Author's note: All characters I use in here are copyright of Squaresoft and stuff....so... yah. On with the fanfic. By the way, this fanfic is somewhat a twisted FF7 storyline. There are no Turks, except Reno, who's a freelance agent for Shinra. Hojo's alive and stuff, but he'll die. And a couple FF7 characters have been cut out. These characters are- Cait Sith, Vincent, and.... I'm not sure. The rest of the people (Cloud, Aeris, Tifa, Yuffie, Barret, and RedXIII) are still AVALANCHE and stuff. Bye the way, this is a Tifa/Cloud, Aeris/ ? fanfic. The ending is sort of a surprise, and this fanfic mainly revolves around Aeris. Enjoy!




Aeris sat in her cell, quietly thinking about what would happen over the next few months. Of course she knew, but no one was supposed to know that yet. She knew what was going to happen to her eventually, and she wasn't afraid. But where was Cloud? Shouldn't he be here any minute to break her out?
"Uh-uh...uh..." The guard stammered in surprise as someone walked towards her cell. It must be Cloud, she thought to herself. He must be surprised at his big sword.
"Come on, Cetra. Stop daydreaming. Hojo wants you now." It was Reno.
Aeris looked up. "I'll have nothing to do with that crazed man."
Reno looked around, biting his lip. Was this the right thing to do? He looked at Aeris, who was looking fearfully at him. Why did dhe have to be afraid of him? This was only his job.But she doesn't think so...Reno slid his keycard in the lock to open her cell. "I'm sorry..." He whispered, before hitting her with his gun, knocking her unconcious.
He carried her to Hojo's lab, when she began to regan consciousness. She groaned softly, and opened her eyes, stillin Reno's arms.He grabbed her arm, a fake mask of... not caring wether she lived or died. He quickly tied her down, before he could let his feelings get the best of him.
"Excellent. You've found my little specimen again. Good job." Hojo sneered at Aeris, while he drew some blood from her arm.
"Leave me alone!" Aeris fought the chains as best she could, but they were too tight.
"Don't worry my pretty little Cetra. This blood should help me create the best fighting machine yet!" Hojo grinned, walking over to a test tube filled with a pale blue liquid, and let her blood drip in. "That's all I need her for today, Reno. Take her back to the special cell down the hall there. I'll need her later."
Reno unlocked Aeris's chains,and marched her to a different cell, as gently as he could.
"You'll be here awhile..."
Aeris looked around her cell, quite terrified of them both, and wondered where Cloud was.
Reno blinked, wondering what he should do.
"Knock her out, you fool!" Hojo yelled
. He looked at her, almost sadly, and pulled out a stunner, and pressed it to her neck. He the turned away from her unconcious form, to walk to his office and think, to try and get a hold on his soft side.
"You really shouldn't do that..." Hojo was standing behind him, watching with glee. "It's better if you just beat her."
Reno shrugged. " I'll remember that next time." He faked a laugh. Reno then turned and walked out of the lab.