"For the love of – Father! Father, don't you walk away from me!" Sanura protested, struggling against the arms of her boyfriend, holding her pinned to his chest as Vincent headed for the door of the room. "I can take care of myself! You can't just keep me locked up here!"
"...she's after you, Sanura." Vincent said calmly, pausing before the door. "And this is the safest placce for you right now. The Turks are all here, as are our friends. They'll protect you – I have work to do."
"Do you really think I'm safe anywhere?!" She retorted, but was left disappointed as her only answer was the door clicking shut behind him. The group in the room with her looked incredibly offended by her implying that they were not capable of protecting her, and she shot them an annoyed look. "...You don't know Seraphina. The entire ShinRa army at its strongest couldn't stop her now."
"...you're forgetting one thing, Sanura." Tseng responded, glaring at her. "Some of us do know Seraphina. Quite well at that. And if anyone could talk her into seeing sense, it will be us."
"Yeah, like you talked sense into Sephiroth, or Angeal? Where are they now, huh, Tseng?" The voice had the group jumping, turning to see Yuffie glaring at them with hands on her hips as she shook her head. "That's right, I almost forgot, they're dead. I say we grab 'Nura and get the hell outta here before her sister shows up – we don't have to fight, we stay out of this mess, and no one has to kill the crazy lady."
"And leave Sanura exposed to attack?" Reno protested, clinging to his girlfriend of the past few years. "Nuh-uh, no way. You're the crazylady here, Yuffie!"
"Hello! Still in the room! I keep telling you, just let me help my father, and this will all get sorted out that much sooner!"
"NO!" The unanimous shout from every voice in the room but her own had her falling silent, huffing and crossing her arms as she glowered at them from the shelter of Reno's clinging form.
"...you all suck. Just so you know."
The amusement factor of living in the WRO Headquarters had died within a few days of being there – she couldn't even go to the toilet without someone knocking on the door every minute and a half asking if she was okay.
"Seriously!" She snapped toward the closed door, her toothbrush slamming onto the counter as she glowered in that direction, wishing Reno could fully appreciate the fury in her eyes as well as that in her voice. "If Seraphina decides to come after me, I highly doubt she's rude enough to barge in when she thinks I'm on the toilet!"
She ignored the faint scuffle and thump from outside, shaking her head. Reno was so predictable – yell in that tone and he would always lose all sense of grace, not that he had much to begin with. The girl sighed softly, rinsing her toothbrush and heading to the door – guilt was setting in, and she knew she would have to give him some serious cuddle time to make up for her temper today. A pleased little smile was on her face, knowing Reno would be staring dumbfounded when she opened the door – any time she came out in boyshorts and camisole, he had the same expression.
Needless to say, when she opened that door and did not see that face, she was more than a little confused – gaze shifting to find her red-haired beloved slumped against the far wall of the hallway. She panicked, darting forward to check on him, only to find herself caught by a rather frighteningly powerful arm.
"Well, you were right about one thing." The melodic voice whispered as horrified brown eyes turned to make contact with almost glowing aqua. "I am not going to interrupt your time in the lavatory."
Before she could so much as squeak in protest, much less scream for help, her twin made use of the same blow Sephiroth once had to knock her out, watching emotionlessly as the girl dropped to the floor.
"Nero, take her to the holding chamber." She ordered calmly, turning away. "...I have another errand to run."
"Of course..." The figure responded, a tilt of his head summoning low-level grunts to lift the woman, before the entire group left for their own headquarters.
"Seraphina?!" Tseng almost stumbled when he heard Rude's cry of shock, whirling around to stare at the young woman – what he saw horrified him. When Sanura had told them how her sister had changed, he had not believed it. He was certain it was only her fear speaking that made her think she had become like Sephiroth, but now he saw for himself that it was true.
More worrisome, she ignored them both, continuing down the hallway to the rooms that she knew Vincent to be in – they were unable to follow, under attack as they were, and so she continued to pass unmolested through the building.
"I have her." That voice was enough to stop the battle dead in its tracks, Vincent whipping around to stare as she brushed past him to the giant Azure, her hand touching his arm with a faint smile. "Thank you for providing adequate distraction, all has gone to plan. You may retreat when you are ready – Weiss will be pleased."
With those words, she simply disappeared, leaving Vincent to watch as the man shot him a glance, before smirking and recalling his troops – and it was only then that he realized that he had been successfully played.
As he went to leave, his only explanation given to Reeve was one he understood all too well, and one that had the group panicking nearly as much as Reno. "She has Sanura."