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The world through our eyes...a FF VII AU story [with Sword_Dancer]

Subtlesensuality

Super-Earth
Joined
Jan 16, 2011
The city of Midgar was said to be the metropolis of the world with its advancements in the production of mako energy thanks to ShinRa Electric Company. However, this was only a partial truth of the glory that many people like to believe in when it came to the city. If you were one of the fortunate ones to make it to the plate and live in the first class world, occasionally second class citizens as well, then you would see nothing but potential opportunity and comforts in life. Those who were born poor, looked down upon as nothing more than street trash were the poor souls who inhabited the seven sectored slums that separated one from another.

Each slum was in itself its own village, its own city that connected to the others via a roadway and train station. If you were lucky enough to make it into SOLDIER you could even ride the train up to the top of the plate and make it big; however, most simply made due by working in the reactor plants that processed mako from the planet to convert into energy. It wasn’t the best style of life, but it was something to get the people by. Day by day it was becoming harder for those who lived in the slums to find reasons to move forward with their daily routine, that is, until a group known as AVALANCHE made their appearance for the greater good. They were every day people who wanted to be more than ordinary, people who wanted the best for everyone, and for the planet…so they struck back at ShinRa and their processing of mako energy.

Sure it mad people’s lives easier, but it was killing the planet, and in turn killing everyone else…

Which brings us to the setting of our story, a train speeding down the railway toward the Sector One Reactor. It was supposed to be a supply train for SOLDIERS who were stationed there; however, it was soon overrun by members of the ‘terrorist’ faction known as AVALANCHE and their leader Barret, a very intimidating and charismatic African-american male with a penchant for swearing as well as a gun grafted into his arm. Other members of the team were nervously awaiting their stop as the speeding train slowly made its way to a stop, and all of them seemed on edge. All save for a single man in the back of the train.

“Yo…spiky…why’s it yo punk ass ain’t got shit to do or say about this…we going after a Reactor…this is big shit!” Barret didn’t quite trust the new recruit as of yet, being a former member of SOLDIER, but if Tifa would vouche for the blonde bitch then he was going to give him a chance. The only thing that pissed him off more than Shinra though were cool headed tough guys that didn’t give a shit bout nothing.

The blonde male, five-seven with an impressively athletic build, opened mako infused blue eyes to watch his employer with a blank stare. He was wearing a blue armored suit connected to combat trousers by a bangle set of suspenders, and wielded the impressive Buster Sword atop his back with ease. A sigh fell from the man’s lips as the train came to a halt, and rather than answer the man he simply made an acrobatic leap from the window to the outside area as two SOLDIER grunts were coming to inspect the train…his blade moving through them with ease. Cloud Strife hated talking about pointless things; this was after all, just a job for him.

[o.o Didn't want to get too carried away here. So...this should be good, right?]
 
Subtlesensuality said:
The city of Midgar was said to be the metropolis of the world with its advancements in the production of mako energy thanks to ShinRa Electric Company. However, this was only a partial truth of the glory that many people like to believe in when it came to the city. If you were one of the fortunate ones to make it to the plate and live in the first class world, occasionally second class citizens as well, then you would see nothing but potential opportunity and comforts in life. Those who were born poor, looked down upon as nothing more than street trash were the poor souls who inhabited the seven sectored slums that separated one from another.

Each slum was in itself its own village, its own city that connected to the others via a roadway and train station. If you were lucky enough to make it into SOLDIER you could even ride the train up to the top of the plate and make it big; however, most simply made due by working in the reactor plants that processed mako from the planet to convert into energy. It wasn’t the best style of life, but it was something to get the people by. Day by day it was becoming harder for those who lived in the slums to find reasons to move forward with their daily routine, that is, until a group known as AVALANCHE made their appearance for the greater good. They were every day people who wanted to be more than ordinary, people who wanted the best for everyone, and for the planet…so they struck back at ShinRa and their processing of mako energy.

Sure it mad people’s lives easier, but it was killing the planet, and in turn killing everyone else…

Which brings us to the setting of our story, a train speeding down the railway toward the Sector One Reactor. It was supposed to be a supply train for SOLDIERS who were stationed there; however, it was soon overrun by members of the ‘terrorist’ faction known as AVALANCHE and their leader Barret, a very intimidating and charismatic African-american male with a penchant for swearing as well as a gun grafted into his arm. Other members of the team were nervously awaiting their stop as the speeding train slowly made its way to a stop, and all of them seemed on edge. All save for a single man in the back of the train.

“Yo…spiky…why’s it yo punk ass ain’t got shit to do or say about this…we going after a Reactor…this is big shit!” Barret didn’t quite trust the new recruit as of yet, being a former member of SOLDIER, but if Tifa would vouche for the blonde bitch then he was going to give him a chance. The only thing that pissed him off more than Shinra though were cool headed tough guys that didn’t give a shit bout nothing.

The blonde male, five-seven with an impressively athletic build, opened mako infused blue eyes to watch his employer with a blank stare. He was wearing a blue armored suit connected to combat trousers by a bangle set of suspenders, and wielded the impressive Buster Sword atop his back with ease. A sigh fell from the man’s lips as the train came to a halt, and rather than answer the man he simply made an acrobatic leap from the window to the outside area as two SOLDIER grunts were coming to inspect the train…his blade moving through them with ease. Cloud Strife hated talking about pointless things; this was after all, just a job for him.

[o.o Didn't want to get too carried away here. So...this should be good, right?]

Barrett Wallace watched the former SOLDIER slice and dice his way through the first two opponents, shaking his head. The silent blonde didn't seem to want to try to go in unnoticed. He looked over his shoulder to the other AVALANCHE operatives that had joined them on the mission, waving his gun arm to catch their attention. "Hey! I'm not paying yo asses to sit around! Jessie, Biggs, Wedge! Get it in gear so we can get back!"

The other three members of AVALANCHE hurried off the train, going to try to catch and keep up with the mercenary they had hired. The organization had lofty goals, but had a hard time keeping members in the company. Jesse was the only girl out of the present members of AVALANCHE, her dark brown hair in a high ponytail with bangs falling into her face, ignoring the red head band she kept in place to try to keep them back. She huffed, clutching her weapon as she hurried along.

"Yo! Spiky! Wait the hell up! You can't do this alone!" Barrett called after the man before he could disappear into the door way that lead to the countless stairs to get them to the reactor. "That's what we're here for too you know." He seemed like the sort of man who could only yell instead of carry on a decent conversation. Wedge and Biggs seemed like they were better suited to be in a comedy routine than taking part in an important mission, like destroying a reactor.
 
Cloud glanced over toward Barret before watching the man move forward and make his way through toward the first checkpoint they had listed regarding the Reactor. He had not been contracted to AVALANCHE long, but he was all ready familiar at least with those who were present. Biggs and Wedge seemed to be too kind-hearted and humorous for this assignment; while Jesse was a rather talented demolitions expert...and rather attractive when he had the time to notice it. "Hmph...you forget, I was a member of SOLDIER Barret..." It may have come out condescending but a single SOLDIER 1st Class was worth more than an entire army when it came to combat situations and they knew it.

The enraged leader of the group began to sputter out curses left and right before shooting off bullets passed the spiky-haired male's face. "Just get yo spiky ass down here and do what you're being paid for...same for the rest of you! I wanna see Marlene ya got it!?" While he wasn't stupid by any means, Barret Wallace was easily hyped up for things as he moved forward with his group. Bullets fired from his arm taking out some of the ShinRa MP's while Bigs and Wedge slipped through the enemies defenses to get to the first elevator door system. They needed to hold this position down for at least five more minutes before they could proceed.

Cloud sighed, unstrapping his massive blade and simply glanced toward Jesse. He pushed a single set of strands from his face before moving forward into the battle, covering the girl from a series of bullets by turning the Buster Sword flat. "Pay attention in battle, Jesse..." He wasn't sure why he saved her, but assumed it would come out of his pay if he didn't before dashing forward into the sea of bullets to by the others time to move forward.
 
Jesse wasn't expecting to be fired on so quickly from the Shinra grunts that were tasked with trying to protect the reactor. She wasn't upset for a moment that the strange SOLDIER Cloud took the time to save her from being riddled with bullets. She looked up to him in amazement, tucking hair behind her ear as she listened to the advice Cloud had to give her. Her face burned hot with embarrassment as she watched the former SOLDIER go and slice through the Shinra MP. She used the time to grant them access to the next elevator.

"Yo, Spiky! We're getting close! Stop show boating and get your damn ass on down!!" Barret called out to Cloud, taking down a few Shinra MPs himself. He was a good long distance fighter, but he didn't fare so well in close combat. "We've got to take care of these damn idiots so Jesse can have the time to make sure her bombs go off right!"

Jesse wasn't wasting any time. She moved down to the reactor's core after quickly scaling the ladder, placing the powerful explosives she had carefully carried down with her .
 
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