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Final Fantasy

Eternal Silence

Chapter 2

"Clear the entrance!!!"

Jessie pushed a small red button on a control panel, then ran for the exit. The rest of the terrorists followed. Before they could make it out, the entrance to Makou reactor #1 burst into flames.

"SHIT!" Barret shouted as he jumped through. Cloud followed, then came Biggs and Jessie.

"Geez, Jess, couldn't you have added an extra five seconds?" Biggs commented, as he smothered a flame on his sleeve.

"Oh! Well maybe you should just run faster!" Counter-acted Jessie.

"Awright, enough of yer bickering." Barret yelled, earning everyone's attention. "Get the hell outta here before the Shin-Ra come. Split up, and meet at the Sector 8 station. Move out!"

Jessie and Biggs hopped over a fence and disappeared into the darkness. Barret headed up a rotted set of wooden stairs, but was interrupted by Cloud.

"Hey, wait…"

"Look, if it's about yer money, save it when we ain't being chased by the Shin-Ra!"

With that, Barret ran off. Cloud sighed and kicked a stone, watching it skip across the pavement. "Well maybe I should leave too…" He jammed one hand into his pocket and walked up the stairs also.

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"Hey, move it!!" A punk kid ran through the alley, knocking a young woman over in the commotion.

"Ouch… hey, watch where you're going next time!" The girl sighed, standing up. She looked down at her basket of flowers, and picked it up. "Well, at least my flowers are safe.." She looked up, brushing the dirt off her pink dress, and saw a young man with spiky blonde hair passing through.

"Excuse me…"

Cloud looked up. "Hmm…?"

"What happened?"

Cloud shook his head, "Nothing…" He took notice of the flowers then. "Hey… don't see many of those around here."

The girl cocked her head, "Oh, do you like them? They're only a gil…"

Cloud dug his hand out of his pocket, pulling out a five-gil coin. He took the young lady's hand, and placed it in her palm.

"Keep the change.."

The flower girl smiled, and looked into her basket. She pulled out a pink iris flower, and handed it to him.

"Thank you."

Cloud nodded, "Thank you. And be careful… there was an explosion recently. Maybe you should head home."

The girl nodded back, and began to walk away. Cloud looked on, "Something about her…"

His thoughts were interrupted with a train whistle.

"Oh shit…"

Cloud started to run down the street, towards the station. Two Shin-Ra guards took notice. "Hey, you!!"

"Crap…" Cloud stopped, dead center on the bridge.

"Don't move any farther, or we'll shoot!"

"I don't have time to be screwin' with you guys!"

"Enough yappin'… grab him!"

The train whistled again, and started moving, right under the bridge. Cloud ran to the edge, and jumped.

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