Chapter Three

It had taken only about a half hour for Cid to drop Cloud and Tifa off at Midgar. Together they began their descent into the remains of Mako Reactor Zero. Cloud walked behind Tifa to make sure that noone was following them. "Where do you think they would have hidden these special files?"

"I don't know but we got to keep on looking." Cloud saw a cabinet and walked over to it. He tried opening it and to his suprise it opened easily. "Hey Tifa! Over here!" Tifa ran over to him and looked down at the files he was holding.

"These are all files on us. There's you, me, Barret, Cid, Nanaki, Yuffie, Cait Sith, Vincent and-"

Cloud had no trouble completing the end of her sentence. "Aeris." Everytime he thought of her he couldn't help but feel a little angry. Years ago when Avalanche was first starting to score major victories against Shinra Aeris had been a good ally. It was only after the threat of Sephiroth emerged that she was threatened. He had killed her by putting his Masamune blade through her chest. Cloud didn't blame himself anymore but everytime he thought about her death he got more and more pissed off.

Tifa let out a gasp and said,"These files on Aeris continue even after her death."

"How is that possible?"

"Could it be that Rufus thinks she's alive somehow?"

Cloud shook his head. "No. She's dead. We saw her die remember?"

"Yeah but there's always been at least one of our group that was thought dead."

Cloud took the file and threw it on the ground. "She's gone and there's nothing we can do about it Tifa."

Tifa smiled at him and said,"I know Cloud but why would Rufus continue his file on her?"

"The lifestream energy that helped hold back Meteor. Maybe he thought that Aeris was manipulating it and wanted to know how."

"That's a possibility. We should take these file with us and see what else they have written."

Cloud was about to grab the files from her hand when he heard footsteps. "Were not alone Tifa."

Tifa nodded and ducked behind some of the debris. "How do you want to handle this Cloud?"

"We fight."

Rufus looked at his quests with annoyance and asked,"What brings you to my home?"

Barret looked at him with the same annoyance and said,"We were attacked in Edge and think you had something to do with it.'

"You know me Barret. Do I look like I organized an assault on your little group?"

Cid stepped in front of Barret and added,"We have a feeling that you know more than what your telling us. We know you have your secrets."

Rufus got up and poured himself a glass of wine. "If your talking about Mako Reactor Zero I had nothing to do with Deep Ground finding out about it. In fact I would have preferred it to stay a secret."

"Why?"

"My father was many things but he wasn't a complete idiot. He used Mako Reactor Zero to hold an entity even more powerful than Jenova."

Barret and Cid looked at eachother and then back at Rufus. "What do you mean?"

"He only called the entity G. I know nothing beyond what I've just told you. If you want I'd like to strike up a partnership to ensure that G is stopped if it is indeed loose."

"It?"

"G is not a human or anything that you have ever seen before."

"We've faced worse."

Rufus looked out his window and smiled. "You haven't even begun to face the worst."