Cloud: Oh my god, Lucrecia killed Vincent!
Tifa: You bastard!
Lucrecia: Mwuahahaha! Now I will destroy the world!
Vincent: Hey guys. I'm still alive.
Barret: Don't worry, man. I'll avenge you.
Vincent: Uh...
Cid: Hey guys, a little help. My legs ain't working here.
Yuffie: Mmmfff!
Vincent: Right. Well, I'm off to play in the Lifestream. Good luck with that avenging me business.
Reeve: Seeya later. Now prepare to die, bitch! No one betrays the members of Avalanche except me!
Tyramir: ... Right. I go to take a leak, again, and find things in disarray. I swear these characters have a life of their own sometimes. You guys know this chapter is about the Turks, right?
Rude: ...
Tyramir: Exactly. It's a good thing I don't own you guys. I'm only borrowing you and my head is about to explode.
Chapter Nine
Haven in the Lion's Den
Elena looked over the crowd, scanning for members of Avalanche. When they had first entered Kalm, Reno had been glad that their first mission, retrieving the items from Tseng's old storage room, was going to be a cake walk. Less than ten minutes in the village had forced the three Turks into hiding, after Reno nearly bumped into that whiney little ninja brat. Luckily the girl was more preoccupied with her own problems than with the world around her to even notice an old enemy who nearly walked over her.
"Are you done with that, yet?" Elena asked.
"Almost," Reno responded. "The lock Tseng put on this is something else. I can't remember the last time I saw something this high tech for just a storage house."
Elena looked over to where Reno was fiddling with the electronic lock on the cellar doors. Rude stood by, anxiously fingering what could only be his gun underneath his coat. The large Turk seemed to want to be done with their business in Kalm and out in a hurry. Elena couldn't blame him. Every time the Turks had met up with Avalanche, either alone or together, they had been beaten down.
"I think I ... got it! All right, let's get inside before one of those losers see us."
Rude and Reno opened the cellar and Elena scrambled in, immediately followed by the two other Turks. The doors slammed behind them, shutting out the light from outside.
"Shit," Reno said. "Forgot my flashlight. Rude, you got one?"
A small flame winked into existance over Rude's palm. In his other hand, a small green orb that could only be Fire Materia softly pulsed.
Elena scanned the room,.taking a mental inventory of what Tseng had left them before he had died. On one table was a setting where Materia orbs, green, blue, pink, yellow, and even a red one sat. Another table held a rack filled with guns, while on another, held swords, knives, and other melee weapons. And off to the corner stood a large filing cabinet.
Reno immediately began to peruse the weapon racks, while Rude looked over the Materia. Elena, her curiousity intrigued by the out of place filing cabinet, walked over to it, opened it, and began to rifle through the files. What she found completely shocked her.
"Guys... these files..."
"Who cares?" Reno asked.
Rude looked over to her, a questioning look on his face.
"These are schematics for Shinra weapons. This must be where Heidegger stored all his backup files. Maybe even some of Scarlet's. How did these get here?"
Reno's voice was filled with an amused contempt. "Didn't you know? Tseng kept that stuff so if Heidegger ever set him up for a fall, he'd have blackmail material to stay in Rufus' good graces. Those plans have all the costs for materials on them, as well as maintenance and building, and the figures for what Heidegger and Scarlet were asking for. What's he got in there that has your panties in such a wad?"
"He has the plans for the original Junon Cannon in here. And the modifications for the Sister Ray. And the blueprints for Proud Clod. And who knows what else. This is amazing. I think this is exactly the kind of stuff that Rufus will need to force his way back into power."
"Oh wonderful. You're gonna give him the opportunity to piss away our future paychecks on new toys. Lovely."
All three jumped as a ringing sound started, and then heaved a collective sigh when they all realized it was just Reno's cell phone. Fear of Avalanche had them all on edge.
"Reno here," the Turk said as he answered his phone. "Yeah. No problem. Yeah. Materia, weapons, and I found some schematics for some of Heidegger's projects. Yep. I know....Are you sure? All right, consider it done, then. Proud to serve you, sir. Yep. You, too, sir. Bye.
"That was Reeve. Just wanted an update on what we picked up. He wants three of us to take back what we have to Midgar, while someone else here stays and knocks off two targets Rufus thinks will be a threat to him. Rude, you up for that?"
The bald Turk nodded.
"Good. Your targets are going to be old Mayor Domo of Midgar, and his deputy mayor, as well as some guy named Doctor Hargun. Ever hear of him before? Reeve said you'd know him."
Rude nodded again, appearing reluctant.
"All right. Me an' Elena are headed back to Midgar. You take care of those three, and meet us back at what's left of our Midgar safe house."
Rude nodded again. Elena could do nothing but pity the man who would be forced to stay behind in a town filled with Avalanche members.
Tifa: You bastard!
Lucrecia: Mwuahahaha! Now I will destroy the world!
Vincent: Hey guys. I'm still alive.
Barret: Don't worry, man. I'll avenge you.
Vincent: Uh...
Cid: Hey guys, a little help. My legs ain't working here.
Yuffie: Mmmfff!
Vincent: Right. Well, I'm off to play in the Lifestream. Good luck with that avenging me business.
Reeve: Seeya later. Now prepare to die, bitch! No one betrays the members of Avalanche except me!
Tyramir: ... Right. I go to take a leak, again, and find things in disarray. I swear these characters have a life of their own sometimes. You guys know this chapter is about the Turks, right?
Rude: ...
Tyramir: Exactly. It's a good thing I don't own you guys. I'm only borrowing you and my head is about to explode.
Chapter Nine
Haven in the Lion's Den
Elena looked over the crowd, scanning for members of Avalanche. When they had first entered Kalm, Reno had been glad that their first mission, retrieving the items from Tseng's old storage room, was going to be a cake walk. Less than ten minutes in the village had forced the three Turks into hiding, after Reno nearly bumped into that whiney little ninja brat. Luckily the girl was more preoccupied with her own problems than with the world around her to even notice an old enemy who nearly walked over her.
"Are you done with that, yet?" Elena asked.
"Almost," Reno responded. "The lock Tseng put on this is something else. I can't remember the last time I saw something this high tech for just a storage house."
Elena looked over to where Reno was fiddling with the electronic lock on the cellar doors. Rude stood by, anxiously fingering what could only be his gun underneath his coat. The large Turk seemed to want to be done with their business in Kalm and out in a hurry. Elena couldn't blame him. Every time the Turks had met up with Avalanche, either alone or together, they had been beaten down.
"I think I ... got it! All right, let's get inside before one of those losers see us."
Rude and Reno opened the cellar and Elena scrambled in, immediately followed by the two other Turks. The doors slammed behind them, shutting out the light from outside.
"Shit," Reno said. "Forgot my flashlight. Rude, you got one?"
A small flame winked into existance over Rude's palm. In his other hand, a small green orb that could only be Fire Materia softly pulsed.
Elena scanned the room,.taking a mental inventory of what Tseng had left them before he had died. On one table was a setting where Materia orbs, green, blue, pink, yellow, and even a red one sat. Another table held a rack filled with guns, while on another, held swords, knives, and other melee weapons. And off to the corner stood a large filing cabinet.
Reno immediately began to peruse the weapon racks, while Rude looked over the Materia. Elena, her curiousity intrigued by the out of place filing cabinet, walked over to it, opened it, and began to rifle through the files. What she found completely shocked her.
"Guys... these files..."
"Who cares?" Reno asked.
Rude looked over to her, a questioning look on his face.
"These are schematics for Shinra weapons. This must be where Heidegger stored all his backup files. Maybe even some of Scarlet's. How did these get here?"
Reno's voice was filled with an amused contempt. "Didn't you know? Tseng kept that stuff so if Heidegger ever set him up for a fall, he'd have blackmail material to stay in Rufus' good graces. Those plans have all the costs for materials on them, as well as maintenance and building, and the figures for what Heidegger and Scarlet were asking for. What's he got in there that has your panties in such a wad?"
"He has the plans for the original Junon Cannon in here. And the modifications for the Sister Ray. And the blueprints for Proud Clod. And who knows what else. This is amazing. I think this is exactly the kind of stuff that Rufus will need to force his way back into power."
"Oh wonderful. You're gonna give him the opportunity to piss away our future paychecks on new toys. Lovely."
All three jumped as a ringing sound started, and then heaved a collective sigh when they all realized it was just Reno's cell phone. Fear of Avalanche had them all on edge.
"Reno here," the Turk said as he answered his phone. "Yeah. No problem. Yeah. Materia, weapons, and I found some schematics for some of Heidegger's projects. Yep. I know....Are you sure? All right, consider it done, then. Proud to serve you, sir. Yep. You, too, sir. Bye.
"That was Reeve. Just wanted an update on what we picked up. He wants three of us to take back what we have to Midgar, while someone else here stays and knocks off two targets Rufus thinks will be a threat to him. Rude, you up for that?"
The bald Turk nodded.
"Good. Your targets are going to be old Mayor Domo of Midgar, and his deputy mayor, as well as some guy named Doctor Hargun. Ever hear of him before? Reeve said you'd know him."
Rude nodded again, appearing reluctant.
"All right. Me an' Elena are headed back to Midgar. You take care of those three, and meet us back at what's left of our Midgar safe house."
Rude nodded again. Elena could do nothing but pity the man who would be forced to stay behind in a town filled with Avalanche members.