Chapter 14
Weiss walked into Reactor 6, he had rushed there once he had received the orders from the president. He only had time to grab his swords. The doors opened to the reactor, he walked into the main chamber and saw all the dead infantrymen. He bent over to each and crossed their arms and shut their eyes, so they could rest in peace. Weiss hurried along and gotten into the elevator and rode it down to the reactor floor. Weiss immediately stepped out of the elevator and into the control room, he was wasting very little time. He looked down at the computer and saw the blood all over the console. He moved over to take a look at the security booth. He looked at camera 7; in it was the rebel group. They were heading this way, he had to eliminate the targets, and it was nothing personal, just orders. Weiss took cover behind the desk of computers waiting for them to come into the control room. Barret was the first to walk into the door, followed by BIGGS, Wedge and Jessie. The group had walked past Weiss without noticing him. Weiss came out of his cover and snuck up on Jessie. He grabbed her and covered her mouth, before she had a chance to struggle; steel was ripping through her chest. He laid her body on the ground silently and he moved forward toward Wedge. He had grabbed Wedge's head and snapped it quickly. He laid his body down as quietly as he could, hoping not to startle the other two who were still unaware of his presence. Weiss quickly came up behind Biggs and decapitated him with one swipe. He grabbed the head in mid air, and laid the body down on the ground. Barret was still not aware of the slaughter that had taken place behind him.
"Good work guys, we did our part, now we just gotta get outta Midgar as soon as we can. I'll buy the beers! AHAHAHA actually I'll buy everyone's beers except for Wedge, I'll be broke if I did hahaha" The big man was chuckling. He chuckles were short lived.
Weiss kicked Biggs head towards Barret, the head landing at Barret's feet. Barret had nearly tripped on it, he looked down in shock. He turned around to see Weiss standing in a battle ready stance. Barret let out a cry "I'll crush you like a bug you lil' fucker!!!" Barret ran at the man at full speed shooting every bullet he had. Weiss made a quick move to dodge the incoming shells; he swung his sword fast and with finesse. Barret kept running as Weiss had moved out of the way after his attack. Barret came to a stop thinking he came out of the exchange untouched. He turned to fire at Weiss who was already in his face. Weiss did not attack he watched. Barret went to fire… his gun arm had fallen off. Weiss had disarmed him in there last encounter. Weiss grinned as Barret's eyes turned to sadness.
"Please I have a young girl to look after!! Please!!" The big man had went down on his knees and begged. Weiss looked into his eyes and felt…nothing. He took his sword and cut Barret's other arm. Barret let out a scream of pain. "Please!!!"
Weiss looked at the man bleeding out of both ends. Weiss grinned as he knelt down at eye level with Barret. "I'm disinclined to acquiesce to your request." Weiss said with a grin as he made a quick movement and took Barret's life, along with his head.
Weiss pulled out his phone to call the president. "Sir the rebels have been dealt with. I believe they set a bomb. Do you want me to try and defuse it?"
There was a short pause. "Good work Weiss. Leave the bomb, let the reactor explode, we will blame Fair and his group for the attack. That is all Weiss, report back to HQ as soon as you can." The president said with an odd amount of happiness.
"Damn, I gotta say, I like his style." Weiss said as he was walking away from the exploding reactor.
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Zack and Cloud were hiding behind a building corner waiting for the explosion. Aerith and Tiffa were behind them, followed by Nanaki who was responsible for guarding them from behind. Zack looked to the horizon waiting for the explosion. It was a little late, Zack began to worry. He turned to everyone behind him and said "We may have to abort mission guys. The reactor isn't exploding. Something had to have gone wrong." At that very moment the reactor exploded behind Zack. He spoke too soon; he looked back at them with an embarrassed look on his face.
"Ok let's move! Lady's stay close and keep you guard up. Cloud you and me are going through the front, Are you ready for some fighting, Shinra's going to throw everything they have at us." Cloud gave a quick nod. "Red take good care of the girls. I know they are in good hands." Zack looked at Red with a reassuring smile. "Tifa use those codes and meet us up on the 60th floor. We will call you once we arrive on that floor. So just hang tight and stay there until we call. And oh, hahaha enjoy the stairs!!" Zack said as he stuck his tongue out and laughed. The group went its separate ways, Zack and Cloud started walking toward the Shinra HQ. They both stopped and looked at the towering building. They looked at each other for just a moment and both nodded. It was go time; they sprinted toward the front entrance.
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Tifa, Aerith and Nanaki started going up the stairs to begin the infiltration of the Shinra HQ. Nanaki led the way up the first flight of stairs. He ran up the stair with ease due to his long strides. Nanaki had been several stairs cases ahead of the young ladies. He stopped every set of five for them to keep up. The ladies were already covered in sweat and their legs were starting to hurt. Tifa had moved faster than Aerith up the stairs but only by a few stairs.
"Dang this isn't going to be easy… I rather take on the Shinra troops, than be doing this…. What floor are we on…?" Tifa looked up at Nanaki who was lying down on the top of the stair case.
Nanaki looked up at the sweaty girl as if he was just waking from a nap. "We are on the 25th floor. We have a lot more to go. We can't waste too much time, Zack and Cloud maybe on the 60th before we know it. We can't only be on the 40th if they are already there. We could leave them in a pickle. Let's hurry" Nanaki said as he turned to start running again.
Aerith was dying, she kept running no matter how tired she got. She passed Tifa who was taking a breather on the rail of the 32nd floor. Aerith didn't want to lose Zack again, he meant too much to her. She had to pull through for him, to protect him. Aerith stopped and waited for Tifa to catch up. Tifa was breathing very deeply and out of breath. She looked up at Aerith who was smiling. Aerith looked down at her and said with a smile" Come on Tifa, let's go. Push hard, and do it for Cloud!" Aerith smiled and turned and ran up the stairs. Tifa stopped and thought of Cloud. She didn't want him to get hurt. She could help him if he got into any problems, even if it was only a tiny bit. It was time to suck it up and get moving.
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Zack tried to open the front door to the building, great it was locked. Now he would have to try to get it open. Zack took out his sword and slashed the door creating a blade beam like wave. An alarm had sound, so much for just waltzing in. Zack walked through the debris of what used to be the door, Cloud closely followed. The dust from the door had created a fog like screen in the lobby. But Zack could see and hear the guards beginning to fill the room. Zack put his hand on Clouds shoulder and whispered into his ear. "You go to the right. I'll go to the left. I'll meet you in the middle buddy." Cloud nodded and the two sprinted in separate ways. Zack let out a yell to let the guards know that there death was near. He swung his sword taking down 4 men, and spun around low to the ground. The blunt side of his sword took down two more men and put them to their backs. Zack looked up and saw three men on fire running through the small remaining group. Cloud had hit them with his fire magic. Zack made a little grin, Cloud was catching on very quickly. Zack had begun to charge the last of the men. He had his sword ready to make the final strike, but in the corner of his eye, he saw something in the corner of his eye. A beam of energy was coming from his right. Cloud had hit a limit break! Zack did a back flip to avoid the strike. The last of the men had fallen, all but one. He walked toward Cloud. Cloud had his sword ready to take him down, but the man collapsed onto the floor. Cloud looked over at Zack who was grinning behind the bluish green smoke of the souls returning to the lifestream.
"Good work buddy! You starting to look like you know what you doing" Zack joked.
"Thanks Zack! I'm really getting a hang of this sword." Cloud said with a smile.
"Just think buddy this is the first of many missions together man! We should start a company or something hahaha" Zack laughed.
"Hahaha yeah we should, like buster brothers incorporated haha!" Cloud said jokingly.
"I like it! That's the name no if ands or buts about it hahaha!" Zack smiled. "Come on buddy the buster bros have a mission to finish. Let's get to work." Zack turned and started running up the steps. Cloud closely followed.
They ran to a set of elevators. The clicked the button to go up. Zack looked at the lights above the elevator door to see what floor it was on. Zack looked around waiting impatiently for the evaluator to arrive. He started clicking the button over and over like a child who had A.D.D. Cloud looked over at his friend who was looking like he might rip his skin off at any second. He chuckled to himself. Zack was at full tank of energy, he loved to fight, and it almost gave him a high. "Zack clicking the button doesn't make it come any faster you know." Cloud said to mock Zack.
Zack turned his head and gave Cloud an evil look. Cloud began to laugh, as the elevator had arrived. "Shut up and get in Spikey" Zack said as he threw his friend into the elevator. "Ok bud, play times over. From this point on Shinra is going to throw everything at us. Get ready Cloud the shits going to get heavy" Zack said as he hit the button to the 60th floor.
The elevator had begun to start going up. Suddenly the elevator had begun to shake up and down. Fuck, it was the Shinra security system. They would have to get off at a random floor. "Cloud hold on tight. This gunna get bumpy." Zack said as he grabbed on to a handle. The elevator began to go up and down repeatedly. The twosome had begun to feel ill. Zack jumped to hit the button. The elevator had stopped on the 49th floor. The doors opened, and Zack's heart dropped. He looked out to see a group of SOLDIERs waiting for him to come out. A lot of these men used to be his friends or allies. Zack stepped out of the elevator closely followed by Cloud. The two drew their swords. Zack looked into the crowed of men. "Leave now or all of you will die! This is your last chance!! Leave now!!! Don't die for a company that will not be standing tomorrow. Leave!!" Zack yelled at the group. None of the men moved. "Fine, then go fuck each other in hell!!!" Zack said as he and Cloud charged into the SOLDIERs.