Here you go. Chapter 5. Not a lot to do these days so hopefully I can get a lot done, I'm sort of also waiting for reveiws to come in. I've had several good ones but also some bad ones but I'll keep writing anyway and see what happens reveiw-wise.

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"You have no name? Why?"

"You know how I said I've been here for a few weeks already?"

"Uhhh...yeah?"

"Well...just not in this division. In the other division I still lived under Shin-Ra but I was free, if you'd call it that still being under Shin-Ra. But I was alone. I was also happier. I think they originally caught me when I was still too young to know my name, so I have none."

'How sad...' Aeris thought to herself sadly.

"Hey, Aeris?"

"Yeah?"

"Why don't...you...give me a name?"

There wasn't much difference between the male and females, just the females were a lighter colour. She did have a strong sense of femininity about her though.

Aeris, thinking, finally decided, "alright, I will call you Aetherius." ***Latin for Heavenly/Celestial***

"Wow! Thanks. My name is now Aetherius. Well I'd better get used to it because it's there for life. Uhh...what's my name again?"

Aeris searched around onscreen for something useful and found a list of files:

Indated

X

XI

Jenova Project

Reactor Nibel

XII

XIII

Code (C)

Code (Z)

Project (X)

XIV

Outdated

I

II

III

Project (I)

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

Specimen 10.34

Specimen 10.35

Specimen 10.36

Specimen 10.37

Specimen 10.38

"Okay, so I think I just type in the Jenova Project... ... ...Oh, here we go..."

"Hey, Aetherius, I'm guessing Hojo calls you Red XIV?"

"That was my specimen name, yes."

'Damn, she's his most recent project! I wonder what he has instore for her..."

Jenova Project:

Origin

Status

The Codes (-)

The Cetra

XIV

'XIV? I think I should check it out," thought Aeris, "Oh my god!"

"Is there a problem Aeris?"

"N-nothing..."

Project XIV:

Through extensive testing, we have eventually discovered that no humans are able to survive testing through the Jenova Project, therefore, we are risking our final specimen to test the efficiency of the Jenova Project on beasts. We will inject Project Red XIV with the latest Jenova (B) samples and then leave it for a few days. If the beast survives we will begin to expose her to a low degree of Mako energy, slowly working up until the result is satisfactory.

'My goodness!' thought Aeris, 'that's disgusting!'

Aetherius saw Aeris frown. "Is there a problem?"

"Yes, there is," said Aeris, not knowing how to explain, "Aetherius, do you happen to know what Hojo injected in you or how long ago?"

"No idea what it is, but he injected me with it a couple of days ago."

"Aetherius, we've got to get you out of here. Something really bad is going to happen in three days time." Aeris didn't want to explain what exactly is going on.

Aetherius was beginning to get worried. "What kind of bad stuff?"

"It's really too horrible to explain, you know? I really don't want to tell you. It might really upset you, and if we just get you out of here, you won't have to know."

"Really..."

Aeris nodded. "Listen, we are going to make a break for it in two or three days time. Before Hojo gets back anyway."

"O-kay..." Aetherius didn't really feel like talking anymore.

Aeris checked the time and realised that her shift was nearly over, and went to shut down the computer.

"Exit password? How mad could they get? Hey, Aetherius, do you know the-" Aeris stopped. Aetherius had just fallen asleep. "Oh, great. What to do now? I know! ... ... [Ancient] ... ..."

Exit granted.

"How obsessed does he get?!" Aeris said aloud, and went and covered Aetherius' tank with the black sheet as not to rouse suspicion and also replaced the soldier helmet onto her head, otherwise that would cause many questions.

A few minutes later, the next shift arrived, and she had to undo the lockdown on the room, and give the next guy the lockdown codes, and left.

She ended up going to stay at the inn in Sector 6, who mysteriously gave her the room for free.

She had to set this weird Shin-Ra watch to wake her up at 0900 hours so she could be there by 1000, finally worked it out, and went to bed for the night.

All the way back in Icicle Inn, a poor Shin-Ra soldier woke up from his few-day coma half-naked in the bushes feeling very cold. He was frostbitten and everything. Poor guy. He remembered the girl who had done him in and tried to keep her in mind.

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That's chapter 5! I think it was rather short actually. Hojo's PC menu just makes the Fic seem longer. I'll just post this one up anyway, since it seemed like a good place to finish.

In the upcoming chapters:

- An early returner. Goddammit!

- Someone put on some banjo escape music!

- The story will get more interesting, promise!