Trauss ran down the road along the sidewalk. After a bit of running he stopped and slid a bit before reaching a trashbin. He reached inside and pulled out a brown paper bag. He looked inside it and pulled out a wad of cash and then a note. "Look under the bin" read the note. Trauss crouched down and reached under the trashbin and pulled out a file that had been taped to the bottom. He flipped it over, revealing a large "Top-Secret" stamp plaster acrossed it. He stowed away the cash and flipped open the folder. Trauss' gut sank as he saw in big bolded letters the words "Project Aeris". Overwhelmed with emotions he dropped the folder; not moving an inch. Thoughts ran through his mind again. "Project Aeris?! Could it be?! It can't be! Where did they find this?! How could this be!?!?" The content spilled out of the folder and onto the ground, a small picture of Aeris with an unhappy disposition stuck into the snow.
Trauss pulled himself togather, shaking his head fiercly. He gathered the contents of the folder and put it back in the folder when he noticed the picture. He grabbed it and gazed upon it, noticing Aeris' face was unhappy. "W-What have they done to you to make you look so unhappy?!" he muttered angrily. Trauss lost himself in memories of him and Aeris togather. "Why are you always so happy?" asked Trauss leaning on the wall outside his room. "Wha'dya mean? I'm always this happy,"Aeris replied with a smile. "You're never sad then, huh?" he said looking at her. "I can never be sad when I'm with you..." She said with another smile. Those words echoed through Trauss' mind. He crushed the picture in his hands out of a sudden burst of anger. "I'll make them pay for making you so unhappy!" Trauss roared into the empty streets.
Trauss tucked the folder into his coat and ran wildly back to his hideout.