Rumor of Rebels

Chapter 2 revelations



Hospitals were not his favorite place to be. In fact he preferred to avoid the medical and science departments like the plague. The food looked and smelled like some experiment gone horribly wrong , he was forced to wear a paper-thin butless gown that left little to the imagination., and the bed-side manner made one think he was in prison instead of the hospice. As these thoughts passed through his mind one of the medics a young man only a few years his elder came in. He had long blue hair and an X shaped scar on his face crossing his nose. His skin was dark and his eyes a glowing orange. He looked down at the youth.



"You again?"



"Trust me this is no cake walk for me either, I'm not hurt can I leave yet?"



"Not until your father has signed you out." He checked the IV drip and looked over the few machines in the room.



"At least let my brother in he's probably annoying all of you about how I'm doing."



"Yes he is I will get him." The man left and a few minutes later Miki cam in still dressed in Turk attire.



"Roxas!"



"I'm fine Miki." He smiled



"Really?" The younger youth sat on the side of the bed.



"Want me to prove it?" he sat up and leaned closer to his little brother.



"not here" He batted him away playfully. "What happened?"



"We were going to see Orlette and Pence."



"We?"



"Me Hyne, Sora, Riku and Kairi. How are they doing?"



"They're fine too you're the only one who was actually hurt you idiot."



"just a knock to the head."



"With almost an entire tunnel."



Tifa was awakened by a SOLDIER entering her cell and dragging her to her feet. She was pulled out of the cell and saw Barret getting the same treatment from two SOLDIERS. they were dragged into the General's office, he was there along with the SeeD and SOLDIER commanders and the four who always accompanied him. The Turk leader was also there leaning against the wall behind them. The two of them were led to a pair of hard plastic chairs and allowed to sit down. Sephiroth's face was blank of all emotion as always. Squall the SeeD commander watched them cautiously betraying nothing in his face but his stormy eyes looked worried. Zack on the other hand looked genuinely concerned for them.



Barret refused to sit and glared at Sephiroth no doubt wanting to shoot him.



"What's the meaning of this?" He demanded.



"Interesting question Mr. Wallace. A train was bombed not even an hour ago." Sephiroth said calmly staring the large man in the eyes.



"Bombed?" He looked surprised. "So?"



"A passenger train that normally runs from the plate to the sector 7 slums. It contained fifty civilians and five cadets two SeeD and three SOLDIER." Yazoo read off a sheet of paper from the desk."



"Cadets?" Tifa felt a cold shiver up her spine this would not be good.



"Yes From SeeD: cadets Hyne Dintch and Kairi Leonheart. From SOLDIER: Roxas Strife, Riku Marshal and Sora Lockheart." He handed her the papers, ther was one with Sora's picture and a filled in paper for joining the SOLDIER program.



"My baby?"



"Yes he and Marshal joined this morning and Leonheart joined SeeD last night." Zack told her.



"So Why drag us in here?"



"The children were largely unhurt only one sustained any actual injuries Strife was knocked out by falling debris but is fine. But you recognize the M.O. do you not?"



"AVALANCHE is gone." Tifa told them.



"Yeah we broke up sixteen years ago." He glared at the group again.



"We believe that." Tseng spoke for the first time. "Neither of you would endanger the children you went to a lot of trouble tp try and protect Marlene back then. But this is not the first attack on Strife though the first which endangered others."



"So we can go?"



"You are freed of charges." Sephiroth said with a significant look at Tseng.



"What about my babies?" Tifa asked."



"Marlene and Denzel are safe at the Matron's orphanage with the other children from the island. Sora is still in the medical area most likely though he is staying with his biological father."



"What?"



"Riku was taken to his father and Sora demanded to go with him. "



"And joined SOLDIER."



"He is much like his father."



"So is Riku."



Before Sephiroth could answer the door opened and Cloud came in carrying a set of files.



"Zack you have to.." He trailed off seeing Tifa and Barret.



"Tifa? Barret? why are you here?"



"they're here to help Spike. "Zack said quickly Everyone else looked at him. He grinned and strode toward Cloud.



"Assisting with what?"



"Well you know all off these problems we've been having with terrorists and you have to admit AVAlANCHE was the only group to even get close to stopping Shinra so we asked Tifa and Barret to come but someone down in the dispatch got the orders all wrong and so the whole town was arrested and now that's all cleared up and now we are discussing the earlier bombing." He told his second in command.



"Oh." Cloud was as struck as the others by this explanation which actually made perfect sense. "But why didn't you say anything last night?"



"It was a trap you spiky headed idiot." Barret told him. "Tifa and me were in jail to see if these terrorists would try and help us, nothing happened so we'll use a different course."



"And you'd over react if you though it was real Cloud that's all." Tifa told him. Getting up to walk up to him as well. she was taller than the blond. she smiled at him "Besides Sora wanted to join SOLDIER for a long time."



"All right." He said.



"Well if that is over with we do have plans to make do we not?" Sephiroth said breaking the silence.



The gathering for dinner at Sephiroth's home that night was an odd one. Sephiroth, Cloud, Roxas and Miki as well las TIfa, Elena ,Sora, Riku, Barret, Marlene, Denzel, Aerith, Zack, Kairi, Cid, Cid's Wife Sierra and their children Kain or Brother as most people called him and Rikku their son and daughter. Kadaj, Yazoo, Loz and Paine also joined them.



The group sat around the table eating and talking most of the adult talk was of the old days which the teens barely understood.



"So what are you going to do now?"



"I agreed to help with this I will after all these guys are making us look like criminals AVALANCHE broke up and dispersed these people are acting like we never did." Tifa frowned sipping at her drink.



"Yeah the idiots ruining the past sixteen years for us." Barret grumbled.



"Not making it any easier for us either." Cid told him chewing on a cigarette. He had been told he couldn't light it in the house.)



"Why would a group be emulating your old group though?" Riku asked the other teens look curious as well.



"Yeah it seems like a stupid thing to do they could at least make their own group." Rikku said flipping her myriad of gold braids over her shoulder.



"I don't know maybe they lack imagination." Cloud shrugged still annoyed with Sephiroth for not telling him anything before.



"Obviously from what the reports say they are just repeating what AVALANCHE did before almost to a tee." Elena scowled.



"So we have copy cats?" Zack asked



"Looks like it."



"And after today I'd rather you four be more careful." Zack told Kairi.



"But papa."



"He's right if they are going to attack cadets you all need to be more cautious." Sephiroth looked at Roxas.



"But we don't know we were the targets pops they might have just been after the train." Roxas shrugged but caught Miki's worried glance. "Besides shouldn't you be more worried about tomorrow."



"Tomorrow?"



"The annual Shinra function thing."



"The Social?" Miki frowned. "Both Rufus and Namine will be there."



"Surrounded by Turks Tseng has already made plans."



"YEah." Miki muttered he was part of those plans.



"Then everything should be fine right?" Sora asked.



"Yeah it will be now you youngsters should go to bed." Cid growled.



"But pops I wanna listen!" Rikku pouted.



"No all of you bed now."



The teens reluctantly left the room to convene in Miki and Roxas' room Paine had also joined them being the same age as Rikku.



Preparations for the party filled the plate but below the plate a much more sinister party was being planned three adults sat around a junked table in a dilapidated bar in the heart of sector 6 slums.. these three had met here often. and tonight they had even bigger plans then ever.



"Are you sure it will go the way yo u planned?" The woman asked her hair was light brown and her eyes the same shade she wore simple clothes of green and black.



"Of course it will the Shinra are predictable."



A parade through the streets of Midgard was the opening ceremony for the Fete that would mark another year of Rufus Shinra at the forefront of Shinra's rule. Beside him in the car was Namine his daughter and her mother a SeeD by the name of Quistis Trepe. He had had a thing for older lovers and she had accepted his suit since the man she cared for was more like a little brother than a lover to her. Their daughter though was the darling of the entire military she could wander among SeeDs SOLDIERS and the Turks with impunity, and did on a regular basis normally joined by Miki or Roxas.



She sat between them in a frilly white dress that set off her long blonde hair and bright blue eyes. In the front seat of the car was Tseng, Miki and Darknation who growled at the loud noises of the crowd Miki patted him on the head.



"I know how you feel," He whispered to the cat.



Following the car were two more one held the General and the commanders for SOLDIER and SeeD the other held the second in commands for both military groups with Tifa and Elena and Aerith and Squall's wife Rinoa and Kairi and Lulu, as well as Roxas. Riku, and Sora. Following them were the other various heads of departments within the regime.



The plan had obviously been in effect for awhile and had been well thought out the first bomb was a distraction causing the cars to stop just long enough for the second to go off and separate the front car from the others. once this had happened they came from the crowd to attack those in the lead car. Rufus had pulled his shot gun out from under the seat followed by Quistis grabbing her whip. Darknation attacked a few and Tseng got in a few shots before they pulled back. As the dust settled and the rebels pulled back there seemed to be nothing out of the ordinary until they counted heads and realized what had happened. Namine and Miki were gone.



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AN well another chapter and another cliff hanger. Please remember this is an AU. I've been considering more of the Organization in future chapters now to go remove the image of Saix as nurse from my mind.