Chapter 3: Narrow Escape
A siren blared throughout the complex causing red lights to flash in every direction. Cloud's mind went blank and a high-pitched ringing caused him to throw his head far back. Grasping his confusion with both hands he flashed back to the incident. Here he envisioned Tifa Lockhart crouched upon the ground, and huddled over the figure of an old man.
"Father. . . Sephiroth did this to you didn't he! Sephiroth, Shinra, Mako reactors, SOLDIER. . . I hate them all!" At this she picked up the long sword that lay at her fathers side, and rushed into the main chamber of the reactor. The scene was then switched back as Cloud re-gained consciousness.
"Wh. . . what. . . happened?" Cloud jumped to his feet as he heard yet another alarm, and the shouting of 'INTRUDERS' over an intercom system. Both he and Barret turned to see a most hideous machine standing in there path. Cloud ran up and initiated the battle with the deadly Guard Scorpion.
"Do you remember what type machines are weak against, Barret?" Cloud asked just to see if he was paying any attention.
"Uh. . . yeah! Thunder magic, or Bolt." He replied enthusiastically.
"That's right!" Cloud congratulated him for his memory and added, "Now let's get to it."
"Alright!" Barret shouted as he prepared for battle. The mechanical scorpion appeared an used its Lock Raybeam attack which prompted Cloud to explain, "Not good. . . now its next attack won't miss because you've been locked on target! Be ready with a potion after its next attack."
The scorpion reared back and initiated its second assault upon with weaker of the two. The Gattling Gun attack hit home causing almost 300 points of damage. The limit meter on his arm gained half its strength.
"Potion!" He threw one of the tiny bottles into the air and recovered himself 200 hit points.
"Now its my turn! Frosty winter cast a deadly breeze! ICE!" The air around the Guard Scorpion began to freeze, and an eight pointed icicle began to form around it. Cloud waited for the right moment and......
"Now! Shatter!" The crystalline orb shattered into a million pieces causing nearly 200 points of damage to the evil scorpion.
With the hit taken the scorpion raised its tail and began to convulse violently. Again this prompted Cloud to add his two sense in.
"Careful! Attacking while its tail is up will prompt it to counter with the Tail Laser!" So. . . they waited until the tail went back down, and during that time they healed themselves. When the tail lowered the Lock Raybeam was used again upon Barret followed by the same attack as before doing the same amount of damage causing his limit meter to fill completely. This again prompted Cloud to reveal yet another secret of the Shinra fighting force.
"Great! You already know that you can use your limit now, but what I neglected to tell you was that when another team members limit meter is empty you can combine powers and create a new awesome limit break! Try it out with me!"
"Alright. . . LIMIT COMBO!" Both of them said the following as will any other characters involved in the new limit combo.
"EXPLOSIVE BLADE!" Energy from Barret's arm gun flowed towards Cloud's Buster Blade. As with his limit the edge began to glow blue, but when the wave of energy that emitted from Barret's gun hit the sword, the glow changed from blue to red!
"Right! Here I go! Watch this!" He ran up to the huge machine and leaped high into the air as he does when using Braver! Yet, instead of slashing downward he threw the sword high into the air and jumped after it (with help from the scorpion of course.) He landed perfectly on top of the swords' tiny handle, and instantly the sword began to descend. The towering monster of metallic corruption was put to rest with a final blow, which split it directly into two halves, for the blade crashed through it with the force of an explosion!
"Whaaa hooo! We won, we won!" Barret began dancing around the room and nearly fell off the catwalk into the vat of mako essence. Cloud and Barret gained more experience but neither of them leveled up. He gained a more powerful sword for himself, the Mythril Blade, and for Barret he received the Assault Gun, and four potions, two phoenix downs, and 1876 gil.
"We only have ten minutes to evacuate this facility. Let's move!" They ran back the way they came trying to avoid as many fights as possible. At the top of the second ladder they came upon Jessie whose foot had been caught within the steel frame of the catwalk. Cloud rushed over to her and pulled her free, with the loss of a shoe, she climbed out of the complex and they followed. After exiting the elevator at the top floor Cloud rushed over a spoke to Jessie. She raced over to the door and pushed a button on the small panel and said, "Code deciphered!"
Cloud raced through the door and next spoke to Biggs who did the exact same thing as Jessie. They all ran from the complex and......BOOM!
As they were exiting the final door the whole place was blown to smithereens! Luckily no one was hurt, and they escaped through a nearby doorway into the back alley of the Sector 8 business zone.
"Alright, we all gonna split up and rendezvous back at da tram station in da Sector 7 tram yard! MOVE OUT!" They all split and ran of into the distance. Cloud took the only sensible way. He took the nearby stairs up into the streets.
A lone figure emerges from darkness past, and a shining light flows towards the path. Cloud races through the streets until he spies a beautiful young woman standing amidst the chaos.
"Excuse me, but what just happened?" The woman asked kindly.
"Uuuhhhh......nothing! You will be safe now." Cloud replied reluctantly as he stared into the emerald pools of light that were her eyes.
"Ooohh... in that case...would you like to buy a flower? Only 1 gil a piece." She looked softly into his own glowing eyes, his eyes radiated with a sense of electricity within them, for they were sea blue but also glowing yellow.
"Sure I'll take three." He handed her 500 gil, and smiled.
"Sir, this is far to much for just three flowers." She made a move to hand the money back to him, but was interrupted by...
"Take it, no in fact I want you to have it!" With that she left and Cloud ran down the street.
Scythe: Hey peoples... you like now? More to come Tifa intro-ed next, then the sector 5 reactor mission, and Cloud's death!!! To find out wait for chap 4: The untold darkness. Thankies!!! PLZ REVIEW, again flames are welcome, but that don't mean I will read them. BYEBYEBYE BYEBYE
A siren blared throughout the complex causing red lights to flash in every direction. Cloud's mind went blank and a high-pitched ringing caused him to throw his head far back. Grasping his confusion with both hands he flashed back to the incident. Here he envisioned Tifa Lockhart crouched upon the ground, and huddled over the figure of an old man.
"Father. . . Sephiroth did this to you didn't he! Sephiroth, Shinra, Mako reactors, SOLDIER. . . I hate them all!" At this she picked up the long sword that lay at her fathers side, and rushed into the main chamber of the reactor. The scene was then switched back as Cloud re-gained consciousness.
"Wh. . . what. . . happened?" Cloud jumped to his feet as he heard yet another alarm, and the shouting of 'INTRUDERS' over an intercom system. Both he and Barret turned to see a most hideous machine standing in there path. Cloud ran up and initiated the battle with the deadly Guard Scorpion.
"Do you remember what type machines are weak against, Barret?" Cloud asked just to see if he was paying any attention.
"Uh. . . yeah! Thunder magic, or Bolt." He replied enthusiastically.
"That's right!" Cloud congratulated him for his memory and added, "Now let's get to it."
"Alright!" Barret shouted as he prepared for battle. The mechanical scorpion appeared an used its Lock Raybeam attack which prompted Cloud to explain, "Not good. . . now its next attack won't miss because you've been locked on target! Be ready with a potion after its next attack."
The scorpion reared back and initiated its second assault upon with weaker of the two. The Gattling Gun attack hit home causing almost 300 points of damage. The limit meter on his arm gained half its strength.
"Potion!" He threw one of the tiny bottles into the air and recovered himself 200 hit points.
"Now its my turn! Frosty winter cast a deadly breeze! ICE!" The air around the Guard Scorpion began to freeze, and an eight pointed icicle began to form around it. Cloud waited for the right moment and......
"Now! Shatter!" The crystalline orb shattered into a million pieces causing nearly 200 points of damage to the evil scorpion.
With the hit taken the scorpion raised its tail and began to convulse violently. Again this prompted Cloud to add his two sense in.
"Careful! Attacking while its tail is up will prompt it to counter with the Tail Laser!" So. . . they waited until the tail went back down, and during that time they healed themselves. When the tail lowered the Lock Raybeam was used again upon Barret followed by the same attack as before doing the same amount of damage causing his limit meter to fill completely. This again prompted Cloud to reveal yet another secret of the Shinra fighting force.
"Great! You already know that you can use your limit now, but what I neglected to tell you was that when another team members limit meter is empty you can combine powers and create a new awesome limit break! Try it out with me!"
"Alright. . . LIMIT COMBO!" Both of them said the following as will any other characters involved in the new limit combo.
"EXPLOSIVE BLADE!" Energy from Barret's arm gun flowed towards Cloud's Buster Blade. As with his limit the edge began to glow blue, but when the wave of energy that emitted from Barret's gun hit the sword, the glow changed from blue to red!
"Right! Here I go! Watch this!" He ran up to the huge machine and leaped high into the air as he does when using Braver! Yet, instead of slashing downward he threw the sword high into the air and jumped after it (with help from the scorpion of course.) He landed perfectly on top of the swords' tiny handle, and instantly the sword began to descend. The towering monster of metallic corruption was put to rest with a final blow, which split it directly into two halves, for the blade crashed through it with the force of an explosion!
"Whaaa hooo! We won, we won!" Barret began dancing around the room and nearly fell off the catwalk into the vat of mako essence. Cloud and Barret gained more experience but neither of them leveled up. He gained a more powerful sword for himself, the Mythril Blade, and for Barret he received the Assault Gun, and four potions, two phoenix downs, and 1876 gil.
"We only have ten minutes to evacuate this facility. Let's move!" They ran back the way they came trying to avoid as many fights as possible. At the top of the second ladder they came upon Jessie whose foot had been caught within the steel frame of the catwalk. Cloud rushed over to her and pulled her free, with the loss of a shoe, she climbed out of the complex and they followed. After exiting the elevator at the top floor Cloud rushed over a spoke to Jessie. She raced over to the door and pushed a button on the small panel and said, "Code deciphered!"
Cloud raced through the door and next spoke to Biggs who did the exact same thing as Jessie. They all ran from the complex and......BOOM!
As they were exiting the final door the whole place was blown to smithereens! Luckily no one was hurt, and they escaped through a nearby doorway into the back alley of the Sector 8 business zone.
"Alright, we all gonna split up and rendezvous back at da tram station in da Sector 7 tram yard! MOVE OUT!" They all split and ran of into the distance. Cloud took the only sensible way. He took the nearby stairs up into the streets.
A lone figure emerges from darkness past, and a shining light flows towards the path. Cloud races through the streets until he spies a beautiful young woman standing amidst the chaos.
"Excuse me, but what just happened?" The woman asked kindly.
"Uuuhhhh......nothing! You will be safe now." Cloud replied reluctantly as he stared into the emerald pools of light that were her eyes.
"Ooohh... in that case...would you like to buy a flower? Only 1 gil a piece." She looked softly into his own glowing eyes, his eyes radiated with a sense of electricity within them, for they were sea blue but also glowing yellow.
"Sure I'll take three." He handed her 500 gil, and smiled.
"Sir, this is far to much for just three flowers." She made a move to hand the money back to him, but was interrupted by...
"Take it, no in fact I want you to have it!" With that she left and Cloud ran down the street.
Scythe: Hey peoples... you like now? More to come Tifa intro-ed next, then the sector 5 reactor mission, and Cloud's death!!! To find out wait for chap 4: The untold darkness. Thankies!!! PLZ REVIEW, again flames are welcome, but that don't mean I will read them. BYEBYEBYE BYEBYE