This is a short chapter, but it's near the middle of the RP. I'm starting to lose interest, so I'm trying to finish it while I still have the storyline fresh in my memory. Everyone that knows me knows that I can forget something in the blink of an eye. So please forgive me if it's not exactly what you expected. The original RP was very good, I assure you, but only because of Becca. Anyway, here you go. I'm going to try to update more frequently now that I'm in school. R&R!

"So WHERE are you wanting me to send you?"

"Wutai. Didn't you listen to me the first time, baka?"

"So you want me to send two of my best Turks to Wutai just so that they can avoid a killer vampire that they should've killed in the first place?" Rufus looked very annoyed as people stood around his hospital bed talking about what they had to do and what they didn't have to do. "I don't see the connection. See, why don't you just KILL him and get him out of our hair? Reno, are you that much of a pussy that you can't kill one man?" He shot Reno a glare.

Reno glared right back. "It's not about bein' a pussy or not. It's about not bein' able to, you little spoiled blond fuck. And if you call me that one more time, I'm going to shove that ventilator so far up your ass that you'll be able to breathe underwater."

"Oh be quiet, both of you." Reeve frowned as he traced a hand over Rufus's face, trying to get him to quiet down. "Arguing isn't going to help any of this. We're just going to have to send them to Wutai. You don't want any of my friends hurt, do you, Rufus?" He gave Rufus a face that he knew he wouldn't be able to resist. "They're my friends, and I don't like the thought of any of them getting hurt. Especially my best friend… I don't want Yuffie unhappy."

Rufus had to think all of five seconds before he finally gave over to Reeve. "Fine. I'll let you go to Wutai. But you don't get yourself killed, maimed, shot, thrown off buildings or any of that other crap. I need you intact, because who else is going to throw themselves in front of oncoming bullets for me? Now get out of my sight before I change my mind."

Yuffie had to drag Reno away before he said something that she knew he would enjoy.

Later that evening…

"So how're we getting to Wutai?"

"I told you, stupid, we're taking a boat. It's as simple as that."

"Wait, no it's not. Cuz… If we take a boat, it's going to take a shitload of time to get there. And I don't like boats, they make me sick." Reno frowned. "Please don't make me take a boat."

Elena sighed. "God damnit, Reno. You're going to have to get there one way or another." They were pacing around Reno's apartment after he'd been released from the hospital. At least the bullet wounds hadn't been that severe, else he would've been forced to stay there at least a week or more. He was thankful for some things at least. "Either you're going to have to take a boat or you're going to have to take an airship. Would you rather be airsick or seasick?"

"I don't WANNA!" He wailed and whined and sulked, but Elena left to go make reservations for a ship to take them to Wutai anyway. "Stupid Elena." All the while he was poking his bottom lip out. "Why do we have to go to WUTAI OF ALL PLACES?"

Yuffie sighed as she glanced at Reno. "I don't like ships and boats anymore than you do, but we have to get there somehow, Reno. We just have to suck it up and go along with it, okay? She's going to get us a good place. She's probably gone to the hospital to speak with Rufus about reserving a boat. I just hope we can get there before Vincent finds anything out, you know?"

"I don't care if he finds something out. I just don't wanna go. Cuz it's going to be hot and stuffy and sick and nasty. Do we HAVE to?"

"Yes. Shut up Reno."

Therefore, the day passed slowly. Reno spent his time packing and complaining. Yuffie spent her time correcting Reno about his complaining and packing. Rude just hovered around, waiting for Elena to come back from speaking with Rufus. "I wish she didn't take so long, you know? Makes me think something's happened to her."

"Well, you know the lover's intuition, don't you? Do you feel like anything's wrong with her?"

"Not really. I'm just scared she might run into Vincent or something, and we all know we don't want that to happen."

"That's true. But hey, look at the bright side. At least we're going to leave mainland soon and then we won't have to deal with Vincent being around."

"How do you know he won't follow us to Wutai instead of staying on the mainland?"

"Well there isn't any way to know that he won't follow us, but instead of worrying about it, we should spend most of our time getting ready for him should he CHOOSE to follow us to the island."

"Meh. I still don't like the idea."

"Well Reno, you don't like many ideas that are proposed that have to do with boats and other various traveling things like that."

"So sue me! I don't like boats. Wah… Do we have to?"

"YES! Now shut up!"

"Hey, do you hear something funny?" Rude looked around at the walls. "It seems to be a lot of wailing and stuff going on."

"I don't hear anything. Big guy, I think your hearing has gone to shit."

"No it hasn't. Just fucking listen! It sounds like someone screaming, only it's coming from the walls."

Outside, Vincent sighed as he stared at the apartment. "Stupid mortals. Mwuahah. I shall now get my revenge, and you shall all perish in the dark wrath of the immortal LOVE! YUFFIE WILL BE MINE, MWUAHAHAH!" He swished his cloak dramatically and tiptoed up to the apartment. "The dark spirits shall collect and envelope my enemies, leaving my one and only true love just for me!"

Reno blinked as he stared at the walls. They'd already started to waver, as if they were going to collapse and fold around the three friends. "Whoa… The walls are fucking moving. Is that…bodies?"

Rude, Reno and Yuffie stared in horror as the walls slowly started to take the form of living beings. It was as if human bodies were imbedded into the wallpaper, the outline and form and exact silhouettes of so many people coming alive. "Whoa, that's freaky."

"What the hell is that?"

"Fuck, I don't know, but let's get the hell outta here!"

Reno made a break for the door, but found that his only escape was locked. "How in the hell is the door locked from the outside? It doesn't even have that capability!"

Vincent cackled with glee as he waited and listened to the three inside. "Like flies in my web. Delicacies, tender morsels of the flesh. You will bend to my wrath and you will perish if you don't give me my dearest!"

"That crazy bastard Vincent is doing this, I bet you. Just to fucking scare us."

"Why would he do that? Can he command spirits?"

"Shit, he looks like a necromancer, acts like a necromancer… Smells like dead bodies. Must be a fuckin' necromancer. Why do we have to worry about it right now, though? We just need to worry about getting' the fuck outta here." Reno looked seriously creeped out as arms of white mist started to grope out toward him, attempting to grab his arm.

"Seriously fucking creepy. Rude, can't you break out a window or break the door down or something?" Yuffie stared at the windows as the blinds slowly shut on their own, as if a ghost had snatched the shades down. "OH MUH SPIRITS, WE'RE GOING TO DIE IN HERE!" She grabbed Reno and shook him as hard as she possibly could. "Reno-kun! We're going to die and people aren't going to find our bodies! WHAT THE FUCK ARE WE GOING TO DO?"

"Calm down! Do you hear that?"

All three were quiet as they heard a soft laugh, as if from a woman. It rose and swelled, warbling over the moans and cries of the undead that continued to reach, proving to be a small comfort in the dank depths of the doomed apartment. "What is that?"

"Sounds like… A woman. Are the spirits going away?"

"It looks like it. Look, they're sinking back into the wall!"

"God damn, I couldn't be happier for 'em to. Just go away, ghosties!"

Vincent scowled outside. "Lucrecia? Impossible. You're gone. Long gone and you care not for me. If I cannot have my revenge this way, then I'm going to have to find a way, aren't I?" Turning, he released his dark hold on the apartment and marched straight away toward the hospital.

Inside, Rude frowned. "So what do you think just happened?"

"We dunno big guy, ain't no way of knowing. We just gotta figure out what the hell to do to make sure it don't happen again."

"That makes sense. So… What the hell do we do to keep it from happening again?"

"We need to get to Elena and make sure she knows about this and is ready to go to Wutai. We need to leave today, cuz that seriously freaked me out."

Rude got very quiet all of a sudden. He frowned as he stared at the walls, pushed his sunglasses up off of his eyes and glanced at Yuffie. "You don't think that maniac would go after Elena, do you?"

"Why would he? He doesn't even know Elena?"

"Well he's most certainly seen us together before. It's not like he's completely ignorant of her presence. He's seen her traveling with me through Midgar, he's seen us together when we were working against AVALANCHE. Why would he not suspect that we're together and then try to get back at us all?"

"That makes sense. But I don't think he would really target her."

"I sure hope not…"

In the hospital…

"Reno, I swear to everything that if you're fucking with me I'm going to be-" Elena turned and saw eyes, but not the ones she'd counted on. Staring into deep red eyes, she tried to back away a few steps, but Vincent's firm grip stopped her from moving very far. "Let go of me." She tried to snatch away, but alas, it was almost as if his grip was iron. "What the hell are you doing?"

"Getting revenge, m'dear. Oh my, whatever will they do when they find your dead body, hm?" Vincent raised the gun and pointed it at Elena's head, then pulled the trigger. The shot was heard all around the hospital, and people started to run and duck for cover again as Elena's knees gave out and her dead body dropped to the floor. Blood pooled all around the body, metal shoes reflected in the crimson shine as Vincent merely stepped over and made his way to the exit.