Hello minna-san! This is my first fanfiction. Im redoing something I did a very long time ago and hopefully it is much better now ^_^

AU This takes place on the FF7 world of Gaia in Midgar and its slums below.

Prologue

We were lowly. Working night and day to keep the eight, massive Mako reactors running. So many secrets hidden within the walls of this factory. If anyone knew I wasn't supposed to be here, I may be killed for it. Everyone knew I was young, but I was much too young to be an engineer at the Shinra Electric Power Company. But where else could I go? My father spent his life upkeeping these reactors since its construction in 1976. Shinra's company is always changing, forever expanding and adapting. And that was one thing that was helping me. I would always have something to keep me busy, to keep me at work. My father died on the job, and my mother died from geostigma. Geostigma is rare for now but, if Shinra keeps taking unnecessary risks to gain more power, we may all be infected one day.

I've been trying to plan my next move. People around the factory are getting suspicious and it's only a matter of time before they find out I'm only 15 years old. My long red hair covers most of my face and makes me look older, but my big, childlike eyes don't help. I try to not look anyone directly in the face and avoid all eye contact. I bathe in the locker rooms and sleep in closets. No matter how often I change my location, they will find me. I feel it. Someone is watching. Someone higher up has been keeping their eyes on me. I fear they will catch me any day now. I will either be dropped to the slums below…or be killed.