I do not own FFVII, FFXIII-2 or any of Evanescence's awesome music

Hojo sighed as the alarm clock screamed into his bedroom, emitting that terrible beeping that scared him every time it went off. He slammed his hand onto the snooze button and groaned. He got up and headed off into the bathroom and brushed his teeth before sliding the stained white lab coat over his shoulders and picked up his keys. They clanged together like a dull wind chime before he placed them in his pocket and headed out the door, slamming it behind him.
"Good morning professor. Your breakfast is waiting at your desk. And two people wish to see you." his assistant said as he stormed through the entrance to his lab. His assistant had wild blonde hair and dark blue eyes. His skin made him appear as a walking corpse.
"Thanks Jacob." Hojo replied before sitting at his desk and placing his thin rimmed glasses on his face.
"Hello, Hojo." a familiar female voice said with spite. Hojo looked up from his books and smirked.
"Lucrecia, you haven't changed a bit." he replied.
"Save it Hojo!" the second person hissed.
"Vincent, long time no see..." Hojo said, the smirk whipping off of his face.
"Where is he?" Lucrecia asked, a sense of urgency coating her tone like chocolate does a marshmallow.
"Who?" Hojo asked with confusion.
"My son!" she exclaimed.
"How am I supposed to know where he is?" Hojo slammed his fist onto the table and held his gun up to Hojo's head.
"Then find out... You are his father, damnit! Start acting like it!" Vincent hissed, his blood red eyes piercing Hojo's barriers.

Hojo sat back in his chair and sighed. He pressed his fingertips together and looked at them over the top of his glasses.
"I suppose you're right. I am his father. However, he is too old to need us as parents anymore. He can take care of himself." Hojo replied.
"You never treated him like a child... You treated him like an experiment, as you do everybody you encounter." Vincent said bitterly, the fierce force resting inside him wanting to pull the trigger.
"Vincent... Thank you, but I can handle this myself." Lucrecia cooed and gently ran her hand down Vincent's arm. He moved the gun away from Hojo's head and sauntered behind Lucrecia.
"You get my little boy here as soon as possible. Don't let any time slip through your fingers. You hear me?" she asked with that sense of urgency returning to her voice. Hojo shrugged and Lucrecia's hidden anger burst out as she pulled her arm back and let the palm of her hand come in contact with his cheek. When she pulled her hand away, a red patch began to appear in his face.
"Lucrecia... He could be anywhere!" Hojo exclaimed in reply. Lucrecia slammed her hands onto the desk and stared at Hojo from just under the ridges shielding her eyes, anger licking at the darkness of her pupils.
"Bring him back. Whatever it takes!" she hissed and Vincent wrapped his arms around her torso before pulling her up. Hojo chuckled.
"For a moment there, you actually looked like him." Hojo said with an evil smirk. Lucrecia showed him an unamused glare.
"He is my son after all..." she glared at him as Vincent took her hand and led her out.
"Bring him back here, or else..." Vincent hissed.

Hojo ran his hands though his hair and groaned. His gaze moved to the plate of warm eggs cooked sunny-side up, bacon and buttered toast and the silver cutlery sitting on the side of the plate. He picked up the toast with the bacon and the egg sitting on the toast and took a bite. Suddenly, his phone rang. He jumped in fright and dropped his breakfast as the phone vibrated and emitted its screaming alarm. Hojo buried his face in his hands and wondered to himself why he had to make the ringtone so much like his screaming alarm clock. He picked up the phone and answered it.
"Hello?" Hojo asked.
"Hojo? Is that you? I thought this was Vincent's phone." a husky male voice replied.
"No, Vincent's number is different to mine. Who is this?" Hojo asked.
"Cloud." the other voice replied.
"Ah, Cloud. Can you do me a favour?" Hojo asked, taking his glasses off of his face as he spoke.
"What kind of favour?" Cloud questioned in reply.
"I need you to bring Sephiroth to me. Can you do that?" Hojo asked.
"Do you know how hard that would be? I'll try of course, but it won't be easy." Cloud replied. Hojo sighed with relief.
"Great. Thanks. Bring him to the lab and there will be a reward." Hojo said.
"Will do. Anything I need to know about Sephiroth that I don't already know?" Cloud asked.
"Well, he is a little bit unpredictable... Has always been since childhood." Hojo replied.
"I will remember that." Cloud said and hung up. Hojo put his phone back onto the desk and sighed.

Jacob walked into lab and stared at the breakfast lying on the floor.
"What happened here professor?" he asked as he bent over to clear up the mess. Hojo rubbed his temples and sighed.
"Stupid damn alarm clock..." Hojo cursed.
"But sir, that's your phone." Jacob replied with confusion. Hojo shook his head.
"They both sound the same, Jacob." Hojo replied. Because he spoke of the accursed ringing, it filled his ears. The alarm's screaming continued to sound and it punched his eardrums constantly. Over and over and over again. It didn't disappear, it continued to stay with him, like a rash that wouldn't go away.
"Sir? Are you ok?" Jacob asked as he placed his hand on Hojo's shoulder with beeping disappeared as Hojo looked up at Jacob from behind his glasses.
"Yes, I'm fine... We have to prepare for our new arrival. He will be here in a few days and I will have to run a series of tests to make sure that he is functioning normally." Hojo replied.
"I'm sorry to butt into business that's not mine, but why perform experiment on your own son?" Jacob asked, confusion glinting in his dark blue eyes.
"Just to make sure that nothing is wrong with him other than his insanity and possibly cure it." Hojo replied, a hidden sadness appeared within his pupils. It was almost as if he regretted the way he treated Sephiroth in his childhood. He got up and stood beside his assistant.
"Professor? Are you ok?" Jacob asked.
"I'm fine. We should be preparing already." Hojo replied and headed off into his lab with Jacob in tow.