Howdy everyone! How are y'all doing? Well let's see… Vincent thinks e knows where to find Yuffie. Will he be right? Will he be wrong? OH and I been meaning to do this for quite a while now but I'd like to thank a great reviewer out there called Firefly. Thanks for the help on my grammer and everything. It really helps me out. And thanks to the rest of my reviewers for reading my fic so far. Well anyway let's move on ya!?
Disclaimer- We ALL know I don't own Final Fantasy 7.
Chapter 11-Hopeful Search And Mysteries
"Alright everyone, Vincent has some information that might help us find Yuffie" Cloud spoke to the group. They're all in the Highwind after picking Vincent up at the cave. Everyone turned their gaze to Vincent, who's leaning against the far wall. Vincent glanced out through his hair as everyone starred at him, waiting for him to speak.
Vincent pushed himself on the wall and walked over into the middle of the room. Vincent reached into his crimson cloak with his real hand and pulled out a paper. "I found this paper in the cave. All it has on it is coordinates. It would be wise to check out what is there" Vincent spoke.
Cloud nodded his in agreement, "Do you think Yuffie is being held there?" Cloud asked. Vincent could here the hope and anxiousness in Cloud's voice. Vincent found Cloud's behavior a bit odd but figured it's just that he's worried about a fellow comrade and friend. "I do not know. If she isn't this place, whatever it is, might give us information about her whereabouts"
"So what're the F*&^%#$ coordinates? I'll have our asses there in no time" Cid said as he lit up a cigarette. Vincent held out the paper for Cid to take. Cid walked over to Vincent, grabbed the paper in his hands, and read the coordinates on it. Cid smirked, "The Highwind can get there in twenty minutes. Have all your asses ready for departure." Cid advised as he walked out of the room and headed towards the bridge.
Cloud scratched his head, "Well, thanks Vincent, for finding something for us to go on." Vincent nodded his head and headed towards the wall again. Cloud turned to the rest of the group, "We'll search the entire area until we find something. "A few of us should stay with the ship. We do not know what is there." Red XII suggested while scratching his ear with one of his hind legs.
Cloud nodded, "Ok, I'll have – Cid, Barret, and you, Red, watch the ship." Red XII and Barret nodded their heads. Zack half smiled, "So the rest of us get to walk blindly into unknown territory" He said amused. Cloud glanced over to Zack, "If you want, you can watch the ship too" Zack shook his head, "Naw, I'm not patient enough to sit around waiting for something to happen." "Well everyone make sure your ready for when we land"
Yuffie waited uncomfortably for something to happen. It had been a couple hours seen anyone and spoken to Dregon. After speaking with Dregon some weird doctor looking dude gave her a shot, although it didn't seem to affect her any, she's still unnerved about it.
The whole conversation with Dregon made her feel uneasy. Dregon said she has something he wants. All she could think of is materia or something. But, it couldn't be materia because Dregon said her mother gave it to her.
Yuffie got increasingly frustrated as she thought of it. Her mother never gave her anything, she died before she could give her something worth keeping. She was only six when her mother died, and all her mother gave her was kimonos she made and other small things. Nothing that some psycho type of dude would want.
Yuffie sighed in frustration and tried to solve the small mystery. What is it that she received from her mother? Everything's kind of hard to remember from that far back. She could remember receiving small trivial things but nothing worthwhile. Something seemed to click in her head, 'Maybe it's not an item. But information about something!' Yuffie felt pride in her own intelligence at the thought.
Yuffie began to think of anything that her mother had told her as a child that could be worth all this havoc to get. There isn't really anything. She recalled secret passages hidden in Wutai, short cuts through the woods, legends and myths she had been told, and something else, what was it? There is one memory that caught her attention, she couldn't really recall it though. If Yuffie could punch her head with her hands she would have.
Yuffie closed her eyes and tried to remember the certain essential memory that seemed to beg her to recall. She remembers her mother telling her something when she was five; it was more like a warning of sorts. What was it? Her mother had taught her something, well actually her mother taught her many things; but this was important.
Then without warning, everything seemed to become clear to Yuffie as she finally remembered. Yuffie lowered her head, her eyes widened in disbelief, "No it couldn't be THAT, could it? It has to be" Yuffie said to herself.
Suddenly the door to the chamber opened again and Dregon walked in the room, a sinister smile on across his face. "So you finally remember! Good, good" He said sounding a bit cheerful. "How di-?" "That shot I had one of my men give you. The drug clears your mind and helps you focus. It also allows me to track your thoughts with the all the wires hooked up to you." He grinned. (A/N Think about the Matrix when Morphyos is hooked up to those wire things as he is handcuffed to the chair)
Yuffie paled at that, "You mean, everything I think, you'll know?" Dregon laughed, "Yes that's about right. And soon I'll have what I want!" Dregon declared. Yuffie could only smirk at Dregon's own stupidity. Dregon seemed amused by it, "And what Miss Kisasagi are you smirking about." Yuffie began to chuckle to herself, "You made one huge mistake" Dregon rubbed his chin interested, "Oh? And what would that be?"
Yuffie toke a deep breath to calm herself and stared down at Dregon, "You made the mistake of telling me you can monitor my thoughts. All I have to do is not think about it" Dregon threw his head back and laughed, "Oh please you can't help but think about it! You'll be stuck on the thought hoping that I won't find it out!" Yuffie gave him a half smile, "Try me" Dregon narrowed his eyes at Yuffie and tuned around and walked away. Yuffie let out a triumphant smile as she began her plan.
Dregon reentered the research room that monitored Yuffie's thoughts. Many men are in there keeping tracks of the girls thoughts. Dregon walked over to one of the men, "What do you have so far?" The man scratched the back of his head nervously and moved over so Dregon could read the screne.
'999,999 bottle of beer on the wall! 999,999 bottles of beer! You take one down and pass it around, now you have 999,998 bottles of beer! 999,998 bottles of beer on the wall! 999,998 bottles-' "Arghh!!!" Dregon yelled in anger and frustration. He slammed his fist on the panel scarring everyone in the room. "S-sir? What should we do?" The man that had been in front of the screen before Dregon asked.
Dregon looked around the room and eyed them all. All the men were looking at him fearfully. Dregon snorted, "Keep monitoring her. She's bound to slip sometime." Dregon turned back to the screen to see the song still going. Dregon's right eyebrow twitched in annoyance. He really hated that song.
"Alright, you guys watch the Highwind while the four of us search the area." Cloud said to the Cid, Barret, and Red XII. They nodded their heads and Cloud and the others left and headed into the forest.
Cloud shook his head in thought, 'Who'd think there would be such a huge island in the middle of the ocean.' Cloud thought sarcastically. Cloud looked around himself seeing nothing but the green forest, 'And with a huge forest' Cloud added to himself.
Vincent walked ahead of the small group. Being an Ex-Turk, he was excellent a tracking; and that's exactly what he is doing, he's tracking the prints he found that someone left behind. Rather fresh prints it seemed too. Vincent looked out into the lush forest and could just barely make out a structure.
Vincent stopped and turned to face the group who seemed to follow his lead. "Follow me" Vincent, said calmly. The three nodded their heads. They were following him to begin with, he is the only one who seemed to know where they are going, why wouldn't they follow him?
"Well that's a mighty big building" Zack said as they cleared the forest into the small clearing. He whistled at the sight of the building. It's about as large as the Shin-Ra headquarters. Tifa put her right hand on her hip, "What I'd like to know, is how no one ever noticed this island or building here" Cloud turned to them and shrugged, "We don't have time to think about that now. Let's get a closer look."
Everyone stealthily and silently moved closer to the building. Vincent and Cloud moved behind some bushes near the building, while, Tifa and Zack hid behind some trees further away. Cloud turned to Vincent, "What do you think?" Cloud asked Vincent. Vincent being an Ex-Turk would be the best person to ask about this kind of situation, the Turks did a lot of spying and breaking into buildings and other dirty stuff.
Vincent slowly rose his head above the bushes and quickly glanced around the perimeters of the building. He slowly hid behind the bush again so he wouldn't catch attention from making a quick movement. Vincent remained facing the bush as he spoke, "The entrance is guarded by two men. I could snipe them but then that would alarm everyone in the building of our presence."
Cloud nodded his head understanding "We could have Tifa and Zack create a distraction to lure the guards away" Cloud suggested. Vincent thought for a moment before nodding his head. Cloud slowly made his way back towards Tifa and Zack. They all crouched down, "So what's the call?" Zack asked. "Yea what are we going to do?" Tifa asked after Zack.
Cloud gave both of them a glance, "We're going in" The two nodded. Zack seemed happier, he probably felt like he was in Soldier again. Tifa seemed a bit Skeptical about it but didn't say anything. Cloud told them his plan, "There's two guards patrolling the entrance of this building."
"You need us to lure them away" Zack commented. Cloud grinned and nodded his head; "Vincent and I will proceed into the building. You guys come in if you can." They both nodded their heads. Cloud nodded his head and made his way back to Vincent.
Cloud crouched down behind the bushes next to Vincent as he continued to watch the guards, "Zack and Tifa are going to distract the guards and then we'll head in" Cloud explained. Vincent simply nodded his head, his crimson eyes never leaving the guards.
Tifa shook her head as she looked over at the grinning Zack; "You're enjoying yourself aren't you?" She asked amused. Zack stood behind a tree examining the two men at the entrance of the building, he turned towards Tifa, and "You could say that, I mean think about it! We're all acting like secret agents or something of that sort"
Tifa smiled despite the situation. "So Soldier-Boy? How are we going to distract them?" Tifa asked. Zack tapped his chin in thought, a wide knowing smile spread across his face. He turned around and examined Tifa then nodded his head. Tifa gave Zack a confused and suspicious look. She put a hand on her hip, "What?"
Zack rubbed his hands together as he thought about his idea; "This is what we'll do" Zack walked over and whispered into Tifa's ear. Tifa's eyes widened at his idea, "I'm not doing THAT!" Tifa shouted a whisper. Zack gave her a pouted look, "Come on, it's the only thing that will work. I can't do it" Tifa slumped her shoulders and sighed in defeat.
Zack grinned, as he knew he won the discussion. Tifa bent her head back and starred up to the sky, "I can't believe I'm about to do this" She mumbled to herself. Zack chuckled, "You better believe it touts!" Tifa gave him a sharp look and took a deep breath before she headed out into the open.
Meanwhile Cloud and Vincent sat waiting for their cue. Cloud began to get inpatient, "What's taking them so long?" Cloud whispered. "Making up a plan for this situation needs time. They can't afford any mistakes or the guards could radio for back-up. If that happens we'll be forced to leave."
Cloud blinked, that's the most Cloud had heard Vincent ever speak. Cloud shook his head as he thought Vincent needed to talk more. Just hearing him say more then a couple of words could cause someone a heart attack.
Cloud turned back to the guards and waited. Out of the corner of Cloud's eyes, Tifa stepped into the clearing. Cloud eyes widened in panic, "What's she doing?" He whispered panicky. Tifa walked towards the guards. Cloud immediately stood up to help her. Vincent pulled Cloud back down to the ground, "Wait" Vincent instructed. Cloud nodded and watched.
Tifa stood a couple of yards away from the guards. They have been starring at her since she had left the safety of the forest. Their guns remained pointed at her but she remained calm. Tifa gave them a wink and put a hand on her hip, "Hey guys, what do you do to have fun around here?" Tifa asked in a sweet voice, as she giggled. Zack contained his laughter from behind the trees. He could not believe Tifa's actually doing this. He held in his laughter so he wouldn't blow their cover.
Tifa smiled seductively as she noticed the men examining her body. "What do you guys say we go have some FUN?" The two guards exchanged looks but remained still. Tifa turned around and began walking back to the forest rocking her hips side to side.
One guard took a couple of steps to follow her but the other one stopped her, "What do you think you're doing?" The one guard asked. The other guard gave him a look of disbelief, "What are you? Stupid? Do you know what she is suggesting?"
"We can't leave our post" The other guard rolled his eyes, "Oh please, no one's ever been here in two years. No one knows about this place" The guard began walking away following Tifa. The other guard sighed in defeat then hurried off. "Wait up!" Of coarse it never accord to them that since no one knows about the place, then how would a woman be there.
Cloud's eyes widened in disbelief, he could not believe that actually worked. Vincent shook his head in thought, 'Lust, one of the seven worst sins' 'On I might add, that you carry' Chaos commented amused deep within Vincent's mind. 'Why must you come from your hiding when I'm in a dangerous situation.' Vincent asked the demon. The answer to Vincent's question is silence.
Two painful cries are heard where Tifa lead the two men into the forest. That's the cue Cloud and Vincent were waiting for. "NOW!" Cloud exclaimed as he jumped over the bushes and ran towards the entrance of the building. Vincent followed right behind him.
Well y'all that's all I have for you right now. But never fear! I'm always here to write more! Well will they find Yuffie in this building? (I'm still debating about it) And what exactly does Yuffie know that Dregon wants? Will he get it? Or will Yuffie slip up? Well we'll all have to wait and find out. REVIEW y'all! TTNC!
