Vincent smiled the rich smell of coffee entered his nostrils as he entered the downtown coffee shop, the young man walked furiously to keep up with the being. The florescent lights shown down on Vincent's beautiful pale face, casting shadows on his eyes and check bones, his pink lips even looked more dead and yet so much more alive.

As Vincent finished paying the man at the counter he sat down and sipped his vanilla frappicino the icy flavor of vanilla made him feel more awake, Vincent took a seat down in front of him even sitting down Vincent was so agile, how could he call himself a monster, he seemed like an angel stuck on this damned world or sins and purgatory.

"Coffee wakes me up at night." Said Vincent out bluntly, his voice so cold so devoid of emotions, almost as bad as when they first met, and yet there was a smile on his face.

"Uh… Me too!" said the young man.

Vincent smiled and sipped his closing his eyes, he looked like the undead savoring the living's pleasures. Vincent put his coffee down and watched the young man finish off his drink as well.

"Well let's see," Said Vincent as he put some change down. He stood up and walked away from the table and the boy got up quickly and rushed to his side, Vincent's strides were very fast but the young man kept up, soon they reached the pent house suit and continued where they had left off.

"Now, where was I?" asked Vincent in his low beautiful voice.

"Hojo had just altered you," Stated the boy as he pulled out his recorder and turned it on.

"Ah yes, now I remember. Hojo had experimented on me, changed my DNA altered it, and then I remember vaguely, Ghast standing over me his eyes scowering my limp and bloody body. Then I remember him muttering, 'Such a bothersome man, I'll get you out of our way.' Then I remember being lifted up and put into a coffin, like I was dead or something, I heard the door click and I know that I was to delirious to realize the door was locked. So I laid there in the coffin knowing that I'd die sooner or later. But alas as you can see I didn't, no I lived and I tried to get out I threw the top off my coffin and banged on the locked door begging for someone to let me out. I suppose they all had left, even Lucrecia. I guess they all assumed I was dead. So I retreated to my coffin and I laid there and I started to cry. I remember crying so hard that I fell asleep, all my emotions I had ever had were slipping away. I'm not sure if it was my fault or if it was Hojo's experimentation, but what ever it was all my emotions died that night. My sorrow swallowed my screams of grief and I laid there praying for my untimely demise."

"You lost all hope?" asked the young man.

"What was there left to hope for? Nothing, I thought no one was going to save me and I knew Lucrecia was in the fell grip of Hojo twisted idea. For the Jenova baby to be born, I'm sure you know who that Jenova baby was correct?"

"Sephiroth?" asked the man.

"Yes, I knew the mother and father of Sephiroth. And I still take the blame for not being able to stop it or help with it. But it's over now, but I'm getting ahead of my story… Now as I said I prayed for my untimely demise, but I did not die my hair grew longer but I did not turn gray and wrinkle with age… Nor did I become skin and bones; I didn't become a corpse a wraith anything. I remained a man a young man the same as I was when I was experimented on. I opened my coffin for the first time in many long years, and as I emerged for my rest I noticed my clothes were covered with dust, my skin was white as white as unlined paper. I honestly thought I was a vampire," Chuckled Vincent at the thought of his last sentence.

"Your not?" asked the man joking with Vincent.

"No, I'm afraid I'm not, why where you going to ask me to bite you?"

"No, I mean… err... You compared yourself to one."

"No, other people did. I can't be a vampire if I can live in the sun; I just like the night better."

"Oh… I'm sorry." Said the boy as a blush crossed his checks.

"It's alright. But like I said I was surprised at this, but my clothes were falling apart moth eaten, torn, bloody… And then I saw a leather out fit, boots, and a red cape and red head band. I guess these were left incase Ghast thought I was alive. Maybe my funeral outfit only he left me no flowers. I guess that's ok, but I really didn't care as much as I care now. I changed my clothes they were a perfect fit. And so I went back to my nightmares dreaming of Lucrecia, her baby, Hojo, and even Ghast. I dreamed about my death, well I call it my death, and Lucrecia abandoning me… But I don't blame her; I suppose I would've done the same thing in her place. But secretly she broke my heart. I thought I would remain in the room forever, but then I wouldn't have minded it much. No one would miss me I was sure Lucrecia was dead or old, so old she couldn't remember me. And Hojo just cast me off as a memory best forgotten, and I knew for sure Ghast was dead for he was getting to his old years anyway. But that wasn't the only time I got out of my coffin."

You got out after changing your clothes?"

"Yes… I had no idea what Hojo had done to me, until one night I awoke in severe pain and I looked at my left arm. My skin was turning purple it was a demon's hand, I remember I was afraid. I screamed out and threw the coffin lid open I had no idea what was going on and then I saw an ax, to dull to cut through that thick wall of wood of a door but just right to.."

"You…"

"That's right… I cut my own arm off luckily it was under my elbow, I was afraid it would've swallowed my whole body completely destroying what ever was left of my human side… Similar to that song you young people listen to today what is it? "Down With the Sickness" by that band Disturbed? Well as you can guess I was bleeding badly but it abruptly stopped, I thought that I'd just have a stub of an arm but then I saw the claw that I wear now. I put it on; the heaviness was so great I toppled over at first and caught myself on the wall, but I got used to it. I stumbled back to my coffin and laid down, and I heard my arm, sizzle, squeak, pop, and continue those foul noises over and over again, when I looked out it had blood and foam coming off it and it was reducing to bones; I could see the muscle tissue the bones, the puss and acid blood leaking off it, and the stench was horrific. In short term I threw up. It was to horrific at that moment for me to refrain from throwing up so what I did was use this old piece of fire material I had to set it on fire, and it burnt to ashes and then I closed my coffin and went back to sleep."

"That sounds horrible."

"Well it wasn't a picnic to look at. And personally I'm glad I hadn't waited, I'm lucky that that was the only reaction I had to the experiment ever besides my demons I can turn into."

"D-demons!"

"Yes… My demons, my inner demons I can turn into for a short time, but then I lose all control of my body, but I learned to cope with that."

"Oh… whew," Said the boy with that sigh of relief.

"Why did you think I'd attack you?" Chuckled Vincent, giving the man a very dead smile, but a smile none the less.

"Well I was just wondering…"

"About the demons and what they could do?"

"Uhm… Yes?"

"Would you like me to show you?"

"Oh! No, no I don't want to make you if you don't want to!"

"Alright then," said Vincent giving the boy a rather kind look, "May I continue with my story?"

"Yes sir!"

"Well I remember sleeping when I heard that monstrous door unlock and I head foot steps and I heard voices. But I lay still, but then someone came and knocked on my coffin, I wasn't sure why they did and maybe I'll never know. I suppose my social skills lacked so I wasn't sure if I should answer or not."

"Did you?"

"Yes… I threw my coffin door open and asked, 'Who has awakened me from my sleep?' as I stood up I saw a man with spiky blond hair, one woman, and a very burly muscular black man with a gun arm. The one with spiky blond hair asked me about Sephiroth, oh I knew oh so well who that was but why they were looking for him I had no idea I answered them and I found out they were looking for Hojo. So I started to close my coffin, I had thought I told them all they wanted to know, but no I didn't. The blond man kicked the top off my coffin again and I sat up, at this moment I was angry and so I asked, 'What do you want now?' and he said 'What is your name?' and so I told him, 'Vincent, now leave me alone.' And so they did as I closed my coffin and heard that door close I knew then I wanted to be with them to help then destroy Hojo and destroy Sephiroth. So I threw my coffin lid off and ran after them. I said, 'Wait,' and they stopped, 'Let me come with you, this might be the only way I can redeem myself for my sins.' And so they did and I remember that day like no other, the first time in many years now I suppose about thirty years maybe more maybe less that I had been out in the sun. It blinded me. But that was to be expected, the blue sky overhead was beautiful, I guess even then I suppose I had missed the sky, the sound of birds chirping, the green grass and the warmth of the sun." Vincent smiled.

"So what happened next?"

"I'll tell you…" said Vincent smileing

Hey this is vamp. I guess the story is comeing along ok, I'm trying to get a little more emotion into Vincent and oops on my last chapter I guess I didn't do a good enough job to communicate Vincent is not a vampire. I hope yall enjoy this chapter please tell me what you guys think thanks, Vamp.