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Chapter 1

Business in Seventh Heaven had been going steadily downwards ever since sector seven had been crushed. After the incident with Sephiroth, Avalanche had returned at a loss of what to do.

After much talking and deciding the group of friends dispersed to their hometowns, all that is apart from Cloud, Tifa and Barret who chose to stay in the ruins of Midgar and re-build their private haven of Seventh heaven.

Construction was slow, mainly to the fact that Barret kept yelling at the builders so much they grew to be intimidated by him and decide to quit. Finally after the sixth group of builders handed in their notes of resignation, Tifa and Cloud had decided to try and keep Barret occupied and out of the builders way while they worked.

Finally after much searching they found a group of former Sector 6 builders that had decided to go for it seeing as the pay was rather good,(after Cloud and Tifa had came to decision about how to keep Barret occupied they had risen the pay by 500 gill).

Finally after the building had been resurrected, a good bit of distance from where it used to be, Avalanche's haven was alive once more. But there was only one setback; there was no Avalanche to enjoy it.

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Walking through the bar silently picking up glasses as she went Tifa began to wonder where Cloud had got to and if this had anything to do with the drunkard on the rubble of the church just out of sector 6.

She always wondered why he got touchy whenever someone messed about there or threw rocks at the big double doors.

Suddenly with a flurry of wind and a loud bang the screen doors burst open revealing a man of immense size. "Barret!" Tifa cried "Where have you been? I've been so worried!"

"Doesn't matter, can't find Cloud anywhere!" grumbled Barret as he slumped into a chair. "Could ya get me something? something hard to help me chill, please."

"No problem, just give me a second" replied Tifa.

"Didn't show up here anytime today then?" asked Barret.

"No I haven't seen him all today and last night" answered Tifa, increasingly getting worried.

"I'm sure he'll turn up somewhere. I just wish he's give us a bit of warning beforehand" reasoned Barret.

Tifa mumbled an inaudible reply as she whisked up one of her specials. A few minutes of silence followed and Tifa brought her finished drink down to Barret who thanked her gratefully.

"Ahh... This is well needed thanks Tifa" rumbled Barret.

Suddenly another draft blew through the open screen doors and a tall figure marched through.

"Cloud!" cried Tifa and Barret at the same time.

Cloud marched through the bar and slammed on the vending machine which had replaced their old pinball machine as the lift down to the secret lair that lay underneath.

Tifa and Barret looked at each other then followed after him taking the vending machine when it came back up.

As soon as they made it down Cloud was already typing furiously on the computer they had installed for online deals (but secretly they did it for the memory of Jessie back when they were fighting against Shinra.)

Wonder overcame them and approached Cloud cautiously watching the screen to see what was happening. Furious blinking appeared on the screen and soon they realised what it was. It was the virtual map Midgar railways used to display on the trains!

After a few more seconds another map appeared this one less defined than the other but clearly recognisable as the same route only to a more updated age.

"Ummm… Cloud, what are you doing?" Tifa asked.

"That doesn't concern you or Barret." Cloud snapped.

"I-I'm sorry it's j-just I'm worried about you." Stammered Tifa, shocked by his abrupt tone.

"Don't apologise Tifa, if he wants to be like that then leave him be." Growled Barret angrily.

"That's exactly what I want so piss off." hissed Cloud.

"What the hell is up with you Cloud, why are being such a prick?" asked Barret.

"I'm sorry, it's just I met someone today and I don't like what they are up to." apologised Cloud. "They are the people who are trying to invade Midgar and I know what for, thing is if it where to be unleashed then it would be a world crisis a bit like Sephiroth."

"But why, why would they do such a thing?" cried Tifa.

"Because they don't know the true potential of this power and believe they can harness its bundles of energy." said Cloud.

"Well can they?" asked Barret.

"No! Listen remember ultimate weapon that I unleashed when I turned to Sephiroth's side?" asked cloud.

"Well yes, it was a pain to kill it but we did It." answered Barret.

"True but think of its power and multiply it by about 100." calmly answered Cloud.

"WHAT?" yelled Barret. "WHAT D'YA MEAN TIMES BY 100! THAT WOULD MAKE IT STRONGER THAN SEPHIROTH!"

"Quiet, someone might hear" mumbled Tifa.

"True Tifa, Barret listen I have a plan to dispose of these people and put them to rest before they can do anything to jeopardise our planets safety." soothed Cloud.

Tifa silently laughed at this and Cloud and Barret looked at her in shock.

"Didn't you hear Cloud, Tifa? This thing is incredibly strong and could destroy us no problem and you're- LAUGHING?" Barret asked, incredulous.

"Well, yeah. Do you not remember Cloud 5 years ago when all he could think about was getting the job over and getting his pay?" asked Tifa.

"Yes but what has this got to do with anything?" mumbled Cloud.

"Well listen to you know you've changed so much all this talk about rescuing the planet and stopping these people." said Tifa. "You've changed so much from the old soldier Cloud and I'm glad you have."

"Thanks, Tifa." said Cloud gazing at this amazing woman who had helped them so much over the years.

"Well anyway what's this plan you have?" asked Barret, breaking the moment Cloud was having.

"Right this is it, you don't have to come if you don't want but I'll be glad of your company if you want to come." replied Cloud.

"Hell course we want to come, now spit it out what is the plan?" asked Barret increasingly getting annoyed by all this stalling.

"OK, the first thing is to recruit some help." Said Cloud

"Help?" questioned Tifa.

"Yes, we are going to reform Avalanche again and we are going to need old friends help for this." smiled Cloud.

"What, you mean Red X111 and Yuffie and Cid and all?" wondered Barret.

"Exactly, I think it's time we had a little reunion, don't ya think?" asked Cloud.

"Well I'll go get Highwind ready then." said Barret looking forward to this.

While Barret left the hideout to ready the airship, Cloud and Tifa went over the plan Cloud had formed and spelt out every little detail. Knowing if this didn't work then they would all be doomed.