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Chapter 38: 'Willing' Hostage

(Same tags apply as in Chapter 1)

Yuffie looked over her shoulder and down at the expansive plains and sporadic swamplands below before climbing off her faithful Chocobo. They had been traveling for over eight hours and she could tell that her companion was beginning to tire, just as she was. Since she had left Avalanche and Vincent behind, she had managed to make it past the ruins of Midgar and around the low elevation Mythril Mountain range.

From there, she traveled well South of the Chocobo farm, and was currently two miles Southeast of the entrance of Onika's base. There was no turning back now. All she had to do now was make her way the rest of the way up the summit of the range, which wouldn't take more than thirty minutes, thanks to her faithful Kira bringing her so far.

She walked to stand before her gold chocobo as she warked quietly, seeming to know that it was important they use caution. "Good girl, Kira. You've brought me as far as you can, and I don't want you to get hurt. Its time for you to go." She said and smiled when the bird hesitated before bobbing her head once. "Go down to the chocobo farm and get there as fast as you can. I will see you soon."

The chocobo nuzzled her cheek happily as Yuffie reached into her pack and removed a green. Kira quickly gobbled it down and gave her master another nuzzle before quietly making her way down the path they had taken. Yuffie watched for a moment as the bird disappeared quickly and silently down the path before crouching low.

The ninja searched through her pack for a moment, before unearthing the item that she had been searching for. A pen shape object was removed from the pack and Yuffie pulled the cap off of the device, exposing a thin and short, yet extremely sharp needle. "I only need half of this…I don't need to go all berserk, just enough to keep me awake will do." She said as she squirted some of the hyper out of the needle, using the moonlight to measure the proper amount.

Yuffie looked around, her cheeks slightly red as she pulled down her black pants a bit to expose her thigh before taking a seat on an uncomfortable rock. She grabbed an alcohol swab and cleaned a small circular area on her thigh.

Stormy eyes looked at the needle, then looked to the muscle of her thigh before exhaling sharply. "Come on Yuffs, you can do this…It's just a little poke, right?" She whispered to herself in encouragement. "Alright, on the count of three."

"One…two…three!" She said and stabbed herself in the thigh, quickly pressing the button down to rapidly inject the stimulant into her body. The needle was quickly removed with a hiss and her eyes opened in time to see the tiny, dark dot forming on her thigh. 'Damn that hurt!' She thought and recapped the needle, tossing it into her backpack. Dark pants were pulled back up over her hips before reclaiming her impromptu seat as she waited for the injection to take effect.

She removed her PHS from her pocket and studied it for a moment. 'The least I can do is to let them know I'm okay.' She thought as she activated her device. She knew that now that it was active, they would be able to track her location by the phone. She began scrolling the little marker across the screen, typing out a short message. The dark haired ninja studied the message for a moment before pressing the 'to all' icon and send. The screen flashed and displayed 'Message sent.'

Yuffie left the phone active but turned off the ringer once more. She knew that any moment now, her phone would be blown up with calls and messages and she didn't want to be tempted to answer any of them. She would not allow herself to be talked out of this…she had to keep going.

Yuffie reached into her pocket and removed something, slipping it into her mouth between her lower gums and cheek. The phone was placed back into her pocket and her back was donned once more as she began to run silently down the path. The stimulant had done wonders for her energy level and she knew that soon, she would be putting her plan into effect.

.::-o-::.

Vincent sat at the desk in his small quarters and stared at the note that had been left behind by the ninja. He knew that they had just landed east of the chocobo farm after hovering over the ocean as they waited for the UTRV to send back the thermal images from its flyby. In a few moments, the ship would be filled with the soldiers that had been sent to rendezvous with them by ground.

The sound of buzzing reached his ears causing him to turn and look to his bed where his PHS lay. He extended his golden claw and grabbed it, looking at the screen that said 'Message Received.'

The accept button was pushed and his eyes narrowed, his hand beginning to shake for more than one reason as he read the message in the green, comic book like writing that she had chosen for her PHS.

"Im OK almst there - goin in." The message said in her typical texting shorthand.

'Damnit Yuffie!' He thought and tried to call her, but received no answer. The call went straight to her voicemail. He pressed the green button for her speed dial again when an urgent knocking sounded at his door before it flew open.

Tifa stood with a stricken look, clutching her own PHS with her gloved hand. "You got it too." She said and watched as he nodded slightly, his face showing no emotion. "Cid and Dojima are tracking her signal, come on." She said.

Vincent stood and led the way out and rushed to the boardroom where the others were watching a green orb with a yellow center move rather quickly on the map. She couldn't have been more than ten feet from the base of the range.

"What the hell is she doing?" Barret bellowed as the watched it move closer to the small white marker that were Onika's men, hidden throughout the range surrounding the immediate area around a large pulsing red indicator that represented the entrance to the base.

"Fuck! The green has to be Yuffie because the yellow is her PHS. We're followin' her body heat and she's runnin' right towards the damn base and those two damn heat signatures near it!"

"Dojima, switch the camera to high def infrared!" Lindh said and they watched as the three shapes became actual defined outlines of black, the PHS still shining yellow.

The group watched as Yuffie's form stopped and crouched before continuing forward, this time at a slower pace. One thing was wrong, however. The yellow indicator that was her cell phone was now stationary as they watched her stalk closer to the two figures that were less than fifteen feet in front of her.

"She left her PHS behind…" Tifa said more to herself.

"She's allowing herself to be caught." Vincent said in a flat tone. "She left it behind because she knew that we would be able to track it and use it as a marker to show that she had gone in. No doubt she is assuming that there would be more than one entrance…she wanted to tag one of them for us."

All in the room watched as the two longer forms split up and approached Yuffie from either side. Suddenly they sprung from their hiding spot and lunged at the smaller form. Tifa brought her hand up to her lips and bit her thumb in an attempt to quell her anxiety as they watched the fight. The picture fizzled and went out for a moment, much to the displeasure of those in the room and when it came back, the two larger figures were hauling the smaller form off the ground the dragged the struggling form off into the mountain base.

Vincent stared at the screen for a moment longer before pulling his eyes away from the screen. "I am returning to the bridge." He said, turning on his heel and leaving the room.

.::-o-::.

Yuffie was shoved into the laboratory by two of Fraser's very unhappy. One of the men sneered at her and shifted in his tattered jeans before hobbling out of the room, still hurting from the grievous kick that the ninja had placed to his manhood. The second man tossed her pack onto a table before in front of Professor Onika as Fraser leaned against the wall a few yards away. Yuffie smirked before spitting blood onto the tile floor and turning towards the two men.

"Long time no see." Fraser said with a smirk of his own. "You remember me, right babe?"

Yuffie curled her lip up in disgust. "I could never forget a mug like that. It's something only a blind mother could love."

The ninja watched as Zade's face darkened with anger and saw the amused look that passed over Onika's features. The blond's features relaxed and a perverted smirk traced his lips, sending a shiver of disgust down Yuffie's spine. She watched him intently as he pushed himself off the wall and approached her.

"So, if you're here, your little Avalanche buddies must not be far behind." He said and circled the bound ninja.

'Here's where my acting skills come into play, but according to Cloud, they aren't very good…" She thought, remembering the play that she been chosen to be in while at gold saucer.

"For your information," She spat venomously. "Those jerks weren't moving fast enough! Elmyra is like a mother to me and all they wanted to do was to sit on their asses and wait until you called to negotiate!" She said, bringing a hand up to wipe away the tears that she had managed to produce.

"I wasn't about to sit on my ass with the rest of them so I stole a chocobo from the stable in icicle inn and followed your guys. I do have to say Zade, that frankly, you have morons working for you if they didn't manage to notice me following them to your 'secret base.' I haven't had any contact with Avalanche since I left them behind."

Zade reached over and grabbed her pack, emptying out their contents on Onika's desk. He shuffled through her things and found no radios or PHS in her possession. He knew that her captors had searched her and found nothing as well.

Onika, who had remained silent through the girl's story stood and looked over her form with a critical eye. Her eyes were slightly red from her brief bout of tears, but her eyes remained locked on Zade, watching the perverted man for any sudden movements.

"Zade, I believe this young woman may come to be of use for another of my experiments."

A lecherous grin graced Zade's lips as he reached out and grabbed Yuffie by her bound hands and pulled them back painfully. "I think that she should go into the cell closest to my quarters. I'd be happy to bring her to ya when it's your turn to play with her."

Yuffie gagged and quickly snapped her head back, causing it to connect with his chin. A surprised yelp of pain was heard from her captor as she lifted her leg and placed a kick to his shin. Normally, this would have broken his tibia or blown out his knee, but because of her height and the inability to see behind her, the blow didn't do as much damage as she would have liked. She was glad that she had caused him some pain though.

Onika watched as Zade dropped the girls' arms, allowing her to spin and face him. The ninja dropped to the ground and in a flash, her bound arms were now in front of her. Her hands became clasped tightly as she swung and connected her fists with his gut.

The young woman impressed him greatly as he watched her fight with Zade. Even bound, it was quite the sight. He could see the fire in her beautiful gray eyes as toned limbs flexed and tensed as she dodged his attacks and launched ones of her own. He could see that she was an artist when it came to battle, but unfortunately, it had to end.

From within the folds of his lab coat, a black pistol was removed. The professor took careful aim before firing.

Yuffie grasped at the stabbing in the right side of her rear end. Distracted by the pain, she turned to face Onika.

"You shot me in the ass!?" She yelled in outrage as a strange sensation washed over her. Yuffie felt her legs turned to jelly as she collapsed to the ground, unable to control her body.

Zade got up from the floor and spit blood from his busted lip onto the floor before crouching next to the ninja and giving her a crazed grin. Pain swam through her as his open hand impacted with her face, but she didn't cry out. Even if she wanted to, she couldn't.

Yuffie felt another surge of pain as he stood and his boot clad foot slammed against her ribs. The ninja was lifted a good six inches off the ground as she felt bones snap within her ribcage.

"Stupid bitch!"

"Zade! That's enough! She's paralyzed…" Onika ordered as he moved forward and rolled Yuffie onto her side, noticing the few stray tears that escaped her eyes despite her mental resolution not to cry.

"No wonder you can't get a woman." The man grumbled to the blond. The serum he had shot into her did effectively paralyze her, inhibiting most of her voluntary muscular movement, but still allowing her to feel pain.

The professor pulled the dart out of her rear and sighed. He cast a low-level cure spell on her and turned her to face him, her eyes staring at him, unblinking. "I know you cant respond but the drug will wear off in twenty to thirty minutes. I've only healed you enough so that I could move you. For the safety of my newest specimen, when the paralysis wears of, try not to move too much. It'd be quite painful if you did." He said as he looked up to Zade.

"Go prepare another space in the cell. Bring a pair of handcuffs and leg shackles."

"I aint yer fucking servant!" Zade griped, wiping blood from his chin.

"You're wasting my time. Just do it and don't question me. We have other things that we need to get started on." He said as he removed a pair of scissors from his pocket and removed the temporary plastic bindings that bound her hands knowing that they would have her in actual handcuffs well before she regained control of her body. Onika brought his hand to her eyelids and closed them.

Zade knew that Onika was speaking of his infusion and gave a grunt of acknowledgement before stalking out of the lab. The professor shook his head before turning his attention back to the ninja. At some point during his conversation with his associate, her head had lolled to the side, exposing the smooth skin of her neck. Green eyes traced down her slender form, coming take a brief respite on the swell of her breasts then continuing their journey downwards.

'I may just need to keep this one after my experiments are done for my personal use.' He thought as a wave of desire washed through him as his eyes returned to her face.

With much more care than he would usually show to a specimen, he carefully picked the woman up and held her close to him as he left the lab.

.::-o-::.

Elmyra's eyes snapped open when the door to their cell clicked and flew open, impacting with the metal frame of the bed. Yoshi was already on his feet in front of Elmyra to protect her. The older woman held back a shudder of disgust as an armed man entered the room with the blond that had touched her before. As she remembered the revulsion that graced his features when she emptied the contents of her stomach upon him, she felt a slight smirk trace her lips as he set up a third cot where the computer and table once were.

She pushed herself to her feet and placed her hand on the tense young man's shoulder, felling him relax slightly. Zade stood back, watching the two captives carefully as the professor entered the room carrying a distinctly female form. As he laid the woman on the bed and shackled her legs to the end of the metal the bunk, then cuffed her arms around a small drainage pipe at the head of the cot.

Elmyra gasped as Fraser and Onika left the cell, the young woman now bound by metal. "No…Yuffie!" She cried as she was finally able to see the girls face and rushed forward. Tears stung at her eyes as she saw the partially dried blood on her face. She felt a hand on her shoulder and looked up to see the teen boy handing her a wet towel.

"Thank you…" She said quietly and began wiping away the blood.

"She'll be okay, Miss Elmyra." Yoshi said in a calm tone. "He has done that to me many times when I first was captured. It's a paralyzing drug and it'll wear off in a few minutes. He can't use it on me anymore though…" He trailed off.

"Thank the planets." She said in relief as she saw Yuffie's eyes moving beneath her closed lids in her direction.

Elmyra leaned down to the young woman's ear and whispered softly. "Yuffie Kisaragi, I don't know what you have planned, but you better not be hurt. And since you're here by yourself…well, we'll talk about that later, young lady." She finished in a mockingly scolding tone before covering her with the thin blanket that Zade had tossed on the cot before moving away.

Yuffie chuckled within her mind, despite the pain that was throbbing in her body. Elmyra gave her the mothering that she had missed so much and she truly did love and appreciate her for it. It made the pain she was currently experiencing well worth it if it meant that she could get Elmyra out of there.

The ninja began sending commands to her unresponsive limbs and after a few moments, the ninja directed her concentration on her foot and willed them to start moving. As she felt the tip of her toe brush against the tip of her boot slightly, she let out a hoot within her mind.

'Hell yeah!' she thought, stealing one of Cid Highwind's phrases. Yuffie continued to work on regaining control of her body as the two other captors waited for the drugs to wear off within the ninja.

.::-o-::.

Unbeknownst to the three captive or the troops there were quickly being mobilized not far from the base, green fluid was hung on IV pole as Onika prepared to begin the first infusion. Zade lay stripped to his boxers, bound by a Mythril/titanium composite that held his legs, arms and neck to the table.

"Hurry the fuck up doc! Just get on with it already!"

Onika ignored him as he drew up two syringes of Jenova cells. A small smirk traced his lips as he reached for a small dish with twenty small metal devices, no larger than half a grain of rice. Sterile water was poured into the dish before he drew up it up into one of the Jenova filled syringes.

Ten of these devices would allow him to subdue Zade much in the same fashion that the collar did for Yoshi. While experimenting on the cloned Jenova, he was able to produce a shock with the four devices that would temporarily disable the Jenova in his body, paralyzing him and causing excruciating pain until he submitted.

The other ten contained defective cloned Jenova cells. The professor slipped a small control device into his pocket before he approached the table. He would be a fool if he didn't have a backup plan for escape if it was needed. He turned and placed the syringes on a tray before threading the IV tubing through an infusion device.

After a few more moments of preparation, Onika grabbed the needle and swabbed the vein in his arm before piercing it with the sharp needle. It was promptly taped to Zade's arm before he pressed the button on the infusion device and watched as the mako was steadily pushed into the blonde. The rubber stopper at the bottom of the IV bag was pierced by the needle attached to the Jenova syringe.

After the cells were introduced to the mako, he watched impassively as the man arched against his bonds and growled in pain, trying to hold back screams. This was only the beginning. Zade would experience much more pain in the next hour while undergoing the final two steps.

-o-o-Authors notes-o-o-

Well, it's been three long months, but I got it out. I do apologize for this delay, but I'm still trying to find time to write. I try to write while I'm at work but usually I can only get one or two words in at a time before I get my next call.

For those of you who have posted and signed in to do so, I'm going to try and respond to you on there instead of doing it in my author's notes. is saying that you're not suppose to be putting replies in the AN…which I think sucks ass, but I'm going to try and start doing it their way.

I've been kinda leery of posting as well because I did receive a note from someone being an admin about my FAKE fanfic. It's shounen-ai and though nothing has really happened sexually, they're were saying that something in my story violated policy and said something about suspending my acct…

For those of you who have been keeping up with my works, you know probably know that I've been suspended TWICE in the past and until I get some sort of reply from that admins, that story is on hold. I've sent them 3 emails since December, but have gotten no response.

Anyway, I would like to thank all of you who have been following my story, hell even if you don't like it, I don't care, I still thank you. I pay for my acct on and along with all of your wonderful reviews; the hit counter shows me that there are people checking out my work. 58,000+ hits…every time I see that climb just a little bit, it makes me happy. I don't care if people are rereading this fic, it shows me that people are accessing it.

Sorry Sorelliena, I have never seen Witch Hunter Robin and I have no clue as to who "Sakaki" is. Dojima is from an anime called Azusa, Otetsudai Shimasu!. The character is Dojima Arashi. It's a really cute anime. I've only seen a few episodes but my shareaza conked out on me.

Amon is short for Eamon. It's gaelic and means wealthy protector. In 2000, I was a camp counselor, my good friend chose the name Eamon for his camp name and since some of the smaller campers couldn't pronounce it, he had them call him Amon.

Sometimes chapters just aren't very long. The average number of words is 3218 per chapter. I try to keep the chapters a good size but sometimes I just can't.

-sigh- Well I have to go. I have to work in the morning and I've been busy all day. Needless to say, I'm tired. I don't own FF…I do my OC's though… -hugs Yoshi-

10/04/07

Edited because of change in formatting. Also re-numbering chapters. Minor content edits.