Final Fantasy VII: Lost Advent Child
Chapter Two:
They headed outside and got in the chopper. Reno flew them about two miles away from the enemy base. Rude got out first and checked their surroundings. He then waved to the chopper, indicating it was safe. Reno got out of the chopper and looked back up at Yumi. "Here, I'll help you down. Put your hands on my shoulders." Yumi did as she was told and Reno put his hands on her hips. He lifted her up and placed her on the ground in front of him.
"Um… thank you Reno." She turned her face to look at the ground.
"No problem." He was turned away from her, closing the chopper door. "Hey, no looking at the ground." Yumi turned her eyes up to Reno for a moment then looked back down at the ground. "Your making your bangs fall in your face again." Reno put a hand under her chin and lifted her face up, forcing her to look into his eyes. Reno smiled down at her. "I can barely see your eyes. And once again you're torturing the world, hiding your beautiful face. Let me fix that." Reno ran a hand through her bangs, putting them the way they were. "There. Much better."
"And once again, you just can't stop flirting." muttered Rude.
"For the last damn time, it's not flirting! It's being truthful and polite. She does look better and shouldn't hide her face. Don't you think so?"
"Well, she does look better with her hair out of her face." said Rude.
"You guys, we gotta go ahead and start walking. We have to go two miles." Yumi said as she turned and began walking through the forest.
"Hey, wait for us!" yelled Reno as he ran after her. Rude sighed and jogged after both of them.
Toward the edge of the woods, Yumi began to see lights coming from the base. "About time…" she sighed. "I'm getting tired of carrying this suitcase. We just had to make the big bombs, didn't we Rude?"
"Well, it'll be worth it when we blow it up."
"True, very true."
The three stopped at the edge of the woods and looked at the base. "Remember the plan guys? Don't get caught." Said Yumi. Reno and Rude nodded and they snuck past the guards into the base. Once inside, they carefully inspected the hallways.
"There's a lot more guards than I thought there was going to be." Said Yumi. "We have to split up."
Reno's eyes grew wide. "No. It's too dangerous to split up. What if something happens and we're not there to save you?"
"Don't worry about stuff like that. I'm going to be perfectly fine."
"I still don't think it's a good idea."
"Well I do. And the sooner we get out the better."
"She has a point." Said Rude. "The sooner the better."
"Well, yeah, but-"
"I'm gonna be fine Reno. Promise." She smiled at Reno.
"Well…" Reno was silent as he watched her smile.
"Ok, let's plant the bombs first. I have the least number of bombs to plant, so I'll take care of the main computer. Rude, you should go through the walls and Reno, go under the floor. I'll go through the air vents."
"I'll meet up with you as soon as I can." Said Reno.
Yumi grabbed her suitcase and took a running jump at a pipe above them and used it to swing into the air vents. She stuck her head out of the vent and waved goodbye before replacing the tile she kicked out. "And Reno, you do worry too much."
Reno looked confused for a moment and then remembered the earphone they had each gotten so they could talk while they were split up. "Do not." He muttered as he and Rude split up.
They were silent for a long time after that, not wanting to be caught by the guards. Yumi planted the bombs she had, but on the last one, she ran into a guard. As soon as he spotted her, he put a mask over his face and hit a button on the wall. A pipe next to them emitted a hazy white fog and it spread everywhere. Yumi quickly took out the guard and turned off the fog coming from the vent. She then shook the guard awake and demanded to know what was in the fog.
"Wouldn't you like to know?"
"Wouldn't you like to live?"
"Maybe."
Yumi slapped him multiple times. "Tell-me-what-was-in-the-god-damn-mother-fucking-fog!" she yelled between slaps.
"Alright! Just stop hitting me! It contains a toxic substance that will make you delirious. Everything will make you nervous and you'll lose control of your body. You'll feel like your going insane and then you'll die slowly."
"Where's the antidote?"
"What antidote?"
"Don't play dumb with me!" she pulled a knife from her pocket and stabbed him in the leg. "You wouldn't keep something this dangerous without a cure. Where is it?"
"I don't know."
Yumi pulled the knife out of his leg and held it between his legs. "I'll cut it off and make you eat it."
"Ok, ok! There's no real cure to make it go away, only a temporary one. It's on the other side of the compound in a security room, locked in a carrying case jammed in the wall."
Yumi knocked the guard out again. "Reno, Rude, did you get all of that?"
"Yes. I'll get the antidote." Said Rude.
"Are you ok?" asked Reno.
"I think I'm going to be ok as long as we can get back to Shinra before it takes too much of an effect. I'm going to the main computer now."
"I've got one more bomb to plant. I'll be there as soon as I can." Said Reno.
"Reno, you sound way too worried. I'll be fine. See you there."
"See you there."
Yumi snuck into the main computer room which was very simple; one office with a plain old regular computer.
Impressive. Plain and simple. Most would overlook this room. Oh well, better get started.
Yumi jumped down and turned on the computer. She then deleted all the files on Shinra.
Good, now that's done. She began to sway a little in her chair. Great, I'm getting worse. Gotta get outta here. She suddenly began to feel nervous.
"Yumi."
Yumi jumped and looked around the room.
"Yumi, up here."
She looked up and saw Reno staring down at her from the ventilation duct. He looked worried.
"Yumi, are you ok? Did you finish?"
"I finished. But I think that stuffs getting to me now. I feel really nervous and jumpy."
"Turn off the computer and come over here. I'll help you up."
Yumi tried to wait for the computer to shut down completely, but footsteps from outside the door were heard. Her heart started to pound.
"Yumi, just common, the computer will turn itself off any moment."
"But what if it doesn't? We'll get caught." Yumi turned back to the computer. Except nothing was matching up. Every time her head made the slightest motion, everything turned a different color.
"Common!" Reno grabbed Yumi's arm and dragged her into the air vent. He put the tile back and turned to Yumi. "Yumi? Are you ok? What's going on?"
Not even Yumi knew what was happening. Everything seemed to blur in a rainbow of colors now. Nothing was sitting still and by the time she realized what color something was, it changed again. Her mind drifted to the computer. She found a grate and looked to see it was still on. "We're gonna get caught."
"What?"
"The computers still on. We're gonna get caught. Then we're gonna die. It will be all my fault" Yumi's voice was becoming delirious as she spoke.
"Reno, I found the temporary antidote. I'm headed your way. You must keep her quiet. The guards will hear." Said Rude.
"I'll try."
"I don't want to die. I'll get you killed. It's all my fault." Her voice was becoming louder and shriller.
"Yumi, calm down, it's going to turn-"
"I don't wanna die!" Colors and strange shapes flashed past Yumi's eyes as she pulled a gun out of her pocket and aimed at the computer. "I'll shut it down myself!"
The sound of a key sliding into the doorknob below them made Yumi's heart stop.
"Reno, I said keep her quiet!"
"Yumi, don't shoot the computer, they'll hear the gun shot!"
"Turn off you stupid piece of shit! I don't wanna die!" Yumi was only growing worse.
The key turned in the lock.
"I'm not ready to die!"
"Reno, shut her up!"
Reno slipped his hand under Yumi's and managed to grab the gun. He held it away from her and pushed her down with the other hand.
"No! Give it back! We must shoot the computer. I don't wanna die! I dont want it to be my fault if we die!" Yumi screamed.
The key slipped into the second lock.
"Reno, what did I just tell you!?"
"I can't shut her up! I have to keep the gun away from her with one hand and hold her down with the other one!"
"Dot let me die!"
"Reno, do something!"
"Like what?"
"Let me go!" Yumi continued to scream and fought against Reno for the gun.
"Fucking shut her up!"
"Don't kill me!"
The key unlocked the second lock.
"No!"
"Reno!"
Unsure of what else to do, Reno quickly pinned Yumi down and kissed her. She went into complete shock and laid there. The computer turned off and the door opened. A man stepped into the office, picked a folder up off the desk and walked out. The shock began to wear off and Yumi began to struggle again. When the foot steps went away, Reno let his lips leave Yumi's. A few moments later, Rude came with the temporary antidote. He opened the case and pulled out a vile and needle.
"Reno, roll up her sleeve and hold her down."
"What are you doing?" Yumi's eyes couldn't even focus as they moved back and forth. She was starting to sweat.
Reno rolled up her sleeve and held her down. Yumi took one look at the needle and started screaming. "No! What are you doing? No!" She started kicking and screaming.
"This is for your own good Yumi." Rude stuck the needle in her arm. Her eyes widened then rolled to the back of her head as she became limp. She closed her eyes and her head slumped to the side.
"Yumi?" Reno put his head on her chest. "Her hearts still beating. It's slowing down."
Yumi stirred. She opened her eyes and things were becoming clear and the colors began to stop flashing as things returned to normal. She looked from Rude to Reno. "You guys, what happened?" She stared at Reno weakly.
"You went psycho, almost got us caught, and nearly died. Just your average normal day." Said Rude.
"Great." Said Yumi. "Time to play my game and blow this place to hell. Perfect way to end the day."
"Are you sure your gonna be able to do that?" asked Reno. "I mean, you were really freaking out a minute ago."
"I'm sure I'll be fine. I can handle it." Yumi sat up and tried to stand, but she only fell down.
"Sure. Your going to be perfectly fine." He said sarcastically.
"Reno, just shut up and help me up." At first, Reno tried to pull Yumi up by her hands, but her legs were completely stiff. He then bent down low enough so she could wrap her arms around his neck. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her up. Yumi blushed slightly at how close they were to each other. She wobbled as she struggled to move her legs. Once she regained control, she let go of Reno and held out her hand. "Gun."
He stared at her for a moment then remembered that he had her gun. He handed it to her.
"We should get going." Said Yumi.
"Especially because the antidotes only temporary. Once we get back to Shinra, the scientists will come up with a solution. In the meantime, we have no idea how long it's going to last." Said Rude.
"Screw that. I'm ready to play my game. Any guard I come across is dead." An evil smirk spread across Yumi's face as she pulled another hand gun out.
"You should be more worried about you freaking out again." Said Reno. "How many vials of that antidote crap do we have left? He asked turning to Rude.
"Two left. We have to give one to the scientists so you can only have one more freak out Yumi. We better hurry up."
Yumi frowned. "Fine. Let's hurry." She pulled a handgun muffler out of her pocket and attached it to her gun. "I'll keep it quiet. Guess we gotta keep sneaking?"
"Of course. Don't be stupid." Replied Rude.
"Fine." Yumi pouted a little bit.
They eliminated the guards they passed and exited the base. They stood at the edge of the woods and looked at the base. Yumi sat down on a bolder and let her feet dangle off the edge. She pulled the detonator out of her suit jacket.
"Common you guys, sit back and relax. Let's enjoy the show." She patted the bolder on either side of her. The boys exchanged glances and sat on either side of Yumi. She grinned at both of them. "Ready?" She had her thumb on the button. They nodded. "Ok. Hope you like the 'bonus' I added." She pushed down the button.
The entire building collapsed on itself and fireworks came streaking out, decorating the sky.
"Fireworks?" asked Reno as he looked at the colorful bursts of light in the sky.
"Yep. Fireworks, ya gotta love em." She said smiling. She pushed a button on the side of the detonator and even more fireworks spread across the sky. At the same time, the building literally blew inside out from the center. The force of this caused Yumi's hair to fly straight back and dance in the wind. She smiled in satisfaction as the show above their hears died out. "Fun?" she asked.
"Defiantly." Reno and Rude answered. Yumi hopped off the bolder and straightened out her suit.
"Common, mission complete. Let's go home."
Reno and Rude hopped down and the three of them walked back to the chopper. About half way back, the boys noticed Yumi started to sway slightly.
"Its nothing." She assured them.
Once they were almost to the clearing where the chopper was, Yumi collapsed. She cringed in pain and moaned in agony.
"Reno, its back." Said Rude. "We have to get her to the chopper now. It's too dark to give her another shot here."
"Got it." Reno picked up Yumi and put her on his back. She wrapped her arms around his broad shoulders and only tightened her grip as Reno jogged to the chopper. Rude ran ahead to open the chopper door and prepare it for flight.
Yumi cried out in pain in Reno's ear. It felt as if she was being stabbed by a thousand daggers. The flashing colors were beginning to return as Reno hopped into the chopper. He laid Yumi down in the backseat and prepared to fly back to Shinra. Rude injected her again and she sighed in relief as the pain receded.
She remained spread out across the backseat as Rude got in the front with Reno.
By the time they got back to Shinra, the antidote was starting to wear off again. Reno rushed her into the scientists lab closely followed by Rude. Her breathing became uneven and she struggled to ignore the colors flashing before her eyes. Reno and Rude explained what had happened to the scientists and they put her on a stretcher.
"We'll enhance this antidote so it will keep her well." Insisted one of the scientists as he took the last vile from Rude.
The other scientists removed Yumi's suit jacket and tie as she grew overheated. They unbuttoned the first few buttons of her white long sleeved shirt. She was sweating profusely. Yumi struggled to focus on anything. The colors were driving her up the wall. And she wished the scientists would stop yelling about duplicating the temporary antidote so they could use it right away. Everything hurt and everything was aching.
Reno and Rude looked over at Yumi as she moaned out in pain. Suddenly her back arched high off the stretcher. She screamed out, the pain coursing through her body. The scientists then injected her with the copy of the temporary antidote and she calmed down again. They then wheeled her away to the emergency room.
"We should have a working antidote in a few hours." Said one of the scientists. "We'll bring her back to her room once we give it to her."
Reno and Rude left and walked towards their rooms.