Shannon: deep breath look, everyone, I'm really, really sorry I havn't updated. Here's my list of reason's of why I didn't update.
Sky: (snort) more like excuses.
Shannon: (sigh) First, school. I was having trouble and had to raise my grades, I only failed one class, thankfully. Then I had no idea what to write, but when I did get one, guess what happened? My aunt Fae died. She was my favorite family member, one of the only ones that seemed to really care about what I said. I didn't want to write for a while because of that. I did write a poem for her funeral, if any one wants to read it, I'm going to post it on Deviant Art soon. I had most of this done already, but I felt so bad about not updating for so long, that I tried to add more. I did, but not enough for my liking. Please, anyone, ideas would be good until I can stablize my mind. (sigh) I started another book, Belrez, if you want to know about it, ask me. I lost the notebook, so another reason I'm sad. Also, on DA you will see Selena of the Unicorns. At my mother's suggestion, I am writing a children's book for it. Maybe you may see the book in a store near by sometime within the year. That would certainly boost my self esteem. And no, Flames Rising, or who ever you are now, it was not your doing, neither did I jump off a bridge, sorry. (sarcastic laugh) I mean, yeah, I'm depressed, but not suicidle!
Vincent: As a matter of fact, when she saw all the 'reviews' she was given, we couldn't get her to stop laughing.
Tifa: to save time, Shannon does not own Final Fantasy VII but she does own Sky and the rest of her OC's, on to the story! (smiles)
Cloud and Tifa stayed up late that night. The five children who had come earlier that night were sleeping in different areas.
"What do you think could have happened to them?" Tifa asked, careful not to wake the sleeping kids.
"If they don't know, how should we?" He asked back. "They said they each had a connection to Sky, that's what we need to be thinking about."
"Maybe they were friends?"
"Didn't she say something about not having friends?"
"True." Tifa leaned on her elbows in thought.
"Well, we'll have to get Sky-" The phone rang, cutting him off. Tifa hurried over and picked it up, noticing that the kids hardly stirred.
"Hello?... Vincent? Why are you-" There was a pause and her eyes widened. "Where are you?" There was another pause and Tifa narrowed her eyes somewhat angrily. "Get her to a hospital!" Cloud could hear Vincent this time.
"She said it hurts too much to move and she won't let me pick her up!"
"Do it anyway! Just get her to a hospital; we'll meet you at the one in Neiblehiem." She said a hurried goodbye and hung up.
"What's going on?" Cloud demanded as Tifa ran around and got the kids up.
"Sky's giving birth, we need to get going." Cloud sighed and called Cid and told him. The man was ecstatic and said he'd be there in less then an hour and that he was stopping in Wutia first so give Yuffie a call.
"Well," Cloud began after calling everyone. "Cid should be here soon."
"Are you sure that it would be a good idea to take us?" Kree asked doubtfully. "She may not remember us, as the others don't remember her, so it may be a bad idea."
"We can't leave you alone." Tifa said gently. "So, you'll be fine coming with us." Just then, everyone heard the roaring of the airship. Cloud went out first followed by Tifa and Marline. Behind them were the five children and Denzel. People were poking their heads out of alleyways and doors to look for where the strange sound was coming from. Many yelling for the noise to stop. The airship was landed where the Meteor Monument once stood, now not even the rubble remained. The hatch went down and Cid's shouts carried past the wind.
"Hurry up! We still gotta get Red!" Cloud ran on while Tifa walked on with the kids. "Who're they?" He asked and closed the hatch.
"I'm Kree." The angel girl stated as she looked around in amazement. Shanty was holding Kree's wing lightly. "And this is Shanty."
"I'm Reth." The black boy nodded to him politely, if not a bit stiffly.
"And we're Sorin-" The said, leaning on his sister's shoulder sleepily.
"And Sorina." She finished. Cid shook his head.
"Hold on!" He put the ship in the air, much to the relief of the residence. An hour later, they had Red XII and were at the hospital, right outside Sky's room.
Inside, the teen was screaming in pain, squeezing Vincent's hand trying to relieve some of her stress. Vincent was secretly cringing at each contraction. He'd given up soothing words when she'd yelled at him to stop.
"I hate you, Vincent, I ha-" She was crying and screaming before she could finish. Her cry was joined by another, much weaker and quieter cry. The doctor, Angie, pulled the child out, cut the cord and cleaned the baby.
"It's a girl." Just like the new parents expected. Sky smiled through her pained panting. That was the last one. She thought in relief. The doctor took the fourth child out to check it for sickness, leaving Sky to recuperate.
"I'm sorry Vincent..." Her voice was slow and sorrowful. "I don't hate you, really, I don't." she felt terrible for saying that to him.
"I know." He smiled softly at her, giving her hand a gentle squeeze. He covered her with a blanket, ignoring the blood. When she was comfortable, he opened the door when the others knocked. Tifa walked in first, followed by Cloud and Cid.
"Hi Sky." Tifa said, grinning.
"Hi Tifa, Cloud, Cid." The new mother said, smiling. "Where are the others?"
"Reeve's coming on his own in a while and Nanaki's in the hall with Yuffie, the kids dragged Barret to see the babies.
"How ya doin'?" Cid asked. "Cuz Cloud gave us a scare sayin you were in the hospital."
"I'm fine, but I think I killed Vincent's hand." She looked at him apologetically.
"It's alright." Vincent moved his fingers experimentally, it was painful, but he didn't let it show.
"It looks beat." Cloud noted with slight amusement.
"We should let Yuffie and Red in." Tifa said after some silence. They said their goodbyes and left. At that time, Reeve had arrived, he'd gotten Sky aspirin and the kids each a moogle doll from the hospital store.
"Four kids, ain't you tired?" Yuffie asked.
"Yes, but people keep coming." She was about to say something else when Angie returned.
"I'm sorry, but it's really late and visiting hours are over." Her voice was dull. The newcomers looked at her strangely, but left with shortened goodbyes. After a while, Sky fell asleep on the bed, holding Vincent's hand, who'd fallen asleep in the chair by her bed.
The children were at first being taken care of by nurses, but Angie dismissed them for the night. Once they were gone, Hojo entered, studying the children.
"The Jenova child's children, splendid." He cackled.
"What do you want me to do, Professor?" she asked.
"They came sooner then expected, so we should start with low amounts of Mako and Jenova cells." He said after a pause.
"Should we do the first set tonight?"
"Might as well. The needles are in my bag." He let her prepare the needles, but refused to let her give them to the children. Each shot got the new borns screaming in pain. The room was sound proof, so no one could hear their cries. Once finished, Hojo examined them, had Angie take notes, then left. He was going to have fun with his new experiments. The next few days in the hospital found the kids injected with dangerous amounts of Mako and Jenova cells. Soon, the children became numb of the pain, the main relief coming from their mother and father.
The oldest was a boy; he had black hair with his mother's green-blue eyes. He was named Eric, while his younger brother, the next child was Damiano. He had silver hair with his mother's eyes, only rimmed in red. The middle child was Kioshi; he had silver hair and red eyes. The youngest, Serenity, looked exactly like her mother. Hojo was disappointed when they were allowed to go home.
"I've hardly spent any time studying them!" He snapped once they had left.
"They'll come back for check ups soon." Angie offered.
"True, but still, that will take years. But we must watch." He grumbled.
Sky stayed with the kids as much as she could, letting Vincent take over when it was far too much for her to handle. On the fourth day of being home, four curious remnants came to visit while Vincent was away.
"Hello Sister." They said, smiling at her once she had let them in.
"Can we see the babies?" Loz pleaded. She laughed.
"Sure, they're over here." She took them to see the children. Sephiroth went over to Eric and picked him up tenderly.
"His name?" He asked.
"Eric, Eric Rogue Valentine." She supplied.
"Rogue?"
"It seemed to fit his nature." Sephiroth laughed.
"Definitely related to us, then."
"What about this one?" Loz was holding Damiano.
"Damiano Cellio Valentine."
"What's that mean?"
"Damiano, to kill, Cellio, Heaven." Loz smiled as the baby giggled at his own name. Yazoo sat by the last boy.
"And this one?" He asked. The baby was silently observing them.
"Kioshi Hikari Valentine."
"That means?" He asked.
"Quiet Light."
"What about her?" Kadaj was holding the youngest in a gentle and uncomfortable way. He leaned down to look at her and she reached up and pulled his hair. "Ow!"
"Serenity Emory Valentine."
"Nice name, mean kid." He said, half joking. Sephiroth rolled his eyes.
"Kadaj, she can kick you out."
"But she won't, will you sis?" Kadaj gave Sky helpless and wounded eyes that would hurt her to oppose.
"Fine, I won't, just be nice." Kadaj tried to set Serenity down, but only succeeding in making her cry. He quickly picked her back up and she quieted down. "She's attached to you already, Kadaj."
"Well, it hurts." He said as the baby girl pulled his hair again. Sephiroth looked at the children, a small frown on his face. He could sense what was happening to the children; feel the unnatural number of Jenova cells in them as well as the high amounts of Mako. Hojo had been touching his niece and nephews. He would pay. Vincent came back with the five children following. They hadn't had a chance to be introduced to Sky.
"Um, hi?" Sky looked at Vincent curiously as the five came in. Kree smiled.
"Sky? Do you remember us?" She asked.
"No, should I?"
"They said that they had known you back on Earth." Vincent supplied. Sky eyed them, and then her eyes lit up.
"You changed, but I do!" She pointed at Shanty. "You're Amelia, you had walked out in front of a car onetime and I had pulled you back. Then you two," she pointed at the twins who perked up. "Jasmine and Jasper, you two had gotten picked on and I got the group's attention onto me. I still have the scar." She kidded lightly. Their appearances had changed slightly, but after a thorough look, she could see who they really were. "Then you, Edmund." She smiled at Reth who looked surprised. "You helped me out when your older brother was picking on me, which I helped you get your baseball cards back from some other bullies." She turned to Kree. "You're Kree-"
"And you saved me from a fire." The memory came back to the angel and she smiled slightly. "When some of the older kids accused me of being a witch because-"
"Because you were wiccan." Sky nodded. "I remember you all now." Vincent looked at her strangely.
"You never recorded-" He cut off, noticing her look.
"Yes, I recorded it in my dairy, but you must have skipped past it."
"But wait, I'm Reth, not Edmund." The black boy frowned.
"And we're Sorin-"
"And Sorina." His sister finished.
"I'm Shanty, but you got Kree's name right."
"I remember Earth, remember? You guys gave yourselves new names after a while." Kree supplied.
"What happened? Why aren't you with your parents?" Sky questioned.
"I don't know," The angel admitted.
"Maybe ShinRa was looking for new experiments." Vincent said after there was a pause.
"We were there for a while, a long while." Shanty, or Amelia said quietly. "They took my sight away."
"They gave us the ability to shape-shift in the sun." The twins said at the same time.
"They turned me into some strange creature." Reth glared at himself.
"They played with my DNA." Kree said. Sky sighed.
"We each had something bad happen to us." Sky said, sorrow filling her words. "I just wonder why you five-"
"Because we were the only people who had interacted with you positively." Amelia said. "Hojo was talking to someone about that once." She said, gazing unseeingly at Sky. It was slightly unnerving. Just then, the children started to cry, the youngest first, then Eric and Damiano. Kioshi, good to his name, stayed quiet. Vincent and Sky ran into the room quickly. Sky picked up Serenity who quieted down and nuzzled into her mother's chest and started sucking on the fabric. She sighed and pulled out a small blanket and covered her shoulder with it as she moved her shirt so her daughter could feed.
"This still feels odd." Sky said to Vincent who started to play with the boys, getting them to hush. The experimented children stayed quiet for a little while. Sky debated on what to do, then pulled Vincent out of the room, careful to hold her daughter as she suckled. "Do you think Cloud and Tifa could house them?"
"Probably, but why not here?" He asked.
"We have four of our own; we wouldn't have time for them, at least not yet." Her husband nodded slightly. It was true; four babies were going to be a hassle. They already were. Kioshi cried suddenly and Vincent went to go take care of him. It was hard. She didn't like it as much as she thought she would. Then again, when they grew up a bit, things would be better; they'd be able to take care of themselves slightly, at least. Sky sighed.
"Let's see if Cloud will let you stay there, okay?" Sky asked the kids tiredly. They nodded and waited for Sky to call Cloud.
Shannon: Yet again, sorry for the delay. And how short it is.
Sky: Least you did update.
Shannon: Yep, oh, I am fourteen now! Yay! I got a Yazoo plushie for my birthday.
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