Chapter 5-Bugenhagen's Machine
"Well, I'll give him one thing. He's had a lot of good stuff around here. Too bad we can't find any."
Nanaki looked through the old notes. "Well, Cid, maybe we could find something if you helped us look through this."
Cloud tore through a huge stack of papers. "No...no...hmmm, he had some information on the WEAPONs. We can use these if we ever get rid of those jenovas."
Yuffie looked through a bunch of papers. "YES!! YES!! I got it!!"
Cloud looked up. "What? You found something on the jenovas?"
She grinned. "No, even better. It's the location of that summon materia!"
Cid whacked her over the head with a notebook. "Will you forget about that? We're kind of looking for something else right now!"
Yuffie rubbed where she had been hit. "Hey, we could use it against the jenovas. It's supposed to be such a strong summon...and look! They have three other ones like it!"
He thought about that. "Yeah, might help."
Tifa beckoned. "Over here! I found something!"
They crowded around. Tifa read the note.
'Jenova is an alien being from the end of our sun system. It had traveled here by accident, when it had been lost from its swarm. We are lucky. If any more of the jenovas had come to us, the human and Ancient races would have been wiped out permanently. They have no known weakness. They are beings of pure power and strength. The lone creature has even corrupted the minds of the WEAPONs, driving them insane. The creature, lying dormant, had been powerful enough to do that. Now, there is news that the creature has been escavated. Hopefully we can stop it before it is too late.'
The friends stood in silence as what they had just heard sunk in. Nanaki sank to the floor. "It's impossible to beat them, then. If one could cause so much destruction, who knows what the group could do."
Barret stuck his head from the adjacent room. "Will you guys stop mopin' around and get in here? I thing I got the thing to work."
They went into the room. They stood in the center of the platform as Barret pulled the lever. They rose into the dome.
They looked around. Yuffie, who had never been in it before, suddenly noticed the huge materia. Her eyes widened. "Wow! Look at those! Do you think I could take one?"
The response was instantaneous from all of them. "NO!!!"
Cloud looked towards the small globe that represented Earth. "I wonder what planet the jenovas came from?"
Nanaki looked at a panel near the side of the dome. He pressed a few buttons. "Well, let's find out."
They watched in fascination at the globe. A ripple surronded the planet and reached to the sun system beyond theirs. A small copy of the scream came with the sight. Immediately they noticed the WEAPON they had been attacked by rising into the air, a small black dot. Another dot, the Highwind, got caught by the ripple and started heading towards Midgar. But the most impressive sight took their eyes from their own planet.
Out of another planet far from the sun came thousands of little tiny lights. Its moon broke away from it and followed the lights. It became apparent that it wasn't a moon as it stretched three long limbs from its body. They all headed towards Earth.
Sparks flew from the machine and the platform lowered. Barret kicked the machine. "Shit! Damn machine!"
Yuffie looked at everyone. "Well, since we can't find anything else out, why don't we go get that materia? Please?"
Cloud sighed. "Well, seems we can't do anything else. Where are we headed?"
The guardians of the red materia waited. The call had awoken them. No one would get the prize they guarded.
"Well, I'll give him one thing. He's had a lot of good stuff around here. Too bad we can't find any."
Nanaki looked through the old notes. "Well, Cid, maybe we could find something if you helped us look through this."
Cloud tore through a huge stack of papers. "No...no...hmmm, he had some information on the WEAPONs. We can use these if we ever get rid of those jenovas."
Yuffie looked through a bunch of papers. "YES!! YES!! I got it!!"
Cloud looked up. "What? You found something on the jenovas?"
She grinned. "No, even better. It's the location of that summon materia!"
Cid whacked her over the head with a notebook. "Will you forget about that? We're kind of looking for something else right now!"
Yuffie rubbed where she had been hit. "Hey, we could use it against the jenovas. It's supposed to be such a strong summon...and look! They have three other ones like it!"
He thought about that. "Yeah, might help."
Tifa beckoned. "Over here! I found something!"
They crowded around. Tifa read the note.
'Jenova is an alien being from the end of our sun system. It had traveled here by accident, when it had been lost from its swarm. We are lucky. If any more of the jenovas had come to us, the human and Ancient races would have been wiped out permanently. They have no known weakness. They are beings of pure power and strength. The lone creature has even corrupted the minds of the WEAPONs, driving them insane. The creature, lying dormant, had been powerful enough to do that. Now, there is news that the creature has been escavated. Hopefully we can stop it before it is too late.'
The friends stood in silence as what they had just heard sunk in. Nanaki sank to the floor. "It's impossible to beat them, then. If one could cause so much destruction, who knows what the group could do."
Barret stuck his head from the adjacent room. "Will you guys stop mopin' around and get in here? I thing I got the thing to work."
They went into the room. They stood in the center of the platform as Barret pulled the lever. They rose into the dome.
They looked around. Yuffie, who had never been in it before, suddenly noticed the huge materia. Her eyes widened. "Wow! Look at those! Do you think I could take one?"
The response was instantaneous from all of them. "NO!!!"
Cloud looked towards the small globe that represented Earth. "I wonder what planet the jenovas came from?"
Nanaki looked at a panel near the side of the dome. He pressed a few buttons. "Well, let's find out."
They watched in fascination at the globe. A ripple surronded the planet and reached to the sun system beyond theirs. A small copy of the scream came with the sight. Immediately they noticed the WEAPON they had been attacked by rising into the air, a small black dot. Another dot, the Highwind, got caught by the ripple and started heading towards Midgar. But the most impressive sight took their eyes from their own planet.
Out of another planet far from the sun came thousands of little tiny lights. Its moon broke away from it and followed the lights. It became apparent that it wasn't a moon as it stretched three long limbs from its body. They all headed towards Earth.
Sparks flew from the machine and the platform lowered. Barret kicked the machine. "Shit! Damn machine!"
Yuffie looked at everyone. "Well, since we can't find anything else out, why don't we go get that materia? Please?"
Cloud sighed. "Well, seems we can't do anything else. Where are we headed?"
The guardians of the red materia waited. The call had awoken them. No one would get the prize they guarded.