Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Sqauresoft Characters such as Cloud,
Tifa, and Barret etc. I do however own all of my own Characters Such as
Gale Amber, Stratus Strife and so on.

The Forgotten

Chapter 39: The Battle Continues.

Blain found himself being smashed against the wall as the smallest demon that was named Sai extended his arm to an unbelievable length and punched him with unbelievable force. He barely dodged the wave of fire sent out by the mammoth by rolling to his side and then unleashing a wave of bullets at the demons. The blind demon phased out of reality and passed through the bullets as he closed in on Blain and kicked him in the ribs. Blain crashed to the floor, losing his gun as he fell and it scattered across the floor.

"Die!" Blain roared back to his feet and swung at the demon but missed as he phased again. The twins then hit blain as they combined efforts and pummelled him into the wall with left and rights. Blain slouched but managed to stay on his feet as they stepped back and Mammoth stepped forward. With a thunderous punch blain was sent through the wall and into an empty room that was being re-decorated. Slabs of wood were scattered around the room along with many different colours of paint.

Blain clutched his side and got to his feet as Mammoth stepped into the room, the wall crumbling against his massive body. The rest followed, the twins keeping to the corners and blending into the darkness. Just as Mammoth was about to deliver the finishing blow a scream erupted from the blind Forgotten and he fell to the floor in a frazzled heap.

"Five against one isn't that fair is it?" It was Rain, holding his pole at his side with his arm outstretched showing his armlet. A red orb that was his fire Materia dimming as he withdrew the hand.

"And you think two against four will be enough?" roared the Mammoth as he tumbled towards Rain. Rain wasted no time and began flipping around the room, his speed to much for the Giant. Sai suddenly appeared behind Rain and wrapped his arms around his neck, choking the boy.

Blain cured himself of his small injury and got to his feet. The twin took this opportunity and surrounded him. Blain took a stance and unsheathed his Katana, its blade glimmering in the light from the windows. The twins attacked, Blain dodging left and right until one of them finally got a shot in and he stumbled into the others raised leg with a groan. The two continued their double team until Blain lay out cold on the floor, his Katana a few inches away from the tips of his fingers.

Rain hadn't had better luck, as he was being choked by Sai and beaten into oblivion by Mammoth. Rain finally saw his chance when Mammoth pulled back further for a vicious strike and pushed of the ground with his feet, flipping over Sai and into the as Mammoths fist connected with the tiny Sai and he flew out the window with a smash.

"What?" Mammoth roared. "You will pay for that!"

With that Mammoth attacked again but missed every time as Rain ducked, jumped and flipped out of the way. Mammoth had enough and clenched his fists together and threw them down at the ground where Rain stood. Rain flipped back and then forward onto the hands of the demon. He ran up his arms and with a wing of his stick stuck the demons head, once, twice and then a third, right between the eyes. Mammoth stood still, his eyes glazed over and then collapsed to the floor with a huge thud that shook the entire floor.

"That takes care of that." Rain announced and turned in time to see the twins standing before him with angered looks plastered on their faces. Without a word they charged and attacked, Rain was able to avoid them for short time but then suffered the same fate as Blain as they where too much for him and he eventually fell to the ground, clutching his gut.

"Look's like we win." The twins announced together in an eerie fashion.

"Wrong!" Before the twins could even turn around a blade sliced clean through their necks and then tumbled to the floor with a splatter, followed by a dull thud as their body's fell to the ground beside them. Blain stepped forward and surveyed the area before holding out his hand to Rain, who took it and was pulled to his feet.

"Here." Blain handed him a potion and he took it with all haste.

"Thanks." Rain said with a smile.

"I owed you it for helping me out back there." Blain responded with small smile at his lips, something Rain was not expecting to see.

"We better follow after the others." Blain announced. "Come on!"

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Cloud, Akira, Barret, Cid and Yuffie stood completely still as the rest of the Forgotten fell in line. They where now completely surrounded by the enemy and all drew their weapons, ready for the fight. The Forgotten charged and Cloud blocked with his sword, spinning around for a better position before slicing one in half. He took out a few more on his follow through then whirled and gut again, slicing another clean in two.

Akira ducked and weaved through the mass of demons, kicking and punching occasionally and blocking when needed. The crack of a whip sounded behind him and he ducked as its end flung above him, just missing the top of his head. His hand shot up and he grasped the whip before it could shoot back to its owner and he tugged forward. A small black clothed Forgotten tumbled forward into his raised knee and coughed on impact. He spun on his heel and kicked it in the side, sending it tumbling to the floor in a heap only to be stabbed by Cid's spear. He smiled before continuing the battle.

Cid removed the tip of his spear and plunged it into another charging Forgotten, impaling it and the one behind it before removing it and turning to stab again. He continued plunged and took out a few more before jumping into the air and driving back down again with the tip of his spear, impaling one more Forgotten.

Barret had found the nearest corner and had decided to stay there, picking of the forgotten with his gunarm. The noticed Yuffie getting surrounded near him and took out one of the attackers, allowing her to escape and head towards him.

"Thanks old man." She cheered as she stopped a few feet from him and a swung his boomerang round. It hit a few on its way before coming round the back of the remaining Forgotten and piercing there unprotected backs.

"Who you fuckin' callin' an old man brat!" Barret grunted as she pulled her weapon from its place.

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Stratus, Gale and Tifa had managed to get all the way up to the fiftieth floor without a worry. The stairs stopped here and they entered into a small room with an elevator in the center that looked as though it would take them the rest of the way. Tifa approached the elevator door and pressed the call button and the door open instantly. Inside they found they needed an access card to go higher.

"Now what?" Gale asked as they looked around the room.

"I'm not sure." Tifa replied. "But I've seen this system before in the old Shinra headquarters in Midgar. We need to find a key card so I suggest we look around."

"Okay." Gale called back and began looking around the room. Stratus had already been looking whilst they talked and had come across a small hidden door to their right. He wasted no time and opened it, not even calling his companions over. Inside was a typical security room, monitors for the entire complex scattered the wall in front of him and sat before him was an unsuspecting guard. He approached silently and wrapped his arms around the man's neck.

"Listen up." Stratus spoke into his ear. "I need to get to the top floors and I hear we need a key card so you better tell us where to get one."

"Please." The man begged. "I'll give you one just please let me go!"

"Give it first." Stratus ordered and with that the man fumbled into a drawer under his desk and pulled out small white card with the number '59' written on it. Stratus grabbed the card and shoved the man top the floor before leaving the room. He found Gale and Tifa staring blankly at the elevator as if trying to will it to work.

"Got the card." He announced with a smirk. "Let's go!"

"What?" Tifa stammered. "How?"

"Man in that room over there gave it to me." He called back as he stepped into the lift. "You coming or not?"

Tifa and Gale followed him into the elevator after sharing a silent conversation and they ascended into the tower's top levels. The Door's opened and they stepped out into a large room with two oak brown doors at the end. In their way however was the dark warrior named Piper Jardel, who had his Oblivion held out beside him.

"Stratus." Piper smirked. "I see you want a rematch. And you brought your loving mother to watch me kill you. How considerate."

"Shut it Piper." Stratus shouted. "Thing's are going to be a little different this time."

"If you say so."

"I do." Stratus unsheathed his Ultimate Buster and held it out before him. "You two stay out of this. Got it?"

"Sure." Came the responses.

"I see you have a new weapon." Piper remarked. "No matter. I'll just break that one too."

With this the two charged forward and their swords clashed with a silver spark, a power struggle ensuing. The two fought against each other but none could win and they jumped back, both smiling.

"It's stronger than the last I see." Piper smirked.

"I think you'll find it's the same as yours." Stratus shot back with a grin.

"This will be interesting."

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