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Chapter 6 - If united we stand, then divided they'll fall
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Sephiroth opened his eyes slowly, it was still dark outside and now the rain had finally hit his area. Through his rain splattered window Sephiroth could see the lamppost on the opposite side of the street. Sephiroth sat there watching the lamppost for quite some time until frantic banging pulled away his rapt attention. Sephiroth swung his legs off the bed and grabbed his sword before pulling open his front door. A young man Sephiroth had seen at Zack's was there. His trousers were muddy and he was soaked through. "Sephiroth" gasped the man
"Yes?" asked Sephiroth
"It's Zack" gasped the man. Sephiroth rolled his eyes but then he noticed the Shin-Ra personnel badge attached to the young mans jacket. Sephiroth grabbed him by the throat and lifted him off the ground "You work for Shin-Ra" snapped Sephiroth
"Yes" gasped the man "That is why I know that Zack is in danger"
"In danger?" questioned Sephiroth
"Yes" gasped the man. Sephiroth set him down and the man began to gulp down large breaths of air
"What's going on?" asked Sephiroth
"A warrant for his removal has been ordered by president Shin-Ra" said the young man
"Removal?" asked Sephiroth
"Are you always this slow?" shouted the man. Sephiroth slapped him "Bitch!" said the man rubbing the side of his head "What do you mean by removal?" Sephiroth thought that he already knew Death he thought.
"They're going to kill him!" said the young man "The special-Ops team has already left for his flat"
"He'll survive" said Sephiroth pushing the young man out of his apartment and closed the door. Sephiroth walked back over to his sofa and lay down before opening a book he had been reading before the whole firing fiasco. He'll be okay; he can hold his own thought Sephiroth against Special operations? Replied his pessimistic side He got himself into this he thought No, you did he added. Sephiroth put the book down, he couldn't concentrate. He sat up and walked over to his cupboard and threw it open. He looked at his reflection in the mirror. He was dressed as he normally did, Zack's clothes were upstairs. "I am going to regret this" he told himself as he put on his black coat and took his fabled weapon.
Zack was scoring with the young girl Sephiroth had been with. Obviously it was a shame for Sephiroth to lose such a woman but he had never called her back and so Zack had taken his chance and scored. Zack and Melissa lay on his couch, fully clothed, kissing. Zack was half way through running his hand underneath her top when the first gas grenade spiralled through his apartment window. Zack gasped and looked up when another three followed the first. Zack took Melissa's hand and they moved towards the bathroom area crouching low. Zack looked back at his living room, he couldn't see anything through the smoke but he knew that Shin-Ra soldiers always wore the helmets which were equipped with scopes that could see through smoke and fog making it easier for them in raids. Sure enough his front door was shot open and soldiers poured in. One threw another smoke grenade in Zack's direction. The grenade was only visible to Zack when it was inches away but Zack managed to catch it and threw it back in the direction of his front door. Zack pushed Melissa into the bathroom and took cover at the side of the doorway. The barrel of a shotgun appeared in the doorway. Zack grabbed it and elbowed the soldier in the face knocking him back. Zack righted the shotgun and shot the soldier before relieving him of his helmet. Zack donned the helmet and dived directly into a fire fight.
Sephiroth sprinted through the rain receiving bizarre looks from people when he would jump over a car or a small truck but Sephiroth did not care about looks from people.
Zack threw the empty shotgun at a soldier before rolling forwards and swiping his feet from beneath him and taking his guns. The soldier slapped his helmet off. Zack was lying there in the centre of the smoke haze, he couldn't even see the soldier at his side. Zack scrambled around for the helmet but a soldier kicked him in the face knocking him back. Zack was rolled onto his stomach and handcuffed. Melissa was dragged screaming from the bathroom where she was handcuffed and driven to her knees. Zack and Melissa knelt handcuffed in the kitchen facing a small visible group of soldiers. One raised his rifle and pointed it at Zack "Where's you bodyguard?" the soldier said laughing
"Right here" said Sephiroth from the doorway.
The soldiers spun around but Sephiroth was too fast. He punched the controls for the air conditioning and rolled into the centre of the soldiers. Two quick flashes of silver and four guards collapsed. Sephiroth spun kicking the rifle from a soldier hands before running him through. Sephiroth threw his sword into the air and punched the guards attacking from either side, dazing them, before catching the sword and pirouetting and cutting the two of them in half. Zack swept the feet from beneath the guard in front of him Sephiroth dived forwards running his sword through the fallen guard and through the floor. The guard was about to scream but Sephiroth stamped on his head crushing his skull. The Air condition filtered away the last of the smoke leaving Zack's house a bloody mess. "Thanks" said Zack as Sephiroth snapped the handcuffs them Melissa's. "You're amazing" said Melissa hugging Sephiroth. Sephiroth withdrew his sword from the guard and kicked the body. "Special-Operations" said Sephiroth indicating to the white star on the arm of the black Soldier uniform. "Don't they need special orders to attack someone?" said Zack
"Yes" said Sephiroth "Only Hojo and President Shin-Ra are allowed to authorise them"
"Were you ever a part of their team?" asked Zack
"When I was nineteen" said Sephiroth
"When did you join soldier?" asked Zack amazed
"Eighteen" said Sephiroth. Zack laughed
"You've definitely got the killing spirit" said Zack "In the good way of course" he added
"We need to get out of here" said Sephiroth
"Where are we going to go?" asked Zack
"You can come to mine" said Melissa
"I mean out of this city" he said
"Where?" asked Zack
"Nibelheim" said Sephiroth heading for the door
"One more thing" said Zack to Sephiroth
"Yes?" asked Sephiroth without turning around
"Thanks, mate" said Zack
"It's alright, friend" said Sephiroth walking out of the apartment. Zack smiled, Sephiroth was probably a big softie at heart he thought. He then looked around at the dead soldiers not that soft he added before walking out of the apartment followed by Melissa.