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Final Fantasy: Legends of the Zerg Invasion
By: Dark Templar Thrash
Chapter 5: That's a MIGHTY Big Ship
"Well, I've never seen anything like it, and I've seen just about anything that can fly on this damn planet," regarded Cid when summoned to look at the huge flying structure. "I'm amazed that thing can even stay up, it's so freakin' big. By the way Yuffie, what the HELL are you laughing at??"
Over in the corner, Yuffie was snickering uncontrollably...at Cid's all-pink-with-yellow-hearts-all-over boxers. "Nothing...nothing at all....(snicker)"
"Well, Reeve, what do you think it is?" Tifa inquired of Cait Sith. "Did Shinra have anything in their pipeline that looks like that?"
The cat and the stuffed Moogle gave a quizzical look. "No, I've never seen anything like that on the drawing boards. Besides, that looks entirely too modern and high tech for Shinra. I mean, we could probably have built it....20 or 30 years down the road."
"Well, if it ain't those Shinra scum, then who the hell is it?" asked Barret.
"Beats me," Cloud said with a shrug. "All I know is, I don't like the looks of that ship one bit...Cid, think the Highwind can hit the sky?"
"Yeah, I guess...why, you planning on taking that thing on head to head?"
"What, do you think I'm crazy? No...I'm talking about a little recon mission."
"Recon mission?" piped in Red. "What were you thinking of, Cloud?"
"Well, I was thinking of having Little Miss Ninja and Vincent sneaking aboard that ship via airdrop from the..."
"OH no you don't, Spikey," growled Yuffie, "if you think I'm jumping off of Flyboy's wreck onto THAT thing with the Wall over there..."
"Wall?" asked Vincent with an odd expression on his face and an eyebrow raised.
"Cause of the no-emotion thing, and anyway I'm NOT doing it, not for all the Materia in Wutai!"
"Um, Yuffie, I thought that there wasn't any Materia in Wutai...that's why you always want ours." wisecracked Cait Sith.
"Shut up, Marshmallow..."
"ENOUGH! Look, Yuffie, it'll be just likewhen we airdropped into Midgar...you were ok then, right?" Tifa eased, trying to get some measure of progress going.
"Well..."
"Then what's the problem? Look, the sooner we find out what's going on here, the sooner you get our Materia, right?"
"...alright. But I'm just saying I don't like this one bit."
"Ok, it's settled then...let's go guys." Cloud ordered. "Let's pay that oversized flying T a visit."
Chapter 6: Survey the Area
"What is this planet? It is unlike any I have seen or heard of," Zeratul said.
"Well, sure doesn't look like the natives are good housekeepers," Raynor quipped. "Look at that one huge city with the big gun sticking out of it...looks like it's in shambles."
"Yes, it also looks fairly deserted. Some disaster must have befallen it's inhabitants recently; it still has signs of devastation from the attack."
"You think this city was attacked, Zeratul?"
"Well, one could only assume..."
"Cause, this looks like some sort of natural disaster, if you ask me...destruction's totally random and unorganized..."
"Sir, we've finished those telemetry and geographical reports on this planet," an ensign stated as he saluted and entered Raynor's cabin. "Seems like there was very heavy meteorlogical activity in that city below us, lots of tornados and heavy winds. Also lots of signs of big rocks and structures being thrown about. But, there are some weird residual energy readings that we can't place."
"Good, Ensign...what about geography of the planet?"
"Well, this seems like a fairly low-population planet. Only 8 major population centers distributed throughout 3 continents, and lots of ocean. We're over what seems to have been the main city, but it's deserted for the most part. The next largest city is along the westernmost sea of this continent; we're headed that way now, and should get there in around 10 hours."
"Very good Ensign, thanks for the heads up. Have Communications keep in touch with the Protoss carrier we picked up, and also keep hailing frequencies open to see if we can't eavesdrop on the neighbors a little, see what's going on out there. Oh, and have a Dropship and my Vulture ready to take me to the surface...feel like taking a little walk, Zeratul?
"Ah, Commander Raynor, I would be honored to explore this planet with you," Zeratul said formally, as he was wont to do. "When shall we begin?"
"After I take a little nap...can't explore tired, now can we? Say, meet back up in around 5 hours?"
"Alright Commander. Until then, En Taro Adun."
"Night night to you too, Zeratul," Raynor said as he mulled over when his Protoss colleague would ever get a sense of humor.
Final Fantasy: Legends of the Zerg Invasion
By: Dark Templar Thrash
Chapter 5: That's a MIGHTY Big Ship
"Well, I've never seen anything like it, and I've seen just about anything that can fly on this damn planet," regarded Cid when summoned to look at the huge flying structure. "I'm amazed that thing can even stay up, it's so freakin' big. By the way Yuffie, what the HELL are you laughing at??"
Over in the corner, Yuffie was snickering uncontrollably...at Cid's all-pink-with-yellow-hearts-all-over boxers. "Nothing...nothing at all....(snicker)"
"Well, Reeve, what do you think it is?" Tifa inquired of Cait Sith. "Did Shinra have anything in their pipeline that looks like that?"
The cat and the stuffed Moogle gave a quizzical look. "No, I've never seen anything like that on the drawing boards. Besides, that looks entirely too modern and high tech for Shinra. I mean, we could probably have built it....20 or 30 years down the road."
"Well, if it ain't those Shinra scum, then who the hell is it?" asked Barret.
"Beats me," Cloud said with a shrug. "All I know is, I don't like the looks of that ship one bit...Cid, think the Highwind can hit the sky?"
"Yeah, I guess...why, you planning on taking that thing on head to head?"
"What, do you think I'm crazy? No...I'm talking about a little recon mission."
"Recon mission?" piped in Red. "What were you thinking of, Cloud?"
"Well, I was thinking of having Little Miss Ninja and Vincent sneaking aboard that ship via airdrop from the..."
"OH no you don't, Spikey," growled Yuffie, "if you think I'm jumping off of Flyboy's wreck onto THAT thing with the Wall over there..."
"Wall?" asked Vincent with an odd expression on his face and an eyebrow raised.
"Cause of the no-emotion thing, and anyway I'm NOT doing it, not for all the Materia in Wutai!"
"Um, Yuffie, I thought that there wasn't any Materia in Wutai...that's why you always want ours." wisecracked Cait Sith.
"Shut up, Marshmallow..."
"ENOUGH! Look, Yuffie, it'll be just likewhen we airdropped into Midgar...you were ok then, right?" Tifa eased, trying to get some measure of progress going.
"Well..."
"Then what's the problem? Look, the sooner we find out what's going on here, the sooner you get our Materia, right?"
"...alright. But I'm just saying I don't like this one bit."
"Ok, it's settled then...let's go guys." Cloud ordered. "Let's pay that oversized flying T a visit."
Chapter 6: Survey the Area
"What is this planet? It is unlike any I have seen or heard of," Zeratul said.
"Well, sure doesn't look like the natives are good housekeepers," Raynor quipped. "Look at that one huge city with the big gun sticking out of it...looks like it's in shambles."
"Yes, it also looks fairly deserted. Some disaster must have befallen it's inhabitants recently; it still has signs of devastation from the attack."
"You think this city was attacked, Zeratul?"
"Well, one could only assume..."
"Cause, this looks like some sort of natural disaster, if you ask me...destruction's totally random and unorganized..."
"Sir, we've finished those telemetry and geographical reports on this planet," an ensign stated as he saluted and entered Raynor's cabin. "Seems like there was very heavy meteorlogical activity in that city below us, lots of tornados and heavy winds. Also lots of signs of big rocks and structures being thrown about. But, there are some weird residual energy readings that we can't place."
"Good, Ensign...what about geography of the planet?"
"Well, this seems like a fairly low-population planet. Only 8 major population centers distributed throughout 3 continents, and lots of ocean. We're over what seems to have been the main city, but it's deserted for the most part. The next largest city is along the westernmost sea of this continent; we're headed that way now, and should get there in around 10 hours."
"Very good Ensign, thanks for the heads up. Have Communications keep in touch with the Protoss carrier we picked up, and also keep hailing frequencies open to see if we can't eavesdrop on the neighbors a little, see what's going on out there. Oh, and have a Dropship and my Vulture ready to take me to the surface...feel like taking a little walk, Zeratul?
"Ah, Commander Raynor, I would be honored to explore this planet with you," Zeratul said formally, as he was wont to do. "When shall we begin?"
"After I take a little nap...can't explore tired, now can we? Say, meet back up in around 5 hours?"
"Alright Commander. Until then, En Taro Adun."
"Night night to you too, Zeratul," Raynor said as he mulled over when his Protoss colleague would ever get a sense of humor.