Author's Notes:

                1. Here's Chapter 6. Finally, we're getting into some actual plot development… or at least a little teaser as to what the plot will be.

                2. Consider me posting 3 Chapters in 24 hours an apology for how short chapters 4 and 6, especially 6, are.

                3. The weird name for the Chapter is to highlight that it's a short interlude from the events I've been covering so far. That said… on with the show.

Chapter 6: Elsewhere…

It's amazing the things that the human race can fail to notice. Especially in the face of such an amazing victory as they thought they had made over Sephiroth, Meteor and the Weapons. Especially when only a select few had been aware of the real enemy.

No one had noticed before when a hoard of black-caped men, spread thinly throughout the Planet's populace, had begun to make their way to the North Crater, muttering about a Reunion, besides, the majority had died on their way to the Crater, too weak to go on. It was easy to overlook that it was only majority that had not fallen, that those that had fallen might not have died, weak as they were, Jenova did not let her pawns die so easily. Thus, no one noticed, again, when the remnants of ShinRa's experiments began to make their way to the North Crater. Even if they had, they most likely would not have cared, they had failed once, they would fail again.

Things were different now, however. Ever since the battle in the North Crater, the place seemed dead,  the Whirlwind Maze had quieted, jagged, harsh cliffs had collapsed into gentle slopes. Thus, the clones gravitated to a place deep within the Earth, a corner of the Planet that the people had turned their gaze from. After all, it was far easier to make their new lives for themselves if they looked away from the source of their former troubles; the North Crater was the Past, and the people wanted to look firmly into the Future.

Deep within the North Crater, if anyone dared venture there, one would find what looked like a mass grave. Hundreds of bodies, piled on top of each other, all white-haired, green-eyed, cloaked in black, a worrying variety of numbers tattooed on their hands, formed a large circle. Dozens more of the black caped men climbed their way over the bodies, too mindless to be worried by the sight they say, whispering softly, their voices hopeless, "Mother…"

As the clones climbed their way over the bodies, they would have noticed, had they not been living a mere parody of life, that the circle was hollow, and within it, there was another figure. The figure in the centre bore a startling resemblance to those around it, and was clad in what was most likely the cape that had belonged to one of the hundreds of bodies surrounding her. Except that it was a woman.

The woman sat there, in the centre, cross-legged, her hands seated calmly in her lap, a smile on her face, a smile that been seen more than two and a half years ago, on the face of a man who looked just like her, as he committed his greatest sin, the one deed that would forever haunt him, standing out above all the rest as the reason he must continue to suffer.

The woman smiled, and as one of her drones approached her, a wispy line of bright green light would connect them, the drone's eyes would widen, and, as the drone died, She would grow stronger, Her smile never wavering. Once again, Jenova had survived the Planet's attempts to destroy her. This time, however, She would not fail in her attempts to destroy the Planet.

Jenova sat, regaining her strength, planning. Her mistakes before had been many, she had placed all her strength in only one of her puppets, she had been hasty, not taking the time to gather all of her pieces before attacking, not bothering to discover if the Planet could pose her a threat to her plans before putting them under way. She would not make these mistakes again. She would wait until She was as strong as She could be, then She would hunt down the rest of Her Children, and kill them along with those who had helped them before, claiming what of Her strength they had within them. Then, and only then, would she proceed to rob this Planet of life.

Thus, Jenova waited, stronger than she was before, waiting for the moment when she could finally destroy the Planet.

-End Chapter 6-