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The buggy was mostly broken. It moved very slowly and we had to stop for
random enemy encounters because I feared hitting a bird might break the damn
buggy. We were about a stone throw from Junon when I got pissed off and
stopped the car.
Was it because of my song?
"No, Mother," I said, "it was
because of the crappy engine. I'm gonna hit the engine until it works
better. Come on Barret. Dyne, you too. Help me out up here
eh?"
"Hey!" Marlene yelled. "What iz
dis shizit!? You dissin' me 'cause I be's a woman?"
I didn't feel like arguing. Especially with
Marlene, so I responded, "yes" and got out of the car. Marlene
sulked.
I forced the hood open and checked out the motor.
I don't know much about them, so I hit this big black thing really hard.
Dyne pushed me out of the way and started working on it. It looked like he
knew what he was doing, so I moved aside.
"I think I found the problem," Dyne
said. "It's pretty deep in here, but I can get it. Just don't
turn the-"
"SHUT UP DYNE!" I yelled.
"Don't finish that sentence. The only ones in that car are Mother and
Marlene. They'll fight over who gets to take off your good arm."
"What!?" Marlene shouted from the driver's
seat. "How? Tell me! Tell me!"
No! Tell me! Tell me! Quick
Marlene! Help me turn everything turnable in this car until his arm falls
off!
Dyne finished, closed the hood, and stood by Barret
and I to watch them turning everything in that buggy. It never occurred to
me that one of them would... well, I don't know how it could occur to
anybody. It was one freak accident after another. They pulled a
whole bunch of levers, including the automatic stick shift and the parking
brake, then turned the key. The noise of the car starting up scared
Marlene, who fell off the seat, and landed on the gas pedal. I don't know
how this happens, but nonetheless, it did, and Mother and Marlene sped off in
the wrong direction at a very quick speed. Barret, Dyne, and I ran after
the runaway car, but were slowed down at the river, which the buggy could easily
cross at it's quick speed, and we had to wade through it slowly.
When we finally were across the river, we headed south,
following the tire tracks. We found the buggy. It hit the mountain
at a slow speed. I guessed that Marlene took her head off the gas pedal
and it coasted to a stop. We were overlooking the ocean, a river, and a
mountain range, but I noticed above us a large, black cloud. Midgar was
just on the other side of these mountains. I decided the Mythril Mine
would be a waste of time, so we started to climb a low part of the mountain.
"Yo Seph," Barret said wheezing.
"Slow down man. I've got to not only get myself over this hill, but
Marlene too. She's claiming she hurt herself after the car accident.
And besides that, your mother keeps throwing rocks at me."
He's moving too slow. If he'd move faster, I
wouldn't have to throw them.
"Mother, you don't have to throw them.
Stop it."
"Hey up there!" a voice said from the bottom
of the mountain. I looked over and saw my angels. Yuffie was looking
up at us waving.
"You're already at top," Tifa said beside
her, "just slide down. It won't hurt much."
I like the way they think.
Mother pushed me over the edge onto a path of rocks
which formed a jagged, very painful slide, which I was now going down head
first, with Mother on top of me, surfing.
Cowabunga!
Barret slid down behind us, with Marlene sitting on
his shoulders, and Dyne slid behind them. There was a slope at the bottom
of the slide, and Mother and I shot off of the mountain. Mother fell off
of me, but I continued to fly through the air until I flew directly into Aeris,
knocking her over and landing on her in the end, with my head face down in her
lap. I couldn't move, and Aeris refused to move until somebody took a
picture, which Mother did. Then Aeris patted my head, and stood up.
"Sorry Seph," Aeris said. "We're
bad angels. President Shinra apparently heard of Reeve's plot to overthrow
Shin-Ra, and knew he would contact you, so he repossessed your house, and told
us to %#$@ off."
"Aeris!" the group shouted.
"What!? Just because I'm religious doesn't
mean I can't say %#$@. Like %#$@ you, %#$@ me, and %#$@ me again before I
get %#$@in' bored of %#$@ing! Besides. President Shinra said it, not
me."
You know, this world's censorship is not too effective
since we all know what she said, including Marlene, but not including Mother.
Huh? Percent, pound sign, dollar sign,
at? I don't get it. Sephy! Explain!
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