Assassins in Gaia

Ace had a pissed off tick mark on his forehead as he saw what was happening right in front of him. The Don, a portly man was eyeing Cloud like he was meat. It was making his older brother instincts go high wire in a murderous rage. He was a hair breadth away from punching and stabbing the perverted old man. Ace quietly took a calm breath and released it to keep his temper under control. He had to find out where the missing girls were too and he hoped they were not on the other side of the planet.

Don was groping Cloud, "Yes, yes, you are definitely my type."

Cloud, 'I want to stab him.'

Tifa, 'That motherfucking pig!!!'

Aerith on the other hand was trying to calm Gaia, who was turning into a berserk mama dragon inside her head. Gaia was demanding she kicked the man's nut in, who did he think he was touching one of her chosen child. The last bit made Aerith pause but she decided to address it at a later date. For now, she was focused on reminding Gaia they were on a mission to help Ace find the girls. Even though she was very close to shooting the man herself. Luckily, they all managed to get through the interview without catching unwanted attention. What they were not expecting was for the Don to take Cloud to his room.

Ace's eyes activated, 'If he touches my baby brother, he is dead.'

Don felt a shiver go down his spine and turned to Cloud, "Oooh baby! I am having shivers all over my body."

Cloud glared, "Disgusting!"

Don grinned, "Oh, that glare makes me shiver."

Cloud, 'Well at least the girls and Ace don't have to deal with this disgusting man.'

Don, "Tell me more baby! I want more."

Cloud was disgusted, "You are a pathetic man."

Don, "Oooh!"

Meanwhile Ace, Tifa and Aerith were taken to another area with other members of the group. Ace was in a very bad mood and listening to the men and women around him talk about them like they were objects made him feel very murderous. One of them even suggested they have a little bit of fun with the three remaining girls before shipping them off. Tifa at that moment snapped and body flipped the woman who had started to grope her ass.

Ace, "You are all dead! Do not hold back."

Tifa grinned, "With great pleasure."

Aerith grinned, "I always do my best."

The woman who was on the floor, "What just happened?"

One of the men shouted, "Selena! How dare you! Get them!"

Ace, "Fire sparrows!"

Tifa punched one, "Pretty!"

Aerith hit another, "Teach us that."

Ace watched as the fire sparrows put their enemy's hair on fire, "Later, let's round them up and grab Lightning."

Tifa, "Right!"

Aerith, "Got ya!"

The three of them did a quick work of the group of kidnappers and rounded them up. Tifa found some strong rope and they or rather Ace tied the group. Aerith was eyeing the rope work with interest and looked at Tifa and thought about how she would look. Aerith blushed red as her hair at the image of Tifa tied up and at her mercy on their bed.

Tifa saw her face, "Are you okay Aerith? They didn't touch you weird did they?"

Aerith, "Ah! I'm fine, I am just worked up from the fight."

Tifa didn't look like she believed her but let it go, "Alright, but if you feel like you are in pain or tired, just tell me."

Aerith squealed inside, 'Ahhh! How did I get so lucky?'

Aerith, "Don't worry I will. Now, let's find out what they did to the other girls, shall we?"

Tifa, "Yeah."

Ace was questioning them, "If you don't tell me, I'll break your third finger too."

The man was pale, "I swear, I don't know. I swear, I don't know."

Ace broke a finger, "Wrong answer!"

"Aaaaarghhhhhhh!"

Tifa, "Hey woman! Why don't you tell us what you did to our friends?"

Aerith, "Unless you want to have broken bones yourself? We will gladly break them to get an answer."

Selena shivered, 'Fuck! They are hot! Why are they so hot?'

Tifa punched the wall making a hole, "Start talking or that will be you next."

Selena gulped in fear, "I'll talk! I'll talk."

Meanwhile Aerith had gone to check on Cloud only to find that he had beaten Don up and tied him like a turkey. The cross dressing man looked very pissed off as he shouted obscenities at the Don. The Don weirdly enough had a very blissed out expression on his face which creeped Aerith out a lot. She half wondered if the Don had a thing for the cross dressing dominant men or if he was a masochist or something. Cloud had stopped talking in his fake voice and it was obvious he was a man not a woman.

Cloud, "Are you going to talk or what?"

Don, "Keep talking to me, my darling ~"

Aerith shivered, 'Nope! I am not going there.'

Tifa, "Aerith, we know where the girls are being sent... Are you okay?"

Aerith, "Yeah, it's just ... well .... Have a look."

Tifa peeked in, "Yikes!"

Aerith, "Yeah!"

Tifa, "Cloud is frustrated."

Ace, "Girls, go change into your normal outfits. I have knocked everyone out."

Tifa, "Oh, thanks Ace."

Aerith, "Much appreciated."

Ace, "I'll go help Cloud and then change."

Tifa and Aerith looked at each other before shrugging and going off to change. They found a room and stripped from the flamboyant dresses before wearing their battle attire. Tifa was wearing her battle shoes, armoured skirt and top with a belt that held her three materia. Aerith had on a dress layered with chain mail, heavy boots, a belt that can hold her wooden staff and a neck piece holding her White materia. Tifa and Aerith gave each other a once over mentally reminding themselves to thank Ace for the outfits.

Tifa, "This looks like zolom and wyvern scale."

Aerith, "Cool."

Ace, "Hey, we figured out where the other girls are. We should go get them back."

Cloud, "Really? What about this guy then?"

Ace, "Mmmm.. Let's hand him over to the Turks. I heard he sold some Shinra secrets to their rival in the Western continent."

Cloud, "Ah! That's really.. "

Ace, "Yup!"

Cloud picked Don up without saying anything else and dragged him out. They saw Reno and another redhead Turk talking to Tifa and Aerith and flirting with them. The two ladies looked amused and entertained by the Reno's flirting. Ace then handed the man to him then left with Cloud, Tifa and Aerith back to the Seventh Heaven. Tifa ushered them to a room upstairs and the two men changed to their more daily outfit. When they came out they found Aerith and Tifa checking each other out.

Ace, "Looks like you like your new battle outfits."

Tifa, "Yeah, it's really awesome."

Aerith, "I really like this chain mail armour. It'll be useful when I deal with the Badraps."

Cloud, "It looks good on you both."

Tifa beamed, "Thank you."

Ace, "You can keep it."

Aerith twirled, "Really? Thank you very much. I love this."

Ace, "No problem!"

Tifa, "So are you going after the girls?"

Ace grinned, "Yes, I am taking Solaris and committing a dragon style rescue."

Aerith, "I want to come along. It sounds fun."

Tifa, "I want to go too. But I can't just leave my Bar. It was okay this time because it's the weekend."

Ace, "Hmm! I have to go now if I want to save them. They might change their route otherwise."

Aerith turned to Tifa, "We should go now. Then we can come back early."

Tifa, "I think, I can open a little late tomorrow."

Cloud, "Yes, we are very involved in this case now."

Ace, "Cool! We can meet up with Desmond and Vincent then. They have not seen you in a while."

Cloud lit up, "They are here. Ah! Zack is not here. He would have loved to meet them."

Tifa was grinning, "I have no problem opening late tomorrow. Let's go meet our teachers already."

Aerith, "I get to meet your mysterious teachers, I'm in."

Ace huffed amused as he re - attached his materia to his belts and led the way. It was late at night and Ace used the drainage system to sneak out of Midgar. Tifa and Aerith were disgusted by the underground tunnels but didn't complain. Once they were outside Ace called for Solaris who was expecting him. The large dragon rumbled at him happy to see him safe and unhurt.

Ace rubbed her scales, "Hey there ~ you magnificent girl. We need a ride."

Solaris eyed the three with him and rumbled, "Zarrrr."

Ace, "Thank you beautiful girl. Come on guys, I'll help you get on."

Cloud, Tifa and Aerith had bright eyes, as Ace helped climb up and helped them be comfortable without annoying Solaris. The three of them gently rubbed the scales making Solaris grunt pleased at the feeling. Ace gave a command to go to western route which the traffickers were planning on using. Just like them, Desmond and Vincent were searching for a wayward child kidnapper in the same route.

Aerith was staring at the sky with the full moon and stars, "It's so beautiful out here."

Tifa looked at her, "Yeah! It is."

Ace, "I gave Vincent a heads up."

Cloud, "Do you think they are the same case?"

Ace, "Desmond mentioned they were probably an organization before."

Tifa turned to them surprised, "We are busting a trafficking ring?"

Aerith looked worried, "Oh dear, I'm a little worried about what we may find."

Ace, "These cases do turn ugly very fast. But someone has to deal with it."

Aerith looked at Ace determined, "I'm good with children."

Tifa, "If we find kids, we should let Aerith approach them first. She is really good with them. I have seen her."

Ace, "Sounds good, I see Vincent and Desmond."

Aerith peaked down, "Oh Gaia! We are above a forest? How? When? We just left Midgar."

Cloud, "Dragons are awesome. You are awesome, Solaris."

Solaris huffed in amusement, she had noticed they were all mesmerized by the flight and were not paying attention to where they were. In her eyes, they were nothing but her rider's little dragonlings that needed to be protected no matter what. It's a no wonder, why her precious rider was insistent on returning to that wretched smelling place they call a city. It was for the three dragonlings here and she could understand the sentiment. Ace helped them get off and they rushed to the older males dragging Aerith along.

Tifa, "Vincent! Long time no see."

Vincent nodded, "Indeed."

Cloud was hugging Desmond, "Des, I missed you."

Desmond chuckled, "Hey there, little eagle. How have you been?"

Cloud let go, "Good! And so are Zack, Kunsel, Reno, Cissnei and Rude. Though Rude can be very quiet. Aerith is here to meet you."

Tifa nudged Aerith, "Aerith, this is Vincent and his lovely husband Desmond. They are both my childhood teachers aside from Master Zangan."

Aerith beamed, "It's a pleasure to finally meet you both, Tifa tells me a lot about you."

Desmond, "Good things, I hope."

Tifa puffed her chest up, "All of our adventures."

Vincent ruffled her hair, "I am glad, you look very happy."

Tifa, "I am happy. I have my own successful business. A wonderful girlfriend. My best friend. I even have my own mini date adventures with my girl. An awesome family, friends and teachers. What's there not to be happy about?"

Aerith giggled, "I agree."

Cloud, "Now Ace mentioned you were after a child trafficker as well."

Desmond nodded serious, "Yes, fifteen kids have gone missing in different locations. We are searching for them."

Ace, "We are looking for the missing teen girls."

Tifa, "Let us help please."

Aerith, "Yes, please. I know one of those girls. She was supposed to get engaged last week."

Vincent nodded, "Alright, just a warning. Things might get very ugly."

Ace, "Materia and weapons on the ready ladies and gents. We are going for a crazy ride."

Solaris gave a rumble as she flew ahead to cut off the truck that was trying to leave the continent. The driver was very shocked on seeing a dragon and the group could hear screams. They nodded and rushed forward to get the missing people out and back home all before dawn hit hopefully.