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Quickly reaching the bottom she went off towards the first door she saw and
pulled the small silver key out.
“What’re you looking for in there?”Aeris asked as she came up behind the other
girl.
“He’s in there..... He needs my help,”she answered,”I finally found out where that
bastard put him.”
“Who’s in there and who put him there?”Aeris asked as the girl turned the key and
opened the door. Turning to look at Aeris the girl replied,”Hojo put him in here... and
you’ll see soon enough.”
As she turned and entered the room Aeris thought,”She sure is full of secrets... She
still hasn’t even told us her name. But I’ll get her to talk to me... I’ll be her friend.”
Inside the room there was 5 coffins, 4 opened with bones hanging out and
covering the floor. The fifth coffin was in the center and unopened. That was where the
girl went immediately and knelt beside it. Aeris moved closer as the girl put her hands on
the edge to open it. Red moved closer as well, Cloud getting ready to draw his weapon
incase attacked and the others stood their ground.
As the girl prepared to push the lid away she whispered to herself,”Oh Vincent....
I’m so sorry I couldn’t protect you... I’m so sorry I wasn’t able to stop him and save you
and Lucrecia...and the child....But I’ll make it right.”
On hearing this Aeris vowed to find out what the girl’s secrets were. Then the lid
was pushed off to reveal a man laying in the coffin. Shrouds of crimson surrounded his
form which was clothed in black and in the place of his left hand was a gold, metal claw.
The girl stood quickly and stepped back in almost shock.
“What did he do to you...”she whispered as the man’s eyes opened and he flipped
up out of the coffin and stood before them all. Surveying them all with crimson eyes that
matched the shrouds he finally saw the girl. Immediately a look of recognization flashed
onto his face as well as what seemed shock. It was then that the marble face replaced
itself on him and her as well. They eyed each other up and down with the emotions Aeris
couldn’t quite place.
At last the silence was broken as the man spoke,”I thought you were dead. That’s
what the president told us all.”
“I wasn’t dead.... I was turned into a science experiment for Hojo. And it was at
the president’s order,”she replied. “After I managed to escape I began searching for you.
I knew you were still alive... Hojo bragged about what he’d done to you to me...He knew
you were the closest friend I had back then and knew I’d be upset at anything he did to
you. He wanted more than anything to torment me all he could.”
“We can talk all about this later...”She continued until Cloud broke in.
“Just what the hell’s going on here and who is he? To be quite honest we still
don’t even know your name.” Both of them turned to look at him.
“Mym Teneshi,”she replied,”Formerly leader of the Turks.”
“Vincent Valentine,” he answered,”Also formerly of the Turks.”
“Well that’s good for starts,”Cloud said,”Now if you’ll excuse me I have a meeting
with Sephiroth in the library to settle things.” Vincent’s head jerked at the mention of
Sephiroth as did Mym’s. Vincent however went back toward the coffin simply saying,”I
have much still to atone for... Let me sleep.”
When Mym saw this though she walked over to him and with no hesitation put a
hand on his shoulder.
“Valentine,”she said and then paused,”Vincent....Sleeping in a coffin isn’t going to
help atone for sins you think you’ve done.. If it’s atonement you’re worried about then
you should come help fight with Cloud. He’s fighting against ShinRa...” Vincent had
turned to look at her with cold eyes as soon as he felt her hand on his shoulder but he
finally nodded his head in agreement and followed them out and towards the library.