Chapter Twenty Nine
The Secret of Dercas village
Alex and Krissy turned as Sean joined their side and crossed his arms.
"This lot is quite clever, despite how dumb they look."
"So glad you noticed." Yuffie muttered.
Krissy smiled, "I take it all of you know Sean, our dear leader if that's what you want to call him."
"That all for your lil' gang o freaks?" Barret asked.
"Yea, that pretty much sums it up." Sean said calmly.
"Good, lets finish this!"
Cloud charged towards Sean then leaped into the air above him, his sword sliced through the air, and soon Jessi's murderers…he thought. He was taken aback when Jessi suddenly appeared in front of Sean; there was a clash of metal as his ultimate weapon struck her sickle. His eyebrows raised in shock as she smirked and pushed him back away from herself and Sean. He took a step back as the others joined his side, their faces mimicking his own.
"Oops, guess I forgot to mention our newest member, so sorry." Sean said with a slight chuckle.
"There's no way in hell she would ever join you." Sephiroth said viciously.
"Oh but she has, she's our friend." Krissy said sweetly.
"Yes, she is one of us." Alex smiled at Jessi and she returned the look.
"No, you are all murderers!" Aeris yelled, "Jessi isn't like you!"
"You really think that?" Sean wrapped his arm around Jessica's waist.
"Does she look like a murderer to you!" Vincent suddenly yelled out causing the others to jump. Jessi's gaze shifted from Alex to Vincent and she stopped smiling.
"Looks can be deceiving…Mr. Valentine."
Sean smirked and wrapped his other arm around her, resting his chin on her head he smiled at Avalanche as she continued.
"Besides, who do you think killed all those guards back in that village. It wasn't just the Behemoth's and my allies."
Vincent inhaled sharply, "Jessi…"
Sephiroth stepped forward, "Jessi, Jenova is trying to control you, try to overcome her before it's too late."
Jessi looked at him and laughed, "Don't be ridiculous Sephiroth, Jenova isn't controlling me. She has no power over me whatsoever."
"Why are you siding with them? Jenova is responsible for everything that happened…"
"You're wrong Sephiroth, don't blame Jenova because it was all Hojo's doing."
"No, you're the one who is wrong," Sephiroth shook his head, "she is lying to you. She manipulated you into befriending her but I know you know better than that…we're your friends!"
Jessi narrowed her eyes and clenched her fists; she stepped away from Sean and walked slowly towards Avalanche.
"Friends, really? Tell me something, did any of you think to look harder for me? Did it cross your little minds that I may have been submerged in Lifestream, unable to call out for help?"
"What are you talking about? We found you on a ledge of the crater…"
"Liars! You didn't even bother to look for me!"
"But you were there on a ledge, we thought you were dead." Cloud said.
"So sorry to disappoint you." She said bitterly before turning back to Sean and the others.
"Our job's not finished, Jenova wants this place to never have existed."
"It does exist and its not about to be destroyed any further;" Aeris said calmly, "because it is the key to Jenova's defeat. I feel the ancient power of the Cetra flowing through this village; this is where Jenova was brought down centuries ago, this is a sacred place."
Jessi knew now why the name of the village sounded familiar. How could she have forgotten? Aeris was right; this was where Gast and Hojo had dug Jenova up years before. Jenova didn't want any chance of being overpowered again so she needed this place destroyed.
"All the more reason for it to be burned and scattered into the ocean." Krissy said.
"Over our dead bodies!" Yuffie said defiantly.
"Sounds like a great idea, rest in peace!" Sean said as he shot an energy beam at her.