Reno and Yuffie turned around and they saw a terrible sight.
Barret was there, in front of Marlene with his hand and gun hand on his hips. His faced showed anger and Marlene was crouching down with her hand out stretched to reach for the key.
"Quick let's run!" Reno whispered.
"What? And leave Marlene alone like that?" Yuffie said shocked and angry.
"C'mon!" Reno hissed "If he sees me and you and this!" said Reno pointing at their cuffed hands with his free hand "I'm gonna get my ass kicked."
Yuffie bit her lip and nodded briskly; she looked quickly but couldn't find anywhere to hide.
"We can't hide, there's no where to go!" Yuffie whispered harshly half-scared.
Reno cursed to himself and started looking around for a hiding place.
Behind Barret was the old worn out wooden box where Marlene took her cuffs out of. It was quite big and safe enough to hide.
"Look!" said Reno pointing at the box.
"But Barret might catch us!" Yuffie said whining.
Reno snorted. "You're a ninja, isn't this a bit easy to do? Call yourself a ninja."
Yuffie growled as Reno smiled at her determination.
"Let's go," she said in a determined voice.
The box was 10 metres away; Yuffie was currently thinking the best way to sneak past Barret without getting caught and Reno's ass getting kicked.
"Crawl," said Yuffie pointing at the box.
"What the hell? Why can't we just walk there?" Reno complained.
"Well," said Yuffie; she started shaking her cuffed hand to hear a soft bell noises. "I won't think 'walking' would be the best option."
Reno slapped his forehead with his free hand, "Fine; let's go."
They both went on all fours with Yuffie leading the way.
Getting weird looks from passers by and Reno hearing a little girl say "Mommy are those dogs?" they eventually made it to the box.
They both crouched down to see what was happening.
"Marlene, what have I told you to come out here alone?" Barret said in a fatherly tone.
"I wasn't alone Daddy," Marlene said in defence.
Barret looked behind him to see if Marlene had anyone with her and Yuffie quickly tugged Reno's head down to make both of them slide down looking at the sky.
"Hey, doesn't those bits of cloud look like materia to you?" asked Reno.
"Now's not the time Reno," Yuffie whispered annoyingly.
"I don't see anyone!" said Barret angrily.
"Oh crap," Yuffie said angrily.
"What?" Reno said in a bored manner.
"MY SHURIKEN! IT'S STILL STUCK ON THE WALL!"
"What did I tell you about truth and lie?" Barret asked.
"Daddy I'm not lying, look," Marlene said pointing to the wall where Yuffie's giant shuriken was; its sharp point stuck on the wall.
Barret offered his hand to Marlene as Marlene took his hand.
"YUFFIE? WHERE ARE YOU? FOO?"
Yuffie started to panic as she started to breathe heavily.
"He's after me," whispered Yuffie. "He's gonna kick my ass hard."
"What did you do to make him chuck a spastic?" Reno asked sighing heavily.
Yuffie remained silent.
They both suddenly heard heavy foot steps coming towards them.
