Chapter Two

     As he enters the fields on the other side of the mines , he takes a deep breathe of fresh air. Spicer zooms in with his Bio tech eye and sees Fort Condor , and decides that he would stop there, for a rest and to get a hot meal inside him. So within an hour it was beginning to get dark, and he had arrived at the entrance of the Fort. Upon entering he had to climb up a rope and then a Ladder, only to be stopped by a guard.
     “Halt! Who goes there? friend or Shinra?”
     “Friend, I'm here to buy goods from your shop and to sleep” Spicer says feeling quite concerned considering that there was a spear being held near his groin area.
     “I’ll keep my eye on you” the guard says lowering his weapon.
     Spicer Walks up to an old man sitting at the table and asks where he could get some supplies. The man directs him upstairs and Spicer realises , that he has 14000 Gil and decides to spend it wisely. A tent , 2 tranquillisers in case he gets into a rage , an Ether a phoenix down and 3 hi-potions. From the opposite table he bought a deathblow materia , because he’s never had one of them before. After this he joined the man at the table for a bowl of rice and asked where the beds were,
     “it’ll be 100 Gil , only VIP's get in for free” said the old man
     Spicer handed over the cash and went downstairs to get a good nights sleep. When he woke it was not even dawn yet, but decided that as he felt refreshed he would leave for Junon right now. Walking around a mile he caught a glimpse of something out of the corner of his eye. He drew his bladed staff and slowly turned around. He was confronted by huge Hellrider with a massive hammer as a weapon. Before Spicer could even react , the Hellrider cracked his whip which made the beast he rode upon leap forward and take a bite at Spicer's arm, he drew blood which really hurt. Spicer thought it was time to use his new materia and attached it to his armor. Using the deathblow materia he jumped 6ft into the air and moved his staff into a stabbing position. he saw the fear in the Hellriders eyes as he plunged the staff deep into the demons head and down through its body and into the beast below him. Spicer pulled the staff out and both the corpses slumped to a heap on the floor. After wiping his we     apon on the floor to clean off the black blood, he took a tranquilliser to stop him from feeling seriously pissed off.
     He continued on his way and noticed a twinkling object in the distance, it almost blinded him as the sun shined down on it. He decided to investigate it, and as he got closer he could see that it was some of his materia ,
     “My enemy skill materia! thank goodness. It took me 6 years to learn all of these!”
     He knew that whoever stole his stuff, must be in the area. Being a well educated dragon slayer he knew where to look for tracks , when hunting down dragons. now he will have to hunt for this person, so as to get his possessions. After what felt like hours he heard a noise, it was a twig snapping under someone's feet. It came from a woodland area to his left. He walked over and as he did , he saw someone ,
     “HEY!” he shouted
     The figure turned and looked at Spicer then broke into a sprint, Spicer pursued, running through the woods, getting his face scratched by branches ,
     “Wait! i just want to talk to you”
     There was no response and the chase continued, eventually he was close enough to jump on it , which he did and managed to grab a leg. The person struggled, kicking Spicer in the head. He punched the person in the head REAL hard which made it stop struggling. Spicer caught his breathe and stood up looking at the floor , he noticed that it was female.
     “Oh damn, what have i done? i don't beat women!” he says feeling guilty
     The female looks dead, but all of a sudden she kicks him in the groin,
     “Zzgghhhhiiiishssssssssssss!”
     "I'm not a woman I'm a Ninja and the names Kisaragi , Yuffie Kisaragi and don't you be forgettin it” Yuffie says.
     Spicer begins to talk in a more high pitched voice than normal whilst clutching his assets,
     “I just wanted to ask ...... was it you who mugged me?”
     “So what if it was?” the girl says smiling
     Spicer has a devious thought,
     “ Look I'm heading over to Costa Del Sol, i have a Villa there it cost me 300,000 Gil, and I'll give you the keys. Its yours, just give me the materia , money and my neck chain.”
     Spicer knew that the key he was about to give her was nothing but a spare key to a chest he kept his clothes in back home.
     Yuffie looked surprised and quickly agreed to the deal. She handed over the materia and the chain but not the money. Spicer looks annoyed ,
     “And where's my Gil? ... i must of had 70,000 because id just got 50,000 for a hunt,”      the Ninja looks at him and smiles,
     I've spent it sorry!”
     She then runs off into the woods, laughing like a madwoman. Spicer doesn't make chase because he hurts a little in the abdomen area. He checks that all his materia is there and places his neck chain round his neck. He eventually arrives at Junon, only to see some commotion on the polluted beach. He enhances the images in the distance with his Bio eye and notices that Cloud , Barrett and Tifa are fighting an Ocean beast. A little girl lay in the shallows. Spicer agrees to himself that he will just watch and learn from there movements. He’s quite impressed with Barrett’s mindblow, and the way they fight so well together as a team. Spicer lusts for companionship like that, but is to pigheaded to admit it. When they had finished off the creature, they turned their attention to the girl , and Cloud proceeded to breathe into the girls mouth giving her CPR. After a minute the little girl choked and spat out some dirty sea water. A man (presumably her father) carries her away, not even thanking them for their help.
     The group follow also, and Spicer has his cue to get out of there. He doesn't want to meet the gang again right now and avoids them , heading towards the beach where he had just seen the battle , he uses his Biotech eye to search which parts of the huge metal structure above him are electrified and which parts are not. Utilising this ability he climbs up , avoiding the areas he cant touch. Just as he gets to the top of the structure and climbs onto a platform his money pouch slipped from his belt. When he looked behind to see what had happened , he was confronted by a Shinra soldier holding his money bag.
     “This is compensation for me allowing you to enter above” said the Soldier
     Spicer glared at the corrupt Shinra employee,
     “Who are you?” Says Spicer, readying his materia
     “ I am Jade Nash, here to Spy on Shinra for a new Rebel group code named ‘Phoenix‘..... you may of heard of me?” The mysterious character blurts out.
     Spicer looks puzzled “ I have heard of AVALANCHE but not of Phoenix”
     The fake soldier takes of her hat and mask
     Spicer looks amazed “ Y.....your a girl!”
     “Of course, Jade isn't a boys name , silly.” She says with a grin right across her face.      She was pretty good looking, a bit smaller than Spicer with a large gun which seemed to be a missile launcher! and what seemed to be a scar across her cheek about 6cm long.      “I see you've noticed my scar. We can talk later .. we have company.”
     Spicer looks behind. There are 3 Shinra soldiers
     The fattest soldier gets first speech “Well what do we have here? a couple of stargazers? come up here for a romantic evening! , prepare to die!”
     Shinra soldier 1 cracks the butt of his gun over Jade’s head , making her stumble.
     Jade strikes back by using ‘Ice 2’ on him , making him scream in pain. But he gets up again , and his other two allies attack at the same time. Shinra soldier 2 fires a round of bullets at Spicer , and Soldier 3 throws a grenade at Jade , which blows up at her feet, this knocks her out with the intense heat and pain. Spicer uses a Phoenix down on her , which partially revives her. Jade quickly comes to her senses and Fires a rocket at Soldier 2 , which blows up in his face knocking him of the platform, where he falls to his death on the rocks below. Spicer then uses Enemy skill ‘Aqualung’ on both opponents, which drowns them, and makes them too fall off the platform .
     Looking pleased if not a little battered, they shake hands and vow to look out for each other.
     “My friend,” Jade says “ Join me in defeating the Shinra, by letting me recruit you as the 2nd person in ‘Phoenix’”
     Spicer can’t maintain a straight face “ha ha! you mean you the only one in your rebel ‘group’?”
     Jade looks pleased “ Not any more! if you join me “
     “ I apologise. But i have quest of my own. I have to find my sister “ He says
     Spicer begins to climb a ladder to get into the building.
     “I don’t even know your name!” Shouts out Jade
     “Spicer Draconus” he says as he climbs into the structure.
     What a stupid name, Jade thinks to herself.
     Spicer sneaks into the cargo hold of a ship heading for Costa del sol. He climbs into a large crate , which contains large quantities of an alcoholic beverage called Rum. At least i wont get thirsty! he says pouring himself a mug of the lovely red stuff. After around 10 mugs , Spicer lost consciousness. He awoke what felt like hours later with a jolt. The crate he was laying in was being moved. His head was throbbing, it felt like he had a sack of potatoes on his head. He peeped through a small hole , and saw that he was in Costa del sol. The crate was being transported by the means of 4 huge muscular men, carrying the crate to a bar in the town. He remained still, and was placed with a thud on the floor of the bar, which made his head feel as if it would explode. He heard voices :
     “ that’ll be 5000 Gil please!” said on of the huge men
     “What! you going to ruin me!” Said the bar keeper
     “ I'm sorry mate! we weigh our alcohol at the port and this weighs a lot! you pay for the weight of the Rum not how much ya get.”
     The men left with greedy looks on their faces and a large bag of cash. It then went silent for a minute and Spicer wondered if he should attempt to get out. Then all of a sudden , a crow bar came through the top of the crate , missing his head by centimetres. The lid was wrenched off and a small man peered in.
     “ What the? WHO THE F*$£ ARE YOU ???” said the man
     Spicer slurred out what he could manage as he was quite drunk still ,
     “ I .. caaaan explain , reallllllly i con!”
     “ Pedro! over here !” Said the man
     “ Wos up boss?” said Pedro , a dopey looking big guy
     “ Chuck this urchin out into the streets. If he returns beat the crap out of him “
     Spicer was picked up and tossed onto the streets. A woman came rushing to his to help. It was Jade.
     “ Whaaaart are yooo doing ear?” Spicer slurred
     Jade shakes her head “ its a good job a did come here. Come on! Jade props Spicer up with his staff, and leads him to a cool room, where he gets force fed some food.
     “ This will soak up all that alcohol you have in you” Jade says eying Spicer up and down.      She then lays him on his side and tells him to take a nap.
     “ The money i stole from you should pay for one nights rent. “ she laughs.

     The next morning, Spicer awoke to find his head strangely clear and felt very alert.      Jade was sitting on the bed next to his.
     “ How do you feel? “
     “Very good! i shouldn't though, was it that food last night?”
     “ i slipped in a tranquilliser!... that usually cures my headaches.” Jade says winking.      The two of them sat there for a while , until Spicer had regained all hi faculties.      Spicer yawns and says “ So tell me a little about yourself”
     “Well I'm 18 years old , i come from Rocket town, i used to work as a scientist for Mr Highwind on the space programme , but he was an idiot, clinging to a lost cause. The Shuttle was a wreck. So i left and was looking for work in Junon or Midgar. then it dawned on me, why not form a rebel group called Phoenix!”
     Spicer shrugged his shoulders “ So why form Phoenix?”
     Jade turned away “ I don't feel comfortable speaking to you about it , its personal , maybe if you joined me, i would tell “
     “ As intrigued as i am , i told you before I've got to find my sister “
     Spicer pulls on his belt and tidy’s himself up.
     Jade snaps “ What does she look like? i might of seen her.”
     Spicer sighs and begins “ She’s a bit smaller than you, she has smaller ti.... er she’s smaller chested than you , she has black hair , brown eyes and wears the same type of clothing as i do”
     “ Yes..... yes i think i saw her, in Rocket town, as i was leaving she walked past me. I noticed she looked odd , because she was wearing a black cloak, and her eyes stared right through me. Brrrr! it gave me the chills.” Jade shudders

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