Hey Peeps! Sorry for the long wait, but it's over now! Here is the completed Chapter 6. Hope you enjoy!
Chapter 6: - If You Can't Stand the Heat, Get Off The Stairs!
Halfway up, Vince suddenly stopped and let the girls out of his cloak, then promptly collapsed to the ground. Sam knelt beside him and asked what was wrong, to which he replied: "it's the result of me not fully recharging in my coffin. If my energy is not at full capacity, I can barely go anywhere. At this point, I need … my Mako juice." Seeing the look of confusion on Sam's face, Vince said, "It's the green bottle with a swan-shaped spout." Sam then removed the bag on Vince's back, and rummaged around. 'only one problem, though', she thought to herself, 'THEY ARE ALL GREEN, AND THEY ALL HAVE SWAN SPOUTS!' seeing that Sam was having trouble, he told her, "it's the smallest, roundest, fattest bottle." Finding the right bottle, Sam quickly uncorked it, and tipped the eerily green hued liquid into Vince's mouth. With but a swallow, Vince's body was pulled into the air by an invisible force. After he quickly flashed the same colour as the liquid, He landed on the ground, on his feet, and cracked his knuckles. "Much better," he said. Sam looked at him, dismayed, and said, "Vince, shouldn't you rest?" "No, I'm alright," Vince said, "In place of my coffin and a few months of rest, m6y body takes the Mako juice acts as a catalyst for the restoration of my energy. Now, let's go, before more of them come!" he said, leading them up the stairs. They only made it ten running steps up the stairs before another creature attacked, wielding a small dagger and a lantern. The world plunged into twisted darkness, returned to normal, and the battle began. "Look out, girls! That thing is a Tonberry; if its dagger makes contact with you, will automatically die!" The girls temporarily held an expression of shock, then returned to their battle. Sam's shield extended the blades, Alex's katana flew from its sheath into her hands, and Clover's gloves appeared on her hands. The Tonberry took two steps forward, only to be blasted by a round of stop magic from Vince. The girls rushed forward and rapidly attacked the small creature, each doing their own low level of damage, followed in turn by Vince dealing it a massive blow. When it started moving again, the cycle repeated: Stop, attack, repeat. The third time the creature attempted to move, Vince glowed red, then released an attack the girls hadn't seen yet. The Tonberry was slowed to a stop, while all four of its opponents were accelerated to double speed, and protected from all attacks. Vince and the girls got in four attacks each before it started moving. As it got closer, Vince noticed three green-hued glows coming from his sides. Looking from one girl to the next, he noticed that all three wee casting magic; 'But wait,' he thought, 'How can they be casting magic if I never gave them any materia?! They are going to backfire!' "No, girls, stop!" Vince Shouted loudly, as the three began rising in the air; "If you continue to cast, you will inevitably back-" Vince broke off, witnessing the strangest thing ever. The three girls were casting magic all at once, and succeeding! As the three attacks released, three different kinds of elemental magic shot into the sky, transformed into a dragon, and came crashing down on the poor Tonberry, dealing it the deciding blow. When the world returned to normal, Vince asked them, "How did you do that? The way it works is you are supposed to have these small orbs called materia in order to cast magic, otherwise, you'll backfire and damage yourselves." "Oh, you mean these?" Alex asked, producing from small holes in her katana four small orbs, each of them green. Sam and Clover did likewise, much to Vince's amazement. "Where did you get those? I never gave them to you," Vince inquired. Sam simply said, "They were already inside our weapons, I guess." Vince simply shook his head, and again motioned for the girls to step into his cloak. Flying farther up the stairs, Vince stopped when they had reached the ¾ mark, and let the girls off. He then said, "Wait here, there's something not quite right here." He then proceeded to take off, flying down the stairs. The girls stood there for five minutes waiting for him to return, but he did not. Alex went to the railing, closed her eyes and lowered her head to look down the staircase. When she did, she saw Vince fly back up and keep going, while yelling, "QUICK! GET OUT OF HERE! THE STAIRS ARE-" "-ON FIRE?!" Sam shouted, stepping away from the centre of the stairs, when sure enough, seconds later, a large flame appeared. As the girls began running up the now seemingly endless staircase, more monsters came from ahead and attacked them. One by one, each was attacked, filling up their limit skills for use. "Hey, I have an idea. Let's try using our limits together! on the count of three," Sam said, looking from one to the other, getting head nods from each, "Three…," Clover entered her prep stage; "Two," Alex dropped to her pre-attack stance; "ONE", Sam followed suit, holding her shield in front of herself, finally shouting "NOW!" Vince, upon hearing this, remembered that he had left the girl behind, and, worried that they would be burned alive; he flew back down, taking a swig from the bottle every now and again. Approaching their level, Vince was blinded by no one, not two, no, not even three, but six flashes of red light. 'What?' he asked himself, 'how are they all sending off their limits at once? It's not possible…' As he approached the rear of the battle field, he was once again blinded by a flash of not red, but ORANGE light! "The powers of life that never die, of comets and meteors in the sky, of the winds that carry many lies, Aid our vengeance. MAKE THEM FLY! GATES OF HELL!" all three called together. Then, as Clover held her arms out, Alex plunged the blade into the ground and Sam rapidly span her shield in front of her, a giant two-door gate appeared from the earth, crafted of marble stone. In the middle of each door was a skeletal figure, each holding the doors closed with chains. The gate slowly opened, and an intense wind tunnel began to suck the monsters into the gate. When the last one was sucked inside, the gate slammed shut, and instantly began to crack from the middle outward, till it suddenly shattered and disappeared. After the world resumed normality, Vince motioned for the girls to get back in his cloak, and flew with them to the top of the staircase, deep in thought. When they reached the top, Vince flew straight through the open front door, and landed on the ground, releasing the girls. Behind them, a long, dramatic groan came from the house, as it suddenly burst into flames, and promptly fell to ashes, dead. Vince quickly flew back down, looking for his coffin, but did not find it. Coming back up, He landed and said, "Well, there goes my chances of coming back to rest in my coffin. Oh well, I guess I should go and inform Cloud. You girls want to come along and keep me company?" "Sure, as long as you don't start getting any ideas, Vince. Also, who or what is this Cloud, anyway? I heard you talking about him back in the mansion, and was wondering,", Clover said, prompting Vince to spin on the spot and say, with a sinister look on his face, "Why? Are you Shin-Ra spies, or Sephiroth clones in disguise?" He was now torn between nervousness, and self-rage, but did not have to be, because seconds later, Sam and Alex returned his query with their own: "What is Shin-Ra? And who is Sephiroth?" Pleased with the answer, Vince returned to his calm demeanour. "I guess since you did so well back there, I can tell you all the details as we go." And with that, as they started their travels, Vince began the long explanation.
Sorry for the long wait, guys! But, finally, you are going to get the goods you've been craving! I'm aiming for two chapters in one day!