Midgar - Shinra's Collapse
If, in following Diamond Weapon, the Highwind rams into it...
Cid
Hey, HEY! What're ya tryin' to do? Break the Highwind? Let's fight on the ground!
They reach and fight Diamond Weapon some miles outside of Midgar, but cannot defeat it. It turns towards Midgar, leaving them behind.
Barret
Wassup, Mr. Monster? What're you lookin' at?
Nanaki
Something's wrong...
Vincent
Doesn't look like it's after us. Something else...
Cloud
No, it's...... feeling something. ......Yeah, it senses murder.
Tifa
Let's go to the Airship!
Yuffie
OK, can we go now!?
Cid
To my ship!
The others run out. Cloud's PHS rings.
Cait Sith
Oh no! Let's hurry out of here!
Something big... I'm talkin' REALLY BIG's comin'! |
Meanwhile at Shinra HQ...
Heidegger
Hah, hah, hah, Mr. President, preparations for Sister Ray are now in order. |
Scarlet
Hah, hah, hah!
Anytime is fine. |
Rufus (laughing)
......Fire.
The Sister Ray fires a shot northward. The glass on the Shinra building shatters. Diamond Weapon fires back at Midgar. On the Highwind's deck...
Tifa
Which direction is it going to attack from?
Nanaki
Midgar!
Barret
Marlene!!
The shot from the Sister Ray goes right through Diamond Weapon as the Highwind flies by. The Weapon falls.
Barret
Damn...
Nanaki
It went right through Weapon......
Cloud
I see! They're after Sephiroth! The crater on the Northern boundary!
The shot continues on to the Northern Crater and destroys the barrier. Back at Shinra HQ...
(operator)
Sir! Weapon's been defeated!!
The barrier has disappeared!
There is a pause.
Sir! A mass of high density energy is heading towards Midgar! |
Rufus turns and looks. In the street below, people are running away from the Shinra building.
People Fleeing
WHOOA-- Weapon's coming!
Run for your lives!!
Rufus stands motionless in his office as the blast hits.
Back on the Highwind...
Cloud
What happened to...... Sephiroth?
Northern Cave...
Let's go see what happened to it.
Barret
When AVALANCHE was jes startin', we used to put up flyers everywhere.
And now, we're up against Sephiroth. How about that?
Feels like a long time ago.
Tifa
Now we're going to fight Sephiroth.
I wonder what the inside of that cave looks like? You think Sephiroth is just sitting there waiting for Meteor?
Nanaki
Will we save the world if we beat Sephiroth?
I'm frightened, but I'll do my best. Let's hurry to the Northern Cave!
Cait Sith
......Wonder what that Sephiroth feller's up to?
Vincent
Defeat Sephiroth... Defeat the son of that beloved woman...
Am I on the verge of committing another sin......?
Or am I atoning as best I can for only watching...?
Cid
Maybe this is the time?
Yuffie
What's the pilot like?
Tell him Yuffie says if he pilots the plane smoothly, give him my autograph...
Learner Pilot (L14)
Hey, Cloud!!!
Cloud
- Y, yeah, let's go!
- U, uh wait
They fly to the Northern Crater.
Cloud
Sephiroth's energy barrier is gone......
Cid! Can the Airship get inside?
Cid
Huh? He's my student, ain't he!? Of course he can go anywhere!
Cloud
Right, sorry about that.
Cait Sith gives a sudden start.
Barret
Yo, Cait Sith! Now what?
Cait Sith
Hold it!
Scarlet! Heidegger! What's going on?
Back at Shinra HQ...
Heidegger
Strange. I can't reach the President!
Reeve
Not the President. To Sister Ray!
Scarlet
Ha, ha, ha. What is it Reeve? You're speaking strangely.
Reeve
None of that matters!
The reactor's output is increasing all by itself!
Scarlet
Ww, wait a minute. That's not wise!
It must cool for 3 hours or it won't work. Reeve, shut off the machine!
Reeve
We can't do that! It's inoperable!
He pulls out his cell phone.
Someone has switched the machine over to mainframe operation!
We can't operate it from here. |
Reeve
What about the mainframe? Who!?
He turns to Heidegger.
Hey, call the mainframe!
Heidegger
Huh? Why are you giving orders?
Reeve
I don't give a damn about the details!!
At the Sister Ray's controls...
Hojo
Ha, ha, ha...... Just you wait, Sephiroth.
I'll give you all the Mako you want.
Reeve
Hojo, STOP! The cannon, no, Midgar itself is in danger! |
Hojo
Ha, ha, ha...... One or two Midgars? ...it's a small price to pay.
Hojo
Show me...... Sephiroth.
It should be near...
Ha, ha, ha...... Go beyond the powers of science...
Before your presence, science is powerless...
I hate it, but I'll concede to it.
Just... let me see it.
Ha, ha, ha......
Back on the Highwind...
Barret
YO! Do somethin'! Ya big cat!
Cait Sith
We're sunk. Hojo's doing this on his own......
...? ...? H, huh!?
I don't like this......
Barret
You're busted, Reeve!
Too late tryin' to hide it now...
Cloud
Can't you stop the Mako reactor?
Cait Sith
......We can't stop it.
Barret
You're from Shinra, ain't ya? So why's it impossible!?
Cait Sith
............
Cid
We came a long way to get here. You better not double-cross us now!
Cait Sith
I can't make you trust me......
Cid
You damn fool! Don't you understand anything I'm saying?
I don't give a damn about Shinra. If you're a man... no, if you're a human being, you'll save the planet! Don't you even care?
Cait Sith
No way! If we shut down the reactor, all hell will break loose!!
Cid
Why? Can't you just shut off the valve?
Cait Sith
Yeah, it's easy to shut off the reactor's pipe valves......
But the reactor made a path for the energy to escape from below.
Once you open that, it'll be impossible to close it until everything blasts out...
And we can't try to stop the energy from gushing out......
Barret
An explosion!!
Cait Sith
This blast'll be way stronger than when the number 1 reactor blew up!
Barret
Damn...!
Cait Sith
Forget about that......... the CANNON! We've got to get to Midgar! That's the first thing!!
Cloud
Must stop Hojo... first.
At Shinra HQ...
Reeve
Looks like Cloud and the others are on their way. Stay out of the way!
Heidegger
Ghaa haah hah hah!
Don't be so ludicrous! I don't recall you giving me any orders!
The Peace Preservation will give their best effort to make the enemy retreat!
Because of them, I...... I...!
Reeve
That's a private matter......
Heidegger
The President is dead! Now I'm doing things my way!
Ghaa haah hah hah!
Scarlet
Ha, ha, ha.
Heidegger! Now I'm going to use the new weapon!
Two Shinra soldiers run in to restrain Reeve. Scarlet and Heidegger leave the Conference Room.
Reeve
Hey! Wait!!
Cloud, everybody! Sorry......
But!!
Back on the Highwind...
Cait Sith
But!
But you'll come, won't you!?
Cloud
I know!
Cid
Hey!
I'm leaving the ship in your hands!
Pilot
I'm heading for Midgar!
Barret
Comin' and goin'... gettin' pushed around.
But I got a debt to all them back in Midgar that I can't never repay...
Tifa
It's all right.
You're here... Everyone's all together
Together... we can do anything. We've worked this hard already.
Nanaki
I wonder why Hojo performed so many of these experiments?
Why couldn't he content himself qith quiet research?
Cait Sith
I can't 'pologize to y'all enough.
If I was just a bit more o' a better feller Ain't none of this woulda happened...
Vincent
Hojo... what a queer fellow.
Such utter lack of scientific talent... compared with the genius of Dr. Gast......
Lucrecia chose him trying to protect him...
Now I understand... I understand... but...
Cid
We're busy runnin' back and forth!
Even my bikini goddess would be pantin' about now!
Yuffie
Headed for... Midgar?
Uh, a, anywhere's fine... I don't care. Just hurry up and land this thing.
Learner Pilot (LV14 Limit Break!)
Yo, Cloud! Whacha gonna do?
Cloud
- Move it!
- Wait
They fly back to Midgar.
Pilot
We've reached Midgar!
Barret
Even if we get there, Midgar's under martial law!
There'll be no way we could slip into the slums.
Tifa
Looks like all transportation from the slums is cut off......
Cid
Hey, hey, whaddya think we have Highwind for?
Where are we now!?
Barret
Huh? Where are we...?
Cid
If land's no go... We'll go by air!
Cloud
Okay then! We'll parachute into Midgar!!
Everyone runs off to the deck.
Cloud
Here we go!!
They all jump off the Highwind and parachute into Midgar, landing in 8th Street, Sector 8.
Cait Sith
Heidegger is going after you all.
That's why it's dangerous out there. Let's go underground!
Cloud joins the others around an entrance to the Sector 8 underground.
Barret
Sounds strange comin' from me...
But it feels like home bein' back in Midgar.
Kinda makes me sick...
Tifa
We sure got to know the Midgar underground.
Nanaki
I have an old score to settle with Hojo, so let's hurry and go!
Yuffie
This place smells gross. Let's get this over with!
Cid
Yeah! Let's get it over with!
Vincent
So it was Hojo who stirred up all this commotion, after all these years...?
Cait Sith
This is where we go in.
Please! Hurry and come to the Mako Cannon!
Cloud and the others make their way through the underground and reach the train tunnel.
Elena
Oh no! They're here!
Cloud and the others turn to face her as Reno and Rude walk up.
Elena
What are we going to do!? I think it's okay for you to ignore your orders now.
Reno
...Elena, don't act so weak.
Rude
We're Turks, Elena.
Elena
...Yes, sir. You're right.
Rude
Come on, we've got work to do.
Reno
I'm not really up for it, but...
Elena
Our orders were to seek you out and...
...Kill.
Our company may be in turmoil, but an order's an order.
That's the will and spirit of the Turks! Believe it!
Cloud
......
Elena
What are you doing! Let's go!
Cloud
- Okay, let's end this
- No, let's not go
- Okay, let's end this
Reno
I know we have a weird relationship, but...
We have to end this... like Turks!
A battle ensues.
Elena (attacking)
Try this on for size!
Cloud and the others attack her.
Elena
Yeow! That hurts!
Take THAT!!
She casts Infatuation.
Rude
............
Reno
Let's call it a day.
They flee.
- No, let's not go
Elena
You showing pity!? Don't take the Turks for fools!
Reno
Wait, Elena.
Elena
Reno! You're not violating the order... are you!?
Reno
Shinra's finished. It's come down to this.
Rude
......
Elena
Rude...
Reno
Elena, you were a great Turk!
Elena
......
Reno
Farewell. If we both survive...
If we can save our lives...
He walks off.
Elena
Remember the spirit of the Turks...!
She salutes and runs off.
Rude
Our mission's finished...
He follows the others.
Cloud and the others move on. At the first branch in the tunnel, they find Yuffie.
Yuffie
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon---!
At the next is Cid.
Cid
Which way...!?
Goddamn, piece of $#@^% cannon!!
Going left takes them to the Shinra building.
Cait Sith
No, no! The Sister Ray's not this way!
Cloud retraces his steps to find the right path, finding Tifa crouched down on the tracks. She stands.
Tifa
I'm all right! Hurry and go to the cannon!
Eventually Cloud comes out in the streets of Sector 8 again, near the supports for the cannon. They head for the stairs, but the ground starts shaking, and they stop and look back.
Barret
What the... hell is that!!?
Tifa
This can't be...
Yuffie
Are you serious...?
Cid
Hey-hey! You serious...?
The hatch of the huge mecha opens.
Heidegger
G'yaaa, Haaa, Haaa!!! Here they come!
G'yaaa, Haaa, Haaa!!! So they really showed up!
You sure did treat us like dogs up to now!!
Scarlet
You killed off a lot of my precious soldiers!
Heidegger
G'yaaa, Haaa, Haaa!!! But let's see how you do against anti-Weapon artillery!
Scarlet
You guys are worthless, but my proud creation is a sure thing!
They go back inside the hatch.
Scarlet
I'll show you the destructive power of the Proud Clod!
A battle ensues, and they defeat the Proud Clod.
Scarlet
Not that! This is the proud Clod.........!?
Heidegger
Whoooooa!!
The Proud Clod explodes. It starts to rain, and Cloud and the others move on down the street and start up the stairs to the Sister Ray.
Cait Sith
This way, Cloud!
Vincent (on a lower platform, watching)
Damn! Hojo...!
Barret
Hey! This is...
| Received "Missing Score"! |
This is great. Hold on, Hojo......!
They reach Hojo, who is working at the cannon's controls.
Cloud
Hojo! Stop right there!!
Hojo
Oh... the failure.
Cloud
At least remember my name! It's Cloud!
Hojo
Every time I see you, I...
It pains me that I had so little scientific sense...
I evaluated you as a failed project.
But, you are the only one that succeeded as a Sephiroth-clone.
Heh, heh, heh...... I'm even beginning to hate myself.
Cloud
None of that matters... just stop this nonsense!
Hojo (pausing)
...nonsense?
Oh, this?
He turns around.
Ha, ha, ha...
Sephiroth seems to be counting on the energy.
So I'm going to lend him a hand.
Cloud
Why!? Why do that!?
Hojo
Quit asking me why, you moron.
Hmm... actually, you might be cut out to be a scientist.
He turns back to the controls.
Energy level is at...... 83%. It's taking too long.
My son is in need of power and help. ...That's the only reason.
Cloud
...your son?
Hojo
Ha, ha, ha... Although he doesn't know.
Ha, ha, ha... HA, HA, HA...!!
What will Sephiroth think when he finds out I'm his father?
Always looking down on me like that.
HA, HA, HA...!!
Cloud
Sephiroth is your son!?
Vincent
......!
Hojo
Ha, ha, ha...
I offered the woman with my child to Professor Gast's Jenova Project.
When Sephiroth was still in the womb, we took the cells of Jenova...
HA, HA, HA!!
Vincent
You......!
Cloud
I can't believe you're the one who did this...
The illusionary crime against Sephiroth...
Hojo turns around.
Hojo
Heee, hee, hee, hee! No you're wrong!
It's my desire as a scientist! Heee, hee, hee, hee!
Vincent
......
I was...wrong. The one that should have slept was...
...You, Hojo!
Hojo
I... was defeated by my desire to become a scientist.
I lost the last time as well.
I've injected Jenova's cells into my own body!
Heee, hee, hee!
Here are...
Heee, hee, hee!
...my results!!
A battle ensues.
Hojo
Gwah, haw, haw!!
Haw... now let's see
how the Mako juice is reacting?
Hojo morphs into Helletic Hojo, and later into Lifeform Hojo. Cloud and the others manage to defeat him.
Cloud
......
Nanaki
The father...
Tifa
I can't believe Sephiroth is Hojo's son...
Barret
Anyway... that's the end of the cannon...
Cid
%$#&$*&^%^
Yuffie
How sad... for him...
Vincent
Hojo...rest in peace...
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