Cloud opened the curtain to reveal a beautiful young lady. He had the blue and purple dress all done up. His wig was on perfectly and his dress was long enough to completely hide his legs. He rolled his eyes when he saw the impressed eyes of the store.

Employee: "Wow! You look great!"

Dress Man: "...Interesting, this may be a new business for me."

Aeris: "Do you want a mirror?"

Cloud: "Forget it, I already saw myself..." (Walks down to the dresses and nearly trips on his heels.)

Aeris: "No, You'll have to walk a little nicer than that...Miss Cloud." (Giggles and then she walks, a walk a lot daintier than Cloud's.) "...oh, wait! I want a nice dress too!"

Employee: (Takes one from the back room.) "How about this one?"

Dress Man: "No, how about this one?" (Shows her a pretty, revealing blue dress.)

Employee: "No father, this one's a lot nicer!" (They begin to argue as Aeris walks to a display and took a dress from the rack.) "I'll take...THIS one."

Dress Man and Employee: "What?!"

Aeris: (Walks into the changing area and then opens the curtain. She turns back to Cloud.) "No peeking!" (She closes the curtains and changes into her dress. She opens the curtains to reveal her done up in an elegant fashion with her red dress done up in a professional way.) "How do I look?"

Cloud: (Sighs and then shrugs.) "You look great..."

Aeris: "Well, let's go find Tifa!"

    Cloud and Aeris walked to the Don's mansion and a couple of people hooted and hollered at them. They both gave the men death glares and it shut them up. They finally made it to the don's mansion. Cloud realized something and ran to the "Machine and Gun" store that was down the road. He went inside and bought some Mythril Armlets, A Metal Knuckle and A Full Metal Staff from the guy working there. He put them all in his pack and he ran back to Aeris.

Aeris: "Where did you go?"

Cloud: "I bought us some stuff we might need later...I also sold the Titan bangles we had earlier, what a waste of money..."

Aeris: "I never even used them! Thanks for the new stuff though...so let's do this thing." (They both walk up to the guard with the big shoes who they saw before and he sized them up.)

Guard: "Damn! Your friend's hot too!" (He opens the door) "Two ladies coming through!!"

    They walk in and saw the interior of the Don's entry, it was also a brightly lit area with clashing furniture and over draping ribbons. They also saw the desk, with you guessed it. Another guard with huge sneakers and a punk haircut. The mansion itself was a fashion nightmare.

Cloud: (Under his breath) "God what a stupid looking house..."

Aeris: (Under her breath) "Goodness what a stupid looking house..."

Receptionist: "You're the ladies huh? I'll tell the don that we have two more."

Aeris: "Two more?"

Receptionist: "Right, another was transported here by chocobo wagon. Well, stay here and don't wander around." (Walks up the stairs and goes into the main door on the height of the plaza. He goes through the door.)

Aeris: "Now's our chance, let's go find Tifa."

    Cloud and Aeris go up the stairs and find the doors are all locked except for one that leads to a stairway down. They go down the stairs into what looks like a torture chamber and find Tifa looking over something. Cloud walks up to her and she turns around. Cloud turns away and Aeris approached her.

Aeris: "Excuse me, are you Tifa?"

Tifa: "Yes, and who are you?"

Aeris: "I've got a special guest I want to show you." (Aeris takes Cloud by the arm and pushes him in front of Tifa) "Here he is!"

Tifa: (Blinked at first but then looked closer at his made up face. She jumped up in realization) "Cloud?? What on earth are you doing here and why on earth are you dressed like that!? Never mind...what happened to you after the fall?? Were you hurt!!?"

Cloud: "Slow down, let me explain..." (Looks over his dress then at her.) "I'm dressed like this because there's no other way for me to get in here. I'm okay...Aeris here, helped me out."

Tifa: "Oh so you were with Cloud?"

Aeris: "Right...WITH Cloud..."

Tifa: (Lowers her eyes.) "Oh..."

Aeris: "Don't worry, we just met. It's nothing."

Tifa: "No, don't misunderstand. Cloud and I grew up together, nothing more."

Aeris: (Sees Cloud looking belittled.) "Poor Cloud...Having to sit here and hear us call him nothing..."

Cloud: "What are you doing here, Tifa. (Turns to Aeris) Would you please..."

Aeris: "AHEM, I'll just plug my ears."

Tifa: "On our way back from the sector 5, we found a weird man we never saw before so Barret caught and squeezed some information out of him. That's when the Don's name came up but when I heard that the Don is looking for a wife, I got stuck here. You see, the Don finds three ladies and takes one...and...well, I have to be the "girl" for the night."

Aeris: (Walked over to them.) "Sorry! I overheard. The don wants three ladies? We have three ladies right here."

Tifa: "No, you don't have to...it'll be dangerous."

Aeris: "I grew up in the slums...I'm used to danger."

Cloud: "Okay...now the third girl...is...me, isn't it?"

Tifa: "Hmm...he didn't need..."

Aeris: "...to ask..."

Receptionist: (Runs down the stairs and looks at them with disapproval.) "Ladies...I thought I told you two not to wander around? Women today..." (Runs back up the stairs.)

    Cloud, Aeris and Tifa ran up the stairs and through the doors to the Don's office. They looked at him and saw his henchmen, Kotch and Scotch looking at them hungrily, they once again were wearing large shoes. The Don himself had a pot belly and skinny little legs. He wore jeans and a strange red blazer. He looked like he has a pathetic personality.

Kotch: "All right ladies, line up in front of the Don!"

    Cloud, Aeris and Tifa all lined up in front of the three, feeling as if they were pieces of merchandise waiting to be sold to the highest bidder. The Don jumped up on his desk and gawked at what the ladies had to offer. He smiled at them and jumped in front of the desk.

Corneo: "Well looky here...(Inspects Aeris) Should I have this one? (Inspects Tifa) Or this one? (Inspects Cloud) Hmm...hmm, hmm, hmm...Woo hoo! I've made my decision! My companion for the night will be... ... (Drum roll and then he moves toward Aeris and shouts it out.) This slender looking girl!!"

Aeris: "You've chosen wisely." (Aeris looks back and winks at everyone.)

Corneo: (Looks back at Scotch and Kotch) "You can have the rest!"

Scotch and Kotch: "Yes SIR!!" (Salutes and then takes Cloud and Tifa into other rooms.)

    Cloud could feel the eyes of Scotch's henchmen on him as they followed him around the room. They looked at him hungrily and wanted him for more than just a friend. He was getting sick of the way way they were leering and snickering at the thoughts they had in their heads. Cloud smiled to himself.

Cloud: "Okay!" (Flirtatious like woman's voice.) "We're gonna play a game...I want you guys to close your eyes and count to ten and I'll get on this table...and when you get to ten, all of these clothes will be on the floor! Remember to cover your eyes!!"

Henchmen: "Woo hoo!!" (They grin and giggle in a moronic way and then they close their eyes.)

    They began counting as Cloud sang a dirty little song as he undressed himself, revealing his old costume below. At the count of 4, he threw his lingerie up and it landed on one of the guy's heads, he laughed stupidly. At the count of seven, he wiped the makeup off of his face into his dress and threw it up and it landed on the ground in front of them. When they opened their eyes, they saw Cloud in his normal clothes, his Buster sword unsheathed and a smirk on his face.

Cloud: "Come and get it fellas!"

    He lunged at them, kicking one of their faces and punching the other. Two down, three to go. They rushed at him, intent on beating him up for fooling them. Cloud used the unsharpened side of his blade as a club and took a swing, managing to knock all three of them out in one swoop. He then jumped back and grinned at Scotch. Scotch glared at him and attacked with his gun, making several shots. He was a lousy shot, he missed Cloud as he was dodging the bullets. Cloud took his sword and brought it down to only an inch away from Scotch's terrified face. Scotch got so scared that he fainted.
    Cloud met Tifa on the plaza area of Don's mansion. Tifa was in her usual spy like clothing and she smiled in assurance at him.

Tifa: "I see you blew your cover..."

Cloud: "Are you all right?!"

Tifa: "I'm fine! Let's go get Aeris!"

    They ran into the Don's office and into the Don's bedroom. It was the worst room of all, there was cheesy, tacky furniture all over the place. A disco ball sent out the light overhead and there was a jukebox in the back, playing cheesy porno music.

Corneo: "Come to papa!!" (Tries to kiss Aeris but she ducks out of the way. Corneo keeps going and falls off of the bed.) "Ouch!"

Aeris: "I'm sorry...I'm not your type. I doubt that any girls on this blue planet are!"

Corneo: "...Does this mean you don't like me?"

Aeris: (Sees Cloud and Tifa come into the room.) "Cloud! Am I happy to see YOU!"

Corneo: "A MAN!! How the hell did you get in!?"

Cloud: (Takes his lingerie top and throws it in Corneo's face.) "Here you go, a memento of this occasion!"

Corneo: "You were the chickie with the bluish purple dress! Why would you fake a woman to get in here?!"

Cloud: (He, Aeris and Tifa run to the side of his bed.) "Shut up, we're asking the questions now! The man with the gun arm...what's with this secret plan that involves him?"

Corneo: "No I can't tell you..."

Tifa: "Come on, you'll have to talk because if you don't..."

Cloud: (Leans over and puts his foot on Corneo's bed.) "...I'll chop them off."

Corneo: "NO!! Don't do that! I'll talk! I'll talk! It was Hiedigger of the Shinra! He ordered the arrest of the man with the gun on his arm."

Tifa: "And what about the plans?"

Corneo: "NO! I can't tell about them! If I told, then I'll be killed!"

Tifa: "You'll have to tell us...because if you don't..."

Cloud: (Aeris over and puts her foot on Corneo's bed.) "...I'll rip it off."

Corneo: "Aagh! The plan is that they were going to crush the renegade group!"

Tifa: "How!? Tell us because if don't. (Leans over and puts his her on Corneo's bed.) "...I'll smash it."

Corneo: "You're serious aren't you?! Oboy, Oboy..." (Gets up from his position on the bed.) "The plan was that they're gonna crush the group and I mean litterally...by breaking the supports from the upper plate of Midgar. And the plate will go PING!! And it'll all go BAMMM!!! I heard their base was in the sector 7 slums."

Tifa: "What!? We'd have to go back there! Cloud, will you come with me!"

Cloud: (Nods) "Yeah, I'll go with you."

Corneo: (Cloud, Aeris and Tifa run to the front of Corneo's room.) (Corneo takes a step back) "Wait, Cloud!"

Cloud: "Shut up!"

Corneo: "No, it'll only take a second! Why do you think I babbled on by the truth?"

Cloud: "Because you're clueless?"

Corneo: "Nope! Close but no cigar!" (Corneo pulls a switch and they all fall down from a hidden trap door. Corneo dances triumphantly.)

    Meanwhile, up on the top of Shinra Tower and in the Shinra president's office, three suits have a conference. The office of the president has a fantastic view of its subjects in Midgar and the office looks very futuristic, the desk is small compared to the office in general. The office had a helepad on the roof just above. It had everything a president of an evil empire could want. The president wasn't any different than usual but the other two suits were Reeve, a relatively handsome man with a somewhat kind personality. The other suit is Heidegger, a fat bearded man who is a repulsive and irritating as his stupid horse laugh he also had a rotten evil persona.

Reeve: "Why are we doing this anyway? It's just to take out a few members..."

Heidegger: "What's wrong, Reeve? You want out?"

Reeve: "It's just that I'm the head of urban development, it's my job to build and maintain the city of Midgar...besides, the Mayor is against this anyway!"

Heideggar: "Flush your personal problems with the rest of your crap! Besides, all the Mayor does is sit in his office, feeding his face. You call that a mayor?"

Reeve: "You have any idea how much it'll cost to do this?!"

Heideggar: "It's nothing we can't handle! We have cash reserved just in case...accidents happen! Gya Ha Ha!!" (Saunters away in that smug, arrogant way he always does.)

President: (Walks up to Reeve) "...You're tired...I want you to take a couple of days off and go somewhere."

Reeve: "... ... ..." (Walks out of the office.)

President: "We'll blame the 'accident' on AVALANCHE and we'll send the rescue operation care of Shinra inc. this is perfect..."

    Meanwhile, back at the Don's mansion...or rather in the sewers below the Don's mansion, Cloud and Tifa and Aeris are composing themselves. Cloud throws Tifa and Aeris some materia and the Mythril armlets. He also hands them upgrades to their weapons that he bought back in Wall Market.

Cloud: "So is everyone all right?"

Aeris: "I'm okay..."

Tifa: (Very depressed.) "Man! This is terrible...Biggs...Wedge...Jessie...Marlene...the people of the slums..." (Slowly gets up from her fall and equips her gear.)

Aeris: "Don't worry, Tifa...the support pillar is huge right?" (Gets up and equips her new gear.)

Tifa: "...Right! It would take some time for them to plan a demolition operation like that! We still have hope." (Looks around) "So where are we?"

Aeris: "Oh well...at least things can't get any worse!" (She smiles but her smile vanishes quickly when they all hear a growling noise in the darkness."

Cloud: "I don't think we're out of the woods yet..."

Corneo: (From above them) " Hey guys! It's about lunch time for my pet, Aps! Be sure to feed him! Hah hah ha!!"

    They all look on in surprise and terror as a giant mutant blue thing that looks humanoid lurches out of the reeking blackness. It had whiskers on its face and had chains attached to its arms. Cloud, Aeris and Tifa face off against it. Cloud attacked first with a chopping attack and wounded it in the leg. It shrieked from pain and countered with a hard slap with it's huge arm to Cloud's body. He crashed against the wall and fell to his knees. Aeris attacked it by hitting it repeatedly with her full metal staff which caused it to howl in anger. He swatted Aeris with his massive hand and she was knocked against a different wall. Tifa attempted to attack with her fists but received a blunt attack from the monster's tail, she was also knocked back.

Tifa: (Slowly and shakily gets up) "Ouch...this is no good!"

Cloud: "Whoa!" (The aqua monster started to chase him and tried to flatten him against the wall but he leapt and dodged the monster's sluggish moves. He jumped back and attacked, cutting the monster's arms. The monster countered with another hand swipe but barely missed Cloud.) "What else are we gonna do?!"

Aeris: (Sniffs the air.) "Gross...it stinks in here! Wait! Sewer gas! Throw me the fire Materia!"

Cloud: (Runs between Ap's legs and out the other side.) "Here!!" (Throws the fire materia to Aeris!) "What now!?"

Aeris: "Cloud, Tifa! Duck under the water...Now!" (Aeris uses the fire materia and she begins to glow. She directed the line of fire to Aps and immediately ducked under the murky water.)

    Aps caught on fire from the magic, at first it was small but it ignited the sewer gas and the gas exploded in a fiery inferno. Aps shrieked in pain from the horrible burns that it received. Corneo was watching from below and a jet of fire flew up and went into his face. He screamed and looked at himself, and found his eyebrows were gone! Aeris, Cloud and Tifa aprose from the waters to see Aps horribly burned to a crisp. Aps was still barely alive in its last attempt to attack the group, it summoned a sewer tsunami. The wave approached the shocked crew and crashed against them. The wave picked them up and swept them over the chain link fence separating Aps' chamber from the normal sewers and down the murky sewer way. They woke up next to a shiny yellow materia and groaned.

Cloud: (Slowly gets up) "Well...that's over...anyway..."

Aeris: (Already standing, attempting to ring out her soaked clothes.) "Yeah, what now?"

Tifa: (Pointing down the dark tunnel.) "We'll find our way to sector seven through this sewer tunnel and make our way though."

    They picked up the Steal materia and continued on. They walked to a ladder and looked up it and found nothing hostile. They were exhausted and needed a rest and decided to sit down for a while. Cloud took the restore and the all materia and combined them. He chanted the activation and summoned a heavenly greenish yellow breeze of sparkling recovery to them all. They were refreshed from the booster and walked a little more. Cloud saw a hole and asked if they should jump and Tifa looked down and nodded. They all leapt down the dark hole and landed in a small sewer grotto that had a manhole to the surface. They took the ladder up and found themselves in the train graveyard.

Tifa: "...I'm sorry Aeris, I shouldn't have got you involved."

Aeris: (Looking at her feet.) "Don't tell me to go home."

Cloud: "Where are we?"

Tifa: "We're in the train graveyard, we'll be able to make it if we go through the trains that are still lit up. Let's go!"

    They began their journey and managed to find their way through the trains. The trains gave a feeling of sadness to the group, the Trains were broken and had seen better days. The word graveyard sent chills and sadness down their backs. There were ghosts about as well, but none of them were bent on attacking them. They did see something odd though, it looked like a knight riding the horse but both looked robotic.

Cloud: "What is that thing?"

Tifa: "...Uh oh..." (They all turn to her, uneasy.)

Aeris: "What do you MEAN uh oh?"

Tifa: "The creature's name is Eligor, the protector of the fallen trains. It's an urban legend but he'll attack us if he sees us so let's be as quiet as possible." (They all try to sneak past Eligor but Eligor saw them.)

Eligor: "What?! Intruders!"

Aeris: "We need to pass though here..."

Eligor: (Riding up to her.) "You shall not! You shall die for trespassing!!" (Eligor attempts to attack her with his robot horse.

    All attempts to negotiate were denied and a battle erupted. Cloud rushed Eligor but he was too fast. Eligor's robot horse reared up on Cloud and knocked him to the ground. The robot horse attempted to stomp him but Tifa attacked him with a jump kick. Both he and the horse were knocked over. Tifa rushed to Cloud's aid and helped him up but he got up himself. Eligor righted himself and unsheathed a weapon called the "Striking Staff." He then motored to both Cloud and Tifa and started slashing at them with the staff. Cloud took Tifa in his and they jumped away from him. Tifa smiled. Aeris still had the fire materia so she used it and with a prayer and a whisper, she summoned flames to burn him. While he was trying to put them out, Tifa took out her steal materia and it glowed. With Lightning speed, Tifa stole the rod from Eligor's hands and threw it to Aeris. "There! A new weapon for you!!" Aeris nodded in thanks and Cloud swiped again at Eligor. Eligor's horse knocked them aside and Eligor shot a bright blue laser which caught Aeris and knocked her to the ground. Cloud cried out at that and Aeris began to float up. She then sighed as she opened her arms and suddenly a heavenly breeze swirled around them all, refreshing them and healing most of the wounds that Eligor caused. Cloud then swiped and slashed at Eligor again until the robot knight was down and out.

Eligor: "...You are a formidable...oppo..nen..t..." (At that, he died.)

    They all bowed to him and he disappeared in the earth. The looked on the pillar which was now in sight, they were now through the train graveyard and now ran top speed towards it, hoping to change a rather dire twist of fate.
 

The End of Chapter 4.