Title: Class is Now In Session!! (Changed cause of the name!)
Author: CerebusFire17
Warning: Contains Shane Dufour and Kurt Temple (No, they are not OC, they are guys who I work/ed with and they are fucking crazy!! I've also added others including myself, so SUCK IT!!) along with other members of McDonald's that I worked with!! Vincent gets a job Yay…oh, shit. Wait, that's not good! Cid and Squall work there too!! Oh SHIT!! FIRE!! Tseng being a manager!! Quistis and Vincent talking again Yay!! Sephiroth and his "parents" have a little talk, uh oh….and Tifa's feels rejected.
Note: I enjoy Tifa from AC, not Tifa from VII. Tifa from VII is a slut who used her boobies to grapple to safety when she and Cloud were in Northern crater, while Tifa from AC was cool and kicked ass like she was supposed to, so it is without saying that Tifa from AC is much cooler (And more decent) than VII's Tifa. Thank you
Story Summery: Yeah, I know I know!! There's been a ton of FFHSs coming out, but I've really wanted to do something like this for a long time, and none of you bastards can say a damn thing about it!!! And I bet you weren't expecting me to change this, did you? DID YOU, MOTHER FUCKER!! WELL I DIDN"T!! It's pretty much about the characters of VII, along with a few from VIII (I couldn't resist!!) going to the same high school and Vincent coming back home to seek the life he left behind and even more.
Recap: Yeah…um, that was weird. Anyway, Cloud and Sephiroth still liked each other, but Aeris got her man!! Vincent managed to get Sephiroth off of his back for a second or so, Cid managed to feel better about himself. Some weird chick kicked the shit outta the assistant, and Auron, Lulu, and Wakka know something about Vincent that's really bad. Oh, and Zack and Rufus are definitely getting weirder by the minute.
Chapter Summery: (Part II of II) Do any of you even know what it's like to work in a fast-food restaurant? DO YOU!!!??? Stares around for any hands Nobody? Nobody? Good!! Vincent gets to learn first hand when he gets a job at McDonald's. Why am I not using a different name you ask? Cause I still work there (For now ) and if I have to suffer, then so does everyone else. And I hate that fucking job, so FUCK MCDONALD's. ! (For those of you who don't know what that means: That is my little "giving the finger" symbol that I made up a while ago, and it works !) Yes, it will get a little s at the end cause it's that evil. I have that fucking job ….
Anyway, Vincent gets a job there, and he won't like it… !
Most likely pairings: (Do you remember back in the days of school, how everyone liked each other, or got jealous cause their friend was spending way too much time with their boy/girl-slut? Didn't change this either!! Yeah, here's a flash back for ya!! )
Vincent/Quistis/Sephiroth
Cloud/Aeris
Cid/Selphie/Rajin
Tseng/Elena
Yuffie/Rude/Reno
Barret/?????
Seifer/Fujin
Squall/Rinoa
Zack/Rufus get the picture now!?
Special Guests: Cecil (II or IV), President Shin-Ra (VII), Miss Scarlet (VII), Watts and Zone (VIII), Vivi (IX), Steiner (IX), Doctor Tot (IX), Lulu (X), nope not here either, Rikku (X), and Auron (X)
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Chapter 7: Vincent gets a job!!
Vincent and Quistis couldn't stop looking at each other then…all he could see was her, and it wasn't good. He knew what might happen if he got involved with her, the dangers of living with someone who stood up for the "right thing", whatever the hell that was, anyway. And Quistis was WAY too much of a reminder of what he once wanted, a person who was now only alive through her son and a photograph. It was all too much for him to take in.
And yet, here was someone who was ready and willing to take him, to accept him…. At least, that's how it seemed.
Then a knock came at the door. Vincent looked over at the door, and then to Quistis, who obviously didn't know what was going on either. Vincent took his gun from his back pocket and aimed at the door. But before he could open it….
Cid, Reno, and Rude came waltzing in, with Dufer, Joey, Kurt and several others from the McDonalds, ready to have a date with a giant metal barrel called a keg, which they were lugging behind them. All of them were singing "Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here" like the drunkards they were, while poor Vincent was pinned to the door. After a while, Quistis helped him up and he got to see what all of them were doing.
And he was pissed.
"HIGHWIND!!" He yelled. For some reason, Reno was playing a guitar with a mariachi band while Cid was DJing, and nobody even knew how the DJ stand got in the apartment in the first place, but all that was known was that Vincent wanted it all out. He approached his friend who, was dressed like MC Hammer, with large 80's black shades and his hair was gelled and spiked, and huge headphones were mounted on his head as well. He was scratching an old record to a thumping rap song and shaking his head violently to the beat and record's sound. Vincent fought through the crowd of McDonald workers to get to the DJ booth.
"Highwind!! TURN THIS OFF NOW!!" He yelled, reaching out for his friend. Unfortunately, the music was blaring in his headphones and Cid couldn't hear a damn word the man was saying. So, Cid did the next thing that would come with such a thing.
"MOSH PIIIIIIIIIITTTTTT!!!" He yelled into the mega-microphone. Vincent's eyes went huge. He hadn't realized it when he first went in, but almost all of the people there were men, and when he went to look over at Quistis, the girl was already hiding behind his couch. His eyes went to the heavens and prayed that it wouldn't hurt as much as he'd knew it would.
Well, either God was on vacation or he's just plain deaf to those who don't talk to him a lot, cause the next thing Vincent know, he's getting punched in the head by Dufer and kneed in the face by Joey. All of the men there started slamming into each other, punching and decking and kicking and just plain out trying to knock the shit outta each other. Joey and another guy, named Robbie, started trading blows, a few to the gut and to the face. Then Kurt started getting into it, ramming Dufer into walls and other people, then trying to body slam the other, who was laughing hysterically.
Vincent tried to crawl out of the melee, when he was promptly kicked in the face by someone, who was being suspended in the air by any free hands available. "S'up Vince!!" It was Faith (hehe…couldn't resist). She was basically kicking and hitting anyone who she came into contact with and was having the time of her life. Vincent, when he finally managed to look up, gave her the craziest stare he could possibly conjure.
"How in the hell did you get into here?!!" He shouted over the music. Faith laughed like a maniac and stared at him when she wasn't hitting any more victims.
"I dunno! But this is funny, huh?! Hey DeLyse, you getting all of this." Vincent looked at where his door would be and saw DeLyse and her brother (Now known as Eric) filming and reporting on the current events.
"…Yeah and there's Cid. God, he is SO sexy as a DJ! I swear to God that he is a really really--"
"ERIC!! We need to focus on what is going on, remember?" DeLyse yelled over the music and Eric remembered.
"Oh yeah… Anyway, here we have a mosh pit. Yes the infamous place where people (looks behind him just to make sure and sees someone elbowing someone in the stomach) beat the shit outta each other! And over there is Vincent! Watch how he tries to escape the thralls and perils of the dangerous pit!" DeLyse and Eric start laughing and then DeLyse aims the camera at Faith. "And there's Faithy-Waithy!! Hi Faithy!!" Eric and DeLyse wave at their friend, who waves back just as she punches Dufer in the face.
"THAT WAS FOR YOU ERIC!!" Faith yelled back at her friends. DeLyse started moving the camera around the area to film everything. Just as she was doing this, a strange woman with long black hair moved in front of the camera, very quickly, to where DeLyse didn't even see. Vincent, who was still on the ground but managed to look up and see a blur of black and yellow, the woman who DeLyse had caught on camera. Vincent's eyes blinked a few times before he realized what he was doing and quickly jumped to his feet.
Vincent raced to the door and then over to Quistis, who was still behind his couch, watching everything with excitement. The two went outside quickly before things got worse and stayed there for the rest of the night. "Wow…" Quistis said, looking over at him with a smile. "That was great, meeting all of your friends and co-workers…"
"Funny. Really, you should be a comedian." Vincent spat back sarcastically, and Quistis laughed at him.
"This is probably the most you've ever talked to me before Vincent. I'm surprised…."
"Hmph… It seems like I'm full of them as of late." He turned his vision away from her for a moment to stare at the ground, noticing that his left arm was sore, possibly from the mosh pit and it hurt a lot, and then back at her. He hadn't realized that there was full moon out that night, and that they were right in the silver light's path, but at that moment, he could've sworn that Quistis was an angel. She was shimmering in that light so beautifully, her blonde hair glowing softly, as were her glasses, and those pale blue eyes….
Vincent couldn't take his eyes off of her.
He suddenly found himself stalking over towards her, and reaching out his arms to embrace her in a hug. Quistis didn't know what to think of this, but soon melted in the soothing warmth of his arms and chest. His heart was steady and his chest moved up and down, causing the girl to close her eyes and sigh contently. Her own arms came around his and the grip gently tightened on her part. She looked up at him, and him at her. The two's lips were so close now…. He could just barely taste her sweet breath.
And then he felt something. Something strange, that shouldn't be there. It was almost like a sense that picked up the oddity. His arm was hurting worse than what it was supposed to now. It felt more like a thousand needles were stabbing into his arm and was spreading. Maybe it was just all the stress. Vincent reluctantly broke his glance from her and stared around to see what it was, and then to his arm. Quistis was concerned. "What's the matter?"
"I…don't know. I just…" He dropped his head, shaking off the feeling and then releasing Quistis. "Sorry, I was out of line. Forgive me." He bowed politely and then went back inside, leaving Quistis alone to wonder.
"Vincent…." She sighed out, disappointed.
"Quistis…" A voice called from the darkness. Quistis turned around to see the woman from the library. She was staring at the girl with those glowing yellow eyes. Her smile was dark and unnatural. Quistis was taken back a bit, moving away from her and gasping. She looked at the inside of the apartment, and then again to Quistis. "That is him? The one who we are to 'Liberate?' " After a few moments, Quistis sighed, relieved and nodded.
"Yes. That is Vincent Valentine, the son of the man who killed Lucrecia Crescent."
"I see. And…he does not suspect us?" her head tilted slightly as she asked the question.
"No…he does not know of us…yet. Are you…well enough?" Quistis didn't dare approach her, know of just what the woman was capable of. The woman gave an almost sane smile, nodding in a way that wasn't human.
"Yes…" Her voice echoed with the darkness, "I think that I need more time….before I return to my normal self. Other than that, I will survive…mentally."
"…I hope so. Either way, this is done. The agent has been returned to the original specimen and now all we can do wait until it activates….. Are you sure…this is a good idea?"
"…..You…care for him, do you?" She looked over at Quistis, who dropped her head and nodded. "I see. Do not worry. It will not kill him, but remind him of what it was that caused his life to suffer… Maybe then, he will be free…." The woman disappeared and Quistis dropped something on the ground that sounded like glass…
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Wednesday, Prime Time
Vincent still felt like he had a hangover, even though the event in his house happened four days ago, and he was too busy surviving to even get a drink in edgewise. But everyone else at the job seemed just fine. Faith was on assembly and looked like she wanted to hit Michelle for even putting her there. (Earlier she'd whined about wanting to be on the grill and Michelle said that Vincent had to do it, even though he turned out to be much better at it than she was.)
And it wasn't until later that Vincent found out that Tseng was actually a manager there as well. Though the teen didn't like his job, it was a job. The taller Asian teen was in the back with Vincent and the others, making food as well, and he wasn't chatting with anyone. DeLyse and Faith couldn't stop talking about some story involving two people who didn't get along falling off an airship and falling in love as they traveled back to where they needed to be. Vincent listened to them the entire time and realized that the two girls were writers.
What luck.
As for Reno, he was on the other side of the assembly table with the fries, forced to drop all the product (Crispy chicken, strips, fish, etc.) in the fry…er, fryer thingy. In layman's terms, since the grill fryer was out, the owner didn't bother to get a new one and instead decided that they would the other fryer for the stuff.
Now, for those of you who don't understand how this process works, the fries usually have six open vats in order to make sure you don't run out of fries, and I know that Vat is probably a dirty sounding word to you, but trust me, that fryer was the cleanest thing in the goddamn store. Now, when this happened, they took four of the six vats for the grill's fryer. So that left only two vats open for the fries…. Also, this proves…that John W. Ebert is a selfish greedy-ass bastard who couldn't wait a fucking week to get new frying vats.
And so war ensues….
Reno was getting agitated by the fact that no other person was assigned to fries, making him do twice the work than what he was assigned to do. And he didn't exactly have a second to rest either (Which should be required cause you are on your feet all day and running around. 30 min. breaks don't cut it in an 8 hrs. shift!) cause as soon as he was done dropping the grill stuff, the fries would be almost empty and he would have to run and get more from the freezer. His face was actually starting to turn red from all the work and Faith made a note of this to Michelle, telling her to switch Reno with herself. Michelle argued with her again and told her to stay where she's at.
"Then just fair warning," Faith yelled back, "If anything happens to him, I'm having your ass!! Now, stop having him do all that work, or else get some one to help him out already!!" Vincent watched as Faith turned to DeLyse and started telling her something quietly, then looked to Tseng and repeated the same thing. The taller teen nodded in approval. "Don't worry," she finally said aloud, "I'll take the blame for it. After all, this is my job too. Even if you guys are the higher ups, we should be able to make those decisions ourselves, don't you think?"
"Yes… If only you would take advise on becoming a manager yourself, then maybe they would listen to you?" Tseng said this in a question on purpose, but Faith laughed at him.
"Why the hell would a slacker like me want all that fucking responsibility? It's stupid to worry about shit like that!!"
/She reminds me of Cid, only without the filter…./ Vincent thought about the time when Reno deemed that the only difference between Cid and Reno himself was the fact that Reno had a higher profanity filter than the blonde. Then he started to laugh out loud, causing Faith and Tseng to look over at him.
"Dude, you alright, or were you just sniffing the sanitizer again?" She asked sarcastically. Vincent shook his head.
"No, just thinking of something…."
"Hey!! You should come by DeLyse's house today!! She has a video tape of the entire party!! Tseng you should've come!!" Tseng didn't say anything but shook his head. Then DeLyse sighed.
"Yeah, it was funny, but there's this stupid blare at this one part and I can't get rid of it, no matter what!!" Vincent cringed at the thought of even looking at the tape, but then remembered something about that night, the strange thing that he'd seen and the feeling that he'd felt. He suddenly heard Reno snap.
"GODDAMN IT!!! Why don't you guys get the fucking fries yourselves!! I'm already doing a shitty job at this shit!!" He pointed to the vats and growled at Michelle, who was doing nothing but ignoring him, as were the rest of the managers there. Brenda, who would've gladly helped him, wasn't working that day. Faith looked over at Reno and called him over, whispering something to him and he suddenly cheered up.
"Really? You'd do that for me?"
"Yeah. I don't like just standing around, you know that." She smiled cheerfully at him.
"Wow!! Thanks babe!! I owe ya one."
Faith suddenly ran to the back just as Reno did, and a few seconds later, they were switched. And soon everything was caught up again. Faith was able to keep up with everything while Reno was able to get the sandwiches done more quickly. A few minutes later, however, Michelle was yelling at Faith for moving from her spot.
"How many times did I tell you not to move!? I didn't give you permission to do that. I want you back there and Reno--"
"Hey!! I didn't have to ASK for your permission, cause I asked Tseng!! So knock it off! Reno's better over there, and I'm okay over here."
"Okay, well that's not the poi--"
"Are you getting your stuff faster or not?" Faith asked, voice intimidating and face twisted into a violent scowl. Michelle glared at her for a moment and then went back up front. After a few seconds, Faith sighed and looked over at Reno, who waved happily at her.
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Thursday afternoon, end of everyone's shift
Vincent was walking home, when Reno, Rude, and Cid came up to him. "Hey there Vin!!" The blonde said, looking a bit tired as they all did. "Wanna come over to Barret's with us? We need to get something from the fucking bitch!!"
Vincent blinked.
"Cid?"
"Yeh?"
"….You're not…smoking." And it was true. Cid didn't have a cigarette hanging from his bottom lip and Cid could only shake his head.
"Yeah, well….I'm kinda tired, and got a bitch of a headache, you know?" The blonde gave a weak, half-hearted smile. The job was taking a toll on all of them it seemed, but it was getting to Cid most of all. This is a guy who was from a family of laborers, men who would go out in the hot sun and slave until sundown, hands calloused and eyes dark and scratchy from the dirt and sun, becoming strong and unfazed by the slightest change in temperature or season. But now, he was working in a McDonalds, and that was draining him out of energy more than labor working could ever do. It was strange.
"Anyway," Reno continued for Cid, "We're going to Barret's to help him out with something. We could use the help, you know?"
"Yeah, why not." Vincent said, feeling defeated without even arguing with his friends.
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Barret was sitting at home, welding something together as an assignment for a client, when the buzzer from his front door went off. It was loud enough for him to hear from his basement, so he couldn't miss it. He shut everything down and went upstairs. He opened the door to the four friends and laughed his ass off when he saw them. "Yo!! Ya'll look like ya been through hell 'n back!! I nev'a seen such a sad bunch of chicken suck'as!!" He continued to laugh, the four boys staring at each other in defeat.
"Barret!" Rude began, "What was it that you wanted us to do for you?" Barret stopped laughing and thought for a moment why he called all of them there, then remembered shortly after.
"Ah, yeh!! I needs ya ta watch ma kid for a while, 'till I get back from dat shitty guy who stole my shit. Can ya'll do dat fo' me? I'd really 'ppreciate it."
The four stared at each other and then scowled at the black teen.
"You want us to watch your kid?" Reno asked. "No, way!! Kids are dumb as shit!! They can't even play poker right!! And what happened to Tifa? Where's she at?" Barret shook his head.
"I dunno. She hasn't called me fo' a while and I dunno what happened to her. I'm hopin' she's a'ight." Barret let out a heavy sigh and stared at the ground.
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Present time
Sephiroth continued down the street, wondering where he could stay, out of the rain. He was looking around when he suddenly realized that he was on Cloud's street. /Uh, oh…./ He thought and tried to figure out a way to get to a different street from there. He never was good at thinking when under a sort of pressure, and seeing his ex right now wasn't going to help. He then noticed that Cloud's light was on, and in the window, was Cloud and his new girlfriend/study partner, Aeris. Sephiroth didn't seem to notice that he was moving closer, but he did manage to stay in the shadows.
There they were. Cloud was actually laughing, which was very weird. He hadn't seen Cloud laugh like that since before they'd broken up. Aeris was laughing as well. Both were laughing and having the best time that anyone could ever have. And Sephiroth couldn't help but wonder what it could've been about….
"And I told him, 'No, it's not pi! It's supposed to be the volume!' and then he got the answer right!!" Cloud told Aeris and the two laughed at the story even more.
"Probably something really stupid, like a quiz." Sephiroth told himself, but could help but feel jealous about the whole ordeal. They were so close and yet…
sniff, sniff
Sephiroth suddenly heard someone crying and looked to his left. In the corner of the streetlight, just barely visible, if it wasn't for the light even being there, was Tifa. She had her umbrella in hand and she was staring up at Cloud's window. She suddenly looked down and decided to leave, when she somehow spotted Sephiroth. The two of them stared at each other for the longest time and then smiled at one another.
"Hello slut." He said, and Tifa laughed.
"Hello pirate." Sephiroth quirked an eyebrow at her, still smiling.
"I never understood why you always called me that, you know." Tifa shook her head.
"Well, pirates are thieves… and you stole his heart from me when you got the chance. And I missed again…."
"So what? Now you're stalking him?" Tifa looked over at Sephiroth and sighed.
"No, I was on my way over here, cause Zack invited me over to see if Cloud and I could make up, maybe even see common ground again…but it looks like he thought differently. I guess…he really is happy here…with her." She didn't bother to look up at the window again, worried that she would start crying again. Sephiroth stared at her for a long time, before contemplating that he should leave. But Tifa spotted his duffle bag and a coat she'd never seen him wear before.
"What's with the getup?"
"My parents threw me out again. What's it matter to you?" Sephiroth said back, not really sure why he even answered her. Tifa nodded and then there was silence….
"Do you…have a place to stay, or do you really think Cloud's going to let you in, while his girlfriend's there?" She was staring at him now, curious. Sephiroth shook his head.
"I came here out of habit, not because I thought he would let me in with open arms."
"So, you did want to see him?" Tifa joked. Sephiroth snorted, his eyes narrowing and his face looking annoyed.
"Don't be stupid!! Moron. I don't want to see him. I don't want to see him at all. He's a loser--"
"--Who you fell for?" Tifa interrupted quickly, smiling cheerfully at the taller teen. Sephiroth made that annoyed face of his and let his cheeks puff a little.
"Shut up!!…" He turned away from her to look back at the window. Cloud and Aeris were no longer visible, and soon the light was shut off, making it as dark as the shadows that hid away from the streetlights. Sephiroth cringed at the very thought of what might be happening and started to walk away.
"Where will you go to now?" Tifa asked quickly, causing the silver haired teen to look her way. He actually thought about what she'd said and he turned completely around.
"…Nowhere, I suppose. Cid's dad won't let me stay, and now I'm going to live in a fucking box. Happy?"
"….."
"What? What are you staring at?"
"You can stay with me and my sister for a while, if you need to." Tifa suddenly blurted out, surprising herself. Sephiroth stared at her, a bit wary of what she was doing.
"What's in it for you? You thinking that you can get a free lay or some--"
"Don't be stupid!! I'm not like that…not anymore… Besides, there's no point to it, you know."
"What, you found some sort of salvation from your whorish ways? Let me tell you something bitch: Once a slut, always a slut!! And I don't need you trying to get into my pants!" Tifa dropped her head, angry. She then glared at him.
"You're nowhere near as close to what I would ever consider decent." she stomped away, only leaving Sephiroth looked down at his feet then started chasing after Tifa.
"Hey Slut--Tifa, I mean Tifa!! Slut-- I mean, Tifa!! Wait!!" She kept walking for a few moments, but when Sephiroth kept after her, she stopped to let him catch up.
"What? What do you want?!" She glared up at him, angry and hurt. She'd really tried to change, everything about her. She didn't want to be what she was before, and wanted everyone to forget. She'd even lost her closest friends because of the entire ordeal. And she didn't like being reminded about her past either. Sephiroth stared around for a moment and decided.
"Look…I'm sorry, okay. I…I didn't mean to--"
"Call me a whore and a slut?" Tifa interrupted again, this time with a hand on her hip and an annoyed look on her face.
"…Yeah. I'm sorry. And, if you're not too pissed off, I would like to stay at your house, just for a day or two, until I can find somewhere else to be at."
"…No, you're right. You can stay. I'm not sure that my sister would approve, but she'll have to deal with it. C'mon."
Tifa and Sephiroth started walking down the dark street, just as Cloud and Aeris came out of the house and laughing. Cloud suddenly stopped and looked around. Aeris caught this and wondered. "What's the matter Cloud?" She asked innocently. Cloud shook his head.
"I sort of thought… someone was waiting for me."
"Tee hee! You're just being silly! Let's go already!! I want to get that credit!!" Aeris laughed and so did Cloud and the two of them want on their way.
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Back in the past, in Barret's House
Only Vincent stayed behind when his friends took off cause they didn't want to baby-sit for Barret. They were getting tired anyway because of work and it wouldn't have been fair for them to stay for that long. So, Vincent volunteered to stay and watch the girl.
Her name was Marlene.
The little girl was about 7 or 8, with long dark brown hair and pretty brown eyes, with the cutest face and dimples. Her hair was tied back with a pink ribbon tying it back, and she wore a white dress and shoes. She and Vincent sat in the living room, quiet instrumental music in the background playing on the radio. Vincent stared off into nothing while the girl was staring up at him. She looked at him with curiosity, and titling her head slightly. After a few minutes of this, Vincent noticed and looked back down at her, an eyebrow quirking.
"What?"
"….Um, do you like tea parties?" She asked politely, so cute. Vincent looked confused at the question, and then shrugged his shoulders.
"I suppose."
Five minutes Later
Vincent was now dressed in a child's Princess Barbie costume with the royal head-cone…er, thingy on his head, and makeup all over his face, sitting at a small tea table with Marlene, who was dressed up in a princess outfit as well. She was pouring imaginary tea into his cup and several others as well that were in front of her stuffed animals. "And now," Marlene continued, acting as a narrator for a little story, "The Pretty princess and her subjects sit for their royal tea party and the pretty princess looks over her subjects to see what it could be that is bothering them. Pretty princess, what's the matter?"
"….." Vincent just sat there, waiting for the nightmare to be over. He didn't know just how he got into this, by just answering a simply question. He stared at the girl with an unreadable expression, one that wasn't exactly anger or shock. He was just "blank".
"Oh, no!! Mr. Flop-flop of the bunny kingdom thinks that pretty princess' voice was stolen! Did you steal her voice, Mr. Jumpy of the frog lands?" Marlene looked over to the green and gray stuffed frog that was sitting in the second chair from Vincent. By this time, Vincent's mouth was hitting the floor. He didn't know just what to do at that moment, but he wanted to die, nevertheless.
"Now, we have to make a dance up in order to bring back pretty princess' voice and save the world!!" Marlene jumped up from her seat and started dancing and singing. The girl suddenly put in a CD and it started playing, Vincent immediately knowing the song.
/Brass monkey/
/that funky monkey/
/Brass Monkey, Funky/
/That Funky Monkey/
She pulled Vincent to dance with her and she started to jump around and swing her arms to the rhythm of the song, though she wasn't very good at that. But Vincent couldn't help but be amused by her little dance and suddenly found that he and the girl were dancing together, forgetting that he was tired completely. He and Marlene started to sing along with the song as loud as they could.
And Vincent was having fun! He really was. It was the first in a long time that he'd actually been able to have fun with another person like this. Perhaps because his childhood was killed with his father's disappearance and that of the his step-mother treated him like shit since he was a child. Perhaps because no one had ever really given him the chance to really enjoy himself with something so silly as this. Perhaps it was because there was no one around that was his age and mildly intelligent enough to understand that what he was doing was the most stupidest and childish thing he could ever be doing.
And he didn't realize that Barret was home and watching the man dancing around with daughter, eyes huge and his smile even bigger. About 15 min. later, when Marlene played through the CD towards half-way, Barret coughed loudly and Vincent and Marlene stared over that the man. The little girl immediately ran over to her father, who was picked up and placed on her father's shoulder.
Vincent stared at Barret for a moment, a bit embarrassed at what he was doing….and wearing. But Barret laughed at him, shaking his head. "She got ya doin' dat shi--(Looks at his daughter)--stuff too? Gets me all da time. T'anks fo' watch'n my kid fo' me."
"……" Vincent didn't--or couldn't--say anything, but nodded quickly. Barret laughed again and then looked up at Marlene again.
"Were ya good fo' Vincent?"
"I miss Tifa!! When is she coming back Papa?" The little girl asked, and Barret smiled at her, almost heart-broken to hear it.
"I know….I miss 'er too."
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Friday morning, Vincent's day off
Vincent decided that he wanted some breakfast that day, since he had the day off and no one could say anything about cause he checked the schedule yesterday and it said so. So there shouldn't have been a problem that day at all.
Until he got inside.
Michelle was running around again and when she saw that Vincent had come in, she looked pissed and went over to him.
"You are FOUR hours late!! Do you have any idea what we've had to go through since you didn't want to show up?" VIncent was in shock.
"I don't work today. I checked yesterday!"
"That's what you say. You better get in the back and get to work!!" Now Vincent was pissed. He just checked yesterday, and then even looked over at the schedule, but as soon as he picked it up, Michelle took it away from him and ordered him, yet again, to get in the back and work.
And that's when Faith, DeLyse, and Eric came in together, saying hi to everyone and seeing Vincent. "VINCENT!!!" Faith ran over to him and laughed as she gave him a hug. And it wasn't long before there was a group hug that included her friends. "What brings you into work today? I thought that you didn't work."
"I DON'T. But Michelle insists that I work today." Vincent replied and Faith blinked. She quickly pulled out a copy of the week's schedule that Brenda had made for her and she looked it over.
"Dude, you don't work today. Hell you don't work until Sunday. What the hell?" That's when Michelle got involved.
"Faith, you should be in the back too! You work today." Michelle started to argue, but Faith was already in a bad mood, and it didn't add into her good graces when her boss started pushing her buttons.
"Well EXCUSE ME!! But I don't work today. I requested this day off to go to a funeral stupid, in case you don't remember!! Hell, we only came in to get something before we get going. If you didn't realize it, you'd see that I'm supposed to be off today and tomorrow." Faith snapped back, her temper getting ahead of her. "Now, if I remember correctly, you're the one who keeps scheduling everyone on days their off whenever they request the days they need off!!"
"So?" Michelle said in a bratty way, and that did it.
"SO SHUT THE FUCK UP AND KEEP IT THAT WAY!!! I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANOTHER WORD OUT OF YOUR MOUTH ALRIGHT?!! Now stop being bitchy and look at the schedule again!! Vincent isn't on it, so leave him alone, okay?!!" If Faith was white, her face would be a deep red, but since she's black, she just turned a darker brown color, and stormed off to one of the registers.
Note: Remember, I am black and the author, so if the KKK want to invite me to a cookout for some barbeque or just to hang around, please feel free to e-mail me at my current address. Thank you
Vincent and everybody else just stood there in awe of the girl. Apparently, she had no problem telling anyone and everyone just what she was think or what came to her mind. ((Go on and ask my friends if you don't believe me by the way. It'll be fun!!)) She'd simply walked off and started talking to one of the register women who worked up front, almost as if she was making it very clear that she didn't consider her co-workers friends, simply acquaintances whom she works with.
As for Michelle, she looked more pissed than anything, and stormed off into the back, giving Vincent a look that just screamed "Your ass is so mine".
"Hey, Vincent, do you know if Cid's working today?" Eric asked, there was a cute smile on his face already just from the thought of his blonde hero. Vincent would've answered if Cid hadn't been yelling obscenities in the back, now dressed in a maintenance outfit. The old maintenance man quit the job yet again cause of his slutty girlfriend, and so Cid quickly jumped to take the position for himself. He was running around in the back yelling about somebody piling the trash from the lobby in the back just after he went and cleared out all the trash in the back, along with all the boxes.
Eric was laughing as was DeLyse, then the girl came up with an idea. "Hey, Vincent do you want to come over and hang out with us today? We got some great footage of that party you had at your house."
"Yeah, you and Faithanne looked so cool out there!!" Eric added, giggling as he did. Vincent winced at the thought of ever reliving that part of his life again, and then Faith came back to them.
"Yeah, it's a good video, but did you ever get that stupid blur out of it Eric?" Eric turned to Faith and gave a sigh that was more like a growl.
"No!! The stupid thing is messed up, I swear to God." Eric actually pulled the digital camera he had that night from his side and held it up for Vincent to see. Vincent looked as Eric fast forwarded the camera and then played it. "Oh, my God oh, my God oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God!! There's Cid!! God he is so HOT!!" He got right to the part where Faith was still in the air and Cid was Djing. Cid actually didn't look too bad, now that Vincent thought about it.
"…Yeah and there's Cid. God, he is SO sexy as a DJ! I swear to God that he is a really really--" Said Eric on the camera and it then shifted to Cid and then to Eric, who was holding a remote control in his hand like a microphone. You could hear DeLyse sigh over all the commotion.
"ERIC!! We need to focus on what is going on, remember?"
"Oh yeah… Anyway, here we have a mosh pit. Yes the infamous place where people--" Eric looked back to see Kurt jumping off of a table to elbow Joey in the stomach "--beat the shit outta each other! And over there is Vincent! Watch how he tries to escape the thralls and perils of the dangerous pit!" The two of them started laughing and then the camera shakily went to Faith and Vincent's direction. "And there's Faithy-Waithy!! Hi Faithy!!" DeLyse's hand came into the picture and waved at the girl who just punched Dufer in the face.
"THAT WAS FOR YOU ERIC!!" She yelled back just as the camera moved around the area to film everything. Then the blur appeared and the camera started to fritz out a bit, but shortly went back to normal.
"Eric, your camera is acting gay!!" DeLyse yelled and Eric gave his gruff sigh again.
"Goddamn it!! This camera is such a faggot!!" Note: Eric, if you didn't guess it, is gay. He doesn't act like a normal gay guy cause he can't stand being around gay people cause their so stereotypical and stuff, or at least that's what he says, and he's always calling stuff or really stupid people faggot. I don't know why, I jus think it's funny, cause he's my friend, and Eric is FUCKING hilarious. And if you're ever high with him, you're going to laugh your ass off. Thank you
Eric stopped the camera and sighed again. "You see, my stuff is always pissing me off. Why can't my stuff ever work good. I swear to God, I'm cursed." Eric continued to rant about how cursed he was and DeLyse and Faith tried to comfort him, while Vincent was curious about what he saw. He wanted to see it again, not because it was just plain weird, but because it sent that same chilling feeling that he'd felt when he was at the…whatever the hell it was, that was in his apartment.
"Um…Eric?" He asked quietly, and that drew all of their attention.
"What is it Vincent?" the boy asked in a sultry man and, in no way provoked whatsoever, wrapped his leg around Vincent's waist and slung an arm around him. The taller teen was slightly confused and didn't know what to do, but looked over at Faith and DeLyse who were giggling. "Do you have something to tell me?" Eric tried to shift his hair back erotically, but Faith and DeLyse knew he was joking, hence neither of them were doing anything to stop it. "I know you want me Vincent!!"
"ERIC!!" Faith finally yelled, and the boy released Vincent, laughing his head off and then doing the same fashion to the girl, who looked annoyed.
"I didn't mean to make you jealous Daddy…" Eric started dancing on Faith, while the girl had a deadpan look on her face, trying not to laugh or smile while going "Eric. Eric. Eric." Over and over again. Note: This is actually what Eric and I do ALL THE TIME. Thank you until finally…
"ERIC!! STOP!!" The boy started laughing again, but didn't stop, and soon DeLyse started shaking her butt against their "daddy" and the three kept doing this until Vincent decided to get involved.
"Hey, do you suppose I could see that tape again…at your house?" All three looked at him and then at each other.
"Sure. We just invited you didn't we?" Faith said happily, then she motioned for Vincent to follow them back to North Ave., where the house was. Vincent looked back at the store and sighed quietly. He knew that he wasn't supposed to be scheduled for today. He just knew it. But why did Michelle insisted that he work on that day, anyway. It didn't make sense, but then again, adults are stupid, so there was no point in worrying about it for so long…
"Man, I can't believe that you yelled at Michelle like that Faithanne!!" Eric said happily, and DeLyse agreed.
"Yeah, and you tricked Michelle into thinking that Vincent didn't work today was funny!" She said and her brother laughed. Vincent stopped in his tracks just as they were half-way there, and blinked a few times.
"You what?" Everyone stopped after he did, and Faith laughed manically.
"Well, yeah. Don't you remember? Dufer ran up to you and asked if you would switch him so he could go to that game today. But I guess you weren't paying attention that day since that guy Squall started working there…"
Backtracking!! Tuesday afternoon.
Squall had just started working at the McDonald's again, cause he was suspended for setting the grills on fire again. And nobody thought it was very funny. Vincent was about to get off of work that day, when he found out that Squall was working, so he stuck around and small talked for a bit. Mainly about if Sephiroth were going to do anything to get him back, but according to the brunette pyromaniac, Sephiroth was still pissed about Cloud and Aeris getting together.
And then he decided to show Vincent a trick.
"Watch this." He took a large spatula and placed it under the sanitizer dispenser, then squeezed a bit onto the metal plate. With his lighter, he lit the liquid and then flung it onto the girl, blue and red flames rising for a moment and then ceased immediately just as quickly as it began. Vincent actually smiled at this, thinking it was a great trick. It was an awesome trick indeed.
So, when Squall was actually surprised that he impressed someone with his maniacal ways of fire, he decided to show Vincent more things. How to set a bagel on fire with the toaster. "Just put in sideways and let the magic begin" He said just before a huge cloud of smoke spewed out and soon the flames came. Then came the muffins. "Turn the dial to 0 and then throw the muffin in three times. Tristan taught me that one." Squall exclaimed. But this time, the muffin only turned black.
And that's when frustration set in. Squall took the muffin and, really without thinking of any repercussions, squirted as much of that flammable liquid that would go on the crunchy bread and lit it on fire. The flame was huger than both expected and even startled Squall and he quickly threw it on the grill, while immediately caught on fire.
And Squall smiled.
Back to…where ever I was at
"Yeah, you were pretty busy with that." Faith said and laughed again. "You should've seen your face!! That was the greatest look ever!!" She continued to laugh while pointing at the teen who looked a little annoyed.
"Yeah, well what do you expect when his only response was 'Let it burn'?" DeLyse said in Vincent's defense, and then the four of them continued on their way.
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Eric was working with the camera's stuff while the girl's were talking and Vincent was sitting next to him, watching the tape until he saw the blur and told him to stop. "Okay!" Eric said and managed to enhance the picture closer so they could see it better. "Now we can see if we can filter the picture to make it more detailed and then use a special resolution that will make it clear as well. God, I feel like a total professional!"
"Where in the world did you get this stuff." Vincent asked and Eric shrugged.
"I dunno. But I totally feel like an FBI person or something." Vincent felt like slapping his head, but resisted the urge and turned to the video again. Eric kept tapping on the keyboard and Vincent noticed this.
"You…are not doing anything but tapping on the keys." Eric laughed happily.
"Yeah, but it's funny and I look like I really know what I'm doing!! Now, let's make the picture look really cool!" Eric finally got to doing something and soon the blur became clear: A woman with long black hair and glowing yellow eyes, staring right at Vincent as he was trapped under the mosh pit. Vincent almost felt as if he'd been shot and knocked himself back in his seat. He stared at the captured image for an eternity, or at least it felt like it to him. He kept staring at it, fear striking him immediately, and then, as he edged closer to the screen, the woman suddenly looked back at him and he screamed, standing up quickly and looking at Eric.
But the boy didn't know what the hell Vincent was doing, nor did he see anything frightening. "What's the matter with you?" Vincent looked back over at the screen, and the image was still that of the woman. "You look like you just saw a ghost. Are you afraid of her Vincent? Maybe she's a vindictive ex?" Eric joked, giggling a little, and then Faith walked over and stared at the picture.
"Who's the hooker?" She asked plainly. She didn't actually mean hooker, but it was just one of the ways she described people. Of course, then it would end up offending people, but where the fun be in not? Vincent shook his head, and Eric laughed.
"I think she's Vincent's ex-girlfriend."
"Is she a hooker? If she is, I can kick her ass for ya."
"No…" Vincent said quietly.
"OH!" Faith whined jokingly. "Come on Vincent!! It'll be fun, I promise. I even bet that you'll enjoy it!!"
"No…She's no one I know." He finally spat out, still staring at the screen. Eric and Faith looked at each other, with the same thought in mind.
"Eric!! We can be spies!!"
"Oh my God!! (x3) This is going to be so much fun!! I can be…the sexy spy!!" He flipped his semi-long hair back and did a dramatic pose while standing up and stomping a foot on his chair. Faith smiled excitedly and added,
"We'll have to make you a blonde, cause the leader's always blonde."
"That is so not true!" Eric exclaimed quickly, dropping his arms and letting his hair fall over his face.
"Yes it is!!" The girl yelled back. "Name one time that a leader wasn't blonde?"
"What in that movie where everybody kept dying off before you got to know them?" Eric thought quickly.
"You mean 'X'? That doesn't count! Everyone kept dying and only that dude who was holding that guy's head and crying lived. It was a gay movie anyway. What was it about anyway? I forget."
"I think they were trying to save the world or something. Oh my God, that girl with the dog were so cute. I loved her."
"Yeah, I know!! She was 15 old school girl and she was ADORABLE!!….What were we talking about Eric?"
"…I don't know… Oh, leaders!"
"Okay! Charlie's Angels?"
"Okay, okay… um…shit, I can't think of any."
"Alright then, Jay and Silent Bob." Eric scoffed at Faith.
"They don't count!!" He yelled and the girl gave him a look.
"He's the leader. Jay is so the leader!"
"No. The leader has to lead at least two other people. That are the rules, so I win."
"……" Faith just stared at him for a moment and Eric smiles.
"What? What did I do?" He couldn't stop laughing, and the girl started to laugh as well.
"You're being competitive against me again!!"
"Um…" Vincent started to talk and the two stopped. "Look, you two don't know that woman either?" Eric and Faith shook their heads.
"I ain't seen the hooker before. You never seen her?"
"No… But, I almost recognize her."
"What do you mean by almost?" Faith asked, hands on her hips and giving the dark haired teen a questionable glare. Eric decided it would be funny to try and out do her, flipping his hair back and holding a more dramatic pose while fluttering his eyes beautifully. "Eric…stop copying me!!" Faith said and Eric laughed, and then started dancing on Faith again.
"I'm sorry Daddy. Will you forgive me?…"
"….." She didn't say anything.
"Well…" Vincent said, getting his stuff together and getting ready to leave. "I'd better be heading home. I will see you again Miss Forge. Eric."
"What's with this 'Miss' shit? You know my name!! Use it." The girl yelled, moving to get out of Eric's grasp but the boy hung onto her neck and stared at Vincent with sultry eyes. Vincent nodded and then left out the door. A few minutes later, Faith and Eric went to DeLyse and sat down. "Do you really think that we should listen to this lady? I mean, she's crazy you know." Faith asked her friend and DeLyse nodded.
"Well, we are getting paid a lot of money. And that girl, what was her name again?" DeLyse looked her brother.
"Xu. It's so cute!" Eric answered, giggling a little and Faith laughed a bit.
"Yeah, well… I still think it's kinda weird, don't you? She said that Vincent's never seen her, but he recognized that chick in the video almost immediately. Eric, you saw how he reacted." Faith turned to the boy who nodded.
"Yeah, he was really scared and jumped back. Do you think this is going to get bad?" He and Faith turned to DeLyse, who was thinking.
"Well, let's look at it this way: Xu wants Vincent to know what's going on, that's what she told me, but he's not supposed to find a lot of stuff out. And that blonde Quistis is working with that woman, "E", so we have to be extra careful."
"Why?" Faith asked. "We've been hiding out in this fucking town for so long. When can we go out and start doing other assignments. I'm tired of getting these dull orders from Rufus!! Turks or not, I wanna start doing some real shit, like the good old days!! But I gotta admit though Eric, that whole leader thing really tripped up his mind." She turned to the boy, who laughed.
"I know!! If he sees what else we found….we would be in so much trouble!!"
"Yeah." DeLyse said, smiling. "Besides, I'm the leader and I don't have long, flowing blonde hair."
"You used to." Both Eric and Faith said together and laughed.
"Anyway, back to what I was saying. Xu made it very clear that Quistis is now an accomplice to that woman 'E', and when we finally figure out what we're suppose to do on our next assignment, we shouldn't have any problems. Oh, and Rufus gave us another order."
"What's that?" Faith asked, throwing her arms behind her head and leaned back a little.
"Make sure that Vincent quits his job come Monday. He doesn't like the fact that Vincent is in a more open area. This wouldn't be good if his 'mother' managed to see him and take him away. We'll need him to only be in the school."
"What about his apartment? Were all them….er, what the hell do you call, recording machines? Are they still there?" She looked to Eric.
"Nope, I made sure to check. Why do you think we had that camera and stuff." The boy replied proudly, and DeLyse nodded. Then Faith looked back at her leader.
"Hey woman?"
"Yeah?"
"Just what was it that Seifer and Fujin were supposed to be looking for in that damn basement? I heard it was only a piece of paper. But when I inquired Reno and Rude and Cid, they said it was confidential. What kind of bullshit was that?"
"Where did you hear that information from?"
"….who do you think? Tseng."
"I see…. It involves Sephiroth's real father….or, to be exact, the 'other' real father." Faith crossed her arms and scoffed loudly.
"And you're not going to talk about it?" DeLyse shook her head, then looked around herself.
"They might be listening…"
"Who?" Eric asked
"…The people who've been looking for Vincent. If they find him, everything will go to hell…"
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Monday morning, Changeover and Corporation Day
Vincent didn't know what to think about it all. EVERYONE who worked at the McDonalds was there, trying to figure out just what they were going to do. Vincent was already on the damned grill, though it still wasn't completely working well, since Squall had already fried the damn grill again. This time, they needed the extinguisher and Tseng was yelling at Squall for doing this for the 15th time, who only response was "Whatever."
Vincent watched as they moved everything in place for lunch and kept cooking the reg meat. (Reg meat is the meat patties they use for the regular burgers, the smaller ones if you will.) Faith already looked irritated and DeLyse was in the back, looking extremely tired. He didn't know just what was pushing the girl's buttons today, but she was really pissed off.
So he decided to ask her.
"Is something wrong?" she glared at him for a moment, then calmed herself so she wouldn't accidentally blow up on him.
"Look up there!" She aimed her eyes at three people in supervisor uniforms. One of them was a short middle-aged man with balding blonde hair and clear blue eyes and several of his teeth were crooked.
Note: This is Kevin. He sexually harassed DeLyse until she finally quit. Of course, I stepped in a put him in his place and he stopped for a while, but he kept it up after a few months. He's also the reason why I quit as well, cause he's a fucking liar as well. Thank you
The second was a very, very, very, very, very fat woman with a huge ass (I mean Jupiter has nothing on this woman) who wore here hair up in a way that made her look like a brontosaurus--or one of those dinosaurs that had the spiky fins on it's back. I don't know what the hell their called. STOP JUDGING ME DAMN IT!!! -- and was eating right in front of the register people.
Note: This is Janet Huestead. She's pretty cool, except for the fact that she takes the goddamn job way too seriously and is always making people wanting to beat the shit out of her. One time she got this dude Randy to almost knock the shit out of her and I swear to God I couldn't stop laughing…. That and I thought Randy was fucking hot, but that's besides the point…and the story. Thank you
The third actually looked professional, with very trimmed graying black hair and blue eyes, who stood with great pride. He held a clipboard and a pen and sort of smiled, looking over all the worker. He was talking to the balding man and the fat chick about the store and stuff when Michelle walked over.
Note: He is the Corporation guy. He's cool cause he actually cares about the store and the employees. But he's also a little…::Spins finger around the side of head to show the craziness::…if you get my drift. Thank you
"Those three are the worst. Well, except for Weigel. He's the dude with the grey hair. He's older, but he's the good guy. Janet and Kevin over there. Janet would be cool if she believed in Employee Rights."
"What do you mean?" Vincent asked curiously. Faith snickered and turned to him.
"No one's getting a break today, and I'm already pissy. Don't get offended if I do something stupid or violent to ya." She said, getting back to assembling. Suddenly, Michelle walked over and sent Faith to fries, which caused the girl to get pissed off even more.
"Faith, we need a fry person, and the guy from corporation is--"
"About to witness a murder or six…" Faith interrupted grimly. "It's already 11:10 and none of the six o' clocks haven't even had their breaks yet, you know that?" She went back to work and seemed even more agitated. She then looked over at Tseng, who was staring at her, as if he were trying to tell her something. The girl nodded and then looked over at DeLyse. She was instructing the same order as well.
And that's when two girls walked into the store. One of them was slightly taller, with red hair that was dyed orange on top and her bangs were pure white, and she was dressed in very dark blue jeans and a small black jacket. The other was blonde with very long hair and strange violet eyes. She wore a large black and blue sweater with the colors fading into one another and the same with her jeans, but the letters "KMFDM" were marked into the pants. Her hair was braided and she had a strange goofy smile on her face.
The two of them looked over at Tseng, who nodded to them. The taller girl scoffed while the blonde waved at him like an idiot, which caused the first to smack her across the head.
"Lonnie!! What are you doing?"
"Ow!!" The blonde yelled. "Why do you have to hit so hard?" She rubbed the back of her head and scowled at her companion with one eye closed. "Morgan, you'd think you'd be a little nicer since I'm your sister…"
"I would be if you didn't act like such an idiot all the time!!" The older sister yelled, hands on her hips.
"I'm not an idiot!! I'm a scavenger!" Morgan stared at her with irritation.
"Don't you start that shit here now!! We gotta job to do remember? That's why Tseng called us."
"But why? We live all the way in NY."
"Apparently, that guy Vincent is our target. Are you ready?"
"Wow!! He's cute." The blonde said, making a love struck face at the dark haired teen, whom still had yet to notice them. That earned another smack.
"Stop being so damned stupid and let's get this over with!! I'm already sick of this place…And aren't you still dating that blonde guy?"
"Nevearil? …We got into another fight and he isn't talking to me, so I don't care!!" The blonde pouted and her sister gave a sweet smile.
"That's all I need to know…."
"huh?" Lonnie looked at her sister, confused.
"Forget it. Let's just get this over with. You remember what to do, right?" The girl nodded to her sister. "Good. Then get going."
As for Vincent, he was burning up. He didn't know why, but he was already sweating very badly, and he was just put on the meat grill. But then again, this would always happen to him. He stared over at Faith, who didn't seem bothered at all, even though the assembly was hotter than the grills when you think about it. He went back to what he was doing and tried to keep at it, but all that heat was bothering him badly.
Then he started to collapse, but Vincent caught himself and managed to stay on his feet. /What the hell…? What's wrong with me?/ he thought, looking around to see if anyone noticed. Then, as he looked down at his arm, he could've sworn that he'd seen very black fur starting to sprout from his skin. And it was painful. It was very painful, and he almost felt like vomiting right then. And his brain was starting to get to him, he heard different things, things that didn't make sense, like an animal was trapped within his mind, but was starting to come out using his body.
/No!! what….why?!!/ He tried to say the words out loud, but he was unable to speak. The beast inside him was stealing his voice away from him!! So he reacted. He looked to the grill and slammed his arm on the seething metal, applying as much pressure as he could to tear the beast away from controlling his mind and body.
And then Vincent passed out.
When he woke up, everyone was staring at him. Faith was trying to wake him up before then, hitting or kicking him had no affect, so all that was left was her voice. DeLyse had gotten some ice for his arm, being the one who caught him trying to burn the limb off. Dufer, Tseng and Cid (Cid was in the back, talking with Dufer and DeLyse at the time.) had taken over everything so the others could look over Vincent. Reno had just walked into the back, when he saw Vincent on the ground and decided to help him as well. When DeLyse went to look at his arm, nothing was wrong and looked at Faith, who was pretty much thinking about the same thing.
Vincent sat up, even though Reno told him not to. He stared around at everything, not sure as to what was going on, not even remembering what had happened. "You okay, man? What happened to you?" Reno asked, but Vincent shook his head.
"I…am not sure. Did I…did I pass out?" Vincent looked to Faith, who didn't know what to think or say.
"Um…" DeLyse began, "You fell, and hit your head on the side of the grill. How do you feel?" Vincent had to think about that one for a minute or two. He didn't know what exactly he felt. He didn't feel pain, or anger, or even dizzy. He just stared at everyone, confused.
"I…think that I am fine?" He stood up finally, holding his head to make sure it didn't hurt. Nothing hurt, not even his arm. He stared at it, and then the grill, then remembered what he was trying to accomplish. "That…monster. It attacked me?" He was questioning himself more than the others. Everyone looked around, not sure what the hell he was saying.
"Vincent?… There was no monster. I think that you just passed out and had a bad dream. That's all. You going to be alright?" Faith replied, placing a hand on his shoulder, and then looking to DeLyse with question. DeLyse looked over Vincent and then at her partner.
"Maybe you should sit down or something Vincent. You don't look good at all."
/Don't be stupid Vincent. You know what'll happen next. You'll go nuts, just like your old man…. Don't you think so?/ the voice in his head said. "I don't know…" he said to himself. Faith stared at him carefully, and suddenly, he sprung back into reality, staring back at the girl. "Sorry to worry all of you. I am fine now.
/Liar!/ The voice in his mind said quickly. Vincent winced.
/Shut it!!/ He retorted back, then thought about it. He was arguing--with himself! Since when did he ever do that?! Something was wrong with him. And whatever he saw happening to his arm--real or not--it had started to take it's affect on the teen and he didn't know what to make of it.
But it felt so familiar…
"Why are all of you standing around?" A voice called, scratchy and very irritating to the ears. Everyone turned to see Janet, Kevin and the corp. guy standing in the back. Janet was still chewing her last bit of food, but it seems that the law of physics and the inability to talk with food in your mouth did seem to affect the fat woman. She had her face twisted disgustingly in a bad way--I mean UGLY. Janet is not a pretty lady when she's mad, man. I swear to God.
Vincent just stared at her, still a bit fazed by the whole incident, but managed to keep himself focused on what was happening, and almost gagged at the sight of her. Janet was glaring at him especially. Then Faith stepped in.
"Sorry! Vincent here collapsed so we had all them--"
"You're supposed to be working, not napping!!" Janet shouted back, upset that all the employees weren't doing what they were supposed to. Faith, though she was visibly pissed, dropped her head and bit her tongue. "I don't care if he's having a seizure!! You should all be where you're supposed to be, while one of the managers take care of him. Why didn't any of you consider that?"
"Because we care about our co-workers a lot more that you guys do!!" Faith finally said, and Janet was a bit taken back. Then Kevin stepped in.
"Now, Faith… Do you really think it's smart to talk to your supervisors in that sort of tone of voice?" He was asking a stupid question to a smart ass. And we all knows what happens when someone does that!
"I don't know. Is it considered policy for a supervisor to sexually harass an employee who has a boyfriend who works here? Ask another question!!" She walked away and Kevin went after her, leaving only Janet, the corp. guy, and everyone else in the back.
"I'm sorry Sir." Janet began. "All of our employees are young so they think that they know everything. It really is tiresome sometimes."
"I understand. I have two teenagers myself, but I think you should take better care of your employees, Miss Huestead." The corp. guy said, his eyes narrowing a little. He then went to Vincent and extended his hand to him. "You alright son?" Vincent stared at his hand for a moment, and then took it.
"I am fine, Sir."
"Call me Weigel. All my friends do." He said cheerfully, smiling at the teen. Vincent nodded and looked over at DeLyse, who didn't look very happy about the whole situation. He kept looking at her, wondering what her problem was so suddenly.
Back up front, Lonnie and her older sister, Morgan were looking concern as well. They stared at each other for a moment and then back at the teen, and then back at each other again. "That's not good!!" Lonnie said, watching her sister think for a moment.
"No, it's not. Tseng and Rufus told me that he wouldn't start reverting until later! If this keeps up, shit's going to happen."
"So, how are WE supposed to help with all of this? What can we do?"
"Catch him and start the mission." Morgan replied, turning back to her sister again. Lonnie blinked, then suddenly pulled her arms over her head and made a strange screeching noise.
"We scavengers must stick together!!" Morgan had several veins popping out all over her head and she looked like she was ready to kill.
"LONNIE!! How many times do I have to tell you not to do that stupid shit!? KNOCK IT OFF!!"
"I cannot!! A scavenger is a scavenger for life…" Lonnie said dramatically and gave the screeching sound again.
"THAT DOES IT!!!"
Tseng just happened to look up front to see Morgan beating the shit out of her sister, who happened to keep making that weird sound. He almost panicked, his eyes widening, and rushed over to stop the two. While Tseng did this, Cid was just coming back to see how Vincent was doing, making sure that all the orders on screen were taken care of.
"Ya okay now Vin?" He asked concerned. Vincent gave him a tiny smile and nodded.
"I am just fine Cid. There is no need to worry about me now."
"You sure about that man? Ya took a real spill for a minute or so. If DeLyse didn't see ya…"
"I am fine. Believe me."
/Ha!! You expect others to believe you when you don't even believe it yourself? Stop fooling yourself Valentine…/ The voice in his head suddenly said and Vincent jumped, his own eyes snapping wide and he was almost in a panic, of course, on the outside he looked very weak and unemotional as always. He never called himself Valentine. EVER. Whoever was in his head right now…. It wasn't him.
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Vincent sat alone in the lobby, trying not to think of what happened to him earlier. While he was there, Tseng and the others were in the back, talking. And about what, you might be asking yourself? Vincent Valentine.
"…So, that is the situation we are in at this very moment." Tseng started to explain to everyone. He didn't have to elaborate very much, but everyone got the picture. He turned to Faith and DeLyse. "And you two know what's happening to him clearly, right?" DeLyse nodded, but Faith shook her head.
"How the hell did this happen to the poor guy? What the hell is happening to him, is a better question actually. What the fuck was all that about. He burned his arm and he doesn't have a scratch on him, and then he doesn't even remember?" Tseng sighed and looked at the ground for only a second, just enough time for Cid to grab the man by the collar and shove him against the freezer. Nobody else moved, not sure as to what to do in this case.
"Now, listen here porky-pants!! I wanna know what the hell is going on with him. I've followed Xu's orders long enough to know that there's always an alternative to what ever we think is going on!! Now you'd better tell me what the fuck is going on, because if anything happens to my best friend…" Tseng stared into Cid's angry eyes and sighed.
"The heat is the trigger. The beast just loves it." Cid blinked a few times and stared at him as if he were confused. Tseng cleared his throat. "You see, that woman, that ghost that haunts Vincent so much is the reason why all of this is happening today. She is the main cause of everything…"
"What do you mean?"
"She was the best student of our school, working under the Science Proficiency and Researching professor. Namely, Professor Hojo. Lucrecia Crescent was his assistant back then…"
"So, that bitch had something with what's going on with the nutcase now?" Faith asked blatantly, a hand on her hip. Cid gave her a scowl, but Reno nudged him gently with his elbow and gave a slight nod to his friend.
"So, how are we supposed to fight this for him, since he doesn't seem to know how to do it himself?" DeLyse asked, and Tseng looked over to the two girls who were waving at him. He smiled.
"First, he needs to get fired and those two are going to help us. Squall?" Tseng turned to the teen, and the brunette nodded.
"Don't worry, I got it. I'm just lucky he didn't attack me in the school when he was in those flames. That was pretty dangerous in itself. You could've warned me."
"No need. He'll get cured one way or another…."
Vincent was about to come back from his break. Faith was nice enough to let him go before her, even though he came in around 8:30. He was walking back, when Morgan and Lonnie suddenly jumped him, an arm either around his waist and on his shoulder.
"Hiya!" the blonde said with a silly smile and a sexy wink.
"What are you doing in such a dirty place?" Morgan asked in a flirty manner. She was now using her other hand to run a finger over his chest. "Are you a dirty boy?"
"Cause we just love dirty boys…" Vincent looked down at the girls and started blushing. He didn't know what to make of this and it was all so confusing. The girls began giggling and awing all over the teen, who was becoming even more disturbed by what was going on.
And that was Squall's cue.
The brunette walked into the hole, where the supervisors, Michelle, and the person he was looking for were stowed away. "Hey, did you know that Vincent's pimping some really hot girls up near the counter? Cause they're really hot." He yelled, and suddenly he could feel anger rising in the person he had found, and rushed out of the hole.
"WHAAAAAAAATTTT!!!!" Yuffie came out of the hole after nearly killing everyone else that was inside, holding her shuriken and ready to kill. "WHO ARE THE LITTLE SLUTS ALL OVER MY MAN?!!" See, nobody told Vincent that Yuffie would be working that day, since he totally forgot that the girl worked there, and that was probably because he never got to work with her. And since she was still working there…
Lonnie and Morgan stared at her, then at each other, the same look of mischief on their faces. "Wow, this is so much fun Morg!" Lonnie whispered to her sister.
"I know! Just wait for the surprise!!" Morgan whispered back, and Lonnie blinked a few times.
"Surprise?"
"HEY!! GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY BOYFRIEND!!" Yuffie yelled and the sisters stared at each other.
"Yuffie!!" Vincent yelled, still blushing. "For the last time! You are not my girlfriend!"
"And you aren't my female's boyfriend either!" A deep voice said from behind Vincent. Everyone turned to see a tall young man with long blond hair, wearing a leather jacket and black jeans and boots. He was burning a hole through Vincent and didn't look like he was there to just joke around. "Get your hands off of her--NOW!!" Lonnie blushed slightly at the other blonde's words and then scowled.
"Why do you care!? You were the one who decided to be a jerk!" she yelled and the man smacked his head.
"Maybe if you didn't act so stupid all of the time, we wouldn't be having this problem!!" He yelled back, definitely not in a good mood already. Lonnie suddenly clutched Vincent's arm tighter and growled.
"Well, at least he can appreaciate a scavenger better than you can! Jerk-off!" Morgan and Vincent looked over at the blonde man and soon Morgan crept away, smiling slyly at him
"Sorry buddy, but there is no way I'm getting in the middle of those two!"
Lonnie and the man continued to exchange looks while Yuffie was about to kill all three of them with her shuriken, and once again, Vincent was in the middle of a mess.
"Lonnie, I'm not warning you again!! Get the fuck over here now!! I didn't come all this way just so you can tell me to take a hike!!" The blonde man yelled again, but Lonnie was being stubborn
"And what did you come here for? Just to order me around again!! I don't think so! Go bother somebody else!!" She blew a raspberry at him and turned her head to nuzzle against Vincent's chest. "Sides, Vincent feels so good to cuddle with. At least he wants to cuddle with ME!!"
Vincent's eyes were huge, and he almost wanted to chuckle when the man took off his jacket, revealing that he was wearing only a black tank that hardly covered his muscular body. And it seemed that he was an element master, when lightning flashed over his body and his long hair stood straight up from it's roots.
"….Goddamn it." He quoted from Cid. Then, he pulled out his gun and aimed at the man. "I hope you know that I'm a Special Class S-10 gunslinger." Vincent warned, but the man snickered at him.
"Heh. Then I hope you know that I'm a 15th Study of Electricity. And I know how to fight pretty well too…"
"Hmm. What's your name?"
"Nevearil WillingGodd. Yours?"
"Vincent Valentine. Nice name." Nevearil smirked and then charged his hand with the lightning. Then that's when Yuffie stepped in. "Nobody hurts my Vincent!! And nobody steals him away either!!" She aimed at Lonnie, who charged with lightning as well.
"Hey, back off little girl!! Or else you're going to get hurt!!"
"Wow…this is getting interesting, isn't it?" Faith said while eating a sandwich. Cid was basically cat calling the entire seen while the supervisors and managers watched on in shock.
Present time
/How the hell did this happen?/ were his only thoughts at the moment.
"Hey!! What do you think you're doing Vincent?!!" Michelle yelled in a panic, and Faith and Dufer started laughing their asses off.
"C'mon. Sit back, catch a sandwich, and enjoy the show." Faith said, and Michelle nearly screamed.
"Why are you eating on the clock?!!"
"Um…cause I didn't have a break?" Faith retorted coldly, and took another bite.
Vincent watched as Nevearil charged at him with great speed, shooting lightning at him, while Vincent jumped high and started shooting his gun. While the men were busy, Yuffie and Lonnie started to fight. The shinobi girl launched herself at the blonde, swinging her weapon fiercely, while the much thinner girl easily dodged all the attacks. But when Yuffie nearly struck her, Lonnie set up an electric shield from the weapon and was knocked back a little, right by Nevearil's side. The two didn't really notice each other, but shot the same electric attack at their two opponents.
"Illu flash!!" They yelled together and both Vincent and Yuffie were thrown back into one of the doors. Yuffie was knocked out immediately, while Vincent was just hurt badly. Both Nevearil and Lonnie were staring at each other, a bit ambiguous.
"When did you learn that?" Nevearil asked coldly, but giving a cocky smirk. Lonnie blushed a little, smiling brightly.
"Oh…. I always saw you doing that attack and so…well, you know….I just…well…I don't know…I -I just…yeah." She looked over at him, face completely flushed red. Nevearil was starting to blush red a little as well, but it wasn't as noticeable.
"Really? Do you watch me, Lonnie, when I am training?" He stepped closer to her, slowly and almost stalking. "I didn't think that you found watching me so entertaining."
"Well…maybe if you weren't such a jerk to me all of the time!" She said harshly, giving him a dirty face. Nevearil shook his head.
"Well, you're the one who got pissed off at me for eating the Twinkie--"
"I told you that I called dibs on the last Twinkie!! And what did you do? You ate it!! You ate the Twinkie that I clearly said was mine!! You knew that I wanted that Twinkie and you ate it on purpose!!"
"Yeh, I did…" Nevearil said sarcastically.
"I knew it!! I knew you did it deli-delib- on purpose!! You did it to just--" Nevearil had finally had enough and laid the best fucking kiss on his girl he could, bringing forth silence once and for all. Faith and DeLyse were the only ones to go "AWWW…." in the entire store.
"That is so romantic!" DeLyse said, and Faith agreed.
"Yeah, it's love stories like that that make this stupid story a little better and not as stupidly random, even though this is probably the hardest part to read cause you have no idea what the hell is going on." The black girl said, and soon everybody went back to work.
Well, except for Vincent. He got fired on the spot as soon as he was able to get back on his feet.
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Vincent was home now, staring at the walls of his apartment. He was finally able to clean what that godforsaken party brought. It was disgusting, but a must. And now he had to figure out some way to keep from receiving a punishment from his uncle. But his thoughts came too late, for there were his aunt and uncle, with their son, at his door. And he was ready for what was coming for him….
He slowly got up and opened the door.
Ten minutes later…
Vincent, Vivi, and Wakka were all dancing the polka while Lulu was listening to her own music and reading a book. Vincent felt like killing himself then, just as Wakka yelled, "C'mon Vince!! Just 24 more dances and then your punishment's over, ya!!" Vincent groaned and looked over at his cousin, Vivi, who was still too young to understand just how embarrassing all of this was and sighed.
/Must suck to be you, huh Valentine?/
/Shut up already!! And just who are you? I know that you're not me!!/ Vincent retorted back and the voice laughed.
/Good job Valentine. You're a lot smarter than you look right now, it seems. My name…is Chaos./
/Chaos? Wha… How did you get into my head?/
/I've always been here. You just never noticed. I've been sleeping, as well as our little friend…/
/Little friend? You mean the beast?/
/Yes….You can thank that bint Lucrecia for that/
/Lu? What do you know about her?/
The voice laughed menacingly. /I know EVERYTHING about your little crush!!/
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And that's it for this chapter. Isn't it all so confusing? WELL TOUGH MOTHER FUCKERS!! AHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAH!! Now, onto the quizzes…bitch!
1) OMFGWTF, man?!! What the hell is going? Vincent's going nuts!!
2) Just what did Lucrecia do to Vincent? Was it something bad?
3) Who is Chaos, and what's he doing in Vincent's head? And just what is this "beast" that he's referring to? And how much does he know about Ms. Crescent?
4) So, Faith, Eric and DeLyse are all spies for the Turks. But just what is it that they're supposed to be doing?
5) Who was the woman that Quistis was talking to, and what the hell are they planning?
6) Don't worry. I'm not a fan of Sephiroth/Tifa so no problems there. They don't connect well at all.
7) If you think I was making up all that stuff that Squall was doing with the toaster and stuff. You are so wrong. All of it is true, but wait till you see what happens next!!
Extra A/N:
Morgan, Lonnie, and Nevearil are all from the my original tale "The Story of Exile" which is part of an on-going saga that's called AS Series. Yeah, their basically the only OCs in this entire story, so don't get so damn pissy, okay?
My rant for the day:: This is going to be a long one Folks !
Sephiroth's Personality: Who is he more likely to be?
Alright, here's the continuation of Sephiroth's personality!! Now, Sephiroth is, in my opinion, a Melancholic person with a bit of a clingy twist! (SETTLE DOWN NOW KIDS!!) Now, let's dwell deep, much deeper into his whole system of thinking and emotions! Sephiroth is the kind of person who is considered "cold," as I have explained before! But does anyone really know WHY?
Well, I have a few theories. 1) Sephiroth is fucking HOT!!! If he wants to be cold, then he has every fucking right to be as cold as he wants to be! GOT IT?!! This is a guy who is part alien and he came out, not as an average dude, not as an okay looking guy, but a sex demi-god who was ready to snatch away any chick who he finds "Reasonably suitable" for his needs. And if he needs some loving, then I know just the girl for him!! And trust me, she will leave her man for Sephiroth….if her man doesn't go gay for him first. Trust me, she is his fan girl of choice. (That was for you DeLyse!! )
2) Sephiroth was never really raised to be someone who has to "feel" emotions. Hell, he was possibly the most lonely person in the SOLDIER group, though he had plenty of people to talk to, but he never really learned how to talk to anyone about his feelings. Remember, he was born possibly before the war and probably grew up while the war began and raised to learn how to be the perfect soldier for, well SOLDIER. Now, as a soldier, he was probably taught only about warfare and nothing about living as a regular human being. In fact, Hojo was his father, and Sephiroth was most likely never even told this as a child, so it isn't hard to believe that the crazed scientist never really cared enough for Sephiroth as a son rather than an excellent experiment that was used in Shin-Ra. Now, since Sephiroth was a member of SOLDIER even as a child, it could be imagined that the guy was perfect, being that he was exceptionally stronger than anyone ever listed in the military group. But now for a third reason--
3) Sephiroth never had a real parental model in his life. Sephiroth was told that his mother died at child birth and that her name was Jenova. Since Hojo wasn't the father of the year, Sephiroth was never taught how it felt to be loved by a parent, and a lot of people take that for granted, but it's very important that a child receives love from their mother and father. Since Sephiroth didn't really know who his parents were, he had no idea what it was like to even understand the word "family". He grew up alone, taught not to show emotions when it came to the enemy, and only to kill when necessary and to always achieve victory!! Since this was all that Sephiroth learned growing up, he probably took this with him for the rest of his life. He had no idea how to really deal with his emotions and that possibly made him more unstable than what people were led to believe.
Now, remember when Sephiroth told Cloud in the flashback about his father? He didn't really say the name, but he laughed. He laughed good and he laughed for a long, long time, almost as if it were funny just to think about it. Sephiroth, even if he knew who his father was (I think that he might have had an idea, but he probably didn't have any proof or even a clue that Hojo was his father.), acted as if it were the funniest thing he had ever heard in the world. Most people, when they don't have a father, or know who they are and have never had a relationship with them, are usually angry and ready to knock the shit out of their parent. Sephiroth, on the other hand, found that his own knowledge was entertaining and hysterical to even thinking about the situation.
Hence, Sephiroth is crazy.
Well, that doesn't prove he's crazy, but it's a simple example. And it was enough for me to think, "…why does he think that's funny?" There was also another time in the flashback, when Cloud said something about the natural Mako, Sephiroth laughed at him and told him about how funny it was when he said the same thing and Hojo went ballistic on him. Sephiroth made it seem like the happiest moment in his life to torture Hojo with the simplest things.
Another thing to remember is the fact that Sephiroth, Cloud and Zack were all best friends, and that made perfect sense to me. The three most common personalities that usually are found in a group of three are Protagonist, Sanguine, and Phlegmatic. In a group of four, all four personalities can be shown or there can be two of the same personality which sometimes causes conflict but strengthens the relationships between the group. In this case, there was a difference: Melancholic, Sanguine and Protagonist. Sephiroth, we already know what he is, but Zack played the Sanguine, the one who played the cheerful and happy friend of the group who was always able to make both of his friends smile and laugh. As for our favorite spiky blonde hero, Cloud acted as the Protagonist, but he also acted as the Phlegmatic out of nature.
Now, with Sephiroth's relationship with his "mother" Jenova, he was completely devoted to her, believing that he was one of the ancients but not realizing that he was actually part alien. (Yeah, how do you explain that to a date?) And sadly, Sephiroth was never really told about his real mother Lucrecia or else it would help him not go as insane as he did….or maybe it would've made him a lot more crazier, if you think about it. I knew a guy who tried to bomb my high school for just getting an A- in his math class. Nowadays, people are flipping out over the simplest things in the world. Sephiroth, on the other hand, had some really fucked up issues growing up, so I can absolutely understand why he went nuts.
After all, I don't think they taught him how to handle personal problems. Sephiroth is probably the loneliest yet sociopathic villain ever. He doesn't show his loneliness and no longer needs to now that he has his mother by his side. She became his only companion and he no longer needs the company of anyone else. So, it makes sense that he listens to her and goes to destroy the world!! That's it!! Later!
