Chapter 13: One last time...
Cloud stood looking perplexed at Tyler. Tifa was slowly coming to. "He what?!" Cloud asked.
Tifa shook her head and looked at Tyler. "What the hell is he doing here?!"
"He saved us." Cloud muttered. "So why did you leave him."
Tyler lowered his head. "He intends to kill everyone and everything on the Planet. Even me and himself. He got the Black materia back from his mother. His true mother. Lucrcia. Then he-he...he just seemed to go crazy once he got his hands on the materia. He summoned it again. He summoned Meteor." A stunned silence hung in the air.
"So you came to warn us?" Tifa asked, getting to her feet.
"Exactly. And now I have, and now I am going to help you destroy Sephiroth. He must be stopped." The trio silently thought through the events that had just taken place. Finally, they got back on the rail car and headed back to the Strife residence.
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The group had finally gathered at the modest house. It wasn't a huge house like you might expect from the richest man on Planet, but it wasn't small. Everyone was there, Yuffie, Vincent, Nanaki, Reeve was in person, Barret, Cid, Tifa, Cloud, and Tyler. They sat in a circle on the new leather furnitare.
"What the %@#& is he summonin Meteor again fer?! That damn mother #@%@$%! I aughta kick his ass and try to knock some sense into him." Barret's gruff voice rang out after Tyler's brief overview of the situation.
"He wants to destroy the Planet. Everyone. Everything. Including himself." Tyler's voice was low and everyone could notice a slight twinge of pain in it.
"Sephiroth turned on you." Cloud said, suddenly realizing why Tyler had come running for help.
Tyler kept his eyes on the floor, trying not to look up into the eight pair of piercing eyes. "He did." His words were even more quiet now, bearly audible.
Cid just smirked at the Sephiroth look-a-like. "Serves you right, @%@#$^*!" Tyler looked up into Cid's eyes. Cid looked back into the wattery eyes. Cid quickly lowered his head, embarrassed. "I just meant that ya, ya tried to kill us before." He mumbled quickly.
"I know, and I'm sorry for that, but I was under HIS influence. I was being directed by him. My every move was my own, yet in some way it wasn't. My thoughts were my own, only they manipulated." He looked up finally to meet their eyes. "We have to stop him. I don't want to see the life that I have come to live be destroyed by someone who doesn't know better. He is blinded by revenge and by hate. His eyes are covered only in blood, looking through that layer of blood and looking out on the world with a sense that he has to destroy it. All of it. He's being tormented where ever he goes, whatever he looks at. He cringes when a mere bird begins to sing its song. Life itself brings hate to him. He sits and stairs at his black materia for days at a time! Murmering something I can never catch." Tyler stopped and caught his breath. "He seemed fine until a few weeks ago. But then, it went beyond bearibility for him. He summoned the Meteor. He had used his last resort. His emergency exit. His last lifeline, happens to be his own personal Doom's day. Now his only intention is to get revenge for the pain that has been inflicted upon him. Revenge for the anguish he has gone through."
The group looked at Tyler in awe. "Where is he?" Cloud finally asked.
"He's at the North Crater again. He wishes to die where his mother died.
"Then its off to the North Crater." Cloud made the decision for the group. He always had in the past, and now they were off to save the world again. But what would happen this time? Holy wasn't going to be there this time. And who knew what Lifestream would do.
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After only a day of preperation the group was ready to move out. Cid lowered the rope to the Highwind and watched as everyone boarded.
"Its really happening again..." Barret muttered.
The Highwind flew through the clear blue sky, but as they approached the crater the sky began to turn a sickly red.
"Oh GAWD!!" Yuffie yelled looking up, and seeing that the Meteor was coming on much faster than last time.
"Common Cid, let's move it!" Tifa yelled at him, which she quickly regretted, because the increase of speed cause her to loose her footing and go sliding across the ship. She fell into Cloud's arms, looked up and smiled. Cloud smiled back briefly, then looked back up at the incomming Meteor.
Cid slowed the airship down and landed near the crater. Cloud looked over to the edge of the crater, seeing a dark form standing on it, his arms spread widely.
"Sephiroth..." The group got out and began to trek toward the form in the distance. They quickly made their way to the dark man, and once inside ear shot Cloud yelled at him, "SEPHIROTH! YOU DIE HERE!" Then Cloud, and everyone following behind him broke out into a run toward Sephiroth.
Sephiroth stood stone still as Cloud slashed at him. Blood began to drip from Sephiroth's arm. "Fools..." He said, unmoved. "It does not matter if I die here, or with the Meteor. It will hit.
Cloud looked at him for a moment, "Damnit you Sephiroth...DAMN YOU TO HELL!!!" He screamed out, his sword plunging into Sephiroth's flesh. Sephiroth looked down, blood dripping out, and began to laugh.
"My puppet has turned on me." He said, taking some of the blood and smearing it on Cloud's face. "Fool...insolent fool." Sephiroth still stood standing, the sword stuck through him.
Cloud withdrew the sword and stabbed at him again. "Die damnit." Sephiroth's knees buckled and he began to falter.
"You lose Cloud...you lose..." He said, falling to the ground, his breath finally stopping.
Cloud looked back up at the sky. "Now what?" He asked.
"I know." The voice was Tyler's.
The group looked at him in wonder. "I have to stop it. I must use the black materia to unsommon the thing." He said, walking toward the materia still gripped in Sephiroth's hands. He took it out of his hands, and began to concentrate. A sudden headache began to pound at his head. The cold claws of death grabbed his insides. The air was knocked from his lungs as he concentrated harder on the Meteor.
Sweat formed on his forehead as he dropped to his knees. Cloud ran over to him. "Are you alright?" Concern filled his voice. A grunt, however, was all he got in return. Cloud looked at the group, powerless to do anything. Then he looked up to see the Meteor hovering ever closer, but it seemed to be slowing down.
Heat rained down on the group, dust began to swirl aroung. They looked over to Tyler, who was struggling to go on. The Meteor began to get closer.
"He's losing!" Yuffie screamed. But then it stopped again, the dust storm had now itensified, everyone was covering their eyes.
Once again the Meteor began to move. Yuffie shreaked again and the heat just got a whole lot hotter. "We gotta get outta here!" Barret yelled.
"Not until Meteor is stopped!" Cloud yelled back.
Suddenly a green stream began to poke through the ground. The Planet was saving itself again! Lifestream!
"The Lifestream is back!" Reeve said, looking at it with his own eyes.
The lifestream began to engulf the Meteor once again, and Tyler helped it on its way as well.
After a minute of being completely surrounded by Lifestream, it quickly began to go back into the Planet. Cloud looked around as it cleared out. He saw Tyler laying on the ground. Running over he propped up his head.
"He's dead." His voice was flat. He looked around and found the black materia was gone. "Its all over now..." A tear rolled down his cheek. "He wasn't all the bad."
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1 year later
"It's a boy!" The doctor exclaimed.
Tears rolled down Tifa's cheek. She took the baby into her arms, looking at his cute little face. "He looks like you." She said to Cloud.
"But he's got your beautiful eyes." Cloud pointed back to her.
"So what should we name him?" She asked.
"How about Skyler?"
She looked down at the baby, rocking him back and forth in her arms. "Yea, that sounds good. Skyler." She repeated. "L'il Skyler."
The couple smiled at each other. Finally they could live the rest of their lives in peace, well at least as much peace as you could have with a baby in the house.
(((Yay its finished!! So what did everyone think? Criticism is welcome as long as it's constructive, I can use it too make my other fics better. So please be kind and review!)))
Cloud stood looking perplexed at Tyler. Tifa was slowly coming to. "He what?!" Cloud asked.
Tifa shook her head and looked at Tyler. "What the hell is he doing here?!"
"He saved us." Cloud muttered. "So why did you leave him."
Tyler lowered his head. "He intends to kill everyone and everything on the Planet. Even me and himself. He got the Black materia back from his mother. His true mother. Lucrcia. Then he-he...he just seemed to go crazy once he got his hands on the materia. He summoned it again. He summoned Meteor." A stunned silence hung in the air.
"So you came to warn us?" Tifa asked, getting to her feet.
"Exactly. And now I have, and now I am going to help you destroy Sephiroth. He must be stopped." The trio silently thought through the events that had just taken place. Finally, they got back on the rail car and headed back to the Strife residence.
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The group had finally gathered at the modest house. It wasn't a huge house like you might expect from the richest man on Planet, but it wasn't small. Everyone was there, Yuffie, Vincent, Nanaki, Reeve was in person, Barret, Cid, Tifa, Cloud, and Tyler. They sat in a circle on the new leather furnitare.
"What the %@#& is he summonin Meteor again fer?! That damn mother #@%@$%! I aughta kick his ass and try to knock some sense into him." Barret's gruff voice rang out after Tyler's brief overview of the situation.
"He wants to destroy the Planet. Everyone. Everything. Including himself." Tyler's voice was low and everyone could notice a slight twinge of pain in it.
"Sephiroth turned on you." Cloud said, suddenly realizing why Tyler had come running for help.
Tyler kept his eyes on the floor, trying not to look up into the eight pair of piercing eyes. "He did." His words were even more quiet now, bearly audible.
Cid just smirked at the Sephiroth look-a-like. "Serves you right, @%@#$^*!" Tyler looked up into Cid's eyes. Cid looked back into the wattery eyes. Cid quickly lowered his head, embarrassed. "I just meant that ya, ya tried to kill us before." He mumbled quickly.
"I know, and I'm sorry for that, but I was under HIS influence. I was being directed by him. My every move was my own, yet in some way it wasn't. My thoughts were my own, only they manipulated." He looked up finally to meet their eyes. "We have to stop him. I don't want to see the life that I have come to live be destroyed by someone who doesn't know better. He is blinded by revenge and by hate. His eyes are covered only in blood, looking through that layer of blood and looking out on the world with a sense that he has to destroy it. All of it. He's being tormented where ever he goes, whatever he looks at. He cringes when a mere bird begins to sing its song. Life itself brings hate to him. He sits and stairs at his black materia for days at a time! Murmering something I can never catch." Tyler stopped and caught his breath. "He seemed fine until a few weeks ago. But then, it went beyond bearibility for him. He summoned the Meteor. He had used his last resort. His emergency exit. His last lifeline, happens to be his own personal Doom's day. Now his only intention is to get revenge for the pain that has been inflicted upon him. Revenge for the anguish he has gone through."
The group looked at Tyler in awe. "Where is he?" Cloud finally asked.
"He's at the North Crater again. He wishes to die where his mother died.
"Then its off to the North Crater." Cloud made the decision for the group. He always had in the past, and now they were off to save the world again. But what would happen this time? Holy wasn't going to be there this time. And who knew what Lifestream would do.
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After only a day of preperation the group was ready to move out. Cid lowered the rope to the Highwind and watched as everyone boarded.
"Its really happening again..." Barret muttered.
The Highwind flew through the clear blue sky, but as they approached the crater the sky began to turn a sickly red.
"Oh GAWD!!" Yuffie yelled looking up, and seeing that the Meteor was coming on much faster than last time.
"Common Cid, let's move it!" Tifa yelled at him, which she quickly regretted, because the increase of speed cause her to loose her footing and go sliding across the ship. She fell into Cloud's arms, looked up and smiled. Cloud smiled back briefly, then looked back up at the incomming Meteor.
Cid slowed the airship down and landed near the crater. Cloud looked over to the edge of the crater, seeing a dark form standing on it, his arms spread widely.
"Sephiroth..." The group got out and began to trek toward the form in the distance. They quickly made their way to the dark man, and once inside ear shot Cloud yelled at him, "SEPHIROTH! YOU DIE HERE!" Then Cloud, and everyone following behind him broke out into a run toward Sephiroth.
Sephiroth stood stone still as Cloud slashed at him. Blood began to drip from Sephiroth's arm. "Fools..." He said, unmoved. "It does not matter if I die here, or with the Meteor. It will hit.
Cloud looked at him for a moment, "Damnit you Sephiroth...DAMN YOU TO HELL!!!" He screamed out, his sword plunging into Sephiroth's flesh. Sephiroth looked down, blood dripping out, and began to laugh.
"My puppet has turned on me." He said, taking some of the blood and smearing it on Cloud's face. "Fool...insolent fool." Sephiroth still stood standing, the sword stuck through him.
Cloud withdrew the sword and stabbed at him again. "Die damnit." Sephiroth's knees buckled and he began to falter.
"You lose Cloud...you lose..." He said, falling to the ground, his breath finally stopping.
Cloud looked back up at the sky. "Now what?" He asked.
"I know." The voice was Tyler's.
The group looked at him in wonder. "I have to stop it. I must use the black materia to unsommon the thing." He said, walking toward the materia still gripped in Sephiroth's hands. He took it out of his hands, and began to concentrate. A sudden headache began to pound at his head. The cold claws of death grabbed his insides. The air was knocked from his lungs as he concentrated harder on the Meteor.
Sweat formed on his forehead as he dropped to his knees. Cloud ran over to him. "Are you alright?" Concern filled his voice. A grunt, however, was all he got in return. Cloud looked at the group, powerless to do anything. Then he looked up to see the Meteor hovering ever closer, but it seemed to be slowing down.
Heat rained down on the group, dust began to swirl aroung. They looked over to Tyler, who was struggling to go on. The Meteor began to get closer.
"He's losing!" Yuffie screamed. But then it stopped again, the dust storm had now itensified, everyone was covering their eyes.
Once again the Meteor began to move. Yuffie shreaked again and the heat just got a whole lot hotter. "We gotta get outta here!" Barret yelled.
"Not until Meteor is stopped!" Cloud yelled back.
Suddenly a green stream began to poke through the ground. The Planet was saving itself again! Lifestream!
"The Lifestream is back!" Reeve said, looking at it with his own eyes.
The lifestream began to engulf the Meteor once again, and Tyler helped it on its way as well.
After a minute of being completely surrounded by Lifestream, it quickly began to go back into the Planet. Cloud looked around as it cleared out. He saw Tyler laying on the ground. Running over he propped up his head.
"He's dead." His voice was flat. He looked around and found the black materia was gone. "Its all over now..." A tear rolled down his cheek. "He wasn't all the bad."
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1 year later
"It's a boy!" The doctor exclaimed.
Tears rolled down Tifa's cheek. She took the baby into her arms, looking at his cute little face. "He looks like you." She said to Cloud.
"But he's got your beautiful eyes." Cloud pointed back to her.
"So what should we name him?" She asked.
"How about Skyler?"
She looked down at the baby, rocking him back and forth in her arms. "Yea, that sounds good. Skyler." She repeated. "L'il Skyler."
The couple smiled at each other. Finally they could live the rest of their lives in peace, well at least as much peace as you could have with a baby in the house.
(((Yay its finished!! So what did everyone think? Criticism is welcome as long as it's constructive, I can use it too make my other fics better. So please be kind and review!)))