Fountain of Memories
Chapter 7: Voice From The Past
Disclaimer: None of the Final Fantasy 7 chars belong to me, I'm just borrowing them from the lovely people at Squaresoft, and I'm not getting any money from this.
Report on The JENOVA Experiment
Concerning the experiment to create a supreme soldier using Specimen JENOVA, and a human host.
January 1957- Our proposed plan is going well so far, and Lucrecia's pregnancy is following as normal. We cannot yet detect if there has been any effect on the child from the JENOVA cells. I have taken care of the troublesome Turk, although Lucrecia did not feel it was a wise course of action. It seems that my 'wife' has a soft heart.
October 1957- Our experiment has been a failure. As far as we have been able to discern, the resulting child of the experiment has none of the abilities we predicted. I believe I know where we went wrong and wish to try the experiment again, unfortunately my associates are not so keen. It seems that Lucrecia has been somewhat affected by the JENOVA cells in her body. My associates seem to think that they could damage her more if the experiment was performed again. Personally if this is the only side effect of the experiment I do not see a problem with trying it again.
April 1959- Lucrecia has agreed to do the experiment again, and this time I am sure it will work. If the revised plans are correct we will have our super soldier for the war effort. I am getting some interesting results from introducing JENOVA cells into grown human hosts, rather than breeding a partially JENOVA human. That annoying Turk is reacting oddly to some of the things I have introduced into his body. Perhaps he will be of some use once I have finished with him.
January 1960- It was a great success! The newborn displays many of the traits that we have discovered in the JENOVA, and we believe his speed, stamina and strength will surpass that of all normal humans. He has been named Sephiroth by his mother, shortly before she disappeared from the holding cell she was placed in. It seems that Professor Gast and the rest were correct. Her body could not control the JENOVA cells and she had to be placed in containment to protect the rest of us. The JENOVA cells have given her similar traits to that of the newborn, and so she escaped easily with her new-found strength. I find this turn of events quite appealing. With Lucrecia and her soft heart gone, there will be no-one to object to my further experiments on the two boys as they grow older.
April 1966- I have found the last Cetra. I am currently subjecting her to tests under President Shinra's orders. He wishes to learn more about what the Cetran's call the 'Promised Land'. He believes that this 'land' is rich with Mako, and thus it interests him because he can practically smell the money. My interest in this Ancient is quite different. Her magic skills and long-life make her and interesting possibility for my goal of creating a perfect creature. Sephiroth shows promise, although he is but 6 years old. He is very attached to his older brother, and looks up to him. I may have to do something about that at a later date. I am planning to shove that Turk into the basement of the old mansion in Nibelheim. He has turned out to be slightly, uncontrollable and erratic. A few years in an induced sleep should keep him out of trouble.
July 1970- Damn that Professor Gast! He has run off with the Cetran woman, and has convinced my eldest son to leave Midgar with that woman he's always hanging around with. Well he's not the important one anyway, although I have noticed Sephiroth spending more time with some girl too. I may have to do something about that, although any child of his would have the potential to be just as great as him, if not better. An organic specimen as it were, still I may have to look into disposing of this girl.
February 1973- The Cetran woman has returned to my labs, and what's more she has a half-cetran daughter with her. It seems that Gast fell in love with my specimen and the child is the result. Not that it matters, Gast was killed when we went to fetch them from the Icicle Inn area. My earlier plan to get rid of Sephiroth's girl and choose him a more suitable mate, has been put to a halt. Our last attempt to get rid of the girl resulted in Sephiroth killing all three of the Turks who had been sent to kill her. Luckily he did not realise they were Turks, and has not traced the incident back to ShinRa or me. He is leaving for Wutai soon however, perhaps then I will get more of a chance, although I am still toying with the idea of waiting until after she bears a child.
June 1977- That damned Cetran escaped again. This time she took her daughter with her. We found her dead at a train station. It seemed that her body could not cope with the experiments I was subjecting her to. There was no sign of her offspring. Sephiroth and his woman are expecting a child. I insisted that they marry so that I will have a direct link to the child as it's grandfather, and that its damned mother can't run off and claim the baby for herself if she wished to. I have not heard of Linus since he left in 1970 although I believe he was living in Nibelheim for a time.
September 1987- The child does posses some of the talents we have associated with JENOVA. She has the same number of cells as her father, although she should have cells identical to him, we have noticed that they are slightly different from the actual cells we remove from the JENOVA specimen. Her mother will not let me near her very often however to test her. Even when Sephiroth is away our people cannot seem to get near her.
August 1990- Something has gone terribly wrong. Sephiroth discovered the presence of JENOVA on a mission in the town of Nibelheim. It seems that JENOVA is somehow controlling him and using his body for some unknown purpose. Had we realised that JENOVA was more aware, we could have utilised the being in other ways. Sephiroth discovered my lab in the old mansion, and after discovering the material there, he seemingly went mad. He burnt the town down to the ground. In the reactor we discovered two other men, and Sephiroth, who had been thrown, or had slipped, into the reactors core. He is comatose, but we believe he is aware. Due to the fact that ShinRa has no requirements for him anymore, he is to be placed in cryogenic sleep up at the Northern Glacier. Using actors has covered up the Nibelheim accident, although we did attempt to clone the dead inhabitants by using JENOVA. Sadly the clones were all mad, and gradually disappeared. The two men found in the reactor with Sephiroth were subjected to some experiments, some of which were successful, and some which were not. They both later escaped, although we believe that Specimen Z was killed by our men on the outskirts of Midgar. Specimen C was reported to be out of action.
Due to the 'death' of our prime specimen, Sephiroth, ShinRa have decided that experimentation with the being known as JENOVA is no longer required. The rediscovery of Ilfana's half Cetran daughter in the slums of Midgar has opened up new possibilities for the discovery of the Promised Land which is much more profitable for President Shinra.
Professor Hojo Keisatsu
Authors Notes: Ok, I hope that might have cleared up a couple of things. Can you work out everything now? I thought Hojo was so evil, I love writing about evil people MWAHAHAHAHA…HAHA..HA…..ahem….LOL