Thank you for those who have reviewed! To Indigo Angel, Don Corneo will pick either one out of three of them, depending on the choice of material and design of the dress and other hoo-haa, and I wanted Vincent to feel disappointed that Cloud wasn't chosen :P Seems like our dear demon has feelings after all, lol. Anyway I haven't had the chance to explain my absence. I'm currently using a laptop now, my dad took away the desktop. However to ensure that I did not use it all the time he put a password T.T and I was only allowed little time to check my mail and all that. Can't blame him, I've got a major exam this year, however he relented and now I have the password! Yay!
Lost and Found : Chapter 11
Looking at the screen, Vincent admitted grudgingly that the game was well-created. Everything was in place, the designs were correct and so was the World Map. Although he had only been to the Gold Saucer three times, and could not etch every detail of it into his mind, everything else seemed in order. As he thought more about it, other villages were the same, including Midgar ... the monsters and its attacks are the same, Cloud and his party are also correct, even every single annoying behaviour his queer friends had ...
Who has this much knowledge about us? We are definitely real. We're not some video game created out of a director's fascinating mind, we're here... we bleed... we feel...
Ellie was feeling quite stupid by now, not sure where to go after having picked up this weird moogle creature named Cait Sith. She noticed Vincent becoming quite quiet all of a sudden, however she didn't say much, not wanting to intrude. Vincent was a brood, but she liked him watching her play. Adults are rarely interested in games teenagers play, and those who are play the games themselves obsessively. Vincent, however, had never seen a Playstation before ...
"Vinnie, do you know what a computer is?"
There was silence from the man in question. Do I really look so old-fashioned and alien? Even Marlene couldn't believe I owned a phone last time, but of course I've heard of computers before ... thought Vincent exasperatedly as Chaos laughed at him.
"Yes, Ellie, I do know what a computer is," said Vincent, rather testily. Ellie laughed and concentrated on the game.
"Do you have one?"
"A computer? Yeah I do. It's dad's, but I seldom use it except to check mail." (A/N: That is so not possible for anyone in the world, but you'll see why later)
"I might have a look later. Something's happening to Cloud," said Vincent, motioning to the screen.
A ShinRa soldier fell to the floor, apparently dead. Cloud's group enters the battle arena, and some bloody corpses lay scattered around them. Vincent's first thought was Sephiroth. So did Cloud and Tifa, as said on the screen, but Cloud examined a corpse and said it couldn't be Sephiroth, Sephiroth doesn't use a gun. Of course he doesn't, with that ridiculously long and sharp sword of his, Vincent thought incredulously. One of the wounded staff said something about a man with a gun on his arm, and Vincent's thoughts immediately flew to Barret. Dio, the manager of Gold Saucer arrived and accused Cloud's group of murder. They attempted to flee but were trapped. Soon they were sent to Corel Prison, below the Gold Saucer. Again Vincent's interests were piqued, he had never been to this place before. Of course not, said Chaos nastily in his head, YOU sent people to jail. Vincent ignored this.
Tifa: Are you all right?
Cloud: Where are we?
Cait Sith: A desert prison… Corel Prison…
Cloud: A desert prison?
Cait Sith: Yup, a natural prison in the middle of the desert…surrounded entirely by quicksand. I heard that once you get in, you never get out… But, there was one special exception…
Cloud's group met up with Barret.
Tifa: Barret?
Cloud: Barret… Did he really……
Barret: Stay back! This's something I gotta deal with. Jes' leave me alone…
Barret ran off, leaving the scene and Cloud's group.
Cait Sith: Whew! That's one of your friends? He sure looks dangerous…
Tifa: …Barret……
Ellie directed Cloud in the direction Barret had run off, and came to a house. Barret yelled at them holding up his gun arm, Cloud panicked and tried to talk him into understanding, but he started shooting anyway. For a horrible moment Vincent thought they were goners, but another person fell to the floor from a hiding place, dead. Barret mumbled something about not wanting any of them to get involved, and at that precise moment Cloud's other group arrived. Red questioned Barret about the rumours of a man with a gun-arm ... was it true that Barret had killed those people? Barret shook his head and replied no, but there was another one who got a gun grafted into one of his arms ... the scene changed to Barret's memory when they came back from a trip. (A/N I can't remember, it doesn't say from where, sorry)
Old Man: Barret! Dyne! Come quick! The village's being attacked! It's Shinra soldiers!
Barret: What? What the hell happened?
Dyne: Hey, Barret! It's not over yet! Everyone's waiting! Let's go back to the village!
At the bridge, one of the Shinra soldiers shot and killed the old man.
Barret: Old man!
Dyne: C'mon, Barret! We gotta hurry!
Barret: Krggh!
Soldiers kept shooting at Barret as he dodges the bullets skillfully. It was at this point Vincent realised that his gun-arm was missing.
Dyne: Watch out!
One of the Shinra soldiers opened fire at Dyne, narrowly missing him. Just as Dyne was about to fall, Barret grabbed Dyne's left arm.
Barret: Dyne! Hang on! Listen to me! You're comin' back to the village, hear?
Dyne: Yeah… I ain't lettin' go… You're comin' back… Everyone's waitin' for ya… Eleanor…and Marlene… They all waitin' on us…
The scene zoomed in on Barret and Dyne. One of the bullets hit Barret and Dyne's arm, and Dyne fell off the cliff. The memory ended, and the scene changed back to Corel Prison. So that's how Barret got his gun-arm, thought Vincent. And ... what was that about Marlene? He shook his head and concentrated on the game. Barret said after the doctor did the surgery on him, the doctor mentioned that there was another man who went for the same operation, but on the left arm. After much pointless banter between Barret, Tifa and Aeris, he finally allowed them to be involved. The menu popped up in blue, asking Ellie to choose another party member to go with Cloud and Barret. Ellie picked Red, and off they left to find Dyne.
Ellie took awhile to look for Dyne and got into a few battles along the way, but finally they reached and there was a man with a left gun-arm there.
Barret: …Dyne… Is that you?
Dyne: Now that's a voice I haven't heard in years… A voice I'll never forget…
Barret: I always hoped I'd be able to see you again someday… I knew you were alive somewhere…we had the same operation.
Dyne: What's that? ……I hear her voice.
Barret: ……? Dyne: I hear her voice, Eleanor's voice. Begging me…not to hate your rotten guts. That's why I didn't hunt you down…
Barret: …I know I was stupid. I'm not asking you to forgive me. But… What're you doin' in a place like this? Why ya wanna kill those that ain't even involved? Why?
Dyne: …Why? The hell do you care for? Are the people killed going to understand 'why'? Are the people of Corel going to understand just hearing Shinra's excuses? I don't CARE what the reason is! All they give us are artillery and stupid excuses… What's left is a world of despair and emptiness…
Barret: ……
Dyne: You still want to hear 'why'? …All right, I'll tell you. 'Cause I want to destroy everything. The people of this city. This city itself. The whole world! I got nothing left in this world. Corel, Eleanor…… Marlene……
Barret: Dyne, Marlene…… Marlene's still alive.
Dyne: ……?
Barret: I went back into town. I thought she was gone for sure. That is why I wanted to be by her side till the end. That's when I found her…found Marlene.
Dyne: …
Barret: She's in Midgar. Let's go see her together, all right?
Dyne: So……she's still alive… All right, Barret. I guess that means you and I gotta fight.
Barret: What?
Dyne: Eleanor's alone all by herself. I've got to take Marlene to her.
Barret: Dyne…are you insane?
Dyne: Marlene wants to see her Mom, don't she?
Cloud tries to interfere with the raving lunatic, but Barret wouldn't hear of it. He yelled at Cloud, and as the catchy battle theme song blared, Vincent knew he wasn't going to sleep tonight. Marlene isn't Barret's daughter ...?
I'm not too sure if Vincent knows about Marlene. But in this fic, no. Lol. Till next time, bye byee