Chapter One
Spicer , was in the Midgar region one day and thought to himself that as he had , had quite a good week in the dragon slaying business , that he would visit Aeris whom he hadn't seen since he left home 5 years ago .Upon arriving at her mothers house , he stopped to admire what Aeris had done to the garden.
"Wow..... it wasn't like this last time i came here , last time i was here all that was there was junk" he thought to himself.
It had been turned into a blossoming flower garden. Spicer entered the house.
"Hey! long time no see!" but no-one was home.
"Typical in 5 years of being away , they had to be out right now. I'll check out the church".
So he did this and after looking around a little he heard noises in the back room , it was Aeris and she was shouting. Upon arriving in the back room , he saw a couple of Shinra goons and Aeris was up in the rafters of the roof . Before he could shout out her name , she and a strange looking man in blue clothing jumped out of a hole in the roof. When they had gone , Spicer noticed that a few Shinra scum were laying on the floor underneath barrels ,
"obviously Aeris can still look after herself!" he said quietly laughing to himself.
Walking over to one of the Shinra laying on the ground , he grabbed him by the scruff of the neck and asked
"why were you trying to capture Aeris?"
the soldier replied by saying in a raspy voice , "Cetra , she the ..... only ....." .
"Damn" . The soldier was dead , and frankly he wasn't surprised after that barrel fell on his head.
"I'm gonna kick ass! Aeris and Nikki were best friends , if i can catch up with Aeris maybe she can help find my sister". He said feeling the anger rise in him.
After running around Sector 5 looking for her for a good hour he finally gave up. Thinking back , he remembered the man with her.
"who could it be? .... it was Cloud Strife! and he's a member of Soldier" Spicer paused for a moment
"so he's kidnapped her eh?, Aeris probably had a price on her head , and Cloud just couldn't resist , Its time to put my skill and materia together and do what i should have done a long time ago , and that's dispose of Cloud Strife once and for all."
Upon leaving the church , he felt the presence of someone behind him. Spicer stopped dead in his tracks , then drew his his bladed staff and swung round to see who it was. It was 3 Shinra soldiers , with their guns drawn.
"You wanna party? lets get it over with"
With saying those word the soldier tossed a grenade his way , With Spicer's razor sharp reactions he whacked it with his staff and it hit one of the soldiers on the head , exploding with tremendous force. The shrapnel injured one soldier and killed another.
"your friends are incapacitated, its just you and me" Spicer said to the remaining soldier.
The soldier dropped his gun immediately and ran as fast as he could , leaving his injured pal behind to writhe in agony.
"ah your no fun" sneered Spicer.
just after saying that he was smacked in the head with a heavy blunt object and everything went dark , all he can remember was the feel of his hot blood trickling down his neck , and making the outline of a woman when he fell to the floor. When he woke up he was still where he fell , He noticed that an old women had come to his aid and was wiping his brow with a damp cloth. but he noticed that all his materia and money had gone. Even his treasured dragon tooth neck chain had been stolen. This made him mad. How could he find his sister if he had no money for food or shelter? Someone even stole his only summon materia Ifrit , which cost him over 100,000 Gil from a merchant in Junon. He thanked the woman and said
"How long was i out?"
"A good 6 hours" she said
"I would give you some Gil if i had any to compensate for your time" said Spicer
The woman just smiled and started to walk away.
"Wait" said Spicer "did you see who did this to me?"
"Yes" the woman said " a young girl of around 16 she looked like she wasn't from around here , perhaps she came from the Wutai area?"
"thanks again old woman" he said and left Midgar and all the memories behind.
he saw a rope drop down from the heights of Midgar and saw three figures slowly climbing down it. There was a girl , good looking, with a short skirt. A big guy with a gun as an arm , a strange dog like creature , Cloud Strife was there and can it be? ..... it is it's Aeris! But what was she doing with this bunch of misfits?
Spicer couldn't contain himself any longer "Aeris! , down here!"
Aeris jumped down followed by the rest of them
"Spicer? is that you?" she said squinting
" Yeah , long time no see, is this guy bothering you?" he continues , "I know about him , he's from Soldier "
Aeris interrupts "woah , woah , slow down , its okay, he's a friend , and he is an ex-soldier"
"Okay , so who are your other 'friends'?" Spicer says sarcastically
" This is Red XIII , Tifa Lockheart , Barrett Wallace and i guess you know Cloud "
Cloud puts his hand out to shake , but Spicer just stares,
" I'm not here for a social visit , I'm here for your help Aeris."
"My help? , why what's happened? , its not money again is it?" says Aeris
" Nikki has gone missing , and since she was your best friend , i was hopping that , she might have told you something else"
Aeris paused for a moment to think , "all she told me was that she was going to Nibelheim , to search for a dragon with a hefty bounty on its head. I'm afraid that's all i know"
"So will you aid me in my quest? , if we find her she will be happy to see you."
Aeris looks at her new friends and then at Spicer and says "I'm sorry , but the gang and i , well....... were sort of .... err..."
"We on a mission foo' , we ain't got time for this crap" Says Barrett , starting to get pissed off.
Spicer pokes Barrett in the gut "who do you think you are? acting all macho?"
"Mach.... F$£*@& , I'm the leader of AVALANCHE , and don't you be forgetin' it"
"Avalanche huh? I've heard of you , your rebel Ecowarriors aren't you?
Cloud pipes in "Look were gonna have to go to Kalm , i need to tell you all something , that way we can all get our facts straight and decide what were going to do. Aeris , Red , Spicer you go together , me an...."
Spicer butts in "i ain't going no wheres with you, I've got my own life to run , besides the fact I've got to find my stuff, so you all go off in your cosy little group and have a nice life , so i guess I'll see you around" with that Spicer walks away and out of the Midgar boundaries. Aeris feels a little hurt at his mean attitude, but has no choice in the matter she has made her mind up and Spicer his.
Red has his say in the matter " it doesn't bother me what you all do , I'm only going with you as far as my home town"
They then split up into two teams and head towards Kalm.
Spicer , heads across the Midgar plains for a day or two, heading for the Chocobo farm to fetch his standard yellow Chocobo , which he stole from a man in Kalm , who was trying to breed Gold Choco's. On the way there he is attacked by two Kalm fangs and a prowler. Armed only with his trusty staff , Spicer gets the first strike , he does this by slicing at the Prowlers neck . The Prowler screams in agony and falls to the floor immediately , choking on its own blood. Letting his guard down for just a split second the first Kalm fang pounces and tears at Spicer's body with its large clawed paws , making him stumble and almost losing his balance. The second fang pounces also but misses. Spicer searches his pockets quickly and notices that he has a molotov spell , which he throws immediately , which affects both Kalm fangs by burning them alive , turning them into charcoal instantaneously. Weakend by the attack , our hero decides it would probably be best if he camped out in the plains , near some chocobo tracks.
"I should make it by midday if i wake at dawn" , he says yawning.
Awakened by Warking noises at dawn it was his cue to get up and continue his quest.
After walking a good three hours he notices the smell of cooked Sylkis greens
"Aahhh! Choco bill always cooks Sylkis greens in the morning for his feathered friends i must almost be there."
Upon saying that there was a break in the swamp mist which enabled him to see the faint outline of the farm. Half hour later he was there , He quickly had a bite to eat with Bill and the kids and then picked up his Choco 'Melissa', and began his journey to Junon, from which he would stow away on a ship to Costa del sol. Once in the Midgar swamp , he could see a Zolom trying to catch him as he speeded his way across the wastelands, he laughed to himself , but the smile soon wiped off his face when to his surprise a man in a Black cloak stood on the grassy edge and was fighting a Midgar Zolom, but with one plunge of the mans long sword , the Zolom was dead. And what happened next surprised him even more , the man lifted the Zolom with his sword and tossed it onto a Wooden spike in the ground!.
"That's amazing! Midgar Zoloms must be 100ft long and weigh over 50 tons"
The man then disappeared into the caves. What Spicer hadn't noticed was that while he had been watching him , the Zolom behind was gaining on him fast, before his Chocobo had the time to turn around the Zolom had lunged its Fangs at him. Spicer fell on his backside in the foot deep murky water , It winded him and he gasped which made him swallow a mouthful of swamp water. And With one bite Melissa had been crunched up and swallowed, and it looked hungry for more. Spicer began to run as fast as he could , just managing to make it to the other side of the swamp unscathed.
After resting on the damp grass , laying on his back , for a while , he collected himself and brushed himself down. Though still shaken by the experience he walked through Mythril mines cave entrance, where he had seen the mysterious dark character. Spicer muttered to himself,
"Seems like that spook is on a mission, I'll stay out of its way"
After walking through the mines for a few moments , he heard voices , so he went to investigate.
"Forget that ! we've been given orders to find Sephiroth. Aeris is not our problem now, let someone one else tend with her." said a bald guy
Then out of nowhere comes a beautiful lady with blond hair wearing a suit and says :
" But she's an ancient , the last of a superior race , shouldn't we capture her and make President Shinra , pay ransom?"
When she said that , Spicer leapt from from out of the darkness and said
" You touch Aeris and I'm gonna break your necks....."
The bald guy gets first speech "Well , well , a brave hero here to save Aeris from the nasty Turks ha ha ha!"
Spicer frowns "So your the Turks, where's Tseng? he was always trying to steal Aeris from her mother."
Another man steps from beyond the shadows "I believe i am the person you speak of, do not fear , we are not after Aeris. We are trying to capture a man called sephiroth, he is about your height , Grey hair and carries a large blade, have you seen him at all?
"What if i have?" Spicer says deviously
Tseng signals Elena over "give the man 1000 Gil for his troubles"
"But i....."
Elena is interupted by Tseng
"Just give him 1000 Gil"
Spicer accepts the bribe and tells them what he had seen.
"Now be on your way , we shall wait here encase he fronts." Says Tseng
Needing no more encouragement , Spicer takes his booty and continues his quest to find his sister.
Chapter 2
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