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Before you ask about the title, it's not THAT one, Sephiroth fans. Sorry. =D

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Chapter 7: Reunion

Climbing back up the stairs of the ShinRa building, Barret was once again complaining about how he had to carry Sam on his back.

"Sorry." Sam apologized. "I'm afraid I can't keep up with the rest of you in my condition."

Barret simply grunted, then answered with a surprising retort. "Don't worry about it. I understand. I just wish Cloud would carry you, that lazy-ass…."

Tifa called out to them, cutting off Barret's rant about Cloud's work ethic. "Hey! You guys still behind us?"

"We are, Tifa!" Sam called out. She turned to Barret. "Do you need me to get off so you can catch your breath?"

"Nah. Just hold on." He started to increase his speed little by little.

Once they were at the top, Barret gently let Sam off, and she stood in front of the door leading to the corridor on the fiftieth floor.

'Don't worry, Reno. I'm still alive, and I'm coming to get you….' Taking a deep breath, she paused, and then pushed the door open.

Cloud, Tifa, and Barret got ready behind her just in case there was going to be a fight. But, to their surprise, the corridor was as empty and as silent as a graveyard at night.

Sam poked her head out of the door, and looked down both directions before running out into the open.

"Which way now, Tifa?" She turned and asked.

Tifa pointed to the right, and Sam let her take the lead.

Meanwhile, Reno was in Rufus' office, preparing for an assault. Rufus was expecting Sam to come back, and Reno was having reservations about fighting the girl who had saved him. She hadn't done anything wrong, right? She couldn't help what she was…but, according to his boss, she was a killer, just like her predecessor, Genesis. That meant she was a threat, and threats had to be eliminated.

Rude sensed his partner's hesitation. It wasn't like him. Normally, he would've been all gung-ho and rearing to fight. But, this time, Rude knew, was different. The girl was kind to him, and saved his life. Reno couldn't lay a hand on her to hurt her….let alone fight her.

Rude shivered with the memory of the security tape that had been shown to them, the one of the girl butchering all of those guards…..it was like she was a totally different person than the girl he knocked out at the apartment….shrugging it off, he began to prepare himself mentally for the fight ahead.

Back in the hall, Tifa led the way to Rufus' office. Sam was able to walk on her own now, and she managed to keep up with the pace Tifa was setting.

Even Cloud was impressed with her quick recovery, even if he didn't show it.

Once at the door to the office, Tifa checked if it would open, which it didn't.

Motioning for everyone to stand back, she aimed and landed a well placed kick to the doors, causing them to come crashing down.

Sam rushed past her and into the office, where she spotted the man she had come for.

"Reno!" She ran up to him, but he held out his baton, and assumed a fighting stance.

"Reno….?"

"He's not going to let you just come in here as you please, Exodus." Rufus scoffed from behind his desk.

Sam turned on him. "Stop calling me that! I have no idea who the hell that is!"

Rufus raised an eyebrow. "Don't you?" He played the security camera tape from when she was locked up.

Once the tape was finished, he turned off the monitor he played it on, and looked her in the eye. "Now, who could that have been, hm?"

Sam stared in shock at the now blank screen. She had killed at least twenty men…that would explain the bloody clothes she was wearing, and how she managed to escape….but, how? And why?

Tifa, Barret, and Cloud watched the tape just as intently as Sam. They all looked at her in shock, as she tried to piece the puzzle together.

"So, as you can see, 'Sam' is property of my company, and, seeing as how she's defective, needs to be destroyed." He snapped his fingers, and she was surrounded by Elena, Tsung, and Rude.

She looked to Reno with sad eyes. "Are you okay with this, Reno? With me being killed for what they made me?"

Rufus' eyes narrowed. "We didn't make you anything. You…"

Sam cut him off by standing up, and looking him in the eye. "Like hell you didn't! What about this 'Genesis' guy you keep going on about?! You say that he's a killer, and so am I. But, you made us, didn't you?!" She screamed.

Mr. ShinRa wasn't taking kind to being yelled at. "Kill her."

The Turks tried to rush her, but she dodged their blows, and sent them to the floor. They were unconscious, but far from dead.

"I am nothing like Genesis. You can't assume that I'm going to be a killer because of him and Sephiroth. Yes, I know about him. Tifa filled me in." She turned towards Reno. "You never answered my question, Reno…"

Reno paused, and looked away, not wanting to meet her eyes. "I'm….."

SF15: Sorry, I just had to end it there. I'm evil like that. ^_^