Barret walked the dirt paths of Corel. His home. He paced them everyday, overseeing the immense project of makin the place into an actuall town. He watched as one of the workers began to nail a new board onto the roof of Corel's first hotel. Barret of course was proud. Although he still considered himself responsible for the destruction of the town, he finally felt he was repaying the debt. The people had even tried to make him mayor! HA! He thought of the looks on their faces when he had told them he was never going to be some "F*%$ED UP POLITICO!!" And if front of the mayor at the time. Of course he was gone now. Off to a better place no doubt.
"You there! Get your ass in motion damnit!" Barret yelled up to one of the workers who happened to be laying on the roof he just completed. He finished his strole down the road and started walking back up.
After getting back he went into his house, the first rebuilt building, ro relax a litte. "Damn...still no word from Cloud." He mumbled checking his mail. "Damn! If that kid got his ass lost again." Barret chuckled, remembering the first time he had worked with Cloud. But his face went to one of amusement to one of worrying.
He got up to write a letter to Tifa. He scribbled on the paper for a little more than a minute. "Goddamn postage." He grunted searching his cluttered desk. Papers were strewn all over, most concerning the rebuilding project. "Here it is." He licked the stamp and stook it on the envelope. He went outside and took it to the local post office. Even though the building was only half finished, Corel and finally connected itself to the world. They used the new Shinra system of mailing.
Shinra, of course, was mostly destroyed when the Meteor hit. Half their employees had died. And the ones that were left realized their mistakes, and the ones that didn't were fired. And so Shinra had become a new company altogether now. Their latest project was searching for new types of power. One of 'em that had stuck with Barret was something called "Solar power." At first Barret was completely perplexed at how it was done. But, after a while he gave up trying to figure out how it was done, and just bought some solar panels for Corel.
He breathed the clean air as he stuck his letter into the box. He was satisfied that his letter had been noticed when one of the clerks nodded at him. He turned and strode back to his house. He looked at his gun arm, wondering if he would be needing it some time soon.
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Cloud signed the final release form for his departure from the hospital. He had recovered in record time the doctors had said. But the doctors also said he needed at least a week more. Yea...well two days in here was way to long for me. Cloud pushed open the door, looking around trying to figure out exactly where he was. The doctors had never told him, he wasn't quite sure why, but the thought was pushed aside. He slowly recognized the land marks. Looking to his left and behind the hospital was a huge green lake. Mideel... He thought, looking at the growing city.
He walked away from the place, wondering how they had managed so much in so little time. How long has it been? He thought Almost a year since I first fought Sephiroth, but how did he live that? Little did Cloud know, he wsa being watched now. A dark figure that slid from shadow to shadow, using the forest as cover. He followed behind Cloud silently. And why did Sephiroth contact me? It obviously wasn't a trap, because he's dead now... He made his way of the forest and his follower stayed behind watching him, already knowing where he was headed.
The man disappeared back into the forest, a few moments later a helicopter took off. A black mark was spray painted over the company logo, but as Cloud watched it go he knew it was from Shinra. Up to their no good tricks again no doubt. Cloud looked around and saw the new sea port. No one had really officially named it yet, but boats came and go so the city was growing steadily.
Cloud walked along the docks until he came upon a passenger boat. He flipped 300 gil and the man with the passenger list and he let Cloud through. He went over to find an empty chair and closed his eyes for the short journey to Junon.
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Tifa sat and waited, bound in her chair. The man with the number 4 on his arm had left some time ago, and she was starting to wonder when foot steps could be heard on the floor above. Then on the steps. Then she heard the door opened. The man gave her some food to eat, but left her tied to her chair. "That she keep you for a while." He said, in a strangly familair voice.
"What do you want?" She spat back.
"Not what dear Tifa, but who. Who do I want is the question you should be asking." His voice was calm and steady.
"Who do you want then?" She retorted, playing his little game.
"All in good time, all in good time." His voice remained steady.
"You bastard!"
"Now, now Tifa. If it were up to me, I would have told you all ready. After all it would only have made it worse for you to know who you are dooming." She could almost here him smile as he began to walk away.
"Why then? Why do you want to kill this person." She tried to make her voice sound less shaky as she discovered her purpose in the man's game.
"Because, he was a failure. I am not. I am the real clone. I am the true Sephiroth."
Tifa sat in shock as she heard his words. "You are trying to kill Cloud?"
"Cloud? I believe you have the wrong person my dear Tifa. I am trying to kill Zack."
(Well here's chapter two. If you missed chapter one it's... Sephiroth's Return and Number 4's Entrance Tell me what you think.)
"You there! Get your ass in motion damnit!" Barret yelled up to one of the workers who happened to be laying on the roof he just completed. He finished his strole down the road and started walking back up.
After getting back he went into his house, the first rebuilt building, ro relax a litte. "Damn...still no word from Cloud." He mumbled checking his mail. "Damn! If that kid got his ass lost again." Barret chuckled, remembering the first time he had worked with Cloud. But his face went to one of amusement to one of worrying.
He got up to write a letter to Tifa. He scribbled on the paper for a little more than a minute. "Goddamn postage." He grunted searching his cluttered desk. Papers were strewn all over, most concerning the rebuilding project. "Here it is." He licked the stamp and stook it on the envelope. He went outside and took it to the local post office. Even though the building was only half finished, Corel and finally connected itself to the world. They used the new Shinra system of mailing.
Shinra, of course, was mostly destroyed when the Meteor hit. Half their employees had died. And the ones that were left realized their mistakes, and the ones that didn't were fired. And so Shinra had become a new company altogether now. Their latest project was searching for new types of power. One of 'em that had stuck with Barret was something called "Solar power." At first Barret was completely perplexed at how it was done. But, after a while he gave up trying to figure out how it was done, and just bought some solar panels for Corel.
He breathed the clean air as he stuck his letter into the box. He was satisfied that his letter had been noticed when one of the clerks nodded at him. He turned and strode back to his house. He looked at his gun arm, wondering if he would be needing it some time soon.
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Cloud signed the final release form for his departure from the hospital. He had recovered in record time the doctors had said. But the doctors also said he needed at least a week more. Yea...well two days in here was way to long for me. Cloud pushed open the door, looking around trying to figure out exactly where he was. The doctors had never told him, he wasn't quite sure why, but the thought was pushed aside. He slowly recognized the land marks. Looking to his left and behind the hospital was a huge green lake. Mideel... He thought, looking at the growing city.
He walked away from the place, wondering how they had managed so much in so little time. How long has it been? He thought Almost a year since I first fought Sephiroth, but how did he live that? Little did Cloud know, he wsa being watched now. A dark figure that slid from shadow to shadow, using the forest as cover. He followed behind Cloud silently. And why did Sephiroth contact me? It obviously wasn't a trap, because he's dead now... He made his way of the forest and his follower stayed behind watching him, already knowing where he was headed.
The man disappeared back into the forest, a few moments later a helicopter took off. A black mark was spray painted over the company logo, but as Cloud watched it go he knew it was from Shinra. Up to their no good tricks again no doubt. Cloud looked around and saw the new sea port. No one had really officially named it yet, but boats came and go so the city was growing steadily.
Cloud walked along the docks until he came upon a passenger boat. He flipped 300 gil and the man with the passenger list and he let Cloud through. He went over to find an empty chair and closed his eyes for the short journey to Junon.
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Tifa sat and waited, bound in her chair. The man with the number 4 on his arm had left some time ago, and she was starting to wonder when foot steps could be heard on the floor above. Then on the steps. Then she heard the door opened. The man gave her some food to eat, but left her tied to her chair. "That she keep you for a while." He said, in a strangly familair voice.
"What do you want?" She spat back.
"Not what dear Tifa, but who. Who do I want is the question you should be asking." His voice was calm and steady.
"Who do you want then?" She retorted, playing his little game.
"All in good time, all in good time." His voice remained steady.
"You bastard!"
"Now, now Tifa. If it were up to me, I would have told you all ready. After all it would only have made it worse for you to know who you are dooming." She could almost here him smile as he began to walk away.
"Why then? Why do you want to kill this person." She tried to make her voice sound less shaky as she discovered her purpose in the man's game.
"Because, he was a failure. I am not. I am the real clone. I am the true Sephiroth."
Tifa sat in shock as she heard his words. "You are trying to kill Cloud?"
"Cloud? I believe you have the wrong person my dear Tifa. I am trying to kill Zack."
(Well here's chapter two. If you missed chapter one it's... Sephiroth's Return and Number 4's Entrance Tell me what you think.)