opperation F.I.N.A.L F.A.N.T.A.S.Y.7

[delightfuliza]

this is Cool! please more ^^

[nathalie]

thanks! heres chapter 3!!!
oh, and in case you cant tell, the prseident is Father
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Nigel sat on a seat in the train, watching with mild interest, as Wally was shouting at a company employee who was sitting in his usual seat, while Rachel was trying to clam him down.
“Wally, find somewhere else to sit!” se cried
Finally Wally sat in another seat, scowling “You were lucky this time, ya cruddy adult!”
Nigel sighed and looked out the window, but all he could see were the walls of the tunnel whizzing past
“I think were almost there,” Rachel said as she pulled on her fighting gloves
Suddenly the emergency light started blinking
“Attention passengers! There are conformed suspicious characters aboard! Immediate lockdown and passenger check with commence!” the loudspeaker announced
“Crap! They found out about us!” Wally shouted, “Get to the front of the train!”
He, Nigel and Rachel ran to the firs car as she doors shut behind them
“We can’t stay here! We gotta jump!”
“From a moving train?! Are you crazy?!”
“Its not going that fast!” Wally said as he opened the door and jumped out
“Wish me luck!” Rachel said as she jumped out. Nigel sighed and followed her. he landed with a somersault. Wally was scowling “They got one of the id check laser security gate things! We can’t go that way!”
Nigel noticed a small vent shaft “Hey! we can go this way!” he said as he pulled off the grate. They climbed inside and crawled through the shaft “I think this leads directly to the reactor. They reached the end and hopped out “Hmm.... no sign of security. suspicious if you ask me...”
“Its nothing !” Wally said as he headed to the reactor. Nigel frowned and followed him. he watched as Wally set up the bomb.. suddenly there was a familiar flash of pain in his head, and he collapsed in a semi conscious state. Deep in his mind, he saw a memory of Rachel, who was sitting by her dead father, crying “S-Sephiroth did this to you, didn’t he...” she sobbed
“NIGEL!”
“SNAP OUTTA it!!”
“Huh?” Nigel shook his head “Sorry....”
“well, the bomb set up. we just need to get out of here and activate it!”
they were running across the bridge near the exit when suddenly a crowd of guards surrounded them
“I knew it! The lack of security meant a trap!” /Nigel cried.
“So, you must be those Kids Next Door I heard so much about” a voice said
Even though he couldn’t see him in the shadows, Nigel recognized his voice
“Long time no see, President Wigglestein.” he said
”Long time no see? Oh, you, you’re the one who quit SOLDIER and joined the kids next door. I knew you’ve been exposed to mako by the look in you eyes. Tell me traitor, what was your name?”
“Nigel”
“Forgive me for not remembering, I can’t be expected to remember each persons name, unless you become another Sephiroth. Yes, he was brilliant.... perhaps too brilliant...”
“Don’t give a damn bout all of that!!” Wally shouted “This place is goin up with a bang soon! Serves a cruddy evil adults right!!”
“And such a waste of good fireworks, just to get rid of brats like you..” the President said unintimidated.
“BRATS??! THATS ALL YOU CAN SAY YOU JACKASS?!”
“You are beginning to bore me. I’m a very busy man, so if you’ll excuse me, I have a dinner I must attend.”
“DINNER?! DONT GIMME THAT! I HAVENT EVEN START WITH YIU YET!!!!”
“But I’ve arranged a playmate for you all” he snapped his fingers and a giant robot appeared
“WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!
“This is ‘Airbuster’, a techno soldier. Our weapon department created it. I’m sure the data it extracts from your dead bodies will b of great use to use in future experiments. Now then, if you’ll excuse me...” he left
“Nigel! we gotta do something about that thing!”
“Right!”
the robot came at them, but they were ready, af6ter a long battle, they defeated it, and it exploded
however, the explosion knocked down the part of the bridge Nigel was standing on. He grabbed the edge of the bridge and held on for dear life as the floor gave way beneath him
“Nigel! Hold on!!” Rachel cried, reaching for him
“Rachel! Get out of here! I’ll be fine!” Nigel shouted
“You heard him! Let go!” Wally shouted as he grabbed
Rachel.
another explosion shook the bridge causing Nigel to lose his grip, sending him falling
“NIGEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

[nathalie]

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chapter 4: the Flower Girl~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Hey.... you all rigt?" a voice asked. for some reason, it seemed quie familiar, though nNigel never heard it before
".... yeah..."
"back then... you couldve just gotten by with skinned knees...."
"What do you mean by back then? who are you"
"Dont worry about me... you just worry about yourself..."
"OMIGOD! ARE YOU OK?!" a voice cried
Nigel groaned and opened his eyes. a girl stood over him, a worried exprseeion on her face. he recognized her as the flower girl he met on the street
"um... yeah...."
"Thank goodness! the flowers mustve boken your fall!"
he looked up and saw the big hole he mustve fallen through. he realzied that the place he was mustve been right under the plate the reacor was on. he sat up and looked around. he was in a small chucrh filled with flowers gorwing.
"....sorry about crashing through your rrof and landing on the flowers...."
she smiled "thats all right! the flowers here are uite resilient here because this is a sacred place. they say you cant grow plants in Midgar, but for some reason, they grow quite well here.
I love it here"
in the light, he could fully see what she looked like. she was a very preety girl with long, slightly ruffled,strawberry blond hair half pulled back with a large pink ribbon, and had large, wise and kind green eyes. she was wearing a long pink dress and a red vest "So, do you remeber me?"
"Yeah, you were selling flowers in the street"
"thats right! oh, and thnaks for buying my flowers... now thta you mention it, we dont know eachothers names, do we. Im Claire"
"The names Nigel'
"Do you have a job Nigel?
"I do a littl bit of everything..."
"A jack of all trades, huh." she looked over at the door and saw someone, and a worried exprseeion crossed her face "Um, Nigel, have you been a body guard? you do everything right?"
"Right"
"Then, do you think ou can escort me home? Now?"
"well, ok.... but itll cost you..."
"oh really.... hm...I know! How about a date?"
"............um...ok....."
"Great!"
"Hey, you just ignoring that were here?" a voice demanded
Nigel looked up to see a boy standing at the door way. He had slightly tousled brown hair with a pair of goggles strapped under his bangs, and icy blue eyes. he had tan skin and a orthadontal brace, and was wearing a familiar blue unifrom, that was open vested, tieless, andrumpled. there were sevreal soldiers behind him
"that unifrorm... youre ones of the Turks, arent you" Nigel asked
"Thats right. The names Lenny. So anyways, Were taking the girl"
"What?!"
"You nheard me, now hand her over!"
"No way!" Nigel growled, taking out his sword
"Dont fight here! youll ruin the flowers!" Claire cried
"Good point...." nigle resheathed his sword and grabbed her hand and pulled her to the back exit "Lets get out of here!"

[shimaiandinfinity]

just wondering who would you cast as Sephiroth?

[nathalie]

I cast him as himself^^ noone could replace him XP

[nathalie]

Lenny frowned “his eyes...they were mako eyes...” he turned to the soldiers “all right, what are you standing around for? Go after them! ...oh, and.. don’t step on the flowers...”
“But sir, YOURE already standing on them!”
he looked down at the flowers under his feet “...so?”

meanwhile, Nigel and Claire climbed up to the rafters and escaped through a hole in the roof
Claire sighed and sat down “They’re after me again...”
“You mean this isn’t the first time they were after you?”
“No...” she shook her head
“That kid was parts of the TURKS, an organization in Wigglestein. They take care of business like information, spying, kidnapping, and assassinations... you know, the works”
“Yes... they seem like it...”
“but why would they be after you?”
“I honestly don’t know...”
“Well then, lets go” he stood up
“Hey, Nigel, were you ever in SOLDIER?”
“I used to be... how did you guess?”
“Your eyes... they have a strange glow to them...”
“That’s the sign of someone who’s been infused with Mako... the mark of a SOLDIER. but how did you know about that?”
“Oh... nothing...” she stood up “Come on, lets go!”
they ran across the roof and finally got down to the streets “Whew, we made it! come on! my house is over there!”
he followed her to a wall. she smiled and opened the gate “This is my house!”
His mouth opened in awe as he looked around. the house itself was a quaint little cottage, and there was a large garden, completed with a little waterfall.
“wow...”
she went inside “Mom, I’m home!”
a kind looking woman in a green apron and brown hair in a red came out of the kitchen “Oh Claire! you’re home!”
“This Nigel, my bodyguard””
“Body guard? you mean you were followed again? were you hurt?”
:I was fine mom! I had Nigel with me~”
“well, that’s a relief... Thank you Nigel. My name is Elmyra.”
“So Nigel what are going to do now?” Claire asked
“Is Sector Seven far from here? I need to get back to Rachel’s bar”
“Is Rachel..... a girl?”
“yeah”
“A girl.... Friend?”
“Huh? do you mean_”
“Its perfectly all right if you are...”
“N-no! were just friends!”
“Well that’s nice. Sector 7 is just a few neighborhoods away! I’ll take you there!”
“Thanks, but you probably shouldn’t. you might put yourself in danger”
“That’s all right. I’m used to it!”
“Used to it?! Well anyways, I dunno... getting help from a girl...”
“A girl?! what do you mean by that?!”
“I didn’t mean it in a sexist way...”
“Well I’m not sitting by after hearing you say something like that!” she stood up “Mom, I’m taking Nigel to sector 7! Ill is back in a while!”
“but dear...” elmyra sighed “... I give up... you never listened once you’ve made up your mind... But it’s getting late. you should go tomorrow morning!”
“Yeah.. you’re right... I’ll go prepare your room Nigel!” she ran upstairs
Elmyra turned to Nigel “I’m worried about her..... I don’t want her to get hurt. Nigel, if you wouldn’t mind... do you think you can leave tonight, without telling Claire?”
Nigel nodded “I understand...”
“Come on Nigel!” Claire cried from upstairs
Claire showed him a room “You’ll need to go through sector six to get to sector seven. It’s a little dangerous, so you’ll want to get some rest. good night!” she left
Nigel groaned “Oh man...” he flopped on his bed and closed his eyes
he heard that mysterious voice again
“You seem pretty tired...”
“Huh? oh, its you again...”
“I haven’t slept in a bed like this for a long time. ever since that day...”
Nigel opened his eyes “I must’ve fallen asleep” he looked at the clock “9:30... Claire should be asleep by now....” he left his room and walked across the hallway. he almost reached the stairs when he stepped on a creaky floorboard
“Nigel?” Claire poked her head out of her room “What are you doing up? get some sleep!”
he sighed “All right Claire...” he headed back to his room and waited for a few minutes “ Try to not get caught this time...” he said reminded himself quietly as he snuck out again. he managed to get out of the house this time.

he was almost at sector six when
“You’re up early” a voice said coldly. he whirled around to see Claire standing against a wall, glaring at him
“C-Claire! w-what are you doing here?”
“somehow I knew you’d try to sneak out....”
“Look, I can explain_”
“No need, I know you were trying to keep me out of this”
“I’m only doing it for your safety.”
“I told you, I’ll be fine! now come on, lets go.”
they proceeded through sector 6 without any problems, except for the occasional mugger or two.
finally they reached the playground in sector seven
“So, I guess this is goodbye... you gonna be all right heading home?”
“”Yes.... but I don’t feel like going home right now.”
“hmm...” Nigel thought “Hey Claire, why don’t you come with me, and meet Rachel?”
“Won’t I be in your way?”
“What do you mean, in the way?”
“Nothing... “ she smiled at the playground “I remember I used to play here all the time when I was little...” she said as she climbed to the top of the slide and sat down. she motioned for Nigel to sit next to her
they sat in silence for a while, than Claire spoke “so, what rank were you?”
“Rank?”
“you know, in soldier”
“Oh... I was...” suddenly a thought came to him capriciously “...first class...”
“hm... just the same as him...” she said quietly
“Same as who?”
“My first boyfriend”
“Were you guys serious?”
“Not really, but I liked him”
“I probably knew him. what was his name?”
“It doesn’t really matter...”
suddenly a decorated cart drove by. Nigel noticed Rachel on it. she was wearing makeup, and a sparkly blue dress.
“Huh? Rachel?!”
“That girl was Rachel? where was she going?”
“looks like they’re heading for Wallmarket Street. come on lets follow them”

[aims]

oooh, this is cool, write some more!

[nathalie]

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chapter 5- Cross-dressing in Wallmarket~~~~~~~~~~~~


Nigel and Claire followed the cart to Wallmarket Street, the well-known and rather shady shopping district. The area seemed mostly inhabited by tough looking teens and kids.
Claire shuddered “This place seems scary, especially for a girl. Wed better find Rachel quick!”
They started asking around for Rachel. Finally, by what looked suspiciously like a strip club, they got a lead
“Oh, Rachel! She’s our newest girl. She’s over at the don’s place!”
“The Don?”
“Yeah. His names Ernest. He pretty much owns the place. He lives in the big house at the end of the street”
“What’s she doing there?”
“Well, he’s looking for a ‘girlfriend’ so every week, he takes several girls and picks one off them to see if she’s a suitable candidate!”
“Uhoh, that sounds like trouble. Wed better go over there”
They thanked him and headed for the manor.
A guard came up “Hey buddy, get the hell outta here! The dons not interested in guys! Your girlfriend can go in though”
Claire turned to Nigel “Sorry Nigel. I have to go in alone, but I’ll tell Rachel about you”
“You cant!”
“Why not?”
“You... DO know what kind of place this is, don’t you?”
“Then what am I supposed to do? You want to go with me?”
“Well, being a guy, that’ll be pretty hard, but I can’t let you go in alone! But we need to find out if Rachel’s all right! Oh man, what’re we going to do....”
Claire thought for a bit, then a smile crossed across her face, and she started giggling
“What’s so funny?”
“I have an idea! Nigel, ... why don’t you disguise yourself as a girl?”
“...WHAT?!”
“Its the only way!” she walked up to the guard “I’ll be back soon, and I’ll also bring a friend!”
“Claire, I cant...” Nigel moaned
“You’re worried about Rachel aren’t you? than come on!” she pulled him to a clothing store
she walked up to the girl at the counter “Excuse me, we need a dress”
the tired looking girl looked up from the counter. her nametag read Carol “Yeah sure, the dresses are back there. the small sizes are on the left”
“Actually, its not for me. its for him” Claire looked over at Nigel
Carol stared “um... we don’t have dresses in his size...”
“But we need one! its for something really important!”
“Well, one could be made, but my brother’s the one who makes all the dresses”
“Where is your brother?”
“Probably plastered at the bar”
“So, we can’t get a dress unless we do something about your brother?”
“I guess so, sorry that he’s caused so much trouble”
“That’s all right. we’ll go bring him back”
Claire and Nigel left the store and headed for the bar. they noticed a teenage boy in the corner with a nametag that read “George”
“Excuse me, are you Carol’s brother?” Claire asked
“Yeah, what do you want”
“I need you to make him some clothes” Claire said, nodding over at Nigel
“I don’t make guys clothes, and I don’t feel like making anything right now!”
Claire turned to Nigel “Nigel, why don’t you go over there and get something to drink? I’ll try to talk to him”
Nigel nodded and headed for the counter
“You know George, my friend there always said that just once, he’d like to dress up like a girl. So that’s why I wanted to get a cute dress for him!”
“What? a tough looking guy like that?”
“so how bout it? will you make him one?”
“Might be interesting. I was getting a little bored just making regular clothes anyways.”
“Than you’ll do it?”
“Yeah, all right. what kind of dress do you want?”
“Hmm.... something that feels soft, and shimmery. and he likes the color purple”
“Got it. It’ll be ready in a couple of hours”
“thank you very much!”

later, they came back to the store. George was waiting with the dress, a padded bra, and a wig
“Its ready! go try it on!”
Nigel sighed and went into the fitting room
he took off his clothes and tired to put on the bra
“How do you put this thing on?” he grunted
he heard a giggle, and he saw Claire peeking “I never thought YOUD wear rainbow monkey undies!” she giggled
“Claire, stop looking!!”
“Turn around, let me help you with that bra!” he turned around, and she put it on properly
eventually Nigel came out. The dress was a long sleeved purple one, and he was wearing red heels, and a brown pigtailed wig
“Oh Nigel! you look so cute!!!” Claire squealed
he turned beat red, then his mouth dropped open when he saw what she looked like.
she was wearing a long red satin dress, makeup, and her hair was down
“wow... you look....”
“Oh, I just thought ?I should dress up too! now come here I need to put make up on you!
finally they were ready, and they headed to the manor. Nigel still felt humiliated

[delightfuliza]

Haha! xD Nigel in a dress! this is great Nat! please write more ^^

[aims]

lol, that was cute!, you should do more.

and just one question: Is Fanny and Patton going to come into it anytime? just wonderin

[nathalie]

well, Im still thinking of who they should be...
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When they got there, he was worried that the guard would recognize him, but he didn’t
“Dang, your friends hot too! All right, you two can go in!”
They went in, where another guy was waiting for them “Hey ladies! I’ll go let the don know you’re here! But first I need your names.”
“I’m Claire, and this is, um, Nigelina!”
“All right! Ill go tell him now, don’t go wandering around!” he left, and Claire turned to Nigel “NOW’s our chance! Lets go find Rachel!”
They started searching, and eventually they found her in the basement. Nigel hid in the corner, embarrassed. Claire walked up to Rachel
“Rachel? I’m Claire, Nigel’s told me a lot about you!”
“How do you know Nigel? Wait, you’re that girl who was with him at the park!
“Right, but we just met, so don’t worry, its nothing”
“What do you mean, don’t worry? Nigel and I are just old friends, nothing more!”
“Poor Nigel, having to stand here ad listen to us call him nothing, Right Nigel?” Claire said, looking over to where he was hiding
“Nigel? Is that you?” Rachel asked
Nigel walked out, his face flaming red, and Rachel’s mouth dropped open
“Nigel?! why are you in drag?! and what are you doing here?! were you hurt during the fall?!”
“Hey, give me a chance to answer! I’m dressed like this cause there was no other way to get in, and was here to see if you were ok, and I’m all right. Claire helped me.”
“oh... Claire did...” she said with a slight frown. she smiled again “well, thanks for coming”
“Rachel explains, what are you doing in a place like this?
“Well, when we got back form the reactor, there was this suspicious guy, so Wally caught him and squeezed information outta him”
“let me guess. Ernest’s name popped up”
“Right. so I decided to go undercover. I think the don has some information. anyways, I’m kinda in a bind. you probably heard that he’s looking for a girlfriend. I have to be the girl to get close enough to him for information, or else I’m out for the night!”
“well, if you know the two other girls, say us, then there’s no problem right?” Claire piped up
“No Claire! I don’t want you involved!” Nigel cried
“Oh, so its all right for Rachel to be in danger? “ Claire said, glaring at him
“No, I don’t want Rachel to be either!”
“you sure you’re all right with this Claire?”
Claire nodded “I grew up in the slums, so I’m used to danger”
“I probably don’t need to ask but... the other girl is gonna be me, right” Nigel groaned
“You’re right, there was no need to ask:”
they walked into the don’s office
“Introducing, tonight’s choice of girls, Claire, Nigelina, and Rachel!”
the don himself was a tough looking teenage boy with a wide brimmed hat
“all right, we got a cute batch this time! Now lets se...” he examined them carefully “ Should I pick this one....” he looked at Nigel “Or this one?” he looked at Rachel
“all right, I made my decision. I’m picking..... This chick!” he said putting his arm around Rachel
“oh Ernie, you shouldn’t have!” Rachel giggled, putting on a fake grin
“Don’t call me Ernie. Now, lets go in the back, shall we?” he turned to his lackeys “ you two can have the other chicks!”
“All right!” they grinned and grabbed Nigel and Claire
“Hey! Let us go!”
they took the two to separate rooms..
“Hey fellas! the don gave us a really cute one this time!” the lackey said, pushing Nigel into the rec room
“All right!” they crowded around Nigel
“Dang you’re hot!”
“really well built too! look at those muscles!”
“and the eyes, they got a cool glowy effect!”
“Lets have fun!!”
“r-really boys, that’s all right... I don’t want to...” Nigel said in a girly vice
“aw... why not?”
“Because... because” he frowned and switched to his normal voice “Because I not interested in a buncha scruffs like you!!’ he store off the wig and the dress, and the bra. he stood there in his underwear, sword drawn
“HOLY SHIT! SHES A GUY!!!”
“THAT IS SO WRONG!!!”
“LET GETR HIM!!!”
they charged at him, but he quickly beat them up
he quickly pulled on his clothes and went to find Claire. he found her in the basement “Claire! Are you all right?!”
“I’m fine! I admit, I was freaked out!”
“At least you’re safe! Lets go get Rachel!”


meanwhile, Rachel was on Ernest’s bed
“What’s wrong cutie? you look anxious!”
“I’m not anxious!” she lied ‘But, there’s something I need to ask...”
“Oh that question. Don’t worry, I'm single!”
“No, not that...”
“Well, we’ll talk later. I’m ready for some fun! he pulled off his shirt
“No wait, I’m not ready for it yet!” she jumped off the bed
suddenly Nigel and Claire burst into the room “Rachel!!”
“hey, what’s goin on?!” Ernie demanded
“You just don’t get it, do you Ernie” Rachel growled, pulling on her gloves “All right, what’s your plans against the knd?!”
“I was ordered to find that kid with the gun arm!”
“By who?!”
“I can’t tell you or else they’d do me in!!
“Tell us!! or else!”
“I-it was Mr. Boss, head of public safety maintenance at Wigglestein! And they’re trying to crush the KND and are planning to infiltrate their hideout! and they’re planning to crush the support pillar under the plate above their hideout in the sector seven slums!!”
“They’re gonna wipe out sector seven?! We gotta go warn everyone!” they headed to the door
“Just a seconded!” Ernie said “How do you think guys like me when they spill the beans?”
“They’re sure they’ll win?” Claire asked
“that’s right!” he pushed a button and a trapdoor opened under them. They ell into the sewers
“EW!! GROSS!! THAT BASTARD!!” Rachel shouted
“Well at least the worst is over!” Claire said. suddenly they heard a growl behind them “or not...” they whirled around to see a huge monster behind them
it charged at them. Claire gasped and lifted her hands. a bright green light shot out of them and hit it, knocking it down
‘”Wow Claire, you do magic?”
she blushed “well a little bit. now quickly, lets go!”

[delightfuliza]

Its great Nat, I love it!! ^^ more please

[nathalie]

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chapter 6: attack on the pillar~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Meanwhile, the president was listening to Mr. Boss explaining about the preparations of the pillar
“The preparations are going very smoothly. I assigned the Turks to set up the bombs”
“Sir...” a thin, teenage dark-skinned boy spoke up “Are we really going to destroy a group with just a few members, along with a whole town?”
“What’s the problem Maurice, you want out?
“No, but as the head of the urban development department, I’ve been involved in the building and running of Midgar, that’s all Maurice said, looking at the ground
“Maurice, you should flush those personal problems away in the morning” Mr. Boss snorted
“You’re tired, why don’t you take a couple of days off and go somewhere?”
“But sir_” Maurice protested
“You two are excused”
They nodded and left
The president smirked to himself “We’ll destroy sector seven and say that it was the KND who did it, and they’ll be destroyed themselves! This is perfect...” he chuckled evilly


Meanwhile,
“Claire, I’m sorry I got you mixed up in all of this...” Nigel said as they headed towards sector 7
“Don’t tell me to go home!” Claire protested
They arrived in sector seven, where a crowd was crowded around the pillar, looking up
“What’s going on?”
“I don’t know...”
“It sounds like there’s an attack!”
“We made it! The pillars still standing!” Rachel said
“Wait, you hear the gunfire above us?”
Long with the gunfire, they could also hear Wally cursing loudly
“That’s Wally! We have to go up and help him!”
“Right. Everybody! It’s dangerous here! Everyone get away from the pillar and get outta sector 7!”
The crowd rushed out of the area
“I’m going up!” Nigel announced, “Claire, this time I really want you to stay down here!”
Claire sighed “fine”
“Claire, at my soda bar called “Seventh Heaven” there’s a little boy named Joey! Take him to somewhere safe!” Rachel said
Claire nodded “I know just where to take him!” she ran out of the area, and Rachel and Nigel started to climb the stairs to the top. They saw Wally shooting like crazy
“WALLY!”
“Rachel! Nigel! You came! Careful, they’re attacking from the helicopter!”
“We gotta stop them before_”
“You’re too late!” they whirled around to see Lenny leaning by a computed console, smirking “Once I push that button, the countdown will start@” he pressed the button “that’s all folks! Mission accomplished!”
“We have to disarm that bomb!” Rachel cried
Lenny frowned “I can’t have you do that. No one gets in the way of Lenny and the Turks!” he pulled out a short metal rod from his pocket and pressed a button, extending it several feet, and sparks flew from the end “Like it? Its my Electro Mag Rod, my special weapon!” he charged at them
Rachel sidestepped and knocked an uppercut and a hardy roundhouse kick on him, Nigel slashed him on shoulder and Wally got a few shots in the leg. Eventually Lenny fell to his knees defeated. “Damn...” he hissed
Nigel ran to the bomb and tried to dismantle it “Damn it! Its not a normal time bomb!”
“That’s right, you’ll have a hard time disarming that one. It’ll blow the second some stupid jerk touches it,” a voice said. They turned around to see a boy with nicely combed blonde hair and icy blue eyes. Like Lenny, he was wearing a Turk uniform, except it was organized and had a tie
“Please stop it!” Rachel begged
The boy smirked “Only an executive can set up or disarm the emergency plate release system”
“SHUT YER HOLE!!!!” Wally shouted as he fired
“I wouldn’t do that, you just might make me injure our special guest...” he stepped aside to show Claire being held in the helicopter
“CLAIRE!!!”
“Oh, you know each other? How nice you could see each other one last time...”
“What are you gonna do with Claire?”
“Were not quite sure. Our orders were to find and catch the last Ancient. It’s taken us a while, but I can finally report this to the president:
“Rachel, don’t worry, Joey’s all right!” Claire cried “Hurry and get out of here!”
“It should be starting just about now... think you get away in time,” the Turk asked as he dragged Lenny to the helicopter and flew off
“We gotta get out of here!”
“Oi! We can use this wire to get out!” Wally shouted as he unhooked a wire. They all grabbed on and swung away as the pillar blew up. People below screamed and ran around as large chucks rained down on them. The president and his daughter were watching the explosion form the headquarters, smirking

[nathalie]

The gang landed on the ground safely. Wally looked at the debris and screamed in rage
“JOEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BIGGS!!! WEDGE!!! JESSIE!!! DAMNIT!!! GODDAMKIT!!! WHAT THE HELLS IT AL FOR?! AARGHH~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
“Hey Wally!”
“Wally! calm down!!!”
Wally fell to his knees “Joey.....”
“Wally, Joey’s safe! Claire took her somewhere”
“That’s an enormous relief...” he looked down sadly “but the others we all fought together... I don’t wanna think of them as dead...”
“And the other people in sector 7...”
“This is all screwed up! they destroyed an entire just to get us! they killed so many people!”
“Are you saying it’s our fault? because the KND was here? innocent people lost their lives because of us?”
“No Rachel, hell no it aint us!! It’s the damn Wigglestein!! They’re evil and destroying our planet just to build their power! if we don’t get rid of them they’re going to kill the Earth! Our fight aint over until we get rid of them!!”

they headed to Claire’s house. Elmyra was waiting at the door with a worried expression
“Its about Claire, isn’t it” she said
“Sorry... the company got her...”
“I know... they took her from here... she said shed go with them if they didn’t hurt me or Joey”
“Why are they after Claire?”
“Claire is an Ancient... the sole survivor...”
“But aren’t you her mother?”
“I’m her foster mother... it was several years ago. I was at the train station, waiting for my husband to return home from the war. I saw an injured woman with a little girl. She told me to take care of her daughter, Claire, then she died. I had no children of my own, so I took Claire in. we became very close. She told me how she and her mother escaped from a research laboratory. she was a mysterious child in many ways. One day, she told me that she sensed my husband just died. tat first I didn’t believe her, but then I got a letter saying that he died, and that’s how it was. one day, a young boy named Jack, who was head of the Turks, came
Flashback
“We want you to return Claire to us. We’ve been searching her for a long time” the blonde boy said
“No! Never!” Claire cried
“Claire, you’re a very special child. You are of special blood. your real mother was an Ancient. The Ancients will lead us to a land of supreme happiness. Claire could bring happiness to all those in the slums. that’s why Wigglestein would like her cooperation.”
“He’s wrong@ I’m not an Ancient! I’m not!” Claire protested
“But Claire, surely you hear voices sometimes when you’re all alone”
Claire just started crying and ran form the room
end flashback
“But I knew about her mysterious powers. she tried so hard to hide it, so I acted as though I never noticed.”
“Its amazing how she avoided the for all these years” Nigel said
“Claire was caught because of Joey?!” Wally suddenly shouted “I’m sorry...Joey’s my baby brother...”
“You’re his older brother?! HW in the world could you ever leave a child alone like that?!”
“Please don’t start with that, I think about it all the time! But you must understand something... I don’t have a choice, I want to be with Joey, but I must fight! Cause if I don’t the planets going to die, so I’m gonna keep fighting! but I’m worried about Joey....”
“I understand what you’re saying. He’s upstairs asleep, why don’t you go and see him”
Wally nodded and ran upstairs, Nigel following. he walked up to Wally hugging Joey tightly. “I’m so glad you’re all right...”: he looked up at Nigel “You gonna go help Claire right? she’s done so much for me! If it’s the Wigglestein you’re dealing with, I can just sit here! I’m coming too!!”

meanwhile
“Ow!!!” Lenny groaned as the nurse retied his bandages “Watch where you’re pulling!”
“Well, why don’t you stop fidgeting, it’ll hut less” Jack said rather broadly
Lenny’s partner, David chuckled “They really cut you up this time, Len!”
David was a tall thin boy with brown hair, and a dark pair of shades covered his eyes
“Shut UP David! for once I can’t wait to get back to work so I can pay back those jerks!”
“Unfortunately Lenny, you wont be able to go back on the field for a while, so were having a replacement for you for the time being.” Jack said
“oh really, who?”
“Tabitha.”
“What?! you’re replacing me with HER??! she’s like the farthest away from Turk material!”
“Its only temporary Lenny, so get rested up.”
Lenny scowled and slumped back on his bed, wincing in pain.

[nathalie]

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chapter 7: Break into Wigglestein HQ~~~~~~~~~~~

the gang arrived at Wigglestein HQ.
“Hey, you ought to know this building pretty well” Wally told Nigel
“Not really. this is the first Time I’ve every been to headquarters’
“I heard that every floor above the 60th is special, and it’s not even easily accessible even to employees. must be where they took Claire. lets go!” the entered. it looked like a usual lobby inside
“Welcome to Wigglestein Incorporated, do you have a appointment?” the receptionist asked
“Don’t need no appointment, this is an emergency! anyone who doesn’t want their face bashed better get out of the way!!”
“SECURITY!!!” several guards showed up, the gang defeated them. they rushed into the elevator and pressed the up button.
Nigel sighed “I didn’t want to start a ruckus until we saved Claire. should’ve known that was impossible though.”
Wally chuckled “So there are times when even you fight for other people. I’m impressed”
“Who cares f you’re impressed/?”
they reached the 60th floor. “ hmm... how are we going to get even higher...”
“I know1 we can go through the air conducting vent!”
they climbed through the vent until they heard voices. “Hey, I think we’re over the boardroom!” Nigel whispered. they watched the scene through the grating.
“Gees, that’s a lot of suits!” Wally whispered, looking at the executives
Maurice was talking “We have the damage estimates for sector 7. considering the factories are already said up and all the investments, the damage is estimate cost to rebuild sector 7 is_”
“Were not rebuilding” the president interrupted “Were leaving sector 7 as it is, and starting the Neo-Midgar plan”
“And the Ancients?”
“The Promised Land will soon be ours. I want you to raise the mako rates 15% in every area.”
“rate hike!! and please include the space program in the budget!” Mr. Toilenator said excitedly
“Maurice and Cree will divide the extra income form the rate increase.”
Toilenator pouted
“Sir, if you raise the rates the people will lose confidence” Maurice said
“It’ll be all right. the ignorant citizens wont lose confidence.”
a gaunt man with thin glasses and greasy black hair and in a lab coat walked in
“Dr. Hojo, how’s the girl?”
“As a specimen, she is inferior to her mother. I’m still in the process of comparing her to her mother Ifalna, but for now the difference is 18%”
“How long will the research take?”
“Probably 120 years. It’s impossible to finish in our lifetime, and in hers. That’s why were thinking of breeding her. Then we could create one that could withstand our research for a long time.”
the president stood up “that concludes our meeting”
they left the scene.
“they were talking about Claire, right?”
“Probably.”
“Lets follow them!” they climbed out of the vent and went to the 67th floor
“I remember Hojo. He’s in charge of the science department. this is the first time I’ve actually seen him though....” Nigel said
they followed Hojo to the labs, and hid as they watched him come up t a scientist.
“Is this today’s specimen?” the scientist asked, looking inside a tank. inside was a creature that resembled a giant skunk
“Yes. Were starting right away. raise it to the upper level.” he walked to the other room
“specimen? Is it going to be used for a biological experiment?” Rachel asked
Nigel didn’t hear. he was staring into a specimen tank “Jenova....” he whispered. he clutched his head, flashes of pain running through “ Jenova.... Sephiroth’s...” he regained his sense “so they brought her here...”
“Nigel what’s going on?”
“Look, she’s moving...”
they looked inside. inside was what looked like the figure of a headless woman. she had pale blue skin laced with red markings, and red growths of what looked like scaly wings were on her back. several tentacles hung limply, and the body occasionally twitched
“Where’s its head?! this whole things stupid, lets keep goin” Wally said. they headed to the next room where they saw Claire inside a tank with the specimen they saw earlier.
“CLAIRE!!!”
Hojo looked up from his files “Oh, is that her name? what do you want?”
“Were taking her back!!!”
Wally aimed his gun at Hojo
“Are you going to kill me? I don’t think you should. the equipment is very delicate. without me, who could operate it?”
“NIGEL HELP!!” Claire Cried as the specimen came towards her
“What do you think you’re doing?!” Nigel cried
“Lending a helping hand to endangered species. both of them are eon the brink of extinction! if I don’t help, these animals will disappear!”
“Claire is a human being!” Rachel cried
“You’re gonna pay!!!” Wally fired at the tank, breaking it
“NO!!!”
the skunk ran out and tackled Hojo
Nigel ran to Claire “Claire! are you ok?!”
“I’m fine, thanks Nigel”
“I suppose I should thank you” a voice said. Nigel looked down to see the skunk
“It talked?!” Rachel cried
“I’ll talk as much as you want later Miss” it said
“What’s your name?”
“My real name is Bradley...”
“Wed better get out of here!”
they ran into the main elevator and started descending “Now that Claire’s back, lets leave this place!”
suddenly the door opened, and David and Jack came in
“It must’ve been a real thrill for you, breaking in. did you enjoy it?” Jack asked smirking
“Shit!” Nigel growled, realizing they were trapped