Chapter 19: Unlocking Power
"Why do you want to make me into a weapon?"
Kyle asks in a low voice as he stands up.
"When we first found you, it was during the war, and we wanted to use you to completely and utterly destroy our enemies.. but you were still much too young. While we were waiting for you to grow up... the war had already come to an end."
Hojo says in a matter-of-fact way. Kyle then looks at him and speaks;
"What were the names of these enemies?"
Pres. ShinRa looks at Hojo for a moment, and then he turns his attention to Kyle and speaks;
"Various corporations that no longer exist. These corporations wouldn't sell out or merge with ShinRa, and I hate it when other companies make money that could be going into my pocket."
Kyle blinks a few times as he looks at Pres. ShinRa, he has no idea of how he knows about war and corporations and other things like that.
"But... how does that start a war.. and why would I be needed for something like that?"
Kyle asks in a low voice. Hojo, who now has an evil looking smile on his face, looks at Kyle and replies;
"It's simple, really. Before and during the war, ShinRa made weapons. We then sold these weapons to various countries, who, just "happened" to be the enemies of countries who were home to these corporations. And seeing as how they now had the ability to do so, they soon flexed this new muscle and put it to good use, namely attacking and causing destruction. However, the other companies made weapons and sold them to the enemies of the countries attacking them."
"So... you start a major war.. let innocent people die... just for money?"
Kyle says as he looks pale from what he just heard. Pres. ShinRa nods and then goes on where Hojo left off;
"Yes, but after a few weeks they found out how it all started, and we were then drawn into the battles, and that's why we needed you. But as Hojo said, you were much too young for the mission we had in mind for you, and as we waited for you to grow up, our allies and ourselves managed to beat them down and we won, all thanks to Mako-based weapons. That is when ShinRa started selling Mako and other Mako-based products."
"But.. if the war is over, why do you still need a weapon?"
Kyle says as he looks down, which causes Hojo to laugh wickedly.
"That's simple.. ShinRa is interested in global domination."
Hojo says in an emotionless tone. Kyle then looks up at them both, his eyes wide in shock and terror. He then looks away from them and speaks;
"I.. I... I... won't help you..."
Hojo smirks and replies;
"If you don't.. the Ancient will suffer."
Kyle smirks.. it looks so much like Sephiroth's it's scary.
"You wouldn't dare.. you need her to find the Promised Land."
Kyle says as he replies, but this causes Pres. ShinRa to laugh and shake his head.
"Come now Kyle, you know I don't have to give an order that will cause her death. What I will do, however, is order that she be put through a great deal of pain, both physical and emotional. Seeing her friends slowly die would be but the first step in her pain.. then we will move onto doing various painful, nasty things to her until you fall to your knees, beg me to stop it all, and then fall into line and follow my orders."
Pres. ShinRa says as he stares at Kyle, his eyes show that he is capable of anything, as if he didn't have a soul. Kyle sighs and then looks at the floor and replies;.
"I.. see you'll win out in the end... to save Aeris the pain.... I'll be your weapon..."
Pres. ShinRa then smirks and pats him on the head, literally degrading Kyle to the point where he knows he is nothing more then a dog in his eyes.
"Good boy, I'm glad you see it's pointless to resist."
Hojo then looks at Kyle and speaks;
"Well then Kyle, it's time we got on with this. Since you were in that tube from the age of 4, we couldn't physically teach you how to fight or how to use your powers. However, we did program them into your memory, along with tactics and a large vocabulary. These memories have been laying dormant within your mind, awaiting the day when a section of your brain would be stimulated, making them known to you. Now with that said, all I have to do is stimulate that section and you will be complete."
"And how do you plan on doing that?"
Kyle asks, which causes Hojo to pull out an odd device that looks similar to a hand gun. It's about a foot long, 5 inches wide and a foot in height, and it looks like it's made of metal.
"Like this..."
Hojo says as he suddenly moves toward Kyle. Kyle moves back slightly and Hojo then shoves the "barrel" of the device into Kyle's gut and pulls the "trigger," causing what appears to be a spike-like object to come out. The spike then enters Kyle's body, causing him to make few noises before he falls forward. As Hojo catches him, the spike opened and released a fluid into his body. As Hojo removes the device from Kyle's body, the hole that the spike had made seals up completely.
"Now all we have to do it wait for our weapon's power to awaken."
Pres. ShinRa says as he smirks darkly.
Chapter 20: The Weapon Awakens
On the 68th floor, Cloud, Barret, Tifa, Red XIII and Aeris are locked in the buildings "prison." Each room has one bed, a sink and a toilet. The entire room itself is made of solid steel, as are the doors, which have electronic locks.
Aeris is in one room by herself, Cloud and Tifa are in the room right next to hers, while Red and Barret are across the "hall" from Cloud and Tifa.
Cloud, who is sitting, is trying to think of a way to get out of the room, but he's also been thinking of other things, such as Kyle, his role as a weapon.. and the "situation" involving Kyle and Aeris. While he's been thinking for the past hour, Tifa has been laying on the bed in the silence, and she can't take it anymore. She suddenly sits up and looks at Cloud.
"Have any idea as to how we'll get out of here?"
She asks in the hopes that he has a plan, however that hope is smashed to bits when Cloud shakes his head.
"I've been trying to think of a way.. but I can't see how we can get out.."
He says as he stands up. He then walks over to the door, and taps it.
"It's solid steel... my sword wouldn't last against it, so I don't think we'll be able to get out."
Tifa looks down at the floor and starts to speak;
"So.. we just give up hope? What about Kyle.. with his power he.."
Cloud cuts her off;
"No, he wouldn't help us because he can't. If he were to even try to go against ShinRa, the President would order the guard outside to open up Aeris' cell and hurt her enough to make him fall back into line."
"He really does care about her..."
Tifa says as she smiles slightly. Cloud stares at the floor and replies;
"She loves him... and I have a feeling that he loves her... but he just doesn't know how to express his feelings."
Tifa looks up at Cloud with a shocked look, as she didn't even expect to hear that.
"How do you know that?"
She asks as she keeps looking at him. Cloud then brings his head up and looks over at her.
"It's simple. Kyle is always giving himself up to protect her, he will risk his life for her, and die for her if needed. I've also seen how Aeris acts when she's around him, she clings to him, she always held onto his hand whenever they walked, and the way she hugged him after he killed that monster.. I can tell she loves him."
Cloud says as he turns and walks back to his sitting spot. He then sits down and speaks once more;
"I'm gonna go to sleep.. maybe I'll come up with an idea tomorrow.."
Tifa would like to take the chance to tell Cloud how she feels, but she still can't make herself do it. The only thing that truly holds her back is the fear of rejection, as she doesn't know what she would do if he did reject her, so she stays silent about it. She then lays back down on the bed and replies;
"Goodnight Cloud.."
Cloud doesn't answer, he's already asleep.
A few hours have passed since Kyle was injected. Kyle, who is now laying on the floor, awakens slowly. As he starts to come around, he is instantly hit with a massive well of information that includes battle tactics, weapon skills, Ki control, magical and Ki attacks, limits of his skills, estimates on his pain threshold, speed, theories on his abilities to bend gravity, a comprehensive "dictionary" of words, complete with meanings, uses, sentence structure and many other things that he would eveer need to know in order to survive and be the perfect warrior.
He slowly starts to stand, but stops as he feels a sudden weight on him, nothing he can't handle, but it wasn't their when he was put out. As he again starts to stand once more, and he discovers that armor, a sword, and even a cape has been placed on him. The swords hilt is 6 inches long and is a very dark red, the blade is over 6 feet long, double-bladed, it's white and can reflect light very well, making it perfect for blinding his enemies. His armor, which is made up of a chest plate with shoulder-guards, is a deep, but gentle blue color, while his cape is a deep shade of blue. The sword is located on his back, under the cape, with the hilt is exposed, which can be easily grabbed by his right hand. Hojo, who seemingly comes out of nowhere, speaks to him as he comes near;
"So do you like your new equipment? It's all been specially designed to allow you full use of your powers and abilities while providing the maximum amount of defense and protection possible. Your sword allows you to fight a person or monster one on one if you don't feel like blowing them away with a Ki blast."
President ShinRa, who also seemingly comes from no where, speaks to Kyle as well;
"You shall be my personal body guard until we find something to send you after."
Kyle looks at him and speaks as he nods;
"I... understand.."
Hojo, who heads for the stairs, speaks one last time as he slowly leaves the office;
"I'll be going now."
"Now Kyle, I want you to go downstairs and make sure nothing gets up here unless they show you that they have clearance for this floor. Don't fail me."
Pres. ShinRa says in a serious tone of voice and Kyle nods slightly. He then walks toward the stairs and makes his way to the 69th floor. Once there he sits down and waits, he doesn't expect much to happen.. but he is wrong.
Chapter 21: Power Struggle
A black cloaked man runs toward the ShinRa buildings entrance. As he runs, he makes no noise at all, he seems to be as silent as darkness itself. The man then suddenly stops just shy of the front stairs, causing his black cloak to sway slightly before it, and his long, silver hair follows suit, moving gently as it comes to rest against the cloak. As the man looks upward towards the 67th floor of the building, his bright green eyes give off a brilliant Mako glow, and at the same time, a twisted smile forms on his lips.
"Soon mother.. we shall be together again.."
He says in a low, calm and cold tone. He then brings his head down and bring it to the level of the main door. He then suddenly bursts forward and just before he reaches the stairs he leaps into the air and lands a few inches from the doorway, and he brings his right arm backwards, to his cape and grabs a hold of a hilt. He draws his arm to the right and the long flowing blade appears. Once fully drawn, the ominous Katana shines in the light that comes from a light fixture above the door.
Suddenly he brings the blade up and then he makes a few quick, well placed slashes on the door, and it falls to pieces. With a small smirk on his face he steps over what was once a barrier to his purpose and walks inside. He walks toward the receptionist, and as he nears her he brings his blade up and slashes her at neck level.. and after a moment her head falls and rolls.. another victim of his madness. With a feeling of pure sadistic glee he starts to runs toward the staircase to the right and then starts to climb them, all the while being completely silent. With a burst of inhuman speed he turns corners with ease and keeps climbing, all the while a darkness can be seen shining in his eyes
Soon he reaches the 67th floor, and he makes his way to the storage area. As he enters the massive room he looks at the large containment unit and a cold smirk forms upon his lips. He walks to it and brings the blade of his sword up and then he brings it down upon the containment unit, and he brings it up again and slashes at it again, and then again.. until he stops, knowing that it is futile. His eyes narrow and he brings his blade around and he shoves it into the floor. He then makes his way the blasted unit and slowly places his hands upon it. He runs his hands over the "door" and grabs a hold of the small circular lock-like mechanism and he tries to turn it, but it will not budge. In a fit of pure rage he braces his foot onto it and tries to rip the door off, but again nothing.
"Accursed thing!"
He howls as moves away from it, but then he notices some wires attached to it and he follows them with his eyes. He then grabs his sword and starts to follow the wires until they vanish behind a few boxes, which he easily dispense with a few slashes of his blade and he set his eyes upon a massive generator that supplies energy to all of the 67th and 68th floors.
"Ah, the answer to my current problem.."
He mumbles as he brings his sword upward and aims the tip at the generator. He then drives the blade into it, causing it to throw sparks. The lights flicker for a few moments and then die completely with the generator. The doors on all the jail cells open and at the same time, so does the door to Jenova's.. cage.
He walks back to the unit until he reaches it, at which point he reaches into the unit. With one quick pull the body of Jenova is pulled out of the unit and quickly it's thrown onto his shoulder.
"Yes mother, I understand.. we must stop those ShinRa fools from finding our Promised Land... what's that? So, they tried to make another one did they? Well, let us go pay him a visit, shall we mother?"
He says out loud as he walks toward the stairs. Just then some soldiers appear in-front of him, aim their weapons at him and both say in unison;
"Freeze!"
Suddenly a dark, insane laugh is heard that sends a chill down their spines. The body of Jenova comes to life, it's fingers forming talon-like claws. It springs from the man and it suddenly attacks the soldiers.. and they don't even have enough time to scream..
Kyle suddenly sits up and looks around, his eyes show that he's tense. He can sense something new, different.. he searches it out, opening himself as he looks and he comes upon it. It's a strange life force that wasn't there moments ago. He stands quickly and draws his sword, the metal on metal sound is almost like music to his ears, it's as if he enjoys that sound. He stands there and waits for it.. no, them to come to him. The very cells that make up his being tell him that.. it's coming near, and then he can hear the footsteps and.. something else.
The man climbs the stairs, Jenova upon his back and his blade in his right hand, he slowly drags the blade on the wall as he walks, a twisted smile upon his blood stained face. He gets to the 69th floor and then exits the small room that holds the stair case, carrying Jenova's body. His blade scrapes the walls, he loves that sound. As he enters the main room he stops as he spots Kyle.
"So you are the one they made.. my replacement.."
The man says in a cold tone, the blade of his sword pointed at Kyle.
"So you're the 'Great Sephiroth.' You left ShinRa.. why have you returned?"
Kyle asks as he stares at Sephiroth, who smirks.
"To get mother, to stop these fools from getting the Promised Land... and of course.. to kill you!"
Sephiroth howls as he charges toward Kyle, dropping Jenova on the floor. Kyle quickly brings the blade of his sword up just as Sephiroth brings his down, the swords make a loud clanging noise as they clash. Suddenly Sephiroth jumps backwards, and as he jumps he floats in the air, bringing his blade upward so the tip is pointing at the left wall.
Kyle then slowly starts to float upwards, his sword is then pulled up to it's in-front of him and then he pulls it back to his right side slowly. And so he floats in-front of Sephiroth, his gleaming white blade is ready to be stained red with the blood of the "Great Sephiroth." Suddenly Kyle screams and flies toward Sephiroth with force, bringing his blade around from his side, hoping to drive it through his chest with one strike. Sephiroth, on the other hand, floats there. Once Kyle gets to within a foot of him he reacts and moves forward, his sword moves so swiftly it's just a blur. There is another loud noise as the blades clash. Slowly Sephiroth places his left hand on the hilt of his sword and slowly starts to push Kyle down. Responding to this Kyle quickly places his left on the hilt of his blade and starts to push back, but alas Sephiroth is too strong for him.
He then looks up at Sephiroth and smirks his wicked smirk, which causes Sephiroth to blink once. In that split second Kyle suddenly shifts himself to the right, pulling his blade with him. With all resistance removed Sephiroth sprawls toward the floor. As he falls Kyle turns and raises his left hand in the air and starts to speak;
"Frozen wind..."
As he stops the air within the room starts to grow very cold quickly. With that he starts to speak once more;
"...speak of forgotten truths! Ice3!"
Blue streaks of magical energy fly in the room, collecting in his hand. As the streaks made contact with the air is froze the small amounts of water in the air, forming ice. Suddenly the energy bursts from his hand and the small pieces of ice form into large shards and they float as Sephiroth turns to face him. Suddenly Kyle throws his hand toward Sephiroth and the shards fly toward him. As Sephiroth looks upon the shards, he smirks.
"Enduring light, shield from roaring magic! Magic Barrier!"
He yells out as four beams of light burst into the room and form a sphere around his body. The shards of ice hit the sphere, shattering upon impact. The sphere then fades and Kyle brings his sword up, holding the hilt in both hands. Suddenly he flies down at Sephiroth at full speed, his sword ready to kill. Sephiroth jumps back just as Kyle shoves his sword full strength into the floor. Kyle tries to pull the blade out, and Sephiroth just laughs at him.
"Foolish child... you should of known that you should never attack from above, but you'll never be able to put that new knowledge to use in battle now will you?!?"
Sephiroth screams and then runs toward Kyle, who is still trying to pull his blade from the floor. Kyle looks up from his blade and sees Sephiroth charging at him, and in a worried state he tries to jump backwards, but it's much too late. With a sudden burst of pain, Kyle screams as the Masamune easily passes through his chest plate and pierces his flesh, driving itself deeper and deeper with each passing moment. As a wide eyed Kyle looks upon the face of his attacker, he sees the cold hatred in those green eyes, then quickly and suddenly a palm is shoved into Kyle's face.
"Good-bye child..."
Is all Kyle hears from Sephiroth before a massive burst of energy flies from his palm and slams into his body, throwing him backwards. A trail of blood hangs in the air for a moment as he's ripped from the blade of the Masamune, and moments later he slams into the wall. As Kyle starts to slide downwards, Sephiroth viciously laughs and launches another wave of pure energy, which causes Kyle's body to not only smash into the wall, but also causes him to go through the wall.
"Yes I know mother.. let's go stop the ShinRa from finding the Promised Land before we do.."
Sephiroth mumbles as he places his Masamune back in it's sheath and picks up Jenova's body. He then walks toward the staircase and slowly ascend it.. all the while getting closer and closer to his next victim.. President ShinRa.
"Why do you want to make me into a weapon?"
Kyle asks in a low voice as he stands up.
"When we first found you, it was during the war, and we wanted to use you to completely and utterly destroy our enemies.. but you were still much too young. While we were waiting for you to grow up... the war had already come to an end."
Hojo says in a matter-of-fact way. Kyle then looks at him and speaks;
"What were the names of these enemies?"
Pres. ShinRa looks at Hojo for a moment, and then he turns his attention to Kyle and speaks;
"Various corporations that no longer exist. These corporations wouldn't sell out or merge with ShinRa, and I hate it when other companies make money that could be going into my pocket."
Kyle blinks a few times as he looks at Pres. ShinRa, he has no idea of how he knows about war and corporations and other things like that.
"But... how does that start a war.. and why would I be needed for something like that?"
Kyle asks in a low voice. Hojo, who now has an evil looking smile on his face, looks at Kyle and replies;
"It's simple, really. Before and during the war, ShinRa made weapons. We then sold these weapons to various countries, who, just "happened" to be the enemies of countries who were home to these corporations. And seeing as how they now had the ability to do so, they soon flexed this new muscle and put it to good use, namely attacking and causing destruction. However, the other companies made weapons and sold them to the enemies of the countries attacking them."
"So... you start a major war.. let innocent people die... just for money?"
Kyle says as he looks pale from what he just heard. Pres. ShinRa nods and then goes on where Hojo left off;
"Yes, but after a few weeks they found out how it all started, and we were then drawn into the battles, and that's why we needed you. But as Hojo said, you were much too young for the mission we had in mind for you, and as we waited for you to grow up, our allies and ourselves managed to beat them down and we won, all thanks to Mako-based weapons. That is when ShinRa started selling Mako and other Mako-based products."
"But.. if the war is over, why do you still need a weapon?"
Kyle says as he looks down, which causes Hojo to laugh wickedly.
"That's simple.. ShinRa is interested in global domination."
Hojo says in an emotionless tone. Kyle then looks up at them both, his eyes wide in shock and terror. He then looks away from them and speaks;
"I.. I... I... won't help you..."
Hojo smirks and replies;
"If you don't.. the Ancient will suffer."
Kyle smirks.. it looks so much like Sephiroth's it's scary.
"You wouldn't dare.. you need her to find the Promised Land."
Kyle says as he replies, but this causes Pres. ShinRa to laugh and shake his head.
"Come now Kyle, you know I don't have to give an order that will cause her death. What I will do, however, is order that she be put through a great deal of pain, both physical and emotional. Seeing her friends slowly die would be but the first step in her pain.. then we will move onto doing various painful, nasty things to her until you fall to your knees, beg me to stop it all, and then fall into line and follow my orders."
Pres. ShinRa says as he stares at Kyle, his eyes show that he is capable of anything, as if he didn't have a soul. Kyle sighs and then looks at the floor and replies;.
"I.. see you'll win out in the end... to save Aeris the pain.... I'll be your weapon..."
Pres. ShinRa then smirks and pats him on the head, literally degrading Kyle to the point where he knows he is nothing more then a dog in his eyes.
"Good boy, I'm glad you see it's pointless to resist."
Hojo then looks at Kyle and speaks;
"Well then Kyle, it's time we got on with this. Since you were in that tube from the age of 4, we couldn't physically teach you how to fight or how to use your powers. However, we did program them into your memory, along with tactics and a large vocabulary. These memories have been laying dormant within your mind, awaiting the day when a section of your brain would be stimulated, making them known to you. Now with that said, all I have to do is stimulate that section and you will be complete."
"And how do you plan on doing that?"
Kyle asks, which causes Hojo to pull out an odd device that looks similar to a hand gun. It's about a foot long, 5 inches wide and a foot in height, and it looks like it's made of metal.
"Like this..."
Hojo says as he suddenly moves toward Kyle. Kyle moves back slightly and Hojo then shoves the "barrel" of the device into Kyle's gut and pulls the "trigger," causing what appears to be a spike-like object to come out. The spike then enters Kyle's body, causing him to make few noises before he falls forward. As Hojo catches him, the spike opened and released a fluid into his body. As Hojo removes the device from Kyle's body, the hole that the spike had made seals up completely.
"Now all we have to do it wait for our weapon's power to awaken."
Pres. ShinRa says as he smirks darkly.
Chapter 20: The Weapon Awakens
On the 68th floor, Cloud, Barret, Tifa, Red XIII and Aeris are locked in the buildings "prison." Each room has one bed, a sink and a toilet. The entire room itself is made of solid steel, as are the doors, which have electronic locks.
Aeris is in one room by herself, Cloud and Tifa are in the room right next to hers, while Red and Barret are across the "hall" from Cloud and Tifa.
Cloud, who is sitting, is trying to think of a way to get out of the room, but he's also been thinking of other things, such as Kyle, his role as a weapon.. and the "situation" involving Kyle and Aeris. While he's been thinking for the past hour, Tifa has been laying on the bed in the silence, and she can't take it anymore. She suddenly sits up and looks at Cloud.
"Have any idea as to how we'll get out of here?"
She asks in the hopes that he has a plan, however that hope is smashed to bits when Cloud shakes his head.
"I've been trying to think of a way.. but I can't see how we can get out.."
He says as he stands up. He then walks over to the door, and taps it.
"It's solid steel... my sword wouldn't last against it, so I don't think we'll be able to get out."
Tifa looks down at the floor and starts to speak;
"So.. we just give up hope? What about Kyle.. with his power he.."
Cloud cuts her off;
"No, he wouldn't help us because he can't. If he were to even try to go against ShinRa, the President would order the guard outside to open up Aeris' cell and hurt her enough to make him fall back into line."
"He really does care about her..."
Tifa says as she smiles slightly. Cloud stares at the floor and replies;
"She loves him... and I have a feeling that he loves her... but he just doesn't know how to express his feelings."
Tifa looks up at Cloud with a shocked look, as she didn't even expect to hear that.
"How do you know that?"
She asks as she keeps looking at him. Cloud then brings his head up and looks over at her.
"It's simple. Kyle is always giving himself up to protect her, he will risk his life for her, and die for her if needed. I've also seen how Aeris acts when she's around him, she clings to him, she always held onto his hand whenever they walked, and the way she hugged him after he killed that monster.. I can tell she loves him."
Cloud says as he turns and walks back to his sitting spot. He then sits down and speaks once more;
"I'm gonna go to sleep.. maybe I'll come up with an idea tomorrow.."
Tifa would like to take the chance to tell Cloud how she feels, but she still can't make herself do it. The only thing that truly holds her back is the fear of rejection, as she doesn't know what she would do if he did reject her, so she stays silent about it. She then lays back down on the bed and replies;
"Goodnight Cloud.."
Cloud doesn't answer, he's already asleep.
A few hours have passed since Kyle was injected. Kyle, who is now laying on the floor, awakens slowly. As he starts to come around, he is instantly hit with a massive well of information that includes battle tactics, weapon skills, Ki control, magical and Ki attacks, limits of his skills, estimates on his pain threshold, speed, theories on his abilities to bend gravity, a comprehensive "dictionary" of words, complete with meanings, uses, sentence structure and many other things that he would eveer need to know in order to survive and be the perfect warrior.
He slowly starts to stand, but stops as he feels a sudden weight on him, nothing he can't handle, but it wasn't their when he was put out. As he again starts to stand once more, and he discovers that armor, a sword, and even a cape has been placed on him. The swords hilt is 6 inches long and is a very dark red, the blade is over 6 feet long, double-bladed, it's white and can reflect light very well, making it perfect for blinding his enemies. His armor, which is made up of a chest plate with shoulder-guards, is a deep, but gentle blue color, while his cape is a deep shade of blue. The sword is located on his back, under the cape, with the hilt is exposed, which can be easily grabbed by his right hand. Hojo, who seemingly comes out of nowhere, speaks to him as he comes near;
"So do you like your new equipment? It's all been specially designed to allow you full use of your powers and abilities while providing the maximum amount of defense and protection possible. Your sword allows you to fight a person or monster one on one if you don't feel like blowing them away with a Ki blast."
President ShinRa, who also seemingly comes from no where, speaks to Kyle as well;
"You shall be my personal body guard until we find something to send you after."
Kyle looks at him and speaks as he nods;
"I... understand.."
Hojo, who heads for the stairs, speaks one last time as he slowly leaves the office;
"I'll be going now."
"Now Kyle, I want you to go downstairs and make sure nothing gets up here unless they show you that they have clearance for this floor. Don't fail me."
Pres. ShinRa says in a serious tone of voice and Kyle nods slightly. He then walks toward the stairs and makes his way to the 69th floor. Once there he sits down and waits, he doesn't expect much to happen.. but he is wrong.
Chapter 21: Power Struggle
A black cloaked man runs toward the ShinRa buildings entrance. As he runs, he makes no noise at all, he seems to be as silent as darkness itself. The man then suddenly stops just shy of the front stairs, causing his black cloak to sway slightly before it, and his long, silver hair follows suit, moving gently as it comes to rest against the cloak. As the man looks upward towards the 67th floor of the building, his bright green eyes give off a brilliant Mako glow, and at the same time, a twisted smile forms on his lips.
"Soon mother.. we shall be together again.."
He says in a low, calm and cold tone. He then brings his head down and bring it to the level of the main door. He then suddenly bursts forward and just before he reaches the stairs he leaps into the air and lands a few inches from the doorway, and he brings his right arm backwards, to his cape and grabs a hold of a hilt. He draws his arm to the right and the long flowing blade appears. Once fully drawn, the ominous Katana shines in the light that comes from a light fixture above the door.
Suddenly he brings the blade up and then he makes a few quick, well placed slashes on the door, and it falls to pieces. With a small smirk on his face he steps over what was once a barrier to his purpose and walks inside. He walks toward the receptionist, and as he nears her he brings his blade up and slashes her at neck level.. and after a moment her head falls and rolls.. another victim of his madness. With a feeling of pure sadistic glee he starts to runs toward the staircase to the right and then starts to climb them, all the while being completely silent. With a burst of inhuman speed he turns corners with ease and keeps climbing, all the while a darkness can be seen shining in his eyes
Soon he reaches the 67th floor, and he makes his way to the storage area. As he enters the massive room he looks at the large containment unit and a cold smirk forms upon his lips. He walks to it and brings the blade of his sword up and then he brings it down upon the containment unit, and he brings it up again and slashes at it again, and then again.. until he stops, knowing that it is futile. His eyes narrow and he brings his blade around and he shoves it into the floor. He then makes his way the blasted unit and slowly places his hands upon it. He runs his hands over the "door" and grabs a hold of the small circular lock-like mechanism and he tries to turn it, but it will not budge. In a fit of pure rage he braces his foot onto it and tries to rip the door off, but again nothing.
"Accursed thing!"
He howls as moves away from it, but then he notices some wires attached to it and he follows them with his eyes. He then grabs his sword and starts to follow the wires until they vanish behind a few boxes, which he easily dispense with a few slashes of his blade and he set his eyes upon a massive generator that supplies energy to all of the 67th and 68th floors.
"Ah, the answer to my current problem.."
He mumbles as he brings his sword upward and aims the tip at the generator. He then drives the blade into it, causing it to throw sparks. The lights flicker for a few moments and then die completely with the generator. The doors on all the jail cells open and at the same time, so does the door to Jenova's.. cage.
He walks back to the unit until he reaches it, at which point he reaches into the unit. With one quick pull the body of Jenova is pulled out of the unit and quickly it's thrown onto his shoulder.
"Yes mother, I understand.. we must stop those ShinRa fools from finding our Promised Land... what's that? So, they tried to make another one did they? Well, let us go pay him a visit, shall we mother?"
He says out loud as he walks toward the stairs. Just then some soldiers appear in-front of him, aim their weapons at him and both say in unison;
"Freeze!"
Suddenly a dark, insane laugh is heard that sends a chill down their spines. The body of Jenova comes to life, it's fingers forming talon-like claws. It springs from the man and it suddenly attacks the soldiers.. and they don't even have enough time to scream..
Kyle suddenly sits up and looks around, his eyes show that he's tense. He can sense something new, different.. he searches it out, opening himself as he looks and he comes upon it. It's a strange life force that wasn't there moments ago. He stands quickly and draws his sword, the metal on metal sound is almost like music to his ears, it's as if he enjoys that sound. He stands there and waits for it.. no, them to come to him. The very cells that make up his being tell him that.. it's coming near, and then he can hear the footsteps and.. something else.
The man climbs the stairs, Jenova upon his back and his blade in his right hand, he slowly drags the blade on the wall as he walks, a twisted smile upon his blood stained face. He gets to the 69th floor and then exits the small room that holds the stair case, carrying Jenova's body. His blade scrapes the walls, he loves that sound. As he enters the main room he stops as he spots Kyle.
"So you are the one they made.. my replacement.."
The man says in a cold tone, the blade of his sword pointed at Kyle.
"So you're the 'Great Sephiroth.' You left ShinRa.. why have you returned?"
Kyle asks as he stares at Sephiroth, who smirks.
"To get mother, to stop these fools from getting the Promised Land... and of course.. to kill you!"
Sephiroth howls as he charges toward Kyle, dropping Jenova on the floor. Kyle quickly brings the blade of his sword up just as Sephiroth brings his down, the swords make a loud clanging noise as they clash. Suddenly Sephiroth jumps backwards, and as he jumps he floats in the air, bringing his blade upward so the tip is pointing at the left wall.
Kyle then slowly starts to float upwards, his sword is then pulled up to it's in-front of him and then he pulls it back to his right side slowly. And so he floats in-front of Sephiroth, his gleaming white blade is ready to be stained red with the blood of the "Great Sephiroth." Suddenly Kyle screams and flies toward Sephiroth with force, bringing his blade around from his side, hoping to drive it through his chest with one strike. Sephiroth, on the other hand, floats there. Once Kyle gets to within a foot of him he reacts and moves forward, his sword moves so swiftly it's just a blur. There is another loud noise as the blades clash. Slowly Sephiroth places his left hand on the hilt of his sword and slowly starts to push Kyle down. Responding to this Kyle quickly places his left on the hilt of his blade and starts to push back, but alas Sephiroth is too strong for him.
He then looks up at Sephiroth and smirks his wicked smirk, which causes Sephiroth to blink once. In that split second Kyle suddenly shifts himself to the right, pulling his blade with him. With all resistance removed Sephiroth sprawls toward the floor. As he falls Kyle turns and raises his left hand in the air and starts to speak;
"Frozen wind..."
As he stops the air within the room starts to grow very cold quickly. With that he starts to speak once more;
"...speak of forgotten truths! Ice3!"
Blue streaks of magical energy fly in the room, collecting in his hand. As the streaks made contact with the air is froze the small amounts of water in the air, forming ice. Suddenly the energy bursts from his hand and the small pieces of ice form into large shards and they float as Sephiroth turns to face him. Suddenly Kyle throws his hand toward Sephiroth and the shards fly toward him. As Sephiroth looks upon the shards, he smirks.
"Enduring light, shield from roaring magic! Magic Barrier!"
He yells out as four beams of light burst into the room and form a sphere around his body. The shards of ice hit the sphere, shattering upon impact. The sphere then fades and Kyle brings his sword up, holding the hilt in both hands. Suddenly he flies down at Sephiroth at full speed, his sword ready to kill. Sephiroth jumps back just as Kyle shoves his sword full strength into the floor. Kyle tries to pull the blade out, and Sephiroth just laughs at him.
"Foolish child... you should of known that you should never attack from above, but you'll never be able to put that new knowledge to use in battle now will you?!?"
Sephiroth screams and then runs toward Kyle, who is still trying to pull his blade from the floor. Kyle looks up from his blade and sees Sephiroth charging at him, and in a worried state he tries to jump backwards, but it's much too late. With a sudden burst of pain, Kyle screams as the Masamune easily passes through his chest plate and pierces his flesh, driving itself deeper and deeper with each passing moment. As a wide eyed Kyle looks upon the face of his attacker, he sees the cold hatred in those green eyes, then quickly and suddenly a palm is shoved into Kyle's face.
"Good-bye child..."
Is all Kyle hears from Sephiroth before a massive burst of energy flies from his palm and slams into his body, throwing him backwards. A trail of blood hangs in the air for a moment as he's ripped from the blade of the Masamune, and moments later he slams into the wall. As Kyle starts to slide downwards, Sephiroth viciously laughs and launches another wave of pure energy, which causes Kyle's body to not only smash into the wall, but also causes him to go through the wall.
"Yes I know mother.. let's go stop the ShinRa from finding the Promised Land before we do.."
Sephiroth mumbles as he places his Masamune back in it's sheath and picks up Jenova's body. He then walks toward the staircase and slowly ascend it.. all the while getting closer and closer to his next victim.. President ShinRa.