R&R longer note at the end

The black haired man counted the bodies of the beasts he had hunted to blow off steam, he enjoyed helping the neighbourhood watch to keep things safe for everyone as he sat on a nearby rock. His mind was filled with the events of Jessie's return he'd seen Tifa get angry he'd even been on the receiving end a few times but nothing like this. Looking up the steel sky he sighing, he'd known Jessie for many years this just wasn't like her, hearing a noise coming close he jumped up pointing his gun in the direction of the sound.

"Easy quick draw" came a female voice he didn't recognise she wore a white and brown poncho, she had her hands up holding something small in her left hand.

"Who are you?" He asked as he pointed his gun towards her hand "What's that?"

"My name isn't important I'm a friend of a friend" she said smiling as she slowly lowered the device onto the floor kicking it over to Biggs "Just trust me, you'll want to listen to that". Biggs looked down toward the device seeing a tape recorder, he looked up as he blinked, the mystery girl was gone he looked around as he leaned down picking up the recorder. He sat back down placing the gun to his side, shrugging as he rolled the recorder in his hands considering his options.

He could trust in the mysterious girl and play it or just ignore her and leave it here, Biggs considered it for a few more moments before his curiosity got the better of him, he turned the tape recorder over in his hand once more before hitting the play button.

"Biggs, I know you'll get this and I know that curiosity of yours will always give you the right choices" came Jessie's voice "Look I know your mad at me, actually I feel like you're more disappointed in me than anything and that just makes me feel worse. I'm sorry that I didn't tell you, it's kind of part of the deal was I wouldn't let you guys know anything, honestly I was hoping to be back before long but things just sort of happened". Biggs smirked, knowing how Jessie was she probably ended up getting accused of being a weakling or a failure and that cocky attitude of her as always getting her in more trouble than it was worth.

"I'm happy to see you and everyone are doing well though, for what it's worth just getting to see you guys again was a nice thing" Jessie's voice continued as Biggs listened hard "I just want you to know I didn't do this for any malicious reason, I took the deal to save everyone not cause them pain or stress but I guess that backfired. All I ask is that you look after Tifa for me until it's time for me to be able to come back. One last thing…could you go up to the plate and check on my folks? I'd appreciate it. Thanks".

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Vincent sat on the roof of the abandoned warehouse, his mind filled with the image of his two friends, his comrades fighting the smug look that had been on Reno's face made him think this was his plan all along. He remembered Reno's words saying that wasn't how he expected things would turn out, Vincent clenched his fist a little out of anger his eyes never missed a moment as he remembered the small grin that had appeared on the red head's face. That was exactly what he wanted, he wanted them to fight turning comrades against each other, this was his plan the divide and conquer strategy.

"Man your difficult to reach" came a female voice he didn't even turn as he looked out over the slums ignoring them "Are you ignoring me?" Vincent sighed not bothering to turn around as he heard the footsteps of person heading in his direction as she knelt down to look eye to eye with him.

"I said are you ignoring me?" She asked puffing out her cheeks a little as she watched for a reaction, Vincent continued to ignore her as she waved her hand in front of his face "Hello in there".

"What do you want?" Vincent finally asked his voice calm and cold, the girl smiled as she stood up dropping a tape recorder in his hands.

"Just wanted to give you that, enjoy your…whatever it is your doing up here" the girl slowly bowed as she hopped down from the roof to the floor, he examined the tape recorder the girl had left him. He didn't care much for technology, he usually left that kind of thing to the others but this time he was alone. He examined it closely looking for the on switch, as he looked over the buttons he pressed down on the one with a sideways triangle as the machine whirred into life.

"Hey Vinny, not sure if you've managed to even turn this thing on but don't worry, this isn't some kind of witchcraft it's just a normal recorder for sounds and voices" came Jessie's voice as she stared at it a little annoyed, he may not like technology but he knew how it worked well enough to know this.

"Now that's out of the way I hope you're still listening and haven't just thrown it away" she continued "So I wanted to just take a moment to explain that my choice wasn't easy, I never meant to cause the trouble I have for you, for Biggs and of course the biggest pile of my guilt rests on what I did to Tifa. I wanted to help, to end this whole nonsense with the Turks constantly visiting us and harassing us but it's clear I may have chosen poorly, I can almost feel you judging me as you listen". Vincent slowly nodded, he was judging her choice but not for the reason she believed, the idea of anyone taking the deal had crossed his mind however to not discuss it with everyone, that was a mistake she had made.

"I can promise you this won't be forever" Jessie said as he heard her sigh "I just hope that when this whole issue is solved I will still have a place with you guys. I'm sorry about this boss but I just hope you're not the type to hold a grudge against friends. Now that I've said what I needed to say if you pick up the magical machine my voice came from there will be a button with a square on, you can push that and it will stop working, take care hopefully I'll return soon". Vincent looked at the side of the tape recorder pushing the stop button, he turned it over in his hand he held it between his fingers as he considered throwing it away.

"When you get back I'll make you pay for that comment" Vincent said to himself as he stood up walking to the edge of the roof "Magical device huh? That'll earn you a few laps around Sector seven".

Tifa got a message with a small little insight into Jessie's reasoning but now we might as well hear what she has to say to our two boys, of course it wouldn't be Jessie without some teasing involved