I finally got the second chapter typed up. YAY! I was kinda taking my time with it. Just to make sure it was better done than the first one. Anyways, I hope to have the third one up a little sooner. 3 Reviews are appriciated and thanks for reading!

Once again, I don't own any FF characters.

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"...I thought you said you got us 2 hours!" Cloud practically yelled over the sound of the truck racing through the desert.

"I did!" Zack yelled back, shifting around on the uncomforatble surface in the back of the pick up and trying to keep the unconscious girl from being thrown around. "I don't see anybody on our trail yet!"

Cloud shrugged and glanced at the uneven road behind. It wouldn't be long, he thought. They had already seen them take off. He knew he'd probably be in more trouble than Zack would, he didn't exactly get into SOLDIER himself; Zack got him in. It would only take one mention of his name to Septhiroth that would cause certain destruction.

"Where are we going?" He asked, out of pure curiosity.

"Midguard." Was Zacks reply. He moved toward Cloud and passed the girl to him gently, doing his best not to hit her head on the side. "There. Your turn." he stated and moved back to where he was.

Cloud sighed inaudiably and sat her next to him the same way Zack had and succeeded in holding her more still. However, as it got closer to dawn; he found that his arms were getting sore. He glanced over at Zack, who was staring at the girl with a look on his face between worry, determination and curiosity. Cloud blinked a few times, wondering what he could possibly be thinking.

"...Why are we going to Midguard?" He asked suddenly, realizing he had no idea what was going on yet.

There were a few seconds of silence, Zack now appeared to be thinking of the best way to explain to Cloud. The sound of the trucks engine was the only thing breaking the current silence between them.

Before Zack had a chance to answer, the driver pulled over to the side of the road. He leaned over the side to ask what was going on. The sun wasn't fully up in the sky yet, they weren't that far from the base yet.

"I'm starting to fall asleep at the wheel. This is where I draw the line for now." The driver stated with a harsh tone of finality.

Zack opened his mouth to argue, then thought better of it. "Fine. But we can't be here long. Get what sleep you can then we have to keep moving. He glanced at Cloud, who looked at him with confusion.

"...I'll explain soon." He said, gesturing for him to pass the still unconscious girl over the side of the truck to him. Cloud passed her over without saying a word. He to was a little on the tired side too, but he needed to know what was happening and why they had to leave like that.

"Cloud, grab the blankets from the front seat." Zack ordered, and Cloud did so, instinctively knowing what they were for. He spread them out nicely on the hard ground and Zack layed the girl on them gently.

"...How can she still be unconscious?" Cloud asked. Zack shook his head and gestured at the driver who was making a temperary bed inside his truck. Zack didn't want him to hear. Cloud understood now.

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It was early morning by the time Zack figured he should explain himself. A quick glance at the truck to make sure all was well, then he sighed and looked between Cloud and the girl. "You want to know whats going on huh?"

He nodded.

"To make a long story short, she wasn't an experiment that Rufus had iniciated. This was something private Sephiroth started. I know this because Angeal had told me before hand that Sephiroth had 'bought' somebody for the scientists to work on. At first he just shrugged at this, not thinking much of it until he found out what they were doing to her in the Mako chambers. She was exposed longer than any of us were. Thus inducing her coma. I'm pretty sure Angeal was hinting that Sephiroth wants to know what made him the way he is. Problem is, nobody knows what happens to a human body after being exposed for so long and being injected with JENOVA cells. I don't even know what happened to Sephiroth. Rufus and Hoja are the only ones who know. Anyway, the reason why we had to get her out of there is because of what might happen to her if the treatments went wrong..."

As Zack trailed off, Cloud stared at him like he was crazy. He knew Sephiroth was not to be questioned about anything he did, seeing as he was general of the Shinra army, only taking orders from Rufus himself. But for him to intimidate the scientists to do these private tests for him was crazy. It just didn't make sense for him to be curious about what made him so powerful. But then again, power almost always leads to corruption of some sort. "...What would happen if they went wrong?" He asked.

"Mutation." He simply said. "The theory is that too much Mako can alter human genes. Whether she becomes animalistic or something else, we won't know until she wakes up. At the moment, there are no visible signs. Another reason might be that she could be used as a weapon. Sephiroth could have wanted to make her into something usefull if his original plans didn't work."

They both fell silent for a moment or 2, letting the information float about. When nothing further was said, Zack announced that he was going to try to get some sleep. It was getting closer to noon. They would have to move on right soon.

There would be no rest for Cloud though. Not with everything that was just said. Instead, he stayed where he was seated, glancing between the girl he knew next to nothing about and Zack. He didn't really want to sleep anyway, he knew he was gonna have those strange dreams again.

He was just starting to drift off when he noticed movement out of the corner of his eye. He turned his head and looked at her, shocked to see her sitting up.

"...Where am I ?"