Final Fantasy VII: Shinra Children

Starring...

Reno as Cloud!
Rude as Barret!

Elena as Tifa!

Palmer as Aeris!

Tseng as Yuffie!

Reeve as Cait Sith! (Cough)

Rufus as Vincent!

Sephiroth as Red XIII!

And Hojo as Cid!

-----------------------------------------CHAPTER ONE----------------------------------------

Reno took out his cigarette from the pocket of his jacket and lit it. It was a fine night in the city of Midgar. A city where night was day and AVALANCHE controlled the financial stability of the city.

But, Reno thought to himself, it's Shinra that controls the streets.

Reno had been in the Turks, a faction of Shinra, for years now. Shinra was a group rebelling against AVALANCHE, which ruled the city through tyranny and military dominance.

The Turks had assembled at Mako Reactor No. 1, the Northernmost reactor of the city. They'd planned this for days. Yes, AVALANCHE would pay for trying to control every last citizen, and the Turks were going to make sure they'd never forget it.

Because they planned to blow up Mako Reactor No. 1. They were going to blow it sky fucking high.

Tossing his cigarette aside, Reno began to pace slowly towards the reactor. It was 1:00 A.M., and most of the citizens were asleep.

Good, he thought, it'd be best for them not to see this.

Five minutes ago, he'd just gotten off the train to get to the reactor. The ride had been fairly uneventful, and they'd dispatched the security guards there with ease.

"Just like fucking Mall Cops, they were." Reno sighed. "AVALANCHE really is pinching their pennies these days."

He came to a stop in front of a group of two men and a women trying to pry open the door to the reactor. One of them, a man in a green suit with a big, bushy, black moustache, was typing in numbers in a keypad attached to the wall beside the giant door, trying to hack it.

"Heidegger," Reno stated, "Don't leave any traces. Last thing we want is for some Roboguards and SOLDIER's to show up."

"Gwa ha! Weren't you IN soldier, Reno?" Heidegger had a way of making stupid horse laughs. Reno fucking hated it.

"Yeah, years ago." Reno crossed his arms and waited for Heidegger to continue with his hacking.

"So why'd you quit?" Heidegger inquired, obviously curious.

Reno tapped his foot impatiently and replied, "Just shut up and hack that keypad, you twit. We've got a job to do here."

"Ever the cold one. Same with all those Turks though." The woman, named Scarlet, said cooly. Reno could never understand why Scarlet always wore a red dress to any mission. Then again, he figured, she was probably as loony as Heidegger.

I bet if they had the chance, they'd team up and build a giant robot to come step on me. Ingrates. Reno thought and smirked. "Speaking of Turks, I thought this mission was supposed to be assigned solely to the Turks. Not you other Shinra guys." Reno stated, obviously annoyed that he'd have to work with those two.

The third man, Shinra (The founder of the Shinra resistance), leaned back against the wall and sighed. He wore a red suit and red pants, and had a neat, combed patch of blond hair on his head. "He may be cold, Scarlet, but he's right. We can't spend all night here with that damn door. And I brought these two here because you Turks aren't exactly good at hacking."

"Yeah, you're right old man. I bet Rude couldn't even hack his way out of a toaster." Reno snickered at the thought.

As if on cue, a bald, tanned man with sunglasses ran in from the alley Reno had just came from. Like Reno, he wore a navy blue suit with a white undershirt, a trait of all Turks.

"Done with the guards already, Rude? You're getting better. Of course, I preferred just to come straight here..." Reno complimented the other man with a respectful tone of voice.

"This'll keep 'em from sneaking up on us." Rude said firmly, then approached the smaller man.

"Ever the stealthy one." Reno grinned and turned to Heidegger. "Are you done yet?"

"Almost...almost...there we go! Gyahaha!" Heidgegger declared as the black door slid open.

"You may be our employer and all, but I'll be honest with you. You're a moron.", Reno said, sighing as he walked into the reactor along with Rude. Shinra, Scarlet, and Heidegger followed close behind.

"Damn Turks are almost more trouble than they're worth. Almost..." Heidegger whispered to Scarlet as they walked along briskily.

"...I heard that." Rude turned and glared at his employer.

They proceeded into the reactor, a large cylindrical structure. There was a walkway in front of them, leading straight ahead with a branch to the right around the middle of it. Heidegger ran ahead of Reno to the other side of the walkway.

"I'll get our escape route ready, boys and girls. Now go blow this thing sky high!" He laughed and examined the door there, then began punching in numbers on the keypad there. Reno, Rude, and the Shinra co. took the right path and went into the reactor. In front of them was another large steel door. Scarlet approached the keypad and typed in a few numbers, and within moments the door slid open.

"Unlike Heidegger," Scarlet said calmly, "I don't screw around and socialize while hacking." The group went through the doorway and saw yet another large door.

"My turn." Shinra approached the keypad and punched in some numbers. Instantly the door slid open.

"Are there any more of those?" Reno asked.

"No. It's all up to you guys now. Got the bomb?"

"Yeah. We'll be back once we've set the bomb. The timer is set to blow in about...ten minutes after we set it. If we're not back in twenty-five minutes, abort the mission and head back to HQ." If you can call that piece of shit in Sector 7 an HQ... Reno thought amusedly. Reno and Rude went through the doorway and saw an elevator. They pushed the "Down" button, and walked in when the doors closed. They pushed the button to head down a floor, and waited.

"There'll be more security guards up ahead. These ones will be a bit tougher than those MP's. You ready, Rude?" Reno inquired, leaning back against the wall.

"...Yeah." Rude replied. He was a man of few words, but Rude could get any job done with ease. The elevator soon stopped and the two of them stepped out, examining the room.

"...Nothing here..." Reno said. The room had the core of the reactor surrounded by a walkway that headed downwards. They needed to get to the bottom of it and plant their little bomb. They descended slowly, watching for guards.

None came.

They entered the door at the bottom of the walkway and saw, once again, no one.

"Don't be caught off guard." Rude said, proceeding forward slowly. Reno followed. In the room there was a ladder heading downwards, which lead down to a set of pipes, which in turn lead down to the core of the reactor. They headed down, with nothing terribly eventful happening.

And that's what unnerved Reno.

"Alright, we're here. Set the bomb and let's go." Rude waited patiently.

Suddenly, an alarm rang.

"Damnit! Here comes a roboguard!" Reno yelled, seeing a giant red robotic scorpion with two arms, each carrying a rifle, walking towards them.

"A Guard Scorpion? They really didn't want anyone to come here..." Rude said, cracking his knuckles. The machine approached them and turned to Reno. Twin beams of light came from the android's eyes, which spiraled together and locked on to Reno.

"He's got you in his sights, Reno. Better do something about that."

"Yeah." Reno brought out his Electric Prod and walked towards the machine slowly. It raised it's scorpion tail slowly and turned away from Reno to deliver the fatal sting. As it descended, Reno dodged to the left, hitting his side against the edge of the catwalk, but dodging the tail nevertheless. He ran full speed at the robot and jammed his Prod into the metal hide of the scorpion, turning the weapon on and sending several thousand volts into the unsuspecting machine. It started to smoke uncontrollably and stagged forwards to get away from Reno. It turned around to face them, raising it's tail slowly.

"It's lost track of us for the moment." Reno said, "We should destroy it now before it uses its Search Scope to relocate us again."

"Wait, Reno! Attack while it's tail is up! It's gonna counterattack with it's laser!" Rude said, then realized what he said had made no sense whatsoever.

"So do you want me to kill it or not? Oh screw it. Die." Reno ran forward and shoved the prod into the creature again, turning the electricity on and watching the scorpion begin smoking again. It's tail caught on fire.

"Can't fire a tail laser when you're suffering electrical malfunction, now can you, friend? Don't worry. Happens to the best of us." Reno pulled away and watched as the scorpion's tail fell down limply and the robot swaying to it's left side.

Then it fell over the catwalk.

"Good advice Rude." Reno said cooly. His friend just shrugged.

"I honestly didn't know whether or not that'd take it down. You're lucky. This isn't exactly AVALANCHE's greatest roboguard or anything." Rude stated calmly. Then again, he was almost always calm.

"They must have figured the MP's outside would have been able to handle any intruders. Idiots."

"Yeah."

"Hey now, YOU'RE the one who said earlier that a Guard Scorpion was to really keep people away from here."

"Reno, would you rather fight a security guard or a giant 30 foot scorpion with dual rifles and a tail laser?"

"Good point." Reno said, approaching the core. He put his prod away and pulled out another device. He put it front of the core and turned to Rude. "We've got 10 minutes to get out of here. Should be easy as long as Heidegger's got his job done."

"You're right, we're screwed knowing him, but still. Let's go." Reno followed Rude back up to the entrance, both running full pace. The alarms were still ringing, but the Guard Scorpion had been (apparently) the only bit of security in the place. As Rude had said, most of them stayed outside.

And for good reason, Reno thought, This place gives me the creeps. I get the feeling this isn't JUST a reactor...

They climbed the walkway up to the elevator and hit the "UP" button. They got to the top floor and saw Scarlet and Shinra.

"SOMEONE SET US UP THE BOMB!" Reno yelled uncharacteristically, as if possessed by a rabid fangirl that couldn't get enough of her Celtic Guardian Yu-Gi-Oh cards.

"...That's the password, right? The one where we're supposed to book it?" Scarlet asked, dazed.

"Yeah." Shinra said calmly, turning to put in the number for the steel door to slide open again.

"Oh." Scarlet said, still standing there dazed. Reno and Rude ran past her.

"Miss Scarlet, you may want to help us with this next door." Rude told her politely.

"The door? OH YEAH! KYAHAHAHAHA! WE NEED TO RUN AWAY FROM THE BOMB YOU SET!" Scarlet ran to the keypad.

"I hate people." Reno muttered and stood next to Rude. The door slid open in a few seconds.

"How's our time, boys?" Shinra asked as they ran through the door.

"We've got...thirty seconds left. Let's go!"

They ran straight to Heidegger, not slowing down.

"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?" Heidegger screamed as the four Shinra executives pushed by him.

"We're gonna get blown sky high if you don't run!" Reno yelled, going through the escape route.

Suddenly, the bomb in AVALANCHE Mako Reactor No. 1 blew up. The inital explosion destroyed the bottom of the core, causing it to collapse in on itself. The flames burned through the gasses in the pipes just in front of the core, and ignited it, causing even more explosions to occur from within the reactor. All the Mako within the facility was soon set aflame and likewise exploded.

In short, they'd accomplished their mission. Mako Reactor No. 1 had blown up. Blown up sky fucking high.

The explosion wiped out everything within the reactor, and a lot of things outside of it too.

Like some citizens of Midgar. But it didn't matter, of course. After all, a few lives for the freedom of many? What's not to like?

Still, Reno thought, We're murderers now. And that makes us no better than them.