Deep in the old factory Yuffie and Sonon went chasing after Zhijie until they confronted the robotic big gianantipede.
After a grueling fight with the help of Ramuh via summoning, Yuffie and Sonon emerged victorious.
"You see that?!" Yuffie laughed smiling extending her closed fist toward Sonon.
"That's how ninja's do it!" Sonon said with a relieved sigh extending his own fist to Yuffie as they gave
each other a bump.
"Yup!" Yuffie smiled confidently.
"Nice work! You saved my ass!" Zhijie called out from across the platform.
"Huh?... hahaha! It was nothing!" Yuffie and Sonon spun around laughing.
"Well... it did earn you these!" Zhijie beamed producing the Shinra identification cards they needed.
"Huh?" Yuffie gave a puzzled look.
"Employee ID cards, they'll get you into the Shinra building...and pretty much any floor-basement included"
Zhijie handed them over. "That's where Advanced Weaponry's got their lab set up...and where they conduct
their materia research. If what you're looking for is anywhere in that place. The basement is where it
would be"
Sonon and Yuffie looked over the cards with a feeling of accomplishment until their little victory celebration
was interrupted. A set of frantic steps could be heard drawing closer. Sonon quickly recomposed himself
spinning back around in the direction of the noise.
"Who's there!?" Yuffie said brandishing her shuriken menacingly.
"Zhijie! Sonon!" the voice gasped until they all realized it was Polk.
"What are you doing here!? You know this place is too dangerous for you!" Zhijie scolded.
"I have an important message from Nayo..." Polk stopped near them to catch his breath.
"What is it?" Zhijie's demeanor changed to that of concern. Polk took a second and gained his composure.
"Billy Bob was contacted from another member of sector 8 cell, and they have a big problem they need help with"
Polk quickly replied.
"What do you mean?" Sonon interjected.
"Apparently, there's a powerful monster roaming loose on the outskirts of sector 8 and there were casualties
for the branch there, the neighborhood watch, and even some shinra guards" Polk said seriously.
"So, Nayo wants us to go to Sector 8 and handle the problem?!" Zhijie rubbed his forehead.
"I don't know... but she needs to see you right away, Billy Bob is with her... and our hideout was compromised"
Polk added slyly in the end.
"Say what?!" Zhijie exclaimed his mood being completely ruined.
"What's happening? It sounds like you could use our help again" Yuffie quickly suggested.
"No, no, you two have another important mission, this is our problem, we'll handle it" Zhijie disagreed.
"At least let us come with you and find out what's going on, the Shinra building isn't going anywhere"
Sonon shook his head.
"Let's hurry, Nayo and Billy Bob are waiting" Polk said turning to run back in the opposite direction.
"Shit!" Zhijie exclaimed in frustration glancing back at Yuffie and Sonon then ran after Polk.
"I think they're going to need our help" Yuffie nodded already reading Sonon's mind.
"Exactly, let's go!" Sonon agreed as they quickly followed Zhijie.
Back through the old factory they went taking another route to exit. Polk led them through a series of allies and
shipment containers until they came to the train graveyard. There seemed to be confusion and comotion all over sector 7
so no one seemed to notice them.
"Look at all these trains! So they just throw them away like that?" Yuffie sighed as they ran.
"It's Shinra, what do you expect? We should focus on not losing Zhijie and Polk" Sonon wisely said as it would
be easy to get lost in this train scrap yard full of junk. They followed for almost another ten minutes until
they finally arrived near a line of old discarded train cars. Polk opened the door and they all entered.
Inside were several passenger seats, some were in good condition. There were two crates, three cots, and
a sleeping bag inside with two lanterns sitting on top of each of the crates. Nayo had her head buried in
a report as Billy Bob was finishing a beer sitting in one of the passenger seats relaxing.
"Good, you're back... Sonon, Yuffie, why are you here?!" Nayo suddenly looked a bit surprised.
"I tried to tell them to go on, but..." Zhijie shrugged.
"No, it's a good thing, we're going to need them" Billy Bob cut in finishing the last gulp of his beer then smashing
the can with one of his boots.
"So you want to tell me what's going on? Polk told me the Sector 8 cell has suffered casualties and our hideout was
compromised?!" Zhijie said taking a seat across from Nayo as she put the file down in her lap.
"Becky and Phil from cell sector eight found us before we began to return to the hideout. We were going to return
but we saw a gaggle of shinra guards dashing into sector seven so we came to our auxillary hideout"
Nayo explained matter of fact.
"How did Shinra find us?" Zhijie demanded.
"Don't know, anyone could be a rat, Shinra has eyes everywhere, and anyone looking to get in the favor of Shinra would
turn on their own brother in these parts" Billy Bob sighed.
"That's not what I'm concerned about right now" Nayo raised her hand. "The Sector eight cell has lost Mark, Jill, and
Rocky. Shinra lost three guards, and the neighborhood watch lost two members. There is a monster underneath somewhere
that is pursuing and killing citizens"
Zhijie closed his eyes with many thoughts running through his head. Polk shifted from one foot to the other
nervously as Billy Bob clasped his hands together clearly in thought as well.
"So, what are we supposed to do? I mean, if two neighborhood watchmen, three shinra guards, and three members of
Sector eight cell were slain, how are we supposed to stop this...thing!?" Zhijie stressed.
Nayo looked helplessly to Yuffie and Sonon.
"It's alright, we'll slay this 'thing'!" Yuffie said without any hint of fear.
"So what is this 'thing'?" Sonon inquired ignoring Yuffie.
"Becky and Phil, weren't exactly sure as they are the remaining members; but I did hear this from an intelligence
report earlier in the week" Nayo paused for a moment getting everyones' attention. "I've heard of similar
reports of sitings of a powerful monster in sector four, but there have been no casualties" she finished.
"I wonder what kind of beast or 'demon' this thing could be?" Sonon mused.
"Oh don't say that!" Polk's face went pale.
"You do realize this trainyard is haunted?" Billy Bob cut in.
"Those are just stories to scare and keep kids out!" Polk quickly said trying to discredit the rumor.
"It doesn't matter if it's a beast or a demon, it will soon know the wrath of Wuatai!" Yuffie declared.
"So how are we going to do this?" Zhijie asked resigned to his fate reading Nayo's eyes.
"I want you to take Sonon and Yuffie to the hideout in Sector eight, the rest of us will follow later.
We have loose ends to tie up before we come such as securing our meager hideout here"
"This is going to be a mess I know it..." Zhijie buried his face in his hands.
"Here, take his handgun with you, and here's a small cache of bullets" Billy Boy said handing it to Zhijie.
"At least you have two expert ninjas with you" Polk reasoned.
"Expert?" Zhijie whispered.
"I heard that!" Yuffie almost yelled.
"Shhh! last thing we want to do is attract any attention here. Zhijie, lead the way brother" Sonon said resolutely.
"Ok let's go!" Zhijie said opening the door leading them out.
"You're not really serious about Zhijie getting involved with some case with some... demon?" Billy Bob shook his head.
"No, the two from Wutai should be able to handle it, we are staying nights in Sector eight because it IS haunted here
at night" Nayo concluded.
Polk shook a little as he looked at the old trains outside the window in the daylight that shone below the plate.
Billy Bob remained silent as he continued to go through the hidden cache of supplies in the crates. Nayo was trying
to keep herself together after seeing the grave faces of her comrades thinking that what happened to them could
have easily happened to them.