Warped Perspective Part 2

Chapter 4

They helped with clean up at the factory. This mostly involved moving the bodies and identifying them. The wounded are moved to another place. Zackery was sicken by the state of the bodies. Xavier mainly did some maintenance on Highwind. Madnol, Vincent, Chancey, and Art helped with the dead. Madnol had trouble with dead things in general, but he gives a good try. He gets their “IDs” and writes their names down. Art and Vincent dealt with the bodies themselves. Moving them and touching them with gloves. They were about to leave when Kain radios them from New Midgar.

Kain, “I need you here now! Elos has broke into the Headquarters is somewhere near the generators.”

Madnol, “We are on our way.”

Zackery made sure everyone is board and they hurry back to New Midgar. Kain greeted them and says the intruders have been isolated in the lower levels. Kain stayed in the higher levels, while the others go down to the generators rooms. The rooms have been cleared out by Kain. They find Elos waiting for them.

Elos, “Hello, Art. I see your new allies are here too.”

Art, “What have you done?”

Elos, sarcastically, “Don’t you know? Oh, yeah! I blocked you out.... Shame, but it was orders from our master. You do remember your master?”

Art, was in shock, “You put explosives on the main generators?”

Zackery, ”The explosion from one generator could kill many people in the city above us! If he planted them on all of the generators.....”

Elos, “That isn’t my problem.”

Art, “Zackery, you and the others need take care of the bombs. I’ll fight Elos.”

Zackery,n yon you fight him alone?”

Art, “You people will get in my way. You don’t have the time to argue.”

Madnol, “He wants to fight you alone, Art.”

Art, “I know.”

Art gave them the generators needed to be saved. Chancey stayed behind with Art.

Zackery hurried over to generator G298. The generator was designed similar to the mako generators, but used fferfferent source of energy. Waiting in front of it is an enhanced soldier.

Zackery, “Get out of my way!”

The man didn’t move, so Zackery was forced to fight him. Zackery’s own fighting skills have improved during the month. He finds this man easier to deal with now and takes him out. After the man was killed, Zackery hurried over to the device. By radio, he learned the other three also had to fight a guard and were ready to disarm their devices. Through the radio, Kain gave them the instructions to disarm the bombs.

After the bomb is dismantled, Zackery hurried back to where Art and Elos are fighting. Before he got there, he could hear someone scream in pain. Art was on the floor, with Elos standing over him. Art was lying in a small pool of blood, bleeding from his stomach and face. Elos was also hurt, but not as badly. Chancey was glued to the wall in some strange sunce.nce. The other three came into the room and also saw this.

Art, weakly, “Kill him now!”

They begin to attack Elos. Elos knows he is outmatched and too wounded to start another fight, so he uses a smoke screen to escape. Chancey was released from her bonds. She runs to Art who is laying very still.

Chancey waits outsides, in the hall for word on Art’s condition. Zackery is also waiting with her. After some time, the doctor comes out. Madnol and Xaviere ove over to hear what the doctors has to say.

Doctor, “The man’s ability to regenerate is the only reason he is still alive now, but he may die anyway. Some sort of poison was injected into his body. He also lost his left eye and some of his intestinal tract. If he can outlast the poison, he still may recover.”

Chancey, “Thank you Doctor.”

They take her for some coffee and soup.

Chancey tries but, “I can’t eat. “

Madnol, “You have to keep up your strength.”

Chancey, “Art was strong and he still los! No, that isn't fair of me. He lost because of me.”

Zackery, “Tell us what happened.”

Chancey tells how the battle went.

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Art and Chancey were left with Elos.

Elos, “I was ordered to kill you, but since your my brother I will give you a chance to return to us.”

Art, “I can’t go against my feelings.”

Elos, “Is it that female? I bet you will come back if she is dead!”

Art,u wiu will not harm Chancey!”

Elos casts a netting spell over Chancey, sticking her to the wall.

Elos, “I will kill her NOW and cure you of this silly idea.”

Art, “No!”

Art attacks Elos with a vengeance. Chancey watches them go out at it. Each fighter giving the other a hit, their skills equally matched. They paused to catch their breath.

Elos, “Why do you fight against us?”

Art, “Because my heart says we are fighting for the wrong cause. Master Cloud will destroy this world!”

Elos, “Master Cloud gave us life. . . . I won’t be a traitor like you. You are weak and foolish!”

Art, “Sometimes, some orders are not meant to be carried out.”
Elos then casts his sword at Chancey, to run her through.

Art, “Chancey!!”

He casts a shield around her and the sword harmlessly pounces off the shield. Elos then thrusts his left hand into Arts stomach. Art’s eyes widen is surprise.

Chancey, “Art!”

Elos twisted his claws in Arts gut, causing to cto cry out in pain. Art collapsed onto the ground.

Elos, “You don’t deserve to be a part of our family.”

Withdraws hind and and gouges Art’s left eye out. Art cries out in new pain, blood pooling under him. That is when the others arrived. After Elos leaves, Art is dimly aware of Chancey kneeling next to him. He is too busy trying to heal himself. They rush him to the medical floor, where the doctors work on his wounds.

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Chancey stops her story.

Zackery, “I do hope he pulls through.”

Xavier, “Damn, this is confusing little brother.”

Madnol, “Art is suppose to be our enemy but he is our ally. What is there to question?”

Zackery, “Art is our only way fight Cloud or Elos. If Art dies, we might be screwed.”

Madnol, “There has to be another way to fight Cloud without Jenova cells.”

Chancey, “Screw you! He has saved my life twice! He is more than just a weapon. I am going to see if they’ll let me visit him!”

Chancey stormed out of the cafeteria.

Madnol, “I think she is feeling better now.”

Zackery sips his coffee, “If I didn’t know better, I might think she is falling for him.”

Chancey was allowed into his room. His body covered with bandages. A monitor hooked to him, kept a check on his life signs. The doctors were unable to identify the poison, so they had to let it run it’s course. His skin was hot with fever and his was breathing labored. She stood next to him, holding his hand.

Chancey, “Why did you save me? You could have got a shot in when he threw his sword at me.”

She pressed a cool rag on his forehead. His eye opened slowly.

Art weakly tries to sit up, “Chancey. . . . . “

Chancey, “Art, you must relax.”

Art, “I did it because I really do love you.”

Chancey, “But you don’t know me that well.”

Art, very honest, “I saw a light in your eyes.” He grimaces in pain, “ I couldn’t stand to see Elos put that light out. I need to tell you of another way to stop Master Cloud.”

Chancey, “Another way?”

Art, “Mako soldiers were highly enhanced in their skills. . . . the old methods bathed the men in mako energy. You can increase two or three people’s skills. It may not be enough, but some hope is better than none. . . ”

Chancey, “What?”

Art, “You will need to rebuild the devices. This tak takes time. Then the men will have to sit in the bath in it for a while, “ he gasps in pain, “ so you must get started on them.”

Art’s body shuddered and the monitor’s alarm goes off. Nurses came in and began CPR on him. She was quickly ushered out as a crash cart is brought in. After some wait, they tell her they were able to restart his heart, but his chances of recovery were now smaller.

They have a meeting in the conference room.

Chancey, “Art said we need to make Mako Soldiers.”

Zackery, “To do that, we need mako energy.”

Madnol, “I want to do it.”

Zackery, “I also want to.”

Xavier, “Hell no! This isn’t some joke.”

Vincent, “That treatment sometimes made people mentally unstable. Only those who have been screened were allowed in the program. In fact, Cloud was not in the usual program because he failed the test.”

Madnol, “I know we can do it! Let us try! Cloud is planning something big and we need all the power we can get.”

Chancey, “I say we do it!”


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