Items in this area:
None
When you awake, you'll find yourself in a church. Aeris is here, and
you can name her after talking to her several times. Reno (of the Turks,
a group of hired thugs that are currently employed by the Shinra) shows
up afterwards with some guards. In the next room, Aeris falls down while
trying to escape with Cloud. You now have the option of fighting the guards
using Aeris or trying to bean the guards on the head with barrels on the
upper floor (if you miss, you'll have to fight using Aeris anyway).
Remember, she starts off in the back row, so to increase damage, make her
move up by choosing 'Change' at the start of each battle.
The correct order of barrels to drop is: the leftmost barrel (in the
back), the far right barrel (in the back), and the far right barrel
(in the front). Simply examine each barrel and choose the top option
to drop it. This way, Aeris won't have to fight anybody. When
Aeris meets you at the top of the chapel, she'll hook up with Cloud.
In the next room, climb up the second beam on the left and jump out of
the hole in the roof. After you and Aeris make it back to ground level,
head left to find a Save Point. Now head northwest to the Sector 5 slums.