A/N: Mwah ha ha.

Disclaimer: Plot is mine. That's it. Seriously, I'm just a broke old chick.

Tseng finished reading the letter Nilto had brought him and looked up at the nocturnal belly dancer. "She wants them dead?" he asked evenly.

Nilto nodded and leaned back in her chair, crossing her legs. "Yes, Sir," she replied.

"They are her parents."

"They have a bounty out for her husband's head," she countered. "They have a new born daughter and Shirah wants to make sure that she knows her father."

"And in order to ensure that, she is willing to have her own, along with her mother, executed?" Tseng inquired, a slight curve to his lips. "I think I rather like your cousin's wife."

Nilto beamed. "So, does that mean you'll do it?" she asked excitedly.

The Wutain studied the letter again and nodded his head. He took out a lighter and took the letter to the flame. "We wouldn't want the new wife and mother incriminated, now would we?" he asked. "We have two Turks back from medical leave that have yet to go on a mission. I think this will be the true test of their reconciliation. Let's see how well they can work together."

The exotic beauty giggled. "Could be interesting."

"Or we could have four corpses to dispose of rather than two," Tseng replied with a chuckle.

Niki sat on the back of the snow mobile, shivering her adorable little ass off. Of course the mission had to be on the Northern Continent. And of course the clinically insane Turk had to think that black tights under her short pleated skirt would be enough to keep her warm. She tried squeezing in closer to her partner, trying to steal her warmth.

"Niki-chan, if you're that cold, you should have borrowed the snow suit I offered to you before we left the inn," Akalara told her. "You knew it was below zero out here."

"But I'm normally really hot natured," the little Turk whined. "I'm not one to get cold."

"You've also never been exposed to extreme conditions like this," Akalara laughed. "I grew up on the streets of Midgar. I'm used to being cold."

"I was a street kid, too!" Niki exclaimed. "Hello? I'm a freakin' pack leader."

"You had your pack mates to keep you warm," Akalara countered, adjusting a wire on the device in her hands. "All I had was my wits."

Niki grumbled. "I wish I had Fezzik right now," she said, teeth chattering. "That big, furry giant is so nice and toasty!"

Akalara shook her head and closed the device. "Okay, it's ready," she said. "Shirah's parents live in a cabin on the outskirts of Icicle Village. It's far enough away that this won't cause anymore casualties."

"What, exactly, are we doing?" Niki asked, blowing warm air into her gloves.

The green-haired woman smirked. "We're going to bury them alive under an avalanche," she told her. "When Sage left with the chopper, I had him drop a small bomb on top of the mountain. It's not a big one, just enough to make a noise to trigger the avalanche."

"And that's the detonation device?" Niki asked. Akalara nodded. "Cool. Let's do it and get back to the inn and in front of the fire with some hot cocoa. It's freaking July. There shouldn't be snow on the ground."

"It's the Northern Continent," Akalara said, pushing the button. "There's always snow."

They waited to watch the snow start falling down the mountain, burying the small cabin underneath the frozen water. Five minutes passed and nothing. Ten more minutes passed.

"What's taking so long?" Niki complained. "I'm freezing!"

"It can take several minutes before the initial shifting begins," Akalara told her.

A half hour later and still, nothing had happened. "Ak!" Niki hissed. "What happened?"

"I don't know," Akalara murmured, reaching for her cell phone. She dialed Sage's number. "Sage? My device didn't work. Did you drop it where I told you?"

"Uh...no. I forgot. And I left it in the chopper which is now on fire!"

Akalara looked at her remote. "Wow," she said, impressed with her invention. "I didn't realize it had that much range. Where are you?"

"Bone Village," he replied. "I'll call in another chopper. Might be a few days."

"Okay, fine," Akalara said, closing her phone and turning to Niki. "The asstard left it on the chopper, which is now in flames."

Niki groaned and buried her face in Akalara's coat. "Great," she mumbled. "So, now what? We still have to kill them and I'm too cold to do it the old fashioned way."

Akalara thought. "Well, we could --" she stopped and covered her ears as Niki let out an ear piercing, high-pitched 'WARK!'. "What the hell?!"

"Shut up and drive this thing before we're buried alive!" Niki said, pointing up at the mountain and at the wave after wave of snow that began to plummet down it.

"Shit!" Akalara said, gunning the snowmobile and taking off back to Icicle Village. The villagers were outside, watching as the avalanche came down, stopping only a mile before their homes. "What was that?" she asked quietly to Niki.

The clinically insane Turk shrugged. "I watched on the Nature Channel that loud noises can trigger avalanches," she replied. "And since chocobos are native to this region, I figured I would imitate one in distress and make the snow fall. Now, I want some hot chocolate."

Akalara watched as the girl jumped off the snowmobile and bounded into the warm inn. Smiling to herself, she returned the snowmobile to where they had rented it from. The man eyed her with concern. "You girls made it back all right," he commented. "Glad that avalanche didn't get you."

"Thanks," Akalara said, walking back to the inn.

Niki snuggled under the warm blanket and sipped her third cup of hot chocolate. "Now this, is fun," she said. "I'm glad the chopper caught on fire. This is like a mini vacation."

"Like we needed another," Akalara said with a grin. "We just got back from Costa del Sol."

"Yeah, but now this is just girl time," Niki giggled. "No boys to distract us."

"I like our boys," the green-haired woman said. "And I miss the little silver-haired one badly. This is where I had him, you know."

Niki sat up and looked at her. "Really?" she asked. "I didn't know that."

Akalara nodded. "I found out I was pregnant about two weeks after Seph left for Nibelheim," she explained, swirling her own cup of hot chocolate. "The day I found out was the day Reno told me of what happened. That Seph and Zack were dead. And I knew that if Hojo found out I was pregnant, he'd dissect me and the baby. So, I took a leave of absence, claiming to be grieving and came up here. Verdot had Tseng pose as a midwife named Hilda and he helped me and delivered Azrael. I didn't know it was him until just a few months ago."

Niki stared at her wide-eyed. "I had no idea, Ak," she said softly. "So, he never even knew he was going to be a father?"

Akalara shook her head sadly. "No," she answered. "He didn't."

"Poor Sephiroth," Niki whispered. She glanced over at her friend and moved to sit beside her, snuggling against her. "And poor Ak. I'm sorry you were all alone up here. You shouldn't have had to go through that by yourself."

Akalara put her arm around the little Turk. "It's okay," she said. "It kept my son safe. I'd do it again if I had to."

The door to the inn opened and Sage stepped through. He grinned over at the two of them on the couch snuggled together. "Figures," he snorted. "I leave for two days and I miss all the girl on girl action."

Akalara threw a pillow at him and Niki chuckled her half-full mug of hot chocolate, hitting him in the head and knocking him out. "Oops," she giggled. "Guess we have to stay a little longer until Sage comes to."

Akalara laughed and ordered Niki another cup of hot chocolate.

Mission Report: Targets buried alive under avalanche in Northern Continent. Avalanche caused by the wark of a distressed chocobo.

Turks Assigned: Niki and Akalara

Status: Niki - Clinically Insane Second Level Rookie; Akalara - Second Level Rookie

Specialty: Niki - Under COVERS ops, weapons, fire, martial arts, bio weapons involving animal toxins, chocolate; Akalara - Stealth assassinations, 'accidental' demolition and explosions, undercover espionage, sabatoge and firearms

Target: Parents of Shirah Dominic

Death by: Avalanche

Mission Complete

A/N: I promised Mystic I'd kill Shirah's parents, so I did. XD Nice little bonding with Ak and Niki-chan. Reviews are loved.