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Sorry for to wait. So I hope that this answers some questions that you have. I will be going on with the story plot in the next chapter... this seems like a REALLY long detour... but I do have a reason for my madness! :) MWAHAHAHAHAH! Anyways... *blushes* enjoy reading!

Cissnei woke with a start. She jumped up and looked around her. She was in the abandoned church in the Slums. She looked up to where her and Cloud fell through. Cloud! She looked towards the ground of find him. She spotted him automatically. He was lying right where she was, still unconscious but breathing steadily. He must have broken my fall.

"Oh, I thought the red head was watching me today?" Aerith said from behind Cissnei.

"Aerith." Cissnei turned around.

"Cloud," Aerith gasped as she rushed to him. "What happened?"

"We fell from the reactor." Cissnei said as she pointed up.

"Aerith?" Cloud mumbled in his sleep. His eyebrows bunched together and his hands shot to his head. "Máthair, cabhrú liom le do thoil."

"Shhh…." Aerith said as she laid a hand on his head.

"What did he say?" Cissnei asked.

"He asked for help." Aerith said as she put Cloud's head in her lap. "What happened to him?"

"I don't know." Cissnei replied. "We thought he was just sick…at least that was the best we could guess."

Aerith stopped and seemed to be listening to something. Her eyes widen and she looked down at Cloud horrified. "He seems to have memories that aren't his."

"How?" Cissnei demanded.

"I'm not sure." Aerith paused and looked thoughtful. "Cloud, where were you born?"

"Nibelhiem." Cloud said softly, still holding his head.

"Who did you live with?"

"My mom."

"What are you doing?" Cissnei asked softly.

"Cloud is losing himself in his own mind." Aerith said as she stroked his blonde spikes. "Did you have any friends in Nibelhiem?"

"Ya," Even though Cloud was relaxing, he kept his eyes closed. "Tifa, though we didn't play together a lot when we grew older."

"Why is that?" Cissnei asked catching on.

"Her dad blamed me for an accident," Cloud said.

"What accident was that?" Aerith asked.

Cissnei walked away and dialed Vled. She needed to catch him up to speed. Thankfully, Reno was sent out on a mission today so no one was really keeping an eye on Aerith. This usually wouldn't be allowed other than the fact that everyone was busy. The phone rang once.

"Shuriken?" Vled's strong voice came out clear in Cissnei's ears.

"I followed Strife to the Mako 5 Reactor. While we were there, we fell and ended up landing in the church. Aerith says that the problem with Strife is that he somehow acquired memories that are not his, causing him to lose himself within his own mind. She is attempting to solve the issue as we speak." Cissnei said swiftly as she looked back at Cloud and Aerith.

"Tseng will be there shortly," Vled said. "Come up with a game plan between the two of you, then report back."

"Sir," Cissnei said as she hung up the phone.

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Aerith was having a normal day. That was until she opened the church doors and found a Turk staring at the flowers. Then it became a unique day when she saw what the Turk was looking at. Cloud. She hadn't known him for long, two weeks maybe, but he became a quick friend. To see him lying there worried her.

"What happened?" Aerith asked the auburn-haired-Turk.

"We fell from the reactor." The Turk replied simply as she pointed up.

"Aerith?" Cloud mumbled in his sleep. His eyebrows bunched together and his hands shot to his head. "Máthair, cabhrú liom le do thoil."

Aerith was taken slightly back. How did Cloud know the Certain? Moreover, why did he call her mother? Aerith laid a hand on his head. "Shhh…"

"What did he say?" The Turk inquired.

"He asked for help." Aerith said as she put Cloud's head in her lap. "What happened to him?"

"I don't know." The Turk walked closer to the pair. "We thought he was just sick…at least that was the best we could guess."

Aerith, sweetheart, Cloud had gained some of the information from the lifestream. He has information, mainly memories, that are not his. Thus, his is fighting to keep himself. Aerith's mom sweetly said.

Aerith's eyes widen and she looked down at Cloud horrified. "He seems to have memories that aren't his."

"How?" The Turk didn't sound happy

"I'm not sure." Aerith paused and thought. If the main problem right now is that Cloud is fighting to keep himself, then all that needs to be done is to help him remember whom he is. Right Mom?

Yes, now you have the idea. Start with something small, like who he is. Her mom's presence faded and Aerith looked down and poor Cloud.

"Cloud, where are you born?" Aerith figured it was as good as any place to start.

"Nibelhiem." Cloud said softly, still holding his head.

"Who did you live with?"

"My mom."

"What are you doing?" The Turk said softly.

"Cloud is losing himself in his own mind." Aerith said as she stroked his blonde spikes. "Did you have any friends in Nibelhiem?"

"Yes." Even though his body was relaxing, he kept his eyes closed. "Tifa, though we didn't play together a lot when we grew older."

"Why is that?" The Turk seemed to be catching on.

"Her dad blamed me for an accident," Cloud said and then made a face as if was remembering something.

"What accident was that?" Aerith asked. She needed to keep him talking.

This process continued until Cloud drifted off to a peaceful sleep. As if on cue the Turk with the black ponytail walked in. He walked quickly and quietly up to the auburn Turk who was sitting in the front pew.

"Current situation," he asked.

"He seems to have fallen asleep after talking for 15 minutes straight." The first Turk said, not taking her eyes off the sleeping blonde.

The male Turk nodded and walked over to Aerith, who still had Cloud's head in her lap. "My name is Tseng. What can you tell us about his condition?"

"The damage had already been done. Therefore, there is no way to correct it, at least none that I know of. The best thing that can be done is keep Cloud from losing himself." Aerith said as she looked back down at Cloud.

"How?" Tseng's question was short and to the point.

"Umm…" How could Aerith make them see what was wrong and have them help fix it? "Say Cloud had a huge wall around his house protecting his property which is the size of Midgar. Well say that the wall was torn down somehow and left his property opened for anyone to come in. Now given the opportunity, a lot of people came, like a flood, and filled up it. Now Cloud is lost and can't get back to his house.

"There are two options for this situation. The first: push the people out and fix the wall. The second: lead Cloud back to his house. The first option isn't possible for we don't know how to get the people out or how to fix the wall. Even if we accomplished both, we don't even know how his wall was broken in the first place. So that leaves us with the second option, leading him home. Do you get it?"

"Yes." The girl Turk had gotten up in the middle of the explanation and walked over. "The people are the extra memories and the wall is his mind, so to speak. We can't remove the memories because we don't know how they got there. Therefore we need to help him cop with having them."

"Right!" Aerith said with a smile.

"How should we do that?" Tseng asked.

"Well…" Aerith looked up at the celling. "I guess the best way is to talk with him. Ask him questions that only he would know or questions that you know the answers to."

"Like what you were doing earlier?" The girl asked.

"Yah." Aerith was happy that her explanation worked. She wouldn't know how else to explain it.

"Is there someplace that would be the best for him to stay?" Tseng asked.

"I would talk with him in a place he knew was safe, somewhere he doesn't need to worry about." Aerith said. "I don't think he should be able to wonder Midgar though, it might make things worse."

"Would a place where he's never been cause problems?" Tseng asked.

"Now that you mention it, it might be the best. If he has seen the place before it might bring up his memories which can trigger someone else's." Aerith ran her fingers through Cloud's spikes.

"Thank you for your help." Tseng said as he picked up the sleeping man. "We shall be sure to keep him safe."

"Let me know how things are going please." Aerith said even though she knew that likely hood of being updated was none to zero. "He is a good friend."

"For all the help that you have been, I think I can arrange something." Tseng said as he walked out of the church with the female following.

"Keep safe Cloud." Aerith said softly as soon as the doors shut.

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"What are you thinking Tseng?" Cissnei asked when they go into the helicopter.

"We will take him back to the room he was staying in, where you will lead him to his 'house'." Tseng said as the helicopter took off.

"Can't Reno or Rude do it?" Cissnei asked. She knew that she was wining, but she was already board of this.

"You know as well as I do that you are the best option for this." Tseng said.

"Good point." Cissnei said.

"Between the two of us, I would make sure to check your attitude before you slip up in front of the superiors or anyone that isn't a part of the Turks. Save it for Friday's trip to the bar." Tseng said without emotion.

"You're right, thanks." Cissnei knew that Tseng was looking out for her, that he wasn't being mean. "So, I am going to chocobo sit until he gets back to normal, then what?"

"I will ask Vled what he wants to do afterwards, though I am sure that he will tell us that it all depends on Cloud." Tseng looked out the window. "I hope that this doesn't get messy."

They rode in a few minutes of silence. Then summoning enough courage Cissnei decided to ask a question. "Do you believe Fair?"

"What's not to believe?" Tseng replied. "Vled and I believe that deep down that Lazard believes him as well, but is too afraid to take action on it."

"Is that why he called in Hollander to erase some of Zack's memories instead of acting upon what Zack said?" Cissnei was finally putting the pieces together.

"We believe so." Tseng said.

"Is that also why he hasn't asked us about an update on Strife, if we've found him or not?" Cissnei asked.

"Yes," Tseng turned and looked at Cissnei. "Do everything in your power not to remind him either. He doesn't want anyone to get hurt."

How can Lazard be Shinra's son? They are nothing alike. Cissnei thought as the Shinra building came into view.

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