Recap:
" Are you sure?" Lance asked.
" Pretty sure. I think they have something against Virgil and Sephiroth." I said.
" Then we need their help." Lance said.
" It looks that way." I said.
Vincent took that exact moment to walk in. He glanced at both of us. His eyes rested on Lance's angry stance.
" You know Virgil and Sephiroth?" Lance asked through clenched teeth. Suddenly, Dante strolled into the room.
" Of course we know them after all we plan to kill them." Dante snapped. He looked angry about something. I had a feeling this wouldn't end well. Both of them pissed.
" So we take it he has your families?" Vincent asked looking at me.
" Sort of. All my direct family is dead, after all I killed them, but all I have is my cousins and they have no one but me. All Lance has is his sister." I said not meeting there gaze.
" Maybe you'd have more family if you didn't kill them." Dante said making a smartass remark. Lance tensed at that.
" You don't know what kind of bastards her family was! They were cold blooded killers! Do you think they treated there kids much better! They beat her everyday till she couldn't stand!" Lance snarled at Dante. Dante had a shocked look on his face.
" It was kill or be killed, besides I enjoyed there cries for mercy." I said smirking looking at Lance.
" Your some twisted kids ya know that." Dante said shaking his head.
" If someone tortured you everyday of your life wouldn't you enjoy revenge." I stated. Dante nodded. Vincent stood regarding the conversation quietly.
" What about your sister?" Vincent asked Lance.
" She's the only thing that matters to me in this world." Lance said darkly clenching his fist.
" Then why the hell are you two partners?" Dante yelled. He obviously thought there was something between me and Lance.
" We were both hired on the same job, we didn't know it so we tried to kill each other. Lance beat the shit out of me. I underestimated his skills. We then found out we had the same job. We worked well as a team, we were a lot stronger. It made our jobs easier, so we joined forces." I said explaining the situation to Dante who was looking confused. It really wasn't that hard to follow.
" We want to help you destroy Virgil and Sephiroth." Lance said.
" Can we trust you?" Vincent asked.
" We have every reason to fight with you and none to fight against you." Lance said.
" Good a reason as any." Vincent said. He motioned for us to follow him down stairs. We followed him down stairs and ended up in a bar.
" This is 7th Heaven." Dante said motioning to the bar. Hmm. I looked around the bar quietly. It seemed peaceful enough. Then a brown haired little girl entered the bar with a curly haired brown haired boy. They're faces brightened when they saw Dante and Vincent.
" Vincent! Dante!" the girl exclaimed running over to them. She wasn't very big and she hugged Vincent's leg and then went and hugged Dante.
" Hey kiddo." Dante said messing up her hair. She then looked at me and Lance. When she looked at Lance she backed away. She hid behind Vincent.
" Don't worry his bark is worse than his bite." I said to the scared girl. Lance then wacked me upside the head.
" Grouch." I grumbled. He then hit me again, this time it hurt.
" Hey! I'm injured ya jerk." I snapped. Lance glared at me. I think I might hide behind Vincent too. He was scary when he got like this. Dante looked from Lance to me, then back to Lance. Lance walked outside. I stared after him.
" He's scary." the little girl mumbled into Vincent's pants.
" Tell me about it." I said. The little girl looked up at me.
" Isn't he your friend? You aren't supposed to be scared of your friends." she said.
" Friend huh? I don't got any of those." I replied. And it was the truth, me and Lance only put up with each other for our loved ones safety. I tolerated Lance, but we were far from being friends, but we had an understanding after all we both had hard lives.
" How can you not have any friends. You've had to have had friends." she said.
" Once opon a time I did kid. Then they turned on me and left me with nothing but the sting of betrayal. There betrayal hurts the worst." I said walking outside. I saw Lance sitting in the ruins of Midgar. I had keen eyes. Dante walked out after me.
" You didn't have to tell a kid that." he snapped. I glanced at him.
" Why? I only speak the truth." I said to him. Dante blinked at me.
" That's not the truth." Dante said.
" The truth is that's the truth of my life, it's how I stay alive. I trust no one and use everyone to my advantage." I said. It was the truth. If I didn't live like this I would have died a long time ago. Dante looked at me. I saw he understood my words.
" What will you do after we rescue your cousins?" Dante asked me.
" I'll give them all my money. Then I'll return to being an assassin for hire. Killing is the only thing I'm good at." I said shrugging.
" There has to be something else your good at." Vincent said from behind me. Shit. I hadn't even heard him walk up.
" Nope." I said. Beside I had always had to fight for mine so I had no time to learn anything other than kill or be killed.
" What's with Lance?" Dante asked. I glanced at Lance.
" He's just being Lance. He's never in a good mood. You'll eventually get used to it. Just don't make jokes about comparing him to a dog, he hates that." I said shrugging as I glanced around my new surroundings. Vincent raised an eyebrow and shook his head.
" That's all you do." Dante commented.
" Yeah, well it's not good for your health. That and don't say anything about his sister and he'll be fine." I said to Dante.
" What about your cousins?" Vincent asked. I glanced at him. He had a clam laid back sort of demeanor, but if need be he could probably tear someone apart. He struck me as sort of lazy, but he seemed very intelligence and he knew how to get to the heart of matter. Unlike Dante he didn't ask irrelevant questions he got strait to the point.
" There are four. 3 girls and 1 boy. They can handle themselves they just tend to get in trouble. They are all just kids though." I said to Vincent.
" Are you sure they can take care of themselves?" Dante asked me. For one the boy had a point. They always got into trouble and I always bailed them out, but I couldn't always bail them out. I'm an assassin for hire, my job is dangerous enough, not to mention the many people who want me dead. They would eventually have to learn how to take care of themselves.
" They'll probably get knocked on there asses a couple of times, but the can handle it. Besides I could be assassinated myself at any second." I said.
" We have news of Virgil and Sephiroth. You should probably go get your partner." Vincent said. He had actually been listening. I nodded and headed to the ruins of Midgar. After a few minutes I was walking through the ruined city. This place was a dump.
" Lance." I said out loud. There was no response but dead silence. Then a felt Lance's presence behind me. I turned to look at me. His mood hasn't improved I noted.
" Come on back, they have news of Sephiroth and Virgil." I said to Lance. He was gone instantly leaving me standing in the rubble.
" Just leave me behind, I don't mind." I grumbled. Then I felt a familiar presence and spun around to see Sephiroth.
" You didn't kill them." he said coldly.
" You didn't say they were that strong, and we weren't prepared." I snapped at him.
" We'll now you know." he said placidly to me. He moved his hand to rest it on his sword.
" Are you going to finish the mission?" he asked, " Or do I have to hurt Lance's poor sick sister? Or maybe your cousins? How about all of them." He smiled wickedly. I growled in frustration. Vincent and Dante seemed like decent people. I didn't want to kill them or anyone else for that matter. I was tired of killing, but that's all I ever managed to do. I could always get Vincent and Dante's help. I could tell them what happened, but…
" Of course. I always finish a job." I said to Sephiroth. He nodded and vanished. Heh. Now, I wonder how my plan will work out. Like I said I always finish a job, too bad the one I'm killing is….
