Okay just a note that JJ Bower does not belong to me I have been given permission to use the character that belongs to BubblyPunkKat on DeviantArt website, an incredible artist and someone who is a great friend.

Leonard stood at the remains of a home, its location was Midgar; he had once shared the home with his wife and beautiful daughter, but now the two of them dead, victims of Sephiroth's during the Jenova War. Many lives were lost throughout those painful and sad times. Leonard looked at the pink and white flowers in his grasp as he placed them in the spot that those he loved once lay.

"We'll be together one of these days. I feel as though in my lacking of protecting you when you needed it the most, I let you down I couldn't protect you, but now I have the powers to do so, but why they couldn't have left me alone; I would be with you angels right now." Leonard closed his eyes sinking to his knees and covered his face to hide the tears that threatened to fall from his eyes.

He knew his father would be worried, but he could never forgive or forget Sephiroth for what he had done to him or anyone else on the planet. Vincent had explained that ShinRa was largely at fault for everything and going into detail about Sephiroth's origin, but Leonard couldn't allow himself to pity the man that had done nothing but take; Leonard knew his father pitied Sephiroth, but he would never allow himself to; a sigh escaped his lips he would never forget.

Opening his eyes, he found his footing; he looked one last time at the grave site before he left his loved ones. Getting out to the main road he saw a young man, black hair, tall and lean; his color of clothes choices mixed from grays and blacks. Leonard walked over to him and asked, "Don't you know the dangers of this town, are you seeking death?"

The young man looked at him purple eyes staring into his gray eyes, the men looked at one another before the stranger spoke, "I'm not looking for anything, do you know where everyone went to, I was in the ShinRa remains I barely escaped."

"Midgar, is a ghost town, it's residents, or the remaining people have left and found a new place to call home, it's long ways from here, I don't live in the city limits, but I can take you to Midgar Edge, so that you can find a better life other than here?" Leonard informed the boy before him.

The boy looked around, "That would be great."

Leonard started walking with the young man behind him, "So who are you, I don't remember seeing you when I worked for ShinRa. How long have you been stranded here without any knowledge, food, drink, and clothing." Leonard asked, without looking at the other man behind him.

"JJ Bower, I don't really recall how long I've been here, I just woke up two days ago, I've been wandering around looking for anyone, someone to talk to, or get me out of here." JJ introduced himself.

"You have been here for two years, under a deep sleep? ShinRa keeping his secrets even in times he claims to atone for this. I'm not going to ask you why they targeted you, nor the experiments that you endured since I have no room to judge. Why don't you stay with me until you are back on your feet; like ShinRa I have things to atone for, so I can hide you feed you, and clothe you. I feel if ShinRa had you before they will certainly desire to have an experiment back in their hands and I can't allow that." Leonard offered then stated.

JJ looked at Leonard, "Do you just not care, or are you hiding something?"

Leonard stated still not looking at the man, " Experiments tend to keep painful memories to themselves, I care about what you endured; I also know what it is like being under the blades of ShinRa. As for hiding anything, I can't say I have hidden anything from you since we just barely met and you haven't asked me to reveal any secrets, why must you ask if I am hiding anything? As of this period and time we have been honest with one another and I see no reason to hide anything from you since we are both targets of ShinRa."

JJ stopped and asked, "So you ask me why I am here, are you the one seeking death, as you put it earlier."

Leonard stopped and looked at the man and said "I have memories here, though this town is rubble. I still come to visit those memories, I can handle fiends; the wildlife here isn't something that bothers me, being thirty-four I have seen a lot of strange things, but what ShinRa pulled two years ago. I've never seen anything like it, nor do I wish to stumble upon it again in this lifetime."

"One more question, can we hurry to get food I'm hungry? Aren't you?" JJ asked the older man standing in front of him.

Leonard casually hid his laugh with a smile, "I don't know you tell me, you were the one that stopped in the first place, the only thing I have on me is a pack of gum and a Slim-Jim. Would that hold you over until we got back to town?"

"Dude, I don't care what it is. I feel like I can eat whatever comes at us rather it is dead or not." JJ said as Leonard handed him the gum and slim-jim.

Leonard turned around and started walking again, "We should reach town before dark, but I must warn you wild game raw; I would imagine it wouldn't be all that tasty, hungry or not. It's not worth feeling sick later."

JJ walked behind Leonard eating his food soon reaching a black chrome motorcycle sitting in the distance, he asked, "Is that your motorcycle? Working for crazy people does pay off with a ride like that."

Leonard looked at him, "I'm a former employee of ShinRa's, I worked for his father and shortly during the war; the family and people in the company got annoying. Not that I'm out of the woods on the avoiding annoying people part, just stay clear of Yuffie and Cid. One cuss's as much as the other bounces off the wall, you will learn why I don't live with the other people in town shortly after we arrive, trust me."