Vash continued to chat with Tifa about inconsequential things. Such as friends, families, and what they liked to do. Of course they both kept some things hidden from one another. Like Vash wasn't completely human, or Tifa was part of a movement to destroy the Mako Reactors. Suddenly a woman came up to Vash and asked him politely, "Excuse me, do you want to buy a flower?"
Vash looked at the woman who spoke to him, she had brown hair tied in a ponytail by a ribbon, a red jacket, and a pink dress. While she wasn't a built as Tifa, Vash could definately tell that she was beutiful in her own right. When he saw the flowers she was carrying, he was happy to see something familiar once again. Vash smiled, "Sure Miss?"
"Aeris GainsBorough."
"Aeris, um, how much do they cost?"
"15 Gil."
"I'm afraid I don't have any Gil, just double dollars."
Aeris blinked, she had never heard of double dollars before, but decided it didn't matter, if that's all he had, she couldn't fault him for it. "Well, then pay me 15 double dollars."
Vash blinked that was unexpected, "Thanks." And then he handed over some of his money and Aeris gave him a violet. Vash took a whiff of the violet. "Mmm, this smells nice." He turned back to Tifa as she was coming back from serving someone else. "Hey Tifa, why is the sky so dark?"
Tifa frowned, "That's because of the Mako Generators up there."
"Mako Generators?"
Tifa nodded, "Yes, the Generators supply power to the upper levels of the city, but are sucking the life force of the planet."
Vash got wide-eyed, "WHAT?!? How dare they?" Tifa, Aeris and one other person watching looked at Vash in surprise. "Don't they know that if they suck the energy out of the planet, it dies and everything dies with it?"
Tifa shook her head, "Nope, all they care about is money."
Vash frowned, "That's stupid, I wish I could help."
"Then maybe you can."
Vash looked to his left and saw a big black guy, with a gun-arm, he had seen something similar on his world. He was wearing black cargo pants, and a yellow vest. "Oh, how?"
Barret motioned for Vash to follow him to the back room. When they were alone he spoke to Vash. "Those suckers are draining the life force of the planet and I'm trying to stop them."
"By yourself?"
Barret shook his head, "No, I got me a group called AVALANCHE and we're trying to bring down the Mako reactors. If you join us, we can crush those Mako reactors. So what do you say?"
See other episodes by Philip Weigel
(Posted Sun, 01 Jun 2003 17:12)
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