By the end of Chapter 2, after that blimmin' soldier commander had finished rambling about I can't even remember, Aeris has been left alone to guard the Shin-Ra HQ 68th floor. How often does an opportunity like that come up?! Time to look through Hojo's personal files!
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Aeris checked the time again. It was 1900 hours. Just 3 hours of torturous standing to go. There was some pretty weird stuff on this floor that Aeris was desperate to check out, but she had to bide her time.
Finally being bored enough to not care whether security noticed her off her post or not, Aeris decided to check what was on a piece of paper nearby on the wall. "Heeeeey, it's a job roster!" said Aeris out loud. But as if her luck couldn't get any worse, or better then again, she was rostered every day for the next week!
Aeris was completely not looking forward to withstanding long hours of just standing there all day for an entire week, but then it would give her a good chance to see if there was any top-secret information stored in the room about Jenvova. Being the one of two specimin rooms, plus this room had more computers in it, there was bound to be a chance to find something out, if there was anything to be learnt in this what Aeris considered-to-be-long period of time. Her only fear was that Hojo would discover her here, and she was the person Hojo wanted to study the most. She would become a specimen again. She was not looking forward to that, but if it would help her to find ot more about Jenova, then was willing to take the risk. But then, Hojo probably also believes she is dead too, if Shin-Ra were to encounter Cloud and the others. Their encounter would be inevitable though, seeing as Shin-Ra and AVALANCHE were going after similar targets.
Another notice on the wall stated that Hojo would be back in 3 days time at 1200 hours. 'That should give me enough time to find out what I need to,' thought Aeris, 'just getting out will be the problem. Sure, I've been signed here for an entire week, but then what? How would I escape from Midgar again, seeing as I could just get signed onto a different area? Oh, I'll think about it again when Hojo gets back. I hope Cloud's alright...'
"Hey!" it was the commander again. "Aaron... hey, nevermind. Can't blame you for not staying exactly where you were posted for 10 whole hours. Anyway, I just was sent here to tell you that I want you to lock down this floor until your shift is done. Never know what kinds of weirdoes want to come in here now, since the president caught some people lurking round the 'Promised Land'. Rufus thought he had been followed by AVALANCHE. Turns out it was AVALANCHE that was following him. The leader and co-leader are going to be executed in a week's time. Till now, one of them is unconscious-"
"Hey, umm, who were those guys again?" Aeris was now playing dumb to find out information.
"Got no names. Just the big guy with the gun-arm and a pretty black-haired woman."
"Well, it serves them right for whatever they were up to. It couldn't've been good anyway," replied Aeris, thinking about Tifa being executed. She didn't really hate Tifa, well Tife was actually a friend, but Aeris didn't really know for Tifa's part. Tifa had been pretty mean to Aeris up until her 'death' when she started sobbing her eyes out.
"Too true. Well, I'd better leave you now. Everyone is going home for the night anyway, except the person for the next shift, who will probably arrive at 2155 hours, then you can just do whatever you like after that, but return to this point for your next shift at 1000 hours tomorrow. We were running behind schedule today, and one more thing, since there's nobody on security right now you might as well shut down the system in here. Wait, I'll do it now. ... ... ... ... Okay, that was easy. All I need you to do is switch it back on in the morning," said the commander, "Oh, and Aaron,"
"Yeah?"
"This is a very severe case. If ANYONE and I mean anyone is caught up here, don't hesitate to kill them unless they have clearance. If you have a problem then... I hate to say this but lock them in that specimen tank over there," he pointed to the one that she was in when Cloud rescued her, "speaking of specimens, I forgot to tell you, there's a large pack of meat in that corner over there with all the other specimen supplies labelled XIV, at 2000 hours I need you to feed the creature in that tank there," pointing to one with a black sheet over it, "she can get pretty vicious at times but she should be pretty easy if she's hungry, you'll be fine..."
"Yes, sir!"
"Okay we'll be seeing you tomorrow then," and he left.
Aeris really didn't like that guy; he talks too much, but that was a good thing in itself, as she learnt some valuable information. But if the two 'leaders' had been caught, then where was Cloud? Hopefully Sephiroth hadn't done anything to him. She had not foreseen anything right now, but she did wonder what was in the specimen tank. Hopefully not yet another copy of Jenova. She would find out soon.
Occasionally she would hear a light scratching sound on the tank, and possibly a whimper, but nothing more.
Finally it was 2000 hours, which Aeris noted as 8 PM. She made her way over to the pallet of meat that was in the corner and took out that days' package. It was labelled XIV. She had the feeling this creature would be here a long time. She pitied it even though she didn't know what it was. She would've known what it is going through now; nobody deserved this sort of fate, it was worse than death.
Reading the label on the package she soon learned that the meat was Chocobo liver, which made Aeris feel rather queasy, as she had never heard of anyone wanting to feed anything something like this. "The fucking bastard!" Aeris said aloud, never thinking Hojo would ever do something of the sort, but it was true, Hojo would do anything in the name of Science. And to think, there was an entire pallet of it, right here?! How many Chocobos would've been massacred just to collect that much liver?!
But there was nothing she could do about it, so she just carried the package over to the large covered specimen cage. She pried open the disgusting package and took a deep breath, and pulled away the cover, and couldn't believe what she saw.
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Good cliffhanger huh? That's all for chapter 3, hope it was good. You'll find out who she meets next chapter of course.
Well, please review, I'm having a pretty good time writing it; it's becoming rather interesting even for me!
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Aeris checked the time again. It was 1900 hours. Just 3 hours of torturous standing to go. There was some pretty weird stuff on this floor that Aeris was desperate to check out, but she had to bide her time.
Finally being bored enough to not care whether security noticed her off her post or not, Aeris decided to check what was on a piece of paper nearby on the wall. "Heeeeey, it's a job roster!" said Aeris out loud. But as if her luck couldn't get any worse, or better then again, she was rostered every day for the next week!
Aeris was completely not looking forward to withstanding long hours of just standing there all day for an entire week, but then it would give her a good chance to see if there was any top-secret information stored in the room about Jenvova. Being the one of two specimin rooms, plus this room had more computers in it, there was bound to be a chance to find something out, if there was anything to be learnt in this what Aeris considered-to-be-long period of time. Her only fear was that Hojo would discover her here, and she was the person Hojo wanted to study the most. She would become a specimen again. She was not looking forward to that, but if it would help her to find ot more about Jenova, then was willing to take the risk. But then, Hojo probably also believes she is dead too, if Shin-Ra were to encounter Cloud and the others. Their encounter would be inevitable though, seeing as Shin-Ra and AVALANCHE were going after similar targets.
Another notice on the wall stated that Hojo would be back in 3 days time at 1200 hours. 'That should give me enough time to find out what I need to,' thought Aeris, 'just getting out will be the problem. Sure, I've been signed here for an entire week, but then what? How would I escape from Midgar again, seeing as I could just get signed onto a different area? Oh, I'll think about it again when Hojo gets back. I hope Cloud's alright...'
"Hey!" it was the commander again. "Aaron... hey, nevermind. Can't blame you for not staying exactly where you were posted for 10 whole hours. Anyway, I just was sent here to tell you that I want you to lock down this floor until your shift is done. Never know what kinds of weirdoes want to come in here now, since the president caught some people lurking round the 'Promised Land'. Rufus thought he had been followed by AVALANCHE. Turns out it was AVALANCHE that was following him. The leader and co-leader are going to be executed in a week's time. Till now, one of them is unconscious-"
"Hey, umm, who were those guys again?" Aeris was now playing dumb to find out information.
"Got no names. Just the big guy with the gun-arm and a pretty black-haired woman."
"Well, it serves them right for whatever they were up to. It couldn't've been good anyway," replied Aeris, thinking about Tifa being executed. She didn't really hate Tifa, well Tife was actually a friend, but Aeris didn't really know for Tifa's part. Tifa had been pretty mean to Aeris up until her 'death' when she started sobbing her eyes out.
"Too true. Well, I'd better leave you now. Everyone is going home for the night anyway, except the person for the next shift, who will probably arrive at 2155 hours, then you can just do whatever you like after that, but return to this point for your next shift at 1000 hours tomorrow. We were running behind schedule today, and one more thing, since there's nobody on security right now you might as well shut down the system in here. Wait, I'll do it now. ... ... ... ... Okay, that was easy. All I need you to do is switch it back on in the morning," said the commander, "Oh, and Aaron,"
"Yeah?"
"This is a very severe case. If ANYONE and I mean anyone is caught up here, don't hesitate to kill them unless they have clearance. If you have a problem then... I hate to say this but lock them in that specimen tank over there," he pointed to the one that she was in when Cloud rescued her, "speaking of specimens, I forgot to tell you, there's a large pack of meat in that corner over there with all the other specimen supplies labelled XIV, at 2000 hours I need you to feed the creature in that tank there," pointing to one with a black sheet over it, "she can get pretty vicious at times but she should be pretty easy if she's hungry, you'll be fine..."
"Yes, sir!"
"Okay we'll be seeing you tomorrow then," and he left.
Aeris really didn't like that guy; he talks too much, but that was a good thing in itself, as she learnt some valuable information. But if the two 'leaders' had been caught, then where was Cloud? Hopefully Sephiroth hadn't done anything to him. She had not foreseen anything right now, but she did wonder what was in the specimen tank. Hopefully not yet another copy of Jenova. She would find out soon.
Occasionally she would hear a light scratching sound on the tank, and possibly a whimper, but nothing more.
Finally it was 2000 hours, which Aeris noted as 8 PM. She made her way over to the pallet of meat that was in the corner and took out that days' package. It was labelled XIV. She had the feeling this creature would be here a long time. She pitied it even though she didn't know what it was. She would've known what it is going through now; nobody deserved this sort of fate, it was worse than death.
Reading the label on the package she soon learned that the meat was Chocobo liver, which made Aeris feel rather queasy, as she had never heard of anyone wanting to feed anything something like this. "The fucking bastard!" Aeris said aloud, never thinking Hojo would ever do something of the sort, but it was true, Hojo would do anything in the name of Science. And to think, there was an entire pallet of it, right here?! How many Chocobos would've been massacred just to collect that much liver?!
But there was nothing she could do about it, so she just carried the package over to the large covered specimen cage. She pried open the disgusting package and took a deep breath, and pulled away the cover, and couldn't believe what she saw.
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Good cliffhanger huh? That's all for chapter 3, hope it was good. You'll find out who she meets next chapter of course.
Well, please review, I'm having a pretty good time writing it; it's becoming rather interesting even for me!
