Chapter 54: Insanity

The kids were having a lot of fun just messing around at the deck of the ship and Ramiel was filming them having fun. "What are you doing? Videotaping kids playing, creep." Alexandra teased him and he raised a brow at her.

"I don't know, maybe taking someone's boxers and smelling it is creepier." Ramiel struck back and she was shocked. "H-how did you know that?" Alexandra trembled in embarrassment and shame, Ramiel smirked at her and snapped his fingers.

"Caught you in 4k, missy. I don't think you should be doing that. Maybe I should tell everyone how you like to rummage in my hamper and sniff my clothes, hmm?" Ramiel doubled down on her and Alexandra kneeled. "Good girl, now help me set up my equipment."

"Hey, Ramiel-nii! Does this ship have any cooler things on it?" Aerith wanted more stimulus, being a daredevil and all. "The ship is already flying Aerith." Tifa thought it was the most advanced thing she would ever see in her life.

Cloud egged Aerith on and cheered too. "I want to see the weapons!" Cloud demanded, Genesis showed him the livestream from Wutai and like any other boy. Wanted to see huge guns blow shit up. "Fine, but you have to make a music video for me." Ramiel gave them a script and the kids read it.

"You want us to sing?" Tifa thought it was pretty fine, but Alexandra knew that his intentions weren't so pure. 'May Gaia have mercy on their souls when they grow up.' She imagined their pain when he uses the flick for some blackmail.

Genesis slowly leaned towards Angeal and whispered. "This is a load of barnacles…" They began backing off so they won't be caught in the crossfire. Alexandra glared at them and made them stay though. As she did not want to be embarrassed alone.

"Okay! Let's do this then!" Aerith was excited as usual and Tifa nodded at her. Angeal, Genesis, and Alexandra were given some costumes by Ramiel so they could fit in with the aesthetic.

"Okay, we're filming in 3, 2, 1." Ramiel gestured they were live and the three SOLDIERs have cramped smiles on their faces.

"5, 4, 3, 2, 1!" They all sang while Ramiel played the violin with a huge smile on his face. "We're going on a trip on our favorite battleship!" Cloud sang jovially and Aerith followed. "Zooming through the sky!" She looked at Tifa and she struck a pose. "Little ensigns!"

"We're going on a mission, start the countdown." The SOLDIERs sighed in relief that they didn't have to sing like the kids. With Cloud and Tifa's parents showing them a placard for the lyrics and tone.

Ramiel then smirked at Alexandra and gestured for Claudia to show her the next lyric. "E-everyone to your post, rev the engines brrrr." She blushed like a tomato, Angeal and Genesis couldn't even make fun of her. They just felt pity.

"Climb aboard, get ready to explore. There's so much to mine, little ensigns." They were thrown some ore and hard hats for some props.

"Come on, let's go! Little ensigns, we need you, little ensigns!" Angeal's face cramped as he appeared to be gathering them. "Wonderful performance!" Ramiel clapped and had a smile on his face. The parents thought that the kids were having fun, so they clapped as well.

"Now! Show us how the guns work!" Aerith was impatient, not minding the three SOLDIERs who were utterly defeated, doing an orz behind them.

"Okay, a promise is a promise. I'll show you how it works. Hanz, engage the turrets." Ramiel ordered and his loyal soldier saluted, after a while the floors split and massive turrets appeared on the deck.

"Uhhh, what are you supposed to fight with those things?" Bryan Lockhart was shocked to his core, seeing cannons that are the size of massive buildings. It then came to them that they were on a weapon of mass destruction.

"Wow! Shoot it, pretty please!" Aerith begged and did the puppy dog eyes. Ramiel squinted his eyes and Aerith looked at her comrades, she then nudged them and they chimed in. "Agh, my weakness. Okay then, nobody would blink an eye if we sink an island or two anyway."

The parents were horrified and Hanz was already aiming the turrets when Ramiel nodded at him. Alexandra cast a barrier on them or they will die because of the shockwaves of the turrets.

The cannons roared and shot an unsuspecting island in the distance when Ramiel checked that there were no settlements or people there. The poor island went boom and the kids stared at it with sparkling eyes.

"Oh my god, t-they're not gonna be pyromaniacs would they?" Claudia saw the look in their eyes and they were awed. Giddy from seeing an island explode wasn't quite the good sign. "I… I don't think so, l-let's trust in Ramiel's guidance… They grew to be very responsible and disciplined when they played with them." Thea gave a nervous smile.

"Now, onwards to Midgar! You'll be witnessing a civil war today kids! We're making history!" Ramiel announced and Claudia almost fainted.

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At Shinra HQ, the company was currently doing damage control as the people were starting to riot. The people were swarming the building of Shinra and were demanding for an explanation.

Shinra, the man himself was currently clutching a couple of Materia that they have unearthed. "Let's see if they won't submit with this." He planned on using the summon Materia at the slums to show overwhelming force before the 1st class arrive.

"And when they come, they will hunt down Avalance for me. Quite the efficient plan if I do say so myself." Shinra smirked and was quite pleased with himself. But he didn't quite know that they were targeting the company specifically.

"Tell the military department to use this on the slums, I just realized that we do not need to be discrete now. Yes, I own the world. And there is nothing that will have a chance of stopping me." Shinra was confident on the SOLDIER program and more to come.

Shinra's lackeys immediately sent it there, and Lazard received the news. But he was too late, occupied with trying to hide their tracks while they were messing with the worldwide network. "Crap, I need to tell them about this."

Lazard made a call and Alexandra answered. "What do you need?" Her voice was defeated and Lazard raised a brow. "What happened to you? No matter, you guys should come to Midgar instantly. Shinra's planning on using a summon on the slums!"

Alexandra perked up and narrowed her eyes. "We've got a problem." She looked towards Ramiel's direction, her tone urgent.

He was all ears quickly. "Shinra's going to stop the riots via a summon, we don't know what summon it is. But normal people have no damned chance against whatever that is."

Ramiel went wide eyed. "Damn, old man must've gotten crazy. Come on Lazard, put some medications in his food or something… Fire up the thrusters Hanz! We need to arrive at Midgar quickly!"

"I'll take care of it this time, just follow through and protect the slums with Bismarck." Alexandra jumped over the rails and flew to Midgar. Ramiel nodded and provided some extra juice for the ship so they could follow with roughly the same speed.

The ship will be able to micro manage the protection of the populace more easily with the Nouliths and Fragarchs that can shield them.

"Hold tight ladies and gentlemen. We will pick up some speed." Ramiel looked at Genesis and he cast a barrier on them. The ship's thrusters then roared and Ramiel used a wind spell in front for next to no drag. They were hot on Alexandra's tail and everyone was surprised that the hulking ship could fly like a damned jet.

"Hah, the things I do for the planet." Ramiel sighed and they travelled in breakneck speeds to Midgar.

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