Tseng:

"What the hell do you mean 'missing'?" The President screamed, spittle flying all over his expensive oak desk. His face was dangerously red and a vein on his temple was pulsating with every rapid beat of his heart.

Tseng kept his face purely neutral as he calmly looked into his boss' enraged face. "Their plane is missing, sir." he repeated himself, without showing a trace of impatience over repeating himself. "We have lost all contact with the pilot."

"Don't our planes have trackers or something?" President Shinra said impatiently. "Use that!"

"Sir. The planes transporting important people such as you, your son, the executives, the General and the two Commanders lack trackers to avoid enemies gaining information about the plane's location." Tseng explained patiently. "For safety-reasons."

The room became deadly silent, and Tseng could sense Reno twist nervously behind him. The President's voice was shaking with barely hidden rage as he spoke again. "So you're telling me that you have lost our General and our Commanders? The very foundations of our army? Of my power?"

Tseng was silent for a few moments before replying. "Yes, sir."

"Well, find them!" the President roared. "Find them, and do it now, goddamn it! And no one outside the Turks may know that they have gone missing. If AVALANCHE hears even a small rumor of their absence..."

Tseng nodded sharply. "Of course, sir." Well, he couldn't accuse the man of being stupid. AVALANCHE would be more than a little delighted for a situation like this. As would certain people within the company. Too bad for the old man that he didn't know his friends from his enemies…

"Do you have any leads?" the President asked impatiently.

"Some, sir." Tseng answered. "We know what route they would take, more or less. We will search it with heat-sensing cameras. I believe we should find them within a week."

The President looked unsatisfied with that answer, but just waved his hand impatiently to dismiss his Turks. Tseng gave a sharp nod before turning on his heels and marching out of the large office. Reno followed, more sloppily, behind him.

"Reno, I want you to take the chopper and go start the search imminently. Bring medical supplies as well as Materia for healing. We have no idea what their state will be."

"How do we even know they're alive, yo?" Reno asked with his usual, lazy slum-drawl. "Besides, the waters over the Southern Seas are full of currents. Even if they managed to get out of the plane alive, they could have ended up anywhere. And it's a fucking big sea. And if the plane crashed in the Northern Crater, we'll never find them." When he saw Tseng's sour look, he held up his hands in defeat. "Just thinking out loud, yo!"

Tseng pressed the button for the elevators. "You're not paid for thinking, Reno. I am. So do as I say. And bring Rude. He's more levelheaded than you." Tseng ordered as he walked inside the elevator.

Smirking, Reno made a mock-salute as the doors of the elevators closed after Tseng. "Yes, sir:" he droned.

Tseng sighed as he was finally alone, and pressed the button for the Turk-floor. He rubbed temples tiredly and then straightened his already immaculate suit and hair. This would be some busy weeks for him and his Turks. Reno was right; they had no idea where the General and the Commanders were. And if it was any other employee, they would just give up on them. But this was the General and the Commanders. They were all invaluable. That Third Class they had with them, he was replaceable, as was their pilot, but the famous (and infamous) trinity was not.

So Tseng straightened his tie one last time as the elevator stopped at the right floor, got off and then got to work.

Genesis:

"Well, it's not very big." Genesis summarized for them with a sigh as they reached their camp again.

And indeed, the island was not very big. It had taken the four men approximately an hour to walk around it, which was a rather easy task as the beach ran all around it. They had stayed on the beach and kept their eyes open and alert for anything of interest. But they had seen no other islands in the horizon, and no game to hunt when their food storage of canned food began to run out.

"All animals living on this island must be in that forest." Angeal mused as he sat down next to their died-out fire and tried to blow life back into it. Their island had a rather dense forest in the middle of it, surrounded by the long beach and then the ocean. "Hopefully there is some kind of animal to catch."

"And hopefully there won't be any predators." Zack say with a short, slightly nervous laugh. He looked at Angeal. "Right, Angeal?" His eyes were big and pleading.

Angeal fondly gazed on his mentee. "The island is very small. I doubt any predator of great size would make it his home. And besides, I do not doubt we can take any animal on this island on, with or without weapons." There was no bragging in his voice, only confidence and truth, and it seemed to calm the young boy down, Genesis noted.

"Hey, Seph." Genesis murmured to his boyfriend. "Let's go take a walk, just you and me." Sephiroth raised a perfect, white eyebrow at him in question, and Genesis raised one right back and gave the younger man his best sultry, suggestive look. It seemed to work, because Sephiroth began to stride away from the group eagerly, and Genesis hurried to follow. He heard Angeal sigh behind them as they walked away, but paid no heed to his friend. He had more important things to attend to currently.

Genesis was rather exhausted after all that had happened, and felt stressed. He needed this. He hurried over to Sephiroth, who with his long legs walked ahead of him, taking his hand. Sephiroth squeezed it gently, minding his great strength, which made Genesis smile fondly. It's not like Sephiroth needed to be gentle and careful with him, since Genesis too was enhanced, but the younger man never failed to be a loving and attentive lover. Yes, Genesis truly needed this...

They stopped as they were out of sight, and hopefully hearing range, from their camp. They sank down together on the soft grass at the edge of the forest. They kissed, and they caressed in silence for a few minutes. It seemed to Genesis like Sephiroth needed this as well, if his roaming lips and eagerly groping hands were any indication. Genesis just relaxed and let his young lover fondle him as he wished. Sighing in relief, he laid back and simply gave up control without a fight. Normally, there would be a battle of dominance between the lovers, but today he was more than happy to give himself fully to Sephiroth. And the silver-haired warrior seemed more than a little happy to take what he offered.

"How far to you want to go?" Sephiroth murmured gently as he kissed Genesis' bellybutton lovingly. They had not undressed fully yet, but Genesis' telltale scarlet jacket had been removed and his black turtleneck had been pulled up to his chest, exposing his slim middle and flat stomach to Sephiroth's loving attention.

"I..." Genesis sighed in bliss as those callused hands petted his sides. "I don't know. Let's not... focus on result. I just need you close to me."

"Alright." Sephiroth agreed simply with his deep voice, before pressing another kiss to the pale stomach before him. He then helped Genesis sit up to peel off his tight shirt.

"How come I'm the only one getting undressed?" Genesis asked in amusement. Sephiroth didn't answer right away. He always got like this when they got intimate, acting all besotted and dazed, and his thin, cat-slit pupils got so big they almost looked round. It was very attractive, Genesis had to admit. To know he affected this great man like that...

Eventually, after a few more kisses, Sephiroth seemed to catch what he had said and quickly yet deftly removed his own jacket, folding it and putting it neatly next to Genesis' own clothes, before seeking his lips with his own again. Genesis sighed in bliss once more as his kiss-swollen lips got assaulted. It felt so good to have that big body lying on top of him, those full lips seeking his like a junkie needing drugs.

Their pace, which started out as slow and languid, eventually quickened as their need for each other grew with each caress and kiss.

"I love you." Genesis gasped out as Sephiroth sucked on one of his nipples. Sephiroth paused momentarily to gaze fondly up on him.

"I love you, too. I love you so much, Genesis." he replied, his voice filled with so much adoration, before returning to fondling and licking Genesis' nipples. Starting to get impatient, the redhead helped Sephiroth go lower by pressing on his head with eager hands. Sephiroth complied and easily slipped those soft leather pants off slim hips. He lovingly kissed one exposed hipbone, before getting down to the task that Genesis demanded from him.

Genesis moaned loudly as the wet heat of Sephiroth's mouth enveloped his cock. He encouraged his boyfriend to take it deeper by gently thrusting his hips. He knew Sephiroth could take it. The man had been a virgin when they started dating two years ago, but he was also a very fast learner. And he detested not being the very best at something, so he had practiced a lot. Not that Genesis complained - rather the opposite. It was always fun being the 'victim' of Sephiroth's experiments and practice sessions.

"Mm!" Genesis moaned lustfully and pulled a bit harshly on those long, silver strands. Sephiroth let go of his cock with a wet popping sound. "Sorry!" Genesis gasped out. "Won't pull, promise. Just don't leave me hanging, Seph!" he whined. Yes, the proud Genesis Rhapsodos could beg and plead. But only in private, with the man he loved, thank you very much. Not that this place was very private, as Angeal and Zack probably heard his moans earlier. Not that Angeal hadn't heard worse from them before, but still...

"Not stopping because of that." Sephiroth murmured gently and gave him another kiss, which tasted of salty pre-cum. Thankfully, Genesis was narcissist enough to love everything about himself, or that would have been rather nasty. Now, he just kissed back and added some tongue into it, making the kiss messier. The rather heated kiss seemed to distract Sephiroth, because he didn't elaborate on why he had stopped pleasuring Genesis. The redhead frowned, ended the kiss and rather rudely poked his lover in the ribs.

Sephiroth seemed to get his message. "I stopped because I didn't want this to end yet." he answered with a small smile, and as to show what he wanted, he let a callused, battle-experienced hand slip between Genesis' smooth thighs and pressed a fingertip to the puckered entrance found there.

"Seph..." Genesis sighed, and shook his head slightly. "I don't know. We haven't had sex in days, so I'm not in the slightest stretched. And we have no lube."

Sephiroth seemed to come back to his senses, his rather broad pupils narrowing. "Oh, right." He shook his head, as if to clear it some more. "Sorry, Gen. That was rather stupid of me." he mumbled and kissed Genesis' navel.

"Well, you could make it up to me, if you really want to." Genesis said with a rather nasty, suggestive grin at his partner, and earned one of Sephiroth's trademarked, tiny smiles - reserved for only his few friends and, of course, his lover.

"Then get to it, General." Genesis said teasingly with a suggestive wink.

"Yes, sir." Sephiroth said cheekily, and complied with his lover's wishes, wants and needs like the good boyfriend he was. And Genesis would make sure to return this lovely favor afterwards, of course. No one would ever blame him, Genesis Rhapsodos,of being a bad lover.