Birth of Blame

I went down the stairs and into Lucrecia's lab quietly. I had to wait until she was gone before I could get in. I opened the door and kept very quiet in case I was heard.

I stared up at the large tank in the middle of the room. It was filled with water-like liquid and... I could feel tears in my eyes as I walked around to face the person inside and got close enough to touch the glass.

"... Vincent?" I whimpered. I looked at the door as it opened and pulled away as Lucrecia stared at me. I didn't understand. Hojo kills him and his wife is using him as... as an experiment?

"What are you doing in my lab?" She asked, trying to keep calm but she was really angry.

"What are you doing with Vincent?" I asked, ready to cry.

"It's none of your business Angevale! This isn't a place for little kids!" She yelled.

"Is this a sick experiment!" I cried.

"Get out of my lab!" She screamed back, fighting back her own tears. I cried harder and ran out the lab but not before yelling down to her to get the final word.

"I hope you and Hojo are happy!"


I opened my eyes with a frown on my face. I looked down and sighed. I rubbed my eyes to stop myself crying. I didn't want to cry.

"Shortest sleep ever," I looked at Yuffie, she sat with her legs crossed across from me. "Seriously, you fell asleep ten minutes ago. Bad dream?"

"Bad memory," I corrected. I looked over at Vincent, who was awake and his chest had healed. I didn't hug him even though I wanted to. "Has Reeve made any contact?"

"Yeah, about five minutes ago," Yuffie replied. "We're gonna be at the headquarters soon so don't worry about a thing."

We all sat in silence for the duration of the ride. I didn't make eye contact with anyone, especially Vincent. I frowned and tried to remember... or understand why I had to remember all of this...


"Sweetheart it's alright, sweetie look at me," I was crying so hard as Fina hugged me.

"Why would she do that to her baby?" I cried. I didn't understand what was going on. I just heard Hojo, Lucrecia and Vincent argueing. Fina hushed me but I kept cryig. "They said you were doing it too... Why?"

"Angie... my baby is ill, this could save my baby," She told me. "I want my little girl to be safe. I'm protecting her the way I want to protect you. I promise nothing bad will happen, okay?" I nodded and she smiled. "I'll talk to Vincent later, okay? Tell him the same."

"Fina?" I turned around to see Oblivion at the door, smiling gently. "Angie I need to speak to Fina privately for a minute, okay?" I nodded and gave both of them a hug before hiding behind the door.

"What is it, Oblivion?" She asked calmly. Oblivion leant against the wall.

"This has been pestering me for a while," He said. "About Ultima... and the Superiors."

"Oblivion I know you're a Superior but I can't really say if she was being paranoid or genuinely afraid that she was right," Fina sighed.

"Something's not right... Ultima doesn't pin blame or play victim so if she's suspecting the Superiors... I may step down from my position," My aunt looked at my uncle as though he was mad. "I'll tell them it's for my soon to be family, I need to be there for my daughter, and for my niece."


The truck jilted and snapped me out of my thoughts. I heard my phone go off at the same time.

"Yes?"

"Where the feck are ye lot? Azul's went ballistic!" Nevina yelled down the phone quite abruptly.

"Are you okay?"

"I'm hiding in yer feckin' office and I'm pretty sure Deepground's stormin' the place again!" Nevina yelled, then shrieked after a loud explosion in the background.

"Stay where you are, we're on our way," I hung up and grabbed onto the side of the truck as it was hit and toppled onto its side and Yuffie was knocked out. I wasn't sure what to do but I opened the door and got out the truck. "WRO is being attacked, we've got to go!"