SHINRA TOWER OF TERROR
by me, Jade ^^
(A/N; Ok, so you don't get confused, this fic is based on the storyline on my and my friends Turk site. If you go there and read the bios in the info section, you'll understand it better.)
Disclaimer: God I hate these things! They're so utterly pointless! Anyway, I don't own any FF7 characters, they're all copyrighted by Squaresoft. I only own myself. And my best friend Rayne owns herself ^^.
"God I hate the rain.." Jade sighed as she stared out the car window "Its so gloomy...." The darkened sky roared with thunder as huge droplets of water pounded against the car then cascaded down the windows like liquid crystals, only to get swept away by the hypnotic motion of the windshield wipers. Elena shifted in her seat and joined Jade in staring out the window. The silence in the car was deafening.
"Goddamnit move!!" Reno shouted at the vehicle in front of them "The lights green you moron!!"
"Don't you just love early morning traffic?" Rayne laughed sarcastically.
"Hell no!" Reno cried, pulling through the intersection "Midgar has the worst traffic on the whole damn Planet." He paused a moment, then added grumpily "And the rain just makes it worse.."
"Would you have rather walked to work this moring?" Jade asked as she reached over the seat and gently tugged on Renos ponytail.
"Anythings better than having you guys piled into my car." Reno replied. He smiled at Jade in the rearview mirror "All that hot air from you and Laney is fogging up my windows."
"Hey!" Elena cried defensively "I didn't say anything!"
"You don't have to." Reno told her "You're so full of hot air, that when you breath it...." He was cut off suddenly as Rayne leaned over and smacked the back of his head. "Owww!!" he cried "What the hell was that for?!"
"For opening your mouth and letting all the hot air out." Rayne replied "Now shutup and be nice."
"Fine, sheesh!" Reno grumbled "Ya try to lighten the mood, and look what happens." He brought the car to a stop and waited as the car infront of him turned, before pulling into the ShinRa parking garage. "Another day another dollar." he mumbled, slipping into his special reserved space "You guys really need to start using your own cars."
"We would," Jade said "but commuting is so much easier. Plus it doesn't pollute up the Planet."
"Yeah yeah, whatever." Reno rolled his eyes "Now everyone outta my car."
The small group of friends grumbled sleepily as they piled out of the car, and headed into the building. The sound of heavy boots, and the clicking of high heels, echoed through the stairwell as they made their way to the elevators. "I wish I'd stayed home today." Elena yawned as she straightened out a wrinkle in her suit jacket "This weather makes me so tired."
"You and me both Laney." Jade agreed, bringing her hand to her mouth to stiffle her own yawn "I'll put some coffee on as soon as we get upstairs."
"Screw the coffee!" Reno cried "I need a stiff drink!"
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The elevator doors opened with a ding, and everyone stepped out onto the 70th floor. "Honey I'm home." Jade laughed as she headed to the coffee machine. A moment later Rufus poked his head out of his office. "You're 3 seconds late." he said "Try to be on time tomorrow. Wheres my coffee?"
"Its coming." Jade replied "Keep yer pants on pretty boy."
"Hmph!" Rufus snorted and quickly shut his door.
"Gee, what crawled up his ass today?" Rayne asked, casting a scornful look towards the closed office door "Hes awfully pissy for some reason."
"Its probably the weather." Jade remarked. She half sat, half fell into her chair and stared blankly at the stack of papers infront of her. "It never ends...." she mumbled to herself.
"Well, I guess I'm off to the training room." Rayne said, rolling her eyes "Just what I need this early in the morning... a nice workout...." She slumped her shoulders slightly as she headed off down the hall.
"I think I'll join Kitty for a while." Reno sighed "I have nothing better to do." He nodded to his friends and followed after Rayne "Hey babe, wait up!"
Jade watched as her friends each headed in their own directions, all off to get the day started. Once she was alone, the lovely young girl turned her attention back to her paper work. "Might as well get this outta the way now." she said to herself. She had just started filling out the first form, when Rufus' voice echoed from inside his office.
"JADE!!! Coffee!!!"
"Ok, ok!" Jade yelled back "I'm coming!" She pushed her chair out and stood up "God you are so impatient!" She quickly poured a cup of coffee and pushed the office door open. "Your coffee sir." she smirked, setting the steaming cup down on the large desk.
"Thank you." Rufus barely looked at her as he spoke "You may leave now."
Jade didn't budge. Instead she sat down on the edge of the desk and stared at her employer in woderment. Rufus slowly raised his head and met Jades gaze. "Can I help you?" he asked in annoyance.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" Jade asked "You're pissier than usual today. What, did someone walk over your grave or something?"
"I'm just in a bad mood." Rufus replied "Now kindly go away and leave me alone."
"Fine." Jade hopped off the desk "No need to get touchy." She left the office and walked back to her seat. Upon approaching her desk, she noticed her father frantically searching through a stack of papers there on. "What are doing?" Jade asked, causing Hojo to jump, like a child who had been caught with their hand in the cookie jar.
"Oh! Bunny!" Hojos dark green eyes darted nervously between his daughter and the stack of papers "I was just.... looking for something." he lied "I thought maybe it had been stuck in here by mistake."
"I doubt you'll find anything of yours on my desk." Jade eyed him suspiciously "Why don't you try searching that hell hole you call a lab?" She sat down and rested her chin in her hands, as she continued to stare at her father. "Its a wonder how you can find anything at all down there." the girl went on "The place looks like a tornado zone half the time."
"Hmmm...."
Jade sighed and dropped her gaze to the papers Hojo had been looking through. "If by chance there is something of yours up here," she said "I'll be glad to bring it down to you if I find it."
"Yes....thank you Bunny..." Hojo fidgited nervously "I'll be down in the lab... if you find anything, bring it down at once." With that said, the scientist turned and hurried down the hall. "Weirdo..." Jade whispered as she watched her father disappear down the stairwell. She felt another persence in the hall, but didn't bother to look up and see who it was. "Dads up to something..." she said, directing the comment to her mysterious visitor.
There was a long silence, followed by the clinking of a spoon in a cup. "When is he not up to something?" the person asked at length "You're dads one sick little puppy... no offence."
"None taken Cait." Jade glanced up as Reeve sat a cup of coffee infront of her. "He had that look in his eyes." she told him "That one that makes him look crazier than usual. Jenova only knows what the hell he's doing down there."
"Somethings are better left unknown." Reeve replied "What we don't know won't hurt us."
"Yeah," Jade laughed "but this is dad were talking about."
Reeve nodded in agreement as he and Jade both turned to stare in the direction Hojo had went.
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"Where is it?!" the cry had come from inside the lab, where Hojo was frantically seaching through his files. "It must be here!" he cried again "It must! I couldn't have misplace something so valuable.." His only reply came in the form of shrieks and moans, emmiting from some nearby cages. "Quiet!" Hojo yelled, tossing a heavy book at one of the cages. The book hit with a clang, and fell to the floor, only silence followed.
Hojo slumped down at his desk and burried his face in his hands. "My greatest expirement...lost.." he mumbled "I must find that file.." Suddenly, a thought entered his mind, causing him to look up. Who was the last person in the lab, other than himself? "Bunny!" he cried, jumping up like he'd just figured out the answer to a question as simple as 'Is water wet?' "But why would she take it?" the man asked himself "Bunny has no interest in my research.... Unless.... unless she knew what it was, and wanted to get rid of it." Hojo smirked as he stood up and walked to one of the many cages that lined the far wall of the lab.
"It doesn't matter." he laughed "The expirement is almost complete. The file is of no importance at the moment. Isn't that right my lovely specimen?" he kicked the bottom of the cage, causing the bars to rattle and shake. From inside came a pitiful half moan, half cry as a dark shadow moved in a far corner. "Pathetic!" Hojo snorted "But not for long.. Oh no.. soon you'll be the greatest thing I've ever created." he turned and started out of the lab. "Its only a matter of time..."
by me, Jade ^^
(A/N; Ok, so you don't get confused, this fic is based on the storyline on my and my friends Turk site. If you go there and read the bios in the info section, you'll understand it better.)
Disclaimer: God I hate these things! They're so utterly pointless! Anyway, I don't own any FF7 characters, they're all copyrighted by Squaresoft. I only own myself. And my best friend Rayne owns herself ^^.
"God I hate the rain.." Jade sighed as she stared out the car window "Its so gloomy...." The darkened sky roared with thunder as huge droplets of water pounded against the car then cascaded down the windows like liquid crystals, only to get swept away by the hypnotic motion of the windshield wipers. Elena shifted in her seat and joined Jade in staring out the window. The silence in the car was deafening.
"Goddamnit move!!" Reno shouted at the vehicle in front of them "The lights green you moron!!"
"Don't you just love early morning traffic?" Rayne laughed sarcastically.
"Hell no!" Reno cried, pulling through the intersection "Midgar has the worst traffic on the whole damn Planet." He paused a moment, then added grumpily "And the rain just makes it worse.."
"Would you have rather walked to work this moring?" Jade asked as she reached over the seat and gently tugged on Renos ponytail.
"Anythings better than having you guys piled into my car." Reno replied. He smiled at Jade in the rearview mirror "All that hot air from you and Laney is fogging up my windows."
"Hey!" Elena cried defensively "I didn't say anything!"
"You don't have to." Reno told her "You're so full of hot air, that when you breath it...." He was cut off suddenly as Rayne leaned over and smacked the back of his head. "Owww!!" he cried "What the hell was that for?!"
"For opening your mouth and letting all the hot air out." Rayne replied "Now shutup and be nice."
"Fine, sheesh!" Reno grumbled "Ya try to lighten the mood, and look what happens." He brought the car to a stop and waited as the car infront of him turned, before pulling into the ShinRa parking garage. "Another day another dollar." he mumbled, slipping into his special reserved space "You guys really need to start using your own cars."
"We would," Jade said "but commuting is so much easier. Plus it doesn't pollute up the Planet."
"Yeah yeah, whatever." Reno rolled his eyes "Now everyone outta my car."
The small group of friends grumbled sleepily as they piled out of the car, and headed into the building. The sound of heavy boots, and the clicking of high heels, echoed through the stairwell as they made their way to the elevators. "I wish I'd stayed home today." Elena yawned as she straightened out a wrinkle in her suit jacket "This weather makes me so tired."
"You and me both Laney." Jade agreed, bringing her hand to her mouth to stiffle her own yawn "I'll put some coffee on as soon as we get upstairs."
"Screw the coffee!" Reno cried "I need a stiff drink!"
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The elevator doors opened with a ding, and everyone stepped out onto the 70th floor. "Honey I'm home." Jade laughed as she headed to the coffee machine. A moment later Rufus poked his head out of his office. "You're 3 seconds late." he said "Try to be on time tomorrow. Wheres my coffee?"
"Its coming." Jade replied "Keep yer pants on pretty boy."
"Hmph!" Rufus snorted and quickly shut his door.
"Gee, what crawled up his ass today?" Rayne asked, casting a scornful look towards the closed office door "Hes awfully pissy for some reason."
"Its probably the weather." Jade remarked. She half sat, half fell into her chair and stared blankly at the stack of papers infront of her. "It never ends...." she mumbled to herself.
"Well, I guess I'm off to the training room." Rayne said, rolling her eyes "Just what I need this early in the morning... a nice workout...." She slumped her shoulders slightly as she headed off down the hall.
"I think I'll join Kitty for a while." Reno sighed "I have nothing better to do." He nodded to his friends and followed after Rayne "Hey babe, wait up!"
Jade watched as her friends each headed in their own directions, all off to get the day started. Once she was alone, the lovely young girl turned her attention back to her paper work. "Might as well get this outta the way now." she said to herself. She had just started filling out the first form, when Rufus' voice echoed from inside his office.
"JADE!!! Coffee!!!"
"Ok, ok!" Jade yelled back "I'm coming!" She pushed her chair out and stood up "God you are so impatient!" She quickly poured a cup of coffee and pushed the office door open. "Your coffee sir." she smirked, setting the steaming cup down on the large desk.
"Thank you." Rufus barely looked at her as he spoke "You may leave now."
Jade didn't budge. Instead she sat down on the edge of the desk and stared at her employer in woderment. Rufus slowly raised his head and met Jades gaze. "Can I help you?" he asked in annoyance.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" Jade asked "You're pissier than usual today. What, did someone walk over your grave or something?"
"I'm just in a bad mood." Rufus replied "Now kindly go away and leave me alone."
"Fine." Jade hopped off the desk "No need to get touchy." She left the office and walked back to her seat. Upon approaching her desk, she noticed her father frantically searching through a stack of papers there on. "What are doing?" Jade asked, causing Hojo to jump, like a child who had been caught with their hand in the cookie jar.
"Oh! Bunny!" Hojos dark green eyes darted nervously between his daughter and the stack of papers "I was just.... looking for something." he lied "I thought maybe it had been stuck in here by mistake."
"I doubt you'll find anything of yours on my desk." Jade eyed him suspiciously "Why don't you try searching that hell hole you call a lab?" She sat down and rested her chin in her hands, as she continued to stare at her father. "Its a wonder how you can find anything at all down there." the girl went on "The place looks like a tornado zone half the time."
"Hmmm...."
Jade sighed and dropped her gaze to the papers Hojo had been looking through. "If by chance there is something of yours up here," she said "I'll be glad to bring it down to you if I find it."
"Yes....thank you Bunny..." Hojo fidgited nervously "I'll be down in the lab... if you find anything, bring it down at once." With that said, the scientist turned and hurried down the hall. "Weirdo..." Jade whispered as she watched her father disappear down the stairwell. She felt another persence in the hall, but didn't bother to look up and see who it was. "Dads up to something..." she said, directing the comment to her mysterious visitor.
There was a long silence, followed by the clinking of a spoon in a cup. "When is he not up to something?" the person asked at length "You're dads one sick little puppy... no offence."
"None taken Cait." Jade glanced up as Reeve sat a cup of coffee infront of her. "He had that look in his eyes." she told him "That one that makes him look crazier than usual. Jenova only knows what the hell he's doing down there."
"Somethings are better left unknown." Reeve replied "What we don't know won't hurt us."
"Yeah," Jade laughed "but this is dad were talking about."
Reeve nodded in agreement as he and Jade both turned to stare in the direction Hojo had went.
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"Where is it?!" the cry had come from inside the lab, where Hojo was frantically seaching through his files. "It must be here!" he cried again "It must! I couldn't have misplace something so valuable.." His only reply came in the form of shrieks and moans, emmiting from some nearby cages. "Quiet!" Hojo yelled, tossing a heavy book at one of the cages. The book hit with a clang, and fell to the floor, only silence followed.
Hojo slumped down at his desk and burried his face in his hands. "My greatest expirement...lost.." he mumbled "I must find that file.." Suddenly, a thought entered his mind, causing him to look up. Who was the last person in the lab, other than himself? "Bunny!" he cried, jumping up like he'd just figured out the answer to a question as simple as 'Is water wet?' "But why would she take it?" the man asked himself "Bunny has no interest in my research.... Unless.... unless she knew what it was, and wanted to get rid of it." Hojo smirked as he stood up and walked to one of the many cages that lined the far wall of the lab.
"It doesn't matter." he laughed "The expirement is almost complete. The file is of no importance at the moment. Isn't that right my lovely specimen?" he kicked the bottom of the cage, causing the bars to rattle and shake. From inside came a pitiful half moan, half cry as a dark shadow moved in a far corner. "Pathetic!" Hojo snorted "But not for long.. Oh no.. soon you'll be the greatest thing I've ever created." he turned and started out of the lab. "Its only a matter of time..."