The mangeled group all lay in hospital beds except Yuffie. She howeved didn't come out of the battle unscathed. She had cuts and bruises covering her body to match the rest of the party's. For once her mind wasn't thinking of materia. They're too much for us. We just can't win. She thought looking at her friends lying asleep in bed.
Barret opened his eyes, only to see Yuffie starring back at him. He smiled, genuinly. Yuffie smiled back, her face covered with worry. "Damnit you guys had me scarred." Yuffie said, he voice low so as not to wake the others. Barret just chuckled.
"You don't think those two could take us ALL on did you?" Barret's gruff voice wasn't quite as gruff as usual.
"Of course I knew we could take 'em." Yuffie said defiently.
"What are you guys talking about?" Tifa's voice spoke out from her position on the bed.
"Nothin'." Yuffie replied.
"Oh really?" Tifa looked around and saw everyone else was sleeping. She touched the back of her leg. The doctors had gotten the bullet out without having to go into surgery. But her leg still felt like it had been through the grinder.
"I'm just happy everyone is alive." Yuffie said.
"Course we all alive. Cloud woudn' let it be anythin' else." The three laughed, waking the rest of the group.
Vincent looked like always, like he had just awoken from some terrible nightmare. And this time it was probably true. But he said nothing, keeping his horrible feelings wrapped up inside of himself.
Cloud smiled wearily when he noticed everyone was ok. "That didn't exactly go well..." He murmered.
"Damnit! That went 'bout as horrible as it could've been." Cid said from his side of the room.
"Well at least we know we hurt Tyler." Cloud said, remembering bashing the butt of his sword into Tyler's head.
"But Sephiroth got away untouched." Yuffie moaned.
"At least none of us died." Cloud said.
"Well that don' help much." Barret said gloomily from his now sitting position. "That damn cat got us again."
"I don't think Reeve was controlling Cait when it happened." Tifa pointed out.
"Maybe you were right Red. Maybe Hojo was at the controlls."
"Perhaps." He responded to Cloud.
"But how did Hojo live?" Tifa asked.
"Probably the same way Sephiroth did. And we know not how either was revived." Vincent's dark voice spoke up for the first time.
"And we still don't have any answers. What could Sephiroth have possibly know about us?" Tifa's question was directed to the whole group, but mostly to Cloud.
"Whatever he knows, if he knows anything, will probably be something you would rather not know." Nanaki said from his rug that the hospital and supplied for him.
"Yea...I guess you're right." Tifa's voice sounded depressed.
"Come on Tifa. What could he possibly have known? Absolutely nothing important." Cloud said, trying to cheer his wife up.
"That's what you think..." A booming voice came from everywhere at once. True evil was speaking to them now. "You see, I know something that could possibly send Tifa to suicide." The laughter came with the voice. The awful, evil laughter.
Everyone looked around, expecting to see Sephiroth, but when they all concluded he wasn't their they closed their eyes and listened with their ears.
"You see. Hojo and I have once again paired. Tyler was only a recent experiment. Oh and he wants me to tell you that killing your friend was the most fun he has had in years." The group was stunned. All were hit hard by the death of Reeve.
"Hojo has told me some very interesting things. Take this for example: Cloud you were not a clone of me, but rather a clone of a clone. Hojo cloned you from Zack, who was cloned from me. However Zack was a failure, therefor you are not more than a failure of a failure." The laugh echoed loader now. The group was surprised no one had heard Sephiroth yet.
"And you Nanaki. You weren't born in cosmo canyon. You were born in Hojo's lab. A reincarnation of Hojo's father!" Red turned a pale color that no one could see.
"You lie." Cloud murmered "All lies..."
"Oh really. Let me move on to you Tifa. You are a clone as well. A clone of Hojo's dearly departed mother. Therefore you and Nanaki here should go and marry!" This time the laugh of two people was heard. "You two would make a great couple...again."
"Shut up!" Tifa plugged her ears.
"You can't bloke me out. I am inside your minds, everyone one of you. And you Vincent you already know what you are. But, really, the worst is yet to come. You see all of Hojo's clones and reincarnations were meant for only a short amount of time. And all of you have outlived you experation dates. As of about 3 years ago you are all cheating on Death."
"What about me?!" Barret demanded.
"Ahh Barret, saddly you are merely a normal human that came from the life stream. You will live a full life, unless of course I kill you." The evil laughter rang out in the party's ears one last time, before fading into the dull hospital sounds.
"All lies..." He muttered again "All lies..."
"Cloud, Cloud wake up!" Tifa's voice seemed to call out, outside of the hospital, outside of its world. "Stop mumbling in your sleep."
Slowly he opened his eyes. "It, it was a dream?"
"No silly, it really happened, now come on, get up." Her voice was light and playful.
"Yea, sure." His was troubled and a bit shaky.
"Oh Cloud, last time you thought your dreams were true we went on that whole quest to resurect Aeris, but you remember how that turned out."
He nodded and shook off the feeling. "You're right." He smiled at how beautiful Tifa looked right after her shower. She smiled back at him.
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Sephiroth watched as Hojo used some kind of medical stuff on Tyler. Almost immediatly Tyler bounced off the small medical table.
"Amazing..." Tyler said, clenching his fists. "I feel better than ever."
"Of course you do." The scientist replied. "I've worked on this ever since the Jenova project ended."
"Now we can get back to our training." Sephiroth said. "You obviously need more."
"Oh come on. We wasted them."
"I."
"Yea well, I guess you did most of the work. But, I still helped some."
Sephiroth smirked. "You will train or you will die." At that Tyler and no response. Hojo mearly watched his two creations with amusement.
"I will train." Tyler finally said.
"Excellent choice."
"I will be here to heal you completely if you need it." Hojo said, his smile never leaving his face at what he was implying training was.
"Yes, he will need it." Sephiroth said, no amusement in his voice.
"I will?" Tyler's voice was a little higher now.
"Of course." Sephiroth's voice was a cold harsh steel. Tyler gulped, wondering what kind of torture Sephiroth could put him through while keeping him alive.
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"Now what?" Barret demanded.
"We must prepare ourselves again." Red replied.
"Why the hell d' we haff to do that?" Barret was becoming enraged by all the training they were undergoing.
"You saw how bad Sephiroth beat us." Cloud said.
Barret just lowered his head in agreement.
"Well if we don't get good enough to beat him, we're all doomed, us and the Planet."
"We already saved the F#%@ING Planet once. It's someone elses turn now."
"And who do you purpose take over our fight?" Vincent asked.
"Well...Ahh damn..." Barret's resignation was apparent.
"We'll start again in three hours." Cloud said.
"Ahhh shit."
((Well this chapter sucked, but I'll try and make the next one better....R&R)))
Barret opened his eyes, only to see Yuffie starring back at him. He smiled, genuinly. Yuffie smiled back, her face covered with worry. "Damnit you guys had me scarred." Yuffie said, he voice low so as not to wake the others. Barret just chuckled.
"You don't think those two could take us ALL on did you?" Barret's gruff voice wasn't quite as gruff as usual.
"Of course I knew we could take 'em." Yuffie said defiently.
"What are you guys talking about?" Tifa's voice spoke out from her position on the bed.
"Nothin'." Yuffie replied.
"Oh really?" Tifa looked around and saw everyone else was sleeping. She touched the back of her leg. The doctors had gotten the bullet out without having to go into surgery. But her leg still felt like it had been through the grinder.
"I'm just happy everyone is alive." Yuffie said.
"Course we all alive. Cloud woudn' let it be anythin' else." The three laughed, waking the rest of the group.
Vincent looked like always, like he had just awoken from some terrible nightmare. And this time it was probably true. But he said nothing, keeping his horrible feelings wrapped up inside of himself.
Cloud smiled wearily when he noticed everyone was ok. "That didn't exactly go well..." He murmered.
"Damnit! That went 'bout as horrible as it could've been." Cid said from his side of the room.
"Well at least we know we hurt Tyler." Cloud said, remembering bashing the butt of his sword into Tyler's head.
"But Sephiroth got away untouched." Yuffie moaned.
"At least none of us died." Cloud said.
"Well that don' help much." Barret said gloomily from his now sitting position. "That damn cat got us again."
"I don't think Reeve was controlling Cait when it happened." Tifa pointed out.
"Maybe you were right Red. Maybe Hojo was at the controlls."
"Perhaps." He responded to Cloud.
"But how did Hojo live?" Tifa asked.
"Probably the same way Sephiroth did. And we know not how either was revived." Vincent's dark voice spoke up for the first time.
"And we still don't have any answers. What could Sephiroth have possibly know about us?" Tifa's question was directed to the whole group, but mostly to Cloud.
"Whatever he knows, if he knows anything, will probably be something you would rather not know." Nanaki said from his rug that the hospital and supplied for him.
"Yea...I guess you're right." Tifa's voice sounded depressed.
"Come on Tifa. What could he possibly have known? Absolutely nothing important." Cloud said, trying to cheer his wife up.
"That's what you think..." A booming voice came from everywhere at once. True evil was speaking to them now. "You see, I know something that could possibly send Tifa to suicide." The laughter came with the voice. The awful, evil laughter.
Everyone looked around, expecting to see Sephiroth, but when they all concluded he wasn't their they closed their eyes and listened with their ears.
"You see. Hojo and I have once again paired. Tyler was only a recent experiment. Oh and he wants me to tell you that killing your friend was the most fun he has had in years." The group was stunned. All were hit hard by the death of Reeve.
"Hojo has told me some very interesting things. Take this for example: Cloud you were not a clone of me, but rather a clone of a clone. Hojo cloned you from Zack, who was cloned from me. However Zack was a failure, therefor you are not more than a failure of a failure." The laugh echoed loader now. The group was surprised no one had heard Sephiroth yet.
"And you Nanaki. You weren't born in cosmo canyon. You were born in Hojo's lab. A reincarnation of Hojo's father!" Red turned a pale color that no one could see.
"You lie." Cloud murmered "All lies..."
"Oh really. Let me move on to you Tifa. You are a clone as well. A clone of Hojo's dearly departed mother. Therefore you and Nanaki here should go and marry!" This time the laugh of two people was heard. "You two would make a great couple...again."
"Shut up!" Tifa plugged her ears.
"You can't bloke me out. I am inside your minds, everyone one of you. And you Vincent you already know what you are. But, really, the worst is yet to come. You see all of Hojo's clones and reincarnations were meant for only a short amount of time. And all of you have outlived you experation dates. As of about 3 years ago you are all cheating on Death."
"What about me?!" Barret demanded.
"Ahh Barret, saddly you are merely a normal human that came from the life stream. You will live a full life, unless of course I kill you." The evil laughter rang out in the party's ears one last time, before fading into the dull hospital sounds.
"All lies..." He muttered again "All lies..."
"Cloud, Cloud wake up!" Tifa's voice seemed to call out, outside of the hospital, outside of its world. "Stop mumbling in your sleep."
Slowly he opened his eyes. "It, it was a dream?"
"No silly, it really happened, now come on, get up." Her voice was light and playful.
"Yea, sure." His was troubled and a bit shaky.
"Oh Cloud, last time you thought your dreams were true we went on that whole quest to resurect Aeris, but you remember how that turned out."
He nodded and shook off the feeling. "You're right." He smiled at how beautiful Tifa looked right after her shower. She smiled back at him.
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Sephiroth watched as Hojo used some kind of medical stuff on Tyler. Almost immediatly Tyler bounced off the small medical table.
"Amazing..." Tyler said, clenching his fists. "I feel better than ever."
"Of course you do." The scientist replied. "I've worked on this ever since the Jenova project ended."
"Now we can get back to our training." Sephiroth said. "You obviously need more."
"Oh come on. We wasted them."
"I."
"Yea well, I guess you did most of the work. But, I still helped some."
Sephiroth smirked. "You will train or you will die." At that Tyler and no response. Hojo mearly watched his two creations with amusement.
"I will train." Tyler finally said.
"Excellent choice."
"I will be here to heal you completely if you need it." Hojo said, his smile never leaving his face at what he was implying training was.
"Yes, he will need it." Sephiroth said, no amusement in his voice.
"I will?" Tyler's voice was a little higher now.
"Of course." Sephiroth's voice was a cold harsh steel. Tyler gulped, wondering what kind of torture Sephiroth could put him through while keeping him alive.
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"Now what?" Barret demanded.
"We must prepare ourselves again." Red replied.
"Why the hell d' we haff to do that?" Barret was becoming enraged by all the training they were undergoing.
"You saw how bad Sephiroth beat us." Cloud said.
Barret just lowered his head in agreement.
"Well if we don't get good enough to beat him, we're all doomed, us and the Planet."
"We already saved the F#%@ING Planet once. It's someone elses turn now."
"And who do you purpose take over our fight?" Vincent asked.
"Well...Ahh damn..." Barret's resignation was apparent.
"We'll start again in three hours." Cloud said.
"Ahhh shit."
((Well this chapter sucked, but I'll try and make the next one better....R&R)))