Red Orb
Allin Aspire
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Type: crossover FF7 X FF8
Author¡¯s note: Hey, last time I forgot to put disclaimer. Well, here it is.
I don¡¯t own any characters in FF7 and FF8, - they belong to Square Soft - and me don¡¯t have any right over it. Except over this fiction. This fic. is mine, so I can do whatever I want! (Mwahahahaha!)
Um... I didn¡¯t meant to do that.. That was Sephy¡¯s laughter... _ He¡¯s gonna kill me... I¡¯ll quickly write and run away. Please, enjoy the fic.
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Chapter 2.
Revival
The laboratory, which was meant to be a quiet working area where scientific experiment went on, just changed into a chaotic place with an almost-going-crazy-guy and his-¡®everything-is-fine¡¯-wife.
¡°CID!!!! Just SHUT UP and LISTEN to me!!!!¡± Shera finally yelled out.
Everybody who was working in the lab, including Cid, stopped and stared at her. Because Shera rarely raised her voice or used informal words, so everybody was stunned that she actually said those words.
¡°Now, that¡¯s better. Everyone, go back to what you were doing, please. And you, Cid, have to listen to me. If you do this every single time you come into my lab, I¡¯ll ban you from coming here.¡±
At the moment she mentioned about banning him from the lab, he closed his mouth shut. He always made a big fuss about why he had to come to this boring place everyday, but he actually enjoyed visiting Shera while she worked. That shut him up.
¡°Cid, that object in the test tube will be a sorceress, and I know she was a dangerous being in the past, but not all sorceress were bad. Also, if they are made into a summon, they won¡¯t do any harm to people. You know that summons have to obey the people who summoned them. Besides, the sorceress is really powerful. What is so wrong with having a strong ally?¡± Shera explained to him with her typical scientific ways.
¡°You¡¯ve got a point there. Anyway, who is she? There are a lot of sorceresses, you know?¡± Cid inquired to change the topic.
¡°I¡¯m not so sure, Cid. That organic substance has sorceresses¡¯ DNA, not from a sorceress. So it is totally up to her to pick her form and ability.¡±
¡°Hmp. Then any scientific guesses?¡±
¡°Well, I believe she¡¯ll pick the most strongest form of all, like Hein who is considered as goddess, or Ultimecia.¡± Shera talked about those sorceresses, as-a-matter-of-factedly.
Cid shuddered as soon as he heard that name.
¡°Well, if I have that kind of summon, I¡¯ll be scared to use it. It¡¯s like putting Sephiroth in a summon.¡±
Then he shuddered once again. ¡°That¡¯s even more creeper than I thought.
¡°Professor Highwind, the project has entered T-10 minutes. I believe you should come and supervise it yourself.¡± Her faithful Brian informed her once again.
¡°Cid, do you want to watch? If you are going to make big fuss about it, I won¡¯t let you stay. Do you promise will behave?¡± Shera asked him after hearing from Brian.
¡°I guess it¡¯s better for me to leave. I¡¯ll wait for you outside.¡± Cid decided to step out, because even he didn¡¯t know what he would do if he actually see a sorceress.
¡°Thank you, Cid...¡±
After Cid left, all was under control. The organic substance in the test tube was slowly developing fine detail of a human. By the clock entered T-4, Shera was able to tell which legendary sorceress it was.
¡°Rinoa Heartily.¡± Shera quietly whispered.
¡°So she¡¯s the legendary sorceress Rinoa Heartily?¡± Brian asked her with a note pad in his hand.
¡°This is quite interesting, Brian. I thought she¡¯s take form as Ultimecia, who was so strong and once threat the world on her own. But, Rinoa... She was just an ordinary - and stubborn - girl, until she inherited power from Adel and Edea. Just imagine how strong she¡¯d be, when she inherited power from, not just one, but two sorceresses. And she is the future Ultimecia. I wonder why she didn¡¯t just start off as Ultimecia. She must have been at least five times stronger than this form.¡±
¡°I guess it was absolutely up to her choice as you said.¡± Brian told her in a tone which showed his faith in her and her project. Shera smile to him.
¡°I guess it was. Now, how much time do we have?¡±
¡°We¡¯ve just entered T-2, Profes...¡±
¡°~ Beep Beep Beep !!¡±
The loud beeping alarm and warning red light stopped Brian in his mid sentence. Shera¡¯s crew of scientists and workers started to panic, and were dashing everywhere to get things back under control.
Brian, too, was running to the main manual control panel, which was managing the condition of the sorceress. And Shera followed after him.
He quickly but calmly typed in security codes and scanned the sorceress¡¯ physical and mental condition.
¡°How is she? What¡¯s wrong?¡± Shera asked in anticipation.
¡°She... she¡¯s gaining conscience, Professor. At this rate she¡¯ll wake up fully before T-45 seconds.¡±
¡°Will she resist from being inside the Summon Materia?¡±
¡°That... I¡¯m not so sure... I¡¯m sorry, Professor Highwind.¡± He told her very apologetically.
¡°... it¡¯s okay, Brian... We¡¯ll just have to wait and see...¡±
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Too cold...
And I¡¯m alone. I hate this feeling.
I want to wake up.
I wish when I opened my eyes, Squall would be watching me...
And tell me, it¡¯s okay. It was just a dream...
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¡®She¡¯s awakening. A sorceress is revived, as a summon. But, what if she resist and escape? Did I really make a mistake, like what Cid said? Should I have listen to him?¡¯
While waiting for the final stage to finish in success, Shera¡¯s head was filled with the questions that cannot be answered. This was the first time in her life that she was truly confused.
¡°We¡¯ve just entered T-1 minutes, and counting.¡± Brian¡¯s emotionless voice startled her.
¡®He doesn¡¯t know. Actually, no citizens know what kind of havoc can a single sorceress create within a day. They were part of myth and I revived one of them. What am I going to do?¡¯ Shera¡¯s thoughts were reaching into deeper consequences which she hadn¡¯t thought about before. She thought it was just another creature, being put in a materia. But this wasn¡¯t just another creature. It was a sorceress. She greatly underestimated her power. And once Shera realized her mistake and what could happen as a result, unbearable fear attacked her. She couldn¡¯t move. She couldn¡¯t even blink her eyes, and they were fixed on the test tube, which contains what could be the weapon to destroy everyone¡¯s future.
¡°T-45 seconds...¡±
That was the time sorceress was supposed to be fully awaken. Shera relaxed a bit in relief. But tension in her mind grew stronger, and praying nothing would happen until the time is up and the project is done.
¡°T-30 seconds... subject stabilizing...¡±
That words sounded like an angel¡¯s herald to Shera. She relaxed further, but her eyes still gazing into the glowing green test tube.
¡°T-20 seconds... no abnormal status detected...¡±
Just a few more seconds... just a few more seconds... That all she could think of at the moment.
¡°T-15 seconds... no spec... the subject raised its arm! IT¡¯S AWAKE!¡±
Shera just wanted to collapse down on the ground and not move. She felt that this experiment was a failure. However, she couldn¡¯t give up, just yet. She hurriedly ran over to the control panel and increased the amount of mako flowing into the tube.
The sorceress seemed to slow her movement for a moment, but with greater power she swung her arm and smashed her fist on to the glass of the tube. With cracking sound, the test tube begin to pour out mako from here and there.
¡°T-8 seconds! Professor Highwind! What do we do?! What should I...
Shera couldn¡¯t do anything. She froze stiffly on the spot she was standing. She didn¡¯t want any more of this crazy experiment. She just wanted to go back home with Cid. Just like that, she watched as the sorceress gathered her power in the palm of her hand to blast the test tube and the entire laboratory.
¡®This is it... I¡¯m not going to make it. How foolish was I to believe that I could revive a sorceress and keep her under control... My only regret is not being able to tell good bye to Cid...¡¯
T-3 seconds
The sorceress blasted the test tube and destroying some of the equipment placed directly in front. Great amount of mako poured straight down onto the lab floor.
T-2 seconds
The sorceress stepped out and coughed briefly in agonized face. Then she realized her nakedness and grabbed a white gown near by.
T-1 second
The sorceress looked directly into Shera¡¯s eyes. There was no malice, or evil, what so ever. Only confusion. Just like what Shera felt a few moments ago. But something else she saw was... incomprehensible...
Time was up.
The main computer shut down all the electricity and mako flow to prevent bigger accident. Scientists and workers already fled or trying to stay as far away as possible from the sorceress. The deafening alarm grew louder.
The sorceress was standing in front of a window. She was examining how high it was. Then Cid, who was alarmed by worker who ran off, busted inside. That seemed to scare her. She broke the window with her arm and jumped. Cid briefly glanced at her and ran towards me.
That moment, I thought I saw a white feather...
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Author¡¯s Note: Hiya! Did you enjoy it? I personally liked this chapter. The count down part was interesting to write. Um.. some of you might notice that crucial information in this fic. that Rinoa is future Ultimecia. Well, it¡¯s not confirmed fact, but I like that concept. Although you don¡¯t have to worry, because that¡¯s not the main concept. I probably won¡¯t mention it again. I hope you liked it and please review and please stick around for the third chapter! Thank you for reading!