"Out of my way," I said, pushing past Elena and Tseng. I made my way to the helicopter pad.

"Where do you think you're going?" Rufus asked, not far behind me.

"What do you think? I'm going after her," I replied.

"No, we're going on lock-down," I heard him say with a snap of fingers. I turned to see him pointing from Rude to me, a signal for him to stop me. "We need to do damage control," he added, picking up his phone.

"Like hell. I'm not going to stand by while she's out there," I said "She needs help."

"She just blew a hole in my building and killed my receptionist. This building is being shut down, no one gets in or out until we have things in order and people here taken care of."

"Whatever," I said, not listening to him.

"I said no Reno," Rufus said, by now Rude was facing me, hand on my shoulder to stop me. "What's you're plan anyway? Just fly around until you spot her? You'll be wasting time." I sighed, he was right, I had no plan. "She won't sit quietly for long."

I turned back to him and nodded. "Fine."

"Alright then," he said, taking a deep breath before continuing "Tseng, go down to 1st, shut down the entrance. Rude, go to security and have them search the building. Have them get a damage report ready and get injured to the infirmary. Reno and Elena, take these three back to their cells," he ordered while walking out of his office.

"What!" Kalie exclaimed, "Oh come on, we helped you guys-"

"Kalie..." Tidus said to her, he sounded defeated. "Just do it."

We were all quiet as we walked down and silently, we locked them up.

I started to trail after Elena as we walked away from them, but I stopped and turned to Tidus's cell.

"You guys disagree whether Annie is still alive after Jenova took over. What makes you think she is," I asked him. I don't know why I did, maybe I just need justification to go after her.

He just stared at me before a second, thinking it over in his head. "Because I don't want her to be gone. Because if she's gone, we lose."

I sighed, it wasn't the answer I was looking for.

I started to walk away. "She's there, I know it," Tidus called after me. I turned back around. "I know I have no proof, but she's there. It might just be the smallest spark, but I can just feel she's not all gone. I know you feel it too."

I stopped and thought.

"Look, Annie's a fighter, she not going to die without a battle. But as it stands, we can't do anything to help her; it's up to you. You're her only hope. You need to ignite that spark inside her, to save her." He spoke with such passion and I nodded, know he was right.

"Reno," Elena called out, pulling me away and back to our office.

"What's the damage?" Rufus asked as soon as Tseng walked in. He was sitting at Annie's desk since his office would be out of order for some time. I cringed at him everytime he looked away.

"Floor 6 is completely destroyed. ...No survivors..."he said hesitantly.

Rufus sighed into his hand "So we have no medical or lab workers?"

"We have a few lab worker, but most of them are inexperienced and at entry level positions. As far the infirmary, we just have the nurse left. We only have these people because they were on their lunch break."

"What else?" Rufus said.

"That looks like the worst...it looks like she went straight up from 6th to this floor." Tseng said, finishing the report.

Rufus let out another sigh, before picking up the phone.

"Now what?" Elena asked the question that was buzzing on everyone's lips.

"We do damage control," he said, starting to dial some numbers.

"What does that mean?" I asked.

But he didn't say anything but looked straight in my eyes.

I racked my brain, trying to think of what he was doing, then it hit.

"No!" I yelled, practically leaping of the desks and slamming my hand on the receiver, hanging up the phone.

"You are not calling Cloud! I refuse to let you get him involved." I yelled sternly in Rufus's face.

He remained calm "He and AVALANCHE know how to handle these situations best-"

"I don't care! I will not sit around and let him hunt Annie down!" I stood up straight, "If he finds her, he'll kill her on sight."

"We need to think about what's best for the company."

"Give me a chance," I reasoned, "Give me a chance to talk and reason with her. Let me try to reach her."

He gave me a cold stare before nodding. "Fine, one chance, but if the situation escalates, I'm calling Strife."

"Fine," I whispered, backing up and calming myself down.

"Okay..." Elena said softly, making sure it was ok to speak. "That still doesn't answer what our next move is."

We all were quiet as we thought.

"Pulski," Rude said after a few mintues.

"Huh?" I asked, that as the last thing I was expecting.

"His father was Hojo's assistance...he would know best. He's obviously is well aware of all their work," he explained.

That was enough of a reason for me, "Let's go kick some ass," turning to leave.

"No, stop," Rufus ordered.

I sighed "What now?"

"You go in looking for a fight in his own building, you won't make it out alive. We'll do this in a dignified way. I'll set up a meeting with him."

I cursed in my head but Rufus was right.

"Like my office? I wanted a modern Cosmos Canyon feel. I must say, the interior designer really out did herself."

I sneered at Pulski as he pompously bragged to us. We had just walked in there and he already was getting on my nerves.

"Where's your other Turk. Small girl, brown hair?" he asked, eying us up.

"How do you know about her?" I got defensive.

"Please...you don't think I know everything about you guys." I tensed up and he answered the question that darted through my head. "I must say, I was surprised to see you and her together at my party in Icicle Inn. If you guys wanted to come you should have asked, you didn't have to sneak in."

I looked away from his eye contact and looked at Rufus, expecting his to say something.

"Mr. Pulski-" Rufus started.

"Let me stop you there, I already know why you're here," he interrupted.

"You do?" I took a step forward.

He just smirked.

"What do you mean you know?" Rufus asked him before I could.

He let out a chuckle, "You know, I always doubted that this day would actually come...I've waited so long."

"Wait, you know about Jenova and Hojo's experiment's on Ms. Tusnick?" Rufus asked.

"Hojo's experiments? No. Don't get me wrong, he may have led the project but it was my father who was the brains behind. He was the one that concluded that a female body had the right balance to host Jenova. He was the one that found the test subject to make Hojo's dream a reality. If it wasn't for my father, Hojo would still be making failures."

I stood there silent until he stopped talking. "What do you mean when you say "found the test subject?"" I asked, already know the answer. "He sold them out, Annie's parents! He's the one that told Hojo they had a baby girl and had them killed!"

"They had it coming. And besides, it's not she would have been given a bad life. Once the project was completed, my father would take her in, he would have taught her to grow up in society. She would have been my little sister."

"You're sick," I said but he paid no attention.

"Nothing would stand in the way of my father and Hojo. No, not until that stupid Gast showed up. He ruined everything. But now, finally after nearly 30 year...Jenova is here. I can't wait to meet her." By now he wasn't even talking to us, but rather himself

"Then what? She'll kill you the second she sees you," I spat at him.

"Think of the knowledge she possess, what she can tell us..." he still was wrapped up in his own world.

"Yeah that's nice, but tell us how to get Annie back," I snapped at him.

He finally snapped out of his world "Why would I want to bring her back? I've waited years for this, and besides there's is no way to bring her back."

"Whatever, I'm going to get her back..." I said, going to leave this place.

"Do you even know where to look?" he called after me.

I scoffed, "And you do?'

"Lets say I have a hunch."

"Care to share?" I asked, turning back to him.

He smirked, "You guys put me in a good mode..I'll give you a hint. I bet she's tired after battling for control of that body. She's going to go rest up."

I looked spectacle at him as Rufus and the rest started to leave.

"Come on," Tseng said to me, grabbing me arm to drag me out.

"Oh and if I were you," Pulski called out after us, "I'd figure out where she's at because I know where she is and I'd say you have about 24 hours before I go after her."