It was 3 am and Hojo was scraping the urinals clean. Gone was his trademark lab coat. Now all he had was a blue boiler suit and a cleaning lady's trolley. "This is so demeaning" he grumbled and yawned for the 29th time. A female figure moved behind him and smacked the ex-scientist's skull against the ceramic surface. Hojo collapsed unconscious mouth open with a thin streak of blood running down his glasses. Quickly the person moved Hojo into the cubicle and stripped him for his outfit. "Hmm not a bad fit" she commented looking in the mirror. A boxer clad Hojo was unceremoniously dumped on top of the trolley and hurriedly wheeled out, destination unknown.

President Shin-Ra wasn't in a good mood. The staff's usual incompetence today was a particularly annoying accompaniment to a pounding headache and insomnia. Walking around his darkened office in pyjamas was liberating though he conceded. He moved to look down at Midgar and a few more minutes passed. The blond heard faint footsteps behind him "if that's you Sephy, go back to bed". "No its something for you sir" came the reply. "Leave it on the desk I'll deal with it in the morning" the executive said grumpily tugging his moustache in irritation at the disturbance. "Oh this is something you might want to see sir," said a familiar male voice by the desk "you might find it a life changing event". "Doubt it" Shin-Ra muttered to himself. To his visitor he ordered, "Turn on the light and show me".

The visitors face revealed caused the fat director to shake in fear. Shin-Ra was looking at someone identical to himself dressed in one of his better suits. "I could go into details sir but the fact that your office is bugged prevents me," said Shin-Ra mark 2 coolly. The double moved over to face his stricken original that was edging back to the window. "But who are you?" demanded Shin-Ra leaning on the window. The double leapt over the desk to the now sweating president and pushed him through the glass. "AAAAAAHHHHHH" screamed Shin-Ra till he hit the ground 70 floors below. The executive had become an unrecognisable red mess. Shin-Ra mark 2 looked down over the edge with a satisfied smile. "You" the double answered as he walked back to the desk. "Security there has been an intruder, I've dealt with it, your ineffectiveness has been noted", the new Shin-Ra listened to his guard's frenzied response. "Double patrols from now on" Shin-Ra mark 2 ordered. "And have the watch commander shot" he added. Placing the phone down the new executive sat down in old Shin-Ra's chair and put his feet up. "Now where's those cigars" he muttered to himself.