Chapter 8: Life in Sephiroth's Crater?
Author: Suzaku no miko
Disclaimers: I do not own the series Final Fantasy or its characters...I do own Angela however...

"Are you sure we should be here, John?" one of the scientists asked. "And why shouldn't we be?" his partner, John, replied, looking back at him with a confused look. "Well, it's been quite a while since anyone has been here and who knows what's lurking down here..." the first shuddered.

"Oh relax, Dave! We did not go through 10 years of school just to back out now! We are full-fledged scientists now!"
"Yeah, but..."
"Yeah, but nothing! Now, come on! Help me look for what we came here for!"
"Fine..." trying to confine a shudder, before going to help his partner.

Even though there was no more Sephiroth, scientists who had studied under Hojo's teaching still wanted to continue experiments. These two particular scientists had the highest potential and became Hojo's favorites.

Just recently, after studying their computers, they had noticed an abnormal amount of energy deep within the large crater where Sephiroth had been defeated. They then decided it was up to them to find out if there was some activity going on that emitted such energy that almost short-circuited their computers.

Both young men waved their tiny, hand-held computers so that they could pick up any readings of where the source of energy is. They walked deeper into the pitch-black crater, making their way slowly down the rocky cliffs.

After some time, they finally reached the bottom. It was not a very welcoming sight!
"What the hell happened here?!" John cried, startled by the sight in front of them.
The two scientists looked all around them and found flowing streams and puddles of the lifestream. There was a rather large mountain of rubble and rocks from which the lifestream came from. No light, except near the entrance and from their flashlights brightened the room. Other than that, it was pitch black. But from what they could tell, it looked like a great struggle occured here... perhaps when Cloud and his team were last here?

"What do you think of it?" Dave asked, wildly waving his flashlight about the room, making sure it was just he and his partner that were in the large cavern. "Well... Let's just get started." he said with a sigh, ignoring his partner's behavior. When suddenly...
"Did you hear that?!"
"What is it?!"

Both quickly placed their mini-computers in front of them, aimed at the rubble. John, ever so trying not to lose control, concentrated on his mini-computer, slowly waving it over the rubble. "Are you picking up anything?" Dave asked, after some time, using his own gadget. Shaking his head no, John slowly started slowly making his way towards the rubble.

"What are you doing?! Are you nuts?!" Dave loudly whispered.
"Shhh!!! I just want to know where the noise came from. Now come on, help me."
"Okay, but..."
And then....they vanished....

To be continued...