The Reunion

Chapter 5

She was barely standing and Reno found no other choice but to get her to a hospital. She narrowed her eyes at him and shook her head quickly.

"Take me to Shinra laboratory. There has to be something left from Hojo's last work," she said barely able to walk.

When they got there, Reno called Rufus without thinking too much about the consequences. The president prepared a whole room for his special guest. Eloise was still conscious and seeing Rufus' annoying face wasn't really what she wanted.

"Calm down, Eloise. I'm going to insert healing materia and call a doctor to check up on you,"

"Healing materia-" She had to stop and take a deep breath. It was really hard to talk. "Healing materia is made of Life Stream energy-" She took a small break and closed her eyes. "A surplus of mako energy will make me lose control,"

Rufus' eyes widened and nodded.

"Reno. Call Aya. We don't need a doctor. We need a scientist,"

The redhead nodded and left quickly. Unlike what most Turks expected, Tseng barged into the room and ran to her side, looking extremely worried. He grabbed her arm and checked her temperature.

"Is it Jenova?" Tseng asked but Eloise shook her head. "Is it Sephiroth, then?"

She frowned but still didn't agree with the Turk.

"It's the Life Stream," she repeated trying to stay conscious.

Rufus was watching from the side with mixed feelings. When he heard that, he walked closer.

"The Life Stream can't harm humans. The planet doesn't attack itself," he said with a frown.

"I'm not human, remember?"

"What really happened?"

After she fell asleep, Rufus, Reno, and Tseng went into the president's office for a chat.

"I heard the Life Stream has been acting suspiciously lately but this is something else," Rufus started looking at the head of the Turks.

"There is the theory of her cells reacting to something she has done. Maybe the Life Stream is protecting itself against the cells," Tseng tried to explain but he wasn't sure.

Rufus nodded. That was a plausible theory.

"The only scientist who knew how to act in this situation was Hojo. We need someone with the same knowledge to save her." Rufus said in a bossy tone. Tseng straightened his posture and nodded. "I think it's time. Go find Genesis."

The Turk nodded and left immediately. Rufus sighed and leaned against his desk. If the Life Stream was acting up then something was awakening.

When Eloise woke up, she was connected to an IV and a young lady was hovering over her. She was dressed in a white gown and looked like she wanted to be anywhere but there.

"The sleeping beauty awakens. You must be really important if Reno ran to my house to get me," Eloise rubbed her eyes and sat up which alarmed the scientist. "What are you doing? You're not able to walk!"

Indeed, Eloise almost fell on her butt if the lady didn't catch her. She ended up back on the bed.

"You're a Shinra scientist. Do you still trust the company after everything that happened?" Eloise asked.

The scientist seemed surprised by her question.

"Because my cousin was a Shinra scientist too. He used to work in the Shinra Manor, in Nibelheim."