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[Chapter 19: The escape! Part 3]
Yuffie and Vincent ran off as soon as Elena and Rude ran for area C-12 to get Reno. Before Elena ran off with Rude, Yuffie had asked her where to meet Tseng. She said in area C-3, so off they went.
"Wait, stop Yuffie." Vincent stopped. "Why?" Yuffie slowed down. "Elena told us not to run in less we really need to. Let's walk." Vincent and Yuffie walked side-by-side down the halls. "But we'll never get to Tseng!" she complained. "We will, don't worry. And if we can keep a low profile around here, we should be fine."
Yuffie looked on the wall and saw a carving of C-5 marked in it. "We're close. But where do we meet Tseng in C-3?" she asked. "We'll have to search the whole area, I guess." Vincent said.
"Yeah, but won't we look suspicious?" she asked. "Not if we act like we're searching for the ememy."
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"What are we gonna do, man!?" Barret asked. "Looks like we're gonna have to parachute. Just like when we had to get back in Midgar last time." Cid picked a parachute up off the ground and tossed it at Barret. "What 'bout you?" Barret asked. "There's only one, and I need to control the Highwind, so looks like yer the one goin' in!" Cid laughed.
Barret slipped the parachute on. "Oh awright!" he went to the upper deck of the Highwind. Cid lit up another cigarette as soon as Barret left.
"Makin' me do all the work! An' I'm the one who's gotta go in all alone!" Barret jumped over the rail of the Highwind.
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Vincent and Yuffie reached area C-5's exit and proceded into the next area. A soldier walked by them. They stopped. "What units are you? You're not supposed to be down here in less you are granted special permission." the soldier said.
Yuffie began to sweat. "Umm...we were given permission." she said. "What's wrong with your voice, soldier?" the soldier asked. Yuffie cleared her thoat and lowered her voice. "Um, it's a bit hoarse, Sir." She faked coughed to sound a bit like she was sick.
"Hoarse you say?" the soldier laughed. "Well for a minute, you sounded like a woman!" the soldier nugged Yuffie in the arm. "But shh, don't tell anyone I said that. You know how strick the men are about us talking about women soldiers! Hahaha!" Yuffie felt her anger rise a bit.
"Yeah well, we need to be going." Vincent said. Luckily, he didn't have to lower his voice. "Hold on, I can't let you do that. Let me see your dog tags first." Yuffie and Vincent really began to sweat here. They didn't have any ID and they were about to be caught.
"Why aren't they around your necks? Where are they? Tell me now." the soldier became serious. Yuffie and Vincent reached inside their pant's pockets and felt something. They quickly pulled it out.
Luckily, they WERE dog tags.
"Right here, Sir." Vincent said. "Let me see those!" the soldier grabbed them out of Vincent and Yuffie's hands. "Lt. Larry M. Ponsho!?!" the soldier read from Vincent's dog tag. "S-sir, I did not know!" the soldier stood in a straight position and saluted Vincent. "I'm sorry to bother you. I did not know that you were Lieutenant Major Ponsho!"
The soldier turned to Yuffie. "And let's see yours." he looked at Yuffie's dog tag. "Lt. Junior Grade Rick Grant?!" the soldier was in deep shock. He handed Vincent and Yuffie back their dog tags. "I'm so sorry Lieutenant Ponsho and Grant. Will you accept my apology?" the soldier saluted them both.
"We can let you off the hook for now. Just watch yourself the next time we come for inspection." Vincent said boldly. "Y-yes Sir!" Yuffie and Vincent walked past him.
After they got clear out of sight from the soldier, Yuffie decided to speak up.
"Man Rude and Elena are nice! They even gave us dog tags to slip past security!" she wispered. "They were even Lieutenant dog tags, meaning we get to go into specialized areas." Vincent added. "Guess this means we owe them one." Yuffie silently giggled.
A shadowy figure walked down the opposite side of the hall, coming towards them. As soon as the light hit the right spot on the figure, Yuffie and Vincent saw that it was Reeve. They didn't say anything.
Reeve walked slowly past them, smiling.
Yuffie looked back behind her at Reeve. He walked into the shadows of the other end of the hall.
"Did you see that?" Yuffie wispered while walking. "He was smiling! Does he know who we are?" Vincent shrugged. "If he does, then he does. We can't do anything about it now." they reached the entrance to area C-3. "Well if he does, then we're screwed!" she wispered. "Let's just forget about it. We have to find Tseng."
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Barret landed to the outside of the building. "This aint good. Those guards are gonna find me down here."
Barret heard footsteps coming from both sides around the building. "Come on, men! We can't let him get away!" he heard a guard say. Barret searched the building for a loose piece of metal. He hit the side of the building with his good hand. Fortunatly, he found a strip of an 8x7 metal piece that slid to the left. He quickly slid it over and slipped into the hole.
The guards arrived to the area where Barret had landed. "He's disapeared!" the head guard was almost breathless. "But where did he go? His parachute's still here." one of the guards asked. "He couldn't have gone far. Let's do lock-down procedure like Reeve said and do a security warning. Move out!"
Before the men proceded to their posts, the head guard looked in the sky. "Yes, he came from that ship." the guard took out his binoculars and put them up to his eyes. He adjusted them to where his vision was set clearly and looked up into the sky.
"Whoa that's the Highwind!!!!!" the guard yelled. "They're our enemy! Go to full lock-down procedure and bring out the missiles!" the guard commanded. "We've got him covered." he wispered.
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Barret was in the main hall after climing his way through the secret hole. He heard loud sirens going off in the other corridors. Soon, it reached the main hall. "Argh! Looks like we made some commotion! I gotta find Cloud an' the others!" Barret ran through C-1.
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All the escape routes were closed, the doors slammed shut as the speaker system came on.
"Intruder alert! Intruder alert! All personnel is assigned to area's C-1 through C-12. All back up units and attack team units are assigned to those areas. Don't let them escape!"
Yuffie and Vincent ran through out area C-3 looking for Tseng. "We have to find him NOW, Vinnie!" Yuffie yelled over the noise of the sirens. "He's probably hiding from other guards! We have to search everywhere!" Vincent yelled.
Vincent saw about 200 soldiers running towards them. "Move out of the way!" the leader said. There was no way to go. Vincent saw a closet by Yuffie. He grabbed her wrist and opened the door and pulled her in with him. Yuffie shut the door behind her.
It was pitch black in the closet. Vincent searched for a light switch.
"It's about time......" a voice came from the back of the closet. Yuffie nearly screamed from the deep voice within the shadows, but she covered her mouth.
The light flickered on just as Vincent was about to say something. When the light quit flickering and shone brightly, they saw it was just......
"Tseng...thank God...." Yuffie sighed. "Sorry if I frightened you. I'm glad you showed up." he stepped up to them. "So what did you want to give us?" Vincent asked. Tseng faced him. "Ah, old buddy Vincent. It's been such a long time." "Yes, it has. But what did you want to give us? We have to hurry and save Cloud and Tifa." "Wait, wait...How'd you know it was us? These weird new soldier costumes are made that you can barely see who's in 'em." Yuffie asked.
"You two were the only ones who would actually come in this closet." Tseng said simply. "Well anyway, as you have heard, I have some things for you, yes." he pulled out two weapons. "Here you are." Tseng threw the weapons to their rightful owners.
"Wow, my Conformer! How...?" Yuffie was breathless. "I snuck them from Reeve's office. It wasn't easy, but I managed." Vincent looked at his gun like it was the first gun he'd ever seen. "Nothing's wrong with it, don't worry. I looked them both over carefully and there's absolutely nothing wrong with them." Tseng walked back to the back of the closet.
"We can't thank you enough!" Yuffie said cheerfully. "You don't need to. But I have something else for you anyway." Tseng pulled something from the shelve and carried it over to Vincent. "Here, I know you wanted one." Vincent took the somewhat heavy object.
"A C4 bomb, huh? Well Tseng, I must say, I'm impressed." Vincent smirked. "Yeah, that was a bit easier to get, but yeah there you go." Tseng grinned. "One question, how are we gonna carry that ALL the way back to area C-7 without guards seeing it?" Yuffie asked. "I'm glad you asked that." Tseng went back to the shelves of the closet. He pulled a briefcase from it.
He walked back to them. "A small briefcase, yet it can hold quite large objects. You could carry probably three C4's in it." Tseng handed it to Vincent. Vincent set the bomb carefully on the floor and opened the briefcase and set the bomb in it. He closed it and latched the hinges.
"Yeah, but now won't it look weird if we carry a briefcase around?" Yuffie asked. "You are the picky type, aren't you?" Tseng chuckled. "Alright, alright. When a soldier sees you walking down the hall with it, just say that it's legalized weapons for Reeve. And...Elena and Rude DID give you Lieutenant Commander dog tags, right?" he asked.
"Umm...no they gave me Lieutenant Junior Grade and Vinnie Lieutenant Major." Yuffie said. "They did? Oh no...." Tseng faced away from them. "You might not be able to get to C-7 without those dog tags..."
"We won't!?" Yuffie shouted. "Hey-hey! Keep it down! If they find out I'm in the building, it's good bye Mr. Turk! .....In any case....you MIGHT be able to get access to C-7. Just avoid contact with guards as much as possible. Oh, and I forgot..." Tseng pulled a cell phone out of his coat pocket. "Contact me whenever you need advice." he handed Vincent the cell phone. Vincent put it in his pocket and ran to the door.
"Come on Yuffie, we have to move before it's too late!" Vincent opened the closet door. The siren sound blasted even louder than before. Yuffie ran out the door while Vincent looked at Tseng. "Good luck..." Tseng stood motionless. Vincent nodded and ran out with Yuffie.
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"Let's see, if I try his beeper...." Cid tried to page Vincent. "What?" a message came up on the beeper. "The person you are trying to send a message to does not exist. Please try a new sender or exit out of this program." he read from the mechanical device. "Damnit!"
Cid set the controls on auto-stop so that the Highwind wouldn't move. He walked over to the window that showed the front of the ship and below it. He then looked down.
He saw that the soldiers were setting up missle launchers that were pointed directly towards the engine of the Highwind. "Shit!!" Cid ran over to the controls and pushed various buttons. The Highwind's auto-stop was shifted into pilot mode.
Cid pulled two levers back. The Highwind whirled around as he pushed another lever forward and one back. The Highwind's turbo thrusts kicked in and blasted out of the Midgar area. As soon as he knew the missiles couldn't reach his range, Cid switched the pilot mode back into auto pilot.
"Phew...I aint gotta a clue on how I'm gonna rescue Barret and them if I can't stay even in the whole Migar area." Cid wipped the sweat from his forehead. "This aint gonna be easy, but that don't mean I'm givin' up! There aint no way Cid Highwind can be stopped that easy!!"
Sheesh, looks like this might be even 5 parts! Well, I hoped you liked this chapter, please R&R!
Disclaimer: Nothing in this story is mine except for Roy and the whole plot. The rest is owned by Squaresoft.
[Chapter 19: The escape! Part 3]
Yuffie and Vincent ran off as soon as Elena and Rude ran for area C-12 to get Reno. Before Elena ran off with Rude, Yuffie had asked her where to meet Tseng. She said in area C-3, so off they went.
"Wait, stop Yuffie." Vincent stopped. "Why?" Yuffie slowed down. "Elena told us not to run in less we really need to. Let's walk." Vincent and Yuffie walked side-by-side down the halls. "But we'll never get to Tseng!" she complained. "We will, don't worry. And if we can keep a low profile around here, we should be fine."
Yuffie looked on the wall and saw a carving of C-5 marked in it. "We're close. But where do we meet Tseng in C-3?" she asked. "We'll have to search the whole area, I guess." Vincent said.
"Yeah, but won't we look suspicious?" she asked. "Not if we act like we're searching for the ememy."
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"What are we gonna do, man!?" Barret asked. "Looks like we're gonna have to parachute. Just like when we had to get back in Midgar last time." Cid picked a parachute up off the ground and tossed it at Barret. "What 'bout you?" Barret asked. "There's only one, and I need to control the Highwind, so looks like yer the one goin' in!" Cid laughed.
Barret slipped the parachute on. "Oh awright!" he went to the upper deck of the Highwind. Cid lit up another cigarette as soon as Barret left.
"Makin' me do all the work! An' I'm the one who's gotta go in all alone!" Barret jumped over the rail of the Highwind.
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Vincent and Yuffie reached area C-5's exit and proceded into the next area. A soldier walked by them. They stopped. "What units are you? You're not supposed to be down here in less you are granted special permission." the soldier said.
Yuffie began to sweat. "Umm...we were given permission." she said. "What's wrong with your voice, soldier?" the soldier asked. Yuffie cleared her thoat and lowered her voice. "Um, it's a bit hoarse, Sir." She faked coughed to sound a bit like she was sick.
"Hoarse you say?" the soldier laughed. "Well for a minute, you sounded like a woman!" the soldier nugged Yuffie in the arm. "But shh, don't tell anyone I said that. You know how strick the men are about us talking about women soldiers! Hahaha!" Yuffie felt her anger rise a bit.
"Yeah well, we need to be going." Vincent said. Luckily, he didn't have to lower his voice. "Hold on, I can't let you do that. Let me see your dog tags first." Yuffie and Vincent really began to sweat here. They didn't have any ID and they were about to be caught.
"Why aren't they around your necks? Where are they? Tell me now." the soldier became serious. Yuffie and Vincent reached inside their pant's pockets and felt something. They quickly pulled it out.
Luckily, they WERE dog tags.
"Right here, Sir." Vincent said. "Let me see those!" the soldier grabbed them out of Vincent and Yuffie's hands. "Lt. Larry M. Ponsho!?!" the soldier read from Vincent's dog tag. "S-sir, I did not know!" the soldier stood in a straight position and saluted Vincent. "I'm sorry to bother you. I did not know that you were Lieutenant Major Ponsho!"
The soldier turned to Yuffie. "And let's see yours." he looked at Yuffie's dog tag. "Lt. Junior Grade Rick Grant?!" the soldier was in deep shock. He handed Vincent and Yuffie back their dog tags. "I'm so sorry Lieutenant Ponsho and Grant. Will you accept my apology?" the soldier saluted them both.
"We can let you off the hook for now. Just watch yourself the next time we come for inspection." Vincent said boldly. "Y-yes Sir!" Yuffie and Vincent walked past him.
After they got clear out of sight from the soldier, Yuffie decided to speak up.
"Man Rude and Elena are nice! They even gave us dog tags to slip past security!" she wispered. "They were even Lieutenant dog tags, meaning we get to go into specialized areas." Vincent added. "Guess this means we owe them one." Yuffie silently giggled.
A shadowy figure walked down the opposite side of the hall, coming towards them. As soon as the light hit the right spot on the figure, Yuffie and Vincent saw that it was Reeve. They didn't say anything.
Reeve walked slowly past them, smiling.
Yuffie looked back behind her at Reeve. He walked into the shadows of the other end of the hall.
"Did you see that?" Yuffie wispered while walking. "He was smiling! Does he know who we are?" Vincent shrugged. "If he does, then he does. We can't do anything about it now." they reached the entrance to area C-3. "Well if he does, then we're screwed!" she wispered. "Let's just forget about it. We have to find Tseng."
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Barret landed to the outside of the building. "This aint good. Those guards are gonna find me down here."
Barret heard footsteps coming from both sides around the building. "Come on, men! We can't let him get away!" he heard a guard say. Barret searched the building for a loose piece of metal. He hit the side of the building with his good hand. Fortunatly, he found a strip of an 8x7 metal piece that slid to the left. He quickly slid it over and slipped into the hole.
The guards arrived to the area where Barret had landed. "He's disapeared!" the head guard was almost breathless. "But where did he go? His parachute's still here." one of the guards asked. "He couldn't have gone far. Let's do lock-down procedure like Reeve said and do a security warning. Move out!"
Before the men proceded to their posts, the head guard looked in the sky. "Yes, he came from that ship." the guard took out his binoculars and put them up to his eyes. He adjusted them to where his vision was set clearly and looked up into the sky.
"Whoa that's the Highwind!!!!!" the guard yelled. "They're our enemy! Go to full lock-down procedure and bring out the missiles!" the guard commanded. "We've got him covered." he wispered.
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Barret was in the main hall after climing his way through the secret hole. He heard loud sirens going off in the other corridors. Soon, it reached the main hall. "Argh! Looks like we made some commotion! I gotta find Cloud an' the others!" Barret ran through C-1.
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All the escape routes were closed, the doors slammed shut as the speaker system came on.
"Intruder alert! Intruder alert! All personnel is assigned to area's C-1 through C-12. All back up units and attack team units are assigned to those areas. Don't let them escape!"
Yuffie and Vincent ran through out area C-3 looking for Tseng. "We have to find him NOW, Vinnie!" Yuffie yelled over the noise of the sirens. "He's probably hiding from other guards! We have to search everywhere!" Vincent yelled.
Vincent saw about 200 soldiers running towards them. "Move out of the way!" the leader said. There was no way to go. Vincent saw a closet by Yuffie. He grabbed her wrist and opened the door and pulled her in with him. Yuffie shut the door behind her.
It was pitch black in the closet. Vincent searched for a light switch.
"It's about time......" a voice came from the back of the closet. Yuffie nearly screamed from the deep voice within the shadows, but she covered her mouth.
The light flickered on just as Vincent was about to say something. When the light quit flickering and shone brightly, they saw it was just......
"Tseng...thank God...." Yuffie sighed. "Sorry if I frightened you. I'm glad you showed up." he stepped up to them. "So what did you want to give us?" Vincent asked. Tseng faced him. "Ah, old buddy Vincent. It's been such a long time." "Yes, it has. But what did you want to give us? We have to hurry and save Cloud and Tifa." "Wait, wait...How'd you know it was us? These weird new soldier costumes are made that you can barely see who's in 'em." Yuffie asked.
"You two were the only ones who would actually come in this closet." Tseng said simply. "Well anyway, as you have heard, I have some things for you, yes." he pulled out two weapons. "Here you are." Tseng threw the weapons to their rightful owners.
"Wow, my Conformer! How...?" Yuffie was breathless. "I snuck them from Reeve's office. It wasn't easy, but I managed." Vincent looked at his gun like it was the first gun he'd ever seen. "Nothing's wrong with it, don't worry. I looked them both over carefully and there's absolutely nothing wrong with them." Tseng walked back to the back of the closet.
"We can't thank you enough!" Yuffie said cheerfully. "You don't need to. But I have something else for you anyway." Tseng pulled something from the shelve and carried it over to Vincent. "Here, I know you wanted one." Vincent took the somewhat heavy object.
"A C4 bomb, huh? Well Tseng, I must say, I'm impressed." Vincent smirked. "Yeah, that was a bit easier to get, but yeah there you go." Tseng grinned. "One question, how are we gonna carry that ALL the way back to area C-7 without guards seeing it?" Yuffie asked. "I'm glad you asked that." Tseng went back to the shelves of the closet. He pulled a briefcase from it.
He walked back to them. "A small briefcase, yet it can hold quite large objects. You could carry probably three C4's in it." Tseng handed it to Vincent. Vincent set the bomb carefully on the floor and opened the briefcase and set the bomb in it. He closed it and latched the hinges.
"Yeah, but now won't it look weird if we carry a briefcase around?" Yuffie asked. "You are the picky type, aren't you?" Tseng chuckled. "Alright, alright. When a soldier sees you walking down the hall with it, just say that it's legalized weapons for Reeve. And...Elena and Rude DID give you Lieutenant Commander dog tags, right?" he asked.
"Umm...no they gave me Lieutenant Junior Grade and Vinnie Lieutenant Major." Yuffie said. "They did? Oh no...." Tseng faced away from them. "You might not be able to get to C-7 without those dog tags..."
"We won't!?" Yuffie shouted. "Hey-hey! Keep it down! If they find out I'm in the building, it's good bye Mr. Turk! .....In any case....you MIGHT be able to get access to C-7. Just avoid contact with guards as much as possible. Oh, and I forgot..." Tseng pulled a cell phone out of his coat pocket. "Contact me whenever you need advice." he handed Vincent the cell phone. Vincent put it in his pocket and ran to the door.
"Come on Yuffie, we have to move before it's too late!" Vincent opened the closet door. The siren sound blasted even louder than before. Yuffie ran out the door while Vincent looked at Tseng. "Good luck..." Tseng stood motionless. Vincent nodded and ran out with Yuffie.
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"Let's see, if I try his beeper...." Cid tried to page Vincent. "What?" a message came up on the beeper. "The person you are trying to send a message to does not exist. Please try a new sender or exit out of this program." he read from the mechanical device. "Damnit!"
Cid set the controls on auto-stop so that the Highwind wouldn't move. He walked over to the window that showed the front of the ship and below it. He then looked down.
He saw that the soldiers were setting up missle launchers that were pointed directly towards the engine of the Highwind. "Shit!!" Cid ran over to the controls and pushed various buttons. The Highwind's auto-stop was shifted into pilot mode.
Cid pulled two levers back. The Highwind whirled around as he pushed another lever forward and one back. The Highwind's turbo thrusts kicked in and blasted out of the Midgar area. As soon as he knew the missiles couldn't reach his range, Cid switched the pilot mode back into auto pilot.
"Phew...I aint gotta a clue on how I'm gonna rescue Barret and them if I can't stay even in the whole Migar area." Cid wipped the sweat from his forehead. "This aint gonna be easy, but that don't mean I'm givin' up! There aint no way Cid Highwind can be stopped that easy!!"
Sheesh, looks like this might be even 5 parts! Well, I hoped you liked this chapter, please R&R!