A/N:
Now to break the cliffhanger! No, I don't and never will own FF7, okay? Stop asking, dammit! No flames pleeze! Didn't your parents tell you not to play with fire?
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The figure took out its knife once again and began to delicately cut a medium sized hole in the door of the safe. it reached in, and pulled out the orb of water. It slammed its hand into the ball, and a sound like breaking glass echoed throughout the facility. When the figure withdrew its hand it held a small glowing blue gem. It quickly wrapped the tiny sphere in oiled cloth.
The figure's head snapped up as it heard a door open. When it heard footsteps coming down the stairs, it quickly hid in the shadows.
"Hello?" called Roger. "Hello?" he hesitantly walked further into the room. He strained his ears, waiting for an answer. Suspiciously he observed the hole cut into the vault. His eyes widened when he saw water spilled on the ground. "Hello?" he called out again. Silence.
Though the room was quiet, he did not hear as death hissed forward to claim him.
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It was about nine o' clock PM and Yuffie had just finished hurling when she heard Cid call everyone over to the bridge. She sprinted over to the bridge where everyone stood in a semicircle around Cid. He puffed his cigarette and cleared his throat.
"Now if you $%#&!*^ people will look over the edge of this *beautiful* vessel in a few minutes you will see the exotic island Dai Shisai. Right now we're over %^&$*#@ Wutai, and we're-"
"Hey!" Yuffie screeched. "Don't you DARE talk like that about Wutai! It's better than you're old rusty Rocket Town!" When she said "Rocket Town", it seemed as if the word itself left a bad taste in her mouth.
"Hey hey hey! This is MY #^$*&^) ship, and I can @#$%^$% say whatever I #$@!^%& want about ^&%#$%# anything, okay?! Now shut up."
Yuffie glared at Cid. He met her blazing eyes with his own until Yuffie finally sighed and plopped down on the floor of the airship cross-legged with a pouty looked on her face.
"As I was saying, we're gonna stop at Wutai to pick up some supplies. We need to get the hell outta there as soon as possible though. Red said that Dai ShiSai is sacred to them, and the longer we stay, the more time a certain SOMEBODY-" his eyes focused on Yuffie. "has to let everyone know where we're going. Red, take over from here."
Nanaki put a paw to his mouth and coughed. "I prefer to be called 'Nanaki'. Now, if we may proceed to the meeting room. I have some information I would like to present."
The entire company left the cockpit and headed towards the meeting room. When everyone was seated, Nanaki ran to the front of the room. "If you will direct your attention to the board, you will see our course. We are right now hovering over Wutai. If we continue along this path like so-" his nose traced over a dotted green line that appeared on the map. "-we will be over Dai ShiSai in approximatly fifteen minutes. I have gotten a map of the terrain of the island, and most of it seems to be forested. There is a large enough patch of land, though, right next to this small lake." He pointed a paw towards the plot of land on a map of Dai ShiSai that was now on the monitor. His amber eyes snapped to Cid.
"Cid, I trust your pilot has the skills to land the ship on that plot of land?"
Cid frowned. "No $%#@&*^ way. He'll crash. I'll do it, and we'll all be safe and sound, okay?"
Nanaki nodded. "As long as we make it. Alright, an interesting feature I would like to point out is the slightly raised surface in the heart of the forest. Its top is completely smooth."
"So, it's man-made?" Tifa inquired. Nanaki twitched his tail. "Yes. We have reason to believe that this is the concrete facility Cloud say in his dream."
Tifa glanced worriedly at Cloud. "Do you have the exact coordinates of the building?"
"No. That's why we are meeting. I need help estimating the coordinates of the facility. I need at least two coordinates."
"We're going to be splitting up into two groups?" asked Vincent cooly.
"Yes."
"When do we assign the groups?" asked Yuffie.
"Please, back to more important matters. Now for the coordinates. Any estimates?"
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It was two hours before two coordinates came up. In those two hours Yuffie had devised a plan. She had already written down a quick note of the plans, which was her suggestion that at least an army came to stop them. When they had reached Wutai, they each climbed down the rope ladder and went their seperate ways. Vincent and Cloud went to get their weapons overhauled, and Tifa went to get supplies. Nanaki stayed on the ship to see if he could possibly get the exact coordinates. Barret and Cid were drinking at the bar. Yuffie went off alone, and tied a note to a tawny cat's neck and whispered something to it. It mewed as if in objection, but ran off like a streak straight to the tower, where Godo was training.
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A loud noise awoke Reno. The fire-haired man sat up in bed and stared defiantly at his alarm clock.
'Damn, I HATE mornings.' he yawned, stretched, and forced himself to get dressed. After he was clothed, Reno trudged to the door, not looking forward to another day with the arrogant Roger. As soon as he entered the corridor, he tensed. The stench of death was wafting into his sensitive nose. He hurried towards the smell, already knowing what he would find.
When he reached the vault, the first thing he saw was Roger's body, surrounded by a pool of blood. A gash in his side went straight through to his backbone, which was snapped in two. Reno could tell that from the look on his face Roger had never even known his assailant was coming. Near him was another smaller pool of water, drops of blood had turned it a translucent red. When he looked at the safe, he saw a hole cut into it. From what he had seen, he could already tell that the magicked orb was gone.
Though Reno walked calmly upstairs, the expression on his face passive, his heart was beating faster than it ever had before. His job, and his life, had always been dangerous and gruesome, but something about that scene sent an unwelcome chill up his spine. He knew that he'd have to retrieve the object taken from the vault. Normally, he'd think, 'Hell, why not? Sounds easy enough.' but for some unknown reason, the need to leave the facility scared him. He feared the indeginous creatures; he remembered his first encounter. And yet, it seemed some other, deeper reason was the root of his fear. But he couldn't quite find it.
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A/N:
Waah! No new reviews. -_- Oh well. Reviews or not, I will continue my story, cuz I like writing it as much as I like reading reviews! Bye for now!
Now to break the cliffhanger! No, I don't and never will own FF7, okay? Stop asking, dammit! No flames pleeze! Didn't your parents tell you not to play with fire?
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The figure took out its knife once again and began to delicately cut a medium sized hole in the door of the safe. it reached in, and pulled out the orb of water. It slammed its hand into the ball, and a sound like breaking glass echoed throughout the facility. When the figure withdrew its hand it held a small glowing blue gem. It quickly wrapped the tiny sphere in oiled cloth.
The figure's head snapped up as it heard a door open. When it heard footsteps coming down the stairs, it quickly hid in the shadows.
"Hello?" called Roger. "Hello?" he hesitantly walked further into the room. He strained his ears, waiting for an answer. Suspiciously he observed the hole cut into the vault. His eyes widened when he saw water spilled on the ground. "Hello?" he called out again. Silence.
Though the room was quiet, he did not hear as death hissed forward to claim him.
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It was about nine o' clock PM and Yuffie had just finished hurling when she heard Cid call everyone over to the bridge. She sprinted over to the bridge where everyone stood in a semicircle around Cid. He puffed his cigarette and cleared his throat.
"Now if you $%#&!*^ people will look over the edge of this *beautiful* vessel in a few minutes you will see the exotic island Dai Shisai. Right now we're over %^&$*#@ Wutai, and we're-"
"Hey!" Yuffie screeched. "Don't you DARE talk like that about Wutai! It's better than you're old rusty Rocket Town!" When she said "Rocket Town", it seemed as if the word itself left a bad taste in her mouth.
"Hey hey hey! This is MY #^$*&^) ship, and I can @#$%^$% say whatever I #$@!^%& want about ^&%#$%# anything, okay?! Now shut up."
Yuffie glared at Cid. He met her blazing eyes with his own until Yuffie finally sighed and plopped down on the floor of the airship cross-legged with a pouty looked on her face.
"As I was saying, we're gonna stop at Wutai to pick up some supplies. We need to get the hell outta there as soon as possible though. Red said that Dai ShiSai is sacred to them, and the longer we stay, the more time a certain SOMEBODY-" his eyes focused on Yuffie. "has to let everyone know where we're going. Red, take over from here."
Nanaki put a paw to his mouth and coughed. "I prefer to be called 'Nanaki'. Now, if we may proceed to the meeting room. I have some information I would like to present."
The entire company left the cockpit and headed towards the meeting room. When everyone was seated, Nanaki ran to the front of the room. "If you will direct your attention to the board, you will see our course. We are right now hovering over Wutai. If we continue along this path like so-" his nose traced over a dotted green line that appeared on the map. "-we will be over Dai ShiSai in approximatly fifteen minutes. I have gotten a map of the terrain of the island, and most of it seems to be forested. There is a large enough patch of land, though, right next to this small lake." He pointed a paw towards the plot of land on a map of Dai ShiSai that was now on the monitor. His amber eyes snapped to Cid.
"Cid, I trust your pilot has the skills to land the ship on that plot of land?"
Cid frowned. "No $%#@&*^ way. He'll crash. I'll do it, and we'll all be safe and sound, okay?"
Nanaki nodded. "As long as we make it. Alright, an interesting feature I would like to point out is the slightly raised surface in the heart of the forest. Its top is completely smooth."
"So, it's man-made?" Tifa inquired. Nanaki twitched his tail. "Yes. We have reason to believe that this is the concrete facility Cloud say in his dream."
Tifa glanced worriedly at Cloud. "Do you have the exact coordinates of the building?"
"No. That's why we are meeting. I need help estimating the coordinates of the facility. I need at least two coordinates."
"We're going to be splitting up into two groups?" asked Vincent cooly.
"Yes."
"When do we assign the groups?" asked Yuffie.
"Please, back to more important matters. Now for the coordinates. Any estimates?"
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It was two hours before two coordinates came up. In those two hours Yuffie had devised a plan. She had already written down a quick note of the plans, which was her suggestion that at least an army came to stop them. When they had reached Wutai, they each climbed down the rope ladder and went their seperate ways. Vincent and Cloud went to get their weapons overhauled, and Tifa went to get supplies. Nanaki stayed on the ship to see if he could possibly get the exact coordinates. Barret and Cid were drinking at the bar. Yuffie went off alone, and tied a note to a tawny cat's neck and whispered something to it. It mewed as if in objection, but ran off like a streak straight to the tower, where Godo was training.
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A loud noise awoke Reno. The fire-haired man sat up in bed and stared defiantly at his alarm clock.
'Damn, I HATE mornings.' he yawned, stretched, and forced himself to get dressed. After he was clothed, Reno trudged to the door, not looking forward to another day with the arrogant Roger. As soon as he entered the corridor, he tensed. The stench of death was wafting into his sensitive nose. He hurried towards the smell, already knowing what he would find.
When he reached the vault, the first thing he saw was Roger's body, surrounded by a pool of blood. A gash in his side went straight through to his backbone, which was snapped in two. Reno could tell that from the look on his face Roger had never even known his assailant was coming. Near him was another smaller pool of water, drops of blood had turned it a translucent red. When he looked at the safe, he saw a hole cut into it. From what he had seen, he could already tell that the magicked orb was gone.
Though Reno walked calmly upstairs, the expression on his face passive, his heart was beating faster than it ever had before. His job, and his life, had always been dangerous and gruesome, but something about that scene sent an unwelcome chill up his spine. He knew that he'd have to retrieve the object taken from the vault. Normally, he'd think, 'Hell, why not? Sounds easy enough.' but for some unknown reason, the need to leave the facility scared him. He feared the indeginous creatures; he remembered his first encounter. And yet, it seemed some other, deeper reason was the root of his fear. But he couldn't quite find it.
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A/N:
Waah! No new reviews. -_- Oh well. Reviews or not, I will continue my story, cuz I like writing it as much as I like reading reviews! Bye for now!