The Reunion

Chapter 8

When Eloise opened her eyes, she was back in her room in SOLDIER. She sighed heavily and rubbed her face.

"Am I dead?" She asked feeling someone approach.

"No." He replied. "I didn't bring you here this time,"

"I know. I did," she said and looked at him. "I'm dying. Jenova cells are multiplying too quickly. It's been a long time since I was last stabilized."

"You need me," Sephiroth said almost pleased. "You need my blood. But what can you do, you cannot bring me back." He added his eyes shining brightly.

He was right in front of her and she was sitting on the bed when she suddenly grabbed his arm forcefully.

"You're right. Your return would bring chaos back to the world. After you found out the truth about yourself, you became selfish. I tried to stay as far as possible from you because I knew I had no power to stop you. Nor the will. You are my mentor. I was created out of you," she said and looked straight into his cat-like eyes. Sephiroth was surprised because her eyes were filled with the blue streams of mako. Her grip on him tightened and he felt blue electricity bind them together. "I need you, I don't want to die. So, Sephiroth, you will return to save me."

"How foolish," he said with a smirk but the energy crawled from her hand into his whole body. "What are you doing Eloise?"

"Making sure you won't be able to destroy anything." She said and life stream tentacles wrapped around Sephiroth, pulling him away.

Eloise remained staring ahead, but she could feel it. The wolf. The voice of the life stream.

"Am I making a mistake?"

But the wolf didn't answer, he only looked at her knowingly.

As soon as Genesis brought Eloise into the lab, everyone was chaotic. The cells were too many, her body was breaking and her organs were failing. No matter what they tried, nothing worked.

"What do we do?" Reno asked scared out of his mind

"Se...Se-phiroth," Eloise barely muttered. "Sephi-roth," she repeated making everyone worry.

Genesis was outside when he heard a noise down the hall. He turned towards it and saw him walking. It was easy for him to fight but Genesis could sense it was different this time, more controlled. The two met eyes and they both knew what must be done.

Reno was ready to start crying when he saw a tall man enter the room with so much calm. Reno couldn't believe his eyes.

"No...you're dead,"

Sephiroth narrowed his eyes at the Turk and smirked. His eyes then moved on Eloise and for a second he did feel guilt.

"Take my blood. It's the only way." He said. Those words barely came out when Eloise went into another fit.

"Come with me," the doctor said, ready to take every last drop out of his body.

When Cloud and the rest arrived, Eloise was better, her condition improving every second. But next to her, sitting leisurely on the couch was none other than the man who messed with Cloud's mind, with time, with worlds, the man who killed Aerith and almost killed the world.

It was a normal reaction for Cloud to take out his sword.

"No, no! We can't fight in here! It's a neutral zone!" Reno interfered quickly. "I know how it looks, man. But he saved Eloise."

"Who brought him here? How?" Tifa asked confused and worried.

"She did." He replied with a nod towards Eloise. "My little sister," he added knowing it would annoy them because, at the core, Eloise was Sephiroth's family now.