Disclaimer: Final Fantasy VII and all parts of the contemplation go to Square Soft or rather Square Enix. I own Evelia and the things based around her.

2/13: Realized I never finished fixing this problem. This top part needed to go.

The next morning was nothing short of miserable. Sephiroth was up and at 'em at four in the morning. Dragging me along with him. Almost literally.

Zack was still on Stand-by for now and Sephiroth decided to drag me to somewhere just outside of Midgar. Some fiends were attacking the Mako reactors from the outside, and normal level SOLDIER's couldn't handle the job. As usual, I did all the physical work. When I complained about it, Sephiroth was quick to reply.

Then there was Sephiroth's stupid fetish with doing better than what is expected and I ran around the whole city checking each reactor for problems. Mako reactor number five and zero had some activity but that was it. We returned and I was sent to the training room to run through some training exercises Sephiroth had made for me while he reported in our Mission.

As if I wasn't already tired and beginning to sweat he had to make it worse by sending me against the biggest, baddest creatures Hojo had in the system. After the first simulation I was panting heavily. I heard Sephiroth's voice echo around me.

"Tired already? You-"

"Call yourself my student… yeah, yeah, yeah, I know. I'm working on it okay? When will I ever be good enough for you huh?" I called out and there was no response. I groaned as another simulation came up and I was told I had three more after this. I almost fell to my knees in surrender to the beast. But I had someone to prove wrong so I refused.

At the end of the last simulation I could barely stand, I was standing shakily sword held firmly in my hands as I waited for more, but it never came. Instead Sephiroth appeared. A simulation I assumed. I gulped and heaved a long breath, but held steady in my stance.

I watched his every movement even the ones in his eyes until he sped towards me dangerously fast. He had his sword in hand and despite its length its movements were fast and strong. I blocked what I could until it was just too much. I didn't have the strength to run from him as he went for a final blow, but I knew I had to move.

My body was beginning to shut down from exhaustion, without my consent. He was coming down quickly and to my eyes it seemed to slow down. After screaming at myself, I managed to roll at the last second and stand almost throwing my sword through his body. The odd thing was that it actually hit the silver haired man; he choked ungracefully, and disintegrated in pixels. I saw the real Sephiroth walk in as the simulation died. My eyes failed me as my sight faded and I was out faster then a light.

It was a nice feeling compared to being exhausted like I was. I guess everyone was right; dieing must be easier than living. I know passing out feels nicer. Slowly things began to register. My head, the comfy thing against it, my neck, my shoulders, and continuously down as I felt the feeling come to my body. I was somewhere in between being out of it and being awake.

I took a deep breath to calm myself down before moving my fingers out of habit. Then I flinch as red shone through my eyes. My armor was taken off. So no sword, no paldrons, and no boots. I moved my head as I slowly woke up properly and I fluttered my eyes open quickly.

My nose registered the smell of a science lab or something. Then my eyes looked around. Similar to the room I was in those fateful couple of years ago. Sephiroth came in with Zack, Lazard, and Hojo at his side.

I smiled grimly. Hojo walked over and I watched him cautiously. He was checking a packet of paper on a clipboard reading them over with an odd look. Then again he wouldn't ever have a normal look on his face with a forehead like that.

"Her Mako energy levels have heightened almost higher then possible for humans... Nowhere near as high as Sephiroth's of course but higher than the average male SOLDIER energy levels… much higher. Her cell count has done the same…" The crazy scientist mumbled to himself watching me as I lie in bed awaiting my verdict. "This growth in Mako energy levels was from vigorous training?" I nodded to him and continued to mumble and scribble things down. "Brilliant, absolutely brilliant," no one said anything as he spoke in his nasty wheezy voice. He was obviously very pleased with this heighten in Mako energy levels.

"May I ask what the means?" I asked a bit groggy. My voice sounded fogged with sleep. He tsk-ed in response mumbling about how unintelligent people were. he left without an explanation.

"You've gotten stronger, Evie," Sephiroth answered for me .He was a bag of answers truthfully. "Good, but don't think your training will be any less harder."

"Wouldn't expect anything less," I said seriously. The general smirked a bit.

"Good, you've gotten stronger since being Sephiroth's student. Goes to show his training is working," Lazard smiled in satisfaction.

"Working on nearly getting me killed from exhaustion," I murmured darkly, "How long have I been here?"

"Less than a day," supplied Zack with a small smile. I nodded and sat up with more deep breaths. I opened and closed my fist in my hands. I could feel the change in my power a bit.

"So I destroyed that simulation out of luck?" Sephiroth didn't answer. I waited, "Right?" He shook his head almost reluctantly. "That wasn't at full power right?"

"No, you were exhausted Evie, it was only about a fourth of Sephiroth's strength but you were at even less of your strength. Your strength was completely drained and you still managed to defeat a Sephiroth simulation," Lazard explained for me.

"Meaning… what?" I asked as I jumped from the bed to stretch.

"You can call yourself my student," I began to cheer but a look from the General calmed me. I was squirming with glee. I couldn't stop. Sephiroth left along with Lazard, and as soon as I thought they were far enough I began shouting and cheering. Zack seemed confused at why this was so important, but he wouldn't understand. I jumped at him hugging without thinking. When I finished I put my armor back on and we left.

It was the morning of the next day actually.

A few days later I was hanging out with Zack on the SOLDIER floor. We've been trying to get a hold of Sephiroth but he's been holed up in the data room and we weren't allowed there. Zack left later to go see Aerith about making her a flower wagon. I smiled a bit as he left, but it still kind of twanged when he left like that to see her. Her grinned and waved.

A bit later I found Tseng, and as I walked up to him I frowned.

"I'm still mad at you… you know that right?" He said nothing a stoic face on. "Fine! Be mean…" I marched away irritated.

I check my status and it said again, On stand-by. Meaning more free time... like I've been having for the longest time. It was getting boring waking up and going through some Sephiroth simulations, that he set out for me. They were hard each and every day, but it didn't do much when I kicked their asses without a sweat.

I checked over my smaller missions looking for something to do, when suddenly my "On Stand-by." Status was changed. It flashed red letters, "New Mission!" I sighed and flipped through my files to see I was being sent to Modeoheim. I groaned. It was cold in Modeoheim.

Lazard had been informed by Angeal directly that Genesis and Hollander were there. Zack was going, but they decided to send me as well. Again, they didn't have a reliable reason for it. I groaned and checked through the missions I received.

One of them caught my eye, Experiment escape. I read through the mission info.

Experiment E23R56 has escaped. We need him restrained

and returned to the Shinra Science Department immediately.

I sighed and found Tseng again; he was going as well, from what my mission info said. It was going to be Tseng, Zack, two infantrymen and me. As far as I remembered it had something to do with Angeal and Hollander.

So here I was cooped up in a Helicopter, with a couple of infantrymen, both seemed interested in meeting me. I got that often. From what I could find out, we had to go pick up Zack in the slums before being able to leave.

When we landed I looked to the opening door to see a familiar sight. The old church. Zack and Tseng were talking in front of it. I smiled gently to Zack as he entered and he returned it gently.

We sat silently. I glanced to the infantrymen who sat straighter in their seats. I said nothing still. As I opened my mouth to speak I found we were spinning out of control. Out of pure guessing, I assumed we might be crashing.

A bit later, the snow against my body registered I groaned and wiggled my fingers experimentally.

"Well that's a fine how-do-you-do!" I heard Zack say from next to me.

"Tseng! Hey, guys!" He turned to find them behind him and me next to him. I flipped over on my butt and got up.

"Somebody really needs to learn how to fly a frikkin' helicopter." I muttered softly. I rubbed my arm to get the cold feeling off.

"For a world famous SOLDIER you're really pathetic." He smirked at me. My heart fluttered harshly in my ribs.

"Aw you're just jealous. Besides I'm not like Sephy, I'm sensitive to climate changes especially when they're this sudden," I said lightly looking around at the snowy terrain. He smiled a bit and shook his head. I frowned to Tseng who was searching for a signal.

"No signal out here," He announced after putting his phone away.

"Well, at least we're all in one piece. We'll be alright." I nodded in agreement smiling suddenly at the infantrymen behind him.

"Thankfully, we have someone used to this kind of terrain." Tseng looked towards Zack I gave him a curious look.

"Yeah, yeah I'm a country boy…"

"You never told me this bit of information." I raised my eyebrow, Zack smiled sheepishly.

"All right then. We would have reach Modeoheim by now if we hadn't crashed. So we're going to need to make up for lost time." Tseng stated beginning to walk up the mountain. I blinked slightly confused.

"All right, follow me then!" Zack said as he walked off waving his arm to motion for us to follow. I shook my head and followed him none-the-less, muttering the whole way up.

Having walked most of the mountain already Zack called out behind us, "Yo! Don't fall too far behind!" I rubbed my arm some more and watched Zack look at the Infantryman who was keeping up with the both of us.

"At least someone's keeping up." He didn't look at us but did respond.

"Well, I'm a country boy too." I frowned a bit remembering why I was muttering the whole way up.

"From where?" Zack asked as we stopped at the top a hill that Tseng and the other infantryman was no where near able to climb as fast as the three of us.

"Nibelheim." Zack began to laugh at this.

"How about you?" The boy asked suddenly. He obviously was younger than we were.

"Me? Gongaga." The younger teenager began to laugh and to Zack's dismay so did I. We both tried to hide it by moving away from him and covering our mouths.

"Hey, what's so funny about that? You know Gongaga?" We stopped laughing slowly and looked at Zack.

"No, but it's such a backwater name." I cracked a smile and tried covering it by looking away and rubbing my face when Zack looked at me.

Zack moved away from the both of us saying, "Ditto Nibelheim." He began walking away.

"Like you've been there." Zack stopped and turned, watching with his bright blue green eyes.

"No, but there's Mako reactor there, right?" The guy nodded once. "A Mako reactor outside of Midgar usually means…"

"…Nothing else out there." They said looking at the ground to the right of them, or left of Zack. I walked over quickly as they looked at each other and began to laugh. I stood in between them with a confused expression.

"You're nuts Zackary, because of this I'm going to back away and pretend I don't know you," I said lightly talking away. He ran in front of me and caught me around he shoulders, hugging with a small smile. I rolled my eyes. "Trying to be sweet won't work." I figured he would have pulled away but he didn't. "Stupid crazy country boy," I growled causing both of them to laugh a bit.

Zack released me with a grin and I pulled my hands back to tighten my ponytail.

"Good news Tseng! Me and…" he pointed his thumb at himself before looking at the teenager for a name.

The kid took of his helmet to reveal bright blond hair and amazing natural blue eyes. "Cloud." My eyebrows rose noticeably at the revealing of his face. I cleared my throat to take my eyes off him.

"Me and Cloud here are both backwater experts! Oh yeah!" he added with and enthusiastic hump to the air. I sent him a disgusted look before shaking my head trying to look like I was disgusted with him despite the smile on my face. They smiled at each other and walked away as Tseng's reply came.

"Good, Carry on then." I shook my head and followed. Zack looked at me suddenly.

"Hey, what about you Evie?" I looked away from him at this, trying to remember… I just couldn't no matter how hard I tried.

"Er, what do you mean?" I said pretending I didn't know what he was asking me.

"Where are you from, the country too?" I shook my head.

"You're from the city then?" I shook my head again. I didn't want to voice a response. "Oh, I was about to ask how you're keeping up with us…"

"I'm in SOLDIER, brilliant one," I said sarcastically. Boy is he slow or what sometimes.

"If you're not from the city and not from the country where are you from?" I paused before shaking my head again. I sighed gently, I didn't like to talk about it too much.

"I don't remember." Both gave me a curious look.

"How do you not remember where you grew up?"

"Not sure, but for some reason I can't remember the first ten years of my life meaning I don't know where I grew up. I don't know my hometown, where I was born none of that good stuff. I don't even remember what my parents might look like. I never knew my parents... or maybe I just don't remember them. Back to the main point, I don't remember the first ten years of my life so I don't know my hometown or where I'm from. I guess that just means I don't have a hometown." They looked from me to each other as I kept the same face from before on and walked on with a slight smile on my face. I tired to keep optimistic about it. I wasn't alone… I hoped.

A little later, a few monsters stopped us and Zack finished them off quickly.

"Zack duck!" Cloud shouted as a hippogriff came up behind him. Zack jumped to the floor as Cloud shot the thing down. I turned around the way we came and looked to find Tseng not too far behind. Zack and Cloud had walked off to find an area with Genesis copies roaming about.

I decided to remain silent as much as possible. So I watch as we decided that the Genesis copies couldn't be ignored.

Zack headed off to infiltrate the area. After going into the basement of the area, Cloud followed while Tseng and I blasted through the ice next to the area Zack had just 'infiltrated' to head into Modeoheim.

(I tried like seven times this part and I never did once infiltrate it... much too advanced for a SOLDIER like him. Or a player like me.)

We made it through easily, Cloud left to follow Zack as we headed through the tunnel. It was barren of people so we walked into town and searched for... anything. Nothing moved and nothing changed, the town was covered in a thin layer of snow. The only signs that anyone had been there was the track marks, Tseng, the other infantryman and I made.

We check every house and every door, to find that the bathhouse door was the only one we could go through.

Cloud came back to us having followed the footsteps we made. Tseng and the others left as I searched the first level by myself. I stood next to the phone of the bathhouse listening to the 23 messages there was left on its answering machine. I began to leave when Zack came running in looking for us.

"So glad you could make it," I murmured to him gently. I sent him a gentle smile as the breeze hit me again and I shivered.

"I was fighting Genesis," My smile faded and I tensed noticeably. Zack looked to the ground his fist tightening, "He ended up jumping off the ledge," my shoulders sagged.

"What is it with those two?" I asked sadly, "Wings don't symbolize monsters, then again, what does?" We were silent before Zack snapped from the moment.

"I… don't know, let's just catch up with Tseng and Cloud," I nodded my thoughts turning to Angeal. We ran through the bathroom finding some materia here and there. Naturally, we didn't go without being attacked. We finally found the others, but not how we expected we would.

Cloud was lying on the floor obviously unconscious or beaten up. "Cloud!" the blonde moved to stand up but fell back on his butt. Zack ran over to him and I looked for Tseng, who was leaning against the door.

"Tseng!" I ran over just as he looked up at me. Zack walked over and knelt down beside him. He didn't have much energy in him.

"You go ahead, I'll handle these two," Zack nodded and ran down the hall next to Tseng.

Fortunately, Tseng wasn't badly hurt. Cloud was in about the same condition and I left them bandaged up a bit. I followed down the corridor he left with a little push from Tseng. it was silent as I walked down the corridor.

I came out to an open sky and a near silent area. I looked around to see Zack on my left knelt down beside Angeal, who looked like he was degrading.

I gasped lightly, but through the silence, it sounded loud. It bought their attention, "Angeal…"I choked out before walking over and kneeling down softly.

"Keep it up," He whispered with a small smile. He closed his eyes… I was too late. How did I not hear the fighting? Zack held his sword, the Buster Sword in his hands tightly. It started to rain suddenly. My throat tightened as his body faded into the Lifestream peacefully.

I wasn't nearly as close to Angeal as Zack was, and therefore couldn't understand fully how painful it was to him. I bit my lip sadly and grabbed his shoulder tightly. the giant sword fell down and he took a deep breath trying his best to soak it up. I wrapped my arm around him comfortingly. Naturally Tseng would call a back up helicopter the moment he had a signal.

The Turk relies on his phone like I rely on my sword. We entered the Chopper silently and didn't say anything to each from across the helicopter.