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He had become the leader of AVALANCHE a few weeks ago, and had begun his campaign against Shinra. But the scars that Shinra had left were still fresh in his mind. The love of his life was gone and now he had a baby girl and a group of people to lead.
Sometimes it was too much.
He saw her every day, he heard her screams, her tear stained bloody face was burned into the back of his eye lids.
Shinra took her way from him, and now a baby not old enough to even talk would grow without her mother.
Shinra would pay.
But sadly Barret knew he could not face them alone, his team was skilled and were more like a family then anything, but to go up against SOLIDERS, Turks and giant gunned killer robots, Barret needed help. Even though his pride may be damaged for asking for help, in order to give his lost lover some pace and save the planet from the fat greedy hands of Shinra, Barret would first recruit some desert fighters.
Barret looked at his watch, and realized the little one was due her milk, even if he did trust Jessie and the lads to take care of her, he wanted to be there for her.
"Daddy's coming, baby." He said with a smile
Daddy… that sounded about right.
It had been hours, and yet Cait Sith was still lost in the Shinra air vents.
It was rather embarrassing, such a high tech robot as him could be defeated by vents.
At least now he would have a chance to digest what was going on. Cait Sith had no idea how it happened but had he really travelled in time? It was technically impossible! Did Reeve make him into a time machine when he wasn't looking? Cait Sith found that theory rather humorous, well perhaps if he was human he would of laughed.
Cait Sith shook his head, he was getting off topic.
But what could he do? This time he did not have Reeve telling him, he did not have Cloud or Tifa or anyone.
Cloud? Cait Sith thought, was his spiky head leader even born yet? Cait Sith knew both Cloud and Tifa were young but they might still be babies, for Gaia sake! A little robot such as him would be seen as a danger by Shinra, Maybe Reeve has already told someone to hunt the "corrupted technology." Cait Sith almost felt sad at the thought, but then remembered that robots don't have emotions and began to pick up the pace. He needed to find a way out of these vents and maybe hack into a computer to get some current data. He would try his best; maybe he could plot Sephiroth's death? Could SOLIDERS have heart attacks? If so then he might be able to hide under a desk and pop out to scare him. Would that work? Or he could use his microphone! SOLIDERS have very good hearing after all, Cloud always found his voice annoying after a while. So if he screamed through his microphone very loudly he might bust his ear drums, could people die of that?
But maybe the idea of finding a nice safe room with a limitless supply of electricity and stuffed animals, sounded like a better way to spend his life instead of trying to assassinate a SOLDIER with his little paws and tiny teeth. Cait Sith mentally told himself off for that thought, he could not do that to his friends, he had to be strong now. It was his turn to be in control, no matter how much he wanted to be told what to do by someone a lot smarter than him. Reeve had always said he was a little bit of a coward, he just wished he could be more like Cloud.
Still running, Cait Sith looked ahead to see a small dim light in the distance. He almost jumping with relief Cait Sith wasted no time is trotting his way to complete his escape.
Reaching the vent Cait Sith found his first problem, the screws of the vent were on the other side and his arms could not reach them.
"Ut oh." Cait Sith said to himself
Taking a step back away from the vent, Cait Sith sat down and stared at the current bane of his existed.
"Think Cait Sith!" he said to himself "What would Reeve do?" It had only been a few hours and he was missing the connection to his friend, he was so lost without him.
"What would an architect, that lets everyone walk all over him, do?" Cait Sith asked again, he was doing his best to trigger an idea somewhere in his systems.
"Its open" came a strange familiar voice in the dimly lit room behind the vent.
"Yikes!" Cait Sith squeaked taking several steps back "Please don't kill me I am only a few hours old! You don't want to kill a baby do you? I have so much to live for!" Cait Sith shouted. He knew if he could cry, he would at that moment.
"Relax, I Promise I will not harm you creature." Came the strangely calm voice, from the somewhere in the distance.
Cait Sith eyes widen at that voice, he knew that voice.
"Red? Buddy is that you?" Cait Sith asked hopefully, what was he doing here? Did Red work for Shinra too?
"That name is foreign, however I find it familiar." Red said slowing. He then continued "You however, creature you do not smell of the living neither the dead. What are you?" Red had an idea what the creature could be, for some reason he pictured a toy cat.
"I am a robot laddie! And rather grateful, I have not flesh to be torn into. No belly to feed, and no hair to cut either!" Cait Sith said with a smile, he was rather proud of the fact he did not have the same needs as humans did, how their remembered to eat all the time and go to the toilet every day was beyond him what a waste of time that was.
"Anyway what are you doing here? You don't work for the life sucking companies too do you?" Cait Sith asked he could not hide the slight annoyance in his voice.
In return Red laughed and said. "Why not come out of your hiding place and find out?"
At this Cait Sith narrowed his eyes, he had to be careful here, he did not want to risk being injured by his would be friend. But he had to admit he was a little scared, the voice sounded like Red but he had been wrong before.
"Actually I would rather you tell me now, so that I can run away if I don't like the answer, I have already had one old friend try to do brain surgery on me today and I rather not risk another one trying to do something similar." Cait Sith said while folding his arms staring at the vent, he was not afraid to admit when it was time to run away. It was his best feature.
"I am in a cage, I cannot try to commit any crime against you even if I wanted to. Please come out, I think I have met you before." Red replied.
"Alright laddie, but be warned I have very sharp teeth and fight dirty." Cait Sith added, trying his best to protect himself.
"Very well. All you need to do is push the vent open, I loosed the screws when my cage was close to the wall, my first escape plan sadly did not work." Red said with a cold voice.
Finally, Cait Sith thought; someone was telling him what do to, he should really of checked if the vent was locked shut in the first place though. He walked towards it and gave the vent cover a little push with his paws, the vent fell on the floor, making a load crashing sound that made the little cat jump.
"Don't worry." Red Said "The room is soundproof; the monster would not want anyone to hear his victims screams now would it?" Red said bitterly.
For some reason that did not give Cait Sith much comfort, it sent a shiver up his spine. When Cait Sith came closer to the voice of his friend, his month fell open.
"Red…. Nanaki." He said as gently as he could. "What happened to you?"
Nanaki's body was coved in blood, cuts and fresh scars littered his lower belly, his ribs were visible through his skin. His fur looked dreadful, it looked thinner then he remembered, the once soft coat looked like it could peel off at any second. Fresh blood was falling drop by drop in the center of his face. That would later leave a scar that Cait Sith was so familiar with.
"You, know my name." Nanaki confirmed. He was still tied down to the ground; his soft vulnerable belly showed evidences of a monster entertainment from that day. His face would take longer to heal; his body was too starved to worry about a small cut.
Ignoring Nanaki remark, Cait Sith was more concerned about his health "We need to get you out of here; you look like you have been eaten by a dragon and thrown up again!" Cait Sith said he was doing his best to make his friend laugh.
Nanaki chuckled "You are very kind, however sadly I am in no condition to move. That's how it keeps its victims; it keeps them weak to terminate any hope they may have."
"Dear Gaia Red! Why are you Mr Doom and gloom all of a sudden? That Vincent's job! " Cait Sith stated.
Cait Sith began to have a look around the lab, there had to be a potion or something to help his friend.
"What are you doing?" Nanaki asked.
"There has to be something in here to help you, a potion or a cure or…." The only thing that Nanaki heard was Cait Sith rummaging through the many draws of the lab.
"You need to leave, if it finds you here. You may be in a cage next to mine tomorrow." Nanaki said doing his best to scare him away; Nanaki did not want anyone else trapped by the monsters hands.
"La..La…La.. I am not listening. I do not respond well to bad things like that." Cait Sith said doing his best to block out those words. He could not let those words get to him; he could not run scared and hide when a dear friend needed him.
After a few more minutes of searching and a few more bad words like "torture" and "monster" from Red, which were drowned out by his singing. Cait Sith actually got lucky for once.
"Aha! I found it!" Cait Sith shouted out. He walked up to Red and showed him the feather he found under the book and the paper with the messy hand writing.
"A Phoenix down." Nanaki whispered, he could not believe it. The break out was becoming a real possibility. It would not heal his undernourished body immediately, but it could make him fit enough to escape.
Cait Sith smiled at his friend, while he played with the soft feather in his paws. "You see Buddy? Now you can lead me out of here and we can find spiky! Have some faith! Now, how do you use this thing?" Cait Sith asked, while inspecting the feather
Nanaki then decided it would be a miracle if they made it out alive.
Kunsel hated being second it made him too vulnerable to unwanted work from the higher ups, but one does not argue with his superior officer.
Kunsel had received an order to take over a teaching session because he needed more experience. Kunsel enjoyed teaching but he did not like doing someone else's work, it always happen to him didn't it?
It had been his day off when he received a notice on his PHS, requesting he take over a teaching role meant for a first, but apparently the first pulled out because Kunsel needed to "update" his skills, even though he was seen as one of the best teachers in SOLDIER, after Angeal of course.
Looking at his watch, Kunsel found he was half an hour early, why does he have to be so organised? Why could he not be late like Zack for once, what was he going to do for 30 minutes.
Well he knew what Zack would do, and it may pass the time for a little while.
Squats.
Kunsel began.
"One, two, three." Feel the burn! Kunsel thought. As Zack would say.
It was going to be a long half an hour
"Cadet Strife!" Cloud paused as he left his last class. Angeal came down the hallway towards him.
His fellow cadets parted, to make way for the SOLDIER. The whispers began, no doubt the rumours will be flying around the cadets in seconds. Cloud had a terrible feeling about this.
"Yes Sir?" Cloud asked, hoping that he could get away from the man as soon as possible he did not want to draw unwanted attention.
"You finished your classes for today?" the First asked.
"Yes Sir" he answered cautiously. "But-"
Angeal did not give the blonde a chance to finish. "In that case, come with me." Then before he could react Angeal had turned on his heels and headed down the hall. The first fully expected the cadet to follow him.
Cloud sighed and like the good puppet he was he followed his order, but at least he was following this order willing.
Cloud picked up his pace to walk beside the SOLIDER. When an idea hit him, Angeal was sick right? Calling on Zack's memories, Cloud knew he was suffering from degradation, an incurable illness that would not just kill the man but his honour as well. Could the water help? Saving Angeal would be a step in the right direction, this man meant a lot to Zack. No one deserved to die the way Angeal went, Cloud could not let that happen again. The blonde looked down at his belt and was reassured by the Flask of healing water. He could help this man; Cloud thought it would only take a few drops.
"Daydreaming lad?" Angeal asked with a smile. Cloud shook his head, doing his best to get back to the present.
"No, Sir just thinking," Cloud said, and he continued with another question, not wanting to dwell on the subject. "If I may ask sir, where are we going?" He asked.
"I am in need of your help," Angeal declared.
"Do you need help carrying any more files?" He asked hoping it was nothing, which would lead him to more things to worry about.
Angeal chuckled and with a smile he said. "I know of someone who wants to become more involved with teaching the lower ranks, and you seem like a good student to start him off with. Is that okay with you?"
Cloud was pleasantly surprised, Angeal was given him a choice? "Yes Sir that is fine with me." Cloud said with a ghost of smile. His helmet however hid how his eyes brightened slightly at the question. This could be a good opportunity to give Angeal the water.
The two of them reached the elevator, Angeal pressed the button at the side of the door and in moments the elevator had arrived. Once they were in Angeal chose The SOLDIER Floor. His stomach lurched as the elevator rose. Someone was on the SOLIDER floor, that Cloud did not want to see any time soon.
"I am only a cadet sir." Cloud began." I do not have authorisation to go on that floor." Cloud said, doing his best to talk himself out of it.
"You are with me, that is all the authorisation you need." Angeal paused for a moment; he seemed to be considering something. "You do not need to worry about, your issue." Angeal began, "This SOLDIER is well aware of the risks with the science department. He would never consider handing anyone over to Hojo, even if there were his mortal enemy, don't worry." Angeal said with another smile. This man was doing his best to encourage confidence in the young recruit.
"Who is the teacher?" Cloud asked hopefully he could get this over with quickly. He cursed mentally to himself; he forgot to add on a sir. But luckily Angeal did not notice.
"I would rather not say, he has a reputation for being brutal, and is rather skilled at intimidating people, it is best if you wait and see." Angeal answered clearly he did not want the recruit to be nervous with this strange SOLIDER. But to Cloud it only seemed to make him more on edge. It could not be him could it? Cloud thought. No it would not be him, that man was well known for the disgust he held towards the weak underlings of the army.
The elevator arrived at its destination quicker than Cloud expected, and both men stepped out to the SOLIDER floor.
Cloud's bad feeling seemed to increase tenfold. He was here Cloud could feel it.
"Sir." Cloud said "I am appearing to have second thoughts about this. Maybe a stronger Cadet would be a better student?" Cloud offered, hoping that Angeal would take the bait.
"Don't be nervous, you will be fine. I looked up your test scores and you have improved, and knowing about your issue, it tells me that you have been holding back. You are better than on are letting on Cloud." Angeal said, crossing his arms. "Now, come along."
Cloud was doomed, but followed anyway.
They arrived at the training room, and to Cloud relief, the bad feelings had gone away. He should really learn to relax more. However Angeal looked a little surprised to find a second doing squats in the middle of the training room.
"Seventy!" the second shouted, he sounded rather happy to of reached that number.
The second then turned to face them.
"Sir!" He said with a salute, standing at attention.
"SOLIDER, I was meeting a first here for a training session, what are you doing here?" Angeal asked, looking a little displeased.
"I was informed to take over Sir! Due to the fact that I needed this training more than the first that was meant to be here Sir" Kunsel replied without hesitation.
"I see." Angeal said he looked a little disappointed with this information. He seemed to be thinking about something "Do you have any experience in teaching?" Angeal asked.
"Yes Sir I actually teach a class of cadets, a few times a week." Kunsel replied
"Then you can teach Strife here, without myself needing to be present, I have a matter I must attend to." Kunsel knew that look, someone was in trouble.
"Yes Sir." He replied "This way Strife." Kunsel said as he led the cadet to the weapons rooms.
Angeal left the two of them to training, he had to pay a visit to Sephiroth, and give him another lecture. That man better have a good excuse.
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