Away From The Past

The flowers bloomed endlessly in the promised land, the woman thought with joy. She had taken care of them these past four years. The raven-haired man beside her smiled back and placed his giant sword in the ground.

Minerva watched them silently and mentioned to her partner in crime to come closer. "I wonder if she looks like one of them. It will be difficult if someone recognizes her immediately."

"Don't worry," her companion said. "They didn't see it."

"I hope it stays that way. There's no need for more complication in this affair." The last couple of days had been full of worry for the goddess. Although Genesis had reassured her, she still felt unsure about it. "She's so young again, you know. I don't want her to get hurt."


The people who entered the room had the same simple black suits as Cissnei. They also seemed as tense as her. Indicating that they didn't trust me at all. It astounded me how annoying it suddenly all became. Was a little trust really to much?

One of them, presumably the leader, stepped forward and nudged my arm gently, signalizing for me to get up. I followed his command and stood a little unstable on my legs. I wasn't used to this at all. A redhead snickered at me and I glared back. It probably wasn't to convincing. My uneasiness with the situation filtered trough.

Taken aback, the redhead frowned. "I don't know it, Tseng. She seems normal enough to me."

"We can't take a risk." The leader replied dryly. "She killed that man."

'I didn't do that!' My words of defense sounded incredibly hollow, as I wasn't sure myself if I had done that or not. Was killing out of defense a heavy crime? And by the way, I still hadn't found out how I had destroyed the tube. To many unanswered questions, my head began to hurt.

Tseng sort of sensed my distress and placed a hand against my forehead reassuringly. 'She has a fever,' he concluded. 'It's best to take her with us now and question her later.'

And so it happened.


"When the war of the beasts brings about the world's end,the goddess descends from the sky."

The man opened his eyes instantly, glaring at whoever ruined his sleep. He recognized his rival and drew his sword, but Genesis didn't want to fight. He only watched the man before him and took note of the tired look in his eyes. Sephiroth didn't seem so powerful these days.

"What are you doing here?" The silver haired man asked curious as he put his masamune away. He hadn't expected Genesis to find him in this deserted area of the lifestream.

"Minerva told me to get you." Genesis simply stated as his old friend looked confused. "Sure you have noticed that something isn't right with you. Or are you really that blind?

Sephiroth chose to ignore the insult and let out a rather frustrated sigh. 'You know how this happened?'

'No,' Genesis answered honestly. 'But the goddess knows.' He turned as in leaving and walked a couple steps before coming to a halt. 'Aren't you coming to find an answer, dear old friend?'

The silver haired man gave a curt nod before following him through the endless planes of the lifestream.


I wisely held my hands before my eyes when we finally flew away from Modeoheim. The place where I had lived all these years. Away from the past. I cried.

A blonde named Elena noticed my mood and gave me a really soft blanket to keep me warm. She even sat next to me, carefully brushing my long dark brown hair. After some time I fell asleep. That's when they started talking to me again.

"This is fun." The woman's voice drifted to me in the dark. "A lot more comfortable than the lab." She giggled. "But the company can do better."

The male answered: "The right company is coming soon enough."

"I miss him." I spoke the words out loud…


DJ: This is the last rewrite for now.