Cast-that-really-matter, by order of appearance, with abbreviations:

Angeal Hewly--------------------------A
Zack--------------------------------------Z
General Sepheroth-------------------S
Lazard------------------------------------L
Tseng-------------------------------------T
Angeal’s Mother, Gillian--------------AMG
Genesis Rhapsodos------------------G
Hollander--------------------------------H

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Chapter 1
Voiceover: Wutai troops have hijacked Shinra Express MK 93 II. The train is currently headed toward Midgar Sector 8. A SOLDIER operative will be inserted to neutralize the situation. We are to proceed as scheduled. Commence mission in 3-2-1 mark. Begin mission. Operative is ready for insertion.
ANGEAL as voiceover: The train has been overridden by Wutai troops. Eliminate them and regain control of the train.
ZACK: Oh yeah!
*Jumps out of helicopter onto train, joined by Angeal*
A: Get serious! Zack! Zack, focus. There are no Shinra troops on this train, understood?
*Zack runs off down the moving train, gets shot at through car roofs*
Z: Hello to you too!
*Wutai agents come onto the train roof*
Z: Come and get it! SOLDIER second class Zack, on the job!
*Defeats wutai agents, disconnects their cars, salutes them as they fall away*
Voiceover: Train MK 93 II re-routed to Sector 1 station near Mako Reactor 1.  Proceed to mission phase 2 and change surveillance rank...
*train stops at station, Zack gets off*
Z (to cell phone): Zack speaking.
A: Making progress, Zack?
Z: What’s going on, Angeal? Why are we fighting Shinra troops?
A: They’re Wutai troops in disguise. Now, head to the open area above.
Z: Towards Sector 8?
A: Yes. But first you have to clear a path.
Z: Clear a path?
A: You’ll see what I mean. Be careful.
*Wutai/Shinra troops block Zack’s way. *
Z: So I can cut loose, right?
A: Use some discretion.
Z: It’s Showtime!
*Fights troops*
A: Not to bad.
Z: Piece of cake! I’ll make 1st in no time!
A: Go up the stairs at the end of the platform.
Z: You got it!
*At top of the stairs.*
SEPHEROTH: Showing your back to the enemy. Overconfidence will destroy you.
Z: What is this!? Dammit, you’re not the only hero.
S: It’s over.
*Sepheroth cuts Zack’s sword in half.*
A: Impossible!
*Zack is saved by Angeal*
Z: Thanks, Angeal.
*Angeal uses his cell phone to end mission.* Simulated Midgar fades.*
A: Training’s over.
Z: What? Why? You serious? I was just getting warmed up!
A: Zack, embrace your dreams.
Z: Huh?
A: If you want to be a hero, you need to have dreams…and honor.

Chapter 2
*Zack is doing weird almost-jumpies in some administrative building.*
GUARD: Hey Zack, you seem a little on edge.
ZACK: Can you blame me? All this training and no assignments? Like they’re hanging me out to dry.
G: You must be pretty busy with everyone off base.
Z: Off base?
G: What, haven’t you heard? There’s been a mass-desertion at SOLDIER.
Z: Huh?
*In the Briefing room.*
LAZARD: Zack, it’s good to finally meet you face to face. Lazard, Director of SOLDIER.
Z: Heya.
L: On to business. SOLDIER 1st class Genesis. A month ago, he went missing on a mission in Wutai. Know anything about this?
Z: Not a clue!
L: The mission is currently stuck in limbo. That’s why we decided to send you.
Z: Uh, to Wutai?
L: Yes. This war has gone on long enough.
A: I’ve recommended you for 1st.
Z: Wha-ha-ha? Angeal, I love you, man! Ang-
A: Don’t make me regret this, Zack.
Z: Sir!
Z: Once you’re packed, you’ll leave at once.
*Scene cut/fast forward. Zack has packed.*
L: I’ll be joining you as well. I’m counting on you.
Z: Sir!
L: By the way, what is your dream? “To become 1st”, is it?
Z: No. To become a hero.
L: Ah, good. Unattainable dreams are the best kind.
Z: Uh, thanks?
*Zack and Angeal are walking through a field of dumbapples*
Z: So Angeal, what’s the deal with ‘dumbapples’?
A: The official name is Benora White. The trees bear fruit at random times during the year.  Because of that, the townspeople affectionately call them ‘dumbapples’.
*Flashback visuals, current voiceover*
The local farms had plenty of them to spare.
Z: Oh really? So you stole them.
A: We were poor, Zack.
Z: Nice excuse!
A: But even then I had my honor. The largest Benora White tree grew on a wealthy man’s estate. It was rumored that those apples tasted the best. But I never stole from that tree, because the wealthy man’s son was my friend.
*End flashback visuals*
Z: If he was your friend, you should’ve just asked for some!
A: Honor can be quite a burden at times.
Z: …And what exactly does this have to do with me?
A: No story is not worth hearing.
Z: What? That’s it!? Yeah, well thanks a lot!
*Zack and Angeal are about to attack a house.*
A: B Unit will set off an explosion. That’s our cue.
Z: The diversion will allow us to infiltrate.
A: Right. I’ll set the bomb inside the fortress. You’ll charge the front gate and…
Z: Uh-huh, and? And? And? And?
A: Indulge yourself.
Z: You got it! That’s what I do best! Come on, B Unit! *Angeal looks at his sword.* You know, I’ve never actually seen you use that. Don’t you think it’s sort of a waste?
A: Use brings about wear, tear, and rust. And that’s a real waste.
Z: You’re serious, aren’t you?
A: Yeah. I can be pretty cheap.
Z: Yeah, no kidding!
*Boom!*
A: Begin mission.
*Zack is inside the building.*
Z: Director Lazard, are you watching? Gotta move! *Summons comes out of nowhere* No time to play! *Zack fights the Summons. thinking it’s dead, he walks up close to it, only to be thrown and stunned against a pillar.* Not good…*Summons is killed by Angeal.*
A: That’s one more you owe me. You lost your focus.
Z: Uh, yeah? Oh, sorry if your sword got any wear, tear, or rust on it.
A: You’re a little more important than my sword. But just a little.
Z: Thanks!
*Zack is running alone through a forest.*
Z: Angeal! Angeal!
*There are 2 dead bodies in the path*.
Z: What? These guys aren’t Wutai troops.
*A ball of fire comes from nowhere, explodes into a swirly transmutation circle, which takes Zack to a Summons-world of fire, complete with a Giant Summons.*
Z: A Summons? Who called it out? *Sepheroth defeats the Summons.*
*And back to the forest. And no, I don’t get it either.*
Z: Holy…
SEPNEROTH: Genesis.
Z: The missing SOLDIER 1st class? They’re identical!
S: A Genesis copy.
Z: Copy? A human copy?
S: Where’s Angeal?
Z: I thought he was fighting around here.
S: Humph. So he’s gone, too.
Z: What? Wait, what does that mean?
S: It means Angeal has betrayed us as well.
Z: No way! I know what king of guy Angeal is. And he’d never do that! Angeal wouldn’t  betray us! Never!  

Chapter 3
*Zack is doing the weird jumpies in a Shinra building*
CELL PHONE: Soldier 2nd Class Zack?
ZACK: That would be me. Who is this?
CP: Director Lazard wants to see you. Go to the briefing room.
Z: Hey, wait! …Who was that?
*Briefing room*
Z: Any word on Angeal?
LAZARD: He hasn’t contacted his family, either.
Z: So what’s this about?
L: A new assignment. I want you to go to the hometown of our missing SOLDIER 1st class, Genesis.
Z: Huh?
L: According to the parents, they’ve had no contact with him whatsoever. But they can’t be trusted.
Z: Why?
L: They’re his family.
Z: Oh, uh-huh.
L: I had already dispatched some staff, but we’ve lost contact. I want you to go and investigate. He will go with you.
*Tseng walks in, looking like a Vulcan.*
TSENG: Tseng, of the Turks.
Z: This job is looking really gloomy…
T: Let me know when you are ready to go.
*Fast-forward thingy*
T: Ready to go?
Z: A routine job, right? No sweat!
T: I wonder…Originally, Sepheroth was assigned to this mission. That means it’s a top-priority matter. Be alert, or you’ll fail.
Z: And Sepheroth?
T: Refusing to go, apparently.
Z: Oh, what is that? They spoil him too much.
T: Hah, why don’t you say that to his face?
Z: Uh, no thanks!
*Zack and Tseng are at the Benora fields.*
*Far side of the fields, Zack is attacked by/defeats 2 Genesis clones and a robot*
Z: A Genesis copy.
T: Where did you hear that?
Z: Sepheroth said it.
T: The technology was stolen from our scientists. It apparently allows Genesis’s abilities and traits to be transplanted to SOLDIER members and monsters.
Z: SOLDIER and monsters – we’re the same?
*Zack and Tseng are outside a house.*
T: This is Genesis’s home. His parents are wealthy landowners.
*Flashback audio.*
ANGEAL: But I never stole from that tree, because the wealthy man’s son was my friend.
T: They weren’t mere acquaintances. They grew up together, and were best friends.
Z: So Genesis deserts, and gets his best friend Angeal to join him…Is that it?
T: Sepheroth believes that’s the case. There…A gravestone. Still very new. Zack, go find Angeal’s house. I’ll check the grave.
Z: Ugh, so Turks always do this stuff?
T: Someone has to do it.
Z: Must be rough…
T: Don’t worry. We’re paid much better than you are.
Z: No way!
*Zack is at Angeal’s house. No-one else is there but Angeal’s mother.*
AMG: Can I help you?
Z: Uh, greetings, ma’m. Are you Angeal’s mother? My name is Zack.
AMG: Are you Zack, the Puppy?
Z: Excuse me?
AMG: My son wrote to me once about you. “Zero attention span, restless as a little puppy,” hah…
Z: Oh, thanks, Angeal…
AMG: You’re not here together with Genesis, are you?
Z: No, I’m not, don’t worry.
AMG: What is happening with my son?
Z: I’m not really sure.
AMG: Genesis came back here, a month ago, with an army of cohorts. And they proceeded to take the lives of many townspeople. Genesis…He used to be such a good boy…
Z: Is Angeal…?
AMG: He came here. But he left his sword and went off somewhere. That sword represents our family’s honor.
Z: I see…No wonder…He never uses this sword, really, ever. I’ll take care of Angeal. You should go and hide somewhere.
AMG: Don’t be concerned. Genesis cannot harm me.
*Zack is on a ledge over a greenhouse with Tseng*
T: His own parents were in that grave.
Z: Wait, he…His own family?
T: We can’t expect reason from him. What about Angeal?
Z: He wasn’t at the house. But please, give me time! If I find Angeal, I can talk to him. If I can convince him, maybe Genesis will come back, too…
T: I understand now why Sepheroth chose you.
Z: Huh?
T: Genesis and Angeal: Those two were Sepheroth’s only friends. He didn’t want to fight them. That’s why he refused the mission.
Z: Well, Angeal is my friend, too!
T: He’s counting on you to bring them both back. Time is short. Let’s go.
*Genesis, Zack, and Tseng are in some room with a metal tank thing with a Mako solution. Genesis has Loveless (of course).*
GENESIS: Infinite in mystery is the gift of the goddess. We seek it thus, and take to the sky. Ripples form on the water’s surface. The wandering soul knows no rest. Settle down…Zack the Puppy.
T: Grr… The grave at the house…We found the remains of our people there as well.
G: It didn’t take much to convince them to send false reports. Just some mild threats…
Z: They would’ve done so anyway. At least your parents would have!
G: My ‘parents’ betrayed me. They had always betrayed me, from the very beginning. What do you know? Shinra lapdogs!
*Genesis throws a fireball at Tseng.*
*Angeal comes in (very dramatically).*
G: Welcome, partner.
*Angeal takes Zack’s sword and points it at Genesis.*
G: Oh, I see. You’ve finally made your decision. I’ll respect your decision. However…Can you really live on that side?
*Angeal sticks Zack’s sword in the ground, walks off after Genesis.*
*Zack is at Angeal’s house. Gillian is dead. Angeal appears.*
Z: What the hell did you do, Angeal? Is that your idea of honor? *Throws Angeal out into the street.*
A: My mother could not continue to live. And neither can the son.
Z: What are you talking about? What’s going on here?
*Genesis walks up the street.*
G: I told you. You can’t live on that side anymore.
*Angeal walks away, Zack tries to follow, Genesis trips him.*
Z: Angeal! Angeal!
G: My friend, do you fly away now? To a world that abhors you and I?
Z: Shut up!
G: All that awaits you is a somber morrow.
Z: Shut up, I’m warning you!
G: No matter where the winds mat blow. I don’t see Sepheroth today, but…Are you game? *Activates the transmutation thingy.*
Z: Summons aren’t meant to be used like this! What happened to dreams and honor?
G: We are monsters. *Extends wing.* We have neither dreams, nor honor. *Disappears.*
Z: SOLDIER doesn’t mean monster!
*Shinra is bombing the town. The Benora trees are burning. Zack sadly watches an apple fall and gets in a helicopter. *
Z: Angeal…  


Chapter 4
*Zack is in a Shinra building.*
ZACK: Angeal, the war is over. Everyone’s real happy. As for me…
*Flashback audio:*
ANGEAL’S MOTHER: That sword represents our family’s honor.
ANGEAL: You’re a little more important than my sword…But just a little.
Z: Where did you go? *To cell phone* Zack here.
SEPHEROTH: It’s been a while, Zack.
Z: Sepheroth!
S: Come to Lazard’s room.
Z: Alright.
*In Lazard’s briefing room. Sepheroth is already there, along with Lazard*
LAZARD: Congratulations. As of this moment, you are promoted to SOLDIER 1st class.
Z: Huh…I thought I’d be happier.
L: Understandable. Too much happened too fast. Zack, I’m afraid I need your assistance again.
Z: Are you pushing another assignment on me?
S: My apologies.
Z: Whatever.
L: The Company has decided to eliminate Genesis and his cohorts. This includes Angeal as well.
Z: And you want me to do it!?
L: No, the Shinra army can handle it.
Z: What about me?
L: They don’t trust you.
S: They believe your emotions will hamper your judgment.
Z: Well, of course!
S: That’s why I’m going too.
Z: To kill them?
*Red lights flash, metal screens come down over the walls: a high-security breach.*
L: An intruder.
Z: Where?
L: Close. Sepheroth, the President. Zack, entrance.
Z: Yeah. You got it!
*Zack and Sepheroth run off.*
*Zack is outside in a courtyard. There are already some people (the Turks) there.*
Z: Hold on, I’m a-coming!
*Reno blocks his way.*
RENO: Sector 8 is Turks jurisdiction, slick.
Z: You’ve gotta be kidding me! Tseng, do something!
TSENG: There is no need for concern.
Z: Oo-kay…
RUDE: The other areas…?
Re: Midgar’s just crawling with nasties…
Ru: SOLDIER is having difficulties…
T: Reno, Rude.
Re: Just say the word…
T: Go.
Ru: Yes, sir.
*Zack watches Reno and Rude disappear.*
Z: So now we’re outsourcing to the Turks…
CISSNE: SOLDIER’s being stingy.
Z: There’s a manpower shortage – huh? You’re a Turk too?
C: I’m Cissne.
Z: I’m Zack, pleasure to meet you.
T: Zack, aren’t you on assignment?
Z: Same objective. Need some help here?
T: I appreciate the offer, but –
C: Oh, how generous. Well, Tseng, Zack, I gotta go. *Runs off.*
*Cut to a street. Zack is alone saving for Genesis, who is on the ground. He tries to get up and extends the wing, but is cut down again.*
C: When I was a kid, I always wanted to have wings, you know, like an Angel.
Z: If people had wings, they’d be monsters.
C: Wings symbolize freedom for those who have none. They don’t symbolize monsters.
*Cut scene (0_o)*
S (by cell phone): Once Sector 8 is clear, come to Mako reactor 5.
Z: Did you find something out?
S: Angeal has been sighted.
Z: Ugh, so it’s search-and-destroy?
S: The army is mobilizing, but there’s still time. You and I will find them before they do, and…
Z: And WHAT!? *Shouts so loudly that Sepheroth jerks his head away from the phone.*
S: Fail to eliminate them.
Z: For real?
S: Hah, yes, “for real”.
Z: Excellent! Uh, probably!
*Inside Mako reactor 5. There’s a blue amphibian-thing dead on the ground.*
Z: Is that Angeal’s face?
S: It appears Genesis isn’t the only one who can be copied. *Walks further on the catwalk.*…The company training room. We used to sneak in there for fun, when the 2nds were out...Genesis, Angeal, and I.
Z: you guys were pretty tight.
S: Hmph, I wonder…
*Flashback Scene: A long time ago, on the outside of a building (the Shinra training area?)*
GENESIS: Infinite in mystery is the gift of the goddess. We seek it thus, and take to the sky. Ripples form on the water’s surface. The wandering soul knows no rest.
S: “Loveless”, Act 1
G: Hah, you remember. *Puts away poetry.*
S: How can I not, when you’ve beaten it into my head? *Draws sword.*
ANGEAL: *To Genesis, as they get their own swords (Angeal doesn’t use the Buster) and Genesis salutes.* Don’t take Sepheroth lightly.
G: Noted. *They attack.*
S: Is that the best you can do?
G: All hail Sepheroth, eh? Angeal, stay back. I’ll take Sepheroth alone.
A: Genesis…
G: The world needs a new hero…*Sets his sword on fire.*
S: Hah, come and try.
G: So smug…but for how long? *Attacks. Surrounds Sepheroth in a ball of fire, and as he’s about to blow it all up…*
A: Stop. You’ll destroy us all.
G: That’s no way to talk to a hero. *Blasts him down off the platform, Sepheroth comes out of the fire. They chop everything up until Angeal comes back and stops them with one sword each*
A: Enough!
S: Angeal…
G: Outta my way! *cuts apart the sword blocking him, but a piece cuts him.* Augh!
*Simulated room fades (b/c Genesis’s explosion hit a control panel =.=).*
A: Genesis!
G: It’s just a scrape, don’t worry, I’ll be fine. Even if the morrow is bare of promise, Nothing shall forestall my return. *Leaves.*
*End flashback.*
Z: So, was everything All right?
S: Yes, as far as Genesis was concerned. But, as for Angeal…
Z: Angeal? What happened?
S: Later, I received one of his famous lectures.
Z: About what?
S: Always the same. Discipline, honor, dreams, et cetera…
Z: Ah, one of those, huh?
*Sepheroth walks back to the dead thing.*
S: So it’s true…They’re in league with Hollander.
Z: How could this happen?
S: The sound was superficial, but for some reason Genesis wasn’t healing. The man who treated him was Hollander.
*Flashback.*
A: Professor Hollander, how is Genesis?
HOLLANDER: The problem is the Mako energy that seeped into the wound.
S: Is it treatable?
H: First, he’ll need a transfusion. *To Sepheroth* you aren’t viable.
*Hollander and Angeal go into Genesis’s ward.* *End flashback.*
S: Why couldn’t I be the donor? *Looks in the Mako tube at another amphibian thingy *A SOLDIER type G…
Z: Augh…
S: It was Hollander’s experiment. The result was a normal child. Which meant he failed. However…Project G gave birth to the man we know as Genesis.
Z: Project G…
S: Project Genesis. Contrary to this report, Genesis showed clear signs of change.
Z: Degrading?
S: Not only that.
Z: Copies?
S: Abominations.
*Hollander comes down the stairs.*
H: Sepheroth!
S: Hollander. I thought I’d find you here.
H: The degradation process…Only I can stop it.  
*Genesis comes down from higher up, wing out, sword drawn, lands in front of Hollander and faces Sepheroth and Zack.*
G: You won’t take Hollander. *Hollander runs off.*
S: Zack, go after Hollander! *Zack runs off after him.*
G: There is no hate, only joy, For you are beloved of the goddess. Hero of the dawn, Healer of worlds.
S: “Loveless” again? You never change.
G: Three friends go into battle. One is captured, one flies away, and the one that is left becomes a hero.
S: A common story.
G: If we were to enact it, would I be the one to play the hero, or would you?
S: It’s all yours!
G: Indeed. After all, your glory should have been mine.
S: How petty.
G: In hindsight, perhaps. Now, what I want most is the ”Gift of the Goddess”.
*Cut to Zack chasing Hollander.*
Z: Hollander, do you understand what you’re doing?
*Angeal also comes out of nowhere to protect Hollander, who runs off.*
Z: Working for Hollander now? What is it you’re after?
A: World domination.
Z: That’s not even funny, man.
A: How about…Revenge?
Z: For what? Angeal!
*Angeal extends his wing-and-some.*
Z: Woah…
A: I’ve become…a monster. A monster’s objective is usually world domination or revenge.
Z: You’re wrong! Those aren’t the wings of a monster.
A: Well then, what are they?
Z: Angel’s wings.
A: I see. Than what should an angel fight for, Zack? What do angels dream of!? *Advances upon Zack, who backs away*
Z: Angeal…
A: Angels dream of one thing.
Z: Please, tell me!
A: To be human. *Throws Zack across the room.* Defend yourself! *Attacks again.*
Z: Hah *stands, about to fight, then shakes his head.*…Aaugh! *The ground falls away beneath him.*