[Gah.I am SO lazy these days. I thought I'd have more time to write my fic, but it seems less. I am going to Hawaii in less than a week, so I'm sorry if this chapter is a little short...um...Reviews are more than welcome, and again I'm sorry for these REALLY slow updates. I PROMISE this story will be finished (yay!) by Christmas, at latest. So..read...and keep reviewing, and what the heck is an AU? -Ultima Aeris]



Sephiroth glanced down at Aeris, who was lying on the floor, still unconscious. "I must've hit her harder than I thought..." He glanced at his sword, which lay near her. "Oops. Hope I didn't kill her." He grinned when he saw the blood on his sword, mostly dry now.
"You bastard! Why are you doing this? Abducting women at random!" Shera screamed through her cell wall.
"Shut up. I assure you that no harm shall become of you. In fact, I'm setting you free in a few days." He smirked, and began rummaging around in a cabinet.
"What...Shera?" Aeris blinked her eyes, trying to get everything into focus. "Sephiroth?"
"That's right. I suggest you lie still...you do have quite a headache, right?" He pulled out a small dagger, and began to sharpen it.
"Yes, but....It's going away rather quickly." She sat up, and checked to see if she had any materia.
"By the way, I already removed all your materia and armor and all that. Didn't think you'd need it here." He walked over to her calmly and picked her up easily.
"Let me go!" Aeris squirmed in his arms, but he held her tight. He then strapped her down to the table.
"I'm going to enjoy this..." He raised the knife over her.
"No!" Aeris closed her eyes and somehow managed to curl up into a ball.
"What the-?" Sephiroth stepped back, barely dodging the blade as it hit a shield of some sort around Aeris's body. "I knew it!" He sneered once again as he tied her down with chains.
"Knew what?" Aeris shivered slightly as Sephiroth pressed a small metal cylinder to her temple.
"You're pregnant, aren't you?" He raised the knife, and a glowing aura automatically surrounded her. He grinned. "Do you have any IDEA how far the planet would go to protect an pregnant ancient? The LAST pregnant ancient?" He turned, to face Jenova's aqui-chamber. "I've got a plan..."

Tifa sat up and yawned. What a nightmare! "Aeris? Wake up it's-" she stopped, seeing the empty bed across from her. "Oh no...It wasn't a dream." Tifa stood and gathered all her stuff. Five minutes later she, Reno, Cloud, Cid, and RedXIII were gathered at the gate of the city.
"Where the #$^% do we go now? " Cid cursed as he looked back on the city. "That sicko has Shera AND Aeris now..."
"I don't have any idea at all." Tifa shook her head, also looking back on the city.
Reno was looking at his feet. "I don't know guys, but something's really bothering me about this... Like there's something important we should know , but we don't."
"You make logical sense, Reno. I have the feeling we'll find out soon enough." RedXIII sat down, waiting for a decision to be made.
Cloud was looking around. "Hey, you guys! Look what I found!" Cloud stooped down and picked up an envelope. "It's a letter!" He opened it.
"What does it say?" Tifa stepped over to Cloud, to read the letter.
Cloud's eyes skimmed through the letter. "Directions. To Sephiroth. And Aeris."
"No way..." Cid dropped his cigarette. "But what about Shera?"
"She's probably there too." Tifa opened the gate. "We should get going then. But it doesn't seem like a long journey. Whoever left this wants Aeris to be saved as much as we do."
"Yeah, I bet." Cloud strapped his sword to his back. "Let's get going!"