Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy VII or science.

A/N "Stand back, I'm going to try my science!" Truer words were never spoken in the pixels of the xkcd web comic. I recommend 299; you will find it rather amusing. Anyway, I'm going to try my poor science skills, so with any luck it will make this all work!

Hojo smirked looking down at his new toy, "be careful with that I haven't had a chance to play with it yet!"

The it in question was a large Orichalcum vat, the mineral was rather amusing to play with due to its resilient properties and unwillingness to break. First Class SOLDIER weapons tended to be made of Orichalcum unless they still used their standard issue steal claymore. The Buster Sword was one of the first Orichalcum based weapons along side the Masamune as well as Genesis Rhapsodos's rapier. Most of the Turks weapons also were made out of Orichalcum since it was a very lightweight metal.

Why Hojo had a large vat made from the metal was a simple explanation, he needed it to store liquid nitrogen. Orichalcum was notorious as a conductor of heat and Hojo needed to keep his oxygen cold enough to stay in liquid form. Why he needed liquid nitrogen was anyone's guess, though several people could be seen below the catwalk, where Hojo was supervising, putting balloons into the liquid nitrogen.

"Cut that out! I need that vat untouched!" Hojo shouted at them.

"Sorry boss, it's just too much fun!" Aaron, called watching his inflated rubber glove dip into the liquid and he pulled it up watching it reinflate.

"I said stop it!" Hojo shouted.

"Come on boss you gotta try this!" Jenkins called dropping his glove in but he wasn't brave enough to reach in and grab it.

Hojo stuck out his lower lip in a pout, revealing the bizarre bluish tinge of the inside of his cheeks. "You meanies! I'm telling Mother on you!"

He turned to walk away but did a double take; he could see a jade and white something floating in the vat of liquid nitrogen, "Jenova!" Hojo shouted looking around confused. "Oh what do I do? What do I do? If I don't get her out then she could die, if I go get a ladder or something then she could die, what do I do?"

He started pacing back and forth on the catwalk confused about his next course of action, should he go get help? No because none of the people he would ask would actually help him. Should he try and get a crane or tongs? No that would be impossible, there wasn't a pair of tongs long enough to get Jenova out safely. Should he go down to the lower level? No that would take to long. He had no other choice, he kicked off his dress shoes, pulled off his slacks and ripped off his shirt and stood there in nothing but a lab coat, protein patterned tie, and the scariest undergarment in the world, that was so horrible words could not describe it other then it was completely inappropriate for a man to be wearing and could potentially be giving Hojo a horrific wedgie.

He climbed up onto the railing of the catwalk, he leaped off shouting, "I'm coming Mommy!" He splashed into the liquid nitrogen, his body contracting so much his heart exploded and he died, clutching a jade and white rubber glove.

Aaron looked over at Jenkins, lower eyelid twitching, "I don't know about you, but I've now been scarred for life."

"Agreed… I think I need a vacation, a long vacation," Jenkins replied adjusting his barrette. "They never paid us enough to put up with him."

Aaron nodded, "too true."