To all my readers, I just want to take this opportunity to say... THANK YOU! This is the only place where I feel that I belong. Everywhere else is nothing but insults and evils treatment. So, thank you all again. Now, on with chapter 3! I promise that I will not fail.
Chapter 3: The Black Portal
The girls immediately discovered that the new addition for their X-Powders had upgraded their armour and given them a small selection of weapons. Gerry, feeling the room to be getting too quiet, broke the awed silence. "Well, what do you think? It's a brand new prototype that was just developed two days ago. Your headgear allows you to see in four different vision types: thermal, ultraviolet, infrared, and night vision. You are also equipped with a special feature that allows you to enhance anything you touch with technological elements, creating something that you would see in those... Matrix movies, I recall-", Gerry stopped as Clover asked, Ger, why are you equipping us this much, if the only thing that will work is the X-Powder?" "The suits run from the power in your X-Powders, don't they?", Gerry simply asked in reply. Clover, completely beaten, silenced herself as Sam said, "Gerry, you haven't given us anything to work with here, except for new gadgets. What is the situation here? Who are we going after?"
Gerry snapped back from his reverie and, embarrassed, continued: "Oh, so sorry. Our survivor, Tamara Jones, tells us that the targets names are as follows, and in order of indication:-" Gerry turned on the holographic projector and began with the first, more modestly dressed of the three perpetrators, "-Aeris. Apparently some sort of flower girl, She is the one who caused the greater majority of the casualties. She carries with her a rather long rod, with a butterfly-shaped head. She is quite dangerous, but not as much so as this next one. This-", Gerry said as he changed the holo-slide, "- is Yuffie. She is apparently trained in the art of Nin-jitsu and is the stealthiest person anywhere. She carries a giant shuriken of some sort...-" "So it was HER that sliced all those people in half! She used the shuriken to kill them", Sam interrupted. Gerry, unfaltering, continued, "... Yes Sam, that is correct. Now, for the most dangerous of the three: This,-" Gerry hanged over to the final slide and resumed, "- is Tifa, pronounced with the 'I' spoken as 'E' in the word 'see'. She is the one who delivered the final killing blow to that secretary; it is her that wears the spiked gloves necessary for such a thing. Also, in the interrogation, Ms. Jones also said something about someone or something called 'Cloud' kicking the three of them out of his group. Ms. Jones also reported that the targets referred to another person by the name of 'Sephiroth'. In addition, In the past month alone, thee have been dozens of reports fitting ths case perfectly in nature, although not in location. It would seem that these three girls are lesbians." Taking full pleasure from the shocked faces of the spies, Gerry continued: " We initially thought that we would allow the police to handle this case, but when this incidence came upon us, WOOHP had to intervene. All you will take with you are your X-Powders. Now, If you will follow me..." Gerry led the way down a slow-moving conveyor belt. Clover softly whispered to Sam and Alex, "Gerry obviously forgot to mention that mission briefings would be much longer as well." The three snickered at this, until Gerry spoke again, "This is where you will be transported to the land that your targets escaped to. You will be forced to fend for yourselves, for the second you arrive there, we will be unable to contact you. We will attach small devices to you that will allow us to pull you from this place the instant your vital signs become weakened. Now, if you would, ..." Gerry motioned to a small three-person platform to which the small black box that Gerry had earlier mentioned. As they stepped onto the pad, Gerry said to them, These are your objectives: #1, detain the three female targets. #2, Find and return with this 'Cloud', so that we may study him... er, it.. Er, whatever it is. #3, Defeat this Sephiroth, as Ms. Jones mentioned he was trying to destroy the world you will soon enter. Complete thesde objectives to the best of your abilities." As the machine turned on and the portal opened beneath their feet, the spies distinctly heard Gerry call to them, "AND COME BACK SAFELY!" This helped to raise their spirits, if only a little bit as they began plummeting into a dark tube. It felt like being woohp-ed, except it was taking a toll on the girls physically. As they continued to fall, eyes closed tight and screaming, down the tube, they took no notice of the changes occurring on their outfits. As the end of the tunnel opened, they landed, hard, on their arms and knees. This did not last long, however, as they quickly collapsed from fatigue. As Clover finally succumbed to the stress on her body, she could swear that she could faintly see three silhouettes coming over the horizon. To exhausted to comprehend this, Clover finally collapsed, her eyes closed, and sleep set in. Meanwhile, the three silhouettes moved toward the sleeping girls, bound them and carried them into the distance.
I hope you all like this chapter. R& R; flames are always welcome, as I would like to get much better at this.