Chapter 8
"Reno?" Tseng hammered on Reno's apartment door. "You here?" He sighed and leaned against the door. He looked up as he saw the familiar figure of Reno heading towards him.
"Tseng? What are you doing here?" he asked.
"Reno…just tell us, okay? What's going on?" His eyes widened as Reno looked up at him. His complexion had changed yet again, and the contrast of this and his bright red hair made him look very ill.
"Nothing's going on, just not feeling my best, that's all."
"Yeah right." He crossed his arms. "I expect you at work tomorrow with a reason for all this, at least one I will believe." He made his way back to Shinra headquarters.
The scene was exactly how Tseng had left it. As soon as he entered the room Elena jumped up.
"Sir, we've come up with an idea!" she said excitedly.
"Oh yeah?" he sighed, sitting down.
"Yeah…Valentine." Rude said.
"Vincent?"
"Yeah! He's a vampire!" Elena said happily.
"So?"
"Well, whoever this woman is, she's obviously a vampire…I'm sure Valentine knows more about vampire's than we do. But the only problem is contacting him."
"He'll still be on our records…"
"I'll go look." Rude said, getting to his feet.
"Why won't he talk to us?" Elena said sadly. They were still waiting for Rude.
"I don't know. Maybe he's…he doesn't want to accept that it's true. You know, like he said to you, he thought it was a dream."
"So he's like, in denial?"
"Yeah, I guess."
"There's no contact on here." Came Rude's voice from the next room.
"Looks like we're gonna have to go find him ourselves." Tseng sighed.
"Well, maybe if we head to Lockheart's bar, she might know something." Elena said.
"Well, I suppose." He looked up. "We need to do this, even if it means crawling back to old enemies."
Tifa's Seventh Heaven bar was somewhere none of the Turks had been for a long time. They all felt a little awkward as they stepped inside, as most people in there turned around to look at them. Fortunately, it looked like their luck was turning as they saw the familiar black hair and red cloak of Vincent Valentine in the corner. They walked over to him, ignoring the glances from other customers. Tseng tapped him on the shoulder.
"I was expecting this." He said quietly. He stood up and walked out of the bar, motioning for the three Turks to follow him. He stopped outside and turned to face them. "You're here about the other Turk, aren't you? Reno?" he said
"Yeah." Tseng replied.
"I've seem him, I know." he said quickly, seeing Elena's puzzled look. "If you're searching for a way out of this, I suggest you try the Sector 5 slums. Unknown to most people, there are an unusual amount of vampires living in that area."
"We're searching for some one called Vanessa." Elena piped up.
"Vanessa…we've met. She is, of course, one of the vampires in Sector 5."
Tseng looked at him for a minute. "Wait, why are you telling us all this so easily?"
Vincent stared back at him, his red eyes seemed to be filled with pity of some sort.
"Because, I know how dangerous a vampire can be, especially when he's not in control. There's no sense in letting other people get hurt." He turned and walked back into the bar, but they didn't follow him.
"Well then, Sector 5 it is." Said Elena.
"I think it would be better if we went to get Reno first." Tseng replied. "We'd better take him with us. We don't want him causing any trouble. We've been lucky so far, but our luck could turn."
