Final Fantasy 7
By Tayla Drago
(All was good for Cloud was finally back to normal to remember it all and Tifa too. For Yumi's spirit was still within Orbit to aiding them, their next task was to find Yakumo to freeing her from becoming a Makoinoid forever if nothing's done in time. From Cloud think he was Zack to trying to become SOLDIER, to stopping Sephiroth to be killed, Tifa being saved by Yumi as a Mako to saving Yakumo first, and then saving Cloud that started it all...Here's her saying on what happened on the rest and so on in her own words being all true.)
Yumi: Zack and I were a great team when we join SOLIDER. Cloud Strife was a newbie for the two of us to helping him out. Aerith and Yakumo were the only people we cared about in life; from our new Mother for Dad to get remarried to having us for I wanted to join to finding our half older sister...After losing her real Mother and half brother wherever they were, I never knew who they were in being that monster Sephiroth. Zack had a good life to follow his dream to be friends with Sephiroth along with falling for Aerith. We all had goals...Leaving my family was hard to knowing Cloud wanted to try to be a hero for Tifa being his closes friend ever; still afraid to show himself to others in the village for us to keep him supported...That's when it happened. I was gone missing before Yakumo, our Mom, and Dad came to my new home to seeing me things go from bad to worse on my end for some special people like myself to become Makoinoids by force...Hojo and those monsters hurting us so like Sephiroth's mother to Rei. I found her...But it was too late for me to slowly die into becoming into to those things of a monster with power to hurting us so to controlling Jenova power core for only to fail for none of us wasn't the one to control the world, not even me. I did escape to warn everyone. Well, Zack saved me for Sephiroth to learn and see the terrible truth to lose it and try using me as his weapon like Rei for his dead mother. Killing the other SOLIDERS but myself and Cloud were the lucky ones - only for my parents, the town, Zack, and Tifa's Father were all found dead by his hands. Such horrible...I manage to follow Sephiroth to stop him; only to be too late again in murdering everyone even Zack. I saved Yakumo in time for Cloud and I to destroying Sephiroth together to saving Tifa and Yakumo saving Cloud afterwards...Only for his blood for his and Sephiroth's to be mixed into one for the clone to walk along the Planet in spirit like me for his bod to rest and be reborn again. After Hojo takes Yakumo away for me to follow her as she was being studied on for her half breed of the Mako power she had from our second Mother happened since she was SOLIDER survivor. I was able to have the last of my powers to saving her life in leaving the lab in time from that mad man to keep the spirit of Sephiroth with his body and Rei away from her, because with them and the Jenova they took with them could destroy all life as we know it...I did to get Yakumo away to being saved and care for in controlling her powers thanks to Ancient of the last kind being Aerith...It worked. My body rotted badly to being killed by Rei's hands before she became a full Mako being to aid Sephiroth in their wicked goal, which killed his real father from long ago and affected for his mother to die than it did for my Mother. With me able to become spirit without being part of the planet, I hid into a machine type to heal being one of Cid's robot creations for a while until the time was right; for me to watch over Yakumo, Cloud, and the others long enough to see again in becoming Orbit. Now with Sephiroth alive again using Weapon, Jenova, and Rei, he has Yakumo's powers as a full Makoinoid. She must be saved by true love for Cloud to do...So now you know what really happened to me. Cloud's team will save this world and Yakumo will change back, he and seven of his friends 'along with friends or ours, allies 'kind of', and Dudley and Rose, we can not lose. I can feel it. Sister, I'm coming to save you as well with Cloud. I can only watch now from within this machine to tell you two everything that happened, you'll see me again with Yakumo real soon, until then...
(Makes sense now how Yumi's spirit showed up and what happened five years ago too, all of it. The Fading comes right back in showing the entire party at Mideel. The town has been demolished; loose boards float in the green Mako pool created in the earthquake. Tifa and Cloud lie, dazed, on the ground thanks to Orbit saving their lives; for Barret, Red, Yuffie, Cait, Vincent, and Cid checked on them to be sure if they were alright on what they went through. For Orbit, Rose, and Dudley stood next to them to see fi they were okay.)
Yuffie: Ah, man! Ah, man! Are they okay!?
Vincent: I feel something. Yes...I think they'll live. But that's not all that happened. Look.
Yuffie: What, Vincent? What?
Barret: Yo! You awright!? Tifa!?
Tifa: ...u...uhh...?
(She sits up.)
Tifa: Barret...You came back, I...Cloud...Where is he?
Barret: Don't worry about him. He's a tough one.
Tifa: Barret...I...When I was in the Lifestream I saw the real Cloud.
(She nods.)
Tifa: I mean, I didn't really find him. Cloud found himself on his own...With Yumi's spirit guiding the both of us to showing everything we can remember. To help us get back to Yakumo who's waiting for him.
Barret: Awright, I know...I shouldn't have doubted him.
(He shakes his head.)
Barret: But I can't win against you. You're some kinda lady.
(She lies back down.)
Tifa: People have so many things pent up inside of themselves...And they can forget so many things...Strange...isn't it...
(She turns her head away.)
Barret: Yo, Tifa! Snap outta it!
(Fading into black.)
Barret: Tifa...!?
(Cloud gets up to image Yakumo in his head a lot to helping Tifa to getting back on her feet in time.)
Cloud: Tifa, no time to rest yet. Yakumo needs us, remember?
(She smiles, a bit weak but she'll be alright.)
Tifa: Cloud...Of course. I'll be fine now, will you?
Cloud: Glad to be back, friend.
(The others were happy that everything's back to normal so far...)
Cait: Well, what do you know.
Cid: No way...
Barret: Yeah! Cloud's back!
Red Xlll: They're both okay. This is great!
Vincent: That is good indeed.
Yuffie: ALRIGHTTTTTTTTTTTT! We're back together as a tram once more! And more when we get back Yakumo!
(Soon fading in. Seeing that the place was now in the operation room on the Highwind. The party is seated all around the table; Cloud stands at the head of it. Looks like both he and Tifa were going to be okay now.)
Cloud: Everyone...I'm sorry. I don't know what to say...I felt so upset seeing Yakumo being taken away from Sephiroth, the Mako Energ and the sandess I was going through...I almost died, but I didn't. Rufus...I think he did throw me off the ship to save all of you, and that village saved me, and in the end Tifa and Yumi saved us all to getting my memories back on who I really am. Zack and I worked together once, he was once Aerith's boyfriend. Now I know everything.
Cait: That makes sense I guess.
Tifa: Just remembering it all over again, I'm telling you guys it was something.
Cloud: And because of that, again, I'm sorry. I made you guys worry about me than Yakumo being taken away from us.
Red XIII: Don't say anything, Cloud. All you've been doing is apologizing. Yakumo would do the same thing.
VIncent: Meaning don't push yourself too hard, you know?
(He nods to Red XIII, then looks down at his feet.)
Cloud: I never was in SOLDIER. I made up the stories about what happened to me five years ago, about being in SOLDIER. I left my village looking for glory, but never made it in to SOLDIER...I was so ashamed of being so weak; then I heard this story from my friend Zack...And Yakumo's sister Yumi...And I greated an illusion of myself made up of what I had seen in my life...Yakumo did so due to Yumi's powers. Made Tifa and I forget almost everything. From having Zack's instead, Tifa brought back to life, and Yakumo saving me to falling in love with her. And I continued to play the charade as if it were true. But...She made me remember because of the Lifestream surrounding me, it wasn't trying to kill me.
(He straightens and nods.)
Cid: Lucky...
Yuffie: I think it was scary for that to happen to you. I wouldn't try that on me if I wanted to.
Barret: Illusion, huh...? Pretty damn strong for a 'lusion, I'd say.
Yuffie: I know, right? That's what I just said.
(He nods to Barret as Cloud looks at Orbit to Yakumo's hairpin that he gave to her being left behind within his hands.)
Cloud: I'm physically built like someone on SOLDIER. Hojo's plan to clone Sephiroth wasn't that difficult. Because of his sister Rei aiding that man, that explains why I couldn't stop Sephiroth in the first place and Yakumo's powers to weaken his other form. It was just the same procedure they use when creating members of SOLDIER. Like me, Zack, Yumi, and him.
(He shrugs.)
Cloud: You see, someone in SOLDIER isn't simply exposed to Mako energy. Yakumo was born as a half breed which saved her mother's life for her to come into this world, Jenova being Sephiroth's mother wasn't so lucky. And Yumi...Her body couldn't handle it but her spirit was lucky that it did to still be around by our side. Their bodies are actually injected with Jenova cells...They took and made lots of copies within Yakumo's for her ESP powwers to awaken and kept her human sanity in tacted. For better or for worse, only the strong can enter SOLDIER. It has nothing to do with the Jenova Reunion. But weak people...like me, get lost in the whole thing. Yakumo however...She saved me...I escaped and left her to being a weapon, for us to meet once again. She showed me what and who I really was. Because of that and the way she is...I fell in love with that girl. From her powers, beauty, kindness in her heart, and suffering memories of her past too, I feel what she 's feeling when we're connected. We were from the very beginning from five years ago.
(He looks up.)
Cloud: The combination of Jenova cells, Sephiroth's strong will, and my own weaknesses are what created me. Everyone knew that. I'm...Cloud. When Sephiroth stabbed me after I cut him down first, our bloods mix into our bodies for hi mto spy on me, by luck. That's what happened for Yakumo to heal my wounds to losing my memories all mixed up with Zack's, to trying to keep me in being myself.
(He shakes his head sadly.)
Cloud: ...the master of my own illusionary world. But I can't remain trapped in an illusion any more...I'm going to live my life without pretending. I will save my Yakumo.
Tif: You're sure messed up, Cloud!
Barret: That means there ain't no difference from before!
Cait: Can't go wrong about that, Cloud, sorry.
(Cloud rubs his head.)
Cait: By the way, Cloud. What are you going to do now? Don't tell me you're going to leave the ship?
Cloud: ...I'm the reason why Meteor is falling towards us. If I stopped Yakumo in time from falling to her death with the Black Materia...None of this would've happened to her and Sephiroth coming back to destroying this planet to begin with. I knew I could detroyed it in time if it wasn't for my mistake to let my guard down. She try to do it on her own, for us...
(He nods.)
Cloud: For that, I don't blame her. I might've do the same thing, but she would never forgive if I died in front of Yakumo. My ghost would regret without ever moving on. That's why I have to do everything in my power to fight this thing. I will save Yakumo. Yumi wants me to, I want to. Without her, I'm nothing.
Barret: Good! Then you're gonna keep fightin' to save the planet!?
Cloud: It's like you always told me, Barret.
Barret: Oh, uh, you mean that!
Red XIII: What? I don't understand!
(All speak in unison.)
Cloud: There ain't no gettin' off a this train we on!
Tifa: There ain't no gettin' offa this train we on!
Barret: The train we on don't make no stops!
Cloud: Rose. Dudley. For Yakumo's sake, mine, and the rest of us...Please help us win this war.
(Dudley and Rose were in, as he turned to Orbit next to pat the metal shell to hope to see Yumi pop out for them again later on.)
Cloud: Orbit, become my weapon to use until we get Yakumo back.
(It brights up to doing so for Cloud, for he holds on to the hairpin.)
Vincent: That will get through to Yakumo?
Cloud: I will alright. Let's do this then.
Tifa: Right!
Cid: Glad to have you back, Cloud.
(They all cheer and run out of the operation room. Cloud stays behind. He turns to face the wall behind him, sighs, and shakes his head. Then he too leaves. On the way out, the pilot by the door stops him.)
"Cloud, I was deeply moved by your story! I'm really a weak person and so I could really understand how you feel, Cloud! No one knows when fighting will begin. But let's get ready!"
(Cloud and the others leave theoperation room, heading for he arrives on the bridge ofthe Highwind, already isassembled there.)
Cait Sith: Listen, Cloud. We're right in the middle of the mission for the Master Materia, right? I know this's kinda outta the blue, but there's a underwater reactor at Junon. As fas as I can see, that's the only one left. That's that. Let's go!
Cloud: Understood, Cait. Let's move out!
Barret, Tifa, Red Xlll, Yuffie, Cait, Vincent, and Cid: Right! Let's save Yakumo and the Master Materia!
(Cloud and the others travel all the way to Junon next on their next location, back to the place the others sneaked on to the ship from before and now they were back to have another look around they go. It looked too quiet all over the village. Though this was the first time Cait, Vincent, and Cid to seeing the place -as the others were back since they saved the girl's life with the dolphin too. They had to go inside the sneak in to get what's needs to be done with Cloud as the leader for the others to follow him. For the others say so much about on what's been going on lately...)
"They say Shinra's gathering Huge Materia from around the world and bringing it to Junon."
"Bringing it to Junon must mean they want to use their airplanes."
"I've noticed there's been a lot of Shinra ships recently. I think they're going to the off-shore Underwater Reactor."
"Isn't Shinra trying to transport the Reactor's Huge Materia?"
"Once Meteor hits, not just the fish, but the whole ocean will be destroyed."
"I remember years ago, seein' the Shinra build a long pipe underwater."
"The underwater reactor is connected to Junon by a pipe."
"You should be able to get to the reactor through it."
Priscilla: Who are you-?
Tifa: It can't be...
Cloud: Priscilla.
(She does a little hop.)
Priscilla: Cloud! Stupid jerk! Look how much you made me worry! Were you at the Lifestream?"
Cloud: Close...My girlfriend was for me to be caught into it.
Priscilla: You and Yakumo gotta be more careful! Because you're going to marry each other one day.
(Cloud turns red when Priscilla said that to him for the others to laugh.)
Cloud: Marry Yakumo...
Barret: Yeah, Cloud...!
Cloud: Shut up. We're getting her back, Priscilla, stay here where it's safe, okay?
Priscilla: Okay! Good luck you guys! Cloud! You and Yakumo come back to visit me again! Please do!
(Cloud, Tifa, Barret, Red, Yuffie, Cait, Vincent, and Cid headed to the north end of the city, where a Shinra guard stands watch over a sliding door to the elevator.)
"If you want to get on the elevator that badly, give me 10 gil!"
Cloud: Okay, I guess.
(The door slides open, the guard was a fool to letting the heroes in thinking that they were the enemy.)
"Hurry up and get in!"
Cid: Really?
Red Xlll, Cait, Yuffie, and Vincent: That was too easy.
Cloud: Let's go.
(Cloud and the others enter the elevator. He presses a switch there and is lifted to the next floor. They arrive in the heart of Military Base Junon, where he once dressed as a guard to greet Rufus.)
Red Xlll: Well, this sure brings back memories, doesn't it?
Cloud: Sort of...
Tifa: Don't remind us please. We better keep going.
(They headed to the long street in the middle of the base. Cloud stops andshrugs.)
Cloud: I may be mistaken, but...Doesn't it feel like we're missing something?
Yuffie: Ah...We don't think so? What are we missing?
(What was Cloud missing? They continue further into the base, reaching an underground path where a red officer trains a horde of blue grunts. He turns to face Cloud.)
"All right! Let's see how hard you trained!"
Cloud: (Not them again.)
(The soldiers turn in perfect sync away from the officer, his back still turned.)
"Attention! Charge-!"
(They rush off in the other direction. The officer turns.)
"He... hey-! That's the Underwater Reactor! Come back!"
(He runs after them. Cloud shrugs and continues toward the reactor. He and the others soon enter an elevator at the end of the underground path. A woman stands looking uninterested in one corner; two guards in the rear raise their guns.)
Vincent: Someone's in trouble? Should we help out?
"How 'bout, whoever stays alive, gets to take her out?"
"All right, you're on!"
"But...What if both of us..."
"Whoa! Don't even talk about that!"
Cloud: Guess we have to.
(Battle sequence with the two guards. Cloud had no trouble dealing with one guard to knock out to the floor. As the other try firing his gun, Barret grabs it with one hand from behind, for Tifa to kicking it, and Yuffie cuts it in two with her weapon. Being scared, he grabs the other guy, stops the elevator, and runs off.)
"Crap!"
(The elevator stops at the ground floor. The woman stands, waiting for her floor.)
Cid: You're safe now men. Those pigs were really cowards from the looks of it.
"...gulp... (Great...there went two perfectly good men!)"
Cloud: Please excuse us.
(Cloud and the others walked past her out of the elevator. Another guard comes rushing up to him. A barking dog stands in the door behind him.)
Tifa: Cloud...
Cait: Do we have to fight with them next?
Cloud: Just stay calm. We can handle these guys.
"OK! Back to work! Back to work!"
(Another follows him.)
"Yawn... I'm sleepy!"
"For Junon!"
(Battle sequence with the two guards. This time...Cid and Cait squared off to stopping those two together in seconds for Red to cutting one out cold and Vincent did the same to using his dark skills to blinding the other. The dog got scared to leave once Orbit started to glow up in Cloud's hands. They soon continued onward.)
Cloud: Guess I was right.
Vincent: Let's keep on moving.
(Cloud and the others continue heading towards the reactor. Traversing a series of hallways and taking another elevator, they arrived at the ocean. They walked through a glass, Sea World-esque tunnel, through which he can see dolphins and schools of fish swim past. At the end is a small room lined with glass tubes filled with water. Cloud presses a switch on the wall; the door seals shut and the tubes empty of water. When they exit the room, they is at a lower floor. An elevator. Cloud, Tifa, Barret, Red, Yuffie, Cait, Vincent, and Cid arrived on a narrow wire walkway; behind them we see a Shinra submarine docked. A mechanical arm trolleys through the huge warehouse, above them. Cloud and the rest of the gang continue past it, reaching another room. Shinra guards patrol all around. They and Cloud attempts to sneak by, but one guard catches him as he walks past.)
Barret: We fight with all of them?
Red Xlll: We must if we need to get this done with.
Cait: Then let's get this over with, shall we?
Cloud: Right.
"You, you're Cloud!"
(Battle sequence with the guard. Cloud, Yuffie. and Red worked together to cutting and slashing their weapons and armor to pieces to winning that easily for them. They soon continue moving forward with two more guards accost him and the others already, or try to.)
Yuffie: And I enjoy my tour inside the underworld headquarters...
Tifa: Touring is over, Yuffie, it's fighting time!
Yuffie: I know, I'm just saying...
"You are NOT getting this Huge Materia!"
(Battle sequence with the two guards. Both Tifa and Cait fight them off using their skills in fighting really well, none of them didn't stand a chance against the other. After that, again two more guards catch them at the exit.)
"So you WERE after the Huge Materia!"
Cid: Should we just...? You know...
Vincent: Let just get this over with already.
(Battle sequence with the two guards, leaving Barret and Vincent to using their guns to fire and destroying their weapon to bit at a time, leaving Cid to using his staff to knocking them all out cold really fast.)
Barret: In the clear. I repeat, we're in the clear!
(Cloud and the others finally exit the room. He ends up on another narrow wire walkway. A huge metal pod stands near it. At the top is the Huge Materia.)
Cloud: !? The Huge Materia!
(They all look on as the mechanical arm finally arrives at its destination. It lowers, picks up the Materia, and trundles off.)
Tifa: They're gonna take it on that submarine!
Barret: Wait! They're what!?
Cid: That's what you think! ^%$ #&#!
(They rush into the next room. The Shinra submarine is docked here. Reno stands here, his back turned to them.)
Reno: (Good. They're here. Get to Cloud, save my woman Yakumo. I'm coming for you, babe.)
Cloud: Did we make it!?
Red Xlll: Already boarding into the sub.
(They watch as the arm slowly lowers the Huge Materia into a port on the sub's deck. The porthole closes it inside. Cloud and the others run forward, up to Reno.)
Reno: What are you doing? Help load.
(He turns and finally sees them.)
Reno: Cloud!? (He's already here!? And he's better again!)
Cid: You know I don't work for cheap!
Barret: We're gonna help transport the Huge Materia, Reno!
Tifa: Looks like we barely made it.
Cloud: Either give it to us or else...which is it gonna be?
Reno: Unfortunately, I don't have time to deal with you people...
(A huge, oddly simian robot lumbers out from the shadows.)
Reno: My priority is the Huge Materia! In order to save my Yakumo from becoming a monster from Sephiroth's doing and winning her heart instead of Cloud!
(Reno runs off. The robot assumes a fighting stance for Cloud goes after him.)
Cloud: No! (Not if I stop you first.)
(The robot blocks the others from going anywhere for Cloud to chase after Reno, for he wants him to for them to finally face each other in a hand to hand combat to winning Yakumo's heart.)
Tifa: Cloud!
Yuffie: Where are you goin!?
Cloud: Handle that thing! I got Reno!
(So they had no choice...Barret, Tifa, Red, Yuffie, Cait, Vincent, and Cid all face off against the robot standing in their way. Boss battle with Carry Armor. For they give it everything they have as a team. As for Cloud, he jumps up high to stop right in front of Reno from escaping anywhere else to drawing out his sword.)
Cloud: Fight me.
(He strike first with his staff for Reno to away from Cloud to be prepare for battle.)
Reno: Oh, I will. While your friends play with our little toys, you and I can have some real fun. I will save Yakumo!
Cloud: No! I will. She needs me and I need her, she's my life!
Reno: I love her more to share my feelings with better than you do, Cloud Strife!
Cloud: Do you?
Reno: Prove it to me in battle then! Because either way, I love Yakumo to save her real self to die for her.
Cloud: You're making a mistake.
Reno: Then show me that I am! Fight!
(Cloud had to in proving that Reno was wrong and he's trying to help him out.)
Cloud: Very well. Don't say I didn't warn you though.
Reno: So be it then...
(And so it was Cloud vs. Reno. They go from clashing at one another using their weapons to strike at the other, from Reno's powerful electric staff to Cloud's sword and skills to cutting through anything was sparking all over the place with their skills to see it all happen. Reno shocks Cloud's entire body to unable to move for him to come charging liek a bull to pushing him int other water to electrode him again, but Cloud jumps out in time to getting him wet and shocking Reno's body instead; weakening him long enough for Cloud to use the wind power from his weapon to cut through to leaving cuts and blow him away into the waters himself. Putting both of their weapons away...Cloud jumps into the water to fight hand to hand with Reno from throwing and landing so much punches and kicks to dodge or getting hit many times from blow after blow. Cloud didn't give up and neither did Reno to stop and one of them to winning over Yakumo's heart. It was soon getting to much bloody to see the rest to hurting each other from so many hits their were making. To fighting under water and back to getting some air, no problem for these two for Cloud think really hard of Yakumo to being rescue to give it all that he has to strike back at Reno enough to getting punched in the face without him moving away in time. He gets out first before Reno could, he won't lose to Cloud to winning Yakumo.)
Cloud: (This guy's tough, for a Turk member...)
Reno: This isn't over!
(Soon he was getting weak to running and punching without looking at Cloud to move away from his moves in time, he sees that he won the battle and Yakumo. Reno didn't want to lose at all, but sadly he did. Throws a punch, for Cloud to hold down his hand for Reno couldn't do anything or kick him from being blocked with the other...Reno has lost. Feeling upset, he then begins to cry really hard, he hated to lose a fight, against Cloud and loving Yakumo, and in the end he failed.)
Cloud: Looks like I've beaten you. I will save Yakumo, you understand, Reno?
(Seems that the other seven fighters had no problem stopping the robot in the to seeing Reno down for the count but will be alright after that battle e and Cloud had against each other.)
Cait: We did it! And so did Cloud!
Red Xlll: Against a battle to winning over one woman they both admired, only one can prove himself to the other that they can save her life.
Tifa: That's none other than our Cloud.
(Cloud goes up to Reno to lend him a hand.)
Reno: ...! Go away! I hate being wrong, okay!? I want...To see Yakumo again...I love her...
Cloud: I know...We both do. But she needs me more.
(Reno slaps Cloud's hand away from him.)
Reno: So? Why do you care!? It was love at first sight for me! How could you love someone like her!?
Cloud: Because...I saved her life from almost dying in the hands of Sephiroth from five years ago. Her sister Yumi died saving Tifa, her, and then she saved me when I killed that monster with my bare hands! I never knew it but...She was suffering for me, we're connected because on how much I fell in love with her. I feel her calling out to me, who right now is trapped in that Mako monster shell of hers by his doing! I need to save her, I want to be and see the real Yakumo again. You alone, Reno, you can't handle this the way I did and can do once more. You're only human, I was reborn by luck...Do you understand me?
(Cloud grabs Reno's hand to help him up back on his feet, for he does get what he was going on about. That doesn't mean he still had feelings for Yakumo.)
Reno: So...She's really...?
Cloud: She is a half breed of a Mako alright. Being awaken by force, only I can reach out to her. She saved me from the Lifestream which could've ended me, but didn't.
(Reno then smiles. He now knows that Cloud can rescue his Yakumo yet with his friends and with his help too, though he won't admit it. Like Reno there, Rude, and Elena are the only good Turk members who weren't bad guys to begin with, the same with Tseng once was for Aerith to watch over her until the very end.)
Reno: Ha! Oh...Is that so, Romeo? Well, I guess you win. I give. But...Yakumo, I will love her! You may have beaten me, but I'm no quitter! If you'll save her, better do it because if you die, I will do it instead and just laugh at your grave!
Cloud: You mean...?
Reno: Maybe I'll help you guys out with Elena, Rude, and me...Maybe not...Who knows!
(Meaning that he was deep down.)
Reno: I know where she might be. Right now, deal with the Huge Materia that's about to take off in a bit.
(Reno was right, Cloud and the others look up to see that the sub has departed.)
Cloud: Damn! The submarine!
Yuffie: We won't make it in time now!
Barret: That damn machine was stalling us! And it worked!
Tifa: We have to go after it!
Cid: Hold on to your horses! Let's get it from them!
(As Cloud joins back with Tifa, Barret, Red, Yuffie, Cait, Vincent, and Cid to keep on moving for Reno take off on his own.)
Cloud: Reno!
Reno: We'll meet again, Cloud Strife. Don't be late! Let's fight again sometime, alright? Laters! (Not bad...He really loves Yakumo after all. If she's happy, I'm happy for her. I love her smile, God either way she'll be someone special to me in my heart. The power of love there.)
Vincent: Come, we better get on.
(Looks like Cloud has opened up Reno's mind much more now. He finally knows what he must do next to aiding them when they meet again real soon, he takes off in a hurry. Leaving Cloud and the others to rush across the docking bay to another submarine on the other side. A bevy of Shinra soldiers all dash randomly around the deck. They wade through them.)
"Y, you!"
"You're not taking over this ship!"
(Battle sequence with the two soldiers for all of them to use all of their skills, magic, and weapons to fighting them off one at a time. Cloud and everyone else all climb onto the deck of the submarine and drops down the porthole to the interior. Three guards stand on either side. One raises his gun.)
"You want the Sub? Just try an' take it!"
(Cloud turns to the other guards.)
"Um... sir! Maybe we shouldn't piss them off..."
Cloud: (We don't have time for this!)
(Battle sequence with the three guards for them to do the same in battle in winning once again against them all in their and the others run forward into the cockpit.)
Barret: That must be our way in. Let's go, Cloud!
Red Xlll: Be ready on the other things to come up there.
Barret: Be on guard! I mean...! Damn it! You know what I mean, Cloud, you should say it as the leader! Not me!
Cid: We get it, Barret, relax.
Tifa: Ready, Cloud? We are whenever you are.
Cloud: I am. Let's go.
(They all started to climb up one at a time to getting into the cockpit. Once up there, a red officer stands behind the captain's chair; two blue guards leap up from their navigation seats. These are the people who helped you prepare for the President's parade. The officer starts shaking his head.)
"NO, NO! This is terrible!"
(He runs to the other guards.)
Cloud: Long time, no see I guess... (But not really...)
"We don't have much time left! I don't want to die!"
(One guard turns to him.)
"There's still so much more I've got to do! I never even got to do my special victory dance in battle!"
"All right! Then make this your first victory! Go on, show 'em!"
(The guards raise their guns.)
Yes, sir!"
"Remember you last training. Begin!"
(The twirl their guns.)
"Yes, sir!"
(The officer turns.)
"I'm back! An' now I got no regrets! ATT-ACK!"
Cloud: Hmmmm...Guess we fight them. Or rather...Orbit, get ready.
(A battle sequence with the soldiers for Cloud summons Orbit out into battle mode to join it in fighting all of the Shinra armies out of their way. With one whack spin-like move it makes, sends the rest of the armies to go flying off of the sub but the leader and two more were left out. They surrender in fear as Orbit watches over them, soon after Cloud and the others run to the navigation controls. Cloud turns away.)
Cloud: Someone...please. I'm sorry I can't take it anymore. The lack of space, the shaking, the roar of the engine...
Vincent: Fear in being in cramped up spaces?
(He kneels on the ground.)
Tifa: What are we going to do...We stole a submarine but can't pilot it.
Barret: I can't drive a big sub like this! Forget it!
(Cid goes over to the control panels.)
Cid: Hunka junk... just gotta do this!
(He fiddles with the controls. A red light starts flashing and he jumps up, startled.)
Cid: SEE!? Now you take over!
Yuffie: You were just pressing random buttons there.
Cid: Shut up!
(Cloud stands.)
Cloud: Hey, you're right. I DO feel a little better driving. No sweat. Just leave everything to me. Yakumo would say something in do give up on something until you try it out, and I will.
Tifa: You can do it, Cloud!
Red Xlll: That's the spirit.
Cait: Go, Cloud, go!
Cid: I'll be watchin' from here!
(Cloud walks up to the control panel for Orbit hacks through the systems for Cloud to take full control on everything on his end.)
Cloud: Well, now what?
(Orbit uses its flashlight to guide Cloud on the steps in doing things little by little.)
Cloud: Guess I'll sit down first...
(He hops into the captain's chair.)
Cloud: Everything seems set...Read the manual is the next step to do...
(He reads the manual.)
Cloud: Okay...Time to start the mission. Now to turn it on...? This switch...?
(He presses it.)
"Main screen: ON" and changes the screen mode.
(The mission begins.)
Cloud: Everyone, hold on. We're going in.
(And so...With the other seven holding on tight to something for the sub to move for Orbit to guard them and the armies to stay put 'more like hiding in fear right now', the mission begins. Cloud pilots the submarine, sinking the red target sub for Orbit helps Cloud to use everything to get through the under water battles. After winning the mini game, they soon acquire control of the whole submarine and everyone celebrates with joy.)
Cloud: Phew-! We did it! The Huge Materia should be at the bottom of the sea by now. Let's continue the search...Thank you, Orbit...
(Cloud pats Orbit's shell with his hand. The radio then emits a blare of static, then emits a voice.)
"All Shinra Submarine Units, do you read...?...All Shinra Submarine Units, do you read...?"
Cloud: Hmm...? ...Must be from Shinra.
"...Report, No. 2..."
Tifa: No. 2...I saw that written at the dock! They must mean this sub.
Cloud: All right, I'll do it.
Yuffie: Play it cool, Cloud.
(He picks up the radio.)
Cloud: I got this. This is Shinra No. 2... Everything's normal.
"...Roger...Your next mission is...Return to Junon Dock...We will transport the Huge Materia from the airport...Those without other assignments will report for guard duty...That is all. Over and out..."
Cloud: Junon Airport... We should make it if we hurry. Forget about the Huge Materia for now. We're climbing!
Barret: What!?
Red Xlll: We'll come back for it.
Cait: That's right! We need to do the other thing first, Yakumo, and then we'll come back for the Black Materia!
Vincent: In that case, let's head to the airport then.
Cid: The airport? No sweat!
(Cloud and the others 'with Orbit' climb the submarine to the surface and docks at Junon. They then exit out of the submarine and enters Junon. They takes the elevator up into the base and heads to the airport. Once Cloud and the other team have arrived just in time to see the Gelnika take off from the runway and fly off.)
Cloud: Oh no! The Huge Materia...
Tifa: Can't we go after it?
Barret: So let's go after it!
Cid: But where's that thing headed?"
Cloud: Rocket Town, of course.
Cid: Then let's head back on my ship to get there, come on!
(They rush out of Junon and fly the Highwind to Rocket Town to catch up with the Gelnika all the way to the next village they had to be at. But first, they headed back to the sub to go deep in the water, there was an old Shinra ship for Cloud, Tifa, Barret, Red, Yuffie, Cait, Vincent, and Cid go inside together without swimming there for Orbit to make an entrance for them.)
Tifa: Where are we...?
Cloud: This is the Shirna's Gelnika type airplane...I wonder why it went down here?
Vincent: Hmm...Guess we should check it out.
Cloud: To get where we need to be, then yes.
(They kept on going inside of the place for Orbit to be their light to guiding them through. Soon they bump into Reno again along with Rude tagging along this time, for those two were doing something over near the door.)
Cloud: Turks!?
(They turn around to seeing Cloud and the others to run into again.)
Rude: ...again?
Reno: (Of course this would happen...) We just seem to keep running into each other lately! After that last fight, it's funny that we're following the same goal you and I, Cloud. There were weapons and Materia developed slowly to destroy Sephiroth and save Yakumo with.
Rude: ...but, it was attacked by Weapon and poor Yakumo...Mako being and not herself by his doing...And it skunked to the bottom of the sea.
Reno: As I said before...I can't give you what's here. We'll take out Sephiroth if you guys are going to save Yakumo after all. Guess this is our last meeting or what?
Rude: I won't let you get in our way!
(Reno puts his hands out to stopping Rude in time.)
Reno: Rude, don't!
Rude: But, Reno...
Reno: I loss to Cloud. He prove to me that he loves Yakumo. He's the only one who can save her. But I still love her even if she was taken!
Rude: ...!
Tifa: So what?
Red Xlll: We have to fight with them again?
Reno: Hear me out first. Rude and I can take you to Sephiroth where Yakumo is as I said. We found her. We know he murder Tseng. Poor Elena taking it hard on herself than the Rude and myself. And when Yakumo became that thing...! Damn it! I felt so useless for you to beat some sense into me to finally understand. So I made up my mind...We'll lead you to Yakumo, but I'm coming with you guys! Take me with you. So I can...See her smile again when you save her with your love.
Rude: True love concerns all...
(Thinking this through...Cloud made up his mind for Orbit to agree with him on.)
Cloud: Fine.
Reno: Really?
Barret, Tifa, Red Xlll, Yuffie, Cait, Vincent, and Cid: What!? Cloud!
Cloud: It' fine. Yakumo knows they're not bad, selfish but not our major enemy. Sephiroth, Weapon, and Rei are. Reno, Rude, and Rude saved Yakumo's life that time, so for her sake I'm returning the favor. I know what I'm doing here...You two can help.
Barret: And Elena not believing in us not murdering Tseng attitude problem?
Rude: We'll talk to her...
Reno: We have proof it was Sephiroth's doing of course, not you guys. No way you couldn't cut him down by yourself, Cloud.
Cloud: Look, you two still in?
(Finally, the two shake on it for they were 'sort of' partners now.)
Reno: Yes. I'm doing this for Yakumo to helping you guys, not you. Deal?
Cloud: I am too, for her to trust you three only. We have a deal.
(Rude bows down to the others meaning that they're on their side.)
Reno: Good. Now if you excuse us...We find our treasure, do yours, and meet us in Rocket Town real soon. We'll be waiting, so don't be late. Let's go, Rude.
Rude: Yes, Reno.
(The tow left somewhere to get what they need to leave first before Cloud and his team could next, they were almost finish with something to discover inside so far besides the deal making...)
Yuffie: Wow...We get to get it after all without fighting them again! Ah...What are we doing down here again?
Cait: More like, why are we down here? What are we looking for anyways?
Cloud: So Shirna's new, secret weapon was on this Airplane...Don't know yet, but we should have a look before getting to Rocket Town.
Red Xlll: Then let us hurry.
Yuffie: I hope making a deal with those Turk members only was a good idea to do...
(And so, after finding some good items, weapons, armors, power ups, Materia, and so on while fighting with some enemies...Cloud and the others got and found what they needed in the old broken down ship to head back to the sub and on to surface next to Rocket Town right away, all thanks to Orbit helping them out. Also teaming up with Turk members Elena 'soon enough', Rude, and Reno to save Yakumo. Cloud was trying to find the special key somewhere under water, morel Ike he fond something.)
Cloud: Seems like the key to somewhere...It seems very old.
Cid: What did you find, Cloud?
(Computer speaks up to say.)
"...scanning complete...exact date of origin cannot be determined...estimated to be several thousand years old..."
Cloud: Several thousands years...Ancients...?
Tifa: It's what?
(Shocking to everyone else to the see and hear, they still obtained or received a key item being, the Key to Ancient.)
Cloud: (I feel like...This could be important to us later on. Better hold on to it for now.)
(Now out of the waters and sub, to getting on to the ship to fly, and all the way to Rocket Town the heroes go to with Reno and Rude waiting for them, also where they needed to be anyways...Hopefully, Yakumo was there for she was flying above the village to see everything. Was there still time to freeing the real her soon from her Makoinod form and out of Sephiroth's mind control? Hope so. They land there for Cid hopes that everyone and Shera were alright back at his hometown.)
Barret: Let's go!
Cid: I hope no one's hurt, or so help me if they try to hurt any of them...!
(Cloud and the others headed north, to the old rocket. Steam emanates from the engines; the Shinra are about to launch. Two guards standing by the stairs to the launch platform spot him.)
Cloud: Not good...
Cid: Crap! They're already taking over my rocket!
Tifa: So...Let's stop them!
(Cloud nodded.)
Cid: Tifa, I couldn't agree with you more. Those Turks and Yakumo are waiting for us. So let's go.
(The guards spotted them.)
"Those terrorists are here!"
Cloud: Come on, Orbit...
(Orbit was ready to fight by Cloud's side. Battle sequence with the two guards for those two, Tifa, Barret, Red, Yuffie, Cait, Vincent, and Cid took care of them no problem. After the battle, Cloud and the others run up the stairs. More guards wait on the launch platform at the top to fighting with the rest f them.)
"Don't let them get any further! Everyone, ATTACK-!"
(Both Cid and Orbit's long arm electrocuted them to go to sleep with that much power coursing through their body's. Cloud and the rest of the gang run up to the platform. The last three guards attack.)
"Urrrgh, you're not going anywhere! Uh un, nowhere!"
(Battle sequence with the three guards, only for Barret to shoot down a metal pillar to fall down, break the platform floors, to sliding off, and it lands on their helmets to feel a bit stunned on their bodies to shake for a while.)
Barret: Can we hurry up and go now!?
Cait, Tifa, and Yuffie: We're trying to!
Red Xlll: I think we got most of them in our way so far...
Vincent: Yes, so far. More will be coming.
Cid: Goddammit, what the hell do they think they're gonna do to my rocket!? I'm outta here, Cloud! I'm gonna kick those $^%$# Shinra right out of my rocket!
(Orbit pulls Cid back to staying with them on this battle that's about to come.)
Cloud: Calm down, we'll get it back.
Cid: We better...!
(Cloud climbs the ladder to the top of the rocket. Rude, flanked by two guards, stands outside the rocket's door. As promise for him and Reno to meet up with them, but was Yakumo around the area somewhere as they said?)
Rude: ...you again?
(He steps forward.)
Rude: ...We will eliminate everyone who gets in Shinra's way. But, like Reno said...They got us...To save Yakumo and to stop Sephiroth together!
(Rude hits all the guards to the necks to putting them to sleep quickly from behind without seeing or hearing it from him.)
Cait: Wait...So you guys are on our side!
Rude: Go. He's waiting for you. Reno...
Cloud: Thank you.
Rude: Just go.
(Cloud and the others stroll right around Rude and enters the rocket. Another guard is waiting inside.)
Vincent: Here comes more trouble.
"You...you! Why are you here? Rude of the Turks should've been here!"
Rude: Not now...!
(Cloud motions "Back there".)
Cloud: Too bad. Those guys are over there.
"Oh man...the Turks, being done in like that...But, I won't let you through-!"
(Rude quickly knocks out the other one in time, as Rose rides on Dudley for the two coming to the rescue and stopping more guards in time.)
Red Xlll: It's Dudley and Rose!
Yuffie: Back up has arrived!
(The guard collapses on the floor while Rude, Rose, and Dudley hold the others off for Orbit to go on with Cloud, Reno, and the other seven.)
Cloud: You guys...
Barret: For back up to arrive for us is good...We need to get going now!
Cloud: Rude...
Rude: We got this. Go. Save her you and Reno...Go! I'll talk to Elena again if I must...I will keep those two animals safe.
(Meaning Rose and Dudley.)
Cloud: Right. Everyone, move out. (Thank you, Rude. You and Reno, we owe you two after this is all over.)
Tifa: Okay, Cloud.
(And so...Rude, Rose, and Dudley 'and Elena too who was somewhere' stayed behind just in case anyone goes after them leaving Reno to go with them, on wherever they were going to. Soon Cloud, Orbit, and the others walked past into the rocket control room. Cid's mechanics all scurry about, fixing and adjusting things.)
Red Xlll: They sure look busy.
Cid: Hey! What the hell're you guys doin'!?
(They all turn to face him.)
"Hey! Just when I thought somethin' was goin' on, you came back!"
"Listen to me, Captain. We're gonna launch this rocket!"
Cid: Huh? What are you talkin' 'bout?
(Reno then comes in to join with the others as promised.)
Reno: Don't worry, I guided them. They plan this art out on their own. I take it that Rude and the other people that you know got things going on their end?
Cait: He is, along with Rose and Dudley too.
Reno: Good to know.
Cloud: And Yakumo's around?
Reno: She is. But first...Tell them what's going on, boys!
"We're gonna load a Materia bomb in this and blow up Meteor."
"Our rocket's gonna save the planet!"
"Urrrrgh. Man this is so COOL!"
Cloud: Wait a minute!
Barret: Seriously!?
Reno: Don't look at me, they decided to do this.
(Cid angrily turns to face him.)
Cid: Shut up! Just shut the hell up!
(He turns back to the mechanics. Cloud shrugs.)
Reno: Yeah...
Cid: How's the rocket?
"It's pretty much OK."
"But..."
"We planned to run it into Meteor on Auto-Pilot, but the most important device is broken."
Cid: Broken? How's the repair goin'?
"Shera's doin' it..."
Tifa: She's in there again!?
Cid: Oh great! What a buncha wizards you guys are! She's gonna take a 100 years!
(He laughs.)
Cid: I'm gonna take over, so don't worry about the Auto-Pilot! Hey, go ahead! Go tell everyone!
(They all nod.)
"All right, Captain. Good luck."
(They run off.)
Cloud: Hey, Cid! What're you doing!?
(Cid turns to him.)
Yuffie: So what's next?
Vincent: If only I knew about this.
Cloud: There are generations of knowledge and wisdom inside the Materia. We're gonna borrow their powers and save the planet from Sephiroth while rescuing Yakumo. There's no way that we can lose the Huge Materia. You understand that, right?
Reno: All of us are in this together, you know that?
(Cid shakes his head.)
Cid: Yeah, I understand. I understand that Materia is precious, and I also understand what you're thinking to saving Yakumo. I want to see that girl again too. But listen. I don't give a rat's ass whether it's science or magical power.
(He nods.)
Cid: No. I guess if I had to choose, I'd rather put my money on the power of science. Humans who used to only roam around on the ground are able to fly now! And finally, we're about to go into outer space. Science is a "Power" created and developed by humans. And science just might be what saves this planet.
(He raises a fist.)
Cid: I was able to earn my living thanks to science. So to me, there's nothing greater!
(He lowers it.)
Cid: Now quit your worrying 'bout what Shinra's gonna do! I don't want to regret not having done something later.
(Cloud reaches toward him.)
Cloud: But, Cid...
Red Xlll: If you'll do what we all think you will-!
(Cid angrily pushes him away.)
Cid: Shut the hell up! I don't wanna hear it!
(He hitches his pants up.)
Cid: Alright, time to get back to work! Anyone who ain't involved, get the hell outta here! Cloud, take care of Orbit and...Save your woman. Tell Yakumo's she is a good person who changed my life, she really is.
(The rocket engines turn on. Cid looks around, startled.)
Cid: What the hell...? What the hell happened?
Reno: This is not good!
(The radio comes on. It emits a blare of static.)
Palmer: Hey-hey!
(Cid runs over to the radio.)
Barret: Palmer!?
Cid: Palmer! What the hell did'ya do!?
Palmer: They said they finished repairing the Auto-Pilot. So, I laun-ched it!
Cid: Goddamn Shera! Why'd she pick today to get fast!
(He punches some buttons on the control panel.)
Reno: For much in sacrificing yourself there...
Cid: DAMN! Won't even budge! It's completely locked up!
Palmer: Hey-hey-hey! Almost lift off!
Cid: What the!? No countdown!? It just don't seem the same without it!
Palmer: Hey! Hey-hey! Blast-off!
Cloud: This is bad...!
Reno: Brace yourselves! We're headed to space! Where Yakumo is!
Cid: Really!?
Yuffie: We're going to space!?
Vincent: This should be fun...
Cloud: (Yakumo, we're coming for you...)
(The rocket's engines continue to steam as the timer counts down from 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. The engines starts spinning and burning, emitting a blast of air that sends trees, tires, everything that is not tied down blowing out of the city. Seems that only Cloud, Orbit, Tifa, Barret, Red, Yuffie, Cait, Vincent, Cid, and Reno were all in the rocket to be taken off into space. Cid's dreams were coming true at the worse timing though...The engines spin faster and faster until they create enough lift to send the rocket into space, leaving a trail of exhaust. Will they be able to stop Meteor and save Yakumo at this rate by lucky 'since Palmer was dumb enough to blast it off already'? Will soon find out as Reno and Cloud were ready to save Yakumo, she was ordered by force form Sephiroth's doing to stop them, so with the water body all over her body; she flies off the planet and into space itself to go after them for Yumi's spirit to sense her coming.)
Yumi: Yakumo's coming...
Cloud and Reno: Yakumo!
(Sephiroth could only watch with Weapon and Rei 'as a Jenova being' as Mako-Yakumo took care of their dirty work for him.)
Sephiroth: That's right, my dear. Do this for us...For our future...! Destroy Cloud and anyone who gets in our way.