I flew backwards into the tree with a crushing thud as I heard and felt a snap. I doubled over as I coughed up blood. This injury would be no problem with cure materia, but I had none therefore I was screwed. Vincent was in no better shape as a dino spun around knocking him airborne. Some how he flipped in mid air and managed to propel off the tree and deliver a swift kick to the beasts head killing it. Okay so he might be faring a tad bit better than me. I cursed and leapt to my feet grabbing my sword. Soon as my hand grabbed the sword a dino head butted me knocking me back hard into a tree. My head connected hard with the tree harder than I thought it would and everything went black for a few seconds. I blinked quickly vision returned but it was hazy and made me dizzy. It was like looking in a kaleidoscope. I tried to get to my feet, but a sharp pain cut threw my thoughts and my hands flew to my head. It was agonizing. Vincent leapt in front of me and kept the dinos back as he pulled me to my feet. I swayed on my feet for a minute before I could even open my eyes. I could see better now but my head was killing me.
" I'm fine." I replied as Vincent spun around and handed me my sword before he leapt at a few dinos. Normally in a fight I was more worried about what was about to happen to me, not so when I fought with Vincent. I knew he could take blow after blow, but I didn't like the idea of people able to land a blow on him at all if I could prevent it. Vincent occasionally noticed. He asked me about it once. I told him I did it simply because he was better at long range combat and I was simply saving him the trouble of having to fight at close range. I told him Val complained about having to fight at close range so I figured it must bug him just as much. He said it didn't, but he said he appreciated it. So when I caught the dinos plan I didn't think I acted. Vincent may not like me much, but I liked him a whole lot. I barely knocked Vincent out of the way in time as the dinos tackled me to the ground snapping at any available flesh. By furiously moving my sword I was able to keep them from mauling me alive. I glanced at Vincent. I knew he would rescue me as soon as he had a free second. It never came as he was surrounded within an instant as the dinos rushed him. There must have been twenty at least. Fear struck me. Vincent couldn't die. So I was more than surprised when all the dinos went fly backwards from a burst on energy. Where Vincent had been standing was Chaos. The dinos that had been attacking me had been blown back a few feet. They stared at him only for and instant before they leapt at me again .I was stunned. Vincent still had Chaos, why hadn't he said anything? But I knew seconds later by the furious way Chaos attacked that he had no control at all. That was a lot scarier than these dinos. Some how half in shock I managed to hold the dinos off. In the next instant Chaos had attacked the dinos and had engaged them. I stumbled to my feet finding it hard to look away from Chaos, I had no idea if he would turn on me or not. But when a dino attacked my I forgot about Chaos and thought only of staying alive. When I killed the dino and spun around all the other dinos were dead. All that remained was Chaos standing in the middle of the carnage. I hadn't even realized he had moved or that he had hit met until I was fly backwards and crashed into the tree behind me. I crumpled to the ground.
For a few seconds all I knew or could recognize was the intense pain coursing threw my body. I had to give him that, he was a power house and a half. No wonder Vincent was the only one who could harbor Chaos. Anyone weaker wouldn't survive. How he did was a mystery. As soon as I could move I glanced up as Chaos. Chaos watched me with his half crazed look, he was watching to see if I was getting back up. Hell I don't think I'm gonna be getting back up from this for weeks. Chaos took a step forward and I instinctively glanced at my sword. In and instant Chaos had his hand around my throat crushing my windpipe.
" Vincent Valentine. If you don't let me go your gonna wish you stayed in that coffin." I snapped. There was something that ran in our family. Two things actually. Personally I think I got the better of the two. I got Berserk. I had only used it a few times, and I never used it when I was injured, mainly because if I did it was to wierd. I would use it at the beginning of a battle if I was angry enough though. But, Chaos strangling me would piss anyone off. If I was injured and used Berserk I would be healed of all wounds and retain immense power. My strength would increase ten fold, and I could not die in battle even if I received a fatal wound till my enemy was dead. But, I can still use Berserk, but if I don't want my opponent dead a death blow will just kill me. Quite simple really. Val has the other family ability which it was nicely called Sprit Healer. It aloud her to heal any wound at the price of some of her life force or someone else's. Life force build up slowly so she can't use it all the time. The more serious the injury the more the life force it takes. If someone is dead she can bring them back to life at the cost of another's life. But that is her closest guarded secret. Only I know. (Unbeknownst to me Vincent knows.) Chaos blinked and the wild look disappeared as he released me. I was only able to stand up because I was leaning heavily on the tree. In and instant Chaos change and Vincent was standing in front of me. He wasn't facing me as he looked at the carnage and turned to face me. He winced.
" Storm I.." I knew he was going to apologies then brood about it for like forever like he did everything so what choice did I have. I would say something that he wouldn't like or approve of that would make him mad and he'd forget about it. That's why Vincent disliked me. He would do or say something he regretted and then I'd say something to piss him off or hurt him intentionally, like when I called Lucrecia a bitch. He would forget about every thing else, but he remember my harsh insensitive remarks that wore his nerves. Funny, though. Vincent was really smart, but not smart enough since he never caught on. Val said when Vincent started to brood he'd start out sad and a few minutes later be ranting angrily about me. She knew I liked him so she hated telling me stuff like that but I asked about it specifically. Even she didn't catch on. I couldn't help it I'd rather see him furious at me than saddened by his very existence. Vincent really disliked me. I offered him a cocky grin and I saw aggravation and disdain creep into his eyes. He knew he wasn't going to like what I said.