Me: (sigh) What a long week this will be. At least I figured out a way to go to anime club this week. And I get paid this week too. (sigh) I currently don't have a muse so I guess I'll use Tia (Final Destiny version)

Tiamatt: why am I here?

Me: I have a muse cause Lloyd and birdboy got in a fight and are both in intensive care.

Tiamatt: That stupid phoenix! I'm gonna kill him!

Me: Why?

Tiamatt: That stupid birdbrain supposes to help scout out new candidates for Garden!

Me: uhh… I didn't know I pulled this Tia. I thought it would be the one before the prophecy. (sigh) Oh well. Would you please say the disclaimer Tia?

Tia: Whatever, Jen Rem doesn't own ToS or FF, just me and the Oblivion Blade (T.T)

Authoress note: This is another third person flash back so be warned.

Tiamatt ran through the brush of a forest up to the north of the western continent. She glanced back to see her follower but the forest was too thick. She had been hiding for almost two month since meeting Cid and Shera in Rocket Town and was now fleeing for her life from her prusuer.

"Dammit!" Tiamatt slid to a halt, narrowly missing running head first into the rock wall of a cliff.

She heard rustling from behind her and the sound of heavy footsteps. Tiamatt whipped around flinging her arms out to protect herself, closing her eyes in instinct. The sound of her attack falling onto the ground surprised her and she cautiously looked over her arms. A barrier now surrounded her, as it shimmered slightly from the assault. A man was standing back up, wiping the forest debris from his long black cloak, a leaf or two hanging from his long silver hair.

"Se… Sephiroth." Tiamatt muttered, eyes widening in shock. The man looked up, revealing bright green eyes. At his feet laid the long blade of the Masamune. His eyes, too, widened as he recognized his target.

"Tiamatt?" Sephiroth asked slowly.

The young woman lowered her arms to her side, though she was still ready to fight if she had too. Tiamatt wasn't sure how Shinra might have change Sephiroth and could not immediately trust him.

"Tiamatt, Shinra said you were…" the SOLDIER said slowly, eyes forming in the corners of his eyes.

'They said I was what?" Tiamatt glared slightly, trying to figure out if she could still trust the man she still loved.

"Tiamatt, didn't you know? They said you were dead. It was said that the house had caught fire while you slept."

"Those lying snakes! I'm gonna kill them all!" She roared at the news. Sephiroth sighed, wondering why Shinra would lie like that. He looked at Tiamatt again and noticed something odd.

"Tiamatt, your eyes? Were you exposed to Mako?" Sephiroth asked, examining the now glowing blue eyes.

"What do you mean? What does Mako have to do with anything?" The woman questioned.

"Your eyes give off a glow that signals that someone was exposed to vast amounts of Mako. What has happened to you?" Sephiroth's voice was full of concern.

"Why don't you ask your boss, President Shinra!" Tiamatt sneered. Sephiroth looked quite taken back and took a step forward.

"Tiamatt, I don't know what the Shinra did to you but I'm not like them." The SOLDIER's eyes filled with sadness as the woman he loved backed away from him. "Tiamatt…"

"How can I be sure that you won't turn me over to Hojo as soon as you can?" The escapee snapped.

"Hojo? Shinra's lead scientist? You were put under his care? Tell me everything!" Sephiroth rushed forward, grabbing Tiamatt's shoulders before she could react.

"Sephiroth…" Tears fell down her checks as she began to tell him of the experiments. By the end, Tiamatt's eyes were red from crying as Sephiroth held the weeping woman in his arms in an attempt to comfort her.

"I'm so sorry. I should have never left. I promise, I will not let Shinra get your hands on you ever again." Sephiroth whispered, cradling Tiamatt in his arms.

However, some promises can not be kept, no matter how hard you try. Sephiroth had to help Tiamatt hide in a cave near where they had encountered each other. Unfortunately, Turks noticed that Shinra's top SOLDIER kept return to one area. They followed him one day and discovered the escapee Tiamatt in Sephiroth's arms.

"So this is where she has been hiding?" Zin said calmly. Tiamatt and Sephiroth turned around quickly, Sephiroth with the Masamune drawn. "Sephiroth, what are you doing here?"

"Zin please don't!" Tiamatt pleaded.

"Tiamatt we've been looking all over for you. You think we're going to let you escape." Sara's voice was even colder then the last time.

"Why can't you just let her be. She's been through enough." Sephiroth said, defending the woman at his side.

"Sephiroth, stay out of this and we won't mention this treason to President Shinra." Zin replied.

"Tiamatt must come with us Sephiroth. There is no other way." Sara added, stepping towards the escapee.

"No! I won't let you lay a hand on her!" Sephiroth stepped in between the two women, sword ready. Sara pulled out a 9-mm pistol as Zin pulled an Electro rod.

"Sephiroth…" Tiamatt whispered, putting her hand on the man's shoulder. " I… I'll go just please, don't hurt him." Tiamatt stepped around her protector towards the Turks. She looked down sadly as Zin hand cuffed her and led her out of the cave.

"No!" Sephiroth shouted, running after Tiamatt but stopped as a bullet ripped through his leg.

"I'm sorry but I can not allow you to interfere." Sara said coldly and exited the cave. Sephiroth cursed to himself as he heard the chopper over head.

"I'm sorry. I couldn't protect you."

Tiamatt sat in a small cell, crying as she cursed herself for coming back into Hojo's clutches. A clicking noise could be heard and Tiamatt looked up to see Hojo and a couple of his assistants enter the room.

"So you finally return to me, my precious specimen." Hojo jeered behind his dark glasses, hands in his pockets. Tiamatt looked away from him, still teary-eyed. " Hahaha! What do you cry about? At least you are still alive!"

"I wish that I had died." She muttered to herself.

"Oh but that would not be good at all. We can not afford to lose something a rare and precious as you, my Cetra." Hojo sneered.

"What did you call me?" Tiamatt looked up at the scientist.

"A Cetra. That is what you are. You are one of the last of you species. There is only one other and she is scheduled for breeding as soon as she is found and is of proper age." Hojo pushed his glasses up as he relayed the information.

"You monster." The Cetra growled.

'Humph! Whatever. Bring her to the lab." Hojo replied as he exited the chamber.

The assistants approached Tiamatt, quickly subduing her though she tried to fight back. Injecting her with a sedative, Tiamatt struggles ceased and they tied her to an examining table.

"Hmmm, you seem to show no physical mutations like others in your group though it seems that your already strong magic has been increased drastically." Hojo said as he approached the restrained Tiamatt. "It also seems that materia has formed within your body. Hmmm…"

"Hojo… you … freak." Tiamatt said weakly.

"Me, the freak? Oh my precious specimen, if anything, it's the other way around. You are the only survivor from this stage of the experiment." Hojo grinned as an assistant handed him a syringe full of semi clear liquid. "I wonder what would happen if foreign DNA was injected into you. Would it cause a mutation?"

Tiamatt eyed the needle carefully, watching as Hojo fiddled with the object. Suddenly, Hojo plunged the syringe into her arm, the cold plasma creeping into her veins. The Cetra shuddered as her body absorbed the DNA and felt intense pain race through her body. Hojo grinned as Tiamatt screamed in pain and looked at what the DNA was injected.

"Interesting choice." He muttered as Tiamatt twitched and scales formed across her skin.

Tiamatt's neck lengthened as her body grew bigger than the restraints could handle and she fell to the floor. She screamed in pain as her hands and feet became ripping talons and her nose and mouth became a red scaled muzzle with tearing fangs. A tail ripped from her spine and whipped around madly, smashing some of the lab equipment. Finally bat like wings erupted from her back and with a roar, Tiamatt collapsed.

Tiamatt: (Shudder) the pain was so immense.

Me: I'm sorry. I'm the one who wrote that as your past.

Tiamatt: … its ok

Me: Sorry. Anyways, please read and review. (that means everyone!!!)