Sephiroth sat alone in his office. He looked at the files scattered around his desk over and over and over again. No matter how much he wished the words on the papers would change they would not. The sight of them were eating away at his very core. Frustrated, he closed his eyes to take a break. The words experiment and perfect being still written on his eyelids as he slept...
While at their last mission the 1st class SOLDIERs were in charge of searching Hojo's lab. Cloud accompanied them by a recommendation from Zack. There was not a trace of Hojo or his cronies, but their experiments remained. In large tubes of glass laid different deformed organisms. Some had the shape of a human, but with limbs bent in different directions in odd angles while others were covered with spikes and had tentacles. Some dangerous looking ones were covered with fur and had extremely sharp and deadly teeth.
While the other 1st class SOLDIERs and Cloud explored the lab, Sephiroth went away and found Hojo's secret office. In the office he saw another tube that contained another being. He slowly walked up the tube. There was a plate attached to the tube but it was covered with dust. Sephiroth slid his hand over the plate and read the name. "Jenova" he whispered. He remembered that Hojo told him, years ago, that his mother's name was Jenova. And that she died long ago. Her body was said to have disappeared and returned to the lifestream a while later, but here it was. Right in front of Sephiroth.
"Why" was all Sephiroth could say. He turned to the desk near the tube saw that it was full of papers and weren't just any papers and notebooks though. They were notes journals. Some of them dating from back when Sephiroth was younger. He grabbed one of the notebooks and flipped to a random page then started to read. The Jenova cells in Sephiroth are working perfectly. They are fusing with the Mako that I have inserted into him. He is starting to become the perfect being. The only problem is his one wing. I had the same problem with my past failed experiment, Genesis. But Sephiroth is stronger and better though. He is different. He is special. He will not become a failed experiment. He is better than the rest. He will become the perfect being.
Confused by this, Sephiroth took some of the other journals and notes and started to read them. Year 7;Day 35: Sephiroth is doing very well today. He is more active than ever. He had so much energy. I see great things in his future. Year 14; Day 234: Sephiroth is in utter pain right now. His body has always been small. I believe it is because of the Jenova cells acting with the high levels of Mako in his blood. But today he is growing rapidly. You can hear the sound of bones breaking and fusing back together only to break again. His body's cells are constantly breaking down and repairing them themselves. The process is happening over and over again. It has been going on for a few hours now. I wounder it he will survive.
Memories started to flood into Sephiroth's head. He remembered. He remembered all those terrible hours of pain that he went through. No matter how much he screamed, no one would come to his aid. He remembered the pain he went through when Hojo tried to erase his memory. "All those years..." he whispered under his breath. "All those years that I went through such pain...and no one cared. When everyone praises me... when everyone tells me that I'm so talented...that i'm so much better the rest... they don't praise who I am. They praise me for what I am..." Rage filled the silver-haired man. "And Shinra allowed it...they used me..." A wall of ice and darkness began to fill the man's heart. "They will pay." he said in a dark cold voice. Knock knock.
The sudden sound surprised the man but he did not show it. "Sephiroth?...Are you in there?" Sephiroth could tell that the voice was that of Angeal. He quietly grabbed some of the papers and hid them in his coat. He walked over to the door and opened it. "Yes" Sephiroth answered with a slight smile on his face. "We're done analyzing the creatures in the tubes. The director just arrived and he wants us to "dispose" of them quickly.
"Okay" Sephiroth said. Both men left the room and started down the hall where everyone else was. When they arrived at the lab the, Zack was already "disposing" the experiments. He took his blade and slashed a spiky tentacled creature. It took a few tries but he eventually managed to cut it in half. This resulted in black sludge flying out of the carcass and landing a over Zack. "Ah man..." he said. "That's what you get for not waiting like the rest of us" said Genesis. Cloud nodded in agreement as he leaned up against the wall.
Sephiroth pulled out his long blade, the Masamune, and began disposing of the other experiments. The other four men followed his actions quietly. With each new slash Sephiroth thought more and more about what he found out. And the more he thought about it, the more force he put into his attacks. "Seph! Watch out" yelled Angeal. One creature managed to slip past him and Zack. The deformed human shape figure raised a hand at the silver haired man. Claws as sharp as a razor completely extended. With just a small movement Sephiroth's blade sliced clean through the monster. For a second Cloud saw a sad look on the older man's face. Only one thought occured in Sephiroth's mind: This could have been ME!
Once they were done the director gave them permission to leave. "Yeah! Let's go get something to eat!" Zack yelled in his usual loud voice. "You never get tired of eating, do you" Angeal asked. "Nope!" Zack answered. "Well that IS Zack for you" Genesis said, smiling at his hyperactive comrade. While the other three men talked Cloud searched for Sephiroth. He turned his head in the direction that his hero was in to congratulate him but all he saw was a wave of long silver hair move out the door without a sound.