"Any
dumbass ancient following us?"
"I
don't see any. I am worried." Red XIII replied Barret question.
Red
XIII and Barret were now quite near to the heart of Midgar, but still see no
sign of ancient soldier hunting them down. Did they knew that this was actually
a decoy?
"Duh,
where da ^(*&$^% are those dumba$$?" Barret cursed out loud and then he saw
something moving, from far away.
"Shh...I
heard something."
Red
XIII ears picked up some noise and then he started looking frightened. Red XIII
started moving and towards the heart of Midgar, leading Barret there.
"If
we are moving, this will be a good time." Red XIII said and started to move
away. Barret still didn't sense anything. He thought what he saw far away was
just illusions. But he still followed Red XIII and he rode his chocobo with
moderate speed. Then Red XIII asked him to speed up.
"What's
da rush?"
Barret
asked after they traveled for some time, not understanding the situation.
"Look
behind you now." Red XIII commanded.
Barret
took a peek behind and got the shock of his life. Just a few minutes ago, there
was nothing there. Now he saw black dots rapidly growing bigger and bigger. At
first he saw only a few of them. But then the number was rapidly growing and he
could see them coming, in very great speed.
"Now,
full speed." Red XIII said to Barret. Barret, which just realized what was
coming kicked the side of his chocobo and rode like the wind. After a few
seconds, Barret looked backwards again. He could see ancient soldiers flying
towards them in shocking speed.
"Wat
da?"
Before
Barret could finish, he saw a ancient soldier flying by his side at the same
speed of his chocobo. Barret looked at him and then looked at Red XIII with a
surprised look.
"Hey,
I donno dat they could fly?!"
Barret
said and steer his chocobo sideways towards the ancient soldier. He then
brutally smack the Ancient soldier with his gunarm and send him crashing onto
the floor.
"I
suggest that we start casting the materia spell Godo gave us." Red XIII said
and readied to cast a spell.
"Dat
early?" Barret asked with an unsure tone.
Instantly
fireballs, lightning strikes, ice spears, strong wind and all sorts of
elemental spell came attacking the two. Red XIII quickly cast the invulnerable
spell and Barret quickly cast it too. Now the two were invulnerable to all
attack...for the mean time.
An
earth shuddering noise shook the entire area again. Elena looked around
nervously. She didn't what was actually going on.
"Reno!
Do you actually know where the hell is the power generator?!" Yuffie scolded.
"Shut
up! Can't you see I am looking for it?" Reno shouted back.
After
a long walk round the Midgar-go-round, Reno still couldn't find the location of
the power generator. Either had Midgar changed a lot since meteor incident, or
he had a really bad sense of direction.
"Oh
man. How in the world you got to be the Turks when you didn't even know where
the hell the power generator is?" Yuffie scolded Reno again.
Reno
wanted to shout back but he just held his breath. No use arguing with Yuffie.
It won't help him locating the power generator. It will be better that he
continued looking.
Suddenly,
the dark slums of Midgar turned brighter and brighter. The Turks and Yuffie
looked around and saw the street lights lit up. Many were sprinkling out sparks
but it was quite normal in a city of such a state.
"I
guess Vincent found the switch already." Rude expressed his opinion to the
others.
The
others agreed with Rude. They mission to power up Midgar was now complete. But
from time to time, they heard explosions and earth shuddering noise, coming
from around them. At first they thought they were short circuits or power blast
after the powering up of Midgar. But it looked like it was. It sounded like
attacks.
A
loud explosion suddenly came from the south and all of them turned towards that
direction. Nothing was seen. Just dim light and the streets of the slums.
Reno
PHS suddenly rang. Reno picked it up and talked to it. It was Cait Sith on the
other side.
"Cait
here! Listen! Where are you guys now?" Cait Sith asked.
"We
are at the heart of Midgar! We are heading out now!" Reno replied.
"Really,
where?" Cait asked.
"Just
around the corner of..." Before Reno could finish, he saw Cait Sith coming
hopping from the streets that lead to the north. Behind him was a few soldiers,
most of them were badly injured and two of them were laying on Cait Sith. Reno
knew there was something wrong.
"How
did you get in? I thought there was a barricade of soldiers between us?" Elena
asked Cait Sith.
"I
don't know. All ancient soldier went gathering to the south. I don't know what
was going and we thought of checking it out in here. Here, give me a hand with
these soldiers."
Cait
Sith let down the two soldiers from his back and the Turks and Yuffie started
healing them with curative spells. Cait Sith watched.
"Do
you know what was those sounds coming from the south?" Rude asked Cait Sith.
Cait
Sith shrugged. It seemed that they didn't know about Godo's plans too.
Another
explosion came from the south again. This time, much loud than the one before.
Everyone looked quietly, hoping it wasn't a threat.
Two
figures suddenly appeared from around the corner. They were approaching them in
great speed. Rude took a clear and identified them. It was Red XIII and a man
in shining armor riding a chocobo. What were they doing?
"Hey
there! What's up?!" Yuffie shouted, hoping Red XIII would reply.
Red
XIII seemed to be shouting something, but couldn't hear what it was. They kept
on coming with full speed and didn't care to stop. Something wrong was going
on.
"What's
up?!" Cait Sith shouted again. This time, they could hear Red XIII's voice, but
it wasn't clear.
"Rrr...rrr...what?"
Reno shouted after able to catch a little of Red XIII voice.
"Run!!!!!!!!!"
Red
XIII then shouted at the top of his voice. The others knew that something was
coming. They quickly readied themselves, prepare to run, but still awaiting to
see what the threat was.
"Remember,
everyone. Stay calm, whatever it was." Rude told the others. The others nodded.
At
this moment, they heard noises, very strange noise, like a whole bunch of
insects coming. Then, they were totally stunned. They saw thing, not one, but a
lot of them, flying towards them between streets and buildings. At first glance
they looked like there were not more than twenty of them. But after a closer
look, they outnumbered a swarm of bees and won't stop for anything. It was the
entire army of ancient soldier charging towards them.
"Uh..."
Reno said when he saw this shocking sight.
"Ah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
All
of them cried out and started escaping with Cait Sith and the soldiers. For a
reason, they had to face an entire army at one go.