Crimson Sorrow

Opened Feelings

Cremisi laid in Vincent's arms unconscious as he walked down halls taking out any enemy who got in his way. He stopped in a room as a ball of darkness began to form behind him. His eyes widened and he tried to run away from it but it consumed him and her completely. He eventually managed to break out of the darkness with Chaos's help but not with Cremisi. Nero formed in front of him with her in his arms. "It seems you are too much for my darkness. Even she was too much. However, now that I have her it doesn't matter. I wonder how you'll fare against this!" Nero began to form a greater mass of darkness behind him until the fight was stopped by a big weapon that was thrown between the two men. Yuffie bounced around as she began her speech. It didn't end well however when she fell crashing into the floor. Vincent looked down at Yuffie before looking back at Nero and taking his chance to shoot at Nero. Nero dodged the bullet but Vincent used it as a distraction to take Cremisi from him. Nero gave a small glare to the trio before crossing his arms over his chest. "We shall meet again Vincent Valentine." Nero disappeared in a black mist and Vincent sighed in relief. Yuffie cheered and led the way down another hall. They stopped in a green glowing room and Vincent frowned seeing a man slumped in a chair. "This, is Weiss?" Yuffie looked at Vincent who had asked the question. "Is he dead?" Nero appeared behind the three walking towards them. "But not for long." Vincent looked at Nero with curiosity. "What do you mean?" Nero looked at Vincent before looking at Weiss. "He has been given a new life, just as you have been given a new life." Vincent hummed in thought. "I see. I get what's going on." Yuffie flipped out not understanding the situation. The place began to rumble a bit and Nero took a few steps back. Panic began to settle within him as the two pulled out their weapons pointing them at Weiss. Nero shot a ray of darkness at Yuffie and Vincent. Vincent quickly took Cremisi and Yuffie out of the darkness and set Yuffie down against the wall holding Cremisi in one arm. She looked at him shook up but with curiosity. "What was that?" Nero came out of the darkness with his arms crossed over his chest. "Oblivion perhaps, my darkness you could say." Yuffie looked at Vincent. "Why don't you put her down? You could fight better without her." Vincent looked down at Cremisi. "No, she's fine." He snapped around towards Nero as Nero pulled Vincent into his darkness once more to begin a fight.

The fight didn't last long and as soon as it ended Nero wrapped his arm around his waist limping towards Weiss. Vincent followed holding tightly to Cremisi. Vincent stopped near the doorway of the room watching Weiss kill Nero. He stepped back pulling out his gun and shooting at Weiss as Weiss jumped over to him. "You can't defeat me. I am one with Omega, just as you are one with Chaos. You are but merely a pawn." Vincent looked down at Cremisi in worry with his eyes trying to be as discrete as possible but it didn't go unnoticed by Weiss. "Ah yes, Cremisi. A fine creature she is. So much potential she had. If only she could learn every aspect of her power. She would make a perfect weapon." Vincent scowled at Weiss. "Vincent Valentine, so we meet again." This confused Vincent but Weiss began explaining how he had died and traveled through a network. Vincent quickly caught on and glared menacingly at him. "You." Weiss began laughing maniacally as Hojo began taking over Weiss. "Hello dear Vincent. What has it been? Three years? I see you've found my most precious creation. A beauty isn't she?" Vincent held her as close to him as he possibly could. "I see you've also taken quite an attachment to her. This is why I had her locked away. I suppose I didn't have her locked away well enough. You especially weren't supposed to get their hands on her. Well, there's nothing that can be done about that now. Tell me Vincent. How much has she shown you? Has she showed you the depths of my experiments? What she was meant for?" Vincent growled in anger. "She's told me enough. Creating a weapon like that is not excusable." Hojo laughed leaning his head back. "A weapon. Is that what she told you? And to think she also managed to speak through that glass. Yes, she was indeed important for any defense usage I needed. However, her biggest reason of existence is to take Sepheroths place should he fail. I wanted her to be my greatest weapon, and leader of an army. I suppose taking away her voice would put a disadvantage on being a leader, but everything would have worked out. She would eventually give me more and more chemicals and power. She would make me the most powerful man in the world! With her I could have made her control Omega without hesitation! She would have been my greatest creation!" Vincent was seething with anger. His grip being so tight on Cremisi that it had woke her. She woke to Vincent's voice as he growled at Hojo. "You sicken me. You and Lucrecia experiment on me. I can take it. The things you've done to Cremisi. What you've already put in her. She didn't have to take in such a beast at such a young age! Your plans, they're terrible and no one would ever think of doing such things for you. No one would think about going through so much pain for so many years like that. That tank you kept her in was completely unnecessary!" Hojo shook his head closing his eye. "This is why I put her in that tank. I suppose I should have strapped her to a chair. That way she couldn't have been able to cry out for anyone. I should have known everything would have failed in the end leaving her in that tank when I left. She was too much at risk where she could call for help. She would have been better off if she had died off in my absence." Cremisi glared with as much malice as Vincent placing her hand on his chest making him look down at her in a bit of shock. Hojo laughed looking at her as she was put on her feet. "Finally decided to join the party my dear? Tell me, how has it been shrouded in darkness for that long? Have you found a way to get your vocals back yet?" She clenched her fists and he let out a loud laugh leaning back. "Still silent as ever I see. Maybe I'll find you another tank after this. I'll even finish what I started! Cremisi was a beautiful creature, she will do wonderfully with a bit of a few more creatures by her side!" Vincent pulled Cremisi behind him  protectively. Hojo looked between the two. "I see. You've developed feelings for her. This will be very interesting. Vincent, I'm sure you've seen her files. Do you know her real name?" Cremisi's eyes widened looking at Hojo. He smirked looking at her. "Yes Cremisi, you've had a name all along. After all these years. It took me some time to find it in my research, but I managed to find your birth name. Felia Hestis. I wouldn't bother looking for your parents though. I can assure you they're long gone by now." She frowned and Vincent looked back at her with a bit of worry. Getting tired of listening to Hojo Vincent pulled out his gun beginning to fire at him. Weiss blocked the bullets with his swords jumping back. Vincent continuously shot at Weiss but every shot was blocked. Cremisi stepped around Vincent throwing out her hand sending a ball of fire at him. Weiss moved to the side dodging it quickly. "I see you've managed to learn that trick. How much more do you know my dearest Cremisi?" She went to run at him but Vincent held her back and began firing at Weiss once more. Weiss blocked every shot moving closer and closer to Vincent until he knocked Vincent over. Cremisi dropped next to Vincent throwing herself over him protectively. Weiss laughed putting his weapons away. "So you share his feelings do you Cremisi? This saddens me. However, I can't say I didn't see this coming if you two were to ever meet. I will say I could have done better to take better precautions to prevent this though. Cremisi, come join me. I shall give you your vocals back so you may lead my army." She glared at him lowering herself more over Vincent as Weiss held his hand out to her. Weiss stood with his hand held out to her for a minute before letting his hand drop to his side turning away from the two. "Fine. I hate to do this but you've left me with no other choice Cremisi. For now you two stay there and watch this." Weiss walked over to the edge of the platform holding his hand out letting the room glow a vibrant green. Vincent grabbed Cremisi's arms and she helped him up. He held his gun up firing at Weiss who dodged the bullet. "I see. Still wanting to fight I see. I suppose I shall deal with both of you then. I didn't want to do this now, and I didn't want to do it at all. You were such a precious creation Cremisi. You held so much potential. Now you're too much a threat." Vincent began firing at Weiss who pulled out his swords running at the duo. Cremisi moved in front of Vincent lighting the tips of her fingers on fire and began making slashing motions sending blades of fire at him. Weiss found he had a hard time dodging the flames until he picked up his speed moving around the room. She did her best to fight him even through his fast movements. She slashed her hand up creating a fire wall as she saw Weiss coming towards her and Vincent. Weiss emerged through the flames as the heat calmed and slashed at Cremisi. Her eyes quickly fogged and the impact had little effect but made her crash into Vincent sending the two flying back. Smoke and a black mist surrounded the two as Vincent stood up holding Cremisi as he glowed red from his transformation but he quickly got a hold of himself. She looked at Vincent with a blank expression before looking at Weiss. "There's my precious Cremisi! I'd recognize that gaze and those eyes anywhere. Come here dear. Give an old friend a hug." Vincent's eyes widened a bit as she just left him shrugging off his hold on her and walked towards Hojo. He didn't say anything though and just watched her. Weiss wrapped his arms around her and she placed a hand on his chest. Her gentle shove sent him flying back a ways into the wall on the platform behind him. Her voice was raspy as she spoke but was laced with malice as she spoke with a calm expression. "Don't call me your friend, and don't touch me again." He chuckled standing up. "Of course. How could I have forgotten. You are the untamable Cremisi. Friend to none. Forever sealed to those who get their hands on you. How do you like your new host? Isn't she pitiful? Don't you want to just kill the man she loves? Just as you did your last host." Cremisi scoffed at him. "Don't speak to me as if you know me. You puny humans think you know us, but you know nothing. I will protect what you have stolen from this human, and I shall protect Chaos's host. As he has agreed to return the favor. Vincent's eyes widened looking at her. Weiss frowned at her. "You've spoken to Chaos?" She held up her hand aiming her palm at him. "Enough talk. I've ruined this woman's vocals enough." She dropped her hand as she watched Nero rise from the floor. "You've spoken to Chaos?" She looked back at Vincent and huffed at him. She turned back to where Weiss was and watched Hojo freak out as Weiss was taken from him. The platform fell and the room began to glow a more vibrant green. Vincent reached for Cremisi but she slapped his hand away and tried to chase Vincent out. He wrapped an arm around her waist pulling her to him as the green life stream shot at them. She grit her teeth a bit as the power from Omega overwhelmed her a bit. Vincent's hold on her tightened as he transformed and flew out of Omega. She looked up at him ignoring the pain from his claws in her sides and looked at Omega holding her hand out to Omega. The green life stream glowed a light blue flying to her hand and she placed the Protomateria in his chest. He looked down at her before flying down to the ground. He set her down and rubbed the side of her arm. She placed her hand over his on her arm rubbing her thumb over the back of his hand. "Go Chaos. Vincent. Destroy Omega." He nodded quickly taking off making her hair fly around as the wind around her whirled from the fast take off. She brushed her hair behind her ear with her fingers watching him take off with her misted eyes. Reeve ran over to her side with worry. "Cremisi! Are you alright?" She looked at him for a second before turning back to Omega to watch Vincent. It didn't take much for Reeve to realize he was looking at the true Cremisi. They all watched Vincent fight Omega but Cremisi grew a bit worried for Vincent when she saw him struggling to destroy the beast. She stood up and looked over at the rest of the team. "I need two of your strongest men to throw me." Reeve's eyes widened at her before scowling. "Absolutely not!" She returned the scowl before turning to Omega. "Fine. Have it your way." Reeve held his hand out calling for her as she ran forward towards Omega. She ran up Omega towards Vincent and held her hand out towards him. He looked down at her in shock and flew down a bit grabbing her hand before she fell. She gave him a small smile as Omega began glowing and spread it's wings. Vincent pulled Cremisi to himself wrapping an arm around her waist as he took her with him up following Omega to try and get above the beast. Cremisi watched Omega as they zoomed past it and waited to be above the beast before looking at Vincent. She leaned up giving him a small kiss on the cheek  and pulled herself up further to whisper in his ear. "Thank you Vincent." His eyes widened as she shoved him away and used her flames to knock him back. She kicked him in the gut sending him flying towards the ground. She held her arms in an x formation as she began falling towards Omega and lit her hands on fire letting the flames consume her as they spread. She had every intention of ending this on her own. She wasn't about to let her friends end this for her. Not after they had already risked so much for her from the beginning.