Wake Me Up Inside
By V.Valentine
A/N: Thank You very much to everyone that's reviewed. Yes there will be at least one more character from Final Fantasy Seven appearing in this story, probably in the next, and also last, chapter. This chapter is mainly about the final confrontation between Vincent and Hojo. The song in this chapter is by Evanescence and thought it would fit in extremely well. As always continue to read and review, and know that I'm not making a dang thing off of this story, except for the Burning Pentagram Shot. That's mine. Read on, and Henshin A Go-Go, baby!
Vincent felt extremely numb.
He felt devoid of all feeling, even more so when he lost control, and Chaos came out and was in charge of his body. It felt like he was floating a in a obsidian pool of water, not having any ability to control where he was going, and the waves crashing against him. Was this his subconscious? He wondered where exactly he was, because the last thing he remembered was Hojo injecting him with something from that tentacle of his. And what about Emma? She was powerful in her own right; her mental powers were up to anyone else's in the mansion. But against Hojo, she wouldn't have a chance and he knew that. It's not that he didn't care, or want to do something; it just felt like he couldn't. He couldn't even yell out or scream, let alone escape this place and fight Hojo again.
Was this what death was like? All this blackness, and no light anywhere for miles. He didn't feel comforted at all, and although he wanted to get up and fight again, he just felt like he couldn't. And as the blackness beat up against him like waves against rocks in the ocean, Vincent thought that the only option that he had left was to succumb to the blackness. He couldn't even see himself in this miasmatic filth that was covering him, and only his hazel eyes gently gave off the only light that he could see the blackness with. There was so much that he had to do still, and Emma, what would happen to her? There was nothing that he could do now, and yet he still felt like there was something he could do. Was this how it was going to end for him? He felt robbed, he felt desperate. He felt angry. And then, just as if it seemed that all hope was lost, Chaos appeared before him, slowly starting to repel the black mist around Vincent with his own crimson aura. Chaos stood there, floating over the ground slightly, with his arms crossed over his chest.
"Look at you. Is this how you want everything to end? How you want us to end? I thought I raised you to be a warrior, not some giving up, fruitless, spineless shell of a boy." Chaos said, growling slightly, reaching forward and picking Vincent up by his shirt in his fist, bringing Vincent close up to his own face. "You want to do something about Hojo? Fine, me too. But we're going to have to work together on this one, because us alone is not enough against a thing like Hojo." Chaos stated, as Vincent tiredly looked up to Chaos. "I....I don't have the strength to do it. He...paralyzed me somehow." Vincent stated slowly, as Chaos growled again, and shook him vigorously. "Don't you dare go to sleep, Vincent. You do, we both die. And I don't know about you, but I still have plans for my life after this little tussle." Chaos roared, as Vincent looked back to him. "How...how are we going to beat him?" Vincent barely managed to get out as Chaos dropped him on the ground. "First thing is to drop that "I'm a freak, pity me" act of yours. Yeah, it sucks what happened to you. But we're stuck together and now we're going to work together. Open your mind to me, Vincent, and let me give you all of my powers." Chaos said, as Vincent managed to nod, and closed his eyes. And soon, Chaos did too, and the same red aura the enveloped the demon soon enveloped Vincent himself.
And as the light faded, both of them looked to each other, Vincent able to move more than he did before. "The poison from Hojo...it's gone." Vincent stated as Chaos nodded. "I'm immune to all poisons. Especially those from Hojo." Chaos said as Vincent nodded. "What are we waiting for then? Let's go." Vincent said, standing tall again, but just before Chaos stopped him. "Wait. I just gave you all of my powers. And you should know that I'm not the only monster that Hojo injected into your system. I just released the other three." Chaos said, slowly turning his head back behind him, then turning his body to match that movement. And then out of the blackness, three more figures appeared; covered in the same orange-reddish aura that Chaos was enveloped in. The first had taken the form of a mighty were wolf, his purple fur covering his body and massive horns erupting from the side of his head, and a fang-lined maw gaping out and open. The next was a massive brute of a creature, at least eight feet tall, and lumbering over all of them. He was muscle bound in every sense of the word, with two gigantic bolts ticking out of his nick, as his emotionless yellow eyes looked to Vincent. And the third looked the most psychotic of all, a white mask covering his face, save for eye slots. His black stringy hair covering his head haphazardly and a giant chainsaw in his hands, already revving up to life and rumbling in his hands.
Vincent looked to this, and then to Chaos, as the three monsters slowly started to walk towards Vincent and slowly disappear into his body, just as soon as they had appeared. And as soon as they were in, Chaos grinned and did the same, entering Vincent's body just as the others had did. Once Chaos was in with the others, Vincent let out a loud roar that shook the blackness away from wherever he was, as a white light slowly appeared, and filled the entire area.
Meanwhile....
Emma looked to Hojo lunging for her as she rapidly tried to push him away with the powers of her mind. But she was too late, as Hojo was on top of her already, and pinning her down on the ground. Hojo looked her over and sniffed lightly. "Valentine's smell is all over you. I don't know what he would be doing with a stuck up bitch like you. I guess I should kill you slowly since you're the closet to him. How does it feel to know that he can't help you now?" Hojo asked, as he laughed maniacally. His tentacle came up above his head, and slowly proceeded to rip open Emma's shirt and tear it off of her. The poisonous barb came out from the end of the tail as it slowly and purposely headed from Emma's heart, wanting to directly administer the toxin into her nervous system.
And that was just before a gunshot rang out, shooting off the barb at the end of Hojo's tail.
Hojo looked to this and screamed out in pain, as he quickly rolled off Emma and onto the ground, trying to ease the pain of the appendage that was just wounded. But in sheer horror, Hojo looked up to see Vincent standing above him, Death Penalty in his hands. Vincent looked back to him, his hazel eyes starting to turn a fantastic blood red, and started to fill with a crimson light. He effortlessly ejected the spent bullet casing from Death Penalty's chamber, and then attached the customized rifle to his back. Hojo slowly managed to stand on the tail of his again, as he looked to Vincent. "How...how did you survive?" Hojo asked, thinking that it was impossible that Valentine survived his poison. Vincent slowly walked over to him, and got right into his face, his obsidian hair growing longer, and reaching down to the small of his back, as his obsidian bangs went down to his eyebrows. Hojo noticed that the skies outside were growing increasingly darkly; a thunderstorm making it's way here. "Don't you know, Hojo? After all, you created me. And you should never create what you can't destroy." Vincent said, just before kicking Hojo in the face, sending him over into one of the many bookcases of the parlor.
How can you see into my eyes
Like open doors
Leading you down into my core
Where I've become so numb
And before Hojo could even get up, Vincent raced over to his body, a bright flash appearing just before Vincent got there. Only Vincent wasn't standing over Hojo, but the Galian Beast was. The small but powerful beast immediately started slashing at Hojo's chest, his claws cutting into Hojo's flesh like a knife. Galian Beast picked up Hojo and tossed him out the window of the parlor throwing him outside. Rain started to heavily pour down on the grounds of the Academy, as Galian Beast wasted no time to attack Hojo again, knocking Hojo into the air with a mighty flash of fire that sent him skywards.
You fill my soul
My spirit is sleeping somewhere cold
Until you find that you direct me
Back Home
And as soon as Hojo was moved into the sky, the Galian Beast leapt into the air, another bright flash of light occurring. Death Gigas appeared over Hojo, pulling back his massive fists back behind his head. With a fine, swift and powerful motion, Death Gigas launched Hojo back down towards the earth, seeing him land face first in the ground, making a small crater. Hojo managed to slowly stand up, to see Death Gigas back on the ground, slowly approaching him. "Vincent! Listen to me! We can cut a deal, can't we? There's so much I can teach you!" Hojo tried to poorly beg for his life, as another bright flash of red light appeared, enveloping Death Gigas. (Wake Me Up) Wake me up inside (Can't wake up) Call my name and save me from the dark Make my blood to run Before I come undone (Save Me) Save me from the nothing I've become
Hellmasker appeared before Hojo this time, his chainsaw already out and edged towards Hojo. With several swings in continuous motions as if it was a sword, Hellmasker started to cut into Hojo with a fine precision. Not enough to kill him just yet, he wanted to make Hojo suffer for every crime he had ever committed. Blood started to pour out from ever pore in Hojo's mangled gray skin. Hellmasker looked to this, and slowly removed his white mask to show Vincent's face, as Vincent tossed away the chainsaw. "He's all yours, Chaos." Vincent said darkly, as the red flash appeared once again, and Chaos stood in Vincent's place.
Now that I know what I'm without You can't just leave me Breathe into me, and make me feel Bring me to life (Chorus)
Chaos roared with a bestial fury as he raced forward in what would be considered a blur by normal eyes. He moved in for a vicious punch across Hojo's face, then grabbed him by the ears and brought his head down to meet his knee. As blood started to gush from Hojo's nose, Chaos could see Hojo starting to revert back to normal. Chaos whipped around and took his tail, wrapping it around Hojo's neck, and driving him into the ground with a thud. And as Chaos released him, Chaos took a couple of steps back, and looked up to the sky, the thunder and rain now very apparent as he smirked. "No, Valentine. He's all yours." Chaos stated, and gradually changed back to Vincent. But as Vincent reappeared, he was different, robed in a floor length blood red cape the came all the way up his mouth. A golden gauntlet appeared over his left arm, vicious claws forming at the end of the fingers. A stark red bandana was wrapped around his head, to give him the only sense of color in his other wise black clothes. But a red "X" design appeared on his shirt crossing over his own chest. Death Penalty was at his side; ready to go whenever its master needed it.
All of this time, I can't believe I couldn't see Kept in the dark, but you were there in front of me I've been sleeping a thousand years it seems Got to open my eyes to everything Without thought, without voice, without a soul Bring me to life (Chorus)
Hojo was now completely reverted to his human form, as he sank to his knees from sheer exhaustion. He tiredly looked up to Vincent, clasping his hands together in a sign of mercy. "Please...Valentine, it doesn't have to be this way. With what I could teach you, and what we could do together, we could make this place heaven on Earth." Hojo pleaded as Vincent simply walked over to him, and looked to him for a moment. Vincent then slowly reached down and slowly lifted Hojo to his knees. Hojo looked to him a small smile on his face as he nodded a thank you. But Vincent wasn't smiling at all. His crimson eyes were staring right into Hojo's black beady little ones. "No, Hojo. We're not going to do that. For the gate to tomorrow is not in the light of heaven, but the depths of the darkness. And the name is Desperado, you worthless piece of filth." Vincent stated darkly, as he unholstered Death Penalty as Hojo brought his hands up over his face. But when Hojo uncovered his face when he didn't hear a gunshot, he didn't see Vincent anywhere.
He looked around for a moment, and couldn't see Vincent anywhere in sight. He then looked up to see Death Penalty spinning in the air, then fall the ground, sticking upright in the ground. Hojo wondered what was going around, only to see Valentine's good hand sticking right in front of his face, Valentine turned away from Hojo, with his claw arm tucked under his side. His thumb was tucked in on his good hand, as a reddish energy started to come from the palm of his good hand, that was right in front of Hojo's face. And as the light grew to about the size of a baseball, a small fiery pentagram appeared in the center, pulsating with energy and heat. Vincent looked to Hojo one last time, before looking away again. "For my mother and father." Vincent stated simply, before the orb exploded right in front of Hojo's face, taking off his head in the process. And as Hojo's headless body hit the ground, Vincent looked to him one last time, before moving away from him and picking up Death Penalty. He reholstered the rifle at his side, as he started off for the academy. But he only found himself making a few steps towards the mansion, before he stopped again. "Rest in Peace, Hojo." Vincent said simply, before walking back into the mansion, from the same hole he had created to get out.
By V.Valentine
A/N: Thank You very much to everyone that's reviewed. Yes there will be at least one more character from Final Fantasy Seven appearing in this story, probably in the next, and also last, chapter. This chapter is mainly about the final confrontation between Vincent and Hojo. The song in this chapter is by Evanescence and thought it would fit in extremely well. As always continue to read and review, and know that I'm not making a dang thing off of this story, except for the Burning Pentagram Shot. That's mine. Read on, and Henshin A Go-Go, baby!
Vincent felt extremely numb.
He felt devoid of all feeling, even more so when he lost control, and Chaos came out and was in charge of his body. It felt like he was floating a in a obsidian pool of water, not having any ability to control where he was going, and the waves crashing against him. Was this his subconscious? He wondered where exactly he was, because the last thing he remembered was Hojo injecting him with something from that tentacle of his. And what about Emma? She was powerful in her own right; her mental powers were up to anyone else's in the mansion. But against Hojo, she wouldn't have a chance and he knew that. It's not that he didn't care, or want to do something; it just felt like he couldn't. He couldn't even yell out or scream, let alone escape this place and fight Hojo again.
Was this what death was like? All this blackness, and no light anywhere for miles. He didn't feel comforted at all, and although he wanted to get up and fight again, he just felt like he couldn't. And as the blackness beat up against him like waves against rocks in the ocean, Vincent thought that the only option that he had left was to succumb to the blackness. He couldn't even see himself in this miasmatic filth that was covering him, and only his hazel eyes gently gave off the only light that he could see the blackness with. There was so much that he had to do still, and Emma, what would happen to her? There was nothing that he could do now, and yet he still felt like there was something he could do. Was this how it was going to end for him? He felt robbed, he felt desperate. He felt angry. And then, just as if it seemed that all hope was lost, Chaos appeared before him, slowly starting to repel the black mist around Vincent with his own crimson aura. Chaos stood there, floating over the ground slightly, with his arms crossed over his chest.
"Look at you. Is this how you want everything to end? How you want us to end? I thought I raised you to be a warrior, not some giving up, fruitless, spineless shell of a boy." Chaos said, growling slightly, reaching forward and picking Vincent up by his shirt in his fist, bringing Vincent close up to his own face. "You want to do something about Hojo? Fine, me too. But we're going to have to work together on this one, because us alone is not enough against a thing like Hojo." Chaos stated, as Vincent tiredly looked up to Chaos. "I....I don't have the strength to do it. He...paralyzed me somehow." Vincent stated slowly, as Chaos growled again, and shook him vigorously. "Don't you dare go to sleep, Vincent. You do, we both die. And I don't know about you, but I still have plans for my life after this little tussle." Chaos roared, as Vincent looked back to him. "How...how are we going to beat him?" Vincent barely managed to get out as Chaos dropped him on the ground. "First thing is to drop that "I'm a freak, pity me" act of yours. Yeah, it sucks what happened to you. But we're stuck together and now we're going to work together. Open your mind to me, Vincent, and let me give you all of my powers." Chaos said, as Vincent managed to nod, and closed his eyes. And soon, Chaos did too, and the same red aura the enveloped the demon soon enveloped Vincent himself.
And as the light faded, both of them looked to each other, Vincent able to move more than he did before. "The poison from Hojo...it's gone." Vincent stated as Chaos nodded. "I'm immune to all poisons. Especially those from Hojo." Chaos said as Vincent nodded. "What are we waiting for then? Let's go." Vincent said, standing tall again, but just before Chaos stopped him. "Wait. I just gave you all of my powers. And you should know that I'm not the only monster that Hojo injected into your system. I just released the other three." Chaos said, slowly turning his head back behind him, then turning his body to match that movement. And then out of the blackness, three more figures appeared; covered in the same orange-reddish aura that Chaos was enveloped in. The first had taken the form of a mighty were wolf, his purple fur covering his body and massive horns erupting from the side of his head, and a fang-lined maw gaping out and open. The next was a massive brute of a creature, at least eight feet tall, and lumbering over all of them. He was muscle bound in every sense of the word, with two gigantic bolts ticking out of his nick, as his emotionless yellow eyes looked to Vincent. And the third looked the most psychotic of all, a white mask covering his face, save for eye slots. His black stringy hair covering his head haphazardly and a giant chainsaw in his hands, already revving up to life and rumbling in his hands.
Vincent looked to this, and then to Chaos, as the three monsters slowly started to walk towards Vincent and slowly disappear into his body, just as soon as they had appeared. And as soon as they were in, Chaos grinned and did the same, entering Vincent's body just as the others had did. Once Chaos was in with the others, Vincent let out a loud roar that shook the blackness away from wherever he was, as a white light slowly appeared, and filled the entire area.
Meanwhile....
Emma looked to Hojo lunging for her as she rapidly tried to push him away with the powers of her mind. But she was too late, as Hojo was on top of her already, and pinning her down on the ground. Hojo looked her over and sniffed lightly. "Valentine's smell is all over you. I don't know what he would be doing with a stuck up bitch like you. I guess I should kill you slowly since you're the closet to him. How does it feel to know that he can't help you now?" Hojo asked, as he laughed maniacally. His tentacle came up above his head, and slowly proceeded to rip open Emma's shirt and tear it off of her. The poisonous barb came out from the end of the tail as it slowly and purposely headed from Emma's heart, wanting to directly administer the toxin into her nervous system.
And that was just before a gunshot rang out, shooting off the barb at the end of Hojo's tail.
Hojo looked to this and screamed out in pain, as he quickly rolled off Emma and onto the ground, trying to ease the pain of the appendage that was just wounded. But in sheer horror, Hojo looked up to see Vincent standing above him, Death Penalty in his hands. Vincent looked back to him, his hazel eyes starting to turn a fantastic blood red, and started to fill with a crimson light. He effortlessly ejected the spent bullet casing from Death Penalty's chamber, and then attached the customized rifle to his back. Hojo slowly managed to stand on the tail of his again, as he looked to Vincent. "How...how did you survive?" Hojo asked, thinking that it was impossible that Valentine survived his poison. Vincent slowly walked over to him, and got right into his face, his obsidian hair growing longer, and reaching down to the small of his back, as his obsidian bangs went down to his eyebrows. Hojo noticed that the skies outside were growing increasingly darkly; a thunderstorm making it's way here. "Don't you know, Hojo? After all, you created me. And you should never create what you can't destroy." Vincent said, just before kicking Hojo in the face, sending him over into one of the many bookcases of the parlor.
How can you see into my eyes
Like open doors
Leading you down into my core
Where I've become so numb
And before Hojo could even get up, Vincent raced over to his body, a bright flash appearing just before Vincent got there. Only Vincent wasn't standing over Hojo, but the Galian Beast was. The small but powerful beast immediately started slashing at Hojo's chest, his claws cutting into Hojo's flesh like a knife. Galian Beast picked up Hojo and tossed him out the window of the parlor throwing him outside. Rain started to heavily pour down on the grounds of the Academy, as Galian Beast wasted no time to attack Hojo again, knocking Hojo into the air with a mighty flash of fire that sent him skywards.
You fill my soul
My spirit is sleeping somewhere cold
Until you find that you direct me
Back Home
And as soon as Hojo was moved into the sky, the Galian Beast leapt into the air, another bright flash of light occurring. Death Gigas appeared over Hojo, pulling back his massive fists back behind his head. With a fine, swift and powerful motion, Death Gigas launched Hojo back down towards the earth, seeing him land face first in the ground, making a small crater. Hojo managed to slowly stand up, to see Death Gigas back on the ground, slowly approaching him. "Vincent! Listen to me! We can cut a deal, can't we? There's so much I can teach you!" Hojo tried to poorly beg for his life, as another bright flash of red light appeared, enveloping Death Gigas. (Wake Me Up) Wake me up inside (Can't wake up) Call my name and save me from the dark Make my blood to run Before I come undone (Save Me) Save me from the nothing I've become
Hellmasker appeared before Hojo this time, his chainsaw already out and edged towards Hojo. With several swings in continuous motions as if it was a sword, Hellmasker started to cut into Hojo with a fine precision. Not enough to kill him just yet, he wanted to make Hojo suffer for every crime he had ever committed. Blood started to pour out from ever pore in Hojo's mangled gray skin. Hellmasker looked to this, and slowly removed his white mask to show Vincent's face, as Vincent tossed away the chainsaw. "He's all yours, Chaos." Vincent said darkly, as the red flash appeared once again, and Chaos stood in Vincent's place.
Now that I know what I'm without You can't just leave me Breathe into me, and make me feel Bring me to life (Chorus)
Chaos roared with a bestial fury as he raced forward in what would be considered a blur by normal eyes. He moved in for a vicious punch across Hojo's face, then grabbed him by the ears and brought his head down to meet his knee. As blood started to gush from Hojo's nose, Chaos could see Hojo starting to revert back to normal. Chaos whipped around and took his tail, wrapping it around Hojo's neck, and driving him into the ground with a thud. And as Chaos released him, Chaos took a couple of steps back, and looked up to the sky, the thunder and rain now very apparent as he smirked. "No, Valentine. He's all yours." Chaos stated, and gradually changed back to Vincent. But as Vincent reappeared, he was different, robed in a floor length blood red cape the came all the way up his mouth. A golden gauntlet appeared over his left arm, vicious claws forming at the end of the fingers. A stark red bandana was wrapped around his head, to give him the only sense of color in his other wise black clothes. But a red "X" design appeared on his shirt crossing over his own chest. Death Penalty was at his side; ready to go whenever its master needed it.
All of this time, I can't believe I couldn't see Kept in the dark, but you were there in front of me I've been sleeping a thousand years it seems Got to open my eyes to everything Without thought, without voice, without a soul Bring me to life (Chorus)
Hojo was now completely reverted to his human form, as he sank to his knees from sheer exhaustion. He tiredly looked up to Vincent, clasping his hands together in a sign of mercy. "Please...Valentine, it doesn't have to be this way. With what I could teach you, and what we could do together, we could make this place heaven on Earth." Hojo pleaded as Vincent simply walked over to him, and looked to him for a moment. Vincent then slowly reached down and slowly lifted Hojo to his knees. Hojo looked to him a small smile on his face as he nodded a thank you. But Vincent wasn't smiling at all. His crimson eyes were staring right into Hojo's black beady little ones. "No, Hojo. We're not going to do that. For the gate to tomorrow is not in the light of heaven, but the depths of the darkness. And the name is Desperado, you worthless piece of filth." Vincent stated darkly, as he unholstered Death Penalty as Hojo brought his hands up over his face. But when Hojo uncovered his face when he didn't hear a gunshot, he didn't see Vincent anywhere.
He looked around for a moment, and couldn't see Vincent anywhere in sight. He then looked up to see Death Penalty spinning in the air, then fall the ground, sticking upright in the ground. Hojo wondered what was going around, only to see Valentine's good hand sticking right in front of his face, Valentine turned away from Hojo, with his claw arm tucked under his side. His thumb was tucked in on his good hand, as a reddish energy started to come from the palm of his good hand, that was right in front of Hojo's face. And as the light grew to about the size of a baseball, a small fiery pentagram appeared in the center, pulsating with energy and heat. Vincent looked to Hojo one last time, before looking away again. "For my mother and father." Vincent stated simply, before the orb exploded right in front of Hojo's face, taking off his head in the process. And as Hojo's headless body hit the ground, Vincent looked to him one last time, before moving away from him and picking up Death Penalty. He reholstered the rifle at his side, as he started off for the academy. But he only found himself making a few steps towards the mansion, before he stopped again. "Rest in Peace, Hojo." Vincent said simply, before walking back into the mansion, from the same hole he had created to get out.