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Chapter 5

Everything Comes Undone

 

Cloud arrived on time, just as Vincent had promised. He felt weird being back in the building he had once been instrumental in toppling. It still had the same odor as he remembered; a stale stench of money and greed. `Let's get this over with' he thought as he climbed the stairs to the offices. Once there, he was greeted by Sephiroth's blade gleaming in his eyes.

 

“What did you want?” Cloud asked, shielding his eyes to see who stood before him.

 

Just then, he felt a sharp pain hit him in the gut. He knelt now, grabbing the blade and trying to force it out, but it was in too deep. He looked up to see Marlene standing there, holding the sword. His lips mouthed `why?' as a steady trickle of blood hit the floor. Cloud's attacker then wrenched up and gutted him. His insides spewed over the ground as blood drowned his lifeless body on the floor. Marlene then put the blade up to her own throat and stirred like a person coming out of a coma.

 

“What am I doing?!” She fought Sephiroth's grip for all she was worth, and stared at what was once Cloud.

“I'm killing two birds with one stone. When I was born, Gast did something to my consciousness because he knew Hojo would use his Jenova cells. So, he spliced mine out and made me able to control Jenova cells instead. When Hojo injected me with them, they had no effect.”

“What the hell does that mean?”

“You remember five years ago? When you were sick? They injected you with Jenova cells because of there amazing healing properties. Cloud has a strong will and would not be controlled so easily again, like fifteen years ago. However, you, you were just the pawn I needed. I'm still in the purgatory of the lifestream. But my consciousness can still leak to you because of the cells that were injected into you. I was never really here, it was always you. You killed Rufus, just like you killed Cloud. Take heart in knowing you ended the plague though. You discarded the serums and destroyed the saved cellular compound in the database. ..Mother … can you hear me? I win. You lost. You'll never destroy this planet. I Am The Chosen One.”

 

With that, he won and just as he had promised her, he slit her throat for not co-operating with the plan, just like he had planned to.