Tseng now knelt down and checked Chaos. "Reeve, if Cid is not here soon do we lose him too. Cloud got him!" Then looked Tseng to the body next to him "Why did it have to end like this? But thank you, all of you! Wherever you are now!" thought Tseng and looked up, as a noise came. "Now he's coming! But better late than never!" said Reno.
Reeve sat in his office with Barrett and Tifa as the phone rang. Cid had taken Red and Yuffie home; they wanted to be by their families. Vincent was in the hospital and Cloud's body in the morgue. Reeve picked up, listened for a moment and hung up. "Vincent is going to make it. The doctors are in stress because of his condition, but a few minutes ago regained he consciousness." Tifa nodded silently, she still held Barrett's hand. He was pale and quiet, now Reeve looked at him. "Barrett, that was not Cloud anymore. You know that! He would k….." "Don't say that! I know! But Reeve, that was the second friend I had to kill! Tifa, let's go back to the bar. I just want to forget today! See ya!" Tia followed Barrett out the door. Reeve stared after them, then he left for the morgue. Reno and Rude kept watch, they had asked for that. Tseng and the other Turks were busy with the clean up at the site of the fight. As Reeve entered the morgue, heard he Reno.
"You know it's strange! Normally dissolve the bodies into the life stream." Rude looked at Reno. "So what?" Reno stared at Rude "So what? Why is he still here?" Rude turned now and looked at the body. "Maybe because of what happened! You know, the evil!" Reeve stepped up to the two men. "No! Cloud told me Kadaj went in the life stream too." Now all three men looked at the body.
"But no one can survive a bullet in the head!" whispered Reno, Rude nodded. "And he's not bleeding anymore. He's dead!" Reeve stepped up to Cloud "He is! But she?" Confused asked Reno. "Reeve, what are you talking about?" "Cloud is dead, but Jenova?"Rude took a step back. "Those cells, we forgot." Reeve nodded. "We forgot! She survived in rock and without her head! And she did not go into the life stream. Only Sephiroth did! And I believe, this" he pointed at Cloud. "Is no human anymore. This is a new Jenova!"
Shit! Now what?" asked Rude, Reeve thought about that "We destroyed her with our Materia. But the head? Rude do you know how that happened?" Rude shook his head. "No. Cloud said, it died as he defeated Sephiroth, uhhh Kadaj, but how exactly. I don't know!" Reeve pulled his phone out, but then changed his mind. "I can't tell them that. At least not today!" he looked at the two men. "You keep watch! But not in here! Lock everything down! And you two, one sound from in here and you run! You know what she could do! I evacuate the WRO!" Soon were the three of them the only one left in the building.
Tseng arrived four hours later at Reeve's office. "Where is everyone? Is so quiet here?" "Sit down Tseng. I tell you!" After Reeve was done talking sat Tseng there for a moment. "Do the other know that?" he asked finally, Reeve shook his head. "No! I could not tell them, not tonight. But we need to!" Tseng looked out the window. "Do they ever get a break in their lives? Damned I wish Cloud had not…." Tseng stopped "No! He knew there was no other way." Reeve watched Tseng "The other three disappeared as the Weapon hit them, but Chaos killed Sephiroth. Did you found remains from him?" Tseng nodded "Yes we brought what was left of him in the lab. But with no one here? What good is that?" Reeve picked his phone up. "Who you calling, Reeve?" "Jeremy Ogden! He is one of my scientists. And he worked for ShinRa before. He was an assistant by Hollander. I know Tseng, but after the experiments left he and hid himself. He came back shortly before the Stigma. I trust him and I …..Shit, I will tell him everything!"
Tseng stared at the white haired man who entered the office three hours later. If anyone looked like a mad scientists, it was that man. Hair standing up in every direction, glasses in the hair and a coat that was buttoned wrong, Tseng thought he was either senile or crazy. But as the man begun to talk changed Tseng his mind slowly. "I need those remains. The other we leave alone, it might wake something we don't want if we work on that. And I need an assistant to help me with our old files. I can't do two things at once, he or she needs to read them to me while I exam the remains, so we can see If there is a difference." "I get you one, Dr. Ogden. Is there anything else you need?" asked Reeve, the man chuckled. "Lots of coffee, meals and someone to pray for us. We will not stop until we find an answer!" "Your assistant, does he need to be a scientist too?" The man now looked at Tseng. "No! He needs to be willing to stay awake for a long time and if he can read and write, so we can read that again, would it be enough!" "Then I have the right man for you. Dr. Ogden, I'm Tseng your assistant." Reeve stared at Tseng. "But you….." "Reeve, normally I would say the more the merrier, but here? No way! It's better this way. Rude and Reno need to keep watch; the Turks are still busy with the clean up. You need to take care of the survivors and Rufus does that too. And at the moment have I nothing to do! So Dr. Ogden, with what do we start?" The man smiled "With making coffee! Oh and please call me Jeremy. Come Tseng!" With his mouth open stared Reeve after the two leaving men.
Almost 24 hours later came the call Reeve had feared. "Reeve here's Tifa. When can we have Cloud for the funeral?" Reeve closed his eyes, this would hurt them. "Tifa! I need to talk to you. Bring Barrett, if he's still here and come" "That's insane!" screamed Barrett, after Reeve had talked to them. "He's dead! Leave him finally alone!" "Barrett calm down. We don't know if it is like we think, but…" "Barrett! Reeve is right. What if…." Interrupted Tifa, but Barrett interrupted her. "He was my friend and he deserves to rest in peace." growled Barrett, now glared Tifa at him. "You think so?" she hissed. "I agree! But he also meant much to me! And I know, if there is a small chance that Reeve is right, would he asked that we do anything to keep that from happening again! So shut up, Barrett!" "But Tifa! Cutting him up?" mumbled Barrett, Reeve shook his head. "No, no. Him we don't touch. We have those remains from Sephiroth. Dr. Ogden works on those. You misunderstood." Now turned Barrett red. "Reeve I'm sorry. Can we help?"