A/N: Heh, so ah...anyone starting to like Sean yet? Well...DON'T! Heh just kidding, enjoy the chapter.

Chapter Twenty Six

The Prophecy

Jessi opened her eyes and sat up quickly; she looked over and jumped when she seen Sean was sleeping soundly next to her.

"What the hell…" She put her hands to her head and closed her eyes.

Was that all a dream, if it was then why is Sean here?

She looked over at him again and jumped again when he opened his eyes and said, "What?"

"Jeez Sean! Don't scare me like that!" She put her hand to her heart; she laughed to herself when she felt she had a normal heartbeat.

Oh you're a scream Hojo, startle me and I'll have a normal heartbeat, Har de freakin har.

"I actually scared you?" Sean asked amusedly.

"Have you heard my heart beat recently?"

Sean nodded, "Yea, we tried to listen to it back in town and it was hardly beating."

Jessi smirked and lay back down, "Listen to it now."

Sean rested his ear on her heart then raised an eyebrow and looked up at her.

"It's beating normally."

She nodded and he laughed. "Man Hojo really messed you up."

"Yea, I know." She said bitterly as she swung her legs over the bed and put her head back in her hands. Sean wrapped his arms around her and kissed her shoulder.

"What's up."

"I had a bad dream."

"About?"

"I dreamt that you remembered everything about us and your past."

"And that's a bad dream? Well, thanks a lot."

Jessi looked at him with a hurt expression on her face.

"It is, when you think you had everything back to how it was, then you wake up and realize it was all fake. Tell me that doesn't suck."

Sean shrugged, "It doesn't."

"How can you think that?"

"Because this is a dream."

Jessi tensed then opened her eyes suddenly and looked down, Sean was asleep in her arms. She relaxed and leaned back into the pillow, laughing softly to herself.

Enough of these weird dreams calm down Jess…she thought.

Just when she closed her eyes she felt Sean's looking up at her.

"What are you staring at Seany?"

He smirked and she opened her eyes, smiling at him.

"Nothing, is something wrong?"

She realized the dream she had before was just that, a dream. "No, not any more at least. Why?"

"You're heartbeat woke me up."

Jessi smirked, "Yea, I was having a dream that scared me. Sorry I woke you."

He ran his hand down her arm and sent chills running through her body.

"Don't be, I gotta protect you from the monsters and I can't if I'm asleep."

She brushed stray bangs out of his face and smiled down at him.

"We both need to rest, tomorrow we are going to put Avalanche in their graves, and Vincent back in his tomb."

Sean thought about it a moment before turning over on his back and relaxing. Jessi moved with him and wrapped her arms around his bare chest; he draped one arm across her back then drifted back to sleep. Thoughts raced and replayed through Jessi's head for most of the night, everything was ready and she was not.

You came around faster than I thought Sean and now, I wished you hadn't…I'm just not ready to let go…

Her eyes suddenly began to grow heavy and she stopped worrying about the plan before falling asleep and started to dream about the plan being carried out…

She was falling further and further away from Sean's jellyfish monster. She seen Sean leaning over the monster watching her, he had his hand across his neck, which had sticky, drying blood... She didn't understand the look on his face, it was a combination of anger and yet, sadness. She didn't know why or how, but she was dying. Her heart really was scarcely beating; less than normal and she felt like someone had shot her in the chest with a cannon ball. She heard voices around her, some of them belonged to Avalanche but she heard Kristen and Alex's cries among them as well. A great shadow fell over her while a strong gush of wind blew past, but her eyes were drooping and she was too tired to care.

"Jessi, wake up."

She did not open her eyes, it will all be over soon enough, I'll be home soon mom and dad, Lucrecia I hope your waiting for me.

"She'll be crushed if she doesn't transform!"

"Come on Jessi, you've got to wake up!"

"Jessi please don't leave me again!"

A tear slid down her face as she took her last breath and held it. She didn't notice when she plunged into the Ocean's freezing cold waters, she opened her mouth and released the air as the darkness consumed her for the last time.

"No! Jessica, please…. I LOVE YOU!"

"Jessi…. It's time to wake up and fulfill your destiny."

"I can't wake up, I died."

"Wake up Jessi, when you wake up you will see…."

"See what? I can finally rest now…"

"You're not dead, you're just…"

"She's sleeping…." Hojo said angrily.

Sean glared at him, "Then why won't she wake up!"

Hojo looked down at Jessi; she was on one of his examining tables. He thought for a moment, then smiled coldly.

"Perhaps the serum I gave her all those years ago…"

He stopped talking and looked at Sean, "That is I…"

Sean's face darkened as he picked Jessi up and walked out of the lab.

"Your time is coming Hojo and it will be sooner than you anticipate."

Hojo watched him leave but paid no heed to the threat.

"I created you and I can destroy you just as easily, your words are meaningless to me."

He turned away and went back to experimenting with his chemicals.

"Stay asleep Meadows, you are one less thorn in my side and you will be easy to dispose of in this state…"

Aeris walked back to the Town Square in the middle of Diresville. The others turned to her expectantly; Danielle was with Tifa, but she went to meet Aeris.

"Miss Gainsborough, did Jamie…"

Aeris gave her a hug, "Don't worry Danny, your brother made it to Lifestream; he is there with your parents. They love you and told me to tell you that you are strong and don't want to see any more tears."

Danielle's face lit up; "They can see me?"

Aeris beamed at her, "Of course they can, they will always be with you no matter what."

She looked over at Cloud, "Isn't that right."

Cloud nodded and Danielle wiped her tear stained cheeks.

"Thank you all so much. If it weren't for you, and that girl, I don't know what I would do."

"What girl are you talking about?" Tifa asked.

Danielle looked up at the sky, "I don't think she was with the others cause she saved my life...but she knew them."

Cloud crossed his arms, "What did she look like?"

Danielle frowned but closed her eyes, "I didn't get a good look at her, the only thing I noticed were her eyes. I couldn't look away from them, they were a reddish color and they seemed to glow…"

Both Sephiroth and Vincent looked up; their faces were synchronized with shock.

"Jessi…" They both said quietly.

Aeris looked over at them with deep sympathy, if it was Jessi, then that could only mean one thing.

"Her soul did not find peace, she hasn't reached Lifestream yet."

"So is she like a ghost or something?" Yuffie asked.

Aeris nodded, "But we can go back to the crater and I can pray for her."

Cloud nodded, "Allright, everyone back on the ship. Danielle, do you have any relatives you can stay with?"

Danielle nodded, "Yes, do you know where Icicle town is? Awesome, my grandparents live northeast of there…if memory serves me correctly the place is called Dercas village."

Aeris furrowed her eyebrows, where had she heard that name? It was something she knew from her first lifetime then heard about in Lifestream. Something important, she knew that, but what was it?

Cloud nodded, "Great, let's get going everyone."

As they got on the ship, Sephiroth noticed something red blowing in the wind. He walked over and kneeled down next to it, he opened his mouth when he realized what it was.

"Sephiroth, get your ass in gear!" Cid yelled.

Sephiroth ignored him as he folded the cape and put inside of his vest before boarding the Highwind.

"I'm sorry Sean, she hasn't used the materia yet. I can't help her."

"But there's got to be some way you can wake her up!"

"She will in time, we just have to be patient."

"Maybe you put her into a coma after you guys…Ugh!"

Jessi clenched Alex's throat tightly; "Do you ever shut up?"

She opened her eyes and released Alex; he stepped back, rubbing his throat.

Krissy and Jenova smiled down at her and Sean was holding her hand.

He leaned toward her, resting his forehead against hers.

"I thought I told you not to scare me like that any more."

Jessi raised her eyebrows and looked at him innocently, "But I wasn't playing hero!"

Sean raised his eyebrow, "You mean heroine."

She broke into a grin and he smiled with her, Alex just looked like he was confused.

"I don't get it."

Krissy rolled her eyes, "That's because it's their joke you retard."

"Shut up, I knew that!"

"Then why did you say 'I don't get it'?"

"Because I felt like it okay?"

"Now, now children; stop this incessant fighting." Jenova said.

Krissy and Alex both turned their heads, "Sorry."

Jenova turned back to Jessi, "Now that you are finally awake, you can go on and share your plan with the rest of us."

Jessi nodded, "Right, here is what I think we should do…"