All for Love
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Part 2: Chapter 12: Plans and Truths
Two years passed by and still Avalanche hadn't made another move since the second bombing on the ill-fated office block. They hadn't made so much as a peep to anyone, but still the Turks tried to track them down, with little success. Until today....
"Boss" Reno shouted as he burst through the door of the office.
Tseng looked up calmly from his work and glanced at the redhead. "Yes?"
Reno took a deep breath, "Looks like Avalanche are planning to strike somewhere."
"And how do you know that?" Tseng asked, not looking the slightest bit bothered about the news.
"One of the spies reckons that he knows what sector they're in and words going around about them planning something, although he doesn't know what." Reno leaned on the doorframe, tapping his fingers on the wood. "Come to think of it, we're no better off than before."
"We are better off. What sector?"
"Seven. He didn't know what building they were in though."
Tseng nodded, rising from his chair. "Alright then, you and I are going to have a walk down to sector seven."
The redhead nodded in return. "Where's Addy?"
The Turk leader pointed to the washroom door. "She's been in there for a while."
Reno frowned a little and walked over to the door. "You ok?"
"Yeah, I'll be fine," came Adrienne's voice through the door.
"Alright then." With a little bit of reluctance, Reno left.
Adrienne leaned on the wall of the bathroom, weakly pressing the handle of the toilet. She rested her head against the wall and closed her eyes. After a few minutes, she gained the energy to move and opened the door of the bathroom.
Walking out with a sigh, she left the office soon after that. Urgh not again, she thought even though she was smiling inside.
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"So we're bombing Reactor one tonight then?" the long haired brunette girl asked. She was leaning against the bar top, a glass of water in her hand.
"Well we are, you're not going," a black haired man said with a grin.
"Why not Biggs!"
"Someone needs to look after Marlene, Teef."
Tifa's scowl soften. "Oh alright."
"Auntie Tifa! We're gonna have so much fun!" the little brown haired girl shouted out.
Tifa laughed as she bent down to Marlene's level. She ruffled the little girl's hair. "'course we are."
Biggs looked to Jessie, who was staring through the window of the bar. He frowned a little. "What's up Jessie?"
"Every where's too quiet," she mumbled.
Biggs just laughed. "You're paranoid Jess."
Jessie spun around to face him. "Ever been caught by a Turk?" Biggs shook his head. "Didn't think so, it's enough to make ya paranoid, alright?"
"You never did tell us about what happened," Wedge put in.
"Yeah Jess. What did happen?" Biggs asked.
Jessie shuffled on the stop for a minute or so before talking. "They caught me hacking into the Shinra database. They only let me go because they didn't have enough evidence to link me to you lot!"
"Shit Jess," Tifa mumbled. "Why didn't you ever tell us?"
Jessie shrugged. "What's there to tell?" She went back to staring out of the window. Immediately she gasped. Everyone in the room turned towards her.
"What's up?" Barret, who had been quiet for the most of the night, spoke up.
"Turks," she muttered.
"There's ya paranoia kicking in. They could be down here for loads of reasons," Wedge said as he took a drink from the glass in front of him.
"One of them could be us ya know," Jessie stressed. "There's no reason why not!"
Tifa sighed. "Watch them all you want Jess. I'm gonna check on Cloud." With that, Tifa went down the pinball machine lift, into the basement.
Biggs put his hand on Jessie's shoulder. "Look, No one knows where we are and who we are. Stop worrying about it alright. They probably have a lead to this sector and that's all."
Jessie let out a sigh of relief. "You're right."
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"Nothing, nada, zip," Reno mumbled under his breath, kicking a stone a few yards in front of him.
"What did you expect?" Tseng asked. "A banner saying 'Avalanche are here'?"
Reno scowled at his boss. "Oh har har. So funny my sides are splitting open. Don't give up your day job, alright Tseng?"
Tseng smirked. "If you say so."
Reno gave the bar in the sector a glance, thinking nothing else of it he talked to Tseng again. "We going or what?"
The Turk leader sighed. "Might as well."
The two left the sector as quietly as they came.
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Adrienne sat in one of the medical rooms of the Shinra infirmary wing, gawping at the doctor in front of her. "Pregnant?" she asked.
The doctor looked truly amused. "Yes. I would say about six weeks gone."
The blonde finally stopped gawping at the poor doctor and smiled. "Thank you."
"Don't need to thank me, all I did was told you what I assume you were already thinking."
She nodded while standing up, leaving the room without another word. The smile turned to a grin as she walked out the infirmary doors. It'd better be a girl this time.
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"Reno? What are you doing?" Rude asked as she stared at the redhead. Reno was drawing something on the back of a spare mission report. Rude dreaded to ask.
"Drawing a picture of Heidegger to stick on the dart board," Reno said smirking.
"That's what I was afraid of," Rude mumbled.
Reno finished the picture with a triumphant grin and took a pin from his desk draw, sticking the picture on the dart board that hung on the wall of the Turk office. "Good likeness, don't ya think?"
The drawing with a picture of a pig's body with what only could be described as Heidegger for it's head. The drawing wasn't very good, but there was no way you could mistake it for anything else.
"Yes Reno, true likeness of him," Rude responded just to shut the redhead up.
Reno grinned. "Thanks man."
Just as Reno went to throw a dart at the board, Heidegger himself walked into the room. Rude shook his head in amusement, waiting for what he knew was to come.
"Reno!" the department head shouted.
Reno stopped the dart mid swing and looked in the direction the voice came from. "Hey Boss," he said enthusiastically.
Heidegger stared at the picture on the board for a few minutes, before his face started turning red. His glance returned to Reno. "Are you looking for overtime or not?" he said dangerously calm.
"No sir," Reno mumbled.
"Well you just god damn got some!" He turned to leave the room before looking back. "And take that fucking picture down!"
Reno glared at his boss as the man left the room. His glare then turned to Rude, who had started to hide his coffee cup.
"Leave the cup outta it man," Rude said.
"I'll show you and your stupid coffee cup," Reno grumbled as he flung himself into his desk chair.
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