Final Fantasy VII Lateral Biography Turks - The Kids Are Alright - Final Fantasy VII Lateral Biography Turks - The Kids Are Alright - is a novel taking place shortly before the events of " " , written by Kazushige Nojima and illustrated by Shou Tajima . It was released in Japan on December 15 , 2011 . An english translation of the book is currently in production by fans . The first half was released in December 2014 . The novel primarily follows Evan Townshend , a private detective living in Edge , and his interactions with the Turks and other employees of the Shinra Electric Power Company , leading to a confrontation with Kadaj . Content . Part One : See Me , Feel Me . Evan Townshend , founder of Mireille Detective Agency , grew up in Midgar on the Sector 6 Plate , resented by his mother Annette after his father died in the Wutai War . His mother left Midgar with a man named Nick Foley on the day that the Sector 7 plate collapsed , leaving him only a large sum of money and a note saying she ' d get in touch with him after they arrived at their destination . Rather than use that money , he got a job and lived on his own until Meteorfall destroys the city . Two years later , a man named Fabio Brown and his friend , Throp , steal Geostigma medication from Rufus Shinra ' s lodge in Healen , with Throp getting captured in the process . Reno and Rude attempt to track down Fabio , but mistakenly ransack Evan ' s home instead , leaving Elena to track down the real culprit . After meeting Fabio ' s Geostigma - afflicted younger brother , Vits , Evan travels to 7th Heaven to visit with his partner , Kyrie Canaan , and their friend , Leslie Kyle , then heads to the Midgar Slums with Kyrie to meet a new client , a man named Tyran Arde . Arde asks them to find his son , Gould , a 2nd Class SOLDIER who went missing some time before the destruction of Midgar , and gives them a photograph . Evan returns to his ransacked home and begins to clean it , when Vits turns up suffering from a bout of pain . Taking him back home , Evan finds that Fabio has been severely beaten by Elena . After discussing the events with his friends at Johnny ' s Heaven , and having spent two days without sleep , the exhausted Evan ends up collapsing outside of his office . When Kyrie tries to enlist the Turks for help , Reno and Rude instead capture her and Evan to take them somewhere in Evan ' s truck . During the drive , Kyrie reveals that she was acquainted with Aerith Gainsborough and was familiar with how she had been kidnapped by the Turks . Reno explains that their abduction involves Evan ' s mother , Annette , and that they ' re being taken to Healen . The Turks also inform the pair that the photograph of Gould was taken at Nibelheim . At Healen , Rufus and Tseng explain that Annette had once been President Shinra ' s secretary and mistress , and that Evan was actually one of Shinra ' s illegitimate sons . Their conversation is interrupted when Fabio and two of his partners in crime , Keogh and Doyle , attack the lodge in an attempt to rescue Throp . Evan bargains with the Turks for the thieves ' freedom , and after threatening Rufus the criminals are let go . On the way home , Evan is injured and taken to Dr . Drake ' s office to be checked up . He then visits Doyle and the other thieves to see if they ' re okay , lying about his meeting with Rufus by claiming that they wanted to use him as Rufus ' s body double , and telling that he would be leaving Edge . Needing fuel for his truck , Evan calls Strife Delivery Service from the phone in Dr . Drake ' s office and talks briefly with Denzel to arrange a meeting with Cloud Strife . While waiting , Dr . Drake discusses a book he ' s reading , which details the experiments conducted on Jenova by the Shinra Science Department . When Cloud arrives , he informs Evan that if he wants to buy fuel , there are three sources : the remnants of the Shinra Company , the World Regenesis Organization , and Don Corneo of Wall Market . Evan explains that he ' s going to travel to Nibelheim to find a missing SOLDIER , and Cloud tells him to ask about the village at 7th Heaven . There he speaks to Tifa Lockhart , who reluctantly tells him the route to Nibelheim . Evan explains that he ' s looking for his mother , and it ' s revealed that she was also pictured in the photograph of Gould , and that the man who gave the photo to Tyran Arde was actually Nick Foley . After visiting both the Turks and Tifa , Kyrie learns of Evan ' s plans to travel to Nibelheim , and waits for him by his car . Meanwhile , Evan travels to the Slums to ask Leslie ( a former employee of Corneo ) how to get to Don Corneo ' s , and there meets his pregnant wife , Marle . At Corneo ' s mansion , the Don , now wheelchair - bound and aging poorly , agrees to deliver the fuel to Edge . Among the various lewd photographs on Corneo ' s walls are pictures of Tifa ( with Cloud and Aerith ) and Marle , which Evan takes and destroys . Returning to Leslie ' s , he apologizes for any consequences that might come from destroying the picture , but Leslie tells him not to worry , explaining that Evan had been responsible for turning his life around , as well as Fabio ' s and Kyrie ' s . After returning to Edge to also apologize to Tifa , she lets him know that she told Kyrie about his plans to travel to Nibelheim . Elsewhere , Doyle , Throp , and Keogh arrive at the site of the Meteor Monument , still under construction , in order to help build it to repay for the damage they dealt to Healin . Rude and Reno also travel to Midgar to meet Tseng and Elena so they can recover and repair a helicopter . Once there , Tseng explains that they ' ve been assigned to recover the remains of Jenova . When Reno notices someone spying on the conversation , Elena is sent to capture them . Evan returns to his truck and finds Kyrie there , who is dead set on going with him to Nibelheim . After spending the night together , Leslie arrives with their fuel , as well as various weapons . Leslie explains that he burned down Corneo ' s mansion and stole the fuel and weapons , though Corneo survived . Evan and Kyrie set out for Nibelheim . Part Two : Who Are You ? Having departed for Nibelheim , the pair are traveling to Under Junon . On the way , Evan reflects on those he has met , and on the origins of his detective business , named for his grandmother , Mireille Dudley . The pair also meet a young girl on a chocobo who is looking for medicine to treat her Geostigma . Later , they stop for a rest near a pond in the wastelands , where they encounter a talking red beast . Evan attempts to drive it off , accidentally destroying his own truck with one of their weapons , and Kyrie begins to sink into the water , which appears to be turning black . Elsewhere , after learning from Doyle that Shinra seemed to be up to no good , Keogh and Fabio attack Rude in an attempt to steal their helicopter , but are killed . Reno learns that it had been Doyle who was listening in on the Turks ' conversation , and that Fabio though he could use the helicopter to help Evan . They set out in their helicopter to try and track down Evan . At a beach house in Under Junon , Tseng and Elena hear a commotion outside ; a young girl has been brought into town by a red beast , which Tseng recognizes as Red XIII . At the office of the town doctor , Dr . Eugene , he sees the girl , Kyrie , talking to a young man with silver hair with the same eyes as Sephiroth , who introduces himself as Kadaj . When he shakes Tseng ' s hand , Tseng and Kyrie pass out . After awakening , Tseng learns that Kyrie saw him as a friend of hers who had died in a fire ; Tseng tells her not to trust him if she meets him again . Reno and Rude then find Evan , bringing him back to Junon , where Tseng decides that they ' ll use the pair in their search for Jenova . Believing that the Turks had something to do with Fabio ' s death , Evan and Kyrie attempt to flee , but Elena shoots Evan in the shoulder . While under surgery , he dreams of Fabio touching his wound ; upon awakening , he learns that he may never regain full use of his arm , though he feels no pain or discomfort . As Evan gives up hope on ever finding his mother , Reno and Rude suggest that they can quickly get him to Nibelheim in their helicopter , and Tseng and Elena agree to take him while Reno and Rude await contact from their former colleagues . Though Evan no longer cares , Kyrie still wants to find Gould . In Nibelheim , they meet suspicious villagers and a bearded man who turns out to be Gould . He says that his father died during the war and that Tyran is only his step - father , and that he has no desire to reunite with him . He also explains that Annette ' s relationship with Nick Foley had lasted only briefly , and that her job in town involved tending to the test subjects living in the town , and that she had stayed there for only a week . Gould gives them a letter Annette sent Foley , which was sent from Icicle Inn , so they head north . At Icicle Inn , Evan reads the letter and learns that the money she had left behind was for a surgery Evan would eventually need ; she ' d taken employment at Nibelheim , knowing that disclosing details of the experiments conducted there could lead to the death penalty , in order to earn the money for him . The inn ' s owner , Windey , explains to Evan that his mother had visited Icicle in an attempt to recover the strange people in black , and had gone north of the Village to look for them and never returned . However , it ' s too dangerous to go searching in the snowfields because , when the Lifestream erupted from the ground , it opened up several dangerous crevasses . Because the letters make mention of a Dr . Dimitri in Junon , Kyrie suggests that they return to Junon . Tseng , listening in via a bug , recognizes it as Dr . Eugene ' s surname . Back in Junon , Reno and Rude are still awaiting contact from the ex - Turks when Doyle and Leslie arrive looking for Evan . They explain that Fabio tried to steal the helicopter because Dr . Drake told him there was something about Evan that needed urgent checking , and he ' d refused to just ask for the helicopter because he blamed Shinra for his parent ' s deaths . Reno and Rude decide to try and find Evan . In Icicle Inn , Tseng sees a silver - haired youth staring at him through his window , standing in the snow . When he gets to the spot , he finds no trace of Kadaj , not even footprints in the snow . At the same time , Evan witnesses Fabio standing outside of his window . Fabio tells him to come outside , or he ' ll kill Kyrie . At a small guard hut , Fabio shows Evan a blood - stained photograph of Jenova , then suddenly takes on the form of Dr . Drake , explaining he had learned from the real Dr . Drake that Jenova was supposed to be in the Shinra Building , but after searching for it , found nothing . As he explains that he ' d returned to Dr . Drake feeling disappointed , Evan briefly sees a glimpse of his true form , Kadaj . Kadaj explains that he took away Evan ' s pain after the surgery , and transforming into Evan ' s mother , undoes it , leaving Evan in agony . Tseng finds Evan in the hut and is attacked by Kadaj , but Kadaj flees when he realizes Tseng doesn ' t know where Jenova is . Elena and Tseng chase after Kadaj and Evan goes to check in Kyrie , but outside her room hears her talking to Kadaj , in the form of her old friend . However , before he can enter , he hears a gunshot . Inside , Kyrie is standing over Kadaj with a gun , and fires again , but Kadaj conjures forth his sword and threatens to kill them . They flee the room , but Kadaj quickly appears in front of them , blocking their way . Elena and Tseng arrive in their helicopter , but before Evan and Kyrie can get to it , Kadaj jumps aboard and starts fighting the Turks inside as the helicopter travels North . Evan and Kyrie chase after , hoping to defeat Kadaj by luring him over one of the snow - covered crevasses that were mentioned to them at Icicle Inn . However , as they begin to form their plan , Kadaj appears in front of them and coaxes Kyrie to instead step over a crevasse herself . Evan catches her hand , but Kadaj stabs him in the shoulder and she falls . Above , Tseng orders Elena to fire a missile , but she hesitates due to Evan ' s proximity . Reno , Rude then arrive with Doyle and Leslie , but are also unwilling to open fire in fear that Evan might be struck ; Tseng orders them to fire , while Reno , Rude , and Elena make excuses . After removing the blade from Evan ' s shoulder , Evan tries to crawl into the crevasse and the Turks open fire on Kadaj , but the bullets have no effect and he disappears , reappearing on the nose of Reno and Rude ' s helicopter . Kadaj shatters the windshield with his sword and Rude throws Leslie and Doyle from the aircraft , then begins to climb , but Kadaj again vanishes , appearing behind them inside of the helicopter . Reno and Rude escape and Tseng fires a missile at the helicopter , destroying it . The force of the explosion shatters the ice beneath Evan and Kyrie just as he reaches her , and they fall deeper beneath the earth , into a cavern that was carved out by the Lifestream two years earlier and is filled with mako . On the surface , Tseng and Elena head to Under Junon while Rude heads back to Healen to get another helicopter , and Reno , Doyle , and Leslie search for Evan and Kyrie . Evan and Kyrie reach a dead end in the cavern , filled with several dead bodies all garbed in black robes , and with them the body of Evan ' s mother , Annette . Checking her body , Evan finds some letters she was carrying , including a letter to Nick Foley regarding the escaped test subjects , a personal letter to Foley , and a letter to Evan . He also notices a small , warm mass wrapped in her handkerchief , which he takes . Hearing Kadaj approaching from behind , they flee , passing a hole filled with Lifestream . Evan suggests that they jump inside when the handkerchief unravels and a piece of Jenova ' s flesh falls to the ground . Kadaj tries to grab it and Evan kicks it into the Lifestream , prompting Kadaj to jump in after it . After a few moments , Kadaj is dissolved into the Lifestream . Leslie , Doyle , and Reno find Evan and Kyrie a short while later . In the novel ' s epilogue , it reveals that Evan and Kyrie are now living together and caring for Fabio ' s younger brother , Vits . When the Lifestream spring appears in the Sector 5 Church , they take Vits there to be cured .