Disclaimer: I do not own nor claim to own the rights to Final Fantasy VII, they belong strictly to their respective owners, Square-Enix. I own the rights to Resia Tomebar as she is of my own imagination as well as Kenichi. This is meant only as entertainment.

Gemini Syndrome

Prologue - Gelinka Plane

A cloudless sky looked down upon the runway of the ShinRa Inc. building in the city of Junon on the Midgar Continent. Soldiers stood at attention as they awaited the arrival of the president of the company that employed them. Few of the soldiers fidgeted in their positions as they waited, further down from the rows of soldiers was a group of people that were not dressed in proper military uniform, and it was these same people that leisurely leaned against the hull of an airship. There were five members of the crew, all were male with the exception of one female, and she stood with her weight on one foot and her arms behind her back as she waited patiently with the others. Her garnet hair shone in the bright sunlight as a dark red rose, her pale bronze complexion allowed her eyes to stand out, and her irises were pale colored but mismatched as the left was icy blue and the right a very pale spring green. Each crew member held some sort of weapon but the female held two straps on each of her thighs that held ebony Desert Eagles. There was a belt strapped across her hip diagonally that held a few pouches on the front. Each one of the crew wore the same plain dark gray loose pants, a sleeveless shirt with a v-styled collar, and each shirt was not tucked into the pants.

A man dressed in a white suit with short blond hair and piercing blue eyes arrived on the scene to inspect the maiden voyage of the Gelinka Plane. He stared with cold eyes at the rows of soldiers that he commanded but when they landed on the crew that he had chosen for the voyage, they softened. He strode towards the garnet haired young woman and took her hand gently in his as he kissed the top of it. It was a gesture that he always reserved for the most beautiful faces and the woman hid an irritated sigh. She, on the other hand, did not appreciate the princely approach, it was something that she felt was warranted only when the person performing the kissing wanted something. However she forced a smile on her face as he relinquished her hand and took a step back to survey the area.

"It is a pleasure to see you here today, Miss Resia Tomebar. I know that you will be successful in delivering the goods on the plane to its destination," said the man.

The one that was called Resia nodded, "Yes, Mister Shinra. We will do as we must to insure the packages arrive safely."

"Please call me Rufus. There is no need to be so formal towards me."

"Sorry, sir, it's just a habit and I will continue to do so," she replied with the same smile.

He shrugged his shoulders, "As you wish. I will see that you and your crew are handsomely rewarded when you return." Resia nodded while Rufus Shinra was escorted off of the landing bay and into the safety of the tower at the Junon Base. He stood in the control tower as all the reports were pouring in that everything was secure and ready to launch. The crew of the Gelinka Plane boarded and had already strapped in for the most important flight of their lives. Resia picked up the radio and reported in that all systems were green and that they were prepared to leave. She paused to receive the permission that they required to set off of the landing bay and head towards the destination were Sephiroth was located.

As the Gelinka was cleared for take-off, Resia began to turn a few knobs and levers so that the plane would leave the ground smoothly and safely. She guided the plane over the vast ocean between the Eastern and Western Continents, however there was a large black shadow that flew in front of them. Her duel colored eyes glanced around and the radar indicated that something large was above them. She yelled at the others, "Find out what that thing is! We can't afford a delay!" The crew nodded as they did as they were told however before any the members could unstrap themselves, the large form appeared in front of them. Everyone gasped and Resia stared in shock and whispered, "Ultima WEAPON!" Before another thought went through her mind, the dragon roared, and she began to steer the plane away from the massive dragon. There was another loud roar and Resia could feel something hit the side of the hull. She grabbed the radio and hit the button so that she could relay what happened.

Meanwhile as Rufus Shinra watched while the soldiers prepared the Sister Ray for firing, there was static over the radio. He raised his eyebrows as he realized it was the voice of Resia, the message was garbled but it said something about a WEAPON. Rufus said, "Get that cleared up. I want to know what she's saying." The soldiers complied as they began to scan through the signals to get a better reception. Blue eyes widened in shock as he heard the pleas of the Gelinka crew and the stern voice of Resia relaying what transpired between the plane and the WEAPON. "Is the Sister Ray ready?" he asked sternly. One soldier had replied that it was nearly ready and Rufus looked at the approaching Diamond WEAPON. "Fire when it is. We're not going let some machines rule our lives!" When it was reported that the WEAPON was readying its own particle canon, Rufus only smirked. Most of the people had cleared out of the tower when Sister Ray was fired, his own Turks were pleading with him to leave, but he refused even them. I will not run from this battle. I won't let a machine dictate my life! Just as the canons fired at the same time, it was then that Rufus saw his own folly, and attempted to run for the closest exit. The tower was engulfed in a white beam from the WEAPON but the Sister Ray managed to destroy Diamond WEAPON.

Tanned hands slammed down the radio on the console as she gripped the helm of the plane. She looked over her shoulder at her beloved crew and there was a sad look in her eyes. The others merely nodded as most of them tightened their straps for the oncoming impact. The looks on their faces told her that there wasn't anything that she could do to change their fates. Her pastel eyes stared at her lap before they looked at the water once more and her eyes angered. She gritted her teeth and began to press levers and buttons to try anything to slow down their pace. Please let it be quick for them, for myself it doesn't matter. But let it be quick for them Gaea. With that she closed her eyes against the impact, the ship slammed into the ocean with a shudder, and there were screams. Resia could hear one escape her own throat as the front of the plane crushed her right leg against her seat. Her eyes opened to see that her right leg was gone from the knee down but she turned away from the grotesque sight as she knew it would only cause pain. But what she saw behind her was no better, some of her comrades were already dead with missing limbs and various puncture wounds from pieces of the ship that were dislodged from the hull. Resia gulped as she visibly paled, she used her Desert Eagle to shoot the strap of her seat, it flung away violently, and managed to get her on the left side of her face just above her eyebrow. She cursed but still managed to squeeze out of her chair but without the part of her right leg below the knee. It was then that she realized it wasn't going to be so easy to get out of the sinking plane with one leg.

Yet she still pushed onward through the carnage, ignoring the stinging pain from the gash above her eye and the pain from her missing limb. She ground her teeth together, finally made her way out of the sinking ship. She gave it a salute as it sank into deeper water, yet when she turned around, Emerald WEAPON reared its glowing visage at her. She paled even more and attempted to swim away but to her surprise the massive creature put his wings on either side of her and pulled her towards the surface. Her face broke through the water and she began coughing violently, her own bicolored eyes watched as the shadow that had once loomed over her, now retreated back into the depths. The machine may have saved her life but one look around told her that there was no land in sight. She sighed and began the arduous task of swimming in a random direction in hopes that land will reveal itself.

Her strength began to diminish along with her blood, soon she felt the grips of exhaustion and sleep. Her eyes shut, her body stopped moving, and she allowed herself the final breaths of oxygen before her face was submerged under the still surface of the ocean. She didn't struggle and she didn't bother to look where she was falling, all she knew was that her time to return to the Lifestream had finally arrived. Yet that was taken from her when the steel hit her square in the stomach, what little air she had left, escaped her parted mouth, and she realized that she was above the surface once more. In her blurred vision there were white coats and men saying things that she couldn't comprehend; Resia finally gave in to her exhaustion and closed her eyes.

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Men in white coats quickly grabbed the body and pulled it into the submarine, they immediately put her on ice, and began to talk amongst themselves. The one in charge grinned devilishly as he stated, "We need more. Let's go and find the samples that our dearly departed Lucrecia left behind. I'm sure the Great Hojo left samples at the ShinRa Mansion and that team should have found them by now. She'll have what we need and luckily she left quite the footprints after Sephiroth." The others agreed as the submarine was immediately turned around and was put on course to Gongaga. One man stood over the mangled body of Resia, she was strapped on ice but hooked up to multiple machines to monitor her life signs. They were low but she was still alive. He looked over at the man in charge and was about to ask something but he waved his hand, "No worries, Kenichi. She has what we need and so does Lucrecia. Once we start extracting their DNA then we can truly begin our research! I think we're going to have quite a bit of fun with this experiment!" Once more the others agreed but the one who watched over her knitted his eyebrows together in concern.

The man still knit his brow together as he documented her life signs, they immediately began to drop, "Sir!" The man leaned forward and immediately told the others to start drawing her blood, hair samples, and skin samples. As much as they could before she passed on but Kenichi leaned in as he noticed that her mouth was moving. There was something odd about the pilot that managed to survive the crash. The scientist leaned in so close to her mouth that he could feel her breath on his ear.

"Just...kill me. I need not live...any longer. Please...give...me death. Give me...what the ocean..could not."

Her whisper made him lean away from her and watch her face. Resia's eyes fluttered halfway open so that they stared directly at Kenichi's and he felt his heart stop in his chest momentarily. Her eyes held such sadness and pain that he could not believe that she was still struggling. The only thing that was keeping her alive was the ice but her lips still moved and he could read what she was saying. Asking for release from death and he looked over at his superior. "Sir she asks for death."

The man gave a wave of his hand, "So be it. Remove all the machines and let her freeze over."

Kenichi nodded and began removing everything from Resia's body, he leaned towards her ear and whispered, "It's all I can do. I can't do anything else for you. You're going to freeze."

"That's fine...thank you..Kenichi.."

The scientist stepped back once more and watched as she closed her half-lidded eyes. Her body began to shudder from the cold, it turned colors, and eventually she lay still but the content smile on her face made everyone wonder. Yet it wasn't long lived as his superior began demanding what they knew about her. So Kenichi pulled up the file from a stack of papers, "Her name is Resia Tomebar, pilot of the Gelinka Plane that just crashed into the bay. She was top of the class with her piloting skills and mechanical engineering. She was also appointed by Rufus Shinra to be the core technician on the plane."

"Uh-huh. What about physically? Any diseases?"

He shook his head, "No. No history of ailments, never caught a cold, never broken any bones, she was perfect. Nothing wrong with her until now."

The man nodded and grinned, "PERFECT! She's perfect. The same thing went with Lucrecia, with any luck we'll be able to have a nice little experiment going on."

"I have a question sir," stated Kenichi. The man nodded, "What does Lucrecia and Resia have to do with one another?"

A maniacal laugh escaped him as he grinned once more, "Well Lucrecia gave birth to Sephiroth, therefore she has JENOVA cells in her blood and samples that we took while she was pregnant. Resia has a strong body, that's what we need so that our experiment can survive the mako we're going to inject."

Kenichi only nodded in false understanding but his eyes returned to the still form of Resia, the smile on her face was permanent as her muscles froze into place. It was eerie for him, seeing as she had just spoken to him but he began to wonder about their experiment and he was beginning to think that his superior wanted not to revive Sephiroth but JENOVA. Kenichi sighed, started writing on his clipboard, and went about his work but his mind was still on what the woman on ice had said. She thanked me by name...that means she was listening to everything and she knew what was going on...so she must have known that she was going to die but I guess she wanted to die like this instead of in some test tube, which is probably where her body is going to go since it'd be better to have access to fresh samples. Kenichi felt disgusted somewhat but he wanted to talk with Resia once more, perhaps their experiment would distract the others long enough for him to do some experimenting of his own. Yes, I can do that...I'll do some of my own experimenting when they are busy. With that decided, Kenichi began to make mental notes of what he was going to need for his own project all the while keeping it a secret from the others.

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Months passed by, Kenichi was inside a secret laboratory that he kept hidden from the others. His own mission pushed him forward to recreate Resia Tomebar so that she could fight the evil twin that his associates were concocting. He wiped his brow as he stared at the life signs, "They're stable but for how long. I've managed to not fail so far, unlike the others, and that's only because of my patience. But...her left arm is covered in mako wounds from the injections since I can't shower her with mako...I hope she forgives me." His eyes traveled down to the scar on her right leg, "I hope she doesn't mind that I've managed to create that leg of hers from a combination of her own DNA as well as that from Lucrecia." Once more he sighed, glad that the signs were stable, and that her body was strong. "You and I have had a few close calls but now I think we're fine right, Resia." He smiled at her as he touched the capsule with his hand, he leaned his forehead against the glass, and it was then that her eyes cracked open to see him leaning against the tube.

When the signs began to pick up, he jerked his head up, and his amber eyes were staring into the pale green and pale blue eyes of Resia. He was in shock since they glowed with mako, they almost looked like materia if not for her pupils. She blinked, looked around at the tube, her hands, and looked at him once more before putting her hand to the glass where his was. Kenichi smiled, left the tube, and immediately began the process to drain it so that he could talk with her once more.