I don't own these people, and considering all the others who want to, I'm not even gonna think about trying to change that.
Chapter 10
"This place stinks!" Kyra whined, "I can't believe how badly it reeks!"
Vincent snorted and continued threading his way through the refuse, twisting and weaving his steps to avoid the worst of the filth covering the cement of the sewers.
"Of course you don't," Triton laughed, "You've never had to walk through this part of Midgar before."
"With any luck," Kyra growled, "I never will again. Obie will not want to be anywhere near his mother until after she takes a shower! Hell, I don't want to be anywhere near me until after I shower!"
"Quit making so much noise," Vincent hissed, "There are creatures that inhabit these tunnels, so don't make so much noise. You'll call their attention to us!"
"What kind of creature would be mad enough to live here?" Kyra yelled.
"Shut up!" Vincent growled, "That probably woke up a shining example of a sewer inhabitant, that will be grumpy and want to rip us apart!"
"No kidding," Triton looked behind Vincent with an expression of petrification, "That thing behind you looks mighty hungry."
Vincent turned, "Oh just great, just dandy!" he glared at the creature just as darkly as it glared at him, "It's just angry, these creatures live here because they find human waste to be appetizing. And we woke it from its nap. Our best bet is to either run or try to kill it."
Deciding that the little things in front of it had chattered long enough, the creature took a mad swipe at Vincent with one of its hideously large claws. It would have hit, if Triton hadn't jerked its hand off balance by picking up a large stick that lay around and smacking at the claw. The creature shifted its focus to Triton, and took another swipe. This time, its actions were halted by Vincent taking a shot at its head.
The two young men repeated their pattern of actions, hitting it to change its focus repeatedly. Finally, the maddened monster looked at Kyra, who had, up to this point, had not taken part, and tried to rip her head off.
Vincent quickly shoved her to the ground, where she landed in a pile of goop better left unidentified. Triton dashed up to is one more time, and stabbed it with one of his knives, and then rammed the other into one of its eyes.
The creature screamed shrilly, and jerked away from Triton. It backed into the lower section of the sewer, where it fell into the nearly stagnant river of mush that rested there.
"I am not going after my knives," Triton shook his head, "They aren't worth it."
Vincent snorted, and helped Kyra stand, not mentioning the fact that she'd fallen into some rather ripe sludge, "But it would actually be better for you to get it, as that particular creature feeds off of metal objects."
"What?!" Triton yelped, jumping down into the river of dross to fetch his knives.
"That's why I knew we weren't in danger of being its dinner," Vincent grimaced, "It just wanted our metal objects for snacks."
"So, what, is it gonna regenerate?" Triton hopped back onto the upper level, "or something?"
"Sort of," Vincent rolled his eyes, "But I'd rather not be around to see it."
"I want to go home," Kyra spat, "I want to take a shower, and most of all, I want to get out of this shithole!"
~
"Finally," Kyra breathed a huge sigh of relief, then coughed as the stench of the sewers assaulted her nose from up close, "We're back on proper ground!"
"Sure," Vincent shook his head, "You do realize we're going to have a lot of fun trying to get into HQ like this, don't you?"
"Don't worry," Kyra waved a hand nonchalantly at him, "I have passcards, and those guards at our sector don't bother to check any more."
"That's not a good thing," Triton pointed out, "But perhaps we should find somewhere to stop over for a bit, so we can change and wash up. I certainly don't want to walk around smelling like this any longer than I have to!"
Vincent sighed, "If you don't comment on where I take you, I can show you somewhere where we can do that without anyone making a sound about it."
"After the last place you directed us to," Kyra glared at him, "Why should we go with you?"
"Fine, do as you like," Vincent started walking, "But I am definitely going, and I have the bag with our uniforms in it, so..." he left off, leaving them to follow.
~
"Uh, Vince," Triton blinked, "I never would have figured you'd even know where to find one of these, much less be able to get in, smelling like you just walked through the sewer without questions."
Vincent snorted, "There's a lot about me you don't know. And no, I don't know about this place because I frequent it for the usual reasons."
"I am only staying in here long enough to shower and change," Kyra groaned as she opened the nearest bathroom door, making sure it was empty, "And then I am leaving!"
After the woman left the room, Triton glanced at Vincent, "Just why do you know these people so well. I honestly didn't even think you'd gone through that part of puberty, much less being on a name basis with an entire brothel!"
"You and Arn have commented enough on how feminine my features are," Vincent growled slightly, "And evidently, a few of the department heads agree. Sometimes, they need someone to infiltrate this place... Guess who got the job."
"But they know your name," Triton paled, "How's that work?"
"I never said I was 'one of the girls' so to speak," Vincent sighed, and stared at a far point on the wall, "Let's just say that I'm here to investigate the customers from a different perspective. Leave it." Vincent growled as Triton prepared another question.
"Uh," Triton paused, "Okay, sure. Um, I bet you don't want this mentioned to Arn either, right?"
"Exactly," Vincent glanced at the other black-haired man, "And if he is told,"
"Yeah," Triton shuddered, "I get it. Believe me, he won't hear anything from me. I remember what your paybacks are like when they're not jokes. I don't ever wanna go through that again."
"Good," Vincent looked at the bathroom door as it opened, with Kyra walking out in a towel.
"I forgot my clothes, and that room is so perfumed," Kyra shook her head, "I almost couldn't tell I'd been in a sewer, it was so overpowering!" she grabbed her uniform and walked back in.
"Did she just do what I think she did?" Triton blinked, his face somehow flushing and paling at the same time.
"I guess," Vincent had just resorted to a blank expression.
~
I honestly have no clue where this will end, or how long it will take to do so... I'm just as curious as you are.
Chapter 10
"This place stinks!" Kyra whined, "I can't believe how badly it reeks!"
Vincent snorted and continued threading his way through the refuse, twisting and weaving his steps to avoid the worst of the filth covering the cement of the sewers.
"Of course you don't," Triton laughed, "You've never had to walk through this part of Midgar before."
"With any luck," Kyra growled, "I never will again. Obie will not want to be anywhere near his mother until after she takes a shower! Hell, I don't want to be anywhere near me until after I shower!"
"Quit making so much noise," Vincent hissed, "There are creatures that inhabit these tunnels, so don't make so much noise. You'll call their attention to us!"
"What kind of creature would be mad enough to live here?" Kyra yelled.
"Shut up!" Vincent growled, "That probably woke up a shining example of a sewer inhabitant, that will be grumpy and want to rip us apart!"
"No kidding," Triton looked behind Vincent with an expression of petrification, "That thing behind you looks mighty hungry."
Vincent turned, "Oh just great, just dandy!" he glared at the creature just as darkly as it glared at him, "It's just angry, these creatures live here because they find human waste to be appetizing. And we woke it from its nap. Our best bet is to either run or try to kill it."
Deciding that the little things in front of it had chattered long enough, the creature took a mad swipe at Vincent with one of its hideously large claws. It would have hit, if Triton hadn't jerked its hand off balance by picking up a large stick that lay around and smacking at the claw. The creature shifted its focus to Triton, and took another swipe. This time, its actions were halted by Vincent taking a shot at its head.
The two young men repeated their pattern of actions, hitting it to change its focus repeatedly. Finally, the maddened monster looked at Kyra, who had, up to this point, had not taken part, and tried to rip her head off.
Vincent quickly shoved her to the ground, where she landed in a pile of goop better left unidentified. Triton dashed up to is one more time, and stabbed it with one of his knives, and then rammed the other into one of its eyes.
The creature screamed shrilly, and jerked away from Triton. It backed into the lower section of the sewer, where it fell into the nearly stagnant river of mush that rested there.
"I am not going after my knives," Triton shook his head, "They aren't worth it."
Vincent snorted, and helped Kyra stand, not mentioning the fact that she'd fallen into some rather ripe sludge, "But it would actually be better for you to get it, as that particular creature feeds off of metal objects."
"What?!" Triton yelped, jumping down into the river of dross to fetch his knives.
"That's why I knew we weren't in danger of being its dinner," Vincent grimaced, "It just wanted our metal objects for snacks."
"So, what, is it gonna regenerate?" Triton hopped back onto the upper level, "or something?"
"Sort of," Vincent rolled his eyes, "But I'd rather not be around to see it."
"I want to go home," Kyra spat, "I want to take a shower, and most of all, I want to get out of this shithole!"
~
"Finally," Kyra breathed a huge sigh of relief, then coughed as the stench of the sewers assaulted her nose from up close, "We're back on proper ground!"
"Sure," Vincent shook his head, "You do realize we're going to have a lot of fun trying to get into HQ like this, don't you?"
"Don't worry," Kyra waved a hand nonchalantly at him, "I have passcards, and those guards at our sector don't bother to check any more."
"That's not a good thing," Triton pointed out, "But perhaps we should find somewhere to stop over for a bit, so we can change and wash up. I certainly don't want to walk around smelling like this any longer than I have to!"
Vincent sighed, "If you don't comment on where I take you, I can show you somewhere where we can do that without anyone making a sound about it."
"After the last place you directed us to," Kyra glared at him, "Why should we go with you?"
"Fine, do as you like," Vincent started walking, "But I am definitely going, and I have the bag with our uniforms in it, so..." he left off, leaving them to follow.
~
"Uh, Vince," Triton blinked, "I never would have figured you'd even know where to find one of these, much less be able to get in, smelling like you just walked through the sewer without questions."
Vincent snorted, "There's a lot about me you don't know. And no, I don't know about this place because I frequent it for the usual reasons."
"I am only staying in here long enough to shower and change," Kyra groaned as she opened the nearest bathroom door, making sure it was empty, "And then I am leaving!"
After the woman left the room, Triton glanced at Vincent, "Just why do you know these people so well. I honestly didn't even think you'd gone through that part of puberty, much less being on a name basis with an entire brothel!"
"You and Arn have commented enough on how feminine my features are," Vincent growled slightly, "And evidently, a few of the department heads agree. Sometimes, they need someone to infiltrate this place... Guess who got the job."
"But they know your name," Triton paled, "How's that work?"
"I never said I was 'one of the girls' so to speak," Vincent sighed, and stared at a far point on the wall, "Let's just say that I'm here to investigate the customers from a different perspective. Leave it." Vincent growled as Triton prepared another question.
"Uh," Triton paused, "Okay, sure. Um, I bet you don't want this mentioned to Arn either, right?"
"Exactly," Vincent glanced at the other black-haired man, "And if he is told,"
"Yeah," Triton shuddered, "I get it. Believe me, he won't hear anything from me. I remember what your paybacks are like when they're not jokes. I don't ever wanna go through that again."
"Good," Vincent looked at the bathroom door as it opened, with Kyra walking out in a towel.
"I forgot my clothes, and that room is so perfumed," Kyra shook her head, "I almost couldn't tell I'd been in a sewer, it was so overpowering!" she grabbed her uniform and walked back in.
"Did she just do what I think she did?" Triton blinked, his face somehow flushing and paling at the same time.
"I guess," Vincent had just resorted to a blank expression.
~
I honestly have no clue where this will end, or how long it will take to do so... I'm just as curious as you are.