Cloud gasped as he looked down at his new armor. In some ways it was similar to Lightning's, but it had the wolf's head from his shoulder piece over his chest. Instead of feathers like she had, he had a long black cape flowing from the shoulder pieces of his armor. He realized some of the pieces of his suit were identical to his lover's, such as said shoulder pieces and the hip guards, down to the skin tight black gloves that ran up to mid bicep with the arm pieces strapped on, and the black piece that was underneath the chest piece. Said piece covered most of his upper body, then ended the way Lightning's did, with a small chain connected to the band keeping the hip guards on. The bottom part of the armor was set up much like Lightning's, but thankfully with comfortable black pants running under the armor leg pieces. He was also thankful that the boots didn't have nearly as much heel as Lightning's. Then he noticed that instead of the gold design on the silver of her armor, his was black on a duller greyish armor.

"Wow…"

Lightning arched an eyebrow as she picked up the end of his cape. "Wow is right."

Vincent smirked for a moment before looking up at the giant chained wolf. Cloud saw the gunman's eyes flash for a moment, realizing his demons were stirring. He looked up at Fenrir in awe and fear. The wolf seemed to realize this as he lowered his head.

{Cloud, your dear mate is in trouble. My father is coming, and with him comes the end of your Planet, as well as Valhalla.} The wolf's attention turned to Lightning. {I may not like Odin, but he'll be of great help in the coming battle.}

"Your father?"

Fenrir's eyes flashed with anger. {Loki.}

Cloud exchanged a glance with Lightning as they walked into the bar. Vincent followed quietly, mentally arguing with Galian Beast. Tifa greeted them warmly, holding an ice pack to her head. The second she took note of the dark aura around the trio, she frowned.

"Not good news…"

Cloud shook his head, watching the kids walk down the stairs. "No it's not. We need to leave for a while, just until we can solve this without you guys getting hurt."

Tifa narrowed her eyes. "Tell me what's going on Cloud. You might need our help."

He looked at her, then at the kids. The woman followed his glance and gently put her hand on Marlene's shoulder. The girl looked up at her and nodded, then grabbed Denzel's hand and pulled him back up the stairs, much to his dismay. With the kids gone, Cloud sat at the bar, his head in his hands.

"Those guys that attack us….are after me and Lightning. They're working for a guy called Loki, one of the gods. He's planning on coming here to get Lightning so he can use her powers to take over Valhalla."

Lightning rubbed his back. "But they need Cloud so they can control Loki's son, Fenrir."

Tifa gasped. "Fenrir?"

Cloud nodded, looking up at her. "Without me, Fenrir will revolt and try to fight back. Loki knows he can't win that fight."

Vincent crossed his arms. "But if Loki were to have Cloud captive, neither Fenrir nor Lightning would try to oppose him."

Lightning shot him a look. "You're joking right?"

"Lightning would still fight back. Even with me captive she knows the planet is worth more than one life."

Tifa sighed. "So what's the plan? How do we fight back?"

The blonde sat up. "You guys don't. You take care of the kids, no matter what happens."

His lover nodded in agreement. "The three of us are going to Valhalla to warn Etro and

the others. They'll be the ones we need in this battle."

Tifa bit her lip. "Wait… Why is Vincent…?"

"Heh, his demons have powers on par with even Fenrir's. They'll be of great use."

The woman nodded slowly and locked eyes with Cloud. "Alright, good luck you guys."

The man understood the underlying message. "We'll all come back alive Tifa, don't you worry."

Vincent sighed quietly. "Let the others know about this, then get somewhere safe."

Lightning gave Tifa a smile before grabbing Cloud's hand. "I hope you know how to clean

scorch marks."

"Huh? Why would I know how to do that?"

The woman pulled Cloud and Vincent over to the center of the bar, away from everything else. The men exchanged an unsure look, but as Lightning's clothes were suddenly changed with her armor they really grew worried.

"I'm suddenly not sure of this."

"I know how you feel man."

Lightning rolled her eyes and grabbed their hands as she started to glow. Tifa gasped as the trio vanished in a puff of black and blue.

Cloud gasped in amazement as he looked around his new surroundings. Lightning smirked

from where she seemed to be flying beside him.

"Cloud, Vincent, welcome to the Historia Crux."