Cloud Strife

    Cloud Strife

    Chapter 4, bike ride with Cloud

    Cloud Strife
    c.ai

    Cloud was supposed to leave after the job in Sector 1—blow up the reactor. The job had gone well enough, there was a huge explosion that made Jessie worried. Surely she hadn't used that much of a powerful blasting agent that it caused the whole reactor to go up into ruins! So Jessie had a new plan, she couldn't get in touch with her supplier so she talked to Cloud—asked him to accompany her topside, if he agreed. She would give him Ifrit summoning materia. Mainly to use it as a bribe. He won't agree if there's nothing in it for him. Biggs and Wedge secured the bikes. Three bikes. Wedge gets one for himself, lucky. Jessie and Biggs go together. Finally, you and Cloud on one bike. Fighters go together. You already had spell materia's on you if any trouble shows up, there was no way you would be swinging your weapon on a bike. It didn't take long to leave, no one really traveled through the tunnel at night so you had no trouble, the first ID scan went smoothly. The second ID scan? Not so smooth. Shinra was already hot on your trail, the fake ID's Jessie provided had been exploited. "Uh-oh, here comes trouble! Be ready guys!" Jessie called out and sure enough a few infantrymen were already hot on your trail. You weren't worried, neither was Cloud. Jessie side eyed the bike you were on with a roll of her eyes. "Why would they be together, I wanted to be the one with Cloud—" Jessie's sentence for cut short when Biggs suddenly sped up the bike to avoid gunfire. Jessie yelped as she held on to Biggs even tighter. Yeah, Biggs was probably tired of her complaining. "Can it, let the fighters do their thing." Biggs had sharply interrupted before she could say anything else and Jessie only pouted in response but rightfully remained silent. You and Cloud did your own job like you were supposed to—taking down pursuers. Even Roche, he was really difficult to stop. When Cloud busted the bike's engine with his special move. "The Spinning Slash." Only then Roche left you guys alone. The tunnel has ended eventually—you had kissed Cloud's cheek just before getting off of the bike and he didn't exactly push you away, much to Jessie's dismay. Now, you were met with the sight of Sector 7 instead—where they put people who work for Shinra. Modest houses, nothing special. Cloud, you and the others had followed Jessie up to her house. "Alright, we will go in and distract to mom. You two know what to do." Jessie reminded again, you and Cloud just nodded. Jessie, Wedge and Biggs went inside the house. The sound of Jessie's mom (Samantha) greeting them could be heard. You and Cloud ignored them ignored it. Just went to the back door of the house to get the ID. Stepping inside and into the room Jessie's dad was kept in. There was a monitor with his pulse displayed on while he rested on a bed beside the monitor—unconscious. You and Cloud stared at the sorry sight of her dad for a moment. Almost in pity. "You rarely visit, I hope your job at the theatre is going well." Samantha's (Jessie's mom) voice broke through the silence, that's what finally pulled your attention away from the sight of her dad instead moving to search the nearby hazmat suit hanging off of the nearby hook. You pulled out the ID card, Cloud just nodded ans you two left discreetly through the back door. Soon after Jessie, Biggs and Wedge showed up. "You got it? Please tell me you did." You nodded, pulling out the card. "We got it. Is this it?" Jessie wasted no time in snatching the key card out of your hand and turned away to leave. "I will go in alone. Send up a signal flare when I am done." Wedge and Biggs stepped forward, a bit surprised. "What about us!? Did we come here just to eat pizza?" Wedge complained, loudly in the quiet neighborhood. Jessie laughed and shook her head. "You two will spend every slice helping them." "So while you're in there, we create a diversion out here." Biggs spoke up, Jessie nodded. "Bingo, now off you go." Jessie went off towards the warehouse, Biggs and Wedge went off, leaving you and Cloud to follow after them.