What a Mess!
A/N: Well…. I can say I'm sorry, but don't blame the cripple?
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Umm, this is set before the chapter I posted earlier….. UUUUMmmm….. Yeah.
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WHAT – THE – HELL?
It had now been quite a while since the infamous- at least to the people of Shinra- Easter incident, actually it was now in the month of July. A little known fact was that it was exactly this day two years ago that the war with Wutai 'officially' ended. Officially. Between the SOLDIER's and other people who worked with the higher ups all knew that there had been battles placed sporadically in time ever since. Actually, just last week Zack himself had been sent off to dispose of one of their task forces.
It made the First Class want to roll his eyes, personally.
Kunsel and Luckier were the most curious of anyone who had seen the little boy chasing him down. They knew that something had been distracting the seventeen year old, but they were not able to place their suspicions until they were slapped across the face by a little boy who looked surprisingly like the missing General.
"What is he, Sephiroth's kid?" Damn, Zack thought, he wasn't far off. Kunsel was an information hound, and until he was satisfied with what he was learning, he wasn't going to stop looking for answers.
"No, not exactly." Zack saw Kunsel frown, and he guessed that that particular explanation had been Kunsel's baby. He really wished that he could see the look on his face, few things in the world could make the helmeted second class frown.
"Not much else makes a lot of sense then." Zack shrugged. Since when had their lives made sense? Not since Genesis defected, probably. Kunsel coughed a little, and that was when Zack realized that he had spoken aloud. He blushed faintly, rubbing the back of his neck sheepishly, and his friend laughed a little.
That was when the little Vice President, Rufus Shinra, and a Turk shadow that Zack did not recognize, appeared out of the shadows. "Lieutenant Fair. My father wishes to speak with you." Kunsel's mouth dropped, but Zack shrugged again. He complied, because the Turk in front of him had a dangerous look about her, the little jagged knives along her belt did not help him in the slightest.
She just stared at him coolly, completely assured of herself in front of her charge.
Until the moment she began to move again, her eyes widening as she tripped over something, and fell down. Black hair fell into her face, and her knives fell all over the floor. Rufus gave her a coolly amused look, and Kunsel went over to her to help her up. She looked embarrassed, if her face meant anything. Zack grinned just a bit at the fallen Turk, even as Kunsel helped her.
Rufus shook his head, before waving Zack forward to follow him to the President's office. He picked up a shoe he had 'accidentally dropped' as the Turk stepped in. The knife-armed Turk glared at him, but her hands were tied due to her boss.
Oh, yes the small things in life made everything worth it. That dirty trick in particular was payback for the last time Seph had to go to Dr. Psycho.
WHAT – TO – DO?
Knife knew herself to be particularly clumsy at the most inopportune of times, but this time it was that damn SOLDIER's fault! She glared a hole into the back of his head, before snapping to attention as her boss looked at her once more. She wanted to take it out on his hair, preferably shaving it off using one of her knives, and Veld would have let her, because he was supportive of the Turk/SOLDIER war that was on.
But nooooo, Tseng wanted to build 'Good Relations' with SOLDIER operatives. And since Veld disappeared, she was stuck with Tseng as a commander.
The damn softy.
But seeing Lieutenant Fair's reaction, as well as capturing it on camera, would be plenty revenge.
"Oh, hi Ernie!" Oh…. Dear god- not now! "What's up?" A familiar blonde ponytail was seen bobbing straight into the room. She could hear Zack's laughter, and saw a blond eyebrow go up on her boss. Her own face could be felt blushing.
"Acacia… I'm on duty…." That seemed to dampen the other Turk, but the girl more commonly called 'Shotgun' or 'Ace' shrugged it off. She smiled widely as she saluted the vice president.
"Hello sir, Zack. Don't mind Ernestine here, she's all show with that scary attitude of hers!" That sent Fair into another fit of laughter, broken up by reiterating her unfortunate name. Even Rufus had started to chuckle, and he had a name that was almost as bad! Even as the dark haired woman blushed fiercely, Ace only smiled her big innocent smile. That smile was evil, the Turk decided. She couldn't be mad at Shotgun even if she wanted to be. Zack, however, was an open target.
She pinned the teen even as he tried to control his giggles, and held a jagged knife up to his throat. "If you tell anyone…." Her voice was a growl, and she saw Zack's Adam's apple bob as he gulped.
"Knife." Rufus' voice was cold, solemn, telling her to back off of the only SOLDIER first they had now.
"Yes, Sir…." As the two, SOLDIER and VP, went into the President's huge office, the offended woman held up her camera.
This was going to be good.
WHAT – A – MESS!
"And that's all that happened!" Zack's cheerful voice broke through the silence, and Cloud glanced down at the little boy beneath him.
"Bull, Zack." Sephiroth made a little snort at Cloud's statement. It was true, but still….. They didn't have to be so, so mean about it! Zack just didn't want to tell them what had happened.
"Come on, tell us what the President had to say!" Sephiroth piped up, genuinely curious. Zack was worried about the boy. His elder self had suffered from bipolar disorder, and he had to wonder if it had carried over. Zack didn't know much about the disorder, only that Sephiroth needed his help on a regular basis to keep it in check. He was worried, because though this young slip of a boy had been happy, he had shown signs of being on the downward slope of the scale.
"Ah…. I don't think you two need to know that yet…."
Then, that damn Turk, Knife, popped out of nowhere on his TV, scaring the wits out of him, and said, "Why, I do believe I have an important announcement to make to all SOLDIER personal. In light of the Generals recent disappearance, we have had to promote his second in command, Zackary Fair, to General." Knife grinned, devious.
"Let's see what his reaction is."
She, of course, had put on the clip of him in the President's office.
Cloud, Sephiroth, and Zack watched as his face paled, and he fell back on to the floor in a dead faint.
Cloud burst out laughing, Seph gave him a look of disappointment, and Zack groaned loudly.
"Oh… too bad…." Knife all but purred. "Anyways, that is all for Shinra news."
Zack Fair buried his head in the blanket. "Someone please kill me now…"
"That would be the easy way out," Sephiroth teased lightly. "I want to be kept updated, Cloud."
Cloud made a mock salute. "As you wish."
Zack spoke up against them. "Treason, Blasphemy! I can get you kicked out now!"
But Cloud only laughed. "Whatever you say, General Fair!"
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