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Chapter 5: Reactor Number Four
The Shera floated solemnly through the sky towards its next destination. The atmosphere was quiet and gloomy. The surrounding skies appeared to be deserted. The city below, aside from what had become Edge, had been abandoned for nine years. Looking around, anyone could regard the area as a nasty, nihilistic nightmare.
The atmosphere inside was just as gloomy.
"Where are we going again?" asked the still-grieving Tifa quietly.
"Reactor Number Four," Cloud replied.
"What's there?" she asked.
"It's a secondary weapons facility," he replied.
"That's right," Tifa reminded herself.
"With any luck, we'll find another piece."
"So there are apparently three pieces," Tifa observed aloud.
"Apparantly," Cloud echoed.
"What could Bestla want with this Chronus Wand?"
"Who knows," Cloud softly replied. "And we won't until we find out what the Chronus Wand is for in the first place."
"Do you have any idea?" asked Tifa.
"Not a clue," Cloud replied. "But Reactor Number Four does have a database. We might find the answer."
"We'll look that up after we destroy the piece," replied Tifa. "If it's there, that is."
"Yes," said Cloud. "We'll destroy the piece. And put an end to Bestla."
"And yet the damage is still done," Tifa pointed out. "Barret is gone."
"I can't believe it," muttered Cloud. "It seemed like yesterday that we were all superhuman and immortal. Larger than life, you might say."
"I know," Tifa resplied. "Once, that fall would have been no problem for him. But he was getting old." She paused. "Like us." She got up from where she was sitting to stand next to Cloud, who was piloting the Shera.
"We still live," Cloud said. "And as long as we do, Bestla doesn't stand a chance."
Before she could change her mind, Tifa put her arm on Cloud's shoulder. "There's one thing about you that hasn't changed."
"What's that?" he asked.
"You're so brave."
MEANWHILE...
The atmosphere was equally bleak aboard the Urchin. One the bridge, Bestla sat in a chair that Nara could only describe as her throne. Their quest was continuing as well. And so far, they were succeeding.
"Cloud and Tifa are heading for Reactor Number Four," Nara pointed out. "I've detected the movement of the Highwind."
"Then that's where another piece of the Chronus Wand is hidden," Bestla replied.
"And that's where the mighty Cloud will die," Nara added. "Damn shame he couldn't fuck me first."
Bestla's eyes widened. "Oh, no," she declared. "I'm not going to kill him yet."
"What do you mean?" asked Nara.
"I want him to suffer," Bestla replied. "The way I did."
"He hasn't suffered enough?"
"He'll never suffer enough," Bestla insisted. "I'll make him suffer when he reaches Reactor Number Four. I'll make him suffer when he reaches the final piece of the Chronus Wand. And then, when I'm a goddess, I'll make him suffer all over again. I will get my revenge! I will!"
"You realize," Nara began, "that your use of the Chronus Wand will give him an extra chance to stop us."
"I've considered that," Bestla replied. "But he won't even know that when he has it. That's the beauty of it."
"How can you be so sure?" asked Nara.
"I was meant to be a goddess," Bestla declared. "Do you know how I got my name?"
Nara shook her head.
"Thousands of years ago, an ancient people had a goddess by that name," Bestla replied. "She gave birth to the king of the gods."
"I never heard that story," Nara said.
"Most people haven't," replied Bestla. "My father told me he came up with it after visiting the Great Library of Rhunis."
"I thought that place was a myth," Nara said.
"And I thought the same thing about the Chronus Wand," insisted Bestla. "This wand is going to change everything."
"What about our other selves?" asked Nara. "The other Nara and Bestla?"
"The thought never occurred to me," Bestla replied.
BACK ON THE SHERA...
"We were going to get this one last," explained Tifa. "It was the easiest to infiltrate. By then, Shinra would know we were coming, so we saved the easiest for last."
Cloud and Tifa stood outside Reactor Number Four. Both were wrapped in memories of days long gone.
"Ah," reminisced Cloud. "I remember the days of Reactor infiltrations." Specifically, he thought of Reactor Number Five.
Flashback…
"You seem to know where to go," observed Tifa aloud. "Have you been here before?"
"No," replied Cloud. "Never in my life."
…End Flashback
"This reactor's different," Cloud recalled aloud. "It looks easier than it actually is. Believe it or not, it had the highest security. Not that it matters now, of course."
"What were they protecting in there?" asked Tifa. "Besides the Chronus Wand?"
"I never found out," Cloud replied. "Everything was all hush-hush about this place.
"Well," said Tifa, "shall we go in?"
They cautiously entered the reactor. Inside, there was a long, broad hallway. In every way, the reactor was akin to the abandoned Shinra Building. There were spider webs everywhere. The rooms were dark. All Cloud and Tifa could hear was their own footsteps. Every now and then, Cloud turned around to see if anyone was following them. But no one was.
Soon, they reached the central room. There before them was a console the size of a house.
"Is this the database you mentioned?" asked Tifa.
"You bet," Cloud replied.
"Well, it's useless," Tifa dismissed. "There's no power in here."
"We don't need it," Cloud replied. "These kind of computers have their own generators." He led Tifa to a corner of the database. "Watch," he said as he threw a switch.
Immediately, the database lit up. Tifa jumped back in surprise. "Wow."
"Impressive?" asked Cloud.
Instead of responding, Tifa made her way to the keyboard under the screen.
"I'll take that as a no?" Cloud suggested.
"We don't have all night," Tifa insisted. She immediately began typing.
Cloud looked on. He had never seen her type this fast. She was most definitely in a hurry. Whether it was to stop Bestla or return to her husband, he couldn't tell. But he figured it was probably a little of both.
And then, a mysterious object appeared on the screen. It looked like a wand, with a headpiece identical to what Bestla had stolen from the Shinra building. "This is definitely the Chronus Wand," Tifa explained. "And-"
She stopped suddenly. Silence filled the room.
"Is everything okay?" asked Cloud.
"These three pieces," continued Tifa, "could be used to rip a hole in the space-time continuum."
"Why the hell would anyone want to do that?!" demanded Cloud.
"Bestla isn't just anyone," Tifa replied.
"When you say rip a hole in the space-time continuum," continued Cloud, "you mean travel back in time?"
"That's what my guess is," said Tifa.
"So she wants to change the past," observed Cloud.
"To stop...what we did to her?" Tifa suggested. "It's not like we had a choice."
"I dunno," Cloud replied. "She's taken lives. She seems more bent on revenge. And power."
"But what else could she want in the past that she can't have in the present?" asked Tifa. "Unless…"
"Unless what?" Cloud was puzzled.
"Cloud," continued Tifa, "what would have happened if we had failed to stop Sephiroth nine years ago?"
"The planet would have been destroyed," Cloud answered.
"Let me rephrase that," said Tifa. "What did Sephiroth believe would happen if we failed to stop him?"
"He would become a god," observed Cloud. "He wanted to absorb the Lifestream and all of its power."
"And what if someone destroyed Sephiroth before we could, and then took his spot?" asked Tifa.
"Could that be what Bestla is trying to do?" asked Cloud.
"It's what I think," Tifa replied.
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