(Author's Note: Hello! Sorry I didn't update yesterday but I was busy. Anyways…here's chapter 32! Enjoy!)
Disclaimer: FF7 and Squaresoft are not mine. Rueh belongs to Rueh. Dete is mine…
Chapter 32
Escape Time…
Escape Try…Number 1…
"…well? It's wroth a try!"
Dete sighed and rubbed her forehead. "Yes Rueh I suppose it is but…"
"But what?" Zack broke through her line of thought.
"Well never mind now that I forgot what I was going to finish saying!" she snapped.
"Sorry Dete," he said sheepishly.
"Right. Anyways…why not?" she shrugged.
They all stood up. "We'll have to break down the door," Sephiroth stated.
Rueh walked up to the door and turned the knob. "No we don't…it's unlocked," she said.
He looked like he had been smacked.
"Whatever. Let's just go," Zack shook his head.
They took one step out the door….but that's all.
"Just where do you think you're going?" Hojo's voice greeted them. "Back in the room."
They groaned and went back in the room
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Escape Try…Number 50…
Sephiroth, Zack, Rueh, and Dete had gotten out of the unlocked room again and down to the end of the hall when Hojo's voice stopped them.
"Get back in there now!"
Their shoulders slumped and they sighed as they went back to the room.
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Escape Try…Number 99…
Sephiroth, Zack, Rueh, and Dete snuck down a hall. They had gotten to the floor below the room that they had been kept in.
"I think we might make it this time!" Rueh exclaimed.
"You did not just…" Sephiroth started.
"Get back in that room and stay there!" Hojo came up behind them.
"…say that. Great! You jinxed us!" Sephiroth snapped at Rueh as they started back towards the room.
"What? All I said was I think we might make it this time!" she shrugged.
"Yeah and you jinxed us by saying that!" They argued all the way back to the room until Dete gave them a look that said 'be quiet.'
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Escape Try…Number 359…
"Hey…there's the others!" Zack exclaimed.
"Good. We'll let them out and get out of here! I think we're going to make it!" Rueh said.
"You jinxed us again!" Sephiroth snapped as Hojo walked up to them. Zack had been just about ready to push the button that would unlock the door.
"Back to the room! NOW!"
They quickly went back to the room grumbling the whole way.
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Escape Try…Number 1,001…
"Finally!" Yuffie exclaimed. They had made it 3 floors down from where their rooms were.
"I think we'll make it this time!" Rueh said.
They were walking down the stairs when Hojo came from the opposite direction. They groaned and went back to their rooms.
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Escape Try…Number 2,435…
"WOW! We're on the 3rd floor!" Cloud exclaimed.
"Hey…we might…"
"Don't even say it Rueh," Vincent warned.
"I think it's too late…Hojo's right there," Tifa sighed.
Sure enough. Hojo stood a few feet in front of them all. They sighed and went back to the rooms.
"You know…I'm getting tired of this," Dete grumbled. Sephiroth nodded in agreement.
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Escape Try…Number 3,061…
"We're on the 2nd floor!" Cid said happily.
"And no sign of Hojo…" Rueh stopped talking.
"You jinxed us yet again!" Red sighed.
"Oops."
They all shook their heads and walked away from Hojo towards their rooms.
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Escape Try…Number 4,599…( you'd think they would have given up already…)
"LOOK! The front doors! We're FREE!" Rueh exclaimed.
"Finally!" Dete sighed.
The others sighed in relief as well. They were one step away from the doors…
"What are you doing? How many times do I have to tell you to get back in those rooms?"
They turned to face Hojo with dull looks on their faces. He stood with his hands on his hips.
"But we don't wanna!" Yuffie whined in a really high pitched voice.
"Too bad! Now get back in those rooms before I call some soldiers down here," Hojo shrugged.
"No," Rueh stated.
"Yes," Hojo snapped.
"No," Rueh retorted.
"Yes!"
"No!"
"Yes!!"
"No!!"
"Yes!!!"
"No!!!"
"YES!!!!"
"NO!!!!"
"I said YES!"
"Well we say NO!"
"You don't have a choice!"
"We do to!"
"Do not!"
"Do to!"
"Not!"
"Too!"
"RUEH! Stop fighting already and let's get out of here before he calls his soldiers!" Dete hissed at her from just outside the doors.
"Coming!" Rueh spun and ran for the doors.
Hojo yelled and some soldiers came out of the closest room. "GET THEM!" The soldiers ran after them and 2 grabbed Rueh by the shoulders.
"LET GO!" she yelled. When the one on her left didn't she started to try and bite his hand.
Dete stopped and went back to help Rueh. She tackled one of the soldiers. They both hit the ground and the soldier started to try and pin her down.
Rueh flipped the other soldier over her head in front of her. She started kicking him hard.
The others stopped and faced the rest of the soldiers. Hojo watched from a good distance away as a fight broke out. After a minute it looked like his soldiers were being beaten so he called for more. They came and the fight continued.
"Man! It's been awhile since we've had to fight like this!" Cloud said.
"Really!" Zack said from a few feet away.
"Quit talking and fight!" Sephiroth snapped at them.
They rolled their eyes and continued to fight.
Dete struggled but 3 soldiers held her in place. "LET GO!" she yelled.
"Shut up!" one snapped and slapped her across the face. To say the least she was stunned but slowly the look in her face turned to a dull look. She was able to lift her hand and place it over the bright red hand mark.
"You did not just do that," she said none to calm.
"So what if I did? What are you going to do about it? You're pinned down!"
"I'm not going to do anything…yet. But it looks like he is," she shrugged. The soldier looked over his shoulder and saw Sephiroth approaching.
Dete used the distraction to her advantage. She pushed the other soldiers away and punched the one that had hit her in the face. He staggered then sat down holding his face in both hands.
"You all right?" Sephiroth asked.
"Yep. Where are you heading?" she asked.
"Towards Hojo. I've had enough of him," he said.
"All right. I'll get Rueh and we'll help," she said motioning for Rueh to come over as he started towards Hojo. Rueh walked over to her and they followed him.
"You stay away from me!" Hojo growled.
Rueh rolled her eyes. Dete shook her head. Sephiroth pointed his sword at him.
"I've had enough of you," he growled.
"Oh boohoo. Like I care what you think about me," Hojo sounded bored.
A yell came from the others. "Let's go! We're free!" with that said they ran for the closest way to get out of Midgar but left Rueh, Dete, Zack, and Sephiroth to finish Hojo. They didn't want to get caught again.
"You will care," Rueh stated stepping forward towards Hojo. Dete and Zack did too.
Hojo simply glanced behind them and rolled his eyes. Zack turned and was met with the butt of a gun slamming down on the side of his head. He was knocked out from the blow. The other 3 spun around.
"Oh-uh…I think we're out numbered," Rueh got an evil smile.
"So in that case we'll just leave it to you to get us out of here since it looks like you have a plan already," Dete said.
Rueh's grin got bigger as she pulled a little capsule out of her pocket.
"What's that?" Sephiroth asked warily as he supported Zack's side.
"Oh you'll see. It's actually quite handy," Rueh said and tossed in the air then caught it.
"Okay…so show us already."
"Very well." Rueh threw the capsule into the middle of the group of soldiers in front of them. It exploded after a second…covering all the soldiers in…bubble gum.
Rueh, Dete, and Sephiroth laughed as the soldiers struggled to try and get free without success.
Suddenly they drew their breath in with a hiss and found red feathered darts in their arms. They turned to face Hojo giving him dirty looks.
He shrugged as Sephiroth lowered Zack to the ground. Dete was the first to collapse after a few seconds. Sephiroth sank to his knees trying to clear his head. And Rueh…
"OW! That hurt! What was that for?!"
"You…you're still awake!" Hojo exclaimed.
"Yeah," she said slowly.
"That's not right! You're supposed to be knocked out!"
"Hmm…something went wrong," she shrugged.
"Well then…" Hojo looked thoughtful and nodded his head as Sephiroth fully collapsed.
A soldier grabbed Rueh from behind. Another dart hit her arm as she struggled. After a minute she slowly collapsed.
Hojo shook his head. "Get them back to my lab and separate them!" The soldiers who were free from the gum did as told.
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