He was a lean, medium build man; a dense body, deceptively powerful and a handsome face to match it. He neglected to wear a shirt for this particular outing; it had in fact ripped earlier, leaving him in his loose fit khaki pants and black heavy boots.
"Let's kinda… hurry this up…" he glanced at the young man still working at the console.
"Jeeze have some patience... let's try not setting off an alarm for once." Wedge rubbed his head in confusion and focused once again on the panel.
"Ya really need to bring it down a notch Jason, your gonna have one of em, you know, heart pain things." Biggs sat in a corner eyes half closed as he watched the other two interact.
Jason paced back and forth, raising his fist to punch air when a hand was brought to his shoulder, he swung around and glanced wearily at the intruder of his thoughts. His eyes softened at the site.
"Down boy." the woman smiled and squeezed his shoulder. She was definitely a looker, also wearing a sleeveless t-shirt, but this one was tighter, well accenting a blessed upper body, complete with a strong looking stomach that was cut, but didn't over do it. The lower half sported loose long black pants with boots to match. Her eyes were a stunning bright brown, her lips soft, relaxed. There was no one that this woman wouldn't cause to hesitate. She flipped her short black hair behind her head and smiled again, sliding her gloved hand off of his shoulder.
"One of these days I may not realize it's you." Jason grinned at her in a loving manner, he had planned to snarl, but knew better.
"Don't worry, I'll try to take it easy on you if the event arises." she smiled sweetly and turned to Wedge "You really do need to speed it up though Wedge. We can't just sit in one spot forever." Suddenly there was a loud hiss and the large doors began to slide open.
"See, I... am… getting… faster..." Wedge stammered as he looked at his comrades' faces, the glow of pure green illuminating their faces was stunning. However, when he turned around to find the source of the light, it was the large piece of machinery in the middle that caught his attention. The pipes shimmered the same green that filled the room. There was a large pillar, extending from the ceiling to the very bottom of the room, hoses and pipes curling around it. There was a threatening hum that could be heard, giving the pillar a menacing feeling. There were walkways everywhere in the room, almost placed, each walkway splitting into another two, and those into two more.
The entire group was quiet, Biggs picked up his pack as they all walked into the room, Jason's large boots thudding against the floor. They walked slowly to the railing closest letting their curiosity overtake them. Glancing over, they were greeted with a vast sea of green, so bright they couldn't clearly tell if it was a liquid or a solid they were gawking at. They continued to stare quietly, but it was Jason who broke from the trance first.
"Lady… "he glanced at Rene " …and gentlemen, it's the first time we've gotten to this point, so lets make this quick." He walked, the usual thudding accompanying him as he made his way through the spider network of walkways to the closest available spot next to the pillar. He looked back "Biggs." And nodded towards the pillar. Biggs sort of waddled over to Jason while unloading his pack; then began pulling out small cylindrical metal casings.
Rene stayed back, somewhat stiff, unsure, she was looking for something, that haunting feeling that something was out of place. Then she opened her eyes widely, as if realizing "Stop..." On command everyone stopped moving, even Jason froze in place.
"Where'd our lovely background music go?" Jason turned slowly to Rene who shrugged. Wedge's attention was turned toward the pillar, which had suddenly lost its glow.
"The reactor's off…" Wedge spoke quietly as he eyed the pillar in the center of the room, whatever had been surging through it before, had now stopped.
"Mako isn't very stable, it's not violent like say, a fossil fuel, but it can be explosive." The voice seemed to echo through the room. A man appeared from a walkway behind the pillar, dressed in a deep blue suit, white shirt and black tie with black shoes. He smiled leaning his head to the side. "We wouldn't want any explosions down here now would we?" His shoes clopped against the floor as he advanced slowly, a hand in his pocket.
"This is new…" Biggs spoke mainly to himself as he began to pack the cylinders back inside of his bag. "Since when does Shinra have special-ops?"
"Hey Kennith! This one's sexy." There was another voice, female but also seemingly from nowhere. Jason turned to see Rene, looking somewhat disgusted at the woman standing behind her. Dressed in the same uniform as the first, the brown eyed brunette walked back and forth behind Rene, looking her up and down while grinning.
"Vanessa get your claws away from her, she can't possibly be that easy." There was yet another ominous voice, this one to the left. Wedge was the first to spot him. Looking down at the mako below, he was sitting on one of the railings facing away from the walkway, his arms hung loosely, but he tightly gripped a pistol in each hand. He also wore the same uniform, minus a tie. His long black silk like hair was in one long braid. His eyes swerved up at Vanessa.
Jason was almost twitching, his nerves acting up at the sight of the newcomers. He knew they were in trouble, but common sense told him to wait to make sure that there wasn't an easier way out of this. Suprisingly, Biggs saw an opening first.
"Jason!" He flung his pack as hard as he could into the air, sending it almost halfway to the top of the room. Jason understood immediately pulling a gun out of a hidden compartment in his pants aiming up at the flying sack. Just as the hammer pulled back, a sudden weight on his back knocked off his aim, causing him to shoot wildly at the pillar completely missing the pack.
Vanessa leaped nimbly off of Jason's back somersaulting in the air and thrusting her arm at the pack, a thick black whip shot out of her sleeve and as she whipped it, wrapped around a strap on the pack. She landed on a walkway about 10 feet away and yanked the pack toward her, the whip sliding back into her sleeve bringing the pack with it. She caught it, and smiled, placing it on her back. "Ya gonna shoot me now big guy?" She raised an eyebrow at Jason placing her hands on her hips.
Jason swung his gun at Vanessa; his finger moving rapidly as bullets rained on her area. A shocked Vanessa broke into a back flip, gripped the railing behind her and threw herself safely out of the range of his aim, while Rene broke into a run for the door they came in through. Following closely behind her was Wedge, Jason and Biggs in that order. Suddenly a bullet ricocheted off of the walkway directly in front of Biggs stopping him in his tracks. He turned to see a slightly grinning Vincent, still sitting on the railing with one gun raised and perfectly aimed. Vincent winked and began a chain of shots causing Biggs to back up slowly. Kyle stopped suddenly in order to see what was going on, his black boots skidding across the metal. Raising his gun arm yet again, he quickly pulled a new clip out of the same hidden compartment reloading his gun. Bullets hailed around the area Vincent was located in. Vincent didn't budge, instead bringing up his other aim and shooting again, hitting the barrel of Jason's gun head on, knocking Jason off target.
Rene who had seemingly been forgotten about, leaped off of the railing closed to her and aimed a foot at Vincent. Vincent looked up at her, readjusted his aim, and then hesitated. A disgusted sound was heard and Rene was treated to a polished black shoe to the ribs, complements of Kennith. She was sent flying toward the side of the walkway and hit the railing rolling over the side; she gripped the railing with one arm and cursed under her breath.
"This isn't a time for moral disabilities Vince." Kennith glared at his brother. Vincent rolled his eyes and pointed a gun in the direction where Jason was. Kennith looked and cursed as well, the distraction had given Jason time to adjust aim, and again bullets flew. Vincent placed a hand on the railing and launched his himself off onto the pillar, Kennith leaped backwards off of the walkway, was caught by a currently swinging Vanessa as Jason fired at an empty space. Vanessa released Kennith as the swing moved up, Kennith flew over the railing directly in front of Jason, he threw his leg back and then launched it hard catching Jason in the chin. He fell back but was still on his feet, however the gun was knocked away down the side. He rubbed his chin and growled at Kennith, who had landed gracefully in front of him.
"You're deceptively strong..." Kennith looked somewhat annoyed as he straightened out his clothes.
Vanessa had just begun to launch herself back onto solid ground when a hand gripped her heel. A determined Rene glared up at her transportation as they both were temporarily flying into the air, Vanessa towards one path and Rene, another not far away. They landed, Vanessa gracefully, but Rene almost falling off of another. Vanessa flipped her short hair back and smiled "Are you sure you're not interested? I mean I could forget all of this easily you know…"
Vincent hung lazily by a pipe on the pillar. Neither of his friends needed help, but the other two Avalanche members, they were busy with their own agenda. Vincent quickly moved around the pillar bringing them in his view. Both Wedge and Biggs were huddled around a small object with a timer. Vincent quickly put two and two together and launched himself off pulling his guns out, this time, he would take out their arms. "I thought we said no explosions fellas." He readied his aim, prepared to fire, and then something caught his eye. He glanced to the left to see a raging mad Lucrecia walking out of the exit to the labs.
"WHO THE HELL GAVE YOU THE RIGHT TO… "She cut herself off as she noticed the other people in the room. Vincent fired blindly, hitting a steam valve which hid the Avalanche members from his deadly sight. He himself landed hard on his chest, rolling across the walkway directly in front of the object when the timer started counting down. For the third time, a curse was uttered.
Kennith turned sharply to see the commotion, and in the process was hit hard in the side of the head by Jason's thick black boot. He was flung across the walkway landing on his back and sliding even further. Vanessa had her whip wrapped tightly around Rene's neck when all this took place, and once again, when she turned, distracted, the Avalanche member took advantage, pulling on the whip, knocking Vanessa off balance and sending her sprawling over the floor. She removed the whip and took off toward the cover of the steam. Jason did the same and in a matter of seconds all of the Avalanche members had escaped the room.
A stunned Vincent slowly climbed to his feet and glanced at the ticking timer, just as it reached zero.
"Let's kinda… hurry this up…" he glanced at the young man still working at the console.
"Jeeze have some patience... let's try not setting off an alarm for once." Wedge rubbed his head in confusion and focused once again on the panel.
"Ya really need to bring it down a notch Jason, your gonna have one of em, you know, heart pain things." Biggs sat in a corner eyes half closed as he watched the other two interact.
Jason paced back and forth, raising his fist to punch air when a hand was brought to his shoulder, he swung around and glanced wearily at the intruder of his thoughts. His eyes softened at the site.
"Down boy." the woman smiled and squeezed his shoulder. She was definitely a looker, also wearing a sleeveless t-shirt, but this one was tighter, well accenting a blessed upper body, complete with a strong looking stomach that was cut, but didn't over do it. The lower half sported loose long black pants with boots to match. Her eyes were a stunning bright brown, her lips soft, relaxed. There was no one that this woman wouldn't cause to hesitate. She flipped her short black hair behind her head and smiled again, sliding her gloved hand off of his shoulder.
"One of these days I may not realize it's you." Jason grinned at her in a loving manner, he had planned to snarl, but knew better.
"Don't worry, I'll try to take it easy on you if the event arises." she smiled sweetly and turned to Wedge "You really do need to speed it up though Wedge. We can't just sit in one spot forever." Suddenly there was a loud hiss and the large doors began to slide open.
"See, I... am… getting… faster..." Wedge stammered as he looked at his comrades' faces, the glow of pure green illuminating their faces was stunning. However, when he turned around to find the source of the light, it was the large piece of machinery in the middle that caught his attention. The pipes shimmered the same green that filled the room. There was a large pillar, extending from the ceiling to the very bottom of the room, hoses and pipes curling around it. There was a threatening hum that could be heard, giving the pillar a menacing feeling. There were walkways everywhere in the room, almost placed, each walkway splitting into another two, and those into two more.
The entire group was quiet, Biggs picked up his pack as they all walked into the room, Jason's large boots thudding against the floor. They walked slowly to the railing closest letting their curiosity overtake them. Glancing over, they were greeted with a vast sea of green, so bright they couldn't clearly tell if it was a liquid or a solid they were gawking at. They continued to stare quietly, but it was Jason who broke from the trance first.
"Lady… "he glanced at Rene " …and gentlemen, it's the first time we've gotten to this point, so lets make this quick." He walked, the usual thudding accompanying him as he made his way through the spider network of walkways to the closest available spot next to the pillar. He looked back "Biggs." And nodded towards the pillar. Biggs sort of waddled over to Jason while unloading his pack; then began pulling out small cylindrical metal casings.
Rene stayed back, somewhat stiff, unsure, she was looking for something, that haunting feeling that something was out of place. Then she opened her eyes widely, as if realizing "Stop..." On command everyone stopped moving, even Jason froze in place.
"Where'd our lovely background music go?" Jason turned slowly to Rene who shrugged. Wedge's attention was turned toward the pillar, which had suddenly lost its glow.
"The reactor's off…" Wedge spoke quietly as he eyed the pillar in the center of the room, whatever had been surging through it before, had now stopped.
"Mako isn't very stable, it's not violent like say, a fossil fuel, but it can be explosive." The voice seemed to echo through the room. A man appeared from a walkway behind the pillar, dressed in a deep blue suit, white shirt and black tie with black shoes. He smiled leaning his head to the side. "We wouldn't want any explosions down here now would we?" His shoes clopped against the floor as he advanced slowly, a hand in his pocket.
"This is new…" Biggs spoke mainly to himself as he began to pack the cylinders back inside of his bag. "Since when does Shinra have special-ops?"
"Hey Kennith! This one's sexy." There was another voice, female but also seemingly from nowhere. Jason turned to see Rene, looking somewhat disgusted at the woman standing behind her. Dressed in the same uniform as the first, the brown eyed brunette walked back and forth behind Rene, looking her up and down while grinning.
"Vanessa get your claws away from her, she can't possibly be that easy." There was yet another ominous voice, this one to the left. Wedge was the first to spot him. Looking down at the mako below, he was sitting on one of the railings facing away from the walkway, his arms hung loosely, but he tightly gripped a pistol in each hand. He also wore the same uniform, minus a tie. His long black silk like hair was in one long braid. His eyes swerved up at Vanessa.
Jason was almost twitching, his nerves acting up at the sight of the newcomers. He knew they were in trouble, but common sense told him to wait to make sure that there wasn't an easier way out of this. Suprisingly, Biggs saw an opening first.
"Jason!" He flung his pack as hard as he could into the air, sending it almost halfway to the top of the room. Jason understood immediately pulling a gun out of a hidden compartment in his pants aiming up at the flying sack. Just as the hammer pulled back, a sudden weight on his back knocked off his aim, causing him to shoot wildly at the pillar completely missing the pack.
Vanessa leaped nimbly off of Jason's back somersaulting in the air and thrusting her arm at the pack, a thick black whip shot out of her sleeve and as she whipped it, wrapped around a strap on the pack. She landed on a walkway about 10 feet away and yanked the pack toward her, the whip sliding back into her sleeve bringing the pack with it. She caught it, and smiled, placing it on her back. "Ya gonna shoot me now big guy?" She raised an eyebrow at Jason placing her hands on her hips.
Jason swung his gun at Vanessa; his finger moving rapidly as bullets rained on her area. A shocked Vanessa broke into a back flip, gripped the railing behind her and threw herself safely out of the range of his aim, while Rene broke into a run for the door they came in through. Following closely behind her was Wedge, Jason and Biggs in that order. Suddenly a bullet ricocheted off of the walkway directly in front of Biggs stopping him in his tracks. He turned to see a slightly grinning Vincent, still sitting on the railing with one gun raised and perfectly aimed. Vincent winked and began a chain of shots causing Biggs to back up slowly. Kyle stopped suddenly in order to see what was going on, his black boots skidding across the metal. Raising his gun arm yet again, he quickly pulled a new clip out of the same hidden compartment reloading his gun. Bullets hailed around the area Vincent was located in. Vincent didn't budge, instead bringing up his other aim and shooting again, hitting the barrel of Jason's gun head on, knocking Jason off target.
Rene who had seemingly been forgotten about, leaped off of the railing closed to her and aimed a foot at Vincent. Vincent looked up at her, readjusted his aim, and then hesitated. A disgusted sound was heard and Rene was treated to a polished black shoe to the ribs, complements of Kennith. She was sent flying toward the side of the walkway and hit the railing rolling over the side; she gripped the railing with one arm and cursed under her breath.
"This isn't a time for moral disabilities Vince." Kennith glared at his brother. Vincent rolled his eyes and pointed a gun in the direction where Jason was. Kennith looked and cursed as well, the distraction had given Jason time to adjust aim, and again bullets flew. Vincent placed a hand on the railing and launched his himself off onto the pillar, Kennith leaped backwards off of the walkway, was caught by a currently swinging Vanessa as Jason fired at an empty space. Vanessa released Kennith as the swing moved up, Kennith flew over the railing directly in front of Jason, he threw his leg back and then launched it hard catching Jason in the chin. He fell back but was still on his feet, however the gun was knocked away down the side. He rubbed his chin and growled at Kennith, who had landed gracefully in front of him.
"You're deceptively strong..." Kennith looked somewhat annoyed as he straightened out his clothes.
Vanessa had just begun to launch herself back onto solid ground when a hand gripped her heel. A determined Rene glared up at her transportation as they both were temporarily flying into the air, Vanessa towards one path and Rene, another not far away. They landed, Vanessa gracefully, but Rene almost falling off of another. Vanessa flipped her short hair back and smiled "Are you sure you're not interested? I mean I could forget all of this easily you know…"
Vincent hung lazily by a pipe on the pillar. Neither of his friends needed help, but the other two Avalanche members, they were busy with their own agenda. Vincent quickly moved around the pillar bringing them in his view. Both Wedge and Biggs were huddled around a small object with a timer. Vincent quickly put two and two together and launched himself off pulling his guns out, this time, he would take out their arms. "I thought we said no explosions fellas." He readied his aim, prepared to fire, and then something caught his eye. He glanced to the left to see a raging mad Lucrecia walking out of the exit to the labs.
"WHO THE HELL GAVE YOU THE RIGHT TO… "She cut herself off as she noticed the other people in the room. Vincent fired blindly, hitting a steam valve which hid the Avalanche members from his deadly sight. He himself landed hard on his chest, rolling across the walkway directly in front of the object when the timer started counting down. For the third time, a curse was uttered.
Kennith turned sharply to see the commotion, and in the process was hit hard in the side of the head by Jason's thick black boot. He was flung across the walkway landing on his back and sliding even further. Vanessa had her whip wrapped tightly around Rene's neck when all this took place, and once again, when she turned, distracted, the Avalanche member took advantage, pulling on the whip, knocking Vanessa off balance and sending her sprawling over the floor. She removed the whip and took off toward the cover of the steam. Jason did the same and in a matter of seconds all of the Avalanche members had escaped the room.
A stunned Vincent slowly climbed to his feet and glanced at the ticking timer, just as it reached zero.