Author's note: Sorry that this is a bit late, but we're not much closer to the ending! Or maybe a bit longer depending on how this chapter ends, but I know that we're almost there.
I don't own Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy Type-0, Sailor Moon or Pokemon. I do own Arien, though.
Chapter 12: Fuhito's Resurrection.
January 28th [8:16 AM]-Year-1996.
Militas Ultra HQ-Southern Midgar Ruins.
(~For the Reunion-FINAL FANTASY VII: ADVENT CHILDREN~)
Veld grunted as he felt the painful jolt run through his body. When he had awoken earlier last night, he'd been locked in a cell that seemed painfully familiar; it was similar to the Galbadian Prison before it was demolished and destroyed 8,000 years ago. He surmised that Militas Ultra had created replicas based on the old technology and he knew, ultimately, he was a prisoner. Then two guards had knocked him out and now he found himself here.
The former Turk Leader had been chained to an electrical rack. Chains were placed around his wrists, and tight iron shackles were clamped around his ankles to prevent him from moving. Veld looked at the wall behind him. There were a number of holes drilled into the wall, and he could see electric cables running beneath them. He had little doubt that they were for, given what he felt just moments ago. Worse part is, Aulstyne was there, and so were a couple of guards. The leader of Militas Ultra, aka-Milites as Ace, Rem and Machina had known at some point, signaled one of the soldiers to torture him.
The soldier pulled the lever of the controls down, and an electric current went shooting through the wall. It emerged out of the holes, passed along the chains and onto Veld's body. Veld gasped and cried out as his body stiffened, straining against the chains. This was what he felt until Aulstyne signaled the soldier to stop and the electricity died down, but the pain in the former Turk's body did not.
Released from the painful jolt, Veld sagged against the wall. His knees bent a little, as far as they could go with the chains on his wrists holding him up. His head dropped down to his chest, and his hair fell over his face. He gasped for breath.
"This should have been twelve years ago, Veld. Back when all of this should have been avoided if you had died in Deling City along with your wife." Aulstyne informed him darkly, approaching the weakened trapped man.
"What did you do to Rosalind?" Veld demanded, ignoring the statement from the enemy.
"She is in the holding cell, where you cannot reach her. We will keep her alive until we have all of the pieces of the Support Materia. After that, that woman will be sentenced to death so neither her or you or any of ShinRa will follow the path of obedience of the Gods." The other man explained.
Veld breathed with difficulty, gazing at Aulstyne with a glare. "What in...Ramuh's name...are you talking about? What do Gods have to do with this?"
"I know that you are not aware, Veld. But your rebirth, and the rebirth of all others chosen to be here today, it is the will of the Gods who take control of humanity. The cycle of death and rebirth, memory loss and being use as puppets has began again. This time in a different history, one from older than the time of Orience." Aulstyne hissed.
"...Orience?" Veld muttered. That was new to him. He never heard of Orience before; not even in his previous life. In fact, for the first time in years, he was hearing something that did not sound familiar to him or even feel familiar.
"A world that no longer is." Aulstyne began, pacing to the side as he continued, "A world where Time was rewind over and over again, a War that repeats were four nations fought for dominance, and for what!?"
He turned sharply in anger to Veld, continuing as he calmed down a little. "For the Gods to send in Finis to destroy the world, for a group of children connected to the power of the Gods via Crystals, to fight and die against the chosen of Gala and it's vessel in it's attempts to open up the Gate to an Unseen Realm."
"Unseen Realm?"
"One of the Realms of the Dead. Nothing like the Lifestream, but it's doors connect to the great Light that has been sleeping since the end of the Universal War. I only know Gala attempts to awaken the most powerful God that created his God who created him and sent him to do bidding. He and another were during an experiment and using humans connected to the Unseen Realm and another world that has also perished. Again and again, the experiment failed, and so they would rewind Time to start over."
"What do you mean?" Veld queried.
"A Goddess who bestowed both halfs of her power and one half creating a powerful artifact connects to the Heart of all worlds, the other half sleeping in the heart of one who too was reborn. Leaving the door open for rebirth for those who are not gods, but allowing to soon bring forth Gala...and begin the experiment anew!" Aulstyne clutched his fist tight as he said this.
Veld did not know what power of a Goddess Aulstyne was talking about, but he did know that one heart of all worlds that he heard parts of in legend and his brows narrowed in suspicion.
"You are after Kingdom Hearts. The Heart that once slept within the Lifestream." The former Turk Leader growled.
"Just as I suspected that you and all of ShinRa are the ones who are after it, not I." The Leader of Militas Ultra hissed in return.
"No." Veld shook his head. "No one in ShinRa is seeking Kingdom Hearts. Nor are we the same as we had been 8,000 years ago. I only seek to save my daughter's life, and if you think I will tell you where she is, I will die first before I will say anything of her whereabouts!"
"She holds one of the four pieces of the Support Materia, just as he had been long ago. That history is what is leading to everything repeating from that time. You have doomed all of humanity. Which is why we are left with no choice but to use the power of Zirconiade to eliminate you and all those reborn into the future, to ensure history does not repeat itself!" Aulstyne argued.
Veld grunted as he struggled against his chains ableit weakly in his condition. "Are you insane!? If you use the power of Zirconiade, it will destroy us all and all of humanity! Fuhito attempted to erase humans from the Planet under the illusion of doing what it would want when he was doing the opposite!"
"Which is why should it get too far, we will destroy it. But to do that, you all must die. All we need is your daughter and the final piece of the Materia." Aulstyne declared. "Now, where is AVALANCHE?"
"They are Highground!" Veld growled, "Like I said, I will die before I say anything!"
Aulstyne frowned angrily, having suspected that Veld would continue to resist and refuse. "We would not have restorted in using the power of Zirconiade if ShinRa hadn't sent in that re-hired SOLDIER 1st Class Zack Fair."
"Zack Fair? He's here?" Veld gasped, shocked. While he only met the young man quite a few times in the previous life, Veld had been aware that Zack was friends with his Turks; mainly both Tseng and Cissnei, and even Arien and Rosalind.
"Once was. He took down many of my men and stopped our plot in another siege. I can only assume that he is dead as of this moment. Which is why you and all of the Turks must be destroyed, because if one man can take down an army of one hundred soldiers, then your Turks do indeed have what it takes to destroy Zirconiade." Aulstyne explained, stepping back.
He paused near the two soldiers and signaled them once more. The soldier grabbed the lever and pulled it down. Electricity crackled over the wall again. Veld cried out in agony as he was once again electrified by the wall. He struggled and writhed in his chains as Aulstyne watched him with a frown of utter hatred.
(~End For the Reunion~)
January 28th [10:00 AM]-Year-1996.
Militas Ultra HQ Holding Cell-Southern Midgar Ruins.
Rosalind had woken up hours ago, stripped of her weapon and Materia, and locked in a holding cell that she could guess what used to be one of the Sector jails of Midgar, but rebuild in secret in Midgar Ruins. To think that Militas Ultra had been hiding here for a little over a decade made her angry and upset. How could ShinRa not have seen that the enemy was hiding right next to Edge all this time?
She sat in the far back of her prison, curled up and unable to escape. The young former Turk then heard footsteps and looked up as Qator approached with an unsympathized expression. The blonde haired woman glared back.
"What have you done to Veld?" She demanded. Her mind had been on the whereabouts of her former Superior and she had been in cycles of many thoughts; was he still alive? Was he dead? Had he been captured?
"He is in interrogation with the Commander to tell us the whereabouts of the final two pieces of the Materia we seek. You're the Turk who had destroyed Zirconaide 8,000 years ago. This time, Militas Ultra will save humanity and destroy both ShinRa with it and then destroy the Summon once we have achieved our goal." Qator replied, and then turned and walked away down the halls without another word.
Rosalind's eyes widened in horror as her heart sank. Militas Ultra were going to do what Fuhito had done, and somehow knew that, in logical memory sense, she had defeated Zirconiade in her previous life. But the enemy wants to use the dangerous Summon to destroy ShinRa, and ensure she won't kill it because once it would get too dangerous, they would do it themselves. But that would mean...
'No...Elena...Reno...Everyone...they're in danger...because of me.' Rosalind thought to herself in utter guilt. How could all of this happen? What did Militas Ultra really want in resorting in using Zirconiade?
"Why...why is this happening?" She asked herself, burying her face in her arms.
January 28th [10:06 AM]-Year-1996.
Midgar Ruins.
(~Night of the Dark Dream-KH: BBS/0.2~)
Mickey had been searching for any clues of the evil Organization's whereabouts for the last couple of days since his arrival in this very strongly familiar but unusual world. He could tell that something happened to it and for some reason he'd been here not that long ago. Possibly around twelve years ago or a bit longer even though he had no idea why. He couldn't tell. Either way, the King now found himself in the Midgar Ruins.
Problem is, he had no idea who was looking for or who the enemy was. He didn't even know where the Keyhole to this world was either. All Mickey knew was that this world held a Key connection to Kingdom Hearts, which if this world was destroyed, the powerful monster would escape and find Kingdom Hearts to destroy the Realm of Light. While he wasn't meant to stop it on his own, he still had to find and save the one who does have the power to do so, and also slow the enemy down and seal the World's Keyhole to protect it from Darkness.
Suddenly sensing darkness, Mickey quickly spun around in full alert to fight only to blink in confusion as he only caught a glimpse of someone teleporting away and a sheet of paper tossed towards him before it gently landed on the ground.
"Huh? What's this?" He asked aloud. Who was that person that could use the power of Darkness, and why did they leave behind a piece of paper? For him to read? How unusual. The King picked it up and as he unfolded it, he realized it was a letter of sorts. He began reading it out loud.
""He who seeks the Headquarters of Milites who now call themselves Militas Ultra, head over to the Southern Parts of Midgar Sector 3 Police Station where the hostages are held. The Organization know of the history of Midgar and Meteorfall and seek to use the power of Zirconiade to destroy ShinRa Company reborn due to the connection of...""
""...Kingdom Hearts and the Realms of the Dead"!?" Mickey exclaimed as he finished last two parts of the letter in shock, confusion and complete horror. So Kingdom Hearts wasn't the only thing connected to the situation here? And the Realms of the Dead? What did the dead have to do with this?
He looked to see who signed this, but found there was no name. This made the situation even more awkward. Who was it that left this to him and why him? Mickey mulled it over. Why would anyone with Darkness give out a piece of an advice and such information? Was it someone who is another new problem Yen Sid didn't know of? Was it the enemy who's heart was covered in darkness knowing the King would come and solve this, to lure him into a trap? It didn't make sense at all.
"...I don't understand. If darkness is evil and can turn anybody bad, why would they leave such an important advice over something like this?" Mickey thought to himself. Maybe it was a trap.
Well, only way to find out is head over to this Sector 3. Mickey gazed at the letter again, and also found, 'PS: Map on other side.' and blinked, feeling a sense of deja vu. He turned it and found that it was a map of this Ruined City. Mickey scratched the side of his head.
"Hmm...This sorta reminds me of the time I met Simon the Giant Friendly Dragon thirteen years ago." He thought to himself.
Either way, he decided to follow this clue and see for himself.
(~End Night of the Dark Dream~)
January 28th [10:06 AM]-Year-1996.
Kalm.
The last couple of days of searching for their former Turks had been tricky, to say the least. The Turks had been split up into two groups with the President remaining behind in Edge. Reno and Rude set off to Gongaga to try and talk Cissnei into returning as their first stop before they would go find the others in places they thought they would find Freya, Rafe, Jake, Arien, and Balto. Tseng and Elena had went to place where they thankfully found St. Andrew, Alana and Patrick. Now they were looking for Rosalind and then search for Veld and Highground to warn them of the dangers of Militas Ultra.
Following the leads after Elena suggested New Banora where she and her older sister visited when they younger and Tseng's agreement since he had a feeling the elder Taylor sibling was located there, the two found that she had left a while ago and since then their latest lead led them here in Kalm, hoping that Rosalind, as well as Veld, Rem and Machina and a young man named Ace, had arrived in. Even though Elena was still a bit bitter over her older sister's success, she couldn't deny that she was worried.
Last time the Zirconiade situation, Rosalind and the other Turks except for Tseng, Reno and Rude went on self-exile to avoid the original ShinRa's wrath, and not long after Elena herself arrived to join the team, and eventually learned and had thought that her sister was dead, she had been devastated but knew she couldn't show her emotions. Which was why she'd let go of her bitterness and instead happily embraced her sister when she and the Former Turks arrived alive and well to help evacuate Midgar.
That's what Elena remembered now, anyway.
'Big Sis...please be okay.' Elena thought and pleaded in her mind as she focused on the job of locating Rosalind and Veld.
"Sir? May I ask a question?" Elena began, a bit awkwardly.
"Of course." Tseng nodded.
"Do we...do you even know who it was that stopped you-know-what?" The young woman asked in a whisper after making sure no one else was listening in on the conversation.
"I do have a vague recollection on that. However, I was not there when Zirconiade was destroyed, and neither were Reno or Rude. The memories are still disconnected and not finally redeveloped at this point. That is why it is important to find everyone who left in the last couple of years to see join arms in defeating Militas Ultra before they summon it." The Wutaiian man answered.
"...Oh." Elena mumured, feeling a bit disheartened.
The dark haired Turk caught on, and paused, inquering softly. "I take that you are concerned for the welfare of your sister?"
(~Missing You-KH2.5 HD ReMix~)
"...More than anything." The young woman admitted. "Growing up, I was alwas jealous of her, because she was better than me at everything, and my parents would look up to her, while I was left for myself. When I think about it now, it's like how we were in our previous lives and...everything happened then happened now, like history repeated itself..."
Elena paused, unable to meet her superior's gaze. "I can't help but wonder if...if my feelings now are just what I felt back then. I almost lost her a long time ago and...you almost died in that year too and I was so angry...and upset when I thought you were dead because of Sephiroth...I don't want anything like what happened in the past happen again and...everyone I care about leave me behind."
She felt her face heat up when she revealed this to Tseng, which made Elena feel even more embarrassed. Ever since she layed her eyes on the Wutaiian Turk, she felt smitten to him; he was everything she believed what a Turk should be. Not only that, he was, in her opinion, the most handsome man she'd ever seen. And the more she spent time with him,(and Reno and Rude, of course), the more she felt her feelings for him grow stronger, and not just because of the memories she regained.
To her surprise, he gently laid a hand onto her shoulder, saying, "Nor I, Elena. Which is why I will do in all my power to set things right and protect everyone that matters. I owe you, Reno, Rude, Veld, your sister, and everyone that. More than anything."
'Sir...' Elena thought, stunned and feeling her heart leap. Even though she knew that everyone else mattered to him including her, the way how he was gazing at her in the eyes...
"How about when this is over, we have dinner?" Tseng offered.
Elena almost choked and fainted right there and then, unable to believe what she just heard, as a sense of another memory hit her...one that returned to when he almost died shortly after that same proposal. Tseng...wanted to have dinner...with her! Her heart leaped into her throat, her stomach leaping about like butterflies. It was only her training as a Turk(though she began to think that her memories also allowed her to regain her skills from her previous life, even if she wasn't fully certain) that allowed her to quickly regain her composure and stop her from embarrassing herself. Even so she couldn't stop a faint tremor of happiness creeping into her voice.
"Th-thank you, sir!" Elena said, her face flushing to a deep crimson. Her head felt dizzy and light as she muttered, "We should find Rosalind and Veld."
"Agreed." Tseng replied.
(~End Missing You~)
"Tseng? Is that you?" A young man's voice called out, bringing both Turks out of their thoughts. When Tseng and Elena turned to see who called out the former's name, they saw a group of people of fourteen approach them; two Tseng recognized as Machina and Rem, the rest he was unfamiliar with. There stood Ace, as well as Cater, and several others of young women and young men.
Two young women had silver spiked hair, another had long raven hair wearing glasses, another in a hair style that reminded Tseng and Elena of Aerith but more curled, another with dark brown-red hair, others with shaggy spiky blonde hair. Another girl had long dark gray hair. In grand total, there were fourteen of them.
"Machina. Rem. We have been searching for you." Tseng greeted as he and Elena approached.
Machina was about to say something else when, Rem and Ace noticed Elena for the first time and they blinked in a bit of surprise. At first they thought it was Rosalind, but then they realized she looked a bit younger than the former female Turk.
"...Excuse me, miss. Are you...related to Rosalind?" Rem asked.
"Y-yes. She's my older sister. I'm Elena." Elena replied. "We were looking for too."
"It's also come to our interest that Veld is among Rosalind and the two of you. Where are they?" Tseng added.
Machina, Rem, Ace, Cater, and the other eleven young people shared glances before turning back to the two Turks in concern.
(~Northern Crater-FINAL FANTASY VII: ADVENT CHILDREN~)
"Last we heard before we separated was that Veld and Rosalind were here, looking for the Supportive Materia. We left to bring together our friends with a promise to meet with the two of them here." Ace spoke this time.
"By the time we did, they were gone. Then when we asked around for them, have seen them go to the shores, but they never came back." Cater added.
"Then there was a disturbing rumor; people say that they saw a Militas Ultra helicopter in the air and then fly over to the Midgar Ruins." The taller young man with a very deep voice added.
Tseng and Elena both gasped and shared a concerned and extremely worried glance. Militas Ultra...were here and then left for Midgar Ruins? That could only mean one thing; Veld and Rosalind had been kidnapped.
"Do you think they took Veld and Rosalind to Midgar Ruins?" Elena asked worriedly.
"Most likely." Tseng nodded in firm agreement. "If this true, then Militas Ultra's headquarters are located in the Ruins itself, which would explain why we could never locate them until now."
The Turk Leader felt like kicking himself. How could he and everyone else dismiss the idea of the enemy had been right next to Edge all this time? Midgar made the perfect secret location because no one would suspect Militas Ultra being there at all. Another thing to that is that now Veld and Rosalind's lives were in danger and if they continued to stick with the code of the Turks, both of them will die if they weren't dead already.
'No. They will only keep them alive until they found the location of Veld's daughter.' Tseng realized. Nodding to himself, he turned to Elena and order her, "Elena, inform the President of the situation. I need to call Reno and Rude to have them and the rest of them to infiltrate Midgar."
"Yes, sir." Elena nodded, apparently coming to the same conclusion.
Tseng was about to dial Reno's number when his PHS rang just before he flipped it open to so himself. Vaguely confused, the Turk Leader flipped it open and found that his Second in Command was calling him. Which meant that something was happening.
"Reno? What is it?" Tseng spoke after answering after the first ring.
"Uh, boss? We've got a problem." Reno spoke, and from his tone, it sounded very serious and Tseng felt his gut drop while he allowed the redhead to continue. "We were on our way back when we went over to refuel in Junon and...we found Shears beaten. Militas Ultra found Highground and took Elfe-I mean, Felicia!"
Tseng cursed under his breath in Wutaiian. On top of everything else! They were running out time. "All right. Meet me and Elena outside of Midgar Ruins. We have reason to believe that the enemy is located there, due to information from Machina, Rem and their friends. Veld and Rosalind had been kidnaped by Militas Ultra as well." He ordered and explained in return.
"They got our old boss and Rosalind!?" Reno exclaimed in shock, before cursing loudly in anger, "Damn it! We'll meet you there. When I get my hands on those Militas twits, I'm gonna kill them!"
"Don't do anything foolish and wait for further orders." Tseng told him sternly.
"...Got it." Reno replied after calming down, and the two then hung up. (~End Northern Crater~)
Elena by then hung up as well, and told Tseng, "The President says to infilrate with caution, sir."
Tseng nodded in approvement, before turning to Ace's group and told them, "What do you intend to do?"
Ace and his group shared another glance before nodding and turned back to Tseng and Elena, explaining to them of what they knew and introducing the other ten people with Ace, Machina, Rem and Cater; Deuce, Trey, Seven, Eight, Nine, King, Queen, Cinque, Jack, and Sice. By the time they were finished as the Turks agreed to let them follow to the Helicopter, Tseng and Elena were shocked.
"What!?" Elena exclaimed softly in shock. "Militas Ultra and the fourteen of you come from another world and were somehow reborn here?"
"How is that possible?" Tseng asked.
"We're not sure. All we know is that just recently each of us got our memories back and realize that the Milites had renamed themselves as Militas Ultra. If things are as bad as they are now, I have a feeling they won't back down this time." Ace replied.
"I still can't believe they going to do as something as finding Support Materia when they wanted to get rid of magic in our previous lives in Orience." Deuce, the dark-grey haired girl, grunted.
Cinque, the girl who looked a bit like Aerith, was in deep thought before asking worriedly, "You don't think they're trying to kill everyone who had been reborn from different histories to stop Gala, do you?"
"If I'm gonna guess that you're right, then they could've done so without creating a brand new war that's been going on for six years." Eight, the dark-brown-red-haired young man replied.
"Whatever it could be, they have to be stopped before it gets worse." Ace informed his friends. He then turned to Tseng and requested, "Let us help you fight the enemy. They won't hold back until their numbers had dropped."
"Sir?" Elena queried.
Tseng thought about it, and while he didn't like the idea of having these young people fight in ShinRa's war, he had to admit that Ace was right; Militas Ultra won't hold back and if they didn't do something now, it will only get a lot worse.
"All right. Stick close and do not do anything reckless." Tseng agreed after a moment.
"Understood." Ace nodded, as did the rest of his group.
"Oh! That reminds me. I thought I'd show you guys this now." Cinque remembered, pulling something out of her skirt pockets and held a piece of a very familiar item that had Tseng and Elena gasp in shock, as did the rest of the group.
"Where did you get that?" Queen, the dark-haired young woman in glasses asked.
The brown-haired young woman shrugged, "I found it in Balamb Town near the shore and thought it felt important. When Rem mentioned what she heard of what the Materia looked like, I knew it had to be this piece."
"You could've told us a lot sooner?" Jack groaned in annoyance.
"Actually, if she did, Milites or Militas Ultra would've noticed and attacked us by now." Deuce pointed out.
"Keep it hidden for now. We cannot have Militas Ultra know that we have one of the pieces." Tseng adviced Cinque who nodded and placed it back into her pockets.
The two Turks and the others boarded the helicopter to head over to Midgar Ruins in hopes to rescue Veld and Rosalind before it was too late.
January 28th [10:26 AM]-Year-1996.
ShinRa Building-Edge.
No sooner had Rufus gotten the call from Elena to inform of the situation, he felt his pulse race but told himself to calm down. So Militas Ultra was one further step ahead and had been hiding in the ruins of his old home all this time. Insolant fools. Hiding within the very last place anyone would've thought the enemy Organization would've hidden themselves in, a place where it had not been inhabitable until very likely more than a decade ago and ShinRa never knew until now.
'Who would have thought Midgar was the base of Militas Ultra?' Rufus thought to himself, only to snap himself out of his thoughts when he heard an unusual wisps of sound. Turning sharply behind him, a Corridor of Darkness apeared in the middle of his Office.
The young President eyed it in no small amount of suspicion and fear before sensing movement and looked behind him, only to widen his eyes in complete shock and no amount of anger and disbelief.
"Hello, Rufus ShinRa. It's been far too long." The figure that materialized from a wisp of darkness and Lifestream like light spoke. It formed into that of a man with dark hair, glasses and a familiar suit and a cruel smirk.
"...Fuhito." Rufus growled.
"Oh, so you remember me? I must say, I am quite flattered. Who would have thought that you would have regained your memories? Memories that been lost into darkness upon rebirth." Fuhito's smirk grew slightly.
"Well, I would rather forget all about you. I had known you were coming back even though I had hoped you wouldn't. Which brings up the question; how and why did you come back?" Rufus questioned.
The former Scientist of AVALANCHE chuckled, bringing out a gun that materialized in his hand in darkness, much to Rufus's shock, and pointed it at the younger man's heart, saying, "I will tell you, your Turks and those Milites fools who call themselves Militas Ultra, when we retrieve my Materia. So if you wish to remain alive and have your Turks avoid losing their lives, I suggest you do as I say and we go and greet them in your old home."
Rufus grunted, knowing that he couldn't risk in bringing out his own gun without getting himself killed. He was left with no other choice by to obey the man whom he once relied on killing his father 8,000 years ago only to be betrayed, because Fuhito's only interests were for the world and wiping out humanity.
Even though things had now turned for the absolute worst.
January 28th [11:00 AM]-Year-1996.
Militas Ultra HQ Holding Cell-Southern Midgar Ruins.
Still trapped in her cell, Rosalind went over her head over and over again at the situation and felt hopelessness form in her heart. Considering the situation that was happening, it seems that all the hope to save Felicia and stop Militas Ultra had all been for nothing. Six years of fighting, and it seemed that ShinRa had finally lost. Maybe the Company had lost the War before it had even started and Militas Ultra had been too strong for them.
Maybe she should just accept that it was over. Again she was brought out of her thoughts when she heard something and as the former Turk looked up, there stood two Militas Ultra Guards and some kind of robot machine with machine guns installed into it.
"It seems that you are no longer needed to be kept alive, Turk." One of the soldiers informed, and by the sound of his voice, Rosalind could tell he was smirking and looking forward to her death.
"What do you mean?" Rosalind asked, slowly standing up even as the two men quickly held up their weapons at her.
"Shut up!" The second one snapped. "You are not permitted to talk ever again!"
"Ah, who is she going to tell? She'll be dead before her friends find out the leader of Highground has finally been caught, and we only need to find the last Support Materia." The first one chuckled.
The young blonde haired woman's blood chilled at the sound of that. Felicia...had been captured? That would mean that Militas Ultra had more of a chance to summon Zirconiade now. That would mean...Veld had been executed by now too. Did he tell them where his daughter was? Or had they had a lucky break and caught Highground off-guard?
(~Another Side, Battle Version-KH:1.5 HD ReMix~)
"No..." Rosalind whispered in dismay, her heart sinking even further.
"That doesn't mean she has the right to speak! Let's just finish her and get rid of her body." The Second one grunted.
"Alright, alright." The first waved off, before turning his attention to the machine and ordered, "Ready to fire."
The machine, under the soldier's command, positioned itself to open fire as Rosalind, with no hope less and no weapons to defend herself, sorrowfully squeezed her eyes shut and bracing herself for her bitter end. It was over.
"STOPZA!"
Rosalind snapped her eyes open as suddenly, to her surprise and shock, the two men and the machine froze in mid-air, with some kind of light surrounding them as though Time had stopped. She is even further stunned when a vaguely familiar small figure leaped over and smashed the machine into bits, causing it to explode before he used Blizzard to put out the flames that quickly appeared and then he cast Sleep on the two men just as the first spell began to fade. She did not know it was Mickey who had his Star Seeker Keyblade out.
"Hurry! We gotta getcha someplace that's safe!" Mickey informed her, as he knew that this racket would've caused the rest of the Organiztion to hear the commotion, while glad to have made it in time to save the young woman who wasn't as he expected, but he learned long ago to not judge a book by it's cover.
"...Who are you, and what is that thing you're holding?" Rosalind asked, too stunned to say anything else. She felt a flash of deja vu, and while she didn't know what Mickey was holding, she sensed that this was similar to when...a green Lizard being called Loran helped Reno and Tseng to rescue St. Andrew from Corel Prison 8,000 years ago.
"I'll tell ya later. Right now, we gotta save your friends and stop these villains!" Mickey told her urgently, knowing that they didn't have time for a chat.
Even though she wanted to know what was happening, Rosalind felt that he was right. Plus, given how he saved her from death and that he seemed to be against Militas Ultra as well, she had to trust him. So nodding in agreement, the young former Turk picked up a couple of hand guns from the two unconscious men, plus their ammo as temporary weapons until she can retrieve her own and followed Mickey out as they raced from the Cell. She informed in as they ran that she needs to find her weapons as well as her former superior.
"Why are you here?" Rosalind asked as they ran down the corridor.
"I'm here to help. I heard what was goin' on and felt that it was important to come here. Like I said, we don't have much time!" Mickey explained, before he and Rosalind were forced to skid to a stop as another Militas Ultra machine appeared from around the corner just as the Security Alarm blared meaning that not only there was an intruder, but also one of the prisoners had escaped. The two stood their ground, preparing themselves to fight.
The two leaped out of the way when the robot fired a missle at them before Rosalind responded by firing three shots at it's side, damaging the arm gun while it stomped towards her. The former Turk dodge-rolled out of the way to avoid crushed and fired upon and slid underneath, shooting it's 'belly' and avoided in getting hit by sparks of electricity. Mickey jumped out of the way to avoid it's chainsaw that was also installed and slashed and whacked it with his Keyblade, chanting Firaga at it's face before triple-air somersaulting while smashing at it's side. Rosalind shot at it's back until she had to quickly reclip before sensing movement and spun around just in time to land a punch in a Militas Ultra soldier that appeared all of the sudden.
To her and Mickey's dismay, five more appeared which forced the latter to cast Barrier to protect himself and Rosalind from the firing range. The former Turk nodded her thanks before shooting at two of them before she was hit when another appeared and punched her in the stomach. She ducked to avoid in getting punched again and kicked him in the legs where he went down in grunt as he cried out in pain. She then rolled out of the way while ignoring the bruise and flipped herself up and kneed another Militas Ultra soldier in the stomach before punching him in the face, knocking him out cold. Mickey avoided the gunfire and knocked the machine rifles out of two other men's hands and defeated them by whacking his Keyblade in their faces before they had time to attack him or Rosalind.
After Mickey healed Rosalind of her injuries, the two of them hurried down the hallway as they, at Rosalind's urgent request, began searching for where Militas Ultra had stored her and Veld's weapons and hoping to find Felicia as well and save her and Veld. The avoided and fought against more Militas Ultra soldiers and machines that stood in their way while they searched out without getting lost. Fortunately despite a couple of injures and Mickey needing to be careful with his magic and Rosalind lacking potions and elixirs, the two finally reached an enclosed door but it was guarded by another, larger heavily armed Militas Ultra soldier with a heavy looking cannon.
"Intruder! And one of the prisoners escaped!" The heavily guarded soldier exclaimed, and informed through the commuicators.
"There are-UGH! More intruders here too! The Turks...and...Oh, crap! C-Class Zero-AUGH!" Someone on the other line screamed before the commucation went dead, much to the heavily armed man's shock and horror and no matter what he did, he could not get a respond.
Growling angrily, he turned to Rosalind and Mickey and yelled out to the two, "Looks like your Turk friends have arrived, but I will make sure none of you will make it out alive!"
'The Turks? They know Veld and I are here? No, I have to focus!' Rosalind thought to herself as she and her current only ally stood ready to fight.
The heavily armed soldier opened fired, firing a huge laser at the two who jumped out of the way as the blast exploded and damaging parts of the hallway before they were forced to continue dodging until Mickey send out Orbs of Light at the weapon to knock it out while Rosalind opened fired until the gun she was using ran out of ammo and she screamed while the man punched her hard and knocked the weapon away. This forced her to roll to the side and then kick at the man's leg, causing him to grunt while bending forward at the unexpected attack.
This allowed her to pull out the other gun she'd taken from other unconscious soldier from her cell and fired at him, but is dismayed as his suit was thick and gunshot proof. If only she had her Materia right now. Rosalind had to leap up and dodge again while Mickey leaped out of the way when he found the similar problem as the armor was also magic proof too. Or at least the front of the guy was until Rosalind, seeing Mickey about to get whacked by the cannon, grabbed hold of the Keyblade wielder and narrowly avoided another rapid fire of gunshots and the two noticed that there was a part on his back that wasn't protected. This made Rosalind and Mickey realize that Militas Ultra must have believed that no one would have thought to attack this man from behind.
Rosalind and Mickey both quickly attacked him on the back just as the man was about to turn around and he screamed in agony while being hit and punched by the two of them, forcing him to drop his weapon but he did spin around in time before the former Turk and the King could attack again. They were smacked across the room when he punched them in surprisingly strong strength and they hit the floor hard and skid to a stop. They were forced to ignore the pain they both felt and rolled out of the way when the armored soldier picked up his weapon and opened fired again in an effort to kill them. Mickey casted Curaga on himself and Rosalind, the two hidden themselves around the corner before coming up another idea. They waited until the man dashed around the corner to attack them when they came up with a new strategy.
Rosalind tossed Mickey into the air where he sent out another Orb of Light at the soldier's face, blinding him which allowed the former Turk to dash forward, leaping over his head, pulling off his helmet in the process and landed safely behind him before smacking him so hard that he stumbled before falling hard onto the floor face first, out cold. Mickey landed beside Rosalind and the two waited for a moment before they were sastified that he wasn't going to wake up anytime soon.
(~End Another Side Battle Version~)
After Rosalind handcuffed the unconscious soldier, she sighed in relief before turning to Mickey who nodded.
"I really owe you for saving me." The young woman said with a smile.
"Aw, you don't have to. You saved me too. That makes us even, right?" The king shrugged with a smile of his own.
The former Turk nodded, "I guess so. My name is Rosalind, former member of the Turks."
"I'm Mickey." Mickey replied. For some reason the name of the 'Turks' sounded very familiar to him, and the young woman he saved did remind him of someone he met before, but he decided to worry about that later. Instead, he asked, "So um, how'd you get caught?"
Rosalind sighed, her smile fading. "Militas Ultra. They had been fighting against ShinRa Company for six years, and the Turks were heavily involved. I was forced to resign two years ago when their leaders Cid Aulstyne and Qator Bashar threatened to kill my family if I didn't leave. Recently, I was trying to help my former superior Veld to save his daughter's life, but we both got captured while we were in Kalm."
"Oh..." Mickey muttered, feeling sorry for the girl, before ensuring her optimistically. "But things are gonna be okay. I mean, you got friends who're already here, right?"
"Right. I'm surprised they figured out where to find me. Maybe they learned that Felicia got captured and...Militas Ultra is going to destroy humanity." Rosalind sighed. "It's...a long story but the enemy figured out I'm the only one who can stop it. That's why they had me captured."
"Because of this Zirconiade, right?" Mickey guessed.
Rosalind gasped in shock. "How did you know? Do you know anything about the Summon?"
"Weelll, sorta." Mickey admitted, rubbing the back of his head sheepishly. "Not sure how powerful the monster is, but what I do know is it's capable of destroyin' the entire world and other worlds out there. I came here because if this world is gone, the rest of the Universe will be destroyed. So in order to save all of the worlds, especially this one, the monster has gotta be stopped."
"So you came from another world. I guess that explains everything." Rosalind realized, and was shocked that Zirconiade is capable of having that kind of power to not only destroy one world, but to destroy the rest of the Realm of Light.
"Yep. Though I shouldn't have mentioned that, but seein' that you're the one who can stop it, I wanna be there to help ya' to save the world. So this conversation is between you and I." Mickey replied, mentally smacking himself for revealing too much. Yen Sid was gonna kill him for this.
Rosalind nodded, "Right, though most people around here know about other worlds but others believe it was pure myth. So no one decided to go out and see for themselves yet and I think it's for the best. In order to stop Zirconiade from being summoned, the Support Materia needs to be taken out of Felicia's body and stop Militas Ultra from using all of the four pieces. If it's fully formed, nothing can stop it."
"Then we'd better make sure that doesn't happen." Mickey declared with determination.
Rosalind agreed, and the two hurried back to reach the storage. The former Turk had taken the unconscious soldier's keycard and used it to unlock the door. She and Mickey stepped inside, where it was huge room and as the former Turk switched the lights on, it had a single table, shelves full of crates and boxes with multiple weapons. On the table were, much to her relief, her gun and Materia, including the Materia bungle as well as Veld's. As Rosalind hurried over to retrieve them, Mickey carefully scanned around the room until he noticed something else in the far back wall.
His eyes widened as he knew what it was; it was a Keyhole. Knowing what he had to do to quickly prevent Midgar from falling into Darkness, Mickey hurried over while Rosalind was rearming herself. He reached it and summoned his Keyblade before pointing it at the Keyhole. A beam of light shot out from the weapon and into the Keyhole where it made a locking sound while glowing and then faded, disappearing.
"Phew. Sure glad I made it in time." Mickey sighed in relief.
"What was that Keyhole?" Rosalind asked, as she heard and noticed what was going on.
"It's something that's a secret. It's best not to tell anybody about this." Mickey replied, "All you need to know is that after Zirconiade is gone, the worlds will be safe. Now, all we gotta do is find Mr. Veld and Felicia and get the Support Materia back and meet up with your friends."
Rosalind decided to question Mickey on how much he knew later, and just nodded. None of them knew how much longer Veld and Felicia had or if Militas Ultra were already in the process of finding the last Support Materia piece right now...If they hadn't already found it.
(~Dread of the Night-KH:DDD~)
But as the two of them left the room and raced down to find where Veld was, the hallway rocked violently which made both Rosalind and Mickey almost lose their balance. When they looked, they gasped in shock as ten more Militas Ultra soldiers stormed forward, firing at will. The former Turk and the King were forced to leaped out of the way, even when one of the soldiers fired a rocket launcher at them. It exploded and caused parts of the ceiling to collapse, forcing the young woman further back.
The downside to the debries is that three of the soldiers were forced to avoid getting hit themselves while two were accidentally crushed and while Rosalind shot three of the enemies with her dead quickly, to her dismay, the path she'd been from had blocked her off from Mickey and her only way now was where the enemy had came from. Mickey in the meantime leaped and dodged to avoid the gunfire of the surviving five members before casting Thundaga to zap two.
"Mickey!" Rosalind cried out worriedly.
"Go, Rosalind! You gotta find your friends and stop Zirconiade!" Mickey urged, when he realized with a heavy heart that he and his new friend have to go their separate ways, and he prayed that she would be alright.
"What about you!?"
"I'll be okay! I promise we'll meet up again soon! Just go!" Mickey told her, using Barrier to protect himself again from the three remaining Militas Ultra soldiers.
Realizing there was no other choice, Rosalind hesitately forced herself to trust Mickey, and after pleading him to be careful, she raced down the corridor as fast as she could, hoping that her new friend would be safe and sound and that they would be meeting up later.
January 28th [12:55 PM]-Year-1996.
Militas Ultra HQ.
With word of a mysterious intruder and an escaped prisoner, the Turks, former Turks(who had returned to wearing their Turk uniforms), Shears and Class Zero had little choice but to storm into the building after finally locating the Headquarters of Militas Ultra. It was a crazy frenzy against the enemy soldiers and robots and machines they had to fight against. The combination of EMR wielders, boxers, gun wielders, a Shruiken wielder, martial artists, an archer, a flute-magic wielder, a shotgun wielder, a mace-wielder, magical cards wielder, swordsmen and a swordswoman, and knive wielders, including nun-chuck wielders, whip wielders and chains wielders, Militas Ultra's numbers were dropping dramatically and the Turks were surprised that there wasn't as much as they expected even though the machines made up for the difficulty.
Elena shot another Militas Ultra soldier dead and punched another in the face before kicking him in the stomach and kicked him again in the chest where he stumbled and crashed into two others. She then shot them dead before reclipping her gun, becoming frustrated that she was running rather low.
"I seriously friggin' hate these guys!" St. Andrew growled angrily as he zapped yet another Militas Ultra that came at him.
"Join the club!" Freya agreed, shooting dead two more enemy soldiers, reclipping quickly before leaping out of the way to avoid getting shot herself.
"Prepare to die!" One Militas Ultra yelled as he charged at his opponents who were having none of it.
"Shut up, punk!" Eight yelled, punching the soldier squarely in the face and knocking him out cold.
Arien whipped her whip at three more Militas Ultra soldiers, slashing at their legs and making them spin in the air and crashing onto the ground hard where they lost their weapons and were finished off by Jake and Rafe who shot two of them dead and Jake choaked the other with his weapon.
"Ugh! These losers are gettin' on my nerve!" Reno hissed, thrusting his EMR into his opponent's chest and switched it to full power for good measure, electrocuting the Militas Ultra soldier as the man screamed in agony before becoming limp and fell to the ground, either unconscious or dead, the redhead didn't care.
"We must find Veld, Felicia and Rosalind! Do not get distracted now!" Tseng ordered as he fought and killed more of the Militas Ultra that approached him.
"Easier said than done, boss!" Reno pointed out as he kicked another opponent squarely in the face that snappe the other man's neck.
When the Turks and Class Zero were about to fight the last remaining three Militas Ultra soldiers who decided to try and be foolish enough to attack, a familiar yell of someone chanting Comet followed by the said attack rained down on the enemies who screamed in pain by the sudden attack before slumping dead onto the floor. As they did, their attack is revealed and the Turks, Ace, Rem and Machina were stunned, shocked and in disbelief that their savior was...(~End Dread of the Night~)
"Rosalind!?" The Turks, Shears and former Turks exclaimed in shock and no small amount of relief.
(~Friends in My Heart-KH2~)
"Big Sis!" Elena cried out in relief, as she and her older sister, who was just as relieved to see her younger sister and friends alright, raced over to each other and met in the middle, wrapping each other's arms around the other tightly, and not wanting to let go.
"I was so worried we were too late!" The younger Taylor cried, tears falling freely as she rested her head onto her sister's shoulder.
"I was worried too. I'm so glad that you're okay, Little Sis." Rosalind whispered, silently crying in relief herself. At the moment, nothing else mattered. The fact that her baby sister was alright was enough for the former Turk. She didn't want this moment to end. But she knew, with Miltas Ultra still having Veld, Felicia and three of the Support Materia pieces in their possession, they didn't have time left to lose.
"Hey, Rosie!" Reno greeted happily as he and the others approached. "Glad to see ya still on one piece!"
"Are you okay!? How'd you escape?" Freya ranted on worriedly and in relief.
As Rosalind and Elena let go of each other as the former's friends fretted over here until Tseng ordered them to calm down despite the Turk Leader being relieved that she is safe as well, the elder Taylor Sibling explained briefly that she had help from someone who she was forced to separate when more Militas Ultra soldiers attacked.
"Do you think the little guy who helped Rosalind is gonna be okay?" Arien asked, concerned.
"I hope so." Elena muttered, worriedly.
"For a little guy, he sure sounds pretty powerful considering. And smart." St. Andrew pointed out. "I don't think we should worry 'bout him getting killed. It's Veld and his kid I'm worried about."
"And the last piece of the Support Materia." Rosalind added. "I was told by the guards that came to execute me that they had three pieces including the one inf Felicia. We have to find it before they do."
"Actually, they're already too late on the last piece part." Cinque spoke up grinning, pulling out the said piece of Materia to show it to Rosalind. "Ta-da!"
Rosalind's eyes widened in shock and disbelief. "You already found it?"
"Hell yeah she did." Reno grinned. "Kid found out on the beach in Balamb Town and kept it hidden 'til we met up. All we gotta do now is find Veld and Felicia and finally give Aulstyne and his pirate-wanna-be Co-Boss what they deserve."
"It won't be easy." Tseng reminded, "However, as their army has mysteriously dropped in the last couple of days, I believe it is safe to assume that when we confront Aulstyne and Basher, it will ultimately end Militas Ultra for good."
"How did their numbers drop so quickly?" Rosalind asked, puzzled.
"None of us have a clue, but we'll worry about that later." Shears replied. "We'd better get going before we end up in another surprise attack."
(~End Friends in My Heart~)
Knowing that he was right, everyone nodded in agreement and now with Rosalind back, they knew that it may already almost be over.
After Freya gave Rosalind her Turk Uniform she found and brought with her which the blonde haired young woman changed into in a supply closest on their way, they, the rest of the reunited Turks, Shears and Class Zero continued to find the interrogation room where Veld was most likely held. However, along the way, the last fourteen members of Militas Ultra army ambushed them which Class Zero quickly told everyone else to continue onward while they held the enemy back.
Despite not wanting to leave Ace's group behind, Rosalind, the Turks, former Turks and Shears forced themselves to do so and finally reached the large room that had a large window looking outside of Midgar Ruins. Chained on an operation table was the unconscious form of Felicia, and still on the electrical rack was the unconscious Veld.
"Sir!" Tseng cried out, shocked at his former mentor's condition. The other Turks were shocked as well while Shears immediately went over to the unconscious Felicia, calling out to her by using her adoptive name.
Reno and Rude both worked on freeing the former Turk Director and the two of them caught the older man before he felt to the ground as Veld groaned, awakening after a series of electrical shocks.
"Sir! Are you alright?" Tseng asked, concerned as he and most of the others approached while Rosalind, St. Andrew, Arien and Rafe, wanting to approach Veld, went over to help Shears free Felicia first.
"...Tseng?...Everyone." Veld panted, almost immediately recognizing all of them. "What are you doing here?"
"Saving you and Elfe, of course." Reno chuckled with a grin in his attempt to hide the fact he was emotionally relieved that the older man was still alive. "But man, you look like you were put into an electric socket."
"...It felt like it as well, considering this wall was electrical to begin with." Veld agreed, slowly standing up with two of the younger men's help. "Believe me, I did not enjoy any moment of it."
"I can imagine." Reno muttered, feeling sorry for his former superior.
Veld sighed, before his eyes widened and exclaimed, "Where's Felicia!?"
"You can put your mind at ease, sir. Your daughter is safe." Tseng informed him, as Shears and St. Andrew had both the slowly awakened woman's arms around their shoulders. Rosalind, Arien and Rafe approached as well while everyone else gathered around in relief.
When Veld saw Rosalind, he was further relieved. "Rosalind! You're safe."
"Yes, sir. I had some unexpected help from a new ally named Mickey. He should be on his way hopefully." Rosalind reported, also very relieved that Veld and Felicia were still alive.
"Ace and his friends will be on their way here hopefully too. We got the last piece of the Support Materia." Freya added, grinning.
"...Well done, all of you." Veld smiled. "I had a feeling you wouldn't give up."
Tseng shook his head, "Sir...your death will be a great loss to the Company, and severe loss to the Turks. You taught us everything we now, trained us into who we are today, just as you had done in our previous lives. We also know your daughter means a lot to you, and we all agreed to help rescue the both of you and prevent Militas Ultra from using Zirconiade, before Fuhito would somehow resurrect himself."
"...This is the worst possible scenario. If Miltas Ultra didn't use it to conjour Kingdom Hearts, then Fuhito certainly would if he returns to life." Veld groaned.
"Wait a sec! How'd Militas Ultra know about Kingdom Hearts?" Reno exclaimed as he, Rude, Rosalind, Elena, Tseng, Freya, Arien, Jake, Alana, Patrick, Cissnei, Rafe and St. Andrew, and even Shears shared shocked expressions while Felicia moaned, but becoming more awake.
"I know, because I had been warned twelve years ago." A familiar deep voice spoke behind the Turks, Shears and Felicia who all looked to see their two biggest and most powerful enemies stand right there.
(~Northern Crater-FINAL FANTASY VII: ADVENT CHILDREN~)
"And to stop you from summoning it for your own ends." Aulstyne continued as Qator stood beside him.
"You...!" Tseng hissed darkly as he, Reno and Rude, after Veld ensured them that he can stand on his own, stood protectively in front of their superior and they and the rest of the group glared angrily at the two Militas Ultra leaders.
"Aulstyne!" Rosalind hissed angrily, her weapon ready.
"Hand over the woman with the Materia piece, so that the world will be saved from the likes of you." Qator commanded.
St. Andrew growled angrily at the Second in Command who had beaten him six years ago and now wanting his chance to kill the eye-patched man. "Like hell we're gonna give it to you!" He yelled.
"It's because of you that lives were ruined...and that Legend died to help us stop one of your dangerous machines that could've endangered many people's lives!" Cissnei angrily hissed.
"And what makes you think we want to use the stupid monster for own ends? We don't even want the damn thing back! We just want to save Felicia and get rid of you since the world is tired of you terrizing them!" Rafe queried.
"You can lie all you want, but it will not convince us to allow you to revive the cycle of death and rebirth." Aulstyne shook his head.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Reno asked, skeptically. "Sure we're aware now of our previous lives and all that, but seriously. How did you know about all of this and about us before we did?"
"I know, because...a man named Xehanort told me twelve years ago." Aulstyne began.
"Xehanort?" Rude asked, sharing a glance with Reno who shrugged, just as clueless.
"Uh, who?" Jake asked the other Turks who shook their heads, not having any idea either.
"Not a clue." Patrick shrugged.
Aulstyne scoffed, "Of course you wouldn't. Xehanort knows, because he has the ability to see through time and space. He did not inform of how he has such an ability, but he unlocked my memories and had foretold that those reborn from this world's past of origins connected to a chosen wielder of light connecting to Kingdom Hearts would one day regain their memories and use them to their advantage to repeat the cycle as it happened in Orience, which I'm certain most of you would know by now, having allied yourselves with Class Zero."
"Orience?" Rosalind blinked, shocked. She had heard of the history of Class Zero on way here to this room and what was happening.
"Whoever this Xehanort guy is sounds like a con artist if you ask me. 'Cause there's no way we'd wanna destroy our own world. Hell, as far as that goes, I still don't have a clue on how Kingdom Hearts works apart from the fact that it used to sleep within the Lifestream 'till some War 5,000 years ago decided to split it apart." Reno scoffed, suspiciously. "And even if I did, I wouldn't wanna even go near it."
"And yet your memories began to return after you were born, and when you rejoined ShinRa, they grew stronger. When my attempts to kill Veld and his daughter failed, I had to find a way to get to you all from the inside by convincing the President. Fortunately, Xehanort returned eight years later and informed me to wait for another two years to begin the operation while he went to talk to him briefly...to give him a false lead that you would betray him." Aulstyne continued, ignoring Reno's commentary.
(~End Northern Crater~)
Tseng gasped in shock, his eyes widened in disbelief, as a memory from eight years ago returned to his mind, one he thought was a connection but he never put the pieces of the puzzle together...until now.
Flash-Back: Back in "Episode Tseng" and during the events of "Sailor Moon 0: Birth By Sleep"...
Standing in front of the President was an unfamiliar man, close in his eighties, lack of hair, small gray goatee, black goat with white gloves, and very unusual golden-yellow eyes, speaking to him. Apparently Tseng came in the tail end of the conversation or perhaps the mysterious man wasn't there at all, because as the Turk stood in attention when the President approached and walked past him with his two bodyguards, by the time Tseng turned his attention back to the older man, he wasn't there at all.
Not a trace of him. It was as though he simply disappeared into thin air.
End Flash-Back:
"...How could I have not seen it sooner?" Tseng muttered in horror. "That elder man...the one the President was speaking to just before I came here to the Ruins...it was Xehanort!"
"Sir?" Elena asked, worriedly.
"It was on a mission I was assigned to here in Midgar Ruins to investigate the mysterious appareances of monsters, controlled by a boy in a mask. I should've known! Xehanort brought the boy and those things here, but not long after that they vanished without a trace." Tseng explained, squeezing his eyes shut in self-anger and guilt.
The rest of the group gasped in shock and horror when they heard this. So this whole thing started was not because of Aulstyne...but because of Xehanort?
"So this whole mess started because of some old guy who convinced Militas Ultra to attack us and convinced the President to be paranoid!?" Reno exclaimed in disbelief and shock. "He sounds like a non-scientist version of Hojo!"
"So all of this connected even to the boy in the mask...what did Xehanort attempt-of course." Veld muttered in realization. "It is neither us nor Militas Ultra who wanted Kingdom Hearts...it was Xehanort. He tricked our enemy to attack us, because he knew for some reason of our history. But then...why did he disappear?"
"Sir...I'm sorry. I should have known sooner." Tseng grunted. He felt that this whole thing was his fault.
"It's not your fault, Tseng. If anything, I'm the one who should have done something sooner." Veld informed him.
"My, my. It seems some things never change, and yet things are coming along smoothly. I admire Xehanort's attempts to try and bring forth Kingdom Hearts." A familiar voice spoke out of nowhere, which as both the Turks, two leaders of Highground and Militas Ultra looked around to find the source of the voice, they heard a wisp from the Corridor of Darkness which opened up.
The group's eyes widened in sheer horror, shock and disbelief at not only the sudden appareance of Rufus who was held at gun point, but also the very familiar man whom they had hoped to never see again, but had suspected anyway, and now their worst fears had come true.
"...No! It can't be!" Reno gapped in horror.
"Fuhito!?" Rosalind and the other former Turks exclaimed in horror.
Fuhito smirked evilly. "Heh heh heh heh heh. So, Turks. We meet once again. It's been far too long."
In the midst of the chaos in the Militas Ultra Headquarters, the Turks reunited on a rescue mission while Rosalind had escaped with the aid of King Mickey but was forced to separate from him and reunited with her sister and allies.
But as they learned from Aulstyne that Master Xehanort was the true Mastermind of their struggles that began twelve years ago and of the enemy Organization's past from the world of Orience along with Class Zero...
Fuhito had abducted Rufus and now confronts the horrified and stunned Turks for the first time in 8,000 years.
A/N: Uh oh! Looks like Xehanort's plans included messing with the Turks because he knew of their connections with Sailor Moon and the Silver Crystal. Now Fuhito is back! Will the Turks be able to stop their now resurrected enemy and prevent Zirconiade's summoning? Or will history repeat itself?
Only way to find out is for the next chapter to arrive! See you then as we're drawing closer to the final battle and ending!