Disclaimer: Don't own nothing from the game though Hunter is mine.
Love it? Hate it so far? Need to know.Got more reviews then I woulda thought. I got one so far! Well anyway heres the next chapter
Tifa lay there quietly staring at the ceiling of the tent. She had awoken only seconds before and was still trying to gather the events for the other day. It really didn't make any sense to her; being approached by a G-bike then seconds later being attacked by a jeep with crazed commandos in it.
Now there they were, with some unknown stranger, out in the middle of nowhere without weapons. She probably wouldn't have been so worried had Daniel not been with her and Cloud when this all happened, but he was and there seemed little she could do about it.
Tifa sighed and look to one side to see Cloud resting peacefully. She smiled and turned to her other side but to her panic Daniel wasn't there. Before she had time to call out to him a child's giggle came from outside the tent. She quickly got up, carefully as not to disturb Cloud, and exited the tent to find her son sitting on the G-bike with Hunter in front of him.
"Nothing in this hand annnnd nothing in this hand! Now watch!" She watched as Hunter twirled his hand around then placed in behind Daniels ear. Then after a moment he moved it away and handed Daniel a gil. "See! Just like magic! Here ya go Kiddo."
Daniel giggled happily then saw his mom and waved to her "Hi mom. Uncle Hunter's funny!"
Tifa walked over and eyed Hunter "Uncle?"
He waved his hands defensively "Hey hey! Don't look at me!"
Daniel giggled again and jumped onto the ground then looked up at his mom "Uncle Hunter taught me to ride to."
Tifa again looked at Hunter "You what?"
The rider laughed nervously as he rubbed the back of his neck "I uhh.well you know.Oh look at the time! I have something I gotta do! Be back soon" With that he jumped onto the G-Bike and started it up. Before Tifa could say anything he'd taken off into the Zolom's Marsh.
Tifa shook her head and mumbled to herself "I swear that is he's one of the oddest people I've ever met."
"Same here." She turned around to see Cloud picking up Daniel and resting him on his shoulders. "That guy is either off his rocker or where being led to a trap. The worst part is we can't really do anything until we get to where he's taking us."
Tifa nodded, knowing he was right. They didn't have any weapons though she had no doubt in her minds she could kick the crap out of Hunter in a fist fight, she also knew he had guns. She didn't like any of this especially because Daniel was involved. She sighed.
"Hey, don't worry." Cloud said reassuringly as he put an arm around her shoulders lovingly, "Everything will be alright. We just need to see what Hunter and this 'Guardian' guy want then we can go home."
Tifa nodded once again and smiled slightly before they all dropped into a small silence. Several minutes later the dull whine of Hunters engine was heard and he soon pulled up beside them once again.
"O.K. people let's pack it up and move out!" He said as he jumped off and ran over to the tent.
Cloud and Tifa exchanged looks "What? Why?"
Pulling out a lighter Hunter abruptly set the tent on fire then ran over to his bike and started shuffling through the saddlebags "Got to go before the Zolom regen's" Tossing Tifa and Daniel helmets he jumped on the still idling bike "Now get on!"[A/N: Yeah, Yeah most of you probably know this but the Zolom is the huge snake like thing in the marsh beside the Chocobo farm.]
They all did as told and hopped on the back of the bike. Much to their surprise Hunter started off into the Zolom's marsh.
"What do you mean Regen?" Cloud shouted of the dull wind as they made their way across the marsh at a mediocre pace.
"I mean the Zolom of the marsh regenerates after being 'killed'. It depends on the damage but I think be have 10-15 minutes to get the hell across this marsh before it's back in order."
"The Zolom regenerates?!" Tifa and Cloud shouted at the same time in shock.
Hunter nodded his head "Yup and we have that short time to get across the swamp; a normal 1 ½ hour trip. So hold on." With that said he revved the engine and seconds later the bike took off at break neck speed through the mud and moss. It jumped, skidded and whined over rocks, fallen trees and other obstacles, jerking its riders up, down and all around but never bucking them off.
Eventually an hour rolled by and with no sign of the Zolom everything seemed safe enough. Still the bike hummed and whined as Hunter jumped over obstacles and such.
"Look there's the mines. Nearly ther-" Before the young man could finish his sentence the ground beside the G-bike lurched upward, tossing the bike and its occupants off to the side and into the mud.
As he flew through the air, Cloud could see the Zolom burst forth from the ground before his head struck something hard and darkness enveloped him.
"Cloud!" Tifa cried out as she saw her husband hit his head and stop moving seconds before she and Daniel hit the moss and mud and went sliding through. Shaking her head, Tifa sat up and scrambled over to Cloud. Carefully she put his head on her lap, when she removed her hands she found them deep crimson with blood. "Cloud! Please be alright."
Just then a loud cry caught her attention "MOOOMMMYY!!!"
"Daniel!"
Tifa looked up to see the Zolom was completely ignoring her and Cloud and was heading straight for their son. Vainly she called to her son, as she stood and ran towards him "DANIEL!!!"
An ear-shattering roar from the Zolom blanked her out her cry however as it swiftly approached the young boy.
Managing to get there before the monster Tifa picked up her son and started Mad dashing over the mud and moss slicked ground away from the Zolom but despite her efforts it was quickly gaining.
Suddenly she heard a spat of gunfire from behind her and the overwhelming roar of the beast as it jerked to a halt. Stopping, Tifa turned at looked at the Zolom to find one of its eyes and it's jaw leaking purplish-green blood. Confused but not complaining the young martial artist sped over to where her unconscious husband laid, the crying Daniel in her arms. Just then she noticed the dull whine of a G-bike just into to see Hunter pull up beside her.
"Common! Common! Gotta go! Gotta go!" He exclaimed while jumping off the bike and hauling Cloud onto it while ushering Daniel and Tifa to get on themselves. Waiting impatiently until they were on he jumped on and gunned the throttle trying desperately to keep the speed high and keep Cloud on.
Moments later they entered the mines where Hunter pulled the bike to a stop. ".well that was interesting."He said as he jumped off the bike and walled quietly over to the wall opposite the cavern entrance.
Tifa's eyes flicked as he said this nearly causing her to lose her temper "We nearly died! How can you call that interesting?!"
"Umm." As he spoke he tapped his fist lightly against random parts of the wall, suddenly one part slid away revealing a small computer. "I Thought since you went against Sephiroth you'd have a small sense of Humor about it?" This left Tifa with nothing to say as her face turned a fury red, her temper still boiling.
Not getting a response Hunter turned his attention to the small computer "Tonder, Seth. Request: Voice confirmation/Retina scan."
"Voice Confirmation.Approved.Scanning Now."A small eye shaped contraption appeared out of the computer using tiny lasers to scan Hunter's eye. "Retina scan.Approved.Welcome Tonder, Seth." After the computer finished the slab of rock suddenly slid upwards revealing a small cavern. In the cavern were two small cots pushed up against the far wall, a small table close beside them and a large wooden slab up against the wall directly left of the door.
Daniel, who had been watching from upon the bike, squeaked in childish delight at the completely odd happening as Tifa stared in complete disbelief.
Immediately Hunter went over to his G-Bike and carefully wheeled it into the small cavern making sure he didn't bash Cloud's head in the process or knock Daniel off. Once in the room he removed Cloud from the bike and put him on one of the cots before walking quietly over to Tifa who was still outside the cavern "Coming?"
Quietly she walked in, a small command from hunter caused the slab of rock to close behind her as she stared daggers at him. "Ok.I want to get something straight."
"Shoot."
"We were attacked by Psycho Commandos in a Jeep, forced to go the journey here without an explanation WHY, nearly killed by a giant snake-like creature and now we're in a hidden cavern with high-Tech entrance." As she spoke her voice grew colder as her face inched angrily towards his.
"Well heh that's the jist of it fer now..eheh" He replied nervously realizing his back was against the wall.
Quietly she just stared at him with piercing eyes "You.you.you!!!"
"Umm.me me me?" Figured this didn't help his causes and he found this tree once he felt her iron and extremely painful fists connect continuously with various parts of his body.
About 5 minutes later Tifa decided she had Pummeled on Hunter enough since he was curled up into a little ball whimpering while covering his head. Satisfied she walled over to were Cloud had been lain and carefully began to tend to his wound as Daniel hopped off the bike and over to his mom. "You were mad.weren't you mommy?"
"Yes Sweetheart.Mommy was VERY mad.
Love it? Hate it so far? Need to know.Got more reviews then I woulda thought. I got one so far! Well anyway heres the next chapter
Tifa lay there quietly staring at the ceiling of the tent. She had awoken only seconds before and was still trying to gather the events for the other day. It really didn't make any sense to her; being approached by a G-bike then seconds later being attacked by a jeep with crazed commandos in it.
Now there they were, with some unknown stranger, out in the middle of nowhere without weapons. She probably wouldn't have been so worried had Daniel not been with her and Cloud when this all happened, but he was and there seemed little she could do about it.
Tifa sighed and look to one side to see Cloud resting peacefully. She smiled and turned to her other side but to her panic Daniel wasn't there. Before she had time to call out to him a child's giggle came from outside the tent. She quickly got up, carefully as not to disturb Cloud, and exited the tent to find her son sitting on the G-bike with Hunter in front of him.
"Nothing in this hand annnnd nothing in this hand! Now watch!" She watched as Hunter twirled his hand around then placed in behind Daniels ear. Then after a moment he moved it away and handed Daniel a gil. "See! Just like magic! Here ya go Kiddo."
Daniel giggled happily then saw his mom and waved to her "Hi mom. Uncle Hunter's funny!"
Tifa walked over and eyed Hunter "Uncle?"
He waved his hands defensively "Hey hey! Don't look at me!"
Daniel giggled again and jumped onto the ground then looked up at his mom "Uncle Hunter taught me to ride to."
Tifa again looked at Hunter "You what?"
The rider laughed nervously as he rubbed the back of his neck "I uhh.well you know.Oh look at the time! I have something I gotta do! Be back soon" With that he jumped onto the G-Bike and started it up. Before Tifa could say anything he'd taken off into the Zolom's Marsh.
Tifa shook her head and mumbled to herself "I swear that is he's one of the oddest people I've ever met."
"Same here." She turned around to see Cloud picking up Daniel and resting him on his shoulders. "That guy is either off his rocker or where being led to a trap. The worst part is we can't really do anything until we get to where he's taking us."
Tifa nodded, knowing he was right. They didn't have any weapons though she had no doubt in her minds she could kick the crap out of Hunter in a fist fight, she also knew he had guns. She didn't like any of this especially because Daniel was involved. She sighed.
"Hey, don't worry." Cloud said reassuringly as he put an arm around her shoulders lovingly, "Everything will be alright. We just need to see what Hunter and this 'Guardian' guy want then we can go home."
Tifa nodded once again and smiled slightly before they all dropped into a small silence. Several minutes later the dull whine of Hunters engine was heard and he soon pulled up beside them once again.
"O.K. people let's pack it up and move out!" He said as he jumped off and ran over to the tent.
Cloud and Tifa exchanged looks "What? Why?"
Pulling out a lighter Hunter abruptly set the tent on fire then ran over to his bike and started shuffling through the saddlebags "Got to go before the Zolom regen's" Tossing Tifa and Daniel helmets he jumped on the still idling bike "Now get on!"[A/N: Yeah, Yeah most of you probably know this but the Zolom is the huge snake like thing in the marsh beside the Chocobo farm.]
They all did as told and hopped on the back of the bike. Much to their surprise Hunter started off into the Zolom's marsh.
"What do you mean Regen?" Cloud shouted of the dull wind as they made their way across the marsh at a mediocre pace.
"I mean the Zolom of the marsh regenerates after being 'killed'. It depends on the damage but I think be have 10-15 minutes to get the hell across this marsh before it's back in order."
"The Zolom regenerates?!" Tifa and Cloud shouted at the same time in shock.
Hunter nodded his head "Yup and we have that short time to get across the swamp; a normal 1 ½ hour trip. So hold on." With that said he revved the engine and seconds later the bike took off at break neck speed through the mud and moss. It jumped, skidded and whined over rocks, fallen trees and other obstacles, jerking its riders up, down and all around but never bucking them off.
Eventually an hour rolled by and with no sign of the Zolom everything seemed safe enough. Still the bike hummed and whined as Hunter jumped over obstacles and such.
"Look there's the mines. Nearly ther-" Before the young man could finish his sentence the ground beside the G-bike lurched upward, tossing the bike and its occupants off to the side and into the mud.
As he flew through the air, Cloud could see the Zolom burst forth from the ground before his head struck something hard and darkness enveloped him.
"Cloud!" Tifa cried out as she saw her husband hit his head and stop moving seconds before she and Daniel hit the moss and mud and went sliding through. Shaking her head, Tifa sat up and scrambled over to Cloud. Carefully she put his head on her lap, when she removed her hands she found them deep crimson with blood. "Cloud! Please be alright."
Just then a loud cry caught her attention "MOOOMMMYY!!!"
"Daniel!"
Tifa looked up to see the Zolom was completely ignoring her and Cloud and was heading straight for their son. Vainly she called to her son, as she stood and ran towards him "DANIEL!!!"
An ear-shattering roar from the Zolom blanked her out her cry however as it swiftly approached the young boy.
Managing to get there before the monster Tifa picked up her son and started Mad dashing over the mud and moss slicked ground away from the Zolom but despite her efforts it was quickly gaining.
Suddenly she heard a spat of gunfire from behind her and the overwhelming roar of the beast as it jerked to a halt. Stopping, Tifa turned at looked at the Zolom to find one of its eyes and it's jaw leaking purplish-green blood. Confused but not complaining the young martial artist sped over to where her unconscious husband laid, the crying Daniel in her arms. Just then she noticed the dull whine of a G-bike just into to see Hunter pull up beside her.
"Common! Common! Gotta go! Gotta go!" He exclaimed while jumping off the bike and hauling Cloud onto it while ushering Daniel and Tifa to get on themselves. Waiting impatiently until they were on he jumped on and gunned the throttle trying desperately to keep the speed high and keep Cloud on.
Moments later they entered the mines where Hunter pulled the bike to a stop. ".well that was interesting."He said as he jumped off the bike and walled quietly over to the wall opposite the cavern entrance.
Tifa's eyes flicked as he said this nearly causing her to lose her temper "We nearly died! How can you call that interesting?!"
"Umm." As he spoke he tapped his fist lightly against random parts of the wall, suddenly one part slid away revealing a small computer. "I Thought since you went against Sephiroth you'd have a small sense of Humor about it?" This left Tifa with nothing to say as her face turned a fury red, her temper still boiling.
Not getting a response Hunter turned his attention to the small computer "Tonder, Seth. Request: Voice confirmation/Retina scan."
"Voice Confirmation.Approved.Scanning Now."A small eye shaped contraption appeared out of the computer using tiny lasers to scan Hunter's eye. "Retina scan.Approved.Welcome Tonder, Seth." After the computer finished the slab of rock suddenly slid upwards revealing a small cavern. In the cavern were two small cots pushed up against the far wall, a small table close beside them and a large wooden slab up against the wall directly left of the door.
Daniel, who had been watching from upon the bike, squeaked in childish delight at the completely odd happening as Tifa stared in complete disbelief.
Immediately Hunter went over to his G-Bike and carefully wheeled it into the small cavern making sure he didn't bash Cloud's head in the process or knock Daniel off. Once in the room he removed Cloud from the bike and put him on one of the cots before walking quietly over to Tifa who was still outside the cavern "Coming?"
Quietly she walked in, a small command from hunter caused the slab of rock to close behind her as she stared daggers at him. "Ok.I want to get something straight."
"Shoot."
"We were attacked by Psycho Commandos in a Jeep, forced to go the journey here without an explanation WHY, nearly killed by a giant snake-like creature and now we're in a hidden cavern with high-Tech entrance." As she spoke her voice grew colder as her face inched angrily towards his.
"Well heh that's the jist of it fer now..eheh" He replied nervously realizing his back was against the wall.
Quietly she just stared at him with piercing eyes "You.you.you!!!"
"Umm.me me me?" Figured this didn't help his causes and he found this tree once he felt her iron and extremely painful fists connect continuously with various parts of his body.
About 5 minutes later Tifa decided she had Pummeled on Hunter enough since he was curled up into a little ball whimpering while covering his head. Satisfied she walled over to were Cloud had been lain and carefully began to tend to his wound as Daniel hopped off the bike and over to his mom. "You were mad.weren't you mommy?"
"Yes Sweetheart.Mommy was VERY mad.