Kurzgeschichte
Can you control Chaos?

Can you control chaos?

Shortstory to FINAL FANTASY VII

written by AGAINSIN

Vincent Valentine, 23 years old, a member of the TURKS, a special-purpose force of the SHINRA-Corperation. This unit was created exclusive for espionage-, special- and combathurrymissions. Vincent was sended into the small village Nibelheim, near the Mount-Nibel, to protect and support Dr. Lucretia Crescent, which worked on a research-row of some old legends and artefacts. At first Vincent held not much from this order.

“Bodyguard-jobs can also implemented by someone of SOLDAT (army of the SHINRA-Corp.)! In addition, what should greatly happen in this one-horse town? Those do not recognize simply my potency!”

He implemented the job reluctant, however gradually announced himself with Dr. Crescent. For many years he co-operated with her. With the time developed between both more than only a friendship.

Dr. Crescent had as much confidence to Vincent, so that he had access everywhere in the SHINRA-mansion, which is the largest house in Nibelheim, as well as the research station and accommodation of Dr. Crescent and Vincent. However there was an area, which Vincent wasn’t allowed to enter. If Dr. Crescent worked in this area, he had to be on guard before it. Three years after he came to Nibelheim, he had to stay more frequently before this door. Dr. Crescent went more frequently into this area and remained there also longer. The only noise, which Vincent heard, that was endless tapping of fingers on a computer-keyboard and from time to time he could hear also the noise, what develops, if bubbles underwater ascend. Once, around the midday, the door opened and Dr. Crescent came out. She wiped herself with the sleeve of her white smock somewhat from the eyes and said to Vincent:

“Let us have lunch!”

“Are any problems?”

“Yes, I do not get ahead, I must think about a solution. And that goes best with a good meal, right?“

She smiled at him. It looked however somehow forced, noticed Vincent.

“Couldn’t I help you somehow, Lucretia?“

“No, I do not believe. However, I will already find a solution! And now I will make us something to the meal. A desire?“

About a half hour later the meal was ready and they went to the large table in the SHINRA-mansion.

“Lucretia, what is the matter? You look so oppressed!”

“No, it’s nothing! Don’t be concerned about this, Vincent.“

Now she pluck up herself and began fast to eat and Vincent did it, too. After they had taught the plates, Vincent got up to bring the table-ware into the kitchen. While he reached for Lucretias plate, his legs became weak and he became feeling dizzy, until he finally broke down. Quietly he heard still the voice of Lucretia:

“I’m so sorry!”

Vincent woke up at the place in the center of Nibelheim. What he did see there wasn’t a beautiful sight. All houses were on fire and were partly destroyed, however one couldn’t hear cries of humans, whom have lost perhaps their have and property, or friends in the fire, or also those, whom are perhaps enclosed by the flames and hope for rescue. It was silent as the grave, up to the blazing of the flames and collapsing individual houses one heard anything.

“What happened here? Why am I here? Where is Lucretia?”

He looked toward SHINRA-mansion. In the roof gaped an enormous hole and it burned likewise.

“She is certainly still there inside. I have to save her!“

Vincent ran to the mansion and as he approached near enough to see the gate, he saw members of SOLDAT, which deleted the fire and secured the area. Vincent ran further and wanted to break through the gate. As the soldiers took notice of him, three soldiers stopped Vincent and arrest him.

“What are you doing? Let me through! I am one of the TURKS, don’t you see? “

“We know who you are! Mr. Vincent Valentine, member of the TURKS, service number: 1674800932, weapon: Gun, size: 1,77m, age: 26, eye-colour: Red, hair-colour: Black!”

“Not fully right! I am only 23! And now leave me, I must save Dr. Crescent, she is still there inside!”

“Who? It doesn’t matter, we have the instruction to bring you into the camp!“

The soldiers brought Vincent into their camp in front of the village and closed him into a large cage, which was in one of the tents.

“You remain now first times for a while here. You going to have visits, soon.“

Then the soldiers went outside.

“Hey, say to me at least what here happened! Where are the inhabitants of the whole village?“

The one of SOLDAT turned to Vincent and looked to him scared.

“They are all dead! Carved up bodies everywhere in the village and then the fear-fulfilled expression in the faces of the dead ones, cruelly!”

After these words also this soldier disappeared by the entrance of the tent.

“I hope they will find Lucretia soon!“

Vincent didn’t come to peace. Outside he heard the blazing of the flames so loud and the turmoil with the soldiers was also unbearable. After a while he heard a helicopter, which seemed to land completely closely beside his tent. Directly after the engine became stopped, a thick man with a white suit stepped into the tent.

“President Shinra? What are you doing here?”

“Vincent Valentine, member of the TURKS, right?”

“Yes, sir!“

“We are surprised at your achievement, we would have never expected it from you!” “Who are we?”

In this instant a dry fragile man with long white smock, long black hair and eyeglasses entered the tent. He had an easy bent attitude and giggled only quietly before itself.

“Me and Dr. Hojo!“

“OK, and why am I locked?“

“For our and your own security, Mr. Valentine.“

“Security? In front of what? “

“That doesn’t have to interest you! You will be examined by Dr. Hojo in the morning and then he determines your further way and your operational areas.“

“And what is with Dr. Crescents work? Isn't it resumed? I would work much rather with her further together!“

Suddenly Hojo cut him short.

“Haahaaaaaa, you will have to work further in any case with Dr. Crescents work! Heeheeee, I will take up the line in this project.“

“And what’s up with Lucretia?“

“Hiihiiiiii, this bungler?“

“Take care about what you are saying!“

Hojo continued hastily.

“She knew nothing from the true power, which is stuck in her experiment. But I, I will do her research on the stage of perfection. In addition we don’t know where she is, we already haven’t any contact to her since nearly two years.“

“That cannot be, yesterday I still saw, how she sent her report to the research-center.”

“The research-center got her last official report before three years!... I have to prepare the investigations now for tomorrow!“

Hojo and President Shinra left the tent at the same time and conversed before the entrance. Vincent could monitor everything. Hojo didn’t giggle any more instead he does sound rather annoyed.

“This stubborn ‘I-want-to-be-a-scientist’ Dr. Crescent actually did it! She had closed the beast into a human body.”

“It seems she probably is nevertheless not completely so inexperienced, as you always stated. Now nevertheless you achieved your goal. The research at Omega and Chaos is finally in your hands. I expect now also finally further results, not only such a guinea pig!”

“Yes sir, however I can’t extract Chaos simply again, but we still have Omega, with it we will create the perfect weapon, the perfect soldier. And everything will tremble under your rule!“

“Sounds really good, but now off to the work! I will fly back to Midgar. Such a company doesn’t lead itself alone, you know?“

Vincent sat quietly in a corner of the cage and heard only how the helicopter started, reached distance and how guards set up themselves before its tent.

“Am I the guinea pig? Do I carry a beast in me? Chaos? Omega? That was Lucretias real work? Was it planned that I become Chaos right from the beginning? No! That can’t be! That would Lucretia never do, in addition I don’t feel any different. And the thing with the reports can’t also be correct, nevertheless I pursued it exactly yesterday, or…?“

Vincent lowered the view and thought once again about everything. Suddenly he heard a whistle in his ear, which became louder and louder. It didn’t stop and Vincent got strong headache and faint finally. He awaked in the middle of the night, his headache and the whistle had disappeared. But around him was horror-scenario. His cage was broken and the whole camp was perfectly destroyed.

Dead soldiers lay about everywhere, just torn up to pieces like the tents. Vincent couldn’t seize it.

“What happened here? Already again! Why only did I survive?“

He scanned the rubble and founded a laptop of the SHINRA-Corp.

“Perhaps here stands more about Lucretias project and perhaps also about me!“

He switched it on, however he didn’t find anything special, which he did not know yet.

“Hojos report, provides three days ago? Let’s see! ‘President Shinra I can’t tolerating that you leave this bungler Dr. Lucretia Crescent this project further! She has it for eight years and doesn’t make any considerable progress. I please you, give the project to me!'“

Vincent put himself and threw the laptop to the side.

“Before eight years? It was nevertheless only five years! And therefore yesterday the soldiers called me three years older. I’m not any more 23 already, but 26. I do not feel at all older, rather on the contrary. I feel many younger.

What happened in the last three years? And what’s happened to Lucretia?“

Vincent went to the SHINRA-mansion, which didn’t burn anymore, in order to find answers in the rubbish of the laboratory perhaps. As he occurred, he heard a loud laughter.

“HAAHAAAAAAA; HEEHEEEEEEE; HIIHIIIIII“

“Hojo? He must be in the laboratory.“

Vincent ran downstairs into the cellar, to the door, which he was never allowed to enter. And it was really Hojo, he sat at the only still working terminal. The remainder of the laboratory was destroyed. In the center stood a broken glass container, which was large enough to be able to contain around humans.

”Hojo, what happened? What was the work of Lucretia? What was made with me? What happened with Nibelheim? What passed the soldiers in the camp?“

“Ohh, hiiihiiiiii, you is awake, Mr. Valentine? What happened with the soldiers?“

“The whole camp was destroyed similarly as Nibelheim, if not even still worse!“

“Ohh, understands.“

“I didn’t understand anything! What’s going on her?“

“You can’t remember anything? That is unfortunate, but perhaps you rather do not want to know it, you couldn’t probably sleep anymore in peace.“

“Don’t play wrong with me! What happened?“

“OK, on your responsibility! Lucretia researched at an old stone board of the Cetra.“

”You mean the OLD PEOPLE? The people, who could communicate with the planet and who lived with him in agreement?”

“Exactly! You watched out with your training! And it tunes, they could talk with the planet, and he expressed them warnings and prophecies. One of them stood on this artefact, which examined Dr. Crescent: ‘Soul, which is snatched out of contaminated earth, defeats the impurity, and cleans the stream.

Companion of the fate decision. See the powerful Chaos, Omegas escort into the airy heights.' Omega is the promised country, into which us one the Cetra will lead, according to the legend. Many belief in it, at least. I see that different! Omega is one the Weapons, which the planet calls, if it’s in danger, or it wants to clean itself, from the foolish humans, which made use of him. But if one can control Omega, one would for the world unbeatably, and that is my goal. Lucretia found with a further researcher a source, which she called the source of Chaos. It was the point where Chaos should materialise itself and she also did it to let chaos materialise itself, however she couldn’t control it completely and so she closed it into this glass container here in the center of this area. Her colleague died in the action to catch Chaos. And here in this terminal, I can read that she only partly managed to control Chaos. I supported her by translating a further artefact, which contained, that only a human covering is able to control Chaos.“

“Why me?“

“That was not my idea. Dr. Crescent didn’t want, that one used their experiment for military purposes and she apparent thought that you are strong enough to control Chaos. And perhaps, she wanted to flee with you later? I don’t know. But your weak body is not in the position to held Chaos. Or can you control Chaos? Now and then Chaos controls you and not in reverse.“

“Did I do all this awful things?“

“Yes, Haahaaaa! It refers everything to it! Don’t break your head about it. I need you to call Omega, and I will control it with my body. So to speak, you are the escort of the SHINRA-Corperation into the airy heights.“

“Forget it! Chaos will become a weapon for nobody as long as it’s in my body. This also be wanted Lucretia, right?“

“You fool! Think about the possibilities!“

“For you it doesn’t concern to SHINRA, you only want to become Omega to control the whole world alone. I don’t take part of it!“

Vincents body began glowing and Hojo couldn’t seize, which he saw. Vincent transformed into chaos and came slowly to Hojo.

“I will prevent that! The people on this planet did not earn extermination yet! Your weak body would only be torn up by Omega. Don’t try it Hojo!“

Vincent tore its arms in air and an enormous pressure wave spread. The laboratory was destroyed and the cover partly collapsed. As Vincent again came to itself and he again had assumed his normal shape he saw somewhat written on one the glass fragments of the container in the center of the area:

“Vincent, I am really sorry!“

Vincent roamed across the cellar of the mansion and found a small hidden room with several coffins. He removed a skeleton from one of the coffins and placed it into the center of the room.

“I don’t bear the disgrace! I extinguished so many lives. Probably also my loved Lucretia. I will remain lying here. Here I cannot do anything to anybody and I place no danger for others there. If the planet is in danger, he will already wake me up!“

Vincent put into the coffin and locked the cover. He heard still another helicopter flying away and the laughter of a mad scientist:

“Haahaaaa, Heeheeeeee, Hiihiiiiii.“

30 years later Cloud Strife and his friends found Vincent Valentine in a coffin in the cellar of the SHINRA-mansion in the small Nibelheim, Clouds hometown. Together they are going to defeat Sephiroth in the Jenova-War.