Final Fantasy 7: The Return of the Crisis Author's Note: I want to thank The Edge very much as he thought up some ideas for this chapter. Without the help from The Edge, I won't be able to complete this chapter. Chapter 4: The Seek for the Secret Laboratory Cloud sprinted towards Sector 3. He though if all that was written on the report was true, then Cloud worst fear will come true, the revive of Jenova and Sephiroth. Cloud knew he have to stop this no matter what. He can't risk the world to be in danger again. But to stop it, he will need the help from Reeve to read the co-ordinates that Hojo wrote down in the report. He dashed around Sector 2 wall and saw Reeve ordered some Fourth Class SOLDIER to remove some trash. "Reeve! Do you know how to read Hojo's co-ordinates?" "Oh, its Cloud. Why do you need to know that?" asked Reeve back. "I need it for this," Cloud laid the report infront of him, "here, read this and you will understand why I need to know them badly." Reeve quickly scanned through the report and then knew how serious the situation was. He quickly thought about did he ever hear Hojo mentioned that there was a such a lab. He shook his head as he can't remember anything, but then an idea came flashing through his head. "Sorry, I don't understand his co-ordinates and know where the lab is. But I do know a way to find out. Building a secret lab is a big job, and therefore Hojo needs Midgar Shinra's Building Group to help. Every building built by Midgar Shinra needs to registered and its location will be recorded on the Midgar Shinra Building Central Control System. If we gained the access to that system, we might be able to find the secret lab. But I just don't know did that system escaped the disaster..." "Where's this Midgar Shinra Building Central Control System you are talking about?" Cloud asked. "Its in the lower part of the Shinra HQ, the round building in the Lower Sectors. But since every Sector Pillars collapsed, the only way to get to the system is by going from the top, via the Shinra HQ. The internal part of the Shinra HQ is kind of corrupted, but still accessable, only the exterior part was destroyed. We already removed some of the junk blocking the entrance to the building to retrieve some of the information of Midgar Shinra. But I don't know if we can get to the Central Control System." answered Reeve. "Alright! You will lead the way when everyone arrives. We can't go down without your guide." Cloud requested. At this point Tifa, Barret, Vincent, Yuffie, Cid, Cait Sith and Red XIII all came all came, depression was expressed on their face. "Whats the big rush!!?? I can't get enough sleep now!" Yuffie complained. "We could in comfy beds at this moment, but you dragged us out!" Cait Sith complained also along with some murmur from Cid. "Shut up all of you! Cloud will have his reasons for calling us out so early in the morning. So, now what is the problem?" Red XIII comforted the others and asked. Cloud quickly explained the situation they are in. Soon, his mates know how dangerous the situation was. "So now, get back to the tent and get your equipments. Remember to bring the materias also! Reeve, meet at the entrance to Shinra HQ before 9 o'clock." Cloud ordered. Everybody head back to their tent to get the equipments and materias. Cloud uncovers Ultima Weapon which is wrapped by a piece of cloth. He thought he never had to use it again after he have finished Jenova Synthesis and Sephiroth. Now he will have to, to prevent them from reviving. Cloud picked up his materia bag and inserted Fire-All, Cure-All, Barrier, Heal, Contain and Exit on his Bangle. He walked out and saw the others were out there already, with a few visitors. Cloud only recognised one of them, Welson. "Cloud, I just heard what happened from your mates. I can lend you a hand if you like." offered Welson. "We seriously need your help. Welson, do you have anyone in your rescue team that know how to operate a computer and also know how to reconstruct it?" asked Cloud. "We have two right person in the rescue team that suits your needs. I will get them to you infront of the Shinra HQ entrance. I'll see you there." said Welson as he walks away. Cloud led his group to the center of Midgar as soon as Welson had left. His eyebrows are tightly clutched together, that feeling appeared again. As soon as he saw Welson when he came out of the tent, that feeling striked his mind. He still can't tell why he have this feeling. He had this feeling also when he saw the blue caped man and her, Aeris. But it is not the time to think about it now, he thought. Now he have to concentrate on preventing the revive of Jenova and Sephiroth. He and his mates crossed the junk hill and saw Reeve, Welson and two unknown people were already there. Cloud walked down the hill to greet them. "Cloud, I want you to meet Chris, the computer expert, and Finoa, the computer recontruction professional. Them two will assist us to find the secret lab." Welson said as he introduced the two other people. "Alright, since everyone is here, lets go find the Central Control System. I will lead the way." Reeve said as he went through the crack for the Shinra HQ entrance. Cloud and others followed in through the crack. There it is, the entrance to the Shinra HQ. Not much has changed since last time Cloud and others came, except for outer appearance of the building changed, and the girl they were trying to save last time was killed...He tried to get this out of his mind, he needs to concentrate on what he is doing now. But he can't, a dash of a blue figure distracted him. "That feeling...why do I keep on having them...? Why do it keep on appearing when I saw anyone of them...? Aeris...Welson...and that mysterious blue caped man..." Everybody went in, except for Cloud, still frozed there. Tifa turned around and saw Cloud is not moving so she went over to see whats wrong. "Whats wrong Cloud? Something bothering you?" Tifa asked. "Nothing is wrong." Then Cloud gave that cold look to Tifa and went in. Now Tifa frozed, she still don't understand why he is acting this way. She held her tears and went in, following Cloud. They all gathered in the main hall of the Shinra HQ. Fizzling wires, smashed models, scattered documents, broken stairways, the internal parts of Shinra HQ look as bad as the outside. "Reeve, where's the way to the Sector Slums Centre Pillar?" Welson asked. "It is over there, the Security Door in the far corner." Reeve replied as he walk towards the Security Door in the far corner, everyone followed him. When he is infront of the door, he took out the security pass and was about to let the scanner scan it. To his surprise, the scanner was already smashed and the door was opened. He felt weird about this, but since the door is opened, he led the others in. In this room, there's a couple broken computers on the ground and a few cracked up monitor screens on the wall. A metal trap door is in the corner. "There it is, the way that gives the access to the Sector Slums Centre Pillar. Lets go down." Reeve said as he slides open the trap door and climbed the ladder down. The rest followed. The atmosphere down there is humid, and also very quiet. None of those fizzling sound or machinery at work sounds like the above levels. Under the dim light, they can see rows of computers and working desks. Most of them were confused that why there were electricity down here. "I know most of you wonder why there is still electricity down here when Midgar was mostly destroyed. In fact, the Sector Slums Centre Pillar is most important part of Midgar. This place is where all class of SOLDIER gets trained and recieve their missions. It is virtually where they live. Because this place is so important, it got its own small Mako reactor down here. But the small Mako Reactor does not store alot of Mako as most of the time it uses the 8 Main Reactor. Now lets get back to what we are looking. Midgar Shinra Building Central Contral System is about 5 floors below. Lets get going." explained Reeve. Reeve then led Cloud and others to the elevator. After passing through rows of desks and computers, they have reached a huge elevator. "Here it is, the elevator. Think it still be able to work under that amount of Mako Energy in the small reactor." Reeve guessed. All of them entered the elevator, but to their surprise, it didn't have enough power to move it. So they end up taking the stairway.