WASTE OF LEGS
The fluorescent light glinted brightly on the white marble floor tiles. They almost seemed to glow with a heavenly light unbefitting of such a place. Fake plants, the only able to thrive at Shinra HQ, bloomed wildly here and there. The unearthly silence was broken by the faint sound of boots. Sephiroth and Zack sat at one of the tables in the mess hall surround by plastic ferns. Both leisurely crossed their legs.
"Oh, it's so very hard to be the best all the time," sighed Zack sarcastically as he leaned back in the chair.
"Do you ever give your ego a rest?" Sephiroth retorted.
"Nope," Zack replied shortly. They looked at one another and broke into laughter that echoed down the empty hallways. A piercing clicking of heels, which their mako-hightened senses quickly picked up and magnified, soon interrupted their laughter. Simultaneously, both their eyes flicked upwards to the empty space.
A tall blonde entered the doorway and shot both men a rather peevish look. Her bright red hells clicked across the marble towards them, accompanied by the swishing of a rather revealing scarlet red satin dress.
"So Scarlet what torture have you come to inflict upon us today?" Inquired Zack with a false exuberance. Scarlet's face twisted into a momentary sneer, but she quickly regained composure across her flawless complexion.
"Well I'm happy to say you two misfits will be out of my hair for a while," retorted Scarlet coldly.
"What do you mean?" demanded Zack defensively.
"Well both of you strapping young buck are going on your very first mission," she cooed out as if speaking to a small child. Zack's eyes lit up and a look of excitement shattered his stoic composure.
"Down boy," sneered Scarlet, "This isn't play time. Shinra is quite possibly going to war."
"A WAR!?!?! But with who, and why, and what for?" interrupted Zack.
"If you'd let me continue, I'll give you the briefings. There is the possibility that we are declaring war on the Wutain Federation. The continually deny us access to the mountains, and have killed several shinra employees. It is your job," she glanced at Sephiroth, " to crush the rebel forces and secure the area in the name of SOLDIER. Do you accept?" she implored cocking her head slightly off to one side in a playful manner.
"Of course," Sephiroth said his eyes never leaving the fern that he hand began to play with. He waved his hand in a sweeping fashion with great deft. He finally glanced up, to give Scarlet a questioning look. A puzzled frown graced her brow, and Sephiroth merely smirked.
"You are free to go now woman," he stated matter of factly. Scarlet parted her ruby lips as if to say something, but no sound escaped them. A bright red spread across her face and soon her face match her dress. She turned angrily and clicked down the hall at a rapid pace, but not without first giving both of the soldier a look of utter repulsion and contempt. The last flash of red disappeared from where it came. The two friends looked at each other in silence.
"What a pain in the ass that one is," said Sephiroth shaking his head in disgust.
"Yeah, a total waste of legs," said Zack mimicking his friends head motions. Sephiroth glanced over and gave Zack a quizzical look. Zack just flashed him a boyish smile and shrugged his shoulders.
"Well I'd better be off. I have training to get to," chirped Zack cheerily.
Sephiroth waved at his friend, and then placed his head in his black gloved hands. His eyes stared blankly off into nothingness as if in deep thought. "I wonder," pondered Sephiroth, "If mako has an effect of Zack's hormones."
The fluorescent light glinted brightly on the white marble floor tiles. They almost seemed to glow with a heavenly light unbefitting of such a place. Fake plants, the only able to thrive at Shinra HQ, bloomed wildly here and there. The unearthly silence was broken by the faint sound of boots. Sephiroth and Zack sat at one of the tables in the mess hall surround by plastic ferns. Both leisurely crossed their legs.
"Oh, it's so very hard to be the best all the time," sighed Zack sarcastically as he leaned back in the chair.
"Do you ever give your ego a rest?" Sephiroth retorted.
"Nope," Zack replied shortly. They looked at one another and broke into laughter that echoed down the empty hallways. A piercing clicking of heels, which their mako-hightened senses quickly picked up and magnified, soon interrupted their laughter. Simultaneously, both their eyes flicked upwards to the empty space.
A tall blonde entered the doorway and shot both men a rather peevish look. Her bright red hells clicked across the marble towards them, accompanied by the swishing of a rather revealing scarlet red satin dress.
"So Scarlet what torture have you come to inflict upon us today?" Inquired Zack with a false exuberance. Scarlet's face twisted into a momentary sneer, but she quickly regained composure across her flawless complexion.
"Well I'm happy to say you two misfits will be out of my hair for a while," retorted Scarlet coldly.
"What do you mean?" demanded Zack defensively.
"Well both of you strapping young buck are going on your very first mission," she cooed out as if speaking to a small child. Zack's eyes lit up and a look of excitement shattered his stoic composure.
"Down boy," sneered Scarlet, "This isn't play time. Shinra is quite possibly going to war."
"A WAR!?!?! But with who, and why, and what for?" interrupted Zack.
"If you'd let me continue, I'll give you the briefings. There is the possibility that we are declaring war on the Wutain Federation. The continually deny us access to the mountains, and have killed several shinra employees. It is your job," she glanced at Sephiroth, " to crush the rebel forces and secure the area in the name of SOLDIER. Do you accept?" she implored cocking her head slightly off to one side in a playful manner.
"Of course," Sephiroth said his eyes never leaving the fern that he hand began to play with. He waved his hand in a sweeping fashion with great deft. He finally glanced up, to give Scarlet a questioning look. A puzzled frown graced her brow, and Sephiroth merely smirked.
"You are free to go now woman," he stated matter of factly. Scarlet parted her ruby lips as if to say something, but no sound escaped them. A bright red spread across her face and soon her face match her dress. She turned angrily and clicked down the hall at a rapid pace, but not without first giving both of the soldier a look of utter repulsion and contempt. The last flash of red disappeared from where it came. The two friends looked at each other in silence.
"What a pain in the ass that one is," said Sephiroth shaking his head in disgust.
"Yeah, a total waste of legs," said Zack mimicking his friends head motions. Sephiroth glanced over and gave Zack a quizzical look. Zack just flashed him a boyish smile and shrugged his shoulders.
"Well I'd better be off. I have training to get to," chirped Zack cheerily.
Sephiroth waved at his friend, and then placed his head in his black gloved hands. His eyes stared blankly off into nothingness as if in deep thought. "I wonder," pondered Sephiroth, "If mako has an effect of Zack's hormones."