A/N You know I thought about this chapter a hundred different ways, i really couldn't choose how to go with it, however I think I took the best course of action on this.

You know here is a little fun fact.

Originally I planned this story to start Nathan in Fort Condor and find the optional characters before he meets the main ones, I scratched that Idea though when I started getting more for If Nathan came into play at the start. Anyway I don't own anything Square enix related and enjoy this weeks read.


Ch 11

"Hey he's waking up." I lifted up slowly, my body aching all over.

"Argh what happened?"
"You overexerted yourself, just like I said you would." Aeris said in a matter of fact tone.

"But I felt completely fine until those last few seconds."
"Nathan that attack you did drained all of your magic energy." Cloud walked up, looking better than last night...now that I mention it the sun is up, it was still low though.

"Then how did I heal everyone and feel totally fine?"
"I'm guessing that boost in strength and stamina offset it, but be careful with that attack next time. In fact let me take your enemy skill, You need to lighten your load." He handed me some food in exchange for my materia. Soon I felt a little better and stood up.

"So when do we go?"
"Since your okay we go now." I looked around and saw everyone had already packed everything and were ready to go, I got my pack from Barret and started walking with everyone.

"You know today's gunna be a good day."
"What makes you say that Nate?"
"I actually kept my glasses the entire battle! I can still walk around with decent eyesight." He just sighed.

"Nate you save everyone and you think about your glasses?"
"Hey, I take my eyesight very seriously." I pointed at him, But when I looked at him he was staring off in the distance. I looked and saw the Zolom stuck on the huge pike in the middle of the clearing.

"Holy..." Tifa sputtered.

"So..horrible..." Aeris said.

"So this is the extent of Sephiroths power." Nanaki said.

"And I thought I was brutal..."

That thing was impaled and the tree had marks all over it. It looks like it struggled while it died.

"We need to keep moving, watch your backs." Cloud yelled. We all went around the display and came upon a small cavern. When we entered It I couldn't get enough of the sight. Entire walls were covered in beautiful metals, shining the entrances light all around making the entire place have a sort of sparkle to it.

"So this is the Mythril cave." I looked over and saw Aeris in the same state I was.

"Its amazing." Tifa looked in awe.

"Careful, this place is crawling with monsters." Cloud looked around.

"Okay lets split into the same groups as before, Tifa go left, we'll check right." Everyone went their way, Tifa, Red, and me went left and found a ledge and a wall with some vines.

"A dead end already." Tifa sounded dejected.

"Hey you never know, you can find all kinds of cool stuff when your not looking." I went over to the edge and I found a vial.

"See..wait why would this be here?"
"Other travelers, sometimes people leave items behind."
"Then how do explain that crate over there?"
"Most likely for transporting raw mythril outside before Zoloms took over." I opened it up and smiled.

"Just our luck a tent set!" I put the stuff in my pack and looked at the vines.

"You think those are strong?"
"I guess since they grew through such tough rock, why?" I walked up and started climbing the vines.

"Nathan?" After reaching the top I looked around the ground, spotting what I had been looking for, I picked up the purple orb and looked it over, oddly it didn't have an image like the rest of the materia.

"What did you find?" I looked over the edge and held out the materia.

"Some kind of materia." I climbed back down and handed it to Tifa.

"Maybe you can use it, all you have is restore and ice." She equipped the long range materia.

"Come on, lets go meet back up with Cloud and them." We head back out and explore the other side of the cave, we didn't have to travel far to see the rest of the team come out of another cavern.

"What did you find?" Cloud asked.

"A spare tent and an extra materia." Tifa said.

"We got a mind source and had to navigate our way back. Some of these caves turn you around." We regrouped and I drank the ether we found so I could regain what little magical power I had left. Whee I got done our team had just reached the end of the cave. That is until...

"Just a second."

Everyone turned their head to look over at the bald headed ban in a blue suit.

"Who are you?" Tifa asked.

"The blue suit is almost a dead give away, another Turk." I kept my hand firmly on Fusion, though the Turks aren't supposed to fight us I couldn't risk the chance.

"Well if you know who we are then this won't take long." He straightened his glasses.

"It is difficult to explain what the Turks do..."
"Kidnapping right?" Cloud finished.

"As well as killing Shinra's political enemy's and taking blind eyes to inhumane experiments." I added.

"To put it negatively...you are correct." He looked like he wanted to add to what he said but every time he tried to start he would stop and think it over. It wasn't until another new voice from a nearby ledge had shouted.

"Sir!" Everyone looked up to Elena.

"Its alright Rude, I know how you don't like speeches, so don't force it."
"Then explain Elena." Even though he hid it well I could tell he was all to happy to have her talk."
"I'm the newest member of the Turks, Elena. Thanks to what you did to Reno we are short on people.

"Falcon Punch, works every time." I said out loud. She gave me a glance before turning around.

"Although because of that I got promoted to the Turks." She mumbled.

"So its a win-win, I beat up a bad guy and you got a better job."
"In any case." She continued albeit irritated now.

"Our job is to find out where Sephiroth is headed, and stop you at every turn of the way...wait a minute it is the other way around..." I almost laughed and everyone else sweat dropped at the antics above.

"Elena, you talk too much." A familiar voice now came in. Everyone looked to see Tseng standing at the cave exit.

"No need to tell them about our orders."
"Sorry sir."
"I thought I gave you other orders, I expect you to file your report."
"Right sir! Rude and myself will follow Sephiroth, he was last seen heading to Junon Harbor!"
"Elena, you don't seem to understand..." He said with a sigh. Elena immediately realized what she said in front of everyone.

"Oh!...Sorry."
"Awww don't be, its not like there is anywhere else he could possibly go." I said out loud, a few of my teammates looked at me funny as well as Tseng and the rest of the Turks.

"Your surprisingly informed." Tseng said.

"Its not like he can travel through the mountains or ocean willy nilly, its the only city that is left on this continent." I explained.

"True. Elena, Rude, don't let him get away."
"Sir!" They both said. Elena climbed down a vine and disappeared from sight. Rude climbed up the one next to the exit and turned back to us. He pointed a finger at me. "Reno said he wanted to see you after his injury's that you inflicted were healed, he wants to show his affection...with a new weapon." He said the last part rather coldly.

"Tell him I don't swing that way, nice of him to think about me though." Barret stiffed a laugh and Cloud smirked while Rude realized how he had pick his wording. He left with Tseng glancing back at me before he stared at Aeris.

"Long time no see."
"Strange...hearing that from you." She said with a little venom in her voice.

"I'm happy to inform you that the president has called off the search for you." She seemed surprised at the new found knowledge.

"Its just another ploy isn't it?" Cloud asked.

"No, he honestly called it off, you are a free person Aeris."
"So long as you don't get in their way." I added. His focus then shifted to me.

"Mr. River, it is interesting to meet you in person. Reno was very insistent on being here so he could see you again." I gave a grunt. Nothing confirming or denying how I felt about Reno.

"I must ask though...how did you create the technology we obtained?" I knew I would be asked that question. Its not everyday you obtain something more advanced than whats on the market and NOT be made by your company.

"Trial and error. Took me near one thousand try's to get the music player right." He stared at my face the entire time, I knew he was trying to read me, see if I would give him false information. However lying was something I was good at. It came natural though out my life.

"I also find it interesting you submitted an application to be apart of Shinra and then join a terrorist organization against it." I shrugged.

"When life gives you lemons, I would rather make orange juice. I hope that can accurately describe the situation we are in then." He seemed to actually think about the saying I made up on the spot before brushing it off and walking out the cave. He looked back and called though.

"If its an consolation the president seems to enjoy your invention."
"Then I hope the president likes my 'gift'." He continued out of the cave, Leaving Everyone standing around

"Nate, what does he mean about an application?" Barret asked.

"Don't worry, I had to have a cover when I scouted the tower to rescue Aeris, so I filled out an application and marked the date earlier." He relaxed at the excuse. "Come on, we need to cover some ground." Cloud told everyone and we marched out the cave. Out in the distance we could see Fort Condor. We were about halfway there before Cloud stopped.

"We need to make camp, we'll go there to get supplies and then head to Junon. Nathan, you promised a night watch so your up tonight." I sighed.

After a light meal and everyone saying their good-nights I was stuck keeping watch over the entire camp. It was quiet. Monsters really didn't attack during our rest periods but no one wanted to risk having ourselves suddenly ambushed. I got up and walked around the camp, with the fire out and only the coals lighting up the dark I didn't trust the quiet. I never liked the dark as a kid, I mean I wasn't so afraid I would go into my closet or look under my bed but I always had a thing where if It was dark outside and I was in the lighter part I felt like I was being watched. I went away from the camp and looked around, with my clothes I blended in well with the dark. I pulled out Fusion and closed my eyes. I help myself in the same pose as I was when killed the Zolom. I concentrated on the blade and imagined the magic flowing through it.

"Bankai."

… I opened an eye and saw nothing happened. I looked at Fusion and all it had was that purple glow when I focused.

"Okay whats the catch?" Having Bankai as a limit break would really help in a pinch, but not if I couldn't summon it at will. I found out as long as I thought about the technique I could perform it almost perfectly, yet this was causing me trouble. In the game it took a while for peoples beatings to get the bar up and then for them to get angry enough to use it, now its just risky. I remember talking to Cloud about why he never tried to cross slash an opponent multiple times. He told me that waiting for an opening made it more effective and less risky on the attacker. It made sense to me since enemies don't just stand around anymore and are on a constant move, but why is it I can't follow that rule now? Every time I did air slash it was because I got really emotional.

"This is harder than I thought it would be..." I turned back. There was no point in trying harder. I would have to rely on my mind to keep myself alive in battles, and unfortunately for me, a break down didn't reassure how well I can handle things.

"Nothing can be easy in my life can it?" I was sitting back by the coals. Talking to myself again.


ATE

Tseng had just arrived in Junon, Elena trying the entire way on the helicopter to insight responses from either himself or Rude on where Sephiroths real location was. The part that irritated him was that they didn't. Somehow the man moved swiftly, he had already heard reports saying he was in Junon from a few MP's around the area.

And of all times to be in Junon it had to before two days before Rufus' Coronation parade.

"I strongly recommend you postpone the ceremony sir, with Sephiroth reported being seen around here there isn't any reason for him not to come after you."
"I highly doubt that, my father was in his way, I am not. It is simple enough he won't come for me personally." Both entered a hotel. Going straight for the elevator Rufus pressed the button for the penthouse suite.

"And why are you launching a ship as well?" He had read that at the end Rufus was to set sail for Costa de sol.

"For the publicity of course. The people will learn to fear Tseng, but one thing I know about people is that even the most meaningless things will give them hope to support something, and what better than to say I want to increase trade and travel by riding the ship myself." Tseng didn't argue, Rufus wasn't just a good shot, but an excellent politician.

"By the way sir, did you find out anything on those connected to the science department?" He saw Rufus smirk from the corner of his eye.

"Quite a bit...in fact did you know their leader isn't even a SOLDIER? He's just an MP! Cadet Strife was used for experiments by Hojo, and by the looks of it he gained SOLIDER power at the cost of his original memory's...at least that is my theory."

Tseng had an odd look on his face. Turks knew about many of the SD's projects, but one that concerned a possible threat had never been run by them.

"It might explain the groups genius as well."
"How so sir?"
"The files were set up for deletion since they had been hard copied somewhere, I was lucky I got the information before Hojo decided to do anything else. But more to the point, I noticed the security footage and he had encountered Jenova." Tseng eyes actually widened.

"The specimen was alive?"
"Hojo does love his secrets, but the most surprising fact is that the thing didn't even harm him, Jenova looked like it was trying to talk to him. And he had seemed to recognize it too." Now Tseng's curiosity was peaked.

"What are you implying?"
"Hojo had also done experiments on the towns people save Lockhart, she was able to leave Nibelheim, but when I read the reports he gave all of them Jenova cells for something called Reunion, he then placed these people around the world."
"The connection?"
"Mr. River could have possibly been one of these experimented individuals, much like Strife he possibly only has what memory's he had conjured himself." Tseng pondered the thought, it would make sense, not many documents were retrieved from the towns burning. It would explain his origin and lack of information. The bell dinged and both exited the elevator.

"Yo boss!" Tseng looked over and saw Reno sitting comfortably on a large couch in the living room, with multiple bottles of alcohol.

"Reno...I ordered you to rest."
"I am."
"Yet you are not in Midgar?"
"You didn't say anything about where I rest." He took a large gulp from the bottle in his hand.

"And my shoulders good as new!" Tseng walked up and flicked Reno's shoulder. He immediately leaned forward and groaned.

"Yes you are in perfect condition to continue your job."
"Hey, the president wanted me here Tseng." The man looked over and saw the president pour himself something to drink.

"He is right, since you were out tracking Sephiroth I needed someone to be my guard, and he said he was fine so I didn't argue." Tseng knew that was mostly a lie, Reno probably begged to be taken.

"Boss its cool yo, I won't do anything stupid." He shook his head, then turned to the president.

"I would like to note that AVALANCHE is heading this way sir."
"Orders are the same. As long as they don't interfere then they are to ignored." Tseng nodded and left the penthouse.


I felt myself shake and I woke with a startle. I held my hand on Fusion and looked around. It was still night. My shift was still on for another thirty minutes. I grumbled and settled down. The coals weren't spitting off sparks anymore and were just barely illuminating where is was sitting

"Your completely worthless, you didn't even get up." This time I sprang up and looked around.

"Come out, I won't hurt you."
"Simply because you can't" The voice was cocky, but I couldn't pinpoint his location in the darkness.

"That's why I felt like I was being watched, you've been close by for a while now."
"That was your own paranoia you idiot." I increased my grip on Fusion. I didn't like how this guy insulted me.

"Then when did you start following us?"
"I've been here the whole time."
"Cut the bullshit, someone would have spotted you, now come out." I looked around, not finding a trace of the intruder.

"Sit down." I felt a slight shove and I landed back in my spot. I tried to get up only for a sword to be pulled close to my neck behind me, it pulsated a familiar color. "Now be still, I believe we need to chat." The sword was pulled away and it kept myself from making any sudden movements.

"What do you want with us?"
"I don't care for them, your my problem."
"Oh gee, what makes me so special."
"Nothing, you just a worthless pawn waiting to become a queen." I raised an eyebrow. I wanted to turn but I had the slightest feeling I would be killed if I tried.

"You don't make much sense."
"Neither do you Nate." My breath hitched.

"Yes I know who you are, in fact I know everything earth boy."
"And just how do you know that?" I kept the surprise out of my voice. He chuckled.

"Who would know you the best out of anyone in the whole world?" I turned.

"Why don't you tel...me..."

"My, it seems you've seen a ghost." In front of me was...myself. He had my hair, my clothes, even Fusion was by his side. The only difference was the deep blue bandana covering his eyes.

"...I'm dreaming...yup this is all a dream, I'll wake up soon enough."
"Not till we've had our chat." I looked at him and he had the most disappointed face I had seen yet.

"You think its that easy to escape from your own mind?" He smiled, I fidgeted. There was something behind that smile, it was sinister...much like Jenova's vibes.

"Why should I listen to a dream?" I immediately felt a fist connect with my face, knocking me to the ground. I looked and saw blood dripping from my cheeks.

"Your stupidity knows no bounds." He took hold of the bandana and ripped it off, I looked and saw he had completely blank eyes. Just like the dream before the Zolom... "Now your starting to get it." He roughly pulled me into my sitting position again.

"How can you hurt me? This is supposed to be a dream."
"More accurately we are directly in our subconsciousness." He went back and sat cross legged across the coals. I kept my eyes of him. The fact I looked at myself was creepy enough, add the eyes and I felt sick just knowing he was staring right at me with those empty voids.

"How did you get inside me?"
"I said I've been with you the whole time."
"So since I arrived, then it wasn't when I met Jenova...so its the Planet...but why..."
"You really think your that special?" I looked up to see him smirking.

"You think you can hear the planet, you believe you can change everything just because you exist in here now. Your just a waste of space that's going to cause more problems than your worth."
"What the fuck are you even on about, your a figment of my imagination, arguing with you is worthless right now."
"I wasn't your imagination when I killed that Zolom." He gave me a full on creep smile, chuckling lightly.

"...then why are you inside me?" I don't understand how I could have gotten anything like...him to be in my head meant something bad happened when I taken here. "Its not that bad, it isn't as if one of the 'bad men' here put me in." I looked at him,surprised.

"You knew what I was thinking."
"Like you have a mind big enough to keep your thoughts separated in all that clutter." He leaned over the coals, staring at me.

"Think about it Nathan. How do people escape problems in their lives?"

"I don't see what this has to do with..."
"Answer the question."
"Read, write, play games I don't know tons of shit."
"And the ones who are traumatized?" I raised an eyebrow until I thought about what he said.

"I haven't been traumatized."
"Jenova?"

"You said you've been here since the beginning, now cut the crap and tell me who you are and why your in my head!" I stood up, was done playing games.

"Is it really so easy to accept being placed in a new world?" I was about to answer when he continued.

"Can a person really act like themselves after being thrust into a fictional place? No matter how open you are, the mind is a fragile thing. The smallest incidents can set it off. Reading a report about yourself...finding out your life was a lie." I looked down at my feet at the thought of Sephiroth.

"And being torn away from your own home."

"...I'm insane?" I feel back to the ground. I realized that as accepting as I was of the whole new life with video game characters. That didn't mean my subconscious was alright with it.

"Don't feel bad, just think. Your as crazy as everyone says you are HAHAHAHA."
"...But how?"
"I was made right when you were pulled here. Granted I was weak then. All I could do to you was try to communicate...all you could here were whispers and the anger I felt inside you." The large grinding sound from the church...It was my own mind.

"Jenova was a good help, she allowed me to surface more, I was happy she could see what I was capable of. But you had to let the Zolom get to you, now I have to wait till I have more influence before I can get out again."
"Why?" He stared at the coals, a sinister glare was on his face.

"I want to see this world burn, Jenova isn't a completely worthless monster though. I'll take her idea, I destroy as much as I can in this planet, then become a part of it. Then destroy more elsewhere..."
"Your a part of me! Why would you want to kill any of this!" I am just like everyone else. I would never be evil enough to kill innocent people, let alone planets.

"The mind try's to cope with trauma in different ways, you simply created a monster. And I intend to do was I was created to do." In the blink of an eye he had his hand around my neck, the familiar icy feel encasing my throat.

"Your lucky I can't crush you now, I need you to make MY body stronger. Then when I feel you good enough, I will take over and show this planet a true, other worldly horror." His grip tightened. I felt myself losing air. Trying to hit his arm didn't work, somehow he was stronger. And to prove his point he lifted me up and off my feet, still holding me with just the one arm.

"How ironic, you wish to go to another world and be a hero, save it. Yet here I am, possibly the greatest monster to be made here, wanting to destroy everything you love...yes...a calamity...a great disaster to befall all of your friends." He pulled me to his face, making me look into his eyes.

"Because you were never strong enough." He finally cut off my air supply, I was shaking back and forth trying to get away, but he held his grip and just chuckled the entire time. I blacked out soon enough, only to awake with a start.

"Nate its my turn now." I looked over and saw Barret come out of his tent, I looked around and saw it was well past my time to be asleep.

"I'm good...I can stay up longer." Barret had an "are you an idiot?" face on.

"Nate the only dude here who can pull have no sleep and still helping everyone is Cloud, now go to sleep." I sighed and went into his tent, arguing would tire me out sure, but after what I experienced I would be of little use in the morning. How ever it wasn't long I got into a dreamless sleep, and it wasn't long that I was kicked in the side either.

"Come one, we need to get moving." I heard Cloud and I got up. Soon we were coming up to Fort Condor. Even after what happened I still marveled at the place. Lucky for us the men at the fortress were as nice as they were in the game, granted we couldn't help, funds or battle help, but they were happy when we wanted to buy supplies. We left shortly afterward heading straight northwest. However we ran into a few complications...

"Okay where is Junon?" I mumbled out loud, my tired legs crunching on some weeds in the forest we were stuck in.

"They said head Northeast, I don't see how they wouldn't know." Tifa said.

"Maybe we missed something on the map." Aeris pulled it out, everyone looked and saw Junon was on the edge of the island mass.

"We are right around here." She pointed to the mountain close to Junon.

"Oh we just had to go a little more left." I said.

"Come on we've wasted enough time." Cloud changed our direction and we started for Junon again. However right when we turned someone was shouting at us. "Halt! You are in the presence of the Warrior Princes! Hand me all of your materia and you will be spared!"

"You have got to be kidding me." I face palmed. Yuffie sounded more childish than I could have imagined.

"Warrior Princess?" Nanaki said out loud.

"If you come out now we won't hurt you." Cloud said. His only answer was a loud bombing laughter. I was going to say something when I heard some kind of whooshing noise. My eyes widened.

"Everybody get down!" Right when we all ducked I saw a huge shuriken fly right past us and swerve in a semi circle. It was caught by a hand and I saw Yuffie out in the open. She had a huge grin on her face and seemed to be bouncing around like a hyper active child.

"Looks like we actually could be in trouble." Tifa said, I nodded.

"Oh come on, how bad can a kid be?" Barret was immediately hit by a smoke bomb.

"That'll teach you not to pay attention to your enemy." She yelled.

"Lets just get this over with." Cloud brandished his sword and ran at her, took a horizontal slash only for to jump onto his blade and kick him in the face. Everyone was surprised at how she pulled it off. Cloud stumbled back before getting his footing. Tifa ran at her and nailed a few punches making the ninja jump back.

"Lucky shot." She pulled out her shuriken to throw again but I ran up and took a swipe so she used it instead to block.

"Oh ho no you don't." I ducked down and swiped her legs, she made an "eep" and feel. She got up quick and placed her hand on her mouth and spat a flamethrower at me, lucky I had my elemental and I could only feel sparks go across my skin. It still hurt but I was able to run up and hit her with the butt of my sword. Aeris came up and used her pole to trip her and I shoved her out the forest.

"Is everyone okay?" I heard Aeris call out. Cloud walked out seemingly disgruntled with Tifa, Barret, and Nanaki behind.

"How did she even do that? She avoided me perfectly." Cloud mumbled.

"She has skills." Nanaki said. We heard grumbling and looked back to see her sitting up.

"I can't believe I lost" She stood and then jumped off to our side. She pointed at me.

"That hurt you four eyed jerk! One more time, I can take you again!" I froze when I heard the familiar dialogue. I really screwed up now, I took Clouds place in the scene...well say good bye to Yuffie.

"You know what I really don't want to fight." I held up my hands in a surrender fashion. I tried to back away only to have her jump between everyone and start throwing punches everywhere.

"Thinkin of running away, stay and fight! Fight I said!" I shrugged back a bit at how close she was and how loud she could be. She came up and started throwing more punches, even though she wasn't even hitting me.

"Whats the matter, your pretty scared of me huh?" An idea popped in my head and I smiled on the inside, maybe I could salvage this somehow.

"Petrified." I kept the sarcasm out my voice. She hooped away again and just stood smiling.

"Hmm, just as I thought. What do you expect with my skills?" She flipped her short black hair. Everyone seemed to sweat drop at the display.

"Good luck to you too. If you feel up to it, we can have another round, later." She started walking into the forest. Only for her steps to get smaller each time she got closer to the trees, until finally she just stood in place for about thirty seconds, then turn around looking mad.

"I'm really gunna leave, REALLY!" I sighed and looked back at Cloud, he gave me an odd look and I just walked up to Yuffie.

"Just wait please." She had a little sparkle in her eye, she thought I was playing into her game.

"Nathan what are you doing?" Cloud asked.

"SHUSH, I'm about to pull some bullshit." I whispered at him.

"What is it, you still have something for me?" I sighed and was about to talk before she interrupted.

"Oh I get it, I know you want my help because I'm so good. You want me to go with you." She was acting like she didn't even care.

"Like hell we'd want some little..." I picked up a rock and threw it, and lucky me it hit Barret clear in the face and he shut up.

"We would love to have you on our team." I saw Clouds face show surprise then a small smile.

"Heh heh, thought so. You put me in a spot. Hmmm what to do?" She began pacing a little.

"But if you want me that bad then I can't refuse...Alright I'll go with you!"
"Okay everyone, business is done, lets get out of here." I walked past everyone, Cloud followed along with two dumbstruck lady's, a normal Red, and a fuming Barret. "Hey...HEY!" Cloud came up with the same smile he had before.

"Your a clever kid Nathan, I would have probably done the same. You saw what she could do and you got her to join us. I'm actually impressed."

"Wait...I haven't even told you my name..." Everyone kept walking.

"Its Yuffie. Nice to meetcha." I looked back and saw her snickering and plotting in the field. I can deal with that when we get the Tiny Bronco.

"Nate, I am gunna get you again for that rock." I sighed.

"Hey wait up! Wait for me!"

"Well since you got her she is your responsibility Nathan." I stopped for a few seconds and heard Cloud and Barret laugh. I was going to have to take care of a clepto who never shuts up.

This is by far the worst day of my life, ever...of all time.