Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ THE PUNISHMENT ❯ Jenova Reborn ( Chapter 2 )

* I guess at last chapter was a bit short, but does the fic kind of want you to read more? Well here is another chapter! *

Chapter 2

Rebirth

Jenova screamed in horror as her spirit was wrenched into the planets core. She remembered nothing except her hate for the Cetra's…

Mideel was a quiet little town that was rebuilt three years ago after the defeat of Sephiroth. Instead of covering up the small lake of Lifestream, they let it be where it was. The life that swam around gave a much more healthier glow to the vegetation around it. Several scientists were scouting the area of the lifestream, checking if it was healthy and not damaged. That was their job, since the new President ascended the throne of the world. The people were happy for once and Cloud was a fair ruler.

Midgar was being rebuilt slowly, now being called Neo Midgar. There were sectors being rebuilt too; the old homes were torn down and replaced by new. Slowly the world was recovering and there was a better set of Soldiers that were not enhanced by Mako. There was also a new general and it surprised everyone that a woman was running the planets army! Tifa Lockheart helped save the planet so no one ever doubted her skills, plus she was meant for that type of job.

Red or Nanaki was now the head of the Science department. He ran from Neo Midgar to Cosmo Canyon helping and learning about the earth's recovery. Barret became a governor of Corel and helped rebuilt the village into a prospering city. Yuffie on the other hand was still the same thieving little rascal. She was chased about three times just to get the group's materia back again. After she grew out of that habit she traveled back to Watui to help it rise above a resort town and into the true city it once was. Yuffie still travels in search of rare materia. Cid and Shera finally married and settled down in their new home, the High Wind. They were so attach to the ship that they rebuilt it and name it home. ( Shera's expecting a baby anytime soon.) Vincent still roams around the planet helping others where help was needed and his current home is Lucrecia's waterfall and the old Shinra Mansion in Nibelhiem. Cait Sith had become a partner with Dio in running Gold Saucer and so far they were doing great. Everything was getting back to normal, the Shinra building still stands in Neo Midgar and the old reactors now held fresh water for citizens. As for power, solar energy was a useful asset. The Turks are gone but Cloud has an offer for them, so their abilities don't go to waste. Yup, the planet was recovering, people were thriving, and there were less monsters to deal with.

"Professor Dell! We're getting high readings here, it seems the Lifestream is building up!" a young blonde haired man said. Professor Dell was Nanaki's best man for traveling the world to check up on the current streams. His intense blue eyes were worried and he quickly retied his dark brown hair back. He was in his late twenties and still a little green in his jobs. As he ran over to the people crowding around the man, he got through and checked the computer.

"Men, something is going to blow or emerge out of this pond, but we better stay back away from it." No sooner were the Professor's words spoken and fountain of immense emerald erupted from the middle off the pond. The citizen's nearby ran for their homes and nearest shelter's and watched behind windows. The planet's voice could be heard and instead of crying it sang. A figure emerged in the middle of the spraying water and it was different then a normal human. When the spring died down the figure fell back into the stream.

"Hurry! Whoever that is, get it!!! Before it drowns or dies!" Dell yelled out. His orders were heard and a team jumped in to reach the sinking body. People bobbed up to the surface to take deeper breaths to go back under searching. Finally one of the people brought up what seemed a woman. Even though she was soaked, Dell could see that she had lavender silver hair and was bare-naked.

"Cover her!" Dell ordered. The woman was taken to a nearby inn that the scientist's had rented. She was laid down in a warm bed and watched over by several guards. Dell himself came in to check on her. He noticed a silver tag and chain wrapped securely around her neck. As he reached for it he noticed there were letters carved into the plate. J-E-N-O-V-A. He jumped back up again and walked out giving orders to the soldiers who stood there. Nanaki must know about her…why does she have a nametag Jenova spelled on it? Jenova was a disease that rained horror on the planet nearly destroying everything…yet this woman, not to forget a woman who appeared out of the stream, has the tag Jenova written on it… Nanaki must know.

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Visions stirred within the young woman that laid in the warm and soft bed. Visions of a trial and punishment, which was bestowed on her. Her spirit was wrenched away and forced to take form of another. Several faces flew by her…a man with silver hair and piercing emerald eyes…a blue eyed blonde…a red fire lion…two young women with brown hair, yet one with cherry red eyes and one with green… a black haired man with shining blue eyes and another older man with dark brown hair and brown eyes… the horror that flew by her was nothing compared to the red ball of fire that flew into her face as if it were a gift and death brought onto her. The words and whispers that flew by were full of anger and they seemed to know what was happening to her, yet she did not…all she remembered was the resentment she felt back to them…she despised them for reasons which hid away from her…or were locked. Soon they began to fade and everything around her swelled down to nothing but a peaceful quiet. She wanted to open her eyes but was exhausted…she had to sleep.

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Professor Dell grabbed his PSH and dialed his boss's number. After several rings, Nanaki answered and his voice was irritated.

"What is it, Dell?" Nanaki asked.

"Sir, I think I have found something, which might interest you." Dell began, "It seems that my team and I have found what looks like a Cetra. A woman actually and.." but he was caught off.

"Aerith…Hold her down there and I'll report there with the President. If she wakes up take care of her and act nicely." Then the line went dead. Dell swore and swore once more. He didn't get a chance to tell him about the nametag the woman had chained around her neck. What else did Nanaki said…Aerith?

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Nanaki paced around his lab room at Neo Midgar. He had just returned from a tiring journey here from Cosmo Canyon and now the last thing on his mind was needed rest. Aerith…she's the only one who would have come back…there's no doubt about it! I have to tell Cloud…he must know. Nanaki rushed out of his office and ran over to the elevator, a smile slowly forming on his face and he even chuckled.

He was quickly allowed into the Presidents office and there stood the lovely and beautiful General Lockheart speaking with Cloud. Instead of her short skirt and white shirt she had black pants on and a red shirt with a black vest over it. Her hair was tied into a ponytail and braided; her prized fist gloves still clung to her gentle hands. Cloud on the other hand wore a white kind of suit, yet nothing like that Rufus wore. White pants, black boots, a dark gray shirt and a white jacket. His hair seemed to be missing a handful or two of gel for the spiky hair didn't look so stiff.

"What is it Nanaki?" Cloud asked.

"We must go to Mideel, now!" Nanaki said anxiously.

"Why?" Tifa asked.

"Aerith! I think she's back… one of my men just called me telling me that they found a Cetra woman." The excited lion explained. Cloud stood up quickly and called some of his advisors. He then grabbed his jacket and headed for the door, Tifa and Red trailing behind him. Tifa on the other hand was worried, she loved Cloud a lot but if Aerith came back…what would he do? He would be lost to her forever!

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The sleeping woman awoke when she felt the sun shining from outside her eyelids. She yawned and looked around. She seemed to be in a room and sitting in a bed… Images flashed in her head and she ground her teeth as the pain swept through her head. Words jumped out at her and one that she would remember always…PUNISHMENT.

"Good Morning Jenova, how are you feeling today?" Professor Dell asked as he came in. He was carrying two plants in a pot and he set them down on a table nearby.

"You called me Jenova. Why?" she asked.

"Is it your name? Because the metal nameplate chained around your neck has J.E.N.O.V.A. inscribed. Are you what the late Cetra call, the Calamity from the Sky?" Dell asked. Several images crowded into her mind and the pain throbbed with each passing image.

"I don't know what you are talking about. Would a monster look like a human? I'm just a woman." She replied.

"You are not just the woman, you were born out of the Lifestream. I have another question; I have brought these to plants here for a test. Touch them both, please." Dell ordered. She wanted to resist but what could a plant do to her. She touched the prettier green one and she felt a singing sway through her mind.

"It's healthy," she whispered, "It has no disease what so ever."

"O.k. Now touch this brown and green one." Dell said. She touched the plants leaves and then the stem. It was crying and moaning for help…

"It is sick and needs water." She answered a bit surprised.

"What did you feel when you touched them?" asked the Professor.

"The greener one sang to me, while the molted one cried." She replied without thinking. Dell thought about the answers that this woman gave him. Only a Cetra could understand the language of the earth.

"My dear, this completes the test. If my theories are correct, you are a Cetra." Dell announced. The woman who he called Jenova looked startled.

"Is that good?" she asked.

"Damn right it is, you are the last of your kind though, don't start killing yourself anytime soon. President Cloud and Professor Nanaki are on their way to meet you." Dell announced.

"One more question, what is my name?" She asked.

"How about we stick with Jenova?" he asked.

"No, that is the name of an evil, I want to be called Nova." Nova replied firmly.

"Very well, Nova. It shall be as you wish and in a few moments I'll send some people over to bring you clothing." Dell added and left. Nova on the other hand noticed that she was covered only halfway with the blanket. How humiliating and do humans have such a big bust? Nova sighed and fell back onto the bed. Her startling silver blue hair spread out and covered her face a bit. She played with her hair and thought over and over again…I am a Cetra? How can that be so? This is all too strange and alien to me…like I was never part of this planet.

: Of course you are not. :

: Who are you? :

: Let's say I am a Judge and right now till the end I shall judge you on how you behave on this planet. If you are good and not evil…well we shall see about that later. :

: What have I done wrong I don't remember anything but fragments. :

: You will soon enough, besides you got your whole life ahead of you. :

: What do I have to do? :

Nova waited for the reply but none came. The voice left without a goodbye. This voice must really hate me…

There was a knocking at the door and an elderly woman dressed in white came in with some clothing. She looked like a healer.

"My Dear, I have been given orders to bring you clothing. I hope these are not too exotic I hope. Mideel tends to be a very hot and tropical place." She said. After showing the clothes, Nova picked out a tight yet loose kind of dress. It was a violet mauve color, sleeveless and it split at the thighs. (To the reader, if you wish to see a picture of how my Jenova looks like as a human I made a sketch out and will send it to www.mediaminer.orgthis week. O.k.? Good! ^-^) She quickly went to a small bathroom and changed. When she came out she felt much better wearing something.

"You look lovely, Miss Nova. I have heard that you are a Cetra." The healer said.

"That's what they say, yet I do not know this myself." Nova replied. The healer quickly helped Nova with braiding her hair and had conjured up another question. Yet before she could ask Nova looked up at the window and yelped as she saw a gray helicopter hovering in the air.

"Oh, don't worry about that, it won't harm anyone. That is what you call a helicopter. It takes people where they want to go." The healer explained. Nova seemed to calm down some and then she went back over to the bed and sat down.

When the healer left there was a knock at the door and Professor Dell came in with three people trailing behind them. The one in the blonde said a name she thought, Aerith? When a young man with blonde spiky hair came in she had an image flashing through her mind. It was of the same man but younger and he wore different clothes. He was holding what looked like a sword…then the image was gone. Nova steadied their faces and found herself very afraid for no apparent reason.

"This is not Aeris, Nanaki. You said that Aeris was back." Cloud accused. Nanaki looked at professor Dell and his eyes demanded an explanation.

"Professor Nanaki as I was going to say before you hung up on me was this woman by the name of Nova, is not Aerith but another Cetra." Dell explained. He knew that Nanaki should have listened then to jump to conclusions. He knew about the old gang's member the one that had saved the planet from Meteor, was a woman by the name of Aerith. She had lost her own life to save the earth she called home and the group still wished that she were alive.

"I'm sorry Cloud, I thought she came back." Nanaki answered.

"It's all right it's not your fault and our trip down here wasn't a waste after all. Tifa? What do you think of this Cetra?" Cloud asked. Tifa was smiling and she looked relieved a bit. She still was in love with Cloud and if ever Aerith did come back her life would have been nothing.

"Teef?"

"Oh. I'm sorry Cloud. I think we should talk to her and find out a few things." Tifa answered. Cloud nodded and now turned toward the trembling woman. Her eyes were pale blue and her hair kind of silvery blue. He advanced and she began to tremble more then before. Finally she stood up and moved away from him. Cloud stopped a bit puzzled.

"Is something wrong?" he asked.

"I don't know…" she began.

"Are you afraid of me?" Cloud asked. Nova nodded and then stared behind him at the brunette girl and the red furred lion.

"Are you afraid of them too?"

"Yes." Nova replied.

"Well please know that we are not going to harm you in any way. We just want to talk with you a bit, is that all right?" Cloud explained. He held his hand out and she slowly grabbed it. He pulled her over to the couch and everyone else sat down nearby. Tifa noticed the chain around her neck and reached out for it. This startled Nova, but she didn't dare move. She had a feeling that this woman knew how to kill.

Tifa looked at the plate and read it in her mind, Jenova. Teef dropped the chain and backed away a bit startled. This woman had the same chain that the specimen called Calamity from the sky wore around her neck when Hojo had her in his lab. Could this be the monster they had fought from three years ago?

* I think eleven pages are enough for today! My fingers are hurting and I am sleepy!!! Hope you all like it. Review and write me a comment please, I just love `em! *