Disclaimer: Sephiroth, the land of The Planet, and all the other Final Fantasy 7 stuff belongs to Squaresoft. Daigus and Rhiannon are mine as are all the other original things. ^_^
A/N: This is Fallen Angel version 2. some other number. I still want to thank my friend Destiny Kurogane, who helped me smooth out problems of the first chapter in Version 1. I decided to rewrite some of the stuff because it has too much cliché stuff and it's my old style of writing which is now atrocious. So, I give thee, Fallen Angel Chapter 1 Version 2. whatever the number. ^_^ Please Enjoy and Review! It's still very similar to Version 1, but it has changes!
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The clock struck five in the dank and slightly damaged lab where a man sat writing in a journal. His jet black hair pulled back in a loose ponytail that reached his mid-back while his bangs hung down at his chin. His steely gray eyes were fixed on the page of a journal that he was writing in. His pen moved across the paper quickly and he had an expression of mad excitement on his face. In his excitement, the man paid no attention to his form of writing, but merely wrote down everything in his head.
'Science Log- I have done it! The genetic fusion the female human and female being was a success. Even though I had to move the project here after Sephiroth destroyed Hojo's lab. She was unhurt and still sleeps inside the tube, which I filled with a special liquid to keep her in a cryogenic state as I worked on the project. The naive human volunteer for the fusion had no idea what I was going to do to her. And the other creature, the mystery... I found her body in the crater. She escaped from Hojo, but not from me, in the end. She will be the perfect soldier. I doubt even professor Hojo, my teacher, could have done this.'
'The specimen has taken on a whole new appearance, but still retained some qualities of both of the original creatures. From what the computers say, the girl will have the powers and abilities that the being had, but apparently the fusion erased all the knowledge of using them. I'm hoping the behavior modification that I used during the fusion will work. I made sure that she has all the intelligence and strength of both human and creature, but her memory has been completely wiped away.'
'The armlets that I have created to put on her forearms when she awakens will suppress and control her powers. I have kept her alive by feeding her through tubes, much like a mother feeds her fetus in the womb. She will be strong when I wake her. A mask was placed over her mouth and nose to provide oxygen for her body and there's a slight reverse suction that takes away the carbon dioxide that she breaths out. Hojo would have never thought of such a thing. I must test it...'
The doctor closed the book, stood up, and walked over to a large cylinder tube attached to one wall. He grabbed a rag and wiped the condensation off the thick clear wall. He stood back and looked at the creation within. A girl was inside the container, completely stripped of clothing. Her eyes were closed and her hair floated about her in a lazy fashion, but the color was masked by the liquid's own coloration. A strange thing she was, indeed. However, the rest of her features were clouded by the fogginess of the glass surrounding her.
"Time to awaken, my perfection," said the man in an icy voice with a rather sadistic giggle.
The man pressed a few buttons on a keypad and the tube began to get noticeably foggier. The strange liquid inside began to bubble a bit, and then it drained out of the capsule. The feeding tubes were retracted and the mask was removed from her face. The girl's eyes slowly began to open, shutting again the first few times she tried, as a result of their sudden exposure to light. But finally, she was able to force herself to keep them open. The doctor was shocked when he saw that they were an enchanting, light violet-blue. Such a strange color, he thought, But there's something else...! And indeed, her eyes held a strange glow much like someone who had been exposed to Mako.
The door slid open. The girl stumbled out and struggled to keep herself upright as the liquid dripped off her nude body. Silver hair fell past her hips, dripping with the same liquid and some of it covered the front half of her bare form. On one cheek she had three slim, triangular scars and another scar cut diagonally over her right eye. She was tall, slim, and obviously muscular. The doctor slightly astonished to see that her bangs had somehow turned as white as fresh snow and they were grown out to her shoulders. There were three long, dark red scars on her left upper arm and a matching set of the same scars on her right forearm. A black 'S' was tattooed on the top of her right hand with a black number '1' tattooed right next to it.
"W... Where am... I?" asked the girl in a hoarse voice, gazing at the scars that cut horizontally across the middle of her palms with minor interest.
"You are in my lab," replied the doctor, "I am Professor Daigus, your..." He searched for the right word. "Caretaker. Come, you must be cold"
"Yes," said the girl, looking dazed, "I believe I am." She raised her gaze to him. "Who am I?"
"You are... um..." Daigus flipped through his journal, "Your real name is unknown... Hmm."
"What do you mean?" asked Rhiannon, blinking and staring at him, "My real name is unknown?" She looked like a thoroughly confused child
"I mean that I'll give you a name," replied Daigus, giving her a crooked smile before tapping his chin in thought, "I will call you, Rhiannon." He pause for a moment, considering something. "But I think I shouldn't give you a family name."
"Family name?" said the newly named Rhiannon, "What's that?"
"We'll discuss it later, dear," replied Daigus, smiling his crooked smile, "I have a few errands for you to run."
"But..." started Rhiannon, who hadn't noticed her own nakedness yet.
"What I want you to do is to retrieve a few special items for me. Most are in an ancient city, but one is in a crater," said Daigus, looking through his journal.
"Am I to travel like this?" asked Rhiannon, finally noticing that she was nude, but was strangely not ashamed.
"Of course not," replied Daigus, looking her up and down, "I have everything set out for you that you will need." He picked up the metal armlets. "Oh! Put these on, too."
"Where?" asked Rhiannon, looking around as she took them.
"There," replied Daigus, pointing to a room. "Change in there." She slowly made her way into the indicated room, and shut the door.
Rhiannon pushed her hair back over her shoulders and pulled on the clothes that had been set out for her. A shirt with the sleeves cutting off above her elbow, but no fabric covered her shoulders. Her pants were form fitting and tucked into her black boots, which were made of a sleek, synthetic material and cut off at mid-shin. She tied a dark gray sash around her waist with the knot and ends to one side. As Daigus told her to do, Rhiannon put the armlets on, starting both times when the armlets made a noise and clamped shut.
Rhiannon looked at herself in the mirror and looked at the markings. She tore a piece of fabric from an old cloak and tied the black material around her forehead. The girl was unsure as what to do with her long hair. She twisted it into a clumsy braid, and then secured it with another strip of black cloth. She looked down at the weaponry that had been left her. Knowing she might need to quickly defend herself, she strapped a dagger to each thigh and pulled a black, fingerless glove over her right hand to cover the tattoo.
"I guess these will do," said Rhiannon, walking out after picking up the pack.
Daigus was feeling awfully giddy at the moment. He saw that she was ready to go. "Oh! Don't forget this." He handed her a black cloak, like the one she had seen, only it was clean.
"Food?" asked Rhiannon, looking at the doctor.
"Ah, yes, in the kitchen," replied the doctor, "In that room there."
Rhiannon headed in the direction shown to her and picked out some random foods, setting them on a small table. She carefully wrapped them and managed to stuff them into her pack. Once finished she walked back to Daigus and found him circling places on a map.
"What is this?" asked Rhiannon, looking at it.
"Map," replied Daigus, handing it to her, "You will go to these places that I have circled here, here, and here. Oh, if you are ever asked your age, you're twenty-three. Now, get going and find those artifacts."
"Yes, sir," replied Rhiannon, nodding and walking out of the room.
"It works," muttered Daigus, smirking, "I'm only twenty-four and I've created perfection. Hojo couldn't have done anything this spectacular. And to think it's only been two years since the destruction of Meteor..."
Rhiannon walked out of the run down building and looked around. Even though it was night, she could tell that the area was a terrain of mountains and trees. She suddenly felt very dizzy, and even a little nauseous. She shook it off and continued on the beaten path. She spent a long time walking up to the topmost region of the mountains. When she finally made it, she rested on a flat rock, watching the rising sun stain the sky pink.
"I'll start off once the sun is high in the sky," said Rhiannon, sitting there and watching the sun continue to rise, thinking about where she was going to go.
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I decided to change the name, hair, and eye color of the girl. Daigus is still a twisted scientist. Rhiannon may have knowledge, but she's as naive as a new born child. Her innocence only shows when she's completely clueless about things. I hope this is better than it used to be! ^_^ Please Review!
SNEAK PEEK!: (You might know this already, but I can't resist putting up sneak peeks! o.o I'm an obsessive compulsive sneak peek writer!)
** Rhiannon starts her journey and learns the meaning of RUN FOR YOUR FREAKIN' LIFE!
** She meets up with three familiar characters, but they all act differently towards her. One is friendly, one is untrusting, and one is just plain mysterious about it.
** Rhiannon has a dusty roof over her head courtesy of her new friends.
^_^ WHEE! Find out all of these in the next rewritten chapter of Fallen Angel! Hooshah!
A/N: This is Fallen Angel version 2. some other number. I still want to thank my friend Destiny Kurogane, who helped me smooth out problems of the first chapter in Version 1. I decided to rewrite some of the stuff because it has too much cliché stuff and it's my old style of writing which is now atrocious. So, I give thee, Fallen Angel Chapter 1 Version 2. whatever the number. ^_^ Please Enjoy and Review! It's still very similar to Version 1, but it has changes!
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The clock struck five in the dank and slightly damaged lab where a man sat writing in a journal. His jet black hair pulled back in a loose ponytail that reached his mid-back while his bangs hung down at his chin. His steely gray eyes were fixed on the page of a journal that he was writing in. His pen moved across the paper quickly and he had an expression of mad excitement on his face. In his excitement, the man paid no attention to his form of writing, but merely wrote down everything in his head.
'Science Log- I have done it! The genetic fusion the female human and female being was a success. Even though I had to move the project here after Sephiroth destroyed Hojo's lab. She was unhurt and still sleeps inside the tube, which I filled with a special liquid to keep her in a cryogenic state as I worked on the project. The naive human volunteer for the fusion had no idea what I was going to do to her. And the other creature, the mystery... I found her body in the crater. She escaped from Hojo, but not from me, in the end. She will be the perfect soldier. I doubt even professor Hojo, my teacher, could have done this.'
'The specimen has taken on a whole new appearance, but still retained some qualities of both of the original creatures. From what the computers say, the girl will have the powers and abilities that the being had, but apparently the fusion erased all the knowledge of using them. I'm hoping the behavior modification that I used during the fusion will work. I made sure that she has all the intelligence and strength of both human and creature, but her memory has been completely wiped away.'
'The armlets that I have created to put on her forearms when she awakens will suppress and control her powers. I have kept her alive by feeding her through tubes, much like a mother feeds her fetus in the womb. She will be strong when I wake her. A mask was placed over her mouth and nose to provide oxygen for her body and there's a slight reverse suction that takes away the carbon dioxide that she breaths out. Hojo would have never thought of such a thing. I must test it...'
The doctor closed the book, stood up, and walked over to a large cylinder tube attached to one wall. He grabbed a rag and wiped the condensation off the thick clear wall. He stood back and looked at the creation within. A girl was inside the container, completely stripped of clothing. Her eyes were closed and her hair floated about her in a lazy fashion, but the color was masked by the liquid's own coloration. A strange thing she was, indeed. However, the rest of her features were clouded by the fogginess of the glass surrounding her.
"Time to awaken, my perfection," said the man in an icy voice with a rather sadistic giggle.
The man pressed a few buttons on a keypad and the tube began to get noticeably foggier. The strange liquid inside began to bubble a bit, and then it drained out of the capsule. The feeding tubes were retracted and the mask was removed from her face. The girl's eyes slowly began to open, shutting again the first few times she tried, as a result of their sudden exposure to light. But finally, she was able to force herself to keep them open. The doctor was shocked when he saw that they were an enchanting, light violet-blue. Such a strange color, he thought, But there's something else...! And indeed, her eyes held a strange glow much like someone who had been exposed to Mako.
The door slid open. The girl stumbled out and struggled to keep herself upright as the liquid dripped off her nude body. Silver hair fell past her hips, dripping with the same liquid and some of it covered the front half of her bare form. On one cheek she had three slim, triangular scars and another scar cut diagonally over her right eye. She was tall, slim, and obviously muscular. The doctor slightly astonished to see that her bangs had somehow turned as white as fresh snow and they were grown out to her shoulders. There were three long, dark red scars on her left upper arm and a matching set of the same scars on her right forearm. A black 'S' was tattooed on the top of her right hand with a black number '1' tattooed right next to it.
"W... Where am... I?" asked the girl in a hoarse voice, gazing at the scars that cut horizontally across the middle of her palms with minor interest.
"You are in my lab," replied the doctor, "I am Professor Daigus, your..." He searched for the right word. "Caretaker. Come, you must be cold"
"Yes," said the girl, looking dazed, "I believe I am." She raised her gaze to him. "Who am I?"
"You are... um..." Daigus flipped through his journal, "Your real name is unknown... Hmm."
"What do you mean?" asked Rhiannon, blinking and staring at him, "My real name is unknown?" She looked like a thoroughly confused child
"I mean that I'll give you a name," replied Daigus, giving her a crooked smile before tapping his chin in thought, "I will call you, Rhiannon." He pause for a moment, considering something. "But I think I shouldn't give you a family name."
"Family name?" said the newly named Rhiannon, "What's that?"
"We'll discuss it later, dear," replied Daigus, smiling his crooked smile, "I have a few errands for you to run."
"But..." started Rhiannon, who hadn't noticed her own nakedness yet.
"What I want you to do is to retrieve a few special items for me. Most are in an ancient city, but one is in a crater," said Daigus, looking through his journal.
"Am I to travel like this?" asked Rhiannon, finally noticing that she was nude, but was strangely not ashamed.
"Of course not," replied Daigus, looking her up and down, "I have everything set out for you that you will need." He picked up the metal armlets. "Oh! Put these on, too."
"Where?" asked Rhiannon, looking around as she took them.
"There," replied Daigus, pointing to a room. "Change in there." She slowly made her way into the indicated room, and shut the door.
Rhiannon pushed her hair back over her shoulders and pulled on the clothes that had been set out for her. A shirt with the sleeves cutting off above her elbow, but no fabric covered her shoulders. Her pants were form fitting and tucked into her black boots, which were made of a sleek, synthetic material and cut off at mid-shin. She tied a dark gray sash around her waist with the knot and ends to one side. As Daigus told her to do, Rhiannon put the armlets on, starting both times when the armlets made a noise and clamped shut.
Rhiannon looked at herself in the mirror and looked at the markings. She tore a piece of fabric from an old cloak and tied the black material around her forehead. The girl was unsure as what to do with her long hair. She twisted it into a clumsy braid, and then secured it with another strip of black cloth. She looked down at the weaponry that had been left her. Knowing she might need to quickly defend herself, she strapped a dagger to each thigh and pulled a black, fingerless glove over her right hand to cover the tattoo.
"I guess these will do," said Rhiannon, walking out after picking up the pack.
Daigus was feeling awfully giddy at the moment. He saw that she was ready to go. "Oh! Don't forget this." He handed her a black cloak, like the one she had seen, only it was clean.
"Food?" asked Rhiannon, looking at the doctor.
"Ah, yes, in the kitchen," replied the doctor, "In that room there."
Rhiannon headed in the direction shown to her and picked out some random foods, setting them on a small table. She carefully wrapped them and managed to stuff them into her pack. Once finished she walked back to Daigus and found him circling places on a map.
"What is this?" asked Rhiannon, looking at it.
"Map," replied Daigus, handing it to her, "You will go to these places that I have circled here, here, and here. Oh, if you are ever asked your age, you're twenty-three. Now, get going and find those artifacts."
"Yes, sir," replied Rhiannon, nodding and walking out of the room.
"It works," muttered Daigus, smirking, "I'm only twenty-four and I've created perfection. Hojo couldn't have done anything this spectacular. And to think it's only been two years since the destruction of Meteor..."
Rhiannon walked out of the run down building and looked around. Even though it was night, she could tell that the area was a terrain of mountains and trees. She suddenly felt very dizzy, and even a little nauseous. She shook it off and continued on the beaten path. She spent a long time walking up to the topmost region of the mountains. When she finally made it, she rested on a flat rock, watching the rising sun stain the sky pink.
"I'll start off once the sun is high in the sky," said Rhiannon, sitting there and watching the sun continue to rise, thinking about where she was going to go.
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I decided to change the name, hair, and eye color of the girl. Daigus is still a twisted scientist. Rhiannon may have knowledge, but she's as naive as a new born child. Her innocence only shows when she's completely clueless about things. I hope this is better than it used to be! ^_^ Please Review!
SNEAK PEEK!: (You might know this already, but I can't resist putting up sneak peeks! o.o I'm an obsessive compulsive sneak peek writer!)
** Rhiannon starts her journey and learns the meaning of RUN FOR YOUR FREAKIN' LIFE!
** She meets up with three familiar characters, but they all act differently towards her. One is friendly, one is untrusting, and one is just plain mysterious about it.
** Rhiannon has a dusty roof over her head courtesy of her new friends.
^_^ WHEE! Find out all of these in the next rewritten chapter of Fallen Angel! Hooshah!
