"No! Da- I mean gosh golly!" Aeris growled.
"Gosh golly? Even I don't say things as pathetic as that. I mean, mosey was bad, but gosh golly?" Cloud wondered aloud.
"Since I'm the little nice ancient princess, I'm not allowed to lower my reputation," Aeris quickly explained. "Umm... Cloud?"
"Yes?" Cloud asked.
"How long was he giving us?" Aeris asked.
"Well... It's been 10 minutes... Let's wait a few more and see-" Cloud began but Aeris pulled him to the exit. Sephiroth watched from his helicopter above.
"Now... I just blow it up when they're a few feet away and everyone is happy with a successful escape scene," Sephiroth grinned as he pressed the detonation button on the remote.
Cloud and Aeris jump as an explosion fills the background. Scarlet growled in disgust.
"You evil maniacs are all morons! You have the enemy right where you want them and you have to gloat so much to let them escape!" Scarlet fumed. Sephiroth eyed her in annoyance.
"Are you mocking my system of doing things?" Sephiroth unsheathed his Masamune.
"Oh no. I'd never do that!" Scarlet cowered.
"Good. Besides... When you let Tifa escape on the Mako Cannon wasn't anything great on your part," Sephiroth added.
"So... You're saying it's near Mideel..." Cloud replied as he drove the buggy towards his rendezvous point.
"Yes. That's where the location was being narrowed down," Aeris explained.
"Hmm... Why does that place sound familiar... Something about Xe... no... gears... rings a bell..." Cloud tried to remember why the place sounded familiar.
"The meeting place is over there!" Aeris pointed to a man smoking near the Tiny Bronco. They pulled the car over and hopped out to meet the mysterious individual.
"So... I see you still haven't shook the habit," Cloud smiled.
"Who asked for your #&$*#(#) opinion!?" the man took another smoke.
"Cid, is this what we're using to find the base?" Cloud asked. Cid grit his teeth and nodded.
"Yes... But if you make one scratch on her... You'll be answering to me..." Cid growled. "And don't even think of touching my private stash of cigarettes and tea bags!" Cid took the keys for the buggy from Cloud and tossed Cloud the keys for the Tiny Bronco.
::Highwind Theme cues up::
"Hmm... I wonder where they would hide a base here..." Cloud looked down into the jungle. Aeris glanced over the destroyed Mideel.
"Cloud, what about the crater in Mideel? That could hide a base," Aeris suggested.
"They wouldn't put one in there... There's nothing interesting to do in that crater. Believe me, I looked!" Cloud added.
"Oh yeah. I remember... That's how you got your memory back right?" Aeris asked.
"Huh? What memory?" Cloud replied. Aeris frowned.
"Nevermind..." Aeris sighed.
"The only thing down in the crater is a gift shop and a MakoDonalds," Cloud continued. Aeris brightened.
"A gift shop?" Aeris looked to Cloud. Suddenly, a blast emitted from the jungle below and struck the plane in the rear. (If you can call the Tiny Bronco a plane...)
"We're going down!" Cloud shouted. Aeris screamed.
"I wish I had my white materia..." Aeris watched as the ground came up to meet them. Cloud sighed.
"Maybe they'll be something good on the radio," Cloud turned it on. 'Determination' (The music they play in Chrono Trigger when you enter Lavos with Epoch) begins to play. Cloud shook his head. "We can't just lose! We'd be letting Marle down!"
"Marle? Cloud have you been hanging around with other-" Aeris began. The plane shook violently as it crashed into a section of the forest. Cloud and Aeris screamed.
"Aeris!!" Cloud yelled. He grabbed her in what was supposed to be an embracing hug.
"Cloud!" Aeris slapped him across the face. The plane suddenly shook violently and came to a collision.
Cloud moaned as he stepped out of the plane. He moaned because of the crash, but mainly because he realized there was no ground where he just stepped. Cloud cried out as he fell to the ground.
"Oww... Damn Tiny Bronco... Damn Cid... Damn smoking habits... Damn Nicotine... Damn it all..." Cloud felt his world spin around him. "Wooo! We must be spinning to the third CD of this fanfic!" Cloud grabbed his temples, trying to stop the spinning. He suddenly felt someone else's presence in the vicinity. He turned to get a blurred version of a woman dressed in red. "...Aeris?" The woman kicked Cloud in the side.
"Fool. You die here!" the woman jumped on top of him.
"Aeris! It wasn't that bad of a crash. And about that grab, I didn't mean to touch-" Cloud felt the woman's fingers wrap around his neck.
"I will teach you good guys to lose!" the woman screamed as she bashed Cloud in the face with her fists. Suddenly, Aeris jumped down and kicked her to the side.
"Time to leave this fanfic for good Scarlet!" Aeris shouted. Scarlet grinned.
"Stupid ancient. You don't stand a chance against me!" Scarlet pulled out the piece of white materia. "With this, I'll summon Holy to crush both of you!"
"Huh? The white materia?" Cloud moaned. "She can't summon Holy can she?" Aeris bit her lip.
"I hope not... But she sure is 'Ancient' enough," Aeris replied. Scarlet grit her teeth.
"You'll die for that comment!" Scarlet snarled. She pulled out a gun to shoot down Aeris. Suddenly, we go into FMV sequence.
"Hey? What the-" Scarlet began. Yuffie comes flying down from above and crashes into Scarlet with her Deformer, I mean Conformer.
"You think you can just kick me out of a fanfic! I think not!" Yuffie began to swipe at Scarlet with her weapon. Scarlet dropped the gun and white materia to try and avoid her strikes. She dove out of the way just as the Conformer narrowly missed a 'Deathblow.'
"Go Scaret!" Cloud waved a flag and cheered. Aeris slapped him. "What? Would you rather me root for Yuffie!?"
"Hmm... Good point. But I think Yuffie is a safer bet anyway," Aeris replied. "Go Yuffie!"
Scarlet shouted as she grabbed the Conformer and tossed it away. Yuffie struck back with a blow to the head. Scarlet fell to the ground.
"I... won't... let you... win..." Scarlet gasped. Yuffie laughed.
"What are you going to do? Use Meteo? Or maybe you'll jump on a helicopter like Rufus does," Yuffie grinned. (Final Fantasy IV)
"No... This-" Scarlet pulled out a piece of purple materia and threw it at her. Yuffie caught the materia.
"Ha! Materia! I love it! I kill you and get a piece of materia," Yuffie punched the air in success.
"That's 'Don Corneo Lure' materia..." Scarlet grinned. Yuffie looked confused. "It attracts Don Corneo!"
"..." Yuffie turned pale.
"Hey! There you are!!" Don Corneo jumped out of the bushes. "I finally found you again!" Don Corneo stepped towards Yuffie. "You still owe me a 'special night!'"
"Nooooooooooooo!" Yuffie screeched. She dashed into the forest with Don Corneo in close pursuit. Scarlet managed to stand up and take out a piece of green materia.
"Exit..." Scarlet coughed. Scarlet teleported out. Cloud and Aeris looked at each other.
"Umm... Let's go before any of them come back," Cloud replied. Aeris picked up her piece of white materia and the two began to walk through the jungle.
"Gosh golly? Even I don't say things as pathetic as that. I mean, mosey was bad, but gosh golly?" Cloud wondered aloud.
"Since I'm the little nice ancient princess, I'm not allowed to lower my reputation," Aeris quickly explained. "Umm... Cloud?"
"Yes?" Cloud asked.
"How long was he giving us?" Aeris asked.
"Well... It's been 10 minutes... Let's wait a few more and see-" Cloud began but Aeris pulled him to the exit. Sephiroth watched from his helicopter above.
"Now... I just blow it up when they're a few feet away and everyone is happy with a successful escape scene," Sephiroth grinned as he pressed the detonation button on the remote.
Cloud and Aeris jump as an explosion fills the background. Scarlet growled in disgust.
"You evil maniacs are all morons! You have the enemy right where you want them and you have to gloat so much to let them escape!" Scarlet fumed. Sephiroth eyed her in annoyance.
"Are you mocking my system of doing things?" Sephiroth unsheathed his Masamune.
"Oh no. I'd never do that!" Scarlet cowered.
"Good. Besides... When you let Tifa escape on the Mako Cannon wasn't anything great on your part," Sephiroth added.
"So... You're saying it's near Mideel..." Cloud replied as he drove the buggy towards his rendezvous point.
"Yes. That's where the location was being narrowed down," Aeris explained.
"Hmm... Why does that place sound familiar... Something about Xe... no... gears... rings a bell..." Cloud tried to remember why the place sounded familiar.
"The meeting place is over there!" Aeris pointed to a man smoking near the Tiny Bronco. They pulled the car over and hopped out to meet the mysterious individual.
"So... I see you still haven't shook the habit," Cloud smiled.
"Who asked for your #&$*#(#) opinion!?" the man took another smoke.
"Cid, is this what we're using to find the base?" Cloud asked. Cid grit his teeth and nodded.
"Yes... But if you make one scratch on her... You'll be answering to me..." Cid growled. "And don't even think of touching my private stash of cigarettes and tea bags!" Cid took the keys for the buggy from Cloud and tossed Cloud the keys for the Tiny Bronco.
::Highwind Theme cues up::
"Hmm... I wonder where they would hide a base here..." Cloud looked down into the jungle. Aeris glanced over the destroyed Mideel.
"Cloud, what about the crater in Mideel? That could hide a base," Aeris suggested.
"They wouldn't put one in there... There's nothing interesting to do in that crater. Believe me, I looked!" Cloud added.
"Oh yeah. I remember... That's how you got your memory back right?" Aeris asked.
"Huh? What memory?" Cloud replied. Aeris frowned.
"Nevermind..." Aeris sighed.
"The only thing down in the crater is a gift shop and a MakoDonalds," Cloud continued. Aeris brightened.
"A gift shop?" Aeris looked to Cloud. Suddenly, a blast emitted from the jungle below and struck the plane in the rear. (If you can call the Tiny Bronco a plane...)
"We're going down!" Cloud shouted. Aeris screamed.
"I wish I had my white materia..." Aeris watched as the ground came up to meet them. Cloud sighed.
"Maybe they'll be something good on the radio," Cloud turned it on. 'Determination' (The music they play in Chrono Trigger when you enter Lavos with Epoch) begins to play. Cloud shook his head. "We can't just lose! We'd be letting Marle down!"
"Marle? Cloud have you been hanging around with other-" Aeris began. The plane shook violently as it crashed into a section of the forest. Cloud and Aeris screamed.
"Aeris!!" Cloud yelled. He grabbed her in what was supposed to be an embracing hug.
"Cloud!" Aeris slapped him across the face. The plane suddenly shook violently and came to a collision.
Cloud moaned as he stepped out of the plane. He moaned because of the crash, but mainly because he realized there was no ground where he just stepped. Cloud cried out as he fell to the ground.
"Oww... Damn Tiny Bronco... Damn Cid... Damn smoking habits... Damn Nicotine... Damn it all..." Cloud felt his world spin around him. "Wooo! We must be spinning to the third CD of this fanfic!" Cloud grabbed his temples, trying to stop the spinning. He suddenly felt someone else's presence in the vicinity. He turned to get a blurred version of a woman dressed in red. "...Aeris?" The woman kicked Cloud in the side.
"Fool. You die here!" the woman jumped on top of him.
"Aeris! It wasn't that bad of a crash. And about that grab, I didn't mean to touch-" Cloud felt the woman's fingers wrap around his neck.
"I will teach you good guys to lose!" the woman screamed as she bashed Cloud in the face with her fists. Suddenly, Aeris jumped down and kicked her to the side.
"Time to leave this fanfic for good Scarlet!" Aeris shouted. Scarlet grinned.
"Stupid ancient. You don't stand a chance against me!" Scarlet pulled out the piece of white materia. "With this, I'll summon Holy to crush both of you!"
"Huh? The white materia?" Cloud moaned. "She can't summon Holy can she?" Aeris bit her lip.
"I hope not... But she sure is 'Ancient' enough," Aeris replied. Scarlet grit her teeth.
"You'll die for that comment!" Scarlet snarled. She pulled out a gun to shoot down Aeris. Suddenly, we go into FMV sequence.
"Hey? What the-" Scarlet began. Yuffie comes flying down from above and crashes into Scarlet with her Deformer, I mean Conformer.
"You think you can just kick me out of a fanfic! I think not!" Yuffie began to swipe at Scarlet with her weapon. Scarlet dropped the gun and white materia to try and avoid her strikes. She dove out of the way just as the Conformer narrowly missed a 'Deathblow.'
"Go Scaret!" Cloud waved a flag and cheered. Aeris slapped him. "What? Would you rather me root for Yuffie!?"
"Hmm... Good point. But I think Yuffie is a safer bet anyway," Aeris replied. "Go Yuffie!"
Scarlet shouted as she grabbed the Conformer and tossed it away. Yuffie struck back with a blow to the head. Scarlet fell to the ground.
"I... won't... let you... win..." Scarlet gasped. Yuffie laughed.
"What are you going to do? Use Meteo? Or maybe you'll jump on a helicopter like Rufus does," Yuffie grinned. (Final Fantasy IV)
"No... This-" Scarlet pulled out a piece of purple materia and threw it at her. Yuffie caught the materia.
"Ha! Materia! I love it! I kill you and get a piece of materia," Yuffie punched the air in success.
"That's 'Don Corneo Lure' materia..." Scarlet grinned. Yuffie looked confused. "It attracts Don Corneo!"
"..." Yuffie turned pale.
"Hey! There you are!!" Don Corneo jumped out of the bushes. "I finally found you again!" Don Corneo stepped towards Yuffie. "You still owe me a 'special night!'"
"Nooooooooooooo!" Yuffie screeched. She dashed into the forest with Don Corneo in close pursuit. Scarlet managed to stand up and take out a piece of green materia.
"Exit..." Scarlet coughed. Scarlet teleported out. Cloud and Aeris looked at each other.
"Umm... Let's go before any of them come back," Cloud replied. Aeris picked up her piece of white materia and the two began to walk through the jungle.