A Broken World

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On-screen: Sector 6 Slums - Gate

Tifa is seen on the ground as Y/n and Cloud look at her. Tifa, heartbroken looks around. No words, Tifa crawled through a tunnel.

Barret: Hey! Anybody out there!?

Tifa: Barret!?

Tifa: I think I hear him up ahead!

Barret: Hey! Can anybody hear me!?

Y/n push on the rubble with everyone.

Cloud: Here goes.

Tifa: And push!

After moving it, they saw Barret look at the debris.

Barret: Marlene... Marlene! Marlene! Marlene! Biggs! Wedge! Jessie! Goddammit. Goddamn you! Goddamn you all! (cries)

Barret started to punch the wall as they watched.

Barret: Marlene... Marlene... (cries)

Tifa: It was us. We did this.

Y/n: Bullshit. I've seen first hand what the mako reactors do. This was gonna happen, they had the gun and it was bound to fire eventually.

Tifa: ...Yeah.

Barret: Hold on to this. This...anger. Okay?

Cloud: Barret. Marlene's fine. Aerith found her.

Barret: Aerith? Is that the girl they took?

Tifa: Yeah. That's her.

Barret: The hell's going on!?

Tifa: I asked Aerith to find Marlene and take her somewhere safe.

Barret: And she did? You sure!?

Cloud and Y/n walked away, as Tifa looked at the fire. She soon ran after.

Barret: Hey! Where you going!?

They started to move past the rubble and see the hundreds of people. They were scattered, scared.

New Recruit: How could this happen...?

Senior Officer: I didn't really think that...

New Recruit: I don't—What do we do now?

Senior Officer: What you were hired to do. Get these people outta here!

Senior Officer: So you know, things could've been worse if you hadn't done what you did. Sometimes you can't let yourself be bound by orders.

New Recruit: I've made up my mind. I'm not gonna do this job for Shinra anymore. I'm an officer of the people now!

New Recruit: We need to think about supplies and shelter and food for all these people. I work for the people now, not some corporation.

Senior Officer: You know, you've given me a lot to think about. I can't let rules and orders dictate my life.

They made it halfway down the S7-6 Road before Barret started to get irritated.

Barret: I said—where you going?

Cloud: Aerith's house. It's in the Sector 5 slums.

Barret: And that's where Marlene is?

Cloud: Where we hope she is.

Barret: Tell me she is! Give me something to hang on to! Even if she's not. I won't blame you for it, I swear! Who am I kidding. I'd probably try to tear your head off.

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