Chapter 3: The Heroes of the Planet

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They are the heroes of the planet,

Their actions are referred to as sublime,

AVALANCHE will save the planet,

For one very last time.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------DeathSeekr

"Cloud! You're back!" Tifa shouted as she saw Cloud arrive on Fenrir. Tifa gave a sigh after waiting many days for Cloud to come back. She tore through the door and ran to where Cloud parked his motorbike. Her eyes no longer had the fright and anxiety that plagued her since Cloud's departure, now they showed fury and relief at the same time.

"Tifa," Cloud said after seeing Tifa come out of the bar. He was tired from all the travel as well as the long conversation with Rufus. Cloud had decided to stay in hotel after his conversation with Rufus. He needed to regroup before he would go out and find Tifa.

"Where have you been Cloud, Denzel and I have been worried about you!" Tifa hollered once more to the melancholy Cloud. But despite her fury, she hugged and held Cloud for a minute. "Promise not to go without telling us okay?" Tifa asked in a much softer tone that before, hoping to keep Cloud from wandering away.

"Tifa, we have to leave, I just talked Rufus, some group is going a rampage about Sephiroth and Jenova," Cloud said while staring into the eyes of the woman he shouldn't have abandoned.

Tifa suddenly let go of Cloud and looked at him straight in the eyes and told him, "Cloud why do you keep running away from your problems…What about one and half years ago, I thought you had your will back." Tifa burst in tears as she thought about the past they both had gone through. The events of Nihelbeim, the death of Aeris, and the final battle still hurt Tifa when she thought about it.

"Tifa I'm sorry…It's just I," Cloud started to say, but he could not continue.

"I am sorry to ruin your reunion, but we are looking for Shinra as well members of AVALANCHE, if you could help us," Heizo stated to Tifa and Cloud. Both Cloud and Tifa noticed his weapon, the masamune, and both straightened up to look at the hooded men.

"Yea, we are in a hurry," continued Ichiyo as he saw the two stiffen with the words AVALANCHE and Shinra. The two members of the Ninth Fable seemed slightly bored and weren't really interested about the two.

"What do you want?" Cloud and Tifa said in unison. Cloud drew his swords while Tifa had put on her gloves. A blow of wind blew through the pairs. Things that were lying around the bar had begun to blow around as the wind started to pick up. Each person held their gaze steady and all were prepared to fight.

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Within the Shinra building, the place ran normally as any other day. President Rufus decided it would be best to keep the new threat under wraps. Rufus wanted informed the Turks about their new assignment while wandering through the hallways of the Shinra building. Rufus seemed to be in deep thought as he roamed the building. He rolled his wheelchair along corridors of the building drifting pass numerous workers. The Turks followed silently behind Rufus.

"Tseng, Elena I want you to go Fort Condor," Rufus commanded to two of the Turks. "We need to make sure we have any place of military value to be protected.

"Sure," replied Elena to the new assignment that was given. She still wanted to prove her skills to the rest of the Turks. Tseng simply nodded to Rufus indicating he understood the mission and the two began to head to their rooms to prepare. The two left leaving only Reno and Rude.

"Reno and Rude, I want you to head to Wutai, if somehow the Ninth Fable manages to obtain the Last Reunion we may need their help.

"Yea yea we got it, lets go Rude," Reno replied Rufus. Rude like Tseng did not comment on the mission, but instead followed Reno to prepare for the journey. Under the shades that Rude wore, he was also curious of this newfound group and was not please with the fact the Turks once again would have to fight disillusioned people.

As all the Turks left to prepare for their missions, Rufus was not worried about being defenseless in the case if the Ninth Fable decided to come after him. He took out his cell phone and dialed the number of Reeve. "Reeve I need you stay in Junon and await further command if the group after Last Reunion shows up.

"Sure, Vincent Valentine will be heading over here soon, I shall ask him to stay and help if the need arises," Reeve replied into the cell phone.

"Good, I will stay in Midgar for the time being," and with that Rufus ended the call.

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The scorching sun towered over the village of Corel. The heat is nearly unbearable, yet Gold Saucer seemed unaffected by the blazing weather. Despite the heat, a father and a daughter decided to venture back to the father's hometown to have fun in Gold Saucer. They spent a good week in the amusement park.

"That was fun dad, we should go again sometime," screamed a little girl. She was jumping up and down after arriving back in Corel. With a moogle in one hand and cotton candy in another she hardly grew from 1 and half years ago.

"Now Marlene we have to go and visit Cloud," claimed Barret who was holding his daughter's hand.

"Cloud yea!" exclaimed Marlene. She was in particularly good mood, even though she knew something was wrong with Cloud. In spite of her age, she was mature in terms of understanding people.

Up above a roar of an engine suddenly came from the sky. The advent of this new thing governed the sky above Corel.

"Sierra, hmph Cid," commented Barret to himself. He knew Cid was coming to pick him up. The whole AVALANCHE group was going to visit Cloud and Tifa because they received a call from Vincent explaining Cloud's actions.

"WOW, look at the ship in the sky daddy, it's so big!" yelled Marlene who just rediscovered the meaning of the word big.

The airship Sierra landed on the outskirts of Corel. It picked up sand that surrounded the village creating a mini sandstorm. Barret and Marlene waited patiently in a well sheltered rock formation protruding near where the airship landed. From Sierra, Cid Highwind as well as Shera came out to greet Barret and Marlene.

"Cid, Shera," Barret said as he and his daughter greeted the two.

"Are you guys married?" inquired Marlene when she saw two up close.

"The hell we aren't!" exclaimed Cid, but he quickly became quiet when he saw the look Barret gave Cid. Barret didn't want Marlene to be swearing left and right and so he gave Cid a cold stare. Cid took a long drag on his cigar and left out a huge sigh.

"Hi Marlene," Shera said to her. Shera was still a little pink from the comment Marlene made about Cid and her being married. The group started to head toward the airship because they were going to pick up the rest of the gang and then head toward Midgar.

"Sorry to bother you, but I am looking for AVALANCHE and Shinra people," stated Palin from a distance. His masamune hung at his side. He was heavily built and was unhappy with the horrendous weather near Corel.

"Who the !#$ are you!" Cid yelled toward the man. He didn't like people dressed up in mysterious and shitty clothes. The man wore a hood despite the heat, which for some reason pissed Cid off.

"Are you AVALANCHE or Shinra?" asked Palin while walking closer to the group.

"Shera take Marlene to the airship and leave," Barret said, as he cocked his gun-arm. Cid pulled out his spear out and took his regular fighting stance.

"What the hell, who the hell do you think you are?" Cid asked Palin, Cid was getting extremely annoyed with the fact they couldn't leave and that this man would want to fight him and Barret.

Palin didn't reply, but drew his masamune.