Disclaimer: Again I don't own the characters from FF7, but the cat and Lacey are *mine* ::laughs demonically and looks away innocently:: ahem anyways....

Chapter 3

Sephiroth read the message that Zack had quickly brought in. Sephiroth put it down with a frown on his face. As the letter had stated he had no comprehension whatsoever, but he just happened to rescue the last Turk a decade or so back. So he picked up his pen and began to write. Then laughing he crumpled up the paper and ordered Zack to go out with the Highwind and pick up the middle aged Turk. Sephiroth pondered the letter over and over.
Who was this cat and what does "she" or "he" have to do with this weapon?? A thought then dawned on him. "Duh I haven't even seen the weapon yet!!" he exclaimed. So almost immediately he stood up and made his way toward it's holding place.

The figure slowly climbed up to the generals window. Inside it was dark and full of gloom. The figure opened the window and crept in. Then slowly opened the closet and sat in a compartment made in the bottom, closed both doors, and sat quietly awaiting the mystery generals return.

At the hut Sephiroth gasped at the discovery. He slowly picked up the weapon and looked at it. It was Lacey's, no it must be a copy. The shacrum fell into the pit lost forever. He put down the weapon and turned to ask a guard where it was found. The guard replied "well we were digging to put in a new soldier
holding place. it was to be an underground one. While we were digging about 20 feet down the tunnel fell through and we literally stumbled upon it."
Sephiroth was amazed and he returned to the hut to take another look but it was gone. Sephiroth ran out looking for someone anyone that could have taken it when he noticed a small square of bush that seemed out of place. He squinted his keen mako eyes and noticed a moving patch of blur. There was no other way to describe it. It was a transparent blur.
He went to chase after it but it was gone. The "blur" returned to human form as soon as it returned to a small nearby beach. It was a young woman and in her right hand she gripped the shacrum. She began to walk toward a small recess in the rocks, before entering she looked around to make sure that the tall man did not follow her. The man seemed familiar, but it was too dark to notice any features. She ducked into the rock yet again seeming to disappear. Though, this time she ducked onto her fortress, and did not become a blur.

Back at the hotel Sephiroth noticed the window was left open. Hmm, room service, he figured.
So he promptly walked over and shut it. The second he sat down a tall man with black raven hair entered the room. The mans ruby eyes sparkled seeming like he was just awakened. Sephiroth apologized for the
sudden urgency, but he showed the man the letter. The man shrugged not thinking anything of it. He turned around and found a place to sit next to Sephiroth.
Zack walked in turning on the light. Suddenly they all turned to the closet as they heard a small gasp. Thinking nothing of it the men turned to each other. The man then introduced him self to the young Zack as......

"Vincent, Vincent Valentine" the figure said quietly. Squinting to see, the figure almost gasped again at the sight of Sephiroth. Ha the figure thought "hmm a double prize for the mistress. She's found hers and I've found mine. Surely their plan would work now."
The figure longed to just jump out and capture the bounty, but it's professional senses told the figure to wait for the perfect moment. Soon the figure was rewarded with the cautions it took.

Zack got up to leave the room, and Sephiroth moved to a far off corner in the room to shine his masamune.
Sephiroth began to wonder out loud "who is this cat and what does it want?"
Just then they both heard a voice say "I am" They replied with a what do you want. The figure replied with the answer "you" suddenly there was a flash of red orange as the cat pounced out from its hiding place. Both men glared at the female warrior standing in front of them. They went to move but were too late. the cat leaped into the air bringing out a dart gun, pegging both men.
Though Vincent was immune. Sephiroth lay asleep on the floor affected by the tranquilizer. The cat then brought out a whip and snapped it. :::crack::
Vincent took a soft blow to the head. He sat stunned and The Cat took her chance. She wrapped Vincent in her whip and the Cat jumped out the window landing on a great black panther below. She tugged the whip and soon Vincent was with her too. The panther reared the sprinted off into the forest. None of the soldiers had the speed nor swiftness to chase it. The two rode off into the night never to be caught. Sephiroth still lie on the floor in the hotel and Zack stood stunned at what just happened in his absence.