It's official. I'm addicted to Investigation Discovery. That's what I've been watching instead of writing today, and I apologize for that. Those of you who have a show that you love understand. Enough of the babbling and excuses, on with the chapter. Disclaimer: I don't own FF7 or the characters. I'm just borrowing them. Megz has rights to the title.
Chapter 3
'What is wrong with me? I can't believe I did that. He is so out of my league. It's been so long since I've been with a boy and he is cute. Dah! Jasmine, stop! You're working on climbing up the ladder in the department. You really don't need a boyfriend right now anyway.' Her thoughts screeched to a halt as she walked into the room of the department she worked in.
"Jasmine, major crisis!"
"What did you do now Reno?" she asked as she sat down at her computer. There was a virus downloading on it.
"I didn't do anything. It just popped up while I was waiting for you." Reno answered.
"Viruses just don't magically pop up." she said as she started to type and get rid of the virus.
"Well this one did. I didn't even touch the computer." Reno said. "I know how you get when I mess with a computer, especially when it's yours."
"If what you say is true, then their trying something different. Sending a virus through the network to target a random computer and destroy the data within it." Jasmine said.
She continued to work on stopping the virus and Reno watched her as she typed away at her computer. He had planned on taking her out to a friendly lunch, but that would have to wait for now. He was always impressed when she was able to stop the virus that was used by AVALANCHE on Shinra's computers.
"Failed again, this data isn't going anywhere." Jasmine said.
That was when the other computers started beeping in the room. The people started to frantically type at them. Reno looked around the room at the people as they typed then looked at Jasmine. She sat there stunned looking at the flashing of the computer monitors and the people trying to stop the viruses on their computers.
"Oh, shit." Reno said as he looked back at the others.
"Reno, I need to get to one of the main computers now." Jasmine said as she stood up and ran towards the door.
Reno was right behind her as she ran down the hall. She needed him for the clearance to go to that particular lab. There were only a few computers there, but it held data for the entire company. She knew that if the computers throughout the building were acting up, she needed to go to that computer lab and use one of the computers to stop the virus. When they got to the door, Reno swiped his card and they ran in. Jasmine ran to one of the computers and started working on stopping the virus.
"Has the virus been stopped?" Mr. Clark asked.
"Yes, for the computers in the building. The virus is still continuing somewhere else though." Jasmine said to her subordinate.
"You mean in the computer lab that is not located within the Shinra building?" he asked.
"Yes. I theorize that either one of our own turned against us that were working there, or members of AVALANCHE infiltrated the place and set the virus on the computers there. I will need to go there and get rid of the rest of the virus there." Jasmine explained.
"How did it start to attack the rest of the computers here?" Mr. Clark asked.
"I think it was sent to randomly attack one computer. When that was stopped it set off a whole set of viruses to attack the rest of the computers. Pretty clever, but once I get to the computer lab that is outside of the building I'll be able to stop it fully." she explained.
"Good work Jasmine. You worked almost all night, go home and rest. You'll need it in order to get rid of the virus properly."
"Thank you Mr. Clark." Jasmine turned and left the room.
"Well?" Reno asked as she walked out.
"I'm going home to rest. I'll be going to check out the computer lab that operates outside of the building. I'll probably be leaving some time tomorrow." Jasmine said with a yawn.
"Maybe I'll be one of the Turks to escort you there." Reno said.
"I hope so. That would be fun." Jasmine replied.
Jasmine got a call on her PHS the next morning by Mr. Clark. He wanted her to come to his office instead of going to the computer lab where she usually worked. He wanted to discuss the strategy for checking out the computer lab that she was going to later that day. When she entered the room, there was another man there with blonde hair.
"Jasmine, this is Lazard." Mr. Clark said as she walked in. "Lazard, this is Jasmine."
"So you're our miracle who works in the computers department. It's a pleasure to finally meet you." Lazard said as he shook her hand.
"Lazard, director of SOLDIER. Why are you here?" Jasmine asked. "This matter is about the computers, I don't understand."
"We are sending our best three first class SOLDIERs to escort you there. You'll need the protection I'm sure." Lazard explained.
"I'm sure there is a better way for them to occupy their time. I'm sure a couple of the Turks could do just as good a job of protecting me as SOLDIER could." Jasmine said.
"I'm sure you're aware that AVALANCHE is getting more violent. I'm sure the Turks could do a good job of protecting you Jasmine, but we don't want to take the risk of you either getting kidnapped or killed. SOLDIER will escort you there and back." Mr. Clark said.
"Understood sir." Jasmine sighed.
"They will be waiting for you at the helicopter pad up top. Make sure your ready to go." Lazard said.
'I'm sure they could use those guys better than protecting me. I'm sure Reno and Rude would do just as good a job as they would. They may be busy with other things if they're using SOLDIER to protect me. Either that, or AVALANCHE has gotten a lot more violent than they have let the public know.' Jasmine thought as she made sure she had everything she would need for the trip to the lab.
A/N: I'm going to be evil again and leave it there. It's starting to get late and I'll need my rest for my test tomorrow. My night class shouldn't run as long for me since we're taking a test and I may be able to update again afterwards. I won't try to beforehand since I'll need that time to study. Anyway, R&R!
