Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy VII or any of its characters.

I'm sorry if you were waiting for this chapter for a long time, but I have been stuck doing homework lately. Anyway here is the next chapter, so enjoy.

Chapter 10: Attack

Last night everyone had gone to bed early. Now every member of AVALANCHE was awake and getting prepared for today's events, which mainly involved searching the lab under the Nibelhiem mountains.

Cloud had been avoiding Tifa and Vincent, and everyone could sense his anger.

"Vincent, if I were you I would be worried," Cid told his friend as he placed some rope into a rucksack.

I don't think I have anything to worry about. Cloud may be angry with me, but he's still my friend. He wouldn't try and attack me, Vincent thought, as he sat watching everyone rushing about, wishing that he could be of some help.

Once everyone was ready, they gathered together outside Cid's house.

"Ready?" Tifa asked.

"As ready as we'll ever be," Cait Sith replied.

They started the tiresome journey from Cid's house to the lab, Tifa and Vincent leading the way. Cloud kept his gaze fixed on them, his eyes narrowed. Tifa wished he would stop it as it was making her very nervous and even though she knew Cloud was their friend, she still felt worried for Vincent. Vincent, however, seemed completely unaffected by Cloud's gaze.

They had made it halfway to the lab and hadn't yet run into any trouble. Unfortunately, that couldn't last forever. Suddenly five men and four vicious looking dogs appeared in front of AVALANCHE. The men were obviously from the organisation that was working in the lab facility because of the uniform they were wearing.

Each of the men pulled out a gun and aimed it at AVALANCHE.

"Looks like they want a fight," Yuffie said.

"Then let's not keep them waiting," Cloud announced, as he drew his sword.

Cloud charged at the man nearest to him, dodging the bullets that were being fired. He brought his sword up to slash down at the man, but unfortunately the man had anticipated his move and brought his gun up to stop the blade from hitting him.

Everyone watched as Cloud continued to fight the brown-haired man in front of them.

"Hang on a minute. Why are we just standing here? Let's fight!" Tifa exclaimed and with that the rest of AVALANCHE flung themselves into the battle.

Cid, Tifa, Cait Sith and Red XIII fought the men alongside Cloud, whilst Barrett, Yuffie and Vincent attacked the four dogs.

Vincent flung himself at the massive Doberman in front of him and bit it's neck as hard as possible. The Doberman lashed at Vincent in response knocking him onto his back. Together the two dogs rolled across the grass, snapping at each others necks and legs. Suddenly Vincent saw an opening to attack; the Doberman may have been bigger than him, but he was smarter and knew exactly when and where to attack. Vincent suddenly bit the Doberman's neck as hard as possible, braking the skin and drawing blood. The Doberman pulled back, off of Vincent, in pain. Vincent took this chance to finish the dog off, ripping at it's flesh. The Doberman slumped to the floor lifeless and dead.

Barrett easily finished of his dog with a few bullets, whilst Yuffie killed hers using her trusty Conformer. They then took the last dog out together.

Meanwhile Tifa, Cid, Cait Sith, Cloud and Red XIII continued to attack the men.

Tifa had knocked the gun out of the hands of her opponent. She continued to punch him with her fists until she saw a chance to give him a deathblow. She pivoted on her right foot and brought her left leg up to kick the man's neck, snapping it. The man slumped to floor, dead.

Cid lashed out with his spear and the blue eyed man in front of him could only defend. Cid knew that eventually the man would make a mistake and this battle would be over. Just then the man brought his gun up to try and shoot Cid, leaving himself wide open for an attack.

"Mistake," Cid announced before he plunged his spear through the man's chest killing him instantly.

Cait Sith, Cloud and Red XIII all finished off their opponents at roughly the same time. Every member of AVALANCHE just stood there staring at the dead men and dogs at their feet. Eventually Yuffie spoke up.

"Well, shall we go?" she asked.

Everyone nodded and they continued on their journey towards the lab.

AN - I hope you liked this chapter. I'm not very good at battle scenes. Please keep reading and reviewing my story and I assure you that the next chapter will be up soon.