The 'Chaos' Theory
Chapter 1: Three Months Later \ Enter Valentine, the Chaos Experiment
The main building of the ShinRa Corporation where President Shinra resided was in silence; except for the receptionists typing away on computers and footsteps of the employees. From a far distance and closing, one of the company's helicopters made its way to its destination. Inside the copter, Reno, Rude, and the other Turks were focused on arriving to their destination.
"I have a very bad feeling about this 'Project Chaos'. If Sephiroth was able to escape Hojo's lab months ago, 'he' could do the exact same thing," said one of the Turks with worry. "I know what you mean. I'm more confused on why President Shinra wants to use 'him' to get Cloud and Sephiroth back," replied Reno, expressing his concerns in the process.
"I guess humans are becoming obsolete all of a sudden. We did take too long on our search for them," replied Rude. "Don't say that...That'll hurt my feelings. I just didn't think of the answer that quick," said Reno.
"Hey, chill out, man. We didn't, either. It wasn't your fault. When we get there, maybe the President will tell us why he's planning to use Project Chaos on this search," said one of the other Turks. Assured, Reno gives a nod and pilots the helicopter to one of the landing towers of the building ahead. On each of the helicopter landing towers, there was at least one person with one glow stick in each hand. He or she's task was to guide the helicopters to the tower and help them land safely. On the corner southeast tower, the man on the landing pad swishes the glow sticks up and down; like he was flapping his 'wings'.
Slowly and carefully, the copter flies towards the landing pad. The man walks backwards to give some room and to move out of the way for the helicopter to land, but made sure he didn't fall off the landing tower. He swishes the glow sticks forward and backward with both hands, guiding the helicopter forward to the landing pad. Now with access to land, the copter lowers onto the 'H' pattern on the helipad with persicion and skill. The engines shut down on landing and the blades of the copter began to slow down to a halt. One by one, the Turks slowly got out while Reno unbuckled himself from the pilot's seat. The red headed Turk was the last to get out from the helicopter.
Together as a group, they made their way down the stairs to the floor where the company's President occuppied. The group arrives on the destinated floor, opening the wooden double doors with little force. The receptionist at the main front desk continues typing at her computer as the Turks approached. Acting as a leader, Reno guides the others behind him to the desk. The receptionist then hears their footsteps heading towards the desk, causing the receptionist to stop what she was doing and peers up to the group. "May I help you?" she asked.
"We were summoned by President Shinra. Is he available?" answered Reno. She then turns to her computer and types in a few things; then turns back to the group, "You must be the Turks that were helping Hojo and Jerimiah. I personally don't know what, but they did say it was classified. President Shinra is expecting you. Have a good day, gentlemen," she replied.
"Thank you," said Reno. With the confirmation, the Turks walked pass the front desk to the big, golden double doors up ahead with a trail of red carpet leading to it. At a little quickened pace, the group follows the carpet trail to the double doors. Upon approaching the door, Reno slowly pushes it open, giving the group access to the President's office. As they entered the room, President Shinra looks towards the group.
"You made it...Good." said Rufus. "Yep. Just as promised," replied Reno. Rude noticed that Jerimiah was also present; including Hojo.
"What are you two doing here?" asked Rude. "We were summoned by President Shinra as well," answered Jerimiah. Rufus then cleared his throat, indicating that it was time to start the meeting. Everyone silenced, waiting for what the President has to say.
"It has been three months since we lost our two prized SOLDIERS. I know everyone here is taking full responsibility of this folly, but fear not; with each failure comes success. Now we are resolved to use drastic measures. Our best chance as of now to capture the two alive is to use the Chaos Project to our advantage," said President Shinra. As soon as he finishes his sentence, the President turns to Hojo.
"Hojo...Is he ready?" asked Shinra. "As ready as I can get him. I have fixed up the flaws, just as you requested," answered Hojo.
"I have a big question. Like Sephiroth, did you make 'him' a hermaphrodite, too?" asked Reno. "Well..When I reworked his genetics to accommodate the Chaos genes, I did. We've been pumping him with hormone sedatives. It shouldn't be a problem at all," answered Hojo.
"Oh, great...Now we're dealing with two of Hojo's creations with two genders. This is just great," said Rude. "As long as the hormone sedatives are effective and administered, everything will be just fine," said Jerimiah. Hojo nodded in agreement.
"When are we able to see him?" asked one of the Turks. "When the meeting is over, I will allow all of you to meet him," answered Hojo.
"I want a video feed linked from there to here. I personally want to see the full result of your work of Project Chaos," said President Shinra. "Yes, sir. Consider it done," replied Hojo. The two scientists and the Turks left the room to the helicopter, ready for their next destination. As they walked up the stairs to the helipad, Reno asks more questions.
"So..This whole time you used Valentine as your guinea pig for this project, huh?" asked Reno. "He did disgrace the Turks in a way; plus he tried to disrupt Project JENOVA. Consider this a punishment for his sins," answered Hojo.
"What abilities did you give him? I wanna know how deadly he is," asked Reno. "Extremely deadly. I made him perfect. He is vampiric in some aspects. He possesses regeneration capabilities, superhuman stamina, strength, and speed. He can shape shift into one of the genes' forms given, as if becoming that form like an entity. He is also telepathic, empathic, and one hell of a sharp shooter. He's perfect," answered Hojo. Jerimiah was in awe.
"You definitely made him deadly. I bet he'll be hostile," said Jerimiah. "There is a strong shielding in front of his containment room, I made sure that nothing can get through it, not even one of his forms called 'The Galian Beast'," said Hojo. The conversation comes to an end as they made it to the helicopter as a large group. Everyone carefully got in and buckled themselves in for the trip to Hojo's lab. Inside Hojo's lab in Containment Room X-4, a coffin rests in the middle of the room. The lid was over the top of the coffin, completely sealing in the occupant.
Resting inside the darkness was a raven haired man with pale skin. His hair was over shoulder length and messy. He wore a black outfit accompanied with a blood red cloak\cape with straps and buckles on it, a holster with a gun in it, a blood red headband, gold plated boot-like shoes, and a gold metaled claw-fingered gauntlet. He was still in a slumber, but his telepathy was still active. In slumber, he reaches out to one of his entity-like forms.
'Chaos...Are you there?' he said in telepathy. In response, a male, demonic voice speaks through telepathy, 'Of course I'm here. Me and the others are bound in your body, remember?' The voice was from Chaos, one of the man's shape shifting forms.
'That's good. Its just...Its so lonely in this coffin and I need someone to talk to for once in a while,' the man answered. 'I know what you mean. Are you still asleep?' asked Chaos.
'Yeah...Maybe its because I love to sleep,' the man replied. 'Oh, Vincent...You always love to sleep. Would you stay asleep if that Hojo told you to wake up? I would, but would you?' replied Chaos.
'I don't have a choice. No matter what I do or don't, he has all the control on me. He tells me that this is my punishment for my sins,' said Vincent. 'You? Controlled by him? Bah! Your far more superior to him. You don't need anyone to control you. You are the only one that can control yourself, not that stupid, ignorant human!' said Chaos, 'Vincent...Why are you still believing that your a sinner?'
'I didn't save her...I was trying to do what's right. I tried to stop the JENOVA Project...To save her, but I failed...I'm a sinner,' answered Vincent. Chaos was a demon by nature, not caring one bit about humans. When he was infused into Vincent, this nature was hampered throughout the years. 'Vince...I don't think your a sinner at all. You tried, I understand that; but you need to move on. What happened, happened,' said Chaos.
'How can I?' asked Vincent. 'I know it'll be tough, but its for the best,' said Chaos. As Vincent continued to slumber, he heard the sounds of twirling blades of a helicopter. To this former Turk, it meant his 'creator' and 'master' has returned.
'Hojo's back,' said Vincent. 'What else is new...Its the same old, same old around here. One day, Vince...One day..We'll have our freedom,' Chaos assured Vincent, trying to raise his host's spirits. Outside the complex, the helicopter carefully lowers down onto the helipad. As careful as an expert pilot, Reno lowered the copter onto the landing pad with caution. Within five minutes, the group finally lands. The blades of the copter slowed down to a halt as the seconds passed. One at a time, the two scientists were the first to get out.
After the scientists got out, the Turks were next. One by one, they carefully got out. Just like before, Reno was the last to get out. "Alright...Where's Valentine?" questioned Reno. "This way, gentlemen," replied Hojo. The twisted scientist guides the group and Jerimiah inside the laboratory, just like a guide in a museum. The group approaches the double steel doors that required a pass code to open, but thanks to Hojo's ID card; they instantly got access. The doors slid open from left and right, allowing the group to enter the laboratory with ease.
Walking through the corridor to Containment Room X-4, Hojo carefully guided the group to see his newly made and flaw fixed experiment. As they approached Containment Room X-4, they saw a bio-engineer standing in front of the Containment Shielding glass, writing notes and reviewing them. Hojo approaches him, "How is Valentine doing today?"
"He's still sleeping, as always. He's doing remarkably well; even if he is still sleeping," answered the bio-engineer. "Same old Vincent. Is he up to date with the hormone sedatives?" asked Hojo.
"He is. We're preparing for today's dose as we speak," answered the bio-engineer. "Perfect. Lets wake him up. I don't want him to be rude in the presence of guests," said Hojo. He turns to his partner, Jerimiah; cueing him to start the video feed link with the President. Jerimiah did as he was told and activated the video feed. Hojo presses the intercom button that links into the room. The scientist then turns to the microphone and speaks into it.
"Its time to wake up, Mr. Valentine. We have guests," said Hojo. Inside the coffin, Vincent's eyes snapped open. He responded by lifting the lid up with his gauntlet worn arm. After the lid was opened all the way; Vincent sits up, revealing his crimson eyes to his 'master' and his guests. Slowly getting up from his coffin-fashioned bed, Vincent stared at the group on the other side of the shielding.
"Whoa...That's Vincent?" asked Rude. "Wow...He's definitely different from the last time we saw him as one of us. He changed alright," answered Reno. Tilting his head sideways like a curious cat, Vincent was as curious as ever of the people he saw. He knew they were Turks, the very people he used to work for til he became one of Hojo's experiments.
"This is Vincent. He doesn't resemble the old Vince we knew during his services as a Turk anymore," said Hojo, introducing the ex-Turk to them. After Hojo said this, Vincent finally speaks, "You...Your the sinner. Look what you did to me. You made me a freak and I will make sure you pay for your sins!"
"Don't raise your voice at me. Don't forget who made you. I created you, and I can take your life as swiftly as I gave it," threatened Hojo. "You..Bastard. You were the one that turned me into this! I will kill you for what you did to her!" roared Vincent. A black, demonic aura surround Vincent and his eyes turned golden yellow. Hojo was now on edge.
"Raise the shields. He's going to demonstrate his shape shifting abilities to us," said Hojo. The two technicians raised the shields up to the max. In front of the group, Vincent takes form of a wolf-based creature with curled horns and a silver mane. It also had dark grey fur, night black claws, and golden yellow eyes. Telepathically, Vincent communicated to this new form.
'Galian, no! The sheilds are up. They're going to hurt you!' pleaded Vincent. 'I don't care! I have to point out that we are not fooling around. Vinnie...Let me handle this,' replied the deep, animalistic voice, named 'Galian'.
"What form is that?" asked one of the Turks. "This form is called 'The Galian Beast'. It kinda reminds me of those Werewolf movies," answered Hojo. Instead of Vincent talking, it was Galian instead with 'its' personality out in the open. "I'm gonna teach you a lesson for what you people did to Vinnie! I'm gonna slaughter you!" roared Galian. The wolf creature charges forward with its claws out, ready to cause a casualty for his host's cause. Galian takes a swing and a strike, but when it nails the shield instead; electricity courses through the creature's body, causing damage.
Galian roars out in agony, flying backwards to the floor. It skids backwards with a wounded hand. "Damn...Thank god the shield was there. He's deadly," said Rude. "Whoa...I guess you made him perfect," complimented Reno. Vincent reverts back to his human form, panicked and shaken.
"You hurted Galian...You hurted him," whimpered Vincent. "That's the price for disobedience. You know better than that, Valentine," said Hojo. Vincent got up and reached to his tri-barreled gun, but Hojo anticipated this. The scientist brings out a remote device with a red button. Vincent froze in panic, realizing what the remote was. With his gauntlet worn arm, he reaches to his neck, feeling a type of collar around his neck.
"No...Don't...Please," whimpered Vincent. "Whoa...You putted an electric shock collar on him?" asked Reno.
"Its only used when he's disobedient, just like he is now," replied Hojo. He then returns his gaze to Valentine, "If you don't want me to press this button, you have to start behaving properly." Vincent took the hint and ceased his attacks. Chaos understood why Vincent was controlled to this degree.
'Vince...I can see why. One day, Vince...We'll be free. Hang in there,' said Chaos telepathically. Vincent moved closer to the glass, but when he did; the first person he turned to see was Reno alone, in a weird and unusual way. His crimson eyes widened and his breathing quickened, as if this was the first time Vincent saw at least one person. Reno was confused.
"I think he likes you," said Rude. "Hey, Reno...Where ya going?" asked one of the Turks. The red headed Turk approaches the glass, staring at Valentine as he kept the red head in his sight. Vincent tried to touch Reno's face, but the glass prevented this. While the former Turk stared into Reno's eyes, the left sliding door opens; revealing a scientist and a bio-engineer. The bio-engineer carried a syringe; while the scientist held a vial of hormone sedatives.
"Why are you acting like this?" asked Reno. "Don't leave me here. You have to help me. I'll do whatever you want, just help me, please," Vincent pleaded, actually begging.
"Don't get attached to him, Reno. He's just saying that so he can escape from here. When that happens, he'll slaughter all of us. Its better to stay away," said Hojo. Jerimiah guides Reno away from the glass to the others. This causes Vincent to call out to him, "No! Don't leave me here! Come back!" After he finished, the bio-engineer calls to him.
"Vincent...Its time for your dose now," he said to the experiment. "No...I don't want any more sedatives. Why can't you just let me be!" Vincent responded. Suddenly, a small current of electricity courses through him from the collar. He knew that Hojo pressed the button, due to his disobedience. Vincent falls onto his knees in agony, pleading for mercy.
"Stop! Please! I'll be good! I'll be good!" pleaded Vincent. Reno watched the whole scene, filled with grief and sorrow. He couldn't let these emotions interfere with his job and mission; so he puts them a side and did what he was told. Now shocked into submission, Vincent remained still for the bio-engineer. He takes the serum filled syringe and sticks the needle into the back of Valentine's neck, injecting the sedative into his body.
"Good..Your fine, your fine," said the bio-engineer, finishing the injection. Vincent felt sleepy afterwards, instantly becoming calm. "There you are. Feeling better now?" asked the bio-engineer. Vincent nodded in return. From the left door, Hojo enters the containment room, but prepared in case Vincent attack. The demented scientist begins to pat the experiment's head and hair. Vincent tensed, but allowed this.
"Have we learned yet?" asked Hojo. Vincent shook like a leaf, but calmed enough to nod in response. "Good. Turn and face me, Valentine," answered Hojo. Valentine did as he was told.
"President Shinra has given you a special task. We have two SOLDIERS that escaped the labs three months ago. Their names are Cloud and Sephiroth. I bet you remember that name, 'Sephiroth'?" asked Hojo. "Yes...You made him," answered Vincent.
"That's right. We need your help, Vincent. We need your help to find them," said Hojo. "Am I...Tasked to destroy them?" asked Vincent. "President Shinra wants Cloud and Sephiroth alive, but you can kill those remnants if you desire, but not Cloud and Sephiroth. Your going to be aiding the Turks during this time. We will prepare you for this tomorrow at dawn. Don't fail us," said Hojo. With the task explained to Vincent, he understood and prepared for this journey. This could be the best chance at freedom, but at a tender cost.