Rude Awakening
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Rude Awakening by dotnetdemon
Fandoms: Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997), Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII Remake (Video Game 2020), Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
03 May 2025
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My name is Steven Rude.
Eight years ago, a failed terrorist attack on a mako reactor outside of the city of Midgar in a neighboring state left me clinging to my life from extreme mako poisoning. I was there to stop AVALANCHE but, more importantly, to save her. She told me that she could stop the attack, that she could put an end to it all. I begged her not to as it was too dangerous. She ended up saving my life, dragging me to safety while her cohorts escaped, leaving Shinra to decide her fate. The government decided to make an example out of her, sent her to a desert prison hell. I promised myself I would get her out, no matter the cost.
That's when Tseng came to me with a proposition. All I had to do was retrieve a government scientist that ran off with something dangerous and his "employers"--his true masters, not the Shinra administration--would grant my wish. To cement my cooperation, he tossed me my sister's locket. She had been missing for over a decade, leaving one night saying that she had discovered something "inhumane" that the government was doing. I never saw her again after that.
I accepted.
I wish I hadn't.
Series
- Part 1 of Rude Awakening