Chapter 5:Hojo's Work
Over several years of my life, I was now a specimen, a lab rat, an experiment of the man who was called Professor Hojo. He had taken me from that alley in Sector 5 of Midgar to the his laboratory on one of the highest floors of the ShinRa HQ. I remember that there were also two other kids, about my age I guess, going through the same experiments as me. The first experiments I went through were simple physical tests, followed by being sprayed with artificial Mako(a type of energy source used around the world). By the time I reached 12 years of age, Hojo was getting annoyed that I was showing no results from the previous experiments. Hojo decided that it was time for the next set of experiments(rarely used, I might add):the injection of Jenova cells and the exposure to PURE Mako.
Hojo rarely used the injection of Jenova cells on his experiments(in fact, the only experiments that these were used on were the members of SOLDIER, an elite fighting force under ShinRa's command, and on the legendary Sephiroth), but I was not reacting with any other experiments conducted on me(I learned why this was later on in life). Now that I was older, I knew how to defend myself after watching others. I tried to fight off Hojo when he approached me with the needle. However, me being young and small, Hojo overpowered me and jammed the needle with the Jenova cells into my arm. After this, he continued his experiments of spraying me with pure Mako.
Hojo continued to spray me with the Mako every day for approximately 1 year. I began to show signs of increased strength, speed, and even heightened senses. Hojo said that these weren't the results he was expecting(considering how much my talents were increased), but he was still pleased with the results that came out of this. He continued to train me everyday, making me fight against monsters and other humans. I soon became so strong that nothing and nobody could defeat me in battle. Soon, he paired me up with the other two people involved in experiments, named Rude Fidora and Elena Corinne Milin. We became an elite fighting force to be reckoned with.
About a week before I was to turn 21 years old, Hojo finally released the three of us from his laboratory. However, we weren't exactly free. He took us up to the 70th floor, the office of President ShinRa himself. Hojo reported the results of the experiments and ShinRa was impressed. He decided to enlist the three of us into his elite force of spies and soldiers:the Turks, or the Tactical Unison Recon Killers. There were currently only four of us(the fourth member being our squad leader, Tseng Kimaro). However, the four of us could take on armies if we wanted, and we were enough for whatever missions we would be given.
author's note:the last names for the characters are all original, except Elena's;her last name is based on somebody I know from school. I felt that, in order to show that Reno was not truly bad, it would be better to show that he was forced to join ShinRa in order to have a job and make money.
Over several years of my life, I was now a specimen, a lab rat, an experiment of the man who was called Professor Hojo. He had taken me from that alley in Sector 5 of Midgar to the his laboratory on one of the highest floors of the ShinRa HQ. I remember that there were also two other kids, about my age I guess, going through the same experiments as me. The first experiments I went through were simple physical tests, followed by being sprayed with artificial Mako(a type of energy source used around the world). By the time I reached 12 years of age, Hojo was getting annoyed that I was showing no results from the previous experiments. Hojo decided that it was time for the next set of experiments(rarely used, I might add):the injection of Jenova cells and the exposure to PURE Mako.
Hojo rarely used the injection of Jenova cells on his experiments(in fact, the only experiments that these were used on were the members of SOLDIER, an elite fighting force under ShinRa's command, and on the legendary Sephiroth), but I was not reacting with any other experiments conducted on me(I learned why this was later on in life). Now that I was older, I knew how to defend myself after watching others. I tried to fight off Hojo when he approached me with the needle. However, me being young and small, Hojo overpowered me and jammed the needle with the Jenova cells into my arm. After this, he continued his experiments of spraying me with pure Mako.
Hojo continued to spray me with the Mako every day for approximately 1 year. I began to show signs of increased strength, speed, and even heightened senses. Hojo said that these weren't the results he was expecting(considering how much my talents were increased), but he was still pleased with the results that came out of this. He continued to train me everyday, making me fight against monsters and other humans. I soon became so strong that nothing and nobody could defeat me in battle. Soon, he paired me up with the other two people involved in experiments, named Rude Fidora and Elena Corinne Milin. We became an elite fighting force to be reckoned with.
About a week before I was to turn 21 years old, Hojo finally released the three of us from his laboratory. However, we weren't exactly free. He took us up to the 70th floor, the office of President ShinRa himself. Hojo reported the results of the experiments and ShinRa was impressed. He decided to enlist the three of us into his elite force of spies and soldiers:the Turks, or the Tactical Unison Recon Killers. There were currently only four of us(the fourth member being our squad leader, Tseng Kimaro). However, the four of us could take on armies if we wanted, and we were enough for whatever missions we would be given.
author's note:the last names for the characters are all original, except Elena's;her last name is based on somebody I know from school. I felt that, in order to show that Reno was not truly bad, it would be better to show that he was forced to join ShinRa in order to have a job and make money.