Chapter 4 Floor 42

Moving out into the corridor, Yuffie looked around. In front of her was a sign that read

Floor 42

( Stairs and Lifts

( Hojo's Office

Materia and Weapon Research (

Yuffie eyes nearly shot out of her head. She could not belive it " Materia Research. If they were researching Materia then they must have plenty of it. Yuffie laughed and walked in the direction of the Materia.

A lot of doors were unmarked but after much exploring Yuffie came to 2 steel doors. She tried pushing and pulling but she could not move them an inch. Out of the corner of her eye she noticed a small red light on to of a box mounted next to the door.

Bending down to look at it she read the words

Materia Research

Please swipe Key Card

Yuffie groaned. She had come all this way, only to be stopped by a door. She knew that Cloud had a Keycard which he got when He, Tifa and Barret had rescued Aries from the Shinra, but she could hardly go all the way back and find Cloud and ask him for it. He would ask her all sorts of questions and force her to tell him what she needed it for. Then he would find a way to stop her from returning. She would have to find another way in. Besides she did not know where he was anyway.

Sitting down to think for a moment, she tried to think of another way in, but deep down she knew that she would need a Key Card. She tried to think of all the places that she could get one from.

She counted

Mugging Guards outside

Checking rufus's old office

Finding and checking the security office

Checking Reception

Checking lost and found

Checking Mayor Domino's Office

Checking the halls

Yuffie then realised that this would take ages and started wondering if it was worth it. Suddenly she stopped and remembeded back to the sign and in particular one destination

( Hojo's Office

She grined and walked back down the hall towards Hojo's Office. Perhaps it won't be as hard as I thought, I'll soon be swimming in Materia.