Attack on the WRO.
Vicky's POV
I stood there in silence as Vincent filled Reeve in on what just happened. I turn to look at Reeve "so, Rosso the crimson told you that the protomateria is the key to controlling Omega?" Vincent sighs and nods "yeah" i watch as Reeve turns to Shalua "any ideas?" Shalua nods "soul wrought of terra corrupt, quelling impurity, purging the stream to beckon fourth an ultimate fate. Behold mighty Chaos, Omega's squire to the lofty heavens" Reeve looks on in shock "where did you?" I watch on as Shalua smiles "A passage from Dr Crescent's thesis. But that's all i know unfortunately. I never saw the whole document. How ever, Choas, Omega and..." i watch as she looks to Vincent and then continues speaking "are all connected to Dr Crescent in some way. There's no other explanation! We'll need to gather more information on her to get anywhere" just then, i hear the alarms going off and the screens around us go off. Reeve sighs "what now?" when the screens come back on, we notice deep ground troops surrounding the building and making their way in. I scowl in anger and take out my gun. "damn!" i turn to face Shalua who is typing furiously on her computer. She manages to lock several doors before me and Vincent exit the room. I recieve a phone call off Reeve "the enemy had breached the main gate, hurry!" i place my phone back in my pocket and we make our way into the headquarters, taking out any deepground soldiers we encounter.
We clear out most of the floors and then head back up to the top of the unit. We encounter a WRO soldier with a worried look on his face "Mr Valentine, Miss Dixon, the commissioner is in trouble!" i turn to Vincent, worry evident on my face "we need to hurry!" we waist no time making our way back to the main room. When we get there, we see Cait sith kicking a deep ground soldier out the way. He is shortly followed by Reeve. I sigh with relief as we approach them. Reeve smiles at us "I'll be fine here. Azul is still on the loose. Find him!" me and Vincent both nod together and make our way back through the building. As we make our way down the many steps, we notice Azul on the bottom floor. Vincent turns to me "come on. Stay close!" i nod and follow him. When we reach the bottom floor, we run into a room. Little did we know we were going to be confronted by Shalua. She was holding a gun at us "don't move!" i looked on at her in confusion. Then i notice a young girl walk out behind us, it was the girl from before. She grins "very perceptive of you!" Shalua was still holding her gun to her, but her face drops "i knew it!" i turn to Vincent, confused. He looked just as confused as me. I turn back to Shalua, who was looking at the young girl "shelke" the young girl, shelke, snarls "i have no aquaintances in the WRO!" Shalua lowers her gun and i watch as her face turns warmer. "we have both changed so much. No, you haven't changed one bit. Not in ten years!" i watch on as Shelke gasps before Shalua begins talking again "Shelke, it's me. Shalua. I've been searching for you for years!" i watch on as Shelke takes out her weapon. It was some sort of energy weapon connected at both ends. Shalua steps forward and Shelke gets into the fighting stance "don't take another step!" Shalua's face drops. I begin feeling really sad for her as i watched them. "Shelke?" Shelke frowns "it doesn't matter who you are or who i am. My current mission as a deep ground soldier is all that matters!" i continue to watch as Shalua's face sinks once more "even though ten years have passed, you're still Shelke, my only sister." Shelke lowers her weapon and dissables it. I sigh with relief as i continue to watch. "ten years, has it been that long? The day they came to take me away, i was told i had potential. But those words were nothing but a precursor to a decade of suffering! They manipulated my mind until i was a shadow of my former self. The pain. The fear. For ten years i lived in a hell far deeper than any of you could imagine! If i don't receive my daily dose of mako, this body wouldn't last a day. However, i don't consider myself the leasr bit unfortunate. Except for so long, i held on to hope that one day, someone would come and rescue me. My heart begins to ache as i watch Shalua fall to the floor crying. My gaze falls back on Shelke as she takes out her weapon again "it's time to put the past behind us!" just then, i hear Reeve "stop this!"
Shelke turns her gaze to Reeve "Reeve Tuesti, excellent! Now i can terminate both of you at once. I notice Reeve become angry as he steps forward "look at her! That's the price Shalua has paid fighting Shinra for the last ten years. She has given more than her arm, more than her eye. She has put her life on the line time and time again, all to find her lost sister. More than half her organs have been reconstructed. Not a day goes by when she doesn't feel the pain of a thousand souls. But still she..." Shelke stops him mid sentence "enough! I've...heard enough!" as she prepares her weapon i notice Vincent take out his cerberus. Reeve shakes his head "Stop!" i watch as he shoots a sprinkler, setting it off. As Shelke brings down her weapon towards Shalua, Vincent rushes over and moves her out the way. I turn to him and shout "Vincent!" he runs over to me and Reeve and we leave the room just as the sprinkler stops. Reeve hands Vincent some bullets "take these" i hold Shalua in my arms as Vincent runs back into the room. "Shelke? Shelke!" Reeve turns to Shalua and places a hand on her arm "don't worry, they are only sedatives. They won't hurt her!" i watch on as Vincent takes on Shelke. She was fast and had some strength behind her, but she was no match for Vincent. He fires the sedatives into her and she drops to the ground, causing Shalua to jolt from my grip "Shelke?!" i let her run to her sisters side while me, Vincent and Reeve walk off. I stay with Reeve while Vincent back tracks after Azul.
Vincent's POV
I run along the hall way until i hear a loud bang. I step back as Azul falls through the ceiling and crashes onto the floor in front of me. He smirks at me "we meet again. Tell me this, do you even know why you exist?" i don't respond, i just continue to stare him down. He smirks at me once more "just as i thought, ignorant to your own destiny. Very well, I'll show you what you really are!" i begin shooting at him but my bullets do nothing. A huge sheild appears in front of him and my eyes go wide. He smirks at me again "you think that toy can penetrate my armour? Enough of the games, Vincent! Give me the protomateria" just then i hear Vicky shout me "over here!" i turn around and she is standing with Reeve. I fire several more bullets towards Azul before running over to them. I hear him shout "you can't run!" as we are running away, Azul is hot on our tail. As we run into a large room, Reeve looks at me and nods "Vincent!" i notice a rocket launcher on the ground, and waist no time picking it up. Reeve and Vicky were right behind me as i fired it. The blast sends us all flying backwards. I notice Vix hit her head as she lands and run straight to her "are you ok?" she looks up at me and smiles painfully "I'll be fine, don't worry about me. Worry about Azul!" i nod and turn to Reeve "you shouldn't leave these lying around!" he laughs at me and i roll my eyes. I turn my gaze back to Azul. His sheild was down, but he was now holding the rocket launcher i once had. He began laughing at me rather menacingly as a stared at him "well done, you've broken down my barrier." i turn to Reeve and Vicky "Reeve, get her out of here!" he nods in response and leads Vicky out the room. I could tell she didn't want to leave, but i didn't want her to get hurt. I turn to look back at Azul "this ends here!" he begins laughing again "long has it been since i fought a worthy apponent!" he fires at me, i jump out of the way just in time. The rockets come flying towards me furiously as i fire at him. I notice several barrels around him. As i shoot them, they explode. Causing him to weaken. I continue to fire bullets into him until eventually, he drops the launcher. I walk over so i am now standing in front of him, my cerberus still pointed at his face. He looks up and grins "you may think this is over, but..." he falls face down on the floor.
I run out the room and catch up to Reeve and Vicky. I had to go to Nibelheim! Reeve stops me "where are you?" i sigh and continue walking "Nibelheim" i feel Vicky place her hand on my shoulder, which causes me to stop and turn to her. "let me go with you." i shake my head "i need to do this alone, Vix" i hear Reeve sigh as he approaches me. "go in through the sewers. The town will be crawling with deep ground, if you go in through the front, it'll be a suicide mission." i nod and begin walking again before i walk away completely i pause "sewer, how appropriate is that?" i sigh and continue walking.
Vicky's POV
I didn't like the idea of him going alone. I kick the ground with anger when i feel a hand on my shoulder. "don't worry Vicky, he'll be fine. This is just something he needs to do alone." i sigh and turn to face Reeve
"i know, i just have a bad feeling about it all. Reeve? What happened to him there?" Reeve sighs and shakes his head "that was where Lucrecia and Hojo worked occasionally. He was experimented on there, but if you want to know more, he has to tell you. He is a very private man, i couldn't go behind his back and leak info." i smile and nod "i understand. That was also where i was experimented on. We have more in common than i thought. Maybe I'll talk to him at some point about it all"
Vincent's POV
I had made it in through the sewers, eventually. The sewers were crawling with turtle like creatures and i had to restore power to get the gate open. Once inside, i encounter several deep ground troops. I take them all down with ease. When i step into an elevator, i lean up against the wall and close my eyes. I could see her again. I was still a Turk. "Vincent Valentine, reporting for duty ma'am. I have been assigned to your protection." i watch as she gasps "no..." i look on at her, confused "huh?" she shakes her head "why would they send his..." i clear my throat "excuse me?" she shakes her head again and smiles at me "I'm sorry, i just haven't met anyone from the Turks before. Lucrecia Crescent. I am pleased to make your aquaintence Mr Valentine" the elevator stops and i snap back to reality. I finally reach the room i was experimented on. My pain came flooding back to me as i scouted the room. Just then, i notice a bright ball roll towards me 'what the?' Lucrecia appears, she looked so beautiful. "Lucrecia..." she smiles "Vincent, right? Have you come to check up on me?" she walks forward and i hold my arms out ready to embrace her. She just walks straight through me, my heart breaks once more. 'a recording?' i watch as she turns around and faces me. "Omega, his awakening is upon us." the area around me begins to fade and I'm consumed by a white glow. I find myself in the cave again, i can hear her talk "soul wrought of terra corrupt, quelling impurity, purging the stream to beckon fourth an unltimate fate. Behold mighty Chaos, Omega's squire to the lofty heavens. I came across this passage while studying the scripts of the ancients. The passage of yore. Omega. The end! Just all other sentient beings, he too is born of the lifestream. However, his only purpose is to cleanse the planet of all life, and carry their immortal souls through the abyss. To a new beginning far, far beyond the sea of everlasting stars. Just as life circulates through our planet, so too does our planet circulate through the universe. Or at least in theory. However, what i can be certain of is, if Omega is awoken, all life on this planet will cease to exist, and when Omega embarks on his journey through the cosmos. Our planet will wither and die." my surroundings return to normal, i am back in the room where my fate was decided. Lucrecia was still standing in front of me. "I'll leave a copy of my records for you, Vincent. Though i can't immagine what help they would be, if any. Just remember, I'm so sorry!" i watch as she dissapears, along with the materia that made her appear. "Lucrecia..." i pause for a moment. Seeing her again had brought all my memories back and my heart began to break all over again. I notice a disk over on one of the desks. As i pick it up i read on it 'omega report' 'i need to collect as many of these as i can find!' i begin searching the rest of the manor, taking out all deep ground soldiers in my way.
I eventually end up in a room on the left side of the manor on the bottom floor. A pain comes on in my chest, as though i was being stabbed. I bring my hand up to clutch my chest and close my eyes. I see her again, I'm back in the tube with her looking to me. It doesn't last long. Back to reality and the oain is very real "this pain..." then i hear her, that familiar voice. "well well, we meet again. I so wanted to see you, my love" i stand up and glare at her. It was Rosso! "deep ground, what are they planning to do with Omega?" she smiles and turns away from me "i don't know, and to be honest, i do not care!" i screw my face up "what?" she was still looking away from me "but this is what Weiss wants. And what Weiss wants, we do. It is that simple. If he desires the awakening of Omega, then that is what all of deep ground desire. We couldn't care less what happened to this planet! All this matters less to me, it is not every day you are granted to cleanse this world of all life. Just the thought of it sends a chill of excitement through my body. The deep ground soldiers were born and bred to kill. We were chained to a destiny of servitude. Then three years ago, we were freed from our chains. Though waiting for us was darkness, lit only by the faint glow of mako. And what do you think we did when we were granted our freedom?" she begins to laugh and i frown "we killed! That is all we know. That is how we were raised. And so i bathed in the blood of a thousand soldiers. And i enjoyed it, i reveled in it. And when i finally stepped out of the abyss, i craved for more. You understand, right?" i scowl at her and point my gun in her direction, right at her. "i don't think so!" she looks on at me and smiles "how can you say that, darling? We are one and the same" with that, she speeds off. I had to find her, so i waisted no time running after her. When i reached the main lobby, i was greeted by a huge piece of machinery. I was very quick and would often make it's way to the ceiling. It took several rounds of bullets before it came crashing down to the floor in a ball of flames. I just stood there watching the flames, when i feel Rosso come up behind me. As i turn to face her, Her hand dives straight into my chest and i fall to the floor in pain. I can hear her laughing as i lay there. "I'm sorry, were you not expecting that?" i can feel my body twitching and convulsing as i lay there. I feel Chaos begin to stirr inside me as his glow starts eminating from me. He comes to the surface and then subsides. I had no control and i couldn't move. I hear Rosso laugh again "so, you can't control the beast without this. Well, there will be no need for it when I'm done with you!" i hear her groan as something flies past me. By this time i was almost out of it. I can feel someone pick me up and hear Rosso in the distance "Wutai flea!"
I am consumed with darkness and then, i see myself sitting at a table talking to Hojo. "is it true?" he sighs "is what true?" "that Lucrecia...Dr Crescent, is to take part in this project?" just then, she approaches us. "it's true! Why are you so surprised?" i gasp in shock "but, using your own child for an experiment.." i hear Hojo laugh "ha! I don't know what you're implying, but both of us are scientists. We know what we are doing. Now, leave us at once! Boy!" i sigh "but..." Lucrecia walks over to me, angry. "but what? If you have something to say, say it!" i sigh and look to the floor "are you...are you sure?" she scowls and slams her arms by her side "am i sure? Am i sure? If this only concerns me then yes, i am sure!" i sigh and look to the ground "i just...all i did was watch. I didn't try to stop her, and then...that was my sin. And this, this is my punishment" the scene around me changes. I'm back in her cave looking to her "i saw you again today. It was the place we first me, but you were...No! I'm the one to blame! I couldn't stop you that day" i hear her voice faintly "i found...i gave...you..." i look to her again "Lucrecia?" then i hear her loud and clear "I'm so sorry!"
My eyes open, I'm lying on a hard metal chair in a moving vehicle. I scout the room and notice some one in a cloak. "morning!" i narrow my eyes on the mysterious person "where?...who are you?" the person jumps up onto a seat opposite me "well, i'm glad you asked. I am the champion of the earth and sky, i am the conqueror of all evil, the single white rose of Wutai, Yuffie Kisaragi!" her cloak was thrown to the floor and she began jumping around "feast your eyes on...whoah!" she falls to the floor and hits her head on the wall. "ooooowwwch" i sigh "so, where are we?" she stands up in a huff "c'mon, aren't you the least bit concerned?" i sigh and shake my head "Yuffie, it's been a while. How's your head?" i watch as she stomps "you...could you at least pretend to be sympathetic!" i try to sit up when i am taken by an extreme pain in my chest. I bring my hand up to clutch it when Yuffie runs to my side "hey, take it easy. That was a big hole you had in your chest!" i look to her confused "hole, in my chest?" she smiles at me "i thought you were a goner, but then the wound healed itself right up. I guess you were always different, but that's why you're still breathing!" i sigh again and look her in the eyes "Yuffie, what are you doing here?" she smiles and stands up "me? I'm just helping Reeve and Vicky. I was poking around Nibelheim when i found you looking all corpse like. So i saved you. Imagine that, me, saving the great Vincent Valentine! Do i get any thanks?" i smile at her gently and nod "thanks, Yuffie" she begins to get defensive and shakes her head "no, no, no, i didn't mean for you to take me seriously. Anyway, Reeve and Vicky wanted me to contact them when you woke up. Vicky sounded pretty worried about you" i smile at her words. Vix had a kind, loving heart. She didn't need to worry about me, but she did. I turn my face to the screen in the shadowfox "Vincent has come to? Good! I have some good news! Using you know who, i was able to infiltrate Midgar. However, what i saw wasn't the prettiest of pictures. Omega, i should have known! We can't allow them to sacrifice the lives of more people. Once we've gathered our forces, we'll launch a full offensive. Of course, we'll need the help of you two. Oh and Vincent, I'm analising the data files you sent over. Head back to headquarters fast! Tuesti out."
The rest of our journey was pretty quiet, for a change. I hear one of the soldiers driving come over the speakers "we'll be ariving shortly. What the hell?" the shadowfox goes flying, sending Yuffie crashing into the back of the trailer. It finally comes to a stop and i drag her out of the rubble.