"What is that...?" Reno asked as the clip started.
Everyone leaned in further, and squinted at the scene "I can barely make it out from this angle and the darkness, but I think, it's a woman." Zack said.
"Ohhhh- Sephiroth's got a lady ghost tagging along with him." Reno smirked.
"Wait a min. She runs off the edge of the screen. Ghosts don't run, they fade don't they?" Zack said. "Cloud! See where she could've gone out there."
"Kay." Cloud ran outside with his flashlight and looked around, sure enough, there was an air duct she climbed into, he knew for sure, there was a piece of pink cloth stuck on the edge of the grating. He ripped off the evidence and walked back slowly.
"So?"
"Turns out it's not a ghost."
"How do you know for sure?"
He held up the pink cloth "This was stuck on the grating to the air vent!" Everyone ran over to examine it "Turns out Sephiroth's got a stalker, not a ghost."
Sephiroth visibly relaxed and jumped away from Angeal "I knew it all along. Good job, you passed the test with flying colors. But, one mystery still remains; who is this stalker?"
"Oh, shove it Sephy, your not fooling anyone!" Genesis snapped.
Sephiroth went to go after Genesis. "You two! Stop it! We have to work together to find out who it is and punish them... And they must also have a long talk about honor, and dreams..." Angeal butted in.
"Fine. As long as Sephy doesn't lie anymore..."
"Genesis..." Angeal warned.
"Well, what should we do?" Cloud asked.
"Burn them!" Genesis yelled.
"Why, aren't you mad at Seph?" Zack asked.
"Well, to tell the truth I, actually haven't burned anything in a while, and I think I'm having withdrawls..." Genesis replied nonchalantly.
"Gen, just this morning you, left 5 3rds, 3 2nds, 13 infantrymen, and 7 lunchladys, with third degree burns, after you 'got mad' in the cafeteria." Angeal said.
"Well, they should have listened to me when I asked them for the remaining bon-bons..."
"Well, then how could you be having withdrawls? And also there were no more bon-bons!"
"Lies, lies and propaganda! I saw them shoving there fat face's with my precious bon-bons! And I said 'awhile' geez learn to listen Geal!"
"Yo, if we don't hurry she's gonna get away!" Reno yelled.
"Agreed but first we need a plan..." Angeal said.
"Ohhh! Ohhh! Can I be Scooby Doo?" Zack asked.
"Focus Zackary!" Angeal roared.
Zack whimpered like a puppy "Well I got an idea..."
"What is it?" Angeal sighed.
"We set a trap!" Zack gleefully responded.
"And how do we do that in the Shinra building, praytell?" Sephiroth asked sarcasticaly. "It's not like we can show the Security Force the picture, we'd gain nothing from that. Then the stalker would be alerted and get away..."
"Yo, did you forget who you were talking to? We're proffessional pranksters remember?" Reno replied.
Sephiroth sighed "What do you have in mind?"
"Well, first..." Zack started.
"All ready on this end." Cloud said, through the earpiece.
"Ready!" Zack shouted.
"Ready!" Reno said.
"Why do I have to be a part of this?" Genesis groaned.
"Don't you want to burn them?" Zack asked.
"Okay!" Genesis replied happily.
"No, ones burning anyone!" Angeal said.
"Awww come on Geal!" Genesis, Reno, and Zack begged.
"No!"
"Let's hurry up, idiots!"
"Yes, Sephy..." Genesis said.
Reno sat at the laptop in Sephiroth's appartment, hacking into the mainframe that displayed all the air ducts in the building, that also located anything living in them, in case of invasion. "Okay, found her, she's on the floor below us heading in Zacks direction."
"Hah! Knew it!" Zack exclaimed adjusting the backpack.
"Is that why you wanted to be at that spot!? No fair Zack!" Genesis yelled.
"Fair is my last name Genny poo!"
"You say that again and I'll burn you alive!"
"Oh, Genny poo, don't be mad!" Zack tested.
"Thats it PUPPY, your DEAD! I'm going to kill you slowly as soon as this is all over!"
"I'll help!" Sephiroth replied.
"But, but, I'm helping you Sephy... This whole plan was my idea!"
"No worries Zack, I put too much effort into your training to have someone kill you early!" Angeal said.
"Yo, she's right above you! Heading towards... Oh s$%^!"
"What happened Reno!?" Angeal asked worried.
"Oh, god, oh, god... She-she's heading towards the President's suite!"
"WHAT!" Everyone yelled.
"President Shinra is Sephy's stalker!?" Zack questioned. "What in Gaia's name do I do Sephy!?"
"I- uhhh-I- don't know..." Sephiroth admitted.
"Do we confront him or wait?" Cloud asked.
"Let's wait she might go right past his suite... Hopefully..." Angeal said.
"Phew, your right Geal, she hung a left, towards... The staircase!"
"On my way!" Zack said, as he ran towards the staircase, hoping to catch this mystery woman. "Where'd she go Reno?"
"Your a little ahead of her..." Reno watched as the red dot bleeped towards Zacks location. The red dot suddenly disappeared. "S$^^! She disappeared from the map! I'm checking all other ducts in the building..." He found her again "How in Gaia's name did she get to the lower basement so fast!?"
"What!?" Sephiroth asked.
"OOOOH, there must be a slide!" Zack said hopping and clapping.
"But, how, I know those ducts like the back of my hand, I use them every day!... There is no way she could ever get from this floor to the Lower Basement in 5 seconds!"
"She is a ghost!" Sephiroth yelled.
"Sephy take a chill pill! Tell me, how could the ghost leave cloth behind!?"
"I don't care what you idiots think or do I'm going down there now!" Genesis yelled.
"Yeah! Let's catch her!" Cloud agreed.
"Last one to the basement is afraid of little ghoulies!" Zack taunted. "I ain't 'fraid a no ghost!"
"Hey Cloud, could you take over for me?" Reno asked.
"Sure, why?"
"I'm gonna find that slide!" Cloud came to take over for Reno, a little disappointed he'd miss the action, but a little relieved as well, this was an important job that had to be done. Reno climbed into the air ducts immediatly "Hey Cloud, direct me to the last point we saw her, I marked it for you in green."
"Kay."
"Dang it! We're only on the 23 floor! It's gonna take forever!"
"Patience, Zackary." Angeal said patting his shoulder in the medium sized elevator, with also Genesis, and Sephiroth.
"Oh, my, gosh!" Zack exclaimed smiling widely at Angeal.
"What?" Angeal asked quizzacaly.
"You are Yoda! Patience young grasshopper. May the force be with you!"
"You idiot, Yoda never said that! It's from that that TV series 'Kung Fu'!" Genesis exclaimed. They all stared at him.
"You do stuff other than quote 'Loveless' and burn things?" Zack asked amazed.
"Well, doesn't everybody!?"
"Most people don't quote 'Loveless' and only a handful of people know how to start fires and not burn to death." Sephiroth said.
"He's special!" Zack said.
They heard Cloud talk over the earpiece "Kay, Reno, you are at the exact point she disappeared."
"What the hell!? Nothing's here!"
"Maybe there's a trap door!" Zack said excitedly.
"I'll feel around." They heard the sound of scraping metal then Reno cursed and yelled.
"Are you okay, Reno!?" Angeal asked concerned.
"Finally..."
"I heard that Genesis! Yeah, I'm good. When I felt around the trap door opened below me, an I couldn't catch myself so I hit my head on the other side of the hole..."
Sephiroth, Genesis, and Zack, burst out laughing. "You three straighten up! He could have been seriously injured! Do you even care about your honor and dreams gentlemen?"
"Here we go again," Sephiroth groaned.
"I'm going in."
"Be careful Reno." Angeal warned.
"Geronimo!" They heard him slide down quickly in as little as five seconds he hit the bottom with a slight thump.
"Shoot, we should have all gone that way!" Genesis whined. "It would be much faster!"
"I know I wanna slide!"
"You do realize we just hit the bottom ourselves, don't you?" Sephiroth asked.
"I still wanna slide!... I wonder how she gets back up?"
"We can ask her ourselves in a minute. Cloud, make sure to tell us if anything goes in those vents." Angeal ordered.
"Yes, sir."
"Woah, it's dark down here. Where are the lights."
"Got em." Zack said, as the lights flickered on one by one.
"Damn, Mako." Reno muttered. They all looked around the room to find nothing out of the ordinary, no sign that the woman had just been there.
"I told you! It is a ghost!" Sephiroth's teeth started to chatter.
"There's probably another trap door around here." Zack said. Eveyone looked around the room except Sephiroth who backed himself into the wall slowly. Everyone heard such a high-pitched sound, some of the glass around the room fell to the floor, but just as quickly as it happened it stopped with a dead silence.
