The slums of Sector 7 were eerily quiet. Outside the trailers with their doors left wide open was all the trash heaped up higher than most of the trailers themselves. Obviously no one lived in these trailers anymore and probably hadn't done for quite some time. Midgar was going through another crisis phase and people were leaving the city like mad. The slums were a dangerous place to live anyway and people were finding new refuge in Kalm and Cosmo Canyon.

That's why I need to rebuild Shinra, I thought to myself. I needed to restore Midgar to its former glory and try and get rid of the slums. That was the whole purpose of Shinra in the first place, that is what my father wanted when he created it. I couldn't quite afford to let my mind wander though, I had a job to do. One that wasn't pleasant and one that I really didn't want to do, but it was a job that I had to do. Time was pressing, I looked up to the sky: it was almost dusk already and I knew Heidegger, Scarlett and Hojo wouldn't accept any excuses.

The Seventh Heaven bar was just up ahead. I had butterflies in my stomach but I didn't let it show. The slow marching beat of the soldiers' footsteps behind me softened the fast beat of my heart and all the confidence and self belief that I needed.

I stopped and turned around to face the men. They halted instantly.

"Ok, this is it" I said, trying my best not to speak so loudly. We were definitely close enough so Tifa could hear us if we were too noisy. "This is the Seventh Heaven bar where Tifa Lockheart is located. Remember, we don't want any trouble or commotion. Let's get in and out as fast as possible."

"Yes sir" they all said in unison.

That sounded good. I turned back t face the bar, an old wooden shack with a flickering sign that read 'Seventh Heaven', hardly a heavenly place. But then again, no place in the Midgar slums was really heavenly. This was as good as it got.

I slowly made my way up the steps leading to the bar. I could hear them creaking and I cringed hoping that nobody heard that. I ducked down by the side of the entrance way, there was a small window to my left that I looked through.

Tifa was standing by the bar refilling drinks. There was absolutely nobody else there, this was all too perfect. Why would she be refilling all the drinks if nobody was there? She can't be doing great business like that, I thought.

I hadn't actually seen Tifa in a long time and I had forgotten how beautiful she looked. Her long black hair flowed down almost to her slim waist. Of course her breasts attracted my attention the most, I mean, what male could resist? Her breasts looked huge in her tight white tank-top strapped and her black mini-skirt did nothing but put dirty thoughts into my mind. She had such curvy thighs that looked so strong yet so soft and delicate. She looked like an angel basking in the flickering dim light of Seventh Heaven.

I felt a tap on my shoulder. I snapped out of my daydream and turned around. It was one of the Shinra soldiers. Damn, I've gotta stop daydreaming, man. I had to kidnap this girl, not fantasize over her. Why did they have to make me kidnap someone so cute? This was too distracting.

Anyway, the thoughts soon passed and I regained my focus on the job at hand. I held out my hand and signalled for three soldiers to follow me. I reached into my pocket and pulled out a small handgun. I thought threatening her at gun point would be the easiest, fastest and least violet way to capture her. I presumed of course that she wasn't armed herself, but why would she be? She was on duty, working at a bar. There was no way she would have a gun or any weapon on her.

The three Shinra soldiers who I signalled to all held rifles and were there to back me up in case anything went wrong. I kept playing all the possibilities over in my head, but nothing could possibly go wrong. This was thirteen against one. All heavily armed and rigorously trained in all forms of deadly hand to hand combat. Did I really need all the precautions? I looked again through the window to see Tifa still facing the opposite way refilling drinks. She looked so small and fragile. She didn't look like she could hurt anybody.

But with Tifa still with her back to us, this would be the perfect time to launch an attack. I planned to take three soldiers with me at first, have three stationed outside in case of emergency and the others would back up, surrounding the building and infiltrate any other areas to cut off any possible escape route that Tifa might have had.

I gripped my gun tightly and then stood up and crashed through the entrance door all in one quick motion. I immediately held my gun out and pointed at Tifa.

"Freeze" I shouted.

Tifa gasped and spun around. She looked terrified as I stood firm about ten feet away from her pointing a gun at her head. Tifa instantly put her hands up and started to back away slowly. I moved forward as did the three Shinra soldiers who were with me, not yet pointing their rifles at her, but they looked menacing enough with them in their hands.

I advanced on Tifa like a wild animal advancing on its prey. This was even easier than I thought it was going to be. Tifa stopped backing away when she reached the wall.

"There's no escape, girly-girl" I said. "Give it up now, you don't have a chance."

Tifa was twitching and slowly reaching down to her left below the counter as if to grab something. I stepped forwards quickly and cocked my gun. She froze and held her hands above her hand once again. I could sense the fear in Tifa's eyes, she was making it easier for me. Her eyes were so hypnotic, so beautiful, it was impossible not to be captivated be them.

I smiled at her. Then reached forward and grabbed her wrist, jerking her towards me. She tried to pull back, but I held firm and wasn't going to let go of my prey any time soon. I put my arm round her tiny neck and held her close against me. I was a good ten inches taller than she was and it was quite easy to hold her still despite how much she struggled.

I put the gun to her temple and she stopped struggling immediately.

"Ok job done boys" I said. "Let's go home."

I began to walk Tifa out of the bar when I heard a noise coming from upstairs. I turned and pointed my gun at the staircase, waiting for someone to come down. All of a sudden that same noise, a crashing noise, came from behind me. I looked back and saw all three of my Shinra soldiers laid out unconscious in a heap on the floor. I was startled, I couldn't believe it. What on earth could have caused that?

More Shinra soldiers started flooding into the bar. All of them with their rifles armed and ready. Then suddenly a man with a huge sword came out from behind the counter and slashed two of the soldiers. His spiky blonde hair looked familiar. There was no doubt, it was Cloud Strife. More Shinra soldiers came in to attack but one by one they were being cut down by Cloud's Buster Sword.

The blood of my soldiers was all over the floor. I couldn't stand to look at it. I loosed my grip around Tifa's neck. But that was my mistake, she slammed her boot down into my foot, and elbowed me in the gut. I was ok, just slightly winded, I wasn't going to be defeated so easily, not by a girl.

I grabbed Tifa by the hair and threw into the into one of the tables. She lay on the floor for a moment dazed, clutching her head. Cloud was outraged that I had just hurt his girlfriend I could see. He threw down his sword and ran towards me. He grabbed me by my lapels and thrust me against the wall.

"Get out of my bar" he screamed.

I wasn't phased by all his macho talk. I had heard it all before.

"Is that how you treat all your customers?" I asked.

"You ain't no customer. You're a damn worthless piece of Shinra scum!"

He then threw me onto the counter and started to slide me across whilst holding onto my arm. It felt like he was going to rip my arm right out of its socket. When I reached the end of the counter, he let go and I went flying off, hitting me head on the floor.

I looked up to see Cloud and Tifa staring down at me. The odds didn't look too good now. I reached into my pocket to grab my gun. It wasn't there. I must have dropped my gun whilst Cloud was threatening me. No worries, I thought. I could take Cloud in a one on one fight, no problem.

I charged at Cloud and took him down with a huge tackle. I landed a solid punch right between the eyes as well. I knew that had messed him up pretty good. I got up quickly and faced Tifa who was standing well away from the fight we were having.

I was breathing heavily as I stumbled towards her. She put her arms out to try and block and defend herself, but I took hold of her arms and pulled her towards me. I then bent down and wrapped my arms around her thighs. I then stood up, hefting all of her weight up onto my shoulders. She kicked her legs as hard and as ferociously as she could, but I had a good hold of her thighs so there was only so much power she was going to be able to get with her kicks. She punched and scratched my back as well but that felt like nothing and actually I found her struggle quite amusing.

Cloud was still down, pretty much out of it on the floor. I was most surprised that he went out so easily. He was supposed to be the best fighter in the whole world, a clone of Sephiroth. How could he be defeated so easily? I guess I underestimated my own strength.

I headed for the door with Tifa over my shoulders. She was in my possession just as I promised and there was nothing she or anybody else could do about it now. She never stopped kicking or punching, not for one moment and it was beginning to get quite annoying. It wasn't so much that it was painful, far from it, and her petite body definitely wasn't weighing me down, but it would have been so much easier if she had stopped so that I could concentrate fully.

Then just as I was about to exit Seventh Heaven, I heard gunfire. A large, black man with a gun on his arm stood behind me with a mean look on his face.

"Barrett Wallace?" I said. "What on earth do you want?"

"Barrett! Help me!" Tifa screamed.

"Sure thing, babe. Anything for special tough girl."

He picked up a stool and came charging in recklessly. He didn't seem to care that I was holding Tifa and anything he did to me would probably hurt her as well. The stool hit me square in the gut and I bent over double, dropping Tifa to the floor. I saw Barrett help her up. I scrambled to my feet as fast as I could but by this time I had Barrett, Tifa and Cloud all staring at me all with their fists ready.

There was very little room to move in the bar now with all the bodies of the Shinra soldiers and their blood was making it very slippery as well. My plan hadn't gone quite as smoothly as I had hoped, but it wasn't over yet and I refused to be defeated.

But before I could react, Cloud took a swing at me and caught me right in the eye. Its swelled up instantly and my vision blurred. Barrett then charged at me and rammed his shoulder into me knocking me back into the wall. A dull pain ran up and down my spine. Then Tifa stepped forward, I could barely see but the figure in front of me was definitely to slim and beautiful to be either Cloud or Barrett. Well at least she might offer me some comfort, I thought. But I was wrong. What I got was a swift kick right to the jaw, I could feel her size 7 boot almost crack the bone.

I slumped down against the wall. I was pretty much finished, I couldn't take anymore. I felt like I was going to pass out at any moment. I could feel a warm liquid run down my head, it was blocking my vision, but I knew what it was. It was my own blood. Nobody had ever made me bleed before ever. But my thoughts were scattered and I was so tired and really just wanted to pass out on the floor to escape from the pain.

However before I did, Cloud grabbed my jacket. Tifa and Barrett then also took hold. They lined me up against the window. I knew what was coming, but I was powerless to stop it, I was too badly beaten.

I was then thrown into the window. The glass shattered upon impact, some of it entering my flesh the rest landed on the ground waiting for me to fall on it. I landed on the glass all right. The pain was so intense. I looked at my hand, there was a shard of glass sticking right in the centre of my palm with blood trickling down. There were so many cuts all over my body that I simply went numb and could no longer feel the pain.

I saw Cloud, Barrett and Tifa looking down at me as if I was some kind of pathetic loser. The numbness circulated round my body and felt good. It made me drowsy, and my vision began to blur.

Mission failed, was my last thought before finally losing consciousness.