Chapter 2 - The Temple of the Ancients

Chapter 2: Temple of the Ancients

"Put the Keystone...on the...altar..." Tseng gasped. It was a few weeks later; we were at the Temple of the Ancients. Tseng had been stabbed by Sephiroth, and the trickled down his Turk uniform. Aeris went and stood by the corner, her back to us. Cloud went to talk to her.
"You crying?" he asked.
"Not anymore," she answered. "I know Tseng and I are enemies, but I've known him since we were small...There's not a lot of people I can say that about. Only a handful of people in this world really know me..."
"Hey, you two," I said. "Don't we need to put the freakin' Keystone on the altar?"
"Yeah," Cloud said. He handed me the Keystone, which Tseng had returned to us. We all stood together around the altar, as I put the Keystone into its slot. Then we opened our eyes; we were inside the Temple.
"Hey, over there!" Aeris said, pointing to a strange man. He jumped and scurried off. "Hey, wait!"
We took off after him, Cloud and I conversing on the way. "No exits," Cloud said. "The only way out is to go straight through."
"No turning back now," I replied.
The place was complicated. I jumped all over the place (down stairs, over edges, etc. I'm very enthusiastic)but had to wait for my two companions a lot. When we finally caught up to the guy, we were all huffing and puffing up a storm.
"Whew, we finally caught up to you," Aeris said. The man gave her a key. "Thanks," she said.
We opened the door, and found ourselves in the room with the murals. We spotted Sephiroth gazing at a picture of a rock falling from the sky.
"Black Materia," he said.
"What's it do?" I demanded.
"Fool," he said. "If an injury is inflicted upon the Planet, the Lifestream will gather to heal the wound. And at the center of that injury will be me."
"Injure the Planet?" Aeris gasped.
Sephiroth disappeared into thin air (he has a habit of doing that) and Cloud, infuriated, tried to follow him.
"Where are you, Sephiroth?!"
"Cloud!" Aeris said. "Stop! We've got to find the Black Materia before Sephiroth can!"
"What does it do?" I asked. "Sephir-crap convieniently evaded that question."
"It summons Meteor," Aeris answered, pointing at the mural of the rock in the sky.
"The Temple is the Black Materia," I said. "We have to shrink it, but whoever does will be crushed."
"You can use me!" a new voice said. It was Cait Sith.
"Stalker," I muttered.
"Come on, I won't die, I'm in Midgar, remember?"
"Worth a shot," Cloud reluctantly mumbled.
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"Now Sephiroth can't use this," Cloud said, picking up the Materia.
"I wonder..."
"Sephiroth!" For the badguy had now appeared. He overpowered Cloud, and took the Materia from him.
"Thanks," he said, and dissappeared (yet again!). Cloud lay unconscious at the bottom of the pit. Aeris, Cait Sith 2 and I took him to the Bronco, and went to Gongaga Village. Then Aeris left while the rest of us were asleep.
"Bone Village," Cloud said. "She went to Bone Village. Vincent, Sun, let's go."
"Right," Vincent said.
"Of course," I said.

~End of Chapter 2~

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