(Author's Note: Well…here's the next chapter…enjoy!)
Disclaimer: FF7 and Squaresoft are not mine. Dete is. Rueh belongs to Rueh.
Chapter 10
Beware…She Bites
Rueh groaned and opened her eyes. "Ouch," she said as she felt the knot on her head.
"Look who woke up," sneered a voice above her.
"What do you want?" Rueh asked coldly.
"My my. We don't have any manners do we?" Hojo asked.
"Nope," Rueh said. Hojo reached out and touched the knot…but before he reached it…
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
"I told you sir! I told you sir! She bites!" a soldier said.
"No kidding!" Hojo said trying to pull his hand away. Rueh just bit down harder.
"Let go right now!" Hojo ordered. Rueh shook her head. With his other hand Hojo got a syringe filled with a clear liquid from a nearby table. He then stuck it in Rueh's arm. The drug took almost instant affect. Rueh released Hojo as she became disoriented.
"Take her to one of the holding cells. I'll deal with her later," Hojo said. The soldier picked her up and carried her from the lab.
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"So Hojo is experimenting on Sephiroth and he did that to Vincent and Red. Now he has Rueh," Cloud said when Dete was done telling them.
"Yeah…" she said.
"Maybe we can help get rid of Hojo," Tifa said.
"Well. I don't like Sephiroth very much but Rueh was kinda nice to me. I'll help you help her," Cloud said.
"And what's wrong with Sephiroth?" Zack asked.
"He picks on me," Cloud said.
"Well…Rueh is the only one in the Shinra building. If you're going to help me first you have to come to Nibelheim with me," Dete said. Everyone agreed.
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"Be careful with her," the soldier warned another.
"Whatever," the 2nd said.
"No really…she dangerous," the 1st said.
"Sure she is…you're just scared! Ha! You're scared of a girl!" the 2nd laughed.
"Bite me!" the 1st said…
"No! NO! Lemme go! OUCH!" the 1st yelled. Rueh bit him. The other soldier laughed but stopped abruptly as Rueh turned to face him. The 1st soldier was behind her and grabbed her arms while her back was turned.
"Hey!" Rueh yelled and kicked the other soldier as he grabbed her feet. They carried her from the cell but in the end they ended up putting her in a different cell. They never got her to the lab.
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"What are they doing here?" Sephiroth asked.
"They came to help us. Hojo was at the school. He was leaving as we got there. He had some soldiers with him and they caught Rueh," Dete said and gave Red the book.
"So Hojo has Rueh?" Vincent asked.
"We really don't need to worry about her too much…Hojo won't be able to do anything to her," Dete said.
"I hope you're right," Red said.
"He won't. No one can control Rueh," Dete said.
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"Sir…your orders? What should we do about the girl?" the 1st soldier asked.
"No one can control her easily it seems…put her to sleep. Then bring her to the lab," Hojo said.
"Yes sir."
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Rueh yawned and rubbed her face. She was getting sleepy. The door to her cell opened and a soldier came in wearing a mask of some kind. Rueh stood and swayed. Everything started to get dark.
"What's…" she started but stumbled forward. The soldier caught her. Rueh was fast asleep. The soldier picker her up and took her to the lab.
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"Oh my gosh," Dete said as she easily flipped Tifa. Tifa landed on her side.
"You're better than me," she said.
"You all need to get stronger if you want to fight Hojo," Sephiroth said.
"Looks like we should make a trip to Icicle Village," Vincent said.
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"Everyone have everything they need?" Red asked. Everyone nodded.
"Well let's go," Vincent said.
They nudged their chocobos and started for Icicle Village. They had been going for only a few minutes when Sephiroth dropped back beside Dete who was at the back of the group alone.
"Shall we?" he asked softly.
"You read my mind. Quietly…we'll turn around and go back to Midgar and get Rueh," she said just as soft. They stopped their chocobos and waited for about a minute for the others to get ahead of them. They turned and headed for Midgar.
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