This is the start of Chapter Two~ First chapter wasn't all that great but I've split everything up into segments of what would be naturally occurring so If there is a part of the story that you just hate reading skipping to the next chapter it will be all done and over with. Like I know some people just hate reading the first stereotype about this and this and then they are here doing this and that, therefore, if they don't like that type of stuff then just click the next button and move on.

But as for now for those that decided to check this out whether it be while the story is progressing day by day, or by the time it's done and over with floating around in cyberspace~ I hope you enjoy it, or rather that it was what you was looking for.

After about an hour of lying there, Zoey lifted herself upon her forearms and blankly looked around. Her first thought was 'If he sent me forward in time, I'm going to kill him.' There was quiet the pause as Zoey looked up to where the sky was suppose to be. She slowly pointed up to it before placing a hand on her head.

"That's not cool." She said to no one, referring to the plate floating above the slums. Zoey sat up and looked about the run down buildings and rusted scraps of metal everywhere. Something started buzzing. Zoey looked down and noticed the object was clearly a cell phone that had not been in her pocket before. Zoey took it out and flipped it open.

"Hello?" She asked as the pone was next to her ear. It simply buzzed again. Zoey looked down at it before pressing the send button. "Hello." She said again.

"Oh good you made it." Her friend's voice called from the other side.

"…" Zoey stayed silent as she looked around the area again. "Made it where?" She finally said after a long pause.

"Don't you recognize Midgar?" he inquired. Zoey looked back up at the floating plate as realization hit her.

"I'm going to kill you." Zoey said so darkly she was surprised at herself.

"Well you have a lot of work to do before that can happen. I can't exactly bring you back. You'll need to build a transporter of your own to get back." He started to talk to himself about how happy he was his invention worked. Zoey merely picked up her staff and listened as her anger boiled. "Well I got to go, Bye!" He ended and Zoey was met with a clicking sound followed with silence. Zoey closed the phone slowly and placed it back within her pocket. She put the staff back upon her back and carefully made her way through the piles of metal.

"Just be cool." Zoey said to herself slowly catching up to situation. "Need food and shelter…therefore need a job? Most jobs are part time and I'll be starved or die from hypothermia by the time I'm hired… This world has Soldier…the equivalent of the military and if Shin-ra's already blown up." Zoey stopped for a moment. She could think if there was a non-Shin-ra police type organization that she could go to. Avalanche wouldn't be any help to her. Zoey looked off into space. She came to the conclusion that if anything she could steal. She shook her head disapprovingly at her own thought. "Self preservation." She said as she continued onward.

The longer Zoey walked the more profanities shot out of her mouth. All of them directed at her being lost and at Chase for putting her in this situation. It wasn't until she found her way into the back of the slum's park that Zoey stopped for a moment. A little of her stress went away as she realized she was a small step closer to being home. Zoey put her hands out for a second and imagined herself strangling Chase. Feeling better she dropped her hands to her side and smiled. Zoey exited the park into the outer part of the slums market. Everyone there simply looked at her oddly or ignored her completely.

"How rude." Zoey thought to herself and tried her best not to make eye contact with anyone. As she reached the steps that lead up to the sector ----, Zoey noticed a Shin-ra poster hanging on a pillar beside the steps. It had graffiti on it but the thing that caught her eye was that it had a picture with only males on it. "Crap" she yelled in her mind as she did her best not to miss a step or hesitate at all with all the people in the slums watching. Out of habit she ran a hand through her hair to check to see if it was okay. The wig didn't seem to be messed up.

Zoey ended up at the empty train station platform. Zoey stopped halfway through and her mind reeled. Males only would be a problem for her. She would have to cut her hair, bind her chest, and work on her guy voice. Or at least work on hardly talking so no one would notice. Like Japan this place shared a collective culture. Therefore there must be a bath house, Zoey thought remembering the run down one at the empty snow village.

Zoey found herself beat after making her way through several alleyways. She couldn't allow people to see her now because it could compromise her mission since she had only one set of clothes. Zoey paused by a dumpster back behind several tall buildings. She looked at the dirty black dress belt ton the ground. Zoey slowly picked it up with the tips of her finger nails and put it in her pocket.

"Got to make due with what your given." She said before stopping at the end of the alleyway. She poked her head out and looked down either side of the street. Seeing no one, Zoey made a ran for the bath house she found down the street. The place was empty. After turning one of the knobs on the baths, she knew why. Brown water poured out of the fosset.

"Don't think about it." Zoey told herself repeatedly as she washed the belt off with the water, and then leaving it to dry on the side of the tub. Zoey picked up a moth eaten wash rag off the floor and soaked half of it. She used her cell phone screen as a mirror, as she attempted to clean her make-up off under her eyes. To her discomfort, Zoey realized that it wasn't coming off. She wiped her face dry and turned the water off.

Zoey didn't sit around for long. She rummaged around the front desk and found herself a pair of scissors and an old towel. Looking at the front doors worriedly she returned to the tub. Zoey cut the towel into long strips. Laying her staff aside she took off her shirt. She binded her chest the best she could and used the belt to keep it in place. Putting her shirt back on Zoey looked down upon herself. Zoey knew she would need a baggier shirt to make this work 100% but it was good enough for now. She didn't have time to lose. Zoey took off her wig.

Zoey snipped blindly away at her hair. Merely doing her best to make it shorter and keep it even. She paused and wondered if there was a minimum length requirement. For girls in the military in her world it just couldn't touch your uniform. Zoey thought about Zack and Cloud. Zoey stopped cutting her hair after she cut it so it only went down as far the bottom of her chin. Zoey flopped most of her hair on one side and looked at her reflection. She strapped her staff back on.

Taking the wig and scissors with her, Zoey stopped by the front desk again. She picked up an old empty box. She placed the items in the box and closed the lid. She then proceeded to hide it under the desk. Fear sprang into her heart. This was idiotic. She knew better then to spring into situations like this. She constantly tried to ignore the better conscious voice as she walked down the streets. In the end, Zoey had found her way to the front of the Shin-ra building, and the only argument Zoey had to allow what she was doing was she needed the shelter, cash, food, and not to mention the data room within the Shin-ra building to help her build a transporter to go back home. Zoey hesitated non-the-less. Many questions bothered her like: What if they have a physical, what if the disguise is no good, and other such questions.

"Shut up." Zoey said a little too loudly for her liking as she clenched her fists and walked in. Zoey saw a group lined up at the front desk. She stood behind the last guy.

"So why are you joining soldier."

"I figure it's too good a deal to pass up."

"Yeah I know what you mean." Was part of the conversation she eavesdropped on. At least she wouldn't be singled out. As the line dropped down Zoey realized she didn't have a guy name to use as a disguise. Zoey's mind went through several profanities and names as she got closer to signing up with each step. Zoey panicked after it was her turn.

"And your name sir?" The front lady asked.

"Nate Xander." Zoey said in her deepest normal voice. She had just taken the name of one of her role playing original characters.

"Age, height and weight?"

"18, 5'7", and…125?" Zoey said not knowing her actual weight.

"Nationality?"

"Lived in Midgar all my life." Zoey said unsure of the nationalities within this world. The desk lady nodded as she wrote it all down.

"Go take the elevator to the third floor. From there you will be assigned a mentor and have everything taken care of." She said no longer looking at Zoey. Zoey sighed inwardly with a little relief. She turned and went back over to the steps and started climbing them. She prayed no one noticed her shoes. She also prayed that the Turks would just give up when they attempt to check her background rather then make a big deal about it. She prayed for Reno to get her profile.

Zoey's hand was shaking as she pressed the elevator button. She crossed her arms after the doors opened. She entered and pressed '3' on the large array of buttons. Chills ran up her spine and into her heart as the elevator rose. Zoey tensed as the doors opened on the third floor. Her mind froze up as she joined the others outside the training room. After five minutes of waiting the group all looked surprised as they looked in Zoey's direction. They all quickly lined up against the wall at attention. She swore her heart stopped longer than it should have. Without looking behind her she had quickly joined them. Sephiroth, Genesis, and Angeal walked past her and the others. They entered the training room and everyone followed suit. Zoey could guess what was coming.

"This first exercise will deem how ready you all are on a normal basis. Those of you with weapons please step inside the simulation room." Sephiroth said and Zoey looked around for a moment. She had been the only one to enter the Simulation room. Lights in the room flashed and Zoey grabbed her staff and got ready to fight. She found herself calm because she assumed they'd set her up with some weak monsters. The room flashed and she was in the back streets of Midgar.

Sephiroth, Genesis, and Angeal's old data surrounded her. "You gotta be-" Zoey was cut off as they attacked. First was Sephiroth. Zoey learned from Sora to not attack, don't even try and run, just block, block and hope for the best. Several clangs of metal upon metal ensued. Next was Genesis. He had stayed in one spot but fired his gun up and sent a series of shots Zoey's way. Happy that she knew how to work her staff, and slightly thankful Chase didn't leave her defenseless, Zoey clenches her staff and held it up. Lightening erupted from the gem, it deflected the bullets and almost hit Genesis. Angeal had charged forward by this point. Zoey dodged rolled to the side and Angeal's buster sword collided with Sephiroth's Masamune.

Zoey wasted no time and aimed her staff at them. She managed to freeze Angeal in place. Next came the hard part of blocking bullets and Sephiroth's sword at once. She managed to get Sephiroth between her and Genesis to ease the job. The real barrage of attacks ensued now. Sephiroth started winging material powered blasts that could easily cut through anything and Genesis sent blaming blasts of death her way. All the while she was dudging and running away, she could feel the belt start to slip from her chest. Zoey couldn't stop shaking as Sephiroth cut the building she was hiding behind to pieces. As the two charged together, Genesis had pulled his sword out, and Zoey made an attempt to cut them down while they were in the air.

Holding her staff up with an iron grip she swung the staff through the air. A red beam shot through the air. It took Genesis's old data out, while Sephiroth counter attacked to make it ineffective to him. Zoey didn't have time to keep this up. Anymore and the belt would surly slip exposing her. As Sephiroth charged once more Zoey ducked down. She pulled her cell phone out and canceled the mission. Sephiroth's old data had been inches away from cutting her into pieces before the room returned to its natural state. Zoey was thankful that her cell phone had the ability to cancel missions. With her back facing the window she fixed the belt.

She stood up shakily and made her way out of the simulation room. Her jaw was clenched as tightly as her hands were upon her staff. The gen glowed but no attack was issued forth. Zoey swore a piece of her died in the simulation room back there. While stepping back into the control room, she strapped her staff back and crossed her arms. The others were all in uniform not.

"Nice work Newbie." Genesis complimented.

"Follow me." Sephiroth commanded walking out of the room to the hallway. He led her to the supply room. He pulled out a third class soldier uniform. "Put this on and meet me in the hallway." He commanded once more and walked out of the room. Zoey changed as quickly as possible. She was thankful to be wearing a uniform now, and not something that would give herself away. Zoey neatly folded her old clothes and carried them under her arm, with her shoes. Zoey paused as she looked at Sephiroth. He was leaning coolly against the wall. Zoey mentally slapped herself before standing at attention.

"Sir." She stated not knowing what else to say.

"At ease." He said not looking at her.

"…"

"…"

Silence rang through the air. Zoey didn't know whether to ask permission to speak or not. She relaxed and looked down the opposite side of the hallway.

"Something on your mind, Sephiroth…Sir?" Zoey nearly forgot to add the 'Sir' to the end. Silence reigned once more. She looked back at the Sephiroth and panicked as she saw him already a fair ways down the hall.

"I am your mentor, if there is any question on proceedings or of your missions, you are to come to me. As for your training I will leave you to do as you please. As a third class Soldier you are required to spend five hours in the company training room. You will join the group of thirds up to Director Lazard's office. You will be issued a dorm room after which you are free to do as you please until you are issued a mission or job. You are only allowed to leave the Shin-ra building off hours or with your mentor's permission. All missions issued to you will be approved by me. Any questions?" Sephiroth asked at the end of his speech turning toward her. Zoey hesitated before shaking her head. "In emergence, if you need me go to the 25th floor room 18." He stated before entering the elevator. "Go back to the company training room." The doors closed and Zoey tensed.

Sephiroth was the most observant man in Shin-ra. If she didn't have a background that checked out she'd have to answer to him, Tseng, and Lazard. Also she'd have to be extremely careful not to show the fact that she's a girl. That is if Sephiroth didn't already know. Her mind paused and before she knew it she was in the training control room watching the other newbie's doing worst in battle then she did…

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She was going to kill Chase.