Final Fantasy

Eternal Silence

Chapter 5

"Move out!!"

Barret motioned to the others, jumping off the still-moving train. "Yo! Split up!" Tifa and Cloud ran off into one direction, equipping materia as they ran. "Meet up at the entrance of the reactor in 10 minutes!"

"Cloud, you got your sword, right?"

Cloud looked at Tifa, while pulling out his Buster sword, "Yeah. Why wouldn’t I?"

Tifa took a battle stance, and motioned in front of them to a group of hedgehog pies, "Because we got company…"

~*~

"Ready?"

Aeris nodded, "Ready." Sephiroth took hold of her arm, and they jumped off a ledge, falling quickly towards the hard cement below. Just before hitting the ground, Sephiroth casted a float spell. They softly floated the rest of the way down. "Good timing."

Sephiroth smirked, "Thanks." He looked up towards the core and looked back towards Aeris, "Stay here and stand watch while I arm the bomb."

She nodded and gave him a quick hug, "Be careful."

He smiled and hugged back, and took out Masamune, "No worry there. I’ll be right back." He went to the ladder and climbed up to the core. Aeris watched for a moment, but then felt a sharp pain go through her shoulder.

"INTRUDER DETECTED. COMMAND: DESTROY."

She turned around and saw three robotic SOLDIERs, and held up her staff, "Just for that, I’m kickin’ your ass and then killing you."

One of them fired a beam at her head, but she jumped up and jammed her staff into its head, sending sparks off everywhere. The robot collapsed, and another came forward. It grabbed Aeris’ neck and started to squeeze. Trying not to panic, she started to kick it in the middle. Eventually she dented it enough where it loosened its grip, and she slipped out. Quickly, Aeris threw a thunder spell towards it, finishing it off. The last one aimed a gun at her and fired. Moving quickly, she rolled out of the line of fire and casted Bolt2. The robot jerked and sparked, until its charred remains fell to the floor with a sharp clang.

~*~

Sephiroth looked at the core, taking the bomb out of his cloak. "This should do it…" He pressed a few buttons and attached the bomb to the surface of the core. Moving fast, he climbed back down the ladder to retrieve his partner and get out of the reactor.

Aeris looked up at him, "Ready?"

Sephiroth nodded, "Yeah, let’s get out of here."

He took her hand in his and they ran off towards the exit.

~*~

"Fire!"

Tifa held up her palm and tossed a fireball, toasting the last hedgehog pie. Cloud put away his sword and looked at her, "Good move."

She smiled, "Thanks."

Without warning, Barret came running towards them, along with Biggs and Jessie. "Yo, get outta here!! We been ambushed! There’s a bomb!!"