"Attention all N.E.W. employees. Intruders have infiltrated the area. I repeat unauthorized
personnel have breached the central complex. Kill them on site."
A red alarm roared and a deafening siren roared around the area as Barret and Vincent kicked
the front door open, guns loaded.
"Alright, you two make papa proud!" Cid cheered. Red XIII jumped off.
"You may not be my old man, but you still are old!" Yuffie jumped off.
"Hey!"
I unsheathed my sword and jumped down.
By the time I made it down, Yuffie took out four guards and Red took down six. She turned
around and pointed, "Behind you!" Red shouted. I turned around to see a soldier trying to sneak
up behind me. I unarmed him and put him in a headlock.
"Who are you and what are you doing?" I shouted in his right ear. He did nothing bu quiver, so
I tightened my grip, "Talk!"
"N.E.W...Control...world...by Mako...once more...Experiments in basement." he stopped
shivering and became limp. Yuffie knelt down body, searching it, "He's not dead. Just knocked
out."
"Hey, he has a card key." She pocketed the card. I took my phone out I took my phone out and
called Vincent. He picked up,gunshots being heard in the background.
" Experiments are held in the basement. Red'll meet up with you while you clear the place out,
and Yuffie and I will grab them."
"All right." "Good luck, spiky!" Barret shouted in the back.
I clicked my phone off, and pocketed it. Yuffie stood up,
"So what are we gonna do?"
"Save Tifa and anyone else they have captive."
"All right." We turned to the opened door behind us,
"Must've been where the guard came from. Come on." i commanded." We entered the building.
A few flights later, we reached a white hallway splattered with blood.
"Red must've been through here."
Yuffie nodded. Who else could have bitten a hole in someones arm that badly?
"We better move! We have no time to think!" Yuffie barked.
I nodded, "Right."
we continued on, but not far until we were stopped by a heavily armored monster.
"Intruders...Kkkill...
on...sssight."
he readied his blade as well as I.
" Yuffie. Ready?" I asked as she clutched Conformer.
" Lemme at 'em!" I nodded and lunged myself towards him
He blocked my attack and pushed me back, cutting my arm with his blade. Yuffie let out a battle
cry and hopped behind him. It turned around and I spotted an uncovered piece of his body. A
weak spot.
"Yuffie, the back. Hit the back!" I informed then i sliced the weak point. It howled in pain. It must
be working.
"I'll distract it!" She shouted, throwing her large shurkin at his face. I stabbed it again. My strength
helped guide my blade far enough to reach its gut, breaking the armor in the front. It howled.
louder and I took a sharp hit to the face. I winced at the pain, but focused on the battle.
" Yuffie, Now!" I plunged my sword through the broken armor again.
"Got it!" she chucked her shurkin in its flesh. I sawed at the skin, ripping it in half. It fell to the
ground in a fading growl.
Yuffie and I looked at each other in a pregnant silence.
"Its dead." We let out a sigh and panted. She fell to her knees, shaking.
"It's been awhile since we fought like that." I walked up to her and extended my hand.
"Come on. No time to waste, right?" She looked up at me and nodded.
"Right." I walked over to the dead carcass. A sparkling feather mixed within the dissipating body
fell to the floor.
"A Phoenix Down. Could come in handy." I put it in my pocket, and we rushed to the
following suit.
We ran into the elevator and looked at the panel.
"Slide Key card here." The screen read.
"Keycard? Where are we gonna find one?" Yuffie asked, crossing her arms and tapping her foot.
I sighed, and rubbed my head.
"Yuffie. Pockets."
"Wha?" she patted her pockets and felt a slim rectangular object in there. "Oh..." she flipped it
out and the computer panel scanned it.
"access granted." the screen changed into a list of floors. We scanned through them, "Look the
first floor." she pointed.
"Guess there is no other place." I pushed the first floor option, taking us immediately to the first
level.
A ding sounded when we hit the first floor. We walked out of the elevator, finding hundreds of
lifeless bodies with holes inside of them.
"Looks like Barret and Vinnie had some fun." Yuffie said bluntly. I inspected the perimeter and
found a large flight of steps, leading downstairs.
"Come on!" I shouted and headed down the stairs.
Another dozens stairs later, we were met by a sleeping guard. Yuffie snuck behind him and
sliced his neck with Conformer.
"That was easy." she said. I examined the table and found a silver ring with Fenrir engraved in it. I
picked it up. Dry blood was caked in the grooves. Probably when she fought them back in
Seventh Heaven. I scratched some of the blood off with my gloved index finger.I'm gonna have to
clean it later. Yuffie walked over.
"Is that..." I nodded and pocketed the ring.
"Let's get this over with." She nodded and we searched for a passage way.
I looked to my left to find a doorway carved from the rocks. We walked towards it.
Lit by fired torches and walled in by red rocks within. We made a beeline to the very last floor.
Cells littered every corner and every inch of wall. People were crying in agony. Bodies stained
and eyes puffed red, screaming for help.
"Yuffie find the keys.
"Already got 'em." she jingled the chain of keys.
"Alright then." I snached the keys from her and started unlocking cells. A woman balled up in a corner shot up and ran to the cell door.
"Thank you. Thank you!"
"Wait here. We should leave with everyone."
"Aalright."
I threw the keys back to Yuffie.
" Free everyone else. I'll find Tifa."
"Okay." I flipped my phone open and dialed Barret.
"Yo' what up, Spiky?"
I'm in the basement. Come down and start evacuating these people."
"Hello to you, too." he sighed, " Alright. Be there soon." I closed my phone. "Allright. We're all
here to help you out." I spoke to the civilians, " Please stay calm. We're getting you all out of here
alive." A cheer rang through the cave, "I'm gonna need you to be quiet." They immediately
hushed. I observed every cell in the room slowly. Walking to the end of the room, I found another
room with one cell in it. I ran to it. Somebody was lying on the floor.
"Tifa?" It grimaced. It moaned
"Clou..."
It was her. Tifa. Out of consciousness, and covered in blood, and her skin lost all its
color.
"Yuffie! Come quick!" I shouted.
"Coming!" I look back into the cell.
"It's alright, Teff. I'm here..."
"Okay I'm here. What's the..." she looked inside the cell. "Um...Cloud. She doesn't look too
good..."
"Just open the door." I ordered huskily.
"Alright. Alright. No need to be bossy." I gave her a glare. "Oh..." She opened the door and I ran
inside. I knelt down at her side and took her in my arms.
Tifa. Tifa!" she grimaced again. She struggled to open her dead eyes to meet with my blue ones.
"You...came..." She uttered
"Always." I took out the brightly colored Pheonix Down and gently laid it upon her head. Her
porcelain skin rejuvenated itself into into its pure, natural tone. All of the blood and its traces
dissipated into the air. She looked up at me with her beautiful wine red eyes, with a glint of hope,
and smiled. My lips curled into a small smile of reassurance. I pulled her closer into a tight but
gentle embrace. She gently wrapped her arms around my waist buried her face into my chest.
"You. You really did come back for me."she spoke.
"Why wouldn't I?" she kept her hold on me, and gazed into my eyes.
"Um...hello. if you guys are done mentally makingout
with each other. I suggest we leave before
something else bad happens." We both blushed at Yuffies bluntness. I shook the redness from
my cheeks and faced Tifa.
"Can you walk?" I asked.
"I should be find, but Cloud. Are you alright?" i gave her a puzzled look.
"What do you mean?" I searched my body and found the cut on my arm. "Its nothing." she
placed a callused hand on my face. I winced. " I should be fine..." She studied it.
"Better fix that before it scars." I nodded.
"Then, we better hurry then." she nodded. I helped her up and we left the cell hand in hand.
"Finally! Thought I was gonna die in this place." Yuffie walked out of the hall and we followed.
Yuffie scuttered out and we followed, meeting Barret, Vincent, and Red helping the captured
people escape.
"Barret, Vincent, Red! When did you get here?" Tifa asked happily.
"Spiky here called as soon as he found these , we rushed here as soon as he called to
help 'em out with tha' evac'"
"That's great. So, all of these people are going to fit on Cid's ship?"
"Nah. He has another airship on standby. They're going on that while we take out the man in
charge of all of all of this crap. Tha's if we know where to find 'em."
"...more fighting?" I questioned .
"Yeh. I know whacha mean. But we gotta do sumthin' Take action. Or we go back down."
Vincent walked up.
"We have reason to believe that someone is trying to bring back Mako energy. Taking people
who've been in no contact with mako and infusing those with it. Making them stronger than any
SOLDIER operative."
"But, they know what happens when you infuse someone with too much mako, right?" I asked.
"They become...monsters."
"They might not know that. Even though, we don't even know how they're being infused. The
pods in the Nibelheim reactor soaked the monster. I highly doubt it but, They might be thinking of
injecting the excess amount through needles. If that may be the case, they brought everyone
here to test on, using people who've never been in contact with Mako whatsoever., but..."
"But I was in contact with Mako when Cloud and I fell into the Lifestream in Mideel." Tifa stated.
"I know, But, they must have something different in store for you. Why else would they capture
one of the worlds heroine and do the same procedure on the average being?"Red said.
"I...I don't know."
"And I don't want to find out." I said. "Come on." I walked to the front of the jumbled pile of
citizens," Everyone follow Red XIII to the Airship." I looked down to Red.
"Don't worry. I'll make sure they get there safely." I nodded.
"Alright Lets take this guys on."