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A/N: thanks to everyone who has taken the time to read this little story and as always special thanks are owed and offered to the people who reviewed. To Cerulean Crystal, sion0083, DC-Desperado, Zellycat and Sjsilver thank you all so much. Special thanks of course to Alex the best damn writer I know and to Hannahkins for keeping me sane ok here we go Chapter 5. The Best Laid Plans..
The Best Laid plans.
Squall looked at the hurt expression on the girl's face, she had saved his life not once but twice and he had rewarded her not with appreciation but with the prospect of incarceration. As he watched her come to some sort of terms with the words he had just spoken he could feel a part of him die a little inside. For the first time in his life he actually considered forgetting about his duty and letting a suspect go free. He looked at her once more before he silently resolved this inner conflict.
"Why" Rinoa asked finally giving voice to the question with plagued her.
"Because it's my job" Squall replied his voice tinged with the tiniest of regret.
He bent down and began to search through the dead corpse of the assassin who only moments earlier had come so close to ending his life. He placed his hand on the mans neck to confirm he was as dead as he looked, all the while keeping the gun trained on the other figure in the ramshackle room. When he was convinced that there was no pulse he reached into the mans pocket and took out the wallet. As he was about to open the wallet and look inside a sudden pain shot through his shoulder. Turning his head slightly to the left he brought his gunwielding hand up to feel the wound the dead man had inflicted.
"Are you ok" Rinoa asked her voice surprisingly full of concern.
"Yeah, its nothing really" Squall lied as he felt the deep wound.
Rinoa smiled at the detective and despite the discomfort he was feeling Squall couldn't help but think that as beautiful as she was, her smile made her truly magnificent.
"I'm sorry" Rinoa said suddenly catching him slightly off guard.
"Don't worry about it, seriously it doesn't hurt that much" Squall said smiling at the girl.
"No I meant for this" she said.
Rinoa spun around quickly and in one fluid movement she thrust out her leg catching the kneeling detective squarely in the shoulder knocking him completely off balance. As he fell to the ground the gun slid across the dusty floor causing momentarily kicking up a small dust cloud. Moving quicker than Squall anticipated, she again raised her leg and with two quick kicks caught the detective squarely in the jaw. As she watched him slip into unconsciousness she turned and began to run towards the door. When she reached it she looked back at what she expected to be the prone figure of Squall Leonheart. She saw to her surprise that he was actually raising himself to his feet, as their eyes met she saw the handsome detective smile at her and wink.
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The two men drove carefully to their destination, even though they were in a hurry to get there neither felt comfortable speeding considering the package that lay on the back seat.
"Goddamn it man be careful" Moose said as the car bounced over a pothole in the road.
"Hey I didn't make the damn road" his companion replied.
The two men wear as different as night is to day, Mikey "moose" Halpin was a large tree trunk of a man, an ex boxer Halpin had all the accompaniments of a man who had spent a long time being hit for a living. His large misshapen hands had doled out as much punishment as he had taken although to look at his face you wouldn't think it possible. His nose had been broken so many times it was now little more than a battered stump on his face. The other man was as thin as Moose was large, he had pale almost transparent looking skin which had in turn led to his nickname. As they drove the package slid hazardously close to the edge of the seat, Moose surprisingly for a man of his size moved very quickly to stop the package falling onto the floor of the car.
"Phew close call" Whitey said a note of relief clear in his voice.
"Yeah, it was almost us instead of that fool Dincht" Moose replied causing both men to laugh loudly.
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The large imposing building of that housed the offices of the Justice Department was as usual quiet at this time of night. Yet in the small fifth floor office the two people were working at a frenzied pace.
"Hurry up Sefie" the red haired cowboy said.
"Dammit Irvy, I'm going as fast as I can" the small girl replied as she opened the large oak weapon case at the back of the office. Irvine sat at his small desk looking at the picture in front of him, he picked the picture up to look at it more closely.
"So this is the target" he asked as he put the picture back down and reached over to switch the desk lamp off.
"Yeah, you up for it then" Selphie replied as she took the sniper rifle out of the cabinet and handed it to Irvine.
"Hon, as you well know I'm always up for it" Irvine said as he took the Reaper from her.
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Rajin parked the large white limousine in the underground garage of the upscale apartment building. Unusually for the large man he was armed to the teeth and as he got out of the car he subconsciously felt the two mp5's he had attached to his hips like a long forgotten gunfighter. He walked through the dark and gloomy garage towards the elevator that led to the apartments above. As he reached it he pressed the intercom button as he still needed to be buzzed through to reach the apartments.
"Your late" Zell's voice said through the intercom.
"Sorry about that don't ya know" Rajin replied, he hated these bloody things he thought to himself as he waited for Zell to buzz him up.
"Don't worry about it bro, listen you wait with the car, we'll be down in a second" Zell replied.
Rajin walked back to the white limo feeling just a tad apprehensive, it was unlike Zell not to have him come up to the apartment when he collected him. Zell meanwhile was waiting for Fujin to get ready and as eager as he was to get to the business at hand, watching Fujin dress was one of life's little bonuses. He watched as she placed the two small knives on her sides and couldn't help but smile as she put her jacket on and walked towards him.
"Ready" Fujin said as she reached her boyfriend.
"Beautiful" Zell said almost mimicking Fujin's speech pattern.
Fujin smiled as she heard the words come from Zell's mouth, reaching over she kissed him softly on the lips. As usual however this was never enough for either of them and very quickly the kiss became more passionate.
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Seifer Almasy stood by the large bay window of the Governor's mansion, he had worked hard to get here and yet this was just the first step. The girl had been useful even if she didn't realise she was being manipulated. However her usefulness had now run out and like the people she had killed she was now expendable. He turned and walked to the large mahogany desk, the Havana he had in his hands unlit for now. Seifer never could enjoy his cigars until the plans he had set in place had been carried out.
"After tonight things will be very different" the elegant dark haired woman said as she watched him move through the room.
"Yes, they'll all be dead" Seifer said as he began to laugh.
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Squall trudged slowly from the decrepit building his body a mess of blood and bruises. The deep wound on his shoulder would at the very least need some stitches and yet as he walked from the room it was his jaw he was rubbing with his hand. The girl had been surprisingly strong and much quicker than he had expected. He smiled as he thought about how easily she had gotten away from him. The fact that she had managed to disarm and escape from an as highly decorated cop such as himself somehow made her seem even more intriguing to him. He walked to Odine's large Cadillac not surprised to see the keys still inside, getting in he started the engine and as was his norm quickly sped off. He never noticed the girl standing on the rooftop opposite although if he had it would have only made the smile on his face even larger.
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Rinoa picked the rifle up as she watched the detective speed off, she was glad he was ok and didn't seem too upset by her hurried escape. The more contact she had with this man the more uncomfortable it made her. There was something dangerously attractive about him and even though he had made it clear where his loyalties lay she still longed to see him again. The voice in her head that she had come to rely on over the years was telling her that she should just forget about him. But as always Rinoa Heartily was never truly led by her head.
"I'll see you soon, Squall" she said not realising that she was smiling as she said the man's name aloud.
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Quistis picked up the phone on the desk of her opulent office, like the man who's destruction she was now so close to she too liked her luxury. The office was large and expensively furnished, there were paintings on the wall from the very best artists. But it was the enormous marble topped desk with dominated the room's décor completely. The desk had once belonged to a president in the far off country of Easthar and when Quistis had seen it she had to possess it. As with most things once her mind was settled on something then she wouldn't rest until she had achieved her aims. As she heard the phone line connect she subconsciously caressed the cold marble finding as always comfort in the act.
"Is it done" she asked abruptly.
"Yes, we planted it five minutes ago" Whitey replied.
"Good, you better not screw this up or I'll have your balls nailed to the fucking floor" Quistis said as she hung the phone up.
She hung the phone up and reached into the top drawer of the desk, taking the large Havana out she reached for the matchbox she kept on the desk before sitting down. Lighting the cigar she began too smile, very soon the last obstacle to her and Seifer's plans would be gone and then this city would be theirs and thiers alone. She blew smoke from the cigar and silently thanked Seifer for introducing her to this unique pleasure. As she relaxed back in the large black leather chair her thoughts moved to the many other pleasures Seifer had introduced her to. She closed her eyes and let the memories wash over her before she began to slightly shudder and shake.
"Oooooh Seifer"
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The white limousine drove quickly through the streets of the fifth district, they were less than five minutes away from Ma's and as always Zell hated being late more than anything in the world. Rajin had told him that he had rounded up most of the gang and the thoughts of what they where about to do filled the large man with some trepidation. For too long an uneasy peace had existed between Garden's criminal underworld but now that she had decided to break that peace things were going to change big time.
"Careful" Fujin said as she kissed the neck of the tattooed man beside her.
"Aren't I always" Zell replied.
"Love" Fujin said as she felt her boyfriends hands rub gently across her back.
"Me too babe, me too" Zell said.
Rajin looked at the two through the rear-view mirror, he had been worried when Zell had first shown an interest in his sister but as the years had gone by he had never once doubted how much they loved each other. Always the protective brother when they were growing up, he was extremely happy that his sister had found someone who cared so deeply about her.
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The two men sat in the car across the road from the nightclub, they had managed to plant the explosives in the DJ booth across from the main office. Moose looked down at his watch noticing the time was 1.55 am, turning to his companion he pointed this out to him.
"Five more minutes" he said showing Whitey the watch.
Whitey leaned back against the car seat and began to laugh, he had his own personal score to settle with Dincht and his gang and was glad it was his information that would finally bring the tattooed freak down.
"Yeah, five minutes and then bye ,bye Dincht" Whitey said as Moose too began to laugh.
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Rinoa drove her car to the large office building, parking around the back out of sight she got out of the car and looked for the easiest way inside. Looking around she noticed the fire escape was completely unguarded and though this surprised her she made her way towards it. She knew her target would be alone in the large office at the top of the building and though she would rather take him out in the same way as the others. This time it was different, all of the killings she had done had been personal but this one was doubly so. As she made her way up the fire escape she could feel the restrictions of the bullet proof vest she wore under her blue cardigan. As much as she would have liked not to wear it though she knew that the odds she would soon be facing made it essential. Taking the two desert eagle's out of their holster she reached the top of the fire escape and jumped softly onto the roof.
"This is it mum, this is the last" she said as she moved towards the large skylight.
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Irvine lay on the gravely surface of the roof and watched the girl through the telescopic sight as she climbed.
"You know hon., I could just finish it now" he said to the small girl beside him.
"Not now Irvy, after" Selphie replied.
"But Sefie, you of all people know I hate to wait" Irvine said as he flashed a grin at her.
Selphie couldn't help but smile back at the incorrigible cowboy.
"We do have orders you know" Selphie said as Irvine once more turned his attention towards the roof opposite.
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A/N: ok phew that took much longer than I had hoped and sorry for the cliff hangars at the end but I just couldn't fit in the ending just yet not to mention that I do occasionally listen to the evil angel on my shoulder.
A/N: ok so will Zell realise that he's about to head into a trap, will Rinoa realise that she's being watched. Just exactly why are Irvine and Selphie so willing to assassinate someone considering their supposedly law enforcement and who is the mysterious brunette that Seifer is talking too, well some of these will be answered in the next chapter and who knows if I get lucky maybe all. So please continue to read and if possible review cos as you can see I soooo need the help.