Chapter 3
"Well I'll be damned to hell!" Exclaimed Kunsel as the elevator door opened and out came Rea, dressed in the blue uniform of SOLDIER 3rd class. "Who did you have to sleep with?"
"HEY! This is the girl I was telling you about, the one Luxiere got in a fight with! The redhead with the hot temper!" The man next to Kunsel said, his eyes gone wide. Rea recognised him—he was a friend of the guy she had fought, the one who had tried to stop him.
"No way! Hah, Rea I heard you kicked some ass!" While the man grinned, the woman didn't share his amusement.
"Hardly," she said dryly.
"Wait, you two know each other?" Wondered the other man, perplexed.
"Hardly," again her voice was dry, but this time with a hint of humour.
"We met in the elevator not too long ago," explained Kunsel to his friend. "She had claimed that she would join SOLDIER and I—being the fool that I am—hadn't believed her. So there you have it, SOLDIER 3rd class Rea Ampere!"
"Nice to meet you properly," the man formed a lop-sided grin. "And sorry about Luxiere, he has temper issues. I'm Zack by the way, Zack Fair."
"It's alright, turns out our little fight was the reason I got into SOLDIER!" Rea shook the man's hand and she could tell just from his strong handshake that he was a warm, trustworthy person.
Since she didn't feel like talking, not to mention she had to make an important phone call, Rea excused herself and made her way to the lobby. Pulling out her mobile phone from her pocket she dialled her sister's number.
"Hey Rene! Guess what? I'm in SOLDIER!"
"AWESOOOOME!" She had to pull the phone away from her ear so she wouldn't go deaf by her sister's cry. "I can't believe you actually made it!"
"It was a close one! But I got really lucky and now I'm SOLDIER 3rd class! I am in the lobby now..." she added, indicating that she couldn't say much in case someone was listening to their conversation.
"Well congratulation! What are you going to do now?"
"They say they need to run some tests on me, just in case," the woman shrugged, even though her sister couldn't see her.
"I don't like the sound of that Rea. Remember what mum... Look, just be careful, okay?" There was nothing she could say at that moment—they would have to wait for a better time to talk, not to mention a better place.
"I'll be fine. Don't you worry about me. Oh, gotta go, they're coming for me..." Down the corridor she could make out Director Lazard, followed by a man dressed in a lab-coat. He had messy grey hair, tied back in a ponytail, and a hard look on his face.
"M'kay. Take care sis."
"You too! Bye..." As she put her phone back in her pocket, Rea greeted the two men.
The one in the lab coat, as she found out, was called Hojo and he would be the one supervising her tests. She was told that there was no time to waste and that they would have to begin immediately. There was no reason to argue, after all she didn't want to lose her newly acquired place in SOLDIER, so with a nod Rea followed the scientist. There was no turning back now.
