Chapter 5- S.O.L.D.I.E.R
As Vincent and Barett approached their destination, they were both shocked at the destruction that had already occurred in the Saviors village.
"Whoa! I guess we're a little too slow."Barett said trying to lighten the mood.
"Don't joke about this. This isn't a game." Vincent stated "Let's go" he demanded.
"Sheesh! You're right, I guess, though" he replied.
As they ran towards the mansion where Aido Asado and his family lived, Vincent felt a chill run through his skin. This was a trap.
"Move!" Vincent yelled over at Barett, who quickly obeyed and moved out of the way, successfully avoiding a car that struck the ground in which he was just standing at a few seconds ago.
"Saved my ass there, Vincent" He said thanking him.
All of a sudden they both saw an army very similar to Lifestream's past creation run towards them from all around them. It was a time far back when Lifestream created an army, called S.O.L.D.I.E.R, everyone thought would help make the world a better place. But it turned into a disaster once Sephiroth turned against Jenova, his creator. S.O.L.D.I.E.R was thought annihilated. But now, it seems to be back and ready to finish its job it started. Following its master's orders by destroying all living things existing in this world, the creatures are nasty, harmful things to encounter. They're almost a close match against the Guardians. They don't have a form to begin with, so they take the shape of humans, monstrous humans.
"What the hell are we going to do man. How are we going to get passed them to get to the Savior?" Barett questioned Vincent in a panicked voice.
"Don't panic" Vincent said, mostly to himself.
Then out of nowhere a gust of powerful wind came from above them quickly and as they looked up, they saw 4 figures jump out from inside the Air Raider, a flying machine they owned.
Tifas head popped out of the window and she waved and yelled below at them "Hey guys, thought you might need some help."
"You saved our asses Tiff" Barett called back over the roaring engine as he ran towards the army and started to fight.
"Went with your instincts?" Vincent asked from below.
"Yup,"Tifa answered joyfully and nodded her head.
He nodded as well and ran straight towards S.O.L.D.I.E.R.
A warrior jumped from atop a house and would have sunken its hands, or claws, you could say, into his back if a Chobits of Tifas wouldn't have stopped it. The Chobit had a white pale color to her hair, white skin, and black as night eyes. And thick eyelashes.
"Thanks"Vincent told her.
"No problem. Call me Maria-Chan, at your service!" She replied enthusiastically.
"Believe it!" A spiky yellow haired guy said as Vincent turned to his left to see someone had saved Baretts life. Again.
"Call me Naruto!" he said matter of fact.
"Don't mean to be rude here Mister Valentine and Mister B. but you should go rescue the Savior." A very young boy with white hair said.
"Yeah. Hiros right. Don't worry, we've got your back" A girl with yellow hair in a pony tail and awkward eye color said.
"I'm Ino Maoshi, here to help." She said as they all started to fight around them, protecting them so they could get to the Savior in no harm's way. As something came at Barett from above, he shot it with his plasma gun attached to his arm and succeeded in killing the monster. Another lunged at his back, but he was too quick for it and knocked it across the street into a wall with his fist. "Yeah." Barett yelled in triumph.
"Go on ahead Vincent. I got your back." He declared.
"Good luck" Vincent said.
As one of them ran at Vincent, he shot it with his Calibri gun, suspending it in mid air, inches away from his face, and stabbed it in the heart with his hand.
Vincent continued running. He didn't stop to look back until he was at the houses front step.
Barett and the Chobits were still at it, fighting head on with the army. They were everywhere, but he would see they had a chance at defeating the monstrous things.
He focused on the Savior and knocked down the locked door to the front entrance and ran inside.
He stopped dead in his feet at what he was seeing.
The beasts were feeding on the family members and one was asking a young woman, Aidos mother, for the location of her child, but she resisted and denied telling it.
"You Biitch" It spoke in a deep dark monstrous growl as it grabbed her by the hair, and slammed her across the wall. As if it wasn't enough that she was already severely wounded, he bit her arm, ripping skin and bones apart. She screamed in agony.
Vincent was not a second too late. He grabbed the beast and ripped its head right off letting Chaos roam free of its own accord.
The beasts realized he was in the room and they looks as if they weren't pleased with him interrupting their meals.
They rushed at him and he knocked them off with his tail.
They all slammed into the far walls of the room and disintegrated into Dark Kri.
Chaos was a very powerful creature, more monstrous than them combined. It could be selfish and helpful at times.
He stood there as he turned back to his normal self.
"Help my child" He turned around at the mother lying on the floor.
He rushed to her side. "Are you alright?" Vincent asked.
"No, but my child, Aido will, I hid him in the upstairs room, in the closet." She said as she started to grow weak and her eyelids fluttered shut as she said her last words.
"Tell him I'll always be with him, in spirit." And then she died.
He wanted to make sure she was still alive, but heard a faint noise. He stayed silent, ignoring the gun shots and sword slashes going on outside. It was a beeping sound. He looked up to see a bomb, with 2 minutes left on it. He didn't know how to stop it so he followed the mother's directions and went to find the closet in which Aido was in.
Vincent grabbed the child which was very silent, so he checked if he was alive. He was.
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As Vincent ran outside with the child wrapped in his arms he could see there were still a lot of monsters left and Barett and the Chobits looked exhausted. Then he remembered the bomb.
"Shit" He cursed aloud. "Everyone" he yelled, "there's a bomb, hurry and get on out of here" he ordered as he too began to run.
"You've got to be kidding me" Barett said as he and the others ran right by his side trying to ensure the Saviors safety.
"Hurry guys" Tifa yelled back from the Air Raider. She must have picked up the others because they were shouting as well.
Once they were all inside they immediately took off.
"Who's driving this thing?" Vincent asked.
"Cid" Cloud answered. 'Good old' Cid Higwind' he thought.
Boom. Crash. Aloud explosion rang out from below as they caught wind and the engines were kicking in and they could see from above the creatures were being burnt alive.
"Let's go home" Marlene said.
"Yeah" Shelke said in relief.
"Definitely" Tifa said from the front.
"Buckle up ya'll" Cid said.