From heaven to hell

Gods.. do this story sucks so badly? .. >_< " i am already not sure with it, but i am not getting any feedback.. If i do something you dont like or that isnt right, tell me so i can learn ^^

meh.. anyways.. here comes part 2 ^^

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My head hurts... my back hurts... everything of me is in pain as consciousness takes over me.

no... this wasnt real? where.. what hapenned? I still hear the bubbling noise and the tic tac of a clock. I shift a little and feel a lot of things around me.

Openning my eyes, I notice scathered papers, books, glass, a broken chair.

....and once again, this whispering in my mind.

I try to remember the events that took place earlier, lost in between the confusion of my dream and my presence in the trashed basement.

[I] blood on the floor, a blueish beast, blood on the chest [/b]

I gasp, my senses fully getting alert.

"what!?"

I look at my hands once again, remembering what I previously saw, praying for it to be a bad dream.

Then again, what is dream, what is reality?

I see my right hand, normal and I sigh of relief.. a relief that stops as soon as I see my left arm: Still blueish and with long nails.

I scream, my eyes widenning. No this cannot be!

Unsure, I touch it with my hand. Yes, I do feel it.. I can feel with it. but what.. no what is going on?!

Terrified, I reach for my face, remembering the traits of the beast I previously saw. Nothing is there... just my normal face. But.. this hand.. my hand.. what hapenned?

I force myself to calm down, this is probably just a nightmare.. I will wake up, be with Lucrecia again, and everything will be fine.

But it seems so real..

I get up, deciding that a change of clothing is in order. Dream or not, I hate being covered with blood.

who's blood is it anyways?

I open my shirt, only to see several marks and a bullet hole near the heart.

Fear once again takes over me. How did I end up this way?

My head throbes and I reach for it, feeling something leak on my face. I look at my fingers to see blood once again. I turn around and see a filling-cabinet. So this is what got me KO.

I take a few steps around, glad I am no longer nauseous and reach for the spiral staircase, still wondering how can this dream appear so real.

Once inside the mansion, I go in my room, looking for my luggages. I'll have to put a bandage on my head too...

The mansion is completly empty. Usually, Gast, Lucrecia and Hojo are here, and there is light. But right now, there is nothing. It is as if life itself stopped and I am the only moving thing.

I enter my room, only to find it empty. No more bags or suitcases, the drawers are empty as well.

"what the....?"

Sighing, I go in Gast's room, also empty. I take a walk passed Hojo's one, also devoid of any sign of life. I look in lucrecia's room, which we share now, .... empty.

I turn around, still completly lost in what is going on.

"Vincent."

"What is it? ... Lucrecia ?! Gast what hapenned!!"

"I found her like this. I heard something fall and it was her."

"... Is she going to be ok? when did this happen?"

"A few hours ago, Hojo knows about it... He said he...."

" What did he say?"

"...."

"answer me! What did he say?"

" .... that he knew this would happen... Vincent, Lucrecia is ... Vincent!!"


I jump, tensing, taking the wall as a quick support.

Lucrecia? Gast?

Panic takes over me and I run to the stairs, leading to the main room.

"Lucrecia, why? why this, why now?"

I stand in front of her, at the gates of the city, holding her hands.

"Vincent, please trust me. It will only last a few months. this is just too marvelous to pass by! do you imagine? I will give birth to an ancient, to someone who will save this planet by bringing everyone to the promised land."

"But..but.."

"don't worry, the professor Hojo will not touch me, it is only artificial insimination. We cannot take anyone else to do this since it is top-secret and we cannot just make a tube baby. He will not survive long."

"but you will be used as a guinney pig, I cannot stand the thought of this!"

"Vincent... please.. please trust me! I will be fine, Professor Gast is there, it is his project. He is the best scientist shinra has, everything will be fine."

I hesitate, something I never did before. Why ? why does she wants this. I know it is the dream of every woman to have a child that will become important. But I don't want her to be experimented on. She is so much more than that! What am I to do? Do I chose to let her follow her heart and go against mine or go against hers and ... what should I do ... She is taking this extremely close to heart..

"no, Lucrecia, no ... no I refuse. Please understand."

She looks at me, shocked and sadenned and removes her hands from mine. I dare a look at her and see her eyes filling with tears... no Lu.. not that.. I am sorry.

But before I can say any word, before I can even move, she runs away. I try to stop her, calling her out, but she ignores me..


I stop dead in my tracks, holding myself on the stair's ramp. What was that...?

My head spins once again and I sit down in the stairs, trying to understand what crossed my mind. This seems too real to be a dream, but, why can't I remember anything? Why am I alone now? Where are Gast, Lucrecia, Hojo? Have I hurted my head so bad in my previous fall that I became amnesic?

Thinking of my head again makes me remember that I need to find something to wrap around it and ... new clothes.

I go back upstairs, slowly, and enter one of the vacant room, searching for something to use or wear. I open a closet and find black leather pants and a black shirt. Not what I would normally wear, but it'll do the job ...

I change clothing, wincing everytime I look at my left arm. How can this be possible? How can this even be my hand? I keep on looking around and find a red material. Might as well use it. At least the blood wont stain it that much. I swear to God, I'll look like a freak once I am done.

sighing, I tear the red cloth and use a part of it to wrap around my head, covering my wound. Since my first aid kit was in my lugages which mysteriously vanished, I wont lose time trying to look for it.

Once my head is strapped, I sit in a nearby chair, trying to remember what hapenned (if anything) after lucrecia ran away from me.

The thoughts of this strikes me to the heart... have I actually made her sad?

Ashamed of what just hapenned, I walked away, thinking that Lucrecia needed some time to calm down. I had to think this out. I don't know what is worse... to see her in pain because of me, or to see her become an experiment.

That word sends shivers down my spine. Lucrecia, getting experimented on... no never! I know Gast wouldn't hurt her and would make sure everything goes fine... but its Hojo that I do not trust. He is demented..senile beyond his age. I have a nasty feeling about him and my instinct always proved me right. I got the feeling he isnt playing clean with everyone, but when I voice my opinion, Gast and Lucrecia tells me, in different ways, that I am imagining things. That he is like this because he was deprived of a stable familly, when he was a child. Gast has worked with him for a long time, and Lucrecia has actually learnt from him. She is his assistant.

So I gave them the benifit of a doubt, even if I still cannot fully trust him.

but this.. this.. news.. I don't know what to think of this...

I need to talk to Gast, need to know more of this.. Jenova project....

Jenova project... this rings a terrifying bell in my mind.

Jenova was the ancient that was found about a year ago. Ancients are an old race of peoples who are rumored to be extinct. They were able to communicate with the planet and find this place called, promised land. This land is rumored to be filled with wealth and richness and Shinra, the compagny, desire to find this place so peoples can live with more ease.

Rubbing my temples, I dive back into memories, that steadily floods back.

I found Gast near the mountains surrounding the town. This is where he always takes his afternoon walk, before heading to a long evening of studies.

"Ah Valentine, I see you are doing your rounds?"

"Actually, I am here to ask something from you."

"Oh? well ask away, what is the matter?"

"Lucrecia came to me, telling me about how you are about to go onto human testing with Jenova."

"ohhhh I see, I was actually expecting you to come to me about this matter, sooner or later. You are aware that Jenova is an ancient right?"

I nodded

" I am aware of everything she is, how her kind were with the planet and also of their habilities."

"Lucrecia informed you about Jenova too as I see. Okay, so the whole thing is, we are trying to "recreate" Jenova. Unfortunatly, even if we were to try to clone her, it would be impossible unless we have a woman to bear the child. We have already tried to create tube babies, however, it just didnt work. No matter how many machines or magic we use, we cannot recreate the environement that a pregnant woman bears to her child."

"... and you thought of Lucrecia."

"Actually, she offered herself to it. She is extremely dedicated to this project and you know as well as I that once a woman gets the feeling her child will become someone important to the planet, they will do everything they can to make this happen."

"yes... I am aware of this...."

"now I know what you think: Why can't this be anyone else? It is because Shinra has requested transparency from us until they can tell the news about this special child. So we are limited with who we have here... and I doubt you can bear a child."

Though the moment isnt for joking, I still chuckles at the thought.

"I understand this ... but.. you know how I have trouble trusting Hojo and ..."

"You worry too much Vincent, The project is mine and Hojo, though he was responsible of the testing on Jenova, will only be my assistant on this one. It is of too much importance to let him handle this and only have me as a supervisor. He is intelligent, but the president has requested that I take the leads on this. So I assure you, with the results I have seen from Jenova, Lucrecia will not be harmed in any way shape or form, aside maybe the pinching of a needle shot. Though Jenova looks different from us, her molecular structure is the same and there is nothing that will affect Lucrecia. Only the child she will bear with have any of Jenova's capacities since once the body reaches maturity, it rejects the cells, like it would reject a bacteria. However, if the body is "created" with those cells or in an environement where the cells are present, it will take their properties."

I listenned carefully to every words he said. Though I still wasn't sure about this whole matter, I trusted him when he said Lucrecia would be completly harmless. He patted my back.

"Vincent, I don't want to use this to convince you or make you refuse, but Lucrecia really wants to do this. She was affraid to tell you about it at first because she knew that you would want to protect her and beg her not to do it, she even thought of going through this, hiding it from you, but she reconsiderated doing so because she knows she can tell you everything and you will respect her decision. She is an intelligent woman and she will not purposely do anything to herself which may harm her and worry you. She may be innocent, but she isnt careless."

"Thank you Professor... I will go talk to her"

"Make sure to think of this carefully before you do."

I nodded and left him to his walk. His talking convinced me. I didn't like the idea of her being used like this, but it is for a good cause.. and it is what her heart desires. By loving her, I have to be there to support her in her decision and help her on her path. I was hoping that she calmed down by the time I reached the village.

The shock I received when I turned the corner of a house and saw the gates...

Hojo was there, with Lucrecia.. In his arms!

My first feeling was to hunt him down, take him away from her, but instead, I walked in, closer, spying on them. Lucrecia was still upset from what hapenned earlier and Hojo was trying to comfort her. I didn't like what he was doing.. I am very territorial once it comes to peoples I love, but I got to calm down, I got to trust her. She is with peoples she knows and trust, and this project, as Gast told me, means a lot to her. It'll make her happy if I accept..

and if she is happy, then .. I don't mind.

I walked away, letting her calm down more. I will talk to her tonight and let her know that I will be there and help her go through the .. project.

I look at the ceiling, remembering those events. The talk that we had that night. She was so thrilled and relieved that I accepted to let her do this. We promised each other that once this is through, we would go away from Shinra and enjoy life, in the promised land.She told me that though the child would be artificially insiminated, I would still be, to her eyes, the father.

In the upcomming week, the project started and she received the embryos. Everything went perfectly well and she was a lovely pregnant woman which I protected with everything I was.

But... where is she now?

Vincent, Lucrecia is ...

What is she? .. what am I forgetting in this story? what is the missing piece? I feel like I should know what is going on, that I knew it. But it's completly blank right now.

"Well well! Seems like you are up and doing fairly good aren't you?"

I jerk out of my thoughts and searches for answers to turn around toward the voice.

"Hojo ...."

"PROFESSOR Hojo! You seem to have a really short memory do you?"

"What is going on! Where are Gast and Lucrecia? Why are the rooms completly empty?"

"It appears you hurted your head really bad didnt you?"

He pointed toward my home made bandage and the leak of blood, still on my face.

"Gast left the city weeks ago and Lucrecia ...."

He lets the word hang and his playing infuriates me.

"Where is she! What have you done to her?"

"My oh my, arent you a bit quick on accusations Valentine?"

"I dont care what you think, Where is she!"

The more I got angry, the louder the whispering in my mind became and the louder it became, the more I was getting angry. I was getting myself in an ongoing circle and Hojo was only making it worse.

"Maybe you need to take a look at this...."

He openned a suitcase he was carrying with him and shown me a folder. I openned it and he directed me to go on the last page.

It was about Lucrecia, about complication with the Jenova project and how she fell into coma soon after giving birth and ...

"...no"

"Vincent."

I was walking down the hall in the shinra mansion when I heard Gast calling out for me. His voice was filled with worries. I entered Lucrecia's room, from which his voice was comming from.

"What is it?... Lucrecia ?! Gast what hapenned!!"

Lucrecia was laying on the bed, unconscious and dangerously pale. My heart stopped. Lucrecia.. what hapenned to you?

"I found her like this. I heard something fall and it was her."

Nervously, I sat beside her, on the bed. Her body was colder than usual. Gast was with part of his equipment and materias, all scathered around him.

"... Is she going to be ok? when did this happen?"

"A few hours ago, Hojo knows about it... He said he...."

He stopped talking, as if he was about to say too much. I looked at him, fire burning in my veins.

" What did he say?"

"...."

He looked toward the floor, hiding something. His refusal to answer enraged me. Hojo did something despise the fact Gast lead the project.

"answer me! What did he say?"

" .... that he knew this would happen... Vincent, Lucrecia is ..."

I didn't need to hear more, the next thing I knew, I was up and rushing outside the room. Ignoring Gast's call.

"Vincent!!"

I ran through the mansion, with only one goal.. Hojo..

Snapping out of this vision, I dangerously glared at Hojo.

"You ... you killed her!"

"I did not, she was aware of the consequences of this project."

"LIES! Gast assured me that everything would go fine and that she would not be harmed! I accepted her to go through this for the sole purpose of her remaining safe!"

"And this is exactly why I told Gast that Jenova's cells wouldn't affect her, but lucrecia knew that there could be some risks. I just minimised them... Women believes everything when you use the right words."

Everything in my body turns to ice. I cannot move nor breathe. He killed her.. he.. killed her and I watched her go through this, accepting it. I dared believe something comming from him! I believed he actually gave truthfull results to Gast..

"no ...."

I step backward, slowly shaking my head in denial. Gods please, let this be a nightmare..Lucrecia, no you cannot be gone..

Hojo takes a step forward, looking at me in amasement and I take a defensive stance, trembling of fury and despair. I don't know what interrests him so much about my but I swear I will rip him in two before he can lay a single finger on me.

"Marvelous! Seems like your alteration are actually working!"

My.... alteration?

I dare a quick glance down and see my right hand looking the same as my left one. I panic, I want to scream, but with Hojo in front of me, I got to be ready for anything, he is faster than you can think.

I hate how he stays so calm but the thoughts of Lucrecia being dead, of me being some sort of beast and of him being responsible of both takes over and without thinking, i dash toward him, as if possessed by a stronger will than my own.

Hojo quickly takes his hand from his pocket and dodges my arrival. Swiftly moving behind me he presses his hand over my mouth and nose and i smell a bitter liquid comming from a cloth he is holding. i bend forward, trying to get him away from me but his other arm is tightly around my arms and i cannot break free. Slowly, my strenght leaves me and i feel darkness surround me, once again.

"Now i'll show you who is actually in charge here..."