Back on Earth By: Fragraham Lincon Part Three Rain Forever People once believed that a crow carries the soul to the land of the dead. But sometimes a terrible sadness is carried with that soul. And sometimes just sometimes the crow can bring the soul back to set the wrong things right. Because sometimes love is stronger than death. Don Corneo's mansion. Aeris Comes to the gate. Aeris: I'm here to see Corneo. Gaurd 1: Another one? Gaurd 2: Are you sure about this? Aeris: I am. Gaurd: Well It's your life. Aeris enters. A line of varios Females waits at his door. Aeris pushes her way to the front and enters Corneo's bedroom. Corneo: Ooh creepy look. Well don't knock it till you've tried it come on over here. Aeirs: You are mistaken. I am here on business. You've lived rather vigorously havn't you. But all things have a toll. It's time to pay the piper. Corneo: So you're a tax collecter? Aeris: You might say that. I'm not sure whether it's the alchohol the cigars or the varios diseases you've contracted but I don't really care. I have a job to do. (moments later Aeris leaves.) Aeris: Go home all of you. Corneo won't be seeing anyone for a long time. (The mansion slowly empties. Aeris returns to Corneo's bedroom where his body hangs from the cieling. ) Aeris: You do have one thing going for you. Your death will help me send a message. Perhaps they will consider that when passing judgement on you. (Aeris drops some plastic explosives anumber of grenades and a few sticks of TNT. She steps outside just before the explosives detonate. The flames burn long into the night.) (Shinra headqarters) TV: The mansion of prominent Shinra politition Don Corneo Burned to the ground today. Corneo is believed to be dead. The Woman in black that killed a Turk member two days ago was reported to be on the scene. Rufus: Damn! Who is that? You idiots! How can one woman kill a Turk and twenty Shinra soldiers? Sephiroth: She will kill you too Rufus. She is the messenger of death. In her path flowers wilt. In her stare the heart will stop. Reno: Oh that reminds me. She wanted me to give you this. (hands Rufus a black rose) Sephiroth: She is after you. Rufus: I don't believe in fate. Let her come. (Rufus leaves) Tseng: I remember her from somewhere. Sephiroth: You should. You killed her. Well not exactly. I am just as responsible. Tseng: Huh? You're sying she's dead. Sephhiroth: It makes perfect sense. I've killed so many people. Eventualy fate had to catch up with me. Since No one on Earth is good enough to kill me an exeption had to be made. Tseng: So, You're the reason We've got Hell on earth coming after us. So why don't I kill you and spare all of us. Sephiroth: Do you really think you can do that? NO, many more will be judged. Then me. Or fate could be changed. Tseng: How? Bullets don't don't hurt her. She can't die. Sephiroth: I've been watching. The Crow is her source of power. Kill the crow and She's as human as you or me. Well, as human as you anyway. Where Cloud and Aeris's house once stood. Aeris combs through the rubble. She finds Cloud's old sword. Unusual that scavengers haven't already taken it. She leaves a handfull of flowers and begins to walk away. (enter Jessie) Jessie: Is this where it all happened? Aeris: You shouldn't have come here. I don't want anyone else to be cought up in this. Jessie: It's too late I already am. I owe you. I couldn't save your life. Aeris: If you really want to repay your debt then do me this favor. Stop killing. Don't follow my path. The business of death is best left to the dead. Jessie: Please... Aeris: No Jessie. You were hurt by Sephiroth. You have a lifelong injury as a constant reminder. I know that. But you still have your life. You have friends. You have a future. Never throw that away. Mabey there's someone out there you have feelings for. Like I did for Cloud. Don't let your life end like mine. (Aeris walks away. Jessie remains for awhile contemplating what Aeris said.) Jessie: I...Don't have feelings for anyone. But mabey she has a point. What does life mean to me? I haven't smiled in a long time. Mabey I'm going down the wrong path. But is it too late to change? (Enter Barret) Barret: There you are. We've all been looking for you. We were all worried about you. Jessie: You were worried about me? Barret: Of corse. Avalanche is like family. Losin' you'd be like losin' a sister. Jessie: Thanks Barret. I needed to hear that. Barret: Huh? What happened to you? Jessie: I'm not sure. Barret: Well come on Let's go home. (picks Jessie up) Jessie: Barret? Barret: I'm not gonna let you limp all the way back. (Aeris watches from the shadows as Barret carries Jessie away.) Aeris: Good. Now I'm alone. (enter delivery boy) Delivery boy: Is your name Aeris Gainsborough. Aeris: That's me. Delivery boy: This is for you. (hands Aeris a letter) So how bout a tip. Aeris: Sure. Get a better job. (The next night on the upper plate wall market. Tseng is waiting. Aeris aproches) Aeris: Thanks for calling me out. Saves me the trouble of hunting you down. Tseng: Well I wanted to get it over with. But it's not going to end like you think. Aeris: Is that what you think? Tseng: I know how to kill you. This time you will stay dead. (Takes out a rifle.) (The crow lands on Aeris's shoulder) Aeris: Fire away. You deserve a fighting chance. (Tseng fires and hits the crow. Aeris collapses.) Tseng: Didn't expect that did you. Now you die just like any one else. (Lowers his gun to Aeris.) Tseng shoots Aeris. He turns and begins to leave. Out of the corner of his eye Tseng spots the crow getting up. He turns to find Aeris already pointing a gun at him. Before he can squeez off another round, Tseng is shot. He falls back to the edge of the plate. He slips. Aeris walks to the edege to find Tseng hanging. Tseng: Please spare me. Aeris: Did you give Cloud that chance? You know we were about to be married. I wanted to have a family. And now we can't have that. Those children we wanted will never be born. Can you hear them? They're crying out. (Grabs Tseng's hand and pulls him up to her face.) Hush little baby don't say a word.... Tseng: Please I'm begging you Aeris: Mommie's gonna buy you a BIG BLACK BIRD! (Throws Tseng from the ledge.) Aeris looks at her hand. She's bleeding. The crow walks to Aeris's side. The bullet had hit it in the wing. Aeris: I have to be more careful. He almost got me. Aeris looks up to the Shinra tower. She takes out a machiene gun and fires into the front of the building. She walks away. Behind her the sign of the crow is shot into the buildings. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of part three The secrets of life can be found in the most unlikely of places. There is a difference between justice and revenge. But there are those who don't pretend to care. 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