The chanting of monsters still echoed loudly in Zack's ears as he slumped down into the overgrowth, holding Cloud close in his arms and trying not to look as shaken as he felt. Genesis had been there, and Hollander, and while they'd given up on him, saying that his cells had already been mutated as part of the process of becoming SOLDIER, Cloud's ( Read more... )

The ShinRa SOLDIER floor was about as empty as Zack remembered it being the last time he was here, with only a few members of SOLDIER milling about as opposed to the usual flurry of activity that it had seen before the mass desertion at the hands of Genesis. One SOLDIER talking about some anti-ShinRa group called AVALANCHE. A 2nd and a 3rd ( Read more... )

It had started this morning, with a phone call that said in no uncertain terms that Zack was wanted back in Midgar for an assignment. The details were vague, of course, which was understandable. After all, it was impossible to secure a phone line running from one world to the next, and so Zack had been flown out to Midgar this afternoon, and he'd ( Read more... )

The flight into Wutai? Completely uneventful. Getting a run-down of the plan from the Director? Equally so. Zack was practically twitching by the time he and Angeal were finally on solid ground again, making their way toward Fort Tamblin. Any minute now, things would start to get interesting. Please. Really.

( The Puppy should be careful what he wishes for. )

Zack had arrived in Midgar last night, and Angeal had taken him aside for training. More training, without so much as a word on anything that had been brought up over Parents Weekend about returning to active duty. And so Sunday evening and most of Monday had been spent the same way they had been on Zack's last visit to Midgar.

( Training. )