Party Time!!!
As they pulled into Costa del Sol's port there was a festival going on. Colored lights decorated the small beach town. Multi-colored dragon costumes were dancing gracefully on the streets. People danced to the music of beating drums and graceful guitars. Wonderful scents of food, flowers, and drinks filled the air. In the middle of it all was Vice President Rufus. He was sitting high on a decorative chair, of which looked liked a golden throne. He sat there watching the people dance while he drank a Pina Colada. He had two guards on each side of him.
Vincent looked back at Aerith and Misty. Misty was coming around. Aerith was kneeling next to her with a glass of water in her hand. "Is she ok?" He stepped forward to Misty and Aerith.
"I think so." Aerith put the glass of water to Misty's lips. "Here. Drink." She tipped the glass so Misty could drink. Misty drank greedily. "Good. Do you feel O.k.?"
Misty flung her arm over the armrest. "Can you give me my bag, please?" She moaned. Her body felt like it had been torn to bits. Her head ached, her side hurt, her arms were soar. She barely opened her eyes to see were she was. The lights hurt her eyes. She squinted them and looked around the room. "Where are we?"
Aerith was bringing her bag. "Costa del Sol. Here's your bag."
Misty nodded. "Thank you." She opened her bag and pulled out a metallic purple bottle. She opened it carefully. Then drank two gulps from it. She shook her head and jumped up. "We have to talk to Rufus." Then she fell to her knees. "Ugh!" She grabbed her head. Then got back up. "No, I can't let him see me." She walked up onto the deck of the sub. "He'll take me away again."
"Why would he do that?" Vincent got up there and so did Aerith.
"I dunno, but someone keeps sending me memories." Misty scanned the crowd. She saw Rufus having a good time. Drinking, talking, laughing, having fun. He was talking to some girl.
"Sephiroth?" Aerith whispered.
"Maybe. But someone is and I got to find out who." Misty jumped down to the ground. "I know how we can get by with out getting caught." She turned towards Vincent and Aerith. They were still on the sub's deck.
"How?" Vincent jumped down. "There are to many guards. We can't just waltz in anyways."
"Yes we can." Misty turned back to the festival. "See that guard there, the one who's standing next to the barrels of beer and wine?" She pointed to the guard in blue, like all the others. The guard was talking to some guy and drinking with him too. "He's to drunk to notice us or hear us. Plus that guy is talking to him."
Aerith climbed down. "That girl, that's talking to Rufus, sure does look familiar." Aerith tried to look harder. "You know what?"
"What?" Vincent and Misty said at the same time as they turned to look at Aerith.
Aerith bit her lip. "I think that's…" She got down and walked closer to the party a bit more. "No… that is TIFA!!!" She began to run to Tifa but Misty grabbed her arm and swung Aerith into Vincent. "Ugh!" She hit Vincent's chest.
Misty glared at Aerith. "We don't do anything. We can't." She looked back at Tifa. "I know it sounds harsh, but it's her own damn fault." She gritted her teeth at Aerith. "I told her to stay away. I told Cloud to hold her back. I knew she was going to do this… But we can't be seen."
Aerith turned away from Misty. She clenched Vincent's chest. "Or what?" Aerith voice was cold and hard. It shocked both, Vincent and Misty. "Will we die? Tortured? What? Uh? What?!?"
"I don't know, but I know Rufus knows who all of us are and who AVALANCHE are. We can't do anything. So lets just split up and meet at the entrance, O.K.?" Misty turned to look around to see if anyone was coming.
"We're not supposed to leave anyone behind." Aerith turned around to stand next to Misty.
Misty bit her lip. "I'll see if I can do anything." She looked at Vincent who was now standing next to Misty. "So if I'm not there at the entrance leave without me. And if Tifa is there, just leave. I can make it on my own." She looked at the guards that were drunk. The guy left. "Let's go." She walked up to one of the guards and tapped him on the shoulder. "Um, excuse me, mister guard sir."
He turned slowly to her. "Ye...sss?" He was more then drunk.
"Can I go through?" She smiled sweetly. "Well, can me and my friends," She motioned to Vincent and Aerith. "Go through, please?" She batted her long eyelashes.
The guard hiccupped. "Well, I need to see… hic… your in… hic… vitations." He smiled.
Misty rolled her eyes. "We lost them… and if you don't let us in…"
"What?"
She looked down at the ground. "I'll have to… brake your neck!" She moved behind him. "Now, if you just let us pass, this wouldn't have happened." She breathed into his ear. "Now say nighty-night." He tried to squirm out of her grip. "No-no." She yanked his head back and broke his neck. She let him drop to the floor. "Let's go." She walked in.
"How…" Vincent looked at the guard's body as he walked by.
Misty put her hand up. "Later. Let's just get by here."
"Weren't we supposed to talk to Rufus?" Aerith just remembered.
Misty turned around. "Yeah, but to many guards and people around. Let's just get out of here alive. Now, Vincent you go the back way of the shops. Aerith, you go through the middle. I'll go get Tifa…" She began to walk to Rufus's area. She shoved guards and partiers out of her way. She came closer and closer to Rufus's table. She saw a guard run up to his side.
"Sir!" The guard ran up to Rufus.
Rufus rolled his eyes and turned to the guard. "What? Can't you see I'm having fun?"
The guard nodded. "Sorry sir, but Misty has come back from the dead."
Rufus raised one eyebrow and shook his head. "Who the hell is Misty…?" She saw Misty over the guards shoulder. He got up from his chair and shoved the guard away. He smiled. "Finally." He stood tall. He watched Misty walk up to him. "Long time no death." He smiled.
Misty looked down and snickered. "Ah, I see your still the stupid immature young boy you were six years ago." She looked up at him. "So how's you fat ass father been? As he been planning to kill any other innocent people lately?" She moved a step closer.
Rufus laughed. "The bastard still lives and is fine. And no, he hasn't planned to kill an innocent people lately." He smiled. "Oh, how rude of me. Please sit down. We have a lot to talk about." He motioned one of the servants for a chair. "Here." He sat down in his chair.
Misty sat next to him. She looked at Tifa then turned away. She looked at Rufus and smiled. "So dear, how have you been holding up the fort?" She put her hand on the table. She looked at the female servant who was standing next to her, and then back to Rufus. "Red Wine. Cool not to warm and not to cold." She still had her eyes on Rufus.
Rufus smiled as he looked at Misty. Then his smiled dropped. He looked at the servant. "Well?!!? Do as she says!" He glared at the servant. "Sorry, can't find good help these days." He smiled again. "I've been holding the fort pretty well, The SOLDIERS have sucked since you and Sephiroth disappeared." He fiddled with his butterfly knife that was next to his silverware. "Do you still use you katanas?"
"Yes." Misty hissed.
The servant brought her, her drink.
Misty took it and drank some of the wine. "Perfect." She smiled. "So what have you been up to?" She looked at Tifa then at Rufus.
He smiled. "Just celebrating my twenty-first birthday. Like it?" He motioned to the colorful lanterns, costumes, and people having fun. "I think it's too classy for me."
Misty nodded. "Anything is to classy for you." She looked at him.
"So where have you been?"
"I hoping you would tell me that."
Rufus sighed. "If I knew where the hell you where you would see a ring around that pretty little finger of yours." He motioned to her ring finger, smiling.
Misty smiled. "Oh which finger? This one?" She flipped him off. "Oh you mean my ring finger, oops." She rolled her eyes. "As before, I would never marry you because…"
Rufus interrupted her. "…You love Sephiroth and he loves you, blah blah blah! That's a bunch of bullshit! If he loves you so fucking much why isn't he here? He's public enemy number one!!! He's trying to destroy earth!"
Misty slammed her fist down on the table, which made everyone's drink spill. "It's not him. It's you and your stupid father ingenuous idea of sucking Mako out of the earth, to kill it slowly." Misty stood up.
Rufus smiled. "I'm sorry to here that upsets you but…" He saw Aerith out of the corner of his eye. He turned is head towards Aerith. He motioned for two guards to get her. "You're just going to have to come with me to tell that to my father."
Misty saw Aerith, and then two guards sneak up behind her. "Aerith!!!"
"Get her!!" Rufus yell at six other guards to get Misty.
Misty pulled out her katanas and jumped in the air towards Aerith. She swung her sword at the two guards killing them instantly. "Get ready!" She saw the guards that Rufus sent after her, then about five more. "Vincent!!! VINCENT!!!" Misty and Aerith were back-to-back. Guards surrounded them. "Damn it. Where in the Hell is he??? You think we can handle them?"
Aerith looked around them. "All eleven of them? I dunno." Aerith shook her head.
"Time to see if you are a still worthy SOLDIER!!!" Rufus laughed.
Misty glared at him. "Your time will come!!!" She stepped about three steps forward a swung her sword above her head. She then plunged it into a guard's chest. He crumpled to the floor. With her other sword she jabbed another in the chest.
"Misty!"
She didn't turn around; she was busy with three guards. She then saw Tifa. "A little help would be nice!!!" She shoved two guards off her. "Bastard!!!" One was on her back. She flipped him over and slammed him on the floor. "Tifa!!! Get you happy ass over here!!!" She stabbed the one on the ground. That's when she noticed that more guards were coming. "Shit! Vincent!!!"
Tifa was next to Misty and Aerith. "What if we use our summon materia?" Socked a guard in the nose.
"I don't think so. There are to many people around."
"What about magic?"
"No. Just try to knock them off so we can at least escape." Misty swung her sword at four guards cutting their stomachs. "Just disable them with out using magic." She kicked another guard in the head making him fall onto three other guards knocking them off their balance.
Aerith knocked an opening for them to escape. "Come on!" She ran towards the entrance.
Misty and Tifa threw two guards out of their way.
"You won't get away so easily!" Misty turned to see Rufus. "Dark Nation attack! Have fun." He stood on the table where he and Misty were.
Misty swung around and saw Dark Nation.
A big black panther jumped onto the table and growled at Misty, it then began to run after her. He stopped in front of Misty and hissed at her. Saliva was dipping out of it mouth.
Misty looked at Rufus and smiled. "Don't you know that they taught us how to handle wild animals, in SOLDIER?" She kneeled and brought out some dry meat from her bag. "Good kitty." She let him get the meat out of her hand. She patted Dark Nation's head. "Good Dark Nation." She slowly got up. "Nice try, Rufus."
He looked confused. "Dark Nation attack!!!"
Dark Nation got up.
Misty jumped back.
Rufus cackled.
Dark Nation walked up to Misty and rubbed against her leg and purred (I know big wild cats don't purr, but they do here!).
Misty smiled and petted him. "I have to go now." She looked back at Rufus. He was dumbfounded. "See." She turned around and walked away. "Bye-bye Rufus dear. Be good."
"I'll get you, Misty! One way or another I'll get you!" He looked down at a guard. "Well, don't just stand there! Get me my helicopter!"
Outside of Costa del Sol…
Vincent was leaning next to the wall. "Where have you guys been?" He saw Tifa and Aerith run up to him and ducked behind the wall. "What are you doing here Tifa? And where's Misty?"
Tifa and Aerith were out breath and inhaling air deeply. Then they looked at each other and pointed to the entrance. "She's in there with Dark Nation…" Both of them where panting from saying it.
"No, I'm here." She walked up from behinds Vincent. "And where the hell where you when we needed you???"
"I'm glade your safe and I was here waiting for you guys."
"Well… we… almost died…" Aerith was still catching her breath.
Misty looked at Vincent. "Yeah, Rufus had his puny guards come after us like starving wolves. But enough talk lets just get outta here before they come and try to capture us"
Vincent, Aerith, and Tifa nodded.
Then a sound of a helicopter came over them.
"It's Rufus's private helicopter…" Misty looked up at it flying towards Midgar. "Let's go."