Ch. 2
Cloud had only seen his dad through pictures. "He was a great warrior." Cloud's mom had always said. He had thought and dreamt of his father if he were alive now back in Nibelheim. Suhn Strife was his name…
"Son, what a pleasant surprise. For you anyway." said Suhn.
"Dad…" Cloud barely got out, "You died…in the army…long ago."
"I was never a fighter in the army, son. I was the assistant leader in the clone development program. Didn't you get the money I sent in the mail? My job is classified so I couldn't keep in contact with my family ever again," said Suhn, "I'm sorry for missing your childhood, son."
"Why show up now!" screamed Cloud, "You let mom die!! You weren't there for anything! I made so many mistakes that could have been avoided if you were just there!"
"I can't go back to the past but I'm here now. The past is done with now." Said Suhn.
"What now then?" said Cloud, "Are we going to fight?"
"No, don't you see?" said Suhn, "They see that lab, they think I'm dead. I can finally come home."
"There is no home," said Cloud, "Nibelheim was destroyed thanks to you and your Sephiroth clones!"
"That's not true, Cloud!" said Tifa in Suhn's defense, "The original Sephiroth destroyed Nibelheim. The clones made you free him the second time, but he didn't really do anything that time besides summon meteor."
"They killed Aeris!" he howled holding nothing back and charging at his father with no weapon.
"I'm sorry, son," said Suhn, dodging Cloud's charge, "But Shinra forced me to make clones for them. I had no choice. They payed me out of mercy."
A huge group of Proud Clods came out of the Shinra building. The gang took off, Suhn with them. "Ultima!" he shouted, taking out a group of the robots with his spell.
They reached the train tunnel entrance only to find more Proud Clods waiting for them. In the nick of time the Highwind finally showed. "Sorry for the delay!" shouted Cid.
As they got on, they noticed Yuffie in the back looking very sick. "Stop another conspiracy?" she asked.
"Ummm…yeah." said Cloud. Yuffie didn't know about the war. They gave Cid a hug as he pulled up.
"We're outta here!" he said, "What the?" He noticed a creature tailing the high wind. It was Dark-pheonix the bringer of death.
"Oh no!" said Suhn, "That things dangerous! It took Shinra 10 years to conjure it up."
"Who's he?" asked Cid, just noticing Suhn.
"Some old man." said Cloud. He saw Tifa whisper to Cid immediately after and Cid nodded.
"Black hole!" shouted Dark-pheonix. A huge dark vortex opened inside of the ship. Cid gasped.
"Everyone hold on to something!" he shouted. It was too late for Yuffie and Barrett though.
"Nooo!!!!" everyone shouted at once.