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Chapter 2
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Someone prodded Sephiroth in the back.
"Mother?" he mumbled. He heard a snigger pass around the room.
"Mother?" said a less cuddly voice
"Guess not" mumbled Sephiroth awaiting the explosion.
"Definitely not!" shouted a voice in his ear and flipped his world upside-down. Sephiroth hit the floor first followed by his mattress and his upturned bed. Sephiroth dragged himself out from under the bed and looked up at the fuming general and the other recruits who were laughing.
"Silence!" bellowed the general, and silence there was. Sephiroth got to his feet and flipped his bed back to the upright position and put his mattress back upon his bed. After picking up his uniform and showering Sephiroth changed and walked out to join the other recruits.
"So what we doing today?" asked Sephiroth to another recruit
"Something big" said a blonde recruit "Earlier today three massive trucks pulled into the plaza, they're still there"
"You two love birds!" shouted the general in their direction "Stop flirting and listen"
"Yes sir" replied the blonde.
"Now then" explained the general "We are going to Nibelheim, there is a flock of seraphim's that have descended upon the small village and it is up to us to kill them"
"Seraphim's" said Sephiroth "Aren't they invincible?"
"Until a few days ago" said the general with a smile he held up the standard Soldier rifle "This attachment sends out a stream of Ions that can destroy the wings of a Seraphim" below the barrel there was an attachment which resembled a torch
"Once the Seraphim lack's its wings it is corporeal and we can blast away" he added cocking the rifle. He tossed it to Sephiroth
"Everyone get a rifle, we're moving out in fifteen minutes" said the general.
Twenty minutes later their cluster of trucks were speeding along the open plains towards Nibelheim. The seventeen recruits were split into three separate groups; six people in two group's five in one group the general joined the five person group. Think you can guess who Sephiroth was stuck with?
At the moment the general was sorting out their badges that would be attached to their uniforms. The general showed them how. Sephiroth took the fish outline badge and examined it
"Why's it a fish?" asked a soldier
"It's not a fish you idiot" said Sephiroth "It's the sign for alpha, right?"
"Very right" said the general "You five are alpha team, for the rest of your training you five will always be in the same team and this insignia will never be removed"
"Never?" asked Sephiroth
"Unless you get accepted into Soldier of course" said the general. Sephiroth removed the super-adhesive backing from the insignia and attached it to the upper left arm of his uniform. The trucks slowed to a complete stop just on the outskirts of the town. The general picked up his radio and called the other two teams
"Bravo and Delta teams" he started. The others replied instantly "We are moving out now, so follow Alpha team"
Sephiroth and his group followed the general into the square. Three large beings were crouched upon the water tower. Sephiroth was just over six foot and he estimated that they were a little bigger than he was. They were human shaped and had long white gowns and no hair. Instead of mouths they had a thin black gash running across their pure white faces, they also had black oval shapes where their eyes should have been. The three of them looked over at Sephiroth. Gold spheres appeared in those black ovals, Sephiroth mused that they had probably just opened their eyes.
"Weapons!" said the general, that was when the beings attacked. Their seven foot long white feathered wings opened wide and the three of them flew upwards. Two of them disappeared into the clouds but another one came swooping towards them. Sephiroth and his comrades raised their weapons. Beta and Delta teams were taking cover as it was Alpha team who lead the assault. Sephiroth placed his finger upon the secondary trigger and fired. A trail of purple ions erupted from his rifle, which was joined by four others. Sephiroth trained his beam upon the left wing burning it to cinders. The others made sure that they were aiming at the wings. Sephiroth changed from one trigger to the other and his rifle fired a beam of concentrated energy. It punched a fist sized hole in the angel's chest. The other four joined in. Within seconds the angel hit the ground with a sizzling noise.
"Good work" said the general "Delta team cover Alpha team, Alpha team take Delta teams place"
Both teams switched places and Sephiroth was crouched next to a brand new car, his rifle trained upon the soldiers. The Beta team seemed incredibly tense and they were shaking slightly. The second angel came swooping down and the soldiers-in-training took them out. On the final team's attempt the angel did not show. The three teams were slightly relaxed when it attacked from behind.
"Look out!" shouted Sephiroth and raised his weapon. The other soldiers whirled around but the Seraphim crashed into them sending them colliding into the water tower. Sephiroth jumped to his feet and ran forwards. The Seraphim whirled around and flew towards Sephiroth. Sephiroth remembered what the General had said; do not touch a Seraphim, ever, they are constantly surrounded by a static barrier which can cause extreme mutilation to human skin Sephiroth was too late to get out of its way. People shouted his name but he was about to die and so coherent thought was not accomplishable. He hand snapped up and grabbed the Seraphim by the throat. The others gasped, as did Sephiroth. The Seraphim's eyes widened as Sephiroth's hand tightened upon the Seraphim's throat, it screeched loudly as it thrashed about in Sephiroth's grip. Sephiroth was unsure what to do, he was panicking. The Seraphim was trying to break his grip but it wasn't able to do it. An ion laser flew past him disintegrating its wings. A bullet zipped past him killing the angel.
Sephiroth stumbled back looking at its dead body then at his unscathed hand
"Everyone" said the general in a quite voice, looking at Sephiroth "Back in the trucks" the others were staring at him, completely silent. They got into the back of the trucks all except Sephiroth. The general put his hand upon Sephiroth's shoulder
"Into the truck, Sephiroth" he said.