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"I think we need to use a sort of 'bait and wait' tactic. We could leave someone here 'alone', and the rest hide though out the house after we make it look like we all left. I don't know how well it will work, but we could try it." Vincent said, as he leaned against the table.
"I don't want to split up. It would leave us all open for attack." Cloud said, shaking his head at the suggestion.
"I agree with Vincent... It would lure them in, thinking that there was only one of us in the house, and then when the murderer comes, we get 'em!" Cait Sith said from atop his large moogle.
"No... I don't want to sacrifice anyone! It wouldn't be worth it!" Tifa said, her voice still full of sorrow from their loss.
"We can't just sit around and wait anymore though Tifa..." Vincent started to say, but was interrupted by her.
"We can't take chances Vincent! If we do that, someone's sure to die!" She cried, as tears started to fall down her cheeks.
Cloud put an arm gently over Tifa's shoulders and tried to help her calm down.
"Listen Tif. He's got a good point, but we need a better plan." He said, hoping to reassure her.
She looked at him confused, and then shrugged.
"Fine. But I don't want anyone to get hurt." She said in a quiet voice.
Vincent nodded.
"Okay, let's brain storm then." He suggested.
The group agreed, and started to talk about different plans that might work to bring down the unknown foe.
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The woman sat atop a building, overlooking the inn the group was staying in.
"You all will feel my wrath... It makes me feel alive again! Wait Vincent... Wait, and you shall feel my vengeance burning in your veins. Then you will know the pain that you have caused me!" She laughed a high, haughty laugh, and grinned at the shadowy figures moving around in the room across the street.
She turned and leapt from the top of the building, and landed on all fours like an animal, and stood up.
"This is going to get better and better." She murmured under her breath as she walked down the road as if she hadn't just jumped off the roof of a four-story building.
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The group kept disagreeing on what they should do, and ultimately came up with nothing after two hours of talking.
"Look guys, we aren't getting anywhere with this... If we keep arguing, then there won't be a plan to use. Times are grave, and I know it's hard to work under this kind of stress, but we need to do something more than just argue." Vincent finally said, making everyone fall silent.
Cloud looked at Vincent and then looked back at the group.
"We really should try to be working together on this one, not arguing." He said to them, looking back to Vincent for his support.
"But every plan so far has been bad! I mean, we can't just booby-trap the house like Cait Sith said, nor would it be any easier to capture them with a net!" Tifa replied, her voice calmer than it was an hour ago.
" I know... But we need to try something, nothing farfetched, mind, but the fact that we're arguing like a bunch of school kids doesn't bode well for us at all." Vincent said.
"I think Vince has got a point. Screw capturing the freak, let's kill him!" Barret said, thumping his massive hand against the table.
"We can't kill him or her or whatever it is that's after us! We need to know what it is first!" Tifa cried.
"ENOUGH!" Vincent said, raising his voice quite loudly, his eyes flashing a dull red color, making everyone stare at him in shock.
"I don't think that I've ever heard him yell before." Cait Sith said, with his mouth hanging open.
"Be quite already! I've heard enough of this bantering! We're in a dangerous situation, and everyone's losing it. We can't have that happen! Now, enough with the brainstorming, because clearly everyone is too disgruntled to do it properly, and let's actually do something." He continued, his tone still full of frustration and disappointment.
"But..." Tifa started, but Vincent raised his hand.
"No Tifa... I know you don't think that 'sacrificing' someone is a good idea. I don't like the idea much myself, but we need to make a move here, or else what will happen? Do you think they'll stop? Do you think that they'll pity us, and let us get them? We actually need to do something if we want to get things done. I'm sorry for shouting earlier, but I needed to make a point. Forgive me." He said, trying to keep the frustration out of his voice.
"So... You think we should do your 'bait 'n wait'... I think that's the dumbest idea of 'em all! You know that splittin' up gets us killed! Look what happened earlier! We gotta get them where we all can fight!" Barret boomed, looking at Vincent unhappily.
"I didn't say that Barret, I said that I didn't much like the idea of sacrificing someone to bring them here... Don't shout, please. I know that tension is high, and people are afraid, but you can't let your fear drive you mad. Please, understand that I'm just trying to come up with a plan that won't get another one of us killed." Vincent replied, his voice becoming quiet again, and the red fading from his eyes.
"Fine, just get on with it." Barret grunted, his brown eyes glaring at Vincent as if to say that he was really mad.
"We need to stop whoever it is that is trying to kill us, but we don't know what we're fighting... That makes it difficult, so we need to find a way to 'study' this individual, and learn about how they operate. But getting to close to them could endanger us, so we can't learn much about them, other than they are very twisted. So, we come back to just stabbing in the dark... But once again, that won't get us anywhere. We must find a lure for them, without endangering ourselves. Understood?" His said, standing at the head of the table.
The group nodded, and waited for him to continue.
"I say that we leave Cloud here, because he is the most capable fighter in our group, and we make a 'bait and wait'... I know that this idea has been shot down, but I can think of no other way to do this, without putting the whole group at risk. Are you okay with that Cloud?"
Cloud looked apathetically up at the ceiling, and nodded.
"Good, that's a start." Vincent said, looking at the rest of the group for support.
Then they began discussing where the rest of them would hide, while Cloud played the 'worm'.
