Chapter Two – A meeting with Sin
The Highwind, with its new Avalanche insignia painted sides, reached its destination within plenty of time due to the Chocobos speed but just as they approached they heard Cloud shout loudly causing the Highwind to stop immediately.
"STOP! THERE IS A MASSIVE MONSTER RIGHT WHERE WE WANTED TO GO!"
"What you on about you stupid $£&." Barrett said as he walked towards the class viewer to see the landscape below. What Barrett saw however was not a landscape but a single huge creature silver like the colour of new metal and the size of the northern crater itself. The land where the temple of the ancients used to be was completely demolished and all that remained was a few trees floating around the creature in its place.
"Get us the hell outta here now!" Barrett yelled to emphasise the point. It was to late though because Barrett and Cid hadn't listened to Cloud's initial statement the monster was already attacking them. A single strange beam of light came flying from the monster and landed on the ship. Suddenly a member of the crew came running in. "The light was a monster. That thing is shooting monsters at us quick someone deal with it." The crewmember said with fear in his voice.
"Take the reigns I'll go! Just get us the hell out of here. Cid said to the crewman still trembling. "Come on Cloud, Barrett lets take care of this thing." The three of them rushed out to deal with the monster so they could escape.
The monster stood 12ft tall and had was spitting venom from its head causing the three to have to dodge sideways even as they exited the door.
"What the hell." Barrett said as the monster continued to aim its venom at him. After a few bouts of this the monster charged forwards knocking Cid to his feet. Cloud was now behind the monster and slashing at one of the monster's protective claws. Suddenly Cloud felt a burning sensation as fire hit his body all over. "Magic." Cloud stammered out as he fell to floor gasping in pain. Barrett was successfully dodging the monster's attacks and laying a constant barrage of bullets on his foe whilst Cid was back on his feet and running to Cloud to revive him. The monster was now flailing one of its claws madly as fell away thanks to Barrett's constant attack. But as the claw fell it landed on Cid causing him to be knocked down just as he managed to revive Cloud. Cloud quickly flipped up on to his feet and searched Cid's pockets in search of a healing item. The best he found was a restore Materia. So he took the Materia and gripped firmly once again being forced to dodge the monster's assaults. His mind focused and was about to send the magic to Cid when Barrett hit Cloud with a bullet because the monster had moved.
"Yo' Stupid Ass!" Barrett said as if Cloud was at fault.
"Barrett move." Cloud yelled back allowing Barrett to safely avoid another salvo of venom. Cloud had finally managed to revive Cid and all three of them charged at the monster. Cloud run up the monster's spine as it lowered its head to spit more venom and started slashing at it. Whilst Barrett focused his gun on the monster's head and Cid jumped with his javelin crashing into the heart of the monsters head. Suddenly the head went black and limp but the monster still was charging at the three.
"What the £"$ does it take to kill this thing." Cid yelled as he avoided what looked a painful blow.
"Your just out of practise." Cloud said as he sliced the other claw off of the monster. "Now attack its centre." Cloud yelled as he stampeded toward the creature. Barrett continued his assault from a safe distance. Cid rushed forward stabbing his javelin at his foe in a constant manner like you would if you were picking up piece of pineapple with a cocktail stick. Cloud continued slashing at the creature even as it fell to the floor and started and stopped moving. The creature did not dissolve as usual though but instead just lay there forcing the three to push it over the edge of the Highwind as it sped back towards Nibelheim.
"What was that thing?" Barrett and Cid asked Cloud at the same time.
"How the hell am I supposed to know?" Cloud answered and then continued. "Its nothing like I have ever seen. You don't think Shinra survivors have been doing experiments again. Do you? Well anyway we will talk to the others when we get back." That was the last anybody spoke for the rest of the trip because they were only two minutes away.
The Highwind was majestic when landing its wings shone bright silver where they had been recently polished. Avalanche shone bright with its stunning blue letters on one side. The other side of the Highwind fortunately, unseen from any angle than from the mountaintop, was covered in green blood that the monster left behind as it fell from the side of the Highwind. As the motors stopped completely the ladders fell to the ground and the three heroes and the crew descended awaited by the rest of the group who all appeared eager and excited as if they had important news of their own to report in.