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Sorry for the long wait... I just haven't been that motivated to write... IDK... Well here it is. Hope you enjoy chapter 18! XD

Veld walked down the hallway quietly; making sure not to make the slightest of sounds. He stopped at a room and punched in a code. The door swished opened to reveal a sleeping Strife. Veld's mind returned to the conversation he had with Lazard over lunch.

"Are you sure that you have Strife in your custody?" Lazard turned around and looked at Veld directly into his eyes, a brave thing to do.

"I can assure you that he is not going anywhere." Veld answered.

"Do I need to make an appointment for him with Hollander?" Lazard asked, slightly flinching at Hollander's name.

Veld thought for a moment. Was Cloud a liability? No. Did he need his mind screwed with even more than it already was? No. Was Cloud sick? No. "No, he doesn't."

"Is it safe for him to return to his training as a cadet?" Lazard asked.

"Yes," Veld said. "But I will not force him."

"What do you mean?" Lazard asked.

"I will be giving him the option to become a Turk. It might be advantages for you as well, that way Fair and Strife will not see each other." Veld said in a monotone voice.

"Hmmm." Lazard turned around in his chair. "I am sorry that you had to do this. I just didn't want them to get hurt."

"If you believe what they have said to be true than maybe you should do something about it. You have already lost one of the three." Veld said as he left Lazard's office.

Veld then walked here, in silence. He looked at Strife to see that he was dream about something, his brows were pinched together. I wish I could have done something to prevent what had happened to Fair and Strife. Neither one deserved to see the uglies of the world. They are both too young and definitely didn't sign up for it.

Veld shook his head. There was nothing that he could do now. He pressed the button for the doors to close.

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Mamoru walked into Veld's office ready for a long afternoon of babysitting.

"Hey sleepy head," Cissnei waved as she climbed out of the air ducts, which were now clean thanks to Reno.

"Hey," Mamoru yawned. "Where was he?"

"Well after you left him stranded on the SOLDIER floor he drove everyone batty for half an hour. At which point, Angeal came to his rescue and then abandoned him in his apartment. There he has sat for the last two hours trying to get someone to rescue him again."

"Got it." Mamoru climbed in the air ducts.

Not ten minutes later, Mamoru peered through the air vents at Fair's apartment. He released a sigh when he spotted the SECOND on the couch. Mamoru settled against the back of the duct while he kept a watchful eye on Fair. He pulled out a book, giving Fair some privacy. Four pages in, Mamoru looked up to see Fair walk to the window and open it. His heartbeat stopped when Fair looked down to the ground. You better not! If you do I'm gonna…

Any threats that Mamoru had for the stupid SECOND were wasted as he idiotically jumped out the window. Mamoru jumped out of the ducts and ran toward the window. Surely, his life is better than suicide.

Mamoru sighed in relief when Fair landed successfully on the building next to him. Then doom settled in him. Fair had just jumped out of the window. A SOLDIER who is utterly bored, with no security card, and no self-restraint was loose in Midgar. Mamoru quickly pulled out his phone and dialed Veld.

"Mamoru?" Veld asked.

"Fair jumped out of the window in his apartment." Mamoru heard a sigh from the other end before he even finished the sentence.

"Inform Sephiroth." Veld responded and hung up the phone.

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Angeal was in Sephiroth's office. They had just finished a really late lunch. Angeal was about to get up and leave when the unheard of happened. The same redheaded Turk, who had found Zack, barged in on the general.

"You," Mamoru point at the astonished Sephiroth. "Took away his security card and left him on one floor. You left a bored SECOND in one spot and do you know what he did?"

"Who—" Sephiroth started to ask.

"He jumped out of the window and now he is loose." Mamoru didn't wait for Sephiroth to add his thoughts. "Do you know who has to keep an eye on him, because he isn't acting normal. Not you, me. Do you know what that means? That means I am the one who has to look for him."

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Mamoru's search of the elusive SOLDIER had turned into an all company training exercise. Fair's job was easy, to make sure not to get caught. Each person was given a vest. If the vest was hit, even if it was a tap, then the person wearing that vest was out. Each department was promised something if they were the ones who brought Fair in. All of the SOLDIERs got a bonus in their next paycheck if a SOLDIER brought him in, while the one who brought him got three paid vacation days as well as the bonus. He wasn't sure what the other departments got, but he liked the Turks on the best. Each Turk would get a four-day paid vacation leave and the one who brought Fair in would get one thing that they asked (with in reason.) All of the Turks got aboard, deciding that there was no way that their department would lose. They were rarely offered paid leave. Therefore, they would bring doom to all the other departments! There was three phases of their plan. Phase 1: getting into position.

"Yo! How hard can it be to find One SOLDIER! Seriously!" Reno's voice crackled for the other end of the radio set.

Mamoru shifted his weight. He was crouched on top of a church in the slums. He had the Turk's ear bud in. This ear bud allowed interception on all frequencies related Shinra, they could automatically hear what everyone else was saying, but none of the other branches could hear the Turks unless they wanted them too. The special feature is what allowed Reno to make that comment without protest and complaints from the other departments. Mamoru didn't bother responding to his teammate's complaint.

"I have located Fair." A voice broke through.

"Good, keep him in sight." Everyone heard Sephiroth's monotone voice over the ear buds. He was acting as base operations in the Shinra tower with Angeal.

"Yes, si—" The first voice said. "Dang it! Lost him."

A few minutes passed until the next one of Fair victims reported. "Found him."

"Where are you at?" Angeal's collected voice asked.

"I've lost him. He's headed toward the train tracks." The second voice sounded disappointed.

"Got him and I am now intercepting." A gruff voice came in. "mph!"

"You guys are going to have to do better than that!" Zack's challenged was heard through the radios.

"Halt o-o-o-or I'l-l-l-ll shoot." A shaky voice warned. "I sorry sir, but he got me out."

"What the heck!" Another voice broke in.

"I'm not following him there." A sixth voice declared.

"Where is the target headed?" Sephiroth asked.

"He's running on the tracks sir." The fifth one reported.

"Commence with phase two." Tseng's voice came loud and clear. Phase 2: take out all opponents.