Carvolla was walking back from work. Tired as usual, and lonely as usual, she would have to go home to an empty condo with a 'soup for one'. Looking downtrodden, she kicked at the dust on the ground while she walked near the cliffs. Working in Rocket Town had been hard, but she was well paid. She remembered it was her birthday, and she hummed a little song as she walked back to her very new town of Larotta. Suddenly, she stumbled, and her shoe flew off her feet and fell over the cliffs.

"Shit! And those were brand new too...I guess I'm gonna hafta get them..." She sighed to herself, and peered over the edge of the cliff.

"What is that? Looks like a dead...something. Ew...there's blood all over the place..." She said aloud. She heard a slight groan, and looked around nervously. Again, she heard a groan, and realized it was from the figure below.

"Oh my God! That's a person down there! And he's hurt bad!" She said to herself as she rushed down the Cliffside with only one shoe.

* * * *

Cloud had gathered the old gang again. He looked around the fire, and counted the men in his 'army'.

"One...two...three...hm...that's twelve altogether including me..." Cloud muttered to himself.

"Hurry it up, will ya'...we don't got all day." Reno said nonchalantly, leaning against the red cliff wall. Rude nodded quietly in agreement.

"Really Cloud..." Vincent agreed, holding his heavily bandaged stomach.

"Cloooud!" Elena whined.

"Shut up! Agh! Ever since ShinRa was abandoned and we got paired up with you guys, everything became more annoying around here!" Cloud said angrily.

"Sheesh...sorry..." Elena apologized.

"Well, I got you together cuz we have a problem." He began.

"Um...This may seem weird but...Jenova's back. Hojo with her, and Sephiroth too." He continued, despite murmurs of surprise from the group.

"An apprentice to Hojo probably helped revive him, and Hojo probably revived Sephiroth and Jenova.

As you know, because of Jenova, Midgar ended up destroyed, and hundreds of innocent lives were loss.

We MUST prevent this from happening again. Therefore, we must seek out and destroy Jenova."

"Um...how are we gonna do that?" Tifa asked.

"...I don't know. But Yuffie and Vincent have given reports of a location of a lab. More then likely, they have left it, but there may be some vital clues of where they might be heading.

So I will split us up into four groups of three. Cid, you take Red and Yuffie. Scout along Rocket Town. I'll go with Barret and Tifa. Vincent, you go with Rude and Reno and find the lab. My group will be right behind you. Cait Sith, Elena and Tseng are your partners; try to find out as much info as possible. Any other questions?"

"Yeah...why do I have to go with a big fat ugly doll?" Elena asked.

"I never asked to be paired up with the airhead bitch..." Cait muttered back.

"Do you want me to slap you?" She retorted angrily.

* * * *

Carvolla dragged the massive man into the local hospital.

"Doc, I think he's hurt really bad. His shirt is soaked in blood, and he's barely conscience."

"This wound is extremely deep...?!...It passes right through him..." The doctor shuddered.

"Can you save him?" She asked anxiously.

"We'll see..."



Authors Note: Heeeeey! I've said it before, yada yada, this is a romance, but not right now...but if you noticed I'm setting it up for some romance thingy ma-bobber! Yes! Ain't I great? Yes I truly am...Read and write! You need to! Or I'll stop writing!