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*******************Nibelheim 30 years prior********************
It was supposed to be a simple mission, protect the scientists as they checked on
the mako reactor. Professors Ghast and Hojo had to check the mako readings so she and
Vincent had been ordered to accompany them. Standing guard outside the inner chamber
they waited for them to enter the reactor and take their readings.
Both had their blue suits neat and they looked just as professional as they were.
Vincent had short hair back then, not down to his shoulderblades as it was now, but
merely to the nape of his neck. It was black and very silky and it always seemed to shine
in the right lighting. His eyes were an interesting shade of gray and he always had a
professional appearance up. He never let his emotions show, well unless he was at the bar
with the other Turks drinking. But even then he was still very reserved about his
emotions. Mym’s blue suit though had a silver pin on the lapel of it showing that she was
the leader of the Turks. Her dark red hair was pulled back slightly so that it didn’t get into
her eyes. In the eerie green glow of the mako reactor her silver highlights seemed to
shimmer.
Both of them looked on, arms crossed as the two professors entered and walked
into the reactor core. Professor Ghast was an older man, his hair starting to gray and
recede from his forehead as was natural with old age. His beard and moustache were
going gray as well as they framed his mouth which was usually upturned into a small
smile. His eyes were a deep green and there were small wrinkles starting to form there as
well. Ghast was a friendly man who was usually very nice to the Turks and those who
worked under him.
Professor Hojo on the other hand was a young man although his posture didn’t
really show it. He usually walked with a hunched over position, his hands clasped tightly
behind his back as if was always in deep thought. Of course sometimes he did walk like a
normal human being but that was rare, only around some of the higher ups of the
company, such as President ShinRa. He had glasses perched upon his small pointed nose
and his eyes were a deep brown color so dark they almost looked black. His hair was
black infact and it hung in tendrils almost down to his mid back. He was a short man as
well yet he seemed to act, at least with those under him in position, as though he were a
large man able to back up his orders and commands which were always sharp and to the
point. Granted he didn’t beat about the bush about things but most of the time he was just
plain rude and should you cross him you would definitely hear about it from him.
As the two Turks waited for the professors to return a slight scuffling was heard
on the upper supports. Both Turks heard it and quickly pulled their guns, aiming at the
beams. Following the barrel of the gun Mym saw nothing up there until the barrel of a
gun with a silencer on the end of it appeared aimed for Vincent. The shooter was well
concealed and she couldn’t get a shot in. Before she could warn him though the soft
‘twip’ of the gun being fired reached Mym’s ears and she quickly threw herself into
Vincent. As she knocked him sideways to safety the bullet entered in her left corner of her
chest, just below the shoulder but above the breast. With a short cry of agony, which
drew the professors out, she landed heavilly on her side. Vincent by this point was trying
to see the shooter as well as find a way up into the support beams but before he could he
heard running feet. He chased after them but whoever it was managed to escape.
It was then that he returned to Mym and the professors to find her unconscious and Hojo
standing there.
“Where’s Professor Ghast?”Vincent inquired.
Hojo looked up and replied,”He went to get the pilots to help carry her to the
helicopter.”
Vincent nodded and knelt beside her, holstering his gun and picking up hers on the
way down. He carefully placed hers back in it’s holster and then began to check to see if
she was still breathing.
“She’s still alive,”Hojo interjected as he picked up her wrist,”She just passed out.”
Vincent looked up at the gangly scientist and then resumed his check. He didn’t
trust that man, there was something about Hojo that he didn’t quite like.
“She’s taken bullets before in more critical places and never passed out this
quickly,”Vincent thought to himself.
“I said she’s fine for now,”Hojo interjected again a slight menacing tone to his
voice.
As Vincent looked up and was about to reply Ghast and the pilot ran in with a
stretcher. They quickly loaded her body onto it and hurried off to the helicopter, Hojo
bringing up the rear. No one else saw his almost gleeful smirk as they exited and flew
back to Midgar. Once there they rushed her to a hospital where Hojo insisted he be
allowed to be her doctor.
“I feel bad that she was shot on my account,”Hojo explained to Professor Ghast
and the hospital staff,”Allow me to be her doctor. It’s the only way I can make myself feel
better.”
Reluctantly the hospital agreed and Ghast went along with it as well. Vincent sat
by her bedside after they got her checked into a room. She had already had the surgery to
remove the bullet and repair the muscles. As he was sitting there the door opened and he
looked up, in walked the other two Turks. They all exchanged glances and then Vincent
spoke up.
“They say she’ll be out soon,”he said, his eyes on her again,”But there’s something
else.”
“What is it?” The other two asked almost simultaneously.
“She was unconscious almost immediately after she took the bullet, there wasn’t
that much bleeding and if you remember right she’s been hit in more critical places and
lost more blood than this and still it took her a while before she passed out,”Vincent
explained.
“So you suspect foul play?”the tall red headed man asked.
“Yeah Vega,”Vincent answered.
“But there could be any number of people who could want her, and the rest of us
possibly, dead,”Andy said as he took a seat by the other side of the bed,”How’ll we figure
out who set this up?”
“I don’t know,”Vincent said,”But since she’s in here right now that makes me the
one in charge for now.”
“Right,”Vega said,”And I do hope your first orders will be to find out who shot
her and why.”
“After all,”he continued,”She’s our leader and she’s the best leader I ever served
under.”
“Right,”Andy agreed, pushing his blonde bangs out of his eyes.
“I think we should look into talking to Professor Hojo,”Vincent suggested,”Since
he was there when she ‘passed out’ he might remember if she said anything.”
“She didn’t,”a sharp voice cut through their thoughts. They all turned and there
stood Professor Hojo in all of his malevolent glory.
“Visiting hours are over,”he sharply ordered,”Get out!” As they all stood up he
continued his tirade.
“You’re disturbing her sleep. She needs her rest.. Get out!”
He pointed to the still open door and reluctantly the three Turks left. Vega
grumbled on his way out which earned him a sharp look from Hojo. Once the three of
them were gone and hojo was sure no one else was around he closed and locked the door.
Walking over to her bed he took out a syringe and took her left arm in his free hand. He
planned to give her more tranquilizers to keep her knocked out longer. He had planned it
that she should be waking up about now and as he watched her still form her eyes did
begin to flutter. Slowly opening her eyes, still very groggy, the first thing she saw was
Hojo above her with another one of those needles.
“Oh.. no.. get away from me...”she uttered as she began to try and squirm away
from him. She thought about it and had decided that she was still too groggy to try any of
her fighting moves to knock him or the syringe away from her. Before she could get any
farther he gripped her arm tightly and thrust the needle into it quickly pressing the plunger.
She began to feel tired again almost immediately. That was the beginning of her
nightmare.