Never armed our souls
For what the future would hold
When we were innocent
Innocent by Fuel
Chapter 14
They had been flying for what felt like forever. The labs at Junon were in ashes. As was the Shinra Mansion. Next stop was the Northern Crater. It seemed like there were lifetimes between now and the time that Yazoo and his brothers had been there searching for Jenova. Vincent had been even quieter than usual and Yazoo sensed a lot of contained emotion in him. Cid hadn't been talking much accept to curse at this or that and to tell Yazoo that he was the 'only silver haired fucker who had some sense to finally do this'
Yazoo wasn't sure whether that was a complement or not.
The Sierra was surrounded by gray clouds and strong winds. Briefly when the clouds parted he could see their destination in the distance. He would need the shadow creepers for this job as he couldn't stay and search the crater forever alone. He would have the creepers search quickly and gather what they could find then set as much of the place ablaze as possible.
/You're working so hard, but we will see you again soon/
Yazoo glanced around the deck of the ship. Neither Cid nor Vincent gave any indication they had heard the voice. Yazoo rubbed his temple absently. He must be tired to be hearing things……
RedFlame
"Reno, so glad to see you well. Now, we have a rather upsetting situation I'm afraid"
Rufus was always so polite and suave that if not for the smell of expensive wine and cigars Reno was sure you would catch the smell of bullshit.
"Yeah President? Whatcha got for us?"
Reno sat down in a chair lazily and tipped the chair next to him sideway so he could rest his feet on it. Rude as usual stood at ease next to him.
"Someone seems to be trying to destroy evidence of Shinra's past genetic experimentation. So far the old Shinra Mansion and the Junon labs have been burned to the ground. The suspects are Cid Highwind, Vincent Valentine and Yazoo. They were spotted at both scenes as well as Nibelheim." Rufus was leaning on his desk with his fingers steepled.
Reno yawned. Damn, he's gotten started already. "So what? Not like we used those places anymore."
Rude shifted at his partners frivolous manner and at the narrowing of Rufus's eyes at the comment.
"The destroyed property is not in fact the main issue. Yet if these people continue their course of action it will likely lead them here."
Reno raised an eyebrow at that. "Why is that boss?"
Rufus sighed and leaned back in his chair. "We have more pieces of Jenova. We have the primary records of all the large experiments done on Sephiroth and the creation of Kadaj Loz and Yazoo. I am going to assume that is what they are after."
Reno felt cold run through his veins. Rufus had more of Jenova? What if those silver bastards had found it before they died? Gods, would there be three Sephiroths running around right now? What the hell? And the scariest thing was that Rufus was right about Yazoo's intentions.
"So what do you want us to do Prez?" Reno kept his cocky nonchalant attitude. Even though he knew this could turn out bad. Very Bad.
"Track them down quickly. Kill them. Keep them from here at all costs"
Reno stood and gave a sloppy salute. "Sure thing Rufus. See ya." Reno turned to leave. He heard Rude behind him. When they were back in their suite Reno let out a breath. Damn it. Damn it. Damn it.
"Why the fuck doesn't he tell us things like this in advance? Shouldn't we, as Shinra's current security know that we are housing body pieces of a supposed-to-be-dead alien freak? Who has silver haired bastards searching for it an calling it 'Mother'! And tearing the city appart in the process?" Reno continued ranting and Rude let him and just watched his partner pace around the room.
Rude let it carry on for a few minutes then called his partners name. When Reno failed to answer he calmly walked into Reno's pacing route. Reno walked right into him. Rude didn't budge and Reno had to hold onto his arm to steady himself.
"What the hell" stated the redhead as he blinked up at Rude, his crystal blue eyes clearing from his frustration.
"We need to leave Reno. We have to catch up with them before they make it here."
Reno stuffed his hands in his pockets and sighed. "Yeah, you're right. Lets go."
A/N okay this is a two chapter update so chapter 13 was posted along with this one, both are short and relatively within the same sequence of motion on the story so what the hell, ne? Please Review!
