Failure.
Danger
Our flight to Junon was uneventful. Reno is a damn good pilot. Junon was pretty cool, it was like a second Midgar. We got out of the chopper to meet Rufus and I could tell Reno was tense. "Call'im sir or he'll shoot ya." I nodded. Rufus came out to the tarmac after about five minutes. I was shocked at how small he was. I knew he was young but I didn't think he was so diminutive and all. Blond hair and blue eyes. If I were gay he'd be fuckin' hot. "Hello Reno. And you must be a new Turk." I nodded. "Yes sir. I'm Rod." I liked how easily my new name rolled off my tongue, yet I missed Ryuu. "Your real name please. I hate those ridiculous names they give Turks. Even being the head of the department they didn't let me change the policy." I smirked. "Ryuu Androsine, sir." Rufus nodded. "Ryuu. Perhaps we can be going now?" Reno opened the door for Rufus and allowed him inside the chopper. Rufus' voice held a certain coldness that I recognized. He had obviously been abused. You could recognize that shit in people after being through it. I jumped inta the co-pilot's seat and buckled in. Reno ran a few safety checks since Rufus was with us. Take off was easy and so was the first half of our journey. Rufus didn't speak much. He just typed on his laptop.
I was looking around again at the ground. What the fuck? I caught sight of something in the mirror that reflected behind us. "R-Reno… There is someone on our tail…" Reno snorted but Rufus closed his laptop and looked at me. "We're miles high above the clouds for stealth, Newbie. I have a system shield on so our signal is untraceable to anyone but ShinRa. There is no one on our tail." I growled. "Well tell that to the fuckin' chopper behind us. I didn' watch too much TV back in the slums, but I heard enough ta know about the terrorist attacks lately. And the word AVALANCHE is written on the side of that fuckin' chopper!" Reno cursed and looked inta the mirror on his side. He relaxed after lookin'. "Are ya tryin' ta give me a heart attack Rookie!? There ain't nothin' back there. Stop sayin' shit like that." Rufus was still frownin'. I shook my head fast. "Reno listen ta my fuckin' words. I ain't kiddin' ya. There is a fuckin' chopper on our ass and it says AVALANCHE. I swear ta fuckin' Gaia." Reno looked again but obviously saw nothin'. Fuck… Rufus was lookin' right at me. I turned back ta him. "Sir I ain't kiddin' ya. Take cover please cause if Reno don' listen ta me soon we're goin' down as soon as they fuckin' fire."
Rufus nodded. "I give you permission to do anything you need to do." I smiled a weak smile. "I wish I knew how ta fly a helicopter." Rufus leaned closer and whispered inta my ear. "You have control of the weapons. Shoot it down." My eyes widened and I smirked. "Yes sir!" I swung around again and grabbed the control for the heat-seekers. Thank Gaia Reno gave me a run down on how ta use the weapons when I asked earlier. Reno looked at me in fear. "Don' fuckin' mess with that Ki—Newbie!" I shook my head with a smirk. "Sorry, sir, I got higher orders." I moved the missile inta position and fired. Reno shrieked oders for me ta stop but I ignored him. I felt a rush of pride when I saw the helicopter swerve out of the way and tried to get in front of us. Reno's eyes bugged and his jaw dropped. I can see no why he didn't see it. It is the tiniest helicopter ever. Its blades don't even span the width of our chopper. I suppose they predicted that he wouldn't have a co-pilot to see it and so they stuck to the right side. It was near silent too. I suppose I screwed that up for them. They tried hard to avoid the missile but it was a heat-seeker so it was inevitable. I watched the missile crash inta them, thank Gaia they were so small so we didn't get the shock of the explosion. They went down in fuckin' flames.
Just when I thought it was fine, a huge impact shook our chopper. I looked out and cursed under my breath. Six fuckin' more. "Reno we're screwed. We need ta fuckin' LAND!" Reno cursed and nodded. "Stay down, sir!" Rufus nodded and ducked low. I sent out our second missile next targeting the front chopper. I watched as the chopper shot out ice at the missle. FUCKIN' ICE! The missile dropped like a rock. "They jus' took out our second heat-seeker." They were prepared and we weren't in a fighter chopper. A second hit shook us. Thank Gaia it was a sturdy chopper at least. I got the machine gun firing at them. I struck the blade of the second to front chopper and it fell. "Five more." Another bullet struck the front chopper in the cockpit and suddenly the chopper went down. I thanked every thing I knew for that lucky bullet. We ran out of ammo before anymore went down. We're just sitting ducks now. Reno was heading for the ground fast. But a little thing made it hard. MOUNTAINS. "We're right over mithril mines so we can't land till we clear them." I cursed under my breath.
"We're fuckin' transportin' the FUCKIN' VICE PRESIDENT and we don' have enough AMMO to defend him!?" I was shoutin' now out of frustration. I knew it didn' help but I was pissed. A huge crack sounded and the chopper shook. Reno coughed and I looked at him. Blood was trickling down his chin. "I'm hit." He whispered before passing out. I felt my blood run cold then hot. Panic set in and yet I was perfectly calm. "Sir check Reno's pulse. I need ta learn ta fly real fast." I grabbed the controls and started to mess with them. We were losing altitude fast now. The blades were still turnings so we weren't falling, but we were still heading down without moving forward. We still hadn't cleared the mountains. It took me a few seconds but soon I had us moving forward and at a stable height. Rufus was checkin' Reno. The hit was high, but not over his heart or lungs. "Cure 3." I nodded at Rufus while he healed Reno. I caught sight of myself in the mirror and nearly let go of the controls. My eyes were orange and glowing. I shook off the shock and focused on flying us out. Another crack told me we were hit again. This time we dropped slightly before stabilizing. They were aiming for our fuckin' blades.
Number one rule of the Turks is "Protect the ShinRas". I knew we were both failing, but I wouldn't let Reno or Rufus die. I was a Turk now. A Turk for life. I took a deep breath and took us down fast as soon as I heard the next shot. We dropped altitude so fast our hair rose on end. Our blades avoided another hit at least. We had just cleared the mines so we were clear for a landing. "Sir hold on tight." Reno was coming around now. I chanced a look over… His eyes were blue. "What the fuck happened?" I smirked. "Ya got shot, Reno. Are ya alright?" Rufus looked at Reno suspiciously. "I'm fine. Who the fuck shot me!?" Rufus put a hand on Reno's shoulder. "Your eyes are blue." I raised an eyebrow. What did it matter? Mine were fuckin' orange! "Ya I fuckin' know. Now sit the fuck down, I want ta kill somethin' and if ya keep touchin' me it'll be you." I gaped at him. "Don' talk ta him like that! He's out fuckin' boss!" Reno narrowed his eyes and glared at me. I saw red in the middle of his eyes… He has putting out heat now. "Ya want it to be you instead?" This wasn't Reno… Yet I felt a fire flare inside of me and I mentally lost control.
It felt like I was watchin' everything happen from inside my head but it wasn' me doin' the shit. I couldn' do anythin'! "Shut up Reno. I'm fuckin' flying the fuckin' helicopter here. In fact we're makin' an emergency landin' so get ready fer hand ta fuckin' hand combat." Reno surprisingly did what I told him ta do. And even stranger, Rufus did what Reno asked. The four other AVALANCHE choppers were following close behind and I saw a Lifestream sent gift from Gaia. A huge fuckin' snake. An' I mean fuckin' HUGE. I smirked and almost dived for it. Reno looked at me a little frantically. "That's the fuckin' Midgar Zolom. It's nearly invincible it can easily take this fuckin' chopper down!" That's what I'm countin' on. I headed right for it and thank Gaia our chopper was wide and theirs were narrow. They couldn't see the snake from behind us. One thin' Reno forgot. Our chopper rises fuckin' fast. I got very near to the snake and then rose like mad. The chopper right behind us couldn't react fast enough and was suddenly enclosed in the snake's mouth while the tail wrapped around the two behind it. I smirked and saw only one more chopper behind us.
I watched the ground. The grass and swamp converged into a nearly invisible swamp patch. It looked deep if you looked close. I landed us right beyond it. And as I expected, the other chopper hadn't noticed so it landed right in it. The tiny chopper sank half way to the blades. Water filled the cockpit and the people inside couldn't get out fast enough because the grass was too thick and the water too deep. I watched as the snake came up and devoured the small chopper in one bite. I lifted off the ground and set a course for Midgar. The sky was now clear and all the choppers had been shot down or devoured. Reno's eyes swirled back to green and he shook his head. "Wha' happened?" I smirked and looked at him. "I saved our asses. Praise is necessary and yer buyin' me a drink ta'night." Reno looked at me then to the controls. "Yer flyin'!" I laughed and Rufus chuckled. "I had ta take a crash course, literally." I felt a hand on my shoulder. "Good job Ryuu." I smiled brightly. "Thank ya sir!" Wow I got praise from Rufus fuckin' ShinRa!
We were approachin' Midgar so I tapped on the headset button. "Uhh this is Rod to Midgar HQ. Over." I paid good attention ta Reno do this before. "Midgar HQ to Rod. Rod? Who is that? Over." I started slowing us down and prepared for a landing. "I'm the new Turk. I had ta take over fer Reno, er well Red, when we were attacked by AVALANCHE. We have Rufus ShinRa on board. We're all fine and we are comin' in fer a landing. Over." I heard a gasp on the other side. "Ok. Do you need a medic? Over." I looked to Reno but saw he was healed. "No. Just call Tseng and tell him ta meet us. Over." I think Tseng needs ta know about this. "Ok Rod. You're clear for landing. Over and out." I started lowering the chopper to the tarmac. "Over and out." The landing was smooth surprisingly. It was odd how well I performed in the chopper even having never flown before. Reno looked shocked too.
Tseng was waiting for us as soon as we landed. He rushed over to Rufus and inspected him. Tseng looked over Rufus like a worried father. "I'm fine Tseng." Tseng pulled Rufus inta an embrace and held on while Rufus smirked. Rufus must have seen my shocked expression so he explained. "Tseng raised me like his own son even though I'm only a few years younger than him. My father isn't very fatherly." I nodded. "I can feel ya there. My dad was the leader of the Scythes and he thought I wasn' worth nothin'. Used ta beat me up and toss me ta his boys and let them do what ever the hell ta me they wanted. I suppose it made me stronger but I woulda liked a better childhood." Rufus nodded and I could see true understandin' in his eyes. I can see that we had both been through hell due to our dads. Funny we were both in supposed positions of power too. We are the Prince of ShinRa and the Prince of the Scythes. Funny how things work.