The Midgar government offices and Shinra research library are located on this floor. The library is separated into four rooms each of which is categorized by one area of research conducted by Shinra. Why Tseng felt the need to send me on such a trivial errand at 11 o'clock at night, I will never know. Couldn't he have gone himself? Or asked the Mayor to send the documents earlier in the day? Sent a guard? Elena? Whatever.

"Reno," says a familiar voice. I turn to see Mayor Domino locking up his office for the night. He glances nervously at his wrist-watch. "Can I help you with anything?"

I shake my head and the Mayor gives me an appreciative smile before shuffling towards the elevator. Continuing through the entrance to the Urban Development Research section, I begin my search for the Reactor Construction Charts. After forty minutes of sifting through binders and folders, I still couldn't find the god damn charts. Fumbling around in my jacket pockets, I find my cell-phone. I pull it out and call Tseng.

"Yes, Reno?"

I sigh, preparing myself for the worst. "Look man, I can't find them. I gonna be here all night at this rate."

"I don't care how long it takes," Tseng's firm voices resonates on the other end, "Find the charts."

"Yes, sir."

Click.

Fuckin' Tseng. He's been punishing me with these stupid errands ever since I made that joke about him and Elena last week. Now he's on this huge power trip. I get it, Rude get its, we all get it. He's the boss... yeah, yeah, yeah. Sexual harassment is not something we tolerate at Shinra. I need to work on my professionalism. Blah, blah, blah. It was just a joke. C'mon! Fuck!

Putting my phone back in my jacket pocket, I let out another sigh. I really wish I would have taken the Mayor up on his offer to help. But c'mon, that guy has it worse than anyone around here, having to play librarian all day. It's humiliating, poor guy. But he'd definitely be able to find me those charts. I head out of the Urban Development Research room and towards Mayor Domino's office. The optimist in me thinks maybe he came back to his office for some reason, I try the door knob. Locked.

Well... maybe there's still someone on this floor. Some of the library staff or a late-night researcher. I walk past the Space Development Research section and the lights are off. The Peace Preservation and Weapon Development Research section is also dark. Thankfully, I can see the glow of lights coming from the last section. This area is completely separated from the others, taking up half of the entire floor. I walk up to the doorway and into the Scientific Research section.

This area of the library is different than the others. With the amount of experiments Hojo's been working on, it's no surprise that it's much bigger than the others. To the left are dozens upon dozens of shelves with books, to the right are filing cabinets, computers, and an area with desks and chairs. I peak my head over towards the right. There doesn't seem to be anyone here. Considering the time, it isn't a big surprise. Everybody's probably gone home. But the ceiling lights are motion-activated, why would they be on right now? Someone has to be here.

I head towards the left and my first impression was right; this section of library is huge. Ambling down the narrow aisles of binders, I briefly glance at some of the titles; Data on experimental animals living near Midgar, File on Dr. Gast, Biologist, Final evolutionary stages in land dwelling life, Mako energy and the rise in life forms, Report on high Mako levels in living beings, The Ancients in History... I wonder if the charts are somewhere in here by mistake. With the amount of shelves, I'm going to be stuck searching here for years. I reach the end of the aisle and find another area with desks set up for studying in the back left corner.

Leaning against one of the shelves near the desk, is a tall looking girl in a purple dress. A slick of dark brown hair covers most of her face, so I can't be sure, but I think I might recognize her from somewhere around the building. She's reading a book, keeping it so close to her face. I wonder if she's one of the research interns. Who else would be here this late at night? Curiosity gets the better of me, and before I know it I'm walking towards her. I guess there's no harm in introducing myself, I do need help finding those charts after all. As I get closer, the girl looks nervously up at me from beneath her bangs and I can see that her hair is hiding skin that's badly scarred. I don't mean to, but my eyes are drawn to the mutilated half of her face. Her eyes meet mine and she's obviously frightened. I feel embarrassed. I rub the back of my head and force my eyes towards the book in her hands, Makonoid: Human Experiments. It takes me way too long to collect myself and remember why I walked up to her the first place.

"Hey, I'm sorry" I start, but then pause for second to clear my throat. "I didn't mean to scare you."

"That..." Her voice is exceptionally quiet. "It's fine."

It definitely doesn't feel like it's fine.

We stare awkwardly at each other for too many seconds before I break the silence, "So, um... do you know the library very well?"

Her eyes dart timidly from the floor and back up to me a few times, but finally she responds with a tiny nod.

"Well, think you could help me find some files?" I pause to wait for an answer, but it never comes. She just stares up at me nervously. "My boss is gonna kill me if I don't find all the Reactor Construction Charts. I know they're supposed to be in the Urban Development section, and I was looking alphabetically but..."

I trail off and there are many more seconds of complete silence. She doesn't respond and won't even look up at me. Thankfully we're interrupted and the sound of my cell phone ringing fills the silent air. I find myself grateful for the break in our uncomfortable exchange.

"Hey, Tseng..."

"Have you located the charts yet?" There's nothing but irritation in his tone, I suspect he already knows the answer.

"About that..."

He interrupts me; he doesn't want to hear my excuse. "Reeve needs them for the meeting tomorrow afternoon. It's already midnight, Reno. If you don't have them by now, just go home. Come back first thing in the morning so Domino can assist you."

"Yes, sir."

Click.

"I guess I don't need the files right now." I shift back and forth, looking at the brown-haired girl. "I'm just gonna come back tomorrow."

And again there's uncomfortable silence. She fidgets around nervously like she wants to say something, but stops and buries in face back into her book instead.