Valentine: Ex-Turk Sideshow
Chapter 1: Before the Nightmare
My name is Valentine. Vincent Valentine. This is my story...
I was an officer in the Shin-Ra organization called SOLDIER. I went out on the front lines and felled the enemy like a bulldozer in a forest. I was forced to have the speed of a chocobo, the strength of a behemoth, and the killing power of a bomb. I was fused with Mako energy, the staple energy source of the world under the monopoly of Shin-Ra Corporation. Mako is created from the Lifestream, the source of all life on the planet. There are many organizations bent on stopping the use of Mako by saying that it will soon kill the planet...Stopping them is one of SOLDIER's main functions. One of the most famous is the one at Cosmo Canyon, where they do research into alternate energy sources and working with the Lifestream to save the planet. I remember next to nothing about my time in SOLDIER, except that there was an accident, and I was changed...and then I became a Turk. Turks are the secret service of Shin-Ra. They do the really dirty work. They do kidnapping and assassinations. However, then my nightmare began, and soon I embarked on the quest to save the world, leaving all I had thought about behind...
I have no memory of my parents; the only person I know of is Lucrecia. Lucrecia is the woman I love. However, she left me for that sleaze ball Shin-Ra scientist Hojo. No. I still love her, and I always will. She is the only link to my past...my past...
*~*~*~*~*
"Get down, Valentine!!!"
That voice...Ah, yes..."Get down"? Oh yeah! I dropped to the ground, barely escaping the shrapnel from the bomb explosion. We were in Midgar, the headquarters for Shin-Ra, trying to defuse an anti-Mako terrorist bomb. Obviously we failed. We would not get off easy for that one. Oh well, too bad for us. I tried getting up. I tried. I tried again. Both my legs and my right arm were completely useless thanks to a huge piece of metal coming down on me from above. I called for assistance, and other SOLDIERs began clearing away the plate that was crushing me...
The next thing I remember I was lying on a table under a bright light. I was in a surgery. The doctors told me that both my legs and my right arm were amputated. Also, they said, while they were at it they put an enhancement in one of my eyes, both of my ears, and an extreme Mako fuse boost. They were using me for an experiment. They thought I wouldn't live, so they decided to use me as their guinea pig. I was supposed to have died from that huge dose of Mako. They needed to study me, test my power. From that point on, I was a Turk.
*~*~*~*~*
Me, being one of the Turks!? I can't believe it! I mean, the elite group Turks has accepted me into their ranks? But, it's just a test to see what they have done. All right, I'll give them a show they will enjoy.
I was on a mission to assassinate a man in Midgar, in what was sector 7. He was a top man in another anti-Mako terrorist unit. I thought with my new enhancements, like my cybernetic legs and arm, he would be no match for me. My, how I underestimated him.
To break away from my story for a moment, the scientists at Shin-Ra, also while studying Mako, studied another type of energy release: the Limit Break. They concluded that everyone, with enough provocation and skills, could execute a Limit Break. They wondered what the Mako in me would do to my Limit Break. They were in for a huge surprise.
We were both lying on the ground after a bomb of his affected us both. I was pretty mad, and I had a lot of energy pent up inside me. I seemed to feel no more pain, and I almost thought I could feel my legs and arms as if they were my own. I stood up, a fire raging in my heart. Then the transformation began. My arms and legs turned purple. The shroud that covered my face fell away, and my long black hair turned also purple and red. The red parts of my uniform turned into red fur, and the black changed to the same purple fur. I was turning into a beast. My mouth shot forward and became lined with a row of pointed teeth. My hands and feet turned to paws, and a tail shot from behind. My back twisted, and I fell onto all fours. With a roar/howl that shook the supports 3 sectors away, my transformation was complete.
The man I was sent to destroy had stood up during all of this and just stood there in awe of the sheer power of me. I had started to run, but before he got 3 steps away, I was on him. I ran, jumped, and mauled the back of his head while sinking my jaws into his shoulder, all as I soared past. I dragged him onto the ground, almost ripping his arm from the shoulder. I let go, and slid into a half-turn, facing him. I opened my mouth to roar again, and all of a sudden a fireball shot out of my mouth. It engulfed the man, and I knew he was finished. I was tired, and I transformed back.
*~*~*~*~*
Upon examination of my power, the Shin-Ra officials decided that if I were to go maverick or otherwise defect or become an enemy to Shin-Ra, I would be no match for them. They decided to send me to a place in a condition where I would not be able to return to haunt them, while they looked for a way to secure my power only for their use. Hojo, being the kind scientist, and the scourge that removed me of my love, created a biological program of him with Lucrecia, inserting himself into all the memories of her with me. That was my nightmare, replayed over and over again for several years.
I was sent to Nibelheim, at the foot of Mount Nibel, the home of the old Shin-Ra mansion, where I heard two SOLDIERs were fused with Jenova, a sentient being who creates clones of her in human form. The two SOLDIERs escaped, and outside of Midgar, one was killed and the other hasn't been seen since. They think he died of Mako poisoning, having been fused with about the same amount of Mako as I was. I know he is still alive, if I am, and no one or nothing got to him.
Another SOLDIER, Sephiroth was fused directly with Mako. I also knew it was destiny that we would meet, on what terms I knew not.
I was taken into the basement of the mansion, and locked in a back room, sleeping inside a coffin, damned with the nightmare Hojo created. Revenge would find him soon enough. I drifted off into a long, dark, restless sleep...
Chapter 1: Before the Nightmare
My name is Valentine. Vincent Valentine. This is my story...
I was an officer in the Shin-Ra organization called SOLDIER. I went out on the front lines and felled the enemy like a bulldozer in a forest. I was forced to have the speed of a chocobo, the strength of a behemoth, and the killing power of a bomb. I was fused with Mako energy, the staple energy source of the world under the monopoly of Shin-Ra Corporation. Mako is created from the Lifestream, the source of all life on the planet. There are many organizations bent on stopping the use of Mako by saying that it will soon kill the planet...Stopping them is one of SOLDIER's main functions. One of the most famous is the one at Cosmo Canyon, where they do research into alternate energy sources and working with the Lifestream to save the planet. I remember next to nothing about my time in SOLDIER, except that there was an accident, and I was changed...and then I became a Turk. Turks are the secret service of Shin-Ra. They do the really dirty work. They do kidnapping and assassinations. However, then my nightmare began, and soon I embarked on the quest to save the world, leaving all I had thought about behind...
I have no memory of my parents; the only person I know of is Lucrecia. Lucrecia is the woman I love. However, she left me for that sleaze ball Shin-Ra scientist Hojo. No. I still love her, and I always will. She is the only link to my past...my past...
*~*~*~*~*
"Get down, Valentine!!!"
That voice...Ah, yes..."Get down"? Oh yeah! I dropped to the ground, barely escaping the shrapnel from the bomb explosion. We were in Midgar, the headquarters for Shin-Ra, trying to defuse an anti-Mako terrorist bomb. Obviously we failed. We would not get off easy for that one. Oh well, too bad for us. I tried getting up. I tried. I tried again. Both my legs and my right arm were completely useless thanks to a huge piece of metal coming down on me from above. I called for assistance, and other SOLDIERs began clearing away the plate that was crushing me...
The next thing I remember I was lying on a table under a bright light. I was in a surgery. The doctors told me that both my legs and my right arm were amputated. Also, they said, while they were at it they put an enhancement in one of my eyes, both of my ears, and an extreme Mako fuse boost. They were using me for an experiment. They thought I wouldn't live, so they decided to use me as their guinea pig. I was supposed to have died from that huge dose of Mako. They needed to study me, test my power. From that point on, I was a Turk.
*~*~*~*~*
Me, being one of the Turks!? I can't believe it! I mean, the elite group Turks has accepted me into their ranks? But, it's just a test to see what they have done. All right, I'll give them a show they will enjoy.
I was on a mission to assassinate a man in Midgar, in what was sector 7. He was a top man in another anti-Mako terrorist unit. I thought with my new enhancements, like my cybernetic legs and arm, he would be no match for me. My, how I underestimated him.
To break away from my story for a moment, the scientists at Shin-Ra, also while studying Mako, studied another type of energy release: the Limit Break. They concluded that everyone, with enough provocation and skills, could execute a Limit Break. They wondered what the Mako in me would do to my Limit Break. They were in for a huge surprise.
We were both lying on the ground after a bomb of his affected us both. I was pretty mad, and I had a lot of energy pent up inside me. I seemed to feel no more pain, and I almost thought I could feel my legs and arms as if they were my own. I stood up, a fire raging in my heart. Then the transformation began. My arms and legs turned purple. The shroud that covered my face fell away, and my long black hair turned also purple and red. The red parts of my uniform turned into red fur, and the black changed to the same purple fur. I was turning into a beast. My mouth shot forward and became lined with a row of pointed teeth. My hands and feet turned to paws, and a tail shot from behind. My back twisted, and I fell onto all fours. With a roar/howl that shook the supports 3 sectors away, my transformation was complete.
The man I was sent to destroy had stood up during all of this and just stood there in awe of the sheer power of me. I had started to run, but before he got 3 steps away, I was on him. I ran, jumped, and mauled the back of his head while sinking my jaws into his shoulder, all as I soared past. I dragged him onto the ground, almost ripping his arm from the shoulder. I let go, and slid into a half-turn, facing him. I opened my mouth to roar again, and all of a sudden a fireball shot out of my mouth. It engulfed the man, and I knew he was finished. I was tired, and I transformed back.
*~*~*~*~*
Upon examination of my power, the Shin-Ra officials decided that if I were to go maverick or otherwise defect or become an enemy to Shin-Ra, I would be no match for them. They decided to send me to a place in a condition where I would not be able to return to haunt them, while they looked for a way to secure my power only for their use. Hojo, being the kind scientist, and the scourge that removed me of my love, created a biological program of him with Lucrecia, inserting himself into all the memories of her with me. That was my nightmare, replayed over and over again for several years.
I was sent to Nibelheim, at the foot of Mount Nibel, the home of the old Shin-Ra mansion, where I heard two SOLDIERs were fused with Jenova, a sentient being who creates clones of her in human form. The two SOLDIERs escaped, and outside of Midgar, one was killed and the other hasn't been seen since. They think he died of Mako poisoning, having been fused with about the same amount of Mako as I was. I know he is still alive, if I am, and no one or nothing got to him.
Another SOLDIER, Sephiroth was fused directly with Mako. I also knew it was destiny that we would meet, on what terms I knew not.
I was taken into the basement of the mansion, and locked in a back room, sleeping inside a coffin, damned with the nightmare Hojo created. Revenge would find him soon enough. I drifted off into a long, dark, restless sleep...