Chapter 6 (Dirge of Cerberus)

Chapter 6, titled Chapter 6: Mountain Pass in the Event Viewer, is the sixth chapter of Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-. The chapter comprises of Vincent Valentine's return to WRO Headquarters as they are attacked again.
The chapter contains the gameplay stage Deepground Strikes Back, and is divided into four subchapters, with the final boss of the chapter being the Black Widow II.
==Story==
Vincent dreams of Lucrecia Crescent and awakens in the Shadow Fox transport alongside Yuffie, who explains that she found Vincent while helping the WRO and saved him from Rosso. Contacting Reeve, the pair learn of what Cait Sith saw in Sector 0, and Reeve begins analyzing the data files Vincent collected in Shinra Manor. Meanwhile, at WRO headquarters, Shelke awakens in a capsule and finds Shalua asleep. Shelke confronts her sister, with both preparing to fight. Meanwhile, in the WRO morgue, Azul awakens at the same time Deepground once more attacks the headquarters. Shalua and Shelke are interrupted by the alarms and Shelke explains that Deepground was waiting for Azul's death and resurrection to strike.
With their transport intercepted and Yuffie unconscious from the crash, Vincent proceeds to WRO headquarters on foot, saving WRO troops on the way. Arriving at the besieged headquarters, Vincent destroys the Black Widow II mech guarding the premises and enters the building, finding a transformed Azul in the shape of a Behemoth, who attacks both him and Shalua. After knocking them away, Azul keeps attacking Shelke who uses a Shield materia to stop his rampage. Turning back into his humanoid form, Azul questions why Shelke would stand in his way and she clarifies that she only did so to stop his attacks against her. Despite this, Azul keeps attacking her, revealing that he considers her inferior to the other Tsviets, with her weak body and lack of utility in combat compared to the rest, with her only function being the collection of data in virtual reality. With her mission, the identification and localization of the keeper of the Protomateria, complete, Weiss has ordered her to be terminated. Additionally, Azul explains that it was only due to this that data belonging to Doctor Crescent was uploaded to her neural network.
Azul once more tries to attack Shelke but she uses her Shield materia to stop him in his tracks, allowing her, Shalua, and Vincent to escape to a blast door. Before all three can pass through, Shelke refuses to accompany them, but Shalua insists. Taking too long, the door closes on the sisters and Shalua uses her robotic arm to stop prop it open and allow Shelke through. As her arm gets crushed, Shalua asks Vincent that he take care of Shelke and apologizes to her for not being a better sister. The door closes as Azul approaches, with Shalua staying behind and being attacked by Azul.
Vincent finds a defeated Reeve, who laments his powerlessness. Vincent tells Reeve that 3 years prior, during the end of the Jenova War, it was Reeve and the rest of the party that taught him to move ahead instead of wallowing in self pity. Meanwhile, Shalua's body is placed in a capsule, unable to wake up after suffering too much head trauma. Yuffie lashes out at Vincent in her anger but instantly regrets it. When Shelke claims that Shalua was a fool, Yuffie slaps her and storms off. Vincent tells Shelke that she was Shalua's "reason to live", what she was searching for all these years. Shelke still can't understand why someone would give their life for someone else and asks Vincent if he understands. He explains when someone cares about another, giving their life is the least they can do. Shelke stumbles onto Vincent, which triggers a flashback of a time where he and Lucrecia shared a picnic. Confused, Shelke wonders why Lucrecia's data fragments triggered at that moment.
Reeve arrives and informs Vincent that the Omega Report, which he found in Shinra Manor was incomplete, with half of it missing. Shalua interjects that Lucrecia's mnemonic data fragments were uploaded to her mind for the purposes of finding and retrieving the Protomateria, but the data was incomplete and Lucrecia's lingering consciousness kept interfering with Shelke's thoughts. Believing the incomplete fragments the reason for Lucrecia's interference, Shelke suggests joining the WRO's files with hers to stop Lucrecia's will and give a clearer picture to the group about what Deepground is after. Before they can proceed, Yuffie calls for Reeve and Vincent, who surface to find Cid Highwind and the Shera as well as a fleet of airships approaching.
==Walkthrough==
Category:Chapters in Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-