The first few chapters are all about Chaos's thoughts and trying to establish a plot…I don't think it's working…lol. Anyway, thanks for the reviews and all. Thing is, I talked about a plot twist with my mates and they think that by not doing one, that would be a twist…and they just totally confuse me. Ahh well, on with the show. And I know, before ya start that yufie's second name isn't Kirasagi. I'll change it and why can't Reeve's name be Sith? The only guys who know are Squaresoft, so please, feel free to tell me his real name!!!!!

I wonder who Horton is…mmm, why doesn't he like Chaos? Ah well, read on! I know what you guys are thinking, Horton is Hojo…well, maybe he is. Maybe he ain't. didn't I say that I had an idea and it would make you feel sorry for some of the characters? Well, I ain't going to be bashing any one of them but I really really don't like Cloud!!! Sorry….it's a rant again. The guy couldn't find a sock in a sock shop…

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Chapter 5

Morning slowly dragged in for Louisa Bear. She had spent most of the night trying to think of as to why she was agreeing to help the Chaos beast.

It wasn't as if she owed him anything, not like she was rescued by him. She shook her head, why did she keep referring to him…it as a him. It was an it. A monster but it could be a he…

As she stood up, she dropped her notes she'd made on the beast. She quickly read over them, it seems to understand what we do to it. It also seems to dislike Professor Horton, with a passion.

Picking up her coat as she headed out of the door, a thought struck her mind. Why didn't it like him? Why did it suddenly have the urge to talk to her? What made it do that?

She screamed mentally, why was she thinking all this now? What had caused this? She shouldn't be thinking this, all she wanted in life was to find cures for the sick and help those who needed it. Not start life with a bunch of rebels in the sickly slums.

She wasn't snobbish or stuck up but part of her didn't want to help them. If they didn't help themselves, then why should she?

Ever since she had gotten back from the lab, she'd been pouring over her history notes, trying to find any info as to what happened to AVALANCHE. It was scattered and rumours were the most accurate form of info that gave any type of truth.

AVALANCHE had last been reported to have been checking out the North Crater in the only airship of the time, the Highwind. The mission seemed to of been going well, the airship reported back every hour on the hour but a few hours of radio silence had quelled the feeling of peace. The Highwind had sent out a may day and had lost some of her crew. AVALANCHE had also lost one of her numbers, Vincent Valentine. No one know how that happened. The crew claimed tha the very planet had taken the dark man and the rest of AVALANCHE had stood in horror, unable to reach him.

That was thought to have been the end of the tragedy but a few days later, Cloud Strife and his wife, Tifa, were killed. No one knew how this was possible. The pair had last been seen walking though the Sleeping Forest to head to the Forgotten city of the Ancients. AVALANCHE members. Barret Wallace and Reeve Sith had disappeared into thin air, a few days after the funeral.

All left family, all except Cid Highwind and Yuffie Kirasagi. They had both boarded the Highwind, hoping they would find the answers at the North Crater. They hadn't returned. Neither had the Highwind. what had happened to the airship, no one knew. Had the most celebrated pilot in the entire planet crashed? Was there a mutiny on the airship? How had Reeve and Barret disappeared?

There was just to many unanswered questions hanging around the fate of AVALANCHE and with those questions, you had the conspiracy nuts who claimed that Sephiroth wasn't dead and he had hexed the planet savours.

Louisa found it odd that the North Crater was off limits to all. The people at the Icicle Village were cut off from the rest of the planet, they were banned from leaving the now frozen continent. The explosion that had caused half the western continent to disappear, still lingered in everyone's mind there.

There had been an investigation by the SHADOW Shin-Ra's Turks but they had came up blank. They merely said that it was due to improper handling by the town. The town was held responsible. No one had dared argue, perhaps someone should of?

She ran down the stairs of her apartment block, stopping long enough to put some spare gil into a small charity tin. She knew it was a small empty gesture only done by the rich to make them feel better about themselves but she had to get her mind into thinking that she was now a member of the SHADOW Shin-Ra and it's science program. She had to toughen up.

AVALANCHE filled her mind as she walked slowly to the building, she never really looked up to see just how tall the impressive building was. What would they say if they saw the world now? Would they be shocked to see how their hard work had paid off? Would they be angry to see the very ones they saved were now once again, ruining the planet?

Something made her look up this once, scaffolding started from the 10 or so floor and continued all the way up. A colleague had once joked that they were there so Jumpers had a place to land and didn't mess the nice neat and clean streets.

Nice and clean streets, she thought with some bitterness, How do they even know what the place looks like? They never ever venture outside.

Slowly she looked around, amazed at how much so actually avoided looking at the city she lived in. People were begging in the streets or the women were on the street corners. It really was sad sight to see. Her feelings of homesickness would return with a bang whenever she left her mind running on auto pilot.

She was born and raised in Gongaga, she knew what fresh air was. What the sky really looked like at night and what real bird calls sounded like and not any recordings that the SHADOW Shin-Ra pumped their employees full of.

I need to be free…the words of the beast rang into her head. It wanted freedom, it didn't want to be trapped in a cage. It wanted the same as her. Freedom, to smell fresh air, to see the sky at night.

Maybe I shouldn't of brushed Adrian off last night but what he wanted was border line treason! Had anyone caught him, he'd be dead right now! Stupid idiot, Louisa stopped at the front door and fumbled around her bag for her swipe pass.

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Adrian jerked, his heart raced and pounded so hard in his chest, he thought he'd pass out within seconds.

The rebels would love this new piece of info he had, he could bring them the ultimate weapon on the planet. Chaos…no, not Chaos. Chaos was the demon that resided within the human. Vincent Valentine was the name of the guy they should be dealing with but according to the beast, he was far away.

The young man walked down the road to where he had been ordered to go. His long baggy trousers dragged along the ground, causing him to trip up as they got under his heels.

"Get a pair that fits," a voice from the shadows growled, "We pay you enough."

Adrian span round, couldn't they see his heart trying to break free from his chest? He hated how they just snuck up on him like that.

"You said you had something for us. You look empty handed," the same voice growled, he didn't seem to be very happy this morning. Not like he ever was.

"Yep," Adrian tried to sound more confident than he actually was.

"To what?"

"To both. I do have something for you but it's going to be rather hard to get it," Adrian shoved his hands in his pockets.

The voice in the shadows seemed to be losing it's very thin patience, "What is it then? What is so special that you just had to contact us?"

"I can get you Chaos," Adrian smiled, "Or rather Vincent Valentine."

The voice was rather tempted to leap out of the shadows and shake the rather annoying tech from the Shin-Ra, "How?"

Adrian shrugged, he wanted to act cool in front of the rebels. If he acted like he was scared, they wouldn't pay him. They'd just bully and threaten him until they got what they wanted.

"Adrian, our patience is very thin. You've been very useful to use but your not the only person in the hell hole ya work in that we could pump info," The rebel placed a hand on his gun and cocked it, hoping the tech would get the message. He didn't want to scare the kid, he was actually kinda fond of the guy. He was one of the few guys in the SHADOW Shin-Ra headquarters who really did want to help those outside.

"Yeah ok. I work in the area where we keep the bio experiments," the tech calmly offered, "It spoke to us."

Shit! If they have Chaos…I have to tell the boss… the rebel felt his usually calm and slow heartbeat start to quicken. The news was definitely better than expected.

"Adrian, can you honestly get us Chaos?"

"Can you honestly help me get him?" Adrian edged a little closer to the shadows, hoping to get a glimpse of his mysterious employers.

"You know we don't back down. The problem is, we can't get in the building," the rebel took his hand off the gun, the only way his people could get in to the building would be to have everything set in stone. The guards would have to be bribed for the security codes and the deactivation of the cameras. The only thing that bothered the man was trying to gain access to the beast. The tech couldn't give them the necessary clearance. They needed someone who had the right clearance, someone who had direct access to the beast. They didn't have someone like that on their payroll, if they did, they would know about Vincent Valentine and his current captivity.

"That wouldn't be a problem. I can help ya with that," Adrian felt his heart race like there was no tomorrow. If he was caught, his life would be forfeit. No one betrayed the SHADOW Shin-Ra. That was drummed in at birth, if you did, you and all who knew you would be killed.

"How about the actual cell? We can't gain access to that yet. No one works for us," the rebel wondered if the tech in front of him had thought of that.

"Leave it with me. I think I have someone who could help me," Adrian thought back to the young doctor. She was pretty up for it when she was in the room but the minute they had left, she quickly fell back on her word. All she needed was some assurance that she would live til the morning after the raid.

"Fine," the rebel smiled, today hadn't been that bad at all. Well, not until he spoke with the leader of the rebels.

Adrian knew he was alone when he had a paper envelope chucked at him and the footsteps walked into silence. He ran his hand down his tanned but now sweaty face, his fingertip brushed against his pierced eyebrow.

How was he going to persuade the lovely Louisa Bear, just enough to push her far enough into helping. The rebels would surely help her if she asked.

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Again, this isn't my fave chapter. This is more a trying to introduce the rebels and who they are. Who is the boss? Well, it shouldn't be that hard to figure out.

Well, cheers for all the neat reviews. You have been so very kind! Especially the anon reviewer! Who are you?! Not that I'm complaining! I'll try to update every night! But I have other tales, like a true valentine! Also up! Sorry, plugging! Chapter 6 will be up soon and hey guys, I would love some plot ideas! How should I bring back the rest of AVALANCHE?

Also, should I stop these really bugging headers and footers? No one else seems to do these as long……and who really pays attention? ;-P