Okay, ch2 is going to suck but it's needed in the plot so please don't flame me. And i don't own any characters from Final Fantasy 7 but i created Jen. So there.
Cloud wandered around Rocket Town. Cid was back to check up on things so that left Vincent and Cloud to drift the town in search of something to do. Vincent had decided to keep himself back at Cid's house, deciding to angst about his past. Cloud, on the other hand, decided to look around the town.
People passed him and muttered about him. It wasn't every day a mercenary came to Rocket Town so this gave the people something to talk about. Cloud looked at some of the small shops and browsed the weapons shop for some new materia.
Upon leaving the shop, Cloud looked around the streets. Something caught his eye. A tall man with long black hair tied back in a tail, was looking at something in a shop window. The mercenary blinked in disbelief and found that when he looked back, the man had vanished amongst the townsfolk.
By early evening, Cloud returned to the hanger to find Vincent angsting in a corner and Cid working on one of his airplanes.
" You won't believe who I saw today," Cloud said. The others looked at him with a bit of interest.
" Who did you find?" Vincent asked quietly.
Cloud glanced at him. " It was Hojo. He was downtown today."
" No way," Cid said. " How could that ****er be here?"
" Well he was," Cloud replied. " I saw him this afternoon looking at a shop window."
Vincent got up and walked over to Cloud. " If Hojo is here, it can't be good."
" That a** never leaves his lab," Cid said. " So why would he be here?"
" Good question," Vincent replied. " But no answer to that."
" Maybe I can offer one," a voice called out from behind them. The group looked towards the sound of the voice to find Hojo standing in the doorway to the hanger. " Surprised? You should be."
Vincent instinctively reached for his gun and pointed it at Hojo. Painful memories flooded back to him and he was praying the others didn't stop him. Cloud raised his hand for a moment, calling off Vincent.
" Why are you here?" Cloud asked, glaring.
" I need you to do something for me," Hojo asked.
Cid walked forward. " And why the **** should we do something for you?!"
Vincent kept his gun aimed at Hojo, almost daring him to make a move. Hojo didn't move but began to explain his reason for being there.
" 20 years ago, some of my fellow scientists tried to create a clone of Jenova," Hojo illustrated. " When I heard of it, I cancelled the project but it continued without my knowledge. Now, just a few weeks ago, the project escaped without a trace. Every man in that room was killed and there was glass all over the floor.........."
" Almost as if the room had been sliced by some invisible force," Vincent finished. Hojo glanced at him with cold expressionless eyes and then continued.
" I need you to find the project and finish it off," Hojo said.
" Why us?" Cid asked, glaring at Hojo.
" Because, you are some of the best fighters on the planet," The scientist said. " And since I don't know the extent of the experiments powers, it would be pointless to send a normal SOLDIER out."
" You want us to kill off an experiment that you couldn't keep under wraps," Vincent muttered audibly. " Why? That doesn't make much sense."
" I'm not trying to make sense," Hojo said, turning on his heal. " I'm just looking for someone to finish off this mistake."
Cloud, Cid and Vincent looked at each other, but before they could protest, Hojo had vanished again. Silence began to creep around them until Cid broke the silence.
" Fine ****in' mess we got ourselves into this time."
Cloud wandered around Rocket Town. Cid was back to check up on things so that left Vincent and Cloud to drift the town in search of something to do. Vincent had decided to keep himself back at Cid's house, deciding to angst about his past. Cloud, on the other hand, decided to look around the town.
People passed him and muttered about him. It wasn't every day a mercenary came to Rocket Town so this gave the people something to talk about. Cloud looked at some of the small shops and browsed the weapons shop for some new materia.
Upon leaving the shop, Cloud looked around the streets. Something caught his eye. A tall man with long black hair tied back in a tail, was looking at something in a shop window. The mercenary blinked in disbelief and found that when he looked back, the man had vanished amongst the townsfolk.
By early evening, Cloud returned to the hanger to find Vincent angsting in a corner and Cid working on one of his airplanes.
" You won't believe who I saw today," Cloud said. The others looked at him with a bit of interest.
" Who did you find?" Vincent asked quietly.
Cloud glanced at him. " It was Hojo. He was downtown today."
" No way," Cid said. " How could that ****er be here?"
" Well he was," Cloud replied. " I saw him this afternoon looking at a shop window."
Vincent got up and walked over to Cloud. " If Hojo is here, it can't be good."
" That a** never leaves his lab," Cid said. " So why would he be here?"
" Good question," Vincent replied. " But no answer to that."
" Maybe I can offer one," a voice called out from behind them. The group looked towards the sound of the voice to find Hojo standing in the doorway to the hanger. " Surprised? You should be."
Vincent instinctively reached for his gun and pointed it at Hojo. Painful memories flooded back to him and he was praying the others didn't stop him. Cloud raised his hand for a moment, calling off Vincent.
" Why are you here?" Cloud asked, glaring.
" I need you to do something for me," Hojo asked.
Cid walked forward. " And why the **** should we do something for you?!"
Vincent kept his gun aimed at Hojo, almost daring him to make a move. Hojo didn't move but began to explain his reason for being there.
" 20 years ago, some of my fellow scientists tried to create a clone of Jenova," Hojo illustrated. " When I heard of it, I cancelled the project but it continued without my knowledge. Now, just a few weeks ago, the project escaped without a trace. Every man in that room was killed and there was glass all over the floor.........."
" Almost as if the room had been sliced by some invisible force," Vincent finished. Hojo glanced at him with cold expressionless eyes and then continued.
" I need you to find the project and finish it off," Hojo said.
" Why us?" Cid asked, glaring at Hojo.
" Because, you are some of the best fighters on the planet," The scientist said. " And since I don't know the extent of the experiments powers, it would be pointless to send a normal SOLDIER out."
" You want us to kill off an experiment that you couldn't keep under wraps," Vincent muttered audibly. " Why? That doesn't make much sense."
" I'm not trying to make sense," Hojo said, turning on his heal. " I'm just looking for someone to finish off this mistake."
Cloud, Cid and Vincent looked at each other, but before they could protest, Hojo had vanished again. Silence began to creep around them until Cid broke the silence.
" Fine ****in' mess we got ourselves into this time."