I wanted you to know,

That I love the way laugh.

'She's so beautiful, too bad she's someone else's...' Vincent eyed the young woman in front of him. "Your name?" he questioned, realizing that he didn't know the woman's name.

She laughed nervously, shuffling her feet slightly before smiling up at the Turk before her. "Oh sorry! My name's Lucrecia Cresent. Pleased to meet you, Vincent." 'That laugh.. that smile...'

I want to hold you high and steal your pain away.

'He abuses her! Damn that man! He can't do that to her! Its unfair!' Vincent mentally screamed, while listening in on a conversation between Lucrecia and her husband, Hojo. "...And we'll do another Mako fusion tomorrow, then check up on the baby's progress, ok?"

"..."

"Answer me woman!"

"Yes...Hojo..."

'Oh damn.' Vincent leapt away from the door as the doorknob turned, before dashing down the hall. "Vincent?..." her voice rang out, but he didn't turn back.

I keep your photograph

And I know it serves me well.

I want to hold you high and steal your pain.

Flashbacks hit Vincent as he sat in the cave where her body was held in its Mako prison. Sighing, he pulled out the one photo he had of the two together. It was taken while they were down in the lab, his gun drawn, while she stood closer to him than Hojo would've allowed, with her hand resting on his arm, smiling at the camera. It seemed to calm him slightly, knowing that he had something at his home besides broken memories to remember her by. "I just wish I could've stopped him, and taken away your pain..."

Because I'm broken,

When I'm lonesome,

And I don't feel right,

When your gone away.

His heart was broken. That much was clear to him. Was it because he never let anyone into his life? He didn't know. All he knew is that without her he felt empty and worthless.

You've gone away and,

You don't feel me here anymore.

'Are you even alive anymore? I don't know. All I know is that you really don't feel me in your presence anymore. You've stopped talking back to me. Or maybe, are you ignoring me, for fear something you say hurts me? You can't hurt me anymore by not talking to me than you can by saying something wrong. Oh Lucrecia... what I'd give to see you alive and happy again...'

The worst is over now,

And we can breathe again,

I want to hold you high and steal my pain away.

'It's all over now. All the trauma and hurt he put you through. Yet, still, you remain encased in crystal. Are you afraid that I hate you now? You would be so wrong to think that. You see, if I hated you, would I come to see you? If I hated you, would I have your picture near me at all times? Lucrecia... you're so wrong to think like that...Because I love you...'

'Cause I'm broken,

When I'm open,

And I don't feel like I am strong enough.

"Oh Vincent... I'm sorry... but I can't stand to face you again... knowing that I hurt you... I must atone for this... I'm not strong enough to break free and see you in person..."

'Cause I'm broken

When I'm lonesome,

And I don't feel right

When your gone away.

"Lucrecia?!" The ex-Turk gunman stood up quickly, walking forward to the Mako pillar in front of him, where his lover was held. Laying his hand gently against the cold surface, he whispered. "Lucrecia... don't leave me..."

"I'm sorry Vincent...its the end..."

"Lucrecia..."

You've gone away and,

You don't feel me here anymore.