I know, I know I haven't updated in a while. I had some article reviews that I had to get done for my research project for one of my classes. Hopefully I won't leave you hanging like that for that long again, but thank you for your patience. Here is the next chapter. Disclaimer: I don't own FF7 or the characters. I'm just borrowing them.
Chapter 35
It was a good hour before they were able to get away from everyone and get to bed. They wanted to leave early the next morning and get the ultramateria. Angela was sitting on the bed in loose pajama bottoms and a t-shirt brushing her hair, when Vincent emerged from the bathroom.
"Just boxers? What do I owe this special occasion?" Angela asked as she looked at Vincent.
"I didn't want to make you uncomfortable earlier." he said sitting down on the bed next to her.
"Vincent we slept together naked. This isn't going to make me uncomfortable." Angela replied.
"Hn." Vincent took a moment to gaze into the eyes of his new wife. He then placed his hands on both sides of her face and kissed her, and she returned it.
"Vincent, I think I have something that belongs to you." Angela said when they broke the kiss.
She reached into the front of her shirt and pulled out a Cerberus pendant on a necklace. Vincent took the pendant into his hand to have a closer look at it. Angela unclasped the necklace and gave it to Vincent.
"I lost this over a year ago during the fight with Deepground and Omega. It used to be the keychain on my gun. Where did you find it?" Vincent said.
"In the ruins of Midgar when I was looking for Kyra. I don't know why I kept it. I guess I thought that it would bring me luck." Angela explained.
Vincent looked at the necklace, then he reached behind Angela's neck and reclasped it.
"Vincent-"
"I want you to have it. Think of it as sort of a wedding gift." he said.
Angela looked at the pendant a moment and then looked at Vincent. "Thank you Vincent."
Vincent kissed her again before they climbed into bed and went to sleep.
They woke up early the next morning before anyone of AVALANCHE would have. Vincent wanted Angela to take the time she would need when they went to retrieve the ultramateria, and he thought that would be done the best if it was just the two of them.
"I would let you drive if we had your car Vincent." Angela said as they entered the garage and approached her motorcycle.
"I know." Vincent said as he climbed on behind her.
Angela started her motorcycle and took off. She went a little faster this time, wanting to get there as soon as possible. She knew that this trip would be a little longer, because she didn't live in town growing up. The house was on the other side, situated in the country. She didn't get off her motorcycle right away when they came upon the house.
"I can't believe that it's still standing." she said a she gazed upon the house.
Vincent got off the motorcycle looking at the house, then back at her."Take your time." he said.
Angela ran her hands over her face, took a breath, got off the motorcycle and started for the house. Vincent followed her inside. Angela sighed as they entered the foyer of her childhood home. She pushed her memories to the back of her mind for now, and focused on where the materia would be held. She carefully made her way through the house to the back so she could make her way down to the basement.
"Where do you think it is?" he asked as they entered the large room of the basement.
"Yes, do tell." said a female voice that didn't belong to Angela.
Angela narrowed her eyes at the woman leaning against the wall on the other side of the room. She stood up and started to make her way towards the couple.
"I won't let you have it." Angela said to the approaching woman.
"I don't understand why you would prefer to suffer." Trisha said. She then punched the floor, causing it to crack and a hole to form under Angela and Vincent.
"Shit!" Angela cried out as she and Vincent fell through.
They both stood after a couple of minutes after landing in an even larger room. "I forgot about his lab down here." Angela commented. "Vincent!" Angela cried and tackled him out of the way in time of the falling debris. It was followed shortly after by a large snake like creature with a human torso attached.
"Shit." Angela muttered as she gazed upon the creature before them. She stood up with Vincent, not letting her eyes stray from the creature in front of them.
"Now I will avenge the death of Trent. Now that we know where it is, I can finally kill you." Trisha said in her new form. She then lunged her snake like tail at them causing them both to dive out of the way in opposite directions. Vincent then shot a couple of rounds at her, which caused her to laugh.
"Your bullets are useless against me in this form Valentine." she said as she lunged at him.
She stopped dead when electricity coursed over her body. She turned back to see who had casted the spell on her, and she saw Angela standing a ways from her.
"You forget. I don't need materia to cast magic." Angela said as she got ready to cast again.
Trisha gave out a cry of anger and frustration as she dodged the next spell. She was able to land close enough to Angela to swipe at her with her tail again, but Angela quickly back flipped out of the way. She shot another electric spell at Trisha, which caused her to dodge again, a bit farther away.
"What can I do?" Vincent asked.
"Your bullets are useless right now. Try to distract her so I can get a good shot at her with a spell, but be careful about it."
"Got it." Vincent said
Vincent circled around Trisha, shooting at her, getting her attention on him. Angela sent a fire spell at her, hitting her this time. She cried out in pain as she turned her attention on Angela again. Angela dodged the blow sent her way, and Vincent got Trisha's attention again by shooting at her. This tactic seemed to work, but it was short lived. Trisha finally got tired of the game and was able to swipe at Angela, causing her to fly into a wall.
"Angela!" Vincent yelled as he made her way towards her, completely forgetting about Trisha. She caught him and tossed him to the other side of the room, as if he was nothing more than a rag doll.
"I think I'll let you see me kill another love before finishing you off too." Trisha said, her full attention on him.
She turned back in time to see Angela charge her in superhuman speed. She stopped in front of her and threw her hand into Trisha's body. Instead of her flying back, a sickly orange glow emanated from Trisha.
"Wha- no!" Trisha said. The orange glow died down followed by the clatter of metal. Trisha stumbled back a little, back in her human form. She looked up to see Brutality standing before her.
"You bitch! How dare you drain my energy from me!"
No sooner had she said that, in one motion, Brutality grabbed Trisha's fallen sword and threw it at her lodging it in her throat. Trisha fell to the floor dead, with a look of bewilderment frozen on her face. Vincent stood up as Angela's body emanated a green mist, and she returned to her human form. Vincent was able to grab her before she fell to the floor unconscious.
Angela was in a tank of water. She wasn't standing or lying in the tank. She was floating in it. She wondered why, until she looked at herself in the glass of the tank and then down at herself. She had fins instead of feet, and her hands were webbed. She hesitantly felt her neck and noticed there were gills. She opened her mouth to scream, but only bubbles escaped her lips. That was when the scene went black.
She then was looking through green liquid. A young man walked into her view and started typing on the computer. He turned around quickly and looked at the dials below her. He then looked up at her, revealing himself to be Cronin. The scene then faded to black again.
'You did this to me to save me didn't you?'
'If you mean me, then yes.'
'That last one is no memory of mine.'
'Of course it isn't. It's one of mine that your mind decided it wanted to see.'
Angela opened her eyes to be staring at red ones.
"Are you alright?" Vincent asked.
"I think so." Angela said as she sat up from Vincent's arms. "How long have I been out?"
"No more than an hour." Vincent answered as he helped her stand.
"Alright, let's find that materia." Angela said as she walked over to a wall.
Vincent walked up behind her and saw it was a huge safe built into the wall. Angela closed her eyes for a moment thinking, and then started to turn the dial. It took her a few tries before she was finally able to open it. It was empty, except for a large metal box. They were able to get it out of the safe, up out of the lab and basement, and finally out of the house. When they reached the motorcycle they were greeted by the approaching airship.
A/N: Yes, I'm leaving you with a bit of a cliff hanger. Depending on how much homework I will have after my day class, I might be able to update a couple of chapters before my night class. I should be able to, but we'll have to see. R&R!