Sephiroth felt horrible that he used such a strong sleep spell. But he had panicked. She had went from hating him to somewhat understanding him in such a short time that he didn't know what to do when she had hugged him. And for all his efforts, he couldn't think of a good reason to destroy Vincent and his friends. What had she done to him? He knew that they would be arriving soon. But he also knew that there would be no way to convince them to leave him alone with his daughter. He had played the bad guy on purpose, he realized. Would he have to fight the others just so that he could live in peace with his daughter? He felt confused. Synthia stirred and he looked guiltily away as she sat up and held a hand to her head. " I have to make my rounds," he said gruffly, " I'll return soon." And with that, he fled from the cave, not even bothering to place the rock in front of the entrance.

When he returned several hours later, he was surprised to see Synthia still there, preparing something to eat. He didn't question her, just sat down and accepted the plate that she handed to him. For all he knew it could be poisoned, certainly the girl knew some sort of spell that would poison food. But she was eating already without hesitation or glancing to see if he was eating his food.

" If you do not want to fight, you have to let me send a message to Sandra," she said, " I'm sure she can convince Vincent to not come in here guns blasting."

Sephiroth stared down at his plate, " They will never believe you. You could be under a manipulation spell."

Synthia sighed. " Why did it take so long for me to see it?" she muttered to herself.

" When you are faced with a monster, it is hard to see any good in them. Or any change."

Her eyes went far away for a moment then came back, a deep sadness in them. " Did you mean what you said when you told Dr. Hojo that I could at least have been male?"

Sephiroth stared at her for a moment then burst into laughter. Scowling at him she muttered, " It wasn't meant to be funny." But she smiled slightly, which made him feel a bit better.

" What did you expect? I'm suddenly brought back to this plane of existence and I'm presented with someone who looks exactly like me. I didn't think before I spoke. My thoughts were already scattered enough as it was."

" Did you see Aeris where you were?"

" No." Sephiroth stared out the cave entrance. He had returned to the Planet, however, he never came into contact with those he loved or killed after he had went insane. Looking back now, he shouldn't have let such little tidbits of information affect him so. But that was the past, right now, he had to think of a way to be able to survive so that he could take care of his daughter.

Cloud stumbled on a rock, causing a domino effect to topple the others down. Only Vincent, who was behind Cloud was able to escape falling.

" Sorry guys," Cloud grumbled.

Sandra stood up and looked back at Vincent.

Something has changed she said She seems…happy…

Vincent crossed his arms. Synthia happy? What had happened? Had she escaped and was trying to find her way towards them?

Everyone was back on their feet and continuing down the path. " How long have we been down here?" he asked.

" About a day and a half," replied Cid, pointed at his watch which had the date on it. Vincent sighed. It seemed that they were here in the caves much longer than that.

" AHA!" cried Yuffie, " Here's a little branch of paths that look new! How do you suggest we explore?"

Everyone looked at Vincent who looked at Sandra. " She is in there somewhere," was the reply, " you should let me lead, that way I can read her energy a little better."

Slowly and carefully, she stepped into the darkened path. Someone handed her a latern, and they continued on their way.

I know another short chapter but I will see if I can get one other one before I leave for two weeks. Again, I'm sorry that these two chapters took so long to get posted. I'm a horrible author, feel free to throw fruit at me.