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Chapter 2 – Time is Running out
Tifa meets up with Vincent and Barret taking cover behind a large rock pile to decide on a strategy.
Tifa: "Nothings happening. We're not making enough damage!"
Vincent: "We need to take out their main power source."
Tifa: "Where is it?"
Barret: "It's at the top of the ship above the cot pit." Cloud soon arrives to see what the problem is.
Cloud: "Guys we need to take these ships down before they reach the gates."
Suddenly Captain Harris' men are in sight and are minutes away from the battle.
Vincent: "Here comes some of Harris' men."
Barret: "Cloud, if you aim all our shots above the cot pit where the main power is, we can take them down."
Cloud looks at the ships that are only a kilometer away. Then he looks at Harris' soldiers. His expression is so determined and hateful. Then he takes off towards the ships.
Tifa: "Cloud what are you doing?" He wouldn't stop so she drives off after him. "Cloud what's up?" She manages to get along side him and he aligns himself under the ship. "CLOUD!"
Cloud: "They'll never make it here in time to take the ships down in time before reaching the gates."
Tifa: "So what do you plan on doing?"
Cloud sees a loose cable in front of him and heads for it. Tifa goes after him.
Tifa: "Look, I know you want to take them down but let me help. Tell me what you're up to."
Cloud: "I'm going up and cutting the main power off."
Tifa: "Oh God, you can't be serious! It's too dangerous. They'll shoot you down."
Cloud: "Tifa, tell me something I've done that wasn't dangerous." He looked her straight in the eyes. His beautiful Makou eyes were difficult to persist him to stop. She didn't want him to get hurt.
Tifa: 'Christ he's serious about this.' She just looked at him back while he grabbed the cable. She wanted so much to help him in case he got in trouble but he was right. What was there that wasn't dangerous that he'd done? She'd be hurt herself and he'd have to worry about her so she backed off to let him do what he had to do. After he had a hold of the cable he got off his bike and it fell behind. She watched him climb the cable. He managed to get to the top with little difficulty. Every time the ship was fired at there was a sudden jolt but he managed to catch his balance.
Tifa went back with Vincent and Barret who were back in the battle. Tifa "Cloud's on top of the first ship, there." She points at him. The two saw him and tried not to hit him when they went to fire at the ship. They aimed for the weapons to weaken their attack system. The ships were getting closer to the gates. They would be in a dangerous range in a matter of minutes.
Vincent: "We're in range of the gates." The ships began firing at the gates.
Captain Harris commanded his men at the gates to fire at the ships. He was no longer looking through the stethoscope to see that Cloud was on top of one of the ships. Cloud almost got hit by one of the fired shots from the gate.
Cloud: "Ah Shit." He cursed and got closer to the source. Suddenly an enemy troop got out of the cot pit and started shooting at Cloud. He dodges the shots and pulls the troop out of the cot pit. The troop loses his weapon and Cloud fights him fists against fists.
Captain Harris: "They're not going to make it. I don't want to do this but I might have to" He says out loud to himself. "Lieutenant!"
Lieutenant: "Sir!"
Captain Harris: "Charge to Makou Canon." He says very seriously.
Lieutenant: "Uh, Sir, are you sure about that. The power of Crater City will be drained. And it will kill everyone out there."
Captain Harris: "We have no choice. They are failing out there. Our gates will not be able to take down the ships and they'll surely get through the gates in time and destroy everything behind this wall. Would you rather have them die or the whole city die?"
Lieutenant: ". . . Yes, Sir." He runs off to prepare the Makou Canon crew for firing. It takes a few minutes for the Canon to charge and that was all they had until the ships reached the gates.
Tifa hears the Makou Canon siren go off and looks towards the gates. She saw the energy being collected at the top of the hill behind and above the city where the crater ends. The energy in the city was being diverted to the Canon. Families were with families and loved ones with loved ones. Children were held tight by their parents. Some children were crying because they were so scared. This has not happened to them before. They never needed to use the Canon. The explosion would be so big it would cause a shock wave through the concrete gate but be harmless to the city.
Tifa: "Oh my God..." she says to herself out loud. "GUYS! Vincent, Barret! The Makou Canon is preparing for fire!"
Everyone watches to see if she was telling the truth.
Vincent: "What are they charging if for? We can bring these down." Tifa heads to the second ship, the one Cloud isn't on. She gets right underneath it. She grabs a small explosive, smaller than the ones she used earlier. She had no more big ones. She placed the small explosive in a hole and drives ahead of the ship. She turns around and sets it off. The medium explosion did little damage to ship.
Tifa: "These are some tough ships." She says to herself. She then grabbed something out of her bag. It was an Energy Drain Materia. Her last one. She threw it at the ship and static electricity drained the ship of its energy and was going down. She felt somewhat relieved to know one ship is out of the picture but it was her last Materia and there was still one more ship.
Cloud still fights the troop on top of the ship. He loses his balance and falls off the side of the ship. He held on to a ledge to stop himself. The troop walked up to him with an evil grin on his face.
Trooper: "Well, I think you get off here." He goes to shoot at Cloud with his gun that he retrieved on his way up. Cloud watches hopelessly at the troop. A shot is fired...Cloud closes his eyes. He opens his eyes to see the trooper had fallen. Down below was Barret. He had shot the trooper. Cloud nodded thanks to Barret and pulled himself up and reached the main power source. He opened the panel and ripped the wires out. Sparks were flying everywhere and the ship's power was turned off. The ship was going down and Cloud jumped off on to a less debris area. Both ships have been defeated and the Makou Canon was discharged.
Chapter 2 – Time is Running out
Tifa meets up with Vincent and Barret taking cover behind a large rock pile to decide on a strategy.
Tifa: "Nothings happening. We're not making enough damage!"
Vincent: "We need to take out their main power source."
Tifa: "Where is it?"
Barret: "It's at the top of the ship above the cot pit." Cloud soon arrives to see what the problem is.
Cloud: "Guys we need to take these ships down before they reach the gates."
Suddenly Captain Harris' men are in sight and are minutes away from the battle.
Vincent: "Here comes some of Harris' men."
Barret: "Cloud, if you aim all our shots above the cot pit where the main power is, we can take them down."
Cloud looks at the ships that are only a kilometer away. Then he looks at Harris' soldiers. His expression is so determined and hateful. Then he takes off towards the ships.
Tifa: "Cloud what are you doing?" He wouldn't stop so she drives off after him. "Cloud what's up?" She manages to get along side him and he aligns himself under the ship. "CLOUD!"
Cloud: "They'll never make it here in time to take the ships down in time before reaching the gates."
Tifa: "So what do you plan on doing?"
Cloud sees a loose cable in front of him and heads for it. Tifa goes after him.
Tifa: "Look, I know you want to take them down but let me help. Tell me what you're up to."
Cloud: "I'm going up and cutting the main power off."
Tifa: "Oh God, you can't be serious! It's too dangerous. They'll shoot you down."
Cloud: "Tifa, tell me something I've done that wasn't dangerous." He looked her straight in the eyes. His beautiful Makou eyes were difficult to persist him to stop. She didn't want him to get hurt.
Tifa: 'Christ he's serious about this.' She just looked at him back while he grabbed the cable. She wanted so much to help him in case he got in trouble but he was right. What was there that wasn't dangerous that he'd done? She'd be hurt herself and he'd have to worry about her so she backed off to let him do what he had to do. After he had a hold of the cable he got off his bike and it fell behind. She watched him climb the cable. He managed to get to the top with little difficulty. Every time the ship was fired at there was a sudden jolt but he managed to catch his balance.
Tifa went back with Vincent and Barret who were back in the battle. Tifa "Cloud's on top of the first ship, there." She points at him. The two saw him and tried not to hit him when they went to fire at the ship. They aimed for the weapons to weaken their attack system. The ships were getting closer to the gates. They would be in a dangerous range in a matter of minutes.
Vincent: "We're in range of the gates." The ships began firing at the gates.
Captain Harris commanded his men at the gates to fire at the ships. He was no longer looking through the stethoscope to see that Cloud was on top of one of the ships. Cloud almost got hit by one of the fired shots from the gate.
Cloud: "Ah Shit." He cursed and got closer to the source. Suddenly an enemy troop got out of the cot pit and started shooting at Cloud. He dodges the shots and pulls the troop out of the cot pit. The troop loses his weapon and Cloud fights him fists against fists.
Captain Harris: "They're not going to make it. I don't want to do this but I might have to" He says out loud to himself. "Lieutenant!"
Lieutenant: "Sir!"
Captain Harris: "Charge to Makou Canon." He says very seriously.
Lieutenant: "Uh, Sir, are you sure about that. The power of Crater City will be drained. And it will kill everyone out there."
Captain Harris: "We have no choice. They are failing out there. Our gates will not be able to take down the ships and they'll surely get through the gates in time and destroy everything behind this wall. Would you rather have them die or the whole city die?"
Lieutenant: ". . . Yes, Sir." He runs off to prepare the Makou Canon crew for firing. It takes a few minutes for the Canon to charge and that was all they had until the ships reached the gates.
Tifa hears the Makou Canon siren go off and looks towards the gates. She saw the energy being collected at the top of the hill behind and above the city where the crater ends. The energy in the city was being diverted to the Canon. Families were with families and loved ones with loved ones. Children were held tight by their parents. Some children were crying because they were so scared. This has not happened to them before. They never needed to use the Canon. The explosion would be so big it would cause a shock wave through the concrete gate but be harmless to the city.
Tifa: "Oh my God..." she says to herself out loud. "GUYS! Vincent, Barret! The Makou Canon is preparing for fire!"
Everyone watches to see if she was telling the truth.
Vincent: "What are they charging if for? We can bring these down." Tifa heads to the second ship, the one Cloud isn't on. She gets right underneath it. She grabs a small explosive, smaller than the ones she used earlier. She had no more big ones. She placed the small explosive in a hole and drives ahead of the ship. She turns around and sets it off. The medium explosion did little damage to ship.
Tifa: "These are some tough ships." She says to herself. She then grabbed something out of her bag. It was an Energy Drain Materia. Her last one. She threw it at the ship and static electricity drained the ship of its energy and was going down. She felt somewhat relieved to know one ship is out of the picture but it was her last Materia and there was still one more ship.
Cloud still fights the troop on top of the ship. He loses his balance and falls off the side of the ship. He held on to a ledge to stop himself. The troop walked up to him with an evil grin on his face.
Trooper: "Well, I think you get off here." He goes to shoot at Cloud with his gun that he retrieved on his way up. Cloud watches hopelessly at the troop. A shot is fired...Cloud closes his eyes. He opens his eyes to see the trooper had fallen. Down below was Barret. He had shot the trooper. Cloud nodded thanks to Barret and pulled himself up and reached the main power source. He opened the panel and ripped the wires out. Sparks were flying everywhere and the ship's power was turned off. The ship was going down and Cloud jumped off on to a less debris area. Both ships have been defeated and the Makou Canon was discharged.