For The Love of Chaos

Chapter 2

One week later

Anna yawned, getting out of bed and walking into the living room. "Vincent?" she called, but there was no answer. "He must have left for work" she said quietly. She looked at the coat rack, Vincent had allowed her to keep his jacket that he'd lent her a week ago and had been staying over at her house every night. It wasn't as if there was anything over at his apartment anyway. At least this way, they were both happy and had someone to talk to. She smiled lightly, before going and getting dressed. After she was done, she stepped out of her room and made her way to the door. "I'd better get to work before I get into trouble." And with that, she left.

She walked into the research building, Vincent's jacket hanging loosely upon her shoulders. That's when she heard yelling coming from the laboratory and then the sound of gun fire. She quickly ran forward, bursting through the doors, only to find her worst nightmare come true.

"V-Vincent…Vincent!" she cried out, running to his side. He just laid there on the floor, bleeding out. Tears fell from her eyes as she looked down at him helplessly. "Vincent…answer me, please?" she cried, receiving a faint groan of protest.

"A…Anna…" his voice came barely above a whisper.

"I'm here Vincent, I'm here" she cried, tears falling onto his face. He reached his hand up, touching her cheek and brushing away her tears, a bit of blood staining her cheek as a result.

"Promise me…" he started, trying to find his breath.

"Anything" she told him, holding onto his hand tightly.

"Promise…promise me…that you'll…stay…strong" he said faintly. She nodded, even more tears falling. He smiled up at her, the life fading from his eyes. "I love you…Anna…" And then, that was it. His hand went limp in her hands, and his head, falling to the side. He was gone.

"I love you too…" she said quietly, kissing his cheek. Tears fell from her eyes as she cried in a crumbled heap by his side, crying into what warmth was left in his body. She couldn't believe it, he was gone, he was completely gone. "Why…?" she asked quietly, turning her eyes towards the one that murdered him. "Why!?" she shouted, her eyes locked with Hojo's.

"He was medaling in something that he should have kept his nose out of" he told her as a few men came in. "Go put his body on ice, I don't want it going bad" he said as the men came forward to take Vincent's body.

"Don't touch him!" Anna yelled, clutching Vincent's blood soaked shirt. One of them men simply grabbed her and threw her to the side, letting her lay there to wallow in sorrow. Lucrecia came to her side, kneeling down beside her. Anna pulled away from her touch, tears cascading down her cheeks.

"Anna, I'm sorry, I didn't know that this would happen" she said, trying to console her.

"Just leave me alone…" she said, getting up and walking away. Soon, she left the building all together, just letting herself wander about. She couldn't believe that he was gone, he was all that she had and now he was gone. "Vincent…" she called quietly, though nothing came to greet her call save for the wind as it brushed against her. For a moment, it almost seemed to whisper her name.

"…Angel…"

"Vincent?" She looked around frantically, but found nothing. She merely stuck her hands into the pockets of her jacket, something coming in contact with the tips of her fingers. She pulled it out to reveal a key. A key to his apartment.

Quietly, she stepped inside, looking around. For a guys apartment, it wasn't half bad. Granted, it wasn't the cleanest, but it wasn't a complete mess either. She shut the door behind her, before walking around, eventually walking into his bedroom. She looked around, finding a few pictures sitting onto of his dresser. More tears fell as she saw them. They were all pictures of her and Vincent, each and every last one. She grabbed one of them, taking it with her as she went over to his bed, laying down on it before crying herself to sleep. She cried for hours, clutching the picture to her chest. Her only comfort were the memories and his faint smell left within the sheets and pillows of the bed, other than that, she had nothing. She stayed there for a solid week, never leaving the apartment. Heck, she barely left his room, save to use the bathroom or on the rare occasion to get something to eat. At times as she laid there, she could almost feel him beside her, but when she opened her eyes, he was gone.

Finally, she couldn't take it anymore, and knew that she had to return. So begrudgingly, she entered the building that she loathed, one for which she would loath eternally. Her biggest shock though, was presented when she entered the room. Vincent's body was inside a large experimental tube, a strange liquid surrounding him. "No…no!" she yelled, running forward, that's when Lucrecia noticed.

"Anna? What are you doing here?" she asked, stepping forward.

"How could you!?" Anna yelled, glaring at her with hate.

"Anna, I…" she didn't finish.

"No! Haven't you people done enough damage to him? Why must you do more!?" she shouted once more. No one noticed the slight change in Vincent's body as it twitched a bit.

"What are you whining about?" Hojo asked, walking into the room.

"Bastard!" Anna yelled, running forward, only to have Hojo pull out a gun and shoot her in her shoulder.

"Ah!" she screamed out in pain, clutching her shoulder as she landed next to the tube. She just cried.

"Now, now, now. We wouldn't want anyone to get hurt, now would we?" he asked, a smile curling onto his lips. Anna glared at him. Hojo walked over, picking her up by the collar of her shirt and slammed her against the tube.

"Ah…" she cried out, a bit of blood running down the tube, before disappearing. At that moment, a change took place.

"P-Professor?" Lucrecia stuttered.

"What is it!?" he yelled. She merely pointed at the tube and the new found monster inside of it. At that moment, Hojo released Anna, letting her drop to the ground. The beast inside growled violently, it's eyes glowing gold. Anna slowly stood up, turning around to face the creature before her. She took a slight step back as she saw what it was. Carefully, she placed her hand upon the glass as it bared its fangs at her, growling.

"Yes, I have teeth too" she said, showing them to it. It seemed to stop growling as she did this. "It's alright…I'm here" she said quietly, looking into it's eyes. "What are you planning on doing to him!?" she yelled, glaring at Hojo.

"Oh nothing, although I plan on trying something new" he said. "Boy's, if you'd be so kind?" he said. All of a sudden, Anna was grabbed, being pulled to the top of the tube.

"Let go of me!" she shouted, kicking and screaming.

"Hojo, what are you doing? This is crazy" Lucrecia said, watching as they opened a hatch in the top of the tube, before throwing Anna inside with the monster. Her mind was screaming as liquid entered her mouth, there was no air for her. She banged on the glass for help, air escaping her, she couldn't breathe. She turned toward the creature beside her, her eyes pleading for help as more air escaped. She'd soon drown if nothing was done. All of a sudden, the creature grabbed hold of her, before thrashing violently against the glass, watching as it began to crack. Everyone on the outside stepped back as it continued. Soon, the glass broke and shattered into pieces and the sound of Anna choking on air could be heard. "Anna!?" Lucrecia called out, running forward, but the creature stopped her by growling at her.

"Ah, so I see that you've already taken a liking to the girl?" Hojo asked, looking at it. "Well, Chaos?" he asked once more. The monster known as Chaos growled at him, baring his fangs as Anna coughed in his arms. Hojo just laughed at this, finding it rather amusing. "Boys, if you would?" he said, signaling them to go forward. Chaos growled at them, ready to rip them to shreds. One man let out a yelp as he was thrown to the side by Chaos' large wing, landing painfully among some of the equipment. "You fools, grab him!" Hojo shouted angrily. The men then came forward, running at Chaos, only to anger him further. He let out an ear splitting roar as he ripped through the men before him, blood scattering through the room and on Chaos and Anna. It wasn't until that point that Hojo decided to run and hide, leaving Anna within the mighty clutches of Chaos.

After a few minutes, Anna found her way to the, only to throw up moments later from the site of all the blood. She felt sick inside upon seeing it, her mind filling with last weeks events, the blood on the floor. Tears started to fall as she remembered it, more vividly with all of the blood around. As she looked down, she saw where it coated her hands, making her wrench moments later. She desperately wanted out of the building at that moment, finding it hard to breathe, the air was suffocating as she set there. The creature behind her, Chaos, he seemed to sense her distress. So quickly, he picked her up in his arms, and busted his way through the building effortlessly. Once they were free of the building, Chaos flew to a fairly secluded area, placing her on the ground. She just seemed to crumble as she made contact with the ground, shacking violently as tears fell down her face. Chaos couldn't seem to make any sense of it, he hadn't the slightest clue as to what was going on. Although, something inside him told him to approach her, make himself known. Moments later, he reached a clawed hand forward, taking hold of her arm. She seemed to freak out as he did this, she was like a scared little child at the moment, no clue with what to do or what was around her. At the moment, Anna was stuck within images of Vincent's death. She was unable to register anything around her, nothing save for the things that she saw in her mind.

"Vincent…Vincent…" she cried, hugging herself as she laid there on the ground. Chaos merely stood there, watching her, observing her. He found it strange, seeing this human before him, crying into what some would think to be insanity at the moment. Vincent? Who was this person that she was crying out to? He did not know. "You promised…" she cried "You promised…"

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Ok, there's chapter 2. I hope everyone enjoyed it. Remember, please REVIEW I really need reviews on this one so that I know how I'm doing.