A/N: Here's chapter 28 guys. Thanks for all your reviews. I have received more for ch27 than I have for any other chapter. I've also had several people eager to read the sequel. Thanks everyone. And sorry for the delay.

Summary – Cloud battles with both Sephiroth and Squall. Squall unleashes his Lionheart limit and tries to hurt Cloud enough to knock him unconscious. But the plan backfires, and Cloud manages to stay awake. Squall is hit with Cloud's ultimate limit, OmniSlash. Cloud goes to finish Squall off, but Tifa steps in. When Tifa is in a danger, Squall can think of only one way to stop Cloud. He shouts that Tifa is pregnant and Cloud diverts his spell. He gets caught under debris and slips out of consciousness. Tifa stays with him while the others go to find Sephiroth and Ultimecia.

Chapter 28 – Final Defeat

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Squall rushed up the stairs. He had climbed several floors already but he hadn't checked in any of them. He followed his instincts. And his instincts told him they were near the top.

The others were right behind him. They were all nervous. They doubted that the six of them could take on two of the strongest beings that had ever existed. The two were obviously stronger together.

They all reached the top floor several minutes later. Squall drew out hid Gunblade and opened the door. It was a control room. Squall could see the panels for the intercom and elevator. Squall walked up to a control panel at the opposite end of the room and examined it. Zell walked up next to him and looked at it too.

"What do you think this is used for, Zell?" Squall asked him.

"Maybe for the lab experiments." he suggested. They both noticed a large button behind a glass case. The case was open. "What does this do?" he asked, about to press it.

"Zell, don't!"

He pressed down the button, but nothing happened. Zell sighed in relief. Next second, the wall beside them started to glow lightly. The glow disappeared and the wall had vanished. The hole led to a large room, similar to the one where Squall had fought Cloud. Squall knew what was waiting in there. The others all readied their weapons and magic, before moving through.

'Time to end this.' Squall thought.

* * * * *

Tifa continued to lift the debris off of Cloud, who was still unconscious. He wouldn't feel the pain if he was knocked out, so Tifa worked quickly. She soon had lots of cuts and scrapes on her hands, which were bleeding badly. But she didn't stop.

She soon came to a small pole. She pulled it but heard Cloud yell in pain. This was the one in his leg. She kneeled down beside him, seeing he was awake.

"Cloud, I'm so sorry." she apologised.

Cloud shook his head. "It's alright Teef. It just stings a bit."

Tifa stroked his head and felt tears come into her eyes. Why did this have to happen to him? Why can't they just live in peace for once? Why do they have to fight the same foes over and over?

Tifa cleared the rest of the debris on his body, except for his leg. She was then able to lie beside him. He raised his arm and she cuddled up next to him. She held him tight, promising herself to never let him go away again.

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The group of five entered the large room, on the alert. They couldn't see anyone.

"What the hell!?" Barret shouted. "We came up here for nothin'?"

"C'mon let's go, there's no one here." Zell said and they began to walk out. Except Squall.

Rinoa turned to him and saw him standing still, a look of shock on his face.

"Squall? What is it?" she asked shakily.

The others looked at him too.

"Guys! Get out of here!" Squall told them.

"What's up?" Cid asked.

"I can't move." Squall explained. Everyone looked frightened. Suddenly, Squall was lifted off his feet and was sent flying, head first into a wall. He fell to the floor, dazed.

"Squall!" Rinoa shouted running over to him. She kneeled next to him and helped him stand up. They both heard laughing and looked up at the roof.

Sephiroth and Ultimecia were floating up there. Both of them had smirks on their faces.

"Glad to see you joined us. Unlike that weakling downstairs." he added with an evil laugh. Both his voice and his laugh sent chills down Squall's spine.

"You're the weakling Sephiroth!" he shouted, "You have to use other people to fight your battles for you. You hide behind them like a coward!"

Sephiroth glared at Squall. If looks could kill, Squall would be ten feet under. He and Ultimecia lowered them selves to the floor and readied for a battle.

"We'll see who the coward is." He drew his Masumane and charged at Squall. Squall stepped back in surprise. The sword was bigger than him. He raised his Gunblade and blocked it. Cid came up next to him and tried to puncture him with his spear, but he was stopped by a barrier. Barret's bullets wee also stopped by the barrier, as was Rinoa magic. No one could hurt him. Squall noticed this and leapt back, away from Sephiroth. They all gathered together. Sephiroth yawned.

"This is getting boring. Let's make things more interesting." he hissed and turned to Ultimecia. They both nodded and raised there hands. Spells formed at their palms and were almost ready to attack.

Squall tried to protect the others. "Rinoa! Cast Shell!" he shouted, but he wasn't quick enough.

Their spells were cast simultaneously. The Apocalypse washed over everyone, knocking them to the floor and drained most of their energy. The second one followed.

Squall lay on the floor, weak, but still conscious. He was confused. Only one spell had hit him, but the others…Squall stood up and looked over at his friends. All of them lay still, as if they were frozen. Squall ran up to Rinoa and kneeled down. Her whole body was frozen, as was her expression. She looked as if she was in pain, the same as everyone else.

Squall growled and looked at Sephiroth.

"What have you done to them!?" he shouted.

"Relax boy. I have simply cast stop on them. Now you have no one to help you." he said laughing.

"I don't need help to defeat you."

Sephiroth let out a loud laugh that made Squall shiver. "You keep fooling yourself boy. That last attack wiped out almost all of your energy. You can barely stay awake, let alone fight."

He was right. Squall fought hard to stay conscious. His arms felt heavy and his head was spinning. He stumbled slightly as he stood up.

'I have to stay awake. I have to beat them. To protect my friends.'

With that, he was filled with determination.

'I can't lose. I won't lose.'

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Tifa and Cloud still held each other on the ground. Cloud eyes snapped open and he gasped. Tifa looked up in concern.

"What's happened?" she asked. She knew Cloud could sense what was happening with the others.

"Squall is alone in the fight, but he's weak. He won't be able to beat without his friends."

"What can we do?"

They were interrupted by the elevator. Tifa slipped out of Cloud's arm and stood up as the elevator door opened. Tifa gasped and grinned. The rest of AVALANCHE and SeeD, except Selphie and Cait Sith, had come.

They all rushed over. Yuffie hugged Tifa tightly.

"You're okay! I was so worried!" she squealed before letting go and noticing Cloud. "Oh my god, Cloud! Are you alright?" she asked, kneeling in front of him.

Cloud chuckled softly. "I've been better, trust me." He then remembered the fight. "Guys, you need to help Squall. The others have had 'Stop' cast on them so he's alone. He can't fight Sephiroth and Ultimecia on his own."

"Okay, we'll go help. C'mon guys."

Vincent stood still. "I'll stay here and get Cloud out of this wreck." The others nodded and ran off.

"They won't get there in time. I have to help." Cloud said worriedly.

"But what can you do?" Tifa asked.

"There's only one thing I can do."

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Squall weakly raise his Gunblade and held it in front of him. Sephiroth laughed evilly. He rushed forward and slashed downwards. Squall blocked and almost dropped his Gunblade. Sephiroth swung to his head but he ducked and countered. But Sephiroth simply caught his blade and yanked it out of his hands, leaving him defenceless.

Sephiroth grabbed Squall throat, lifting him off his feet, while pulled a remote out of his pocket. He pressed a button and a plate in the hole opened. The hole was wide, if anyone fell through the middle, they wouldn't be able to grab the edges. Sephiroth held him above the hole. As he gasped for breathe, he looked down through the gap, and his eyes widened with shock.

It was a pool of Mako.

Squall had heard that Cloud had barely survived Mako poisoning, and that was because he already had some in his body. If he fell in there, he'd be killed for sure.

"Say goodbye." Sephiroth growled. Squall felt his hand loosen slightly but it stopped. Sephiroth looked at his hand in disbelief. He then pulled Squall away from the hole and dropped him. He fell to the ground, clutching his throat, and looking up a Sephiroth in shock. What was he doing?

Sephiroth raised his hands and stared at them, looking terrified. "Impossible!"

Squall watched as Sephiroth shut his and lowered his head. His arms dropped to his sides, he looked like he was asleep. But he soon raised his head and opened his eyes. Squall smirked.

Familiar aqua-marine eyes glowed in his enemy.

Cloud had taken control.

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Cloud concentrated the best he could, to keep control of Sephiroth, but his strength was quickly failing. His face was scrunched up from both the pain in his leg, and the strain in his mind. Vincent tugged at the pole, causing Cloud to yell, but he gritted his teeth together to stop himself.

Tifa sat beside him, watching him struggle. She couldn't bare it. She clasped his hand and squeezed it, which he returned.

"Hang in there Cloud." she whispered to him, "You've got to. For our friends."

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Ultimecia was furious.

"What are you doing? Kill him! It kan't be that hard."

Sephiroth smirked and turned round. Ultimecia gasped in surprise and stepped back.

"You weren't expecting this twist were you?" Sephiroth said. He now had the same double voice that Cloud had. He turned back to Squall.

"Squall, kill him, quickly. I can't keep this up for much longer."

Squall nodded, grabbed his Gunblade and stood up. He was about to strike when he saw Sephiroth grab his head and shake it. When he looked up, he was back in control.

"Time to finish you off myself." he snarled and lunged.

Squall blocked and countered, striking Sephiroth's arm. Sephiroth's movements were slow, thanks to Cloud. He wasn't able to concentrate. But he managed to block Squall's attack and cut his ribs. Squall yelled out in pain and fell to the floor. Sephiroth towered over him.

"No one to help you this time," he growled as he lifted the Masumane above his head. Squall shut his eyes and waited for the strike. But Sephiroth was hit by a fire spell, before he had the chance to lower his sword. Squall stood up and looked round. At the entrance stood Quistis, Yuffie, Irvine, Red and Reeve. Squall smiled and ran to them, as they cancelled the 'Stop' spell on the others. They all wearily stood up.

"Looks like we got here just in time." Red said.

Squall smiled and hugged Rinoa as she ran to him. He was relieved that she was okay.

"We need to beat them." Squall said, nodding towards Sephiroth and Ultimecia. They both stood waiting, smiles on their faces.

"Let's finish them, together!" Irvine suggested happily. Squall nodded and let Rinoa go.

Everyone concentrated on their strongest magic. Sephiroth and Ultimecia stepped back in horror. They both knew that they wouldn't survive this onslaught. Everyone finished summoning their magic and was ready to fire.

"Take this!" Squall said angrily, and they fired. Soon the room was filled with several Apocalypse, Flare, Comet, Break and Cloud's Ultima spell, from Squall. Each spell struck their two enemies. The air was filled was their yells and screams as everyone cast their spells over and over. The collecting of magic exploded and smoke filled the room. Everyone held there breath till the smoke cleared. Sephiroth and Ultimecia lay on the floor. They were dead. Once and for all.

The group cheered and hugged each other. heb had done it. They had stopped them. They all headed downstairs to get out of this place.

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Tifa sat next to Cloud, who was unconscious, and Vincent was casting Cure on him. He had removed the pole from Cloud's leg and cleaned his wound. They spell wouldn't cure it completely, but it would stop it from bleeding again.

They both swung round when they heard everyone come in. They were all yelling and cheering. They had obviously won. Tifa ran up and hugged Squall, much to his surprise.

"You did it. You stopped him. Thank you so much." she whispered.

"No problem. But I didn't do it alone. Cloud helped too."

Tifa smiled at him and let go. Squall then noticed Cloud still on the ground.

"What's wrong with him?" Squall asked.

"Nothing. He just fell unconscious again after Sephiroth died. He must've been really tired after trying to control him." Tifa said, while holding Cloud's sword. Squall nodded and sighed. He was exhausted, he was glad that everything was fine.

Suddenly, the roof started to fall. The single support beam that was holding the roof up was ready to break.

"C'mon we need to get out of here!" Quistis shouted and everyone started running to the lift.

Squall lifted Cloud and put his arm over his shoulder and started to tak him to the elevator. Cid grabbed Cloud's other arm and helped him. They carried Cloud into the elevator. Squall felt him stir, as he hanged limply off their shoulders.

He moaned as he wearily opened his eyes.

"Don't worry Cloud; we'll get you out of here soon."

"Thank you, Squall." Cloud said quietly.

Squall looked at him but said nothing. He knew that Cloud didn't need and answer.

As the elevator stopped, everyone ran out. The roof was started to fall, as the support beams cracked. They all darted out the entrance as the building finally collapsed.

Everyone covered there mouths as the smoke and dust whipped past them. When it stopped, they stared at the wreckage.

It was over.

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A/N: Finally I finished it. This chapter was very hard to write. Crap, wasn't it. Sorry if it was. Thanks for the reviews everyone. And…did I get Sephy's sword right? I think that's the right name, or is that one of Cloud's swords from the game?

Shout outs –

Fr33k S+Yl3 23 – I might just do that. Thanks for the idea Roxie. I'll try my best to put it in.

Leon Highwind – He isn't Irish. I just made him talk like a Scotsman. I know cause that's were I'm from.

Brutal2003 – I agree

Ric Leonhart – Sorry the description wasn't very good. I'm not especially good at writing descriptions by it was my best shot. I'll do better next time, promise.

cloudude55 – Ta for pointing that out.

CrystalTyres – Thanks for the offer of pictures. I'll contact you if I would like any.

Jin – Glad you like it.

eveeee90 – Thanks for reviewing both of my fics. And I'm happy you liked both of them.

Mediciner – Thanks though I doubt this is the best FF8 fic ever. Nice compliment though, lol.