Orphan Chapter 14: Deleted Chapter, a final fantasy vii fanfic

A/N: This extra chap will explain what happened to Kiara as Nero attacked the Shera during the Midgar assault, so this is dedicated to those of you who wanted another chap and to those who were wondering what happened.

Orphan deleted chapter

The Shera

Midgar Assault

Kiara followed Shelke into the sickbay and watched as she sat down, placing the strange helmet on her head. Kiara cocked her head curiously and tapped her on the arm.

"What is it?" Shelke asked emotionlessly.

"What are you doing?"

"Contacting Vincent Valentine to give him an update on the battle and to find out his location."

"Can I talk to daddy?"

Shelke sighed. "I suppose you can tell him hello but that is all. This is a battle and there's no time to stand around and talk." Slight irritation had crept into her voice.

"Ok."

The former Tsviet focused on the task at hand, leaving the child to stare at her in anticipation. "Uplink successful."

In front of Shinra Building

Vincent studied the Shinra Building for a moment before walking towards it. Suddenly his phone rang and he flipped it open.

"Hi daddy!" Kiara's cheerful voice came over the line and Vincent chuckled. It amazed him that she could still be so cheerful even in the thick of battle.

"Hello Kiara."

Shelke's emotionless monotone came over the line. "Vincent Valentine. The ground squads have not been able to penetrate the Deepground defenses. The mako reactors are still running at full capacity."

Vincent looked around, keeping an eye out for enemies. "So it seems."

"What is your location?"

"Shinra Building…" He turned to look at the ruined building again. "Or what remains of it."

"The same as it was three years ago. Though, after meteorfall, there wasn't much left of Midgar at all. With the exception of Deepground." There was a slight pause before Shelke continued. "The passage to Deepground is located within Shinra Building. Search for the president's personal entrance."

Vincent gave a slight nod even though she wasn't there to see it. "Alright." Suddenly pain shot through him and he gasped, clutching at his chest as he stumbled. He looked up and tried to focus but his vision grew hazy before blacking out all together. He fell to his knees, the phone falling from his hand as he tried to fight off the demon that roared to be released in his mind.

Shelke's voice came over the phone. "Is something wrong?"

"Daddy?" Kiara's voice joined hers.

Clawed pawsteps suddenly sounded behind Vincent and a DG hound leapt at him. Vincent slammed the back of his claw into its face without even looking behind him, sending the hound flying to land in a bloody heap ten feet away.

Vincent stood and his head flew back, an inhuman roar tearing from his throat. Chaos fought to break free of Vincent's hold and Vincent's body was engulfed in demonic energy, his eyes ablaze with chaos' demonic power. Vincent fought against the struggling demon with all the energy and strength he possessed. I won't lose control! I can't!

Shelke and Kiara shouted across the phone. "Vincent!" "Daddy!"

Their voices combined gave him the strength and he rammed Chaos back. He fell to his knees again, gasping and breathing heavily.

He looked down at himself in confusion, clenching and unclenching his fists. "What's…what's going on? Why is Chaos…? Why now?"

Shelke sighed. "You really don't know, do you? The Protomateria helped you control Chaos. Now that you've lost it, your mental state has become extremely unstable."

Vincent stared at the phone on the ground. "Protomateria? Control Chaos?"

"Yes." Shelke confirmed. "If you recall, you had it extracted from your chest by Rosso."

There was a long pause then Shelke's voice became Lucrecia's. "Chaos. While a part of you, the entity exists independently from the rest of your body."

"Shelke?" Vincent questioned.

"Chaos. The harbinger of anarchy." Shelke's voice had returned.

Vincent sensed something behind him and whirled around, looking upon an illusion of Lucrecia standing there.

"Lucrecia."

The voice flickered between Shelke's and Lucrecia's as the illusion spoke. "Born before the planet dies," the illusion walked towards Vincent slowly. "He shall gather together all life for Omega's journey to the sea of stars. That is Chaos. And he slumbers inside you."

The illusion stopped its advance and its voice took on a determined, desperate edge. "Vincent! I'm so sorry! You must fight him! I don't want you to die!"

The illusion disappeared and Vincent took fast steps forward towards where she had stood. "Lucrecia!"

The Shera

"You must fight him!" Shelke said desperately as Kiara watched in worry. "I don't want you to die!"

The helmet the former Tsviet wore sparked and sizzled as a small explosion went off inside it, cutting off Shelke's link to Vincent. She took the helmet off as alarms sounded and the alert lights flashed.

"Come on." Shelke ordered and Kiara nodded, following her out of the sickbay at a run.

"Hey! Engine room!" Cid shouted, trying to get someone to answer. "What the hell's going on down there!? Engine room! Dammit!" He slammed his fist down in frustration.

The Bridge door slid open and Kiara ran in, followed closely by Shelke. Kiara ran up the stairs to stand by Cid while Shelke stayed on the deck below.

"What is wrong?" Shelke asked.

Cid shook his head. "Don't have a damn clue. All of a sudden engine levels began dropping like crazy. We haven't taken any direct hits so everything should be running like clockwork!" His voice was laced with anger as he slammed his fist down angrily once more. Kiara looked up at him then turned her eyes to the monitor next to the steering control where she saw engine levels keep dropping, going well into the red zone. That's really bad.

"I'll go down and look!" She said, starting down the stairs.

Cid grabbed her by the back of her shirt and pulled her back to his side. "Oh no you won't! Vincent would kill me if I let anything happen to you! You're staying right here with me!" Kiara crossed her arms and pouted.

"I will go have a look." Shelke offered.

Cid nodded. "Thanks. Countin' on ya."

"Good luck!" Kiara smiled at her.

Shelke cast her eyes to the floor thoughtfully before taking off out the door, her mako educed speed aiding her.

Kiara looked up at Cid as the engine levels slowly continued to drop. "Are we gonna be all right Uncle Cid?"

Cid smirked down at her. "Sure we are! It'll take more than a little engine trouble to take my bird down!" He placed a hand on her head and ruffled her hair. "Don't worry Pipsqueak. I'll get this old girl through this battle then you can see Vincent again."

Kiara smiled and nodded.

They were silent for a moment, then Cid spoke. "Maybe when all this is over I'll show you how to fly the Shera."

Kiara beamed up at him, eyes wide with hope. "Really?! All by myself?!"

Cid looked at her like she was crazy. "Of course not by yourself! Vincent would have my ass! And no one flies my baby without me there!"

"But I'll still be able to fly her right?"

"Yeah." Cid smirked. "But first we have to get rid of these Deepground bastards."

Kiara nodded, used to his foul language by now.

They watched the battle below for a few minutes when suddenly engine levels shot way low and the ship jerked.

"What the hell!" Cid shouted angrily.

"Captain! Main engine failure! All power is being lost to remaining engines!"

"Shit! What in the blazes is going on in that engine room?!"

A pilot looked up at Cid frantically. "All power to the engines has been lost! We have to make an emergency crash landing!"

Cid nodded. "Do it! Try to land in a safe area! The last fuckin' thing we need is to land behind enemy lines!"

Kiara wrapped her arms tightly around Cid's waist as the pilot did what he could to steer the Shera into friendly territory.

"Aw shit! Everyone hold onto your asses!" Cid shouted, letting go of the wheel and wrapping his arms tightly around his niece. "Hold on Kiara!"

Kiara buried her face against him as the Shera hit the ground, throwing the pilot back into the wall, Kiara still wrapped up safe in his arms.

The airship skidded along the burnt, battle scarred plains outside Midgar/Edge. It came to a jarring stop and Kiara lifted her head. "You ok Uncle Cid?" She asked worriedly.

The captain groaned and sat up, rubbing his sore head and back. "Yeah I'm all right. You hurt Pipsqueak?"

She shook her head and Cid stood. "Alright!" He shouted. "Roll call! Who's not dead?!"

Six groans from the six WRO members sounded.

Kiara looked out the large Bridge window and watched as the battle progressed not too far away. Explosions in the air showed that a few airships still stood.

"We'll wait here for someone to answer the distress call I sent out right before we crashed." Cid said, sitting down on the deck. Kiara sat down next to him and sighed, readying herself for a long wait.

Vincent stood on one of the many walkways that connected the branch buildings to the main Shinra Building. He flipped open his phone and dialed #VIN, intent on reaching Shelke to find out where to go. All he got was a busy signal. His brow furrowed and he flipped it closed. Just as he was putting it away it rang. He flipped it open and the sound of battle reached his ears.

"Hey! I got through!" Tifa's voice called over the line.

"Tifa?"

"What!? You got through?!" Barrett's voice cut in. "Hey, Vincent!!! You still alive?!" He shouted, the sound of his gunarm sounding in the background.

"Of course he is, we're talking to him aren't we?" Tifa commented. "And did you really have to shout right next to my ear?"

Barrett laughed. "Sorry about that Tifa!"

"I apologize Vincent." The martial artist said. "Here's Cloud."

There was the sound of the phone being handed over and then Cloud came on the line, the sound of his clashing blade obvious in the background. "Vincent?"

"Cloud. It's been awhile."

"Yeah. Listen, have you heard from the Shera?"

"Cid's airship? No. I tried contacting them right before you called. I couldn't get through." He was beginning to fear what the swordsman would say next.

Cloud sighed. "That's what I thought. We lost contact about fifteen minutes ago."

Vincent's blood ran cold and his stomach dropped. Kiara!

"Don't worry Vince." Cloud reassured him, reading his silence. "I'm sure she's fine. Those three will be fine."

Vincent sighed. "Yeah…"

"Keep your mind on the mission. Focus. If the Shera did go down then Reeve will have people going out there now."

Vincent nodded. "Alright. But contact me as soon as you hear anything."

"Right. Can you hold on a minute? Tifa!"

The phone was handed over to Tifa. "Vincent. I'm sending you a map of the Shinra Building."

The map appeared on his phone screen. "Deepground is located deep beneath the complex. Take the elevator as far down as you can."

"Right. Thanks Tifa."

"Good luck!"

"Give 'em hell Vincent!!!" Barrett shouted.

"Barrett! I thought I told you-"

Cloud cut her sentence off. "Don't go getting yourself killed out there!" Then there was a click and the call was ended.

Vincent let out a small chuckle as he flipped his phone closed. He sobered. Kiara. He thought worriedly. I shouldn't worry. Cid will take good care of her I'm sure. Then he continued on.

Kiara jumped up and down, waving her arms at the approaching group of WRO members. She stood on the Shera's tilted wing, about five feet off the ground. "Yuffie!" She shouted, jumping from the wing and into the ninja's open arms.

"Hey kiddo!" Yuffie set her on the ground as the squad of WRO members passed, walking over to help their injured comrades.

"What took you so long Brat?!" Cid shouted, walking over.

"We had to walk old man! None of the vehicles could be taken from the fight to come save your sorry ass!" The ninja crossed her arms and glared at him while Kiara watched the two expectantly; it was always worth a watch when Cid and Yuffie went at it.

"Well it took you too fuckin' long!"

"Well if you hadn't crashed in the first place!"

"Shut up! Come on, I want to get my hands on those Deepground bastards! They'll pay for doing this to my baby!" Cid's hand tightened around his Venus Gospel in anger.

"You didn't even take any critical hits, how is it Deepground's fault? It was probably your bad driving!"

"My girl was perfectly fine before the fight! It had to be Deepground!"

They continued yelling at each other for a good five minutes and WRO members started making bets on who would win the argument. Finally Kiara pushed between them and tried to push them apart. "Stop it!" They looked down at her. "We gotta go!" She told them. "Daddy and the others are fighting now. Shouldn't you be helping?"

The two stared down at her then at each other. "Fine." Cid mumbled before turning to the rest of the squad. "Come on! Hurry the hell up!"

Kiara smiled at the squad members who were arguing and looking confused , trying to decide who won. "Yuffie won." Kiara said cheerfully.

"What do ya mean pipsqueak?!" Cid shouted. "We never finished!"

Kiara smirked and placed her hands on her hips. "Face it Uncle Cid; Yuffie always wins."

Yuffie grinned, pumping her fist in the air. "That's my girl!"

Cid grumbled as they headed towards the battle command center.

Vincent lowered Cerberus as the monster-dog-like Azul fell to the floor. He holstered the gun and turned away, believing the battle finished.

Azul growled and got to his feet, running at Vincent. Vincent whirled around as the creature's paw slammed into him, sending him flying into the railing surrounding their battle field. Vincent grunted in pain as he fell to the floor.

"Stand." Azul growled. "Stand! This isn't over!"

Vincent struggled to his feet, feeling the burning rage of Chaos fighting to be freed again.

"Good. Now, come and fight-!" Vincent was there before he even finished the sentence; his claw buried deep into Azul's armored chest and chaotic power flowing free.

"Why you!" Azul grunted angrily before the power exploded.

Vincent felt the demon take full control as Azul flew back.

The smoke cleared and Azul transformed to his normal form, wheezing. He stared upon Chaos as it growled and flapped its wings.

"Chaos." Azul grunted.

The demon growled and smirked in sick pleasure as it lifted Azul's cannon with ease. It threw the cannon and grinned as it ran Azul through.

Azul grunted in agony and looked down at the gun that ran him through, gasping for breath. He looked back up at Chaos and managed a small smirk as blood leaked from the corner of his mouth. "It appears you were more of a beast than I. I'll see you again Vincent…" he backed up. "In hell!"

Chaos conjured up its energy and shot a beam of it at Azul, sending him through the railing and into the black abyss below.

"Hail Weiss!" He shouted, laughing till his death.

Vincent tried to control the beast and it fought against him, slashing out at nothing as it raged a battle against him in his mind. Azul's words still rang in his mind. He's right. I am more of a beast than he.

"Kiara!"

Kiara waved as Tifa ran over.

"There you are! Vincent's worried sick about you!"

"Where is Daddy?"

"Fighting now." The martial artist explained before looking over at Yuffie. "You need to go meet up with him."

Yuffie nodded. "Gotcha." She gave a small wave to Kiara before taking off. "See ya later kiddo!" Then she was gone.

"Come on Kiara. Let's go call Vincent and tell him you're ok." Tifa said.

Kiara nodded.

Vincent lay on the floor of the still descending elevator, breathing heavily from the transformation back to his original self. Lucrecia… He thought. You…?

He looked to his right and saw a familiar phone lying there. He reached over and picked it up, examining it as he stood.

"Shelke?"

His phone rang and he reached for it, flipping it open.

"Daddy!"

Relief coursed through him when he heard her familiar voice. "I'm so glad you're safe Kiara. I was worried. How's Cid?"

"Uncle Cid's ok, he was fighting with Yuffie again."

"Then I'll take that as a sign that he's definitely alright, though, I think he'd even fight with Yuffie on his death bed."

Kiara giggled then sobered. "Where are you daddy? Are you coming back soon?"

"What did I promise you on the airship?"

"That you would come back."

"That's right. And I keep my promises. I want you to tell Tifa I'm almost for me alright?"

"Alright. Good luck daddy. I love you."

"Thank you little one. I love you too." He could practically hear her smile as he hung up, looking towards the large door that lead to Deepground as the elevator came to a stop.

Deepground. Shinra's dark secret. Three years of hell below. Vincent thought as the door opened and he walked through.

After beating Weiss Incarnate

Vincent watched as Weiss disappeared into the lifestream, thinking maybe the battle was finally over.

"Vincent!" He turned and looked at Yuffie who ran into the room, grinning from ear to ear and pumping her fists in the air. "We did it!"

Vincent smiled and nodded at her enthusiasm but the smile faded when he felt the life stream surge up behind him. He whirled around as the lifestream shot at him and he pushed Yuffie roughly out of harm's way.

"Vincent!" Yuffie screamed as the lifestream hit him. She wanted to run and help him but had no choice but to run out of the way, leaping from the room and onto the roof. She watched Vincent as Chaos took over then had to turn and run, out of the reach of the lifestream as Omega formed.

A/N: Ok so I decided to put this extra chap, I wasn't going to but my friend convinced me so here it is, hope you enjoy. This story is officially over, no more chaps.