(Author's Note: Thanks to my 1 review! I'm happy! Anyway. Sorry the first chapter was short I'll try to make them longer but they all might end up like that. Here's chapter 2.)

Disclaimer: Don't own FF7 or Squaresoft. Cassandra is mine though.

Chapter 2

"You let go of me right now!" The 2 soldiers just ignored him and dragged Sephiroth into the lab.

"Must you fight? You never win," the scientist said as he looked up.

"You just shut up!" Sephiroth growled.

"Oh my. You're only 10 years old and it takes 2 soldiers to get you into my lab?" Hojo said. The 2 soldiers tightened their grip.

Sephiroth struggled even more. "Let me go!"

Hojo shook his head. "Get him on the table," he said. The 2 soldiers dragged him to the metal table and proceed to strap him down by his wrists, ankles, and waist. "Excellent. Now I've been looking through my notes and have decided to up the dosage of your Mako injection," Hojo said when he stood over Sephiroth's struggling form.

"Let me go! You don't have any right to do this! Where's Professor Gast? What about my father? If he heard…" Sephiroth's head rocked to the side from the backhanded slap.

"Shut up you insolent little boy! Nothing you do or say will stop me! Your father…" Hojo started laughing. Sephiroth just glared at him. "Oh if looks could kill…your father will agree with me that these treatments are for the best. And as for Gast…he's taking a vacation," Hojo said when his laughter was under control.

"When will he be back?"

"Oh not for a long time…"

"Sorry to interrupt your conversation sir…" a new soldier said standing in the door way.

Hojo turned to face him. "What?" he growled.

"This girl, sir. You wanted to see her…"

"Oh yes…Cassandra…" Hojo trailed off as his eyes settled on the struggling girl. The soldier held on to one arm but it was enough to keep her from getting away despite her fighting.

Sephiroth turned his head to look at her. She looked at him. She was only about a head shorter than he was with long royal blue hair. Her eyes reflected his own. She had identical white markings around her eyes and a strange white marking on the back of her right hand.

"Put her in that cell for now. When I'm finished with him it's her turn," Hojo said waving a hand at the glass cell and turning to Sephiroth. The soldier dragged her across the room and tossed her into the cell. She sat up and rubbed her sore arm.

"…Sephiroth! Are you listening to me?" Hojo said.

"I'm trying not to but your voice is so loud it's hard not to hear you," he said.

Hojo laughed softly. "You know your little 'barbs' won't hurt me in the least."

"I can always try."

Hojo pushed the table he was strapped down on over to a machine. Once the table was in place he gave the machine a few adjustments.

"You know this hurts me more than you," Hojo said voice dripping with sarcasm.

"Oh I just bet it does," Sephiroth said as the 5 needles lowered and pierced his skin. The girl watched as the expression on his face turned from anger to pain.

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