Chapter 12, sorry for the long wait. I hate it when I have so many stories

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Louisa walked into her small office, not expecting to have company. Her heart leapt into her throat as her eyes spotted two large mean looking men sitting on her small desk. A third, more gentle looking one sat quietly in the corner.

Adrian followed in behind her and closed the door, "Hey, how ya doin?"

Louisa span round, feeling claustrophobic in the room. She really didn't like the feeling of being locked in a small room with four men. Good intentions or not.

The gentle looking man stood up and extended his hand, "Sorry for the unexpected call. We thought you might be able to help us."

Louisa gave Adrian a dark look, what had the young tec done? Who the hell was these guys in her office? Horton would freak if he found out.

"Adrian, what the hell have you done? Who are these people?"

The gentle man smiled, his hand still extended out to her, "My name is Tseng. Very pleased to meet you."

Adrian offered her a small smile, perhaps he really should of told her about the meeting? It wasn't really fair, springing this up on the poor girl. She'd probably would of backed out of it anyhow.

"These would be the uh…uh…the," he couldn't find the words to describe his other employers.

"Rebels?" the young doctor hissed, "Do you know how much trouble I'm going to get into?"

Tseng gave Adrian the same odd look, "You have told her about us? About who we are?"

"Yeah!" Adrian said rather too quickly, "I mean, the basics at least."

Tseng squeezed the bridge of his nose, he could feel the on coming of a major head ache. He should of contacted the woman himself instead of allowing his lackeys to perform the simple task. Nanaki would not be pleased if he returned without the dark from of Chaos in tow.

"Miss Bear," Tseng elegantly stepped beside her and guided her to her desk. The thugs that had accompanied him moved to the side, allowing Louisa a chance to see her desk.

"I work for an organisation that…well, we don't get along to well with the SHADOW Shin-Ra. We were told that you could help us free one of our members," Tseng explained, "Adrian told us that you worked in the main specimen lab. If you gave us the codes, we could do the rest from there."

"Codes?! Are you mad?!" Louisa shook her head, "I can't."

Tseng looked to the door and then back to Adrian, "We'll talk later. Louisa, please. It is very important that you help us. The very life of the planet is at stake. We need to get Vincent out of this building."

The sincerity of the young man's voice was shocking to the doctor. She had always listened to the tv and the propaganda reports of the almighty Shin-Ra. They had told the absorbing general population that the rebels were bad and that they were out for themselves.

"If I get found out, my life is forfeit. The life of my family if forfeit," Louisa held back a shiver, "I need some protection if I did."

Tseng nodded, his long shoulder length hair brushing against the delicate fabric of his suite, "Of course."

"Ah well," Louisa sighed, her pulse raced as she spoke the next few words. Things could go very wrong if she was caught but wasn't life all about taking chances?

"Okay, the codes are….."

The cold north

Sephiroth followed the cold and weary group through the snow. He had slipped a few times. The group had wanted to stop a few times, to recoup their strength.

He had refused, he wanted to get to the north as quickly as humanly possible. If AVALANCHE was there, then there they would stay. They would not live to see the following days.

"We're getting closer to the area. We should be there in a few hours," the leader of the expedition called back.

Sephiroth wrapped his coat tighter around him, he hated being cold. He loved being out in it, he loved the snowflakes. He just hated being cold. Perhaps it was the fact that Jenova had been defeated and encased in the cold substance?

"Goody," he muttered under his breath.

The woman beside him looked at him oddly, "I beg your pardon?"

Sephiroth shook his head, brushing the question off, "It's not important. Just forget I spoke."

Why had he agreed to follow the group? He should have been on the next boat to the main continent, not traipsing through the snow and getting frostbite.

Oh yeah, revenge. That's why I'm here, he kept his head low and his eyes to the ground. He stood out a mile with his height and the hair.

Why had Hojo given him the silver hair? He had been teased cruelly at high school and at the military school because of it.

"You ever consider dying it?" Zack had asked once. His blue eyes avoiding the amazing green ones of his commanding officer.

"No, it makes me look cool," Sephiroth looked back at the small group of soldiers behind him, "Plus, it makes me look innocent. I can get away with murder if I wanted."

Sephiroth sighed, all he needed now was the black materia. The small black crystal that was now in the centre of the planet. He'd have to find a new way of merging with the planet.

"What happened here? Why is the planet like this?" Sephiroth had never really asked what had happened to the world he once knew.

Surely with the fall of the Shin-Ra and with the planet being saved, things should of gotten a whole lot better instead of worse. Had AVALANCHE failed or was this some sort of horrid nightmare?

"The SHADOW Shin-Ra is mainly to blame for this situation," she explained.

"Don't tell me, you work for a terrorist group fighting for the good of the planet," the hybrid hid the laughter that he felt building, looks like things hadn't changed that much.

Yet again, the woman looked at him oddly. Every second word that he uttered seemed to get an odd look. That wasn't unusual, when he was trying to take over the world…funny.

The idea, that simple little thing he wanted…he didn't really want it now. The more he thought about it, the less he wanted it. It seemed like a good idea but now in hindsight…he just wanted a normal life.

Very interesting, I wanted to destroy the planet but now…his thoughts were interrupted by the entire team falling to their feet by a huge earthquake.

He froze as he heard a very sickening voice enter his head, one he hoped he would never hear again. She had returned.

Sephiroth my son, help me.

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Any ideas for the rebel group? Please?