The Ominous Trail

It took twenty minutes for Tifa and Red to decouple and emerge from their room. But it was clear their benefactor was ... unnatural. Their was a purple glowing ooze, accompanied by blood from the two operators. They raced down the stairs, only to see the giant cistern at the center was now vacant. And then they went back up, following the abnormal purplish hue.

"The president's office is just above us. And then the roof," Red said. Cloud swallowed audibly, still unable to get the image of the beast mating with his crush out of his mind.

"We're ready… right?" Tifa prompted.

"Huh?" Cloud said, blinking. "Sure. I'm ready to do this. Let's go."

The heroes walked up the last stairwell. The president's office was empty, another memorial to such a vacuous, destructive man. Barret punched the desk, splintering it.

"Where the hell is that bastard hiding?" Barret growled.

"Wait. I can hear something. Just outside," Red said, his ears perking.