The Dawn of Darkness - Chapter III
Summery: See Prologe
Disclaimer: See Chapter I - Addition: Professor Johnson is mine also.
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Zack brought the binoculars to his eyes. He scanned the horizon agian. Still nothing. But his mind wasn't really on the assignment at hand. He thought back to that day when Sephiroth went insane, killing almost every one in the Nibelheim. Includeing Spkie's mother. Spike. The nick-name brought a smile to the General's lips. He looked back, and rembered.
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Zack ran from the ShinRa resort house and outside. The scene infront of him was horfying. Did Sephiroth do that? { My God... } Zack thought, while looking on the scene. He ran forward, Buster Sword on his back rattleing aginst the clips on his belt.
"Hey! Are you still sane?!" the Martial Arts expert asked.
"Yes! What happend?"
"Sephiroth happend. Check that house while I check this one." He said.
Zack nodded and began to go into Cloud and saw a ShinRa soldier on the ground.
"Spike?!" Zack nearly shouted.
Cloud attempted to move, but couldn't. ".....Mother..."
"Calm down Spike, I'll get her." Zack said and saw his friend crane his head twords the door to the house.
Zack ran into the house, greeted imeaditly with hot flames. He looked to the left, and saw nothing. "Mrs. Strife! Mrs. Strife!!"
Cloud groaned, and tried to get up, but his body refused to work.
Zack looked to the right and gasped. Laying under a wooden beam was a charred corpse. Cloud's mother. He turned and walked outside, shakeing his head at Cloud.
"Mother!!" Cloud yelled.
"Cloud, it's alright. Just clam down. I will heal you." Zack porued a potion into his mouth and then ran to the moutains.
Cloud groaned and began to get up. He then picked up his machine gun and ran.
Zack didn't stop running untill he reached the reactor. He ran inside and saw the cute guide pick up Sephiroth's sword, and ran into the inner chamber. He climbed down and ran forward.
Tifa hands wrapped around the heavy handle of the Masamune, ran up the stairs. He then swung at Sephiroth only to have the blade be caught by him. { No!! } Her mind screamed as the sword layed her chest open. As she fell she saw the other SOLDIER come in and he ran up the stairs after Sephiroth.
Cloud burst through the door, mask off and machine gun raised. His Mako eyes glowed brightly, with a fire he never felt. He heard souds of fighting in the upper room.
Click, Click, Clack! Clack, Click. Clack. Cloud reconized the sound. Zack is sword fighting Sephiroth! And it seems he was doing a good job. There was a tearing sound, and Zack's body flew from the doorway. It crashed into the overhang above and fell onto a capsule.
"Urg!!!" Zack groaned.
Cloud saw Tifa. He quickly walked over to her and picked her up, moveing her over and setting her down. "....Cloud...?" she asid before blacking out.
Cloud yanked the slider back on his gun and began to walk up the stairs.
"Spike.... Sephiroth's insane.... stop him...." Zack said as he handed over the large sword.
"I will." Cloud said and ran up the stairs.
Zack then blacked out.
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Cloud sighed. He looked at Reeve. "Where is Zack?"
Reeve spoke, "He's on the top of the tower. I'm pretty sure he'd want to see you."
"Alright. I'm going up then." Cloud said and walked up the stairs.
Zack heard the light foot steps comeing form the stair well. He then leaned aginst the railing, his arms crossed, and his black cloak billowing out. Since he was the General he wore what Sephiroth had. He turned and saw him.
"Zack?" Cloud asked.
"Spike?" Zack asked.
"I told you to stop calling me that!" Cloud said, in mock anger.
"I outrank you, Spike so I can call you whatever I want!" Zack said, his favorite line whenever Cloud would say that.
"Zack! It's good to see you again." Cloud walked over and hugged his friend.
Zack hugged Cloud back and grinned. "So, who's the new General? I never bothered to look."
"I am." said a voice from the doorway.
With that Rufus J. ShinRa walked out in a ShinRa army officer's uniform. It was long sleeved, and form fitting, with a black leather belt around the wasit where Rufus held a Quicksliver. On a back holster was a Sniper CR, and in a side sheath was a Mythril Saber. "The name's Rufus ShinRa."
Zack grinned. "I know you. From what I know, your a very good fighter. I hope your prepared. I saw it up close. Those monsters... I saw hundereds of ShinRa army troops get killed in moments. I barely got out."
Rufus smiled grimly. "I understand."
Zack sighed and brought the binoculars back to his eyes and began to sweep over the horizon.
Cloud noticed that Rufus had a wide-eyed innocence to his eyes. A light that will be crushed in his first battle. Rufus never went through what Cloud had. Fight his way into the Northern Carter not once, but twice. Circleing the globe over and over again. Falling into the Lifestream and surviveing. Suddenly there was a commontion down stairs and all three men looked at the wet salior.
"Where the hell did you come from?!" Zack asked.
"Lt Cmdr. Rober de Kere. The Navy has just been whiped out. Jenova attacked. We didn't have a chance!" The man said.
Cloud along with the two others followed Robert into the stair well and into Reeve's office which was jumping with activity. Reeve looked up and spoke to de Kere. "Haven't you been trained in ground warfare?"
De Kere spoke up imeadilty. "Yes, Sir."
Reeve looked at Cloud. "de Kere is now your Second in Command. He's the smartest sailor we have and there is an added bonus of him being trained in Ground Warefare. He skills will be good enough."
De Kere looked at Cloud, speaking. "I'd be an honor Sir."
"Welcome aboard." Cloud said.
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Author's notes:
1) Ok, ok! So his assignment to Cloud left a lot to be desired, but hey.
2) Review and tell me if you like it!!
3) More out soon!
Gene
Summery: See Prologe
Disclaimer: See Chapter I - Addition: Professor Johnson is mine also.
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Zack brought the binoculars to his eyes. He scanned the horizon agian. Still nothing. But his mind wasn't really on the assignment at hand. He thought back to that day when Sephiroth went insane, killing almost every one in the Nibelheim. Includeing Spkie's mother. Spike. The nick-name brought a smile to the General's lips. He looked back, and rembered.
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Zack ran from the ShinRa resort house and outside. The scene infront of him was horfying. Did Sephiroth do that? { My God... } Zack thought, while looking on the scene. He ran forward, Buster Sword on his back rattleing aginst the clips on his belt.
"Hey! Are you still sane?!" the Martial Arts expert asked.
"Yes! What happend?"
"Sephiroth happend. Check that house while I check this one." He said.
Zack nodded and began to go into Cloud and saw a ShinRa soldier on the ground.
"Spike?!" Zack nearly shouted.
Cloud attempted to move, but couldn't. ".....Mother..."
"Calm down Spike, I'll get her." Zack said and saw his friend crane his head twords the door to the house.
Zack ran into the house, greeted imeaditly with hot flames. He looked to the left, and saw nothing. "Mrs. Strife! Mrs. Strife!!"
Cloud groaned, and tried to get up, but his body refused to work.
Zack looked to the right and gasped. Laying under a wooden beam was a charred corpse. Cloud's mother. He turned and walked outside, shakeing his head at Cloud.
"Mother!!" Cloud yelled.
"Cloud, it's alright. Just clam down. I will heal you." Zack porued a potion into his mouth and then ran to the moutains.
Cloud groaned and began to get up. He then picked up his machine gun and ran.
Zack didn't stop running untill he reached the reactor. He ran inside and saw the cute guide pick up Sephiroth's sword, and ran into the inner chamber. He climbed down and ran forward.
Tifa hands wrapped around the heavy handle of the Masamune, ran up the stairs. He then swung at Sephiroth only to have the blade be caught by him. { No!! } Her mind screamed as the sword layed her chest open. As she fell she saw the other SOLDIER come in and he ran up the stairs after Sephiroth.
Cloud burst through the door, mask off and machine gun raised. His Mako eyes glowed brightly, with a fire he never felt. He heard souds of fighting in the upper room.
Click, Click, Clack! Clack, Click. Clack. Cloud reconized the sound. Zack is sword fighting Sephiroth! And it seems he was doing a good job. There was a tearing sound, and Zack's body flew from the doorway. It crashed into the overhang above and fell onto a capsule.
"Urg!!!" Zack groaned.
Cloud saw Tifa. He quickly walked over to her and picked her up, moveing her over and setting her down. "....Cloud...?" she asid before blacking out.
Cloud yanked the slider back on his gun and began to walk up the stairs.
"Spike.... Sephiroth's insane.... stop him...." Zack said as he handed over the large sword.
"I will." Cloud said and ran up the stairs.
Zack then blacked out.
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Cloud sighed. He looked at Reeve. "Where is Zack?"
Reeve spoke, "He's on the top of the tower. I'm pretty sure he'd want to see you."
"Alright. I'm going up then." Cloud said and walked up the stairs.
Zack heard the light foot steps comeing form the stair well. He then leaned aginst the railing, his arms crossed, and his black cloak billowing out. Since he was the General he wore what Sephiroth had. He turned and saw him.
"Zack?" Cloud asked.
"Spike?" Zack asked.
"I told you to stop calling me that!" Cloud said, in mock anger.
"I outrank you, Spike so I can call you whatever I want!" Zack said, his favorite line whenever Cloud would say that.
"Zack! It's good to see you again." Cloud walked over and hugged his friend.
Zack hugged Cloud back and grinned. "So, who's the new General? I never bothered to look."
"I am." said a voice from the doorway.
With that Rufus J. ShinRa walked out in a ShinRa army officer's uniform. It was long sleeved, and form fitting, with a black leather belt around the wasit where Rufus held a Quicksliver. On a back holster was a Sniper CR, and in a side sheath was a Mythril Saber. "The name's Rufus ShinRa."
Zack grinned. "I know you. From what I know, your a very good fighter. I hope your prepared. I saw it up close. Those monsters... I saw hundereds of ShinRa army troops get killed in moments. I barely got out."
Rufus smiled grimly. "I understand."
Zack sighed and brought the binoculars back to his eyes and began to sweep over the horizon.
Cloud noticed that Rufus had a wide-eyed innocence to his eyes. A light that will be crushed in his first battle. Rufus never went through what Cloud had. Fight his way into the Northern Carter not once, but twice. Circleing the globe over and over again. Falling into the Lifestream and surviveing. Suddenly there was a commontion down stairs and all three men looked at the wet salior.
"Where the hell did you come from?!" Zack asked.
"Lt Cmdr. Rober de Kere. The Navy has just been whiped out. Jenova attacked. We didn't have a chance!" The man said.
Cloud along with the two others followed Robert into the stair well and into Reeve's office which was jumping with activity. Reeve looked up and spoke to de Kere. "Haven't you been trained in ground warfare?"
De Kere spoke up imeadilty. "Yes, Sir."
Reeve looked at Cloud. "de Kere is now your Second in Command. He's the smartest sailor we have and there is an added bonus of him being trained in Ground Warefare. He skills will be good enough."
De Kere looked at Cloud, speaking. "I'd be an honor Sir."
"Welcome aboard." Cloud said.
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Author's notes:
1) Ok, ok! So his assignment to Cloud left a lot to be desired, but hey.
2) Review and tell me if you like it!!
3) More out soon!
Gene