7 Shot Serenade
He shouldn't have gotten too far involved, but he couldn't help it. It was for the one he loved. He had to pay the price…Just because of his actions and trying to prevent seeing anything happen to his one and only love, Lucrecia. He couldn't help it, it was pure instinct to get involved, but when Hojo caught wind of what he was doing, the mad scientist ended it all with a single bullet.
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The door slowly opened. Hojo poked his head in and then entered, cackling underneath his breath. "What are you doing, Vincent?" Hojo asked as he approached the long haired ex-Turk. Vincent turns around and looks back at the mad scientist. "Why do you want to know?" Vincent says sharply. Hojo sits next to him and looks deeply into the young man's eyes. " Don't catch a tone with me.." Hojo grabs Vincent's face and holds it in place. " You seem to be quite the gutsy one today, but listen here. You better hold your tongue when you're talking to me, because I'll have you experience the same thing that you did two days ago." The white coat clad man lets go of Vincent's face and stands up. "I have to go.." Hojo states. " Prepare for several tests to be done when I get back." Hojo exits the room, closing the door behind him.
"Why don't you just kill him already?! If you can't do it…I will." A voice stated. Vincent looks towards the door to see Chaos standing there, giving a devious smile. Vincent stands up and approaches the winged devil and stops looking him in the eyes. "It's impossible, the bands that I wear on my wrists keep me from attempting anything that may be considered escaping or assault. What can I do?" Vincent asks. Chaos examines the shiny black bands that were on the ex-Turk's wrists.
" They may be powerful, but they're not unbreakable."
"Can you break them?"
"No….Not in this state….Being a projection of your ."
"So how can I get rid of them?"
"Does Hojo ever take them off of you."
"Yes…"
"When?"
Vincent begins to cringe at images that flew through his head as he thought about the last time he took off the bands. The ONLY time that Hojo took the midnight black bands from around the young man's wrist was when Hojo was having his way with him. He only took the bands off so that Vincent would be able to put up a fight as Hojo horribly raped him. That mad scientist loved those who put up a fight.
Chaos noticed Vincent's sour expression upon his face and closed his eyes to see what he was thinking about. Chaos's face lit up as he saw Vincent's thoughts race though his mind. "Oh, I see now. That's why there are scars up and down your body. Hojo did that." Chaos said in a surprised tone. Vincent unbuttons his white shirt and looks down at his chest. He gazes upon the various scars that decorated his pale body. "They bring back horrid memories." He states. " I prefer not to think about them…"
"Hm….Well I can't help you there…You might have to earn a few more if you want to be set free."
"What?"
"You know what I mean…"
"What are you saying?!"
"Get Hojo to take them off."
Vincent's eyes widened and he gave a Chaos a death glare. Chaos smiles and folds his arms. " You know better than I do that there isn't any other way than to piss the old bastard off and get him to abuse you in ways unknown to man." Chaos bluntly states. Vincent quickly turns around and begins to stare out of the window. He hated the idea that Chaos suggested to him and prefer that he not attempt such a feat, but there may be no other choice. "You have no other choice, Vincent…You'll have to do something that'll piss the fool off…and piss him off good." Chaos informs. "And I know a way….See that door? Well all you have to do is break it down and roam around the house…Simple enough? It doesn't matter what you do in this mansion…For all I care….Go outside and run around. Go far-"Chaos was interrupted by Vincent who said, "But these bands prevent me from escaping."
"But wait…There's a major flaw to those bands and I will tell you. They require a button to be pressed, but guess what? Hojo's not around to press that awful button now is he? Now go over there, break that door down and escape."
Vincent approached the door and stood there, staring at the dull, tarnished, brass knob. Then he looks up and a frown came upon his face as he kicked the door down and exited the room. Vincent roamed the house, he knew that he had enough time to basically do anything since Midgar was quite far from Nibelheim and it only took a few hours when riding in a jet, but Hojo was going to get that fixed today. That would mean Vincent would be confined in the Shinra building for as long as he knew it, that is, if he can do something about his current situation before Hojo attempts forcing him to go to Midgar. Vincent goes down the stairs and out of the door.
As he steps into the light of day, Vincent shields his eyes from the blinding light. He notices that Chaos's image disappeared, but this didn't bother him, he knew that Chaos was there in his mind waiting for his moment to shine. "Now which way…" He went south, past the hotel and left Nibleheim. He was free, and he had never thought that something like this was so easy, but this also made him skeptical of what's to come.
Vincent looks at the vast mountain ranges that surrounded him; he even looked across the vast body of water that was a few miles in front of him. He could choose one of three choices. The first choice was to travel across and reside in Corel Village where there was a slim chance of Hojo finding him. Second was to turn back and head in the other direction. Vincent could've always gone up Mt.Nibel's mountain paths and eventually hit Rocket Town or lastly he could try and cross the water, but that would only decrease his chance of surviving that task. The young man had to think and he finally decided. "Rocket Town it is…"He declared as he headed back into town. Before he took a full step inside of the town limits, Vincent caught a good glimpse at a white coat. Now, Vincent's mind was racing, his heart was beating faster and faster, and he could feel himself sweat. He couldn't see a head, just a body. Vincent slowly creeped around the corner and squatted behind a crate, carefully looking at the other people that stood around the gate to the Shinra Mansion. Vincent touched the holster that was strapped to his thigh. "Damn, " He muttered. " I don't have my weapon on hand."
Crash! Boom! Crack! Many noises of destruction spilled out of the house and into the open. The person in the white coat ran out of the house and exited the gates. "Where the hell is he?!" He yelled. Vincent knew that voice very well. It was Hojo, but why was he back so early…It was too early for him to be back in Nibelheim. Vincent did the first thing that came to mind…run. He left the town and sped out into the open fields. "Why not let me take over?" Chaos suggests. The voices in his mind began to rise and speak up. Death Gigas, Galian Beast, Hellmasker, and Chaos were all adding in their own suggestion, but Chaos demanded the floor and took it. The other three shut their mouths quickly and allowed Chaos to speak. "Let me take over, I have wings and I can fly for long distances and I wish to kill all those who oppose me especially that bastard Hojo."
"I refuse…"
"Do you not care about your life or do you wish to kill us all?"
"Neither…I'll just climb Mt. Corel and continue over to Corel Village."
"NO, I will take over this pathetic body and do the right thing. Your foolish plans piss me off!"
Chaos began to rebel in Vincent's body. Vincent fell to his knees and wrapped his arms around himself trying to keep the demon in. Chaos was putting up a fight, one that Vincent may lose. Chaos clawed at the barrier that separated him from the real world, being on the outside, or however you wanted to put it. "Just give in Vincent! Your fragile body can't handle me ripping at this wall forever! I'll break through and then all hell will break lose and I will show Hojo who's boss!" Chaos shouts. Chaos's strikes at the barrier become harder and harder and Vincent could feel himself weaken from the strain.
Inside, Chaos had cracked the barrier. "Vincent, don't you trust me? I am only going to kill that sorry bastard, Hojo…no one else, I promise." He assured the struggling human that he resided in. "Just let go. That's all you have to do. Let go and drop the barrier that you have placed between me and the only way out." There was too much strain on Vincent's fragile body. Eventually, the poor man slowly closed his eyes and did what Chaos said and let go which severed all ties with the mental barrier that he placed to contain Chaos. The demon took this perfect opportunity and revealed himself . Vincent was completely transformed, he looked demonic with his huge black and red wings and yellow eyes. "Free, at last!" Chaos stated in a relieved manner. "Now to take care of business."
Chaos jetted off and flew through the town's entrance. The frustrated scientist was standing infront of the gates sending out people left and right making sure that the cover every possible area even though he had a limited number of people. Chaos hovered over head and smirked down upon them. "Hojo!" Chaos called out. Hojo immediately looked up into the sky and saw Chaos floating in the air. Hojo called his men back and then returns his attention to Chaos. "Chaos…" He hissed. "What do think you are doing breaking out of your room? I've told you, especially Vincent, many times to stay in that room until I get back. Attempted escape equals punishment and to think I have encountered a special guest before I could take off. The President of Shinra is here to see you and Vincent. Let's make this simple and let this day go by smoothly by having you come down from there and going into the mansion." Chaos folds his arms and laughs manically.
"Like hell I am! I know your trick. I'm not stupid Hojo…Why would President Shinra be here?! He would never personally see you unless he definitely had to."
Hojo snickers and gives Chaos a devious look.
"Okay, so what? I lied, but I do need you to come with me, my wondrous experiment…We're moving to a complex in midgar. I need you to come with me."
"And what exactly makes you think that I would come with you just because you said that?! Cause you would have to drag my carcass over to midgar, but I doubt it that you would ever kill me."
"Humph! I'm tired of all of this psycho babble…I'm going to end this nonsense."
Hojo signals the men that came with him to exit that town. It was about to get violent in Nibelheim. Chaos was at a slight disadvantage because he didn't have his gun, the Death Penalty, with him. Hojo on the other hand didn't like getting his hands dirty so he had his own way of getting the job done. Hojo reached into his pocket and pulled out two capsules. He throws them onto the ground in front of him and within a flash two hideous monsters arise from the ground, ready to spill blood. Chaos smirks and readies his hand. He holds his arm down at an angle and aims for the monsters in front of Hojo. He launches a large dark red beam down at the ground. It causes a huge explosion that, luckily, didn't destroy the town, but was strong enough to blow Hojo's creatures up and send the scientist flying into the wall behind him. Chaos lets out maniacal laughter as he watched Hojo stand up. "Damn you." Hojo muttered.
A shadow flies by Chaos. Chaos whirls around to find out that no one was there and before he knew it, he found himself on the ground wounded. "What the hell?" Chaos mumbles into the ground. "I couldn't even see what or who that…." Before Chaos could finish his sentence he transformed back into the raven haired Vincent Valentine. Hojo loomed over him with a sneer on his face. He kneeled down and lifted Vincent's head up by his hair. "Don't think that you're going to go on without proper punishment…Wait until we get to Midgar. I'll show you punishment at it's fullest." Hojo threatened. He let Vincent's hair go and stood up. The young Ex-Turk blacked out and his body became limp and loose. Hojo looked over his shoulder and snorted.
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Chaos's decisions were reckless. He was always like that even before he was a part of Vincent. It seems as if he hadn't changed a bit.
Vincent regained consciousness and found himself in a well lighted room. He sat up and noticed that the wound that he mysteriously received, which was a large gash in the side, was dressed in clean bandages. He stood up and looked for a shirt. He found a clean white shirt folded in a chair in the corner that wasn't too far from where he was standing. The room wasn't big it was small, quite like a prison cell, but it wasn't much better than the old musty room that he stayed in before. There was a small silver toilet in one corner, a bed near the wall, and a chair in another corner. Vincent slipped the shirt on but didn't button it up. He moved over to the door and began twisting the knob, but it appeared to be locked. "Not again…" Vincent groaned. He returned to the bed and sat down.
Click! Clack! Clack! The knob began to rattle and then the door slammed wide open. Hojo charged it slamming the door close on his way in. "What the hell were you thinking?! Were you trying to ruin me?! Put me to my death?! Oh, I see, you were in cahoots with Chaos! You let him take over your body just so he could be the one to kill me! You want death, hunh?" Hojo ranted. Vincent didn't want to listen, but he practically had no choice but to, but his mind began to wander, but he knew that he had to eventually lie just so he could save his own ass. Vincent needed to get out of this room before things got hot. "I was trying to find you." Vincent blurted. Hojo stopped ranting to ask. "What?" Vincent continued on with his lie.
"I was looking for you…"
"Why? I was only going to Midgar…What's the deal?"
"I…I…I wanted to give you something."
"Like what?"
"A file…"
"What file?!"
Vincent was backed into a corner. He didn't know what files that Hojo had as a matter of fact he hadn't left the room in 5 years so how could he know what files Hojo had? Yet, it seemed as if Hojo was buying it. Now was a great time for Vincent to take the opportunity and run with it. Now was his chance for him to get Hojo out of the room.
"The Delta file…You dropped it in the hallway."
"Do you have it?"
"I didn't….have time to pick it up."
"That doesn't make any…..Wait…"
Hojo glared at Vincent, it seemed as if he caught on for a moment. Then things began to turn in Vincent's favor, for awhile.
"What color was it?"
Color?! Color! I didn't know that there were colors. Vincent thought as he stood up and began to move a little though it was a little difficult for him. Vincent decided to pull a color out of thin air.
"It was red."
"Red?"
"Yes, red."
Hojo folded his arms and thought. "I lost a red file? Well I guess I need to go and check and see if you're right." Hojo states. The scientist leaves and partially closes the door behind him. Vincent gives a heavy sigh of relief and opens the door. He looks down the hall to see if the coast was clear and fortunately it was. Vincent carefully and cautiously walks down the hallway making sure he doesn't get caught. He turns a corner and enters the stairwell. He speeds down the stairs quickly, but carefully. Once he hit the first floor he jetted out of the stairwell and ran into something black.
"Ow!" Said the mysterious person, but Vincent on the other hand was quickly apologizing as fast as he could. "What's wrong, why are you in such a hurry?" Vincent looked at the person and noticed that he was one of the Turks. Vincent's mind began to panic. What if he knows Hojo and what if he tells him that he escaped…If that ever happens then he would be screwed for life. "I need to go…Seriously…I need to go." Vincent said hastily. The man places his hand on Vincent's shoulder. "You look familiar, do I know you? I'm Tseng." He says. Vincent looks towards the floor uneasily. He knew Tseng; he used to work with him a few years before Hojo got to him. "Well that's not important." Tseng says. Vincent breaks away from Tseng and runs out of the building, in fear of being caught by Hojo if he found out that he escaped. Tseng looks at the fleeing Vincent and says to himself. "Something's wrong. He's trying to escape from something or some one…I have a feeling that he'll be back." Tseng walks up the stairs.
Outside rain was falling heavily upon Midgar. Vincent had no idea where to go, as long as it was far away from Hojo. He began walking forward. He knew that he need to get out of this rain as soon as possible but his determination didn't let him stop. He came to the edge of a bridge that arched over train tracks. He could hear a Train coming in the distance. When the train revealed itself, Vincent hopped over the edge and hitched a free train ride to the sector 7 slums where he hopped off and proceeded into the main part. "You seriously need to man up and kill Hojo." Chaos suggested. Vincent ignored him and entered the nearest building that he could find.
"Welcome to Seventh Heaven, How may I help you?" Said a busty woman with long brown hair. Vincent sat in a chair and said nothing. "Keep me away from that place. " What place?" the woman said. "Tifa, don't mess with him… He's probably some crazy that stumbled in hoping to get some free drinks." A blonde haired man mutters to the woman. "Cloud!!! It looks serious!" Tifa snaps. She walks over and kneels beside him. "What's wrong?" Vincent looks up at her and shakes his head. "Don't worry…I don't want to get you involved…" He replies. Tifa shakes her head and gives Vincent a concerned look. "No, no, no. I want to help you. You look as if you could be in some serious trouble." Tifa states. "I'm more than willing to help you in anyway possible and Cloud is more than willing to help too." Vincent gives a small smile in response to Tifa. "I'm sorry." Vincent begins. "You're offering me your help, but I cannot accept. I must go at this on my own. You have little knowledge of who I have to deal with…" He stands up and heads towards the door. "Wait." Cloud calls. Vincent turns around and looks at the blonde. "If you need anything, don't be afraid to come by here." Vincent smirks and nods then makes his way out of the door.
Hojo stormed down the hallway and into President Shinra's office. "I demand use of the Turks." He shouts. President Shinra faces Hojo and stands up straightening his coat. "Why's that?" Shinra asks. Hojo clears his throat and begins to speak. "You know my recent experiment, Vincent? Well he somehow escaped and now he's in Midgar roaming around trying to run away from me. I need the Turks to go out and look for him and capture him." Shinra places his hands in his pockets and approaches Hojo. "Certainly, I let you use them. Just make sure that you know what you're doing. I'll let you organize the mission and you can carry out the plan. Just don't screw up!" Hojo leaves the office and begins walking over to where the Turks resided, before he touched the door a voice sounded behind him. "What do you need with the Turks, Hojo?" Hojo looks over his shoulder to find Tseng looking at him. "You'll see." He opens the door and enters the room, Tseng follows behind him.
"Well if it isn't the mad scientist himself!!!" Reno shouts. "What are you doing in here?" Hojo glares at Reno and walks past him. "I have a mission for you-"Hojo is interrupted by a question from Reno. "Are we getting paid extra for this?" Hojo shoots Reno another nasty look. "I want you to bring back Vincent Valentine for me." Reno spoke up once again with, " Isn't that the guy you brought in earlier with the long black hair, red eyes, pale skin….When he came in here he was wearing red and black." Hojo glares once more and then states. "You just won't shut up, will you?"
"Why should I?"
"Cause you're getting on my nerves."
"Good…I aim to please."
"I am going to shoot you."
"Go ahead, you old geezer."
Hojo reaches into his coat for his pistol, but is stopped by Tseng. "Reno, stop being an ass and listen." Tseng commands. Hojo places the pistol back into his coat and then continues. "Well, as I was saying before I was rudely interrupted and yes you're right Reno….That's how he looks, but he's unarmed so there's nothing to worry about….sort of." Elena places her hands on her hips and asks "What do you mean sort of?!" Hojo chuckles slightly and answers Elena's question. "Well, he can transform into four deadly creatures: Death Gigas, Hell Masker, Galian Beast, and lastly Chaos. You need to beware of Chaos, he could probably take over Vincent's body at any moment and kill you all. Yes, he's just that powerful. Chaos is willing to rip your heads off and shove them up your ass or another person's. Knowing Chaos he'd probably do something worse." The whole room was silent, so silent that you could hear a pin drop. Rude began to rant. " Are you crazy?!!! You expect us to just go out there and capture some man with a rabid demon in him?! You must be out of your damn mind thinking that I going to get my head shoved up Reno, Elena, or Tseng's ass just so I can find Vincent Valentine!!! Hell no! And I mean it!" Hojo chuckles. " You have no choice. It is President Shinra's order." Rude begins cursing under his breath. "I would like all of you to start right now if you don't mind. Oh, and if you survive, you'll be getting extra on your paycheck." The Turks begin exiting the room. "So how are we going to cover all of Midgar and find him? Before we find him or even think about finding him, he's going to be good and gone." Reno states bluntly. " Just prepare to have your head shoved up someone's ass, Reno." Rude states and then laughs at his own remark. Elena and Tseng groan and begin walking faster. " How about we just split up?" Elena suggests. Everyone stops and looks at the young blonde woman with surprise. "You're kidding me!!!! Did Elena just-" Reno began and Rude continued with "Come up with a plan?!" And Tseng ends it with. "Because she never comes up with plans it's always me who thinks up the stuff." Then the three of them say together. "What's the world coming to?" Then with out warning Hojo walks by saying, "An end!" He then continues walking laughing maniacally. "What a bastard…." Reno mutters. "Heard that!!!" Hojo yells. "Deduction from payment!" Reno yells then he notices that his teammates left him. He ran down stairs after them.
Sector six slums weren't the best place to end up at, but Vincent was there and he knew nothing of these different areas. He began to wander and search for a place to stay. He saw too hotels in the area both of them were very unappealing to him, but a place is a place. A hotel wasn't meant to be all that appealing, just suitable enough to bring in customers. Vincent saw the Honey Bee Inn and turned his nose up at it. Then he moved on to the…Less flashy one and decided to put up enough money for a three night's stay. Vincent stayed in his room over half of the time, he wasn't interested in going out and seeing what's in town mainly because he knew that the Turks were probably out and about searching for him. Occasionally he would go out to eat or get some take out, but nothing more. Even though it was his first day being away from Hojo, somehow he felt as if he was being confined in some way. Vincent turned on the television and began to watch it. An image of Chaos appears next to him. "So are you planning on killing anyone lately?" The demon asks. Vincent once again ignores Chaos and watches the television.
"On today's news," The woman on the television reports. "A person escapes from the Shinra building. It is said that he is potentially dangerous and extreme caution should be exorcised when you encounter this subject. Do not and I repeat do not fight him. If you encounter this subject call 526-000-XXXX to contact Shinra and report your sightings. So far sources say that the Turks are on this case. They have been dispersed through out Midgar and are currently-" Vincent shuts the TV off and lies down on the bed. " I might be screwed." Vincent mutters. Chaos looks down at Vincent and says. "I could've told you that and if you would listen to me and let me kill some people then I could remedy you of all of this once and for all." He leans over and whispers something into Vincent's ear. Vincent's eyes widen and he quickly sits up and looks over at Chaos. "You remember that event? Surprising, now you couldn't forget that day. It was my favorite day of all." Chaos continues. Vincent's eyes slightly glowed but he closed his eyes and shook his head and when he reopened his eyes they were back to their normal color. "Must you torment me? Do I actually deserve this?" Vincent asks. Chaos stands up and folds his arms.
" Deal with it Vincent…You almost slipped. If you let my bad intentions seep through, then I might decide to take over your body and reap havoc on the Shinra cooperation."
" What would the point of that be?"
" To get back at Hojo and all of them Shinra bastards that resides there. Heck why not just blow up all of Midgar? Then we won't have to worry about anything."
" You wouldn't do that…."
"Oh? Do you want to bet?"
Vincent was afraid to take Chaos up on his offer. He knew that Chaos was the type to actually go out and blow stuff up and he knew that the conniving demon would do it just for the sight of blood. "Nothing to say?" Chaos taunted. Vincent stayed silent. " Thought so." A knock came from the door and Vincent sat up and looked over at the oak door. He stands up and moves over to the door looking through the peephole. Vincent backed away from the door slowly. He looks over at the window and slowly opens it. "What are you escaping or something?" Chaos asks. Vincent didn't say anything and just exited the hotel through the window. " You can't escape, Vincent." Vincent stops and looks over his shoulder at a shadowy figure that just stood there staring at him. Surprisingly it wasn't any of the Turks but the silver haired man himself, Sephiroth. "Why are you here?" Vincent asks him. Sephiroth chuckles and then approaches Vincent and wraps an arm around him and mumbles into his ear, " You can't escape Hojo…He will find you…and when he does you know what'll happen." Sephiroth disappears before the next word could be uttered. Vincent took a few steps forward and looked at his surroundings. Sephiroth was gone, nowhere to be found. Vincent reenters the hotel and quickly walks by the Hotel manager and back into his room. Vincent lies down and closes his eyes hoping to get goodnights sleep. Outside the room the hotel manager was making a private phone call to some people on the upper plate, without a doubt it was Shinra. Once the phone call was finished the manager places the phone down quietly and hopes for immediate results as he sneaks off to bed.
The next day, Vincent is slowly walking across the room and into the main hallway. He stopped at the vending machine and snagged a large honey bun from it. As he left the fact that he needed a gun became the main thing on his mind. He exited the hotel and went directly to the weapons shop. He placed his hand on the door knob and tried to turn it only to find out that it was locked. "It's closed. I'll have to come back later." Vincent states to himself. "You're not coming back." A familiar voice states. Vincent turns around slowly and finds Tseng pointing a gun at him. Tseng approached Vincent with a look of sadness spread across his face. "Even though I don't know you as well…I feel sorry for you. I understand why you are running. Yet, I cannot let you go any further, either you can surrender, or I can make you submit by force. Chaos appeared beside Vincent grinning from ear to ear. "I could always kill him." Chaos suggests. "Don't resist me…Practically there's nowhere to go." Tseng continues. Vincent raises his golden arm and charges straight forward at Tseng. The young Turk dropped his gun and caught Vincent in his arms. Vincent thought that this was a martial arts move and decided to attempt escape, but something was wrong. Tseng's defense grip was actually an embrace. Vincent was then lost in confusion. "I feel your pain…" Tseng mumbled. "Though it has never happened to me…I can feel what it's like just being near you, but I'm sorry." Tseng ended it all with one mighty blow to Vincent's stomach. Vincent began to lose consciousness and fall to the ground. Before he touched the ground Tseng caught him and then picked him up. "I'm sorry, Tseng muttered. He began to carry him off.
"Where are they?! It's been too long." Hojo asks. Hojo was getting more and more pissed by the moment. He paced back and forward in the room that he stayed in. Hojo couldn't stand it anymore. He exited the room and quickly walked down the hall. "Why in such a hurry?" A white coated man asks. It was Rufus, President Shinra's son. He was a well dressed suave man who could tolerate many things, except for Heidegger's stupid laugh. "Don't mind me! I'm pissed…The Turks are taking too long." Hojo replies.
"Too long? Well…I just saw their helicopter just a while ago."
"It's been a day and eight hours since they left and…Wait they're here?"
"Yes…Just wait patiently and they'll be here."
Hojo went back into his room and shuts the door. He sits in a chair and waits patiently. Fifteen minutes passed and a small knocking came from the door. "Come in!" Hojo said with a demanding tone. The door slowly opens and Vincent walks in and slowly closes the door with deep disappointment on his face. "Lock the door…" Hojo commands. Vincent does as he is told and locks the door. The ex-Turk could feel his heart race. He began to speak but before a word could be uttered Hojo had slammed him against the wall and was strongly holding him tightly by his throat. Rage was painted across Hojo's face. He was pissed and it was very obvious. "You're dead!" Hojo growls, Vincent begins to prepare for the worst as Hojo lets go and walks away. "Sit." Hojo commands. Vincent sits on the plushy bed that sat near the wall. Hojo remained standing and moved over to a cabinet. He opened one of the doors and reached inside. Hojo pulled out a large knife and glared back at Vincent. He knew it. When Hojo said the words your dead it obviously meant it literally. "What are you-" Hojo readied the knife and then-
End of Part 1
