I don't own the show? The game, sorry, it seems andromeda is taking over my life! Harper looks like cid though…when he has the goggles on!

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Yuffie sat in the cold silent bridge, the snow falling on the front window. Cid was sleeping off the crash so she was left alone. She turned her attention to watching her breath. The howling wind outside did nothing to make her feel better.

"Oh, hey," she said with a small smile as she blew out a frosty and misty breath, "I'm Cid, minus the cigarette."

She sniffed, the cold air hurting her nose and the back of her throat. Freezing to death in the Highwind wasn't the way she thought she'd die. She knew for a fact that it wasn't the way the blonde pilot beside her wanted to go either. E wanted to die in his sleep or to go in a blaze of glory. Not in some snowfield.

"…You ever shut up?" Cid cracked open his now Mako sparkling eyes partly.

Yuffie rolled her eyes, "You ever sleep?"

"Not when a damn kleptomaniac is sleeping beside me," Cid breathed.

"Hows the head?" Yuffie ignored the insult. She scooted a little closer, trying to get some of the blonde's warmth.

"Not so good. Still hurts like hell," the pilot sighed, "Makes ya wish you'd stayed in bed huh?"

The ninja laughed, she hated the way it echoed in the empty and dead bridge. Everything seemed too bright, her own head hurt but not to the extremities the captain was having.

It's the mako that's making it so bright. So did we actually fall into the life stream? a sigh escaped her lips.

"God, it's freezing in here," she rubbed her arms quickly, trying to get at least some type of warmness. She felt weird in the coat. she had scavenged it from a dead crewman. Touching the cold dead body had sent horrid chills down her spine.

Cid raised an eyebrow, he looked down to find he was wrapped in some of the dead crewmen's coats. He could smell the death from them. Did he pass out?

"I pass out?" he gave a polite little cough, trying not to go for the blown out coughing fit that his body was screaming for.

The teen nodded, "Yep. Good couple of hours. Had to amuse myself by trying to get the comm working."

"Did you?" for some reason, Cid actually hoped Yuffie had. It meant that they could have a good chance of getting out alive. She was a bright kid after all.

"Ah…nope. I don't know what end of a screwdriver to use," Yuffie broke into a grin, "I mean, I don't even know what one is."

"You really suck at being funny," Cid fought back a new wave of shivers and the return of his killer headache.

Cid…stay with her. Don't fall into the darkness. Vincent's voice sounded so reasonable and very logical.

Easy for you to say. Your head doesn't feel like a lorry just crashed into, Cid snapped back, anyway, why is it so important that I do?

Do you ever not argue with people? Vincent sounded like he had lost his patience, please, for once. Do as your told.

Cid closed his eyes and coughed, "Sure, whatever."

Yuffie blinked in confusion, "Now your talking to yourself. Great."

The ninja watched as Cid fought to control his coughing. Every cough made her wince, they sounded painful. Mako poisoning was never going to be a pleasant way of death.

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Nanaki slowly and quietly padded into the old weapon room. He watched in silence as he saw his second in command talking to the weapons as though they were real people.

"What should I do?"

"Stop talking to weapons. I have been hearing some very odd stories about you," Nanaki laughed.

The young man span round, "Your home Nanaki. How goes things?"

The lion creature shook his head, "The planet is in fear. It seems that the past is now catching up with me."

"In what way?"

"The one winged angel has returned," Nanaki shivered in response to the name. Sephiroth, the one human who, really could destroy the planet if he had the urge to.

"Tseng, we must free Chaos and return Vincent to his true form. Soon," Nanaki's tail swished from side to side.

Tseng rolled his eyes, "Easier said than done."

"Why?"

"It seems that the north has been experiencing earthquakes," Tseng offered, "Also, Jaden claims that a star was reported to of erupted from the crater."

"Star? Stars do not erupt from planets," Nanaki chided.

"Our people in the north wish to go to the site, what do you think?" Tseng asked, it had been awhile since Nanaki was actually in this room. As usual, the room had been kept perfect and each weapon lovingly attended to.

"Surely you do not need my input. This is your…" the leader searched for the words and smiled. A picture of AVALANCHE filled his mind.

"This is your gig," he enjoyed the odd look Tseng gave him.

"Gig?" Tseng shook his head, "That is a word I've never heard you use for…well, never."

"Well, I was never one for always sticking to the rules. Hence my little movement group that we are involved with."

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Sephiroth stood up for the first time in days. His legs shakily threatened to give up. His head swam with pain and dizziness.

…….you to say. Your head doesn't feel like a lorry crashed into………the voice whispered softly in his ears. It sounded familiar.

He closed his eyes and focused on the voice, only to have his attention taken from him. The woman who had saved his life had returned, along with some of her friends.

"Hey, um, we have a way for you to go across the sea."

Sephiroth span round, his eyes wide, "That is good. I've been meaning to do that."

The woman blushed, "But there is one small thing first. We found you near the north, we would like you to join us to check something out."

The once great general narrowed his eyes, "Why?"

"Something exploded out from it a few hours after I found you. A ship of some kind. It could be yours."

A ship? I don't ever recall having one. I hate flying, Sephiroth barely shivered, but wait…AVALANCHE had one. This is too perfect.

"Very well," he agreed.

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Chapter 11...wow. Never thought I'd keep it going! Thanks to ll those loyal reviewers…all one of you!