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[Chapter 20: The escape! Part 4]
Cid ran to the main hall of the Highwind where everyone had previous meetings during the time of Sephiroth. He ran to the few boxes on the shelves and pulled one off. He began to rummage through it.
"C'mon! I gotta have 'em still!" Cid searched frantically. "YES!" he pulled out a pair of goggles. They didn't look ordinary, though. They had different gadgets on them. Cid tossed the goggles back into the box and picked it up. He ran back to the control room. "Now let's see here..." he pulled the goggles back out and put them on.
Cid ran out to the upper deck of the Highwind. He pushed a few buttons on the goggles. "These are even better than night-vision goggles!" he chuckled. "But I gotta focus on my mission..." Cid's tone became serious. He pushed the "zoom" button until his sight was perfectly on the head guard that stood by the main entrance. "Son of a bitch...he's the one who saw me..."
Cid pulled the goggles off. "Well if Reeve and his army wanna play nasty, then I might as well join in."
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The sirens blasted louder than before. Something drastic must have occured while Yuffie and Vincent were with Tseng.
"C'mon Vinnie! We don't have much time before Reeve discovers us!" Yuffie yelled to her compainion. "This briefcase is slowing me down! Don't worry, though, we're almost there!" Vincent looked on the wall at the C-5 carving as he passed.
The sirens stopped out of nowhere. The whole building was silent.
"What the hell?" Vincent slowed down to a walking pace. Yuffie walked along side him. "What's goin' on around here?" she questioned. Her question was about to be answered. About a dozen soldiers ran towards them.
"Oh shit!" Yuffie and Vincent stopped as the soldiers ran up to them. "You. What are you doing here? You are supposed to be guarding area C-11's exit." the head of the soldiers said in serious tone. "We were----" "What's all this commotion, then?" Reeve interupted, walking towards them from the other end of the hall.
All the soldiers saluted him. "Sir! We were asking them why they were here, Sir!" the head soldier spoke. "Ah yes, why ARE you two here? Didn't you hear the annoucement? Or were you too stuck up in a closet??!" Reeve shouted. The soldiers flinched from the harsh-ness in Reeve's tone.
Yuffie and Vincent flinched as well. "We were going to---" "Silence!" Reeve spat. "Do not talk unless you are told to, soldier!" Reeve stood in front of all twelve soldiers. He looked at the two soldiers that stood in front of him; Yuffie and Vincent.
"Something's not right about you two..." Reeve looked them from head to toe. Yuffie felt scared. Reeve looked back at one of his soldiers. The soldier shook his head. "They're not one of mine." Reeve looked back at Yuffie and Vincent. "What group are you with? Show me your faces!" he demanded.
Yuffie and Vincent began to sweat. They stood motionless. Reeve snapped his fingers and one of the soldiers went forward. The soldier removed both Vincent and Yuffie's head caps at the same time. The other soldiers gasped while Reeve smirked. "Well, well, well, we meet again..."
Yuffie looked down. She was ashamed that they'd come this far...just to get caught. Vincent looked Reeve in the eye. "You haven't won yet..."
"DUCK!!!" a voice came from behind Yuffie and Vincent. Yuffie's ninja instincts quickly kicked in and she ducked along with Vincent. Gun fire was exchanged between the soldiers and the mystery person whom yelled.
One by one, the soldiers fell to the ground, blood pouring out of their bodies from the bullets. Reeve fired a few shots, but quickly ran out of ammo, for he had only loaded it with a few bullets. The firing stopped from the stranger's gun as soon as all twelve soldiers were lying on the ground, lifeless. "Whoever you are, I'll get you for this!!!!" Reeve shouted and ran down the hall for escape purposes.
Yuffie was shaking horribly on her knees. Vincent wrapped his arms around her form. "It's okay...it's over now..." he wispered.
The mystery gunman stepped from the shadows. "I didn't wanna do that...." Vincent looked up at him. "It's what you had to do, Barret, not what you wanted to do." Vincent helped Yuffie to her feet. "Yeah...I know, it's just..." Barret trailed off. He looked to the ground. "Thanks..." Vincent had Yuffie in his arms, still.
"You're right, it had to be done, or else I woulda lost my two great friends." Barret looked up. "I hate killin', I just wish it would stop, ya know? I don't wanna be a terrorist...."
"You're not, you're far from it." Vincent reassured him. "Yeah but...look at her..." Barret pointed his eyes at Yuffie, who looked as if she was in a trance, still shaking. "She'll be fine, right Yuffie?" Vincent looked down at her. "Yeah...but you know....I used to see a lot of things like this during the war. When I was young, I saw my mother die fighting her hardest to protect Wutai from the Shinra. And now...with Reeve against us....I don't know how much more I can take..." she sobbed softly in Vincent's chest.
"You'll be fine. I'll protect you, no matter what." Vincent gently kissed the top of her head. Barret stepped forward in front of them. "This reminds me of Marlene....And how I miss her so much. If I were to die out here in battle, what would she do? She'd cry and pray for me every night before she'd go off to bed. ....But ya know, all this killin' I've been doin'...aint servin' me no place in Heaven...If she were to pray, it'd be no use. I'm goin' to Hell anyway..." Barret looked down again.
"Don't say that, Barret!" Yuffie began. "You protect yourself and others, and that's what's important. Great Phoenix won't mind if you help others, but if you harm innocent people, then Phoenix will reconsider."
From nowhere, loud sirens went off again.
"You might be right...but let's get out of here!" Barret shouted over the noise. As the three ran down the hall, the speaker system came on once again. "Attention all personnel, the intruders and enemy are still at large! Enemy possibly wearing our colors! Face check all personnel in the building!" it blasted.
"They sure don't make soldier costumes like they used to, huh? I coulda swore Reeve was workin' with SOLDIER 'stead of his own force!" Barret yelled as they ran. "Speaking of which..." Vincent said. He saw another closet near them. "Run for there!" he yelled. Barret and Yuffie ran ahead of Vincent and into the closet. Vincent shut the door behind them.
"We need to talk." Vincent said. Luckily, the noise of the sirens was blocked out by the door. "We aint got time, though!" Barret argued. "Yes we do, trust me. Why are you here in the first place?" he asked. Barret sighed.
"You guys left that message on Cid's beeper, and we both saw it. We came over here after the second message was sent and that's how it is." he shrugged. "Any more?" Vincent asked. "Well, he's waiting in the Highwind right now, I think. He'll come rescue us or something." he said simply. "What?! You mean you have no idea when he's going to be here!?!?" Yuffie shouted.
"Notta clue." "Dammit!" Vincent turned away. "Wait! The cell phone!" Vincent pulled the cell phone from his pocket. "What's that for?" Barret asked. Yuffie quickly explained it all to him. "Ohh..." Barret sighed.
"I don't know his number, though!" Vincent fumbled with the cell phone. "Just push something, we don't have time!" Yuffie said. He pushed the "redial" button and put it up to his ear. "This is Tseng..." the man on the other line answered. "Tseng! We need your help!" Vincent said through the phone.
"What is it?" he asked. "That window in the closet....can you see the Highwind from there?" Vincent asked franically. "Let's see....oh yeah, I see it, barely...it's so far away." Tseng said. "Really?!" "Yes. Why?" he asked. "We need a ride out." Vincent said.
Tseng sighed deeply on the other line. "What's wrong?" Vincent asked. "You guys, something terrible is about to happen...." he began. "...I saw Reeve going down into the basement. He's set up a connection to about twenty bombs with an explosion much bigger and more powerful than a C4... meaning this whole place will go down all at once in very little time...."
Well, like I said, the more reviews, the less you have to wait for a new chapter. I really didn't want to make this escape part more than 4 parts, but it looks like it might be up to 8 parts! No, just kidding, it'll probably be 5 or 6 parts only. Well, hope you liked this chapter, please R&R!!!
Disclaimer: Square owns all FF7 material, not me.
[Chapter 20: The escape! Part 4]
Cid ran to the main hall of the Highwind where everyone had previous meetings during the time of Sephiroth. He ran to the few boxes on the shelves and pulled one off. He began to rummage through it.
"C'mon! I gotta have 'em still!" Cid searched frantically. "YES!" he pulled out a pair of goggles. They didn't look ordinary, though. They had different gadgets on them. Cid tossed the goggles back into the box and picked it up. He ran back to the control room. "Now let's see here..." he pulled the goggles back out and put them on.
Cid ran out to the upper deck of the Highwind. He pushed a few buttons on the goggles. "These are even better than night-vision goggles!" he chuckled. "But I gotta focus on my mission..." Cid's tone became serious. He pushed the "zoom" button until his sight was perfectly on the head guard that stood by the main entrance. "Son of a bitch...he's the one who saw me..."
Cid pulled the goggles off. "Well if Reeve and his army wanna play nasty, then I might as well join in."
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The sirens blasted louder than before. Something drastic must have occured while Yuffie and Vincent were with Tseng.
"C'mon Vinnie! We don't have much time before Reeve discovers us!" Yuffie yelled to her compainion. "This briefcase is slowing me down! Don't worry, though, we're almost there!" Vincent looked on the wall at the C-5 carving as he passed.
The sirens stopped out of nowhere. The whole building was silent.
"What the hell?" Vincent slowed down to a walking pace. Yuffie walked along side him. "What's goin' on around here?" she questioned. Her question was about to be answered. About a dozen soldiers ran towards them.
"Oh shit!" Yuffie and Vincent stopped as the soldiers ran up to them. "You. What are you doing here? You are supposed to be guarding area C-11's exit." the head of the soldiers said in serious tone. "We were----" "What's all this commotion, then?" Reeve interupted, walking towards them from the other end of the hall.
All the soldiers saluted him. "Sir! We were asking them why they were here, Sir!" the head soldier spoke. "Ah yes, why ARE you two here? Didn't you hear the annoucement? Or were you too stuck up in a closet??!" Reeve shouted. The soldiers flinched from the harsh-ness in Reeve's tone.
Yuffie and Vincent flinched as well. "We were going to---" "Silence!" Reeve spat. "Do not talk unless you are told to, soldier!" Reeve stood in front of all twelve soldiers. He looked at the two soldiers that stood in front of him; Yuffie and Vincent.
"Something's not right about you two..." Reeve looked them from head to toe. Yuffie felt scared. Reeve looked back at one of his soldiers. The soldier shook his head. "They're not one of mine." Reeve looked back at Yuffie and Vincent. "What group are you with? Show me your faces!" he demanded.
Yuffie and Vincent began to sweat. They stood motionless. Reeve snapped his fingers and one of the soldiers went forward. The soldier removed both Vincent and Yuffie's head caps at the same time. The other soldiers gasped while Reeve smirked. "Well, well, well, we meet again..."
Yuffie looked down. She was ashamed that they'd come this far...just to get caught. Vincent looked Reeve in the eye. "You haven't won yet..."
"DUCK!!!" a voice came from behind Yuffie and Vincent. Yuffie's ninja instincts quickly kicked in and she ducked along with Vincent. Gun fire was exchanged between the soldiers and the mystery person whom yelled.
One by one, the soldiers fell to the ground, blood pouring out of their bodies from the bullets. Reeve fired a few shots, but quickly ran out of ammo, for he had only loaded it with a few bullets. The firing stopped from the stranger's gun as soon as all twelve soldiers were lying on the ground, lifeless. "Whoever you are, I'll get you for this!!!!" Reeve shouted and ran down the hall for escape purposes.
Yuffie was shaking horribly on her knees. Vincent wrapped his arms around her form. "It's okay...it's over now..." he wispered.
The mystery gunman stepped from the shadows. "I didn't wanna do that...." Vincent looked up at him. "It's what you had to do, Barret, not what you wanted to do." Vincent helped Yuffie to her feet. "Yeah...I know, it's just..." Barret trailed off. He looked to the ground. "Thanks..." Vincent had Yuffie in his arms, still.
"You're right, it had to be done, or else I woulda lost my two great friends." Barret looked up. "I hate killin', I just wish it would stop, ya know? I don't wanna be a terrorist...."
"You're not, you're far from it." Vincent reassured him. "Yeah but...look at her..." Barret pointed his eyes at Yuffie, who looked as if she was in a trance, still shaking. "She'll be fine, right Yuffie?" Vincent looked down at her. "Yeah...but you know....I used to see a lot of things like this during the war. When I was young, I saw my mother die fighting her hardest to protect Wutai from the Shinra. And now...with Reeve against us....I don't know how much more I can take..." she sobbed softly in Vincent's chest.
"You'll be fine. I'll protect you, no matter what." Vincent gently kissed the top of her head. Barret stepped forward in front of them. "This reminds me of Marlene....And how I miss her so much. If I were to die out here in battle, what would she do? She'd cry and pray for me every night before she'd go off to bed. ....But ya know, all this killin' I've been doin'...aint servin' me no place in Heaven...If she were to pray, it'd be no use. I'm goin' to Hell anyway..." Barret looked down again.
"Don't say that, Barret!" Yuffie began. "You protect yourself and others, and that's what's important. Great Phoenix won't mind if you help others, but if you harm innocent people, then Phoenix will reconsider."
From nowhere, loud sirens went off again.
"You might be right...but let's get out of here!" Barret shouted over the noise. As the three ran down the hall, the speaker system came on once again. "Attention all personnel, the intruders and enemy are still at large! Enemy possibly wearing our colors! Face check all personnel in the building!" it blasted.
"They sure don't make soldier costumes like they used to, huh? I coulda swore Reeve was workin' with SOLDIER 'stead of his own force!" Barret yelled as they ran. "Speaking of which..." Vincent said. He saw another closet near them. "Run for there!" he yelled. Barret and Yuffie ran ahead of Vincent and into the closet. Vincent shut the door behind them.
"We need to talk." Vincent said. Luckily, the noise of the sirens was blocked out by the door. "We aint got time, though!" Barret argued. "Yes we do, trust me. Why are you here in the first place?" he asked. Barret sighed.
"You guys left that message on Cid's beeper, and we both saw it. We came over here after the second message was sent and that's how it is." he shrugged. "Any more?" Vincent asked. "Well, he's waiting in the Highwind right now, I think. He'll come rescue us or something." he said simply. "What?! You mean you have no idea when he's going to be here!?!?" Yuffie shouted.
"Notta clue." "Dammit!" Vincent turned away. "Wait! The cell phone!" Vincent pulled the cell phone from his pocket. "What's that for?" Barret asked. Yuffie quickly explained it all to him. "Ohh..." Barret sighed.
"I don't know his number, though!" Vincent fumbled with the cell phone. "Just push something, we don't have time!" Yuffie said. He pushed the "redial" button and put it up to his ear. "This is Tseng..." the man on the other line answered. "Tseng! We need your help!" Vincent said through the phone.
"What is it?" he asked. "That window in the closet....can you see the Highwind from there?" Vincent asked franically. "Let's see....oh yeah, I see it, barely...it's so far away." Tseng said. "Really?!" "Yes. Why?" he asked. "We need a ride out." Vincent said.
Tseng sighed deeply on the other line. "What's wrong?" Vincent asked. "You guys, something terrible is about to happen...." he began. "...I saw Reeve going down into the basement. He's set up a connection to about twenty bombs with an explosion much bigger and more powerful than a C4... meaning this whole place will go down all at once in very little time...."
Well, like I said, the more reviews, the less you have to wait for a new chapter. I really didn't want to make this escape part more than 4 parts, but it looks like it might be up to 8 parts! No, just kidding, it'll probably be 5 or 6 parts only. Well, hope you liked this chapter, please R&R!!!