Chapter 2: The Great Escape (And Even Greater Ninja Detective Yuffie)
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"How could you do that?! Use your own child for an experiment?!"
"Silence!" the faded out man shouted as a enormous 'bang' was heard.
The former turk fell to the ground with a loud thump as the bullet dug a hole into his chest. His vision blurred as he struggled to breathe, only to result in blood rushing into his lungs with each failed attempt. He winced as the maniacal laughter of his murderer grew louder and louder until the shrill sound pounded inside his head.
The image of the mad scientist transformed, showing a woman with emerald eyes and a white lab coat suddenly collapse onto a wooden floor. The scene then flashed from that of the woman to a man with long silver hair smiling wickedly at the turk.
He tried to call out his lovers' name but not a sound left his mouth as everything went black.
"LUCRECIA!!" Vincent bolted upright, his eyes wide with fear and sweat running down his pale back. After taking a few deep breaths he looked over and was relieved to see the dark silhouette of the ex-SOLDIER in the bed on the other side of the room. The gunman ripped the soaking sheets off of his legs and quietly padded into the bathroom. After softly closing the door, he went to the sink and splashed water in his face while trying to forget about the dream that kept playing over and over through his mind.
"Lucrecia..." he repeated softly to himself before shaking his head sadly. He silently exited the room and checked the time. '5:30. It's to early to go back to sleep, might as well take a walk to pass the time' he thought to himself.
About fifteen minutes later he was tightening the last buckle on his red cape and he proceeded to head outside of the inn.
'I don't deserve the freedom of being able to wander this planet...' Vincent thought, his metal boots making a heavy thudding sound as they repeatedly fell upon the dirt road that lead into town.
'Let's see, what's next? Well there's already been: I don't deserve to breathe, I don't deserve to walk, I don't deserve to have friends. Oh, and there was: I don't deserve to speak, I don't deserve to...' Chaos continued to try and name everything that Vincent had ever said that he didn't deserve, which was starting to give him a massive headache.
'Is there anything that think you deserve you idiot?!'
Vincent had to ponder for a moment on the demons' question. Did he truly deserve anything? No. A monster didn't deserve anything. Except for one thing maybe.
'Actually, I think there is something I deserve.'
'What?! The dark, emotionless, prince of brooding can actually think of something that he deserves! I'm speechless!' Chaos exclaimed with as much sarcasm and entirely over the top drama that he could muster into the sentence.
'Another demon that can constantly remind me of how much I don't deserve to exist'
'And he surprises me yet again! So you want me to help you find a sexy girl that'll wear some plastic bat wings and fuck you every day just so that you feel really guilty about "betraying" your dead chick. Then you'd be constantly thinking about how undeserving you are of everything! That's a very smart idea if I do say myself Mr. Broody.'
Vincent grimaced. That demon could be utterly... distasteful at times. 'I meant that I am deserving of you, Chaos. You seem to continue to remind me of what a monster I am.' he looked down at his golden claw in disgust as if to verify that his last statement was true.
'I'm the first thing that dark and depressive actually thinks that he deserves?! Should I be honored?'
Vincent ignored the last comment and continued walking forward, the slight breeze making his tattered cape ripple back and forth. He stopped when he came across a small diner that seemed to be begging him to go inside. He was a bit thirsty so it wouldn't hurt to get a cup of coffee, right? The ex-turk cautiously pushed open the glass door and stepped inside.
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'Ugh, who the hell is screaming this early in the morning?!' The blonde sat up and yawned loudly before nearly being tackled onto the floor by a flying ninja, or so it seemed.
"CLOUD!! VINNIE'S GONE!! WE HAVE TO FIND HIM!! WHAT IF HE GOT KIDNAPED BY A GIANT, FLEE INFESTED, MAN EATING CHOCOBO!! OR WHAT IF HE ACCIDENTLY LOCKED HIMSELF IN THE CLOSET AND HE'S DYING FROM LACK OF OXYGEN!!! I mean it would make sense and all cuz' if he like coffins then he would like closets, right? RIGHT!?"
'I should have known...' Cloud glared daggers at the ninja that was shaking him by the shoulders as if he were a can of spray paint. "Yuffie, what are you doing?"
"I'll SAVE YOU VINNIE!!" Yuffie charged the closet door at full speed
"Yuffie! There isn't anyone in the..." Cloud yelled but was a couple seconds too late. "...closet." Yuffie ran face first into the wooden door and stumbled backwards landing flat on her ass.
The resulting crash woke up just about everyone that was staying at the inn.
"Oh my gods, what happened?!" Tifa yelled bursting into the room with the rest of Avalanche following closely behind, all wearing their pajamas and looking half-dead.
Cloud sighed. "It seems that Yuffie had the revelation that Vincent was locked in the closet dying from lack of oxygen."
Everyone stood silent, staring wide-eyed at a black and blue Yuffie with a small nosebleed sitting on the floor, rubbing her forehead.
"I shoulda' known it'd have somethin' to do wit that brat." Barret turned and walked out of the room grumbling obscenities as he shuffled down the hallway.
Aeris walked across the wooden floor and cast cure on the young girl. "Are you alright?"she asked with a bit of concern in her voice while trying to mask a yawn.
"I'm fine...ouch... oh my, LEVIATHON! WHERE'S VINNIE!! I DIDN'T SAVE HIM!?" Yuffie jumped up and waved her arms in the air, seeming to completely forgetting how much her head had previously hurt a few seconds ago.
Tifa walked to the other side of the room and opened up the closet for Yuffie. " See? Vincent is not dying in the closet..." she said with an annoyed look on her face.
Yuffie examined every single square inch of the small closet for nearly 15 minutes before exiting the small space with a toothy grin. "After my super ninja inspection, I have concluded that Vinnie is not in the closet. Of course, I knew that all along! But anyway, it could only mean..."
"YUFFIE, NO!" everyone yelled simultaneously.
"But what are we gonna do! Vincent just disappeared! He's probably calling out to me for help in his last dying breaths!" Yuffie responded trying to sound as heart broken and emotional as possible. Of course this didn't work very well because Yuffie was possibly the worst actor in the history of Gaia, according to Cait Sith.
"Which reminds me, Yuffie." Cloud began. "How did you find out that Vincent was missing?" he ended with an almost evil smirk.
"Oh well you see... I... ummmm... ah hah! iwasjustgoingtocheckthetimecuzmyclockwasntworkingandwelltimetogocya!" with that, Yuffie sped out the door and out of the inn.
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"Well, now that we've wasted an hour dealing with Yuffie, we only have an hour until we were supposed to meet outside. So I guess we should all hurry up and get ready." everyone left Clouds' room and headed back to their own to get ready. 'Gods help her if that brat does anything stupid again...'
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Authors Note: I tried to experiment a little with this chapter in adding a bit of humor. I'm finding that Cloud is probably the hardest character to write so I'm constantly worrying if he's OOC. So if anyone has any suggestions, please do tell. Thanks for reading, and I should have the next chapter out in a couple of days ) ps: I'm trying to decide between making this Vincent/OC or Yuffentine, maybe I'll do both.
