CONFLICTS OF INTEREST - Summary of Parts 1-5

Part 1:
	A year after Sephiroth's defeat at the Northern Crater, all seems
peaceful until the WEAPONS begin to reemerge. Cloud and his friends
immediately suspect that Jenova is somehow involved and set out to
investigate.  However, before Cloud manages to meet up with his
friends, he suffers an unfortunate accident.  While not serious, the
accident provides ominous hints that Cloud's past is much darker and
unpleasant than anyone thought.  

Part 2:
	The team goes to a Shinra research facility to check out a strange
theft that may be linked to the supposedly deceased mad scientist
Hojo.  It seems that someone (or something) was after a very special
cell sample.  But more disturbingly, several of the scientists at the
Shinra facility show a sinister interest in Cloud himself.

Part 3:
	The team heads to Nibelheim to look for clues about Cloud and
Zack's escape.  But where the hell are the Turks?  Searching the
Mansion, they find a gruesome discovery in the basement -- one that
evokes a curious reaction from Cloud.  A picture of Zack begins to
emerge from various people's memories.  Cloud agrees to lead the
others but only at the cost of a potentially lethal promise.  Reeve
comes across an unexpected source of information about Cloud's past.

Part 4:
	After a night's rest, Cloud and his friends return to Nibelheim
and the Shinra Mansion.  Cloud discovers that Hojo has indeed returned
and is responsible for the attacks on the ESSARUF facility and the
second destruction of Nibelheim.  Cid's team finds an unspeakably
grisly discovery.  In the meantime, Reeve uncovers more details about
Zack's life and more questions about Cloud's years in the Shinra Army.

Part 5:
	Cloud, Cid, and Tifa return to the ESSARUF facility to question
Dr. Roissy about the missing cell sample.  However, Dr. Montessi has
an entirely different plan in mind for Cloud.  Dr. Savois provides Cid
and Tifa with some unexpected assistance and information.  Back in
Nibelheim, Red struggles to decipher Hojo's lab notes while Barret
finds out that other things besides Reno have been taken from the
Shinra Mansion.  The group reunites to explore a familiar outcrop
south of Midgar.  Cloud makes a shocking verbal slip which provides
the opportunity that Hojo's been waiting for.

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