Satan, You know where I lie
Gently I go into that good night
All our lives get complicated
Search for pleasures overrated
Innocent by Fuel
Chapter 13
Silverfall
The journey to Rocket Town was nerve racking for Yazoo. Most of it was being 'flown' by Vincent and one small ferry ride. But either way he was glad to be on solid ground again.
Cid had been very unwilling to help them with the Sierra at first. Vincent had pulled him aside for a word in private and he had given in, as long as he could pilot. Yazoo didn't have a problem with that. The real problem was when he was informed that Yazoo preferred to destroy the Shinra compound at Nibelheim first. Cid argued that there was nothing left of the place. Yazoo however, would not be dissuaded.
Nibelheim was a broken town. At a first glance it was nothing special, but when listened to the locals and saw the old scorch marks on some of the buildings Yazoo got an uneasy feeling. Both Cid and Vincent had insisted that he cover his hair and obscure his features here. It took some time before Cid explained what Sephiroth had done.
"That bastard went apeshit and burned the whole place before Cloud stopped the fucker. Damn place hasn't been the same since."
When they came to the ruins of the building Yazoo knew Cid and Vincent had been right. There was nothing salvageable here to anyone. Then a mask like piece of metal caught his eye. It was scorched black with soot on one side but it was the face of the statue like structure that was placed before Jenova while she had been confined in observation tank. Sephiroth had tossed it aside. Yazoo held the mask in his hand.
"We'll find her. I know we will. Yazoo what do you think she will be like?"
Kadaj was perched on a rock overlooking the barren landscape. Yazoo was seated in the shade with his back pressed against Loz's side.
"I don't know Kadaj" he answered softly.
"Don't worry Kadaj. She will love us when we find her. Everything will be alright." Loz rumbled from behind him. Kadaj was only fourteen still, they had escaped from the labs but Yazoo and Loz were badly hurt.
Kadaj came and sat beside them. " I saw something in a dream. Sephiroth was in it and there was this metal face, like a mask covering mother."
Yazoo ruffled his hair a little. "Help me up Kadaj? We'll go and find some firewood alright?"
Yazoo felt tears prickle at his eyes but quickly blinked them away. He dropped the mask and crushed it underfoot. And went back to Vincent and Cid. They would continue on to Junon.
The building in Junon was not as run down as the old Shinra building in Midgar. In fact it seemed that it wasn't altogether abandoned. There were a few lights here and there.
Yazoo knew this place like the back of his hand. He and his brothers had been kept here for awhile, they were moved every so often but this had been the last and the worst place they had been kept. They had ultimately left and escaped to go and follow the call of Jenova.
There was a high wall that he and Vincent easily jumped over. Yazoo was not worried about being quiet. He shot the lock off the door and pushed it aside. There was one guard who rushed towards them. Yazoo leveled Velvet Nightmare at him.
"Go now" he said to the guard who was staring at him in terror. The guard nodded and stammered something and then rushed passed Yazoo and Vincent and out the door and into the night.
Vincent walked down the hall a ways and pulled the evacuation alarm. Sirens blared and lights flashed. Yazoo made his way through the halls and up the stairs to the labs. It was almost like he had just been here yesterday. Here was the room with all the chemicals, He grabbed anything that had a flammable seal on it. The first place he tossed one of the glass beakers was into the room he and his brothers had occupied. It was still the same gray and sterile with the three small beds with metal restraints. He threw the bottle so it shattered spilling its contents throughout the room. Yazoo fired one shot that sparked and set the room ablaze.
Next he went to all the labs. He moved like a ghost, a few people running through the halls towards the exits saw him then either turned and ran the other way or froze in fear until he either passed or a burst of flame moved them on.
Vincent had gone off on his own. Yazoo didn't mind though. He preferred to do this alone.
He made sure that computer consoles and file cabinets and anything that could be used to hold information was completely destroyed. Eventually, the smoke and the flames drove even him out of the building. He was satisfied with his work though. The building would be nothing but a gutted shell when the flames were done.
Vincent was waiting for him on the edge of forest. The fire reflected oddly in his eyes and he had an odd expression as Yazoo walked towards him, the flames burning behind him. But Vincent said nothing and so neither did he as they made their way back to the Sierra.
Redflame
Reno started as Rude came back from his shift. He had wanted to just go to sleep when he had returned from his unauthorized jaunt into Midgar but it just wasn't happening. Rude sat down in the easy chair next to the couch that Reno was laying on.
"Another boring day I assume" remarked Reno. Rude just grunted, which Reno took as an affirmative. The bottle of liquor was still nearly half full and sitting on the coffee table. Reno hadn't felt much like drinking when he got back either.
Rude straightened up a little from his relaxed position. "You've done something" he accused. Reno sat up. "why do you say that?" he shot back with an annoyed expression.
Rude was expressionless. "I just know. You're dressed, the bottles not empty and you're relatively quiet. What did you do?" Rude's tone was matter of fact and no nonsense. Reno knew he wouldn't get out of this one.
He poured himself and Rude a shot. His partner took it but didn't drink it right away. Reno was stalling.
"I went to see Yazoo" he stated finally.
Rude's eyebrows went up. "What did you tell him?"
Reno winced. "That I was going to have to kill him."
Rude took his shot. "And what did he say?"
Reno downed his and poured another. "Well, it didn't quite go as expected."
Rude didn't move or change expression but he just kind of emanated impatience and disapproval.
Reno continued "he wants to destroy any part of Shinra that holds information about Sephiroth and his brothers and Jenova."
Rude sat back again. Reno wasn't sure yet if that was a good thing or not. Finally Rude sat forward again and poured another shot. "I see" he said.
Reno rolled his eyes. "You see what? Come on Rude what are you thinking?"
Rude held the shot glass in his hands for a moment before answering. "There's not much we can do about it now. As long as he doesn't harm the president than what he's doing wont be that big of a deal unless there's something we don't know."
"Not that big of a deal? Rude, he wants to wipe out practically every Shinra building that holds some evidence! You should have seen the look on his face, man. It spelled nothing but destruction." Reno put his head back into this hands.
Rude just poured two more shots and slid one over to Reno. "We'll worry about it when the time comes."
