Yuffie struggled vainly at the metal fastenings holding her wrists and ankles to the table. Even after the severe beating they had given her earlier, before bringing her here to this room full of medical equipment, she still had the strength to fight. Blood from the head wound she had sustained fell in her eye, causing her to shut it in an attempt to keep out the thick substance. Her wrists bled; the metal biting into her skin as she struggled against it.
Footsteps caused her to turn her head to face the person responsible for this. He smiled at her pleasantly before addressing her. "Tell us where he is." He commanded, but Yuffie only clamped her lips shut, glaring at him. He smirked and looked to someone outside her field of vision, nodding to them in a silent command.
Yuffie heard the click a split second before the electrical shock shot through her body. She kept her mouth tightly closed, smothering the scream that desperately wanted to escape. She wouldn't let it. She wouldn't scream; wouldn't give them the satisfaction.
The shock treatment ended earlier than she expected and Yuffie's body fell limp on the table, burning with pain. She glared at her captor again and ground out, "Still…not telling."
The man scowled and nodded again, causing another shock.
Yuffie clamped her eyes shut as her body convulsed against her will. She tried to disconnect herself from the pain, focusing her mind instead on the man they were looking for. They can do what they want to me, I don't care. But I won't tell them where he is, he's been through too much already. The shocks stopped, breaking her from her thoughts as she sagged back to the table once more, breathing heavily.
"You aren't going to cooperate, are you?"
Yuffie merely stared stubbornly at him. "Did you…actually think…I would?" She gasped out between breathes.
Her tormentor smirked and snapped his fingers, turning to address the large man that came forward. "Take her away and try to persuade her to talk."
The man smirked and unfastened her wrists and ankles. He grabbed her by the hair and pulling her off the table, dragging her from the room as she struggled weakly; the real torture was about to begin.
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Vincent gave a frustrated sigh as his eyes scanned the scarcely wooded area where Yuffie was last known to be. The ninja had been missing for two days now and even Vincent was worried; it wasn't like her to just disappear without telling someone where she was going. And to disappear while on a mission no less!
It had been a simple recon mission for the WRO; inspect and test the area and see how much work and effort it would take to restore it. Since there was no danger Yuffie had decided to take this mission solo and not take a squad. There was no danger involved unless you counted fiends which were pretty weak in this area; not a problem for someone as skilled as Yuffie.
But something had happened to make her disappear. Squads had found her Conformer embedded in the trunk of a nearby tree with smears and droplets of blood staining its shining surface.
Yuffie would never willingly leave her weapon, no matter what the circumstances.
So Reeve had contacted Vincent and the rest of AVALANCHE asking for help in the search for one of his best agents. They all helped willingly of course, Yuffie was one of their closest friends after all.
Vincent had opted to search for her here while the others checked everywhere else she could be.
He knelt by the tree trunk where conformer was found and inspected the ground. Under the prints from the squads who had been dispatched here there were signs of a struggle; grass uprooted and a faint trail that, by the looks of it, was from someone being dragged away.
Vincent frowned as his worry doubled. His phone rang suddenly and he pulled it out, looking at the I.D. before flipping it open. "Reeve." He said as a type of greeting before continuing on. "It seems there was a fight here, I believe Yuffie might have been taken."
The commissioner sighed at the other end. "Yes I believe you're right. Vincent, return to Headquarters immediately. We've received word about Yuffie. I have already contacted the others and they are on their way."
"Right." Vincent replied before flipping his phone closed.
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Vincent was the last one to arrive at Headquarters and everyone looked up when he walked into the conference room, greeting him with small 'hello's and 'hey's or just nodding their heads.
"Ah, Vincent, good you're here." Reeve said as he stood from his seat walking to the head of the table. "We received word from the people responsible for Yuffie's disappearance. They've sent us a video feed." He moved to a console and pressed a few keys. "I've seen it and I do not wish to again." The picture appeared on the screen and Reeve turned away as everyone's eyes focused on it. The image flickered before focusing, showing some type of lab.
A man in a white coat walked onto the screen, his long dark hair graying and pulled into a ponytail. He smiled pleasantly at the camera before speaking. "Greetings AVALANCHE. My name is Damian Brookes, I am a scientist who worked under Professor Hojo of Shinra's Biochemical Research department
"By now I'm sure you are aware of the disappearance of Yuffie Kisaragi." The door behind him banged open and Tifa gasped as two men dragged a struggling, yelling figure into the room. They fastened Yuffie to the table and her friends got a good look at her for the first time.
Beaten and bloody, her left eye swollen shut, she fought against her restraints; cussing up a storm the whole time that would make Cid and Barrett proud.
"So far she has been uncooperative but I'm sure with more persuasion she'll see things our way." Brookes walked over to the table and Yuffie focused her one good eye on him, glaring and cursing him every name in the book.
He only smirked at her. "So Miss Kisaragi, are you going to tell us where he is now?" Yuffie only narrowed her eye and spat in his face. She was quickly backhanded and Cid jumped to his feet growling, his hold tightening on Venus Gospel dangerously as he glared at the screen, looking as if he was going to jump in and ram his weapon none to pleasant.
"Do what you want to me!" The shinobi shouted with angry determination. "But I will never tell you where he is! I would never betray him like that!"
Brookes chuckled. "She is feisty and quite stubborn as well. I'd hate to see that fierce spirit of hers diminish should our demands not be met." All amusement left his face and voice as he continued. "We want Vincent Valentine." Eyes shot to Vincent who had gone rigid, his crimson eyes wide in shock. "Thirty years ago Vincent Valentine died during experimentation performed by Professor Hojo. The late Professor never did get to finish what he started and we wish to continue his work. We've experimented on countless specimens but only Valentine has the proper body strong enough to withstand the experiments."
Brookes smirked. "I know you are probably watching Mister Valentine. Tell me, are you going to let this girl's death be another one of your sins?" He ran his finger down the side of Yuffie's face and she snarled, jerking away and biting at his hand. "It is my understanding that she has never let a man touch her, trust me when I say that can be easily changed. There are far worse things we could do to her." For the first time her friends saw fear pass Yuffie's eye as Brookes indicated the large man who had come to stand beside him looking at Yuffie with lustful eyes.
A deep growl tore from Vincent's throat as he clenched his fists glaring at the screen.
Suddenly Yuffie turned her eye to the camera and stared at it angrily as if she read his mind. "Don't even think about it Vincent Valentine! Don't you dare give yourself up for my sake! You've been through enough Vinnie! Cloud, Tifa all of you, don't you dare let him do something stupid! Don't worry about me, I'll be fi-!" Her sentence was cut off as electricity shot through her body, tearing a startled, agonizing scream from her throat.
Brookes smiled at the camera as she convulsed in front of their eyes. "We'll be awaiting your contact, and remember; the longer you wait the more suffering she'll endure." Then the screen went blank.
Tifa buried her tear-streaked face against Cloud as he wrapped his arms around her, hiding his own face in her hair. Cid collapsed into his chair, Venus Gospel falling from his grasp. Barrett dropped his head in his hands as Nanaki and Reeve bowed their heads sadly.
The high-pitched sound of metal grinding against metal rang out and everyone looked up at Vincent who hadn't moved. He had his metal hand clenched so tightly it was close to damaging and his body shook with uncontrollable rage, had he still been hosting Chaos, his friends knew he wouldn't be able to control it now.
He turned and slammed his clawed fist into the metal conference table in the center of the room, making a large dent and causing everyone in the room to flinch. "Why?! Why'd he target her?!" He shouted as he whirled around in a rage. "Why target Yuffie?!"
"Vincent, calm down. We'll get her back." Cloud tried to calm him but Vincent didn't seem to hear. "If he wanted me he should have come searching for me! He should have left her out of it!" He rested his palms against the wall and leaned into them, breathing heavily.
Tifa stared at him sadly and stood, walking over and placing a gentle hand on his shaking shoulder, immediately noticing the few tears that had managed to sneak past his defenses. "Vincent…I think…I think he took her because…because he knows you have feelings for her." His crimson eyes jerked to meet her wine ones in surprise. "What do you mean?"
She sighed before saying softly, "You love her, don't you Vincent?"
He kept her gaze for a few seconds then turned away, facing the wall and closing his eyes. "Yes." He answered her almost silently. "I do love her, and she's been taken because of it." He slammed his human hand against the wall. "Damn it! This is why I didn't want to get close to her or to anyone else! Because of this!"
Tifa gave his shoulder a comforting squeeze. "We'll get her back Vincent. I promise we'll get her back."
"We traced where the message originated." Reeve spoke up. "First we contact them and try to negotiate. If that doesn't work then we'll devise a rescue plan."
"If you do that there's a large chance that they'll harm her even more." Vincent commented. "Just give them me. I stand a better chance with them than Yuffie does."
"No way." Vincent turned to the blond swordsman as he continued. "They already have Yufs, we're not giving them you too."
"But-!" Tifa slammed a hand over the gunman's mouth, silencing his protests. "No buts. Either you do it our way or we'll tie you up and lock you in a closet, and you know we will."
Vincent was about to protest again but at Tifa's glare he sighed in defeat, nodding as she took her hand away. "Fine. But if your plan fails we go to mine." He said in a no argument voice.
"If ours doesn't work we'll find another way." Tifa argued sternly.
He sighed again but said nothing. He clenched his fists again looking to the now blank screen. I'll get you out Yuffie, I promise.
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A/N: This one is gonna suck i just know it. Aww well i guess it's a matter of opinion, anyway i don't think this one will be as good as some of my other yuffintines but read and tell me what ya think please, maybe you have a different opinion. I'm not sure but i should be able to update within the next couple days okey dokey!