It was bright. A large glare encased Tifa's vision as she woke up. She had a slight headache and her stomach ached.

"Cloud?" She said, as she sat up from the table she was laying on.

"Tifa!" A familiar voice said.

Tifa looked up and saw Barret walking over towards her.

"Barret…" She said,

"It's good to see you."

"Likewise," replied Barret,

"You've been asleep for a while and I was a little worried you weren't gonna wake up."

"How long have I been asleep?" Tifa asked.

"About a week." Barret replied,

"A lot has happened since you were out."

"Like what?"

"The Weapon's have been rampaging all across the Planet. Rufus has been trying to fight them off but he's had minimal success. And I'll admit even though I don't like the bastard I have to commend him for his effort." Barret explained,

"The strange creatures we saw emerge from the Crater have also been popping up around the Planet too, seemingly out of nowhere from what was reported."

"What's happening with the Crater?" asked Tifa.

"After Cloud gave Sephiroth the Black Materia a large barrier of light appeared around it. Shinra's been trying to break through but they haven't had any success. And it doesn't help that one of the Weapon's is protecting it."

"One of the Weapon's is protecting it?"

"That's right, it seems like Sephiroth has some sort of control over them."

"You mentioned Cloud," said Tifa,

"Where is he? Is he safe? Is he alright?"

"I…don't know." Barret said, looking away from her,

"After the whole Crater got flooded no one saw Cloud or anyone else that was in there get out."

He then saw Tifa had a worried look on her face.

"B-But I'm sure he's alright! It'll take more than that to take out Cloud." Barret said, trying to reassure her.

"Okay." replied Tifa, still worried about Cloud's wellbeing,

"What about the others? Where are they?"

"They're locked up as we speak. I don't know where though." replied Barret,

"The only one that isn't here is Gordon."

"He's not here?" asked Tifa.

"Nope, Rufus had him taken to Midgar. Him and Hojo are planning on running experiments on him from what Hojo told us."

Tifa felt a pit in her stomach when she heard that.

"Okay then…" said Tifa,

"What about Meteor?"

"See for yourself."

Barret then went over to the windows and pressed a button that caused the shutters to lift up. When Tifa looked outside her jaw fell to the floor when she saw what was up in the sky:

It was Benrey, or at least his head surrounded by flames. And it was descending down towards the Planet.

"Oh my god." She said.

As she continued to look on, Benrey's eyes slowly began to move towards her direction, as if he noticed she was looking at him.

When Tifa saw Benrey looking at her, she gasped and quickly hit the button to pull down the shutters.

"Tifa?" said Barret,

"Are you alright?"

Tifa didn't reply, which caused Barret to worry.

"What…what should we do?" asked Tifa.

Before Barret could reply, the door to the room opened and Rufus walked in.

"Ah, so you're finally awake." He said,

"Being honest, I thought Cloud would swoop in and try to save all of you, not that it matters now." said Rufus,

"With Meteor crashing down, this Planet is essentially done for. But with Dr. Freeman, I along with the rest of Shinra will be able to survive."

"What are you planning to do with him?" asked Tifa.

"That's none of your concern, you and your friends have outlived your usefulness."

Heidegger then walked into the room.

"President Shinra! Preparations for the public execution have been completed!"

"Execution!?" shouted Barret,

"What the hell is this about an execution?"

"This whole situation is because of you." Rufus replied,

"And the people will feel somewhat better with someone being punished."

"You honestly think you can kill us that easily?" asked Barret,

"You've probably seen what Coomer can do, when he gets free you'll all be sorry!"

"I'm afraid he won't be an issue for us." replied Rufus,

"Dr. Coomer has been very cooperative and has seemingly accepted his fate. You should take heed and follow his example, it would be much easier for you."

He then turned to leave the room.

"I'll leave the rest to you." Rufus said to Heidegger as he left the room.

"Alright," said Heidegger,

"Time to bind you both up."

Bubby and Coomer were currently bound up in the room where their execution was set to take place. A group of Shinra executives were also in the room with them.

Bubby had extra restraints placed on him due repeated escape attempts as did Coomer, mainly out of fear.

"God dammit what the fuck are we supposed to do!?" Bubby said to Coomer.

Coomer didn't reply.

"Don't ignore me Dr. Coomer! What the hell are we supposed to do now?"

"We wait." Coomer replied, not even looking at Bubby.

"Wait?!" Bubby said, taken aback by Coomer's answer,

"Wait for fucking what!?"

Before Bubby could say another word, Scarlet walked into the room. Right behind her were Tifa and Barret, both of whom had their arms tied up. They were flanked by two Shinra troopers.

"Coomer, Bubby!" Barret said to them.

"Silence!" Scarlett shouted,

"Your deaths will be broadcasted on national television!" She said,

"With the world in the chaos it's currently in, the people need someone to blame for all of this. That's where you all come in."

"This is bullshit!" Barret shouted, causing Scarlett to laugh at him.

"Your female companion will be the first to go, then we'll dispose of the failed experiment." said Scarlett, nodding towards Coomer.

Coomer didn't even look up at her.

"Screw that!" said Barret,

"Take me first if you're gonna kill somebody!"

Scarlett once again laughed.

"Make sure you get that on camera! The audience loves this type of stuff!" She said, as Tifa was taken into the gas chamber.

"Coomer!" said Barret,

"Don't just sit there! Get up and do something!"

Coomer didn't respond.

"God dammit Dr. Coomer, stop acting like the world is ending when it technically is! Now get the fuck up and help us!" Bubby shouted.

Coomer once again didn't respond as Scarlett walked out of the room.

"Well, now that she's all tied up we can get this show on the road-"

The room began to flash red as an alarm began to go off.

"EMERGENCY! WEAPON IS APPROACHING! ALL SHINRA MILITARY PERSONAL ARE TO TAKE THEIR POSITIONS IMMEDIATELY! THIS IS NOT A DRILL!"

The Shinra executives that were in the room began to run out.

"Wait! Don't go!" Scarlett beckoned,

"Dammit why now!?"

One of the executives that was still in the room went over to Scarlett, he pulled a small canister out of his coat and sprayed it in her face.

"How does it feel now Scarlett?" He asked.

Scarlett didn't respond, but instead fell to the floor unconscious.

"What the hell?" said Barret.

The executive took off his suit to reveal Cait Sith underneath.

"Sith!?" Barret said.

It was then that Coomer broke off all the restraints he had on him with ease, he tore of Bubby's restraints as well.

"What the? I thought you gave up!" Bubby said.

"The power of deception Dr. Bubby!" replied Coomer.

One of the Shinra troops that escorted Barret and Tifa ran over and aimed his rifle at the two scientists.

"FREEZE!" He shouted.

The second Shinra trooper walked over as well. But instead of aiming at Bubby and Coomer, he instead pointed and pressed his gun at the back of the other trooper's head.

"W-Wha?" The trooper said.

"Drop it." The other trooper said.

The Shinra trooper dropped his gun and put his hands in the air.

"Well this is a rather fortunate turn of events!" said Coomer.

"You can say that again." said Barret,

"But who the heck is-"

Upon closer inspection everyone in the room noticed the Shinra trooper that was aiming his gun at his compatriot was holding a SPAS-12.

"Hey wait a second." said Bubby,

"That's a shotgun we used at Black Mesa. How does that guy have one?"

The Shinra trooper took his left hand off the guns barrel and reached for his helmet.

He took it off to reveal a familiar face underneath.

"Tommy!?" Cait Sith said.

"Hi!" Tommy replied, as he put his left hand back underneath the guns barrel,

"Get on the ground now." He said to the Shinra trooper.

The Shinra trooper slowly got down on his knees.

"Are you going to kill me?" He asked.

"No." Tommy replied,

"Just cooperate and you'll live, now lie down on your stomach with your hands behind your back."

The Shinra trooper did just that as Tommy put one knee on his back. He grabbed a pair of zip ties from his pocket and tied up the Shinra troopers hands.

"What the fuck are you doing here you turncoat?!" Bubby said angrily.

"I'm here to rescue all of you!" replied Tommy,

"And I have information that my dad said you'll want to hear."

"And what's that?" Barret said, as Coomer freed him.

"I can't tell you yet. We need to get out of here first."

Barret sighed in frustration.

"Alright, we'll let you stick around for now. First we gotta free Tifa."

"I can handle it!" said Coomer, as he went over to the room that Tifa was being held in.

He grabbed the door and with almost no force pulled it right off. He walked in and saw Tifa tied up in a chair.

"Coomer!" She said

"Hello Tifa!" said Coomer,

"Fear not! I am here to help!" He said, has he broke off Tifa's bindings, freeing her.

"Thanks for that." She said,

"Now we gotta get out of-"

The room shook as a large sharp hole was suddenly torn in the ceiling above them. Rubble also fell, trapping them in the room.

"Oh dear!" said Coomer,

"We seem to be trapped!"

"That's the least of our worries right now." said Tifa, as she pointed up out of the hole.

Coomer looked up to what Tifa was pointing at and saw Weapon who was about to charge up a beam.

Unfortunately for it Juoun's cannon fired and hit it square in the face. It's head exploded open as it fell back into the ocean, dead.

"That was rather fortunate!" said Coomer,

"But we're still trapped in here!"

Coomer then turned to rubble that sealed them in.

"Hello? Is anyone on the other side?" He asked.

"We're still here, Coomer!" replied Barret,

"Are you guys alright?"

"We're fine!" Tifa replied,

"But how are we going to get out of here?"

"See any way out?" Cait Sith asked.

"Yeah," Tifa replied,

"Weapon left a hole for the both of us to get out."

"Alright, we'll see if we can find a way to get to you, in the meantime see if you can climb out of there!"

"Got it!" Tifa replied, as she turned to face the hole.

"Right, let's get out of here, Coomer."

Tifa and Coomer were shimmying along the edge of the cannon as they descended down.

"Tifa, I know this is a bad time but I am terrified of heights!"

"It's alright Coomer, just stick close to me and we'll both get down without any tro-"

A bullet passed by them. Coomer almost lost his footing but Tifa was able to catch him.

"That was a close one!" said Coomer.

They both looked up and saw Shinra troopers making their way towards them with Scarlett right behind them.

"Don't let them get away!" She shouted,

"If you do, I'll have all your heads!"

They both made haste towards the bottom. When they were at a safe enough height they jumped and landed on the ground.

"Well Tifa we made it to solid ground!" Coomer said,

"Now we just need to-"

A Shinra trooper was heard screaming as he came crashing down before them with a loud SPLAT, leaving a bloody mark.

"Oh my god.." Tifa said, stunned.

"Better him than us!" said Coomer,

"Now let's get going!"

"But where are we going, Coomer?"

"The tip of the cannon!" Coomer said, as he pointed to the tip of the cannon.

Tifa didn't question it, but instead followed Coomer as they ran all the way towards the very top of the cannon's barrel.

"What do we do now?" asked Tifa.

"Well Tifa," said Coomer, as he turned to face her,

"We wait here until-"

He stopped mid sentence and pointed behind Tifa.

"Look out Tifa! Hotted boobs coming our way! Tits big one!"

Tifa quickly turned around and saw Scarlet walking towards him, an arrogant stride accompanied her as she approached them.

"This is as far as you both go!" Scarlet exclaimed,

"The public execution may have been a failure, but death by drowning will suffice!"

She then delivered a hard slap across Tifa's face.

"Stuck up bitch!"

"Hey!" said Coomer, as he approached Scarlet

"You shouldn't slap people like that, it's quite-"

"Shut up!" Scarlet interrupted, delivering a hard slap across Coomer's face,

"And don't think I didn't hear what you said about my chest, you filthy perverted old man!"

Coomer slowly recoiled his head back, and the look on his face made Tifa back up. Scarlet herself was also taken aback but she stood her ground.

"Try that again and see what happens." Coomer said coldly.

"Hmph!" said Scarlet,

"I won't be intimidated!"

She then went to deliver another hard slap but when her hand reached Coomer's cheek, his head didn't recoil.

And it felt like Scarlet had just hit a rock.

"Ahh!" She said, as she recoiled her hand in pain.

Coomer then bawled his right hand into a fist and motioned as if he was going for a right hook at a slow speed to Scarlet's chest.

Right onto her right breast.

"Oh you sick old perv-"

Before Scarlet could say another word, Coomer jerked his fist forward with such force it sent Scarlet flying back towards the cannon's center, screaming.

"Coomer!" Tifa said surprised,

"What was that?"

"I did warn her Tifa. But she just didn't seem to want to listen!"

"Okay…okay." said Tifa, as she finished processing what she just saw,

"Before we do anything else I just want to point out I don't like those comments you said about Scarlet. While yes she's our enemy that doesn't give you the right to-"

"Tifa, titty boob huge fuck!"

Tifa shook her head and gave Coomer a bewildered look.

"W-What?" She said,

"You know what, forget it. Let's just get out of here."

As they were talking, a large airship flew up from under the cannon's barrel. They both looked up and saw Barret standing on the ship's outer deck.

"Hey!" He shouted, as he threw down a rope.

"Grab on! We're getting out of here!"

Tifa and Coomer followed Barret to the airships main bridge where he had told them everyone else was currently at.

Everyone but Cloud and Gordon.

"Tifa!" said Cid, as he ran over to her,

"Glad to see you and Coomer were able to make it on board! Welcome to the Highwind!"

"Hey Cid." said Tifa,

"Everyone else is here?"

"That's right, even a returning member." Cid replied, although he had an unhappy tone in his voice when he said that.

"Who?" asked Tifa curiously.

"Hello Ms. Lockhart!"

Tifa turned around and was half surprised, half disappointed to see Tommy walking towards her.

"Tommy?" said Tifa,

"What are you doing here?"

"I'm here to tell you something my dad thought you would want to hear." He replied.

"What is it?"

"I know where Cloud is."

Tifa felt a sudden feeling of hope come up inside of her and immediately rushed over to Tommy.

"You know where he is!?" She asked, grabbing both his arms.

"Y-Yeah." Tommy replied, clearly uncomfortable with Tifa grabbing him,

"I can take you to him."

"Now hang on a fucking second!" Bubby interjected,

"Why the hell should we believe anything from you after what you did not too long ago?"

"While I would agree with you on this one Dr. Bubby, unfortunately Tommy's info is all we have to go on!" said Coomer.

"He's right," said Cid,

"We don't have any choice but to trust Tommy on this."

Tommy nodded.

"I'll give you the coordinates of where he is. Just take me to the bridge."

Cid nodded and went towards the bridge with Tommy and Tifa in tow.

"Is he okay Tommy?" Tifa asked.

"Huh?"

"Is Cloud okay?"

"Uh, he's alive." Tommy replied.

Tifa felt a sensation of relief when she heard Tommy's words.

"Say, where's Mr. Freeman?"

The feeling of relief Tifa felt suddenly turned to dread.

"He…..Shinra has him…"

"What?"

"They've taken him to Midgar. We…can only…"

She didn't know what else to say. She knew how much Gordon meant to Tommy, but she couldn't bring herself to tell him what Shirna and Hojo could be doing to him at this very moment.

"I'm sure he's alright." Tifa replied.

"That's a relief!" replied Tommy,

"But I don't think I can see him for a while, not until Cloud gets better."

"Huh?" asked Tifa,

"What are you talking about?"

"Oh, uhhh," Tommy stuttered,

"You'll have to see for yourself."