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Cloud was dumbfounded. "But - but... it was you. You did all those terrible things! I saw it with my own eyes!"

Sephiroth sighed heavily and shook his head. "I told you I would tell you everything, and that's what I'm going to do." He could tell from Cloud's expression that he just didn't believe what Sephiroth was telling him. "It's a long story, but I'll get to the point. His village had been decimated by Shinra soldiers. His mother and father were killed, and he was the only one who survived. He was young - perhaps only six. The Shinra were looking for Sephiroth, and they had found him.

"The soldiers cut my wings off and left me for dead," Sephiroth told Cloud, and he pointed to his back. And Sephiroth tells Cloud that personality reminder Aerith of Zak. That's why Aerith was so close to Cloud. Then Cloud's friend, Tifa, just didn't believe what Sephiroth was saying.

"I remember that day too. Because I was out there that day with my camera. I want to take a picture with Cloud becoming a soldier. I had found out earlier that day I was to be the tour for you and then when I saw. You could my memory be wrong. No, it's not wrong. I remember I took a picture that day. The picture is my proof that it was you that day." Sephiroth just shook his head. "These silly people." he thought, "not knowing the difference between truth or false."

"Well, if you think it's true. Then where is this picture that is your proof?" Tifa kept the picture with her and took it out. She never really looked at it until today. And when she finally looked at the picture she was shocked. Sephiroth was telling the truth. In the picture was her, Sephiroth, and the man called Zak. How is this possible Tifa and Cloud wonder? They clearly remember in their memories that they were there.

"See I told you, Cloud. You are just a puppet. You don't even know who you are? Where you came from? It isn't funny when you can't remember who you are or where you came from. Now you understand how I feel?

"But the difference between me and you, Sephiroth is I don't go around killing people to get that information."

"I only killed them because they kept telling me lies and lies. That's why that had to die." Cloud just was in disbelief. He knows he's from Nibelheim and he went to solider, but what happened after that. It was all a blur. He couldn't remember a thing.

"So wait, was the fire real? Now if the fire was real that means I was there, right?"

"Yes, the fire happen. You have been there, but where? That's what you have to figure out Cloud." Cloud tried to rack his mind about what happened after the fire and nothing was coming to him. He was starting to go a little crazy. Tifa was starting to worry about him. She went over to him to comfort him. But he becoming unhinged. He just kept repeating. "Who am I? Who am I?" Sephiroth was laughing to himself because he remembers that feeling of nobody believing he who is said he was. That he was apart of Jenova and the Cetra's. Everyone thought it was talking crazy because he knew what he was talking about.

"Sephiroth! Stop this! Your telling lies. This is true. None of this is true."

"It's not my fault little girl if you can't believe the truth. Not my fault that your childhood friend isn't who he said he was." Sephiroth just keep laughing and he disappeared. The crystal coffin started to shake and then it cracked. It opened up and then the real Sephiroth awaken. And he looked at the both of them and smiled. The smile on him was evil. And that wasn't good news for the people of Midgar. He was out for vengeance and he was going take back what was his.

"Oh before I go. I let you on one last piece of information. After the fire, I found out who I was and then they tried to destroy it and then Zak came and saw that I mad because and he tried to stop it. Well, I killed him. But that is when you come in Cloud. At the time you were just a Solider. You weren't in the rank you thought you were and just before I technically died. I saw them take you and the last I remember. The rest is up to you to figure out." He laughed as he flew away. Cloud was holding his head trying to remember and Tifa was trying comfort and nothing was helping. Then an earthquake happened and the ground was started to split apart and the next thing Cloud and Tifa fell into a Lifestream.

Clayton had to pause the game. He didn't know just what happen and needed to find out.

"Henry, what's going on? What's going with Cloud? I can feel his thoughts are all over the place. Tell me!"

"Clayton, Cloud is...." Henry didn't even how to word it. How you suppose to tell someone that they're not them. That their mind is temporary out of order. Henry has to think about how he was going to word this correctly.

"Clayton, I'm going to tell you like it is. Cloud has lost his mind. He can't remember who is. So before you can handle his issue. We have another issue at hand. When the real Sephiroth awoken, they awoke another creature. And this creature's mission is to destroy the earth. So we have him to kill plus Sephiroth and you only have 11:49:15 left before midnight. So I'm not trying to rush you, but you're going to have to speed it." Now Clayton was panicky because how was he going to fix Cloud's problem, killed a creature, and Sephiroth. Then he remembered that there were other team members. He was by himself. Cloud handle anything that came his way so no problem there. Now just have to figure out to handle the ending of the world creature. Clayton had no time to play around. Time to get back to business. He unpauses the game and got back into it.

So Cloud's Team got out there real quick before that creature got ahold of them. They didn't know where Cloud was. They only remember that he was still in the Crater. They hoped he got out in time. But when the group got together no Cloud.

"They're still in there," Barrett said. There was no way they could go back there, but the place was surrounded by the glowing green water. So they would use that clue to investigate. Barrett decided to split the team. Half would go check the green water and where it leads to, And the other would track that creature and it was headed. Barrett was in the team for the green water. Meanwhile, Cloud was trying to find Tifa and was searching in the darkness trying to find her. He called her name, but no response. Cloud is alone with his mind all messed up. As he is sitting there, he thinks he hears Tifa calling his name. He gets up and walks away from the sound. Then he wakes up at an abandoned train station. He opens his eyes and sees Tifa. But his head hurts and is having a hard time concentrating. She trying to talk to him, but he can't understand anything. And the pain in his head is getting worse. He just wants the pain to stop. Then she hears him telling him stuff about the past and they don't make sense. And trying to figure what part of him knows is the truth and which is not real. It's just all too much for him to take. Then everything goes black and his a strange streaking sound and he doesn't know where it's coming from.

Cloud's team never got the chance to do what they set. Barrett and Tifa woke up in a strange. The glare from the window awoken Tifa. And she looked around and couldn't recognize where they were. Tifa woke up thinking about Cloud and wondering where he was. But first, she and Barrett had to figure out how to get out out of this room. Tifa gets up and was close to the blinder cause the glare was bothering her. She noticed something in the sky. It was a red blood planet with flames circling. And not far from it a black planet. Looks like the world was in some trouble. They found out they were locked at a military water dock. The world was in trouble and they were the only ones who could save it. The Shrina thought they could just blast out of the sky was a megadeath laser. But that wasn't going to work. It was just going make the situation worse. Clayton was thinking "where is Cloud? If only he was here right now. He would be able to figure this out?" But unfortunately, Cloud had to lose his mind at the time we need him the most. Tifa and Barrett had to get out of this room before it was too late. Just then the door opens. It was Rufus.

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Hope you're enjoying this. Time is ticking for Clayton and Henry? Will they make it in time? Stay tuned. Please leave comments and suggestions. Till then. Later!