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AN - Wow, I'm actually updating. Sorry it has been so long since I last updated. Anyway here is the next chapter of Memories.

(Hello) Chaos speaking to Vincent.

Hello Vincent speaking to Chaos.

Chapter 7: Chaos attacks

Everyone in the room stood staring at Chaos in pure shock and fear. They had never seen anything like this happen before. The two men, by the door, were caught between fleeing through the door and running to help Leonal and Rione. Leonal was frozen in his seat, his knuckles white as the clutched the arms of the chair. Rione had leapt out of her chair, knocking it over in the process. She backed up a few steps, her eyes never leaving Chaos'.

For what seemed like hours, but in fact was only minutes, no one moved. Chaos surveyed the people in the room, watching their fear. With a smirk on his face, he let out a loud roar and suddenly lunged at Rione. She let out a scream, flinging her arms up to cover her face.

Chaos' clawed arm collide into her in a matter of seconds, and she was sent flying across the room. Her body crashed into the wall and the pictures that hung there. She fell to the ground with a cry and the sound of glass was heard as a few of the pictures fell down beside her and smashed. Rione's brown hair fell across her face and she clutched her right arm, which had been broken when she struck the wall. Tears of pain welled up in her eyes, but they didn't fall.

Chaos once again hovered in the air surveying his work, as everyone else stared between him and Rione. Finally the others snapped out of their trance and started to take action. One of the men, who had been standing by the door, raced over to Rione to check that she was alright.

"Rione! Rione, are you okay?"

"I'm fine, Como, but my right arm is broken," Rione responded, giving Como a small smile to try and reassure him.

Como gave a nod and turned see what the others were doing.

Como's colleague Orion, who had also been guarding the door, had bolted out of the room to get help. However, Leonal had dropped to the floor and crawled under his desk. He proceed to push the emergency call button, which was attached to the bottom of the desk, hoping that some one would come soon.

Meanwhile, Vincent was fighting for control of his body.

(Will you stop fighting, Vincent. If I get rid of these people, then you can escape. I'm helping you.)

Vincent mentally glared at Chaos.

You are not helping me, demon. You are making things worse.

Chaos just scoffed and turned his attention back to the terrified people in front of him. With a massive beat of his wings, he lunged at Leonal's desk. He brought a fist down upon it, smashing the wood and scattering all the papers and items that had been on top of it.

Leonal let a frightened shout as the wood, which had once been his desk, fell down on top of him. He was vaguely aware of his name being called, as he tried to shake himself out of his daze. Once he got his bearings straight he pushed the wood off himself and turned to look at Rione, who he realised was the person calling him. He returned his attention back to Chaos and quickly staggered to his feet. Making sure that his eyes never left Chaos' hovering form, he staggered over to where Rione and Como were crouching on the floor.

Rione had been so scared that Leonal had been seriously hurt, that she let out a sigh of relief as he staggered over to her and Como. She gave his body a quick glance over to see if he had sustained any injuries, but apart from a number of scratches and a particularly nasty bruise on his forehead, he seemed fine.

"What are we going to do?" she whimpered, staring back up at Chaos.

Leonal didn't answer. He just stared at Chaos, thinking. Nowhere in my notes did it say anything about this guy being able to turn into a demon. That shouldn't be able to happen. What is going on?

He was determined to get to the bottom of this, but first he had make sure that Rione, Como and himself got out the office without getting hurt further.

"Listen," he whispered quietly so that Chaos wouldn't be able to hear. "If we make a dash for it I think we can get to the door. It's our only hope."

Rione and Como looked at him for a moment, caught between trying to escape and possibly being attacked or staying in the room and definitely being attacked. It didn't take long for them to make up their minds and they gave Leonal a nod. Slowly Como climbed to his feet, as Leonal helped Rione to her feet. They leant against the wall, Rione still clutching her right arm, then with a sudden burst of energy they darted towards the door.

They were almost there. Rione felt a small smile appear on her face, as she realised that they were going to make it. Suddenly, without warning Chaos landed right in front of them, blocking the door, causing Rione to crash into his body. She fell backwards only to be stopped by Chaos' arm wrapping around her waist. Rione let out a petrified shriek and started to struggle. Chaos turned his eyes onto the two men frozen in place.

"You know," he snarled, "demons have very good hearing and even if I hadn't been able to hear what you were planning it was so obvious by your actions. I could tell by the way you glanced at the door. What? You think I didn't notice?"

Chaos smirked at the surprised expressions on Como's and Leonal's faces.

With a sound, which could have been considered a laugh, Chaos flung Rione at Como and Leonal. All three crashed to the floor and lay there staring up at the demon, realising that there was no way they could escape.

Vincent, couldn't believe what the demon was doing. Well, actually he could, but he didn't want to believe it. He started fighting more violently for control. Even though he didn't want to be in the mental institute, he couldn't let innocent people be killed.

Chaos was just about to finish the three off, when he felt Vincent's fighting becoming more powerful. He let out a roar of frustration, before speaking to the three people still lying on the ground.

"My apologies. I just need to deal with my host, Vincent, before I kill you. He real is quite annoying. He seems to have something against me killing you, even though you locked him up in this place."

Rione just gazed in shock. So, Vincent isn't the one actually attacking us. He is trying to save us.

Just then Rione heard the sound of people running up the corridor. Chaos heard it as well and immediately took to the air, turning to face the new comers.

Orion burst into the room, followed by three security guards; two men and one woman. All three were carrying tranquillizer guns. They aimed at Chaos, who immediately became focused on them rather than Vincent's fighting. Just before the guards could fire, Chaos attacked and sent one of the men flying back into the corridor. Orion ran to check that he was alright, whilst the other two guards opened fire.

Almost instantly one of the tranquillizer darts struck Chaos in the arm. A second struck him in the shoulder and he fell to the floor. The guards stopped firing as they noticed Chaos' body start to quiver and then shrink in size. Very slowly Chaos' reverted back into Vincent, who lay in the middle of the floor gasping for breath.

Rione immediately got up and ran over to Vincent, ignoring the guards protests as she did so. She knelt down beside his naked form and removed the darts from his arm and shoulder. Vincent gazed up at her through glassy eyes, glad that no one had been seriously hurt. He closed his eyes gently, as his body was finally overcome by the drug now running through his veins, and he slipped into peaceful unconsciousness.

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