LYDIA DEETZ AND FINAL FANTASY 7
Capítulo 7: The unfortunate phrase
The group toured the base of the mountain range and finally managed to find the cave through which they could pass to the other side of the continent, however, the access proved to be very narrow for the chocobos.
“Apparently we'll have to leave the chocobos in this place," said Cloud.
“Damn it, I'm sorry, Lydia, but in the end we wasted your money," Barrett apologized.
“Don't say that, Barrett, money is nothing compared to the safety of the planet, I'm just sorry to have to leave our friends to their fate," lamented Lydia, stroking Death Fast's neck.
“Don't worry, Lydia, we'll take their saddles and harnesses off, remember that they're faster than zolom snakes so they won't get hurt," Percy reassured him.
The friends got out of the chocobos and took away their saddles and harnesses.
“Promise me you'll take care of yourself. Quick death," Lydia whispered to him as she hugged the chocobo.
“QUACKKKKK” the chocobo croaked proudly and nobly to her, and along with the others they headed back to the swamps.
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The group entered the caves to find the right step to take them to the other side, when they met nothing less than the Turks.
The enemies were arrogant and said that rumors had it that Sephiroth was in Junon, and then they proceeded to fight. The Turks thought they were invincible but did not count on the tactics of Lydia and Percy, so they were defeated quickly and fled the scene.
Following the route taken by the Turks, they left the mountain range on the other side of the continent and made their way to the city of Junon.
“We have to go through a place called Fort Condor before we get to Junon," Cloud told them as he looked at the map and they all headed for the fort that was nestled in a mountain.
After several hours, they arrived at the fort and had to climb a rope to enter the complex. Nanaki had to be helped by Percy.
Once upstairs Nanaki, the girls, especially Tifa, ordered the men to go up first for obvious reasons. Percy helped Lydia up the stairs so she wouldn't hurt her hands climbing the rough rope.
As they toured the strong condor, they discovered that it was inhabited by people fighting against the multinational Shinra. Apparently the multinational wanted to appropriate the power of the local mako energy and in doing so would destroy the nest of a condor of gigantic proportions.
The group went up to the fort's observatory and saw the giant condor's nest. The bird was gigantic and imposing and at that time was hatching several huge eggs.
“Superb," said Biggs.
“I've never seen such a huge bird before," Wedge admitted.
“Look at those big eggs," said Tifa, impressed.
“They're very beautiful," Aerith pointed to the eggs.
“They look delicious," Percy drooled and Jesse, who was standing next to him, elbowed him on the head.
“Auch, Lydia...”
“You deserve it” he was not comforted by Lydia and Percy looked sad, so Nanaki laughed.
The leader of the strong condor begged them to help him defend the nest, as several soldiers and biological weapons from Shinra (monsters) would attack the stronghold condor. He also asked them to use the money they had to acquire the service of mercenaries not so inclined to help Shinra and thus form a temporary army to stop the invasion of the multinational.
“We just need to stop them until the eggs hatch," begged the leader of the fort.
Cloud looked at Lydia and accepted with what they hired all the mercenaries on the spot and prepared for battle.
Shinra's army was confident and did not worry that an ordinary cat would walk through their camp watching everything.
“It was Wedge's idea to send Percy to spy on the enemy," Lydia told Tifa.
“Yes, when Percy returns, we can know the exact number of the enemy and his composition.”
“This will benefit us a lot in battle, isn't Wedge very clever? “Lydia pointed out to her.
“You're right, for a while now Wedge has been very clever," admitted Tifa and kept looking through the window with her binoculars.
When Percy returned, he gave a detailed report of the enemy units, whether they were human or not, as well as the strategy they would employ.
Barrett smiled and forgot that he was no longer the leader and ordered the others to get ready.
“Barret, remember that by democratic vote we elected Cloud as our representative," Nanaki reminded him.
“I know, but my blood boils when I know we will face Shinra," the giant exclaimed excitedly.
“Don't let your emotion cloud your judgment, Barrett," recommended Jesse.
Late in the afternoon the attack began and thanks to Percy's espionage work, Avalanche and the mercenaries defeated Shinra's army.
The whole group was celebrating happily when the leader of the stronghold condor told them that the eggs would soon begin to hatch.
The group went to the lookout and saw how the giant bird rose and its whole body began to shine, then life seemed to abandon the bird and it collapsed into the abyss.
“No! What happened!” shouted Jesse.
“I understand... Sometimes, for something to live, something has to die," Lydia muttered sadly.
“You're right Lydia, sometimes that's the natural order of things," said Aerith and crossed her fingers and said a silent prayer.
A noise came out of the shells and everyone saw how the eggs hatched, hatching from these giant chicks that in a matter of minutes developed feathers and began to fly across the sky until they were out of sight.
“Do you think they'll be okay without their mother?” Biggs asked.
“Don't worry," calmed an old man in the fort, "these birds will have no problem surviving because they are independent and able to fend for themselves from the moment they are born.”
“What will they do with the mother's body?” wanted to know Lydia.
Some of their feathers will act as talismans for our people and the rest will be buried to nourish the earth and return to the vital current.
The group did not want to ask what was that about the vital current and decided instead to buy various items that would help them on their journey and since it was late, they took some rooms in the fort to spend the night.
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Tifa, who could not sleep, went to the outskirts of the viewpoint to think about the events of the day. As she left the viewpoint she discovered that Wedge was sitting on a water tower and staring at the stars.
“Wedge?” Tifa said and her friend turned to look at her.
“Tifa, what are you doing here?”
“I couldn't sleep and went out to clear my head.”
“Go upstairs, the view from here is incredible and quiet.”
Tifa went up to the water tower and couldn't help but think that she did the same when she was a child, believing that Cloud would declare himself to her in her village.
However, it was not all the same, that time Cloud was waiting for her sitting down, while now Wedge offered her his hand to climb safely to the platform.
“Be careful, Tifa, I don't want you to fall and hurt yourself.”
“Thank you Wedge, you're very kind.”
Wedge did not let go of Tifa's hand and carefully guided her to the front of the tower.
“You see, this view is very quiet, Tifa.”
“You're right, Wedge," admitted Tifa when she saw that Wedge was right. The moon was enormous in the night sky and at its feet a huge forest stretched out like a calm, laurel green sea.
“And why were you here alone, Wedge?”
“Well, I was thinking about what Lydia and Aerith said about how for something to live, something has to die.”
Tifa stared at Wedge, as that was the same reason she couldn't sleep.
“In Midgar," Wedge continued, "all those people died when Sector 7 collapsed, did they die so that we could live? We went to protect the pillar of sector 7, we were willing to die to protect all those people and in the end we were the ones who survived. Did we survive to save the planet? I don't consider myself special enough to have survived, I don't consider myself more special than little Tina, or Mrs. Betolda, or the old baker...”
“Stop it, stop it," said Tifa as she cried and hugged Wedge's arm. “Please, that's enough...”
“I'm sorry, Tifa, I'm an idiot.”
“No, no, you're not," nodded Tifa.
“Yes I am, you know, Shinra took everything you had that was valuable.... Some nights I'd see how your eyes were red, you'd say it was because of the onions, but I knew you were crying because of your father and other people. How I hate Shinra! I swore, I swore, that I would make them pay for making my beautiful and precious friend cry... And now, I am the one making you cry.”
Tifa stared at Wedge.
“They don't make them like you anymore," said Tifa with a smile on her face, and they both looked at each other.
Tifa looked at the landscape again, and then her face rejoiced.
“I forgot that you owe me a penance for burning a plate," she said with a wicked look on her face, and made Wedge jump up and down on the platform in a flash.
“Ehhhh!”
Tifa stood up and approached Wedge with a mischievous gesture that caused Wedge to swallow saliva.
“But of course, you sabotaged yourself because you are a gentleman, but now I want to receive penance.”
“What?”
“It wasn't fair, you could have won, so I want to keep the bet.”
Wedge swallowed saliva, but finally had a plummet.
“Okay, Tifa, you're right, but close your eyes, okay.”
Tifa closed her eyes and waited for the kiss. Would it be with tongue? Would it be a long and passionate one? Tifa felt Wedge's hands land on her shoulders and descend softly, caressing her arms and hands. Then he felt Wedge kiss her hands.
Tifa opened her eyes and watched Wedge with a bent knee kiss her hands.
“I was supposed to kiss you wherever I wanted," Wedge said with a smile and Tifa was very disappointed, but then Wedge stood behind Tifa and put one hand on her belly and with the other she grabbed her chin, forcing her to see him.
“I am also supposed to be able to put my hands where I want them to be," he said to her very close to her face.
“Cheater, it was only supposed to be a kiss," said a blushing Tifa.
“But if Percy had not intervened, you would have cheated and kissed me on the hands like I did a moment ago. Doesn't it hurt when you wait for a love kiss on the lips and get a chaste kiss somewhere else instead?”
“I'm not bad myself, but I did that with several guys, I guess I'm paying for it now.”
“You won't have... to pay... or regret... or anything... with me," Wedge said to erm as he approached and went back naughty to Tifa's lips.
Both kissed passionately, Wedge, who was still behind Tifa, grabbed her hands and intertwined his fingers with the girl's, hugging her as if he never wanted to let her go again.
At the end of the kiss, Tifa turned and looked Wedge in the face, then leaned her forehead against the mans chest.
“What a kiss," they both said at the same time, looking at each other all of a sudden and laughing.
Tifa and Wedge sat back on the platform and talked about simple and simple things that had nothing to do with the mission or the sad past of both of them.
“Yhawwww” gave a huge yawn Tifa.
“Don't eat me, Tifa," said with a Wedge smile.
“Oops, sorry, Wedge.”
“I think it's time for you to go to bed, Tifa, we have to go to Junon very early.”
“But it's almost dawn.”
“Oops, you're right.”
“You see Wedge, if I go to bed now, then my sheets will stick.”
“Why don't you sleep here? I promise I won't let you down.”
Fort Condor was a place with a very hot climate, so Tifa accepted. She lay on the platform and leaned her head on Wedge's thighs, while the man covered her with his jacket.
“Your clothes are very comfortable Wedge.”
“Shhhhhh," Wedge calmed her as he stroked Tifa's hair, " sleep quietly, Tifa.”
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When it was time to leave, Percy went out to the lookout and called Wedge.
“SHHHH!” Wedge silenced him from the platform of the water tower and Percy began to sniff out Wedge.
“So Tifa is with you, so no wonder she didn't show up either," Percy said with a smile. “Well, I'm sorry to interrupt Tifa's sleep, but we have to go, everyone's downstairs already.”
“Thank you, Percy, we'll be right there.”
“Tifa, Tifa, wake up, we have to go now, everyone is waiting for us” woke her up softly and with the greatest tenderness with which he could vocalize.
“Mmm, what a delicious kiss you gave me, Cloud.”
On the outskirts of the fort condor Percy told Lydia about what he saw or, rather, smelled. Lydia's face was lit up with the happiness of discovering that Wedge had finally won Tifa's heart, when the alluded people came out of the fort.
Tifa seemed to have cried and Wedge had a sour look on his red face from the rage.
At first Aerith and Jesse whistled at Tifa and Wedge, mocking them for disappearing and then leaving the fort together, but then they realized that something bad had happened and cut all the mockery.
“Tifa?”
“Tifa, what happened?”
“Nothing, nothing's wrong with me," she told her friends as she wiped away her tears and carried her backpack.
“Wedge?” wanted to ask Lydia, but her cousin passed by and grabbed his backpack with more force than he needed to, and started to walk at a fast pace as he put on his backpack.
Barrett wanted to ask what was wrong but stopped when he saw Wedge kicking a huge stone on the ground and sending it away.
Lydia wanted to run to her cousin but Percy stopped her as he shook his head.
“But...”
“No Lydia, leave him alone, wait for him to calm down and I still think it's best if I talk to him.”
Wedge, who also had a map, went ahead of the others and continued walking without turning around.
“What happened?” cried Lydia.
“I don't know, this morning Wedge seemed very happy, and I could hear how Tifa's heart was also beating happily... Now Tifa's heart beats sadly and Wedge's heart... it's like he's crying.”
It was too much for Lydia, who rushed to Tifa with an angry face.
“Lydia!” Percy shouted cursing himself for his stupidity.
Biggs and Cloud watched as Lydia ran to Tifa and then watched as Percy begged them with his eyes.
“Biggs, Cloud, get out of the way!” Lydia ordered them with a look so strong that it made the two tough men to be scared, but Nanaki's intervention made them recover and they cut Lydia off.
“Lydia, that's enough," Percy had caught up with her and held her tightly.
“Don't meddle, Percy.”
“No, please don't, think about Wedge, don't complicate things any more," Percy begged her and this calmed Lydia down.
In front of them was Tifa, who had heard everything, but preferred to pretend and continued walking.
“What about Wedge and Tifa?” Cloud asked, but Biggs and Nanaki played it cool.
Lydia was on the verge of answering the blond man, but decided to leave him in the dark, lest he should open his eyes and decide to be interested in Tifa.
“Nothing Cloud, I'm sure they had a childish argument or something, don't worry, I'll talk to Wedge later," Percy said quickly and walked away from Cloud.
CONTINUARÁ...
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