Leonard sat on the bed looking outside getting to his feet, the welcoming odors of soup was lingering in the orphanage, he looked around at the now organized beds that were once just scattered to fill the room for the children, the bed he slept on the only unorganized thing in the room, another thing that changed the room was lit by the overhead lights, despite the pouring rain outside the room felt warm. He walked out of the room to see the whole building was lit the once round tables that scattered the large bar now were long connecting folding tables and small wooden stools took the place of the splintering chairs, reaching the bottom of the steps he saw much had changed since this morning, the room was well lit the heaters from the vents gave the room a comfortable feeling, Leonard watched as the children ate happily, Loz said, "It's time to eat, come on father don't just stand there daydreaming."
Leonard looked at the brothers walking over to them and asked, "How long was I sleeping?"
Yazoo looked at the man and responded, "You slept all day, I was worried that Cid had woke you while he was here if you think we did this we had some help."
Leonard looked at the children as Yazoo handed him a bowl of soup and said, "Everyone has picked their seats but you and Rain I made a place for you two in the kitchen so you two can bond without being disturbed."
Leonard looked at the food in his hands and asked, "Why did you three do this?"
Loz stated, "Even Sephiroth Spawns like a home with light and heat."
Leonard looked at him and then at the floor and said, "Sorry about that, it was childish on my part."
Yazoo looked at him and corrected, "You wouldn't have said it, if I wasn't talking down to you, it's a change we all will have to grow accustomed to, but Rain will be safe let that worry leave you, we all want to protect her and let her dreams of having a family come true. I enjoy having a younger sister, now go eat you follow the same rules as we do now everyone is in bed early and will be eating at the same time, I will be the one preparing meals, I like these kids and I am taking over where you left off, until you can continue, you looked bad this morning you still look pale but you have gotten some of your color back, you now sleep in the same room we do, we made the old storage room Rain's room she didn't want to leave it but agreed to come eat, you better go and enjoy her while she is out of hiding for the night."
Leonard looked at the brothers walking into the kitchen area.
Yazoo heard a little voice ask, "Can I have some more, please?"
Yazoo looked at the small child and got her bowl filling it up with soup handing her another peanut butter sandwich. A smile crossed the small brunette's lips as she went to find her seat. Loz looked at Yazoo, "I wonder if father has found out about the newest members I gathered six today and Kadaj got four, how many did you bring in?"
Yazoo looked at his brother and said, "I lost count after nine."
Kadaj walked through the doors holding a small boy in his arms that were covered with his coat and a small girl was beside him. Yazoo walked over to them getting the boy and said, "Did we get them all off the streets?"
Kadaj stated, "I didn't feel the presence of others and I went all the way to the old highway I found these two wandering Midgar, I plan to search the rest of the night so I won't be sleeping tonight, if these two were as far as Midgar the place is a resting place for fiend's so I don't want to make them wait in this weather and where fiend's can get to them."
Yazoo looked at his younger brother and said, "Be careful out there, fiend's aren't the only thing lurking those streets, don't let anything get your mind to wondering."
Kadaj looked at his brother and replied, "Sephiroth is the least of our problems, keep a check on Father, Reno states he is the target of Rufus, it would seem that the company has been using him as a lab rat, they don't know anything about Rain. According to Reno, father is late for his last dose of mako, I will worry more for this place should father gets worse, but I didn't walk off empty handed," Getting a syringe from his pocket, "You two make sure he takes this, I don't care how you go about doing it he needs this to become a successful experiment."
Loz looked at his younger brother and nodded, " He'll get it, we have everything under control here."
Kadaj walked from the building as Yazoo and Loz looked at one another. Yazoo fed the girl and took the boy upstairs to get some fresh clothes and dry from the rains pounding on him.
The small boy looked at him and Yazoo gave him the clothes and said, "After you are done up here come and get something to eat."
The boy nodded as Yazoo walked from the room back to the bar area.
Getting to the bottom of the steps Rain ran past him fleeing upstairs, Yazoo continued to walk until he met up with Loz and Leonard who were talking, Yazoo got to them and Leonard said, "So, it's that time of the month I suppose, let's get this over with."
Loz looked at Leonard and asked, "You knew, but you didn't go?"
Leonard looked at him, " Yes."
"Why?" was Yazoo's question.
Leonard looked at them, "There's no promise of a good result after the injection, no one knows what it will lead to after it's all done."
Loz looked at Yazoo who looked at Leonard and asked, "Why did ShinRa want to experiment on you, it seems nothing has changed with the company."
Leonard looked at him replying, " It was a decision that was made during the Jenova War, if it wasn't for this experiment I wouldn't be alive today, the only thing that Rufus states with the mako doses is that the only side-effects that if it were to fail is death, but if it succeeds then the experiment will be complete and everything will be better, my body will recover quicker and the powers of materia will be mine without having anything equipped."
Yazoo looked at Loz unsure of what to do Loz said, "Maybe we should let Kadaj make the decision"
Leonard looked at them and stated, " It's not a hard decision, I have already made up my mind. I've been a month without it and I feel horrible if the two of you don't want to do it, I will."
Yazoo looked at the syringe and asked, " How long does it take for it to complete its course?"
Leonard looked at him and replied, "Immediately after the injection, the answers will come by small reveals afters the mako is given."
Yazoo looked at him and said," If you already made up your mind we can't change it, " handing him the syringe Leonard put it in his pocket walking upstairs.
