SO THE DEAD MAY SMILE
NOTE: Hey guys, sorry this took so long to update. I have been busy with exams and whatnot, and I'm sorry this chapter is short but the next one will be longer I promise. It's gonna be some more Cloud/Mina :P Please enjoy, and Review! PLEASE!
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"How are they coming along?" Spoole asked one of the security guards on the door politely.
"Sir, you're just in time. I believe all three have woken up now."
Arthur Spoole's calm smile did not betray the excitement that built up inside him.
"Excellent." He replied. "Take me to them."
Both men entered the laboratory and Spoole surveyed the sight that met his eyes. Three men clad in leather were trapped in giant, singular test tubes similar to Lucrecia's. Spoole smiled as he remembered the mysterious, unknown woman. He at least knew who these men were, and he liked that. Being able to name something gives you power over it.
The man to the very left surveyed the situation, with a distinctly calm perspective. Yazoo. He was the first to notice Arthur's presence but his cat-like eyes did not betray any emotions at all, quite in contrast to the remnant to the very right, Loz, who banged on the glass walls that surrounded him, hollering loudly. The centre remnant, perhaps the most important of the three, Kadaj, glared at Spoole suspiciously.
"How are you feeling?" Spoole asked, forcing a smile.
"Why are we here?" Kadaj asked. Spoole glared at him for a moment.
"You didn't answer my question, that's a little rude isn't it?"
"Well you didn't answer mine either. Who are you? Why are we here? What do you want with us, and more importantly...why aren't we dead?"
That last one shook Spoole slightly. Not many of those he bought back to life remembered they were meant to be dead. Loz had stopped banging on the glass now and was also staring at Spoole, while quietly crying to himself.
"You have had a small chip called THE MICROSMILE inserted inside you." Spoole stated. "Do you remember anything about your death?"
"I...I saw mother." Kadaj answered, bowing his head slightly.
"Me too." Yazoo and Loz answered together.
"That was THE MICROSMILE." Spoole said. "And it was THE MICROSMILE that bought you back to life. Do you notice anything different?"
"Yes." Kadaj answered. "We're no longer part of Sephiroth."
"My, aren't you the perceptive one." Spoole smiled.
"Why have you done this?" Demanded Loz.
"You should be happy; I have given you a fresh start to be your own people without the influence of Sephiroth." Spoole told them.
"My brother asked you why." Yazoo answered. "What do you want from us?"
Spoole paused; he had never met any bunch of humans so perceptive to detail. He felt that Loz was perhaps the weakest mentally, but his sheer brute strength would more than make up for that.
"All in good time gentlemen." Spoole declared. "Security?"
The guard from before walked into the room. "Yes sir?"
"Take these three to where our other recent subjects are being held. I will speak with them later."
Spoole pressed a button, and the glass lifted so that the three could get out. Loz began to cry again, and Yazoo went to him quickly. Kadaj just stood with his arms folder and stared at Spoole. Arthur was glad when security led them away, for Kadaj had begun to unnerve him.
The guard who had taken them returned. "Sir?" He began. "May I ask a question?"
"Permitted."
"What do you require the three remnants for?" He asked. "In fact what do you require any of them for now?"
"As I said, all in good time." Spoole answered and turned away, but not before catching the look in the Security Guard's eye. 'He thinks I'm mad.' Spoole thought as he walked into his office.
'They all do.'
Spoole turned on the PA system and bent close to the microphone.
"From now on." He stated. "Everyone working for MAD Creations is obliged to have THE MICROSMILE inserted. And I mean everyone."
Spoole listened to the outraged cries of protest through the bugging systems he had inserted everywhere.
And smiled.
