Chapter 3

Adrian and Louisa stared at the winged beast for a long moment. Had it just talked to them? No way, that was impossible. It was a beast.

Adrian looked at the beast. His mind was working on overtime. His history lessons were finally hitting his over worked brain.

How can this be happening? Vincent…that name is so familiar, he thought, Wasn't that the name of one of the AVALANCHE members?

The radiant Louisa Bear found her brain worked and headed over to where the winged beast was held. A strange smile tugging her lips.

The beast followed her movements as she came closer. It's red eyes narrowed and a thin but prideful smile appeared on it's lips.

"Vincent? Is that your name?" Louisa whispered, her eyes widened as the beast cocked it's head to the side.

"No…yes…," those red soulful eyes filled with confusion.

Adrian came up beside her, "Doctor, umm…I think that Vincent is someone from AVALANCHE if I remember my history."

History…? We…we are history? the winged beast thought, No…to be history…one must die. We are not one. The master is not gone…he is far away but not gone. The master cannot come to the surface……

"What do we call you?" Adrian copied Louisa's smile.

"Chaos…," the beast hissed, "We are Chaos."

Chaos…chaos….Holy shit! Adrian slapped his forehead. If that was the Chaos and they had it locked up in a small glass cage… the beast was going to be more than slightly pissed off. However, it was reported that Vincent Valentine could change into Chaos but only for a short while. Chaos had been trapped for over three years.

"What's wrong Adrian?" Bear gazed at the young tech, the same gentle smile playing on her lips.

Adrian pointed to Chaos, "That is Vincent Valentine."

"No, he's been dead for over seven hundred years. Just like the rest of AVALANCHE. There is no way on the planet that the beast in there is Chaos," Bear placed her hands on her curvy hips, a trait that had been passed down through out the Lockheart lineage, as well as the rather ample chest.

"Seven…," Chaos whispered almost quietly, "A long…sleep."

Adrian raised a confident eyebrow, he couldn't help but smile with some arrogance.

Bear shook her head, her long braided hair barely moving against the small of her back. She looked back to give the beast a curios look, could it really be him?

"What on earth are we going to do with him?" Adrian offered, "I mean, you can't tell me that we're going to leave him to the mercy of Horton."

"There is no we," Louisa said a little to harshly. Even though she didn't care as to how the SHADOW Shin-Ra worked, she wasn't going to rock the boat. That was for the small rebel group that was slowly forming in the dirty and diseased ridden slums.

Adrian looked shocked, Chaos forgotten for a few moments, "You are! Louisa, for the love of god! It's a sentient being!"

Bear lost her good natured temper, "Don't you think I know that?! What do you suggest we do?"

The male tech in front of her sighed, "Rescue it. You heard what it said."

"No fucking way!" Bear hissed, her voice dropped as some of the other techs had begun to look at her with some interest.

Adrian also dropped his voice, "Why not?"

Chaos looked from one to the other, it sensed the female was familiar but not the male. The female had the same scent as one of the master's friends but of what they were saying was true…she would be dead. That would also explain why the scent was so faint.

An old conversation came from the master's memory, one of the last ones he had with his friends. It had been on an important day, one filled with happiness and great sadness.

"It's going to be weird, you know? Marrying him…" the lovely looking woman said as she smoothed down her dress.

"You love him don't you?" the master had replied, he was happy then. He felt like he truly belonged.

"Of course I do. I'm just getting wedding day nerves," the woman said shakily, "Do you know how Cloud is feeling?"

The master had smiled then, "Yes, Cid is with him. I don't know who's more nervous, Cid or Cloud."

The master's friend, Cid was also getting married but not for another few months, the female he was betrothed to was expecting a smaller human any day.

"Cid is going to be a great father. He totally adores Marlene," the woman turned her back to the master and pointed to her slender form, "Could ya zip me up?"

The master had paused, unsure if he should. He was very self conscious about his left metal hand. In the end, he had zipped her up, sighing sadly as his metal hand had brushed against the woman's perfect back, making her jump slightly.

"Cold hands warm heart," the woman joked but the master had sensed that the statement was more to make him feel better about his claw.

"Perhaps. My hands were always cold when I was a Turk," the master spoke, Chaos had always thought that the master spoke at the wrong times and always said the wrongs things the few times he did.

An awkward silence had fell over them but it hadn't lasted that long. The woman had turned to him and beamed the most amazing smile at him he had ever seen.

"How do I look?"

The master gave her a genuine smile, "Like a fairy tale princess."

The woman blushed, "Thank you Vincent."

"It's the truth. Come on Tifa," the master held out his hand, "Let's not keep your groom to be waiting. Who knows what horror stories Cid is telling him."

The special day had gone off without a hitch but the evening hadn't. Cid and Shera, the mate of the blonde had danced together all night but the master had sensed that something was wrong. Shera had been complaining of a slight pain in her back but had brushed them off. The master watched as the engineer had slipped off quietly to get some fresh air.

The young teen that had helped the master and his friends had found Cid's mate bleeding in the bathroom at the hotel. She had lost the child she was carrying.

Chaos brought it's thoughts back to it's current version of it's twisted reality. It watched in interest as the two humans in front were arguing about what they should do with him. It was clear as to what they should do. Release him. He needed to be free, it felt like it's time was near. The planet was now needing to be saved again.

"Look, even if I did consider that we free him," Louisa whispered, "How the hell would we be doing this? Tuck him under my shirt?"

Adrian had to smile at the idea of Bear hiding anything under her shirt. He allowed his eyes to wander down her form. He felt bad for doing so but, he wouldn't be the first to admire her chest.

"Obviously we'd have to get some professional help, you know, like the rebel group," Adrian offered.

Louisa shook her head, she wasn't going to ruin her career by allowing some spotty tech to help the rebels. They could use the beast as some sort of bio weapon and bring down the…she shook the thought out of her head. It was just too tempting a thought, bringing down the SHADOW Shin-Ra. Changing the planet so everyone had a fair chance.

"What the hell," Bear finally said as she looked at Chaos, "Let's do this."

Adrian frowned, was she just agreeing to throw her career down the pan just like that?

"Are you sure?"

Bear smiled, it seemed that's all she ever did, "Why not? It's a sentient being right?"

Adrian shrugged, it wasn't as if he was taking her down to meet the leader of the rebels. In fact, she'd never have to meet him. Granted, no one had ever seen him but, hey, that was the whole secret rebel thing. They had a thing for secrecy.

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Well? How was it? There will be more…I would also like to thank all the really groovy people who have rated and review! I love you all! Thanks, mwah, mwah! Hugs and kisses! I will be back! I just need to figure out who is going to be who…AVALANCHE will be making an appearance at some point. Chapter 4 will be up soon.