Chapter 3

"Hey, Cloud, could you pass me a towel?" Yuffie asked, as she came out of the bathroom; she was not wearing even a stitch of clothing as she walked out into the bedroom where all her friends were. No one glanced or even noted her naked body as she took the towel from Cloud, as he sat by the window. Thanking him, she went back inside the bathroom to continue her shower.

"So, what are we gonna do now?" Cid asked, miserably. "We have no home, no money, nowhere to go…"

"No drugs." Red XIII added, jumping up onto an empty bed and laying his head down on the hard pillows. The group, consisting of Cloud, Barret, Red XIII, Vincent, Cait Sith, Yuffie and Cid, were currently in a hotel room avoiding a certain psychopathic robot that took the form of Aeris. Luckily for them, they were quite safe where they were… for now.

Meanwhile, in the bathroom…

Yuffie stood in the shower, washing the stress from her body as the lukewarm water rained down on her. She tried desperately not to open her mouth as she lathered up her bosom, fearing that she might accidently swallow the recycled water which she cleansed herself in. After she had finished, she turned the shower head off and stepped out, needing not to dry herself as the warm air came into the room from the summery, picturesque-like day outside. She glanced at the window, breathing slowly as she admired the view. She saw rolling hills of green in the sun, and rabbits dancing amongst the flowers. Smiling to herself, she thanked her lucky stars that she could keep heroin hidden in her orifices so well, so that the others wouldn't steal it off her. Pulling a tiny little frown as she remembered Aeris and Tifa dying recently in such a horrible manner, she shook her head to dispel such depressing thoughts and glided into the bedroom again, stark naked.

"So, what are we going to do today?" Yuffie asked Cloud, quietly; she slowly slipped into a pair of jeans and also a blue sports bra as she spoke to him.

"Well, I guess we've got to get off the continent." He replied, miserable at the thought of having to move or do anything.

"You right, bro'." Barret agreed, shaking his head as he dragged heavily on a cigar. "That bitch robo ho ain't gonna stop chasin' us. And now I guess we got Tifa on our asses, too." He rubbed his temples, angry and resentful of Shinra. He had tried so hard to defeat them, only to fall once again to their mercy. "I have a plan." He started, livening up now as he put his cigar out in Cloud's coffee. "Now, this might sound rather foolish, yet heed me as you hark me. One might naturally assume that the Shinra Electric Company is monitoring steadfastly those who enter in and out of this continent. Therefore, I base this plan on a complex elaboration of reverse-psychology and influence from external stimuli."

"What the fuck are you talking about?" Cid asked, after losing complete understanding of what his comrade was saying. Cid added a salute to Barret to lessen the force of his tone.

"Basically—Shinra know what we gonna do, man. So I say, stay in this damn continent and attack the HQ before they bunk us all off!" Barret winked at Cid after revealing his plan. Looking away and coughing, Cid lit up a cigarette and nodded his head slowly.

"No!" Cloud suddenly screamed, running over to Barret and grabbing him by the shoulders. "We can't do that! Aeris will kill us for sure!" he began crying uncontrollably as Barret sat there upon the bed, unsure of what to do. Raising his hand, he slapped Cloud hard across the face, sending him flying from the bed. Landing in a loud heap on the floor, Cloud started shivering as he assumed a foetal position, thumb stuck firmly in his mouth.

"Ignore him, Barret." Yuffie laughed, sitting beside him and playing with his shoulders. She giggled quietly as she lowered her hands to his chest, playing with his nipples in her delicate, white fingers. Barret moaned slowly, in ecstasy, as she began to slide one of her hands down his shorts. Cid, who was sitting next to the pair, quickly shook Vincent awake as Red XIII ran into the bathroom in disgust. Not waiting for the dark, vampire-like man to come out from his sleeping stupor, Cid grabbed his hand and made for the kitchen, unaware of Cloud lying on the floor; with one huge cry he tripped over Cloud's body, kicking him hard in the stomach as he fell face-first on the floor, Vincent landing on top of him. Vincent, still not quite sure of what was going on, opened his eyes and saw Cid lying underneath him, his eyes closed and a stupid smile upon his face. Thinking that Cid had caved to the many past come-ons he had inflicted on him, Vincent smiled as he began to suck Cid's neck erotically. While all this was going on, Red XIII sat in the bathroom, alone, trying his best to block his ears from the sexual noises emanating from the other room. As he paws couldn't reach them, he had no other option but to dip his head into ice water and force unconsciousness. When he awoke three hours later, it was dark.

Opening one of his eyes slowly, Red XIII looked about the room. He hadn't recently done cocaine or heroin, so he couldn't understand why the room spun so violently. As he attempted to move, his body reacted limply, simply not obeying to his commands. He shut his eye again firmly, hoping someone had simply spiked his drink for a laugh and now he was in bed. But it was too cold… too silent.

Outside Red XIII's 'room'…

Hojo gazed into the cell where Red XIII was kept, a smile upon his thin, slit-like lips; everything had worked according to plan. The water supply in the motel was drugged with extreme aphrodisiacs which caused the already-loose party members to seduce each other. As they were distracted, soldiers were deployed to drug them and bring them to Shinra HQ for experimentation. Hojo laughed silently to himself, his shoulders bobbing up and down as he walked down the corridor which contained every member of AVALANCH. He was just glad to have his former lover Red XIII back under his control…