stayed dead too. Do you want us dead?" retorted Biggs in an irritated tone.

"Better all of ya' than ShinRa! I don't even know who the @#&$ you are!" screamed Cid.

Biggs snorted at this comment and started walking toward Cid in an offensive manner. Wedge held him back. "Calm down Biggs…"

"Calm down!? CALM DOWN?! I'll show him! I'll fix his @#&$ little red wagon is what I'll do!"

Jessie opened her mouth then shut it. Probably in her best interest to keep her mouth shut. Besides…when Biggs gets THAT red in the face…everyone should get out of his way. "…"

<15 minutes later>

Biggs was calmed down…although still slightly on the irritated side. Barret began to explain their current situation.

"O-Kay. ShinRa is back. Jessie? You said it looked as though they were headed back to Midgar?" Jessie nodded her head. "Peachy…Reeve? Er…Cait? Be expecting company soon."

"Right-o!"

"…anyway. We need to stop them! Any ideas?"

"Well, so far, all of the mako reactors that weren't located in Midgar are still intact and running. Step one would be to blow them up, right?" asked Tifa.

"Y'know what would be cool? What if we blew up EVERY mako reactor on the plant at the exact same time?" suggested Jessie in excitement.

"Nah. Let's just forget about them. What can they possibly do? Only about half of the ShinRa building is redone. Reeve hasn't even started on the city itself." Everyone agreed with this suggestion.