The Song of Eternity
Canto 5 : Darkness
Verse 2
They talk of his enemies,
While they continue to do what they must.
Vincent opened his eyes once again, only to wish he was still asleep. He looked over to see Starmore tending a fire. "Where are we?" Starmore looked over, somewhat surprised to see Vincent awake.
"No idea, never got around to learning where everything was due to continental shift," Starmore shrugged. "We're in some woods outside the city from last night," he said, causing Vincent to recall what Starmore and Chaos had done last night. He closed his eyes tightly, willing the images of death to disappear.
"How many are left?" Vincent asked as he took the unknown meat that Starmore was roasting and handed to him.
"Too many to count really, maybe a couple million. Don't worry, I can sense them. We're safe here," Starmore said as he sat with his back up against a tree.
Vincent sat there in silence, eating as he tried to ignore what he and Starmore had done over the last few weeks. They had been systematically going around and eliminating entire cities. "How many of the WEAPONs have you found?" Vincent questioned Starmore.
"Well, there were 12 of them that left Gaia," Starmore said as he closed his eyes. "There was the one that possessed Sephiroth, then this one that got Jenova. One went back to my home planet, but I got that one. There was one on this planet full of vampires. It was a real bitch to take out," he said as he counted up to four on his hand. "Then this one planet was strange. The planet was very mystical and had a tree growing from the center of the planet. The WEAPON took control of the tree. So, as I tried to destroy it, the entire populous of the planet tried to fight me. And as I've said before, I'll kill anyone that gets in my way," he said before falling silent.
Vincent sat in silence for a bit as he watched the fire. He shook his head, stood up and walked off into the woods. After he left the clearing a figure emerged from the shadows of the forest and slowly and silently walked towards Starmore's sleeping form. It was a young woman, no more than twenty years old. She was covered in ash, apparently coming from the city that was just destroyed. She stopped a foot from Starmore and silently pulled out a gun. She stopped as she heard the click of another gun behind her.
She turned around with her hands in the air to stare at the barrel of Vincent's Death Penalty. "You've been out there for a while, what do you have to gain by killing him?" Vincent asked as he took the gun from her. She stayed silent and just stared at Vincent. "You are from the city," Vincent said as he realized why she was so dirty. "I am sorry, but it was necessary. Do you know who I am?" Vincent questioned the woman as he holstered his gun.
"Vincent Valentine the one who killed our son," the woman said in an otherworldly voice.
Vincent immediately pulled his gun back out and pointed it at her head. "Jenova," Vincent said as he realized the hopelessness of the world he was now in. "Damn you for making me do this," he swore as he pulled the trigger and the woman fell to the ground. Vincent sat back down and stared at the fire, leaving the body where it fell. "Why'd you make me do that?" he said out loud.
"Because you needed to see for yourself. You needed to see that this was the only way," Starmore explained as he kept his eyes closed. "I want you to help, to snipe them as they run. If you let the demon do everything, he will overtake you," Starmore said as Vincent glanced at the body.
"Are we going to kill them all?"
"I don't think that's necessary, there are a couple of tribes of humans living in some desolate places that aren't infected with Jenova and Garland. They'll live and repopulate the planet after we take care of the others," Starmore said as he finally opened his eyes.
"Fine, I'll help you," Vincent said quietly. "Do you have any idea about separating Chaos from myself yet?"
"No, I haven't. I haven't seen anything like your condition yet," Starmore shook his head.
"Very well, let's get back to work," Vincent replied.