I still don't know what a Mary-Sue is ... isn't anyone going to tell me? -sweatdrop- To Emri, my lovely reviewer, I will have Ellie obtain Yuffie when they are at Fort Condor. Because that's when I got her P. I now have to consult a novelisation, a game script, and a walkthrough! Gahhhhhh ... Thanks for all the reviews! You really keep me going -sniff-

Lost and Found: Chapter 4

Ellie had gone off for her afternoon nap. Meanwhile, Vincent had nothing to do. What a lousy housekeeper I am ... he thought, shaking his head. Vincent looked down at the kitten who was now meowing non-stop, and decided that it was probably hungry. He strode off to the kitchen and poured milk for Fluffy to drink. Having nothing else to do, he went out into the big garden, only to be greeted joyfully by Rex.

When Ellie woke up and went back into the living room, Vincent was not there. She checked the kitchen, but he wasn't there either. Back up the stairs she went, calling out for him.

"Vinnie...? Where are you?"

Vincent's room door opened, and out he came with his long black hair wet and his red cloak nowhere to be seen. Evidently he had just taken a bath. Ellie gazed at him questioningly.

"Your dog drooled all over me," said Vincent flatly. Ellie laughed, and they both went back down to the living room.

Ellie loaded her game and began to play. Cloud, Tifa and Barret had left Elmyra and Marlene to go to ShinRa Headquarters to rescue Aeris. Cloud must have been very angry and worried, thought Vincent, remembering the time Aeris had left for the City of the Ancients by herself. Cloud had been so worried and snapped at everyone else who delayed him from reaching Aeris. Ellie directed the group to Wall Market and explored every shop, hoping to find an answer as to how to get to ShinRa Headquarters. She bought another Restore materia and a Fire materia. Finally she reached the weapon shop, and the vendor on the left said that to go up to the plate, they'll need batteries. Ellie asked Vincent, but he too had no idea. She bought the batteries anyway, and left the shop.

Ellie directed Cloud to the top right corner of the screen, and a new screen appeared. It was a huge wall full of markings and wordings no doubt written by young boys, with a long wire attached to it that led up. Soon after putting the batteries to use on the complicated wall of wires, Ellie finally arrived at the ShinRa building. I could help Ellie here, thought Vincent. I am an ex-Turk after all. Ellie chose the option to sneak in quietly, but they were soon recognised and attacked. After the battle, Vincent pointed out the elevator to her at the back of the room, and she directed Cloud to enter it. Suddenly the elevator stopped, and another battle ensued. Fairly easy, even for Ellie, but it was a long fight because the elevator stopped at every floor.

Finally they reached the 59th floor. Vincent informed her that to access the 60th floor onwards, she would have to get a key card, and she would also have to switch elevators. She directed Cloud to the other elevator, but were attacked by a group of soldiers. Ellie obtained a Keycard 60 for her troubles. Cloud and gang proceeds to the elevator and slipped past the incompetent guards into the room on the right. They walked up to the 61st floor.

"Oh wait, I don't have the keycard for the 61st floor..."

"But the light on the door is blue, not red, perhaps it is broken," said Vincent. Cloud passed through the door with no problem, and Ellie directed him to talk to other people, in order to get information. After talking to a man in a grey suit, Cloud received a Keycard 62. They then proceeded to the 62nd floor, which Vincent recognised as the mayor's office and a few libraries.

"Talk to the mayor, Ellie, he might be able to help."

"Oh, okay ... wait, he says he would help but I need to give him a password..."

Stupid mayor, thought Vincent irritably. Ellie had to spend a fortune getting some clues out of the guy in the hallway in order to get the password. She received a Keycard 65. Cloud arrived at the 63rd floor. Ellie directed him to the computer terminal room on the screen. There were three other rooms on screen, each with something shiny inside it. Cloud will only be allowed to open three doors to get the prizes. I thought the 63rd floor was the Turk Headquarters...? thought Vincent. (a/n:I made that up)

"Vinnie ..."

"I am sorry, I do not know."

In the end, Ellie only managed to get an All Materia and a Star Pendant. She couldn't get to all of them in one go. Deciding to leave behind the Four Slots, she left for the 64th floor. There were a few rooms with treasure chests in it. She directed Cloud to open one, and it contained an item called Midgar Parts. Then she went inside the room with the model and placed the parts there. Ellie and Vincent heard a 'click', which sounded like something had been unlocked. Ellie directed Cloud to open another treasure chest, but he couldn't. Ellie tried another treasure chest, and this time it did open, with another Midgar part. She repeated this a few times until all five pieces had been restored. She received a Keycard 66. Vincent thought he heard her mutter "Stupid Squaresoft..."

"Who is Squaresoft?" questioned Vincent.

"Er ... the maker of this game, I think..."

"Oh."

They arrived at the 66th floor, which Vincent recognised as a conference room in the middle of the floor. They watched as the ShinRa executives enter the room.

"Hey cool, look Vinnie, a bathroom!" Vincent resisted the urge to roll his eyes. Amazingly, however, Cloud entered the broken toilet and climbed up into the vents. Ellie directed him towards the screen, where they could hear the conference meeting.

Reeve: We have the damage estimates for Sector 7. Considering those factories we already set up and all the investments, the damage estimated cost to rebuild Sector 7 is...
President Shinra: We're not rebuilding.
Reeve: What?
President Shinra: We're leaving Sector 7 as it is. And restarting the Neo-Midgar plan.
Reeve: ...then the Ancients?
President Shinra: The Promised Land will soon be ours. I want you to raise the Mako rates 15 in every area.
Palmer: Rate hike! Rate hike! Tra, la, la! And please include our Space Program in the budget!

Once again Vincent found himself with an insatiable urge to kill all fat, old, crazy bastards. He was sure Barret felt the same way.

President Shinra: Hojo. How's the girl?
Hojo: As a specimen, she is inferior to her mother. I'm still in the process of comparing her to her mother, Ifalna, but for now the difference is 18.

"Ifalna!" Vincent blurted out. Ellie turned around to face him.Vincent shook his head and said nothing, and Ellie returned to her game. Aeris is Professor Gast's daughter...!

Cloud leaves the duct and follows Hojo up to the 67th floor. An event took place, Cloud had peered into a tank and muttered "Jenova..." and then started to flip out. He kneeled to the floor again, clucthing his head. Barret looked into the tank, and some eerie music started playing, sending chills up and down Vincent's spine. Jenova was missing its head. Ellie regained control of Cloud and saved her game near the elevator.

"Alright, Ellie, it's almost time for dinner... I have to cook now," said Vincent, getting up from the sofa. Ellie nodded, and switched off the playstation.

"I don't suggest you take Rex for a walk now, it's getting dark. But please keep Fluffy away from the kitchen," said Vincent, glaring at the white fluffball before heading off to the kitchen to prepare dinner. Ellie laughed at Vincent, and picked Fluffy up who was attempting to follow Vincent.

"It's ok, Fluffy," said Ellie, cuddling the kitten. "We both know how he really feels about you, don't we?"

End of chapter! Hmm.. this is gonna be quite a long story, don't you think? But I'm running out of things for Vincent to cook! Pasta, macaroni and cheese ... erm.