"So what's up with that Vincent guy? Every time he looks at me I get the chills. I'm not one to usually do that," Jack said to Cloud.

"Oh that? Has he been doing that to you? He can turn that on and off. He keeps it on for strangers. He's a vampire, but don't worry, he won't do anything."

"He's a what?"

"A vampire. Don't they have vampires where you're from?"

"Of course, but...but they aren't real, they're just myth."

"Not here."

"Hey Sam, guess what? Vincent is an actual vampire!" She had been talking to Tifa when she suddenly darted off at that knowledge. Jack knew she would like that. Red XIII walked up to Teal'c and walked along with him curiously.

"My friend Teal'c, what are you? You are not human, I can tell from your scent."

"Red XIII, you are correct. I am a Jaffa from the planet Chulak. I am essentially human, except inside me I keep an alien creature known as a Goa'uld. I incubate it to keep it alive, and it provides me with enhances immune systems and keeps me alive. Unfortunately I cannot remove it, or I would die. The Goa'uld are an evil race who have enslaved my people, yet I cannot get rid of them, no matter what I do."

"An interesting predicament. I feel for you, my friend."

"How did you come to be blinded and tattooed?"

"Well, that is an interesting story. I was once..." A whistle from up ahead by Tifa interrupted Red XIII. Everyone gathered towards her. She looked very sad.

"He's been here. He...look." She pointed over a hill and there stood a town, smoking and burning. Even from where they were, they could see bodies lying around the entrance to the town.

"Good God..." muttered Daniel. Jack bound over the hill towards the town soon followed by the rest. He stopped just short of the small arched entrance, where two soldiers lie severed in half. The blood was still fresh. Daniel held a handkerchief to his mouth. Slowly, they all entered the town, led by Cloud. They progressed through the streets, careful not to be hit by burning planks that were falling. They entered the town center. There, in the very middle was a stack of bodies ten feet high. They were all dressed alike.

"Shinra must have tried and set him up with SOLDIERs," muttered Barret.

"You mean all these guys were soldiers?" asked Sam.

"Yes...look at their outfits," pointed out Red XIII.

"Who did this?" asked Daniel.

"Sephiroth," whispered Aeris, her eyes puffy.

"Sephiroth? The guy we're after? You mean he slaughtered an entire town plus about fifty fully trained soldiers?" asked Jack.

"He summoned a comet to destroy the planet! What did you think he was capable of?" yelled Cloud. He turned his head down. Aeris came and comforted him.

"This is why he has to die," explained Cid. "We've seen too many of these things." Just then Red XIII turned sharply, his back arched.

"He's here," Vincent said, suddenly behind Yuffie. At once, all of them began to equip their Materia to their weapons and gathered at the center of town. Cloud threw SG-1 some Materia.

"You might want to use this." SG-1 began stuffing the Materia onto their weapons and joining the group at the center. They waited silently for a second as a light breeze blew through the town square. Jack kneeled and looked around. Everyone was sweating, from the heat of the fire and nerves. Suddenly, Jack saw a small shadow through the flames in front of him. A man appeared all in black, with very long silver hair, and bright turquoise eyes that pierced him to the bone. He lifted his gun and fired bright shots of (what was it now?) ice at Sephiroth, but he moved back into the fire.

"He's over here!" yelled Jack. But he heard other shouts over the roar of the flames and gunshots firing, so no one heard. He looked around again. Tifa was to his right, Cid to his left. There he was again, in front of Cid running towards him with the longest sword Jack had ever seen. He was amazed he could carry it with one hand. Sephiroth took a swipe at Cid's torso, which he barely deflected with his spear before he jumped clear over the ten-foot high stack of bodies. The blow had knocked Cid down so Jack gave him a hand up. How could anyone stand their ground with Sephiroth rushing them like that? Jack all of a sudden had a newfound respect for the team. He ran around back and found Daniel, Teal'c, and Barret shooting at Sephiroth as he disappeared around a house. Jack heard a clank and glanced to his left in time to catch Cloud exchanged blows with Sephiroth. Vincent ran in front and with a burst of light transformed into a monster with a chainsaw. He rushed Sephiroth as well trying to work his way in between blows, but kept being glanced off. Yuffie ran in as well and threw her pinwheel at him, but he knocked that back as well. Sam, Daniel, Teal'c, and Barret soon rushed around, but couldn't get any shots in with Yuffie, Cloud, and Vincent there. Barret huffed then started shooting right through Vincent at Sephiroth. But he somehow anticipated it and sidestepped. Jack had never seen anyone move as fast as he was now. Sephiroth then ducked and rolled left into Tifa, who started planting fist after fist into his chest, but none seemed to affect him. His sword was too long to get any really good blows of Tifa, who simply slid under and over them. Just as he was about to get a blow in, Aeris blocked it with her staff and knocked it out of the way. Cloud, Yuffie, Cid, Red XIII, and Cait Sith soon rushed around from the other side and charged Sephiroth. The gunmen were blocked again. It was madness. While Tifa was right against Sephiroth hitting and kicking to no apparent difference, Cloud was striking with his sword, Aeris with her staff, Cid with his spear, Vincent with his chainsaw, Cait Sith was throwing things at him, Yuffie trying to slash with her pinwheel, and Red XIII jumping in and out of slashes as he tries to cut him with his headdress. Unbelievably, he was blocking and slashing and parrying fast enough to hold them all back. All SG-1 could do is stare. Soon Barret rushed in as well with a large metal ball on his hand where the gun was and started trying to strike as well.

"Colonel, what can we do?" yelled Sam.

"I don't know!" Jack yelled back.

A large flash of lighting struck Tifa and she yelped and fell back towards SG-1. Then Cid received a cut to the arm and yelled and fell back, bleeding profusely. Aeris fell back and whispered something and his cut was healed is a glow of green light. As they looked back, Sephiroth spun with his sword rapidly, driving everyone back. He kneeled and glared at them all and raised his hands and a large ball of fire shot out, knocking them all down. He leaped in the air and came down on Barret, who rolled but couldn't avoid his leg being stabbed. He cried in pain and flung his metal ball at Sephiroth's face, but missed. Red XIII ran and leaped into the air, knocking him off Barret, but Sephiroth rolled and back slashed Red XIII, cutting his side in a spray of blood. Cloud rushed back in and knocked his sword up. Sephiroth punched him in the face, spinning him, but he came back around with a kick to the head. Sephiroth's eyes flared and he flung a sword blow at Cloud's arm. Cloud blocked, but the force drove the sword into his arm anyway. He grunted and limped momentarily. But Tifa was on him before he could do anything else. But he grabbed her and threw her across the courtyard into a house. Cloud was kneeling on the ground and Sephiroth was open.

"Now!" shouted Jack. SG-1 lifted their guns and fired. Bullets flew towards him, but he kept sidestepping, avoiding them all. Finally one got him in his right shoulder. He rolled and jumped into the air, but not before glaring at Jack with pure fire in his eyes. He disappeared over the roof, into the fire. Bullets from Vincent and a pinwheel from Yuffie flew after him, but fell short. There was a momentary silence before Aeris started healing the wounded. Jack was still dazed.

"Have you ever seen someone move like that?" he asked SG-1. They all shook their heads no. They were also apparently dazed. "Me neither."