Chapter One: Life is Like the Contents of the Pandora's Box
Kadaj, Yazoo & Loz went inside Rufus' office, violently opening & closing the door behind them. Kadaj took one step further than his brothers.
"Where is the true head of Jenova? Where is okasan!" he irately said.
"What? I gave her to you. Don't you remember?" Rufus said in a cool manner.
Kadaj started pacing on the floor.
"The reunion didn't work. Only Sephiroth appeared and not okasan!" he said.
In his usual unruffled manner, Rufus got a chair & sat down. He smiled at them and started to laugh an insulting giggle.
"What's wrong with you!" Kadaj finally exploded.
"Kadaj, Kadaj, Kadaj…" Rufus said," you still don't get it, do you?"
Kadaj backed off a little bit. With a puzzled gaze, he started to think. What could he have missed?
"The origin of life itself is not complete. Life is like the contents of the Pandora's Box." Rufus said," that is the reason why your mother didn't show up. Your –I mean- her cells are not complete."
"What do you mean?" Kadaj asked.
"In mythology, the Pandora's Box was opened & it contained pretty much everything… everything along with their opposites. To give life to Jenova, you don't only need to tag along her working cells. In order to give life to Jenova, you must find your opposites." He said, helping himself to a glass of scotch.
"Boss, you mean there are opposite versions of us?" Loz asked.
"In what aspect?" Yazoo asked.
Rufus crossed his legs and relaxed himself in the chair. With a glass in one hand, he stared at them seriously.
"At that point, I can't help you. Even I don't know what to do at that case." Rufus said, sipping some scotch.
"Let's go, I don't have time for this useless bullshit! I came here for answers!" Kadaj said, as he signaled his brothers to exit the door.
They rode their motorcycles and drove towards their home in the deep part of Arjit. They prefer to live alone than mingle with the outside world and its worthless and dejected people.
"I need to be alone…" Kadaj said as he went towards his room.
He hurried to his room and directly sat on the side of his bed. He covered his head with his palms. He was feeling angry, confused, distressed and desperate. He was willing to risk everything just to see okasan. He felt losing all hope…
"Oh really? Jenova's own son is giving up on her?" Sephiroth, as a voice in Kadaj's head, jeered.
"I am not giving up on okasan!" he defensively answered.
"Rufus said something half-true and half-false a while ago." Sephiroth, now in full flesh but still a memory, said.
"Huh?" Kadaj gave a puzzled gape.
"He said the truth about your opposites but what he didn't tell you is that he knows who these people are." Sephiroth answered.
''So, how do we squeeze out the information from him?" Kadaj asked, sounding a little desperate.
"You can't. He sticks to what he says. But, try this. Go to the site of the Shinra Company and go to the old building. I believe that there are still facts there about all involved with Jenova & Shinra there." Sephiroth faced him and said. After this, he vanished behind his one wing and that was all.
Kadaj was again left in confusion.