What the…?

            It was 1:45 in the afternoon the next day. Cloud paced back and forth in Highwind's cabin. "What are we gonna do?"

            Yuffie ran in. "Yo! Check this out!" She pushed a button and a T.V. screen came down from out of the roof.

            Everyone looked up at Yuffie. "So?"

            "Shuddup! Not that, this!" She turned on the T.V. and put it on Shin- Ra News.

            "…In today's news, Rufus Shin- Ra announced his wedding plans to Misty Rubain. The wedding ceremony starts at 3:30 today, which is followed by the reception at 4:30. The wedding is closed off to the public.

As some of you may know Misty Rubain was one of the 1st class SOLDIERS who disappeared on a mission. The president said she came back on her own and that she was just hiding out because of all the trauma that had happened the day of the accident…"

Cloud shut off the T.V. "SOLDIER… she can't be…"

Barret got up. "That's a bunch of B.S.!!!! She can't be a SOLDIER! She's too nice!!!"

Cloud shook his head. "So that's where she's from…"

Tifa walked over to Cloud. "What do you mean?"

"Misty Rubain. I remember her now. She was with us when we went to Nibelbeim. I knew she seemed familiar! We gotta save her before it's to late!" Cloud jumped up. "Cid!"

Cid nodded.

"Let's go to Midgar! And make it quick! We've only got and hour left!"

Cid shook his head. "I can only give her so much power… but we'll be there before it ends."

Meanwhile…

"No!!! I will not! I will not go through with this!!!" Misty screamed as the maids tried to get her dressed for her wedding. She clawed at them. "No! I will not marry that-that-that pig!" She shoved them out of her way and ran for the door then the door opened suddenly and Misty skidded to a stop and fell on the floor in front of the door. It was Starlet.

"Now you know you can't get married like that." She looked down at Misty in her under garments. "Quit throwing a fit and get dressed!" She grabbed Misty's arm and pulled her up.

Misty tried to pull away from Starlet. "No! I will not marry that pig headed, self-focused, cocktailing, half-wit!!! No!" Misty struggled with Starlet. She slapped Starlet.

Starlet slapped her back hard. She slapped Misty so hard that Misty flew to the floor. "I didn't wanna have to do this but…" Starlet placed a sleeping spell on Misty. She looked at the maids. "Now get her ready before Master comes and before she awakens." Starlet hurried out of the room.

            Sephiroth… please come…

            Cloud, Vincent, Aerith, and Red XIII busted through Shin Ra's building doors. No one was in sight. No guards. No workers. Nothing. As all three of them walked cautiously up the stairs Cloud stopped them.

            He looked around. "Where would the wedding be?"

            "The roof. Easy escape. With Rufus's helicopter, he'll get away easily." Vincent pulled out his Quicksilver. "Someone is in the elevator." He motioned for them to move in to the stair well.

            The elevator doors opened. A tall woman stepped out. She had waist length blue and red hair, she wore a red and orange evening gown. She began to step to the opposite stair well that Cloud, Aerith, Red XIII, and Vincent were in but stopped and turn around. "I know you're there." She stepped closer. "Come out or I shall call security."

            They stood up but kept their distance.

"Your Starlet." Aerith said under her breath. "The legendary Guardian Force…" She looked away. "You are as beautiful as they say…"

Starlet smiled. "Your…" She stopped before she finished. "Your Misty's friend, aren't you?" She stepped closer. "If you like I can take you to where the wedding is being held. After all you are her friends and I know she would love all of you there."

They all looked at each other and nodded.

"Fine. Let's go." She smiled and summoned the elevator.

The ceremony was about to begin when they walked in. They all sat down in the back. Starlet walked to the front and sat down. They could see were Rufus was standing, the right side of the priest. He was wearing a dark blue and red tie suit He saw them and smiled slyly. The music began and Misty walked out from the back slow and smooth. Aerith shifted in her seat uneasily.

"What is it?" Cloud whispered.

Aerith looked blankly at him then blinked. "I don't like this." She glanced at Misty's blank face. "I know and you know that Misty would not be that calm." Aerith looked back at Misty. "We got move in… but we can't use our magic… they put high security up."

"What about Sephiroth?" Vincent spoke up.

Aerith shook her head. "He wants us to do the work."

Cloud sat back. "Hmmm." He looked next to Vincent. Red XIII wasn't there. "Where's Red?"

Aerith and Vincent looked over and saw he wasn't there. They shrugged.

"Hojo!"

Cloud, Aerith, and Vincent shot up to see you who shouted. It was President Shin- Ra. Hojo was holding Misty with and knife to her neck.

"Hojo don't be foolish!" Rufus got in his fighting stance. Dark Nation was by his side growling.

"Kwa hahahaha!!!!" Hojo laughed. "You people are fools!" He stepped back. "She's my new and next project!" He laughed. "She's an Ancient. She has the high blood! And to think her marry you??? Kwa hahahahahaha! Foolish!"

"She's under a manipulation spell!" Cloud jumped up. "Hojo let her go!" He ran down the isle. He reached them. "Just let her go."

"Never!"

"Hojo! Are you stupid? What are you thinking? You gonna get death row if you escape from this!" President Shin- Ra got up and waddled over to the front. "Just let her go."

"Misty…" Aerith whispered from the back of the chapel. "Wake up!"

At that Misty's eyes fluttered. "What the… eww! Get off me!" She shoved Hojo off of her. "Wait a minute…" She looked at Starlet. "You!" She slammed her white high-heeled foot down on the floor. "You put me under a spell! Make that a few!" She tried to cast a spell. "Aw, damn it! Stupid magic barrier! Whelp… thank you for inviting me to the… um… ceremony… but I… I mean we should really be going! Buh-bye!" She began to step backwards and smiling cheesy. She grabbed Cloud's arm.

"Oh wait a minute honey!" Rufus smiled and went after her. "Get them."

"Oh shit! Run!" She hopped backwards then spun on her heel and ran. "Run Aerith! Run Vincent!" She threw off her shoes. "Stairs stairs stairs!!!" She flung open the chapel doors and made a sharp turn right. "Stairs!" She flung open another door and jumped down the first flight of stairs. "Ouch! Come on!"

Everyone was jumping and skipping stairs with Shin- Ra hot on their tails.

"A few… more… to go!" Misty panted. "All… we… need to do… is… get out of here… and use… our… magic…" She jumped a few more stairs. "Damn! Can you back off a bit?" She yelled at Rufus and his guards. Just has they reached to door President Shin- Ra opened the door. "Aw, Christ…" She panted hard. "Where is… Levithen?"

Aerith choked for air. "My… mother's…" they all stopped running

Then Rufus and his guards came panting. "Good… get her…" He panted and smiled. He began to walk towards her. "Now… why do you run… away from me?" He was still out of breath.

"You know exactly why." She finally gained back her normal breathing pattern. "And if you don't… it's quite easy to guess, so you figure it out!" She spat at him.

"Red!" Aerith yelled in glee.

Red XIII was with Barret, Cid, Tifa, Yuffie, and Cait Sith. They were standing behind the President. "I thought we would need back up and I guess I was right."

"Yo, where's da party at?" Barret lifted his gun. "Don't tell me we're late." He grinned.

"Barret, no!" Misty's eyes grew big.

He smiled. "Sorry." And he began to shoot at Shin- Ra.

Misty, Vincent, Aerith, and Cloud dropped to the floor and crawled to the door. The guards, the President, and Rufus ran up the stairs and began to shoot back.

"You can't escape Misty!!!" Rufus shouted over the rounds of gunfire. "I'll have you sooner or later!"

Misty and the others escaped safely to the Highwind. With Shin- Ra hot on their trail, they tried to figure out what they were going to do next. Where they were going. Who should they see? And above all, why…

Misty paced in the cabin as she was thinking. "Where should we go next? We can't go anyway big 'cuz of Shin- Ra…"

Red XIII spoke up. "Before I went to get the rest of everyone, I over heard the Turks talk about finding Sephiroth, the keystone in Gold Saucer then heading to 'The Temple' for something called 'Black Materia'; and the only temple I can think of is 'Temple of the Ancients'. There also is an old legend about the 'Black Materia'… but I don't remember it."

Misty stopped pacing. "'Black Materia'… the most destructive materia in the world. It summons meteor… the meteor that almost destroyed this earth..." Misty walked to the front window. "What are you planning Rufus…?" She turned back to the group. "Let's go to Gold Saucer then." She returned her gaze to outside.

Cloud stepped next to her. "What do you think Rufus is planning?" He looked at Misty.

She continued to look outside. "World domination. It's pretty obvious. He tried to dominated me for Christ shakes… but maybe it's not just him going for it…" Her voice trailed off.

"What do you mean?"

She looked at Cloud. "Think about it. Where as Sephiroth been? We're practically, no made that are, his pawns. He's probably using Shin- Ra too. I wouldn't doubt it."

"Same here… but why… I thought…"

Misty interrupted him. "I dunno…" She turned back to the outside. "But I do know we have to keep the 'Black Materia' away from both of them…" Then she turned towards the door. "Maybe it's fate." She walked out the door. Cloud watched her leave. He scratched his head.

"Starlet is one of the most powerful Guarding Forces around today. And she's on the wrong side. She's on Shin Ra's side… It's gonna be tough but we're going to have to get past her. We may be able to get her on our side or we may just end up killing her." Cloud explained to the rest of the group in the airships meeting room.

Misty sighed. "We're gonna have to just kill her. She was born and raised to kill people like us. I know this."

"Know do you know this?" Tifa got all snotty with Misty.

Misty glared at Tifa. "I grew up with her."

Barret slammed his fist down. "Now, wat dis all about?!? First ya'r a SOLDIER, now ya grew up wit Starlet?! Wat the fuck?! An' ya don look like a SOLDIER, ya'r eyes ain't like Cloud's or Sephiroth's."

Misty rolled her eyes and swallowed hard. "They injected Mako with I was in my mother's womb. Then they bathed me in it everyday until I turned one. Then every other year they showered me in it till I was sixteen. I'm a female, my genes and hormones differ from males, in example, Cloud and Sephiroth's. They had a different reaction to it then I. As you can see, their appearance of Mako intake is external, mine is internal." She looked around the room. Everyone was looking at her. "Mine is in my reproductive organs. I can't have children, as far as I know. That's why there are the only six female SOLDIERS. They wanted to breed me with… another SOLDIER but I couldn't. They think they put too much Mako in me and they didn't wanna spend another billion gil into the research of it."

Barret looked at her. "Oh sorry. What about the others?"

Misty shook her head. "It's fine you didn't know. They were like me too." Misty sighed again and picked at her ice blue and black painted nails. "The other two out of the other five, were Starlet and Scarlet. Starlet is different. She was labeled poisoned at the age of six. They couldn't figure out why. She was put through the same Mako stages as us, until she died during one of the Mako showers when she was sixteen. One of the other girls revived her with Life 3.

But later on, I found out that Starlet was a stray off the street. No one knew who her parents were. Then one night I took her blood and ran a background check on it. The blood was filed as unknown. So I pushed Hojo to tell me. He said her blood ran as unknown because she is the child of the stars. In other words she was born from the stars and set here on earth. Then Gast fucked with her bloodline rearranging it and making her something no one could handle. So she was set as High Mistress of Shin- Ra Inc."

Cid lend forward. "So you mean she's Mrs.-fucking-Shin- Ra?!" Cid threw himself back into his chair. "But what about Rufus?"

Misty nodded. "Rufus… He was a 'mistake' of the President. He got a girl pregnant and she left Rufus with Shin- Ra. He had very little part in Mako. His mother pleaded that he could be left alone from Mako, before she was shot to death in an alley behind were she worked and Rufus was conceived." Misty shook her head.

"And where was that?" Yuffie yelped because Cid hit her.

"Honeybee Inn. She was accused of leaking out information about the President having an affair and crap like that." Misty raised an eyebrow. "So that's how that story goes."

Everyone was in shock.

"Oh did I fail to mention that, the girl they shot down was a mother of an other son who was in SOLDIER. Yeah, her name was… Mary-Lin. I wonder where her son is…" Misty got up. "Well, I'm gonna go figure out something in the strategy room. I'll be there if you need me." She left for the strategy room.

Everyone just sat there staring at each other in awe.