Sephiroth and Vincent rolled back up the driveway on Vincent's motorbike.
"That was cool" said Sephiroth. Vincent nodded
"This bike enables me to get away from everything" said Vincent
"By driving at breakneck speed?" asked Sephiroth
"Yes" said Vincent. Vincent pushed open his front door and Sephiroth followed him through.
"So when do we start training?" asked Sephiroth. Vincent sat down in his chair in the centre of his Japanese-styled living room.
"It's completely up to you" said Vincent "If you want to start training immediately, take that sword and go out onto the plains just out there, I can watch you from up here" Sephiroth took the sword from the mantelpiece and took the staircase that led from the edge of the overpass onto the plains. Vincent leant upon his balcony and watched the dark spot cross the small concrete square at the bottom of the overpass onto the grasslands. Sephiroth stopped and looked around, it was dark where he was; in the shadow of the overpass. Sephiroth looked at the floor, searching for tracks. Something exploded behind him as a fiend crashed through the earth. Sephiroth whirled around and sliced at the shadow creeper but it sunk back through the earth. Vincent smiled, shadow creepers were difficult little blighters. Sephiroth jumped forwards as it crashed through the earth beneath him. Sephiroth waved the sword blindly but hit nothing. Sephiroth jumped to his feet and held the sword out ahead of him. The shadow creeper drifts upwards through the floor ahead of Sephiroth. It attacked quickly and Sephiroth kicked it before stabbing it. The creeper rolled around then knocked Sephiroth backwards before scurrying away.
"You didn't kill it!" shouted Vincent from his balcony.
"Guessed that" muttered Sephiroth. The fiend attacked again and Sephiroth sliced through it yet causing no damage. Vincent dropped one of his old rifles off the balcony. Sephiroth heard the rifle hit the ground. He whirled around and picked it up. When he raised the rifle the creeper vanished through the ground.
"This is annoying" said Sephiroth with a sigh. Sephiroth and Vincent heard the creeper cry out in pain.
Vincent straightened up; creepers were the most powerful fiend this close to the plate. Vincent ran through the front door and across the overpass to get to the staircase. A large green dragon burst through the earth throwing Sephiroth against an overpass pillar. He grunted and got back to his feet. The dragon roared throwing the body of the creeper at Sephiroth. Sephiroth dodged the body and raised his sword. The dragon snorted then sent a burst of flames at Sephiroth. Sephiroth jumped out of the way. He held out his hand but nothing happened.
"Damn it" he said waving his hand around trying to use magic.
"What are you doing?" asked Vincent who jogged over to him
"Trying to use magic" said Sephiroth.
"Right" said Vincent. Vincent threw his hand out sending a burst of lightning which ricochets off the dragons armoured hide.
"The Dragon" said Vincent "By far the most powerful fiends that roam the planet, powerfully magical and possess extreme physical strength"
"So how do we beat them?" asked Sephiroth
"Taking one on by yourself is suicidal" said Vincent "Taking one on with two people is just as dangerous"
"So we run?" asked Sephiroth
"Taking one on with a Turk and with a soldier-in-training" said Vincent "We've got more of a chance than the average fighter but I would feel an awful lot safer with backup"
"Couldn't you call Reno and the others?" asked Sephiroth
"They wouldn't get here in time" said Vincent
"Not getting here in time is better than not getting here at all" said Sephiroth. Vincent shot another bolt of lightning towards the Dragon's eyes but it was deflected by a strike of the paw.
"True" said Vincent taking his phone from his pocket. The dragon swiped at them with their tail. Vincent and Sephiroth ducked and the tail ripped through the pillar sending chunks of concrete spinning through the air.
"That didn't sound very good" said Reno over the phone.
"It isn't!" shouted Vincent at the handset which had been thrown clear of the two.
"Where are you?" asked Reno.
"Sector five overpass!" shouted Vincent. The phone clicked as Reno put down the receiver.
Sephiroth and Vincent jumped to their feet. Sephiroth raised his sword while Vincent dragged Sephiroth behind the pillar. They looked back at the city; they were beneath the entire city in a massive aqueduct almost a mile wide and stretched off boundlessly. Along the side of the aqueduct there were channels of wires, gas pipes, water pipes and many other types of pipes and conduits.
"What do we do?" asked Sephiroth. The Dragon snorted and stamped its feet angrily.
"We could run" said Vincent pointing to the darkness of the city.
"What about Reno?" asked Sephiroth. Vincent took out his wallet and showed him a small tracking his device
"Reno can find us" said Vincent. The dragon's tail smashed through the pillar and so Vincent and Sephiroth ran into the depths of the inner city, the place where no human had been since the city was built.