I said it in the first chapter, but I don't own any of these charaters.

Chapter 2.

Red opens up the cabinet and they all see….. "Our weapons!" Every ultimate weapon of theirs is hung up. Each on has strings of blue electricity around them. They hesistate before taking them. "Red, what's going on with our weapons?" Cloud asked. Red replies with a laughing sort of tone. "Oh, not much. The only thing is is….now what was it? Oh, that's right…" "Tell us!!" they anxiously yell. "Well, to put it simply, every weapon is now twice as strong as it once was."

"Sweet, awsome, kick ass!" they yeall. One by one they take out their weapons. Cloud looks at his Ultima Weapon. "So that's why they are electrified," he says to himself. Red even takes his and sets it firmly in his ear. "There was no need for you to train. It wouldn't have done much anyway. Besides, I didn't want to worry you and the town. The weapons should be enough. Well, let's go, we have to prepare. We have maybe four hours until midnight. Then we will wait."

They go outside and in the four hours Tifa and Yuffie evacuate everyone, Cid and Vincent put up the emergeny bunkers ( barriers that go around the house powered by materia that cast stronger forms of wall, mb barrier, and all other support spells), Barret, Cloud and Red all go and get the materia Red was storing underground. He put it all underground for fear of someone finding the materia and using it for wrong purposes. "Whoa," Cloud admires. The materia are all giving off quite a radiant glow that lights up the whole gave. Each materia is a master one, so there is only one of each (Green- Spell, Yellow- Command, Blue-Support, Red-Summon, and one colorless indepentdent materia.

Cloud picks up the summon one. "The Knights of the Round Table, Bahamut ZERO, they are all here. Who gets what?" Red thinks for a second. "Well, once the others get here we will decide." They wait and eventually Red goes to fetch them since the others probably don't know where the cave is. He comes back and Tiffa and Yuffie gasp. "They're beautiflu!" Cid even admires it. "Whoa…been a long time huh?"

"We have to distribute this evenly," Red reminds. "But, there are seven of us and only five materia." Everyone stays silent for awhile. Vincent circle the materia, which are and a platform that looks almost invisible. "I will not take one. Never did like using them," he says. "Fine," Red says "and what about the other six? Let's start with Cloud." Cloud already made up his mind.

"I will not take one either," he replies. "What?" Tiffa asks. "It will be me and my sword with you guys to back me." "If you say so." Tiffa looks around at her options. "Well, I guess I'll take Support materia. "I'll use it when you guys are casting." She slowly picks it up and it starts to glow even more. She equips it and feels very powered. Barret steps forward. "Shi' man. I guess I'll take the Spell one. I can cure you guys and if Tiffa uses mp absorb at the same time, it won't take that much mp away." He picks up the green one and it glows even more too. Red thinks to himself. "Exactly the ones I thought they would pick. Hmm." Yuffie steps up. "Yay! I'll take the Command one! It can help me throw and steal!" She picks it up. The yellow shines off her eyes. Cid's turn is up. "Summoning ain't for me, I'm takin' the Independent one." It glows as he picks it up. Red sees the only one left. The summoning one. He equips it and his flaming red tail flames even higher and brighter. "Let's go," Red orders. They all walk out. They travel just about ten miles out of the city on their chocobos. They stand tall and proud, ready for the fight. It is a perfectly clear night out and the stars are shining.

The Cosmo Twin Bells strike twelve and in the distance they can see small flashes of lightning. A small wind picks up. They all get off the chocobos and send them runnning back home.

FLASH, FLASH, FLASH!!!!! All of a sudden small energy flashes start fiering on the group. They ping off and a small shield protects them all. "Red, what are those flashes?" Cloud yells against the noise. Everyone soon realizes that they are protected by radiant shields. Red yells back "It's his energy. He can form it outside his body and propell it!"
"How come they can't hit us?" Barret yells. More start coming and the wind picks up even more. "It's the materia! Even if you don't have one, you are protected. The materia can feel the close bonds between you and they want to preserve that bond. But becareful! They can not protect you once you start to use them. Either they are protecting you in the form of a shield or in the form you see them when they are cast." Everyone is amazed by this explanation. "So what we see is just a form they take to protect us?" Cloud yells. "Yes." The flashes stop and the shields diffuse for the moment.

Cloud looks at Red. "You know all this?" he asks. "Yes, I do, obviously," Red says, without looking at Cloud.

"Bugenhagen?"

"Yes."

find out next chapter what happens next.