Bands of light shine from under the double doors leading into the main room, a sign that whoever - or whatever - broke in was still present. He reaches the heart of the building, a huge laboratory that should be empty according to the records Rufus had graciously dug up for him. Since the last thing they needed was the second coming of Hojo via random left-behind science secrets, both made the decision to call in the expert on ShinRa science bullshit: one Cloud Strife. The third time, however, Tseng approached him and asked if he’d noticed the occurrence, stating that they’d investigated and found evidence of the local monster nests being destroyed and the equipment and files rifled through.

The first couple times, Reeve didn’t bother letting Cloud know, after all, they were all ShinRa facilities and it was most likely just the Turks digging around for more Science secrets. They always start the same a sudden tapping of power in the grid that gets traced to some old lab or warehouse that shouldn’t be connected at all. This isn’t the first strange power spike that Reeve has asked him to investigate - there have been a total of seven over the past few months in various old science facilities all over the planet - but it is the first one that he’s been able to check out within a day of detection. In fact, the only sounds that reach his ears as he picks his way through decrepit hallways are the soft taps of his boots on the old tile and the buzzing of the occasional flickering light.

The building has been unnervingly silent so far, slashes and scorch marks on the floor and walls the only signs that something had been around recently, but he has yet to encounter anything, man or monster. ← Previous Work Part 2 of Time Travel Fix-it is a Genre Next Work →, Part 1 of Cloud and Genesis's Epic Roadtrip Through Space-Time Next Work → Stats: Published: Updated: Words: 5,940 Chapters: 2/? Comments: 34 Kudos: 322 Bookmarks: 78 Hits: 4,956Ĭloud works his way through the abandoned facility, eyeing the shadows and keeping his ears strained for any sign of hostility.

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Becoming friends via time traveling road trip.

It's All Hojo's (Compilation of FFVII) Fault.

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