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Once inside the lab, Rude shamelessly removed his coat and tie, placing them on a chair. He too scanned the room for trouble, but Orni had the better reputation for percieving things out of the ordinary. His own investigation was halfhearted, at best. With the top part of his suit removed, he then tightened his belt securely and started removing armor from the box. He began with the boots, removing his own dress shoes and pulling on the heavy, armored footgear.

Next came the pads for his legs, which he affixed to his knees, then the equipment belt that all SOLDIER carried. This belt came with a few potions and treatment items, but he didn't think he would be needing those. He never had liked the taste of the healing potions that Shinra made; they tasted like cough syrup and left a chalky aftertaste.

The mesh shirt that went underneath was a ballistic dampener; it couldn't stop bullets, but it did soak up force like punches or other battering attacks. It covered his arms to the sleeves. The plated vest that went over the shirt could stop bullets, and ideally, the mesh underneath would help him keep his balance if shot. Next came the cumbersome helm of the SOLDIER. It would impede his vision a bit, but the mirrored visor might keep Sasha from doing whatever it was she had done to him again.

Finally, the Skullcrushers. They lacked materia slots; in fact, they were entirely unistable in balance for such focusing of power. Because of the Shinra emphasis on the use of materia with SOLDIER, the weapons had been decommissioned. Funny how everything Shinra locked up tended to get taken back out again...

The gloves were not pretty things. They looked like they were made of spiny cast iron and weighed more than Rude's usual gloves, but he would make use of them as best he could. The gloves had special grooves on their sides that would allow him to lock his forearms together if he had a grip on someone. For his grappling style of combat, this would be perfect. He had long since urged the techs to develop something like that for him, but all of the things they proposed were ugly and bulky.

Much like what he was wearing now, but he grudgingly surrendered that being alive and somewhat out of style was better than being dead.

The once sleek suited Turk now more resembled a SOLDIER First Class with a set of very excessively decorated gauntlets. He left the Hardedge sword in the now empty box and stretched with his new armor on, then glanced to Donnie and Orni, as if challenging one of them to critique his new appearance.

Rude grunted in affirmation to Orni's statement. He offered no words, but it was clear that he was willing to guard the lab while the two were out enjoying their cigarettes. The now armored Turk sought out a steel chair and seated himself, passing the idle time by hooking and unhooking the clasps on his forearms.

Despite the heaviness of the gloves, he had full range of mobility with his fingers, so his ability to crush had not diminished. He practiced flexing his fingers open and shut, glancing now and then to the vents, then to the various doors of the room, then to the men in there with him. He let his eyes continue their patrol and let his mind drift to different thoughts. Foremost on the agenda? Cars.

In a normal situation, Jade wouldn't have taken the scolding lightly. There were very few occasions where anyone told him to 'Shut up' and got off lightly. But then again, this was anything but a 'normal situation'. In fact, Reno's now professional tone of voice came as somewhat a surprise to him. Not only because of his own adrenaline rush, but he was all to used to the Turk's 'care-free' attitude.

One of Jade's hands strayed up to his neck to feel where the bug had previously been. Why had he felt nothing before? he wondered, bringing slightly blood-stained fingers before his eyes. "Hurt?! You mean aside from the fact that I'm bleeding?" he asked. It wasn't really that the young Shinra was hurt. Merely that the sight of his own blood stirred further panic in him.

"W-What's going on?" he asked, not calming under Reno's comforting methods. "I demand you explain this to me!" Jade always believed if something wasn't going to be said or done voluntarilly, a simple order to do so would work like magic.

Donnie watched the boys for a few seconds after making his way around his lab, pressing in the code for Sasha to let her out, he knew she never liked being in that place for long.
rude Caught his eye and the first thing he could think of was a knight, soft of...In his head.
and he smiled, laughing lightly at the big bodied Turk, coming over to touch the cool armor with his long pail fingertips.
"Wow Rude, you look great..."He said in a compleatly whol hearted tone, smiling at the other.
"... I didn't know Turks could look this good." He said with a giggle as Sasha came over, the small girl putting her arms around Rudes leg and clinging to him.
It was odd, how Sasha reacted to Rude, the way she clung to him, wanted to be near him.
He woundered if this made Rude feel awkward but couldn't tell.

"Rude looks like he could take over the world, let alone watch my lab." Donie said to the archer Turk high abouve them.
"I'm sure we could take a break Orni, only a short one I have to get back to those test tubes right away but we can go for a smoke on the blacony how's that sound?"

Ryzil felt a little silly as he coughed slightly, a small smile on his face "so..where are we going to go?" he asked, looking at the older man with a rare shy smile that was almsot never on his face. and only ther around Rufus

Well, at least it seemed Reno was calm enough to still call him by his nickname. And afterall, his uncle was rather uptight when it came to security. There was no questioning that. Jade cast a final glance back at the metal-ridden door before giving a nod. "I think I'll be okay," he said, sounding resolutely more calm. Apparently Reno's collected facade was indeed wearing off on him for the moment. ".. Thanks."

But when the inquiry came if he had any further questions, Jade looked up at the Turk with those still-worrisome eyes. "Yeah," he said, pausing to look over Reno. "Are you going to be alright? I'm beginning to think I'll be be alright, but you.. If those hits you took affect the rest of you like it did your arm.. Well, I'm not sure what will happen. So, I really think we should go find you some aid before me do anything else.."

Sasha hissed at the gunman as he jumped down from the roof, his little hands clung to Rude, whimpering slightly when he came forward, the other man spoke and she hid behind Rudes thick leg.

She seemed to take offence to Orni teasing rude and glared death at the other, her long dead silver hair taking wind of it's own and blowing around her like some sort of tenticle.
but when Orni put his arm around Donnies arm she cried out.
"Mommy!!!" so loud and high pitched all the glass in the laboratory broke in a split second, cracks apearing in Rudes thick armor.

Donnie blushed softly when Orni took his arm, the other was turning into a blabbering fool, well...his voice was plesent enough he geussed.
He hadn't noticed that Sasha was upset, too bussy smiling warmly at Orni he geussed and when he heard the girls cries he turned around and tore his arm away from Orni, dashing to Sashas side and putting his hand over her mouth to stop the screaming.
It stopped instnatly and Sasha sobbed a few times, tears streaming down her face.
"Sassha!" donnie hissed at the experiment, glaring at the girl.
"Oh no...." Donnie looked around his lab, every sinlge piece of his work was done....all the glass and chemical....All or it mixed together, some stuff even lit on fire when it touched.
"...Oh no no no no no no no no....." he said as he rushed around the lab trying desprately to see if there was one piece of research left, one positive test tube...Just one...
but his search was futile and he ended up leaning against a wall, a blank sort of lost expression....What was there to say?

Sassha clung to Rude still, sobbing as she cralwed into rudes lap and clung to his armor on his chest.
Her small form trembling as she cried.


"Gone....All gone." Donnie whispered.