"Don't follow me."
"I'm not following you, we work at the same place at the same time and we're neighbors it's only natural th-."
Sephiroth quickened his pace and Faye did the same. "So you are following me."
"Well I'm worried about yo-."
"Don't be."
"Look when I met you I knew you had some psychopathic tendencies, but come on attacking chocobos! Well maybe it's none of my busine-." She continued only to be cut off again.
"You're right it's not."
"But I honestly don't think you should return to work in such a condition, aside from the obvious," Faye paused and choose her words carefully "… mental hiccups you still look as sick as a dog," before Sephiroth could retort Faye continued, "I really think you should go home."
"Don't you ever shut up?"
"Sephiroth I'm serious."
"I am too."
The pair walked into the ShinRa building and each scanned their ID cards in turn. They entered the elevator together and Sephiroth pressed the 13th button there was a slight buzzing noise as the car ascended. Faye pressed no other buttons and stood quietly on the leaning against the opposite wall. "Faye, you can not follow me anymore." There was a hint of annoyance in his voice.
"I already clocked in, everything I do until my lunch break is strictly business."
Sephiroth thought, "That still doesn't explain why you're getting off the same floor as me." The doors rolled back into the wall and the pair stepped out into the corridor.
Faye thought, "That arrogant jerk. He keeps cutting me off. Why doesn't he get it? I'm only going to this floor because I have to-." A thud and a sharp sudden pain in the back of her head interrupted Faye's thought process. Sephiroth propped her against a wall and continued walking.
As he turned the door knob to his desired location he heard scattered conversations and someone yelled "positions everyone!" He entered the room and saw many more chocobos than he expected, quite possibly tenfold the previous number.
"Our apologizes," said one "We mistook you for the food lady."
"Food Lady?" Sephiroth thought, "Oh no, I forgot Faye feeds them." He looked over to his left and saw a door marked "FOOD" in bold red block letters. (GaPA; Oh convenient!) When he walked over to said door he noticed that the ShinRa slide card key was dysfunctional and there was a key hole just beneath the door knob. (GaPA; I'm evil! Bwa ha ha ha. Where's Sora when you need him?)
Sephiroth turned to the chocobos, half of which were flipping out. "No food, no food we'll starve. We are doomed!" they cried
"Listen everyone," it was the same chocobo that spoke to Sephiroth when he entered. "We knew there were going to be hardships from the beginning but if we just stand together everything will be-." The door labeled "FOOD" fell to the floor with a THUD. Sephiroth lowered his foot and stood aside as chocobos swarmed into the room. A few awkward minutes turned into an awkward half hour. Regardless of how weird the situation standing outside the door gave him some time to contemplate. He thought about many things; when he would get over whatever illness was plaguing him, how long he could balance Masamune's hilt in the palm of his hand, what his people murdering per minute average was. He even thought whether he should dine with the chocobos considering he had no breakfast that morning but decided against it. The biggest reason for this was he didn't want to show ANY weakness whatsoever even though hunger is natural and of course there was the fact that he might not be able to eat bird food and live.
"We have something for you." The previous chocobo spoke again; he appeared to be their leader. He tossed something over Sephiroth's head the object shattered and fell over his face in a liquid form. Sephiroth felt his high body temperature lower, he felt lighter and the hazy cloudy film that had distorted his vision for the past week disappeared, he was cured.
"That is only temporary, the illness will come back in a week give or take a day or two. We are capable and willing to give you the permenant antidote when we no longer need your services."
"So it's become you general or die, right?"
"The illness itself would never kill you. If you catch anything else, the common cold even it is magnified twenty fold."
"And that way it's not exactly your fault if I die. That is so cowardl-."
"Make no mistake the Chocobo Empire does not have as many emotional attachments as the humans do. That's partially why you are so compatible to our needs. You are not completely emotionless, but you are cold hearted."
"What makes you think I have any compassion for anyone?"
"You didn't kill the girl, did you? She was in your way after all."
"Why would I-- Do you know how many papers I'd have to--." Sephiroth stopped, regained his composer. "How about this ultimatum; give me the permanent cure and I'll let your leader keep his life." He called out to the group and pointed Masamune at said chocobo's neck.
"Even if you kill me another leader will be appointed it's happened before."
"That one I killed two days ago? You became the new one that fast?"
"We have a goal and we will let nothing, not even death, hinder it. Even some heartless humans understand that." (GaPA; cough… Rufus… cough)
Author's note; Thanks those that review. For those of you who just read please review you don't even have to sign in I won't mind. Please, of course you don't even have to I can't make you do anything but it would make me a lot happier.
Author's note 2; Sorry this is a bit late but I had finals. In case anyone is interested I got an A or B in all my classes. Yahoo!
