Now where did I leave off? Oh yeah! V just opened the door and looked around.
Now, on with the story!


V opens the door and looks around. There's no one in sight.
"Come on." he says as he pulls Shina out of the storeroom. She follows him and kicks the door shut with her foot,not even losing her balance and falling on top of him like ordinary girls would do. (hint hint: she's no ordinary girl) They run from one building to the next but suddenly have to stop when they get to a huge gap that no one could jump across. While they're pondering what to do, Shina suddenly hears footsteps behind them about ten buildings away. (Remember, she has unordinary hearing.) Thinking fast, she says, "Uh, V?" "What is it, Shina?" he asks.
"We got a problem"
"I know we do." he replies, wondering just how thick she could be. "But if we go back that way they'll catch you for sure"
"That's exactly what it is." she says. "They're headed this way"
"What?" V asks, wondering just how the bloody hell she knew that.
"Don't ask." is all she says, knowing he was about to ask her about it.

"Well, it seems that the only option is to jump"
"ARE YOU NUTZ?" she asks, looking at just how high up they are at the moment. (which is pretty high.) "We could get killed if we jump from this height!"
"Do you have a better suggestion?" V asks her.
"Er… no." is all Shina replies.
"I didn't think so." V said. "I'll go first"
"What? Oh I get it. You think I'm one of those prissy girls who needs to be caught when she jumps or falls from any height, don't you?" Shina says with a pissed off look.
"No." V said, feeling rather stupid that he had thought exactly that.
"Good." she said with a smile. "Then I'll go first"
"WHAT?" V says. He doesn't want her to get hurt. He doesn't know why, but he feels like this is a second chance to protect someone that he cares about. (By the way, that's a hint as to what his full name is.)

"They're getting closer." Shina says right before she jumps.
As she's falling, Shina realizes that it was stupid to just jump like that.
"Idiot!" she says. "You know it's gonna hurt really bad when you land. Why'd you just jump like that?" She suddenly gets an idea. "Duh! That's right! My powers! I'll use them so that it won't hurt as much." With that, she uses her powers to slow herself down so it won't hurt so much when she lands.

As soon as she lands in the alley below, she looks up and sees V falling down. She hurriedly gets out of the way and he lands with a semi-dull 'THUD!'.
Shina gasps. "Are you ok?" she asks, running over to check on him.
"Yes, I'm fine." he replies as he gets up. After a couple of minutes, he grabs her arm and says, "Come on!" When they get to the end of the alley, he tells her to look around the corner of the one building as he looks around the corner of the other.

She does as he tells her and goes and puts her back against the wall of the building opposite him. She then peeks around and sees another man in red heading towards the alley.
As she pulls her head back, she says, "SHIT! They're coming!" except she's not the only one who said it. V had also seen one of the red outfitted men heading their way.
"What're we gonna do, V?" she asks.
"I don't know." he said. "But if we stay here, they're sure to find us. Chikuso!"

Shina suddenly gets another idea. She runs over to V and tells him to hold onto her hand no matter what. All he does is in response is a confused face, but he does what she says.

With that, Shina starts to walk through the wall! V pulls her back saying, "What are you doing!" "Just trust me, will ya?" is all she says before walking through the wall, pulling him with her.
When they're completely inside, V just stares at her and she already knows what he's gonna say before he can say it.

"Look. I'm not like all the others out there in the world." she explains. "I have these strange powers like the one I just used." V is finally able to overcome his state of shock and asks, "How long have you had them?" "Since I was about 8." she replied. She then launched into a short summary of how she had been playing with her friends in her hometown when she suddenly tripped and cut her knee on a sharp rock. Her friends crowded around her and freaked when they saw the cut just heal up in a mere 30 seconds. After that, no one wanted to play with her. She discovered all of her other powers between that time and the time that she left. When she was 16 was when she left her hometown for Midgar and has been living there ever since.

When she was done, she said, "I'm sorry if it scares you. I'd understand if you just left me." "I can't do that and I WON'T." V said. "I've got to get you out of here. Can you tell if they're gone?" She put her ear against the wall and listened closely. She heard something that sounded like, "She's not down here. Keep looking." and then the sound of feet running away.

"Yeah. They're gone"
"Good. Let's get out of here." said V.
"Right." she said as she grabbed his hand and walked back out of the building.
After that, he drags her through all of the alleys that aren't dead ends.
"We're almost out of here, Shina." he says as he instructs her to go in front of him.
She walks down the alley for a few minutes until she hears a slight thud behind her. Shrugging it off as a cat that just knocked over a trash can, she continues to walk. That is, until she senses that V's not behind her anymore. She turns her head and realizes that he's not there.

"V? V? V, where are you?" she says getting more frightened with each passing second.
She suddenly feels someone's hand on her shoulder and jumps. She turns to see that it's only V.
"Jeez, V. Don't do to me." She suddenly realizes something about his face. It looks as if he's gonna do something that he really doesn't want to but can't help it.
"V? What's wrong?" She hears him whisper, "Please forgive me." before he punches her in the stomach.

She falls to the ground clutching her stomach. She then looks up and asks, "V, w-why did you -" But she never finishes her sentence because V suddenly falls to the ground as well and she sees one of the men in red. He has a smirk plastered on his face and his gun is out.
She gives a small squeak (like a mouse) and tries to get away from him but, sadly, he's quicker and hits her in the head with the butt of his gun. (Don't worry, he didn't hit her too hard)
The last thing she sees is herself falling to the ground before every thing goes black.


Well, that's all for now 'cause I got chores to do. groan What's up with the men in red and why are they after Shina? Find out in the next chapter of "A Girl, Her Powers, and…WHO?"
Later.