A night at the bar---
Rufus sat back in his chair smoking a long cigarette a small smirk across his face. Tseng stood behind him slowly massaging his neck.
"Well, sir...we will locate you missing Materia I promise." Tseng said softly.
"You better, that shit is important and if it falls into the wrong hands I'll have your head for it. Damnit, not so hard Tseng!" Rufus said loudly.
I sank down into my seat beside Rufus.
"Did you ask that little whore of a secretary about it? She probably took it." Tseng said rolling his eyes.
"Don't say that Tseng!" I said standing up. "You really don't know anything about Miss Noire and you shouldn't be saying shit about her." I yelled.
"SIT THE FUCK DOWN NOW ELENA!" Rufus said glaring at me. "Tseng please shut up about my secretary."
I sat down looking at the hardwood floors.
"Hey, don't worry about it…" Reno leaned in and whispered as he popped a Makou Drop into his mouth.
"Reno…give me that!" Rufus said reaching across me at the canister in Reno's hand.
Reno handed Rufus the container of Makou Drops. Rufus popped a few in his mouth then placed the container in his coat pocket.
"Where the hell is Rude?" Rufus said sternly. "He should have been here by now. Something is wrong…" He looked around then reached behind him grabbing Tseng's arm. "Go look for him…" He said slowly.
Tseng let go of Rufus and bowed slightly before walking out of the bar. A young waitress brought out refills for our drinks and flirted a little with Rufus. He obviously wasn't interested in her, but she kept trying. Rufus began to get extremely angry and grabbed the young lady by the neck.
"LEAVE ME ALONE WENCH." He yelled out.
A tall young man dressed in a long brown trench coat and cowboy hat approached them.
"Hey now! Be nice to the pretty lil' lady." He said taking the young waitresses hand.
Rufus glared up at the man.
"Humph…a SeeD." He said looking at me and Reno.
We nodded and stood up walking towards the man with our weapons drawn. Mine a small pistol and Reno's a long electrical staff.
"Now now, I didn't come in here to raise any trouble, but you guys really should be nice to this sweet little waitress." He said smiling at the waitress.
Reno stood directly in front of the man, face to face.
"Why don't you leave us be." Reno said in a strong voice.
Rufus reached up and grasped my arm pulling me down in the chair next to his.
"My neck hurts…fix it." He said smiling at me.
I looked up at Reno and the cowboy SeeD then back to Rufus. This was my life…a slave to President ShinRa. I took a deep breath and began to massage Rufus's shoulders. I could feel the eyes of the Cowboy SeeD on me. I knew what he was thinking and I wanted to rip that stupid little grin off Rufus's face. He enjoyed degrading women, he loved making them look and feel like little slaves, yet for some reason hundreds of girls swarmed the ShinRa mansion hoping to catch a glimpse of him.
Reno and the cowboy SeeD exchanged words for another 20 minutes before Rude walked through the door. Rufus stood up quickly prancing over to Rude.
"What the hell man? Where is Tseng? I sent him to look for you?" He said walking with Rude back to his seat.
"Tseng? I haven't seen him I thought he was here with you guys?" Rude said taking a seat on the other side of Rufus.
The cowboy SeeD and the waitress took off to the other side of the bar and Reno turned to Rufus.
"Lemme get my candy back man," He said looking directly at Rufus.
Rufus gave an evil smirk and took the candy from his pocket popping one into his mouth before placing the canister under his butt.
"If you want it…get it!" Rufus said sitting back laughing.
Reno gave him and evil look.
"Damnit man, give them back." He said holding out his hand.
"I told you…come get them if you want them" Rufus said still grinning.
"Screw it…it's not worth it to touch your ass" Reno said plopping down in the seat next to me.
Rufus glared at him a moment the took out the canister and threw it at Reno, barley missing his face.
"Take it little Baby wuss." He said. "Rude, what's the deal with this Sephiroth shit?" Rufus said slowly turning around.
Reno took a piece of candy then looked at me.
"Want some?" He said kindly.
"Huh? Umm….yeah I guess so." I said scratching my face. Reno was always the nicest of the four men. At least most of the time he acknowledged that I was there.
"Do you really think Seph is back?" I said looking at Reno as I put the Makou Drop into my mouth.
Reno shrugged. The two of us talked for a few moments on the subject.
"Would you please shut up Elena? You talk too much; I cannot even hear my own breathing over your murmuring." Rufus said placing his arm on my shoulder.
He looked to Reno.
"Keep her quiet…damn…" He said looking directly into Reno's eyes.
Reno and I looked at each other then both of us sat quietly as Rude and Rufus discussed the matters of the Sephiroth clone.
"Where the hell is that Tseng? Damnit!" Rufus said. "Reno, Elena…since you two can't fucking sit still for 5 minutes why don't you go looking for him?" He said glaring at us.
We both nodded to him and stood up walking to the door.
"Oh…and guys….DONT COME BACK UNTILL YOU HAVE HIM WITH YOU." Rufus yelled as we walked through the bar door and outside on the street.
Reno and I began making our way up and down the streets searching for Tseng. It was getting darker and there was no sign of him anywhere. Reno stopped standing in the middle of an alley. He looked at me.
"What? Do I have something on my face?" I said rudely to him.
"No…I was just…thinking…about stuff." He said smiling then sticking his tongue out at me. "Have you ever thought…of leaving ShinRa?" He said as he stared into my eyes.