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Michele's Saga, Chapter 5
Michele's Feelings
"Who does she think she is?" I raged aloud scaring a few people who were on the streets at this late an hour. "If she wants to be a leader she has to learn to respect her friends. Of course, I refuse to be her friend."
I was pissed. Nobody has ever annoyed me like that before. "I need to cool off somewhere." I said to myself running towards the Blitz Stadium. "Nobody's here. Might as well just sit here and think for awhile." I thought to myself. Looking at the water below my thoughts turned to Perry.
"Why am I doing this?" I thought. "What made me go on this whole adventure? Was it to take care of Emi?" "Or was it because I wanted her to lead me to Perry? He probably won't recognize me after all these years." I pondered as my eyes stared to tear up. But yelling from behind me interrupted me.
"You're lucky we don't kill you for this!" a large man said to a familiar figure. "Fine! Just leave me alone." She said to him walking down to me. "Mind if I join you?" she asked me. It was who I thought it was.
"Weren't you that Blitzball player that we found today?" I asked her. "Yeah. Back when I could still play." She said looking downwards. I couldn't see her that well in the dark but she had blonde hair that went shoulder length with green eyes. She wore a tanktop that showed her navel and on her left arm was some kind of gauntlet that reminded me of Vincent. She had very short shorts on and she wore blue boots. She also wore a cut off glove on her right hand. She looked rather pretty.
"Can't play? Why can't you?" I inquired. "They threw me off the league. Once they found out I was a girl today they wouldn't have me play again. I would've been killed if I hadn't helped the team so much." She told me. "I'm so sorry. I wish I could help you." I told her. "I have nowhere to go now. My team was practically my family and I was just kicked outta the house."
"Wanna come with me? I'm looking for someone." I told her. "Sure. I'd be glad to. What's your name anyway?" she asked me. "Michele. What about you?" I asked her back. "January, the only female blitz player in the world." She beamed proudly. "Nice name. I should return to the hotel now before everyone else worries about me." I told her. "Lead the way."
We left the stadium and walked along the main roads. It was like one giant highway connecting everything. Lights were on everywhere; you couldn't even see the stars in the night sky. In this new light I got a better look at my new friend. She looked the same except for two things. The one that caught my attention at first was her breasts. She reminded me of Tifa, hers were just about the same size, but this wasn't the most shocking detail I have to tell. She had a tail, a tail!?
"Marveling at my figure?" she asked taking notice. "Well...ugh...sorry." I said unable to hide it. "Its okay. I wore that thick armor so people would see these things." She said touching her chest. "The tail however isn't just a girl thing. All Genomes have tails." She told me. "Genome? What the heck is a Genome?" I asked her getting even more confused. Knowing she has a tail is one thing but having some kind of race with tails is just too much to comprehend at once.
"You never heard of a Genome? We're a rather athletic race. Some of us are rather stiff and complicated but we're not too bad. You can pick us out by our tails." She told me. "Oh, ok." I said trying to make it sound like I understood. "You still don't understand do you?" she said smiling a bit. "Not really." I said. Soon we were both laughing. I was beginning to like this January.
We soon arrived at the hotel and I went to my room with January right behind me. Everyone was asleep so I just went to my bed as January slept on the couch. At first I couldn't sleep then I began to dream. I dreamt of the time Perry and his friends saved my world from Hester. I thought that once we killed her and her Omega Weapon that everything would be fine. But that was not the case at all. Perry left before I could tell him anything. I do realize that he loves Yuffie a lot more than I do but I have to tell me how I feel before its too late. I then remembered something I carried with me.
"Otherworld?" I whispered to myself in my sleep. The Otherworld materia may be my answer, but I have no idea how to use it. I think Perry gave it to me for a reason. I must fulfill that reason.
Morning came all too quickly. Elena woke everyone up with her sword cannon pointing at January's head. "Wait!" I yelled to her.
"Who's this bimbo? How'd she get here?" she asked everyone not moving the sword cannon from its position. "This is the Blitzball player we helped the other day. She wants to come with us." I explained. "Out of the question. Our group is already sorry enough as it is." She spat. "Quiet!" we heard a childish voice yell.
"I can't stand this arguing anymore! It's making everyone sad! Now just be nice from now on!" Emi screamed, tears rolling down her Wutainese cheeks. "Emi? I...I suppose she could come along." Elena said putting her sword cannon away. "I'm sorry I yelled everyone." She said sobbing a little bit. "Hey kid don't worry bout it." January said walking over to the little girl offering her a hug.
"Who're you? Hey! You're that Blitzball player we met yesterday." She said perking up immediately. "Yup. I'm January. What's your name?" she asked. "I'm Emerald Kisaragi. Just call me Emi." She told her. Thank god January is a nice person.
"Where do we go now?" Emi asked Elena. "Well. Those men we were fighting yesterday ran off in the direction of some kind of cave outside this city. Maybe Lugara has a base hidden there." Elena told us. "So you think we should investigate?" Hazel asked from her bed. "Yes. Get ready. Meet me downstairs in a few minutes. Don't disappoint me." She said leaving the room.
"Is it just me or does that military chick act all tough around us?" January asked everyone. "Now that you mention it she does. Wonder why?" I thought to myself. Elena did seem like a bully to us but there has to be a reason why she acts in this way. I got my stuff together and we met her downstairs.
"Ready to go. The cave they went to is just outside the city. We can take a monorail to the outskirts." Elena told us as we left the building. Getting on the large train we all took our seats and enjoyed the smooth ride.
"This is a nice train. Better than the ones in Midgar!" Emi said looking out the window with her legs kicking behind her. "It is rather nice. Does make me miss home a bit." Hazel said. She kept quiet most of the time. "Yeah. We should be there in no ti..." I said until a rumbling interrupted me. I fell to the floor and soldiers came crashing through the window. We all got up and took our fighting positions.
"They must know we're coming!" Elena said shooting one of them in a face killing him. "Lights out!" January said throwing her Blitzball at the other and this black cloud shrouded his face. He couldn't see well enough to notice me elbow him in the face. "We have to get outta this car quick!" Elena signaled to us.
Running to the next one more men awaited us. Emi tossed her weapon at them taking out one and cutting the other. "The girl is skilled." January said as one of the men hit her with a nightstick. "Ouch! That's no way to treat a girl." She said squeezing her Blitzball tightly and focusing. "Elemental Reels!" she shouted spinning the ball of her finger then tossing it into the air, spinning around and kicking a flaming ball at the guy that hurt her. Needless to say he didn't make it.
"Once we reach the stop we get off this train!" Elena commanded. For once she was making a decent leader. The train stopped just outside the city walls and we ran off towards the caves Elena indicated.
"This place sure is dark." Emi noted as we all stumbled through the cave. "Here this may help." Elena said turning on her suit's flashlight. The area around her body was enveloped in light. "Guess you should lead the way." I told her. "Unfortunately." She said sighing a heavy sigh. Despite her acting a little nicer she was still the same Elena.
"I don't get it. This seems like just an average cave to me." January commented to us. "She's right. This doesn't seems like a base to me." Hazel said. "We entered like a few minutes ago. You don't expect them to keep their secrets right at the entrance do you?" Elena asked us in an annoyed manner.
"Maybe there is some kind of switch or something into their hideout." Emi said holding onto Hazel's hand. "What gives you that idea?" January asked. "Well they would put it in a place that nobody could easily get to." She explained. "She has a point." Elena said putting on her visor. We heard hums and blips from her headgear.
"What's that thingy?" Emi asked innocently. "It's my visor. Right now I have x-ray mode on. I'm searching for hollow walls and openings. "Wow. That's cool." She answered.
A few minutes later we were getting nowhere fast. "Are you sure this is the right cave?" I asked Elena, who was still scanning everything. "Positive. I wonder why we haven't been found out yet." She answered. "Watch that there's some kind of secret button we missed." January commented leaning against a wall. Lo and behold, she activated a switch and a mechanical passage was revealed.
"Um, nice...job?" Elena said baffled. "Guess I'm just lucky." She smiled. "Well let's go to it." Elena signaled removing her visor.
This hallway was made out of metal and we could all hear the sound of machines around us. Then I just screamed as one of them dropped down in front of us. It had five arms, each with blades on the end, attached to its spherical body with a red eye in the center.
"A security drone! Destroy it before it can alert the main force." Elena shouted to the rest of us, drawing her sword cannon. "Ha!" January yelled whipping her ball at the machine. It gave off a slight buzz before resuming its task, destroying us.
"Bolt!" I declared sending a surge of electricity surging through it. It now looked very damaged but it then began to do something.
"Surface Scan!" we heard it declare in a robotic voice. In a flash of light nothing happened. "That was different." Emi shouted before throwing her weapon at it, cutting it in half. "Nice job kid." January told her before we all moved onward. I saw Emi blush upon hearing those words. Maybe she has a hero.
We continued until we were in what looked like some kind of factory. "This must be what they were hiding." Elena said. Tons of large crates were being shipped onto large cart and being taken away down another tunnel.
"What are they shipping?" I asked. "Not sure. There are only three officers down there so the workers shouldn't bother us." She told us. "Let's go then." Emi said, jumping down to where everyone was.
"Wait! Guess we have no choice now." Elena said following the little child. "What the? How'd you get here little girl?" One of the officers asked Emi. "I'll have you know...I got lost on the tour." She joked. She had a sense of humor like her father, a bad one.
"Call it in!" the other officer yelled as he drew his rifle and stood next to his buddy. "Take this!" Emi shouted throwing Gara at the both of them. They got cut a bit but weren't very hurt from it. "Ice!" Hazel chanted as she unleashed a cold spell at both of them.
"They're quite strong." One of them said to him. "Got that right." Elena said shooting him and leaving only one left.
"You bitches!" the other yelled. "Hey! We have a little girl with us!" I said picking the man up and slamming him to the floor. "He won't move for awhile." I said dusting myself off.
"Let's destroy this place!" Elena told us taking out a series of strange devices and hooking them together. "Ten minute delay!" she said to the device and placed it on the ground. The device promptly sprouted legs and secured itself to the floor.
"Let's go! Out the hanger doors!" Elena said as we went down the path the carts were going down earlier. Soon we were nearby Garret again but only something was in our way.
"You five aren't going any further!" A man yelled to us. "Sir! We're all set!" someone inside this large blue tank with six generators on top called out.
"Get ready!" Elena said as we prepared for the worst. She fired at the tank but nothing happened.
"Something tells me this won't be good." Emi said running from the rail cannon. "Bolt!" I declared sending lightning at the machine. It seemed to work a bit.
"I wish I had my old powers back! Then I could just destroy this in a thought." Hazel complained to us running from machine gun fire.
"Draw!" Elena called out. A blue light went from the tank to her. "Thanks for the skill!" she said to it. "Plasma Storm!" she called out. A series of purple lights shot out from her and surrounded the whole area.
In one big flash everything was hit with electricity, including us. "What the hell?" I shouted standing up. "It was the best way to damage it!" Elena protested dodging another rail cannon burst.
"As much as that hurt I want to know how you did that." January said helping Emi stand on her own.
"Its called Draw. My armor can absorb certain elements from enemies and I can learn a skill from them. I happened to draw Plasma Storm from this thing and I had to use it right away." Elena explained.
"It's still gonna attack us!" I shouted sending a Bolt at it. Then three of the generators exploded.
"Uh sir? I'm getting abnormal readings!" we heard one of the driver say. "Don't let it get to you! Nothing can stop this M.R.V." another answered.
A few seconds later the tank exploded in one large blast. The three men all ran from it one fire, then died.
"This place is gonna explode in a few seconds!" Elena shouted to us running from the cavern.
I began to see a white flash and realized that no amount of running could save us, this was the end. I felt my arm being grabbed but didn't realize it until I saw that tremendous blast.
Michele's Saga, Chapter 5
Michele's Feelings
"Who does she think she is?" I raged aloud scaring a few people who were on the streets at this late an hour. "If she wants to be a leader she has to learn to respect her friends. Of course, I refuse to be her friend."
I was pissed. Nobody has ever annoyed me like that before. "I need to cool off somewhere." I said to myself running towards the Blitz Stadium. "Nobody's here. Might as well just sit here and think for awhile." I thought to myself. Looking at the water below my thoughts turned to Perry.
"Why am I doing this?" I thought. "What made me go on this whole adventure? Was it to take care of Emi?" "Or was it because I wanted her to lead me to Perry? He probably won't recognize me after all these years." I pondered as my eyes stared to tear up. But yelling from behind me interrupted me.
"You're lucky we don't kill you for this!" a large man said to a familiar figure. "Fine! Just leave me alone." She said to him walking down to me. "Mind if I join you?" she asked me. It was who I thought it was.
"Weren't you that Blitzball player that we found today?" I asked her. "Yeah. Back when I could still play." She said looking downwards. I couldn't see her that well in the dark but she had blonde hair that went shoulder length with green eyes. She wore a tanktop that showed her navel and on her left arm was some kind of gauntlet that reminded me of Vincent. She had very short shorts on and she wore blue boots. She also wore a cut off glove on her right hand. She looked rather pretty.
"Can't play? Why can't you?" I inquired. "They threw me off the league. Once they found out I was a girl today they wouldn't have me play again. I would've been killed if I hadn't helped the team so much." She told me. "I'm so sorry. I wish I could help you." I told her. "I have nowhere to go now. My team was practically my family and I was just kicked outta the house."
"Wanna come with me? I'm looking for someone." I told her. "Sure. I'd be glad to. What's your name anyway?" she asked me. "Michele. What about you?" I asked her back. "January, the only female blitz player in the world." She beamed proudly. "Nice name. I should return to the hotel now before everyone else worries about me." I told her. "Lead the way."
We left the stadium and walked along the main roads. It was like one giant highway connecting everything. Lights were on everywhere; you couldn't even see the stars in the night sky. In this new light I got a better look at my new friend. She looked the same except for two things. The one that caught my attention at first was her breasts. She reminded me of Tifa, hers were just about the same size, but this wasn't the most shocking detail I have to tell. She had a tail, a tail!?
"Marveling at my figure?" she asked taking notice. "Well...ugh...sorry." I said unable to hide it. "Its okay. I wore that thick armor so people would see these things." She said touching her chest. "The tail however isn't just a girl thing. All Genomes have tails." She told me. "Genome? What the heck is a Genome?" I asked her getting even more confused. Knowing she has a tail is one thing but having some kind of race with tails is just too much to comprehend at once.
"You never heard of a Genome? We're a rather athletic race. Some of us are rather stiff and complicated but we're not too bad. You can pick us out by our tails." She told me. "Oh, ok." I said trying to make it sound like I understood. "You still don't understand do you?" she said smiling a bit. "Not really." I said. Soon we were both laughing. I was beginning to like this January.
We soon arrived at the hotel and I went to my room with January right behind me. Everyone was asleep so I just went to my bed as January slept on the couch. At first I couldn't sleep then I began to dream. I dreamt of the time Perry and his friends saved my world from Hester. I thought that once we killed her and her Omega Weapon that everything would be fine. But that was not the case at all. Perry left before I could tell him anything. I do realize that he loves Yuffie a lot more than I do but I have to tell me how I feel before its too late. I then remembered something I carried with me.
"Otherworld?" I whispered to myself in my sleep. The Otherworld materia may be my answer, but I have no idea how to use it. I think Perry gave it to me for a reason. I must fulfill that reason.
Morning came all too quickly. Elena woke everyone up with her sword cannon pointing at January's head. "Wait!" I yelled to her.
"Who's this bimbo? How'd she get here?" she asked everyone not moving the sword cannon from its position. "This is the Blitzball player we helped the other day. She wants to come with us." I explained. "Out of the question. Our group is already sorry enough as it is." She spat. "Quiet!" we heard a childish voice yell.
"I can't stand this arguing anymore! It's making everyone sad! Now just be nice from now on!" Emi screamed, tears rolling down her Wutainese cheeks. "Emi? I...I suppose she could come along." Elena said putting her sword cannon away. "I'm sorry I yelled everyone." She said sobbing a little bit. "Hey kid don't worry bout it." January said walking over to the little girl offering her a hug.
"Who're you? Hey! You're that Blitzball player we met yesterday." She said perking up immediately. "Yup. I'm January. What's your name?" she asked. "I'm Emerald Kisaragi. Just call me Emi." She told her. Thank god January is a nice person.
"Where do we go now?" Emi asked Elena. "Well. Those men we were fighting yesterday ran off in the direction of some kind of cave outside this city. Maybe Lugara has a base hidden there." Elena told us. "So you think we should investigate?" Hazel asked from her bed. "Yes. Get ready. Meet me downstairs in a few minutes. Don't disappoint me." She said leaving the room.
"Is it just me or does that military chick act all tough around us?" January asked everyone. "Now that you mention it she does. Wonder why?" I thought to myself. Elena did seem like a bully to us but there has to be a reason why she acts in this way. I got my stuff together and we met her downstairs.
"Ready to go. The cave they went to is just outside the city. We can take a monorail to the outskirts." Elena told us as we left the building. Getting on the large train we all took our seats and enjoyed the smooth ride.
"This is a nice train. Better than the ones in Midgar!" Emi said looking out the window with her legs kicking behind her. "It is rather nice. Does make me miss home a bit." Hazel said. She kept quiet most of the time. "Yeah. We should be there in no ti..." I said until a rumbling interrupted me. I fell to the floor and soldiers came crashing through the window. We all got up and took our fighting positions.
"They must know we're coming!" Elena said shooting one of them in a face killing him. "Lights out!" January said throwing her Blitzball at the other and this black cloud shrouded his face. He couldn't see well enough to notice me elbow him in the face. "We have to get outta this car quick!" Elena signaled to us.
Running to the next one more men awaited us. Emi tossed her weapon at them taking out one and cutting the other. "The girl is skilled." January said as one of the men hit her with a nightstick. "Ouch! That's no way to treat a girl." She said squeezing her Blitzball tightly and focusing. "Elemental Reels!" she shouted spinning the ball of her finger then tossing it into the air, spinning around and kicking a flaming ball at the guy that hurt her. Needless to say he didn't make it.
"Once we reach the stop we get off this train!" Elena commanded. For once she was making a decent leader. The train stopped just outside the city walls and we ran off towards the caves Elena indicated.
"This place sure is dark." Emi noted as we all stumbled through the cave. "Here this may help." Elena said turning on her suit's flashlight. The area around her body was enveloped in light. "Guess you should lead the way." I told her. "Unfortunately." She said sighing a heavy sigh. Despite her acting a little nicer she was still the same Elena.
"I don't get it. This seems like just an average cave to me." January commented to us. "She's right. This doesn't seems like a base to me." Hazel said. "We entered like a few minutes ago. You don't expect them to keep their secrets right at the entrance do you?" Elena asked us in an annoyed manner.
"Maybe there is some kind of switch or something into their hideout." Emi said holding onto Hazel's hand. "What gives you that idea?" January asked. "Well they would put it in a place that nobody could easily get to." She explained. "She has a point." Elena said putting on her visor. We heard hums and blips from her headgear.
"What's that thingy?" Emi asked innocently. "It's my visor. Right now I have x-ray mode on. I'm searching for hollow walls and openings. "Wow. That's cool." She answered.
A few minutes later we were getting nowhere fast. "Are you sure this is the right cave?" I asked Elena, who was still scanning everything. "Positive. I wonder why we haven't been found out yet." She answered. "Watch that there's some kind of secret button we missed." January commented leaning against a wall. Lo and behold, she activated a switch and a mechanical passage was revealed.
"Um, nice...job?" Elena said baffled. "Guess I'm just lucky." She smiled. "Well let's go to it." Elena signaled removing her visor.
This hallway was made out of metal and we could all hear the sound of machines around us. Then I just screamed as one of them dropped down in front of us. It had five arms, each with blades on the end, attached to its spherical body with a red eye in the center.
"A security drone! Destroy it before it can alert the main force." Elena shouted to the rest of us, drawing her sword cannon. "Ha!" January yelled whipping her ball at the machine. It gave off a slight buzz before resuming its task, destroying us.
"Bolt!" I declared sending a surge of electricity surging through it. It now looked very damaged but it then began to do something.
"Surface Scan!" we heard it declare in a robotic voice. In a flash of light nothing happened. "That was different." Emi shouted before throwing her weapon at it, cutting it in half. "Nice job kid." January told her before we all moved onward. I saw Emi blush upon hearing those words. Maybe she has a hero.
We continued until we were in what looked like some kind of factory. "This must be what they were hiding." Elena said. Tons of large crates were being shipped onto large cart and being taken away down another tunnel.
"What are they shipping?" I asked. "Not sure. There are only three officers down there so the workers shouldn't bother us." She told us. "Let's go then." Emi said, jumping down to where everyone was.
"Wait! Guess we have no choice now." Elena said following the little child. "What the? How'd you get here little girl?" One of the officers asked Emi. "I'll have you know...I got lost on the tour." She joked. She had a sense of humor like her father, a bad one.
"Call it in!" the other officer yelled as he drew his rifle and stood next to his buddy. "Take this!" Emi shouted throwing Gara at the both of them. They got cut a bit but weren't very hurt from it. "Ice!" Hazel chanted as she unleashed a cold spell at both of them.
"They're quite strong." One of them said to him. "Got that right." Elena said shooting him and leaving only one left.
"You bitches!" the other yelled. "Hey! We have a little girl with us!" I said picking the man up and slamming him to the floor. "He won't move for awhile." I said dusting myself off.
"Let's destroy this place!" Elena told us taking out a series of strange devices and hooking them together. "Ten minute delay!" she said to the device and placed it on the ground. The device promptly sprouted legs and secured itself to the floor.
"Let's go! Out the hanger doors!" Elena said as we went down the path the carts were going down earlier. Soon we were nearby Garret again but only something was in our way.
"You five aren't going any further!" A man yelled to us. "Sir! We're all set!" someone inside this large blue tank with six generators on top called out.
"Get ready!" Elena said as we prepared for the worst. She fired at the tank but nothing happened.
"Something tells me this won't be good." Emi said running from the rail cannon. "Bolt!" I declared sending lightning at the machine. It seemed to work a bit.
"I wish I had my old powers back! Then I could just destroy this in a thought." Hazel complained to us running from machine gun fire.
"Draw!" Elena called out. A blue light went from the tank to her. "Thanks for the skill!" she said to it. "Plasma Storm!" she called out. A series of purple lights shot out from her and surrounded the whole area.
In one big flash everything was hit with electricity, including us. "What the hell?" I shouted standing up. "It was the best way to damage it!" Elena protested dodging another rail cannon burst.
"As much as that hurt I want to know how you did that." January said helping Emi stand on her own.
"Its called Draw. My armor can absorb certain elements from enemies and I can learn a skill from them. I happened to draw Plasma Storm from this thing and I had to use it right away." Elena explained.
"It's still gonna attack us!" I shouted sending a Bolt at it. Then three of the generators exploded.
"Uh sir? I'm getting abnormal readings!" we heard one of the driver say. "Don't let it get to you! Nothing can stop this M.R.V." another answered.
A few seconds later the tank exploded in one large blast. The three men all ran from it one fire, then died.
"This place is gonna explode in a few seconds!" Elena shouted to us running from the cavern.
I began to see a white flash and realized that no amount of running could save us, this was the end. I felt my arm being grabbed but didn't realize it until I saw that tremendous blast.