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Chapter 2: The Grand Tour

"Silviana, if you would follow me this way I will show you around Shinra." Tseng told the dark, brown haired teen.

Silvia glared at the Turk's second in command but reluctantly followed him out of the room. Rufus followed them out but started to walk in the opposite direction from them.

"You will get you I.D card at the front desk at the end of your tour and your new home." Rufus called back over his shoulder, not even bothering to turn around.

Tseng didn't give any other sign he had heard the Vice-President as he continued on his way to the elevator. Shaking her head, she followed. Tseng hit the call button and the door slid open without delay. It was as if the elevator had been waiting for the pair. Shadow slid into her shadow before the entered the elevator since neither Shadow or Silvia wanted to draw attention to him as they toured the building. Silvia hoped that, when she asked Tseng about Shadow later, that he would allow the Shadow Beast to walk around in the open. Together the Turk and Ex-Deepground Tsviet entered the elevator.

Straightening his tie, the Wutian Turk turned to address her directly. "I do not know how you will function around people, you may turn out to be another Sephiroth, and especially with the years you spent in Deepground." Here a small ghost of a smirk appeared. "I just hope you are not a hug-tackler like Zackary Fair."

"If I may ask sir, who is Sephiroth and Zackary?" Silvia asked trying to look confused. Silvia, of course knew who Sephiroth was. She had heard about him around every corner she turned. The man was always on every girl's mind when she had been in Shinra in her past. But, she truly didn't know who Zack was. Now, more than ever, she wished she had been more sociable then she had been. She had pretty much isolated herself in the past she remembered. The only people she let in were Rufus, Reno, Rude, Tseng and a few others

Tseng turned back to the elevator doors when they whooshed open and both stepped out. "Sephiroth is the General of the Shinra SOLDIER's and a SOLDIER 1st class. He is also known as the Silver Demon of Wutai." Silvia listened carefully to his explanation. He walked calmly through the hallways and no one gave them a second glance. The fear others felt for the Turk's was almost visible on every person's face they passed. "There are also two other 1st class SOLDIER's, the Commander Genesis Rhapsodos, and Lieutenant Angeal Hewley. As for Zack, he is Angeal's new student. He is highly….excitable."

Silvia chuckled at this. Zack sounded like a very hyper person. A person like that was never seen in Deepground.

"He sounds like a very amusing character." Shadow said from her shadow. Tseng said nothing else, but she could see amusement in the Turks eyes.

"This is the training rooms." He said, stopping in front of the doors to a hallway beyond. "You need a special key to get into these training rooms. They are V.R training rooms that are only used for 2nd class SOLDIER's and above, and also, at times, Turk's."

"Sir, what about me? I am neither Turk nor Soldier from what you and the Vice-President explained to me."

He watched her from the corner of his eyes, but Silvia just stared back unflinchingly. "I know you have training in many weapons, not only from Deep Ground, but from your life before Deepground. I will make sure your I.D allows you access into these rooms as well so that you may train."

Silvia nodded her thanks. Inside she was overflowing with excitement. When she had worked for Shinra Silvia always tried to come to the training rooms when no one was around, and even hacked Tseng computer to find out which rooms would be used when. It would be nice to use the training rooms again. The rooms here were the best training areas she had ever used before.

Tseng showed her a few more floors. The Soldier floor, however, was the only floor they didn't actually get off the elevator to tour. Tseng told her that she would hardly ever see this floor unless it was for a mission for a Soldier that she had to undertake. She would have to talk to Lazard at that time. The tour took a full 3 hours to complete. Blue-gray eyes took in every detail, and distant memories of the same tour swam through her head. Back then, she had hardly paid attention. But, this time, she made sure to drink in every detail.

The weapons room was one of her favorite areas they had visited at the end of the tour. Every weapon known to man and then some covered every inch of the walls of the room. The room itself took up almost half of one whole floor. Not only did Turk's use these weapons, but Soldiers used them as well.

"That is the end of the tour." The Turk second-in-command told Silvia as the exited the elevators on the first floor of the building. He once again straightened his Turk uniform and led her to the reception desk. The man was always a professional. Everything he did screamed Turk.

"How may I help you sir?" the receptionist asked when Tseng and Silvia arrived at her desk.

"Silvia here needs her Shinra I.D." He informed her. He didn't say anything more or elaborate on Silvia's presence. The receptionist eyed the dark brown haired teen. The way she eyed her made Silvia feel like in the same manner she felt when Tseng and Rufus saw her: like a bug in a jar. Blue-gray eyes stared straight into hazel for a few moments. The receptionist was the first to look away.

It took Silvia forever to fill out the stupid information packet she was forced to fill out. Most of it was left blank, though she did fill in the important things. She knew Rufus and Tseng knew her age, so she filled in her age as seventeen. After it was finished Tseng helped her make up the rest, though only he, Rufus and a few others would know the truth. A few minutes later the newly made Shinra employee took the new I.D card.

A picture of a young girl with vibrant Blue-gray eyes stared out from the laminated piece of cardboard. Next to her picture was her name spelled in all capital letters: SILVIANA LARK. Silvia smiled slightly at the familiar I.D card. Underneath her name were the words Trainee and the date underneath it. Then she glanced again at the card and noticed that her full name was printed on the card.

Silvia turned to the receptionist and glared. The receptionist just smiled her well practiced smile she gave everyone who approached the reception desk.

Tseng nodded to the receptionist and began to walk away from the desk and to the doors. Silvia quickly followed him but not before she noticed the woman's triumphant smirk.

"Usually we require all new employees to have a physical before joining any department of Shinra. But, you are an acception. Your doctor will be Hollander since he has experience dealing with those who have had Mako injections. I have read your file and I believe Hollander to be the best choice. Hojo we will make sure has nothing to do with you from this day forward." The Turk explained to her as they walked out the doors of the Shinra building.

"That's fine." Silvia responded. Shadow moved around restlessly and slowly began to show himself. Tseng looked down at the Shadow Beast, but said nothing about his appearance. "What about Shadow? Will he be able to stay this way?"

The Wutian Turk was silent for a few seconds. Silvia said nothing but continued to follow behind him as he headed toward an apartment complex. Just as they reached the doors to the building, Tseng stopped and turned to her. "I believe it will be okay if we allow your "partner" to stay as he is. But, I would advise you to have him hide…wherever it is he goes when you are around scientists."

Silvia nodded her head in acknowdgement. Tseng nodded once and led her into the apartment complex. It was nicely furnished and she could tell it was kept as clean as possible. A few decorations decorated the walls. A Wutian rug stretched the length of the hallway and stopped right in front of the elevators. The building itself was 3 stories tall. A small guard station was positioned just inside the doors of the building. Tseng nodded to the guard, the guard nodded in return and went back to watching the entrance.

Tseng led her up into the elevator and up to the third floor. They exited and began to walk down the hallway. To the left of the elevator and positioned halfway down the hallway were two doors on opposite sides of the hallway from the other. To the right of the elevator, the direction Tseng led Silvia, was a mirror image of the opposite hallway.

The Turk stopped at the door to the left in the right hand hallway and inserted a key into the lock. He calmly slid the door open and moved away from the door to allow the girl and her wolf to enter. "This will be your apartment. This was originally supposed to be used for SOLDIER 1st's but, since we have so few, they stay in the Shinra building on the SOLDIER floor and we Turk's live in the building instead." He explained.

Silvia nodded her thanks and began to explore her new apartment. She didn't even notice Tseng smile slightly and shut the door as he left. The key to the apartment was left on the table in the living room.

The apartment itself consisted of a large living room as soon as the door to the apartment was open. A doorway led to the kitchen directly next to the living room with a large section of the wall cut out so one could easily be apart of anything going on in the living room. Another hallway led off from the living and lead to a bedroom and bathroom. Another hallway lead past the kitchen and lead to another bedroom and bathroom. Every room was supplied with the bare necessities. Silvia smiled to herself. It was a nice breath of fresh air to see something she recognized. The apartment was pretty much completely bare except for the necessary furnishings. She was happy to see two bookcases, one on either side of the couch. The book collection she had built up for years was gone but that didn't mean she couldn't start over again.

Returning to the living room, she spotted two things sitting on the coffee table in front of the couch. First, was the key to her new apartment, which she stuck into her pocket. The second was a new PHS. Silvia almost laughed when she noticed it was purple and black. Pocketing it as well, she found a piece of folded paper hidden under the PHS. Unfolding it she scanned it. 'Meet me at the training room's tomorrow morning at 0800 hours.' It was a short message but the Ex-Tsviet didn't expect anything else from the second-in-command to the Turk's.

"Shadow, we need to figure out what to do next." Silvia suddenly said, sitting down on the couch. Shadow joined her, laying his muzzle in her lap. His long, black tail curled around him and rested just beside his head.

"What about?" he asked.

Silvia absently stroked his fur. "I want to help Weiss and the others in Deepground. They are our friends. But…."

Shadow looked up at her, his red eyes questioning. "But what? Are you worried about what that woman said?"

"I am. I mean, I still don't know why she sent us back and not the red-clad man that had been with Weiss. He was the one the woman answered when he said he would go through 'degradation' all over again if it meant he could save his friends." Leaning back into the couch, her eyes furrowed in thought. "And what I want to know is what she meant by 'Maybe you can help them find a better path to walk than the paths they chose that led to their deaths?' Could she mean Deepground? Or…"

"Or she could mean something entirely different." Shadow finished for her.

"I wish we had a way to get in contact with that woman, you know. I want to know what she meant."

The black wolf- like creatures tail flicked about for a few moments before he spoke. "Will you listen to Tseng's warning of not talking to SOLDIER's? Or will you try to make new friends. Others than the ones you had before?"

Silvia looked down at him, her blue-gray eyes sparkling. "It's like you read my mind, my friend. It would be nice to have new friends other than the ones I had before. Plus, maybe they could help us."

Shadow didn't answer, but just laid there on the couch. Without really meaning too, Silvia quickly fell asleep.

A/N: I know not much happens in this chapter. But, the next chapter will change that. Please, Read, Review, and comment! Questions andPM's are also welcome as well and I will answer to the best of my abilities. Thank you for reading!