I walked slowly toward the light. There was a door that pulsed violently as if something were trying to escape. Something again possessed me to wrap my fingers around the door handle. I pulled what seemed to be a heavy door, but it opened at my slight command. The thought passed through my mind that it was too easy to open. I thought it should've been more of a barricade, heavy and locked. Something told me that this room contained something that should've been securely locked away. But somehow my access was far too easy. Something didn't add up, something wasn't making any sense…but I was too mesmerized to give it any more time in my mind. My heart was racing dangerously fast, but somehow I was completely calm. I opened the door fully and the green light poured out and engulfed me, blinding me. I don't remember walking in, allowing the door to close behind me. I had closed my eyes in reaction to the light, and when I opened them I was standing in the middle of the room. I caught glimpses of medical and science tools and lab coats, but something else had my attention. There was a small reactor in the middle of the room, not far from where I stood. It wasn't normal. I knew how a normal reactor was supposed to behave, but this one was out of control. It was spewing energy and seemed too unstable. But I couldn't turn away. I had already begun to walk toward it very mechanically.
As much as my brain said that I should stop, that I should be afraid, that I should run away…I felt more calm than ever and my legs steadily moved beneath me. No fear of the unknown. No fear of death. No longing or heartache or pain. Just peace. As I got closer to the odd reactor, energy poured from it and wrapped around me. I heard multiple gasps in awe from behind me.
"Stop!" I forced my body to move. I turned around and my eyes widened. A fleet of Turks and security were crowded at the entry and, at the head of them, clad in a white suit and black shirt…was Rufus Shinra. He had his hand outstretched and it was covered in bandages. He was calm and stern, his rumored disposition, yet he seemed alarmed. I had stopped moving and I couldn't control my body enough to react. All I could do was simply stare at him. He lowered his arm and took a few slow steps toward me. He was very young and as handsome as they say, maybe even moreso. But I could tell his face was also fear inducing. I was still frozen, wondering if they were going to kill me. Instead he took a few more steps and beckoned me to step toward him, "Carefully…now." I tried to answer him, to tell him I couldn't move…but no matter how hard I tried, no words would come. He stepped closer again and the closer he got, the more I thought of how familiar he was even though I had never seen him before. It seemed by his face that he had the same realization when he planted his feet firmly several feet in front of me. His eyes grew slightly wider, and his familiar stern blue eyes bore deeply into my own childlike blue ones. He called to someone behind him for his shotgun, which he caught swiftly and firmly with one hand and held it pointed to the ground. It was so odd how he held it, with such strength and ease, hand firmly on the barrel and trigger, perfectly balanced in his right hand. Distantly the alarms were still blaring and I could hear uproar of voices, things smashing and being broken, yelling and screaming. A riot had broken out in the midst of their search for me. Shinra turned and yelled, whipping his hand around in a gesture for the guards to scatter, "Go do your jobs! Handle the riot! I can handle this…" He turned back to me and bore his icy blue eyes into mine once more. And then there were two…
The energy continued to swirl and surround me, making Rufus wary and uneasy. I felt that he would have had me pinned down and dragged away, possibly killed by then. I figured instead he would shoot me…close range…shotgun…blow me into indistinctive pieces. But something I could see in his eyes was keeping him from putting the gun to my head.
"Stop what you're doing…you're contaminating yourself…the energy is unstable and it could kill you…get away from it!" He raised his hand to me cautiously. The way he spoke to me wasn't as cautious as it should've been. I had to make myself speak.
Speak damn it! Say something to him!
"I can't…it has me." I managed to whisper the words and his eyes widened in alarm. He took out a device, pressed some buttons and put it to his ear, "Father, I think you need to see this…no I...I can't kill her…" He turned his back to me and spoke low and rushed. I couldn't tell what he was saying, but I could tell that he was being harshly chastised. I heard him suddenly yell, "Illegitimate?! Father how?!...she doesn't belong here…she knows too much now…" He peeked at me, longing and wonder in his eyes, "I know…they're the same…" I was so confused. I didn't know what was happening or what was going to happen.
Who is the same? Who is he talking about? Me? Me and who else? I don't know what's happening anymore! I feel weak…I can't breathe…maybe he was right…the mako is killing me…
Something welled up inside of me and soon my skin was glowing, my body burning hot. I doubled over and stumbled sideways, closer and closer to the reactor. I was being pulled in! I cried out in agony and Rufus Shinra reached out to catch me, but he was a second too late. The last thing I could see was his familiar blue eyes before I fell into the reactor. Then a blinding whiteness…and everything faded.