Wow, my third chapter. ... SWEET! ^_^ So here's the plot, Tifa finds out
about the project, things get awkward, and the project wakes up! Yay,
enjoy!
FF7 characters and places are not c/o of me, but Sephrina is c/o of me.
"Sir, your wife's with them!" Cloud looked horror struck. He never discussed children with Tifa, but he knew how much she wanted one. And now he had one, just not with her. On the other hand, it really wasn't his fault that he was a dad, and oh God, his child is a teenager. Why are things against him?
"Sir?" Cloud looked behind him at the soldier standing closest to the tank. "What about the Project here?" Cloud looked at the girl, and then turned his eyes toward the black fabric.
"There's no way we can hid that, is there?" Cloud looked to his men, all of whom immediately straightened up. Silently cursing, Cloud turned to the door where his wife was standing.
"Cloud," Tifa stepped in with amazement, "what is this? How did we miss this so long ago?" Her eyes turned to the tank. "Who is she?"
Cloud started to sweat. "We, uh, we really don't, err, we haven't, uh, figured that, um, out yet..." Tifa met eyes with Cloud.
"You're lying." Cloud panicked.
"No honey, I'm not. We haven't..." Tifa put up her hand.
"You stammered. Plus you called me honey." Damn, he was busted. Tifa walked up to the tank and examined the girl. "So who is she?"
"She is a project that Hojo made about ten to fifteen years ago." Cloud walked up by Tifa's side.
"While Avalanche was together?" Tifa studied her face.
"I think it was started before we met." Cloud looked up at the project's face.
"She looks like, Aerith, and ..."
"Well we managed to find out the Aerith was used to create her. It seems that Hojo had Aerith here just long enough to get samples he needed from her for this."
"Cloud?" He met Tifa's eyes, which had suddenly glossed over.
"Yeah?"
"Why does she look like you too?" Cloud stood there for a minute, thinking this over. After all, it really wasn't his fault, it was Hojo's. He didn't even know Aerith at the time. So why was he so worried? Tifa will understand and, wait a minute. Zack was around at that time, and Aerith had dated him...
"Actually, it looks like Zack." Tifa looked puzzled.
"Who's Zack?"
"Don't you remember Aerith brought it up once? He was a Shinra Soldier when I was. Hojo used Zack for this project."
"Hang on a sec," Tifa touched her forehead with her finger tips, "I remember Zack now. I took him and Sephiroth up to the Mako Reactor once. And you know what?"
"What?"
"SHE LOOKS NOTHING LIKE HIM! SHE LOOKS LIKE YOU! YOU WERE USED FOR THIS PROJECT AND YOU COULDN'T EVEN TELL ME THE TRUTH! WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE SO DAMN DIFFICULT? I CAN TAKE CARE OF MYSELF, AND MY FEELINGS!"
Cloud was pressed up against the tank, while most of the other men made excuses to leave the room. Hm, she brought up a good point.
"Sorry, I, uh, I just didn't want, you, to uh, know." Tifa glared at him.
"Cloud, why do you always have to leave me out of this stuff? I went through all the obstacles that Shinra made for us too. Stop trying to protect me all of the time."
"Tifa, I'm sorry. It's just that," Cloud leaned forward towards Tifa and stopped. They both froze at the sound of a click. Cloud and Tifa looked down at his left hand. The men who were left in the room looked at the tank.
"Oh God." Cloud lifted his hand to reveal a small switch on the tank. The rest of the men came back into the room. All watched as the liquid drained from the tank. It went swiftly, and all watched it go in silence. Another click was heard. Cloud stepped as the front of the tank swung open. The scientist Cloud came with stepped up beside him.
"I hope she was ready to come out," Cloud looked at him, "because you just killed her if she wasn't." They looked back at the tank. The metal rod from which she was suspended had lowered the girl to where her feet were flat on the bottom of the tank. Her hands were released and she slumped forward, still attached to the rod at her waist. Another rod, more like an arm this time, came in from the side of the tank and injected turquoise liquid into the side of her head.
"I wonder what that was." Broker asked aloud. Cloud knew what it was.
"Mako." The girl's eyes suddenly shot open, and she stood up, her body square with Cloud's.
"It worked!" The scientist looked on in amazement. The metal belt released itself and the girl stepped forward, but fell off balance.
"Cloud catch her!" Tifa pushed him forward. He got a hold of the girl's frail body before she hit the ground and balanced her in his arms. She looked up at him, with eyes like his. Mako eyes...
"Bring her out here." All of the scientists were squiring with curiosity now. Cloud stood the girl up on her own and, keeping a hold of her hands, walked her out of the tank. She started out slowly, but soon she caught on and sped up.
"Let's see if we can find her name." Cloud ordered his soldiers to search, while the scientists examined her.
"I'll see if I can't find her some new clothes." Tifa walked across the room, and spotting the closet, walked over to it first. Tifa opened the doors peered inside and immediately shut them. "Cloud, come here." Cloud walked over to her.
"What's wrong?"
"What was she created for?" Cloud looked at Tifa.
"Well, we haven't figured out that part, not yet."
"Do you think Hojo wanted her for destruction?" Cloud looked between Tifa and the closet.
"Well, it is Hojo's project, but why are you asking?" Tifa opened the closet. A long sword hung on the inside of each door. A black dress designed similar to Sephiroth's apparel hung inside with long, black boots resting in the bottom.
"Okay," Cloud breathed in, "now I think I truly understand what Hojo meant by calling her the ultimate being." Tifa shut the closet again.
"How do you know Hojo said that?"
"It was on a video we watched." Cloud turned Tifa to the wall of books and videos. "He had every minute of her life recorded."
"Oh wow, I didn't see that." Tifa gazed at the shelves as two soldiers walked up to them.
"We've got her name Sir." Cloud straightened up and listened. "It's Sephrina."
"Good." Cloud looked at Sephrina. "I wonder." Cloud walked over to her and the scientists.
"What did they say her name was?" Tangs asked as Cloud walked up.
"They said it was Sephrina." At the sound of her name, Sephrina turned to Cloud and spoke for the first time.
"Sephiroth?" Her voice was sweet and kind and she looked innocently at Cloud.
"That's what I thought." Cloud motioned for the scientists to huddle out of her hearing range.
"Why, she can talk! Hojo may have been mad, but this is brilliant!" The first scientist said.
"Yeah he was brilliant," Cloud said to them, "but now we have a problem."
"What's that?" Tangs asked.
"She knows about Sephiroth." Cloud said.
"Yeah?" The first scientist looked at him.
"Yeah, and it means Hojo managed to teach her about him." Cloud said.
"Wait, you lost me. Explain this better." The first scientist scratched his head.
"If I may," Broker started, "Smith it means that Hojo built her to aid Sephiroth, or he built her as a killing machine."
"And Hojo made it so she knows what she's capable of?" Smith looked at Sephrina, who by now was exploring the room with her eyes.
"Yes, and she's probably ready for her little 'mission'." Cloud said.
"If she just now left the tank," Tangs suggested, "maybe it really isn't that clear to her, not yet anyway. And maybe we can come up with a way to talk her into forgetting what Hojo taught her, you know, find a way to block it in her memory."
Cloud thought about it for a minute. Really, what would they have to lose?
"Let's try it. If it doesn't work, we'll just have to get rid of her when we get rid of this mansion. And we'll have to try it now before anyone gets attached to her." Cloud clapped his hands together and looked over at Sephrina. He didn't move.
"Sir, what's wrong?" Smith, Tangs, and Broker looked over at Sephrina who was engaged in conversation with Tifa.
"And when we get you home we'll get you some new clothes." Tifa smiled at Sephrina, who smiled back.
"And then I can learn to make cookies?"
"Of course you can! I'll show you all of my recipes then." Sephrina smiled wider.
"It sounds like fun." Tifa grabbed her arm and walked Sephrina over to Cloud, who was still stiff in his spot.
"Cloud, we should hurry and get Rina out of these clothes and into something decent." Cloud looked down at her.
"Rina?" Cloud looked at Sephrina. "Rina, who is Sephiroth?" Sephrina thought for a moment.
"I can't clearly remember." She looked to the floor.
"Great! Let's get her and Tifa out of here in an hour or less," Cloud's men straightened up, "then we'll take some of the books and videos back with us when I leave. This mansion is staying up until we sort all of this out. Okay then, let's go!"
The soldiers starting pulling down books and videos, and three lead Tifa and Sephrina out of the lab. Smith walked up to Cloud.
"How, uh, how did she do that?" He asked. Cloud turned towards Tifa, and then back to Smith.
"I have no idea, best not to ask."
Chapter three is done! I hope it was amusing for you, and as a note Sephrina will be know as Rina until further chapters. Look for friends and foes to return in the next chapter or so.
Thanks for reading this!
FF7 characters and places are not c/o of me, but Sephrina is c/o of me.
"Sir, your wife's with them!" Cloud looked horror struck. He never discussed children with Tifa, but he knew how much she wanted one. And now he had one, just not with her. On the other hand, it really wasn't his fault that he was a dad, and oh God, his child is a teenager. Why are things against him?
"Sir?" Cloud looked behind him at the soldier standing closest to the tank. "What about the Project here?" Cloud looked at the girl, and then turned his eyes toward the black fabric.
"There's no way we can hid that, is there?" Cloud looked to his men, all of whom immediately straightened up. Silently cursing, Cloud turned to the door where his wife was standing.
"Cloud," Tifa stepped in with amazement, "what is this? How did we miss this so long ago?" Her eyes turned to the tank. "Who is she?"
Cloud started to sweat. "We, uh, we really don't, err, we haven't, uh, figured that, um, out yet..." Tifa met eyes with Cloud.
"You're lying." Cloud panicked.
"No honey, I'm not. We haven't..." Tifa put up her hand.
"You stammered. Plus you called me honey." Damn, he was busted. Tifa walked up to the tank and examined the girl. "So who is she?"
"She is a project that Hojo made about ten to fifteen years ago." Cloud walked up by Tifa's side.
"While Avalanche was together?" Tifa studied her face.
"I think it was started before we met." Cloud looked up at the project's face.
"She looks like, Aerith, and ..."
"Well we managed to find out the Aerith was used to create her. It seems that Hojo had Aerith here just long enough to get samples he needed from her for this."
"Cloud?" He met Tifa's eyes, which had suddenly glossed over.
"Yeah?"
"Why does she look like you too?" Cloud stood there for a minute, thinking this over. After all, it really wasn't his fault, it was Hojo's. He didn't even know Aerith at the time. So why was he so worried? Tifa will understand and, wait a minute. Zack was around at that time, and Aerith had dated him...
"Actually, it looks like Zack." Tifa looked puzzled.
"Who's Zack?"
"Don't you remember Aerith brought it up once? He was a Shinra Soldier when I was. Hojo used Zack for this project."
"Hang on a sec," Tifa touched her forehead with her finger tips, "I remember Zack now. I took him and Sephiroth up to the Mako Reactor once. And you know what?"
"What?"
"SHE LOOKS NOTHING LIKE HIM! SHE LOOKS LIKE YOU! YOU WERE USED FOR THIS PROJECT AND YOU COULDN'T EVEN TELL ME THE TRUTH! WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE SO DAMN DIFFICULT? I CAN TAKE CARE OF MYSELF, AND MY FEELINGS!"
Cloud was pressed up against the tank, while most of the other men made excuses to leave the room. Hm, she brought up a good point.
"Sorry, I, uh, I just didn't want, you, to uh, know." Tifa glared at him.
"Cloud, why do you always have to leave me out of this stuff? I went through all the obstacles that Shinra made for us too. Stop trying to protect me all of the time."
"Tifa, I'm sorry. It's just that," Cloud leaned forward towards Tifa and stopped. They both froze at the sound of a click. Cloud and Tifa looked down at his left hand. The men who were left in the room looked at the tank.
"Oh God." Cloud lifted his hand to reveal a small switch on the tank. The rest of the men came back into the room. All watched as the liquid drained from the tank. It went swiftly, and all watched it go in silence. Another click was heard. Cloud stepped as the front of the tank swung open. The scientist Cloud came with stepped up beside him.
"I hope she was ready to come out," Cloud looked at him, "because you just killed her if she wasn't." They looked back at the tank. The metal rod from which she was suspended had lowered the girl to where her feet were flat on the bottom of the tank. Her hands were released and she slumped forward, still attached to the rod at her waist. Another rod, more like an arm this time, came in from the side of the tank and injected turquoise liquid into the side of her head.
"I wonder what that was." Broker asked aloud. Cloud knew what it was.
"Mako." The girl's eyes suddenly shot open, and she stood up, her body square with Cloud's.
"It worked!" The scientist looked on in amazement. The metal belt released itself and the girl stepped forward, but fell off balance.
"Cloud catch her!" Tifa pushed him forward. He got a hold of the girl's frail body before she hit the ground and balanced her in his arms. She looked up at him, with eyes like his. Mako eyes...
"Bring her out here." All of the scientists were squiring with curiosity now. Cloud stood the girl up on her own and, keeping a hold of her hands, walked her out of the tank. She started out slowly, but soon she caught on and sped up.
"Let's see if we can find her name." Cloud ordered his soldiers to search, while the scientists examined her.
"I'll see if I can't find her some new clothes." Tifa walked across the room, and spotting the closet, walked over to it first. Tifa opened the doors peered inside and immediately shut them. "Cloud, come here." Cloud walked over to her.
"What's wrong?"
"What was she created for?" Cloud looked at Tifa.
"Well, we haven't figured out that part, not yet."
"Do you think Hojo wanted her for destruction?" Cloud looked between Tifa and the closet.
"Well, it is Hojo's project, but why are you asking?" Tifa opened the closet. A long sword hung on the inside of each door. A black dress designed similar to Sephiroth's apparel hung inside with long, black boots resting in the bottom.
"Okay," Cloud breathed in, "now I think I truly understand what Hojo meant by calling her the ultimate being." Tifa shut the closet again.
"How do you know Hojo said that?"
"It was on a video we watched." Cloud turned Tifa to the wall of books and videos. "He had every minute of her life recorded."
"Oh wow, I didn't see that." Tifa gazed at the shelves as two soldiers walked up to them.
"We've got her name Sir." Cloud straightened up and listened. "It's Sephrina."
"Good." Cloud looked at Sephrina. "I wonder." Cloud walked over to her and the scientists.
"What did they say her name was?" Tangs asked as Cloud walked up.
"They said it was Sephrina." At the sound of her name, Sephrina turned to Cloud and spoke for the first time.
"Sephiroth?" Her voice was sweet and kind and she looked innocently at Cloud.
"That's what I thought." Cloud motioned for the scientists to huddle out of her hearing range.
"Why, she can talk! Hojo may have been mad, but this is brilliant!" The first scientist said.
"Yeah he was brilliant," Cloud said to them, "but now we have a problem."
"What's that?" Tangs asked.
"She knows about Sephiroth." Cloud said.
"Yeah?" The first scientist looked at him.
"Yeah, and it means Hojo managed to teach her about him." Cloud said.
"Wait, you lost me. Explain this better." The first scientist scratched his head.
"If I may," Broker started, "Smith it means that Hojo built her to aid Sephiroth, or he built her as a killing machine."
"And Hojo made it so she knows what she's capable of?" Smith looked at Sephrina, who by now was exploring the room with her eyes.
"Yes, and she's probably ready for her little 'mission'." Cloud said.
"If she just now left the tank," Tangs suggested, "maybe it really isn't that clear to her, not yet anyway. And maybe we can come up with a way to talk her into forgetting what Hojo taught her, you know, find a way to block it in her memory."
Cloud thought about it for a minute. Really, what would they have to lose?
"Let's try it. If it doesn't work, we'll just have to get rid of her when we get rid of this mansion. And we'll have to try it now before anyone gets attached to her." Cloud clapped his hands together and looked over at Sephrina. He didn't move.
"Sir, what's wrong?" Smith, Tangs, and Broker looked over at Sephrina who was engaged in conversation with Tifa.
"And when we get you home we'll get you some new clothes." Tifa smiled at Sephrina, who smiled back.
"And then I can learn to make cookies?"
"Of course you can! I'll show you all of my recipes then." Sephrina smiled wider.
"It sounds like fun." Tifa grabbed her arm and walked Sephrina over to Cloud, who was still stiff in his spot.
"Cloud, we should hurry and get Rina out of these clothes and into something decent." Cloud looked down at her.
"Rina?" Cloud looked at Sephrina. "Rina, who is Sephiroth?" Sephrina thought for a moment.
"I can't clearly remember." She looked to the floor.
"Great! Let's get her and Tifa out of here in an hour or less," Cloud's men straightened up, "then we'll take some of the books and videos back with us when I leave. This mansion is staying up until we sort all of this out. Okay then, let's go!"
The soldiers starting pulling down books and videos, and three lead Tifa and Sephrina out of the lab. Smith walked up to Cloud.
"How, uh, how did she do that?" He asked. Cloud turned towards Tifa, and then back to Smith.
"I have no idea, best not to ask."
Chapter three is done! I hope it was amusing for you, and as a note Sephrina will be know as Rina until further chapters. Look for friends and foes to return in the next chapter or so.
Thanks for reading this!