A/n: HOLY FALCON DAVY! I'M ALIVE! So, I was looking through my old FF stories and realized they need to be updated and this one needs to be revamped! So here we are and hopefully I actually update this stuff!
Prologue
Blood. He could feel the warm, sticky liquid fill his lungs, mouth and nose! Vincent's eyes snapped opened as blood rushed up from his lungs in a hacking cough as he realized he was kneeling on a tiled floor. With blurry vision he looked in horror at what he saw; the bloody point of a spear, someone wearing olive green cargo pants splattered in blood then behind that person was another smaller person huddled and scared, also covered in blood.
'Why is everything covered in blood! Why am I coughing it up? What has happened? I don't remember a thing…!' His mind raced, he wanted to scream in more than one kind of agony and then he heard a voice that sounded familiar.
"I don't falcon care what's wrong with you, Valentine! Keep your falcon claws off of her, it's not her fault yer like this!" Cid! That was Cid's voice, it had to be! But why was it coming out in pained gasps…? Vincent's eyes tried to focus as he heard his friend fall to his knees. Something was very wrong here; where was Yuffie? Who was Cid talking about? Wait, no, it couldn't be! Vincent would never hurt Yuffie! Would he…? Then it hit him; the little figure huddled in pain behind Cid's legs… It had been Yuffie! What had Vincent done that caused the younger man sound like he was half dead yet still trying desperately to protect the young girl? Despite the pain that ripped through his chest, his vision became clearer. He could see Cid kneeling before him; drawing ragged breaths through clenched teeth as he held a hand to a wound in his shoulder, red liquid seeping out from between gloved fingers. Vincent's eyes widened as he saw the parameters of the wound; judging by how Cid was holding it, it was round and by the amount of blood, rather large. Just large enough to belong to Cerberus! What had Vincent done? These two were some of his closest friends, even if he would never openly say that!
~~~~~A/N: I am well aware how weird it is that Cid's saying the names of birds instead of swears but that'll be revealed in the next chap.