A/N: I have to admit, I understand why the original game writers made Rufus such a badass. He is fun as hell to write like that!
Rufus stared at the photos on his laptop, his eyes narrowed to slits. Dizzle had been true to his word. He got Rufus the hard evidence he needed. The photos were very graphic in nature; some might even consider them pornographic. Grinning sadistically, Rufus uploaded them to the Turks internal website anonymously and waited, watching his security monitors closely.
Reno was the first to notice them, naturally. He whistled and laughed, bringing Rude's attention to them. The bald Turk looked at the pictures, a shocked expression covering his face.
Rufus reached over and plugged his ear buds into the audio jack and turned the volume up.
"C'mon, partner," Reno chuckled. "I bet this was from a long time ago. No way Mag's cheating on the prez."
"I should hope not."
A hysterical shriek sounded in Rufus' ears and he flinched, watching as Niki-chan ran out of her office covering her eyes. "Naked Wei, naked Wei, naked Wei! AAAAHHHHH!" she screamed as she ran repeatedly into a wall.
Tseng slammed open his door at the noise. "What in Leviathan is going on out here? Nicole, get back to work, now!"
"But, but…Bossman!" she exclaimed. "There is a naked Wei on my computer screen!"
The Wutain sighed and rubbed his temples. "Nicole, I highly doubt…"
"Sir," Elena said, coming out of her office. "You better see this."
Tseng entered into Elena's office and went to her desk, glancing at her computer screen. "Who put this up?" he asked calmly.
"An anonymous user, Sir," she answered.
"Have Kandi trace the IP address and find out where it came from," he said as he stalked out of her office. "Wei Yao. Magni Zeal. In my office…NOW."
Rufus watched in amusement as the bastard and the cheating slut glanced at each other as they appeared out of Wei's office and followed their leader to his. Tseng shut the door and gestured they have a seat.
"Have you checked the internal website today?" he asked.
Magni shook her head in the negative.
"I have not, Tseng-sama," Wei answered.
Rufus wanted to cut the honorable speech out of him.
Tseng pulled up the photo on his computer and turned the screen toward them. Magni went pale and muttered, "Oh no," under her breath. Wei appeared to be unaffected.
"Care to explain?" Tseng asked.
"You are sleeping with a woman who is a co-worker and a subordinate," Wei replied. "I don't believe we owe you of all people an explanation."
"Considering the fact that one of you," Tseng said as he pointedly glared at Magni. "Is in a relationship with the President of our company, I believe you do owe me of all people an explanation. When was this photo taken?"
Magni looked over at Wei and swallowed hard. "Three days ago."
Rufus smirked and turned his attention to the activity in the IT room. Elena had finally tracked down Kandi and was following her to her work station.
"Can you track it down?" Elena asked.
"Is Rude bald?" Kandi countered, signing on to her computer. "Give me five minutes, tops."
"Take the information straight to Tseng," Elena told her. "I have a feeling it's Reno, stupid jerk."
"More than likely," the red-streaked woman scoffed. "He's always been into the porn."
"Thanks, girl," Elena said, returning to her office.
Rufus doubted it would take Kandi five minutes to figure out the post came from his computer. In fact, when her eyes widened and she spit the mouthful of soda she had in her mouth onto the floor, he couldn't stop the chuckle that escaped his lips. She jumped from her desk and ran to Tseng's office.
Rufus turned back to the surveillance feed of Tseng's office, seeing his ex-lover and her current lover were still in their seats.
"How long has this been going on?" the Wutain leader asked.
"For a while," Magni said weakly.
Wei turned to her and took her hand. "You don't have to explain anything to him, Magni," he told her. "This is between you and I. No one else."
There was a knock on Tseng's door. Rufus knew it was Kandi from the feed from the hall. Tseng rose to his feet and opened the door, letting the head IT Turk in. He turned to Wei and Magni. "You two are excused for now," he told them. "We are not finished with this discussion."
The two adulterers stood and exited the office. Rufus smirked at the look of shame on Magni's face. Wei still had that infuriating calm expression on his. President Shin-ra couldn't wait to change that expression to fear.
Tseng ushered Kandi into the office and closed the door. "Did you track the IP address?" he asked, gesturing for her to take one of the now vacant seats. He sat across from her and laced his fingers together, resting his hands on his desk.
"Yes, Sir," she said, swallowing hard.
"Well?" he prodded. "Who posted that filth? Anyone outside of the Turk family will die for it."
Kandi shook her head. "We can't do that, Sir," she explained. "The computer was in this building, but not this level."
Tseng leaned forward. "Another employee with Shin-ra?" he asked. "Who would have the gall to post something so dangerous about two of my people? They should know their life would become forfeit by doing so."
"Sir," Kandi stammered. "It was posted from President Shin-ra's computer."
Tseng stared at her for a moment then rose to his feet, glancing pointedly at the security camera he knew was in his office. Rufus smiled at the man, even though he knew he couldn't see him.
"Thank you, Kandi. That will be all."
Kandi rose from her seat and exited the office as quickly as she could. Tseng ran his fingers through his hair and sighed. He knocked twice on his desk and glanced up at the security camera again before following her out.
Rufus grinned again. Reaching over, he hit the intercom on his phone to call his secretary. "Amy, when Tseng of the Turks stops by, send him right in. Tell him…I'm expecting him."
A/N: Anyone else think Rufus Shin-ra is a borderline psychopath?
