Exeter Desperado
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Vincent's body had reverted to its human
form after Lavos's powerful counterattack. Judging by the
blood covering the ground, he had barely survived. It seemed
he had managed to drastically weaken the dark god, but now
Zophar had eaten Lavos, and had become even stronger.
It's all over. We won't be able to beat them...
Suddenly, Vincent felt a very peculiar feeling, but it
was somehow very familiar, as well. He slowly lost
conciousness...
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VINCENT!
Impossible...Chaos?
THOUGHT YOU WERE
DONE WITH ME, LITTLE MAN? HARDLY...
No...you're
gone...you...
DON'T BE AFRAID OF ME, VINCENT.
I'VE NO WISH TO DO ANY HARM. I AM STILL VERY MUCH A PART OF
YOU, BUT NOT IN THE WAY I ONCE WAS. THE SPIRIT WOLF IS A PART,
TOO, AS ARE YOUR OTHER ALTER-EGOS...
I...I
don't understand...
THINK, VINCENT! YOU WERE SO
SURE, DURING THE LAST TOURNAMENT, THAT I WAS YOUR ENEMY. YOU
ALLOWED YOUR EMOTIONS TO BLIND YOU FROM THE TRUTH.
What...what truth?
I BECAME A PART
OF YOU BECAUSE YOU NEEDED ME. YOU NEEDED THE POWER TO FIGHT
SEPHIROTH AND JENOVA. YOUR PREVIOUS TRANSFORMATIONS WEREN'T
STRONG ENOUGH.
But...no. I thought....you said
before...my emotions...
YOU DON'T THINK VERY
HIGHLY OF YOURSELF, DO YOU, VINCENT? COME NOW, DO YOU REALLY
BELIEVE ALL OF THE ANGER AND HATRED IN YOU WAS EVIL? YOU WERE
CERTAINLY LED TO BELIEVE THAT DURING THE LAST TOURNAMENT,
WHICH IS UNDERSTANDABLE, CONSIDERING HOW SUCH EMOTIONS SEEMED
TO CONTROL INDIVIDUALS LIKE KARSH, BUT YOU COULDN'T HAVE BEEN
FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH.
YES, THERE WERE TIMES WHEN YOU
LOST CONTROL. TIMES WHEN YOUR MOST HATED ENEMY, CHAOS, SEEMED
TO TAKE OVER. YOU WERE RULED BY YOUR EMOTIONS, BUT YOU'VE
LEARNED TO SUPPRESS THEM, WHICH HASN'T REALLY HELPED YOU.
YOU'VE NOT LOST CONTROL, BUT YOUR POWER IS NOT AS IT ONCE WAS.
NOW, THOUGH, YOUR NEGATIVE EMOTIONS ARE BEGINNING TO RETURN TO
YOU, BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE FAILED.
JUST AS
BEFORE, VINCENT, YOUR HATRED, YOUR FEAR, YOUR PAIN, THEY ARE
NOT EVIL. IT TAKES A PERSON TO CHOOSE TO USE THEIR EMOTIONS
FOR EVIL DEEDS, WHICH WAS SOMETHING YOU NEVER DID. YOU MUST
LEARN NOT TO FIGHT YOUR NEGATIVE EMOTIONS, BUT TO CONTROL
THEM. YOU SEEM TO HAVE DONE FAIRLY WELL WITH THE WOLF, BUT
IT'S NOT YET POWERFUL ENOUGH...
Then...there's
still hope?
WHY ELSE WOULD I BE HERE? LET ME
PUT IT TO YOU THIS WAY, VINCENT. YOUR FRIENDS ARE FIGHTING FOR
THEIR LIVES AGAINST HORRIBLE DEMONS. YOU'RE LYING HERE, DOING
NOTHING TO HELP THEM.
What...how can I...?
YOU'RE PISSED. YOU CAN USE THAT TO YOUR ADVANTAGE.
NOW GET UP AND KICK SOME ASS.
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Vincent
stood up and smiled. Suddenly, the dark gunslinger was gone,
and in his place was the combination of his other
transformations. The Galian Beast, Death Gigas, Hellmasker,
and the Spirit Wolf, as well as the dark Chaos, all were a
part of him now, and he finally accepted it. And he was
neither creature, nor demon, this time. He was Vincent
Valentine.
Vincent studied his new form briefly, then
grinned. He was furious, and he knew it wouldn't hurt anyone
but the dark god he had set his sights on.
Vincent
flew toward the mighty demon Zophar and unleashed a
devastating attack of his own.
*****
Okay,
everyone, give me a 'Hell yeah!'
I figured now would be a good time for
character development.
Edit: Couple typos. Hard to see in the
dark...
Last edited by Exeter on 08-10-2001 at
08:00 AM |