After a few hours at the Seventh Heaven, arguments led to the heavy intake of booze, which led to amiable conversation between the two groups (the remnants and everyone else), which led to the intake of more booze, which led to raucous singing, which led to even more booze, which led to the collective occupants of the Seventh Heaven stumbling up to Tifa's guest rooms and passing out almost instantly.

But while Cloud, Tifa, Yuffie, Vincent, The Turks, Reno, and Zella slumbered peacefully, three lithe figures crept stealthily through the darkness, down the streets of Midgar, and up to the door of Tifa Lockheart's bar.

One of the figures slid a small metal stick-a skeleton key- into the lock, and pushed the door.

Slowly, silently, it swung open, and the three silhouettes snuck in.

They moved like butter on a hot knife, climbing up the stairs. They split up, one going to the first room on the left, one moving to the second door on the right, and the last sneaking into the last door, at the end of the hallway.

It closed the door behind it without a sound.

Kadaj woke up with a dark sense of foreboding and a bad hangover.

"Hello, Kadaj." Said a silky voice.

A woman melted out of the shadows, smiling at him. Her hair was platinum blonde, and reached her waist. She was dressed in a shirt of tight red cloth that exposed her midriff, and pants of the same shade.

"Um…Hello?" Kadaj muttered, his head pounding.

A finely manicured hand was placed firmly over his mouth stifling anymore words he would have cared to speak. He felt a small pin prick on his arm, and felt his entire body go numb.

Ohmigod, I can't move! He thought.

The blonde picked him up and slung him over one shoulder, walking out of the room without a backwards glance.

He saw two other women walking out of other rooms, carrying Yazoo and Loz. One of them was also carrying…Zella?

"The skinny babe gave me some trouble, so I knocked her out." Said the girl carrying her. "Should I bring her along?"

The blonde shrugged. "Sure. We could use her as a hostage."

"Then let's get the hell out of here!" Hissed the third one cagily. She sounded like a trapped animal.

Then Kadaj felt the numbness seep into his brain, and he knew no more.