18:00 hours
Sephiroth was just getting his gear ready for a mission he was being sent on in Wutai at 20:00, when Professor Hojo briskly walked into his SOLDIER apartment and grabbed him by the arm demanding that he make his way up to the 68th floor.
Hojo gave him a dark look when Sephiroth didn't pay any attention to him and ground out, "Well, specimen! What are you waiting for?!" before briskly walking out with Sephiroth in tow with a downcast air about him. When Hojo walked passed Angeal, Genesis and Zack, he turned his head towards them before demanding that they follow him as well.
Genesis slinked up beside Sephiroth and asked, "What exactly does the prof. want with all of us Seph?" to which Sephiroth replied, "I do not know, but I hope it isn't something of major importance as I have a mission to attend to."
When they arrived at the labs, Hojo opened the door and gestured for them to walk in – something rather unusual... even for him – and even though leaving their backs open wasn't something they did, when it came to Hojo they did as he commanded because if they didn't he would probably drug and experiment on them without remorse.
The four SOLDIER's and the scientist walked into a formerly unknown area of his lab and stopped when Genesis looked over at Professor Hojo and inquired, "Just where are we exactly? This room doesn't look familiar or safe..." after hearing that statement, the Professor's head whipped towards Genesis then, in a snarky tone he said, "It's part of the experiment, so don't question it. Your feeble mind wouldn't- no could never understand it."
Hojo then ushered the four SOLDIER's onto a strangely shaped machine which had four metal beds with hand and foot restraints on it. Hojo then looked to the four and said in a obviously less hostile - but still very snappish tone, "Now, lie down on the beds and I'll strap you down so we may begin the experiment." Zack gave Hojo a look that clearly stated he was crazy, before saying, "That looks mighty cold..."
Hojo snapped his head towards Zack and yelled, "Lie down. NOW!" Zack looked up at him with a look of dread as he lied down on the metal bed – wincing as he did so and saying, "Geez prof, no need to be so-!" Sephiroth inhaled sharply as Hojo slapped Zack across the face irritably.
Hojo walked over to Sephiroth and as fast as he could, strapped the four SOLDIER's down before mumbling something about 'proper time... destruction... death... anti-matter... time-line change... possible chance of overload…' to which Genesis cocked his head questioningly before examining the device and asking, "Is this supposed to be some sort of time travel device?!"
Hojo gave Genesis a look of surprise that clearly showed that he was impressed before nodding and walking over to the control panel and flicking a few switches and turning a couple dials, before cackling madly.
He then input a set year, month and day before looking directly at Sephiroth and saying "Now. This will either hurt a lot, or it won't hurt at all. Furthermore, this device and the manner of its use could very well kill me – although the chances of that happening are 1 trillion to 13."
Sephiroth looked up at the professor and said, "What if it does kill you? All of your data will be taken by Hollander, correct?" Hojo scoffed and said "As if that fool could understand my data." before flicking the final switch and activating the machine causing the machine to whir violently trying to process the four SOLDIER's before making a harsh grinding noise when the four SOLDIER's disappeared.
At first Hojo was elated in his success, before realizing the machine was still whirring violently. He turned to the machine and gave it an inquisitive glance before the machine began sparking rapidly. At that very moment he realized his mistake - four SOLDIER's was too much for the machine to handle – making it overwork itself. He began to walk over to the control panel to re-calibrate the device before it spat a bolt of electricity out towards it – which due to the metal nature of the control panel - sent the bolt into him stopping his heart and not only ending his life, but any future experiments as well. That, was the end of professor Hojo...
