LYDIA DEETZ AND FINAL FANTASY 7
Capítulo 21: The longing for a gentle smile
After Wedge had changed, he ordered the Highwind to descend through the northern crater and they reached a kind of esplanade through which they could not advance any further, so they decided that the fifteen companions would go on foot from there.
The interior of the gigantic crater had a bizarre look, like something out of another world, and the worst part was that it was full of monsters due to the mako energy of the place.
The group made their way to the depths of the crater and reached the bottom of it, however, they no longer found a natural landscape, but rather a series of artificial platforms on which they had to face massive monsters.
“This must be Sephiroth's work," said Tifa and the whole group went on.
After crossing the platforms and defeating all the adversaries, they arrived at a kind of temple where the monster Jenova was waiting for them.
“I see she has the head now, Sephiroth surely put it on her," Lydia pointed out to them as she saw the monster.
Jenova was very much like Hojo's monster, with the difference that Hojo's monstrous form was an aberration with tentacles, while Jenova had a well-defined and not so amorphous female form despite the tentacles she possessed.
The monster presented a more difficult challenge than the previous monsters, however, in the end it was also defeated by the fifteen members who went deeper into the temple.
Without warning, they felt Sephiroth's sight resting upon them and then they were lifted into the air without any control of their bodies and feeling an invisible force trying to dismember them.
“My legs and my tail, I think they'll come off at any moment.” Nanaki howled in pain.
“The power of Sephiroth is on a very different level from ours.”
“Mother, help us," Aerith prayed and took out the Sacred Materia, which she inherited from Ifalna. Then, the materia flew over them like a floating orb and emitting a light counteracted the power of Sephiroth.
“Is everyone all right?” Wedge asked in pain and everyone said yes.
“All the tricks are over, now the real battle is on," Cloud said.
“Come out, you coward! Biggs challenged him and Sephiroth materialized in front of the group.
However, Sephiroth had already ceased to be human and was now in the form of a massive monster, almost as big as the monsters Weapons of the planet.
“It's as big and dark as a mountain in the night.” Jesse cried.
“Don't panic, we must attack him," said Vincent.
“Let's kick Sephiroth's f...!” Cid shouted and they all went to attack the final enemy.
The giant monster was very strong and made the group do their best to use magic and healing potions every time. In the end, the friends were victorious after the arduous battle.
“Thank goodness, I couldn't take it anymore," said Yuffie exhausted and the group began to celebrate the victory.
“What's that?” Cait Sith said as he felt the sound of the flapping of wings approaching them.
“It's Sephiroth!” Percy shouted, pointing at the top of the group.
Like Hojo, Sephiroth had a second transformation, but unlike the mad scientist, his was not an abomination, but rather it seemed to be in the form of an angel coming from heaven to judge and destroy men.
All the hearts of the group shrugged in terror at the appearance of Sephiroth who, like a god, was coming to destroy them all, and all hope had already left the group.
One young hand sought the protection of another and both hands shook hands intertwining their fingers. Lydia and Percy looked at each other and rose to face Sephiroth.
More hands joined hands and in the end everyone rose to continue the battle.
“Don't worry, Lydia, we'll protect you," said Tifa.
“And I will protect you," said Lydia decisively and walked away from the group to conjure up "Magic Tsunami".
Lydia concentrated to the fullest to invoke the powers of mother earth, but the chaotic powers of the crater's mako energy made the work difficult. As she was about to give up, the gentle face of her mother appeared before her, and not only her, but also the face of Percy, Wedge, Tifa, Aerith and all the other members of the group, as well as the images of each of the kind and gentle people Lydia met as she began her adventure.
The spirit of Mother Earth manifested itself before her, it had the shape of a big cat and was as big as the Earth itself. Lydia felt her body fill with magical energy and discharged it to Sephiroth.
Sephiroth's power was brutal, but even so he could not resist Lydia's attack and his body disintegrated instantly.
“Lydia, Lydia did it!” Percy shouted and was in a hurry to see Lydia who looked exhausted.
Lydia fainted for a moment and when she opened her eyes she saw that the whole group was around her looking at her with concern.
“I told you I would protect you...” Lydia said tired and Percy cried and held her tightly.
Once Lydia recovered, the group decided to withdraw from the crater and began to leave the temple that was beginning to collapse.
Cloud was beginning to retreat when he felt what Sephiroth called him somehow.
“I have to go Aerith.”
“You don't need to go alone," Aerith said with a gentle smile and Cloud nodded.
“Cloud, Aerith, where are you going?” Tifa asked them in a strange way.
“Sephiroth calls us, we must face him one last time," said Cloud.
“Tifa, you and the others get out of here, I'll accompany Aerith and Cloud," Wedge ordered.
“No, if you go Wedge, I'll go too!” Tifa asked him not to give an inch on this.
“Okay, I know you're too much of a woman to beat Sephiroth," Wedge said proudly and Tifa thanked her with her eyes for not underestimating her for being a woman.
The four friends took a few steps forward and suddenly found themselves in total darkness. After a couple of tense seconds Sephiroth materialized in front of them.
This time Sephiroth did not have a monstrous form, but rather his human form, he had his bare torso and held his powerful sword, the Masamune.
The four friends attacked him at the same time, but Sephiroth blocked all attacks with his sword which was still inside his sheath. Wedge and the others looked on in amazement, but they had no time to react because Sephiroth pulled his sword out of its sheath and defeated the four comrades with a single blow.
Wedge never experienced such pain in his life, he felt that the line of the sword cut was burning like fire, but at the same time it was cold as ice. He felt like a butterfly which was nailed with a needle and then exhibited, he no longer wanted to fight, he lay down and waited for the sweet death.
“Not again... this pain... my chest, it feels so empty...” Tifa moaned as she held the wound.
Wedge opened his eyes and looked at Tifa's wound, but there was no blood, but Tifa kept trying to cover the wound with his hands so that it would "stop bleeding".
Wedge looked at the cut he had and could see that he was not bleeding either, then he realized the truth and began to sweat cold, the sword of Sephiroth was terrible, not cutting the flesh, but the soul itself.
The man was about to lose consciousness from the pain and at that very moment the image of several people came before him, they were the parents of Tifa and Aerith, who asked him to save their daughters. Cloud's parents were also present and praying for his son.
“Don't make the same mistake I did, don't give up," said Cloud's father.
Wedge bit her lips until they bled and rose despite the pain.
Sephiroth's face showed no emotion but this time his lips opened.
“You shouldn't be here, this isn't even your story," he said, and Wedge felt as if his whole body, mind and soul were being cruelly beaten.
Sephiroth smiled cruelly at his head-dragging rival.
"I couldn't do anything on my own," Wedge thought, remembering his shyness in front of Tifa.
"I couldn't do anything on my own," Wedge thought of the help Lydia and Percy gave her.
"My prince", Wedge suddenly remembered Tifa's words, as well as his beautiful smile and happy face.
“Maybe this isn't my story," Wedge declared to Sephiroth as he looked the man directly in the eyes and decisively. “Maybe this universe is nothing more than someone's imagination and in the end my feelings are not reciprocated in the real world, maybe even I am dead, but here and now, I will fight you because this is not a dream, the woman I want, she wants me too.”
Sephiroth said nothing, only held his blade in both hands and placed it next to his face and took the impulse to attack his opponent.
The speed of Sephiroth's attack was like lightning and Wedge could barely block it with his sword rifle. Wedge felt the muscles of his legs and arms tearing at the effort and the battle was just beginning.
New attacks came from Sephiroth, faster and stronger, but somehow Wedge managed to block them all.
Sephiroth was surprised, and now he felt the onslaught of his opponent's blows, but he also blocked them with his magnificent sword.
Swords clashed and sparked everywhere, as the roar of the clash of weapons reverberated throughout the place with a grim sound.
No opponent exchanged words, only the harsh exchange of glances that resembled that of two beasts. The sword of Sephiroth had the lethality of lightning, and Wedge's weapon still struck proudly, though it was already beginning to crack.
A noise like the sound of a big rock breaking into a thousand pieces announced the destruction of Wedge's faithful weapon. Sephiroth saw this and took a complete turn to finish off his enemy more spectacularly, but on completing the turn he found himself being pierced by the sword of Cloud.
Cloud was on the floor with his arm outstretched, at the last second he threw his blade at Sephiroth before he completed his deadly turn.
“I recognize this sword... Zack...” Sephiroth cried with a broken face.
The mako energy began to surround the opponents and Sephiroth's aura took the form of Jenova who like a huge monster was upon him.
“Mother...” Sephiroth cried, but looking over Wedge, his eyes were opened wide in surprise. Above Wedge was his aura, much larger than Sephiroth's aura, she had the shape of a beautiful young naked woman, her long hair had the shape of a dolphin's tail, she was equal to Tifa.
“Why, why are you smiling at me? Sephiroth said to the aura of Wedge. I ended up with everything you had, I ended up with everything you loved.”
Wedge's aura smiled gently at Sephiroth.
“Mother... You never smiled at me like that...” Sephiroth whispered and his body merged with the lifestream.
CONTINUARÁ...
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