On the other side, Tseng was on his way back from Nibelheim. He searched the whole village and not only. He even went in what remains of Banora and Gongaga. Nothing. He was starting to lose faith.

They were passing by the abandoned part of Midgar. Tseng watched the sighting as the car drove by. It was a prosperous place once where children were playing and youngsters were going on dates. The melancholy of those times was still haunting him.

While the Turk's eyes were moving from side to side, he noticed something. It was small but it was a movement.

"Stop the car!"

The driver complied quickly. Tseng ran out of the car and surveyed the surroundings.

"Leave," Tseng ordered knowing he would have to be all by himself.

"But boss-"

Tseng's cold gaze made the driver gulp and follow his orders.

Once left alone, Tseng grabbed his electric rod and walked down an alley. The buildings were half broken but some of them still looked like they could be used. Someone could live there if they wanted to if they didn't have any place to go.

Suddenly, he heard footsteps. He turned around and ran after the sound. The other person was quite fast but it led him to a back alley with only one way to get in.

While looking for his target, piles of rocks started to fall over him. Tseng looked up with wide eyes, preparing to be crushed under them. He tried to avoid most of the big pieces and get out and fortunately, he did make it. He had dust on his clothes and face but his body was fine.

While he was regaining his breathing, he heard the sound of footsteps again. He only had time to blink before he felt a breeze and metal against his skin.

"Well, well. Look who's visiting,"

Tseng knew that voice well. It's been too long since he last heard it. It wasn't a surprise that when the turk turned around, he faced the same blue eyed red-haired man that Eloise liked so much.

"Genesis. Glad to see you're alive. You have to come with me to Edge."

The redhead fighter raised an eyebrow, amazed by how straight forward was Tseng.

"And why would I come on my own to that filthy place?" He asked looking all so smug.

"Because Eloise is dying,"

Genesis' little smirk fell instantly. So much time had passed since he heard that name, since someone reminded him about that girl. But some things can never be changed, like the way he became so excited knowing she was so close.

"That's impossible. Eloise is Hojo's most successful soldier. She's not easy to kill."

Tseng raised an eyebrow and watched the ex-SOLDIER turn his back to him.

"The Eloise you once knew is gone. She has been gone for a while now. She gave up on that life, on happiness...she is a shell of who you met." Tseng explained seeing how Genesis didn't seem to understand just how bad the whole situation was.

"She's an experiment. She can't die just because there is a disturbance in the Life Stream. I'm sure you noticed. It built a barrier so that no one could get out or get in." Genesis knew something was wrong with the planet.

"Why would anyone want to get out? Does it have anything to do with Eloise?"

"Eloise has nothing to do with it but it has everything to do with her." Genesis said and chuckled to himself. He was playing around with the turk. Tseng didn't find it amusing at all mostly because he needed Genesis to come along.

"If you don't want to return with me, that's fine. But do go to her. She needs you," Tseng tried his best to make Genesis realize that the situation was dire and Genesis listened and stared intensely at the turk, pondering on his options.

"Why are you so persistent?"

Tseng glared at the ex-SOLDIER, losing his patients.

"Because Zack died."

Suddenly, the mask fell and Tseng could see just how much Genesis cared for her. The redhead glared furiously at the turk and pointed his sword at him.

"Don't joke about such stuff, Tseng. You and I both know how deep runs the bond between the two Fair puppies."

The turk didn't even flinch.

"Exactly. Once Zack died, she turned her back on everything. But most of her friends died, her brother died and you disappeared. She has nothing to fight for anymore. She's been building up a lot of anger and pain over the years and she's reaching the limit."

"She won't be happy to see me," Genesis muttered.

Tseng rolled his eyes and glanced at his phone. Reno was calling. He responded quickly and his eyes widened when he heard what happened.

"She ran away." Tseng said as soon as he hung up, "In her recent condition, she has no power to protect herself."

Tseng left Genesis feeling like shit.

Eloise was walking around with blood running down her leg. She was holding onto her side and was trying not to draw any attention. Her whole body hurt and she was slowly losing consciousness.

She entered an alley and tried to regain her breath. It wasn't easy to sneak out of the Shinra building. The turks were looking after her and she was sure that Reno already called Tseng and they were all searching for her.

She leaned against the wall and sat down. No one glanced at her a second time and no one was going to help her. The former soldier was wounded and she looked like she just escaped from the lab, which was kind of true.

She was losing consciousness and no one was there to help her. They all died. Everyone she ever cared about died. She was all alone and that thought only made her give up.

Genesis couldn't stand in one place. His thoughts were always returning to Eloise. He had no idea what happened after he fainted in Banora. He woke up underground and felt the need to protect the planet. That was the only thing he could do after what happened in SOLDIER.

Well, Eloise was part of the planet in a way. With that thought in mind, he grabbed his rapier and left his hideout.

He was flying around the centre sector when he saw two thugs entering an alley. He found them suspicious and followed them. It proved to be quite a wise decision because they led him to Sector 8. Genesis landed silently, on a darker corner of the street where he could easily blend in the crowd.

He walked and searched everywhere they went before. Of course, the buildings looked different and some of them disappeared altogether. It made him feel a little melancholic. He really missed her, no matter how hard he tried to avoid that. Eloise was an important part of his life.

He was going down the old alleys. He remembered one especially which became quite luxurious and populated, but when she saw the wolf, it was nothing but dust and darkness.

He noticed a few women whispering to each other and glancing at a specific place. He followed their line of vision and saw something that somehow made his heart flutter. He gulped. With every step closer, his heart beats were getting faster and louder.

Eloise was barely conscious. She could feel someone approaching her thanks to her reflexes but that was all. In the moment he got in front of her, she opened her eyes. His heart felt like it was ready to explode but she wasn't sure if he was there or it was her imagination.

"Eloise," His smooth cocky voice sounded so melancholic into her ears. She reached out to touch him and he couldn't help but lean closer to her touch.

"Genesis," She mumbled his name, making him feel bittersweet.

Genesis knew that she didn't become a victim because of him but he did choose to leave her behind. He left her all alone.

Eloise grunted and shifted. The last thing she remembered was stopping on an alley to catch her breath. She patted the thing she was on and realized it was a bed. She opened her eyes and rubbed her head. It hurt more than her side.

Suddenly, she remembered that she ran from Shinra and that everyone was searching for her. She wasn't feeling honoured at all, truthfully, they were making a big fuss over something they couldn't control. They didn't even know what was happening to her.

She got up and inspected her surroundings. It was a normal room that didn't have windows. She got on her feet and swayed a little until she gained balance. She touched her side only to feel it covered with bandages before she stumbled out of the room and entered a long corridor. She kept close to the wall as she made her way around.

When she did get at the end of the corridor, she did find a door. Unfortunately, it wasn't working.

"We should stop meeting at the elevator," H

Her eyes widened and she lost her balance. She almost fell if it weren't for the two strong arms that caught her easily.

"Isn't that what you told me once?"

She blinked once, twice, but his image didn't disappear into air. Genesis was there, for real.

The first thing that came in her mind was to make him cringe for what he did to her. She punched him in the face strong enough to send him straight into the opposite wall.

"I guess I deserve it," He was rubbing his chin when she launched another attack. This time, he caught her hand and pushed her against the wall. He didn't use too much power since she wasn't physically healthy. He leaned in and stared into her eyes.

"You deserve a real beating. One that would make you stay in bed for weeks." Her tone was venomous. He could notice in her eyes that she was indeed different. The joy and innocence disappeared completely instead, he could only see a pair of turquoise empty eyes.

"You look like Sephiroth." Genesis whispered. She stared up into his eyes until she felt like she couldn't anymore. She pushed him away and stumbled back towards the room. "You have a lot to tell me, Eloise."

She brushed him off as if it was nothing.

"Where is this?"

She got back into the room and sat on the bed. She only walked for a few meters but she was already tired. Genesis followed her silently but she could feel him there, staring with pity and guilt.

"My hideout."

"Where exactly?"

"Outskirts of Edge. I brought you here after I found you unconscious on an alley."

She nodded and leaned back. She had a terrible headache.

"What happened to you? Why are you in this state?"

She looked at him for a moment and rolled on her side. She had her back turned to him especially so she couldn't see how he was looking at her. It was subtle, but she knew those eyes well.

"The mako inside my body is reacting to the Jenova cells." She mumbled. Thankfully, he heard it perfectly.

"Why? One can't live without the other in your body."

Even if she was not capable of admitting it, she missed hearing his voice. It was smooth and deep, like before. Just like one of an actor or story teller.

"I don't know," Genesis didn't believe her. She turned around so she could hide her face. She might have changed but she was still Eloise Fair. "I stopped resisting my condition a long time ago."

"Only because Zack died? The world didn't end when he died. He sacrificed himself, just like his mentor."

She rolled on the other side and glared at him.

"Then what about me? Am I going to end up like my mentor?"

Genesis' eyes softened. He couldn't forget Sephiroth. How could he when he had his eyes imprinted in my his memory. And Eloise, well Eloise' eyes resembled her mentor's.

"You resemble him a lot. Even your personality and your ideals changed according to his."

"That is my destiny. To end up destroying everything I ever loved."

He raised an eyebrow before he got on his feet and walked to the door.

"Rest. I'll show you he way back later."

She watched him leave and she couldn't help but remember the day he left her alone in SOLDIER. He left then and he was going to leave now. She was sure he wasn't going to fight next to her. He never did.