He Tells All
by: Bishojo Beauty
Chapter 6
A rapping could be heard on Chester's door. With Turk instincts, he armed himself knowing full well that if he, as a Turk, was able to survive all of these years away from Shinra, someone else would be able to as well. Someone that could be after his life. Chester knew that this constant suspicion would be the death of him, and yet he refused to let go of it. Better safe than sorry is what they say. Chester thought to himself as he looked through the peep hole. He saw no one. Then a flash of dark hair. And then a bright smile. It was Tifa. Chuckling at himself at his cautiousness towards her he opened the door to greet her with an equally bright smile of his own.
"How are you this morning, Miss Lockheart?" Chester asked as he signaled for her to enter his abode. He watched as she struggled to answer.
"Vince causing you trouble?" He finally asked, and at this Tifa flushed a deep red. But before she could reply, he ushered her into his living room and was already in the kitchen making two cups of hot cocoa. Tifa figured as she watched him that hot cocoa must be his favourite drink.
"My daughter loved hot cocoa" Chester stated plainly. Tifa knew he wasn't stating this for pity, but merely to answer the question she did not want to ask. Tifa silently wished that Vincent was this way.
"Where's your daughter now?" Tifa asked, this time aloud.
"Dead," Chester replied, deadpan. There was a certain sadness in his eyes, a tired kind of sadness. Tifa began to apologize, but was stopped by a raise of his hand.
"Don't be. It's something common for all Shinra employees. It would just be about me, Vince, and-" Chester stopped suddenly, and never continued. Instead he smiled gently to Tifa and took a sip of his cocoa. Tifa then grew wary about Chester. She couldn't help but feel that the man was not who he put himself on to be. Perhaps she was in danger and did not even know it. It was at that moment of realization did a knock sound from Chester's door.
"Who can it be this time?" He asked, half to himself, and half to no one in particular. Tifa turned in her seat to watch as Chester opened the door for whoever was knocking. The sudden whoosh of cold air as a blur of darkness charged into the room caused Tifa to jump in shock. The next thing she knew, Chester was being held against the wall by Vincent's clawed arm around his throat. Tifa heard herself cry Vincent's name as she jumped over the sofa and threw her shoulder against Vincent's open torso. She heard him grunt upon impact and together they fell to the ground. They struggled against each other, Tifa noticing that Vincent was unusually weak. She held him away from Chester with ease.
"Chester!" Vincent shouted. He actually shouted, and the high level of alarm in his voice caused Tifa to turn reflexively to catch Chester backing out of his house, hands raised, and an apologetic look on his face.
"I had to do it, Vince," And those were his last words before he vanished from Tifa's sight.
"What the hell is going on?" Tifa asked to the pinned down Vincent beneath her. She watched as he fumbled with his words. Repeating his "the's" once to many. She couldn't make out what he was saying. Vincent's head began to loll and his words began to slur.
"Vincent!" Tifa shouted, and shook his shoulder roughly in attempt to wake him. An attempt that failed miserably as Vincent's eyes rolled back, and shut themselves. Panic. Tifa was in a flow blown state of panic as her thoughts raced. What the hell just happened? She wanted Vincent to wake up and tell her everything was all a joke and he's not out cold right under her. She wanted Chester to come back and tell her he didn't do anything bad. She wanted so many things, but Tifa knew from experience, these things would not come. She cursed out loud and attempted to focus her mind by taking a couple of deep breathes. Satisfied, she examined Vincent's state. Tifa then realized what Vincent was trying to get as with all of the "the's" he repeated. He was trying to say "the tranquilizer" as there was a stick about three inches long sticking out of his right arm. Tifa pulled it out with swift precision and went to lift Vincent to put him onto the sofa. However, her plan to do so was halted by the click of a gun. Tifa froze and slowly got back onto her feet with her hands in the air. Luckily for Tifa, she caught sight of the man behind her in a mirror to her right. Unluckily for him, he was alone. Tifa acted weak and helpless as the man behind her ordered her to grab Vincent and then follow him. Tifa pretended to obey his orders as she began to bend over. But before she was even halfway bent, she twisted with agility from much training and disarmed the man while sending her fist cracking against his nose. The man cried in pain, and Tifa took this opportunity to knock him with a spinning kick to the back of his head, knocking him down to the ground and unconscious. She recovered from her kick quickly and was once again in fighting stance prepared for any more attackers. But none came. She heard a groan come from the ground, but not from the man before her. Tifa turned around to catch Vincent struggling to get on his hands and knees. A low growl that seemed anything but human now came from Vincent. This could only mean...Chaos! Tifa ran over to Vincent side and tried to do something, to do anything to stop Vincent from transforming. The danger that Vincent posed to the people of Nibelheim as Chaos was far to great for Tifa to ignore. She called his name, and talked to him calmly as she pulled his hair from his face. This revealed a facial expression very foreign to him. It was tight and scrunched up in pain. She heard him call her name as he reached for her hand. His grip was death like and so were the eyes that met hers when he looked up.
"Run," was all he could say before wing's burst out of his back and he was silenced by pain.
OOO! This chapter's CRAZY! Perhaps nothing more than a really late night of writing... I suppose I'll just have to figure out what happens next later. I'm pretty satisfied, maybe a little too twisted...hopefully not. Anyhow, hope ya enjoyed! Please tell me if ya like it! I dunno what I'm doing anymore! Hehe.
Bishojo Beauty