Thank you all for the lovely reviews! I recieved 5 reviews but how come it only shows 1? Hmmm. Anyway, I decided to make this fic because it was the opposite of those "oh no, I'm sucked into the world of Final Fantasy!" Fluffy lovessss Vinnie hugs Fluffy I love cats! Haha ... by the way, this is my first attempt at writing humour ... so if it's just lame, tell me ... and also, I'm wondering whether or not to bring the whole of AVALANCHE in here ... after Ellie finds out about Vinnie anyway. Oh, and I made up the Peach Town, I don't stay in Canada so I have absolutely no idea ... Somebody, give me an idea of another town name ...
Disclaimer : I do NOT own Final Fantasy 7.
Lost and Found : Chapter Two
Vincent worked in the kitchen, whilst the little furball called Fluffy pawed at his feet. It seemed to like him, for some reason. "Go away, Fluffy, I don't like you," muttered Vincent exasperatedly. The Chaos part of him wanted to cook Fluffy but somehow he didn't think Ellie would like that. The Vincent part of him simply didn't know what to do with it. He sighed and continued making macaroni and cheese, gently pushing the kitty away with his boot.
"Miss Canterwell, your dinner will be ready soon ..." called Vincent. The only response was another meow from Fluffy, the little kitten Vincent was finding harder and harder to ignore.
The gunman carried the plates to the dining table. A chime from the clock on the wall caught his attention; it was 8 o'clock. He walked back to the living room and found Ellie hooked to the television screen, and holding a weird looking remote control.
"Dinner, Miss Canterwell," he said solemnly, and returned to the dining hall.
"Gee, Vinnie, you don't have to call me Miss Canterwell, you know? Just Ellie will do," said Ellie, sitting down on a chair opposite him. "Mmmm, smells good! Thanks Vinnie!"
"You're welcome ..."
They sat in silence for awhile, eating their food. Ellie was enjoying Vincent's cooking, and Vincent was thinking about Ellie calling him Vinnie. That reminded him of Yuffie. Yuffie loved to call him Vinnie, loved to irritate him and the other members of Avalanche, but she was cute and hyper in a way. Though sometimes he had to struggle to keep Chaos inside of him when Yuffie annoyed him too much.
"Vinnie? Why are you so quiet?"
"I'm a quiet person."
"Oh."
"Do you find my silence disturbing?" he asked quietly.
"Frankly, yes. And why do you talk so formally?"
"I don't know."
"Most people say 'I dunno' but you say 'I don't know'," said Ellie, grinning at him. "Try saying 'I dunno'."
"Come on! You look cool, you should start talking cool."
"I do not find that very cool, to begin with."
"Aww, come on ..."
"I am incapable of talking in slangs."
"Why not..?"
"I dun - I don't know," said Vincent, and mentally slapped himself for the slip-up. Chaos laughed at him. So did Ellie. Heck, if Yuffie were here ...
"I'm done! You go do the dishes, Vinnie, I wanna get back to playing my game! I was halfway in the middle of a battle!" she jumped out of the chair and ran off to the living room. Vincent sighed and carried the plates back to the kitchen, nearly tripping over that annoying kitten. He began washing the dishes, wondering what he would do later on.
"Oh Vinnie, feed Fluffy please! The milk's in the fridge ... "
Vincent was contemplating throwing the milk and the kitten out, but he couldn't resist the cute little kitty meowing sweetly up at him. It started to paw at him again. "I am not a scratching post, Fluffy ... No, not my cloak!" He pulled his cloak away from the little kitten's claws and hurriedly gave Fluffy its milk. He walked back into the living room, relieved to be rid of that cat.
"Agh, no! Stupid President ShinRa ... Stupid robot ..."
Vincent looked up. Did I just hear what I think I heard ...?
"Yes! Yes! Die, you stupid robot, die, muahahahaha ..."
Vincent sat beside Ellie, curious about this strange device, and also wondering where the words President Shinra came from. On the television screen, something exploded, and the bridge three figures were standing on gave way. A guy with spiky blonde hair tried to hold on and haul himself up to the platform towards his companions, but he couldn't, and then he fell. And the next words he saw on the screen almost sent Vincent into cardiac arrest.
'CLOUD! NO!'
Vincent's eyes grew wide and he muttered a profanity. Cloud? And are those two ... Tifa? Barret? Vincent's eyes fell onto the controller Ellie was holding, which led to a flat little machine. She mentioned a game ... this is the game?
"Um, Ellie ... Sorry to bother you, but ... what are you doing?"
"I'm playing a game!"
"I know, but ... what exactly is it about?"
"Well, I'm not too sure, but it starts off with this guy called Cloud, and he helps this crazy bad-tempered guy on a mission. Apparently it's a world where ShinRa rules, and are harnessing Mako energy. They built reactors to do that, but it kinda kills all wildlife and everything. So this crazy bad-tempered guy is head of... what was that, Avalanche? Some resistance thingy, and they're on a mission to blow the reactors up ... and Cloud fell, but it seems he's alright ... "
"Cloud. That man's name is Cloud," repeated Vincent in disbelief.
"Yeah. Cloud Strife."
"And ... what are the other two's names?"
"Tifa, and Barret."
What on earth is going on here! thought Vincent hysterically. Avalanche, Cloud, Tifa, Barret ... I am stuck, with no idea how I even got here and no way to get back, in a world where my friends are a game! Wait, does that mean ...
"And besides those two characters ... there are no more?" questioned Vincent, trying to keep calm. Am I part of this madness too?
"Well, there are Biggs and Wedge and Jessie, but they're not on screen right now."
Vincent focused his attention on the screen. Some nice, calm music was playing on screen. His heart sank when he saw the figure talking to Cloud.
"Aeris," he whispered, in awe. If this was the beginning of the game, then that means I do not appear until later. Cloud found me in Nibelheim, I must watch and wait until Ellie gets there. But this means watching everything all over again ... Sephiroth ... Aeris ...
"Why do the characters look so ... disfigured? Their hands are ... not hands," said Vincent, thinking of the Ancient's beauty. Aeris was beautiful, and so was Tifa. But on screen ...
"Graphics aren't very good. This game is quite old. This is Final Fantasy 7. The latest one now is Final Fantasy 12. But they're all different, or so I've heard. I wanna play Final Fantasy 8 after I finish this game."
"Ellie, can you promise me one thing?"
"Sure, what is it?"
"Can I watch you play?"
"Of course!"
"I mean to say, do not continue your game without me ... I wish to see, again," said Vincent, smiling. Some memories of his were bad, but ... the times he spent with Avalanche were the best in his life. And he would get to see what happened to Cloud before they picked him up in his old mansion.
"Again?"
"Yes."
"What do you mean, 'again'?"
"I dunno," said Vincent innocently. Ellie giggled at him.
"Okay, Vinnie. But I plan to be playing the whole day tomorrow! And the day after, and so on! You have to clean the house, you'll be busy ..."
"Then you could make things easier by helping me."
"But ... "
"I'll do most of the work, but please do not continue without me, Ellie," said Vincent, watching as Reno of the Turks and a bunch of crappy soldiers appeared on screen.
"Oh, alright ... hiya, Fluffy," said Ellie, stroking the little kitty's fur. Oh no, thought Vincent wearily, and Chaos laughed at him again. Fluffy crawled into Vincent's lap. Vincent chose to ignore this, and turned again to Ellie.
"What has happened to Cloud?"
"He fell through the roof after that big explosion, and he met this cute flower girl called Aeris, and now these people are after her. Time for Cloud to play the hero ..."
Vincent watched as Aeris was cornered by a few soldiers, and Cloud was up on the rafters. A window appeared on screen.
' Fight
Wait'
"Well of course fight, silly!"
"Wait," said Vincent, looking at the four barrels situated near Cloud.
"Er ... if you say so Vinnie," said Ellie hesitantly, and selected the option to wait.
"Direct Cloud to push that barrel over there ... the left-most one at the back," said Vincent. Ellie did as she was told. The barrel knocked down the guards, giving time for Aeris to run. Again, she was cornered.
"Push which one, Vinnie?" said Ellie, getting excited. Vinnie was smart!
"Let me see ... I think it is the right-most one at the back."
"Woo-hoo! Yeah, go barrel! Oh crap, not again ..."
"Okay ... now try the right-most one at the front."
"Yay! Go Cloud! Wow, Vinnie, have you played this game before?"
" ... You could put it that way," replied Vincent uneasily. The game went on, Cloud and Aeris were now on the roof, jumping here and there. Vincent resisted an urge to laugh at Cloud who looked like a monkey. Poor Aeris was left behind. Cloud laughs at her, and she calls him terrible. Ah, the beginning of romance ... thought Vincent. I wonder if Cloud still does think about her?
"Ellie, what is that?" Vincent asked, pointing to a pink and glowing question mark on the ground.
"Oh, that's a Save Point."
"Save Point ...?"
"Yeah, I save my game here, so if I turn off the game, the next time I come back to play, I can just start off from here." She demonstrated, saving her game.
"You should get some sleep, Ellie," Vincent said softly. Ellie nodded and turned off the playstation. "You can stay in the guestroom. G'night Vinnie," said Ellie, yawning and retired to her room.
Vincent closed the door and sat on his bed, pulling out his PHS. He dialled Cloud's number, but nobody picked up. He tried all the members of AVALANCHE, but it didn't seem to work. Something jolted him awake from his thoughts, and he looked down to find that Fluffy had followed him in and was now curled up on his foot. Vincent groaned and lightly kicked the kitten aside, and went to sleep.
Was that boring? Sorry guys! ( Next chapter : Cloud and gang can't find Vincent! Oh nooooOOOOOooooOOooo