Adult-FanFiction.org : Final Fantasy

Premonitions: Uncut	By : Hippo_and_Friends_with_Benefits Category: Final Fantasy VII > General Views: 3901 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy VII, and I am not making any money of of this writing.

Chapter List
- 43
- 44
- 45
Chapter 44: Passing the Time
JUNE, 1995...
Two eight-year-olds sat by the well.
"If anyone ever bullies us," said Cloud, "I'm gonna punch him in the belly, and kick him in the butt, and break his nose, and break his two feet, and break open his skull so I can see his brain!"
"I'll just tell an adult," Tifa insisted.
PRESENT DAY
Nara sat alone aboard the Urchin. She was still unable to remove the death toll from her mind. She was seriously beginning to hate her job. Her pay for it would clear several serious debts she had fallen into, but that was now the least of her concerns.
She had a boyfriend back in 0017. She missed him terribly, and longed to see him again. And she thought about what he might be doing.
"God," she muttered. "He must be only fifteen years old right now. He can't even drive."
The Chronus Wand only allowed backward time travel, not forward. Nara was okay with the whole thing because of a promise Bestla made.
"Once I become a goddess," Bestla had said, "I'll freeze you. I'll thaw you out in 0017. You'll be able to pick up right where you left off."
Nara had found that reassuring at first, but only at first. She did not consider herself particularly smart, but she knew the implications of such a proposal.
"Wouldn't there be another me?" Nara had asked. "Wouldn't the younger me be grown up by then and..."
"I'll kill her," Bestla replied. "I'll do it in her sleep. Quick and painless. And then, you'll take her place."
Nara did not like that idea for long.
"But that would be my past self," she protested. "Shouldn't I vanish or disappear or something?"
"Certainly not," Bestla assured her. "The time travel protected us from any changes we might make."
Nara did not know whether to trust Bestla with that. Her trust in her was already beginning to wane. After all, she had killed thousands of people without a concern in the world.
And Nara began to cry.
MEANWHILE...
The Corel Reactor stood isolated in the wilderness. It was often ignored by the general population, and had a staff of only twenty. Of course, this Reactor powered the entire Western Continent.
The train was due to depart in two minutes. The contents of the train could potentially save the world, if used properly. Of course, the Shinra could not use resources properly if their lives depended on it.
Two guards stood outside the front enter an entrance. The one of the left took his job quite seriously. The one on the right was absorbed into his cell phone.
"Put your phone away!" demanded the guard on the left.
"Fuck no!" said the guard on the right. "Check this shit out!" He then showed the guard on the left his phone. It was a picture of Scarlet on the beach with her back turned, wearing nothing but a pair of black bikini bottoms.
"So it's Scarlet topless on the beach," sighed the guard on the left. "Forty-one-year-old Scarlet, mind you!"
"Milf!" replied the guard on the right. "They had another one with her daughter, who was also topless, but they took it down."
"Maybe it was because she is sooooo fifteen," the guard on the left.
"I'm sooooo sixteen," said the guard on the right.
Suddenly, the guard began to shake violently where he stood before he dropped to the ground, dead and bleeding.
The guard on the right looked just in time to see Cid, Barret (with smoke coming from his gun-arm), and Yuffie approaching.
"You guys are..." shouted the guard on the right before being silenced forever by a ninja star tossed by Yuffie.
"Guess we're safe for now!" said Cid, glancing at the two dead guards.
Almost on cue, a train whistle pierced their ears.
"Damn!" shouted Barret.
The three of them cleared the tracks just as a train charged out of the reactor.
"Looks like they're takin' off with the Huge Materia in that train!" Cid announced.
"NO!" exclaimed Barret. "You damn boneheads!"
"What are ya gonna do?" exclaimed Yuffie.
"Hey, do you know who I am?" Cid retorted. "I'm Cid, that's who the hell I am! Now just let me handle it!"
"They always have more than one train in there!" Barret announced.
Without questioning, the three ran inside to, sure enough, find another train sitting idle. Uttering nothing, Cid hopped up and started the train.
"Hey, hey, hey, hey!" he called, signaling for Barret and Yuffie to jump on board.
"Pretty good for an old guy," Yuffie complimented as the train began moving. "I'm impressed you can move this thing!"
"Don't ask me," Cid replied. "I don't know!"
"What!?" exclaimed the ninja. "You serious!?""
Don't worry!" Cid assured her. "I can handle this kinda stuff! Two levers. One on the right and one on the left. I see, just alternate the two levers up and down, right? Judging from the enemy's speed, I'd say it'll take about ten minutes."
"Until what?" asked Yuffie.
"Until the train reaches interception point and the Huge Materia's gone for good!"
"So what're we gonna do?" Barret demanded.
"We're gonna fly!" Cid shouted. "Hold on tight!"
He pressed the accelerator and the train began to pick up speed. After two minutes, they had caught up to the larger train. The three quickly climbed up the engine.
"All right!" shouted Cid. "We're gonna jump!"
The three jumped to the caboose of the larger train.
"What the?!" exclaimed the guard on the caboose. "You guys!"
Cid quickly impaled the guard with his spear. "Us guys!" he shouted.
The train was only three cars long; the car between the caboose and the engine contained a locked box with what was most likely the Huge Materia inside. Of course, all three knew that it would not be given up without a fight. Thus, the three of them decided to confront the guard driving the engine.
"All right," demanded Cid as he pointed his spear at the driver. "Just hand over the Huge Materia!"
"Go fuck yourself!" shouted the driver as he turned around and charged.
Barret promptly ended his life with his gun-arm.
"You got guts comin' after me!" Cid said to the body. "I'll never forget you!"
"Got no time for that now!" Barret reminded him as he ran to the middle car.
Cid and Yuffie followed. "Let's just take the shit," Cid decided. "We'll find a way to pry it open later."
"Oh, no you won't!" called a familiar voice.
The three spun around to see Elena at the edge of the car.
"The Huge Materia stays with me!" the blond Turk announced as she pulled out a Mako gun. "Got any objections?"
Cautiously, Cid lowered his spear. "I don't hurt girls," he said.
"Neither do I," Barret added, lowering his gun-arm.
"I do!" shouted Yuffie as she charged until she was a mere inch from Elena.
Before the Turk could react, the ninja drove her knee between her legs.
"Oh!" shouted Elena as she collapsed to the floor and doubled in the fetal position.
Yuffie quickly grabbed Elena by the ankles and hurled her off the train. With her last glimpse, they could see her tumbling down the hill beside the tracks.
"Problem solved," said Yuffie with a grin.
And then, the grin was gone. "Fuck!" she suddenly called out. "How to we stop this thing?! Aren't we headed for North Corel?"
"Motherfucker!" shouted Barret. "You gotta stop this thing or a shitload of people are gonna die!"
"I know, already!" shouted Cid as he ran over to the engine controls. "Just shut up and keep quiet! If we keep this up, we'll crash right into North Corel!"
"No shit!" replied Barret. "Can you stop it?"
"Let's see," Cid replied. "If we alternately use the levers to accelerate, it should brake if we move the levers up or down simultaneously!"
He pushed both of the levers up, but the train only went faster.
"Hey, it's not working!" Barret shouted.
"Fuck!" shouted Cid. "The other way!? Just watch, this time, I'll..."
He continued to speak, but the screeching of the train drowned out was he was saying. Soon, the movement around them began to decelerate. In front of them, North Corel was clearly visible. The train moved slower and slower. At first, it looked like there would still be some impact with the town, but the train soon stopped just a foot from the nearest shanty. Then the screeching stopped as well. And Cid became audible again.
"...and she'd spend a whole fuckin' week limping!"
"Kiss your mother with that mouth?!" Barret exclaimed.
"Guys!" shouted Yuffie. "We stopped!"
And Barret gazed on his home town, still in the best shape it could possibly be.
THAT EVENING...
Hojo made his way up the stairs to the president's office, where Rufus was seated at his desk. Elena was standing across from him.
"I told you to make an appointment to see me," Rufus sneered.
"This can't wait," Hojo insisted. "The Canon was destroyed along with Junon. We can't use it to destroy the barrier."
"I know that," Rufus answered. "And we're way ahead of you. We're preparing to dig a tunnel through the crater wall."
"Mr. President," Hojo began.
"Thank you, Hojo, that will be all," Rufus dismissed.
"But if..."
"Thank you, Hojo, that will be all," the president repeated, in a firmer tone of voice. "Do I need to call security?"
Defeated, Hojo left without a word.
"And you," Rufus said to Elena. "You failed your mission."
"I was knocked off the train," she replied honestly.
"I also received an alarming report," he continued. "Somebody overheard you tell Scarlet that you would, and I quote, like to 'ride Tseng like a wild cowgirl.'"
"But that was just locker room talk," Elena defended.
"You're suspended until the 13th," Rufus announced.
"For that?!" she exclaimed.
"If Human Resources found out about it, they'd fire you," Rufus retorted.
SOMEWHERE ELSE...
Tifa sat down next to Cloud, presenting him with a bottle of apple juice.
"I got you some apple juice," she said.
He made no verbal response. He simply gave it one look before jerking his head to face the ceiling.
"It's been your favorite since you were five," she continued as she sat it within his reach. "Don't you remember?"
In response, Cloud picked up the bottle and hurled it across the room, smashing it to pieces and spilling juice all over the floor.
Tifa sighed. "Cloud, it breaks me to see you like this."
Cloud only responded with a groan.
She looked him sincerely in the eyes. "What can I do?" she pleaded. "Please tell me!"
He slammed his head into the back of his wheelchair and looked away.
"I don't like this new life," she continued. "And you deserve better."
This time, he did not respond at all.
Tears began to roll down both of her cheeks.
"Please come back..." she sobbed.
- 43
- 44
- 45
You need to be logged in to leave a review for this story.You need to be logged in to leave a review for this story.
Report Story

Premonitions: Uncut