Chapter 4: Brawl at Seventh Heaven
As the four Turks walked down the streets of Midgar, people stared. They were an odd bunch, especially the man with the silver hair and ice-white skin. "Hey babes!" a voice called from behind them. The Turks stopped and turned around to see a gang of about 15 guys. They were dressed in shabby clothes and had pipes, brass knuckles and various other street weapons. The one that had yelled wore a blue bandanna around his dark, unkempt hair. "How about you two gals ditch those men and come wit' us?" he asked, coming closer. Gemma giggled. Lillith felt Raven get his gun but she laid a hand on his arm. "Let me handle this." she said and walked up to them.
"What's your name?" she asked the guy with the bandanna.
"Roscoe. What's your name beauty?" he sneered.
"My name is none of your concern. Do you enjoy hassling innocent women Roscoe?" the purple-haired woman asked icily. "It ain't hasslin'. Me and my guys always get what we want, and right now-we want you and dat other girl." Roscoe grabbed her arm. On instinct, Lillith kicked him in the ribs, hard. She heard a satisfying crack. Roscoe groaned in pain and signaled his boys to attack her.
"We'll teach you bitch!" one man with a long silver pipe yelled at Lillith. A shot rang through the air and the man with the pipe fell down dead. Raven had shot him straight through the heart. It was an all-out brawl with the Turks having the upper hand. Soon, only Roscoe was left.
"I'll teach you to fuck with me!" he yelled, lunging at Lillith. She merely stepped out of the way and tripped him. As he fell, she kicked him in the face sending his head flying back and she heard his neck snap with a sickening crack. "Is there anyone worth fighting in this goddamn city?" Lillith asked as she dusted off her hands. They resumed walking towards Sector 7. Lillith sighed softly. Even though Midgar has been rebuilt, it's still the same. The Slums haven't changed at all. The people still live without hopes.
Cloud dismounted his Gold Chocobo, Lance, and stared at the city that loomed above him. "Midgar. It's been a long time." he whispered. He knew it had been wrong just up and leaving his friends-especially Tifa. He'd started off just wandering and doing mercenary work whenever he needed the money. He'd needed to clear his head of everything that had happened during their journey, especially the loss of Aeris. Now, Cloud decided it was time to return. He scratched Lance behind the ears, "I'll be back." Cloud left some greens and entered Midgar. He decided to head to Seventh Heaven and see Tifa.
"There's the bar." Raven pointed. They all turned to look at a brightly lit building with a sign that read: Tifa's Seventh Heaven. "Let's just kill her and leave." Gemma said. "Trent wouldn't like that. You know he always like to have 'fun' with his female captives before they die." Ice said. Lillith was already heading up the stairs. Her mission was to capture Tifa Lockheart. She entered the doors. Inside was lots of people-mostly men-drinking, eating and talking. "Hey darling!" a couple of men whistled at Lillith as she walked towards the counter. Just then, the three remaining Turks walked in and the men's attention quickly went to Gemma. Tifa was busy serving another customer, but she noticed Lillith sit down on a stool. Gemma, Raven and Ice sat down also. Tifa excused herself from the man and walked over. "How can I help you?" she asked them.
"A gin and tonic please." Gemma blurted out. Lillith gave her a menacing look.
"Hey, I'm thirsty." the green-haired twin shrugged.
"What the hell. A shot of whisky." Ice told Tifa. Raven ordered a Seltzer.
"And you?" Tifa turned to Lillith.
"Water." the woman said flatly. "I hope you all know, our mission was not to order drinks but to kidnap that woman." she said to the Turks.
"We know Lily. You are such a spoilsport. We just wanna have a little fun. Drinks can't hurt." Gemma playfully put her arm around her solemn sister. Lillith cringed at the shortened version of her name but said nothing. Tifa returned shortly with their drinks. "Anything else?" she asked. As Gemma opened her mouth, Lillith gave her a death stare. "Nothing." Gemma squeaked. Tifa went to another customer as two familiar people burst through the door. It was Rude and Elena! "Tifa! We've come to warn you!!" Elena shouted but he gaze quickly traveled to the four people sitting on barstools and she groaned. "Looks like we have company." Raven stood up and pulled out his gun.
"Damn! I didn't even finish my drink!" Gemma whined. Lillith cracked her knuckles. These two vermin will be easy she thought to herself.
"What's going on?" Tifa asked. "Ice 3!" Ice yelled and sent a wave of icicles towards her. Tifa was hit and she flew back into a wall. The only weapon she had were her Premium Heart gloves which she wore everyday. Her materia and armor were upstairs in her room. Pitiful. Lillith thought as she observed Tifa. But her thoughts were interrupted when Rude punched her in the face. "Bastard!" she muttered. With incredible speed, she overthrew Rude with a barrage of kicks and punches. He fell back, bleeding. Elena cast a Full Cure spell on him just as Reno ran through the doors. "Damn it! I'm too late!" he cursed, surveying the fight around him. Most of the customers had left. Gemma cast Poison-All and Rude and Elena started glowing green. Reno tossed them a couple Antidotes and got out his Nightstick with his materia. "Bolt 3!" he yelled at Gemma. Lightning crackled through the air and struck her. It did a considerable amount of damage. Behind the Turks, Tifa slowly and silently stood up. She crept upstairs and equipped a Ribbon, Minerva Band and her best materia. She ran back downstairs just as Lillith was preparing to do her Limit Break on Reno. "DEMON HAND!" she yelled. Her fists started glowing bright red and she punched Reno in the face so hard he flew through the wall and outside. Rude and Elena were on the ground in equally bad shape. The Turks however, had no scratch on them. Except Gemma and Lillith, who had a few hairs out of place. "Now, where is that woman?" Ice asked. They turned and saw Tifa. It was one against four! "Shit." she murmured. "Now Miss Lockheart. You have two options. Surrender and come with us or fights and we'll be forced to kill you." Raven told her. Tifa clenched her teeth. What am I going to do?
Cloud saw Tifa's bar at the end of the block. He approached it and raised his eyebrows. "Is it closed?" he muttered. There was no sound from it, and as he got closer he saw a large hole in the wall. Cloud walked towards the stairs and gasped. He saw the body of Reno, bloody and battered, laying in the dirt. He kneeled down. "Reno?" he asked. The red-head opened one blue eye. "Well, if it ain't Strife."
"Damn. What the hell happened to you?" Cloud asked.
"Got beat up. If you're going inside, be careful. They're trying to get Tifa." Reno went unconscious. Cloud pulled out his trusty Ultima Weapon and opened the doors. He saw four people-two men and two women- were cornering Tifa. "Hey!" he yelled. They turned. "Cloud?" Tifa gasped.
"Stay the fuck away from her!" Cloud yelled at the Turks.
"Or you'll do what? Kill us? You should see the people who have tried to kill the Turks-and failed." Ice waved his hand over to the bodies of Rude and Elena.
"Turks?" Cloud asked.
"You don't know about us? We're the new division of Turks for Shinra's new leader-Lady Angel." Gemma replied.
"He's kinda cute." she whispered to Lillith. Cloud raised his sword.
"Shut up and fight!" he challenged. Raven raised his gun and fired three times straight at Cloud's head. Cloud deflected the bullets with his sword and rushed at the sniper. "Argh!" Raven clutched his shoulder. Cloud has sliced clean through it.
"Freeze!" Ice yelled. Cloud was surrounded by Ice. When it broke he was Frozen. Raven healed his shoulder. "Bahamut Zero!" Tifa yelled. Her faithful summon did major damage to the Turks. Gemma and Ice were on their knees when it finished.
"Damn bitch!" Raven snarled, wiping blood from his mouth. Lillith glared at Tifa. She was pissed off now. "DEMON HAND!" she yelled. Lillith punched her in the face even harder than Reno. Tifa flew back in a cupboard, glasses falling out on her and the broken glass embedding itself in her skin. The Turks turned to Cloud. "Sleep." Gemma giggled as she cast it on him.
"Why don't we just kill him?" Raven argued as Cloud slumped to the floor.
"Nah. He's too cute to kill." Gemma replied. Ice grabbed Tifa's battered, unconscious body and roughly dragged her out of Seventh Heaven. The other Turks followed him, stepping on Reno Romasova as they walked away.
