Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy VII, though I hear that real estate in Nibelheim is at a very good discount.
A/N Two in one day! Well the first was technically yesterday's my document upload thing wouldn't work for seven hours! Again my humble apologies, I feel like a horrific Vincent fan for doing so. Anyway, I was watching Mythbusters during that struggle and decided on Hojo getting Ben Franklin-ed. Cheers!
Hojo growled glaring up at the Shin-Ra building from his car, despite the imposing look it had through the sheets of rain and roar of thunder. In the middle of a barren wasteland it was like a giant lightning rod, fortunately the inside had been insulated against such a thing.
He'd been caught in traffic for the better part of an hour, and it was rather starting to bother him. Finally the cars rolled forward and he pulled into Shin-Ra, unfortunately all the parking spots in the garage were taken so he had to park on the roof level. He stepped out of the car grumbling, he left his umbrella at home, he put his hand over his head as he grabbed his briefcase.
Just as he shut the door he felt his PHS vibrating, he grumbled something and pulled it out, "what?!"
Rufus pulled the phone away from his ear, he didn't like calling Hojo any more then Hojo liked being called, "you're late for our staff meeting."
Hojo clenched his PHS, "who are you to be lecturing me boy? I was preparing my latest research on the SOLDIER program so tell the President I will be along momentarily."
"Well get your," Rufus stopped thinking that what he wanted to call Hojo may get him into a spot at the moment, "brain in here so we can get this meeting started."
"Boy, give me the Cliffnotes of what's been going on in that meeting room," Hojo snarled irritably as he dug around for his coffee tumbler.
Rufus mentally cursed out Hojo, at which point he decided that as soon as he became President Hojo would be the first to go. After which would come Heidegger, Scarlet, and Palmer. He would keep Reeve; Reeve was the only agreeable one in the executives. "Budget proposals, arguments over funding, the usual. You haven't missed anything out of the ordinary."
Hojo nodded finally finding his coffee mug and taking a sip, his coffee was cold. "Bleh, well boy…"
At that moment the lightning that had been striking near the building came crashing down onto Hojo. It lasted less then a second before the thunder roared mingling with the howl of the wind to drown out Hojo's shrieking. His charred body crumpled onto the asphalt.
He never made it to the staff meeting.
