(In an unreleased fanfic I've been making, I altered this "horrible event in history" with a Dimensional Portal, a Time Control Belt, and a Portable Duplication Device, all of which were prototypes. After I enter the Virtual World through the DP, I pause time with the TCB and use the PDD to create a copy of Aeris to take her place, thus preventing her and her source from being sent into oblivion. However, one thing after another begins to happen that threatened our lives... the TCB malfunctioned after the flow of time was restored and had to be tossed before Aeris and I were caught in the implosion. The DP ceased to function when Aeris & I return to the world of reality, just barely making it through in time. Lastly, the PDD gained a 'life of its own' and allowed the "Resurrection" of Aeris in disks 2 & 3. Why else would "she" [The duplicate Aeris] not bleed after getting killed? Oddly enough, I thought of this long before playing Chrono Trigger...)