Barret
"C'mon newcomer. Follow me."
Scene 1
- Presentiment - AVALANCHE -
(Introduction FMV. The camera pans slowly across a starfield for several
seconds before we see a beautiful young woman looking directly at us. Green embers
waft upwards around her face. The camera moves to show that the embers are generated
by a Mako furnace in a dark alley as the woman stares into it. After a few moments,
she turns and leaves the alley, a basket of flowers on one arm, and stops to stand at a
street corner. Our view of her is momentarily obstructed by a massive train as it speeds
past through the town square. The camera swings outward through the dark, dingy square,
under a stone arch, and then begins to swing upwards. The view moves higher and higher
until the entire circular city of Midgar comes into view. The Final Fantasy VII logo appears
for a few moments before the camera begins to swing back down, into a different part of a
city. A train is pulling into a station in another dark alley. Two guards patrol the platform.
Jessie flips spectacularly off the train. The guards attack the intruder only to be
knocked out by her skillful hands and feet. Barret hops out of the train, turns, and motions
for another to follow.)
Barret
"C'mon newcomer. Follow
me."
(He runs upstairs. Cloud flips out of the train and follows him. Two guards come down the stairs down to the train platform, blocking his path.)
(Battle sequence with two guards)
(After the battle, Cloud runs up the stairs and meets the group - Jessie, Biggs, and Wedge, opening the main gate to a Mako reactor.)
Biggs
"Wow! You used to
be in SOLDIER all right! ...Not everyday ya find one in a group like AVALANCHE."
Jessie
"SOLDIER? Aren't they
the enemy?"
"What's he doing with
us in AVALANCHE?"
Biggs
"Hold it, Jessie.
He WAS in SOLDIER."
"He quit them and
now is one of us."
"Didn't catch your
name..."
(The PLAYER names Cloud)
Cloud
"...Cloud."
Biggs
"Cloud, eh? I'm..."
Cloud
"I don't care what your
names are. Once this job's over... I'm outta here."
(Barret comes running up from offscreen.)
Barret
"The hell you all
doin'!? I thought I told you never to move in a group!"
"Our target's the
North Mako Reactor. We'll meet on the bridge in front of it."
(The group heads through the gate. Barret stops and turns to face Cloud.)
"Ex-SOLDIER, huh? Don't trust ya!"
(The PLAYER names Barret)
Barret
"If you push the Directional
button while pushing the [CANCEL] button to run. (earlier marked X)"
(FMV sequence. The camera swings to show the Shinra headquarters towering above as Cloud
following Barret through the gate. Cloud follows the others
to the Reactor. Wedge stays on the bridge in front of the reactor as the others head inside.)
Wedge
"I'll secure the escape
passage. Concentrate on the mission, Cloud."
"Geez, we're really
gonna blow this huge furnace up? This'll be somethin' to see!"
(Cloud follows the others into the Reactor.)
Barret
"Yo! This your first
time in a reactor?"
Cloud
"No. After all, I
did work for Shinra, y'know."
Barret
"The planet's full
of Mako energy. People here use it every day."
"It's the life blood
of the planet. But Shinra keeps suckin' the blood out with these machines."
Cloud
"I'm not here for
a lecture. Let's just hurry."
Barret
"That's it! You're
comin' with me from now on."
(Barret joins Cloud. The group works through the locked doors deeper inside the reactor.)
Jessie
"Biggs and I got the
code for this door."
Biggs
"Code deciphered"
(They go through the door.)
Biggs
"Think how many of
our people risked their lives, just for this code..."
Jessie
"Code deciphered"
(They go through the door and work deeper into the reactor. Biggs stays at the door. They enter an elevator)
Jessie
"Push that button
over there!"
(Cloud presses the button. The elevator starts moving.)
Barret
"Little by little
the reactors'll drain out all the life. And that'll be that."
Cloud
"It's not my problem."
Barret
"The planet's dyin',
Cloud!"
Cloud
"The only thing I
care about is finishin' this job before security and the Roboguards come."
(Barret turns away, shaking with anger, then looks back over his shoulder at Cloud and
rejoins him. The elevator stops and Jessie gets off. They
continue into the reactor.)
Jessie
"Push the [OK] button
in front of a ladder to grab on to it. After that, use the [Directional
button] to move up and down."
(Jessie stays behind. Cloud continues to the reactor core.)
Barret
"When we blow this
place, this ain't gonna be nothin' more than a hunka junk."
"Cloud, you set the
bomb."
Cloud
"Shouldn't you do
it?"
Barret
"Jus' do it! I gotta
watch to make sure you don't pull nothin'."
Cloud
"Fine, be my guest."
(As Cloud moves to set the bomb, the screen dims and something speaks into his mind.)
Watch out!
This isn't just a
reactor!!
(It stops abruptly.)
Barret
"...What's wrong?"
Cloud
"Huh?"
Barret
"What's wrong, Cloud?
Hurry it up!"
Cloud
"Yeah, sorry."
(Cloud sets the bomb. An alarm begins to sound and red lights flash.)
Barret
"Heads up, here they
come!"
(Boss battle with Guard Scorpion)
Cloud
"Come on, let's get
outta here!"
Ten minutes to detonation!
(They rush back out through the reactor until they meet up with Jessie where she had stayed behind. She has one leg caught in the grate she's standing on.)
Cloud
"You all right?"
Jessie
"My leg got stuck."
(Cloud pulls her out.)
"Thanks!"
(They continue to hurry out of the reactor.)
Biggs
"Let's go!"
Jessie
"Code deciphered"
(They go through the door.)
Jessie
"Alright, be careful."
Biggs
"Code deciphered"
(They go through the door and exit the reactor. On the way out, Jessie
falls. Cloud helps her up and they sprint away. FMV sequence. The reactor emits
a ring of fire as it explodes spectacularly against the night sky.)
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