Chapter 16

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Cloud was sitting in his cell just hoping that Zack was ok. He was fighting a fight he couldn't have won alone. Zack was strong but not that strong. The man could crush him normally, but being mako injected, only equaled death. Cloud thought of the screams of his partner, it crushed his heart to imagine him laying somewhere lifeless. He shouldn't have left his side, if he was dead it was all his fault. Cloud sat down on the floor, leaning against the nearby wall. He looked down at the floor in deep thought. He looked up for a brief moment, and noticed Tifa was looking straight at him, studying him. Cloud had begun to ask her what was up, but she interrupted. "I know that look anywhere. You have the same expressions since you were little. Feeling guilt huh? About Zack… You know that wasn't up to you. He chose to fight alone so you could finish the mission…" Tifa knew it, she slipped up. The mission, a total failure. They had been captured and were to be executed on live TV tomorrow.

"If he's dead Tifa… then he would have died for nothing. I let him down. I took leadership of this mission, and I lead us straight into a trap. The bastard, he took my freedom in Nibleheim, now he ruined our mission. Hojo, you will meet your end soon, I promise you that much. Damnit!" Cloud yelled as he punched the floor.

"Cloud… He's alive you know it. He's too strong to go quietly. Don't worry he'll be here soon. He's probably looking for us as we speak." Tifa said as she sat down next to Cloud.

Cloud smirked, "If that's what he's doing then we'll be here for awhile." Cloud and Tifa both laughed.

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Aerith was sitting next to Nanaki rubbing him behind his ears. Nanaki let out a shallow purr. Nanaki looked up at Aerith who was smiling and oddly cheery. "Why are you so, content?" Aren't you worried about Zack?"

"Hehe no! He's ok, I can feel him, he's not too far away, hehe he's probably taking a nap climbing the stairs." Aerith let out a smile and a giggle.

Nanaki looked at her stunned, how could she feel him? That isn't a normal human gift. Was there something special about her? Or is she just in love and fooling herself? Nanaki jumped up on the bed and laid down. He should rest and get his strength back. Aerith suddenly stood up, her arms were close together at her chest, and she looked like she was sad or scared. Nanaki noticed and had to see if she was ok. "Are you alright Aerith?"

"No. There's something very dark here. It's scary. I want Zack; he would protect me from it!" She said almost in tears.

What could possibly be out there that was scaring her in here, in her cell. How could she feel that there was something dark here? Nanaki was catching on to Aerith; he knew there was something special about her, but what?

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Sephiroth made his way through the Shinra building with ease. He walked up the stairs as if it were a leisurely stroll. He arrived at the 60th floor, he opened the door as quietly as he could to enter unnoticed. A women in a lab coat was walking down the hall deeply reading a file, she did not notice the man in black walk right up to her. She looked up at him; all she saw was his grin, in a flash her life was over. He had cut her from the waist, severing her body in two, along with one of her arms. Sephiroth bent over and grabbed her arm. He started walking down the hallway smearing the blood end of the arm along the walls. He wanted people to fear him; he was here to rid them of their existence. He continued to walk down the hall and walked into an office. The door read "assistant science director" He walked in and dropped the arm intentionally to make a noise. The man in the office turned his chair to see who it was, he looked up in shock. Sephiroth just starred, as his sword was jammed into the man's head. Blood was thrown throughout the office completely covering the computer. Sephiroth just turned and left the office. He continued to walk through the maze of offices killing each and every person in them. Not one had gotten the chance to scream before they met their end with Sephiroth's steel.

The slaughter continued men and women were falling left and right, he had no mercy. Sephiroth started making his way to the lab, his steps could be heard from the squishing noise from the blood stained carpets. As he was moving down the hallway Sephiroth stopped and looked up at the security camera, he was no longer hiding from Shinra. An alarm sound as a red flashing light went off; the President was sending his best at him. Sephiroth continued to walk; he arrived at Hojo's lab, to avenge what they had done to him, for creating him. He opened the door, and saw Jenova's tanks. With a flash, he had broken it open and took the body of his beloved mother. He threw the body underneath his arm and began walking towards the elevator. The elevator began to go down before he clicked the button. Sephiroth sensed something, he was about to be attacked. He walked over to the wall and he laid down his mother. He walked back to the center of the room with his massive sword drawn.

The elevator door opened and a team of SOLDIER firsts came out followed by their general, Weiss. Weiss flicked his arm for the SOLDIERs to attack. The SOLDIERs all jumped in the air to take down the man in black. With a flick of a wrist, it was raining men. XP. Weiss starred at the man before him, he was amazing, so powerful, he wanted his power.

Weiss drew his swords and was ready for a war. This battle would be a true clash of the Titans. Weiss charged at Sephiroth and the war was on.

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Zack walked towards the stairs, still in shock of what had just happened. Sephiroth was ALIVE, he had saved him, but for what purpose? He Sephiroth was up to something, he never spared anyone unless they had a use for him for something, but what? Zack walked past Azul's body, it was a gruesome sight. His entire right side of his body had been blown off from the blast. That could have been him. He looked at his poor foe; his skin was falling off from the burns he had sustained. It was truly nasty, Zack couldn't look any longer or he would never be able to cook a steak again. Zack opened the door to the stairway he thought to himself about Sephiroth…FUCK!!! He's far ahead of him!!! He may have killed the others already!!! Zack was scared for his friends, he climbed up on the railing and jumped to the next set of stairs. He was flying through the center of the stairs. He had to hurry; maybe he could save some of them.

He arrived at the 60th floor, he burst though the door and sprinted to find his friends. Zack looked down in horror, blood and lots of it. Was he too late? He was tearing in his eyes and started to run looking for his friends. He go closer to Hojo's lab there was a great heat, it was on fire! He had to hurry, where were they!!!He ran down a hallway it was a dead end, nothing but the holding cells. Zack's emotions got the best of him he fell to his knees and started to cry. "Angeal!!! HELP ME!! I can't lose them!! Help me find them please!!! I beg you!!"

A voice came from the cell next to him. "Knock Knock"

"Who's there?" Zack replied wiping his tears.

"It's us you idiot!!! Get us the fuck out!!!" Cloud said holding back laughs.

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Weiss charged at Sephiroth his sword clashing against Sephiroth's. Sephiroth just smiled at his enemy, Weiss was pathetic he couldn't hurt him if he let him. Weiss realized that he was facing a great opponent; he was going to have to go all out to win this fight. If he lost… it was a direct line to the president. Weiss continued to attack with all his might, every attack was met with a even faster block. Weiss was thrown back in such force; he had barely caught his footing. He looked at Sephiroth, he was amazing, and he had to learn his skills and his source of his strength. Weiss had to really think of something fast, his enemy was just toying with him, and it was only a matter of time until he went on the offensive. Weiss threw his sword at his rival hoping it would distract him while he attacked. The sword was flying towards Sephiroth, he didn't move. He grabbed the sword in mid air and turned around to block the sneak attack from Weiss. This was getting ugly fast, Weiss just sprinted towards Sephiroth, he ripped his other sword from his hand and spun around just getting a piece of Sephiroth's hair. That was a mistake, Sephiroth stopped holding back, He charged at Weiss and hit his block with such force, he went through a wall and into a huge tank. The tank exploded on contact, creating flames instantly. The room was in flames, things were exploding left and right, Sephiroth still stood in the same spot, he looked like he enjoyed the heat.

Weiss gathered himself from being thrown like a rag doll, he was pissed. He started to glow blue, he was about to have a limit break. He charged at Sephiroth, he ran through the flames and jumped at his enemy. He hit his limit break; Sephiroth was not ready for Weiss's rage. He charged and swung at the man in black. Sephiroth blocked the shot with ease but it took him out of his stance, before he knew it, Weiss was attacking from behind. Sephiroth back peddled to avoid the constant attacks from Weiss; each was met with a fast block. The two jumped at each other blocking each other's shots. He swords hit with such power, it cause things to explode in the room.

Sephiroth had enough, his eyes started to glow, he was getting mad and impatient, now it was time for him to try. He jumped at the charging limit breaking Weiss. He dodged Weiss's swing and grabbed him by his hair. With one strong motion, threw Weiss across the room. Weiss hit the steel wall hard, he began to slide down to the ground, when Sephiroth threw Weiss's sword. The sword traveled through the air and right behind it was a charging Sephiroth. Weiss's sword stabbed Weiss in the shoulder holding him to the wall. Moments later Sephiroth came in a flash of and eye and stabbed the other. Weiss was defeated, with ease.

"Finish me!! I lost!! Kill me!!! You have all that power, and you play with it!! Fuckin use it!!! Kill me!!! I'd do great things if I had your power!!! The world would bow to me!! You can bring the world to its knees and you can't kill one man!!!" Weiss yelled as Sephiroth started walking away, leaving Weiss to hang and burn alive.

Sephiroth stopped in his tracks "You would bring the world to its knees huh? You want my strength?" Sephiroth said as he was in thought. "Come with me, show me your loyalties." Sephiroth said as he ripped the sword out of Weiss.

Weiss dropped to the ground, he was immediately greeted by Sephiroth's hand reached out, handing him his sword. Weiss grabbed his second blade from Sephiroth's hand and put it in its sheath on his lower back. "How can I show you my loyalty?" Weiss asked

"Call the president, tell him that the target has been destroyed. And that you will be up shortly."Sephiroth said.

"Ok I will, hold on…. Sir the target has been destroyed, but we took heavy losses and the science department is destroyed sir." Weiss said to the president.

"Very good Weiss, you have become quite the asset. Fuck the science department, we will just blame the rebels and just build a new one. Get up here ASAP. We want to hear how that pig died." The president said as he hung up the phone.

"Let go" Sephiroth said as he motioned Weiss to stay in front of him. He was clearly not ready to trust him yet.

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Weiss and Sephiroth arrived at the President's office. Weiss opened the door and rushed in. Sephiroth walked in slowly all eyes were on him. The President had no place to go, he was trapped. He started to yell " Weiss you son of a bitch!! I could have paid you sooo much money, you had a future. Redeem yourself now!!! Kill him!!!" There was a long pause, Weiss did not move. "Sephiroth I'm sorry!!! About everything!!! You want money!? You can have all of it!! Please just please don't kill me!" The president begged. Sephiroth just walked forward towards the fat man. He motioned to Weiss, to kill Scarlet who was half undressed. Weiss walked over to her, he drew his swords.

"You little slut. Sleeping with the president? Really? Haha it's funny, he will be the last man you ever see. Look at him!!" Weiss put Scarlet on her knees looking at the president. She was in tears, pleading for her life. Weiss put his swords crisscrossed around her neck. "Suck on this… bitch" with a squeeze like a pair of hedge trimmers, cut off her head.

Sephiroth walked over to the President who was trying to run away. Sephiroth quickly grabbed the fat man throwing him into his seat. "Give me an order SIR" Sephiroth said in a mocj=king demand.

"I order you to let me live!" The President screamed.

"HAHAHAHA, you fool" with a flash he stabbed the man in the back. His body was laying on the desk, and the sword held him down.

Shinra was gone. The empire needed a new emperor.

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