SEPHIROTH ADVENTURE: Sephiroth Vs. Shadow; Ch. 12
Eggman sits in his office, and seems to be impatiently waiting for something. Suddenly the door opens, and a young woman walks into the office. WOMAN: "Sir, the report from the factory has arrived. It says construction of EC-5000X is finally complete." EGGMAN: "Excellent, it's finally finished…" The young woman was Sandra Rensic, one of Robotnik's top prison guards. She was a very skilled swordfighter, and an excellent leader. In order of authority, she was third, right below Rosenberg. She returned to her post and Eggman once again stared out his window.
Sephiroth, Tails, and Knuckles approached a large empty space in the city. It seemed to be the ruins of an old city park. When the city was Mobotropolis, it was so beautiful. Now that Eggman had taken over, everything that was once beautiful is now polluted or destroyed. They stopped to have a rest, which didn't last long. Cloud, Squall, Vincent, and a couple of Swatbots had appeared in the middle of the field. CLOUD: "I've been waiting for you, Sephiroth." Tails and Knuckles grabbed their Chaos Emeralds from their packs. SEPHIROTH: "No…this one's personal." So they tossed their Emeralds to Sephiroth, who now held all four in his pack. He drew his "Chaos Blade", which, you guessed it, began to give off a blinding glow from the presence of the Emeralds.
Sephiroth charged toward Cloud, but was stopped dead in his tracks by a powerful magnetic shock from the 'bots. Vincent struck Sephiroth with a violent kick, knocking him to the ground, and Squall took a shot at Sephiroth with his Gunblade, but he managed to dodge it. He got back onto his feet and struck a 'bot, immediately destroying it. The other 'bot blasted a laser shot at Sephiroth, this one almost knocking him unconscious. Just when the 'bot was about to fire again, Knuckles came from behind and gave the 'bot a powerful Knucklepunch, which seemed to cause a malfunction, giving Sephiroth enough time to get back on his feet and destroy it. KNUCKLES: "I don't care if this is personal, we're a team, I'm not letting you die!" This surprised Sephiroth, because no one had ever done anything like that for him before. He saved his life.
Sephiroth gave it another shot and charged once again, this time the blade was glowing even brighter than before. Vincent tried to block the powerful attack with his much smaller sword, but the strike from the Chaos Blade was too much for Vincent's small weapon. Vincent's sword was shattered to pieces, and Sephiroth wasted no time turning around and finishing the job. He turned around and thrust the sword through Vincent, and the glowing ceased. Vincent fell to the ground and died instantly.
Cloud and Squall watched in amazement. Squall threw his Gunblade toward Sephiroth, barely missing him. Sephiroth picked up the Gunblade and threw it to Knuckles. CLOUD: "You will kill no more, Sephiroth! ULTIMA!" A green light shone and nearly blinded Tails and Knuckles, but Sephiroth was unaffected. He was shielded by a transparent barrier. CLOUD: "How…" Sephiroth used the force in the sword to send energy flying toward Squall, knocking him to the ground, badly injured, but not dead. He then ran at Cloud and with all his might, he swung the glowing Chaos Blade at Cloud, but to Sephiroth's surprise, Cloud blocked the attack with almost no effort at all.
CLOUD: "Come on, you can do better than that!" And with those words, Cloud pushed Sephiroth away with his sword. SEPHIROTH: "Why won't the sword work on Cloud?" CLOUD: "Don't you get it? I thought you were smarter than that. Didn't you ever wonder why you just found that thing lying there in the middle of nowhere? I created that piece worthless piece of scrap metal just for you. With the help of Dr. Eggman, I designed that sword to react forcefully with the Chaos Emeralds. I even cursed that stupid sword so that you would be weakened by it for our battle! Don't you understand it? Sephiroth, I wanted you to get here so I could humiliate you in front of your little friends, and so I can turn those two Freedom Fighters over there in to Dr. Eggman. Now DIE!" He lifted his sword getting ready to strike.
Sephiroth immediately through Cloud's Chaos Blade to the ground and pulled out his trusty 6 foot long masamune sword. He counterattacked Cloud's furious attack with his blade and pulled back. SEPHIROTH: "This ends here, Cloud…he lifts his sword high in the air…HEARTLESS ANGEL!" As soon as he says this, Sephiroth's powerful sword begins to give off a very strange and almost mystical energy, and the air around them suddenly becomes chilly and almost stands still. He slams his sword into the ground, and the entire field violently rumbles, and eventually explodes. Squall is knocked completely unconscious, Cloud's sword flies from his hand and he falls to the ground, and Sephiroth, Tails, and Knuckles are unharmed.
CLOUD: "Sephiroth, you are just as strong and just as stubborn as I remember. Sephiroth, I swear on my life that you will pay for what you have taken from me. This does not end here! I WILL HAVE MY REVENGE!" SEPHIROTH: "Cloud, I've been trying to tell you that I…" but before he could finish his sentence, Cloud vanished into thin air just as fast as he appeared.
