Reeve shook his head, but then. "Did Cloud ever tell any of you about the time of the hunt? I mean what he felt or noticed during that time. With Jenova still alive and active in him, must he felt something or am I wrong?" "Only after the temple. He said he could not trust himself, but for Aeris would he go on. It was as were he two people at once. Uhhh" Reeve looked at Barrett. "I know what you mean. Tifa do you know something else?" Tifa nodded. "Yes after the hunt told he me he feel her always. At first he thought it was his mother's voice he heard, but after the Temple knew he it was not. But then it was too late, only his willpower kept her at bay. Then after the life stream….." She looked at Reeve. "He said to me, even after Sephiroth could he still feel her once in a while. But after he came out of the water in the church, not anymore." Reeve looked at her. "But he attacked too and had a wing like the others!" Tifa nodded. "True! After the Stigma made he a joke. He said he missed Zack, but not that bitch! He was finally alone." "Can I ask a question?" Now turned Tifa and Reeve to Barrett. "Ask!" "Thanks Reeve. Did he ever get checked after the Stigma?" Reeve shook his head. "No he refused! Said he never wanted to see a lab from the inside again. Believe me, I tried, but you knew Cloud!" "Now I'm lost! Why is he then not in the life stream?" Barrett looked at Tifa. "Barrett I don't know! Some piece is still missing, but which? I wish Aeris could talk to us once more!" "Maybe even she did not know that! She warned us for them! What a mess!" sighted Reeve.

The door to the office opened and two man stepped in. "Tseng! You…..you look awful!" Tseng nodded, sat down next to Barrett and said yawning. "You would too after 36 hours without sleep. Jeremy you tell them, I'm too tired!" Jeremy nodded "I do the short story or I fall asleep. So far no difference, well not a big one at least! But I can't tell, is it because of the Mako or the life stream! I know you will hate me, but I need a sample from Cloud! Not today, we both need sleep, but after that we….Shit, there is no other way. I hate to do this, because of the risk. I'm sorry." "Risk? What Risk?" asked Barrett, Jeremy looked at him. "Jenova was quiet until ShinRa took her, extracted those cells and put her up in Niebelheim. I just need a piece of skin, but if he's …." "Don't say it! If there's no other way we need to do this. Reeve we call the other. We stay here too!" Reeve looked at Tifa and nodded. "I will. Jeremy not today and not tomorrow. I bring all of them here in two days!" Jeremy nodded. "And now go we to sleep!" The two men left the office again. "Shit and we're one short!" mumbled Barrett after the door closed, Reeve dialed. "Rude, Reno I sent you two Turks. You get rest; I need you in two days alert and ready to fight! Why? We need a sample from Cloud! So shut up and get rest!" Reeve hung up, looked at the two in front of him, then asked. "You call them or should I?"

"Reeve you should told us that earlier!" "Red, we don't know anything! Uhh not exact why Cloud's body is still here! That's what I meant." Cid nodded "We understand and now…." "Do we need a sample from Cloud! If he's only human….Maybe Aeris gave us a chance o say good bye to him, but if he's not…" Yuffie interrupted "Have we another Jenova here! God darned!" "Daughter, your mouth!" Lord Godo had come with Yuffie. The door to the office opened and three men stepped in, "Look who showed up on our doorstep!" said Tseng, Reeve stared at the third man. "Vincent! You suppose to be at the ho…" "I'm fine, well almost and I want to be here!" Tifa looked at him. "Who told you? I know we did not do that!" Vincent sat down in a chair. "I know! You guys wanted to keep it from me, but…." Vincent sighted. "She told me." "She?" came a chorus, Vincent nodded. "She! Aeris! No, I'm not nuts Barrett!" "Did she tell you anything else?" Vincent shook his head. "Only that I was needed here and that a danger was lurking! Then she disappeared again!" "I think we have our answer already! But we need to do this or we'll never know the truth!" said Jeremy, then turned to Tseng. "Ready for more work?" Tseng nodded, all of them went to the morgue.

"My god, he still looks the same." whispered Cid as they stood in front of Cloud, Jeremy nodded. "Yes the remains from Sephiroth did not change either. But that could be the Mako in them. And now please stand back!" Jeremy took a scalpel and stepped to the body. Then he cut a square from Cloud's arm and put in a glass dish he held. The other watched, as suddenly. "Guys?" Reeve answered. "What Jeremy?" "I read his old files, Tseng gave them to me. Cloud's eyes were blue gray before Hojo." Tifa nodded "Yes then they changed. Why?" "I know, the signs of SOLDIERS. Except for Sephiroth, Genesis or Angeal, but they were made different!" "Jeremy, what is that about?" "Jeremy turned to Reeve." I checked his eyes. Sorry but I was curious, they are amber now!" "Amber? Now what is that for a …" growled Red. "Does not matter. Rude, Reno watch outside. Jeremy in the lab. We need answers not more questions!" Reeve was angry and it showed. They all left, Red stayed with Reno and Rude in front of the morgue, the rest went with Jeremy to the lab.

"That does not make sense!" screamed Jeremy. "Nothing does!" he threw his notes against a wall. Tseng looked at him. "Jeremy calm down. What does not make sense?" The other watched the angry scientist. After six hours with no explanation had he exploded. "This sample! That makes no sense. He's human, has the cells, the Mako, but…." "But what Jeremy?" asked Vincent. "Moment I show you. I can't explain." Jeremy put a beam against a wall. "Look that is Sephiroth. You see those things?" he pointed to something, all nodded. "Those are the Jenova cells! The bluish hint is the Mako, the rest are the human calls. So and this is Cloud's sample." Another beam went up. "Huh? The Jenova cells and the Mako are the same!" said Yuffie. "But not the human cells!" said Jeremy. "They should be like Sephiroth's, but they're not!" Tifa stepped closer "They a different color and the shape is not exactly the same!" Jeremy nodded "And that makes no sense." "Jeremy! Take some blood from me! Cloud hit me and I did him. Maybe your cells mixed!" Jeremy stared at Vincent. "Oh we forgot! I do that!"

One hour later were three beams on the wall "Interesting! But Vincent, those are you human cells and they…" Look like Sephiroth's! What happened to Cloud?" Vincent stared at the rest of the gang. All of them shrugged. "We might never know! But I guess we can finally put him to rest. He is as he was before, a human and he's dead." Jeremy nodded. "Yes that I think you can do. He's not Jenova, then those human cells were gone. Actually his count is lower than Sephiroth's. So I think it is safe to do that!" Reeve turned to the gang. "It is late! Tomorrow after we all got some sleep, so we what we need to be done!" Tifa nodded. "Ok. Guys, who comes…..no we stay one more night here. Reeve can we?" Reeve nodded, three hours later was the WRO quiet.