Chapter 2
Tifa stands there in shock and Cid looks up at her with a serious look frozen on his face as he takes a bar and hooks it to the wheel. He then runs over to her and takes her by the arm nearly dragging her out to the top of the ship. He pulls her over the side pulling out his float material. He quickly casts it on her and lets go of her as she falls to the ground. Cid casts it on himself and jumps the railing. Tifa lands on air not feeling a thing as she levitates above the ground. Cid lands feet first next to her above the ground and he watches in sorrow as the highwind begins to fall towards the ground, in silence.
"She was my last ship….my favorite one too…,"
The highwind silently hit the ground and small explosions could be heard from it. He turned around in pain and Tifa did the same but walked a bit forward towards the edge of a small cliff that they had landed next to. She smiled a bit and looked at Cid. He was looking back at the highwind again as the rest of it crashed to the ground. He bowed his head and began to shake in rage.
"Who the fuck would do something to my ship!! God damn it!"
He took his spear and jabbed it into the ground with such force it almost completely went under. Tifa's happy face dropped into a blank one as she watched Cid pulling out his spear and then firing it into the ground again. Tifa looked back over the cliff and started to talk to Cid hoping he would listen to her and not attack her.
"Cid… there's a town over here…,"
"GOD DAMN MO-…. What?"
He stopped and turns towards her and walked slowly upwards towards her looking at what she was glancing at.
"It's Gotana…," Cid spoke up to her. The small town was mostly ruins but there were ppl down there and some were even coming up to them, mostly with surprised looks frozen upon their faces. Tifa looked at a small child that was coming up to her. The little girl smiled at Tifa and said,
"Hey… what was that big noise?" The child looked up at her in confusion and Tifa didn't know what else to say except,
"Nothing, you should go back home your mommy must be worried!"
The little girl shook her head in sorrow then looked back up at her.
"My mommy is gone… I'm never going to see her again,"
At first Tifa didn't understand but she final realized what she was talking about. Then the little girl added, "But my daddy is over there… he's trying to beat a guy up for being mean to a ship that came over here,"
Tifa looked at her in confusion, and Cid over heard her. He took off running in the direction the girl was pointing without saying a word. The little brown hair girl's big green eyes lit up in excitement.
"My daddy can kick butt! He says he knows who that ship belongs too and he was mad when he saw a big round guy shooting big rockets at it,"
"What's your name?"
The little girl smiled at Tifa and she wondered why she was so happy to talk to her.
"I know you, you're Tifa," She giggled and ran off after Cid.
"Wait!" Tifa got up and started to run after her in confusion. She finally caught up to her and heard a low deep voice that se some how recognized followed by Cid's and another man's.
"Alright you're going to tell me right now! Why did you attack Cid's ship!"
"I… I… I had too!"
"Tell us why you attacked my one ship! I want to know now! I know this guy and he don't take lightly to ppl like you! He'll kick the fucken shit right out of you!"
Then suddenly several gun shots were fired and the little girl giggled and ran into the house.
"Wait!"
Tifa ran in after and stopped at the doorway… she saw a huge man holding a guy by his brown shirt a gun mounted on his right arm. She looked at him in shock and then down at the girl… she recognized them both and the man that was being threatened she also knew…
"Barret? Marlene?"
Barret turned his head to Tifa and a grinned at her.
"I thought I'd never see you again,"
"See daddy! I told you we'd find her!"
"Yeah I know Marlene, but first we have to deal with palmer,"
Palmer squirmed in Barret's grip clearly scared and upset.
"Please don't hurt me!!"
"You're going to tell us why you shot Cid's ship down then!"
"I- I can't! They kill me!"
A sudden spark lit up in Barret and he threw Palmer through the wall.
"Who will!? Tell me now if you want to live!!"
Barret ran outside after him but when he got there Palmer was gone and out of site.
"Damn it! There goes my one chance of getting an answer from him!!"
He turned back to Tifa and sighed. Marlene came running up to him and he picked her up gently placing her on top of his left shoulder.
"We need to get him back! Come on, Tifa! Cid!"
With that Barret ran out the hole still carrying Marlene who seemed to be enjoying every moment of it. Tifa shrugged at Cid and ran off after him, Cid closely following her…
Tifa stands there in shock and Cid looks up at her with a serious look frozen on his face as he takes a bar and hooks it to the wheel. He then runs over to her and takes her by the arm nearly dragging her out to the top of the ship. He pulls her over the side pulling out his float material. He quickly casts it on her and lets go of her as she falls to the ground. Cid casts it on himself and jumps the railing. Tifa lands on air not feeling a thing as she levitates above the ground. Cid lands feet first next to her above the ground and he watches in sorrow as the highwind begins to fall towards the ground, in silence.
"She was my last ship….my favorite one too…,"
The highwind silently hit the ground and small explosions could be heard from it. He turned around in pain and Tifa did the same but walked a bit forward towards the edge of a small cliff that they had landed next to. She smiled a bit and looked at Cid. He was looking back at the highwind again as the rest of it crashed to the ground. He bowed his head and began to shake in rage.
"Who the fuck would do something to my ship!! God damn it!"
He took his spear and jabbed it into the ground with such force it almost completely went under. Tifa's happy face dropped into a blank one as she watched Cid pulling out his spear and then firing it into the ground again. Tifa looked back over the cliff and started to talk to Cid hoping he would listen to her and not attack her.
"Cid… there's a town over here…,"
"GOD DAMN MO-…. What?"
He stopped and turns towards her and walked slowly upwards towards her looking at what she was glancing at.
"It's Gotana…," Cid spoke up to her. The small town was mostly ruins but there were ppl down there and some were even coming up to them, mostly with surprised looks frozen upon their faces. Tifa looked at a small child that was coming up to her. The little girl smiled at Tifa and said,
"Hey… what was that big noise?" The child looked up at her in confusion and Tifa didn't know what else to say except,
"Nothing, you should go back home your mommy must be worried!"
The little girl shook her head in sorrow then looked back up at her.
"My mommy is gone… I'm never going to see her again,"
At first Tifa didn't understand but she final realized what she was talking about. Then the little girl added, "But my daddy is over there… he's trying to beat a guy up for being mean to a ship that came over here,"
Tifa looked at her in confusion, and Cid over heard her. He took off running in the direction the girl was pointing without saying a word. The little brown hair girl's big green eyes lit up in excitement.
"My daddy can kick butt! He says he knows who that ship belongs too and he was mad when he saw a big round guy shooting big rockets at it,"
"What's your name?"
The little girl smiled at Tifa and she wondered why she was so happy to talk to her.
"I know you, you're Tifa," She giggled and ran off after Cid.
"Wait!" Tifa got up and started to run after her in confusion. She finally caught up to her and heard a low deep voice that se some how recognized followed by Cid's and another man's.
"Alright you're going to tell me right now! Why did you attack Cid's ship!"
"I… I… I had too!"
"Tell us why you attacked my one ship! I want to know now! I know this guy and he don't take lightly to ppl like you! He'll kick the fucken shit right out of you!"
Then suddenly several gun shots were fired and the little girl giggled and ran into the house.
"Wait!"
Tifa ran in after and stopped at the doorway… she saw a huge man holding a guy by his brown shirt a gun mounted on his right arm. She looked at him in shock and then down at the girl… she recognized them both and the man that was being threatened she also knew…
"Barret? Marlene?"
Barret turned his head to Tifa and a grinned at her.
"I thought I'd never see you again,"
"See daddy! I told you we'd find her!"
"Yeah I know Marlene, but first we have to deal with palmer,"
Palmer squirmed in Barret's grip clearly scared and upset.
"Please don't hurt me!!"
"You're going to tell us why you shot Cid's ship down then!"
"I- I can't! They kill me!"
A sudden spark lit up in Barret and he threw Palmer through the wall.
"Who will!? Tell me now if you want to live!!"
Barret ran outside after him but when he got there Palmer was gone and out of site.
"Damn it! There goes my one chance of getting an answer from him!!"
He turned back to Tifa and sighed. Marlene came running up to him and he picked her up gently placing her on top of his left shoulder.
"We need to get him back! Come on, Tifa! Cid!"
With that Barret ran out the hole still carrying Marlene who seemed to be enjoying every moment of it. Tifa shrugged at Cid and ran off after him, Cid closely following her…