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Causatum
0 ReviewsShin-Ra deals with the aftermath of Meteor.
The green glow of Lifestream faded from Midgar, the last vestiges disappearing into the land surrounding the great metal pizza.
The remnants of Shin-Ra stood looking over the spectacle from a safe distance, as the last of their hopes, their dreams disappeared with the death of Meteor and Lifestream. Several men stood on that hill, along with a woman. The sudden realization dawned on all of them; their city was gone.
There would be no more happy catcalls from the theaters. The laughter of children playing in the streets would no longer ring out. The Tree of Lights would no longer have love lorn couples meeting under it's branches. Business would never again take place in the tower. The people on the hill were all grim, serious, quiet.. As if in mourning at a funeral.
The city was dead, the last breaths of life could be heard as screams and terrified squealing of metal on metal. Things that had been flying through the air during the miniature tornadoes were now falling, hitting the buildings and crushing them. Sometimes, entire buildings had been ripped from their foundations and thrown leagues away outside of the city skirts. So many people, so many lives torn apart, extinguished, ripped out and tossed into the wind. Like so many seeds from adandelion. Nobody would know where they fell.
Even Palmer was subdued. And so many people have died...
“Well.. Guess this is it, then?” The redhaired man whispered. “Nice working with you guys.” He was about to turn around and walk down the hill, away from Midgar, and away from his old life. Reno was like that. He kept moving on, no matter what happens. It didn't seem as if much bothered him.
“Reno..” The woman called after him. “Are you really leaving?”
The man turned and nodded.“There's no point crying about it, we knew it'd happen if some miracle didn't show up.” He shrugged. “One did, and Midgar's still gone. So what?”
The lithe, blonde woman walked towards him, drawing back a fist. Reno was too stunned that she'd do that, he didn't move and it hit him. He rocked back on his heels before catching his balance.
“How dare you.” Elena said, in a calm tone. It gave the others chills up the spine, usually Elena was excitable, or nervous.. Never calm like that. “How dare you just run away.” Her face was twisted up in a furious scowl. “You're so weak, Reno.”
Reno stared at her in shock, then started laughing. “Yeah, I'm weak then? Who the fuck are you to tell me that?”
“You're running away again, just like you do every time.” Elena stomped her foot in a petulant tantrum. “This isn't going to go away just by ignoring it. Those people down there need help. This was our responsibility. This was our fault. We need to be down there, fixing things! That's what someone who is willing to fight for a better future would do.” She'd started out angry.. now she just looked sad, her tone reflecting. “If we abandon them now.. They'll never forgive Shin-ra.”
Everyone on the hill was staring at her, even Rude.
“You're right.” The black haired man stepped away from the sight, down towards where Reno and Elena stood. “We should be down there.. I should be. As long as Rufus is out of commission, I'm in charge of the company. We're lucky I got everyone off the plate..” Reeve had been in charge of Urban development, in the company. When President Rufus had been injured a day ago, he'd automatically assumed control. Palmer, even though he'd been in the same rank of executive, as head of Space Program, made no objections. He was content where he was.. And it was obvious these things were bothering him so much, he'd stopped eating his favorite donuts and tea combo.
Elena only nodded... It was a rare instance where she was right. Being the rookie, she was always making mistakes.
It figured that in the midst of the crisis, she'd be the one to be right.
Of the others standing on the hill, Palmer turned back to watch the newly made ruins of Midgar, hands behind his back and swaying slightly back and forth. Rude, the bald man in the group, as usual said nothing. He never had the words for these situations.. He was so bad at them.
Reno scowled at her. “What do you expect me to do? Just waltz down there and nursemaid everyone?”
Elena shook her head quickly. “No, no we can do something else. Something better. There's going to be people coming out of Midgar every day, right?” She spread her hands as if to ask for something, and turned to Reeve.“Right?” Her question received a nod. There indeed would be many refugees..
“We should.. Set up some sort of camp, on the edge of Midgar.” Elena was talking quickly. Her nervousness, anxiety and worry were all starting to come out.. She'd remained almost eeriely silent when Lifestream came out of the earth.. It was likely she was paying for that now. “A place for people to go and rest, maybe meet up with someone they lost..”
Reeve nodded. The man pulled out a remote control thing, and operated it a little, speaking into it. They all knew he was informing AVALANCHE, their sworn enemy, of the plan.
Hopefully they'd get the clue and go away.
Reno folded his arms and stared at the young woman. “Why bother?”
The blonde turned back to him, and forceably took one of his hands in hers. “Because.. Reno.. We're all human together.”
Chapter 1
"Those people deserved a halo or something, there never had been such a turnabout change of direction for the likes of those that had been on the hill that night."
Things weren't exactly going as planned, but they were going better than any of those on the hill that night expected.
People were filing into the camp every day, notices were posted on public builletin boards, advertisings for lost children, pets, and spouses were everywhere. Even Reno was pitching in to help..
Everyone was helping.The time passed by swiftly, the camp grew ever larger.. and one by one, people started to build.
Things were changing from bad to better, even the people were changing.. Slowly, they were becoming more helpful, cooperative.
They used scrap metal from Midgar, the slums, old pieces of their old lives to build a new rising phoenix.
They called the city Edge.
Yet the changes occuring in the Midgar area were nothing as drastic as what was changing inside the humans. And of the humans, the turks were experiencing the most change.
They no longer had to fight against their own people. They could help those in need. Reno and Rude found a strange fondness for the orphans that were coming to Edge, going so far as to try and personally find their families.
Elena had been surprised by that sudden showing of humanity in the seasoned turks. Reno had never seemed to be one to care for anything.. not even his job, really. Rude... well, she'd never been able to get Rude to talk about himself, but he was becoming, just a little bit, more talkative.
Then.. sadness decended once again on the city of lost souls.
The terrible plague of black that attacked one's body, dripping black fluid out of their pores, wraking them with pain and visions, only to lead to ahorrible, painful death.
It seemed to have affected those that stayed in Midgar the longest, those that were on the plate.. and was spread from them to the other refugees.
In the months that had followed the crisis, Rufus had regained conciousness, and insisted on being in Edge with the turks, himself. He tried to hide it as long as he could.. but they all knew.
He couldn't hide the black stains.
There was nothing they could do. He was dying, and they felt helpless. The ones sworn to protect him and the company secrets were powerless to protect his own body from devouring itself.
Rufus threw himself into the work, pouring money into the construction of the new city, releasing Reeve to do the founding of his own organization, the WRO.
It was harder from then on.. The three turks were worried.. If Rufus died, what would happen to them? They felt even more lost without their leader.
Tseng had been injured many months back, and still remained in a coma.. His wounds were deep and more than what was on the surface. Elena suffered silently, her affection for Tseng was shunted aside to decrease the pain... and she also threw herself into the work.
Palmer was sent to Junon to oversee their affairs there. Rufus knew he'd do a good job there, after the things he'd witnessed in Midgar. Palmer was even losing alittle weight..
As for AVALANCHE...
They of course, tried to help, but what could a small group of ex-terrorists do for something as large as a city? For one, Shin-ra had more money than they, and two... Everyone in Midgar knew them as the evil terrorists who had bombed the mako reactors and caused the summoning of Meteor. It just went to show, just because they'd been the good guys at times, didn't mean that everyone would hail them as heroes..
Some of them gave up after a while, instead returning to their hometowns to help the post Meteor trauma the entire world seemed to be suffering from.
Midgar had been the only city destroyed, but Geostigma had spread..
Yuffie went straight off to Wutai, hauling a big bag of materia Cloud had promised her.
Cid dropped those who needed it off at their hometowns, then headed home for.. an apology to Sierra, and maybe a little making up. He owed that woman so much.
Vincent just disappeared aday after mentioning something about investigating what happened to Jenova to Cloud. Nobody knew where exactly he went, but they knew he'd show up sooner or later.
Red XII, or more formally known as Nanaki, hurried home after an incident involving two scared children and the fact that he could talk. There was also something about a ritual that had needed completing..
Barret had left Marlene with Tifa, heading for Corel and the founding of a new power source, or perhaps the reviving of the coal mines. He also mentioned something about oil fields. Shin-ra technology had discovered the burning oil for energy many years ago, but never put it to use. Mako had been so much easier to attain...
Cait Sith, of course, remained with Reeve, organizing the new order would take a lot out of him, and sometimes he would need to defend himself, of course.
The only ones that actually remained in Edge were Cloud and Tifa.
They were the only ones that had nowhere else to go.
The remnants of Shin-Ra stood looking over the spectacle from a safe distance, as the last of their hopes, their dreams disappeared with the death of Meteor and Lifestream. Several men stood on that hill, along with a woman. The sudden realization dawned on all of them; their city was gone.
There would be no more happy catcalls from the theaters. The laughter of children playing in the streets would no longer ring out. The Tree of Lights would no longer have love lorn couples meeting under it's branches. Business would never again take place in the tower. The people on the hill were all grim, serious, quiet.. As if in mourning at a funeral.
The city was dead, the last breaths of life could be heard as screams and terrified squealing of metal on metal. Things that had been flying through the air during the miniature tornadoes were now falling, hitting the buildings and crushing them. Sometimes, entire buildings had been ripped from their foundations and thrown leagues away outside of the city skirts. So many people, so many lives torn apart, extinguished, ripped out and tossed into the wind. Like so many seeds from adandelion. Nobody would know where they fell.
Even Palmer was subdued. And so many people have died...
“Well.. Guess this is it, then?” The redhaired man whispered. “Nice working with you guys.” He was about to turn around and walk down the hill, away from Midgar, and away from his old life. Reno was like that. He kept moving on, no matter what happens. It didn't seem as if much bothered him.
“Reno..” The woman called after him. “Are you really leaving?”
The man turned and nodded.“There's no point crying about it, we knew it'd happen if some miracle didn't show up.” He shrugged. “One did, and Midgar's still gone. So what?”
The lithe, blonde woman walked towards him, drawing back a fist. Reno was too stunned that she'd do that, he didn't move and it hit him. He rocked back on his heels before catching his balance.
“How dare you.” Elena said, in a calm tone. It gave the others chills up the spine, usually Elena was excitable, or nervous.. Never calm like that. “How dare you just run away.” Her face was twisted up in a furious scowl. “You're so weak, Reno.”
Reno stared at her in shock, then started laughing. “Yeah, I'm weak then? Who the fuck are you to tell me that?”
“You're running away again, just like you do every time.” Elena stomped her foot in a petulant tantrum. “This isn't going to go away just by ignoring it. Those people down there need help. This was our responsibility. This was our fault. We need to be down there, fixing things! That's what someone who is willing to fight for a better future would do.” She'd started out angry.. now she just looked sad, her tone reflecting. “If we abandon them now.. They'll never forgive Shin-ra.”
Everyone on the hill was staring at her, even Rude.
“You're right.” The black haired man stepped away from the sight, down towards where Reno and Elena stood. “We should be down there.. I should be. As long as Rufus is out of commission, I'm in charge of the company. We're lucky I got everyone off the plate..” Reeve had been in charge of Urban development, in the company. When President Rufus had been injured a day ago, he'd automatically assumed control. Palmer, even though he'd been in the same rank of executive, as head of Space Program, made no objections. He was content where he was.. And it was obvious these things were bothering him so much, he'd stopped eating his favorite donuts and tea combo.
Elena only nodded... It was a rare instance where she was right. Being the rookie, she was always making mistakes.
It figured that in the midst of the crisis, she'd be the one to be right.
Of the others standing on the hill, Palmer turned back to watch the newly made ruins of Midgar, hands behind his back and swaying slightly back and forth. Rude, the bald man in the group, as usual said nothing. He never had the words for these situations.. He was so bad at them.
Reno scowled at her. “What do you expect me to do? Just waltz down there and nursemaid everyone?”
Elena shook her head quickly. “No, no we can do something else. Something better. There's going to be people coming out of Midgar every day, right?” She spread her hands as if to ask for something, and turned to Reeve.“Right?” Her question received a nod. There indeed would be many refugees..
“We should.. Set up some sort of camp, on the edge of Midgar.” Elena was talking quickly. Her nervousness, anxiety and worry were all starting to come out.. She'd remained almost eeriely silent when Lifestream came out of the earth.. It was likely she was paying for that now. “A place for people to go and rest, maybe meet up with someone they lost..”
Reeve nodded. The man pulled out a remote control thing, and operated it a little, speaking into it. They all knew he was informing AVALANCHE, their sworn enemy, of the plan.
Hopefully they'd get the clue and go away.
Reno folded his arms and stared at the young woman. “Why bother?”
The blonde turned back to him, and forceably took one of his hands in hers. “Because.. Reno.. We're all human together.”
Chapter 1
"Those people deserved a halo or something, there never had been such a turnabout change of direction for the likes of those that had been on the hill that night."
Things weren't exactly going as planned, but they were going better than any of those on the hill that night expected.
People were filing into the camp every day, notices were posted on public builletin boards, advertisings for lost children, pets, and spouses were everywhere. Even Reno was pitching in to help..
Everyone was helping.The time passed by swiftly, the camp grew ever larger.. and one by one, people started to build.
Things were changing from bad to better, even the people were changing.. Slowly, they were becoming more helpful, cooperative.
They used scrap metal from Midgar, the slums, old pieces of their old lives to build a new rising phoenix.
They called the city Edge.
Yet the changes occuring in the Midgar area were nothing as drastic as what was changing inside the humans. And of the humans, the turks were experiencing the most change.
They no longer had to fight against their own people. They could help those in need. Reno and Rude found a strange fondness for the orphans that were coming to Edge, going so far as to try and personally find their families.
Elena had been surprised by that sudden showing of humanity in the seasoned turks. Reno had never seemed to be one to care for anything.. not even his job, really. Rude... well, she'd never been able to get Rude to talk about himself, but he was becoming, just a little bit, more talkative.
Then.. sadness decended once again on the city of lost souls.
The terrible plague of black that attacked one's body, dripping black fluid out of their pores, wraking them with pain and visions, only to lead to ahorrible, painful death.
It seemed to have affected those that stayed in Midgar the longest, those that were on the plate.. and was spread from them to the other refugees.
In the months that had followed the crisis, Rufus had regained conciousness, and insisted on being in Edge with the turks, himself. He tried to hide it as long as he could.. but they all knew.
He couldn't hide the black stains.
There was nothing they could do. He was dying, and they felt helpless. The ones sworn to protect him and the company secrets were powerless to protect his own body from devouring itself.
Rufus threw himself into the work, pouring money into the construction of the new city, releasing Reeve to do the founding of his own organization, the WRO.
It was harder from then on.. The three turks were worried.. If Rufus died, what would happen to them? They felt even more lost without their leader.
Tseng had been injured many months back, and still remained in a coma.. His wounds were deep and more than what was on the surface. Elena suffered silently, her affection for Tseng was shunted aside to decrease the pain... and she also threw herself into the work.
Palmer was sent to Junon to oversee their affairs there. Rufus knew he'd do a good job there, after the things he'd witnessed in Midgar. Palmer was even losing alittle weight..
As for AVALANCHE...
They of course, tried to help, but what could a small group of ex-terrorists do for something as large as a city? For one, Shin-ra had more money than they, and two... Everyone in Midgar knew them as the evil terrorists who had bombed the mako reactors and caused the summoning of Meteor. It just went to show, just because they'd been the good guys at times, didn't mean that everyone would hail them as heroes..
Some of them gave up after a while, instead returning to their hometowns to help the post Meteor trauma the entire world seemed to be suffering from.
Midgar had been the only city destroyed, but Geostigma had spread..
Yuffie went straight off to Wutai, hauling a big bag of materia Cloud had promised her.
Cid dropped those who needed it off at their hometowns, then headed home for.. an apology to Sierra, and maybe a little making up. He owed that woman so much.
Vincent just disappeared aday after mentioning something about investigating what happened to Jenova to Cloud. Nobody knew where exactly he went, but they knew he'd show up sooner or later.
Red XII, or more formally known as Nanaki, hurried home after an incident involving two scared children and the fact that he could talk. There was also something about a ritual that had needed completing..
Barret had left Marlene with Tifa, heading for Corel and the founding of a new power source, or perhaps the reviving of the coal mines. He also mentioned something about oil fields. Shin-ra technology had discovered the burning oil for energy many years ago, but never put it to use. Mako had been so much easier to attain...
Cait Sith, of course, remained with Reeve, organizing the new order would take a lot out of him, and sometimes he would need to defend himself, of course.
The only ones that actually remained in Edge were Cloud and Tifa.
They were the only ones that had nowhere else to go.
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