A week has passed since Sephiroth summoned Meteor and the Planet countered by rousing the Weapons. The Weapons have been wreaking havoc ever since, and the Shinra company has been unable to stop them. To divert the public attention from the company's inability to deal with the Weapons and the threat of Meteor, Rufus Shinra plans to have Tifa Lockhart and Barret Wallace publicly executed by gas chamber. The executions are to be a live-broadcast from Junon, but are interrupted by alarms warning a Weapon is approaching Junon.