Gifts and Curses
Jesus, I'm really sorry about the first chapter. I know there were a lot of gramatical and spelling errors in there, and i tried to work them out as best as i could, but if you find anything let me know. So, heres the second chapter. I hope it turns out better^^
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'Thoughts'
"Speaking"
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Chapter 1: Revelations
-Somwhere in the Shinra Main Building-
"-Youre telling me tow of my best first class SOLDIERS, my Commanders, the foundation of my army have gone missing, what in Gaias name are you doing, Lazard?"
The voice of the President of Shirna Electric Power Compnay made the normally clam and collected Lazard wince.
"Im so sorry President, Sir. It's just tha-
"I DON'T WANT TO HEAR YOUR EXCUSES! Tell me exactly what happend and why you haven't found them yet, you incompetent FOOL!" The President angrily cuts him off and puts his half finished cigar out, immediatly lighting up another one and blowing out a houge could of smoke into Lazard's direction.
Coughing Lazard starts to explain to hole Story to the short man, leaving out a few details here and there.
"THEY HAVE BEEN GONE FOR ONE FUCKING MONTH!? Get your Head out of your Ass and put everything you've got on finding them!" The President shouts at him.
"Yes, Sir. How should we deal with them? Commander Rhapsodos has perfomerd Acts of Treason against the company and Commander Hewley is supsected of Treason, they could pose a serious threa- "
Realising where this is going President Shirna cut's him off again "You haven't declared them Traitors yet, have you Lazard?" he asks him in a low and dangerous voice.
"Well S-Sir You see-"
The Presidnet face-plams "What are you even doing you incompetent Moron, have you forgotten that I AM the LEADER of this COMPANY!"
"No, Sir" Lazard vicibly begins to shake.
"Good, now I want you to understand that this is a very critical situation for my company, my army has never been in such a sorry state, and we have made many enemys over the years. Someone is bound to take advantage of our weakend state. So go out there and find them!"
"Well, Sir you haven't exactly anerwered my question. You want them Dea-"
"ALIVE OF COURSE YOU IDIOT! They are of no use to me dead."
"I u-understand Sir. I will do anything in my power" Lazard slightly stutters in his reply.
"GOOD. Now get to it. And Lazard?"
"Yes"
"I want it done NOW, youre not getting off until you've found them. I'm expexting Reports every 3 hours. Now get out of my sight."
"Yes, Sir", Lazard almosts runs out of his office.
As the Door closes the President sacks back in his large pulsh chair and pinches the bridge of his nose. "Complete Morons, all of them" he states to no one in perticular, and takes another long drag of his cigar.
Straitening up again, he presses the call butten on his intercom "Call a Crisis Meeting, i want all executives in, Sepiroth and call Tseng as well. The Metting is sheduld ASAP NO EXCUSES" He hung the intercom up again not in the mood to talk to his annoying Secretary.
Preapring himself for the meeting, he lights himself another cigar and pours himself a drink, Gaia knows he will need it.
Sephiroths just about to finish another tiring pile of paper work, as a breathless Infantryman falls into the door.
"General Sir, a Crisis Meeting has been called by the President, he want's you in as fast as possible" he says, heavly panting.
"I understand I will get to it immediatly, Dissmised" The Infantryman salutes and runs out again, cleary getting the other Board members.
'I wonder what that is all about, been a while since the old Fart called a Crisis Meeting.' The General wonders to himself as he stalks of to the converence room.
Finally getting out of that horrible Room and away from his angry Step-Father, Lazard takes a deep Breath and tries to clam his shaking hands.
'Well this put's a serious Damper on our Plans, Genesis is not gonna like this one bit, but I can't just go against an Direct Order from the old Man...I just hope I bought them enough time' Lazard thinks as he walks of into the Directon of his office.
A lonly figure was walking thourgh the heavy rain, down the empty street's of Sector Four's Slums.
'Man...why does it have to pour like this? I'm drenched to the Bone even with my Rain Jacket on' Zack sights and hurries on determind to get to someplace where he can at least get out of the weather and wait for the General to conatct him with the ecaxt Location.
Finally spotting a small Bus stop, Zack hurries over and puls his hood back, getting his PHS phone out of his pocket, and looking for a message form the Sephiroth. 'Still nothing, Strange, he said he would text me abou ten minutes ago...'
Waiting another 20 minutes, and still no call, he starts to get worried. Had the man maby forgotten about him? Sure he was busy, but the Gerneral didn't seem like the type to forget something so important.
Another 10 min. Finally desiding to just call the man Zack select's General Sephiroths number, and starts calling.
"Beeeeep"
"Beeeeep"
"Bee-Call Canceld, please try at a later time, or leave a message after the 'BEEP' Tone" The smooth voice of the anserwing machine replies. As Zack flips his PHS back shut.
'Why is he cancelling my call? Guess is should wait for him to text me, at least he rembers now' Zack scratches his kin awkwardly, and sit's down on the worn bench of the bus stop.
Suddendly his PHS vibrates.
'ONE NEW MESSAGE'
"Finally" Zack sights.
(13:47) The General; Sorry for not ansewring you, but the Presidnet has called a Crisis Meeting, and had me attend it ASPA, the Adress is, 34 Taxer Street. I will mark the Coordinates on your PHS. Proceed with caution.
"OH YEAH! Time to safe your sorry butt Angeal!" Zack shouts out and pumps his fist into the air.
Starting to storm of into the Deraction of the Taxer Street, Zack stops in his tracks and rembers to text the General back, flashing out his phone again, he starts a short text.
(13:58) To The General; Sir, Yes Sir, I will not let you down.
Excited, Zack starts of again, realising at the last momment that he was headed in the wrong directon 'Thank Gaia, for the Map funktion on the PHS', he truns around and bounces into the rain.
'This cant be it? Can it? No waaaay, the guy was supposed to be a high ranking Shinra Scientiest...He wouldn't possibley live in this dump?' Zack asks himself as he stands in front of a rather run down building, that seems to have been an appartment complex once, but now it looked more like a ruin.
Checking the Adress again he shights, it's the right one, so it's got to be it. Shaking his head to clear himself of his doubts he walks towards the door and sees if the Bell is still working.
Unsuprisingly it is not, he knocks at the door a few times, but no one seems to be coming.
Waiting a few more minits, Zack decides to just trie his luck and puches the rusty door handle down. To his Suprise the door opens with a ominous screeching sound.
The inside is dark, but in the dim light, there is a staircase that leads up into the abandoned building. Upon stepping inside the strong smell of dust and stall air hit's him but with a hint of fresh tabako smoke and something sweeter he can't quiet place. 'So the Place isn't abandoned after all' Zack muses to himself as he starts to climb the old staircase.
The Tabako smell is getting stronger the higher he gets. As he reaches the fourth floor, he sees light in the slits of one doorframe, and walks up to it. 'Yea, the smell is definitely coming from in there'.
He knocks on the old wooden Door.
And waits.
Suddently the door swings open.
"I TOLD THEM THEY GET THEIR MONEY NEXT MOTH! I don't have it right now. Now get out of my building or you will regrat it" A loud voice shouts at him.
The Door opens to reveal an angry balled Man wearing dark Sunglasses and a Cigarette in some weird kind of plastic tip hanging of the side of his mouth...
...and a very large Revolver pointed straight at his face.
Well, that concludes Chapter tow, i hope it was better then the first one. Tell me what you think.