:D Kay, so I'm on a two week school holiday now! :DDD (You people in the southern atmosphere don't get what I mean, but I don't bother explaining xD)
Now, let the mission begin! And do remember that I have two years to make Before Crisis happen, so there's gonna be quite a lot of stuff happening in the next few chapters :P
5/August/1998
Shinra had actually taken the time to give me one of their motorbikes, with their logo painted over of course. It was almost pure black, with the only exceptions of the wiring and gears. They had also sent over a silver helmet for me. All this stuff is just for me to get to Junon, they must be putting a lot of money into me, huh? I remember as a rookie, I had to ride an untrained yellow chocobo to some forest for some survival training... It was like riding a car that kept stopping unknowingly.
"Nice gear," some AVALANCHE member walked passed me while admiring my bike. I put on a fake attitude and acted like a tough person.
"Tsk, get your own." I hissed venomously as he walked up for a better look. He backed up, with his hands in the air.
"Woah, no need to get all fussy Celia." He said, annoyed at me. I wondered how he got my name but just shook it off. I'm more surprised at the fact that I now technically have three names...
"Where did you get a ride like that?" He asked again before disappearing. I smirked, still keeping the outer facade going smoothly. This guy is so gullible...
"I've got my ways..." I replied smugly, grabbing the handlebars and pulling the screen over my eyes. He opened his mouth to say something but I obviously didn't catch it once I started zooming out of the slums.
I still had my orders to go Junon and give inside information, but that's going to be a real pain if I have to fight a Turk. I sighed, trying to run over the list of Turks I knew in my head, thinking about which one I would have the least guilt if I had to hurt one of them.
I had left at eleven in the morning and it had taken me about four hours to get to Junon, with the exception of stopping to eat of course.
"Hey, Celia! Over here!" Someone waved me over as I entered the edge of Junon. "Follow me!" The female cried, leading me to my left. I entered some sort of a watery area with railing leading up to the sky. It almost hurt my neck if I tried to look at the top of it.
"We got to get to the top of that but no one's willing to go up there without a rope." She said, looking deeply in thought. I sighed, knowing that I'd end up doing the dangerous job anyway. This was not problem compared to the ones I had to endure at my training. We had real intense training, so when we came to situations like this, it seemed easy. "I'd do it, but-" She began.
"I'll do it." I snatched the bulky, long rope off the sandy floor.
Some people grinned at me and some just stared at me in amazement because of what I was going to do.
"Wait, take this." The female came up to me and gave me a walkie-talkie, it was pretty good quality for a group that was trying to stay undercover. I clicked it on my belt, on the opposite side of my PHS. I slung the rope around my shoulder and bit the end of the rope so it wouldn't unwind while I was climbing the terribly high railing.
I was hoping that they would at least say something encouraging before they let me go off, but all they said was "down with Shinra!" It was their saying or something.
About twenty minutes later, I had gotten about one third of the way up. I could still hear the members of AVALANCHE talking, but it only sounded like little murmurs from the height I was at. I still haven't dared to look down, except when I had to look for my footing but even then, I don't take time to look straight down at that ground.
I took a deep breath and made my way up a little more until I couldn't hear anyone talking anymore. I wasn't sure if they had just gone all silent or if they were too far away. Even with the risk of them overhearing, I hooked my right arm around the metal railing and took out my PHS, wanting to report back.
"Cissnei, how is everything?" Tseng asked from the other end with his same monotone. I spat the rope out of my mouth before replying.
"Good," 'counting the fact that I'm climbing something that's about fifty meters high!' I said sarcastically but not letting it show through my voice. "We're still getting in, so don't worry about getting there fast. I also need some direct communication to Veld." I demanded.
"Alright." There was a series of beeping on the other end. I sighed, rolling my eyes. It really can't take this long just to have communication to Veld...
"Cissnei." I heardhis voice enter the transmission.
"Veld, I'm guessing that there will be a lot happening in the next few hours, so be prepared." There was some discussion, consisting of Veld and Tseng's voice. I presumed that they were in the same room right now.
"Report back once you are in." Tseng commanded.
"Affirmative." I didn't wait for anything more and clicked the cellphone onto my belt. I used my free hand to put the rope in my mouth again. Sighing, I took another dreadful step up.
Another ten minutes later and I had finally arrived at the top. I took the walkie-talkie out. "I'm at the top!" I tried to seem as energetic as possible, despite the fact that I had nearly fallen about umpteen times. Mostly near the top...
"Alright, tie the rope to something secure!" A voice commanded, choppily because of our bad connection. I quickly tied it and pulled it tightly. I made sure that it would only last a while so that I could take out some members. I felt a little guilty but it had to be done, I still doubt that some will die because of this.
"Done, you guys can climb now." Loud cheering came through the transmitter, obviously happy to stop waiting for me.
"Nice work Celia! You just stay up there and stay out of sight until most of us are up there." The voice said, I sat down on the floor.
"Ro-" I quickly cut myself off from saying roger, that could give me away, it sounded too formal... "Sure."
Finally, everyone had gotten up to the top. Some people had already rushed off to take out the guards and do some other activities while the others just hung around as look out.
"Alright, everyone that's left, go to the cannon." The man to commented on my motorbike instructed.
"I'll stay here to pack up the rope, I'll meet you guys there." I said, making up an excuse to make another transmission. He nodded at me before hastily running off. Once I saw him disappear around the corner, I took out my PHS and pressed speed dial.
"Veld." I said, earning his attention. "AVALANCHE is heading to the cannon. Some have taken out the guards, so we better be alert." I said quickly, wanting to get there faster to avoid suspicion. I threw the rope off the edge.
"Alright," he seemed rather agitated at the news. "Do what you have to do until further notice." He said, sighing.
"Yes, sir." I flipped my phone closed and ran in the direction the man had left in.
We had secured the cannon and aimed it at Midgar. I was reporting back like mad, telling them to send back up and hopefully more Turks. Turns out Reno and Alex were on this mission. Right now, I was just hiding away, trying to stay under the radar.
"Cissnei, turn to security bots to the highest setting." Tseng said, I barely heard his voice. I had to turn to volume to the smallest it could go to avoid being found.
"Hey, I'm going to take out some security bots!" I declared, not waiting for permission.
It wasn't before long until I had found a robot patrolling. I bashed the back of it open and turned the red dial to maximum. I was lucky, because our systems were very convenient. If one robot had been adjusted, the others will change as well. The second it turned to maximum, it started turning around to me to attack. I simply sliced off its head and then kicked it around a bit to look like I actually did take a robot out.
Then just before I went back to merge with AVALANCHE, another phone call came in.
"Cissnei, you have to turn on the security systems to maximum as well." I sighed, wanting to whine.
"Yes, sir." As if detecting the annoyance in my voice, Tseng explained some things to me.
"Sorry about the inconvenience, the controls aren't working from here." He also seemed annoyed.
"Alright." I rushed off again to control room.
"Flick on the red in the bottom right, blue near the middle and the yellow on the right." I knew what some of them would do. One is the lasers, another is a cloning system. I think the blue one opened up trapdoors or something like that.
"Thanks." I said, before turning off the phone and clicking all the buttons.
"System activating in ten seconds." The robotic voice echoed around the room. I sighed and jogged to the door. "Ten, nine, eight, seven, six-" I slammed the door shut behind my back and tried to avoid all the traps that I just turned on. It was like I had set traps for myself.
I emerged back to AVALANCHE, puffing.
"Now, you get out of here!" A red headed woman commanded me. "The cannon's going to go, all the others are professionals. Plus, the nonprofessionals all have jobs assigned. So you don't have any use here." She pointed me to my motorbike, somehow ending up here. I nodded, not wanting to show that I'm a Turk if I somehow defended myself.
"Alright... Thanks, uh.."
"Elfe." She said, finishing my sentence-question. "I'm the leader of AVALANCHE." I smirked, acquiring even more important information.
"Thanks Elfe."
:DDD Hope you enjoyed :P And I'm sorry that the lengths of chapters have dropped D: But I didn't want to jump into the next part of Before Crisis too quickly... But I must say, I really enjoyed writing this chapter :D
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