Final Fantasy 7: The Hojo Clone
By Co V Schuler
Part 1: The Recovery
Chapter 2
Tifa was feeling much better than she was a few hours ago. She had just escaped execution and Cait-Sith had got her weapons back (Cait-Sith wasn't captured). Cait-Sith had left them right after they won the battle with Sephiroth. And now, right after she helped Cloud escape into some public restrooms, Cait-Sith showed up with every body's best weapons!
But even after she was equipped, she was scared for Cloud. He had been seriously injured in the Sephiroth fight (that only he and Sephiroth fought) and then when they were captured, they seriously beat up everybody, thinking that it would prevent them from escaping. But that didn't stop Avalanche. Tifa smiled at the thought. Then she blinked and heard Cait-Sith saying something, "...So what is our next move. The others are somewhere hiding and-," another voice cut him off.
A deep, low voice, "I wouldn't say everybody." Suddenly, an air vent popped out from the ceiling and Vincent Valentine fell out of it, and Yuffie slipped and landed on top of him. "Get off me please," Vincent asked pleasantly. Yuffie stared at him, smiled and got off. Vincent got up, shook his head and dusted off his clothes. He eyed the bag of weapons. "Is my Quicksilver in that bag?"
Cait-Sith nodded with eagerness to get attention. "Good," Vincent said simply. Yuffie had been quiet but once she got her weapon she started talking, "Just let me show those Shinra what a Ninja can do, this time with a fair chance!"
Tifa rolled her eyes. "Listen, I don't know what we are going to do...but I do know one thing: we can't do much because Cloud is too hurt to get moved around."
"...So?" Yuffie replied, as if she didn't care. "I will take 'em out on my own then!"
Cloud moved his head and looked at his group of renegades that, not more than five days ago, saved the planet from destruction. "Listen, I think-," he said quietly, and then stopped, as if he noticed something. "Where is Barret?"
*
Barret was watching three people talk from the shadows of an alley. Two of those people were just everyday citizens that Barret could take out...but there were Shinra guards everywhere. Guess news travels around Junon fast, he thought with a laugh. The guard had been tripled since he and Avalanche escaped. And since he escaped, he had been chasing the new President of Shinra, President Tanner...who is the third person that was talking. He was out of breath and obviously trying to get the people to recognize him.
But since he had only been President for a few days. Barret laughed. If he weren't so popular himself (posted on 'wanted' ads everywhere), he would walk out there and kill Tanner and then make a run for it. But if he showed his face, he would be shot on sight. Damn he thought angrily, he is right there and I have been chasing him for a few hours and I can't do anything!
Barret tried to calm himself. He would hide for a while, inside the hotel that's entrance was right around the corner. He stuck his gun-arm in his coat and exited the alley, hurriedly walking to the door that was about ten yards away. He was casually hiding his head when the chicken weakling President screamed and started yelling, "That's him that's him!" Barret looked at the two people that he was talking with and shrugged. They shrugged back and he kept walking.
He breathed a little easier now; none of the guards seemed to care. He walked into the hotel and, when the register person wasn't looking, snuck up the stairs to one of the rooms. He lay down on a bed and before a minute was up, he was sleeping.
*
Cloud was trying to think about who else was missing and then it finally hit him. "Where is Cid and Red XIII?!"
"I didn't see them after I got beat up; they knocked me out and when I woke up, I was about to get executed," exclaimed Yuffie. Cloud nodded, thinking about how he was knocked out before he could see anybody else get captured. "So what might have happened to them," Cloud asked wonderingly.
*
The dark blue submarine had exited the Underwater Junon Base without a problem. Lee was pleased, and when Lee was pleased, so am I thought Marina. She had known Lee since he was 4, and they would play together and he would be a soldier and she would be stuck in a fire. She smiled in her head, but her face was stone cold. Those days are over now, she told herself. Now Lee is the strong man that is your leader and his plan will change the world. As long as Avalanche didn't interfere.
Marina loved Lee. She knew that and wouldn't deny that. And she hated who he hated. Someday she would tell him that she loved him, and she would stand by his side and help him do what they need to do. Her teammates were all very strong, and they would do what Lee told them too. Now, they had worldwide transportation and they could proceed with the Phase 2...whatever that is. Lee hadn't told anyone his full-scale plans. But he did brief them on what they were about to do next time they would pull a mission.
Marina left the engine bay and went up to the bridge where Lee sat alone. He was sitting in a chair, his back to her. "Lee...," her voice hung in the air. "Lee...I was wondering what our orders are...where do you want to go?"
Inside Lee's head though, he couldn't hear or see anything that he was physically in. In his head, he was battling a...something. Lee screamed inside his head for the voice to stop and go away...but it wouldn't. It was torturing him. He couldn't think, he couldn't talk. He mentally screamed. Help me, he cried.
When she got no answer, Marina crept closer to him. Wondering what was wrong. She moved toward him, softly calling his name.
Lee was in agony, the voice was familiar. But it was mean, and it wouldn't stop taunting him.
Marina slowly moved to where she could see his face. His eyes were wide open and his chest was moving up and down with quick, rapid breaths. Her voice turned into concern when he didn't respond. "Lee...answer me. Lee!"
A voice! Lee heard a voice...distant but...Marina! Save me! Marina!
Marina put her arm on his shoulder and he suddenly jolted awake, his fear becoming real and his instincts screaming danger in every way and form. He blinked and tried to think. He was on the submarine...the U-boat he had captured. Only then did he realize that his arms were rapped around Marina, his hand covering her mouth so she couldn't breathe and his other arm around her throat. "Marina," he exclaimed with surprise and let go, wondering how she had gotten...
She fell to the floor, coughing and hacking, trying to catch her breath. "Marina! Are you okay?" She only nodded and air started to come back into her lungs. Relief. She breathed easier. She slowly got up and asked Lee, "Were you okay? I was afraid that you were having a nightmare or something."
He nodded, his face now expressionless and cold. "I am fine. Sorry about that reaction. When I wake up, I immediately take action if anyone is around me. Something we learned in Soldier. The First Class."
She nodded, scared. "O-o-okay. I am here to ask about my orders. Where is our course?"
He thought for a moment and then said with a smile, "Midgar. Set course for the beaches near Midgar."
"Yes sir," she replied and left.
Lee put a hand on his head. Could that voice really have been the girl? The girl that had been haunting all his life. Calling him to something. Well now, he thought. Now I know where you are. You told me and now I will haunt you...Aeris. Now I will have my revenge. Why are you so quiet for a year and then return with such terror?
Lee only put his hands on his head. The girl that had been haunting him all his life, a girl that told him that he would create a legacy. A girl that contacted him through his dreams with the power of the Cetra. How could she even be alive, he asked himself.
Two Days Later...
Cloud, having felt little better than he did right after the final battle with Sephiroth, groaned in pain. They had snuck into an inn and had paid for it with a homeless man's GP. Yes, they stole it from the bum but they had no choice. They would be recognized outside and eventually someone would come into the bathrooms and see them and get help and they would be arrested and etc. Cloud was mad and right about now, he felt like crap.
Tifa was sleeping on a bed on the other side of the room. Vincent was on watch right now and Yuffie was sleeping in the middle bed. Cloud was left to think. He needed to recover but he kept on thinking about where Cid and Red XIII might have gone. And he couldn't stop thinking about a dream he had last night.
It was pitch black. Then a figure appeared in the distance, only a little speck at first, but the figure was running toward me. Cloud tried to think about the dream. He focused on it and more came back. The pink dot eventually turned into a human being as it got closer to him. Then, when the girl reached him, he gasped...Aeris. Could it be, he asked himself. Then she spoke to him. "Cloud, I need you. Cloud, the Planet used my Cetra powers to try and scare the person that will bring forth the end of the planet. I have appeared in his dreams ever since I was alive, and haunted him. I didn't do it though; the Planet used my appearance. But now all that is important is second. I am coming back Cloud. Go to Midgar, the old one. On your way I will help you more. I understand so much more now. I lov-
And then Cloud had wakened. What did this dream mean? One thing was sure and made him real happy. Aeris might be coming back. But who is this person that will bring the end of the planet. Wasn't Sephiroth bad enough? Cloud sighed and sat up. One thing was for sure, he would get better, as fast as he could.
By Co V Schuler
Part 1: The Recovery
Chapter 2
Tifa was feeling much better than she was a few hours ago. She had just escaped execution and Cait-Sith had got her weapons back (Cait-Sith wasn't captured). Cait-Sith had left them right after they won the battle with Sephiroth. And now, right after she helped Cloud escape into some public restrooms, Cait-Sith showed up with every body's best weapons!
But even after she was equipped, she was scared for Cloud. He had been seriously injured in the Sephiroth fight (that only he and Sephiroth fought) and then when they were captured, they seriously beat up everybody, thinking that it would prevent them from escaping. But that didn't stop Avalanche. Tifa smiled at the thought. Then she blinked and heard Cait-Sith saying something, "...So what is our next move. The others are somewhere hiding and-," another voice cut him off.
A deep, low voice, "I wouldn't say everybody." Suddenly, an air vent popped out from the ceiling and Vincent Valentine fell out of it, and Yuffie slipped and landed on top of him. "Get off me please," Vincent asked pleasantly. Yuffie stared at him, smiled and got off. Vincent got up, shook his head and dusted off his clothes. He eyed the bag of weapons. "Is my Quicksilver in that bag?"
Cait-Sith nodded with eagerness to get attention. "Good," Vincent said simply. Yuffie had been quiet but once she got her weapon she started talking, "Just let me show those Shinra what a Ninja can do, this time with a fair chance!"
Tifa rolled her eyes. "Listen, I don't know what we are going to do...but I do know one thing: we can't do much because Cloud is too hurt to get moved around."
"...So?" Yuffie replied, as if she didn't care. "I will take 'em out on my own then!"
Cloud moved his head and looked at his group of renegades that, not more than five days ago, saved the planet from destruction. "Listen, I think-," he said quietly, and then stopped, as if he noticed something. "Where is Barret?"
*
Barret was watching three people talk from the shadows of an alley. Two of those people were just everyday citizens that Barret could take out...but there were Shinra guards everywhere. Guess news travels around Junon fast, he thought with a laugh. The guard had been tripled since he and Avalanche escaped. And since he escaped, he had been chasing the new President of Shinra, President Tanner...who is the third person that was talking. He was out of breath and obviously trying to get the people to recognize him.
But since he had only been President for a few days. Barret laughed. If he weren't so popular himself (posted on 'wanted' ads everywhere), he would walk out there and kill Tanner and then make a run for it. But if he showed his face, he would be shot on sight. Damn he thought angrily, he is right there and I have been chasing him for a few hours and I can't do anything!
Barret tried to calm himself. He would hide for a while, inside the hotel that's entrance was right around the corner. He stuck his gun-arm in his coat and exited the alley, hurriedly walking to the door that was about ten yards away. He was casually hiding his head when the chicken weakling President screamed and started yelling, "That's him that's him!" Barret looked at the two people that he was talking with and shrugged. They shrugged back and he kept walking.
He breathed a little easier now; none of the guards seemed to care. He walked into the hotel and, when the register person wasn't looking, snuck up the stairs to one of the rooms. He lay down on a bed and before a minute was up, he was sleeping.
*
Cloud was trying to think about who else was missing and then it finally hit him. "Where is Cid and Red XIII?!"
"I didn't see them after I got beat up; they knocked me out and when I woke up, I was about to get executed," exclaimed Yuffie. Cloud nodded, thinking about how he was knocked out before he could see anybody else get captured. "So what might have happened to them," Cloud asked wonderingly.
*
The dark blue submarine had exited the Underwater Junon Base without a problem. Lee was pleased, and when Lee was pleased, so am I thought Marina. She had known Lee since he was 4, and they would play together and he would be a soldier and she would be stuck in a fire. She smiled in her head, but her face was stone cold. Those days are over now, she told herself. Now Lee is the strong man that is your leader and his plan will change the world. As long as Avalanche didn't interfere.
Marina loved Lee. She knew that and wouldn't deny that. And she hated who he hated. Someday she would tell him that she loved him, and she would stand by his side and help him do what they need to do. Her teammates were all very strong, and they would do what Lee told them too. Now, they had worldwide transportation and they could proceed with the Phase 2...whatever that is. Lee hadn't told anyone his full-scale plans. But he did brief them on what they were about to do next time they would pull a mission.
Marina left the engine bay and went up to the bridge where Lee sat alone. He was sitting in a chair, his back to her. "Lee...," her voice hung in the air. "Lee...I was wondering what our orders are...where do you want to go?"
Inside Lee's head though, he couldn't hear or see anything that he was physically in. In his head, he was battling a...something. Lee screamed inside his head for the voice to stop and go away...but it wouldn't. It was torturing him. He couldn't think, he couldn't talk. He mentally screamed. Help me, he cried.
When she got no answer, Marina crept closer to him. Wondering what was wrong. She moved toward him, softly calling his name.
Lee was in agony, the voice was familiar. But it was mean, and it wouldn't stop taunting him.
Marina slowly moved to where she could see his face. His eyes were wide open and his chest was moving up and down with quick, rapid breaths. Her voice turned into concern when he didn't respond. "Lee...answer me. Lee!"
A voice! Lee heard a voice...distant but...Marina! Save me! Marina!
Marina put her arm on his shoulder and he suddenly jolted awake, his fear becoming real and his instincts screaming danger in every way and form. He blinked and tried to think. He was on the submarine...the U-boat he had captured. Only then did he realize that his arms were rapped around Marina, his hand covering her mouth so she couldn't breathe and his other arm around her throat. "Marina," he exclaimed with surprise and let go, wondering how she had gotten...
She fell to the floor, coughing and hacking, trying to catch her breath. "Marina! Are you okay?" She only nodded and air started to come back into her lungs. Relief. She breathed easier. She slowly got up and asked Lee, "Were you okay? I was afraid that you were having a nightmare or something."
He nodded, his face now expressionless and cold. "I am fine. Sorry about that reaction. When I wake up, I immediately take action if anyone is around me. Something we learned in Soldier. The First Class."
She nodded, scared. "O-o-okay. I am here to ask about my orders. Where is our course?"
He thought for a moment and then said with a smile, "Midgar. Set course for the beaches near Midgar."
"Yes sir," she replied and left.
Lee put a hand on his head. Could that voice really have been the girl? The girl that had been haunting all his life. Calling him to something. Well now, he thought. Now I know where you are. You told me and now I will haunt you...Aeris. Now I will have my revenge. Why are you so quiet for a year and then return with such terror?
Lee only put his hands on his head. The girl that had been haunting him all his life, a girl that told him that he would create a legacy. A girl that contacted him through his dreams with the power of the Cetra. How could she even be alive, he asked himself.
Two Days Later...
Cloud, having felt little better than he did right after the final battle with Sephiroth, groaned in pain. They had snuck into an inn and had paid for it with a homeless man's GP. Yes, they stole it from the bum but they had no choice. They would be recognized outside and eventually someone would come into the bathrooms and see them and get help and they would be arrested and etc. Cloud was mad and right about now, he felt like crap.
Tifa was sleeping on a bed on the other side of the room. Vincent was on watch right now and Yuffie was sleeping in the middle bed. Cloud was left to think. He needed to recover but he kept on thinking about where Cid and Red XIII might have gone. And he couldn't stop thinking about a dream he had last night.
It was pitch black. Then a figure appeared in the distance, only a little speck at first, but the figure was running toward me. Cloud tried to think about the dream. He focused on it and more came back. The pink dot eventually turned into a human being as it got closer to him. Then, when the girl reached him, he gasped...Aeris. Could it be, he asked himself. Then she spoke to him. "Cloud, I need you. Cloud, the Planet used my Cetra powers to try and scare the person that will bring forth the end of the planet. I have appeared in his dreams ever since I was alive, and haunted him. I didn't do it though; the Planet used my appearance. But now all that is important is second. I am coming back Cloud. Go to Midgar, the old one. On your way I will help you more. I understand so much more now. I lov-
And then Cloud had wakened. What did this dream mean? One thing was sure and made him real happy. Aeris might be coming back. But who is this person that will bring the end of the planet. Wasn't Sephiroth bad enough? Cloud sighed and sat up. One thing was for sure, he would get better, as fast as he could.