FINAL FANTASY VII
AUTHORS NOTE: THE CHARACTER CHRIS MADE HIS DEBUT APPEARENCE IN 'A COUNTDOWN TO CONFUSION'. SINCE THEN HE HAS APPEARED IN A NUMBER OF MY OTHER FICS, SO YOU MAY WANNA READ THEM BEFORE READING THIS, TO GET THE FULL BACKGROUND ON HIM.
'A Countdown To Victory'
"Hurry up, Barrett!", yelled Cloud. "Get a move on will ya?!"
"I-I'm tryin'!", Barrett huffed. "W-Why don't y'all slow down?!"
"We can't slow down Barrett! We have to keep going until we track down Chris.", said Tifa.
Cloud, Barrett, Tifa and Aeris were wandering outside Midgar, making their way across the countryside in search of Chris, the thief who had stolen all their precious gil. They were very tired, but they couldn't afford to rest just yet.
"That does it!", screamed Barrett. "I ain't goin' another mile! Y'know, we could jus' be wastin' our time here! We don't even know where the punk went! He's probably long gone! Let's jus' give up and go home!"
"Barrett, that's not the kind of attitude I'd expect from you.", whispered Aeris.
"Yeah, well... We have no leads or nothin'! It's stupid to even be tryin'!"
"Maybe Barrett's right.", Cloud sighed. "Chris could be anywhere by now. This is pointless."
"There! Ya heard it from the man! Let's go back to Midgar!"
The party were just about to turn back, when they noticed Yuffie hurtling towards them. The ninja seemed troubled.
"You bunch of jerks!", she howled. "Where the hell you all goin'?!"
"Yuffie, what's wrong?", paniced Cloud.
"What's wrong? What's wrong?! Take a wild guess, you spiky headed jerk!", Yuffie growled. "You left Midgar without so much as a goodbye! I didn't know where the heck you guys went! Why didn't ya tell me that you were goin' on adventures?!"
"We're not going on adventures Yuffie.", grumbled Tifa. "We're looking for that Chris guy."
"Chris?! Wha? What do you want with that asshole?!"
"We think he stole all our takings from Seventh Heaven. We're gonna track him down and get some answers.", Cloud explained.
"You shoulda told me!", Yuffie bloated. "I coulda helped ya!"
"How can you help?", mumbled Barrett.
"Are you kiddin'?! I can read scum like that like a book! If he's a thief, he shouldn't be too hard to track down. 'Sides, he told me something back in Midgar yesterday."
"What did he tell you?", asked Aeris.
"Hmmm, I can't remember exactly..."
"Is 30 gil enough?", Tifa sighed while pulling some gil from her pocket.
"Oh yeah, he said something about travelling the world.", Yuffie accepted the money from Tifa. "He wanted me to go with him! Can you believe that?!"
"Travelling the world...", thought Cloud. "And he told me he wanted to go to Mideel to visit his girlfriend..."
"Alright!", Tifa shrieked. "We're going to Mideel! We'll find that double-crosser and teach him not to mess with AVALANCHE!"
"Right on!", belowed Barrett. "Uh, but how we gonna get to Mideel? The only way is by plane, and we ain't got no plane."
"No, but we have the Highwind! Or at least, Cid has the Highwind. Damn, where is Cid when you need him?", wondered Cloud.
"Just call him on the PHS!", suggested Aeris.
Cloud got the PHS out of his pocket, and dialed Cid's number.
"WHAT?!", snapped a voice on the other end.
"...Cid? Is that you?"
"YEAH! YEAH, IT'S ME!"
"Woah! No need to be so rude!", Cloud flinched.
"WHAT?! SORRY, IT'S A BAD LINE! I CAN'T HEAR YA, YOU'LL HAVE TO SPEAK UP!"
"Okay... Um... HEY CID! IT'S ME, CLOUD!"
"OUCH!", screamed Cid. "GODDAMN! THERE'S NO NEED TO SHOUT! WHADDYA WANT?!"
"Uh... Can we borrow the Highwind?"
"YA KNOW YA DON'T NEED TO ASK THAT, NUMBSKULL! OF COURSE YOU CAN BORROW HER! SHE'S DOCKED IN AT JUNON AIRPORT AS USUAL! JUST TAKE HER! BUT UH, DON'T WRECK HER OR NOTHIN' CAUSE I ONLY JUST GOT HER PAINTED!"
"Hey Cid, what you up to? You wanna come with us?"
"WHERE YOU GOIN'?!"
"We're going after a guy named Chris. He stole all our gil and..."
"NAH! I CAN'T BE BOTHERED WITH WANDERING THE WORLD MAP LOOKING FOR SOME NO GOOD ASSHOLE!", Cid interrupted.
"Uh, okay. Bye.", Cloud shut off the PHS. "Alright everyone, we're going to Junon. That's where the Highwind is docked. Then we'll go off to Mideel and hopefully find Chris and recover our losses!"
"Sweet!", cheered Barrett.
"You wanna come with us, Yuffie?", questioned Cloud.
"You bet! I wanna get Chris back too! I'll never forgive him for tricking me into sle-"
"That's settled then. Let's mosey!", Cloud shouted, while Yuffie droned on.
"Hehe!", snickered Aeris. "I've always wanted to ride the Highwind! This is gonna be the best adventure ever!"
TO BE CONTINUED...
AUTHORS NOTE: THE CHARACTER CHRIS MADE HIS DEBUT APPEARENCE IN 'A COUNTDOWN TO CONFUSION'. SINCE THEN HE HAS APPEARED IN A NUMBER OF MY OTHER FICS, SO YOU MAY WANNA READ THEM BEFORE READING THIS, TO GET THE FULL BACKGROUND ON HIM.
'A Countdown To Victory'
"Hurry up, Barrett!", yelled Cloud. "Get a move on will ya?!"
"I-I'm tryin'!", Barrett huffed. "W-Why don't y'all slow down?!"
"We can't slow down Barrett! We have to keep going until we track down Chris.", said Tifa.
Cloud, Barrett, Tifa and Aeris were wandering outside Midgar, making their way across the countryside in search of Chris, the thief who had stolen all their precious gil. They were very tired, but they couldn't afford to rest just yet.
"That does it!", screamed Barrett. "I ain't goin' another mile! Y'know, we could jus' be wastin' our time here! We don't even know where the punk went! He's probably long gone! Let's jus' give up and go home!"
"Barrett, that's not the kind of attitude I'd expect from you.", whispered Aeris.
"Yeah, well... We have no leads or nothin'! It's stupid to even be tryin'!"
"Maybe Barrett's right.", Cloud sighed. "Chris could be anywhere by now. This is pointless."
"There! Ya heard it from the man! Let's go back to Midgar!"
The party were just about to turn back, when they noticed Yuffie hurtling towards them. The ninja seemed troubled.
"You bunch of jerks!", she howled. "Where the hell you all goin'?!"
"Yuffie, what's wrong?", paniced Cloud.
"What's wrong? What's wrong?! Take a wild guess, you spiky headed jerk!", Yuffie growled. "You left Midgar without so much as a goodbye! I didn't know where the heck you guys went! Why didn't ya tell me that you were goin' on adventures?!"
"We're not going on adventures Yuffie.", grumbled Tifa. "We're looking for that Chris guy."
"Chris?! Wha? What do you want with that asshole?!"
"We think he stole all our takings from Seventh Heaven. We're gonna track him down and get some answers.", Cloud explained.
"You shoulda told me!", Yuffie bloated. "I coulda helped ya!"
"How can you help?", mumbled Barrett.
"Are you kiddin'?! I can read scum like that like a book! If he's a thief, he shouldn't be too hard to track down. 'Sides, he told me something back in Midgar yesterday."
"What did he tell you?", asked Aeris.
"Hmmm, I can't remember exactly..."
"Is 30 gil enough?", Tifa sighed while pulling some gil from her pocket.
"Oh yeah, he said something about travelling the world.", Yuffie accepted the money from Tifa. "He wanted me to go with him! Can you believe that?!"
"Travelling the world...", thought Cloud. "And he told me he wanted to go to Mideel to visit his girlfriend..."
"Alright!", Tifa shrieked. "We're going to Mideel! We'll find that double-crosser and teach him not to mess with AVALANCHE!"
"Right on!", belowed Barrett. "Uh, but how we gonna get to Mideel? The only way is by plane, and we ain't got no plane."
"No, but we have the Highwind! Or at least, Cid has the Highwind. Damn, where is Cid when you need him?", wondered Cloud.
"Just call him on the PHS!", suggested Aeris.
Cloud got the PHS out of his pocket, and dialed Cid's number.
"WHAT?!", snapped a voice on the other end.
"...Cid? Is that you?"
"YEAH! YEAH, IT'S ME!"
"Woah! No need to be so rude!", Cloud flinched.
"WHAT?! SORRY, IT'S A BAD LINE! I CAN'T HEAR YA, YOU'LL HAVE TO SPEAK UP!"
"Okay... Um... HEY CID! IT'S ME, CLOUD!"
"OUCH!", screamed Cid. "GODDAMN! THERE'S NO NEED TO SHOUT! WHADDYA WANT?!"
"Uh... Can we borrow the Highwind?"
"YA KNOW YA DON'T NEED TO ASK THAT, NUMBSKULL! OF COURSE YOU CAN BORROW HER! SHE'S DOCKED IN AT JUNON AIRPORT AS USUAL! JUST TAKE HER! BUT UH, DON'T WRECK HER OR NOTHIN' CAUSE I ONLY JUST GOT HER PAINTED!"
"Hey Cid, what you up to? You wanna come with us?"
"WHERE YOU GOIN'?!"
"We're going after a guy named Chris. He stole all our gil and..."
"NAH! I CAN'T BE BOTHERED WITH WANDERING THE WORLD MAP LOOKING FOR SOME NO GOOD ASSHOLE!", Cid interrupted.
"Uh, okay. Bye.", Cloud shut off the PHS. "Alright everyone, we're going to Junon. That's where the Highwind is docked. Then we'll go off to Mideel and hopefully find Chris and recover our losses!"
"Sweet!", cheered Barrett.
"You wanna come with us, Yuffie?", questioned Cloud.
"You bet! I wanna get Chris back too! I'll never forgive him for tricking me into sle-"
"That's settled then. Let's mosey!", Cloud shouted, while Yuffie droned on.
"Hehe!", snickered Aeris. "I've always wanted to ride the Highwind! This is gonna be the best adventure ever!"
TO BE CONTINUED...