Chapter 2
The Mountian was taller then jay had originally thought. Shed been going for awhile now, But she still couldnt find where she was being pulled towards. "Where is this thing?" she asked herself as she rounded a corner. As she stepped forwards, The ground broke under her foot. She yelped and jumped back. Down below, she heard a very faint echo of stone bouncing on stone. She carefully began to feel around it.
She continued walking, and soon jumped down onto a winding stretch of the mountian. She followed it. More then once she got spooked by the occasional sleeping glider. But She didnt wake them. she proceeded thru the trail, and soon came to a dead end. She grumbled a little bit, and was about to turn aorund. Thats when she saw the curving path just off the side. It was narrow, and she'd have to be very careful to get across.
But her sences told her it's the direction she neded to go. She stepped on, and proceeded across. As she went, she looked down, and almost dropped. The fall would turn her into a pile of goo if she fell. She whimpered slightly and made it around the bend. She had a bit more foot room now, and walked more normally. She stepped down into a cave, which was what the path lead to, and began moving trough the winding, colorful caverns.
she smiled, and marvled at the colorful stone. "I never knew this was here." She said. She couldnt help but stop for a minute to look. But she pushed on, not wanting to stop. As she came out of the cave, she realised it simply lead to a large chamber. And a nibel dragon was sleeping in it. Jay ducked back behind the mouth of the cavern entrance. The Dragon was deep in sleep. She held her breath, and began to carefully sneak her way around.
She had almost reached the old ladder, which would let her out of here. She got to the ladder, and began climbing. she reached the top, and carefully made her way out. Jay mumbled slightly and proceeded.
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Jay grasped the next handhold of the mountian wall. She continued her ascent upwards. She was a few dozen feet above the nearest ground. She wasnt very far away from the lip of the cliffside. as her foot fit into another stone crevice, the stone broke off, and fell downwards. jay yelped and almost fell. She heard a slight stirring below her. She looked, and saw a glider sticking its head out of a cave mouth. She held her breath. the glider looked aorund, squacked, and crawled back into its cavern. Jaw sighed in relief, and continued climbing.
She crawled over the lip of the mountian side, and came up. she saw a wooden bridge, held together by ropes. It led to a turn in the mountian. "here we go..." She whispered. She tested the bridge, and began to walk across. It creaked a few times, and each time she paused. Finally, she managed to make it all the way across. she then saw that she could make it back down the mountian, faster form here. there were more paths that would take her down.
"A shame i couldnt have used those coming up..." Jay muttered. She sat down and rested for awhile. She knew that it was the middle of the night, so most of the creatures were sleeping. for 3 hours she had been up here. And now, the pulling sensation was stronger then ever. jay regained her breath, and began following the pulling sensation again. She made several rounds over corners, and over slight cliffs, no taller then 20 feet.
As she went, she heard a voice. "Come now. I have been waiting." She stopped. "who are you?" She asked.
"come to me. The reunion is at hand." Jay was tempted to turn and run, But she was compelled beyond her controll to keep walking. She rounded a rocky corner, and saw a tall, metal structure, overgrown with moss. She could make out the word, 'shin-ra' above the entrance. this must be the old Mako reactor... Jay thought. she hesitated, then stepped through the entrance.