Scene 29
- Specimen - Jenova -
(Cloud, Tifa, and Barret follow Hojo to the 67th floor of the Shinra building.)
Barret
"I remember him."
"That Hojo guy. He's
in charge of the Shinra's Science Department. Cloud, don't you know him?"
Cloud
"This is the first
time I've actually ever seen him. So... that's what he looks like..."
(They follow Hojo to a dreary laboratory. A red, lionlike creature is imprisoned in a glass tube, sitting apathetically in the far corner. They hide behind a crate, just in time to avoid an employee who enters the room.)
"Is this today's specimen?"
Hojo
"Yes. We're starting
right away. Raise it to the upper level."
(The employee leaves. Hojo places his hand on the glass.)
Hojo
"My precious specimen..."
(He stands there for a while, then exits. Cloud, Tifa, and Barret come out of hiding. Tifa goes to the creature.)
Tifa
"Precious specimen...?"
"Is it going to be
used for a biological experiment?"
(Cloud turns. He sees a metal dome, with a single door. There is a window in the door, through which shines bright purple light.)
Cloud
"Jenova..."
(He peers into the window and sees a strange, white, female being. Her head has
apparently been removed rather violently. Cloud backs away and clutches his head.
A high-pitched whine reverberates through the room, or perhaps only Cloud's head, and
he collapses to the floor. Tifa and Barret run over.)
Cloud
"Jenova... Sephiroth's...
So... they've brought it here."
Tifa
"Cloud, be strong!"
Cloud
"Did you see it?"
Barret
"See what?"
Cloud
"It's moving........
still alive?"
(Barret looks into the window.)
Barret
"Where's its $#&*&@
head? This whole thing's stupid. Let's keep goin'."
(Cloud gets up. They continue, futher into the lab, reaching an elevator.
They enter and climb to the 68th floor.)
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