Reno lifted the heavy metal door , grunting under its weight. "Hurry up and get through. I'll be there in a minute." He heaved the door up, and flinched as it made a loud, rusty squeal. "Go on. I got it."
"Alright..." Cloud picked up Aeris and carried her down the ladder carefully. Tifa followed, then Barret.
Reno sighed, then looked around him. He wouldn't be able to come back here anytime soon. After a minute, he followed the others, closing, and locking, the door.
Cloud set Aeris down and cleared his throat. "Well, where are we going now? I heard one of the Shinra people say Sephiroth was headed towards a town called Kalm."
Tifa nodded. "But how will we get there?"
"We'll walk." Barret grunted, glancing at Aeris, who was beginning to wake up.
"Uh..." Aeris shook her head, to wake up. "You guys?"
Reno smiled to himself, happy that he had been able to save her. He glanced back up at Midgar, biting his lip. Would they trust him?
"Reno!" Tifa called to him, as they had begun walking away from Midgar already.
"Yeah, come on Reno! You'll be left behind!" Aeris giggled, slinging her sluppy pack over her shoulder.
"I'm coming!" Reno called back, jogging easil up behind the two girls. His Shinra training may help him out here...
Sephiroth looked around the burning town, a smirk upon his lips. This was perfect. Perfect for everything... Nw all he had to do is get mother settled, set the bait, and capture the victim. He looked once more at the town, then turned and walked into the smoke, chuckling to himself at the future chaos he was about to create.

Aeris gently tucked the blankets over Reno, then moved over to Cloud and did the same thing. They had been traveling for weeks, and had spotted a town, to their relief, in the distance. They had crossed rivers and climbed mountains. She looked up to the sky, wondering why she had a feeling something had changed... somehting had somehow disrupted the timeline that was supposed to unweave itself.
"What's going on here?" Aeris whispered, then turned around at the sound of movement from the others. "Perhaps I should get some sleep myself..."


She opened her eyes to the sound of Tifa humming nearby. "Tifa" Aeris murmered sleepily.
"Shh...It's okay. We're near a town called 'Rocket Town', no where NEAR Kalm..."
" Alright..." Aeris sat up, rubbing her back. The hard ground sure didn't let her sleep in comfort...
"Hey! Let's go!" Cloud called to the two, strapping his sword to his back, and slowly walking away.
"Where's Reno?" Aeris looked around, a slight note of panic in her voice.
Tifa laughed. "Relax, he went ahead earlier to make sure now guards were there."
"Oh." Aeris blushed, not sure she had been right to show so much panic. She knew that Cloud and Tifa were going to end up together after...
She shook her head, not wanting to think about that. "Let's go, before we're left behind!" She ran away from Tifa, laughing merrily. If only Tifa and Cloud knew what she did.