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The Only One in My Heart

Chapter 4

Lana ran across the beach from one injured brother to another. Cared for their health and built shelter for each of them but they did not open their eyes.

"Kadaj, can you hear me?" Lana cried to him. "If you can, let me know. Move a finger, anything! Just a sign," Lana begged. Lana knelt by him and stared at his face, now calm and peaceful. A shadow suddenly loomed above her. Lana gasped and turned to the stranger.

A man of great height with long silver hair and green eyes looked down at her. He wore a long black coat with metal shoulder pads and a long masamune was hung behind his back.

"Do you need my help?" he offered. "I can save them," he continued with a genuine smile. Lana nodded and allowed him to investigate the brothers for any methods that can be used on them.

"They're still alive but they will remain like this if we don't do something," Sephiroth said after a while. Lana looked at him desperately.

"What else can we do? I don't know what else to do," Lana said.

"I know what we can do but I don't know if you will approve of it," Sephiroth said. Lana looked up at him. He said, "We could put them in the tanks in a laboratory where we can control the activities of their bodies. By doing so, we could keep them alive until they are strong enough to wake up from their sleep."

"Please, please save them," Lana begged the silver haired stranger.

"All right," Sephiroth, "I'll teleport us all to the lab."

Lana nodded to him, "Thank you, sir."

"My name's Sephiroth," he replied with a smile, "But you can call me anything you like."

"My name is Lana," Lana replied. Sephiroth smiled at her as he carried Kadaj in his arms and walked to the other two.

"Hold my hand and don't let go," Sephiroth told Lana before he chanted his teleportation spell. Lana held his hand tightly before feeling herself being lifted into the air. She closed her eyes but when she opened them, she wasn't at the beach anymore. She was in a dimly lit room.

"You can let go of me now," the deep voice of Sephiroth told her.

Lana loosened her grip on his hand and watched him place Kadaj on a table and cuffed his hands and legs with metals which were attached to the table. With a wave of his hand, the scientists in another room pushed a button and brought the table into a standing position and lifted the table up along with Kadaj. Then, Kadaj was lowered into a glass tank. The top of the tank was then closed and water began to fill the tank. Just before the water reached Kadaj's neck, a tube attached to a breathing device covered his nose and mouth. Lana kept silent as she watched Yazoo and Loz entered the tubes.

"The scientists there," Sephiroth pointed at the men who wore white robes, "will let us know if they're getting better." Lana could only nod at him. "Go get some sleep in my room," he said and led Lana to his room.

When Lana woke up the next morning in Sephiroth's bed, she was alone and ate the simple breakfast that was laid on the table next to the bed. When Lana got up to the door, it swung open and Sephiroth stepped in.

"I knew you would be up by now," he said.

"Good morning," Lana stuttered.

"I have something to ask you," Sephiroth began, "Come and have a seat." Sephiroth sat in an armchair across Lana. Lana looked nervously at the figure in front of her whom she had known for a day.

"Did you know how I find you?" he asked. Lana shook her head. "A great power had drawn me to where you were," Sephiroth began. Lana began to tremble in fear. "I went there in search of this source of power but instead, I found you crying," Sephiroth continued.

"I didn't do it," Lana whimpered, "I didn't. I stopped before I could hurt someone."

"Does the power belong to you?" he asked.

"I don't know," Lana answered, "I heard my mama's voice in my head. She called me to unleash my power with her help but I don't know what she meant." Tears began to form in Lana eyes as she continued, "When I thought of Kadaj and his brothers dying, I lost control of my body. I could feel something inside me trying to come out. And I felt it coming out to kill people. I knew its purpose and I tried my very best to stop myself."

Sephiroth walked over to the child and hugged her tightly against his chest. Lana sobbed against his chest and clung onto his coat. Lana was scared of her powers and her lost; he knew it and he vowed to himself that he would help her as much as he could. Though he had only met Lana for a day, Sephiroth felt a strange feeling towards the girl. A feeling that he wanted to feel towards another human being, love; brotherly love.

"Well, little sister," Sephiroth broke the silence between them, "Let's take you to them." Sephiroth brushed aside Lana's tears and gave her a smile. "You wouldn't want them to see you cry, do you?" he teased. Lana shook her head.

"Big brother, how long will they sleep?" Lana asked Sephiroth as she stood in front of the tanks.

"I don't know," he replied as he held her by her tiny hand. He looked down at her, "They will wake up someday, I promise you."

Lana looked up at him and nodded, "I believe in you, big brother."

Life went on for Lana with her frequent visits to the lab every day. In her loneliness, she would talk to the three brothers and pretended that they have replied her questions. The scientists on duty could only watch over her for Sephiroth, who had missions he had to complete.

"Nothing new, kiddo," was what they would tell Lana everyday when she entered the lab. Then, they would see Lana hung her head on her chest and sat in front of them. Until one evening, Kadaj showed a change in the scientist's monitor.

"This can't be happening," a scientist whispered to his partner, "His pulses are getting lower. His body activities are becoming slower!"

"Shh!" his partner, Richard warned him, "Keep it low, Lana's here!"

"What do we do?" the first scientist asked.

"Robert, increase the output of the electricity for a moment," Richard commanded, "I'll get Sephiroth."

"Pulses and body activities returning to normal," Robert reported after he increased the output of electricity for Kadaj's tank for three seconds.

"What happened?" Sephiroth asked the two scientists after he had ushered Lana to his room.

"We almost lost Kadaj," Robert informed, "His body activities were getting slower just now but they have returned to normal after three seconds of increasing the electricity."

"This proves that they will not survived," Richard said, "Lana have to face their dea—"

"Silence!" Sephiroth roared, "You must save them, no matter what happens!"

"But there is no other way," Richard answered Sephiroth.

"Wait," Robert stopped them, "We could make their bodies stronger if we inject JENOVA's cell into them but there's no guarantee of what might happen to them after that." Sephiroth stared at him.

"Do it," Sephiroth said with a firm nod.

"We need more JENOVA's cells for this," Robert said.

"I'll get them from Hojo's lab," Sephiroth said before the exited the lab.

Sephiroth strolled down the corridor to his room, where Lana awaited his arrival. To his surprise, his room door was opened and when he went inside, Lana was not in there. Sephiroth panicked and turned to the door.

"What happened to Kadaj?" Lana voice rang in his ears. Sephiroth stared at the girl who stood at the door. "Is he dying?" she asked.

"No," Sephiroth lied, "He's not dying."

"He said 'lost'," Lana told him, "I know what it meant."

Sephiroth was defeated. "He's okay now," he said. He took a step to her and knelt on one knee. "I know how much they mean to you," he began. "The scientists remembered a way to save them. And I'll have to be away for while to get the medicine," he continued.

"Can I come along?" she asked. Sephiroth gave her an assuring smile and shook his head.

"I want you to look after your friends while I'm away," he said.

A/N : Okay, okay, okay. I know I crapped the machines……….