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 41: President Rufus.
"Rufus?" Cloud gasped and said man smirked, trying not to move much as Piper's blade scratched his burnt neck.
"Surprised to see me Cloud." Rufus would have laughed but that might have endangered his neck. "I bet your wondering how I survived that blast from Diamond weapon aren't you? It's quite simple. Truly, I didn't. But then again I did. I'm what you may call a Cyborg, part human, part machine." With this he thrust his hand out at inhuman speed and snatched Piper's neck with his metal arm.
"Let go Rufus!" Piper chocked.
"You attacked me my dear Piper." Rufus smirked. "Now that the tables have turned you don't like it?"
"Shit Rufus!" Cid bellowed. "No wonder Ranish is so fucked up! It's just like Shinra."
"Hell Cid it is the Shinra." Barret added.
"After Shinra's defeat I decided to regroup and expand my horizons." Rufus informed with a gleam in his eyes. Or eye. "That's when I came up with the idea of Ranish. I then fooled you all into thinking Ranish would be good for the world, something completely different than Shinra. After I gained all your trust I sprung my plan into action. Getting rid of my worst threats like Wutai, conning Cid into liking us by restarting the space program, tearing down the Gold Saucer to rebuild Corel for Barret, getting rid of Cosmos Canyons equipment. All part of my plan. And the most important part, little Piper here. I used his foolishness to trick him into hating Avalanche so that someday I would be rid of you forever. I find it very ironic that you hate them so much for killing your parents that you where too blind to realise you were working for the man directly responsible. After all my father was just another Puppet in my plan."
"Fuck you Rufus!" Piper snarled but only encouraged Rufus to tighten his told on Piper's neck.
"Let him go!" Tifa shouted and stepped forward only to be stopped by Stratus.
"Leave it mom." He said calmly. "Piper's fine."
"Fine!" Rufus laughed. "Does he look fine to you boy? Soon he will have no air left and die, or perhaps if I squeeze a little harder I'll snap his pathetic neck!"
To emphasise his point he tighten his hold again and Piper cried in pain. A crash from behind them startled Rufus and Piper used his to his advantage and swung his sword round, cutting the metallic arm in half and releasing himself from the president's hold. Piper stepped back and pulled the arm from his neck before crushing it and throwing it to the floor.
Meanwhile the rest of the group turned their attention to the two beast that had crashed through the window. Chaos stood up straight and snarled at Staan as he arose. Staan noticed Rufus immediately and smirked.
"You!" he hissed and turned his attention away from Chaos. "You're the president!"
"What?" Rufus stammered. "Who is this beast?"
"I'm your death!" he snarled and strung forward, grabbing at Rufus and slamming him into the nearby wall. He was about to pull back for a punch when he was sent tumbling to the floor by a well-placed kick by Piper. Chaos took this chance and attacked Staan again, clawing at him.
Piper stood over the stunned Rufus and then grabbed him by the neck, lifting him to his feet and slamming him into the wall like Staan.
"You lying Bastard!" Piper roared and sent a knee to the mans gut, forcing the air out of Rufus. "You'll pay for what you did to me. You know what I'm going to do to you. For killing my Parents! For lying to me!"
"What?" Rufus stammered again. "Please. Don't hurt me. I'm sorry."
"Too late for that Rufus!" Piper kicked again. "First I'm going to cut your balls off! Then I'll pound you until your body can no longer bleed. And Finally I'll cut you up into little peaces. Slowly. Legs first maybe. Then arms. Then I'll work my way up to your head. Understand that Rufus?"
"Please!" Before Rufus could continue Piper clamped a hand round his neck and began to squeeze. His continued to squeeze whilst reaching for his Oblivion.
Chaos had been clawing at Staan constantly until Staan managed to block an attack and flip Chaos of him. He pulled out his Katana and stabbed at Chaos, who dodged and flew up into the air.
"What is that thing?" Blain asked as he watched in awe.
"That's Chaos." Yuffie answered. "An inner demon of Vincent's. You see Hojo of the Shinra experimented on Vincent body and turned him into the man you see today. When Vincent gets angry sometimes the beasts inside him are able to take control. Chaos is the most powerful, the one Vincent hates the most."
"That's Vincent?" Blain looked shocked. "I knew he was weird but this is?"
Chaos roared and drew his wings around him. Staan flew up into the air and went to attack when Chaos threw his wings out and along with it a sphere of fire, which collided with Staan and sent him crashing to the floor. Chaos created a flame of fire in his hands, shaped like a sword and then swung, sending out another wave of flames that hit Staan directly in the chest. Staan roared and flew up to meet Chaos with a thunderous punch. Both had the same idea and clashed in the air, fist to fist. Staan attacked again, swinging his foot at Chaos chest. He hit and Chaos flew back into the wall. Staan thrust his hand forward and sent his own wave of flames at Chaos. When the flames died down the entire wall was scorched and black. Chaos's form was smocking, his arms crossed over his chest and his head tucked into them. After a few seconds Chaos fell forward and hit the floor with a thud, leaving the wall clean where he had been. Staan landed with a smirk.
"Not bad." He paused. "You actually hurt me a little."
He then turned his attention to other matters and faced Piper and Rufus. Piper was reaching for his sword when the demon flew at him. He barely had time to dodge and then got hit with a kick he was not expecting and flew to the floor, clutching his bruised rid cage. That however didn't stop him from attacking as he charged. Staan put up his defences and readied himself for the up coming clash. Piper flew at him with his fist; Staan dodged to the right and brought up his knee into Piper's gut. Winding him more. Piper didn't stop though and elbowed Staan in the head. Staan staggered back and as Piper charged again. With a fiery rage he drew his sword and cut, just skimming Piper's chest. Piper screamed as the blade cut through his flesh and dropped to his knees.
"Now to take care of my business." Staan stepped over Piper's form and grabbed the now shacking Rufus, whose eyes looked like they where about to pop out.
"Please." Rufus begged. "I don't know who you are but I can make you very powerful. Just don't hurt me. Please."
"You can make me very powerful can you." Staan laughed. "That I can agree with. You can help me increase my power. But not in the way you think."
With this he threw out his hands and Rufus flew into them with unbelievable force. Staan grasped his hands around the man's neck and drew him up to his level. Staan began to scream and a white glow began to course around his body. Rufus's flesh began to tear and then fly onto Staan, melding with his own. The process was long and sickening, bits of flesh and muscle ripping apart and merging with Staan's own.
"Sick!" Gale closed her eyes. Yuffie knelt on the floor and tried to stop herself from being sick but failed.
After it was done all that was left of Rufus was his bare bones, bits of flesh and muscle still hanging and dropping at certain points. Staan dropped the skeleton and stepped back. His arm's had become metal but otherwise he was exactly the same as before.
"Cloud is it." Staan murmured. "Rufus really hates you. I can see why too. Well it'll all be over soon. Until we meet again in hell. I bid you farewell." With that he was gone.
Everyone stood still, Yuffie had stopped vomiting and was looking up at the scene before her. For minutes no one moved, still in shock of what just happened. Then Tifa sprung forward and ran to Piper's side. She turned him on his back and assessed the damage. His vest was cut clean allowing her to see the gaping wound across his torso. She ruffled in her pocket, pulled out her Restore Materia and quickly healed the man. Meanwhile Yuffie ran to Vincent, who had changed back into his normal self. She shook him a bit and then cast her own Cure spell. Vincent groaned and lifted himself to his feet with a huff.
"Yuffie?" he asked as he looked around the room.
"Yes."
"What happened?"
"Lots of things." She replied. "Lots of sick and disgusting things." She the went on to tell him exactly what happened.
Piper groaned and opened his eyes slowly, seeing the face of Tifa he rolled to his side and got up quickly. He began checking for his wound but found nothing but his torn shirt.
"You healed me?" he asked after a while.
"Yes." Tifa replied with a smile. "Couldn't leave you to die could I."
"Couldn't you?"
"Listen Piper." She started. "I'm really sorry about you're parents. About everything. You should know we'll help you anyway we can."
"What makes you think I need your help?" he spat back. "I don't need someone to look after me! I'm not a child!"
He grabbed his sword and left the room without another word. Tifa joined the others after a sigh and they stood in silence again.
"So what now?" Cloud groaned. "Rufus is dead. Ranish are gone. The Forgotten, minus their leader are gone. Staan is stronger than all of us and is bent on destroying the world."
"That pretty much sums it up." Stratus said. "Where'd Piper go?"
"He left." Tifa informed him after another sigh.
"So what's with that guy?" Blain asked. "I mean I thought he was against us but then he starts after that Rufus guy so I think he turned and the he just leaves."
"He just found out his entire life is a lie." Tifa answered. "Barret. You remember little Piper from sector seven?"
"Yeah." Barret answered. "Why?" The it donned on him. "Shit! That's Piper!"
"Yup."
"Holy Shit!" Barret cursed. "He sure has changed."
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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 41: President Rufus.
"Rufus?" Cloud gasped and said man smirked, trying not to move much as Piper's blade scratched his burnt neck.
"Surprised to see me Cloud." Rufus would have laughed but that might have endangered his neck. "I bet your wondering how I survived that blast from Diamond weapon aren't you? It's quite simple. Truly, I didn't. But then again I did. I'm what you may call a Cyborg, part human, part machine." With this he thrust his hand out at inhuman speed and snatched Piper's neck with his metal arm.
"Let go Rufus!" Piper chocked.
"You attacked me my dear Piper." Rufus smirked. "Now that the tables have turned you don't like it?"
"Shit Rufus!" Cid bellowed. "No wonder Ranish is so fucked up! It's just like Shinra."
"Hell Cid it is the Shinra." Barret added.
"After Shinra's defeat I decided to regroup and expand my horizons." Rufus informed with a gleam in his eyes. Or eye. "That's when I came up with the idea of Ranish. I then fooled you all into thinking Ranish would be good for the world, something completely different than Shinra. After I gained all your trust I sprung my plan into action. Getting rid of my worst threats like Wutai, conning Cid into liking us by restarting the space program, tearing down the Gold Saucer to rebuild Corel for Barret, getting rid of Cosmos Canyons equipment. All part of my plan. And the most important part, little Piper here. I used his foolishness to trick him into hating Avalanche so that someday I would be rid of you forever. I find it very ironic that you hate them so much for killing your parents that you where too blind to realise you were working for the man directly responsible. After all my father was just another Puppet in my plan."
"Fuck you Rufus!" Piper snarled but only encouraged Rufus to tighten his told on Piper's neck.
"Let him go!" Tifa shouted and stepped forward only to be stopped by Stratus.
"Leave it mom." He said calmly. "Piper's fine."
"Fine!" Rufus laughed. "Does he look fine to you boy? Soon he will have no air left and die, or perhaps if I squeeze a little harder I'll snap his pathetic neck!"
To emphasise his point he tighten his hold again and Piper cried in pain. A crash from behind them startled Rufus and Piper used his to his advantage and swung his sword round, cutting the metallic arm in half and releasing himself from the president's hold. Piper stepped back and pulled the arm from his neck before crushing it and throwing it to the floor.
Meanwhile the rest of the group turned their attention to the two beast that had crashed through the window. Chaos stood up straight and snarled at Staan as he arose. Staan noticed Rufus immediately and smirked.
"You!" he hissed and turned his attention away from Chaos. "You're the president!"
"What?" Rufus stammered. "Who is this beast?"
"I'm your death!" he snarled and strung forward, grabbing at Rufus and slamming him into the nearby wall. He was about to pull back for a punch when he was sent tumbling to the floor by a well-placed kick by Piper. Chaos took this chance and attacked Staan again, clawing at him.
Piper stood over the stunned Rufus and then grabbed him by the neck, lifting him to his feet and slamming him into the wall like Staan.
"You lying Bastard!" Piper roared and sent a knee to the mans gut, forcing the air out of Rufus. "You'll pay for what you did to me. You know what I'm going to do to you. For killing my Parents! For lying to me!"
"What?" Rufus stammered again. "Please. Don't hurt me. I'm sorry."
"Too late for that Rufus!" Piper kicked again. "First I'm going to cut your balls off! Then I'll pound you until your body can no longer bleed. And Finally I'll cut you up into little peaces. Slowly. Legs first maybe. Then arms. Then I'll work my way up to your head. Understand that Rufus?"
"Please!" Before Rufus could continue Piper clamped a hand round his neck and began to squeeze. His continued to squeeze whilst reaching for his Oblivion.
Chaos had been clawing at Staan constantly until Staan managed to block an attack and flip Chaos of him. He pulled out his Katana and stabbed at Chaos, who dodged and flew up into the air.
"What is that thing?" Blain asked as he watched in awe.
"That's Chaos." Yuffie answered. "An inner demon of Vincent's. You see Hojo of the Shinra experimented on Vincent body and turned him into the man you see today. When Vincent gets angry sometimes the beasts inside him are able to take control. Chaos is the most powerful, the one Vincent hates the most."
"That's Vincent?" Blain looked shocked. "I knew he was weird but this is?"
Chaos roared and drew his wings around him. Staan flew up into the air and went to attack when Chaos threw his wings out and along with it a sphere of fire, which collided with Staan and sent him crashing to the floor. Chaos created a flame of fire in his hands, shaped like a sword and then swung, sending out another wave of flames that hit Staan directly in the chest. Staan roared and flew up to meet Chaos with a thunderous punch. Both had the same idea and clashed in the air, fist to fist. Staan attacked again, swinging his foot at Chaos chest. He hit and Chaos flew back into the wall. Staan thrust his hand forward and sent his own wave of flames at Chaos. When the flames died down the entire wall was scorched and black. Chaos's form was smocking, his arms crossed over his chest and his head tucked into them. After a few seconds Chaos fell forward and hit the floor with a thud, leaving the wall clean where he had been. Staan landed with a smirk.
"Not bad." He paused. "You actually hurt me a little."
He then turned his attention to other matters and faced Piper and Rufus. Piper was reaching for his sword when the demon flew at him. He barely had time to dodge and then got hit with a kick he was not expecting and flew to the floor, clutching his bruised rid cage. That however didn't stop him from attacking as he charged. Staan put up his defences and readied himself for the up coming clash. Piper flew at him with his fist; Staan dodged to the right and brought up his knee into Piper's gut. Winding him more. Piper didn't stop though and elbowed Staan in the head. Staan staggered back and as Piper charged again. With a fiery rage he drew his sword and cut, just skimming Piper's chest. Piper screamed as the blade cut through his flesh and dropped to his knees.
"Now to take care of my business." Staan stepped over Piper's form and grabbed the now shacking Rufus, whose eyes looked like they where about to pop out.
"Please." Rufus begged. "I don't know who you are but I can make you very powerful. Just don't hurt me. Please."
"You can make me very powerful can you." Staan laughed. "That I can agree with. You can help me increase my power. But not in the way you think."
With this he threw out his hands and Rufus flew into them with unbelievable force. Staan grasped his hands around the man's neck and drew him up to his level. Staan began to scream and a white glow began to course around his body. Rufus's flesh began to tear and then fly onto Staan, melding with his own. The process was long and sickening, bits of flesh and muscle ripping apart and merging with Staan's own.
"Sick!" Gale closed her eyes. Yuffie knelt on the floor and tried to stop herself from being sick but failed.
After it was done all that was left of Rufus was his bare bones, bits of flesh and muscle still hanging and dropping at certain points. Staan dropped the skeleton and stepped back. His arm's had become metal but otherwise he was exactly the same as before.
"Cloud is it." Staan murmured. "Rufus really hates you. I can see why too. Well it'll all be over soon. Until we meet again in hell. I bid you farewell." With that he was gone.
Everyone stood still, Yuffie had stopped vomiting and was looking up at the scene before her. For minutes no one moved, still in shock of what just happened. Then Tifa sprung forward and ran to Piper's side. She turned him on his back and assessed the damage. His vest was cut clean allowing her to see the gaping wound across his torso. She ruffled in her pocket, pulled out her Restore Materia and quickly healed the man. Meanwhile Yuffie ran to Vincent, who had changed back into his normal self. She shook him a bit and then cast her own Cure spell. Vincent groaned and lifted himself to his feet with a huff.
"Yuffie?" he asked as he looked around the room.
"Yes."
"What happened?"
"Lots of things." She replied. "Lots of sick and disgusting things." She the went on to tell him exactly what happened.
Piper groaned and opened his eyes slowly, seeing the face of Tifa he rolled to his side and got up quickly. He began checking for his wound but found nothing but his torn shirt.
"You healed me?" he asked after a while.
"Yes." Tifa replied with a smile. "Couldn't leave you to die could I."
"Couldn't you?"
"Listen Piper." She started. "I'm really sorry about you're parents. About everything. You should know we'll help you anyway we can."
"What makes you think I need your help?" he spat back. "I don't need someone to look after me! I'm not a child!"
He grabbed his sword and left the room without another word. Tifa joined the others after a sigh and they stood in silence again.
"So what now?" Cloud groaned. "Rufus is dead. Ranish are gone. The Forgotten, minus their leader are gone. Staan is stronger than all of us and is bent on destroying the world."
"That pretty much sums it up." Stratus said. "Where'd Piper go?"
"He left." Tifa informed him after another sigh.
"So what's with that guy?" Blain asked. "I mean I thought he was against us but then he starts after that Rufus guy so I think he turned and the he just leaves."
"He just found out his entire life is a lie." Tifa answered. "Barret. You remember little Piper from sector seven?"
"Yeah." Barret answered. "Why?" The it donned on him. "Shit! That's Piper!"
"Yup."
"Holy Shit!" Barret cursed. "He sure has changed."
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