Chapter 3: Shinra HQ in Gongaga

[lsr_boo]

The power is out, but Gongaga is far from dark and quiet. Too close for comfort, the fires consuming the power generator rage. A section of the burning building explodes, and those inside the Shinra HQ would have to be quite immensely focused to not take notice of rattling windows. Something must be done, and quickly. Fortunately, cell phones

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[mydarknation]

Surprise would be the least description of what Rufus felt as the lights went out and flames from the nearby power plant became visible outside his window. He jumped up from his desk as Dark Nation growled futilely at the wall as it shook under the shock of an explosion. First things first, they needed to--

Beeeeeeep! Rufus immediately grabbed his phone out of his pocket to confirm a sinking suspicion. That was the sound that would be telling him to recharge the battery. Provided they had power. He fixed the phone with a look that should have been capable of melting it.

"Great," he muttered, a second explosion reminding him that he had been in the process of getting farther away from that window. He grabbed Dark Nation's collar and gave it a tug to wrest the animal's attention away from the wall. "Come on, we're getting out of here." With Dark Nation at his heels, he moved to the hallway (which seemed slightly more secure, if only for a lack of outside windows) and dialed Tseng's number. Thankfully, the Turk picked up

[turk_commander]

Tseng met him in the hallway a few moments later, giving Rufus and Dark Nation a brief appraising look before he moved to walk ahead of them through the building. "There a helicopter waiting. I've already contacted the pilot and we'll be in the air as soon as we board. I'll arrange for someone to come check on things here once the fire is gone."

[mydarknation]

"Good," he replied with a nod, and spoke as he followed Tseng. "I assume someone is working on evacuating whoever hasn't gotten themselves safely away from that mess already. If not," he paused briefly, thinking of his currently useless phone, "you'll have to get in contact with people, or lend me your phone. Mine is as good as dead." Passing a different window, he glanced back at the rather impressive inferno that was once a power plant.

"Do we have any idea what caused the fire?"

[turk_commander]

"The guards are dealing with the evacuation, the ones who aren't already dead, anyway. I'm going to arrange for someone to come look at whatever's left to determine a cause for the moment unless someone actually saw what or who was responsible. As soon as I have the information, I'll relay it to you, of course." Tseng didn't glance back, eyes sweeping their surroundings.

"As soon as we're in the air, I have a call to make but other than that, my phone is yours at least until we land."

<3!!

[lsr_summons]

"rrrrrrrr" it was a little sound, something like a purr and a growl. Two hops brought a tiny green body into view. Its busy tail was as long as its body and its rabbit-like ears were rotating about. It then sat up on its back legs and made the "rrrr" sound much louder.

*listen to me!!*

[lsr_summons]

It dropped to its front legs and made a little "rar!". The tail puffed out and became larger than its body by far. "Rrrrrrrrrr." Little teeth looked quite sharp and it then bounded to him in fox-like hops.

A little "huff" followed when Hojo didn't move. Then she began to chew on the toe of Hojo's sneakers.