Lloyd: what do you mean?
Me: Thunderdownunder, AnimeFreak, and Valian give such great support. And I aim to please.
Lloyd: …what are you planning?
Me: First off, the whole ironic death of Hojo is already going through my twisted mind since I put him in the story. And I now also have to somehow untangle all the knots I've twisted together to return someway to the original goal of separating the worlds or rejoining the worlds.
Lloyd: wow, I just now realized what all you've added.
Me: What? You mean like Kayla, Vincent, Marth, Nightfire, Jo, Oblivion, Terran, Hojo's appearance, Rith the Sephiroth clone, not to mention all the other little twist I've added.
Lloyd: umm…Yeah!
Me: (sigh) good thing I have a supply of sugar and energy drinks nearby. Which reminds me. Yes I do start singing random songs and running around the student center at school when I've had Mountain Dew or some other high sugar drink or eats.
Lloyd: did you say eats?
Me: Yeppers! Got the idea from a friend in Marine Bio on the Florida Trip. He always had a bag that said Eats and another that said Dranks.
Lloyd; You know a lot of weird people…
Me: (shrugs) who cares! Weird isn't always a bad thing. In fact I usually seem to be the comedic relief during after I've already had 2 Mountain Dews and three people are holding me down to keep me from getting more.
Lloyd:…
Me: All around the country and coast to coast, people always ask what do you like most, I don't wanna brag, I don't wanna boast, I always tell them I like Toast. Yeah Toast! Yeah Toast!
Lloyd: …why me?
Me: Cause you're so fun to mess with!
Lloyd: Jen Rem doesn't own ToS, or FF, or Ash. But just about everything else she does own.
Eria POVMy head was pounding as I opened my eyes and sat up. The room was relatively dark and seemed to jolt around a little like it was moving. Looking around and being thankful that I had good night vision, I saw Madison asleep in a corner, numerous crinkled balls of paper scattered round her as she leaned over her notebook with Mom's GS plugged in. I sighed as I wondered how long I had been out.
"You're awake." I jumped and spun around to see Rith staring at me from across the small room. He looked at me with his face free of any emotions, but didn't move from where he sat and as we jut looked at each other, I noticed that he seemed to be about my age. "What is your name?"
"You're the one that attacked us." I said uncertainly. "Why should I tell you who I am?"
Rith didn't answer right away and continued to look at me, making me feel uneasy. "Your friend has already told me her name. Why do you not tell me yours?"
"…" I glanced at Madison, wondering if the sugar had corroded her mind. "Eria."
"Eria." Rith repeated. "It is, as you would say, a beautiful name." I looked at the clone in shock.
"What do you mean 'as I would say'?"
"You are from the world outside of Father's lab. From what the others have told me, it is much different from here." Rith answered.
I was shocked. Rith was a prisoner, used solely as a weapon, never seeing the real world. "Was that the first time you've been outside?" Rith nodded. "Hojo is sick."
"Please do not talk about Father that way." Rith asked.
"Why? Can't you see he's a monster? Can't you see what he's done to all those people who now call themselves Remnants?" I screamed at him. Rith said nothing and simply blinked. "Did you not know that all those creatures, those Remnants, all used to be human like her?!' I pointed to the corner where Madison still slept.
"…It is for a better world."
I looked at him sadly as he ignored the truth. He must have been secluded from all outside contact to be like he was now. But then I noticed something. "You can't hear her can you?" He looked at me with curiosity. "You can't hear Jenova."
Rith shook his head. "They always talk about how great Mother is and how she will give us a new world but I have never heard her myself."
"So you're one of the lucky ones." I mumbled, looking at him and finally realizing that Rith did not have the trademark slit pupils that the true Remnants possessed.
"What do you mean?"
"Nothing. I'm just talking to myself." I said.
Suddenly the room stopped jolting and a door opened in the side of the room. Mom stood in the doorway, several trays of food in her hands, which she set down before turning around, not once looking up at me.
"Mom!" She froze momentarily, and glanced over her shoulder. I could see the pain in her eyes as she sighed and walked away, the door closing behind her. "Why?"
"That woman is your mother?" I looked at Rith, with a teary eyed glare. He watched with curiosity as each tear slid down my face and hit the floor. "What are you doing?" He was like a child, not even knowing what tears were.
"Have you never cried before?" I asked, still feeling the hot tears sliding down my cheeks.
"Crying? Is that what it is called?" Rith said. "The emotion known as sadness expressed through the releasing of water from the eyes. That is crying?"
I couldn't believe what I was hearing. No wonder he tried to stay emotionless. He didn't know what it was to express emotions. What had Hojo done to make him this way?
"It's sad isn't it?" Madison said suddenly, waking up and removing the headphone. "He has never know friendship or happiness. Only of fear and sadness and yet punished if he should cry."
'You've never had a friend?" I asked Rith.
"What is a friend?" He asked back.
"A friend is…well…it's hard to explain. I guess a friend is someone you feel comfortable around, someone who you can talk to and not feel scared." Madison sighed, trying to explain.
"That is a friend?" Rith blinked. "If that is true then are you my friends?"
Madison and I looked at him, pity filling us both as we nodded.
"Everyone needs a friend!" Madison smiled. Rith nodded and though he didn't truly smile, I could see a small spark of happiness in his eyes.
Tiamatt POV"Mom!" Eria's voice still echoed through my head as I walked back to the front of the vehicle that was taking everyone to a new location. I hurt to walk away and ignore her cry and to see Madison's frustrated attempts to think of someway to rid me and the world of Jenova.
"Ah, Tiamatt. How are the three young one getting along?" Hojo laughed. I said nothing and sat down in an empty seat as the door closed and the small craft lifted off the ground and flew the east. "I still can't understand why you form such bonds. In the end they are your downfall."
"…" I looked at him out of the corner of my eye. "It's because of my friends and the bonds I have formed that I have survived this long."
Hojo laughed. "But, my dear Cetra, it is also because of these bonds that you have returned to me once more."
"…"
"But I wonder Tiamatt, who exactly the older girl is." I froze. "She looks remarkably like you when you were younger. And I also notice that you seem different then you were in Junon. Why is that?"
"…"
"You have always been stubborn. But soon it won't matter if you tell yourself or not." Hojo laughed, touching the now fading seal. "Soon Jenova will be free and she will tell me what I want to know."
"Please leave them out of this." I asked, still not looking at Hojo. "They have nothing to do with Jenova nor this timeline."
"So they are from a different time period are they?" the scientist cackled. "I had guessed that much for the daughter but for the other girl, that is indeed new information."
"Leave Eria and Madison alone!" I growled, putting a clawed hand to Hojo's neck. He laughed as he pressed a small button that sent a strong electric current coursing though my body.
"How protective you are of them?" Hojo sneered, my hand falling away from his neck as the shock ended. "Tell me who and what they are Tiamatt!"
"No." I said weakly. Hojo sighed and pressed the button again as the Remnants scattered in the room watched.
"Tell me!" Hojo said sternly. I just glared at him and growled, my answer causing another shock to rip through my body and my head began to pound.
Oblivion POVI couldn't believe. Tiamatt had gone with them just to protect Eria and Madison. How could she be so stupid sometimes?
"I couldn't stop her." Kratos mumbled sadly, looking at the Oblivion Blade that he had in his hands.
"…What will happen now?" Lloyd asked me.
I sighed, realizing the position I was now in. "It's my duty as a Prophecy Keeper to ensure that Jenova doesn't summon Meteor."
"Meteor…I had completely forgotten about it!" Terran cried suddenly. "Oblivion, do you know where Tiamatt hid the Black Materia?"
"Black Materia?" Raine asked. "I have heard that before from Tiamatt. It's suppose to be one of the most powerful spells correct?"
"Yeah." I sighed. "But I don't know where it is. All I know is that she always has the White Materia on hand. The location of the Black Materia is a complete mystery."
"I'm guessing that this Black Materia that you guys are talking about is a bad thing." Zelos said. "What's it mean if Tiamatt gets a hold of it as Jenova?"
"Meteor, as it's name implies, pulls a large meteor, comet, or small moon from it's normal orbit and redirects it towards the planet." Terran explained.
"What you are saying would mean that this magic is strong enough to destroy the world." Regal said in shock as he examined the explanation.
"Correct. Jenova would then use Meteor to travel to a new world where she could wreck havoc once again."
"I don't want to have to fight her again." I muttered, remembering the fight with Apocalypse where Jenova used Tiamatt to attack me by controlling her with a shard that awakened the cells.
"I've finally found you Kratos." Everyone looked up to see a blonde haired man with rainbow wings hovering above us.
"Yggdrasil!" Lloyd growled, twin swords drawn as he glared to the angel.
"I thought I'd find you down here with that woman of yours but it appears I was wrong."
"Lord Yggdrasil, please forgive me for my disappearance." Kratos said, the proud man bowing his head to the freak leader of Cruxis. "I did originally come to the surface to help Tiamatt but problems have arisen."
The blonde angel just glared at Kratos, ignoring the rest of us. "What do you mean by problems?"
"My daughter is being controlled by a being called Jenova whose main goal is destroy the world." Terran answered, receiving an angered glared from Yggdrasil. "And if I am correct, Derris Kharlan could be the weapon used."
"What do you mean?" Yggdrasil growled, lowering himself to the ground.
"Of course!" I exclaimed, suddenly realizing what Terran meant. "Derris Kharlan is a giant comet. If Tiamatt were to use the Black Materia…"
"Then Theth'Ella and Sylvarant would be destroyed." Kratos finished.
Yggdrasil snarled and turned towards Kratos again. "She is your problem Kratos! If she succeeds then you will be the first to die!"
"Lord Yggdrasil." The blonde spun around as the blue haired Yuan approached.
"What is it?" He snapped. I couldn't help but wondered who happened to get him so P.Oed.
"It seems that several strange vehicle have been seen to the south east." Yuan bowed his head in respect. "It also seems that the strange creatures we've been tracking have some connection with the vehicles."
Yggdrasil paused for a moment as he thought over something before growling at Kratos again. "You find Tiamatt and stop her otherwise you will be the one to pay for her mistakes!" Kratos merely blinked in surprise as Yggdrasil flew off and Yuan examined the group.
"Kratos, what happened?" Yuan asked with worry in his voice.
"Tiamatt …" the auburn haired Seraph muttered, not seeming to be able to explain what all had happened since Hojo returned.
"What about her?"
"She was captured by a monster." Terran spat. "Kratos, Lloyd, and Eria were captured as well but escaped after we infiltrated the Reactor."
"The she went crazy and there were two Tiamatt's. One being the original Tiamatt and the other being the human girl that had created her." Raine continued.
"Just a few hours ago, we were attacked, and Eria and Madison were taken hostage." Lloyd said.
"Tiamatt went with the Remnants in exchange for their safety but then they all disappeared." I sighed. "Now we have to somehow find all three of them while destroying Jenova without killing Tiamatt."
Yuan looked at Kratos to see his friend's reaction, which was anything but good. Kratos was closing up and I could tell he wished everything could be different.
"Kratos…" Yuan said, trying to comfort his long time friend.
"I won't let her die. I won't let the world be destroyed either." Kratos growled.
I wondered how we could do that but I wouldn't give up hope as long as he didn't. Tiamatt was after all, my best friend, and I knew that there was a way to stop Jenova even if I couldn't think of it right away.
"Kratos." The Seraph looked up at the spirit, his anger still visible. "I trust that you can help Tiamatt. So I ask you, please save my family."
I was completely dumbfounded at the way Terran was acting. He must have finally realized the importance of family as he watched his daughter, future granddaughter, and Madison disappear with the Remnants.
"We'll help too. They're our friends too after all!" Lloyd added cheerfully, everyone else nodded in agreement.
"What about you Prophecy Keeper? Will you lend us you strength?" Terran asked, unnessacerily.
"I'd would die once more as long as Jenova does not succeed." I nodded.
Yuan looked at the group and smiled. "Tiamatt is lucky to have friends like you. But now, I must leave before Yggdrasil throws another of his fits." He turned and sighed. "I thought he was going to kill me after he found out the computers crashed."
"What do you mean?" Kratos asked, a slightly amused look on his face.
"Tiamatt apparently put a virus in the system when we tried to track any of you guys. Now it won't stop singing this stupid song about bicycles. What ever those are?" Yuan sighed again.
"What do you expect? Tia's a technology genius!" I laughed, thinking that the bicycle song was a nice little touch probably added by the Madison part of her.
Yuan laughed and gave a quick wave before flying off in the same direction Yggdrasil flew off in. Kratos seemed relieved that he could help Tiamatt without getting in trouble for once and Terran was think over something.
Suddenly, the world was silent. No birds chirped and no wind blew. A feeling of unease seemed to come from the earth itself as everyone looked around nervously. Seconds later, the planet screamed…
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