Chapter 4-The Jenova Swarm
Cloud looked in horror at the creature below him. There was no mistaking that huge creature for something else. It was Jenova. Barret's voice cut in over his thoughts. "It can't be her! We destroyed that damn headless thing in the crater!"
Yuffie looked out. "He's right, Barret! It is her! But even if it survived, how did it get out of the crater? It couldn't...Wait!! There's another one! And another!"
She was right. There were dozens swarming over only the part of the continent that they could see.
Barret looked out. "SHIT!!! How the hell did so many get here?!?"
Cid stood at his instruments. "The ground radar says there are hundreds of them. Hold on, we're nearing the crater. What the hell is that?"
Everyone looked out towards the crater. Nine gasps sounded out simultaneously.
The whole crater edge was swarming with jenovas. More landed with every beam of light. One landing jenova crashed onto the main viewport window. It hissed at the group before sliding off and falling into the crater.
Then they passed over it. There were jenova creatures everywhere. They completely filled the crater. Cloud signalled to Cid. "Try to take us for a better look." They dipped towards the ground.
Immediately, a huge piece of the ground lifted up, shaking jenovas off of it. It reached up and barely missed hitting the Highwind. Cid yelled at the pilot. "UP!!! UP!!! If you want to live another day, pull up! Quickly!!"
They darted out of range as it swung at them again. Tifa sat, giving a sigh of relief. "That was one BIG jenova."
They barely had time to think before Ultimate WEAPON flew in. This time it ignored them and went for the jenovas. The big one reached up and grabbed it. WEAPON released its laser and it let go. The WEAPON flew off, roaring.
Cloud had watched in fascination. "Even that WEAPON had a tough time with that one. How are we supposed to get rid of them. I mean, the Ancients were almost annihilated by one of those things. So, we've got thousands of them and one huge one." He shook his head. "We are gonna have a very hard time with these things."
Nanaki suddenly perked up. "Maybe we could find something in Bugenhagen's records. He had that machine, maybe we could find somthing with it."
Cloud suddenly grinned. "Now, that might work. Cid, let's hurry for Cosmo Canyon."
The clear materia gleamed.
Cloud looked in horror at the creature below him. There was no mistaking that huge creature for something else. It was Jenova. Barret's voice cut in over his thoughts. "It can't be her! We destroyed that damn headless thing in the crater!"
Yuffie looked out. "He's right, Barret! It is her! But even if it survived, how did it get out of the crater? It couldn't...Wait!! There's another one! And another!"
She was right. There were dozens swarming over only the part of the continent that they could see.
Barret looked out. "SHIT!!! How the hell did so many get here?!?"
Cid stood at his instruments. "The ground radar says there are hundreds of them. Hold on, we're nearing the crater. What the hell is that?"
Everyone looked out towards the crater. Nine gasps sounded out simultaneously.
The whole crater edge was swarming with jenovas. More landed with every beam of light. One landing jenova crashed onto the main viewport window. It hissed at the group before sliding off and falling into the crater.
Then they passed over it. There were jenova creatures everywhere. They completely filled the crater. Cloud signalled to Cid. "Try to take us for a better look." They dipped towards the ground.
Immediately, a huge piece of the ground lifted up, shaking jenovas off of it. It reached up and barely missed hitting the Highwind. Cid yelled at the pilot. "UP!!! UP!!! If you want to live another day, pull up! Quickly!!"
They darted out of range as it swung at them again. Tifa sat, giving a sigh of relief. "That was one BIG jenova."
They barely had time to think before Ultimate WEAPON flew in. This time it ignored them and went for the jenovas. The big one reached up and grabbed it. WEAPON released its laser and it let go. The WEAPON flew off, roaring.
Cloud had watched in fascination. "Even that WEAPON had a tough time with that one. How are we supposed to get rid of them. I mean, the Ancients were almost annihilated by one of those things. So, we've got thousands of them and one huge one." He shook his head. "We are gonna have a very hard time with these things."
Nanaki suddenly perked up. "Maybe we could find something in Bugenhagen's records. He had that machine, maybe we could find somthing with it."
Cloud suddenly grinned. "Now, that might work. Cid, let's hurry for Cosmo Canyon."
The clear materia gleamed.