Chapter 17: Ice's Demise
"How'd you get the documents?" Elena asked as she and Tifa hurried from the Shinra HQ to get to the Angel Ray. "Um, I-um…found this place here all the documents were kept." Tifa blushed. She couldn't keep her mind off of Trent. "Let's hurry up and get to that Angel Ray." Elena said and she and Tifa ran faster.
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Ice whistled as he looked around the Angel Ray.
"Nice work Lady Angel." he said.
"Yeah. But…are you like gonna shoot Avalanche with this or something?" Gemma asked the Shinra Leader.
"If I have to then I will. The little pests. By the way, where is Trent?" Lady Angel asked.
"He said he was gonna rest up at HQ and he'd come see the Cannon later. I think Lillith may have called him." Ice replied.
Lady Angel didn't seem too happy about this but she kept her mouth shut.
"Anyway, I was thinking of giving the Cannon a test shot. Gemma dear, pick any city on the map." Lady Angel told the green-haired woman. Gemma turned to map on the screen, looking at the various places. "Umm…I don't know. You can pick." she didn't seem too comfortable with just picking a place and having it destroyed.
"Oh alright. Icicle Inn." Lady Angel punched some buttons on the control panel. "It can shoot that far?" Ice questioned.
"Of course!" his Leader replied.
"Get ready for a light show!" Lady Angel smiled as hr finger hovered over the red button marked FIRE. She pushed it.
Nothing happened.
Lady Angel narrowed her eyes and pushed it again.
Nothing happened.
"ARGH! Those blasted technicians! They can't get a mako Cannon to fire for shit!" she yelled in rage.
"Hey, I can fix it. I think I know what the problem is." Ice said. Lady Angel sighed in annoyance. "Are you positive?"
"Course I can! I just gotta get inside of it and fix some wiring! It'll take me about 30 min. at the most." Ice started climbing to get inside.
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Trent hummed to himself as he headed towards the hunk of junk Lady Angel called 'The Angel Ray'. He wasn't at all surprised when he saw Cloud and the other members of Avalanche about 50 yards away headed for it too. He decided not to do anything about it because he didn't want to dirty himself taking down a pitiful group of people. He was still astonished at how they saved the planet from Meteor by beating Sephiroth.
"A group of weaklings like that. Well, I guess anything's possible." he muttered to himself.
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"I can't stand it any longer!" Lady Angel paced back and forth.
"Geez, relax. it's only been 10 minutes." Gemma rolled her eyes. Suddenly Lady Angel's radio crackled to life. "This is Trent. Just thought I should inform you that Avalanche is on their way up to the Cannon." Trent said.
"Damnation! I thought they were gone for good!" she roared. Gemma stifled a giggle.
"Hey, it's not my problem." Trent replied.
"Yes it IS. I HIRED you and your friends to KILL them and so far, you haven't succeeded! Now get your ass up here Romasova!" Lady Angel shut off her radio. She was so frustrated.
"Blasting a city will calm me down." she went to the control panel again.
She'd forgotten Ice was in the cannon.
Gemma turned towards her.
"Lady Angel! Wait!!" she shrieked. Trent then arrived at the scene.
Lady Angel pressed the button. "Fire." she cackled.
At first it was like something was clogging it, then they heard an ear shattering wail and Mako energy burst from the cannon, heading towards it's destination-Icicle Inn.
And as it finished, Trent saw a burned skeleton fall from it.
"What the fuck!!!???" he yelled.
"Oh my god!" Gemma wailed. The cannon stopped firing and Gemma teleported Trent and her to the ground.
The skeleton was Ice.
Gemma choked back tears. She'd known Ice so long, he was one of her best friends. He was always joking, better to be around then Lillith and Raven and sometimes even Trent.
And now he was dead.
Trent stood solemnly. "That bitch. That stupid bitch. She's so mad with power she doesn't care if she kills one of her own!" he swore. They spotted Lady Angel looking down.
"Great Jenova! Is that…Ice?" she yelled down.
Trent glared daggers at her.
"Oh, I am so sorry. We'll arrange a proper burial for him later." her head disappeared. Trent shook with rage. How could she just think of it that way?
"That witch, that monster. She knew!" Gemma was sobbing shamelessly. Just then Lillith and Raven were hurrying towards them.
"Don't say it." Lillith whispered, kneeling next to Gemma. Even Raven felt a tear. The only one not crying was Trent. No, his mind was too clouded with thoughts of how to make Lady Angel suffer.
Meanwhile, Gemma used a Quake spell to open up the ground and placed Ice's body in.
"May god rest your soul." she whispered and closed it up again. For a long time they were silent. And also, not aware of Avalanche watching them.
"Who? Who did they just bury?" Yuffie hissed.
"I think it was…Ice." Elena replied.
Trent sighed and began to speak.
"I would say we quit right now…" he trailed off.
"Yes! Let's quit!" Gemma said outraged.
"But…then we wouldn't be able to make Lady Angel suffer. And I want her to die for this." he finished.
"Good point." Raven stated solemnly.
"So…we stay?" Gemma wiped the tears from her eyes and stood up. Lillith stood as well and crossed her arms.
"I see the point. But what about----" she was cut off by a yell.
"Freeze Turks!" Cloud yelled.
Lillith yelled in rage and faced the blonde leader in fury.
"Is that all you think about! Fighting us! You will meet your demise soon Strife but NOW is NOT THE TIME!" she almost burst into tears again.
Cloud was silenced. All of Avalanche watched in awe.
"We have a deal to make Avalanche." Trent whispered.
"I'm not makin' any deals wit you Trent!" Reno countered.
"We're both after the same thing-Lady Angel. I'm not saying we work together, but I'm saying we stay outta each others way. I'm not promising we won't fight anymore though…" he ignored Reno's outburst.
Cloud stared at Trent in disbelief. The red haired man looked solemn enough. He turned to his team members.
"Deal." he muttered.
"Good. Now come on Turks." Trent motioned for his team to leave. They left Avalanche standing in disbelief.
