Chapter XXIII: Reign Of Fire.
Mech-Head smiled his fiendish smile as he saw the tank pulling out of the weapon shop. The green tank ominously prowled the streets with its enormous cannon. It smashed through a building, totally unharmed and devoid to the damage it was causing. Mech-Head cackled.
He turned from the tank to look over his army. They all had weapons and armour of some sort. He watched in evil happiness as they sparred against each other. Most had fire arms of some sort, but they had all been armed with long sword. Mech-Head listened to the soft chinking noise of their swords slashing against swords.
"Perfectly chaotic." He remarked.
He flapped his wings suddenly to check up on the defence of Midgar. He flew high above the city, on the watch for individual units of soldiers. He never heard the order to shoot given by Seph X at the Shin Ra headquarters.
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"Fire." The mechanic clone ordered.
There was an immediate sound of loud cracking, and the figure in the sky plummeted.
"Reload and fire."
"Sir!" One of the soldiers questioned.
"Would you like to shoot me and see the damage it does? 'Cause it'll do even less to him." Seph X reasoned.
The soldier looked him up and down and nodded.
Another quick crack rang out.
Seph X watched with his enhanced sight as Mech-Head took the bullets in the chest. He screamed in pain that could faintly be heard from where he standing rang out. Then the figure straightened out, recovering from the blow. The silvery demon began flying in their direction. Seph X grabbed a snipers gun. He held it up to his eye and began shooting like there was no tomorrow. The demon was struck by a hail of fast accurate pieces of lead. Holes stuck out in his black wings, while the flapping of his wings enlarged the holes. Soon, the demons wings could no longer hold him up. He began his plummet again.
"That's how ya shoot demons." Seph X said while shouldering the gun.
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Jarred watched from his vantage point on the very roof of the Shin Ra building. He grinned as he heard his master say the words.
"No," He called out. "THIS is how ya shoot demons."
He walked over to the railing of the roof and looked over. A ball of light erupted from his palm. He pointed it at the falling dot that was Mech-Head. A pillar of blueness streaked through the air and slammed into Mech-Head. The scream of rage and pain tore through the sky. Jarred was enjoying himself immensely. The whole morning he had avoided Cloud and Tifa and he was happy to be able to cause massive destruction for a good cause. So were the riders, who stood on the roof with him. They had spent the entire morning throwing random explosives off into the slums, watching as they destroyed buildings that ultimately killed more soldiers. They cackled evilly as they watched the demon smash into the ground, erupting a cloud of dust.
"That's coming from the guy who do sort of stuff naturally." Seph X yelled back.
The riders laughed, throwing more explosives over the edge.
Jarred laughed with them, adding to the havoc with his own brand of chaos.
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Mech-Head was beginning to realize that his enemy was a better strategist than him. He would have to ponder this one out hard. He sat down and studied a map of Midgar that he had stolen from one of the homes in the slums.
"Train!" Some one yelled.
Capture it! A voice screamed in his head. Mech-Head deemed this a good idea.
"Capture that train!" He commanded.
He watched as a score of metal warriors ran to the railway station and pried open the doors. The soldiers did not hear the ticking of the time bomb. They were getting ready to report back when the train exploded around them.
Mech-Head watched the explosion, his one eye blazing hatefully. He vented his rage on a stone. His metal claws raked across its surface as he expressed his fury to the person that had crippled him inside the metal body that he inhabited now. He screamed in mad fury. Slowly, the need to kill something ebbed away. He caught a glimpse of the tank as it trundled around aimlessly. An idea formulated in Mech-Heads mind.
"You!" He called out, pointing at the tank. The driver poked his head out of the tank. "Return fire!" Mech-Head commanded imperiously. The driver nodded.
The tanks cannon twisted in the direction of the Shin Ra building. A spire of fire erupted from the cannon as a tank shell sped through the air and exploded against the building.
Mech-Head cackled madly.
"Continue!" he commanded.
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Cloud was rocked off his feet as the shell rammed into the building.
"What the hell is goin' on?!" He yelled.
"They're attackin' again." Cid moaned as he pushed himself up again.
"Well, duh, Sherlock, but what are they doing?" Tifa remarked.
"The only sensible thing to do, return fire." Red XIII answered.
"With what?" Cloud pondered.
"God, Cloud. I didn't think you were such a f-#¤%-ing dumbass. You said it yourself yesterday, they got a tank."
Cloud felt his hopes drop.
"Shit." He swore.
"But they have only one tank and we have lots of grenades. We'll get the f#¤%-ing shit mobile eventually." Cid encouraged.
"But what if they manage to blast this place to pieces before then?" Cloud was beginning to panic.
"Then the Shin Ra headquarters will fall over and squash something!" Cid grinned maliciously.
Cloud glared at Cid.
"That's not funny."
"Who said it was?"
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Vincent threw the last bag into the buggy.
"Yuffie!" He yelled.
Yuffie in question was sneaking up behind him. She pushed him. Instead of Vincent jumping or falling over, he merely turned around.
"You're gonna drive the buggy, alright?" he asked.
Yuffie smiled sweetly at him.
"Cha." She said airily.
"Good." Vincent stated. He began walking away.
"H, hey!" Yuffie said confusedly. "Where are you going?"
"I'm gonna ride Shadow into Midgar. If there's as many soldiers the newspaper says there is, then one of us needs to be able to shoot." He answered. The logic was driven into Yuffie. Another thought came to her.
"What will I do if someone tries to stop me?"
Vincent gave her a quizzical glance.
"Yuffie, it's a six wheel drive buggy. Who CAN stop you?" He walked away to get Shadow.
Yuffie climbed into the buggy, relaxing into the seat. After a while Vincent rode past her. She poked her head out of the window.
"EH! That's cheating!" She yelled as she slammed her foot down on the acceleration pedal.
The buggy's wheels spun into action, neatly catching up too Vincent. She slowed down momentarily.
"Care to race?" Vincent grinned at her.
"Would I?"
"Meet you at the mountain range!" Vincent called as he leaned down hard on Shadow. The bird squawked and shot forward. Snow flew up from under the chocobo's feet.
"Shit!" Yuffie swore. She put the pedal to the metal and watched as she tore up next to Vincent. She cackled madly.
"Yahahahaha!"
Shadow looked dubiously at the buggy. Then it jumped onto a boulder and then onto the buggy.
Yuffie looked out of the window to shout at Vincent.
"Vinnie! Your cheating again! Cheater!"
Vincent looked at her helplessly.
"I'm sorry, but the bird is way too smart." He shrugged.
"I'll show you smart!" She yelled.
Yuffie pulled her head into the buggy again.
She slammed her foot on the brakes.
The buggy stopped, but the chocobo didn't. It flew through the air, warking in panic. Then its legs came back into action. Shadow became a dark gold blur.
Yuffie cursed. She slammed her foot down again. Snow flew up as the wheels spun around.
Vincent was waiting with the Death Penalty ready. He grinned at her.
"I win."
"You cheat." Yuffie said sourly.
"But I win nonetheless." He smirked.
Yuffie stuck her tongue out at him.
Vincent suddenly became grave again.
"Lets cross the mountains. If we're lucky we'll arrive in the shroud of night."
Yuffie grinned up at him.
"Lets kick some ass!"
Vincent raised an eyebrow.
"Righto."
Mech-Head smiled his fiendish smile as he saw the tank pulling out of the weapon shop. The green tank ominously prowled the streets with its enormous cannon. It smashed through a building, totally unharmed and devoid to the damage it was causing. Mech-Head cackled.
He turned from the tank to look over his army. They all had weapons and armour of some sort. He watched in evil happiness as they sparred against each other. Most had fire arms of some sort, but they had all been armed with long sword. Mech-Head listened to the soft chinking noise of their swords slashing against swords.
"Perfectly chaotic." He remarked.
He flapped his wings suddenly to check up on the defence of Midgar. He flew high above the city, on the watch for individual units of soldiers. He never heard the order to shoot given by Seph X at the Shin Ra headquarters.
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"Fire." The mechanic clone ordered.
There was an immediate sound of loud cracking, and the figure in the sky plummeted.
"Reload and fire."
"Sir!" One of the soldiers questioned.
"Would you like to shoot me and see the damage it does? 'Cause it'll do even less to him." Seph X reasoned.
The soldier looked him up and down and nodded.
Another quick crack rang out.
Seph X watched with his enhanced sight as Mech-Head took the bullets in the chest. He screamed in pain that could faintly be heard from where he standing rang out. Then the figure straightened out, recovering from the blow. The silvery demon began flying in their direction. Seph X grabbed a snipers gun. He held it up to his eye and began shooting like there was no tomorrow. The demon was struck by a hail of fast accurate pieces of lead. Holes stuck out in his black wings, while the flapping of his wings enlarged the holes. Soon, the demons wings could no longer hold him up. He began his plummet again.
"That's how ya shoot demons." Seph X said while shouldering the gun.
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Jarred watched from his vantage point on the very roof of the Shin Ra building. He grinned as he heard his master say the words.
"No," He called out. "THIS is how ya shoot demons."
He walked over to the railing of the roof and looked over. A ball of light erupted from his palm. He pointed it at the falling dot that was Mech-Head. A pillar of blueness streaked through the air and slammed into Mech-Head. The scream of rage and pain tore through the sky. Jarred was enjoying himself immensely. The whole morning he had avoided Cloud and Tifa and he was happy to be able to cause massive destruction for a good cause. So were the riders, who stood on the roof with him. They had spent the entire morning throwing random explosives off into the slums, watching as they destroyed buildings that ultimately killed more soldiers. They cackled evilly as they watched the demon smash into the ground, erupting a cloud of dust.
"That's coming from the guy who do sort of stuff naturally." Seph X yelled back.
The riders laughed, throwing more explosives over the edge.
Jarred laughed with them, adding to the havoc with his own brand of chaos.
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Mech-Head was beginning to realize that his enemy was a better strategist than him. He would have to ponder this one out hard. He sat down and studied a map of Midgar that he had stolen from one of the homes in the slums.
"Train!" Some one yelled.
Capture it! A voice screamed in his head. Mech-Head deemed this a good idea.
"Capture that train!" He commanded.
He watched as a score of metal warriors ran to the railway station and pried open the doors. The soldiers did not hear the ticking of the time bomb. They were getting ready to report back when the train exploded around them.
Mech-Head watched the explosion, his one eye blazing hatefully. He vented his rage on a stone. His metal claws raked across its surface as he expressed his fury to the person that had crippled him inside the metal body that he inhabited now. He screamed in mad fury. Slowly, the need to kill something ebbed away. He caught a glimpse of the tank as it trundled around aimlessly. An idea formulated in Mech-Heads mind.
"You!" He called out, pointing at the tank. The driver poked his head out of the tank. "Return fire!" Mech-Head commanded imperiously. The driver nodded.
The tanks cannon twisted in the direction of the Shin Ra building. A spire of fire erupted from the cannon as a tank shell sped through the air and exploded against the building.
Mech-Head cackled madly.
"Continue!" he commanded.
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Cloud was rocked off his feet as the shell rammed into the building.
"What the hell is goin' on?!" He yelled.
"They're attackin' again." Cid moaned as he pushed himself up again.
"Well, duh, Sherlock, but what are they doing?" Tifa remarked.
"The only sensible thing to do, return fire." Red XIII answered.
"With what?" Cloud pondered.
"God, Cloud. I didn't think you were such a f-#¤%-ing dumbass. You said it yourself yesterday, they got a tank."
Cloud felt his hopes drop.
"Shit." He swore.
"But they have only one tank and we have lots of grenades. We'll get the f#¤%-ing shit mobile eventually." Cid encouraged.
"But what if they manage to blast this place to pieces before then?" Cloud was beginning to panic.
"Then the Shin Ra headquarters will fall over and squash something!" Cid grinned maliciously.
Cloud glared at Cid.
"That's not funny."
"Who said it was?"
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Vincent threw the last bag into the buggy.
"Yuffie!" He yelled.
Yuffie in question was sneaking up behind him. She pushed him. Instead of Vincent jumping or falling over, he merely turned around.
"You're gonna drive the buggy, alright?" he asked.
Yuffie smiled sweetly at him.
"Cha." She said airily.
"Good." Vincent stated. He began walking away.
"H, hey!" Yuffie said confusedly. "Where are you going?"
"I'm gonna ride Shadow into Midgar. If there's as many soldiers the newspaper says there is, then one of us needs to be able to shoot." He answered. The logic was driven into Yuffie. Another thought came to her.
"What will I do if someone tries to stop me?"
Vincent gave her a quizzical glance.
"Yuffie, it's a six wheel drive buggy. Who CAN stop you?" He walked away to get Shadow.
Yuffie climbed into the buggy, relaxing into the seat. After a while Vincent rode past her. She poked her head out of the window.
"EH! That's cheating!" She yelled as she slammed her foot down on the acceleration pedal.
The buggy's wheels spun into action, neatly catching up too Vincent. She slowed down momentarily.
"Care to race?" Vincent grinned at her.
"Would I?"
"Meet you at the mountain range!" Vincent called as he leaned down hard on Shadow. The bird squawked and shot forward. Snow flew up from under the chocobo's feet.
"Shit!" Yuffie swore. She put the pedal to the metal and watched as she tore up next to Vincent. She cackled madly.
"Yahahahaha!"
Shadow looked dubiously at the buggy. Then it jumped onto a boulder and then onto the buggy.
Yuffie looked out of the window to shout at Vincent.
"Vinnie! Your cheating again! Cheater!"
Vincent looked at her helplessly.
"I'm sorry, but the bird is way too smart." He shrugged.
"I'll show you smart!" She yelled.
Yuffie pulled her head into the buggy again.
She slammed her foot on the brakes.
The buggy stopped, but the chocobo didn't. It flew through the air, warking in panic. Then its legs came back into action. Shadow became a dark gold blur.
Yuffie cursed. She slammed her foot down again. Snow flew up as the wheels spun around.
Vincent was waiting with the Death Penalty ready. He grinned at her.
"I win."
"You cheat." Yuffie said sourly.
"But I win nonetheless." He smirked.
Yuffie stuck her tongue out at him.
Vincent suddenly became grave again.
"Lets cross the mountains. If we're lucky we'll arrive in the shroud of night."
Yuffie grinned up at him.
"Lets kick some ass!"
Vincent raised an eyebrow.
"Righto."