"Help
me out!!!"
Barret
shouted with his back against a huge chunk of stone. and fired a few rounds at
the ancient soldiers in front of him, hoping to make them scramble, but he
failed. The ancient soldiers quickly cast defensive spells and their magic absorbed
Barret's bullets completely.
"I
am having trouble myself!"
Red
XIII shouted back and dodged elemental attacks cast by the ancient soldiers.
The army with them a moment ago had a great clash with the ancient soldiers,
making both sides suffer severe losses. Although there were not many ancient
soldiers left, the enemy outnumbered Barret and Red XIII by 10 to 1. They were
in a real grave situation.
"Damn
you ^&%&^%$%!!!!"
Barret
shouted and attempted to engage the ancient soldier in close combat but was
halted by a lightning strike right in front of him. He quickly evaded the
attack and tried to get close to the ancient soldiers but he couldn't because
they kept on casting long range offensive spells. Barret just can't get close
to them.
"Look
out!"
Red
XIII shouted and Barret leaped backwards, a fire ball fell from the sky and
crashed right under Barret's feet. The impact blew him off his feet and he
landed right next the Red XIII. Red XIII tried to assist him but he was having
a hard time saving himself. Barret pushed himself up and saw the Ancient
soldiers slowly approaching them. They were charging up their magic and ready
to give a final blow. This time they are finished.
A
roaring noise was hearing from the sky. The ancient soldier looked up the sky
in awe. They have no idea what was above them.
"Run!"
Red
XIII pushed Barret and force him to move far away. Then barrage of missiles
were seen coming down from the sky and blast the ancient soldiers into bits.
There were explosions and Red XIII and Barret run as far as they could to
survive the explosions. After a short while, the explosions stopped. An huge
machine was seen emerging out of the clouds and hovered above the remaining
ancient soldiers.
The
ancient soldiers have no idea what it was and started panicking. It was this
time that a figure jumped out of the machine and pulled out two machine guns,
firing wildly at the ancient soldier underneath. The ancient soldiers quickly
cast defensive spells but before they could finish casting, the figure landed
gracefully on the ground the threw away the two machineguns and pulled out a
long samurai sword and started slashing the remaining ancient soldiers. The
ancient soldier fell one by one until all of them were laying, unmoving on the
ground.
"Godo,
that was close, too close."
Red
XIII said and walked slowly towards the Godo that jumped out of the Highwind
and saved their lives. Barret followed behind and looked at the two machineguns
Godo threw away.
"Uh,
wat's wit da guns?"
Barret
asked pointing at the two machineguns.
Godo
slide his sword back into its sheath and looked at them.
"I
love to make a big entrance." Godo said and smiled. He could be a superstar.
Godo
looked around and saw a few remaining Shinra, Fort Condor and Wutai warriors
scattered around either in deep injury or bad state. He shook his head and had
a sad look. The losses were great now and if he doesn't stop the ancients
quickly there will be an even greater number of losses.
"How
the north and east team?" Red XIII asked.
"Not
good. The army to the north was so badly destroyed until Cait Sith had to lead
part of the army from the east to assist them. Takawachi's army is still
capable of defending their spot but I don't think they will last long enough."
Godo said with disappointment.
Barret
and Red XIII felt Godo's grief too. Unless Aeris do something quick, it would
be the end of all of them.
"So...what
are we going to do now?"
Red
XIII asked Godo. Suddenly, a man from the highwind jumped down and landed
skillfully on his feet. It was Cid.
"Godo,
tell them." Cid told Godo and Godo slowly nodded.
"We
have only one last way, that is to blow up Midgar's Mako reactors, destroying
everything in a fifteen miles radius, including all of us, Kalm, and of course,
the Ancient Soldier." Godo slowly spoke.
Barret
and Red XIII stared at Godo in horror. What was Godo talking about? Blowly up
Midgar? How in the world...
"Godo..."
Red XIII tried to ask but was immediately cut off by Godo.
"Sssh.
I know it's tough for you all, but I've already ordered the Turks to power up
Midgar, so that I could activate the mako reactors self-destructor and destroy
everything once and for all."
Godo
said with determination. Red XIII and Barret looked at each other, they didn't
know Midgar could self-destruct, why would...
"Listen
Godo, how..." Barret started to get furious but was pushed backwards by Godo.
"How
can I ever think of this, right? I know Marlene is important to you, but she
had to go in order to save the planet, is that clear?!"
Godo
shouted at Barret. Barret looked back in astonishment. He didn't thought of
this coming, he thought of asking how it could be done and...
"Intruder!"
Godo
quickly turned around and threw something at the bushes behind. Two shouts were
heard. Immediately, two dead ancient soldiers tumbled down, with a knife stuck
in each one's heart. Red XIII and Barret looked at them in astonishment. There
were eavesdroppers around. Godo spotted them and killed them. Quickly and
clean.
"Okay,
now you can ask questions." Cid smiled and said.
Godo
was smiling too when Cid said this. The two looked more and more confused with
what that was going on. They have no idea what Godo was doing.
"Alright,
time to explain." Godo said and smiled at the two. The two listened carefully.
"You
see, according to a physics teory, mako can cause great destruction because it
will create a chain reaction with the surrounding molecules, resulting a huge
explosion. This was proved when Gungaga was blew up years ago. Imagine, a small
reactor in Gungaga can cause so much destruction, what about Midgar? The
ancients knew this more than anyone else." Godo explained and stopped for a
while.
"So,
yer gonna blow up Midgar?" Barret asked nervously.
"At
least, that is what I want those two guys to know." Godo said and pointed at
the two dead ancient eavesdroppers.
"What's
your point?" Red XIII asked, as he still doesn't understand much.
"We
only need a decoy to lead them back to Midgar, right?" Godo with an smirk on
his face.
"Wat
decoy?" Barret asked.
"That
means this whole thing on blowin' up Midgar's a rumor, ya dumb a$$!" Cid
scolded.
Barret
scratched his head again and again. He still didn't get the point.
"You
see, the Ancients can communicate among themselves telepathically and that
allows them to spread an information fast, even if it was false. By telling
them that we are going to blow up Midgar and the entire area around it and only
was is to enter Midgar to stop me, all of them will follow me into Midgar,
giving Aeris time to summon holy and blast them out of the planet once and for
all." Godo explained more precisely.
Now,
Barret and Red XIII finally understood Godo's plan. Godo was using rumor
spreading as a tactic against the ancient army! With the two dead eavesdropper
goons to spread the news, the powering up of Midgar by Vincent and the Turks,
the knowledge on dangers of mako studied by the ancients, the anceint army will
surely buy it, and then walk on the plank towards the sea!
"Damn
yer wicked, Godo!" Barret praised Godo with a different touch.
"In
war, wicked is a word only used to praise the enemy." Godo replied with a smirk
on his face.
"In
my entire life, I respect nobody for their knowledge except for Budgenhagen.
Now, I salute." Red XIII said with a smile on his face.
Godo
nodded and smiled indicating that he accepted Red XIII respect. Then, he turned
to Cid and told him something. Cid nodded and went up the Highwind.
"What
did ya told him?" Barret asked Godo.
"I
asked for my armor. I am going to carry out the decoy." Godo answered.
"What,
yer crazy? Yer really gonna go in there and have an entire army on yer tail?
Why don'tcha ask someone else to go?" Barret cried out.
"I
have to. The ancient seems to believe that the leader is the most powerful one
and only he could unleash such a destructive power. I don't want to take
chances." Godo said and readied his weapons.
"Think
again, Godo. If you were killed in there, who will lead the rest of the army?
If you die, what will happen to the spirit of the remaining soldiers?" Red XIII
said.
"But
I have to go, or not the ancients will find out the truth!" Godo eagerly
defending his stand.
"Isn't
there another way without risking your life?" Red XIII asked Godo.
"Yea,
like us gettin' into Midgar instead of ya!" Barret shouted while replying.
There
was suddenly a moment of silence. Red
XIII and Godo thought of the same thing at the same time. Then Cid came down
from the Highwind with Godo's armor.
"Barret,
put that on." Red XIII ordered.
"But
I don't wanna. It so hot in there..." Red XIII looked at Barret furiously.
Barret sighed and put it on.
Red
XIII and Godo observed as Barret put the armor on. Barret's body size was
almost the same as Godo's. Large, tough, broad. With a helmet on, nobody will
thought that it was Barret inside, not Godo. This way, the commander of the
entire army didn't need to risk his life for the decoy.
"Barret,
you and I are going in!" Red XIII said after Barret put on his helmet.
"I
am not very sure about this..." Godo rubbing his chin while saying this.
"Don'tcha
worry about this. I am tough and those pesky ancients ain't gonna whack me
easily." Barret said and clapped on his steel armor.
Godo
nodded and walked towards Barret. He took out two bright green glowing materia
and gave it to Barret and Red XIII. Barret took it and examined it.
"This
is invulnerable magic materia, and there is only two of it in the entire
planet. It cast a defensive spell so powerful that so nothing could penetrate
the spell for about 10 minutes. It can be cast only once in a year so use it
only when needed." Godo explained the use of the materia.
"So,
wait for our good news, and if I failed, Cid, bring Marlene to somewhere safe."
Barret mounted onto a chocobo and greet goodbye to Godo and Cid. Then he rode
off towards Midgar with Red XIII on his side, to settle this conflict once and
for all.