Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Final Fantasy characters. Those that I do own will be posted as they appear.
Characters I and my friends own:
Chi (me)
Hotaru
Jaheira
Chapter 3
Stars, many of them. The camera pans around to show one and then the next. A girl, with brown hair and a pink ribbon, fades onto the screen. Green embers float infront of her face. She stands, showing her pink dress and darker pink jacket, from her kneeling position in an alley and walks out into the street. The camera pans out to show the street and continues to climb until a large city comes into view. The wheels of a speeding train flash by and the camera zooms in on the streets again. Flashes of a train continue until the camera stays on the stopping train. A man by the name of Biggs leaps off the train and a guard runs over to him. Biggs throws the guard into the train. Jessie, a girl, leaps off next, kicking the other guard. A man named Wedge and a black man with a gun arm named Barret follow. Barret motions for another party member and a blonde spiky haired man back flips onto the platform.
"C'mon newcomer. Follow me." Barret said as he ran off.
Two soldiers ran toward the newbie and a battle commenced where he revealed his totally awesome fighting skills and his huge sword. The newbie ran over and joined the group at the edge of the platform.
"Wow!" Biggs exclaimed with a look of awe on his face. "You used to be in SOLDIER, huh? …Not everyday ya find one in a group like AVALANCHE."
Jessie turned to face the. "SOLDIER? Aren't they the enemy?" She looked at the newbie. "What's he doing with us in AVALANCHE?"
"He WAS in SOLDIER, Jesse. But he quit and is with us now." Biggs paused. "I didn't catch you name…"
"…Cloud." The newbie replied.
"Cloud, eh? I'm…" Biggs was interrupted.
Cloud shook his head. "I don't care what your names are. Once this job's over… I'm outta here."
Barret ran back to the group. "The hell you all doin'! I thought I told you never to move in a group! Our target's the North Mako Reactor. We'll meet on the bridge infront of it."
The door to the Maco reactor opened and they all entered. Barret stopped Cloud.
"Ex-SOLDIER, huh?" Barret shook his head. "I don't trust ya!" he finished as he ran on.
Cloud ran in and looked up at the large reactor infront of him. Wedge ran off to the left while the others ran to the reactor. Cloud ran over to Wedge.
"I'll secure our escape passage. You concentrate on the mission, Cloud." He looked up at the reactor. "Geez, we're really gonna blow this huge furnace up? This'll be somethin' to see!"
Cloud ran into the reactor to find the group standing in a control room. He ran over to them.
Barret called out to him. "Yo! This your first time in a reactor?"
"No. Afterall, I did work for Shinra, y'know." He replied flatly.
"The planet's full of Mako energy. People here use it everyday." Barret explained. Cloud shrugged and Barret continued angrily. "It's the life blood of this planet. But Shinra keeps suckin' the blood out with these weird machines."
Cloud crossed his arms. "I'm not here for a lecture. Let's just do it."
"Alright!" Barret retorted angrily. "You come with me from now on."
Cloud walked over to Jessie, Barret followed. "Biggs and I got the code for this door." She pointed to Biggs unlocking a door.
"Code deciphered." Biggs said as the door opened. Jessie went to go to work on the next door. "Think how many of our people risked their lives, just for this code…"
"Code deciphered." Jessie ran into the unlocked lift. Cloud follows, as well as Barret. "Push that button over there!" She pointed to a large button.
Cloud pushed the button which switches on the lift. They started to descend.
Barret continued his speech from before. "Little by little the reactors'll drain out all the life. Then that'll be that."
"It's not my problem." Cloud stated.
"The planet's dying, Cloud!" Barret shouted angrily.
Cloud ignored him. "The only thing I care about is finishin' this job before security and the Roboguards come."
Barret steamed while they climbed ladders and finally reached the reactor core. Barret and Cloud approached it.
"When we blow this place, it ain't gonna be nothin' more than a hunka junk." Barret said. "Cloud, you set the bomb."
Cloud looked at Barret. "Shouldn't you do it?"
"Jus' do it!" he said exasperated. "I gotta watch to make sure you don't pull nothin'."
Cloud rolled his eyes. "Fine, I'll do it."
The lights turn red as a high-pitched whine is heard. Cloud collapsed. Watch out! This isn't just a reactor! Cloud woke back up.
Barret walked over to him. "What's wrong?"
"Huh?" Cloud looked up.
"What's wrong, Cloud? Hurry it up!"
"… Yeah, sorry."
Cloud stood back up, walked over to the core, and kneeled down. As he set the bomb a siren is heard and everyone looks around. A giant Guard Scorpion jumped down blocking their path.
Barret yelled to Cloud. "Heads up, here it comes!"
The scorpion is defeated and Cloud called out to Barret. "Come on, let's get outta here!"
Ten minutes to detonation flashes on Cloud's timer. Cloud and Barret ascend the ladders and ran into Biggs who exclaimed that Jessie wasn't back yet. Cloud and Barret ran back to where they had last left Jessie and found her doubled over her foot.
Cloud kneeled down. "You all right?"
"My leg got stuck." Cloud helped her stand. "Thanks!"
Biggs ran up to them. "Let's Go!"
Meanwhile, with Hotaru, Chi, Jaheira, and the man…
"Wait a minute, Leon?" Jaheira shook her head. "Pour guy."
A seventeen year old Leon hung his head, "…Not again."
"Master!" Hotaru and Chi shouted smothering him with hugs.
Leon a.k.a. Squall a.k.a. Master a.k.a. Squally Wally just stood there.
(Where are we?) Leon thought to himself as he tried to shove the crazy girls off.
A blaring siren sounds as a red light blinks throughout the room.
"You know…" Chi said. "This room looks a lot like a factory storage room."
"How does that help us find out where we are?" Hotaru asked still clinging to Leon.
"Well, at the beginning of Final Fantasy VII Cloud had a mission to…" Chi's face drained white.
(Final Fantasy VII?) Leon thought.
"Hey Squally Wally…"
(Squally…Wally…..) his fingers twitched.
"…is it okay if we call you Squall?" Hotaru asked. "I mean you're wearing the same thing and you're the same age right now as you are in your Final Fantasy game."
(My…game?)
Hotaru was about to ask what was bothering Squall when Chi grabbed her arm. "We HAVE to get out of here!"
"…Why?" Jaheira asked suspiciously.
A voice came over the intercom. "Five seconds to detonation. Four, …"
"That's why!"
The four of them screamed running out of the room, but it was too late.
Back with Cloud.
Cloud followed by Jessie, Biggs, and Barret ran over to Wedge, Cloud's timer stopped. Jessie fell over, but Cloud rescued her just in time. The Mako reactor blew up and all of the city of Midgar is awakened.
"Hey, what's that?" Jessie asked pointing to four black dots coming at straight at them.
End of Chapter 3Hotaru: How did we get Squall from Vincent, Reno, and Sephiroth?
Chi: Good question, maybe I'll explain later.
Jaheira: (Poor guy.) Still feeling sorry for Squall.
Note: Squall's nicknames all came from the Kingdom Hearts fic.