Definite Sign
Barrett jumped off the ladder and onto the deck. He looked around, it hadn't changed much. Still this section of the Highwind was littered with boxes. Barrett wondered if Cid was actually ferrying cargo or if they were just there to make up the scenery. He looked around more, trying to get his bearings on where he was going. He saw what he was looking for, a door with a large sign above it "BRIDGE". He ascended the stairs and saw everyone standing on the bridge. Cloud, Tifa and Vincent were standing at the front, gripping the handrail and looking over the side at the passing landscape. Red was sitting in the right-hand booth, sleeping. Cid was, as always, at the controls, guiding the Highwind. Barrett looked around at all these people, most of whom he hadn't seen for years, except for the wedding last week.
"So, 'sup?" Barrett said. "Or do I have to guess. You know how much that makes my head hurt." Tifa turned around and saw Barrett standing in the doorway. She walked up to him and hugged him.
"Hey Barrett." She stepped back. "Wish we were meeting under better circumstances."
"Whaddya mean, better circumstances?" Barrett said. "I'm gettin' confused!"
"Were here." Cid said. Cloud turned around and looked at him.
"OK." He nodded, mournfully. "Come on, there's something I need to show you." He said to Barrett. Barrett looked at him.
"The hell you gotta be so damn cryptic all the time?" he said, angrily. Cloud walked past him and headed towards the stairs. He stopped as he got to them and turned around to face everybody.
"Red and Vincent, come with us." He said. Vincent and Red moved without saying a word they both moved towards Cloud. Cloud turned back to Barrett. "Come on." The four of them walked out of the bridge and climbed back up the ladder.
"Hey, where we goin'? Where's Yuffie and Sith?" Barrett said, they started climbing the ladder.
"Let me fill you in on the whole situation." Cloud said. "I've been hearing rumours lately about a black man wandering around. Y'know Costa Del Sol, Corel, Bone Villiage, Junon. Guy was moving around all over the world. Then I heard that there was something happening up north. So I gathered Cid, Vincent and Yuffie together and we went to check in with Cait Sith, who was living in the Northern Village to keep an eye on things. When we got there we found a definite sign that things were bad." They emerged on the deck and Cloud walked across it too the rope ladder. He let the ladder down and climbed over the side.
"What sign. The hell you talking' 'bout?" Barrett asked. Cloud looked at him.
"I'll show you."
To be continued.
Barrett jumped off the ladder and onto the deck. He looked around, it hadn't changed much. Still this section of the Highwind was littered with boxes. Barrett wondered if Cid was actually ferrying cargo or if they were just there to make up the scenery. He looked around more, trying to get his bearings on where he was going. He saw what he was looking for, a door with a large sign above it "BRIDGE". He ascended the stairs and saw everyone standing on the bridge. Cloud, Tifa and Vincent were standing at the front, gripping the handrail and looking over the side at the passing landscape. Red was sitting in the right-hand booth, sleeping. Cid was, as always, at the controls, guiding the Highwind. Barrett looked around at all these people, most of whom he hadn't seen for years, except for the wedding last week.
"So, 'sup?" Barrett said. "Or do I have to guess. You know how much that makes my head hurt." Tifa turned around and saw Barrett standing in the doorway. She walked up to him and hugged him.
"Hey Barrett." She stepped back. "Wish we were meeting under better circumstances."
"Whaddya mean, better circumstances?" Barrett said. "I'm gettin' confused!"
"Were here." Cid said. Cloud turned around and looked at him.
"OK." He nodded, mournfully. "Come on, there's something I need to show you." He said to Barrett. Barrett looked at him.
"The hell you gotta be so damn cryptic all the time?" he said, angrily. Cloud walked past him and headed towards the stairs. He stopped as he got to them and turned around to face everybody.
"Red and Vincent, come with us." He said. Vincent and Red moved without saying a word they both moved towards Cloud. Cloud turned back to Barrett. "Come on." The four of them walked out of the bridge and climbed back up the ladder.
"Hey, where we goin'? Where's Yuffie and Sith?" Barrett said, they started climbing the ladder.
"Let me fill you in on the whole situation." Cloud said. "I've been hearing rumours lately about a black man wandering around. Y'know Costa Del Sol, Corel, Bone Villiage, Junon. Guy was moving around all over the world. Then I heard that there was something happening up north. So I gathered Cid, Vincent and Yuffie together and we went to check in with Cait Sith, who was living in the Northern Village to keep an eye on things. When we got there we found a definite sign that things were bad." They emerged on the deck and Cloud walked across it too the rope ladder. He let the ladder down and climbed over the side.
"What sign. The hell you talking' 'bout?" Barrett asked. Cloud looked at him.
"I'll show you."
To be continued.