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The Silent Killer	By : DanteDonovan Category: Final Fantasy VII > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 1206 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy VII Advent Children, nor the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.Any similarities to people or places purely coincidental.

Chapter List
- 1-The Silent Killer
- 2-II
- 3-III
- 4-IIII
- 5-V
- 6-VI
- 7-VII
- 8-VIII
- 9-VIIII
- 6
- 7
- 8
Yazoo, at a loss for what to do, decided to count all of the different shades of brown showing on the wooden floor. He knew it would take forever and looked forward to it. Anything to keep him from thinking about the current situation, but try as he might, it kept flowing back in. 'Why does he do this, why can't he just kill them all and just go look for Mother once he's done. It's not like they're going to hand him golden tickets to a candy store of Jenova heads…Most likely they'll just fuck with him and hide some information anyway, it's not like he'd be losing any possible getting of information if he killed them. It would just make it easier, them not being in the way to stop us.' Yazoo couldn't help but circle around the basic facts, so full of regular common sense and the fact that his brother had happily ignored every one of them, infuriated him to no end. 'I should leave right now…but I can't, not without Loz. Shit, how much more of this can I put up with though, and hopefully convince Loz to leave? I don't know if I'll be able to hold out until then. What if he wants to stay…I love my brother but if he chooses to, I'll have no choice but to leave him behind…I need to find HER first, before Kadaj, I can't let him have her…I just…need to get away from here-' Yazoo made a low gasp, his thoughts halted as his head started pulsing again.
'You stupid child. So useless. So worthless. Why you are still living puzzles me. It's ok though, Sephiroth will come and fix you right up, put you in your place. That is, if he even allows you to keep breathing…'
'Oh no…please, go away, I don't think I can deal with this again.' Yazoo pleaded inside, the throbbing in his head growing once more, his fingers twitching at his sides as he tried to remain calm.
'Please? So polite you are. Such a shame your number of killings aren't as beautiful as your manners. Lazy, lazy. Maybe some encouragement? Mmm no, not just yet, things are just getting started. If you don't want to deal with this then maybe you should just stop fighting me.'
Yazoo trembled inwardly at the voice that grated inside his head, the one he knew so well, the one he had never wanted to hear again, the one to whom it belonged that he feared most, Mother. He looked sideways at his brother talking to the President, having problems concentrating on what was going on, everything becoming echoes in his head. Yazoo just tried to keep calm; he didn't want to deal with Kadaj's temper if he did something.
xXx
"About time too." Kadaj said to Rufus when the man had said they were going to begin. He was eager to get it going; there had been too many setbacks before getting to this point.
Rufus smiled. "Yes, of course you are right about you not getting Mother for free, but I do not intent to make attaining her impossible. I haven't made a preset deal for this meeting. I thought it would be more productive if you were a part of putting this all together."
"Just get to the damn point already, I'm becoming short on patience." Kadaj snapped as he crossed his arms.
"Yes, yes, as you wish. Truth is, I don't want to kill any of you, I am interested in learning about you and to see exactly what it is that you want. I do have a hard time believing that once you get her that you will just destroy the planet, it wouldn't get you anything really." Rufus smiled back at Kadaj, knowing that he had probably confused, as well as pissed off the remnant.
"If you don't want to kill us, then what do you want us around for?" Kadaj growled out, already liking the situation less and less. "I have no intentions on making friends, as for Mother, what she wishes is what will happen. If she demands death and destruction then she shall have it."
Rufus nodded in understanding, it was the answer he had expected. He really didn't care about having known the answers before asking the questions, he had his reasons for doing this all, as long as Kadaj was talking to him he was giving Rufus the opportunity to study him. The President already had the clone playing into his hands.
"Oh, by the way, before this goes any further, I know what you're doing. I'm not stupid. You are dragging this on with stupid quizzing that I know you don't give a shit about, you're just using this as time to stare at me and my brothers aren't you? You're trying to see how long we can be forced into a position without snapping. Well guess what asshole, we've been put in situations a hell of a lot worse than this on numerous occasions, so if you think that you can wear me down you are seriously mistaken." Kadaj said coolly. "And don't even bring up the fact I said I was running out of patience because it really has nothing to do with how we handle shit. No one likes to be screwed with after they have already shown interest in participating in a particular subject. I suggest you begin to choose your words wisely from here on in."
'Very nice…' Rufus nodded, his tight-lipped smile still showing. "My mistake." He was definitely becoming more interested in the remnants with every passing moment. 'Amazing, I asked him only one question and he picked all of that up from it. He is definitely of the General's genes I must have these clones. If Hojo's work hadn't been lost when the labs had been blown sky-high I wouldn't really need to bother with this, then again, with the General's blood…' Rufus brought his hands up and rested his chin on them. "Well, since there really is no way of going around this without getting to my initial main request…all I wish to have is a blood sample from each of you."
"Are you senile?" Kadaj's eyes wide in disbelief. "You want blood samples from us. What the fuck do you want it for if you already have Jenova's head to play with? There are plenty of cells to go around I'm sure, and it's not like you don't have any How To Make A Clone recipe in your stock somewhere."
Rufus sighed. "I understand what you are talking about. For one, we might have Jenova, but we do not have the General's…Sephiroth's genes, and you all do. Yes, it is true about the information and "ingredients" being in our stock, but that was until the labs had been blown up. Somehow everything disappeared from all databases, all of Shinra's computers, and not just that particular section." Rufus leaned back in his chair and ran a hand through his hair. "I know how Hojo worked, if he was going to be on his death bed or disappear without a word he would have been the one responsible for it, he would never want to share his secrets with anyone, but he was murdered, he had no chance to delete everything like that." This time it was Rufus' turn to be confused when he saw the strange and surprised look grow on Kadaj's face. "What?"
A small giggle came out before Kadaj let the President in on what he was finding so funny. "Damn Yazoo, you really did get it all just like you said you would. Must say I'm impressed, didn't think you'd be able to in such a short time. Maybe you aren't as useless as I thought you were." The whole time he spoke he kept his eyes locked on Rufus for his reaction. The President's face had the look of awe on it. Kadaj knew that the man thought they were intelligent, but most likely didn't expect this, his brother having hacked and cleaned out all locations of Shinra's system from anything of Hojo's works. "Well, seems like what happened three years ago has ended up being to my advantage. Isn't this a wonderful change of events..." Kadaj rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "Guess I should thank Yazoo" he commented, after a moment of hesitation.
xXx
'Hear this child? You are being praised for your selfishness. You didn't do it to keep anyone from making more clones like you had told your brothers…You just didn't want anyone to find out about certain experiments that involved only you. So useless, so selfish, what shall I do with you?'
'Stop it Mother…I just couldn't…they can't know about it…can't find out…won't ever find out…'
"Aah…" A barely audible moan came out of Yazoo as he moved his hands up to hold his head as the pain increased. A few sharp streaks of pain sliced through, causing him to gasp and squeezed his eyes shut. He started to shake, his body feeling of cold sweats as his temperature shot through the roof.
Reno, who was still trying to process through his head that Rufus had just asked for blood from the bastard, as well as pretty much admitting to having already checked the systems for this information before starting this bullshit, couldn't help but laugh inside. The fact that Yazoo had been the one responsible for all the years of information vanishing without a trace. They would have understood the humor in it if they had seen Rufus' face when he went to all of the different sectors, calling people of his company from the country, the nation, the world. Frantic and hoping to retrieve any tidbit of information somewhere. 'Ha ha, the President had been so pissed, he was yelling at everybody. Kinda made me think of some retarded rabid raccoon who lost his apples…Jesus, these analogies in my head need to stop, I'm making bad mental images for myself again.' Only after Reno had accomplished his image of Rufus with ears and a tail, complete with stripes and mask while foaming at the mouth, did he catch the movement across from him. "What the hell…" he muttered. Reno was finding himself looking at the once, seemingly unbreakable clone, presently crumble before him. Yazoo's already light complexion had taken on a sickly look, some of his hair sticking to his skin while his breathing had become labored. It was getting to the point that the man actually had moved slightly closer to the wall to put his hand against it to support his shaking body while the other hand clutched his face. "Uh, boss…"
Rufus, so caught up in his findings that were far beyond his expectations, almost missed Reno speaking out. He faced him, relaxed as ever. "Yes?" Well, he was relaxed, but that flew away when he saw the reason Reno had wanted his attention. Everyone had been so busy staring at Kadaj that they had forgotten about the rest of the room. "What happened?" Rufus asked nervously as he stood up out of his chair.
"Hey I didn't do a damn thing, he did this all himself." Reno hastily said as he put his hands in front of him defensively.
"Oh for fuck's sake!" Everyone paused and turned their attention back to Kadaj, once more stunned at what was coming out of his mouth. "You stupid ass, I told you to wait until after the meeting to go loopy. You are interrupting everything again. GOD you are so WORTHLESS."
No one really knew how to respond to that, so remained silent a few moments before a calm, smooth voice broke in. "Does he need a doctor?" Tseng quietly asked as he tried to figure out the Remnant's odd behavior. He thought he had heard him mumble a few words here and there in the past couple of minutes, but more to himself than anyone around him so Rufus had pay no mind.
Kadaj's eyes shone with delight at how the magic word 'doctor' had gotten Yazoo's attention, causing his brother to jerk his head up, silently begging for Kadaj to not do what he was sure had planned. With a malicious smile, Kadaj turned to Tseng. "Yes, I think that would be for the best. This has been going on since before we came…" Kadaj snickered at how much paler Yazoo's face managed to get. "So sad seeing him suffer like that. Please call a doctor down to have a loo-" that was how far he was able to go before getting suddenly cut off.
"NO! He doesn't need one!" A strong and powerful voice spoke for the first time.
Kadaj's eyes widened in disbelief at what he had just heard, it was half from the fact that he was being disputed with, and the other half of it was whose voice was saying it. Kadaj turned around to face Loz, his anger already rising. "What the hell did you just say?"
Loz became slightly hesitant, wondering at the wisdom of his present, as well as soon to come, actions that he was going to take. He took a deep breath and clenched his fists. "I said, he doesn't need a doctor, and you know it." Loz then turned to Tseng and frowned. "A doctor is the last thing Yazoo needs, this is nothing new. Kadaj is just doing this to be mean to him. He's been mean to him all day." Loz frowned when he looked back to Kadaj's unforgiving expression.
"Who the hell do you think you are, suddenly jumping in and telling us how it's going to be? I'm the leader here; your job is to do as I say! Don't you dare baby hte bitch just because he's hurting" Kadaj snarled out. "He doesn't deserve it."
Loz stared quietly at Kadaj and took in another breath. "Shut up Kadaj. Enough is enough!" and before he had a chance to chicken out and cower back, Loz shoved his brother out of the way so he could get to Yazoo.
By this time, Yazoo was dizzy and almost fell over, only to be stabled by a strong pair of hands. He shook his head, trying to get the lingering echo of the voice to leave while looking up to see who it was. The soft and caring eyes that met his almost made him want to cry with relief, that is, if Kadaj didn't look so pissed. "Thank you Loz" Yazoo said to his brother as Loz brought Yazoo's arm up and around his neck, letting him lean on his body. Yazoo glanced to Kadaj and then back to Loz. "I think you should get back over there. I don't want you to get into trouble for this," He said sadly. "I'll be ok, my head has stopped."
Tseng raised an eyebrow at Kadaj, pausing on getting ready to call in some assistants until he was certain at what was going on. He was figuring that there would be no need, plus the fact that it would bring more people into an already unstable environment, possibly causing more strain on everything.
Kadaj ground his teeth and closed his eyes, contemplating on if he should just kill his brothers now or just wait until later. It infuriated him that he needed them around, even if it was only for extra manpower. He slowly nodded to himself, opened his eyes, and searched out the President's own. "I think that you can have the blood samples, only we do it my way."
Rufus had to do all he could to contain himself at the excitement running through his body. Sure, he had been worried about the other clone but now, there were more important matters going on, as well as it seemed that Yazoo's problem had gone away. "Yes, I'm ready, tell me what you need."
Kadaj, turned and while watching his brothers answered back "You may bring one medic up here to obtain the proper samples. There will be absolutely no needles involved as well as any other instruments; I don't want to end up poisoned. I have a knife in my pocket, it will suffice."
Rufus smiled back, the terms were very acceptable. As long as it got him what he wanted he wasn't about to argue. "That will be just fine." Rufus moved his hand over to a small device and pushed in a button. "I desire a nurse from the clinic in my office to collect some blood samples. Only the vials and proper containers are needed, everything else is already in here. You have five minutes." Rufus didn't wait for a reply before he pushed the button once more, ending communications.
"Oh, I forgot to mention, since I am being so nice as to be giving you this wondrous gift…I also want to be granted free roam of your building and surrounding areas for today. I'm bored and need something to do. I don't think you need to be concerned about anything going missing, that would affect me getting Mother, right?" 'Little weasel, what the hell does he really want, no way he would just give her over like that.' Kadaj contemplated as he flashed an innocent smile.
'He's good.' Rufus noted at how sharp Kadaj's mind was. 'He knows it's a sketchy deal, he wants a chance to go through everything himself before leaving. Just so, he knows we aren't keeping her from him in this building. Even by doing this makes him able to pick up information about her or her whereabouts should I decide to back out on my deal later. I want him so bad… all of them' Rufus jnodded, a warm smile matching Kadaj's. "You may come and go as you please." His elated when he saw Kadaj's eyes spark with eagerness.
A knock on the door took Rufus' attention for a moment. "You may enter." He called out, a nurse entering once given permission, holding only what was asked for, a medic kit that would hold the necessary vials and containers. "Come over here next to my desk please." The woman silently did as she had been instructed. She was of average height, brown eyes and hair, in her 30's. The look of a well-experienced person who had been born for a job. She took the room and its inhabitants in as she made her way to the desk, her professionalism not allowing her to waver or even look shocked at the company. Rufus definitely had only the best under his hand. "You will be instructed as we go along. Kadaj is going to give you blood samples, as well as are the brothers. All you will need is to properly contain them once given, understood?"
"Understood President Rufus Shinra" The lady said with a bow of the head, relaying that it was clearly understood that she was to do nothing other than this. In silence she set up a small sanitary cloth on the edge of his desk, donned her proper gloves, where then she proceeded to set the needed supplies up, including astringents and gauze for proper clean-ups. It was only moments before she had three vials out, all in a row, containers next to those. In less than two minutes, the woman had turned the end of the President's desk into what looked like a real nurse's one. Once the set-up had been completed, she stood up straight and made eye contact with Kadaj, without hesitation, introduced herself.
"My name is Mandy, head nurse of sector 6, level B, the science division. I have brought for you the requested items as well as other sanitary items to use, or to keep, if you so desire." At this, she smoothly moved her hand along everything, indicating that he was allowed to do as he pleased with any of it.
Kadaj was definitely impressed at the woman's proficient manner. He was also impressed that someone this skilled could look this good. He openly looked her up and down. The way the layered hair hung slightly passed her shoulders, smaller chestnut highlights streaking through, and her dark brown eyes matching these colors. Kadaj moved his gaze lower, taking in the soft complexion of her, chest that wasn't too big, a slim waist, and perfect hips and long legs to complete the package. 'Those scrubs look cute on her…' Shinra knew how to pick them. Being the genetics he was from, as well the age of 19 not anywhere close to helping, Kadaj's hormones were raging. Sure, he may have sexually harassed his brother here and there but he did prefer women, sometimes finding himself wishing Yazoo was one for that very reason. After all, his brother had long flowing silky hair, porcelain skin and graceful to boot. Kadaj hated the sexual frustration that would come of it, the perfection he wouldn't mind taking again and again(just minus a lovely set of breasts and round ass to grab) was the wrong sex. Sometimes contemplated doing away with his brother just so he wouldn't have to deal with the continuous distractions Yazoo caused, reminding him of what he didn't have, but very much needed.
"Hmm…Mandy, that's a very pretty name for a pretty woman." Kadaj sweetly complimented as he moved around to where she was, stopping in front of her when only inches away, his hip leaning on the desk. "Sounds a bit like candy to me…" he teased, and then went in for the kill, leaning forward to whisper into her ear. “Are you that sweet?" He snickered when he could see her pulse quicken, now trying to maintain a straight face. What made all of this even more entertaining was that he caught a glance of Rufus, just to see if he was upset by this, only to find that the man was amused as much as he was.
xXx
"Loz, you can let go of me now, I'll be fine." Yazoo quietly told his brother, who in response tightened his grip on his wrist. "Loz, please, I don't want you to get in trouble, go over there."
"I'm already in trouble Yazoo." Loz said, making it clear he had no intentions of going over.
Yazoo sighed and let his head rest on his brother's shoulder once more. "Actually, you aren't. I am."
"These headaches aren't your fault. I don't know why he's so cruel to you about them." Loz quietly replied, his eyes watering again.
"Yes they are." Yazoo frowned at the disbelieving look he was getting from his brother, but he knew it was true. If it weren’t for the way he behaved in situations and handled things, they would never be there.
Loz swallowed hard and then released Yazoo's arm, letting it slide off his neck. Turning then to his brother, he yanked him into a bear hug, his giant frame slightly shaking from sadness and anger. "How you were made is NOT your fault." Saying this in such a way that made it clear he wouldn't be told otherwise. Loz may have not known what Yazoo was talking about but in the end it was all the same, he couldn't be blamed for any of this, as much as everyone might try to convince Yazoo otherwise. They had all been dumped into an unwanted circumstance, not one had more control over their lives at the time than the other.
Yazoo nodded back, eyes wide at Loz's forceful scolding. He hadn't gotten something like that from his brother in a long time. He must have been pretty stressed and upset to get to that point. "Okay Loz," he offered in agreement and relaxed in his brother's arms. Loz paused for a moment before letting go, the way his shoulders hung made it clear on how weary his brother had become. Would his brother be able to hold out until this came to an end? It came to Yazoo that he wasn't sure, which meant he was going to have to speed up his plan.
Reno was getting more and more confused and frustrated. First, his asshole employer was letting the sicko get close to Mandy and tease her, but that also the clone he wanted to hate with a murderous passion was beginning to turn into the one he favored. Reno still hated them all, but was just finding that Yazoo had become tolerable, unlike Kadaj who reeked of evil. 'Look at both of those bastards, torturing Mandy like that. The freak is flirting with her and Rufus is finding this funny. He's going to let that prick do anything he wants, just so he can play his games, disgusting.' Reno's respect for his boss was quickly going down the drain, he couldn't help but wonder what was going through Tseng's head about this, that man surely couldn't have been thinking highly of this either. Reno searched his face but didn't see any emotion showing approval or disapproval, just standing next to Rufus with his hands clasped at his front. 'What the hell is going on here…?'
xXx
Mandy didn't know what to do, nervous at having someone this dangerous near nuzzling at her ear, her boss watching and not saying anything to stop it for her sake. She was almost wondering who was worse, the one who was openly teasing her, or the one letting it happen. What Mandy didn't like was how her body was responding. As wrong as she knew it was, she couldn't help but be slightly turned on, hell he was a gorgeous guy. All of them were. Against her control, all thanks to human nature, her temperature rose slightly and her cheeks had taken a light pink hue to them. "U-uhm, shall we begin?"
"I guess another time…" Kadaj murmured and stepped back, a smile on his face, his interest in her doubling. He needed to get laid, badly, and with a girl this time. "Yes, I guess we should start. I'll go first." With that, he took his knife out of his pocket and switched it open, then pulled the glove off his right hand. "So…where do you want this to go?" he asked.
"Oh! Pardon me, here" Mandy quickly grabbed a vial and held it out for him. "How would you like me to go about this?" she asked nervously, after all, this was quite a strange way to collect blood samples.
"Just hold it, I'll take care of the rest." Kadaj brought the blade up to the palm of his hand and proceeded to drag the tip across it, making a cut about two inches long, stopping when the blood began to well up. "There we go." He said as he angled his hand vertically, making it just right to where the blood was running down his first finger, dripping freely into the vial. "Let me know when to stop."
Mandy's eyes widened as she watched Kadaj cut himself without even flinching, finding it a bit disturbing at how his eyes seemed drawn to the blood running, as if he had a fixation for it. She waited until it come up to the proper level in the vial and reached over for a decent sized piece of gauze, placing it to the palm of his hand with some pressure. "That will do perfectly, thank you." Without thinking, since it was habit, she grabbed a sanitary wipe and cleaned off his hand quickly, then replaced the gauze once more. "May I?" Mandy asked politely, pointing to his knife, wanting to sanitize it as well. She was a bit astonished when he didn't even hesitate to hand it to her, spinning it quickly in his hand to give it to her handle first.
Kadaj was still smiling away, completely content at all the attention he was getting from her. "Do whatever you need to." He replied softly, almost giggling when she turned a bit pink again. He may have been being polite to her but it was also obvious he was flirting with her. He became even more excited when she reached out for his hand and pulled it her way, bandages ready and started wrapping up his hand. He knew they weren't necessary, that the cut would be completely healed well before the end of the day, but who was he to stop the gorgeous woman from touching him? Kadaj hadn't gotten this much feminine attention willingly given in God knows how long, he wasn't about to cut it short now. When she finished she handed the now clean knife back to him with a timid smile.
Kadaj couldn't believe himself, he was acting like a kid with a crush, then again, technically this was the case, and he seemed to be completely infatuated with her. "Thank you, it looks great." Still being polite to Mandy. He stepped back from her, a little bummed that it had ended. "Hey Loz, get over here, I'm sure the bitch can stand on her own now." He called over to his brother while he put his glove back on, careful not to shift the bandage. Loz had already started walking over to the desk before Kadaj had to say anything more, Yazoo having persuaded him to go over.
Mandy had to look up even further when the next brother had come over; Loz being around 6 foot tall was a big difference from her height of 5'7". His more muscular body made him appear even more massive compared to Kadaj even though he was only about two inches shorter. "Hello, I guess we go with you next." Mandy felt a little stupid saying that since it was obvious to begin with, just she didn't really know what to say to him. She waited patiently as Kadaj took the liberty of removing his brother's glove, adding a 'baby' comment in there when he went to cut Loz's thumb, the man turning his head with his eyes squeezed shut so as not to see it happen, followed by a small whimper. Mandy then repeated what she had done with Kadaj, cleaning and wrapping up the cut as well as cleaning off the knife. "There you go, all done." She said to Loz, giving his hand a gentle squeeze. A small "thank you", made it out his lips. He didn't wait any longer, turned around, and quickly went back over to his first original position.
Kadaj looked over to him and sighed. "Loz, I'm sorry for what I said about you earlier, I didn't mean it. I'm just really stressed along with our brother not cooperating, I guess I just wasn't thinking." Loz looked at him for a moment and then nodded. Kadaj gave a small smile before turning around to face Yazoo, who was currently leaning against the wall while staring at the floor. "Hey Lazy, get over here, now." Kadaj ordered with a snap of the fingers in the air.
xXx
'108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 12-damnit…' Yazoo mentally cursed, having lost count of the colors on the wooden slats at his feet, so many shades of browns and tans there were, using this to focus on instead of the rest of the room. He looked up through his bangs, eyes barely visible but everything of how he thought of Kadaj's way of calling him over was showing in his eyes. "Sure thing, master' Yazoo mumbled under his breath and pushed off the wall.’anything to just get this done and over with, Jesus…'
"Fucking prick"
Catching the barely audible insult, Yazoo's head snapped over to Reno and smirked. "My thoughts exactly." His face going blank once more before turning back to face his destination, pausing a moment to stare at his brother before moving.
Reno froze when Yazoo had looked at him, expecting to get ratted on but sure as hell didn't expect the clone to agree with him. One thing Reno noticed when Yazoo had looked back to Kadaj for a moment that Yazoo's demeanor seemed to darken momentarily, his eyes a bit brighter than they had been. Before he could get a really good look at it, his demeanor went back to normal before he started walking. 'Ok…the brat pisses me off to no end, but that one still scares the shit out of me…fucking eyes were creepy before, but now, damn.' Reno gave himself a small shake, trying to get the image out of his head.
Yazoo walked over to Kadaj, stopping a few feet in front of him, none too thrilled that Kadaj was merrily dangling the knife in the air, a giant grin to match. Yazoo reached out. "Give the knife to me, I'll do it myself."
'Wow, and here I thought the other one was tall…this one has got to be at least 6'3"…he's gorgeous…' Mandy observed as he made his way over, she couldn't help but be taken in by Yazoo. The way he gracefully moved towards them, his hair that hung past the middle of his back softly swaying with each step, she felt herself blushing all over again. 'Being single sucks...' flew through her mind. She was getting the feeling that once off her shift and home she was going to have to take some "personal time" with herself.
Kadaj's eyes narrowed slightly, not happy about his brother's attempt in getting away from letting Kadaj have his fun. "What makes you think I'll let you? For all I know you might stab me with it." He watched, as Yazoo did nothing but give a stare back with an 'are you done yet' look on his face. Kadaj looked out the corner of his eye at Mandy and immediately got riled up when he saw the reaction she was giving to his brother's presence. In the heat of his jealousy, he jerked his arm back and then planted his fist in Yazoo's face, reopening up the split on his bottom lip, more than good enough for it to start bleeding again. "There, problem solved. Go give her a blood sample now." Kadaj smirked and walked away, no longer feeling it necessary to be over by the desk.
Mandy jumped at the unexpected actions of Kadaj. From how he had been behaving only minutes ago, she wouldn't have seen him outright punching one of his brothers, especially when he had just finished apologizing to the other one for saying unkind things. She looked over to Rufus, to see if he was going to put a stop to any of this, not wanting to believe her eyes when she saw that the President hadn't budged an inch. He seemed to be in awe of the clones, content to watch them and their antics, so she patiently waited.
Yazoo's head was still facing to the side, obviously trying to keep quiet, his knuckles cracking while he clenched his fists. 'That fucking bastard. Just wait brother, once I get a hold of Mother…you'll get what's coming to you.' Yazoo let out a deep breath and looked at the nurse who seemed mortified at the events that had just taken place, but he couldn't blame her. He stepped forward, closing the small gap between them and waited for her to get her work done with; he wasn't fond of the feeling of the warm blood trickling down the side of his mouth and chin. Yazoo tilted his head at her when she was looking a bit uncomfortable. He tried to think of what could be the matter when it hit him, she wasn't able to see properly at what she was going to be doing. He looked down at her supplies on the desk and gently pulled at the towel they were lying on and moved them a bit away, making room for him to sit down on it without knocking anything over.
"Thank you" Mandy quietly said, grateful he had understood the problem. "Uh, sorry…I have to…" she said awkwardly while nervously reaching out to move his hair away from his face. She couldn't believe how soft it was, moving easily in her fingers. If some of her friends saw this they would die of envy, always trying the latest hair products to get this very result. Mandy had to repress a smile, then reprimand herself for letting her mind wander, especially at a time like this. A quick intake of breath immediately followed when she put a piece behind his ear. "Oh my." Mandy's fingers hovered near his face, afraid to touch it, shocked by the damage she saw. "Are…are you ok?"
"You might want to hurry, it will stop bleeding soon." Was Yazoo's only answer, not wanting to discuss it. In fact, get his mind as far from the topic as possible. He could only imagine at the bruises that had shown up since then, along with the pre-existing ones having got darker, he felt lucky that his hair hid it all.
"Oh, yes." Mandy got the hint and held the last vial against his chin, waiting for it to fill with the blood dripping down from the cut. She was shocked to find that she actually felt very comfortable around him. Kadaj had gotten to her yes, but he still had an air of danger and instability with him that kept her nervous, Yazoo's calm demeanor a complete opposite. She supposed it was also the fact it appeared that this one didn't even want to be here and could really care less about his brother's or Rufus' plans. She also felt more comfortable near Yazoo because he wasn't looking her up and down as his brother had been. Mandy could sense the wall up around him regardless, no doubt made to keep everyone else out, or to keep himself in. Perhaps it was both. That, in itself, was a warning sign of things that might come. Everyone has their limit, but those who create shells to separate them from the world tended to finally break out and a majority of the time they were the most dangerous. All that came to mind was that she hoped she wasn't around if or when it happened.
"Ok, I think that's good" Mandy said. She felt a bit sorry for him. Yazoo just nodded and sucked in the corner of his lip, waiting for it to stop bleeding, he wasn't fond of the taste of blood, unlike his brother who would most likely love to bathe in a pool of it. "Here, let me" and before she could think twice she found herself gently grabbing his chin and turning his face towards her own. She took a couple of wipes and cleaned all the blood, pausing briefly at his lip, finding it amusing at how he was looking down, attentively watching her hand. When she had paused, Yazoo looked up at her questioningly, wondering what was wrong. She smiled and gently touched his bottom lip, which in turn, just got an elegant brow raised before it dawned on him.
"Oh, sorry" he whispered and let the rest of his lip out of his mouth so she could finish. He continued to look down and watch her, intrigued at how gentle she was being since, after all, she did work for Shinra, as well as all he and his brothers had a bad reputation for being killers. As surprising as it was, it was a welcome change in pace for the day, helping his nerves settle down. Even more unexpected was the sudden cool and numbing feeling on his cut, the pulsing in it quickly going away. She had put a tiny bit of numbing agent on it, as well as something to stop the bleeding. "Thank you." He said quietly, still watching her curiously.
Mandy was taken aback by his thanks. Yes, the other brother had thanked her, but since this one was keeping himself so guarded it was quite unexpected. There was a bit of sadness, yet content, sounding at the same time. She could tell that this brother was sincere, not lacing his words with sweetness to sound overdramatic like Kadaj had done. For a killer he had good manners. "No need to thank me, it's only my job." followed with a kind laugh, gently taking his hair back out from behind his ear and straightening it.
"Are you done yet?" whined a voice from across the room.
Yazoo looked over to see Kadaj currently leaning into a windowsill, his forehead leaning on the glass, looking down through the window at the buildings surrounding, no doubt deciding which ones he was going to raid first. "Hmph." He sounded and stood up from the desk and scanned around until he saw what he was looking for. Yazoo quickly bent down and grabbed the medic kit that was sitting not far from the nurse's legs. Once his hands were on it he set it upon the desk and began to put all of the tools and other equipment back into their proper places. Even the cleaners and gauze went to the proper slots and holders. He grabbed the vials, putting each one in its appropriate container, perfectly closing their seals. He grabbed one of the markers and wrote the names on the labels, along with the time and date as well. He was just about finished packing everything up when a comment stopped him short, his hand not far from grabbing the last of the supplies.
"Wow, these are one of a kind medic kits. Done this before?" Mandy teased, naturally not aware of why he had expert knowledge of how these things worked.
Images filled Yazoo's mind, all of them from different times, but all of them the same thing. Getting bandaged daily, so many kits used up on him, so many containers and labels made next to him, all countless times. As far as Yazoo was concerned, these kits were filled with nothing but blood and pain. He was puzzled as to why he was helping her clean up because it wasn't to get her as far away from him as soon as possible. He supposed that it was because she was the first, and most likely, the last, that had and ever would be like this towards him. He didn't want to forget about it. He wanted the image of a nice nurse or doctor in his head; maybe it would help the others disappear, though he knew he was only fooling himself. They would be there until the day he died; he could only hope they didn't follow him into the Life Stream, holding onto him for all eternity.
"I saw it done…a few times." Was all he said and quickly finished the rest.
"Well, you must have a great memory then." Mandy replied, then had a mental freeze. As she said, these were one of a kind kits, so how did he know. 'I remember hearing these brothers attacked the area, specifically the medical quarter a few years back. That must be where he came across them'. She noted the irony of a deadly killer willingly helping put her healing supplies away. "Thank you all the same." She smiled as Yazoo reached out and handed her the case all snapped and locked shut.
He couldn't help it and found the corner of his mouth quirk up, the closest thing to a smile that there ever was going to be, when she had reached out and took the kit from him. She looked to Rufus, nodded to him, and then turned to leave the room. Yazoo watched her go to the door, sad to see her go; she was the first normal thing he had been around in the near whole of his life. It hurt him when he finally figured out why it was that he liked her and would miss her so much. She was what he imagined a real mother to be. Soft, gentle, caring, and full of kind smiles. He tilted his head as he watched her go, making note to remember the image of her last honest smile given before exiting the room and closing the door behind her. 'Goodbye Mandy' he thought sadly from within, knowing that he would never see her again. Yazoo lowered his head, but not before giving Rufus a glare that would put anyone on edge, and walked away, back to where he had come from.
"Ugh, finally. Took you long enough." Kadaj said when he saw Yazoo go back to his spot. "So, Shinra, we done here?"
Rufus smiled and nodded his head. "Yes, for now we are. Feel free to go look around and see that I have nothing to hide from you. You will only have until midnight though; it is when I like to lock everything up, as well I think it is more than plenty enough time for you to be satisfied with your searching. As for the Jenova delivery, it will take a few days to get the proper arrangements made and get her on her way. I promise no more than a week's time."
Kadaj scowled at Rufus but could do nothing else for time being. "Fine then, can we leave now?" he asked, impatient as ever.
"Yes, oh wait, one moment." Rufus opened up a drawer and rummaged around until he found what he was looking for. "Here, you will need these." He said and held up three cards. "These are all access keys. They will work for any room that has a lock on it." While he explained this, he put each one in its own individual badge case to hang from a small cord so they could wear them around their necks. "There, one for each of you. Since it's only about 3 pm you will have 9 hours to search, please take your time."
"Sweet." Kadaj snickered as he grabbed the badges and tossed the other two to his brothers for them to catch. "Loz, Yazoo, pick a building to start in and just go from there. I'll take that section over there," he indicated, pointing the direction from the window. "Loz, you go that direction. Actually, Yazoo, you get to cover this building first and then move over to that section." Kadaj grinned wide at Yazoo's glare from having to search the building they were presently in. He wasn't really the social type and this building was full of people. Most of the Turks were in this particular building, as well as the President, he would have people eyeing him the whole time. "Well, go on, scoot." while making little hand motions at his brothers.
Loz nodded and left the room, leaving Yazoo continuing his glare at Kadaj. After a few seconds, Yazoo sighed, looked away from his brother, then swiftly left the room, slamming the door behind him.
"Children." Was all Kadaj said. He looked at the others in the room, gave a wave, and then left the room, leaving everyone behind in stunned confusion. They had been in a room with the remnants for a little over an hour and a lot had happened, silence hung in the air, all of them still caught up in their thoughts about the situation. That was, until Reno broke the silence with a long whistle.
"Yeah, Boss, I don't think the tall one likes you very much." Reno chimed but quickly looked away when Rufus and Tseng in unison eyed "warning signs" back at him. "Not that it's my business or anything..." he trailed off.
Rufus had relaxed a bit into his chair, looked up at the ceiling, and said the only thing he could really think of at the moment. "Well, this is turning out to be quite an interesting day."
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When I write stories I don't have details planned out before hand, I just wing it XD I hope you all are enjoying it so far and also hope that the way I am making the personalities aren't too crappy. I am pleased with Mandy; I came up with her on the spot as well. She's a sweetie ^^
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