Nothing new to report, but i have a thing i want to say.
You see one of my latest reviews came from someone using the anonymous reviewer. What makes this dood or doodet special enough to be mentioned now? because i have gotten the exact same message from two other people and i can never git enough of it.
its the one where said person doesn't like Self Insertions but just happened to stumble upon mine and really get into the story. I just want this guy to know that is one of the highest compliments i think i can receive on this website.
Now enough with all this recognition junk. We're getting to the good parts of the story now. And every awesome idea i have had for this story is slowly coming to fruition. I am giggling in excitement on how everyone will react! Lets read on audience!
Ch 25
"We had a spy the entire time!" Barret yelled at the top of his lungs. The whole group was in the middle of the lobby with Cloud and Aeris standing by a sad looking Cait.
"He has been working for Shinra, giving away our position as well as giving them the Keystone," Cloud said with scorn.
"What are we going to do with him?" Tifa asked folding her arms.
"Nothing." Cloud's response made damn near the entire group go in an uproar. "He has Marlene as well as Biggs, Wedge, and Jessie hostage. We have to take him along." So the three are still okay, that's a relief.
"What's the plan?" Nanaki asked.
"Meet back here in twenty minutes; we have to get there now so Shinra doesn't get to Sephiroth first. Cait Sith knows the way." Everyone nodded and heaed to their respective rooms. I groaned along the way.
"Is it just a running gag now that I can't get enough sleep? Honestly my old friends don't have to go through any of this shit."
"Nate, quit your bitching," Barret said.
"Honestly my friends will take a girl out, have a good and/or bad time, take them home, then the next day watch Saturday morning cartoons and be happy about everything. Me? I take a girl out for the first time in my life; have an awesome time, and then when I get into my bed I get taken out because a robot cat is working for a business that wants to kill us. I can bitch all I want."
"Whatever." Barret said, opening his room door before looking back at me. "Wait you took a girl out? Who the hell was it?" I bit my tongue.
"None of your business." I quickly went into my room and started going over my stuff before putting on my Genji Gloves and walking back into the lobby to wait for the rest of the group. I smiled and waved at Yuffie who did the same, and five minutes later I glared at a very snarky looking Barret. Great, he's going to try to bust on me for that now.
"Oh yeah, the Temple of the Ancients. If we take the Tiny Bronco east towards the sea we should be able to find it. Shall we get going?" Cait asked cheerfully only to have the entire group walk past him and out the door. The entire way to the Bronco nobody spoke. Almost everyone was surprised that Cait was a spy. Happy go lucky, uncaring, tiny, fuzzy cat, Cait was a Shinra spy, hell if I didn't know about it before I would have been surprised just because I trust cats, especially adorable ones. I really couldn't care less about the situation. I was driving the Tiny Bronco again so I would ask him if I was going in the right direction. That elicited glares from everyone in the group, even stoic Vincent, who I now couldn't hang with for quiet times.
So I talked with the enemy, he'll be a cool guy like three years from now! He'll basically be Vincent's only support besides Yuffie too. Actually, what was the plot to Dirge of Cerberus again? ...in fact how long has it been since I played a decent game? Weeks? Almost a month has gone by. Wow, I have been here for a long time...wonder what's happened while I was gone. I know my parents would have freaked the shit out by the time they got home; my brothers would do what they could to find me. Being gone a month though would mean any normal investigations would have ended if I left no evidence.
Perhaps time doesn't flow normal here. Maybe by the time I get back I would have only been gone a few minutes, possibly seconds. Or maybe I'm dead... now that's a morbid thought, but not something to disregard. I punched a TV in a thunderstorm, I'm sure if I survived that… yeah I'd totally be fine after something like that... in fact since I have time how the hell did I get here? I'm not dissing really, I mean one of my dreams was always to travel into games and experience them first hand, minus the actual possibility of dying and all. But why would I be sent at this point in time? Honestly, if I prepared I wouldn't be as messed up as I am now...then again I wouldn't be as good as I was now either.
Average swordsmanship thanks to Cloud now that I don't just wave Masamune or Fusion around like I would in the beginning, I'm even a juggernaut when it came to magic, and I defiantly know it's not because I'm smart that I have higher magic abilities, what makes me so special? I know humans here are more powerful than back home...since magic is tied to mental abilities maybe having a split personality helps.
I snorted, knowing there is something crazy inside you is one thing, knowing it can get out and try to kill everyone you consider precious because of your emotional state freaks me out. Why would it have to be me...I don't even know how to get rid of him without years of therapy! What am I going to do when shit hits the fan at the crater? Sigh, I have been through too much in this world. What I wouldn't give for anything from earth.
"Hey Nathan, you okay? You got this funny look in your eye?" Barret tapped on the glass.
"Just thinking about why I exist here." Now he had the weird look and walked off muttering "oddball". I turned to look at a glim Cait.
"How much further?" He perked up at me talking to him. Can Reeve control his actions? Or does Cait have his own personality? Man, that's the closest these guys are going to get with AI's, Cait is controlled and acts independent too.
"We're coming close to the island now. Just let me lead when we land." Another shot of glares from most of the group, Nanaki just shook his head and Yuffie would glare most at Cait considering her history with Shinra.
"Kid, what are you doing talking all civil with the enemy?" Cid tried to whisper/yell at me, it sounded more like him projecting his voice in my direction.
"Look the guy took the Keystone, yeah dick move. But did we even know where the hell this island was? We got lucky with that lead with the weapon's collector; I don't think we would be again. In actuality Cait helped us. We know where the temple is. We bust in, take whatever is in the temple, run out, and then we continue from there." Everyone on the ship seemed to contemplate my words. Cloud looked the most irritated since he knew I was right, I received a few questionable stares but before anyone could debunk me, we landed. Cait jumped ahead while everyone else followed. The forests around the temple were different from normal trees. It was basically a forest of Weeping Willows; it was the temple that got everyone's attention though.
It seemed like a stereotypical Mayan temple, but I've never seen one in person, so looking at this place up close was a whole new experience. It had an old rope bridge, broken and aged walls, and the entire place felt like even though it was clearly abandoned, life was still bustling. Aeris went ahead of the group and fell to the ground. We were about to check if she was ill only to see a serene smile on her face.
"This is the Temple of the Ancients. I know...I feel it...the knowledge of the ancients...floating. You could become one with the Planet, but you're stopping it with the strength of your will. For you? For us?"
"What are you saying? Aeris, do you understand what's going on?" Asked Cloud, she just stood up and ran ahead of the group, stopping on the first steps onto the temple.
"You're uneasy... But happy? Because I'm here? I don't understand... I want to go inside!" She yelled at us.
"Aeris calm down, you're mumbling." Tifa said.
"Yeah you're acting all weird." Barret added.
"But...it's like I can hear them all, every Ancient that once lived here. All of their voices still talking even when they are all gone." She looked around, as if seeing what we couldn't.
"The Ancients were a powerful race, more so than mine. All I hear are mumbles, but I can still feel a presence here." Nanaki said.
"We should go; we're already behind Shinra and Sephiroth." The group went up the stairs. At the very top was a cloaked figure much liked the ones in Nibelheim. Everyone was cautious while approaching, then the person just started talking.
"Black...Materia..." He gurgled; he had several wounds and had a small puddle of blood around him. Aeris knelt down and uncovered the cloth on his arm.
"Look."
"It's a number nine tattoo." Vincent stated.
"Another one of these... people. Why are they here?" Tifa questioned.
Cloud came up and looked at the man. "Last time we saw them Sephiroth was near." I walked over; the man was taking uneven and shallow breaths. I braced myself and took off his hood. He looked exactly the same as the woman at the mansion. Nearly bald, malnourished, white eyes. I heard the group gasp at the man's features. He looked at me before finally letting out a breath and slumping down on the ground. I felt so horrible seeing him. What was he like before Hojo changed him? Did he have a family? Friends? I shook the thoughts away and closed his eyes.
"Did you know about this person?" I looked and saw Cloud confronting Cait.
"No, there isn't anyone in Shinra that looks as bad as that." The cat waved his mogs hands.
"Test subjects." Everyone looked at Vincent. "When I was a Turk, Hojo had some humans for tests. They would usually be from destroyed towns."
"Nibelheim... They used to be from Nibelheim." Cloud concluded. Both he and Tifa had serious looks on their faces.
"Not all of them, there are more of these people than your town's population. He must have gotten more elsewhere." Vincent added.
"Let's just get the hell outta here. Seeing dead people gives me the creeps." Cid said. However Aeris was already in and called the group.
"Guys look who's in here!" We all went inside and slumped in the middle of the place was Tseng in his own smaller puddle of blood while more stained his suit.
"Tseng? Of the Turks?" Cloud exclaimed. The man in question groaned and slowly got up. His left hand was holding his limp right arm. He could only get up to one knee.
"Uh...I've been had." He tried to stand only to fall back against the alter of the room. He didn't look at the group when he spoke.
"It's not the Promised Land...Sephiroth is searching for."
"So Sephiroth is here." Cloud clenched his fist. The Turk pointed to his right arm's injury that cut clear across his suit as well.
"See for yourself" He then slammed his hand on the floor. "Damn. Letting Aeris go was the start...of my bad luck." His breaths were quick now. "The president was wrong."
"You were wrong! The Promised Land is like you imagined. I would never have helped. Either way, Shinra couldn't win." Tseng started laughing lightly at Aeris words.
"Pretty harsh. Sounds like...something you'd say." He let go of his arm and reached into his suit. The group was on guard until he pulled out the Keystone and was surprisingly able to throw it.
"The Keystone...place it...on the alter..." He crawled out of the way and sat next to one of the columns. Keeping one eye open and on us.
"How do we know it's not a trap? We could place this and then the entire Shinra army could be coming our way."
"No one knows...you're here...but me." His words were getting slower and heavier in breaths. Cloud looked and saw Aeris off in a corner.
"You crying?" She turned and shook her head but a few tears ran down her face.
"Tseng's with our enemy, the Turks. But I've known him since we were little. There are not a lot of people I can say that about. In fact, there are only a handful of people in the world who really know me." Everyone looked at Aeris. No one really did understand that she had few friends, and none of them understood her. Tseng was the one Turk who kept an eye on Aeris for years and never really tried to catch her. No matter how much she could have hated him, he was the only one that really knew who she was.
"We should go, Sephiroth is ahead. We need to catch up." Cloud said. The whole group nodded.
"Aeris, could I see a Restore materia?" I asked. She handed me one and I walked over to Tseng. He was trying to stay conscious. I lifted his sleeve and healed his arm wound as well as the one on his shoulder.
"Nathan what are you doing? He's the enemy!" Barret yelled.
"As much as a lot of people here would like to see him die, I can't in good conscience watch. He was going to live anyway." Tseng eyes widened, but he couldn't say much of anything.
"You've been acting a little too kind to Shinra employees Nathan." Vincent's eyes narrowed at me.
"Enough, I don't want the group fighting about something now." Cloud ordered. Then he turned his attention on me. "Nathan, I can understand you don't like to kill people yourself or watch them die, but you can't be healing our enemies like some bleeding heart kid." I'm eighteen you asshole! I'm only three years behind you!
"Fine, I understand." I said, now looking at the Turk. "You owe me a favor now, and considering how you act I know you have some semblance of honor, so...DON'T fuck with us anymore." I got up and tossed Aeris back her materia. Hopefully now Tseng will be an asset when we have to team up against Sephiroth. Everyone gathered around the podium and Cloud placed the Keystone on the altar. Lights started to flash and everyone suddenly started sinking into the ground.
Actually the correct term would be phasing since I didn't even feel the ground as we slowly descended through it. Then our center of gravity shifted and we started going back up only to end up somewhere completely different. It was the map that looked like that painting of paradox stairs.
"I think I'm going to be sick," Yuffie announced when she became solid.
"Don't you dare puke on me or I will turn you into a shish-kabob!" Cid yelled. Aeris ignored them and stepped forward again.
"Words...feelings...So many of them here." She said.
"There aren't any exits. Looks like we have to keep going," Cait said. Suddenly Aeris ran up to Cloud.
"Cloud, I know it's going to be tough but...don't give up! We can do it!" While Aeris was talking to Cloud I looked around the place and saw someone peek around a corner and turn back.
"Guys, there's someone here!" Everyone turned in time to see the figure start to run away.
"After him!" Cloud yelled and everyone started towards the man. Since we didn't have the horrible view the game gave of the map we knew what areas were accessible and where others were obviously blocked off. But the problem was that what looked like a small old man ran faster than anyone in the group. When we finally caught the thing it was just sitting in the middle of some old room.
"Who are you? Asked Cloud. The only thing anyone heard him say was a few ethereal mumbles.
"Did anyone else get that? I sure as hell didn't." I asked. Everyone else agreed except for Aeris whole knelt in front of the person, looking completely cheerful about the situation.
"Whew, we finally caught up to you. I'm sorry you waited for me." The old man seemed to hop excitedly. Aeris stood up and gestured towards him.
"Those are the spirit bodies of the Ancients. They've been away from the Planet for a long time to protect the temple. Over the years they've lost the ability to talk...actually they didn't need words from the beginning because there was only one objective left in the temple." She turned back to the spirit.
"Please, talk to me!" The spirit seemed to communicate with Aeris, but she sighed.
"No good, I don't understand the rest... Are you afraid? Is it Sephiroth? Maybe something else..."
"Aeris are you okay? You're kinda freaking me out." Yuffie blurted out.
"Yeah this is getting way too complicated." Barret added.
"Being the only Ancient, she can understand what the souls of other Ancients are feeling. She can interpret from there." Nanaki explained.
"It can't help us, let's move on." Everyone left the room. We explored more of the place before we saw another small old man. Aeris ran ahead while everyone tried to keep up. Eventually we entered a large hallway with what seemed like an endless hole at one end and large boulders being rolled into it. The group was silent for a good five minutes before I broke it.
"So...who wants to set an example for the rest of the group?"
"I see small areas a person can squish in to avoid them." Cloud said.
"I can't fit in there! How the hell am I gunna get by?"
"Your big ass can still fit under those holes, just duck when it gets near." Cid added.
"Hell no!"
"Barret we all have to get by somehow." Tifa said.
"Ain't there another way?" He pleaded.
"The only way to get to that spirit is through here, it was leading us for a reason."
"Why am I the only one who has to duck?" Barret whined. I couldn't hold in my laughter and busted out hearing how pitiful his voice was.
Cloud stepped forward "If it makes you feel better, Nate and myself will do the same."
"Fuck that noise, why do I have to risk my ass!" I yelled.
"Because you were the only one that laughed. You get to see how Barret feels."
"...Cloud...sometimes...you really suck...like a lot."
"I don't care. Now we'll be running at the same time, so time it as I do, duck when I do. Both of you understand?" Barret and I nodded.
"It looks like there's a room over there, so go for that then we can go the rest of the way." Aeris said. Everyone else went ahead. Every time a boulder passed they would just squish into the wall space and run out when was past them. After an agonizing amount of time it was Barret, Cloud, and my turn.
"On my mark," Cloud said. When he yelled we all ran at the same speed when a boulder came toward us.
"Duck!" All of us knelt down right when the missing chunk of the boulder went over all of us without touching.
"Move!" We all ran and had to duck underneath three more boulders before we came to the room where everyone else was staring at a huge purple puddle. We all approached when Aeris started speaking.
"It's full of the knowledge of the Ancients...no...a conscience...a living soul. It's trying to say something...I don't understand" She put her ear right next to the liquid while talking to it.
"What is it? ...danger? ...an evil conscience...you're going to show me?" The room suddenly became too bright and I closed my eyes. When I opened them back up I saw everyone was suddenly transparent and in a completely different room with a healthy Tseng and Elena.
"What's going on?" Asked Cloud. He sounded warbled and distorted.
"It's showing us!" Aeris pointed to the two Turks. Elena ran over to Tseng, pointing at the murals in the room.
"Tseng what is this? Can we find the Promised Land with this?" I looked at the murals and noticed they looked... Egyptian... a Mayan temple with Egyptian hieroglyphics. Next thing we see is some Peruvian artifacts, or maybe a few Terracotta Soldiers, let's just throw in everything Earth has and make them into the old history of Final Fantasy, how about that? The creators of this game lazed about on that front.
"I wonder, anyway we have to report to the President." Elena nodded and headed for the exit. Just stopping short of exiting and looking back.
"Be careful Tseng." He turned.
"Yeah...Hey Elena. How about dinner after this job is over?" The request seemed to stun the female Turk before she stumbled for an answer.
"Th...Thank you very much. If I may be excused." She ran out when Tseng chuckled and shook his head. He went up to the hieroglyphics and studied them more.
"Is this the Promised Land? No it can't be..."Suddenly a chill went down my spine. The group must have felt it too because they were looking around. Sephiroth started to materialize behind Tseng. It wasn't until he was solid that the Turk turned to see the silver haired general.
"Sephiroth!" He didn't reach for his gun, he just stood in shock. Sephiroth looked at him with smirk.
"So you opened the door. Well done." Tseng walked up to him and pointed at the pictures.
"This place...what is it?" Sephiroth took a few steps close. Tseng took a few back until he stopped.
"A lost treasure throve of knowledge. The wisdom of the Ancients" He turned and lifted his arms in a grand gesture. "I am becoming one with the Planet."
"One with the Planet?" Tseng questioned. Sephiroth turned. An astral projection of himself split and walked in our direction. Tseng didn't seem to notice.
"You stupid fouls never even thought about it. All the spirit energy of the Planet, all its wisdom... its knowledge. I will meld with it. I will become it, and it will become me." Tseng was taken off by the proclamation.
"You can do that?" Both Sephiroth's arms fell down to his side. The smirk now replaced by his usual stone cold demeanor.
"The way...lies here." In a flash of speed Sephiroth cut down Tseng. "Only death awaits you. But do not fear. For it is through death a new spirit is born, and you will become a part of me." He started laughing over the still body of the injured Turk. The image started to fade when I opened my eyes to see everyone was back around the pond.
"Did you see it?" Aeris asked.
"An illusion created by the Ancients." Nanaki mumbled.
"Why is this place so freaky?" Yuffie added.
"Where is this room...with the pictures on the walls?"
"We're almost there." Aeris ran to the end of the room and restarted the whole process of dodging the boulders.
"Sephiroth is here...no matter what he thinks, it's going to end now, I'm taking him out!" No one argued, so we all went back and started dodging again. Cloud, Barret and I were the last ones again, and right when we passed the boulders stopped coming.
"Right now it runs out of boulders. Of all the times it could have stopped in that flashback sequence it chooses now to run out. Whoop dee doo!" I threw my hands in the air. Barret had a similar feeling as I did and started punching the wall. Cid was cursing up a storm and everyone else seemed annoyed.
"It was a test...we were never actually in real danger." Aeris said while talking to the temple Sage.
"I'll remember that the next Trial of Fire we have. I'll just walk through the flames." Man that is total bullshit game logic. Cloud made us move ahead when we came upon a gigantic clock in the middle of the room. A loud booming voice suddenly came out of nowhere.
"I am the Time Guardian. Ye who seek the knowledge of the Ancients. I control time, select your path."
"A riddle... another block for intruders." Cloud said.
"Speaking of time is it getting late? What's it like almost ten thirty, ten twenty five, right?" I asked out loud, knowing full well how the clock room worked. Suddenly, the room's hands shifted so it had the small one on us and the big hand on the room with the Roman numeral five.
It is time...you may proceed." Everyone else seemed confused at the action.
"Nate how did you do that?" Asked Cait. I shrugged.
"I seriously just wanted to know what time it was. I didn't think it controlled the clock." I saw out the corner of my eyes that Vincent narrowed his at me. What is with the guy, he's been glaring at me all day!
"Let's just see where it leads." Squashing that thought I moved with the rest of the group to the next area. We got outside and found the ribbon which was my plan. We went back.
"What time now?" Asked Nanaki. Cloud thought for a moment before Aeris stepped forward.
"Four twenty five." Yes! Thank you Aeris! The clock rotates and we all take the path. We eventually end up in a room with a chest on at the top of some steps. Aeris went up to it.
"They're telling me this will help us on our journey." She opened the chest and pulled out a beautiful looking staff with a golden butterfly at the top of it with a red ruby center.
"The Ancients praying staff... the Princess Guard." Everyone looked at the weapon before she put it on her back.
"It's powerful. It will help a lot against Sephiroth." Everyone started out the room when we came back to the clock.
"What now? Cid asked.
"Hey Nate say another time, we might get lucky again!" Yuffie asked. I shrugged and looked around the room, pretending to debate which one to choose.
"Let's go with...four thirty." The clock moved accordingly. We all ended up outside when we all saw another sage wonder out of a room and see us. He ran when Aeris went to investigate the entrance and she came back.
"It's locked. We have to catch it...You must be tired." She suddenly switched topics. Cloud rubbed the back of his head uncomfortably.
"A little, Nate did say it was getting late." Aeris smiled.
"Hang in there, someday we'll look back at these times and laugh." Aeris ran off to catch the sage leaving everyone else confused.
"Is Aeris...alright?" Tifa was the first to question this.
"The Ancients are constantly speaking to her; it's a burden she has to hear them all. She's not trying to break under the pressure." Vincent said.
"Come on, let's go catch that sage!" Cait said running forward. Yuffie yelled excitedly and the rest of us went as well. The next ten minutes were completely crazy. Trying to catch the spirit was a hassle since there was an extremely complex cave system that it would run around. I can't remember how many times I bumped into someone looking for the thing. Finally Cloud had enough and stationed everyone at a doorway and chased the spirit until it ran into someone else, which happened to be Nanaki. Tifa got the Work Gloves which were cool. But it took another five minutes before everyone was back at the top to open the door.
"This is the room with the murals." Aeris said looking around.
"Where are you Sephiroth!" Cloud yelled out. Right on cue, Sephiroth, or afterimages of him appeared in front of the group, ascending into the air.
"So cold, I am always by your side. Come" His images flashed through the halls and the group ran down following them until we saw his solid form looking at the murals.
"Splendid." He walked toward us with Masamune drawn. Everyone prepped their own weapons when he stopped.
"A treasure house of knowledge." Cloud shook his head and threw his hands out in fury.
"I don't understand what you're saying!" The man laughed before his images teleported him again. The group ran over again to see him smiling.
"Look well."
"At what?" Cloud was clearly annoyed by now, and so was everyone else.
"At that which adds knowledge of...I am becoming one with the Planet." He disappeared again.
"Okay, I am tired, let's just kick Sephiroth's ass next time we see him!" Barret yelled. I agreed. Sephiroth was stuck on replay and I wasn't amused. We ran again until we reached the end of the room. Next to the altar was Sephiroth, but he was sitting down, hugging his knees to himself.
"...Mother...it's almost time..." His voice was now completely distorted. Having multiple voices just milliseconds appear after it.
"Soon...we will become one." He stood up when the group surrounded him. Aeris yelled at him.
"How do you intend to become one with the Planet?" He swung his sword around. The group backed away even though it was slow enough an eight year old could dodge it.
"It's simple. When the Planet is hurt it gathers spirit energy to heal the injury. The amount of energy depends on the size of the injury." He started to become distorted again. He slammed his sword into the ground.
"What would happen if there was an injury that threatened the very life of the Planet? Think how much energy would be gathered! And at the center of the energy will be me! All that boundless energy will be mine. By merging with all that energy I will become a new life form, a new existence." He was shifting around now. An insane glint in his eye as he slowly stopped being solid and the afterimages shifted more.
"Melding with the Planet...I will cease to exist now...only to become God and rule over every soul!" Everyone in the group was frozen at the idea. Sephiroth turning into God...the mere thought of the idea made everyone afraid.
"An injury powerful enough to destroy the Planet? Injure... the Planet?"
"Behold that mural. The Ultimate Destructive Magic...Meteor!" His sword pointed to the right where there was a picture of people kneeling on the ground. Flames fell from the sky destroying the land while a large meteorite was about to crash into them.
"That will never happen!" Sephiroth finally lost his solid form and shifted through Cloud, knocking him on the ground.
"Wake up!" Cloud immediately got up and ran around the room.
"Where are you? Sephiroth!" he ran back through the halls.
"Cloud, wait!" Aeris shouted. Everyone followed until he suddenly stopped in front of one of the murals. He was laughing under his breath and had the same afterimages Sephiroth had.
"Cloud!" Aeris called again, now pleading." He only glanced at her before laughing louder than before. The whole group was stunned.
"Cloud, get a hold of yourself, fight it off!" I shouted. Again another glance and he was louder than before.
"Black Materia... Call Meteor."
"Cloud, stop this now!" Nanaki joined in. His arms moved in a grand gesture before the suddenly went to clutch his head and he suddenly had a pained expression on his face.
"Cloud...I'm...Cloud...who should I…" He suddenly started shifting around. He looked as if he was having a seizure but his facial expressions changed every time he changed position. Different emotions flew by with each pose he would use in everyday life around us. He finally stopped and shook his head.
"I remember! I remember my way." Everyone stood still looking at his calm face now.
"...Cloud?" Aeris slowly approached him. He raised an eyebrow.
"Mm? What's wrong. Is something wrong?" Aeris quickly shook her head and put on a fake smile.
"...it's nothing. So don't worry about it...right...it's nothing" She looked at us and we all saw the pleading look in her eyes, telling us to keep quiet about what happened to Cloud and how he somehow doesn't remember. She turned back to him.
"Sephiroth got away." Cloud clenched his fists then looked at the whole group.
"Don't worry about it… I understand what he was saying... this is Meteor right?" Another mural of the magic was right in front of him.
"Something huge is falling from the sky." Yuffie said.
"That's what he's going to use!" Cid's eyes were wide at the picture of how big Meteor was compared to the people.
"This must be the magic... just what Sephiroth was saying...the Ultimate Destructive Magic...Meteor." She turned towards the group.
"It finds small drifting planets with its magic, and then collides with them. The Planet might get wiped out entirely..." Suddenly the entire room started shaking. A wall behind us fell through the floor to show another room.
"Sephiroth?" Everyone heard a laugh out of nowhere.
"It's not me." I looked into the dark room and saw two large red eyes staring at the group. A large growl was heard.
"Guys, run now!"