Vincent stood in front of the abandoned ware house. The roof was falling apart and sunlight streamed through holes in the walls. The metal walls and roof were rusted, from years of rain and wear down. An unreadable sign was hanging from one chain over the two doors. The doors were bolted from the inside and had to have a special key to open it. In fear of having them get in.
He slid the key in the slot and opened the door. The familiar smell of rotting bodies filled his nostrils. He winced, there weren't any bodies in there. Not anymore, him and Cloud had removed them. Vincent moved inside and shut the door silently. It squeaked and made a horrible noise like nails on a chalk board as it shut.
He bolted it and walked toward the mountain of boxes in the corner. They smelled of rotten food. Vincent walked around the boxes, covering his nose as he did. The smell was horrendous. But it was something he would have to live with. For right now at least.
Vincent pushed a large box away from the secret trap door in the floor. Which led to a secret underground house. Well, it used to belong to mobsters but they were long gone. This was the new Avalanche hide out. Why, because the seventh heaven was gone. Burnt down, ashes, and everything inside of it. Except for Tifa and the others. They were safe, but everything else was gone.
Vincent walked down the creaking wooden stairs and into the small hallway. It was in complete darkness (besides the TV lights) which meant the others were out getting supplies. Although it would be hard to get supplies in the dead of night. Especially when THEY were out.
Vincent fumbled around on the wall for the light switch. Finally, he flicked the lights on. They sparked for a few moments and then illuminated the hallway and the room around the corner. He walked around the corner and into the room. It was pretty large, able to hold two cars if there were cars. A bar and kitchen was on the south side of the room. On the north side was a large plasma TV with a couch facing it. On the east was a hallway that led to the rooms.
The TV was always on the news station. Of course, even though the planet was in peril the news station continued working for updates on the situation. But the news was usually on during the day, and repeated in the dark.
" In other news, Wutai is still the safest place on the planet. In three days it will be the fourth year it has been sealed away." the news reporter started. Vincent glanced at the screen. Behind the blond female a picture of the island was shown. But a large concrete wall was around the whole island. And then some sort of purple -blue force field was on top. So nothing could get it in, the last thing to be heard from Wutai was that no one was allowed.
Because the main lands were tainted.
Vincent sat on the couch. To once again watch the same thing over and over. It had become a habit. Out of curiosity of course, he was not as worried. They had been searching, everyday, every damn day. For Wutai to let people in to find their friends. Because they made a law that no one on the island was allowed to leave. Even if they were tourists.
" A protesting group tried to pass the walls of Wutai today," Vincent perked up. He looked at the TV " Only to end at the attempt. Wutai guards killed them, no attempts to go to Wutai have been made again yet." she finished. Vincent sighed, Yuffie. Unfortunately she left for Wutai after seeing Vincent come home. Well, it was a few weeks after he came back. But he didn't notice at the time but something was eating at her. Tifa told him, that's how he knew now. And sometimes, he wished he had known back then. Yuffie called a lot though, asking how everyone was. But the calls stopped. Vincent could remember the exact date, she had called numerous times that past week and then they were gone. They tried to get a hold of her but nothing. It was like she disappeared forever.
Cid and Barret were sure she was dead. Considering she hadn't called in a long time. Because that's who she was. She had to keep in contact or she felt like something was wrong. Vincent thought she grew out of it at first. But after the first year, it was a little too hard to believe. He wasn't close to Yuffie, but he knew her. Knew that she had a pet peeve of worrying about stuff. Even if she didn't show it.
" Dammit all!" a voice came from the stairs. Vincent glanced toward them and a boot stuck out. Cid rounded the corner, refused to look at Vincent and went to his room. That's how it was. He was usually in his room with his two children and his wife.
" Hey Vincent, sorry couldn't find anything. Them bastards won't let us through the gates. Even if we are friends of Yuffie's." Barret said stomping or sounded like stomping toward the bar. Vincent grunted, then looked down. Of course, the Wutain's wouldn't let them in. but they wanted to try anyway. They meant them. Not him, he was friends with her sure. But what was the use? He knew her strength, she could easily leave by herself.
" Did anyone try calling her cell phone?" Tifa's voice came from the hallway. Vincent hadn't noticed they all were inside now. Vincent took out his phone, and once again dialed the ninja's phone number.
It rang, which meant she still had it. It kept ringing and went straight to voice mail. He sighed, then spoke the same words again. " Yuffie, they want to know if-"
" WE ALL want to know! INCLUDING VINCENT! He misses your company!" Tifa yelled into the phone as she snatched it. Vincent was still appalled by Tifa's hysterical behavior. He knew all to well that Tifa and Yuffie had fought battles together. But didn't think even after FOUR years that she'd still act like a crazy health patient. Although it wasn't as bad as when they first found out that Yuffie wasn't going to call.
Tifa shut the phone, frowning. She was motherly toward everyone, Vincent knew. She wanted everyone to be safe, and wasn't one to give up. Tifa was kind hearted, although in the mornings Vincent noticed she was a bit of a bitch. Especially when Cid knocked down some beer. Not a nice sight, not at all...
Anyway, Tifa had been feeling guilty ever since Yuffie left. Saying that the girl was so happy to see Vincent when he got there. But then something changed, the minute he got their. Tifa said that she had come downstairs, but when she saw him. It was like seeing a different person, she wasn't smiling, she looked lost. Like Yuffie was just a zombie. No clue what she was doing. And then it snapped back and she went back upstairs.
" We ain't going to find her so ya better forget it." Cid's annoying voice said. Tifa glared at the blond man in the hallway. He snorted and walked right back into his bedroom. He listened to the conversation but would listen from his room. Barret took another drink of his beer and headed off too with Cloud. Which left Tifa and Vincent together. He stared blankly at the couch.
" Do you even miss her?" Tifa asked him. It was demanding, she wanted to know if he did. Sure, he didn't show much emotion when it came to Yuffie. Whenever they sighed over her silence he was doing nothing.
" Yes, Tifa." he replied. Vincent didn't know if it was true or not.
" I wish...she'd give us a sign. That she's OK. Ya know?" Tifa droned. Vincent noticed that Tifa had started talking a lot like Yuffie. Taking that part of Yuffie into her system. Like it was a way that Tifa felt close to Yuffie.
He grunted a yes. No one else was too badly effected by Yuffie being gone. They missed her yes, but would not grieve for her.
" Maybe this is her sign... that she has grown up. Her silence." he reassured her. Tifa, laughed. And then placed a hand on his shoulder. He had no idea, what to say. What should he say? Get over it? It's been four years, she isn't coming back. Well, he knew all to well that he shouldn't say that.
" Thanks, it's just a little weird not seeing Yuffie all to much." she said before disappearing behind the door in the wall. Vincent sighed, they weren't great friends. But they were close. As close as he would let her get anyway. He knew her, she knew him. Somehow, they were closer back then than he ever thought.
Vincent grunted, before walking to his room without making a noise. The silence was nearly getting to him. Almost.
He sat in front of her. His robe disarrayed, from lack of sleep. Or something else but she wasn't going to ask that. He was so nervous and scared. She could see it in his eyes, his brown eyes. That something was going to happen.
" I told you not to get your fortune read. Besides, its just a bunch of bologna." She told her aging father. He shook his head, no. She sighed, she knew it would happen sooner or later. But not now, she had avoided it for so long. Tried to make the best of things. Tried so damn hard to do what she thought was best. This was her priority now, for the sake of it. They needed her no more, they could handle it. Or so she thought. They didn't usually take this long to take care of an enemy. Was it really that bad? Outside those concrete walls was anything left. Well of course there was, she hoped. They sometimes saw helicopters through the shield.
" Not even your Former comrades can do anything, no one has heard of them even trying." He replied. He knew his daughter well, Godo did. He knew that even though she pushed them away for her country, it was killing her inside. Wanting to be free, to save the world again. To feel the wind on her face when she soared through the air to catch her large Shurikan.
" That is unfortunate." She said trying to hide her tears and anger. He watched as she clenched her fists, her brown eyes closed. Sometimes he felt like an ass, keeping her away from the things that made her who she was. When she had gotten back, it was like looking at a different child. Of course she was still a bit immature but the way she was. She was polite, still talked a lot, but wanted to turn Wutai back to its former glory. But it wasn't like before, she proved that she could take the throne. He didn't let her though. Something, was wrong.
" I am confused Daughter, if they are as great as you say they are? Why is it still bad? Is it because of your absence?" To make up for being so bad to her, he tried to make her life amazing. Despite being stuck in a bubble and not being able to go skinny dipping in four years. Which she had told him before she got so... quiet. She still talked a lot. But kept to herself.
" No, they had HER to take my place. I...am no longer required." She told him quietly, her voice still strained. It was painful, watching her this way. He sighed, he only had one choice. Let her pass through the wall. Or did he? Godo didn't trust the outside world. With all of the calamities going on. It was too much for him too handle.
" Call them, bring them here. But only for a short while. We must figure out a way to..." He trailed off. She glanced at the window. It must be the protesters again. She sighed before bowing to her father and leaving the room. The ache that coursed through her veins to her heart was still there. Since Yuffie could last remember, it had always been there. She didn't understand why they were there either. Why when she left pain hit her like a bitch?
Yuffie opened her bedroom door. flopped onto the bed in her blue Kimono and grabbed the precious white rose box from beneath her bed. She unlocked it with the key underneath it, and opened the box. Inside, was some very precious things. One thing, was a Materia from each of her friends. The second, was a few letters from her mother when she was younger. And the last was the oh so special, Key chain. A symbol for each special person in her life. One, was a green leaf for her mother, Kasumi. A white rose for herself, a heart for Tifa, Cloud a motorcycle, Cid a lighter, Nanaki a dog, and Cait Sith a moogle. Barret and Reeve had yet to pick one out. And the day she was going to ask Vincent he was "busy".
Vincent.
Vincent.
Vincent.
She didn't really think of him a lot. Although her teenage crush had lasted a long time. Longer than she thought it would. Yuffie shook off her thoughts of her friends. And focused on finding the phone she kept with her. Her bed was unmade, because she did not make it. Ever. It made no sense to make a bed up just for it to be dirtied up again. So it was kept unmade. Her room was small, despite the other rooms being larger. But she liked her room. It was simple, a large bookcase in front of her bed to keep books. A twin bed, a desk for work, and a window seat so she can look outside.
Sighing, Yuffie got off of her bed and looked around on her window seat. Taking off the cushions and looking around for the phone. Although she had grown up and become more...lady like. Yuffie was sub consciously doing some things the same way she did back then. A week ago she had her thoughts swarming around work and walked into a pond.
Yuffie replaced the cushions and went to the desk. Maybe I fell asleep when looking at Tifa's texts, she thought. Tifa had sent her dozens of things over the past years. It was nice to know some of them missed her. She didn't receive anything from Shelke or Cid. She understood why Shelke wouldn't but Cid was just being an ass. Yuffie snorted, she didn't care if they didn't talk to her. OK, she did. But only slightly. It kind of made her angry that it took them awhile to figure out she was gone THREE weeks after she left though.
The desk was made of red wood and was polished. It had a couple of drawers but nothing else. Except stacks of papers on it and a few pens. She opened the first drawer and moved the contents around. Searching for the phone.
" Yuffie I'm going to kick your ass!" She yelped when her ring tone went off. A smile crept up on her face. Vincent had let her HOLD his gun while he was training at the WRO. Hehe, what a good idea that was. now, it wasn't her fault he wanted to reload another gun AND talk to Shelke at the same time. And give Yuffie a gun to hold for him.
" Yuffie I'm going to kick your ass!"
" I am coming vicious Vincent." She muttered to herself. It was obviously in the desk but she had no idea where. She opened the last drawer to see a blue light on the phone. She picked it up and opened it. Her phone had a lot of static but she could still here the familiar voice.
" Hello, Yuffie Kisaragi here?"
" Yuffie? YUFFIE, YUFFIE!" The name Yuffie was screamed into her ear a few times. She held the phone away when the screaming got louder. It was Tifa, unfortunately. She loved her friend but wished it wasn't someone who was acting like Yuffie had been dead for years and they just figured out she wasn't.
Yuffie sat for a few minutes, listening to Tifa ranting about how much worry she put into the older woman. Yuffie thought for a couple times about hanging up. But remembered what her dad said.
Sure Yuffie missed her friends...some of her friends. But what she missed most was the traveling. The damn adventures she had without people trailing behind her telling her it wasn't polite for a princess to skinny dip in a public pond. Which the last time she ever did that was a long time ago but it still happened so it could still be used in a rant.
" Tifa, why don't you guys come visit. My dad said you could- " She was about to say you could visit but was interrupted by a large squeal. Which sounded horrible on Yuffie's piece of crap phone. It was like static and hurt her ears if it was too close.
" We'll all be there on Cid's airship tomorrow!" Tifa said excited. Yuffie sat with the phone to her ear and her jaw opened. She didn't even have time to plan when they could come. And wasn't sure if she wanted it on Christmas either. She usually was at her mothers grave on Christmas.
" ...OK. I guess I'll see you..." Yuffie frowned. A whistling sound came from her window, like someone was whistling. Except it was a long whistle and it sounded like it was getting closer. Yuffie got up off her knees and walked to the window. Tifa kept asking to see what was wrong. Yuffie ignored her and put the phone between her shoulder and ear, and opened the blinds.
" Shit!" She yelled dropping the phone and running as fast as she could in her kimono out of her room. The rocket hit her room and exploded. Sending her desk into the hallway, broken. And the bookcase broke through the wall and hit the hallway floor. books burning and littering the hallway. She heard screaming coming from everywhere. Yuffie ripped the burning Kimono off, trying to keep from getting more blisters on her back and arms. She was glad her black shorts and sports bra underneath hadn't been burned yet. She glanced around, the building was burning and smoke was filling her lungs. She coughed and began to run down the hall.
Another scream went off, except louder. And another explosion. The fire was just spreading faster as some guards threw water on the fire. Someone yelled at them just to get out. And she knew why, the kitchen part of the building had been entirely blown off. And all she could see was her burning country. Yuffie stopped, utterly horrified. Wutai, her country, it was in home she had lived at and loved was burning. The buildings and even the trees were building. Yuffie looked at the sky, she couldn't see what was attacking them.
" What the hell is going on?" Someone shouted. She glanced down the hall to see her father and some others going down the stairs. Yuffie ran after them, tears flowing down her her face. She couldn't help it now. They couldn't do anything, but they could try.
Yuffie ran ahead, her father was walking too slow. She made sure the path was clear for her only family left. Yuffie looked up, the building would collapse any moment. With each few tears she cried another explosion was heard. Yuffie wiped off her face. Her father was behind her now, she helped him down the stairs, slower than she wanted to go but she knew he was getting to old to move any faster.
" Go ahead Yuffie, I'll be behind you." He told her. She turned around and glared at him. She saw the damn movies she wasn't stupid. They NEVER came back after they said that. They were always gone. And she wasn't going to let her only family member die on her. Not like her mother, no "illness" was taking him from her.
" No, we both make it or none at all." She said coldly. He sighed, once Yuffie set her mind to something she wouldn't stop. They continued until they were at the bottom floor. Yuffie pushed the fallen wood away from the path outside. Yuffie instructed the guards to help her dad out. She had to get something, her Conformer. Yuffie jumped over a fallen bookcase and opened a burning door without thinking. There weren't many flames inside thank god but still life threatening. She ran across the room to the glass case on the wall. Which sat her Conformer and some shurikens she used while helping Avalanche.
Yuffie looked around for something to shatter the glass. She didn't have the key with her. It was...upstairs in the wooden box. Yuffie cried harder, it would be like leaving another piece of heart if she left her box here. It was probably burning at the moment. She breathed heavily even though smoke was filling her lungs and she grabbed a piece of burning wood and screaming in pain as the fire burned her hand. She slammed it against the glass repeatedly. It finally shattered and she took her beloved weapon.
She ran out of the training room and stopped. She looked toward the burning stairs and the door. Where her father was most likely waiting for her. Yuffie let out a little sniffle.
And ran toward the stairs.
Vincent watched as Tifa paced back and forth. Everyone else was in here too. Cid, Barret, and Reeve at the bar counter, the kids on the couch, and Shera on the couch. Shelke stood by Vincent near the hallway. Wondering what was going on. Tifa had a happy fit earlier and then she just went quiet. Her face filled with fear and covered in tears. She hadn't spoke a word to them yet.
Tifa stopped in front of Cid. And looked him right in the eyes. He looked at her and then the floor and then to her again. He cowered under her gaze. She looked worried but fierce at the same time.
" We need to get to Wutai." She said after a few minutes.
" Why?" The leader of Avalanche asked. Cloud looked at his girlfriend. She glanced in his direction and then back at Cid.
" Yuffie's alive, she asked us to come. I told her we would come tomorrow but the phone went dead. And I don't know, the line went dead, before she could finish. I think something happened ." She said quickly. Everyone looked at her. It was hard to make out what she said but they understood, trouble. Cid jumped up right then and there. So did Cloud. Sure it had been awhile since they had a real adventure but they still knew what to do.
" If what you say is true-"
" It IS true." Tifa corrected Cloud. He only nodded and stood with her in the middle. Clad in his pajamas.
" Alright then. Kids, Shera, Reeve, and Shelke stay here. The rest of us go to the Shera." Cloud instructed. Shelke would stay behind just in case something tried to enter the underground home. And the others go see what happened in Wutai since Tifa seemed to have a fit about it. Vincent sighed and watched as they all went looking for their stuff and began to walk outside to the Shera. Which Vincent was surprised was even operable anymore.
He climbed the stairs swiftly behind his excited friends and waited for them to open the trapdoor. Only when the stink filled his nostrils did he know it was open. They continued through the smelling basement and out the large door. Outside, was a mess. Most buildings were broken down and abandoned during the night. Avalanche had no idea where people went during the night. If they were even alive. Since most buildings had holes in them from rockets and blackened from burning. The faint smell of smoke was still there even though it had been awhile since the attacks.
The ground had ash all over it, although most of it had blown away over the years. Most of the stalls in the main part of Edge had been put up, instead during the day people set up their own in fear of stuff being stolen. Many people sell what is left of their stuff for food. Rufus had been helping people too, surprisingly. He handed out food and other essentials often. Although many people still didn't trust him.
They made their way through the broken city to the nearby hangar. Cid ran ahead to start it, the idea of it not starting probably nagged at him. Vincent smirked, he put that damn ship before most things. Probably behind his family but most likely in front of his friends.
Once they reached the roofless hangar, Tifa running ahead to get in, they also piled in. But Vincent could see how happy and nervous Tifa was and how worried the others are. Vincent, was slightly excited to see her. Slightly, he wondered what she looked like and how she acted after four years of absence. She had changed a lot during the years they had traveled together he knew that much. She used to be very hyper and seemed as though she took her coffee with lots of sugar and speed.
But she wasn't as bad when she got older he realized.
" So I wonder what she's been up to? What she looks like? If she's a queen yet or got Married?" Vincent raised an eyebrow at the older woman. Twenty seven years old and she acted like SHE was on the speed.
" Right, the brat having babies. Yup that'll happen." Cid commented. Tifa glared at him and he laughed.
" Are ya sure she's even alive Teef?" Barret asked.
" Of course, it's Yuffie. since when did she let anything KILL her? Or try?" She said darkly.
Vincent rolled his eyes. It could be a possibility. That whatever Tifa heard on the phone was Yuffie...dying. Vincent winced behind his collar, he didn't like that idea much. So he blocked it out with her throwing a fit about how her eggs were burnt.
Cid hummed to himself as he guided the ship to Wutai, Tifa was talking to Cloud about Yuffie, Barret was watching with a raised eyebrow, and Nanaki was...sleeping. Vincent sighed, there was nothing wrong with Yuffie. Tifa just wanted to see her. Although, he wasn't sure she would let all the others stay back. Maybe there was, maybe there wasn't. He would just have to see what was going on. Tifa and Cloud left after a moment though.
Cid pulled a smoke out of his cigarette box and put it in his mouth. Vincent glared at him darkly from behind. He really shouldn't be trying to light a smoke and guide an airship to Wutai. But he managed to, and continued to do it until he dropped his Cigarette in disbelief. Nobody else was paying attention to him though. He was just gaping out the window, Vincent shifted his gaze out the window and gasped. Barret looked too, and Nanaki.
" TIFA! CLOUD, QUIT MAKING OUT AND COME SEE THIS!" Cid yelled at the top of his lungs. Cloud burst out of a door, buster sword in hand like Sephiroth had returned. But he dropped it, right on his foot looking out the window. Tifa was behind him, she looked and nearly launched herself toward the window. Her face pressed against the glass, creating tears against it. She watched and kept flapping her arms around at the burning forests of Wutai.
" CID hurry up!" She screamed. Vincent watched as the trees burned, and part of the Pagoda fell. It smashed into the ground, into pieces. Vincent felt a lump in his throat. concern for his friend, filled his mind. But he wasn't sure if she could get out of this one. The whole island was burning.
Vincent watched in amazement as Cid, no worry for his ship at all, landed on a flat surface near the main city. Tifa ran off toward another door, with Nanaki and soon after Vincent could see her running around looking for her dear friend. The rest of them ran too, and for some unknown reason, Vincent's heart was racing. He wasn't as concerned as the frantic lady in front of him but he was still...worried.
Cloud split them off, Barret, Cloud, Cid, and Tifa on one side of the city. And Nanaki and Vincent on the smaller side. Vincent nodded before following Nanaki toward the Pagoda. His heightened senses, mainly seeing, scanned the area for any sign of, well life. He wasn't sure if anyone was alive. Everything was falling apart and burning. Sending smoke into the air. For any normal person, it must be hard to breathe and see through this. Nanaki could of course see through it, but Vincent was worried about the others. Cloud probably could a bit, but Tifa, Cid, and Barret were probably having trouble. Scratch that, Tifa was too worried to be bothered by this so just the two guys.
The area was sweeped clean of any life. He sighed before running toward the Pagoda. Nanaki was searching through a still standing building. Vincent was running toward the half standing pagoda. Some of the wood was still falling off though, which meant it wasn't very stable. But that was just a chance he would have to take.
He stopped in front of the door. It looked like it had been torn apart. He frowned, before moving with the flames inside. Making sure he wouldn't get burned, the smoke in here was suffocating. There was no way anyone could survive. The training room door had been torn off too. And the stairs had been blocked by the wood that was on the ceiling.
" Yuffie!" He yelled. No answer, he tried again. Still no answer. He coughed before throwing boards out of the way as he went to the stairs.
"...Vincent!" He heard Nanaki. He looked back to see the animal walking beside him. They both began to move the wreckage out of the way. The boards were burned to a crisp, all the way through. He continued moving the boards as quick as he could. Since the building would collapse any moment. He then he stopped, something on the other side was moving the wreckage too.
" Yuffie!" He tried. The boards stopped moving, "... Valentine!" He let out a gasp and began to work harder. Nanaki tried helping too, both determined to see if it was truly their friend. Vincent pulled a board out which caused one to fall on Nanaki. He grunted at the pain but kept going.
" Move back Valentine!" The voice yelled. He moved back to see the wreckage fall down the stairs. Revealing a small girl in a sports bra and black shorts. Her black hair was cut short, and body curvy. But he did recognize something, her eyes. He smiled a bit but stopped when she stumbled down the stairs. She was hurt bad. He picked her up carefully. Not wanting to touch her burns and blisters. Her face was bruised, left hand burned badly, and had blisters on her back. Vincent turned to the doorway with a retreating Nanaki and ran out.
Vincent ran with Nanaki through the smokey towns toward the Shera. But Vincent realized what Nanaki was doing when he sped off to the right. He was going to get the others. Vincent had to get to the Shera though. Yuffie was alive, but her breathing was slow and bleeding badly. She needed treatment badly. And him carrying her wasn't helping her back and legs.
He saw the Shera in sight and ran a bit faster. But earned a whimper from the young ninja. He climbed aboard the ship and took her immediately to be treated.
When they all arrived home, being pushed as fast as they could by Tifa, she made Vincent carry Yuffie to his room. HIS ROOM. But he didn't really mind, he usually stayed up and sat down on the couch for a long while.
Vincent lay her on the bed. She had passes out on the ride over, due to fatigue, pain, and whatever else she moaned about. As he set her down, Tifa brought in cure Materia and some bandages. She ordered Vincent to get a bowl of water and some towels.
" K, now help clean her up." She demanded as she began to cut away Yuffie's shorts and bra.
"..." He sighed, and began to carefully scrub the blood away from her body. His eyes never traveled upward, in fear Tifa would slap him. He didn't want to anyway, he TRIED avoiding looking. He took off her yellow shoe she still continued to wear. He frowned when he saw what was underneath, she had a scar underneath. He traced the large scar with his thumb, amazed. It traveled from her foot to just below her knee. Tifa flicked him on the nose, to hurry up. He glared at Tifa before washing her right arm and taking off her other shoe.
Tifa then shooed him out of the room. He shut HIS bedroom door behind him before walking past Denzel and Marlene to sit on the couch.
" Hey how's Aunt Yuffie?" Denzel asked sitting on the side of the couch.
" Amazing," He said sarcastically. Which then Denzel frowned, he knew Vincent was being sarcastic. He sighed, then got up to see Marlene. Reeve, Barret, Cloud, and Cid sat at the bar. Talking about strategy.
" So what do we do?" Reeve asked.
" Dunno, maybe Rufus knows what's going on?" Barret suggested. Cloud grunted, still not trusting the man. Even if he was helping people with supplies.
Vincent just sighed before laying on the couch. For some reason, he was tired now. Or just tired of listening to them all.
When Vincent awoke, by small giggles in his ear, he was a bit confused. Actually very confused, according to the clock it was four in the morning. So everyone was in bed, except there was little people jumping on his feet. He looked at them and they sped away laughing. He rolled his eyes before groaning and sitting up. He watched the new News report. Wutai was gone, and they had all the info. Apparently, THEY got to Wutai. No not the reporters, THEM. The people who have been causing hell on Gaia.
But they didn't know who they were. They just appeared out of nowhere and, well destroyed everything. Apocalypse. That was one name for them. They were an army of some sort. Beserkers, living to kill. Vincent groaned before getting off the couch and watching Yuffie take another sip of wine. He looked back at the TV and then Yuffie. He blinked, her bandages were off and she was mark free. He frowned, puzzled.
" Yuffie?" He said, she jerked before looking at him. She blinked before turning back to her drink. He stood from the couch and walked behind her. Examining her near bare back. There was a scar where her usual clothes would hide it. She was wearing one of Tifa's bras, (one from a long time ago) and a pair of short shorts. And her yellow shoes were clean now.
" So, Wutai is really gone?" She asked putting her drink down. He sighed, and she put her head in her hands.
" I'm sorry, we should have done something." He told her. She turned around slowly. And even more slowly looked up at him.
" This isn't your guy's fault, it's those damn bastards! I wonder who they are..." She trailed off in her own thoughts. He could tell because she thumped her head against his chest and stayed there. Just thumped her head against him and hmmed at the same time. He moved away when she took a big whiff of his scent though, he looked at her with a raised eyebrow. She grunted before turning around to her drink. Yuffie remained silent for a few minutes, after that Vincent just left. Wondering why she wasn't crying. She had always been devoted to Wutai when she was younger, willing to steal just to save it. Hell, she went on a scandalous mission to her now, good friends just to save it.
They were alike, he thought. She loved Wutai to death, and well he locked himself in a coffin for thirty years for Lucrecia. Kind of the same, in a way. Thinking about it, they were the same. When he was with them before he let go of Lucrecia, he hid his emotions. And now, so did she. He really saw it, she had pretended everything was OK when it wasn't.
Vincent stopped, and looked back at the girl drowning herself in alcohol. It wasn't his place to stop her though so he didn't. Her grief was her own, so with that he went to his room, and closed the door.
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