Chapter 8: Seven

The Turk Called Cloudia

AN: /blah/ = thoughts/inner monologue

*blah* = PHS conversation

Zackary Fair frowned as he checked his PHS once again. There were no messages from Cloud still. His friend had been sent on a mission... and disappeared along with his partner.

And now he, Angeal and Sephiroth were being sent to find them... and retrieve what they had been assigned to collect. Which hopefully wouldn't take long as winter was setting in.

"Zack, will you please calm down, panicking will not make the truck go faster." Angeal Hewley said softly. "Besides once we reach the mountains, we are going to be there until spring."

"What do you mean spring?" Zack asked as he turned to look at Angeal.

"The road to the mountains gets blocked by snow in winter."

Cissnei Soliel wasn't sure how long it had been since they had been captured... or where her partner Cloudia Strife was being held. All she knew was that a significant amount of time had passed due to how much colder it was getting and that her hair was longer.

There were no lights in her area of wherever they were being held but that didn't mean a thing when there was no one else around to need light.

They had been hidden by Professor Hojo... the miserable Head of Science at Shinra... but for what purpose, Cissnei didn't know.

And hopefully, someone would have realised they were missing and reported it back to headquarters... and someone was looking for them...

Genesis Rhapsodos frowned as he sat across from both Shinras, Tseng Yue and Veld Leonhart. "So let me see if I have this right, you sent Sephiroth, Angeal and Zackary to try to find a pair of missing Turks?" He paused for a moment. "Why? What is so important about these Turks?"

Tseng simply handed Genesis the folders he was holding... folders containing bios on the missing Turks... Cissnei Soliel and Cloudia Strife.

"They have been missing for six months now... and we have been slowly eliminating the possible locations... but don't know where else to look." Tseng admitted softly.

Genesis rubbed his eyes as he sighed. "What were they doing before they disappeared? Were they sent on a mission? If so, where to?"

Veld and Tseng looked at each other in shocked confusion. "We didn't think of that..." Tseng got out his PHS and made a quick call. After he hung up he frowned. "Apparently they were sent to Nibelheim to retrieve something for the Science Department. Also a message has just come through that they had disappeared after visiting the Reactor there."

"Alright, do we know where the other three are?"

Hojo snarled as he watched the experiment float in a tube of Mako. /Pity it is pregnant... I wish there was some indicator of the spawn's father.../ He turned to play with the dials next to the tube. /Still I will be able to create another Sephiroth soon.../