(Author's Note: Hello! Here is chapter 17. Sorry if it's short…)
Disclaimer: FF7 and Squaresoft are not mine. Rueh belongs to Rueh…Dete is mine.
Chapter 17
An Empty Lab, Coffin, and the Next Experiment
"Is Rueh up yet?" Yuffie asked.
"You've got 3 guesses and the 1st two don't count," Red said.
"Ooooo! Let me guess! Let me guess!" Cloud said.
"Fine. You go first. He he…since the first 2 don't count," Zack said.
"I guess…that was mean," Cloud said.
"See. I thought you would waste the first guess," Zack said. Cloud grumbled to himself.
"My turn! My turn!" Yuffie said.
"Have at it," Vincent said.
"She's not up."
"Too bad it didn't count," Zack said.
"My turn."
"Go for it," Cid said.
"I'm up."
"You blew it! Rueh's not up yet! Gosh!" Yuffie said.
"I am to up!"
"No she's not," Barret said.
"My gosh! You all are blind! I've been sitting here for the past 5 minutes!"
"Oh…hey Rueh's up now!" Yuffie said. Rueh rolled her eyes.
"Can we go get Dete and Sephiroth now?" she asked impatiently.
"Yes. Let's get going," Vincent said.
"We could have left earlier if you hadn't slept in," Tifa said.
"It's only 2:30 in the afternoon," Rueh said with a shrug.
"Only," Cloud said. They mounted their chocobos and headed for Midgar.
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Sephiroth sat up slowly. He was sore all over from being beaten by the soldiers. He looked around. 'This isn't the lab,' he thought.
There were coffins around the room in various places. Also there were old skeletons hanging from the walls and pieces of old bones on the floor.
"What in the world?!" he said out loud. There was muffled screaming coming from one of the coffins. The screaming stopped.
"Hello?" Sephiroth asked.
"Sephiroth! Get me outta here!"
"Huh…?...Dete!? Where are you?" he said.
"I don't know! I'm in some kind of box!" she yelled.
"Oh…I'll…I'll umm…help you…" he said tying not to laugh. He started to open the coffins. "Hello," he said as he lifted a lid.
"Where are we?" Dete asked as she sat up. She looked around.
She screamed and jumped put of the coffin. She landed shakily by some bones on the floor. She screamed again and stumbled backwards into Sephiroth. He grabbed her arms.
"Calm down. I remember seeing this in the basement of the Shinra mansion when we were here," he said.
"Are we in the Shinra mansion? I've never been down here," she said.
"I think we are. Hojo said he was moving his lab remember? So since we've both been knocked out for awhile I'd say we are," he said letting go of her arms.
"This place gives me the creeps," she said and shivered.
"Really? I like it here."
Dete screamed and threw her arms around Sephiroth. Sephiroth spun to face the door.
"Relax…it's only Hojo," he said.
"Oh…no big deal," she said stepping away from him and facing the door.
"What do you mean 'only?'" Hojo asked.
"It's only you," Sephiroth said with a shrug. Dete began to walk around the room looking for a place to sit without touching anything.
"It's time for my next experiment to begin. Come with me Sephiroth," Hojo said. Sephiroth shook his head and didn't move.
"Listen. I'm getting tired of your attitude. If you don't cooperate with me…someone will end up getting hurt," Hojo said pointing his gun at Dete.
"That's low," Sephiroth said and stepped into the hall.
Hojo shut and locked the door. Sephiroth followed him to where the lab had been set up. He lay down on the examining table and the straps were put in place. Hojo picked up a shot full of a dark purple liquid.
"Now…the test…" he said walking over to Sephiroth.
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"I don't get it," Vincent said looking around the almost empty lab.
"Most all of the equipment is gone," Red said.
"Did he move the lab?" Tifa asked.
"Might have. He has Sephiroth and Dete with him where ever he is," Rueh said.
"Well they're not here. I'm not sure as to where they may be," Red aid.
"Let's just get out of here before we get caught," Cloud said.
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