A/N: Well, it's about time I started back on this story isn't it? I thought so anyway. Well I want to apologize to all those (not many judging by reviews) people that I left hanging for so long. I just hope that ya'll will find it in your hearts to forgive my absence. Anyway, I don't own anything that Squaresoft does and starting from this chapter this goes for every chapter. Quite frankly it's a big pain in the ass to write it over and over. Also since I'm not good with long chapters I'm just going to keep them short. Now since I said all of that ..................... Enjoy the show......... err ...story!

Rude winced as he connected with the door underneath him. As he stood up he began to examine the thing that had broken his fall It seemed to be made out of a heavy wood, maybe oak, it's handle was placed on the left side and seemed to be a silver-ish metal. "Rude are you okay?" asked the small blonde suddenly by his side leading him off of the magical door.

"I'm fine Lena. I just didn't expect for the couch to disappear while I was on it. That's all." Elena shrugged as she noticed she was still holding his. Suddenly blushing she dropped it and turned to where Reno was standing looking at the Ancient with a distrustful look on his face.

"Well, I believe it's time for us to continue." Aeris said as she walked to the door ignoring the T.u.r.k.s obvious suspicion towards her. The room was silent as she stood before the door. Reno watched her she turned to him. "Aren't you going to open the door?" The young red head shrugged as he went to the door and bent down. He grabbed the rounded handle of the door and pulled it upwards with all of his might. It didn't budge.

"Rude help me with this." he stated panting slightly. Rude moved beside his friend and began added his strength to Reno's. This time the door slowly began to slide out of the floor. Rude strained under the immense weight of the door as the men began to get the door to an upright position they it began to slip from their grasp. "Watch out Elena, we're gonna drop this damn thing." the flamed haired T.u.r.k. strained trying to keep the door up until his companion was out of the way.

The young woman quickly moved out of the range of the door. She turned around as a huge explosion of sound blasted into her ears. Where the door had been was a staircase leading into a pit of darkness. "I hope we have a light of some kind." she said as she approached her friends.

"Didn't you bring one?" Reno replied from where he had collapsed after they had dropped the door.

"I thought you would have brought it."

"Nope, I didn't bring anything with me. Your the girl. Your supposed to think of this things." Reno said as he flicked a strand of hair out of his eyes. He watched as Elena began to puff up at his statement. He knew that would piss her off. He also knew that Rude had brought the flashlight. But he wasn't going to let her know that just yet. "Don't tell me your still afraid of the dark. You know I always knew you weren't cut out to be a T.u.r.k."

"That's enough Reno." he heard Rude say as he pulled out the flashlight. "Now let's get going." the bald man finished as he stood and tossed the light to his younger companion.

"Alright, I'm getting up." The young man replied standing up. Reno turned the light on and shined the beam into the darkness. "Everyone be careful, the stairs are kinda steep."

Aeris watched as the T.u.r.k.'s followed their leader into the unknown. A slight smile graced her features as he remembered how much they reminded her of Avalanche. A sigh escaped from her as she thought of the trouble that she knew was going to happen when she informed the allies of their importance to the planet. Seeing Rude disappear after Reno she began to think about the next level of the trail.

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Reno looked around his new environment. It looked just like the slums of Midgar, except worse. Building were threatening to fall at any second, there were no paved streets the streetlights were broken and bent only a few shining meager light into the streets. * Looks like home.* the young man thought * but it's empty.*

"What's that noise?" the blonde asked pulling Reno out of his thoughts.

"What noise?" he replied straining to hear anything.

"That scratching noise." Reno listened harder and began to hear it. It was faint, but it was steadily getting louder. Reno looked around at Rude and Elena and noticed that Aeris had finally joined them.

"That noise is the second part of your trail." she said with a slight shrug. "I would suggest that you get ready for the fight. I don't know if you have ever fought a monster like this one."

"Well, we're already ready for whatever it is." Reno said slightly arrogant. Aeris gave an eerie smile as she disappeared from their sight. "Where in the hell did she go?"

Reno began to listen for the scratching noise and couldn't find it. Instead he heard the sound of footsteps coming from behind him. Cautiously, the red head turned to face his opponent.

hehehehe, I'm gonna leave ya'll with that little cliffhanger. Ain't I evil! So tell me what ya'll think I should put them up against and I might consider it. Remember harassment will get chapters up faster!