Chapter 19: Gemma to the rescue

Avalanche reached the cannon--at the same time as the Turks.

"Hello." Trent simply stated, yawning. Gemma then did the same.
Just them, Vincent put two and two together. The bedraggled and tired states of Trent, Gemma, Tifa and Reno only meant…

He sighed and decided to keep quiet.

"Remember the agreement Avalanche." Trent pointed out. Just then Lady Angel spotted them.

"Again! Now you can kill them Trent!" she yelled down.

"But--um--you said you were going to blow another city up!" Gemma yelled.

"Yes…but no Costa del Sol this time! " she looked down at Yuffie and sneered.

"Wutai!" she roared, cackling. Yuffie screeched loudly and began scrambling for the stairs as Lady Angel positioned the cannon. Her hand hovered over the FIRE button when Yuffie landed a flying kick right to her face. Lady Angel flew to the side and Yuffie did a Limit Break.

"LANDSCAPER!" she yelled. Lady Angel sneered and stood up, not damaged one bi from the attack.

"Dumb girl! ILLUMINATI!" she yelled her Limit Break and a flash of light enveloped Yuffie and she froze in her tracks. Cloud and the others just arrived-when Lady Angel pressed FIRE. The Cannon's Mako energy shot towards Wutai and they could only watch helplessly. Suddenly someone yelled

"FREEZE!"

and everything went silent. Gemma was right under the cannon, her hand towards the blast of Mako energy right above her head. It was frozen in mid-shot.

Gemma was struggling, she couldn't hold it any longer.

"YOU STUPID WOMAN! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!!!!!!??????" Lady Angel roared, repeatedly pressing the FIRE button. Gemma's body was sweating. She had to hold her concentration.

"I can't hold it any longer." she yelled. Cloud suddenly spotted a button labeled DISABLE FIRE and ran over to press it. As he did, Lady Angel lunged for him but he dodged her blow by somersaulting out of the way. The Mako Energy disappeared and Gemma collapsed. Before Elena knew it, she saw Reno hop over the railing and land next to Gemma.

He cradled her in his arms and she slowly opened her eyes.

"Hey." he whispered. She smiled weakly at him.

"Reno, did I save Wutai?" she asked. He nodded, giving her a little kiss on her lips, while everyone else wondered what the hell was going on.