Ok, time for another chapter now. Let's see what trouble we can get these
people into. Hehe....
Cloud and Barrett climbed down the ladder and followed Jesse across a beam. Jesse stopped at the end of the bean and looked at Cloud and Barrett. She was silent. Cloud and Barrett looked quizzically at her. This position they held for several minutes..................................................................... .........................................until Jesse pointed to a small ramp onto another beam that they had passed.
"So.......you're just gonna stay here?" Cloud asked.
"I feel it's much more dramatic if you come and rescue me from certain death later on," Jesse answered him.
Cloud shrugged. "What the hell is she getting at Barrett?"
Barrett shook his head. "Not a f'kin clue. Let's get outta here." Cloud nodded.
So Barrett and Cloud trekked their way down ladders and across pipes until they climbed down an extremely looooooong ladder. At the bottom was a very freaky looking light with a purple question mark rotating inside of it. Cloud walked up to it, then walked into it. He turned to Barrett.
"Suddenly," he began. "I get the urge to save my game."
Barrett just turned and walked away. Cloud ran after him. Soon they found what they were looking for. At the end of a long walkway was some sort of tank, or container, with a round handle of some sort on it. In the middle of the walkway was a small green marble sized ball. Cloud kneeled and picked it up.
"Hey, I haven't found a marble like this in years. This'll go great with my collection. Right in between the cat's eye marble and the Lord Of The Rings collector marble."
Barrett chimed in. "That's not a marble you friggin porcupine. It's called a Materia."
"Material?"
"Materia. Say it with me now. Ma-Ter-I-A. I'll show you how ta use it later. But for now...............the bomb."
The pair walked to their destination, tensed.
"When we blow this place, this ain't gonna be nothing more than a hunka junk," Barrett said, rather randomly. "Cloud, you set the bomb."
Cloud stepped back. "Shouldn't you do it?"
"Jus' do it! I gotta watch to make sure you don't pull nothin," said Barret.
Cloud just shrugged it off. "Fine, be my guest." And just as Cloud was preparing to set the bomb, he began seeing red and a piercing sound went through his ears. Through this sound he could hear a voice.
"Watch Out! This isn't just a reactor!!"
"What is it? A Banana Guacamole factory?" Cloud asked. But he was too late. The redness faded and the piercing noise stopped.
Barrett had a blank look on his face. "....What's wrong?"
Cloud shook his head. "Huh?"
"What's wrong Cloud? Hurry it up!"
"....Yeah, sorry." Cloud walked up and set the bomb, mumbling to himself the whole time. "Red wire before blue wire, but black wire after red wire and before yellow wire."
When the bomb was set, Cloud stepped back to admire his handiwork. Suddenly an alarm went off.
"Well here they come."
From nowhere is seems, a large mechanical Scorpion appeared. Instantly Cloud threw a Bolt spell onto it. It jerked from the impact of the lightning. Then it raised two arm-like appendages and searched the ground, locking onto it's next victim: Barrett. Before Barrett could attack the Scorpion, the Scorpion attacked Barrett, jabbing him three times with it's pointed tail. Barrett took the damage and then counterattacked. A vicious barrage of hot lead came spewing from Barrett's gun, showering the Scorpion. Barrett didn't stop, even after Cloud yelled to him:
"Barrett, don't attack while his tail is up, or he'll counterattack with his laser."
But Barrett had to learn the hard way. The Scorpion shot his laser at the doomed duo, critically injuring both. Cloud cast a potion on himself and walked to Barrett and slapped him in the back of his head.
"Stupid."
Barrett cast a potion on himself and stood there, ashamed. Then Cloud ran in and attacked the Scorpion, slicing a fair chunk from the metal body of the mechanical arachnid. Barrett taunted Cloud.
"That was weak. You attacked him like you were afraid. Are you afraid Cloud?"
But before Cloud could answer, the Scorpion used his tail attack, slamming his tail into Cloud. That sent Cloud over the edge. An enormous power built inside of him and he ran up to the Scorpion, jumped into the air and sliced through the Scorpion, killing it.
Barrett was in shock. "That was braver."
Cloud nodded, spinning his sword around effortlessly and sheathing it again. Barrett ran to the halved corpse of the Scorpion and took the Assault Gun from the smoking cadaver. He twisted it onto his arm.
"Hmm......I bet this'll be nice," Barrett said, grinning.
This time it was Cloud's turn to simply walk away, leaving Barrett to catch up. Just then there was a beeping sound coming from the bomb they just set. Cloud read the display: 'Ten Minutes To Detonation.'
"We gotta get outta here now Barrett." So Barrett and Cloud ran to the long ladder and climbed up it as quickly as possible. Once they got to the pipes, Cloud began humming very upbeat music.
"Why the hell are you humming?" asked Barrett as they ran.
"Escape music rocks."
They climbed another ladder and ran back up the ramp. Cloud stopped and turned. Jesse was still standing there.
"What are you doing?" he asked her.
"My foot got stuck." Cloud pulled her foot out of the grating where it was lodged.
"Thanks," she said, jumping completely over him. Then she looked back to him. "Told you that would be more dramatic."
Then she ran off. Barrett and Cloud followed her, climbing up yet another ladder and jumping back over the gap in the floor. With Cloud still humming their escape music, the duo ran up the HUGE stairway and into the elevator. Once inside, Cloud hit the button and waited for the elevator to start up. While waiting, he took out his sword and began playing air guitar with it, humming the music and playing along. Barrett just shook his head as the elevator rose out of the screen, then rose back into it. Cloud put his sword away, shaking his head.
"That was a neat trick," he repeated.
Barrett and Cloud ran out of the elevator and followed Jesse and Wedge out of the Mako Reactor, meeting up with Biggs and running out just as the reactor exploded in a blaze of glory.
Ok, I'll be continuing later on. Till then, enjoy.
Cloud and Barrett climbed down the ladder and followed Jesse across a beam. Jesse stopped at the end of the bean and looked at Cloud and Barrett. She was silent. Cloud and Barrett looked quizzically at her. This position they held for several minutes..................................................................... .........................................until Jesse pointed to a small ramp onto another beam that they had passed.
"So.......you're just gonna stay here?" Cloud asked.
"I feel it's much more dramatic if you come and rescue me from certain death later on," Jesse answered him.
Cloud shrugged. "What the hell is she getting at Barrett?"
Barrett shook his head. "Not a f'kin clue. Let's get outta here." Cloud nodded.
So Barrett and Cloud trekked their way down ladders and across pipes until they climbed down an extremely looooooong ladder. At the bottom was a very freaky looking light with a purple question mark rotating inside of it. Cloud walked up to it, then walked into it. He turned to Barrett.
"Suddenly," he began. "I get the urge to save my game."
Barrett just turned and walked away. Cloud ran after him. Soon they found what they were looking for. At the end of a long walkway was some sort of tank, or container, with a round handle of some sort on it. In the middle of the walkway was a small green marble sized ball. Cloud kneeled and picked it up.
"Hey, I haven't found a marble like this in years. This'll go great with my collection. Right in between the cat's eye marble and the Lord Of The Rings collector marble."
Barrett chimed in. "That's not a marble you friggin porcupine. It's called a Materia."
"Material?"
"Materia. Say it with me now. Ma-Ter-I-A. I'll show you how ta use it later. But for now...............the bomb."
The pair walked to their destination, tensed.
"When we blow this place, this ain't gonna be nothing more than a hunka junk," Barrett said, rather randomly. "Cloud, you set the bomb."
Cloud stepped back. "Shouldn't you do it?"
"Jus' do it! I gotta watch to make sure you don't pull nothin," said Barret.
Cloud just shrugged it off. "Fine, be my guest." And just as Cloud was preparing to set the bomb, he began seeing red and a piercing sound went through his ears. Through this sound he could hear a voice.
"Watch Out! This isn't just a reactor!!"
"What is it? A Banana Guacamole factory?" Cloud asked. But he was too late. The redness faded and the piercing noise stopped.
Barrett had a blank look on his face. "....What's wrong?"
Cloud shook his head. "Huh?"
"What's wrong Cloud? Hurry it up!"
"....Yeah, sorry." Cloud walked up and set the bomb, mumbling to himself the whole time. "Red wire before blue wire, but black wire after red wire and before yellow wire."
When the bomb was set, Cloud stepped back to admire his handiwork. Suddenly an alarm went off.
"Well here they come."
From nowhere is seems, a large mechanical Scorpion appeared. Instantly Cloud threw a Bolt spell onto it. It jerked from the impact of the lightning. Then it raised two arm-like appendages and searched the ground, locking onto it's next victim: Barrett. Before Barrett could attack the Scorpion, the Scorpion attacked Barrett, jabbing him three times with it's pointed tail. Barrett took the damage and then counterattacked. A vicious barrage of hot lead came spewing from Barrett's gun, showering the Scorpion. Barrett didn't stop, even after Cloud yelled to him:
"Barrett, don't attack while his tail is up, or he'll counterattack with his laser."
But Barrett had to learn the hard way. The Scorpion shot his laser at the doomed duo, critically injuring both. Cloud cast a potion on himself and walked to Barrett and slapped him in the back of his head.
"Stupid."
Barrett cast a potion on himself and stood there, ashamed. Then Cloud ran in and attacked the Scorpion, slicing a fair chunk from the metal body of the mechanical arachnid. Barrett taunted Cloud.
"That was weak. You attacked him like you were afraid. Are you afraid Cloud?"
But before Cloud could answer, the Scorpion used his tail attack, slamming his tail into Cloud. That sent Cloud over the edge. An enormous power built inside of him and he ran up to the Scorpion, jumped into the air and sliced through the Scorpion, killing it.
Barrett was in shock. "That was braver."
Cloud nodded, spinning his sword around effortlessly and sheathing it again. Barrett ran to the halved corpse of the Scorpion and took the Assault Gun from the smoking cadaver. He twisted it onto his arm.
"Hmm......I bet this'll be nice," Barrett said, grinning.
This time it was Cloud's turn to simply walk away, leaving Barrett to catch up. Just then there was a beeping sound coming from the bomb they just set. Cloud read the display: 'Ten Minutes To Detonation.'
"We gotta get outta here now Barrett." So Barrett and Cloud ran to the long ladder and climbed up it as quickly as possible. Once they got to the pipes, Cloud began humming very upbeat music.
"Why the hell are you humming?" asked Barrett as they ran.
"Escape music rocks."
They climbed another ladder and ran back up the ramp. Cloud stopped and turned. Jesse was still standing there.
"What are you doing?" he asked her.
"My foot got stuck." Cloud pulled her foot out of the grating where it was lodged.
"Thanks," she said, jumping completely over him. Then she looked back to him. "Told you that would be more dramatic."
Then she ran off. Barrett and Cloud followed her, climbing up yet another ladder and jumping back over the gap in the floor. With Cloud still humming their escape music, the duo ran up the HUGE stairway and into the elevator. Once inside, Cloud hit the button and waited for the elevator to start up. While waiting, he took out his sword and began playing air guitar with it, humming the music and playing along. Barrett just shook his head as the elevator rose out of the screen, then rose back into it. Cloud put his sword away, shaking his head.
"That was a neat trick," he repeated.
Barrett and Cloud ran out of the elevator and followed Jesse and Wedge out of the Mako Reactor, meeting up with Biggs and running out just as the reactor exploded in a blaze of glory.
Ok, I'll be continuing later on. Till then, enjoy.