Well, here you go! Another chapter finished, and another chapter under way! Cheers!

Disclaimer: I don't own anyone from Final fantasy VII, it all belongs to SquareEnix… blah blah blah… you know the rest.

Chapter 3: Dawn of a New Beginning

Bullets flying, lives being taken, the battle rages on…

The twisting lanes of Midgar's freeways were filled with nothing but the loud hum of engines. Speeding through the traffic, Rude desperately tried to concentrate on steering the motorcycle from crashing stalled vehicles ahead of him. Needless to say, dying in car crash on the way to a rescue mission wasn't the type of death he hoped for. Sitting behind him, Reno laughed maniacally, "Now this is what you call having the wind in your hair yo! Wish you could experience this too huh?" Rude remained silent, not in the least amused.

"We should be there in about two minutes", Rude stated.

"Two? Geez, I could have gotten us there by now if you had let me driven!" Reno whined.

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Running through the gunfire, a member of SOLDIER finally spotted who he was looking for, "Sir!", he said facing the Wutian Turk, Tseng.

"What's the current situation?" Tseng asked while reloading his gun.

"Squad A has been eliminated and squads C and E have been dispatched, currently on tail of AVALANCHE! Sir!"

Quickly pulling the trigger back, Tseng fired four times into the adjacent building window on the top floor, "Tch, missed."

"…"

"Have Squad's C and E immediately retreat for now." He replied.

"B-but sir!---"

"--- and have them relocated to the Mako Reactor."

"What?" the SOLDIER stated, looking stunned.

"There's no time to be chasing, our objective is to prevent the explosion of that mako reactor at ALL COSTS! That is President ShinRa's orders."

"Yes sir!"

As the SOLDIER ran off, Tseng slipped into the shadows of a nearby alleyway.

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Pacing up a deserted sidewalk, Tseng stopped and listened. Up ahead, an old storage building came toppling down. With dust being blown in all directions from the fall, Tseng struggled to see what was happening around him. "S#!$!" he cursed, "What the hell is happening?"

Tseng ran forward. Unfortunately, in his current position, there was no where to shelter from potential enemies. "I have to get away from he---" he spoke to soon.

Clutching his abdomen, blood began dripping through his fingers. "Ugh…what… the?" Tseng continued running, constantly shifting his gaze, gun in hand. With the level of pain increasing, Tseng began doubting whether he would be able to make it out of this area in time.

Silently watching the Turk leave a trail of crimson blood behind, the sniper positioned his self for another aim. "This time, I won't miss…" he muttered. "Click." The trigger was pulled back.

As if in slow motion, the bullet tore through the air, leaving a streak in the floating dust. Footsteps echoed, Tseng ran. The bullet came closer… closer…. closer… Tseng turned his head, spotting a small object coming towards him. Stopping in his tracks, there was no way he would be able to dodge it. Within that split second, a thought flashed in his mind, "There's no way I can die here! Not yet!" And everything turned pitch black.

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Sitting in his office, Rufus stared out the window. "And so it begins…"

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"N-no mommy, I don't want to eat fish sticks… poor fishies… I… NOOOOO!" Elena jolted right up. Rubbing her eyes, she looked about her surroundings. "Where on earth…" Two words appeared in her mind, Kill…Reno…Another flash appeared in the distance. "ShinRa flare?" Hopping out the door, Elena searched for her cellphone. Punching in numbers, she held it up to her ear. "Come on… answer!"

"ShinRa Electric Company, please enter your access code followed by the pound key."

"beep, beep, beep, beep"

"Please hold… user identified as 00024576. Please confirm by stating yes or no."

ugh…"yes"

"I'm sorry, we couldn't confirm that, please state yes or no"

"YES!"

"Please hold while we transfer your account"

"F#!&ing piece of---"

"Please select from the following choices. 1. User information. 2. Voicemail. 3. Available services. 4. Speak to an available representative."

"beep"

"You've selected… 4. Speak to an available representative. Please confirm by stating yes or no"

"Arrrrrrrrrrgggggggghhhhh!" Elena screamed. "YOU PIECE OF JUNK! THIS IS TAKING WAAAY TO LOOOONG!"

"I'm sorry, we couldn't confirm that, please state yes or no"

"YES! YES! YES! FOR GOD'S SAKE, YEEEES!"

"I'm sorry, we couldn't confirm that, please state yes or no"

"N-noooooo….. this can't be happening… why does this take-so-long?"

"Please hold… Please select from the following choices. 1. User information. 2. Voicemail. 3. Available services. 4. Speak to an available representative."

"……………………Tch. Forget it. Closing her cellphone, she pondered. "There's got to be something that I can--- Aha!"

Running to the back of the 4x4, Elena turned the latch and raised the door. Moving the equipment aside, she lifted the bottom of the detachable flooring and pulled out what appeared to be a skateboard. Grabbing a set of official ShinRa fireworks from a box, courtesy of Reno, Elena quickly strapped them onto the end of the skateboard. Making sure everything was secure, she aligned the skateboard on the pavement and closed her eyes. "Okay Elena. Don't panick, if Reno can do this… so can you." Reaching in her breast pocket, she pulled out a set of matches. Lighting the end of the fireworks, she quickly stood on top of the skateboard. "Right… it's all a matter of endurance, just a matter of endurance, just a matter o—woooooooahhhhhhhhhh!" The skateboard lunged forward sending the female Turk down the open lane.

"O-okay… just slightly keep my legs positioned as so, and---"

"HEY CRAZY LADY! AHEAD OF YOU!" a man in a pickup truck yelled out.

"Huh?" Looking in front of her, she noticed a sign signalling that the road would be sharply turning. "WAAAH?"

Somehow, as if by pure chance or luck, Elena's skateboard tilted and flew over the edge of the road through the opening of the metal fencing, sparks flying about. Landing roughly on the road again, the skateboard continued to move forward. Opening her eyes, Elena prayed to God that she would never try such a stunt again if she lived to see the end of this ride.

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Phew, chapter 3 finished. Next chapter, what is Tseng's fate? Where are Rude and Reno? Will Elena make it in time for the action? Just what exactly is happening? Stay tuned for chapter 4!