Holy crap! New chapter up! Go me. - Enjoy, everyone. And do review and let me know what you think.


Sanura was woken the next morning by loud noises - the opening of her closet door and her dresser drawers. Sitting upright quickly, she stared as Elena flew through the room, throwing her clothes into bags.

"Elena? What are you doing?" A faint yelp as the woman threw a pair of jeans and a sweater at her - both striking her in the head. "Elena? What's going on?"

"Get dressed. You have ten minutes - then we need to be gone." The woman finished packing Sanura's clothes, zipped up the bags, and dragged them out into the kitchen, leaving Sanura to hurriedly throw her clothes and shoes on, stumbling out of the room to find Rude standing near the door, while Tseng looked worriedly out the window.

"Will someone tell me what's going on?!" Instead of speaking, Elena merely grabbed her arm, dragging her towards the door - only to be thrown roughly to the side as Sanura lost her temper. "I've had enough of this 'prisoner' act! What's happening, Tseng?!"

"…Sephiroth attacked us in the Temple of the Ancients. You're not safe with us, Sanura. We need to take you somewhere you'll be safe. We can't afford to lose you as well as Seraphina." As he spoke, her eyes widened, shaking her head.

"Why would he attack you, Tseng? You were his friend…" Looking frightened, she glanced to Elena and Rude. "What's happening…?"

"…Sephiroth is attempting to destroy us all, 'Nura." Rude's voice was quiet, and his words brought the expected reaction. Sanura fainted, leaving Tseng, wounded though he was, to carry her down to the car.


"What…Where am I?" As the world came into focus around her, Sanura found herself staring up at a wooden ceiling, her gaze drifting down to wooden walls, a small kitchen, and a sofa and bookshelf, table and one chair. It was some kind of cabin, she realized, rising to her feet to walk to the door. Opening it, she discovered she was in the middle of nowhere.

Fortunately - or not, depending on how she chose to look at it - she was not alone. There were at least ten members of the ShinRa military police in the clearing in front of the cabin, and another larger building across the clearing that Sanura was certain functioned as their barracks. Shaking her head, she stepped back inside, and gave a small sigh of relief as she saw the computer console near the bed.

Heading to it, she sat down and turned it on, typing in her password to the ShinRa systems. To her surprise, Reno was online. After half an hour or so of talking to him, she turned the computer off, made herself dinner, ate, then slept.

She spent the next week in the same manner, though she spoke to all of the Turks and even Rufus himself - not just Reno. Speaking to Rufus, though he was incessantly asking about Seraphina, which upset her at times, she discovered a man who, though very rational, was willing to give up everything for what he thought was important. He had a wicked sense of humor, and would back those who had earned it no matter the cost.

Rufus was a man Sanura knew her sister could have loved. Sanura blinked as she realized this, glancing down to the computer screen at the noise signifying someone had just signed on. It was Reno, which brought a smile to her face.

'My sister could have fallen in love with Rufus, if she'd just known him.' Sanura typed, before pressing the send button.

'…she did know him, Sanura.'

'What? How did she meet him? I never knew anything about that.'

'When she was in the hospital…Rufus went to her every day. They got to know each other a bit…that's why he wants to find her so much.'

'…Oh. …I need to go for now. I'm hungry.'

'Alright. …be careful.'

'I will. …please take care.'

'Anything for you, Sanura.'

Logging off, she got to her feet, stunned by the realization that had been presented her. Seraphina knew Rufus? That didn't make sense. If she'd known him, surely she wouldn't have just left like that…

"…she doesn't remember…" Sanura whispered aloud, stopping even as she headed for the shower. "…she has no idea…and now Rufus is in danger. He could die…"

Taking a breath, she headed into the shower - and once she'd finished, began to pack a small bag. She wasn't going to just sit around and wait for the inevitable to happen. Her sister was gone, but that was no reason for her to just lay down and wait for the end.

Ignoring the shouts from around her, she got into one of the vehicles and headed for Midgar - thankful for her ability to hack the ShinRa system, which allowed her to find her way back. As she sped towards the city, she blinked in shock. Why was the Sister Ray mounted on ShinRa headquarters? Even as she entered the upper levels of the city, she was left staring in horror as she looked to the north.

"What is that?" She gasped, slamming on the brakes and nearly bashing her head into the steering wheel. Climbing out of the car, she watched as it grew closer - unfazed by anything that struck it. As the noise of a massive machine powering up caught her ear, she found her gaze drawn to the Sister Ray as it prepared to fire. Looking back to the monstrosity making its way for Midgar, she began to tremble, seeing power swirling around it, as well. Even as Meteor shone in the sky overhead, the Sister Ray fired, blasting through it - and into the dome over the crater in the north.

The victory did not come without a price, as a beam fired back, and collided with the upper floor of ShinRa headquarters, demolishing it. Knowing Rufus had not left that floor for over a week, Sanura couldn't help her scream of horror, running for the building even as the debris fell - paying no mind to the sound of the Sister Ray preparing to fire again. Others were running from the building even as she ran towards it, shoving her back even as she pressed onward.

"Sanura!" The voice was a familiar one, a hand catching her elbow and swinging her to face the speaker. Reeve. "You can't go in there! It's too dangerous!"

"What about Rufus?!" She screamed over the sounds around them. "We can't just leave him for dead, Reeve!"

"He is dead, Sanura! There's nothing you can do! You have to get out of here, now!!" Leaving her with no choice, he dragged her along after him, though she continued to glance back at the destruction. Somewhere in that rubble lay a man her sister would have loved. A man who loved her sister with all his heart, Sanura now knew. And Seraphina would never again know him…