#8
"Out!"
Rufus pointed towards the door, frowning darkly. He didn't want to deal with any of their falsities right now. 'Wonderful plan, Mr. President!' To hell with what they thought of his...
"Reno, Rude, Elena, not you three."
The Turks turned to look at him, confusion registering in the youngest one's eyes. Heidegger and Scarlet leveled a hate-filled glares at both him and his bodyguards.
"I gave my orders!"
The last command was snapped out so forcefully that Heidegger almost ran out of the room. To Scarlet's credit, she held her poise about the situation as she followed him.
"Reno, you're still friends with Reeve, aren't you?" Rufus reached up to rub at the bridge of his nose.
"Yeah. Why?"
Rufus sighed before looking up from the couch he was sitting on. "Tell him what's going to happen to the last detail. Give him the security codes for the execution chamber if you have to. Just make sure that girl doesn't really die for this."
If he could have seen Rude's eyes, he suspected that he would have had three wide-eyed Turks staring at him. As it was, he just had to deal with the look from Reno and Elena.
"But, sir...!"
Elena yelped as Reno elbowed her. "You sure you want us to do that, Rufus? You know what it'll look like if word gets out..."
Rufus nodded at Reno. "I know. Which is why you're making the report to Reeve personally. And then you and Rude are going to help Scarlet gather up the materia from the reactors."
"And me, sir?"
Rufus tipped his head at her. "Stay with Reeve. If Heidegger and Scarlet find out he's that cat, he'll be in danger."
He wasn't his father. Innocent people would not die for this. Certainly not when he finally found the Promised Land that his father was looking for.