Part 19.
"Y'ello?"
"Rose, I need your help."
"With what?"
"With the fact that I'm being hunted down like a dog and there is no way in hell I am gonna be able to get out of this one without some serious help?"
"Geez, what've you done this time?"
"Developed a drug based on the chemicals I found in my own blood and turned into a gas that only bonds with certain people and had it under control but it got out somehow and now the city is being overrun by blood thirsty madmen and-"
"Whoa whoa whoa, stop. Rewind. Slow-motion. The city is being overrun by blood thirsty madmen?"
"...Yeah... Haven't you been reading the papers recently? About that cop who's running about detaining a load of people and is currently chasing me as I'm the main culprit for this whole mess?"
"...Nope... Can't really say I have..."
"Oh, well then, there's a cop who's been running around detaining a load of people and is currently chasing me as I'm the main culprit for this whole mess."
"Ok. But what do you want me to do? Kill her?"
"No! Don't kill her!"
"I was only suggesting it, I mean I-"
"Well don't."
"Ok. But if you ever change your mind..."
"Rose, don't kill her. I just need you to... Find out some things for me."
"Ok, like what? And am I gonna get paid? I'm sorry Canary but I can't work for no pay, even for your gorgeous arse."
"Yeah I'll pay you and I want you to find all the dirt you can on the Shinra Company."
"Christ, whaddaya wanna know that for?"
"Just do it. Please? It's super important that I have all the information I can get. And also, talk to Pup about an extra bit of work I'm gonna have to ask you to do ok?"
"Sure sure what ever man, but you're getting yourself in pretty deep aren't you? Messing with the Shinra Company? They could have you killed you know."
"Yeah I know, but where I'm going, they won't get a chance."
"Why? Where are you going?"
"...Don't worry about it, just do what I said ok?"
"I want to know where you're going!"
"Take a good guess?"
"Wait... Do you mean... you're turning yourself in? Canary! You can't! I didn't think you were so stupid! I thought you knew about the responsibilities you had! I thought you were smart enough to do this from the outside! You're so-"
"Rose stop-"
"No I won't stop! Do you know how much of a mess your little crusade will be if you turn yourself in? You'd better have a good plan thought out because if you haven't I'm not going down with you! I'll-"
"I'm hanging up if you don't stop."
"Skip out on you! I will! I'm not taking the fall for your little Vendetta! If we're-"
"I'm going!"
"All gonna go to jail then you can count me out! White Rose of Wutai is outta here! You're-"
"Bye Rose!"
"Not dragging this ninja down with the ship! Ohho no! You... Shit he hung up..."
"This is Mr Fair speaking, how may I help you?"
"Do you greet everyone like that?"
"Oh Canary... Err, no that's just my erm... mumble mumble..."
"Anyway, there's something I need you to do. I've already spoken to Yuff- I mean Rose- and she's agreed to help us out if I pay her."
"What're you gonna pay her in? Knives?"
"Money."
"She'd be happier with the knives."
"Yeah, I know that but that's not the point. I've asked her to get all the dirt she can on the Shinra Company and give it to me. But that's not all. I'm thinking of involving her in the final plan..."
"Really? You think she can handle it?"
"Yeah, I think she can, she's not too dumb for it, she should be able to comprehend."
"It's not her comprehension I'm worried about. She's a kid Canary."
"She's 17."
"Exactly! She's a kid!"
"I joined the Shinra program when I was 14! What was I? A toddler?"
"That's different."
"I don't see how it is."
"Back when we joined that program we weren't involving ourselves with the police or anything remotely unsafe. The lives of an entire crew, plus some, were not resting on our heads."
"I'm not expecting her to do the entire thing by herself. Everyone's involved. Even Galian Beast has a part in the ending."
"...You really think this is drawing to a close?"
"Yeah, course it is. Don't worry Pup, I've thought about this from every possible angle and it is going to work this time. I know it is, if everyone sticks to the plan."
"So... What is this plan you're talking about?"
"I can't tell you it on the phone, I think the police are listening, but I've written the whole thing down and it's in the screw box in my tool kit."
"Really?"
"Yeah. Why the tone of surprise?"
"Just sounds like something they'd do in a movie or something. Does the bottom come out the all the draws in your office too?"
"Naturally."
"Wicked..."
"Oi, focus here."
"Sorry."
"Anyway, I want you to take control of everything for a while. Everything you need should be in that box."
"Take control? What for?"
"I'm not going to be here for a bit Pup, there's some stuff I need to do... But I'll try and keep you posted. You'll know when to start with the plan."
"I'll know will I?"
"Yup."
"Sure?"
"Absolutely positive."
"...Why do I get the feeling you're smirking on the other end of this line?"
"Not a clue mate. I couldn't smirk now for the world..."
"Wow... This is a really depressing conversation..."
"It is isn't it...? Well I'm gonna go now, good luck with the plan. Wink."
"Geez..."
"What?"
"'Wink'."
"Yeah haha, well, I'll see you around. Bye."
"Bye."
"Oh my god Pup!"
"I know!"
"He's so stupid! I told him not to do it!"
"You knew?"
"Well yeah but I didn't think he meant he was gonna do it so suddenly!"
"He's so... so..."
"Infuriating?"
"Yes that! And some! I wish I could get my hands round his scrawny neck and strangle all the life out of his skinny little carcass!"
"But we can't now can we... What're we gonna do Pup?"
"He left us some plans..."
"Plans..."
"For the final stand I guess... But most of it relies on you getting the information about Shinra... And taking out some of the big ones... He's given you a big part in this little charade of his..."
"Oh gawd... he even left plans... He must have been thinking about this for ages."
"Since the beginning."
"What?"
"Some of these note are dated from three months ago... he's been planning on turning himself in since three months ago, he's just been looking for an excuse, and now he's gone and done it..."
"I wonder what he did..."
"Slept with that cop probably."
"What? How does that constitute enough of a reason to turn yourself in? 'Oh I slept with this girl, now I can turn myself in to the police as a mass crime lord and the fabled Yellow Canary of the Mountains!' Sheesh what a dunce..."
"Yeah but he made a deal, or at least that's what it says here, dated from... 2 and a half months ago... Made a deal that if she kissed him he'd let her go, if she slept with him he'd turn himself in."
"Ahh... So a get-shagged-quick scheme... I like it."
"Yeah, I like the idea too, apart from the fact that now the only things we've got left is a city full of blood sucking creeps and a screw-box full of green swirly bullets one gun and a load of bits of paper with his illegible scrawl on them."
"Green swirly bullets?"
"Yeah, they swirl if you shake them... I don't know what they've got in them, or where he got them from, but I'm betting they're for you."
"And the gun?"
"Got a label on it for Galian Beast."
"Galian beast? Who's that? Another of your creeps?"
"Used to work for Shinra, had a bit of a sad past, won't talk about it... Get's all broody like Canary does... But he's a fair shot with a gun, and this one's got three barrels on it."
"Three barrels? I've never seen a gun with three barrels before. It's for rapid fire I guess. Does it look like a shot gun?"
"A bit I suppose. It's got the handle and loading for it, but it takes rounds, not cartridges."
"Wow... wonder if he'd mind if I-"
"Yes I think he would definitely mind if you did anything to that gun. You've got your own special new toy and your own work to do now Rose."
"But mine sounds so boring..."
"Yeah but you get to customise your gun."
"Really? I get a custom gun?"
"Yeah. You make it yourself."
"Awh what? But I dunno how to make my own gun!"
"Well you better get cracking and learn then. He said he didn't have enough time to make it or have it made himself, so you're going to have to do it. There's also a little bit of paper with your name on it. Says 'All Puppies keep out' on it too..."
"All puppies – hahaha! Oh gosh that's funny! He must have know you'd read all the bits if you got the chance."
"Yeah but the piece of paper with my name on it says 'All pests keep out'. That means you. So I'm not sure what you're laughing about."
"Yeah... We're in shit man..."
"Not if we stick to the plan."
"Deep, deep shit..."
A/N: Okay, I know this is a bit of a weird chapter, and you can probably guess who all the people are, but if you can't White ROSE of Wutai, there's a clue, go figure.
I'm sorry this chapter came out a bit weird, and the time skips are terrible, but I couldn't really think of another way of writing this bit and it seemed like an okay way to do it, opinions?
The lemon is coming up sometime, probably next week or the week after that, I'm not promising it, but it's definitely in the plan, as you can probably tell from this chapter xD Also the rest of the plot relies on it. ;)
R&R please :D