CHAPTER 2
"I am sorry but how did you get in that hole?" Tifa asked and Riley shrugged.
"I can't remember anything since when I was walking through the slums in sector 7" Riley answered and Tifa nodded.
"It is just strange, we heard you call out and ran over but that grate was wedged under crates, either someone didn't want you climbing out or there was another exit" Tifa said and Riley tried to think. Who could want her dead so much?
"You run a bar in sector 7 eh?" Riley said changing the subject.
"Yeah, it is ok business but sometimes you get all of the late night drinking bums in there. Not a pretty sight after too many drinks" Tifa warned and Riley laughed looking around. They must have been walking through sector 5, as shops were open everywhere selling items for gill and renting places for people to stay. There was a gym near a grand hotel; in fact it was Don Corneo's mansion in which the young beautiful girls would be taken into the mansion for him to pick a bride. It was like the perfect place of girls to go for the money.
Riley cast her eyes over the flashing lights of the mansion as Tifa half snorted. Riley turned her head and Tifa looked at her in disgust.
"Pathetic, what sort of people would want to go there and marry him when he is nothing but a worth less low life" Tifa snapped and Riley laughed.
"You are so passionate about things, it is the first thing that I have noticed since we met" Riley said and Tifa smiled.
"Thanks, I hope it was a compliment," She said as they walked into the back of the building to se a large wall with a wire leading up further than they could see. Two little kids were standing at the bottom of the wire whispering.
"What are you doing here?" Barrett asked the children and they spun around with fright.
"You should take a look up there, you can see the destruction that the pillar really caused on Midgar" one of them said and Cloud looked up squinting.
"Do we take a look?" Tifa asked.
"Yeah" he said taking the wire in one hand and pulling himself up. Barrett followed with Tifa behind him and Riley on the end.
It felt as if they had been climbing for hours before they reached the top. From the top of the wall fires burned down below and people scurried like ants around on the ground. Riley watched as Tifa stopped breathing and as Barrett lowered his head in respect. Time was almost sanding still as speckles of rain dropped onto their noses. Cloud looked over at Riley and she turned her head away to look down onto the devastation.
"This is awful" Tifa exclaimed quietly.
"Yeah," Cloud added beginning to climb up. "I don't mean to rush everyone but we have to get to Aries" Cloud said and they all nodded following him.
As they reached the top they stood staring at Shinra Inc. HQ. They looked up at its 69 floors that reached right into the storm clouds.
"What are we going to do?" Riley asked.
"I say w bust in there and smash 'em all!" Barrett said shaking his fist.
"If we bust in we could get caught easily," Riley said.
"We could sneak in?" Tifa suggested shrugging.
"We need to get to Aries now" Cloud snapped.
"We do have enough power and supplies to do so," Tifa said.
"Maybe e should split up?' Riley said looking up as they sky darkened and rumbled unpleasantly.
"Yeah, that way if we are caught and held up by busting in at least the ones who sneak in will have a chance to get there as quickly as they can" Tifa said.
"Sounds good" Barrett said nodding and splitting the supplies. "I'll take Tifa and the new chick can suffer Cloud" he snickered and Riley rolled her eyes.
"OK I guess we will meet you on the say 68th floor?" Riley said and they all nodded.
"I am sorry but how did you get in that hole?" Tifa asked and Riley shrugged.
"I can't remember anything since when I was walking through the slums in sector 7" Riley answered and Tifa nodded.
"It is just strange, we heard you call out and ran over but that grate was wedged under crates, either someone didn't want you climbing out or there was another exit" Tifa said and Riley tried to think. Who could want her dead so much?
"You run a bar in sector 7 eh?" Riley said changing the subject.
"Yeah, it is ok business but sometimes you get all of the late night drinking bums in there. Not a pretty sight after too many drinks" Tifa warned and Riley laughed looking around. They must have been walking through sector 5, as shops were open everywhere selling items for gill and renting places for people to stay. There was a gym near a grand hotel; in fact it was Don Corneo's mansion in which the young beautiful girls would be taken into the mansion for him to pick a bride. It was like the perfect place of girls to go for the money.
Riley cast her eyes over the flashing lights of the mansion as Tifa half snorted. Riley turned her head and Tifa looked at her in disgust.
"Pathetic, what sort of people would want to go there and marry him when he is nothing but a worth less low life" Tifa snapped and Riley laughed.
"You are so passionate about things, it is the first thing that I have noticed since we met" Riley said and Tifa smiled.
"Thanks, I hope it was a compliment," She said as they walked into the back of the building to se a large wall with a wire leading up further than they could see. Two little kids were standing at the bottom of the wire whispering.
"What are you doing here?" Barrett asked the children and they spun around with fright.
"You should take a look up there, you can see the destruction that the pillar really caused on Midgar" one of them said and Cloud looked up squinting.
"Do we take a look?" Tifa asked.
"Yeah" he said taking the wire in one hand and pulling himself up. Barrett followed with Tifa behind him and Riley on the end.
It felt as if they had been climbing for hours before they reached the top. From the top of the wall fires burned down below and people scurried like ants around on the ground. Riley watched as Tifa stopped breathing and as Barrett lowered his head in respect. Time was almost sanding still as speckles of rain dropped onto their noses. Cloud looked over at Riley and she turned her head away to look down onto the devastation.
"This is awful" Tifa exclaimed quietly.
"Yeah," Cloud added beginning to climb up. "I don't mean to rush everyone but we have to get to Aries" Cloud said and they all nodded following him.
As they reached the top they stood staring at Shinra Inc. HQ. They looked up at its 69 floors that reached right into the storm clouds.
"What are we going to do?" Riley asked.
"I say w bust in there and smash 'em all!" Barrett said shaking his fist.
"If we bust in we could get caught easily," Riley said.
"We could sneak in?" Tifa suggested shrugging.
"We need to get to Aries now" Cloud snapped.
"We do have enough power and supplies to do so," Tifa said.
"Maybe e should split up?' Riley said looking up as they sky darkened and rumbled unpleasantly.
"Yeah, that way if we are caught and held up by busting in at least the ones who sneak in will have a chance to get there as quickly as they can" Tifa said.
"Sounds good" Barrett said nodding and splitting the supplies. "I'll take Tifa and the new chick can suffer Cloud" he snickered and Riley rolled her eyes.
"OK I guess we will meet you on the say 68th floor?" Riley said and they all nodded.
