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The monster charged straight at Yuffie. As she hurled Conformer, she idly thought to herself, of course he'd send us all off in different directions just when all the nasties would attack...
She crouched behind a boulder, catching her breath in painful gasps. Conformer was stuck in the creature's flesh, hanging like a comical ornament. Vincent was sheltered behind a neighboring rock, reloading Death Penalty. She heard a muttered curse as he searched for a fresh clip. So absorbed in watching him was Yuffie, that she didn't notice the monster's hand swooping down to pick her up.
An abrupt scream shocked Vincent out of his panic. There was Yuffie, being held by the odious monster, shrieking like a banshee, kicking, biting, and unable to move her arms.
A sigh escaped his lips before he could stop it. She was such a child sometimes.
He reached for the Death Penalty, only to remember that he didn't have any bullets left.
"Shit." His terror and anger were growing, and Chaos was gaining strength.
Let me out, Vincent. I can save her... He closed his eyes, fighting for control. He could not let him out.
"Vincent! What the Hell are you doing?! HELP!" she screamed. He suppressed the monster that was clawing it's way out of his mind.
Another wail drew his eyes to her face, and what he saw terrified him. She was being suffocated by the creatures strong grip, some ribs were probably broken, and her skin was going faintly blueish. Tears were streaming down her face as she screamed in desperation. Look at that, Vince. Just gonna watch her die, are you? And here I thought you didn't want to be like me...
"Vinnie!" That cry was the final straw. Chaos ripped through his body, and he didn't fight. There was no other way to save her. Even if she'd hate him after...
Yuffie watched with light-headed horror as Vincent exploded...
Actually, what her oxygen deprived mind saw wasn't explosion, so much as complete transformation. Vincent went all purple and his cloak turned into wings and suddenly his eyes were yellow and alight with a terrifying demonic rage. He was intimidating, he was frightening...he was terrifying...
And then he was swooping right at her. Despite the manic glint in his un-Vinnie eyes, she wasn't as scared as she later thought she should have been. Claws ripped through the monster, and Yuffie dropped into Chaos' arms like a limp, soiled rag doll. The sudden rush of oxygen nearly blacked her out. Vincent's demon plucked Conformer neatly from the hideous monster and deposited both her and it on the ground nearby.
Vincent knew that Yuffie was out of harms way. And now, he began to fight for control. Once the immediate threat of the monster had passed, Chaos would turn on Yuffie...and there was no telling what would happen. He might curl up in a corner of Vincents mind and relax, like a cat, or he might kill her.
The creature was torn to shreds with one good rip from his talons. That surge of victorious euphoria was the springboard that allowed Vincent to take control. Chaos found himself being jammed back into his itty-bitty "living space" in the back of Vincent's mind.
Yuffie could see, through the thickening haze of pain, that Vincent looked normal again, if a little battered. She took as deep a breath as she could, and squeaked out, "Vinnie?" His eyes flicked back to her, and as he sighed and pulled out a level 2 Restore materia. He kneeled at her side and began casting Cure2 on her various wounds. His eyes were dark with...sadness? Anger? Exasperation? She couldn't tell...
As she really started to loose consciousness, this time from sheer mental exhaustion, she heard a mutter.
"I'm so very, very sorry Yuffie..."
She wondered, what for?