Title:  Turks
By:     Chaos


*DISCLAIMER*
Final Fantasy 7 and all other Final Fantasy references is Square's and
only Square's.  This fanfiction is mine and mine alone.  Back off!!

Chapter One
Tseng

I've been through a lot.  Anyone can tell you that.  The many fights
I've been in.  Sephiroth beating the stuffing out of me.  Meteor
practically destroying the whole planet.  What the weird thing is, I
helped Meteor.  When I made Reeve get the Keystone for me as Cait Sith,
I didn't expect Sephiroth to come and take it while coming very close to
killing me.  Yes, I almost died then, but Reno came along and was going
to use a Phoenix Down item to revive me, but he saw that I was alive. 
So he used an X Potion instead.  Boy, was I relieved.  To think, of all
people, it was Reno to save my life.  When I fully recovered, I started
recall memories of Aeris.  We were childhood friends, except I wasn't a
child.  Hojo, that stupid bastard, wanted to experiment on her close to
the brink of death.  "All in the name of science."  Don't make me
laugh.  I suggested Ifalna, but he said, "The child is a rare Ancient. 
She may be a child, but she is much different than her mother."  I was
going to challenge him, but he threatened to bring his most powerful
subject to attack me.  After considering how sick and demented Hojo was,
I decided not to take my chances.  Afterwards, I concocted a plan as to
free Aeris and Ifalna.  The next day, just my luck, Hojo decided to call
off the day for some R&R.  That night, I freed the Ancients and reached
the train station in Sector 5 of upper Midgar.  Then, out of the
shadows, Hojo, with a person wearing a black cloak behind, appeared.  I
told the two females to get on the train.  Ifalna said she'd stay to
fight.  I tried to talk her out of it, but she insisted because she
wanted to make sure her daughter was safe.  Seeing as I couldn't
convince her to go, we prepared for battle.  Hojo murmured to the his
companion, and then its cloak floated off him.  It was a human with
long, gray hair, glowing eyes(like a member of SOLDIER), and a sword
I've never even thought could be used.  Hojo said, "This is what I've
created from Lucrecia.  It's my most successful Jenova clone so far.  A
marvel, actually.  My best work."  I said to shut his trap and to
fight.  Then the monstrosity moved forward and raised his weapon.  After
a few rounds of fighting, we realized we couldn't do any damage to him. 
It was really weird.  So I used all my magic on us to make his magic
ineffective.  It started to work, but then he just took one slash, and
both of us were to the point of death.  I said to run, and we did. 
Ifalna got on the train right when the monster used DeSpell on me.  The
train started picking up speed.  I tried to run onto the train, but the
creature used a spell that, no matter what I did, my feet froze.  By
then, the train was out of reach.  I said I gave up and Hojo called his
pet off.  Then the two disappeared into the darkness.  I crawled my way
back into headquarters and went to the rejuvenation center.  Man, that
memory of Aeris was the hardest to think about.  I am so sorry I slapped
her at the pillar.  So sorry.  If I could do it all again, I wouldn't
have even let her and her mother get captured in the first place.  Now,
me, Reno, Rude, and Elena are sitting here in our place south of the
Chocobo Farm.  We call it  $BA5 (Burk Manor'.  Right here and now we are
telling each other about their experiences.  This is the end of my side
of it, but I might have more.  I just feel like it now.  I need a beer.