All for Love

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Part 2: Chapter 10: Avalanche Strikes Again

As Rufus reached his Father's office, the older blonde haired man was shouting down the receiver end of his phone. The younger blonde coughed politely to get his presence noticed. If the President heard him, he chose to ignore it.

"I don't care what you're meant to be doing! I want some of your men down on that site immediately!" With that, he slammed the phone down on it's cradle. "What do you want boy?" he growled at his son.

Just as Rufus was beginning to speak, the President cut him off again.

"This better be good news Rufus!"

The blonde sighed. "If you're talking about Avalanche being taken care of, then it hasn't happened yet but-"

"Then why are you here wasting my time?"

"How can we catch them," Rufus started with his teeth clenched together, "when we have no idea where they are?"

"It's what I pay you for isn't it?" the older blonde growled, shuffling papers around his desk.

"You pay me next to fucking nothing," Rufus muttered under his breath before addressing his father again. "I don't know how you expect me to find them with no information."

"Well what are you standing here for!? Go and get your god damn information and get rid of them before they start causing more damage!"

"I-" Rufus was cut off by the loud explosion. Both father and son walked over to the window, Rufus getting there first. A office block that stood around a mile away from the Shinra building was up in flames.

The President turned to Rufus. "If that's what I think it is I'll skin you alive boy!"

Rufus gave his father a quick glare before leaving the room. "I'm fucking on it."

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The office block was part of a Shinra division. Something to do with the security of the main building, at least that's what Reno thought, he wasn't quite sure. But that was the least of their problems at the moment. Avalanche had struck again. Another office block gone, with the sixty or so people that were in the building at the time. The same day they had planted the first bomb. They really weren't messing around.

The building was still smouldering when Reno arrived there. Fire crews had just finished putting out the blaze. The building wasn't as badly damaged as the last building, but it was still beyond repair. Either they had messed up and worked out the quantities for the bomb wrong, or they had meant for it to do this amount of damage. Reno had a feeling they'd fucked up. He couldn't remember the last time that terrorists actually wanted to kill whole office blocks full of people.

Reno kicked a few crumbled pieces of stone that were in front of him, cursing under his breath. "At least we know we're dealing with amateurs," he said to the person behind him.

"What makes you say that?" Tseng replied, coming to stand next to the redhead.

"Never heard of terrorists wanting to blow up office block full of people. Obviously they fucked up the bomb mix."

Tseng surveyed the building. "Perhaps, perhaps not."

"What does it matter anyway? Rufus is gonna be down here in a minute and he's gonna be pissed," Reno said.

Tseng ran a hand through his hair. "He's only going to be pissed because he's got the old man on his back."

"We're still no closer than before," Reno moaned. "It's days like this I wish I never got outta bed."

Tseng smirked a little. "You and me both." The shrieking of cars tyres reached the pair's ears. "And speaking of Rufus."

The car door of the dark cobalt vehicle slammed shut. Rufus walked over to the two Turks with a grim smile on his face. He looked as though he was the edge of loosing all the self control he had.

"I'm not talking to him. You can," Reno mumbled as he began to edge away from Tseng. The Turk leader grabbed the redhead's wrist.

"You're not going anywhere," Tseng said under his breath.

"I've been talking to the old man," Rufus started in a carefree voice. "He wants us to find Avalanche with fuck all to go on. You know what? I don't give a crap anymore. They can do what they want to."

"Rufus, just shut up. we'll find them alright?" Tseng adjusted his tie a little to give his hands something to do.

Reno coughed. "It may take a year or-"

"Reno, just shut up." Tseng mumbled.

Rude walked up to the trio, a piece of paper in his hand. Reno saw him first.

"Hey Rude, that piece of paper got Avalanche written on it?" the redhead Turk asked what everyone else was thinking.

Rude gave a nod, "Yeah."

"Excuse me while I just rip my hair out," Rufus said in a calm voice.

"I'll help if you-"

"Reno, no. I want the pleasure of ripping it out myself."

Tseng sighed. "No one is going to rip anyone's hair out. We'll get it sorted Rufus, don't worry about it."

"And meanwhile, other parts of the city go up in smoke while you're trying to find out who's responsible." Rufus mumbled.

"It'll get sorted, alright?" Tseng said as he walked off to talk to one of the scientists.

"We're in deep shit here," Reno mumbled.

Rufus sighed, flicking the hair out of his face. "You can say that again."

"We're in-"

Rufus smacked Reno around the back of the head and glared. Reno just gave him a grin and walked off towards the building. Rude followed the redhead. Rufus mumbled under his breath as he walked back to the car.

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Adrienne walked into her apartment. Dropping her keys in a bowl next to the door, she walked into the main room of the flat to see Elena playing with Callum on the floor. The toddler was colouring in messily in one of his colouring books. He looked up as Addy walked into the room.

"Mommy!" He held his arms in the air to be picked up. Adrienne smiled as she complied with his request.

"Hello baby. You been good for Elly?"

Callum nodded his head, then leaned it on his mother's shoulder.

"Has he been good?" Adrienne asked Elena.

"Good as gold," the blonde said smiling.

"Thanks El, I dunno what I'd do without you." Adrienne put the now sleeping Callum in a cot she had in the main room of the apartment. "You'd better get back to work coz things are getting hectic lately."

"What the bombs?"

"Yeah another one went off earlier."

"Damn," Elena mumbled, grabbing her jacket. "I'll see you later then," the blonde said as she walked out the door.

Adrienne sighed and looked at the sleeping toddler.

"Looks like things are gonna get rough around here baby," she whispered to Callum as not to wake him up. "But mummy will protect you, like she always has." Adrienne smiled. "And yes daddy will help too."

Why do I have this feeling that everything is just going to get worse from now on? The blonde Turk thought. All this just to prove a point. Sometimes I don't even think it's worth it.

Adrienne sighed as she sat herself down on the couch. "Let the shit begin," she mumbled under her breath.

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