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Prologue: Destinies reversed
Disclaimer: I do not own FF VII nor do I own any of the characters
This is a fan fiction I made for fun and also as a request so plz do not sue
So without further a due enjoy.

Near the outskirts of Midgar

“So Cloud… what are you gonna do when we reach Midgar?” Zack asked Cloud while they traveled down the rough dirt road to Midgar in the back of a truck.
“…” Zack smiled at clouds silent reply and thought to himself “poor Cloud… I hope he recovers from the mako poisoning…”
“Hey Cloud? We’re friends right?” as Zack continued to smile as he talked to Cloud.

*Shinra HQ Turks department*

“Cissnei!” Tseng called out after the young female Turk as she had stopped to listen to Tseng “Shinra has mobilized it’s army, we have to hurry and find them before they do I still have to give Zack the rest of his letters… 88 of them to be exact”

“Okay, I’ll be sure to bring them back alive.” Cissnei replied as she smiled slightly “Besides I still have to tell Zack my real name…” as her expression changed from happy to sad as she could feel tears welling up in her eyes.

“Cissnei…” Tseng moved closer and put his hand on Cissnei’s shoulder “go… save them”
“Tseng… yes… I will” as she wiped her eyes and hopped into the helicopter.

*Near the outskirts of Midgar*

“So Tseng seriously want us to find those two in these wastelands…” Reno complained as he sighed, “this is like trying to find a pair needles in a haystack…”

“It shouldn’t be much of a challenge for…” Rude began “the Turks yeah, yeah…”Reno cut him off “I’m just saying it’s gonna be next to impossible even for us…”
“We at least have to try Tseng apparently has some letters for one of the targets” Rude stated
“So what are we a currier service now seesh… carrying letters for fuigitives…”

“Find anything yet?” as Cissnei’s voice sounded over the headset.
“No nothing yet” Reno replied “you find anything.”
“Ditto hear,” she replied with a bit over sadness in her voice “well I’m going to head to point 225, can you guys go and check point 130?” Cissnei replied “alright hear we go…” Reno said tiredly as he guided the helicopter towards it next destination.

*On the other side of Midgar’s outskirts*

“Hmm not too far from Midgar now eh, Cloud?” as Zack carried Cloud and set him down gently on the ground “heh… wait here for me Cloud I’ll be back in a while…” as he ruffled Cloud’s hair, then stated to walk away.

“mmhhhh… Z-za…ck…” Cloud called out weakly while reached out for him as his vision began to fade then blacked out.

“…Boy oh boy… the price of freedom is steep” Zack sighed, “well no matter how high the price is… I’ll make sure to make it back home to you Aerith… just wait for me…”

“FREEZE!” called out one of the infantrymen of Shinra’s army while pointing his gun at Zack then the rest of the army took aim at him.

“So you all think that even a thousand of you can stop me.” Zack said to the army standing in front of him then reaching for his Buster Sword had set his forehead on the broad side of the blade “Always embrace your dreams… and most importantly, always protect your honour as SOLDIER… that’s what my mentor always told me… and now finally understand what he meant by that…”

“I said FREEZE!” as the infantryman loaded his gun and continued to aim at Zack.

“Well shall we get things started then… cause I know that if I let you drag me and Cloud back to Shinra’s labs we’ll just be killed off anyways so…COME AND GET IT!” as Zack charged into the group of soldiers and cut several of them down, them was shot several times. Quickly responding to the shots he moved to attack more infantrymen, “these wounds are nothing… I won’t stop until I’ve been reunited with Aerith.”

*Several minutes later*

“Heh… I told you all… that you couldn’t stop me…” Zack panted bleeding from multiple gunshot wounds while smiling arrogantly as he had seen three more infantrymen walking towards him “looks like I’ve…just about won my…freedom…just a bit more… then I’ll be coming back to you Aerith…” As he began charging the last three members of the battalion that had been sent to kill him and Cloud. Then felt massive pain in his legs as he was shot several more times and fell to the ground.

“why… can’t I… move… no… my body…” Zack began to think to himself.
“No… not… like this…” Zack continued to think to himself as he heard the soldiers approached reloading their guns “looks like this is it… I am sorry… Aerith…” Opening his eyes one last time he seen one of the three infantrymen shaking his head in disapproval of Zack’s resistance, closing his eyes again waited for the soldiers to finish him off.

“Nnngh… Zack… no…” Cloud spoke to himself as he lay on the ground helplessly watching the soldiers moving in to kill Zack. “I’ve got to save…him…” Cloud started trying to move he squirmed a few feet towards a sword laying a few feet away for his body. “just… a… bit more…” Cloud thought to himself as he continued struggling to move.

“this is what happens to those who try and rebel against Shinra, SOLDIER 1st class Zack Fair.” Stated the infantryman who was standing over Zack as he finished reloading his gun and pointed at Zack. “Time for you to die now.”

“Get away from my friend!” Cloud yelled as he charged one of the soldiers and cut him down, and they moved to attack the other soldier before he had time to react to Cloud’s attack and had been felled by his sudden attack. However, the third soldier that had been standing over Zack began running away before Cloud had the chance to attack him.

“Zack…?” Cloud said weakly while kneeling next to him. “Are… you okay… Zack?” Cloud asked while beginning to cry slightly.

“Cloud…” Zack replied with a smile “you did good… I am amazed… that you managed… to recover so quickly…”as he pulled Cloud’s head close to his chest “it looks like I won’t make it to Midgar with you…so for the both of us…” Zack began

“for the both of us…?” Cloud asked curiously.

“you’ll… will live… for the both of us… Cloud…” Zack answered weakly “you…will… be my living…legacy…” as he let Cloud go as it began to rain heavily.

“your living… legacy…?” Cloud asked through his gentle sobs “I-I don’t understand…”

“my dreams… my honour… I give them to you…” as Zack continued to look at Cloud and tried to move to give Cloud his Buster Sword. Then noticed the one infantryman who ran away from them. “Cloud look out!” Zack shouted. But it had been to late as the infantry man had shot Cloud in the back of his head several times and several more times as Cloud fell on top of Zack to shield his dying comrades body from any more harm. “C-Cloud!!! You… you b*****d!!!” as Zack summoned up all of his remaining strength and threw his sword at the Cloud’s assailant hitting him square in the chest killing the soldier.

“Z-za…ck…?” Cloud asked weakly while bleeding heavily on Zack’s chest, “I’m…so… sorry I… screwed up didn’t I…” as he asked while crying “…Zack… I… don’t want… to die…”

“Cloud… please stop talking save your strength…” Zack began to say as he started crying silently while putting his arm around Cloud’s body “you’ll make it so hang on… please you can’t… die…”

“Z…ac…k… I…m… so…rry…” as Cloud’s body fell limp on top of Zack’s body.

“Cloud…?” Zack asked through his tears “Cloud, answer me… please… Cloud…no… Cloud?! CLOUD!” as he started screaming and broke down and started weeping for his fallen comrade, then after a few moments felt death’s cold embrace slowly creeping over his body. “Cloud I’ll see you on the other side…Cloud…” as his eyes started felling heavy and then drifted off to his eternal slumber.

End prologue chapter