Sephiroth's Battle for the Bottle
"Sephiroth, it is time to come out of the closet." Hojo ordered.
The specimen had just reached the eighteenth month growth mark of all regular children. There was no doubt the specimen was completely stubborn, fiercely intelligent, and knew how to work his way around things. For the last three months, the hired help had been trying to get Specimen Sephiroth to give up his bottle in favor of the fiercely advertised sippy cup.
"No." The toddler answered.
"Sephiroth, I grow weary of asking for it." Hojo curtly replied. "Come out of there now and give me the bottle."
Silence answered him and Hojo nearly sighed with relief as the janitors door began to open. He barely had time to blink before a bottle of cleanser was thrown at his head before the door was slammed shut once more. The added function of a click spelled a complete meltdown of Hojo's patience.
"Assistant, bring me something to open this door with." He ordered as he wrapped his fingers around the door. "Sephiroth, unlock this door or so help me you will never..."
The door's lock clicked open. Slowly, a small hand reached out and grasped the scientist's hand. "What is it?" he growled.
Serious, glowing eyes met his through the rims of his glasses. Quietly, Sephiroth answered. "I went poo-poo."
"Oh, no." Hojo whispered. "That is not something..."
The silver haired boy promptly ducked under his sire's arm and dashed headlong for the next hiding place. The professor quietly turned to look at his assistants as they tried to strangle the looks of amusement. Threats always seemed to cure them of the giggles. "The first person to laugh becomes my next subject."
"Yes, sir." the three assistants replied.
"Find out who taught Sephiroth how to lie. I want them on my table when I am through with this." he growled, following after the lab's personal demon. His voice could be heard from the open doorway of a lab, the flap of his white coat just disappearing inside the door. "Sephiroth, come out of that lab this instant."
A few seconds later, a quite girlish scream echoed out of the lab before Hojo could be seen running from a fuzzy monster they had captured just a few weeks ago. The cat like beast was meant to be tamed and turned into a battle ready monster to be used in the SOLDIER program. Apparently, Sephiroth had preceded the program by quite a few years as he stood in the doorway of the lab clutching an empty bottle.
"All gone." he announced to the lab techs. Holding out the bottle, he gestured for the sippy cup. "I want that."