AN: Sorry about the last chapter being so amazingly short. Here's the next
one anyways . . .
Chapter 3 - Explanations and Complications
Vincent looked around him as he entered the room. It was a dark place, with a chilling breeze that froze him to the bone. He quickened his pace to try and catch up with Eryll. Half of him wanted to run out the room and escape, but the other half was intrigued as to what was happening. As he walked forwards he noticed a misty substance coming out of the walls, which set off an uneasy feeling in his stomach. Eryll turned around and saw him looking.
"Those are waste gases." she whispered. "Poisonous, deadly - but don't worry, there is enough breathable air in here for us not to worry about them. It's just when Hojo switches off the main air switch you have to worry."
"He does that?" Vincent cast a quick look at Hojo.
"Sure, a nice painful death . ." she hesitated. "And I think he might plan o-"
"Eryll!" Eryll visibly jumped, startled. Hojo called again. "Bring him here."
Eryll looked at Vincent. He didn't even seem phased at what Hojo may have in store for him. Slowly she beckoned him forwards. When he had reached Hojo, the scientist suddenly cursed, briefly apologised, and went out the room, mumbling about forgetting something. Eryll turned to look at Vincent.
"If I were you I'd be trying to escape." Eryll looked at him. "What's the matter."
"Nothing . . . no, did . . you lead me here, on purpose?" Vincent looked at her. Eryll sighed and became very interested in the floor.
"Well no . . . yes, I did . . I know you're going to ask me why, but let me explain something to you." She leaned close to him. "If you want to survive - you trust no one. I led you here, yes. Why shouldn't I? I was told to find you, and I did. Okay, okay I was wrong, I shouldn't have, should I? " she paced around the room again and again, seeming to struggle with her emotions. She sighed.
"It's not my fault, you see - there's a dark secret plot here, I think, and the ringleader does anything to get what he wants. Hojo's only a little step of the ladder - it goes on and on until you get to the boss at the top. He wants people to work for him, so he blackmails them, I assume - Oh I don't know, but I am sorry about bringing you here."
Shuffling footsteps approached signalling the return of Hojo.
"Quick, Vincent go! Down the stairs at the back, take a left turn - it should be simple from there. Go! I'll distract him."
Before Vincent had time to reply, Eryll had walked upto Hojo. Wordlessly he left the room, and reached a long narrow corridor. Finally, maybe he could leave.
~*~
"Typical! This is great gratitude for you. Here we are in the middle of nowhere, and the person we were trying to find has just locked us up here!" Barrett turned around and looked around the room.
"Where's Yuffie?"
"Dunno." replied Cid. "Thinking 'bout it, she didn't come with us into the building, did she?"
Suddenly the door slammed open, and a still darkness crept over them all. A person dressed in a long cape loomed in the doorway.
"Cloud. Come with me." With that he turned and left. Cloud looked up from where he had been sitting quietly. He slowly got to his feet.
"You're not goin'?!" Barrett asked.
Cloud shrugged. "Might as well see what they want." With that he walked out the room.
Cid looked at the others. "What's with him?"
"Maybe you'll find out, maybe you won't." A light flickered in the doorway as Tifa stepped into the room.
Barrett jumped up "Tifa! C'mon Tifa, we're your friends, remember?"
Tifa walked over to him "I am not called Tifa.I now go by the name of Premium Heart. Use it when you speak to me. And I have no, and need no, FRIENDS." She spat out the last word."Soon you shall see . .what it's like to be free like I, away from all stupidity and rules."
Red jumped over to her. "Everyone needs friends. Even you. Look into your heart. You understand nothing anymore."
Tifa's eyes glowed a deep red. "Do you dare defy me?" Suddenly the room flashed a bright white, and they remebered nothing, but two cruel laughs, syncronized, both filling the darkness above.
~*~
Yuffie heard the laughter. But she was too scared, too selfish to go back in. Luckily she had been able to escape before, well, they got caught. It was strange, Tifa just mumbled something and they all fell down to the floor. Tifa scared her now, and she wouldn't like to swop places with her friends for the world. But she had to do something. Suddenly her brain sprang into action - she could find Vincent! That was probably safer, and since no one knew where he was, she'd be doing them all a favour by finding him. She laughed to herself, and ran. Now, where should she start . . .
~*~
Vincent quickened up his pace. He had just left the building, and realized why he had never spotted it before. It was almost fully hidden underground, somewhere in the mountains. He must be a long way from any village. He looked up towards the sky, and wondered for a moment why it was so dark. Suddenly he felt the cold kiss of steel at his neck.
"Don't trust anyone." a voice whispered, as the blade ran a line along his throat, and blood spilt onto his shirt.
~*~
AN:I was feeling very mean to Vincent then . . And I'm soooo sorry that this chapter isn't too long either
Oh well, read and review please!!!!
Chapter 3 - Explanations and Complications
Vincent looked around him as he entered the room. It was a dark place, with a chilling breeze that froze him to the bone. He quickened his pace to try and catch up with Eryll. Half of him wanted to run out the room and escape, but the other half was intrigued as to what was happening. As he walked forwards he noticed a misty substance coming out of the walls, which set off an uneasy feeling in his stomach. Eryll turned around and saw him looking.
"Those are waste gases." she whispered. "Poisonous, deadly - but don't worry, there is enough breathable air in here for us not to worry about them. It's just when Hojo switches off the main air switch you have to worry."
"He does that?" Vincent cast a quick look at Hojo.
"Sure, a nice painful death . ." she hesitated. "And I think he might plan o-"
"Eryll!" Eryll visibly jumped, startled. Hojo called again. "Bring him here."
Eryll looked at Vincent. He didn't even seem phased at what Hojo may have in store for him. Slowly she beckoned him forwards. When he had reached Hojo, the scientist suddenly cursed, briefly apologised, and went out the room, mumbling about forgetting something. Eryll turned to look at Vincent.
"If I were you I'd be trying to escape." Eryll looked at him. "What's the matter."
"Nothing . . . no, did . . you lead me here, on purpose?" Vincent looked at her. Eryll sighed and became very interested in the floor.
"Well no . . . yes, I did . . I know you're going to ask me why, but let me explain something to you." She leaned close to him. "If you want to survive - you trust no one. I led you here, yes. Why shouldn't I? I was told to find you, and I did. Okay, okay I was wrong, I shouldn't have, should I? " she paced around the room again and again, seeming to struggle with her emotions. She sighed.
"It's not my fault, you see - there's a dark secret plot here, I think, and the ringleader does anything to get what he wants. Hojo's only a little step of the ladder - it goes on and on until you get to the boss at the top. He wants people to work for him, so he blackmails them, I assume - Oh I don't know, but I am sorry about bringing you here."
Shuffling footsteps approached signalling the return of Hojo.
"Quick, Vincent go! Down the stairs at the back, take a left turn - it should be simple from there. Go! I'll distract him."
Before Vincent had time to reply, Eryll had walked upto Hojo. Wordlessly he left the room, and reached a long narrow corridor. Finally, maybe he could leave.
~*~
"Typical! This is great gratitude for you. Here we are in the middle of nowhere, and the person we were trying to find has just locked us up here!" Barrett turned around and looked around the room.
"Where's Yuffie?"
"Dunno." replied Cid. "Thinking 'bout it, she didn't come with us into the building, did she?"
Suddenly the door slammed open, and a still darkness crept over them all. A person dressed in a long cape loomed in the doorway.
"Cloud. Come with me." With that he turned and left. Cloud looked up from where he had been sitting quietly. He slowly got to his feet.
"You're not goin'?!" Barrett asked.
Cloud shrugged. "Might as well see what they want." With that he walked out the room.
Cid looked at the others. "What's with him?"
"Maybe you'll find out, maybe you won't." A light flickered in the doorway as Tifa stepped into the room.
Barrett jumped up "Tifa! C'mon Tifa, we're your friends, remember?"
Tifa walked over to him "I am not called Tifa.I now go by the name of Premium Heart. Use it when you speak to me. And I have no, and need no, FRIENDS." She spat out the last word."Soon you shall see . .what it's like to be free like I, away from all stupidity and rules."
Red jumped over to her. "Everyone needs friends. Even you. Look into your heart. You understand nothing anymore."
Tifa's eyes glowed a deep red. "Do you dare defy me?" Suddenly the room flashed a bright white, and they remebered nothing, but two cruel laughs, syncronized, both filling the darkness above.
~*~
Yuffie heard the laughter. But she was too scared, too selfish to go back in. Luckily she had been able to escape before, well, they got caught. It was strange, Tifa just mumbled something and they all fell down to the floor. Tifa scared her now, and she wouldn't like to swop places with her friends for the world. But she had to do something. Suddenly her brain sprang into action - she could find Vincent! That was probably safer, and since no one knew where he was, she'd be doing them all a favour by finding him. She laughed to herself, and ran. Now, where should she start . . .
~*~
Vincent quickened up his pace. He had just left the building, and realized why he had never spotted it before. It was almost fully hidden underground, somewhere in the mountains. He must be a long way from any village. He looked up towards the sky, and wondered for a moment why it was so dark. Suddenly he felt the cold kiss of steel at his neck.
"Don't trust anyone." a voice whispered, as the blade ran a line along his throat, and blood spilt onto his shirt.
~*~
AN:I was feeling very mean to Vincent then . . And I'm soooo sorry that this chapter isn't too long either
Oh well, read and review please!!!!