After a very long conversation between "Superior Alex" and Chance, I was finally sent down the hall to the training facility; there I met up with Alex again.

"Give me your wallet." He said. I glared.

"I don't have a wallet." I answered.

"Chihuahua kid, there's always something up with you. You've been nothing but trouble since I met you" He laughed.

He handed me an ID card.

"That's your ID, You'll need it for almost everything you do here, including your training. So slide your card here."

He pointed to a card insert on the wall. I took a look at my ID and saw my face on the card and slid it.

"I didn't pose for a photo." I told him a bit confused.

"Didn't have to, your face was generated as soon as you walked through the executive floor. Here you'll be tested to find out your survival skills."
He said stepping inside the room which was completely empty.

"Wait survival skills? For what?" I demanded. I have gone this far to realize I didn't even know what I was signing up for.

"Turks have excruciating, difficult tasks and dangerous missions. They are to scout for SOILDERS, protect the President and the Vice President and other higher ups. They are the brains of this company as well as the enforcer of sorts." Veld stated sternly walking behind us.

And Here I am thinking it was just an electric company.

"Alejandro you are no longer needed here."

"It's just Alex." He muttered walking out the room.

"Now, you will be required to know how to handle yourself. We will be undergoing a procedure to find out what weapon is suitable for you. He closed the door. "Step forward into the simulation."

He commanded and I did so.

The blank room suddenly transformed in what looked like my home town except it was dark. The rain fell like it always did when I had a bad day. Walking down the streets I looked up at the buildings, none of the houses had any lights on. Without realizing it I had turned into my "favorite" alley, you guessed it, Spike and Jerry's alley. I started to turn the other way, when I heard something like metal scrapping against the pavement. I turned back around and saw two large robot-like objects roll towards me. Bewildered, I stared at them and their lights blinked red. I heard two loud pops and I felt pain.I took a look at my arm and found blood. The robots had shot at me. I turned to run but two more closed in behind me. I looked around my surroundings, desperately trying to find a last resort then there it was. The gun I had killed Spike with. I picked it up and started to fire when I had a flash back. I saw myself pulling the trigger at Spike's final words, "You and your fag will rot in hell…" I felt a stinging pain in my hand. And for a moment I believed my heart had stopped. I felt a sizzling sensation in my arm and I screamed loudly to release the pressure. Then everything went black.

"Is he okay?"

"I dunno, it looks like he's breathing"

"I never seen anyone passed out this long"

"It's been fifteen minutes"

"Exactly"

"Maybe we should take him to the infirmary."

"Veld said to let him be"

"But that guy took him out of the simulator."

"Hey look he's moving."

I opened my eyes and there was four guys around my age all huddled around me.

"Did I die?" I asked them

"If only", a guy with silver hair said

The other three looked at him. "Aki, that's rude" a golden blonde said.

"Just thinking out loud, no disrespect I just would like to see how Shinra handled a lawsuit." Aki said trailing off.

"Speak of the devil…." The brunette said.

"Give him some room! Reno, are you okay?" The vice President asked me cradling my head.

"I think so" I sat up. "What exactly happened?

"Your weapon, it's magrod." Veld said grabbing his paperwork and walking out of the training room. Rufus Shinra shot a death glare at his back.

"What's magrod?" I asked him

"It's an electric rod." The silver haired Aki answered.

I stood to my feet and grabbed my arm. My arm was no longer bloody but it still had the remnants of the sizzling pain.

"You were electrocuted by it." He finished.

"Yeah you went boom!" the brunette who had a shorter hair slightly spiked up and a darker shade of brown than other said.

"Now, now, let's be sensitive" the blonde said. "Excuse us sir."

The four guys walked out of the training room and Tseng arrived outside of the door.

"Are you going to be okay?" The VP asked me

"I'll be fine as soon as the pain goes away." I told him.

"Could you take him back Tseng?" He turned to him leading me in my steps towards the Chinese man.

"Of course sir." He answered. His face still in the same serious scow from when I first met him.

"So which one of those guys saved me?" I asked him in the limo.

"None, they had just finished their weapon analysis before you started. They had just come back from their lunch break when you were saved. The person who saved you was just hired today. He would be fired for interfering with your training but his credentials are too good to let go. He's going to be suspended for three months however."

The doormen open the front door of the Shinra mansion.

"Then how is he going to train?" I asked him flopping on the sofa.

I received a stare. "You're getting a little too comfortable here." He said coldly.

"Relax yo", I did get electrocuted. "Give me a break."

I closed my eyes suddenly feeling exhausted and fell asleep with my arms crossed under my head.

I woke up to the sound of the front door opening up and footsteps walking toward me. I opened an eye to see the vice president walking by me, briefcase in hand, coat under his arm. I smirked at him and he gave me a weary smile.

"How are you doing?" He asked walking to the head of the sofa where I was laying.

"I bit better, a little dizzy but I'll live."

"Veld's insane when it comes to training, thank the Gods you were saved."

"Who did save me?"

"I'm not sure exactly, I didn't get a chance to meet him. Did you get something to eat? I can have the chef prepare dinner."

"Yeah, sounds good. Think I"ll take a shower before it's ready."

He smiled at me and walked out the room.

After I dried my hair, I heard a high pitch shriek. When I jogged to the dining room, I saw Alex hugging Rufus shaking him excitedly from side to side.

"I love you sooo so so so so very much!" He managed to gasp out.

"What's going on" I asked.

"OH Reno! Rufus paid for all the damage in our apartments! Now we can go home!" He said running over to me to give me the hug.

"I just paid for it, it was Tseng's idea. He told me how uncomfortable you two must have felt out of your element, so I offered help and got it fixed today."

I felt cheated. Sure I didn't know these people very well but I was getting used to being here, to having someone around. Going back would mean going back to my quiet ratty apartment and missing out on the Vice President's smile….I did not just think that.

"That's really nice of you sir, I'll go back now." I turned my back to the table and started toward the door to get my things. My eyes stung a little, I had to pull myself together,

"Wait, you could stay one more night right? It wouldn't hurt. Give you time to eat and go home after work." Rufus told me grabbing my shoulder.

I felt myself smile at the suggestion and sit down at the table. Alex too happy to care what was going on was spinning Tseng around in a circle of his gratitude.

A few hours passed, but for some reason I couldn't get to sleep. I slid open the door to the Vice President's balcony in his bed room and stepped out. My feet felt comfort, what a surprise. The president had the balcony ground covered with the same red carpet as the inside of his bedroom. I sighed. I could have had all this money if I stayed with the brothers. Dad bought a modest house compared to all the other members to make it appear that I was normal growing up. I dunno, maybe I would have enjoyed being a rich kid. I felt hot air by my ear.

"You're going to catch a cold Reno." I jumped and turned around.

"Uh sir, sorry sir." I apologized while I felt my face slowly turning red.

"Oh, I'm sir now?" Rufus laughed, walking over to the rail and leaned against looking up at the stars. I watched his bare back, and lead my eyes down to his pajama bottoms and found out he was still wearing his slippers. Heh because everyone knows you can't get sick wearing no shirt and slippers.

"You know, the last time I was out here my wife got pregnant." He said not facing me. My heart started racing. Did he just say?…..Ew.

"I had no idea you were married sir."

"Divorced actually. I married a short while after I made Vice president. We were so in love, then my son Nathan was born we seemed to grow apart. All she wanted to do was shop and I wanted to spend time as a family, but it's not easy when you're second in command of a company. So she left and took Nathan along with her." I looked into the eyes of a very sad and lonely man and I wanted to kiss him, tell him don't worry Rufus, I'm here now be happy with me but that's not how I felt. I thought about how lonely Lukas must be now that I've left. Maybe I didn't want to acknowledge the idea that I wanted to see if I could built something with my boss.

"I better get to bed" I said turning the other way. I heard him sigh,
"See you in the morning" He said walking towards the bedroom door.

After the closest thing we were going to get in Shinra's mansion in the morning, we hopped in the limo and headed to work. Tseng and The Vice president stayed on the elevator as it headed up to the executive floor, Alex and I got out on the Turk floor dress in a suit with no tie had gotten for me.
"You remember what to do right?" He asked me starting to walk away when we stopped in front of my assigned office.

"Slide my card yeah, yeah."

"Exactly! Be careful kid" He clopped off.

I slide my card and the door open. Before me sat the four boys that were surrounding me when I first woke up the day before.

"Oh look, it's kid who goes boom." The one called Aki said sarcastically and rolling his eyes and continuing to read his newspaper. I glared and found the seat furthers from them. The room was made up like a class room and in the front, at a desk sat Veld. He took a sip from his coffee and continued to type.

"There's no need to be shy, My name is Sono Hanasaki." The golden blonde said giving me a warm smile. He was so pretty, he could pass for a woman if he wanted to.

"I'm Seiji Yamada" the brunette rushed in, following Sono's example.

"Koji Ueno" said the brunette with slight spikes and a darker shade of hair as the other, he smiled. Aki kept his eyes glued to a newspaper

"And you are?" Sono asked sweetly.

"Reno."

"Where are you from Reno" Koji asked. I said nothing and averted my eyes.

"He's from Timple." The superior Veld said not looking up from his keyboard.

"Timple!?" The four of them said together.

"The very same Timple filled with that gang. The same gang that kidnapped the VP!? That Timple!?" Aki said standing to his feet. "I can't believe Shinra hired someone with that background." He trailed off. Sono chuckled softly.

"You actually got Aki's attention." He said turning back in his seat. Aki rolled his eyes again trying to sink back into his apathic outlook. Veld finally stepped from behind his desk and started to speak directly towards us.

"Everyone in this room has passed their weapon assignment assessment. My job from here on out is to make sure you understand and can commit to the company and perform its required functions. A lot is expected out of all of you. You will first prove yourself worthy then you will be partnered up. After that phase you and your partner will be assigned missions that are suitable to your rank."

Great a partner. With one of these guys? Great.

Veld continued to talk for another two hours. If he could he'd probably recited the entire Shinra handbook to us. On my lunch break I walked over to the Shinra mansion. I already had my things put together so I just walked back to work and put it in my newly assigned locker. I didn't want to face saying goodbye to the closest thing I had to a family since I left home, it was way easier just doing it my way, I was starting to get attached to my boss and I know that can't end well.

After a few training exercises in a simulations I went back to my locker to get my things. Also there grabbing their jackets were the same four Turks on the same level as me. I hurried to leave the lockers and them behind.

"Wait Reno, you wanna grab some drinks with us?" Sono asked politely

"I don't drink."

"We can change that" Koji said slyly. Aki's eyes seemed to be pleading and Seiji cocked his head signaling me to go with them. Eh. What the hell.