I'm baaaaack :) SEqual to Science of the Fall is a go!
"I don't know how to explain it." Hojo muttered under his breath as he gazed up at the specimen in front of him. Reno and Rufus were staring at her too.
She was a creature of beauty for sure, with silver hair reaching just past her shoulders, and sharp well-defined features. She was floating in the tank before them, her hair drifting around her shoulders and her eyes were closed. She was a solid replica of her brother.
"Explain what?" Rufus asked, tearing his eyes away from the girl.
"She's waking up." Hojo replied smoothly.
"What?" Rufus's eyes widened. "How?"
"I don't know. Something disturbed her mind after Sephiroth's last fall. When Kadaj and the others were killed… her mind started racing. And something else came up on a scan." Hojo replied typing something in on a computer.
"What something?" Rufus asked, eyeing the girl.
"A brainwave pattern. Something's different about her." Hojo looked at the blonde president who was giving him a 'what-the-matter-with-you' look. "What?"
"She's a Remnant. What do you expect, for her to be normal?" Reno asked sarcastically.
"I mean she's different from other Remnants. Her mind works." Hojo replied.
"And there you have it. Mad scientist Hojo just called his experiments stupid." Reno announced.
Rufus sent him a look that clearly told him to keep his mouth shut unless he wanted deskwork. "What do you mean exactly?"
"She has…. abilities. She can do things no human nor Remnant can." Hojo explained. "I've seen evidence of Lifestream powers in her, but none of my studies can prove how it's possible."
"When you say 'Lifestream powers' what do you mean by that?" Rufus asked, snapping his fingers and stopping Reno who had been about to pick up a jar of what looked like human eyeballs.
"The Lifestream has given her powers that no on else has. If she wakes up, she could recreate her brother, the other remnants, and Sephiroth without even batting an eyelash." Hojo said hurriedly.
"When will she wake up?" Reno asked watching a lab rat run around its cage.
"Her sleeping charts are abnormally high and her blood pressure is rising rapidly." Hojo replied.
Reno lifted his eyebrows. "And in English that means…?"
"It means, you orange haired twit, that she could wake up at any moment." Hojo snapped.
Rufus walked over and looked down at the computer screen his eyes scanning over all the information. Reno looked back at the girl and his eyes widened.
"Um, sir?"
"Be quiet Reno. What does this line here mean?"
"It means that she's stronger."
"So-,"
"Sir?"
"Shut it Reno. It means that her physical strength is increasing?"
"Yes."
"LOOK AT THE TANK!" Reno yelled.
"What are you- my gods!" Hojo exclaimed as he looked at the girls face only to see her blue/green eyes fixed on him.
"She's awake?" Rufus asked.
The tank suddenly exploded, showering the three Shinra members with glass, water, and mako. Rufus dove behind a table and Reno turned his back and braced himself. Hojo ducked down behind his desk.
Reno turned back around, glass showering off the back of his jacket, and finally got a look at her that wasn't obscured by mako. She was practically a spitting image of Jenova, now that they could see her clearly, though with shorter hair. She tore the many tubes from her arms and stomach and threw them across the room.
Murderous eyes turned on Hojo who was cowering in fear, his head barely visible over his desk, and narrowed. If Reno hadn't been absolutely terrified that she was going to kill him, he would have whistled at her. Her body was perfectly curved in all the right places but she was thin and tall, with pale porcelain skin that was revealed by the tight black shorts and almost non-existent top.
"Do I dare ask who you are?" She inquired of Hojo who had gotten up enough nerve to raise his head above the desk.
"I am a simple scientist here at Shinra nothing more. Please don't kill me." Hojo whimpered.
The girl turned her head to the side and her expression grew puzzled, then hardened. "Mother tells me you're the fool that created me. 'Simple scientist' doesn't really cover that does it?" Her voice was cold and cruel. "She has also informed me that I should kill you. What do you have to say about that?"
"You shouldn't do that." Rufus said standing up and brushing glass out of his hair. "We can help you reunite yourself with your brother. But if you kill him," He nodded at Hojo. "It'll be no use."
"And what if I kill you and make these two do my bidding? Mr. Shinra?" She asked calmly.
"Well you see, Reno doesn't take orders from anyone but me, and you will get so sick of both him and Hojo you'll want to kill them. With me here they'll do as they're told." Rufus told her.
"Hn. Is that right? Well then I'll just kill the red head and be done with it." She said casually, as a scalpel whizzed past her and hovered not 2 cm from Reno's throat. "Or are you going to do exactly what I tell you."
"As much as we don't exactly 'need' Reno, we'll follow your orders. Hojo, find her some clothes and bring me the sword I had made." Rufus said calmly, meeting her gaze with his own blue eyes
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