Dr. Mog shivered in the girls hands but then poofed out and up to a shelf. "I have done nothing of Cloud. Help defeat the monster and I'll tell you more, kupo!" Dr. Mog Didn't know why Tifa was being so aggressive. Yes she was a fighter but she was supposed to help those in trouble. He came to the conclusion he must have caught her during the period that Cloud was missing. As for the other person he was from a story that was unrelated to Tifa's yet they almost seemed to know each other. 

Astrid held on as much as she could till she was flung from the behemoth's back and into a wall. She shook off the daze and then started firing at the rear of the beast. This time small stone patches began to sprout where her bullets pierced. "Keep going we almost have it!" She yelled as she dodged a tail swipe hen fired at the beast's left flank this time.