Dark Valentine
Linzee woke up in a cozy little inn. She looked at her watch which read 4:30am. She looked around and realized she was in Nibelheim. There was only one other bed and in it was Cloud and Tifa. They looked very comfy together, wrapped in each others arms. Linzee found it odd that even while he was sleeping Clouds hair still looked like a chocobo. She giggled quietly to herself. Tifa looked so happy resting peacefully in the arms of her long time crush. Linzee let her eyes wander to the floor and giggled again when she noticed Barret and Cid cuddled suprisingly close together.
"They must be VERY cold...hehe"
Linzee said to herself thinking about how they would react to find each other together the way they were. She didn't want to be there for all that cursing and yelling. She saw Cait Sith standing there and it frightened her at first because he looked like he was staring at her until she remembered that he wasn't actually a real person so the body must always be awake. She kept looking and noticed Vincent and Red XIII were not in the room. So she wandered over to the window to see if they were outside. She didn't see them so she walked over the creaky floor to the bathroom. She went in and locked the door behind her. She found her bag on the floor. (She had asked Tifa to carry it for her before she had gone to find Vincent) She opened it and pulled out a green, velvet, button up, longsleeved, shirt, a mohogony dress that went down to her ankles (but she unbuttoned to her knees so that she could move around and fight), a hair tye, her hairbrush and her toothbrush. She got changed and put up her hair. She brushed her teeth and then put everything away. She looked at her watch and saw that it was now 4:41am, so she put on her pink belt with her hand-gunblade on it, placed her sword on her back belt and left the room, leaving her bag there (she wouldn't need it anymore, she could buy new stuff with all the gil they would be collecting from fighting) and she went downstairs. Since everyone was still sleeping, including the innkeeper she went outside. She noticed right away that Red XIII was sitting at the bottom of the well. She went to go say goodmorning to him but he stopped her in the middle of her sentence.
"Sh! Vincent is sleepwalking. I woke up and saw him looking out the window so I got up to see what was the matter and when he turned around his eyes were glazed over and he was very pale. The funny thing is he didn't even seem to notice me, so I followed him downstairs and out here. Then when he stopped at the well I did to and then he turned and looked straight at me and told me that if I followed him "HE" would kill me. So I stayed."
"I don't think he's sleepwalking Red. I think he might be possessed."
"Possessed? no no. Not Vincent. He can't be possessed."
"Why cause he's a vampire?"
"He's not a vampire."
"un hun, sure thing. Anyways he said that if YOU followed him, YOU would be killed but he never warned me so I can follow him."
"I'm not sure if thats such a good idea..."
"well I KNOW that leaving Vincent possessed and running back into the Shinra Mansion is not a good idea."
"But...Linzee wait!That girl will get herself into much trouble if she continues like this, but something about her seems....familiar...."
Linzee had already begun to sprint towards the Shinra Mansion. She ran through the old rusted gate and into the gigantic house. She looked around. She couldn't hear or see Vincent anywhere. She figured he must be in the basement. She started to run towards the stairs when suddenly she heard someone playing the piano. She ran into the room where she heard it coming from and sure enough, there was Vincent at the piano, playing Sephiroth's theme.
"Vin..Vince..."
He looked at her and she was shocked so much that she stoped talking. His eyes were just as Red had told her, dark and glazed over. They peered into her soul and she felt weak. She thought she was going to collapse but she held herself up.
"A strong one, I see. I knew one woman as strong as you. But she is dead now."
"Lucrecia? Vincent you have to move on..."
"HA! Lucrecia was not strong! She was pethetic and weak, couldn't even restrain herself from Hojo. ha. Hojo. He's out to you know? We're all out. Hojo, Lucrecia and I."
Linzee realized then and there who she was really talking to. Vincent was possessed. Possessed by someone, something that terrified her more than anything in the world. She had been so happy when Cloud defeated him, but now that he was back, and possessing Vincent, she was terrified and she showed it.
"wh...what about...the um others..."
"Oh yes, your pethetic flower girl and her little boyfriend are out as well. We let them go, there was much confusion and it's not like they can possibly do much harm to us. Oh, is Cloud with you? I'd like to give him a message. Let him know that I'll be with him again soon, maybe we'll have fun again like that time in the City of the Ancients."
Linzee was shocked. She started to reach for her hand-gunblade. Vincent/Sephiroth noticed her, of course, and put out his hand. In a blink of an eye the gunblade was in his hand, facing Linzee.
"Now, now. No need for violence."
He threw the gunblade to the floor behind him and smirked.
"Your crazy."
"Don't you think I know that? HONESTLY! Well, I have alot to do and I can't spend all my time talking to you right?"
Suddenly he was gone. But Linzee could still hear his voice.
"Give Cloud my message. Don't forget. It's very important. Hope to run into you soon Linzee, and your whole crew to, FUN IS TO BE HAD!"
He laughed a crazed laugh and suddenly Vincent appeared on the floor by the window. Linzee ran over to him and bent down and picked him up.
"Vincent! Are you okay? Vincent hunnie wake up!"
"Don't call me hunnie."
Linzee smiled and let him fall to the ground. He was unconcious again. She tried to pick him up and fell back down.
"Oh dear. Vincent you need to loose a few. I'm gonna need some help."
Linzee kissed Vincent on the forehead and turned and ran towards the door.
"I'll be back Vincent! Just going to get some help to carry you back to the inn!"
Linzee ran out the door. Vincent opened his eyes and sat up. He touched his forehead and made a confused face. He got up and looked out the window. He watched Linzee run into the inn.
"humm...she's so much like her. It's kinda scary."
"Yes I'd have to agree."
Vincent heard Red XIII but did not turn around to face him.
"Do the other realize it?"
"I don't think so, but the others, well, there not that fast at thinking."
"It couldn't actually be her, could it?"
"It's possible, maybe a reincarnated form of her?"
"Why do you say that?"
"well, she doesn't look much like her and we think she died."
"..."
Vincent looked out the window and Red XIII walked over and watched with him as Linzee dragged the very sleepy Cloud out the inn door towards the Shinra Mansion. They couldn't believe how much she was and was not like the young girl they had known.
Linzee woke up in a cozy little inn. She looked at her watch which read 4:30am. She looked around and realized she was in Nibelheim. There was only one other bed and in it was Cloud and Tifa. They looked very comfy together, wrapped in each others arms. Linzee found it odd that even while he was sleeping Clouds hair still looked like a chocobo. She giggled quietly to herself. Tifa looked so happy resting peacefully in the arms of her long time crush. Linzee let her eyes wander to the floor and giggled again when she noticed Barret and Cid cuddled suprisingly close together.
"They must be VERY cold...hehe"
Linzee said to herself thinking about how they would react to find each other together the way they were. She didn't want to be there for all that cursing and yelling. She saw Cait Sith standing there and it frightened her at first because he looked like he was staring at her until she remembered that he wasn't actually a real person so the body must always be awake. She kept looking and noticed Vincent and Red XIII were not in the room. So she wandered over to the window to see if they were outside. She didn't see them so she walked over the creaky floor to the bathroom. She went in and locked the door behind her. She found her bag on the floor. (She had asked Tifa to carry it for her before she had gone to find Vincent) She opened it and pulled out a green, velvet, button up, longsleeved, shirt, a mohogony dress that went down to her ankles (but she unbuttoned to her knees so that she could move around and fight), a hair tye, her hairbrush and her toothbrush. She got changed and put up her hair. She brushed her teeth and then put everything away. She looked at her watch and saw that it was now 4:41am, so she put on her pink belt with her hand-gunblade on it, placed her sword on her back belt and left the room, leaving her bag there (she wouldn't need it anymore, she could buy new stuff with all the gil they would be collecting from fighting) and she went downstairs. Since everyone was still sleeping, including the innkeeper she went outside. She noticed right away that Red XIII was sitting at the bottom of the well. She went to go say goodmorning to him but he stopped her in the middle of her sentence.
"Sh! Vincent is sleepwalking. I woke up and saw him looking out the window so I got up to see what was the matter and when he turned around his eyes were glazed over and he was very pale. The funny thing is he didn't even seem to notice me, so I followed him downstairs and out here. Then when he stopped at the well I did to and then he turned and looked straight at me and told me that if I followed him "HE" would kill me. So I stayed."
"I don't think he's sleepwalking Red. I think he might be possessed."
"Possessed? no no. Not Vincent. He can't be possessed."
"Why cause he's a vampire?"
"He's not a vampire."
"un hun, sure thing. Anyways he said that if YOU followed him, YOU would be killed but he never warned me so I can follow him."
"I'm not sure if thats such a good idea..."
"well I KNOW that leaving Vincent possessed and running back into the Shinra Mansion is not a good idea."
"But...Linzee wait!That girl will get herself into much trouble if she continues like this, but something about her seems....familiar...."
Linzee had already begun to sprint towards the Shinra Mansion. She ran through the old rusted gate and into the gigantic house. She looked around. She couldn't hear or see Vincent anywhere. She figured he must be in the basement. She started to run towards the stairs when suddenly she heard someone playing the piano. She ran into the room where she heard it coming from and sure enough, there was Vincent at the piano, playing Sephiroth's theme.
"Vin..Vince..."
He looked at her and she was shocked so much that she stoped talking. His eyes were just as Red had told her, dark and glazed over. They peered into her soul and she felt weak. She thought she was going to collapse but she held herself up.
"A strong one, I see. I knew one woman as strong as you. But she is dead now."
"Lucrecia? Vincent you have to move on..."
"HA! Lucrecia was not strong! She was pethetic and weak, couldn't even restrain herself from Hojo. ha. Hojo. He's out to you know? We're all out. Hojo, Lucrecia and I."
Linzee realized then and there who she was really talking to. Vincent was possessed. Possessed by someone, something that terrified her more than anything in the world. She had been so happy when Cloud defeated him, but now that he was back, and possessing Vincent, she was terrified and she showed it.
"wh...what about...the um others..."
"Oh yes, your pethetic flower girl and her little boyfriend are out as well. We let them go, there was much confusion and it's not like they can possibly do much harm to us. Oh, is Cloud with you? I'd like to give him a message. Let him know that I'll be with him again soon, maybe we'll have fun again like that time in the City of the Ancients."
Linzee was shocked. She started to reach for her hand-gunblade. Vincent/Sephiroth noticed her, of course, and put out his hand. In a blink of an eye the gunblade was in his hand, facing Linzee.
"Now, now. No need for violence."
He threw the gunblade to the floor behind him and smirked.
"Your crazy."
"Don't you think I know that? HONESTLY! Well, I have alot to do and I can't spend all my time talking to you right?"
Suddenly he was gone. But Linzee could still hear his voice.
"Give Cloud my message. Don't forget. It's very important. Hope to run into you soon Linzee, and your whole crew to, FUN IS TO BE HAD!"
He laughed a crazed laugh and suddenly Vincent appeared on the floor by the window. Linzee ran over to him and bent down and picked him up.
"Vincent! Are you okay? Vincent hunnie wake up!"
"Don't call me hunnie."
Linzee smiled and let him fall to the ground. He was unconcious again. She tried to pick him up and fell back down.
"Oh dear. Vincent you need to loose a few. I'm gonna need some help."
Linzee kissed Vincent on the forehead and turned and ran towards the door.
"I'll be back Vincent! Just going to get some help to carry you back to the inn!"
Linzee ran out the door. Vincent opened his eyes and sat up. He touched his forehead and made a confused face. He got up and looked out the window. He watched Linzee run into the inn.
"humm...she's so much like her. It's kinda scary."
"Yes I'd have to agree."
Vincent heard Red XIII but did not turn around to face him.
"Do the other realize it?"
"I don't think so, but the others, well, there not that fast at thinking."
"It couldn't actually be her, could it?"
"It's possible, maybe a reincarnated form of her?"
"Why do you say that?"
"well, she doesn't look much like her and we think she died."
"..."
Vincent looked out the window and Red XIII walked over and watched with him as Linzee dragged the very sleepy Cloud out the inn door towards the Shinra Mansion. They couldn't believe how much she was and was not like the young girl they had known.