People were scrambling everywhere. They were attempting to get away from the falling debris that came from Shin-Ra's tower. Some sought refuge under the plates of the sectors, but many of the plates threatened to collapse in the sunless city. There were two people in particular that were scrambling, but they weren't seeking shelter.
Verna held her gun close to her as she watched the pair. It was a bearded male and a female that was barely clothed in clothes. It was the two managers that had previously sought out revenge against the newspaper girl. It was Heidegger and Scarlet.
Quietly and swiftly, Verna followed them, dodging flaming debris. She held her gun close to herself as she followed the two managers that were attempting to rule the company. Her eyes watched them like that of a hungry panther. Speaking of panthers, Dark Nation followed loyally by her side.
The two managers stopped in front of a mechanical robot. Just as they were about to examine it, Verna flicked her chin forwards toward Dark Nation. Understanding, the panther ran forward and pounced onto the blonde. She screamed as she fell to the ground. Heidegger turned around in shock and was met with the end of the gun pointing directly in his face.
"Remember me?" Verna glared up at the bearded man. "If you don't answer my questions you'll meet a fate worse than just being kicked. Understand?" Verna thrust the gun at him to emphasize her point.
Heidegger's face was flushing a red as his anger took a hold of him. Somehow, the temperamental man restrained himself from going on a rampage. He nodded slowly and held his hands in the air. Scarlet meanwhile was still struggling with Dark Nation, but due to the panther's weight she couldn't escape.
"I learned that you've done some research on my father," Verna took off the safety on her gun. "What do you know about him? Where is he?"
Heidegger looked at her with amusement, "You think that I actually know that? I did have the file, but that's only connected to the computers in Shin-Ra's building. There's no way you can possibly get to it."
"You're lying!" Verna growled through clenched teeth. "I want the real answer."
"Want doesn't get," Heidegger simply replied.
"You're right," Verna put her finger on the trigger. "And you wanting to rule Shin-Ra doesn't get you anywhere. You have to work for it! You can't just do this!" Verna pulled the trigger.
The gun shot echoed throughout the air. Scarlet ceased her struggling and looked at up with a horrified expression. Verna backed off and lowered her gun. Her shoulders were shaking out of anger. Heidegger fell to his knees.
"It was a blank, dumbass," Verna looked at the manager who was frightened out of his wits. "I wouldn't kill someone just like that. Not even scum like you."
"Verna?" Verna glanced behind her shoulder to see Cloud, Vincent, Cait Sith, Red XIII and Tifa. Cloud spoke again, "What are you doing here?"
Verna backed further away from the managers, "Just getting some answers out of them. They're taking over Shin-Ra, attempting to at least. I think you're better off ruling Shin-Ra, Cait Sith. Well, at least the man behind the puppet."
"They already know it's me," Reeve spoke in his actual voice through Cait Sith.
"I see," Verna nodded. "Are you stationed in Junon yet?"
"Not yet, we've ran into a bit of a situation," Verna raised a skeptical eyebrow. "Hojo's alive. He's controlling the Mako reactors and is giving power to Sephiroth. We have to stop him before Midgar blows up."
"I see…What do we do about these two?" Verna motioned behind her to "Gahaha" and "Kyahaha." She watched as Heidegger stood up.
In a flash, Heidegger went to attack Dark Nation. The panther jumped the side, allowing Scarlet to get up. The two managers climbed into a machine before anyone could do anything. Verna stepped back to join AVALANCHE while loading her gun. Dark Nation stood in front of her and cast barrier on all of them.
"Kyahaha!" Scarlet burst out laughing. "You really should think twice about turning your back to your enemies!"
"At least I didn't get punched like I punched you at the masquerade."
Scarlet's eyes narrowed, "So you were the one. Now I have a personal reason to kill you."
"Oh, and how is Palmer? After I hit him with the truck I haven't really seen him around, I'd like to give him my condolences," Verna smirked as she haughtily mouthed off.
"You really shouldn't be giving "Kyahaha" and "Gahaha" any more ammo," Cait Sith spoke nervously as the robot began to move.
"It'll draw them off of you and to me, you guys can go and do whatever it is you came to do," Verna spoke as her arm began to glow a reddish hue.
"Tifa, Caith Sith, Red," Cloud spoke calmly as he took out his rather massive sword, "You go and clear the way while we help Verna take care of these two clowns."
"Right," Tifa nodded and ran off with the mechanical puppet close behind her.
"Look out," Vincent spoke as he began firing his gun at the robot.
Verna looked up and leapt out of the way as a claw was swung down at her. She growled as she lifted her hand. A summoning circle formed as the giant emerged from it.
"Titan, little help please!"
The giant ran forward and started throwing punches at the robot. It stumbled backwards from the force, but wasn't taking too much damage. Verna scowled as she began to load her gun with actual bullets.
Dark Nation sent out a massive cloud of lightning towards the robot. It started to break down the robot. Cloud noticed the weakness and started sending off bolts of electricity of his own. Vincent held out his gold gauntlet and a wizard was summoned. It raised its staff sending more lightning at the robot. Lightning was its weakness.
The robot struck out and slammed one of its claws at Verna. It hit the barrier. She looked up with some shock seeing it struggle to break through it. If she moved the barrier would most definitely break. She saw it cracking. The other claw sung forward and broke through the barrier, sending her flying back, slamming her into a nearby wall.
Cloud noticed that a part of the claw was exposed. He jumped into the air and slammed his sword onto the exposed area. In an instance the claw was sliced off. It hit the ground with such strength that lose debris went up into the ground.
Sparks flew from the robot. Scarlet grunted as she tried to control it, but it was futile. An explosion went off with Heidegger and Scarlet screaming. After the explosion ended there was silence. The two managers were dead.
Verna laid on her back with her eyes clenched shut. She gritted her teeth together from the pain that racked her body. She broke a few ribs, that was for sure. Though, the worst pain was emitting from her leg. She sat up slowly and looked down at it. The girl turned to the side and disposed of the contents in her stomach. She coughed multiple times from vomiting and moved to the side.
Carefully, she looked back at her leg and grimaced at the sight. The bone stabbed through her skin and tissues was dangling off of it. Blood was staining her clothes. She felt faint at the sight, but forced herself to stay conscious from mere will power.
Dark Nation ran over and examined the wound. He whimpered slightly as he cast cure on her. That only helped with the minor wounds, but it wouldn't help with her leg. Vincent and Cloud slowly came over. Cloud knelt down and examined it. He took out his PHS and dialed a number.
"I need you guys to get here quickly, Verna's been injured and she needs a doctor right away," He spoke rapidly and hung up. He then looked down at the injured newspaper girl, "Cid, Yuffie and Barrett will be here soon." He glanced to where Tifa and the others went.
"Go," Verna urged the two. "I'll be fine until I get here. Besides, Dark Nation's here. If anything happens he'll protect me."
"Alright," Cloud nodded. In an instant Vincent and Cloud were running away.
Dark Nation cast a barrier on Verna before lying next to her. The pain started to subside as the endorphins started to invade her nervous system and block the pain. It would be temporary, but it was enough for right now.
-A/N—
*twitches* I've almost completely caught up with my game play to the story and I was running on memory. ;_; I messed up on so many things! DX I'm sorry! Anyways, that's partially why updating has taken me so long – playing the actual game – but I was also extremely busy. For example, I have two AP tests coming up (Monday and Friday of next week), I had to submit my AP Design portfolio, finals are in two weeks, I'm graduating from high school, I had to put together a presentation for my Girl Scout Gold Award, I had to clean the house for when my relatives are coming over (tomorrow), and I took on of my friends to the wolf sanctuary near where I live. She's from the Czech Republic and her host family hasn't done anything with her, so she's been trapped in a small town with nothing to do. That sucks, huh? Oh well, she'll be showing me around Europe when I go there Junior year of college, so I should treat her well, haha.