" Go on ahead Vince I'll catch up later." I replied between gasps.

" Do you really think I'd leave you here?" he asked in his deep monotone voice.

" No, but I was hoping." I replied. Vincent seemed to think for a moment before he responded.

" I'll carry you then." he replied.

" No," I deadpanned, " If you do that were both as good as dead Vincent. Were both exhausted, but you have a much better chance of making it to the others than I do. If you carry me what little strength you have left will be wasted on me and if you run into more of those things it'll be the end of us both. I can hide around here. Believe it or not I'm really good at hiding. I can hide here while you go get help from the others." Now see Vincent had been keeping something from us all, well from everyone but Val anyways. Chaos never returned to the planet as he was expected to. Instead he slumbered inside Vincent regaining his strength. But, if push came to shove and Vincent's life was threatened Vincent would turn into Chaos. But, do to Chaos's lack of strength and his slumbering status even when he helped Vincent it was as if he still slept so the proto materia no longer controlled Chaos, well not when he was like this anyways. As long as Chaos is in this slumber like state the proto materia had no power over him. Therefore when Chaos rears his head to protect Vincent's life Vincent has little to no control over Chaos. If I had known this I would have made him go with all the force I could muster. Instead, I let him take me into letting him carry me, which I was not happy over which obviously annoyed him because it was our only option. Reluctantly he made his way through the forest leaping from tree to tree faster than I could run on my best day. And to say he lifted me effortlessly was an under statement. I knew what he meant now when he said I would be no burden, he was right. But he did make one comment though.

" Do you ever eat? You sword ways more than you do." he replied when he had first picked me up. I had made a face at him. Then I had retorted something along the lines of at least I don't carry wimpy guns. He threatened to drop me so I shut up. We had made it to the edge of the forest when Vincent stopped and sat me down as he scanned the edge of the forest.

" What?" I asked impatiently. He ignored me and carefully watched the horizon.

" We're going to have to fight our way out of here." he replied, but his voice held something in it and it took me a moment to realize it. Dread, or maybe fear I wasn't sure. But if it bugged coffin boy this bad I was in for it. I smirked. Hopeless seemingly lost cause missions are Avalanche's specialty after all, I thought as I smirked.

" Let's give em' hell coffin boy." I replied as I rather sluggishly drew my sword. Vincent probably would have replied had we not been attacked right then.

Valentine and the others were having a rough time as well, but they were holding out much better. After all the had materia and could cure their wounds but they still had it rough. They were facing many more enemies than Storm and Vincent. Ironically enough they were waiting for Storm and Vincent to show up and help them. After and hour or so of non stop fighting they had decided that Storm and Vincent didn't know they were in trouble. Val finally decided to call Storm's cell. Storm had been smart enough to leave a voice mail for anyone who called, and she had also turned the ring off her phone so they wouldn't be detected. This was what Val heard:

" Fighting for my life at the moment. Vincent and I are being attacked on all sides in the Forgotten Forest. We're trying to make our way to 7th Heaven with as little confrontation as possible but that seems unlikely. They always seem to know where were at. We're doing as best we can , but we can't hold out forever. As many foes as we have been facing in waves…we might not make it out of this. Val…if I don't make it take care." Storms words were rushed as she hurried to finish talking in the small voice mail window of only 23 seconds. Val almost dropped her phone as she shot at one of the dino freaks and leapt away.

" Well!?" Barret yelled as he pumped some dinos full of lead. What was she supposed to say?

" Vincent and Storm are fighting for there lives in the Forgotten Forest. Storm sounds hurt and I could hear Vincent shooting in the background. All I got was Storms voicemail stating this." Val yelled as she whirled around on a dino freak and shot it threw the head killing it.

" What are they being attacked by!?" Cloud yelled as he sliced down a few foes.

" I don't know she didn't say, but I'm assuming it's these freaks." Val yelled to him.

" They have materia right? They should be fine." Tifa yelled as she punched a dino freak threw the air as it crashed into several other dinos killing them all.

" I don't know now. Vincent leaves his materia here." Cid yelled as he speared a dinos and threw it into another dino.

" Oh god." Val replied as she froze. Storm never carried materia and rarely use it unless it was a cure materia. Cloud leapt in front of Val and cut down the dino about to pounce on her.

" Val what's wrong?" Cloud yelled as he spun around to face her. She was stark white.

" Storm doesn't have materia. She said they were probably gonna die, but I thought she was just joking, with her dark humor. She said to take care." Val replied horrified as she looked at Cloud who spun around and killed another dino.

" Vincent's the strongest guy I know Val. And you and Storm are two of the toughest girls I know. They'll both be fine. I promise. They might not get along but they won't let any serious harm come to the each other." Cloud replied. Val looked at him and her determination returned and she nodded a determined look flashing into her blue eyes.

" Let give these guys hell. My sister needs backup." Val replied.