I tried to do this as much as I could in script
format, and to put as much detail as to the
visuals as I could. Let's see if I succeeded. All this
assumes you have Vincent. I may
someday what 'happens' if you don't have him...
(TIME--right before you enter the final cave)
(CLOUD stops and walks a few steps ahead of the others
in the party)
TIFA: What is it?
CLOUD: There's...someone here.
???: It's...just me...
(LUCRECIA steps out from the shadows)
VINCENT: Lucrecia?
LUCRECIA: I'm sorry...I just...had to see him once.
Maybe I could try to explain to him
about his true life...
CID: Y'know, that bastard would rather kill you than
look at you.
(YUFFIE smacks him)
YUFFIE: Let her talk!
LUCRECIA: Thank you...I know you have no reason to
forgive him...after what he's
done to the Planet...and to that friend of yours...but
you must understand that the lies he
was told drove him mad.
(CLOUD nods)
CLOUD: I understand. I felt myself going down the same
path...but I had something
holding me back.
LUCRECIA: Please...take me to him. I wouldn't be a
burden, I promise.
(VINCENT nods)
VINCENT: Come with us, Lucrecia.
LUCRECIA: Vincent...
VINCENT: You don't have to say anything, love. I
know...
(the party regroups, and enters the main cave. After a
few steps, CLOUD again goes a
few steps ahead)
CLOUD: He's here. Sephiroth...
TIFA: Cloud...Are you sure we're ready?
CLOUD: I hope so...
RED XIII: Stop! I hear something.
(pan over to the cave's far end. SEPHIROTH stands
before JENOVA.)
SEPHIROTH: Mother, it is almost over. Soon, the power
of the planet shall be ours.
JENOVA: No, it will not.
SEPHIROTH: Mother...? What do you mean?
JENOVA: I suppose I should tell you. You have been
very useful to me, but that
usefulness is at an end. I have spent much of my time
and energy on controlling you,
(SEPHIROTH: What...?), and quite frankly, you tire me.
SEPHIROTH: Control me...? Am I...a puppet too?
No...Mother...
JENOVA: I must take my powers back now, which will
kill you. Farewell, Sephiroth. You
were useful, but you were only human.
(FMV of SEPHIROTH surrounded by a multicolor glow that
fades into JENOVA. She
raises her arms/tentacles/etc., and he is thrown
across the cavern, releasing his grip on
Masamune. He is in the foreground of this shot, and in
the background, Jenova can be
seen retreating down a corridor. Next shot is a
close-up of LUCRECIA's face, an
expression of pure horror. End FMV.)
(LUCRECIA rushes down to her son, as the rest of the
party follows close.)
SEPHIROTH: How could I not have known...? how could i
have done such things...?
(FMV--LUCRECIA kneels down to him and softly cradles
him close to her.)
LUCRECIA: Shh...It wasn't your fault...
SEPHIROTH: ...i was...controlled...i was the puppet...
LUCRECIA: (strokes his face) I'm here now, my son...
SEPHIROTH: (close-up on face, pain and shock)
...mother...?
(Very slowly, CLOUD walks over and kneels down near
his fallen idol, and clasps his left
hand.)
CLOUD: Sephiroth...
SEPHIROTH: cloud...i...jenova must be stopped...
CLOUD: I know...
SEPHIROTH: take masamune...it is yours now...(casts
eyes up towards LUCRECIA)
...mother...i'll be safe now...
(he goes limp. LUCRECIA checks for a pulse in his
throat, while CLOUD checks the
wrist.)
CLOUD: (looks up) I'm sorry, Lucrecia...he's gone...
(LUCRECIA sets her son down gently, and slowly rises.
VINCENT steps forward.)
VINCENT: Lucrecia...
(LUCRECIA goes over to VINCENT and cries, her arms
around him and her head on his
shoulder. After a moment, though, she raises her head
and lets a few loose tears stream.
End FMV.)
LUCRECIA: You...have to stop Jenova. She'll destroy
everything...I'll stay here...with
my son...
VINCENT: Lucy...
LUCRECIA: I'll be all right. Just make sure you win.
CLOUD: Something that may help us...
(FMV--CLOUD approaching the spot where Masamune was
dropped. It shines, even in
this darkness. CLOUD slowly picks it up. End FMV.)
(the party regroups. At this point, the three
characters for the final battle are selected.
When they enter the corridor that JENOVA went
through...)
???: To get to Jenova, you'll have to get past me!
CLOUD: Who are you?
???: Jenova's most devoted and loyal subject.
Heeheehee...
CLOUD: That voice...I know you...
???: That's right! You thought I was dead, didn't you?
(the source of the voice steps out from the
shadows--HOJO.)
CLOUD: !!! But...
HOJO: (does that laughter gesture) Heehee...You didn't
honestly think the world's
leading expert on cloning would fight you himself, did
you?
[BARRET: Come on! He was a wuss before, an' he'll be a
wuss now!]
[TIFA: I'm not gonna let you stop us!]
[CAIT SITH: I've always hated you...A blot, even for
Shinra!}
[RED XIII: It ends here, Hojo.]
[YUFFIE: Like, eew! I'm gonna knock you back to the
slime you crawled out of!]
[VINCENT: ......You destroyed my life and the life of
my true love. You will repent your
sins.]
[CID: Dammit! You're goin' DOWN, you ^(*#&@% bastard!]
CLOUD: Your son is dead and the world is in ruin
because of what you did, you monster.
HOJO: (giggles again) Such compliments! The specimen
proved utterly worthless in the
long run. Tragic, really. I spent over half my life on
him...Ah, well. Jenova granted me the
powers that she took from him, so don't be expecting
to survive this!
(battle with HOJO. When he's defeated, still on the
battle screen:)
HOJO: N...no!! JENOVA!!!!!!
(regular view. He collapses.)
HOJO: j...jenova...
(CLOUD goes over and checks for vitals.)
CLOUD: One down, one to go. It's only Jenova
now...(turns to party) Are we all set?
[BARRET: Marlene's gotta be safe! I'm goin' in!]
[TIFA: Yes, I'm ready.]
[CAIT SITH: Yeah! We're gonna save the world! Maybe
even the universe!]
[RED XIII: For the honor of my mother and father, and
my species, I will go.]
[YUFFIE: Ready as I'll ever be.]
[VINCENT: I cannot let Lucrecia's son die in vain.]
[CID: Hell yeah! We gonna kick some tentacle ass!!]
CLOUD: Then let's go.
(walk into the main chamber, where JENOVA waits.)
JENOVA: Kukuku! I'll not let three mortal, barely
sentient beings defeat me. I will
destroy you and all you hold dear. And when Meteor
hits, I will absorb the powers of the
Planet and the Lifestream, and rule over all!
CLOUD: How could you use a man like that?
JENOVA: The fate of the world is at stake, and you're
worried about one person? This
only proves that your species is unfit to live. (the
party takes their fighting stances) Oho!
You want to die? Very well, then. Prepare yourselves
for the wrath of Jenova!
(final battle)
format, and to put as much detail as to the
visuals as I could. Let's see if I succeeded. All this
assumes you have Vincent. I may
someday what 'happens' if you don't have him...
(TIME--right before you enter the final cave)
(CLOUD stops and walks a few steps ahead of the others
in the party)
TIFA: What is it?
CLOUD: There's...someone here.
???: It's...just me...
(LUCRECIA steps out from the shadows)
VINCENT: Lucrecia?
LUCRECIA: I'm sorry...I just...had to see him once.
Maybe I could try to explain to him
about his true life...
CID: Y'know, that bastard would rather kill you than
look at you.
(YUFFIE smacks him)
YUFFIE: Let her talk!
LUCRECIA: Thank you...I know you have no reason to
forgive him...after what he's
done to the Planet...and to that friend of yours...but
you must understand that the lies he
was told drove him mad.
(CLOUD nods)
CLOUD: I understand. I felt myself going down the same
path...but I had something
holding me back.
LUCRECIA: Please...take me to him. I wouldn't be a
burden, I promise.
(VINCENT nods)
VINCENT: Come with us, Lucrecia.
LUCRECIA: Vincent...
VINCENT: You don't have to say anything, love. I
know...
(the party regroups, and enters the main cave. After a
few steps, CLOUD again goes a
few steps ahead)
CLOUD: He's here. Sephiroth...
TIFA: Cloud...Are you sure we're ready?
CLOUD: I hope so...
RED XIII: Stop! I hear something.
(pan over to the cave's far end. SEPHIROTH stands
before JENOVA.)
SEPHIROTH: Mother, it is almost over. Soon, the power
of the planet shall be ours.
JENOVA: No, it will not.
SEPHIROTH: Mother...? What do you mean?
JENOVA: I suppose I should tell you. You have been
very useful to me, but that
usefulness is at an end. I have spent much of my time
and energy on controlling you,
(SEPHIROTH: What...?), and quite frankly, you tire me.
SEPHIROTH: Control me...? Am I...a puppet too?
No...Mother...
JENOVA: I must take my powers back now, which will
kill you. Farewell, Sephiroth. You
were useful, but you were only human.
(FMV of SEPHIROTH surrounded by a multicolor glow that
fades into JENOVA. She
raises her arms/tentacles/etc., and he is thrown
across the cavern, releasing his grip on
Masamune. He is in the foreground of this shot, and in
the background, Jenova can be
seen retreating down a corridor. Next shot is a
close-up of LUCRECIA's face, an
expression of pure horror. End FMV.)
(LUCRECIA rushes down to her son, as the rest of the
party follows close.)
SEPHIROTH: How could I not have known...? how could i
have done such things...?
(FMV--LUCRECIA kneels down to him and softly cradles
him close to her.)
LUCRECIA: Shh...It wasn't your fault...
SEPHIROTH: ...i was...controlled...i was the puppet...
LUCRECIA: (strokes his face) I'm here now, my son...
SEPHIROTH: (close-up on face, pain and shock)
...mother...?
(Very slowly, CLOUD walks over and kneels down near
his fallen idol, and clasps his left
hand.)
CLOUD: Sephiroth...
SEPHIROTH: cloud...i...jenova must be stopped...
CLOUD: I know...
SEPHIROTH: take masamune...it is yours now...(casts
eyes up towards LUCRECIA)
...mother...i'll be safe now...
(he goes limp. LUCRECIA checks for a pulse in his
throat, while CLOUD checks the
wrist.)
CLOUD: (looks up) I'm sorry, Lucrecia...he's gone...
(LUCRECIA sets her son down gently, and slowly rises.
VINCENT steps forward.)
VINCENT: Lucrecia...
(LUCRECIA goes over to VINCENT and cries, her arms
around him and her head on his
shoulder. After a moment, though, she raises her head
and lets a few loose tears stream.
End FMV.)
LUCRECIA: You...have to stop Jenova. She'll destroy
everything...I'll stay here...with
my son...
VINCENT: Lucy...
LUCRECIA: I'll be all right. Just make sure you win.
CLOUD: Something that may help us...
(FMV--CLOUD approaching the spot where Masamune was
dropped. It shines, even in
this darkness. CLOUD slowly picks it up. End FMV.)
(the party regroups. At this point, the three
characters for the final battle are selected.
When they enter the corridor that JENOVA went
through...)
???: To get to Jenova, you'll have to get past me!
CLOUD: Who are you?
???: Jenova's most devoted and loyal subject.
Heeheehee...
CLOUD: That voice...I know you...
???: That's right! You thought I was dead, didn't you?
(the source of the voice steps out from the
shadows--HOJO.)
CLOUD: !!! But...
HOJO: (does that laughter gesture) Heehee...You didn't
honestly think the world's
leading expert on cloning would fight you himself, did
you?
[BARRET: Come on! He was a wuss before, an' he'll be a
wuss now!]
[TIFA: I'm not gonna let you stop us!]
[CAIT SITH: I've always hated you...A blot, even for
Shinra!}
[RED XIII: It ends here, Hojo.]
[YUFFIE: Like, eew! I'm gonna knock you back to the
slime you crawled out of!]
[VINCENT: ......You destroyed my life and the life of
my true love. You will repent your
sins.]
[CID: Dammit! You're goin' DOWN, you ^(*#&@% bastard!]
CLOUD: Your son is dead and the world is in ruin
because of what you did, you monster.
HOJO: (giggles again) Such compliments! The specimen
proved utterly worthless in the
long run. Tragic, really. I spent over half my life on
him...Ah, well. Jenova granted me the
powers that she took from him, so don't be expecting
to survive this!
(battle with HOJO. When he's defeated, still on the
battle screen:)
HOJO: N...no!! JENOVA!!!!!!
(regular view. He collapses.)
HOJO: j...jenova...
(CLOUD goes over and checks for vitals.)
CLOUD: One down, one to go. It's only Jenova
now...(turns to party) Are we all set?
[BARRET: Marlene's gotta be safe! I'm goin' in!]
[TIFA: Yes, I'm ready.]
[CAIT SITH: Yeah! We're gonna save the world! Maybe
even the universe!]
[RED XIII: For the honor of my mother and father, and
my species, I will go.]
[YUFFIE: Ready as I'll ever be.]
[VINCENT: I cannot let Lucrecia's son die in vain.]
[CID: Hell yeah! We gonna kick some tentacle ass!!]
CLOUD: Then let's go.
(walk into the main chamber, where JENOVA waits.)
JENOVA: Kukuku! I'll not let three mortal, barely
sentient beings defeat me. I will
destroy you and all you hold dear. And when Meteor
hits, I will absorb the powers of the
Planet and the Lifestream, and rule over all!
CLOUD: How could you use a man like that?
JENOVA: The fate of the world is at stake, and you're
worried about one person? This
only proves that your species is unfit to live. (the
party takes their fighting stances) Oho!
You want to die? Very well, then. Prepare yourselves
for the wrath of Jenova!
(final battle)