By TeaFlower
The Disclaimer of PUZZLES: Ackers and Terra belong to me, but Pokemon and FF7 do not. Hey, last episode was my longest EVER! I hope you enjoy this episode!
Cloud: Why does Yuffie think Ackers is an insane, psychotic psychic cat?
Yuffie and Ackers: Because he is.
Episode 24: Puzzley Forest of Trees
When we last left Ackers and co., they were going to go to a magic, ancient forest filled to the brim with puzzles, monsters, and pollen. Well, Ackers and Terra were. Cloud, Tifa, and Vincent were gonna wait for them and Yuffie was gonna plot a way to rid Planet of the psychotic psychic.
Upon arriving at the forest, Vincent said, "Aeris also mentioned that this Guardian person had to go in accompanied only by her wits and her protector."
Ackers blinked. "Terra, people from other worlds know more about your job than you do."
Vincent nodded. "Dead people, too."
Cloud started crying. "AERIIIIIIIIIIIIIS! WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY? Stupid Sephy! I WILL DESTROY YOU!" With that, Cloud ran off towards the north. Vincent sighed.
"Tifa, it's your turn." Vincent calmly said. Tifa nodded and ran after Cloud and dragged him back. "Anyway, who is this protector person going to be?"
Ackers raised his paw. "Me! ME!" He jumped around. "I've been hanging around her for about a month!" Vincent sighed and nodded.
"You two, and you two alone, have to go into the forest. Deep in the forest is a staff guarded by a seal. Your mission is to enter the forest, reach the staff, break the seal, take the staff, and come back here. Okay?" Terra and Ackers nodded. "Okay. You two go in there!" Ackers and Terra charged in there.
Cloud watched as the pair ran into the forest. When they were out of earshot, he asked his companions, "How long do you think they'll last?"
Tifa turned to Cloud. "About 10 minutes," she replied.
Without turning, Vincent said, "I say 5."
Yuffie was jumping around Cid. "Seriously, Cid! That cat threw me all the way here!" Cid yawned and lit a cigarette. Yuffie ran over to Barret and jumped up and down in front of him. "They're in danger!" Barret kicked her. Yuffie ran around Red a few times and yelled, "The safety of Planet is in jeopardy! Again!" Red took a nap. Yuffie jumped on Cait Sith and said, "C'mon, guys! We gotta do something!" Cait Sith just exploded, sending Yuffie away. Cid and Barret looked up.
"Thank god!" they said in unison.
Stopping and looking at the first puzzle ahead of them, Terra realized that this wouldn't be easy. There were traps where they could get hurt, blocked paths, and, worst of all, an anti-psychic barrier surrounding the forest. That meant Ackers couldn't teleport them to the staff or bring the staff to them. But that couldn't stop them; they needed to get home!
Ackers was somewhere up in the trees, looking down at the situation. Seeing that there were bugs and frogs everywhere, he got an idea. Bug eating plants were strewn across the area, and they looked like they could eat frogs, too. Quickly figuring out the puzzle, Ackers jumped from a tree branch and set out to solve it. Terra watched amazed as he led her through the forest, solving any puzzle he came across and getting them to the middle.
And that was where the staff was.
Yuffie ran across the continent, running up the canyon walls of Cosmo Canyon. She ran up behind Cloud and Tifa, but Vincent noticed her. Yuffie yelled, "I must save my friends! RAH!" and then ran into the forest. Tifa blinked and Cloud rubbed his ear. Yuffie was right next to him when she yelled.
As soon as Yuffie got past the first tree, a vine attacked her, sending her flying back all the way to Wutai. Cloud and Tifa cheered.
Terra walked slowly up to the staff. It was light green and had a crystalline Pokeball at the end. Near the top was a dream catcher-like decorative thing in yellow. The rod in between the two was adorned with weird lettering and shiny rocks. It was floating about two inches off of the platform it was on. The platform itself looked like a mini ziggurat. Ackers stood near it and turned to Terra.
"Can I take it now?" he asked.
Terra shook her head. "I think I have to take it…" she mumbled. She reached her hand into the force field around the staff and pulled it out. It started glowing a pale blue color. Terra sighed. "That was ea—"
Before she finished her sentence, Ackers was surrounded in some sort of glass cage. He yelled something, but Terra wasn't sure what. He started banging on the glass, but nothing happened.
And that's when the monsters came.
They surrounded Terra. With no help from Ackers, she thought she was DOOMED. As they closed in on her, she waved the staff as if to scare them off. A wave of green energy appeared from where she swung the staff. It killed several of the monsters. Terra blinked, then grinned. She swung the staff in a full circle, killing most of the monsters. Some of them dodged the attack, but Terra just hit them over the head with the staff. That killed them. Terra swung the staff through her fingers and raised it over her head with her left leg raised.
With another swing of the staff, Terra broke Ackers free and ran all the way back to the entrance.
Yuffie slowly got up and looked around. "Ugh… I need to save them! They're in big trouble!" Yuffie then started to swim back to the main continent.
---How was it? I hope you're ready for a short episode!---
Cloud: Yuffie, leave us alone!
Terra: I hope this works!
Tifa: Wait for me!
Vincent: … whatever.
Yuffie: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ((gasp)) OOOOOOOOOOO!
Ackers: Can we go home yet?