Final Fantasy VII Dirge of Cerberus

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Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerberus is an action role-playing third-person shooter video game developed and published by Square Enix in 2006 for the PlayStation 2.

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[edit] Vincent Valentine

  • "It looks like I still have some work to do."
  • "So... we meet again. Lucrecia."
  • "I’ll take care of your pet problem. Just keep driving."
  • "The Sewers... How appropriate is that?"
[After being told the way into Shinra Manor]
  • "It was you, Shelke. You were her reason to live."
  • "Hojo. I said I've heard enough."
  • "You know, you really shouldn't leave those lying around."
[After firing at Azul with a bazooka he randomly picked up off the ground]

[edit] Lucrecia Crescent

  • "I'm so sorry."
  • "Soul wrought of terra corrupt, quelling impurity, purging the stream to beckon forth an ultimate fate. Behold mighty Chaos, Omega's squire to the lofty heavens. I came across this passage while studying the scriptures of the Ancients. The Chronicles of Yore. Omega: The end."
  • "Just as all other sentient beings, he too, is born of the Lifestream. However, his only purpose is to cleanse the planet of all things living and lead their immortal souls through the abyssal aether to a new beginning far, far beyond the never ending sea of stars."
  • "Just as life circulates through our planet, so too, does our planet through the universe. Or at least in theory. However, what I can be certain of is, if Omega awakens, then all life as we know it will end. And when Omega has embarked on his journey to the cosmos, our planet will wither and die."
  • "But I'm so happy you survived."
  • "Give him back! Give my son back! Let me see him! Just once!"

[edit] Reeve Tuesti

  • "Deepground soldiers. The shadow of the Shinra Company, constructed by the former president and completely hidden from the rest of the world."
  • "Good work, Vincent. The enemy is retreating. It seems they have finally begun their withdrawal from Kalm."
  • "I have good news. Using you-know-who, I was able to infiltrate Midgar. However, what I saw wasn't the prettiest of pictures.”

[edit] Yuffie Kisaragi

  • "Vincent... get out of there... I have a bad feeling about this!"
  • "Imagine that- me, saving the great Vincent Valentine. Do I get any thanks?"
  • "I am the champion of the earth and the sky. I am the conqueror of evil. The single white rose of Wutai!"

[edit] Shalua Rui

  • "I’m searching— for my reason to live."
  • "Shelke... you haven’t changed a bit."
  • "I don’t recall you winning any of our fights when we were younger."
  • "Shelke, I’m sorry I couldn’t be a better sister."

[edit] Shelke Rui

  • "Found you."
  • "She was a fool."
  • "Why are her data fragments... responding?"
  • "Omega has awoken. And Chaos has been drawn out of the shadows to serve as a counterbalance. Or so it would seem."

[edit] Miscellaneous

  • "And so the hound weaves the final chapter in this tale of life..."
    • Opening logo
  • "Slashed, strangled and slaughtered. Beaten, stabbed and crushed. Gutted and impaled, shot and executed without mercy. Nicely said, Weiss. I wonder if this will be more amusing than last time....”
    • Rosso the Crimson
  • "Number-5 is alive!"
    • Cait Sith
  • "With Jenova War hero Reeve Tuesti at its helm, our organization is dedicated to aiding the healing process of the planet, as well as protecting it from any who attempt further harm."
    • WRO Member

[edit] Dialogue

[Meteor is hovering in the sky above Midgar as Yuffie is evacuating everyone]
Yuffie: “C’mon, hurry up! And try not to drop anyone this time! [to soldier] Report!”
Soldier: Evact complete! All injured have been removed to the transports!
Yuffie: Ok, let’s get outta here! Just remember to keep on guard until you’re clear of the Red Zone!
[calls Vincent]
Yuffie: “We’re all done here. How ‘bout you?”
Vincent: [looking up at Midgar tower] Finished. But Yuffie… I want you to check the Mako Cannon.”
Yuffie: “But… we already…”
[checks signal: LIFE SIGNS 01 shows up on screen]
Yuffie: “What the—!
Vincent: “Just as I thought.”
Yuffie: [getting keyed up] Hold on, hold on! This is crazy! There’s no way anybody could be up there! No!”
Vincent: “Yuffie. Rendezvous with Cloud and the others. It looks like I still have some work to do.” [hangs up]
Yuffie: “Hey, whoa! [looks up at tower] Vincent... get out of there... I have a bad feeling about this!"
[Vincent is running up stairs; reaches top and spies a figure in a lab coat draped over a computer console; he glares and raises gun up to shoot; lightning bold smashes into the top, causing an explosion; when Vincent look back up the figure is gone; the tower starts exploding;]
[Yuffie swerves by on hover bike]
Yuffie: “Vincent!!”
[Vincent leaps and lands on behind her; he takes control as Yuffie lays against the steering, motion-sick; below them, the entire thing starts to blow up]
Three years later…
[A drop of water falls into small circle of water surrounding crystal in the middle of cave. Vincent's eyes open: he looks up at the crystal containing Lucrecia.]
Vincent: [narrating] "So...we meet again, Lucrecia."
[crystal containing Lucrecia shimmers.]
Lucrecia: S-s-sorr-y...
[Vincent gazes up as the screen goes black.]
Lucrecia: "I'm so sorry."
[cuts back to scene of Vincent in Kalm in his room]
Vincent: "…Why? I'm the one who should apologize."
[T.V. is on; pan shot of Vincent’s cell-phone with a text from Reeve Tuesti, reading, ‘Meet me in Kalm. We need to talk.’]
T.V. Anchor Man: “Three weeks ago our crew left for Midgar.”
T.V. Anchor Woman: However, the groups whereabouts still remain unknown. What really happened down there?”
T.V. Anchor Man: “Tonight, for the first time, we bring you the final transmission received before all contact was lost.”
T.V. Anchor woman: “For the past three years this door has remained sealed. However, that seal is about to be broken. There are no records of this place located deep beneath the Shinra Building, another of the companies’ secrets revealed recently. According to investigative reports, there is evidence that thousands of people were once transported here. If rumors of the Shinra Company conducting human experiments are true, then this may be where those nefarious deeds were carried out. To bring you this exclusive footage, Channel 7 News has teamed up with volunteer organization—oh, wait, I think I see something—”
[T.V. fades out as fireworks drown it out; Vincent look out his window at the town; a pan shot of Kalm shows the town having a carnival/celebration]
[Vincent jerks his head around in time to see an explosion outside his window; people start screaming; Vincent manages to get out his room as helicopter shoots it; he attacks and brings down the helicopter;]
[Vincent looks around at the town]
Vincent: “Huh. What’s going on?”
[three Deepground soldiers come up behind him; their helmets scan him; pan shot of a girl hooked up to a bunch of computers;]
Shelke: “Found you.”
[Deepground soldiers attack;]
[Shelke pulls off headset]
Shelke: “Vincent Valentine. We’ve found you.”
Azul: “Is this the one?”
Shelke: “Yes.”
[Vincent walks into room; a hole blows in one side of the wall; Azul steps in with Shelke]
Shelke: “The Protomateria. Tell us where it is.”
[Vincent remains silent]
Azul: “Hail Weiss.”
Deepground Soldiers: “Hail Weiss!”
[they attack]
Azul: “Challenge accepted.”
[He moves towards Vincent; Shelke suddenly passes out; Reeve’s voice is heard outside the room]
Reeve: “This way!”
Azul: “Hm. Luck is on your side.”
[picks Shelke up with one hand and starts to leave]
Shelke: [weakly] “I’m… sorry…”
[Azul pauses and stares at Vincent]
Azul: “I am Azul. We will meet again.”
[leaves; Reeve rushes in]
Reeve: “What happened here?”
[sees Vincent]
Reeve: “Vincent Valentine. Are you alright?”
Vincent: “Mm hm. Reeve. Nice to see you again. Not a very interesting outfit, though.”
Reeve: [laughs] It took me a while to decide what costume to put on today. But enough of this small talk. Who were those soldiers that just left?”
Vincent: “I don’t know. The Large one called himself ‘Azul’.”
Reeve: [shocked] “Azul the Cerulean?! Of the Tsviets? Then that could only mean…”
Soldier: “Commissioner!”
[Deepground soldiers are closing in]
Reeve: "We'll discuss this later. WRO troops have arrived and commenced rescue operations. We could use your help, Vincent."
[begins to walk away.]
Vincent: "Reeve."
[Reeve stops and partially turns around.]
Vincent: [sighs] "I don't know what you are up to, but I want absolutely no part of it."
Reeve: "But... You fought alongside us three years ago! We need your help once mor—"
[Reeve gets shot from behind by an enemy soldier; Vincent shoots down the enemy soldier before running to Reeve's side.]
Vincent: "Reeve!"
[He goes to pick up Reeve, who falls apart into several pieces. Out pops Cait Sith.]
Cait Sith: "Ha HA! That was a close one! Never was good at fightin’. Luckily, I came out wearin’ ‘Reeve.’ You’re really not a bad bloke, are you Vincent— ahh, you pretend not to care but you always come through in the end, hah ha!”
Vincent: [sighs again] “Alright. What do you want me to do?”
Cait Sith: “Let’s run those lads outta town! I’ll leave the method up to you. When you’ve tidied thing up, meet me in the square in front of the East Church.”
WRO Member: “Mr. Vincent Valentine? I’m an officer with the World Regenesis Organization. Speak with me if you need any assistance. The WRO was originally established after Meteor three years ago. With Jenova War hero Reeve Tuesti at its helm, our organization is dedicated to aiding the healing process of the planet, as well as protecting it from any who attempt further harm. Sir! You can see the East Church is just past these buildings! We will help you secure the area.”
Reeve: "Good work, Vincent. The enemy is retreating. It seems they have finally begun their withdrawal from Kalm."
Vincent: “Good.”
Reeve: “However, we still require your assistance. Reports are Edge is under attack.”
[Two WRO Soldiers are shooting from behind boxes; suddenly a strange darkness engulfs one and he disappears; the other doesn’t notice]
WRO Soldier: “Quick, toss me another clip!” [looks beside him] “Huh!?”
[the darkness suddenly swallows him]
[A team of WRO Soldiers are going through a building; darkness suddenly sweeps over one in the back and he disappears]
WRO Soldier: [looks behind him] “Where’d everyone go?”
[laughter comes up behind them; they turn to see Rosso above them]
WRO Soldier: “Who the hell are you?”
Rosso: “Rosso. Rosso the Crimson.”
WRO Soldier: “Tsviets!”
[Rosso pulls out her blade and suddenly reappears behind them and kills them in one blow]
Rosso: “Huh. The mighty WRO. They wouldn’t last a day in Deepground.”
Vincent: "Reeve. Who were those men?"
Reeve: "Deepground soldiers."
Vincent: "Deepground?"
Reeve: "Yes. The shadow of the Shinra Company, constructed by the former president and completely hidden from the rest of the world."
Vincent: "Constructed?"
Reeve: "His goal was to create an army of superhuman warriors— not once letting morality interfere. The man you met earlier, Azul, is also a member of Deepground. But he belongs to an elite unit known as the Tsviets. The whole organization was kept a secret. That’s why there’s so little information on them. However it’s nothing like I expected.”
Vincent: “Not even a person in your position was informed?”
Reeve: “No. Other than the president himself the only people who knew of Deepground’s existence was most likely Heidegger, Scarlet, and the head of Biochemical Research, Hojo. After the President’s death the transfer of power to his son was carried out so quickly I doubt Rufus was ever briefed on the project. As for me I was told the information was a need to know basis and as an official in charge of Urban Development I guess I wasn’t on their ‘list’. All the currant intel we have on Deepground was only discovered recently. We came across some of Scarlet’s old files.”
Vincent: “Huh.”
Reeve: “Vincent… have you heard of the mass disappearance that occurred recently in Juno?”
Vincent: “Hmm. I remember the report saying that twenty or thirty people suddenly vanished.”
Reeve: “That’s what the report would like you to believe. It was determined internally that if the truth was leaked they wouldn’t be able to contain the inevitable panic. The actual number of people that went missing that day… was twelve hundred.”
Vincent: “Huh?”
Reeve: “Twelve hundred people simply vanished that day without a single trace. The WRO conducted a private investigation, but we came up empty-handed… except for the rumors. Since the Juno disappearances people of Edge have been… on edge. They say night after night you can hear screams coming from the direction of Midgar. Could it be the wind? Let me ask you; does the wind sound a thousand wailing souls? Listen… can you hear them? The cries?”
Soldier: “Commissioner! A rogue transmission is being broadcasted on all wavelengths!”
[Reeve leaps up]
[Vincent and Reeve are watching screen]
Weiss: “At last… the time has come to cleanse this world. The pure will be spared for the cause, while the tainted will be hunted down and exterminated. Slashed, strangled and slaughtered. Beaten, stabbed and crushed. Gutted and impaled, shot and executed without mercy. The time has come to cleanse this world.
[starts laughing maniacally as Reeve and Vincent look on in horror and disgust; the message terminates]
Reeve: “Where could… that signal have…”
[the vehicle they are in jolts; Reeve leaps out of his seat in alarm]
Reeve: “What was that?!”
[runs to back of van and flings the rear doors open; a creature leaps at him only to drop as Vincent shoots it]
Reeve: [holding on to door] “Guardhounds!
[Vincent deftly shoots another]
Vincent: “I’ll take care of your pet problem. Just keep driving.”
[after escaping the guardhounds]
Vincent: “Are you alright?”
Reeve: “I’ll be fine, but that’s more than I can say for the engine. Vincent… if possible, I want you to continue on to Edge. That transmission we just saw troubles me. Once I have repaired the Shadowfox, I’ll need to return to headquarters. A WRO squad has already been dispatched to Edge. Join them, and help liberate the city.”
Vincent: [exhales] I guess I have no choice.”
Rosso: [laughing into the air] Slashed, strangled and slaughtered. Beaten, stabbed and crushed. Gutted and impaled, shot and executed without mercy. Nicely said, Weiss. I wonder if this will be more amusing than last time....”
[panshot shows she is surrounded by WRO bodies]
[Vincent is looking down a street from a corner; Shalua sees him, and Vincent whirls; both manage to point guns in each others faces; Vincent looks down at her badge]
Vincent: “You’re WRO?
Shalua: “Who’s asking?”
Vincent: [puts his gun back in its holster] “Vincent Valentine. Reeve sent me.”
Shalua: [twirls gun and shoves it into her holster] My apologies. Shalua Rui, with the WRO. The Commissioner has told me much about you.”
Vincent: “What happened here?”
Shalua: “That’s what I would like to know. I’m here on other business, but something’s not right. It’s too… quiet. I’ve seen no trace of Deepground, or the squads that were sent in to fight them. Also, where are the five hundred people that were supposed to be living here? Well… this is getting us nowhere. Like I said, I have business to attend to. I’ll see you around.”
[starts walking off]
Vincent: “Business?”
Shalua: [pauses] "The Commissioner keeps telling me I’m wasting my time. My time searching.”
Vincent: “Searching for what?”
Shalua: “For my… reason to live.”
[walks away]
[Vincent is crouched in front of soldier sitting against a wall]
Wounded WRO soldier: [gasping] “Agh… ah… Am…bushed… by… soldiers… and squad… wiped out… warehouse… they…were gathering… civilians…”
[soldier goes limp; Vincent walks over and closes man’s eyes]
[A small boy hiding in the corner of square runs to Vincent]
Small Boy: “Uh… thanks. The warehouse… I…I know how to get there. It’s though that gate. You have the card key?”
[Vincent shakes head]
Small Boy: “C’mon, I know someone who does. Follow me.” [runs off]
[…]
Small Boy: “There. That should let you through.
Vincent: “Right. Thanks kid.”
Small Boy: [starts crying] Avenge… I couldn’t…do…Mom and dad… right there, but I couldn’t move...”
[Vincent slowly crouches in front of boy]
Small Boy: “I was too scared—but, but… Please! Please, help me avenge their deaths!”
[Vincent slowly rises and walks away]
Rosso: “You know, this is the first time I’ve ever felt the rain on my skin. But then again, I hadn’t even seen the sky until a few days ago.”
[turns to look at Vincent]
Rosso: "So, you're Vincent Valentine. Keeper of the Protomateria."
Vincent: "Proto…materia?"
Rosso: "Yes. The key to controlling Omega. We know you have it. Hand it over now, and I’ll kill you… quickly.”
[Vincent stares at her stoically]
Rosso: [laughs] “Not one to argue, are you. Then I’ll make sure you suffer. Time to die!”
[attacks while Vincent dodges; but manages to throw Vincent against a wall; Vincent erupts into Chaos Form]
Rosso: “Ahhh!”
[Rosso is thrown back; returning to form, Vincent collapses, managing to see a pair of feet walking towards him before blacking out]
[During flashbacks]
Vincent: “Lucrecia.”
Lucrecia: [from within crystal] …Sorry…
Vincent: “...Why?”
Lucrecia: ...Awake…
Vincent: “Awake?”
[screen goes black]
Lucrecia: “I’m so sorry.”
[During flashbacks]
Past Vincent: "Talk! Why did you let this happen!?"
Hojo: "Silence."
Vincent: "You…!"
Hojo: "Silence!!!"
[Hojo shoots Vincent; past Vincent falls down, staring at Hojo's boots as his vision blurs.]
Hojo: "Why can't these people just keep quiet? Yes, a body… for my next experiment! [laughs maniacally] A genius! That’s what I am! Success here will justify previous failures."
[Vincent awakes in a life support tank]
Shalua “Well look who’s awake.”
[Vincent looks around]
Shalua [stands] Hold on, I’ll release you.”
Vincent: [after getting out:] “Where am I?”
Shalua “Safe inside the WRO Headquarters. I carried you back here from Edge after you collapsed during your fight with Deepground. It seems like the beast inside you went a little wild back there. This happen often?"
Vincent: "Went wild? Do you mean… Chaos?"
Shalua: [shocked] "Chaos? Your body harbors the Chaos gene? Oh, so that explains your relationship with Dr. Lucrecia Crescent. Were you the product of one of her experiments?"
Vincent: "Lucrecia’s… experiments?"
Shalua: “I apologize. That wasn’t what I meant.”
Vincent: “Wait. Lucrecia was researching Chaos?”
Shalua: [slowly] “Don’t tell me you didn’t know. [opens file on computer] Crescent. General Class A scientist specializing in biotechnology. In her research thesis, "The Planet's Pulse," she refers to Chaos as one of the sentient xenoforms residing among us. However, the theories she presented in her work were so abstract and…”
[Shalua’s voice fades as Vincent stares at computer; Lucrecia’s voice echoes in Vincent’s mind]
Lucrecia: “I’m so sorry… awaken.”
[Shalua notices Vincent isn’t listening]
Shalua: “Are you alright?”
Vincent: “…Can I see that thesis?”
Shalua: “Unfortunately, no. On top of being obscure, it was never even submitted to the Shinra Database. All I know is what I saw going through the company’s archives.”
[door opens and Reeve walks in]
Reeve: “Vincent! Have you recovered already?”
[Shelke is typing on computer; Azul walks up behind her]
Azul “What is the status of our keeper?”
Shelke: “His location remains unchanged since the confrontation. We can assume that this is the WRO’s headquarters.”
Azul “Hah, good. Two birds with one stone.”
[Azul walks away]
Reeve: “So. Rosso the Crimson told you that Protomateria is the key to controlling Omega.
Vincent: “Yeah.”
Reeve: [to Shalua] “Any ideas?”
Shalua: [stares at Vincent before looking down] "Soul wrought of terra corrupt, quelling impurity, purging the stream to beckon forth an ultimate fate. Behold mighty Chaos, Omega's squire to the lofty heavens."
Reeve: "Where’d you...?"
Shalua: "A passage from Dr. Crescent's thesis. But that's all I know. Unfortunately, I only saw a fragment of the document. However, Chaos... Omega...and..." [glances at Vincent] “All seem to be connected to Dr. Crescent in some way. There’s no other explanation. I think we’ll need to gather more data on her to get anywhere.”
[alarm goes off]
Reeve: “What now?!”
[Azul destroys security camera]
Shalua: “Damn!”
[shuts all the security doors]
Azul [to Deepground soldiers] “Move.”
[slams and breaks open a door]
Azul “Painless. [to Deepground soldiers] "Go!"
Reeve: [through loudspeakers] “Vincent! The enemy has reached the main gate. Hurry!”
[Shalua is feverishly typing at computer; looks up at the monitor for the busted security camera and faintly sees Shelke pass]
Shalua: [leaps up] “What?! It couldn’t be!”
WRO Soldier: [as Vincent comes running up] “Mr. Valentine! A sizable enemy unit is heading strait for the Command Center. Please sir! You have to help the Commissioner! Agh!”
[bullet barely misses her; Vincent charges through doorway as bullets fly past]
Cait Sith: “Take that!”
[Deepground soldier flies by and hits a wall; Cait Sith and Reeve emerge from doorway and see Vincent]
Reeve: “Don’t worry, I’ll be fine here. But Vincent, the Tsviets. Azul is still on the loose.”
[Vincent is walking towards Shalua; an invisible Shelke is following him, barely visible; Shalua pulls a gun and points it at Shelke, but also at Vincent]
Shalua: “Don’t move!”
[Vincent tenses; but Shelke steps away from him and becomes visible]
Shelke: “Very perceptive of you.”
[Vincent quickly crosses over to stand next to Shalua]
Shalua: [faintly] “I knew it. Shelke.”
Shelke: [coldly] I have no acquaintances in the WRO.”
Shalua: [haltingly] “We… we both changed so much. No, you… you haven’t changed at all. Not in ten years.”
[Shelke gives a low gasp]
Shalua: “Shelke, it’s me! Shalua.”
[Shelke turns painfully away]
Shalua: “I’ve been… I’ve been searching for you for so long.”
[goes to touch Shelke; Shelke whirls and whips out her weapons; she powers them up and points one in Shalua’s face]
Shelke: “Don’t take another step.”
Shalua: “Shelke.”
Shelke: “It doesn’t matter who I am or who you are. My currant mission as a Deepground soldier is all that is relevant.”
Shalua: [desperately] “No! It does matter! Even though ten years have passed, you’re still Shelke, my only sister!”
[Shelke depowers her weapons and turns away]
Shelke: “Ten years. Has it been that long. The day they came to take me away I was told I had potential. But those words were nothing but a precursor to a decade of suffering. They manipulated my mind until I was a shadow of my original self. The pain… the fear. For ten years I lived in hell far deeper than any you could imagine. But look at me; I should be nineteen this year. If I don’t receive my daily dose of Mako, this body wouldn’t last a day. However, I don’t consider myself the least bit unfortunate. Except…”
[Shelke turns to look at Shalua]
Shelke: “That for so long I held on to a foolish thread of hope; that someday someone would come to save me.”
Shalua: [falls to her knees and starts to cry] “I’m sorry, Shelke. I’m so sorry…”
Shelke: [powers her weapons up] “It’s time to put the past behind us.”
Reeve: [runs up suddenly behind Shelke] “Stop this!”
[Shelke turns]
Shelke: “Reeve Tuesti.”
Reeve: “So, you are Shalua’s youngest sister.”
Shelke: “Excellent. Now I can terminate both of you at once—”
Reeve: [interrupts] “Look at her! That’s the price Shalua has paid fighting Shinra for the past ten years. She has given more than her arm. More than her eye. She has put her life on the line time and time again. All to find her lost sister. More than half her organs have been reconstructed. Not a day goes by when Shalua doesn’t suffer the pain of a thousand souls. But still, she...”
Shelke: [with effort] “Enough. I’ve… I’ve heard enough.”
[raises her weapons again; Vincent whips out his gun and points it at her]
Reeve: “Stop!”
[Reeve pulls out pistol and shoots pipe above them; water comes spraying out; Vincent runs and grabs Shalua, protecting her, as water puts Shelke’s blades out just in time as she swings at Shalua’s head; Shelke halts]
Reeve: “Vincent.” [jerks head]
[Vincent nods and pulls a limp Shalua away to safety]
Reeve: [gives Vincent narcotic bullets] “Use these.”
[Vincent takes bullets and loads gun; walks away]
Shalua: [rouses] Shelke…? Shelke?!”
Reeve: “Don’t worry. The bullets will only sedate her. Let Vincent handle this.”
[after Vincent and Shelke battle; narcotic bullet hits Shelke]
Shelke: “Ugh…” [collapses unconscious]
Shalua: “Shelke!”
[Shalua runs to Shelke and holds her; Vincent and Reeve discreetly leave]
[Azul busts through roof; lands in front of Vincent]
Azul “We meet again. Answer me this; do you know why you even exist?”
[Vincent remains silent]
Azul “Hmph, just as I thought. Ignorant to your own destiny.” [starts to approach Vincent] “Very well, I’ll show you what you really are—!”
[Vincent shoots explosive at Azul’s feet; Azul emerges from the explosion unscathed because of his shield]
Azul “Hah! You think that toy can penetrate my armor? Enough of the games, :Vincent. Give me the Protomateria.”
Reeve: “Vincent! Over here!”
[Vincent backs away towards Reeve, still shooting at Azul; the bullets are blocked harmlessly by his shield]
Azul “You can’t run!”
[Reeve and Vincent are running from Azul]
Reeve: “Vincent!”
[Vincent nods; grabs a bazooka lying randomly on the floor; he turns and shoots it at Azul; the following explosion sends Reeve and Vincent flying backwards]
Vincent: [getting up] “You shouldn’t leave those things lying around.”
[Reeve starts laughing; suddenly Azul walks out the dust of the explosion; his shield shatters; Azul starts laughing maniacally]
Azul “Well done. You have broken through my barrier.”
Vincent: [to Reeve] “This ends here. Leave him to me.”
Azul “Long has it been since I faced… a worthy opponent!”
[after Azul and Vincent battle]
Azul “You may think this is the end, but…”
[stagger and falls on his back]
[Vincent is walking away]
Reeve: "Where are you..."
Vincent: [turns] "Nibelheim."
Reeve: [looks taken aback] "Wait. Shinra Manor? But that is where... Understood. However, be on your guard. We have reports of Deepground units deployed in that area. If you wish to enter the manor in one piece, I suggest you use the sewer system extending from the old Mako Reactor."
Vincent: "The sewers… how appropriate is that."
[walks away]
Reeve: [to himself] "Now, as for me and my feline companion, it’s time we found what Deepground is truly up to.”
[Vincent enters elevator; leans against wall and recalls memories; he’s facing Lucrecia in Turk outfit]
Vincent: “Vincent Valentine, reporting for duty, ma’am. I’ve been assigned your protection.”
Lucrecia: [gasps] “No…”
Vincent: “Huh?”
Lucrecia: [to herself] “Why would they... send his…”
Vincent: [puzzled] “Excuse me?”
Lucrecia: “Uh, oh!" [flustered and trying to cover her first reaction] "I apologize! This is the first time I’ve ever met anyone from the Turks! Lucrecia Crescent. Pleased to make your acquaintance, Mr. Valentine.” [smiles pleasantly]
[Cait Sith is falling downwards]
Cait Sith: “AHH!”
[tries gripping the wall; claws slip and leave scratch marks behind as he continues to fall; he lands and continues to walk around]
[…]
Cait Sith: “This has got to be the place!”
[later on he sees container of people going by]
Cait Sith: “Och, that’s the same container I saw at Kalm!”
[later on he sees the container of people fall screaming towards a strange substance]
Cait Sith: “What! Good gracious me!”
[giant hand reaches out from the substance and seizes container and drags it under]
Cait Sith: [horrorstruck] “Wha…! What in the blazes is growing down there?”
[Nero emerges from darkness behind Cait Sith]
Nero: “Usher of souls. My brother. Omega.”
Cait Sith: “It’s Nero the Sable! Oh dear—”
[darkness engulfs him]
[Vincent walks into room, gun at ready; sees a glowing ball roll towards him; he pick it up and it erupts into light; Lucrecia is suddenly behind him]
Vincent: [startled] “Lucrecia.”
Lucrecia: “Vincent. Right.” [looks down and sighs] “Have you come to check up on me?”
[Lucrecia slowly approaches Vincent; he hold his arms out but she walks through him, being nothing but a hologram]
Lucrecia: “Omega. His awakening is upon us.”
[the room goes white; Lucrecia is now in the crystal cave, moving towards the large crystal in the middle of the room]
Lucrecia: “Soul wrought of terra corrupt, quelling impurity, purging the stream to beckon forth an ultimate fate. Behold mighty Chaos, Omega's squire to the lofty heavens. I came across this passage while studying the scriptures of the Ancients. The Chronicles of Yore. Omega: The end. Just as all other sentient beings, he too, is born of the Lifestream. However, his only purpose is to cleanse the planet of all things living and lead their immortal souls through the abyssal aether to a new beginning far, far beyond the never ending sea of stars.”
[light starts to build above Lucrecia’s hands until a single orb forms; then it shatters]
Lucrecia: “Just as life circulates through our planet, so too, does our planet through the universe. Or at least in theory. However…”
[the crystal room falls away around Lucrecia into a galaxy]
Lucrecia: “What I can be certain of is, if Omega awakens, then all life as we know it will end. And when Omega has embarked on his journey to the cosmos, our planet will die.”
[back in original room]
Lucrecia: “I will leave a copy of my records here for you, Vincent. Though I… I cannot imagine what help they might be, if any at all. Just remember… [bows head] “I am so sorry.”
[hologram of Lucrecia disappears; glowing ball breaks in Vincent hand; Vincent lurches forward]
Vincent: “Lucrecia…” [shuts his eyes in pain; he sees data copy on table; picks it up]
[Vincent is walking; suddenly drops to his knees in pain; then a memory of him in a life support tank with Lucrecia peering at him from the outside surfaces]
Vincent: “This pain…”
Rosso: “Well, well, we meet again. This is perfect. I so wanted to see you, my love.”
Vincent: [stands] “Deepground. What are they attempting to do with Omega?”
Rosso: “I don’t know, and to be honest, I don’t care.”
Vincent: What?”
Rosso: “But this is what Weiss desires. Hail Weiss. And what Weiss orders, we do. It’s very simple. If he desires the awakening of Omega, then that is what all of Deepground desires. We could care less what happens to the planet. But all this matters little to me. It’s not everyday you are given the chance to cleanse the world of all life. Just the thought sends a chill of excitement through my body. The Deepground soldiers were born and bred to kill. We were chained to a destiny of servitude. But then three years ago, we were freed from our chains. But waiting for us was darkness lit only by the faint glow of Mako. And what do you think we did when we gained our freedom, hmm?” [laughs] “We killed. It was how we were raised. That is all we knew. And so I bathed in the blood of a thousand soldiers. And I enjoyed it. I reveled in it. And when I finally stepped out of the abyss, I craved for more. You understand, right?”
Vincent: [pulls gun out and points at Rosso] "I don’t think so."
Rosso: [backing away] "How can you say that, darling? You are the same!"
[Rosso leaps away and runs; Vincent chases but is stopped by an enemy robot]
[After Vincent battles enemy robot; Rosso sneaks up on him; as Vincent turns she stabs him in the chest with her arm and wrenches the Protomateria out of his chest; Vincent crumples to the floor]
Rosso: “I'm sorry. Were you not expecting that?”
[watches Vincent contorting on the ground as he changes to Chaos form and then returns to his own]
Rosso: “Ahh… So, you cannot control the beast without this. Well, there will be no need for it when I'm done with you!”
[kneels to kill Vincent; mysterious figure throws weapon at her; they battle and a sudden light blinds Rosso temporarily; she looks around and snarls when she sees that the figure and Vincent are gone]
Rosso: “Wutai flea!!”
[runs out the manor and looks around; then brings her fist down into the ground in fury]
Rosso: “AHHH! If you manage to survive that wound… I’ll make sure you don’t survive the next one.”
[looks down at the Protomateria in her hand]
Rosso: “But no matter. The end is upon us.”
[Past Vincent is talking with Hojo in a room]
Past Vincent: "Is it true?"
Hojo: "Is what true?"
Vincent: "That Lucrecia—that Dr. Crescent is to take part in this project?"
[Lucrecia walks in]
Lucrecia: “It’s true.”
[walks up to desk Hojo is sitting behind]
Lucrecia: [coldly] “Why are you so surprised?”
Vincent: [struggling to speak] "But using your own child… for an experiment?”
Hojo: "Hah! I don’t know what you’re implying, but both of us are scientists, and we know what we are doing. You are the last person to have any word in this! Now, leave us at once, boy!"
Vincent: “But…”
Lucrecia: [harshly] “But what?” [as Vincent hesitates] “If you have something to say, then say it.”
Vincent: “Are you… are you sure this is what you really want?”
Lucrecia: “Am I sure?! Am I sure?! If this only concerns me, then yes I am sure!”
Vincent: “Oh… I… I just…” [narrating] “All I did was watch. I didn't even try to stop her. And then..."
[shows Lucrecia walking, when suddenly she collapses; scenes of Jenova and Sephiroth flash by as she holds her womb in pain]
Vincent: "That was my sin. And this... this... is my punishment."
[Vincent wakes to realize he’s transformed into the creature known as Chaos; after the initial shock, he screams in horror; the screen goes black, and then Vincent’s in the crystal cave; he looks up at Lucrecia, frozen in the crystal]
Vincent: “I… I saw you again. It was the place we first met. But you were… No, I’m the one to blame. I couldn’t stop you that day. I just—”
Lucrecia: [from inside crystal] You must fight.
Vincent: “Lucrecia.”
[screen goes black]
Lucrecia: I’m so sorry.
[Vincent wakes lying on a bench; he looks over at figure sitting opposite him dressed in a hooded robe; figure waves]
Yuffie: "Morning."
Vincent: [befuddled] "Where... Who are you?"
Yuffie: [stands and goes into 'heroic' pose] "Well, I'm glad you asked. I am the champion of the earth and the sky. I am the conqueror of evil. The single white rose of Wutai!"
[Yuffie flings off her robe]
Yuffie: "Yuffie Kisaragi!" [jumps onto the bench] "Feast your eyes on—"
[loses her balance and falls backwards; knocks her head against a computer console]
Yuffie: "Owww! Ow!"
[continues to moan while cradling her head; Vincent watches then looks up at ceiling, completely nonchalant]
Vincent: "So, where are we?"
Yuffie: [slightly annoyed] "Come on! Aren't you at least a little concerned?"
Vincent: [looks back at her, voice still neutral] "Oh, Yuffie. It's been a while... How's your head?"
Yuffie: "You-! Could you at least pretend to be sympathetic?"
[Vincent starts to sit up; he stops, clutching his chest and groans in pain; Yuffie leaps up, concerned]
Yuffie: "Ah, hey! Take it easy. That was a big hole you had in your chest."
Vincent: [confused] "A hole in my chest?"
Yuffie: "Uh-huh. I seriously thought you were a goner, but then the wound healed itself right up." [spins a couple of times] "You were always "different", but I guess that's why you're still breathing."
Vincent: [looks up] "Yuffie, what are you doing here?"
Yuffie: "Me? I’m just helping out Reeve and his gang. I was poking around Nibelheim and I found you looking all corpselike in Shinra Manor. So I saved you! Imagine that — me, saving the great–"
[spins in place]
Yuffie: "-Vincent Valentine! Do I get any thanks?" [laughs]
Vincent: [chuckles, but completely serious] "Thanks, Yuffie."
[Yuffie is caught off-guard; waves hands in front of her, flustered]
Yuffie: "No, no, whoa. I didn't mean for you to take me so seriously. A-anyway, Reeve wanted us to contact him as soon as you woke up."
[the screen is blank]
Reeve: “Vincent has come to? Excellent.”
[A TV screen flickers on; Reeve is standing there]
Reeve: I have good news. Using you-know-who, I was able to infiltrate Midgar. However, what I saw wasn't the prettiest of pictures. Omega. I should’ve known. We cannot let them sacrifice the lives of any more people. Once we’ve gathered our forces we’ll launch a full offensive. Of course we’ll require the help of you two as well. Please hurry back to headquarters. Oh, I’m analyzing the data files you sent earlier. I should have results soon. Tuesti out.”
[screen goes blank]
Yuffie: "There you have it! I don't know what's going down, but it sounds big. I've been waiting a long time to get my hands on those Deepground punks. They've had their way long enough. Now it's time to give them a taste of pain a-la-Yuffie."
[mimes a few boxing moves]
Yuffie: "Just give me 3 minutes with those guys. No, make it 2. Well maybe 3...or 4... Well, it really depends on how many there are. But I think if there was 5, I could probably take them in 2...or 2 in 5, or 3 in 4..."
[Shelke wakes in life support tank; ]
Shelke: [to herself] “Where am I?”
[gets out; sees Shalua asleep at desk; stands beside her silently; picks up her weapon lying on the desk; Shalua wakes]
Shalua: “Shelke!” [stands as Shelke backs away] “How are you feeling?”
Shelke: [powers up her weapons] “You were a fool to let your enemy live. Now I’m going to kill you and return to Deepground.”
Shalua: [briskly] “I don’t think so. I have to admit, I wasn’t myself back there. Seeing you for the first time in ten years left me in a spin. But I’ve had time to recover. And I’m not letting you get away. Not this time. There’s no way I’m going to let you kill me, and there’s no way I’m going to let you go back to Deepground.”
Shelke: [brandishes blades] “I don’t recall needing your permission to do anything.”
Shalua: “And I don’t remember you ever being able to win one of our fights. Do you? How about it? You wanna try your luck?”
[talking to screen]
Reeve: “Understood. You may begin mobilization.”
WRO Soldier: “Commissioner, we’re being—!”[screams]
Reeve: “Officer?”
[panicking WRO soldier start calling in then is stopped]
Reeve: “Deepground?!”
[whirls to see Deepground solder pointing weapon at him; the solder fires and the screen goes black]
[Shalua and Shelke are still at standoff; voice comes through loudspeakers]
Loudspeaker: “Emergency. Emergency.”
Shalua: “They’re back? Why?”
Loudspeaker: “All Squabble Squads report to stations. All others proceed to the underground barracks. Emergency. Emergency.”
Shelke: "They were waiting for Azul."
Shalua: “Azul?”
Shelke: “His death was merely a prologue to the true terror.”
[Vincent and Yuffie are in the Shadowfox interior]
WRO Soldier: “We’ll be arriving shortly. What the hell!??
[the vehicle jerks; Yuffie flies out of her seat]
Yuffie: “Ahh!”
[she rolls to the back and hits her head, supposedly unconscious; Vincent leaps out vehicle and battles the enemies outside]
[Vincent walks into WRO headquarters; voices are blaring over loudspeakers]
WRO Soldier 1: “This is Headquarters! We need backup now!”
[someone screams in background and goes silent]
WRO Soldier 2: “Get away!”
WRO Soldier 1: “What is that thing!?”
[both soldiers cry out and go silent; Vincent runs deeper into building]
[Soldiers are shooting at monster; soldier is thrown across hall and hits the others]
Vincent: [sees the monster] “What the hell…?”
Shalua: “Azul.”
[Vincent looks over and sees Shalua and Shelke; Azul attacks; Vincent and Shalua attack it; Azul hits Shalua’s robotic arm; she crumples to the ground, gasping in pain]
Vincent: “Shalua!”
[Vincent runs towards her only to be smashed aside by Azul; Shelke watches impassively until Azul hits her; shocked, she pulls out materia that halts Azul’s attacks and transforms him back]
Shelke: “The extreme potency of this shield materia is comparable to that of your barrier field, Azul.”
Azul: [angrily] “Shelke, why do you stand in my way?”
Shelke: “I had to protect myself. You were trying to kill me.”
Azul: “Then now is the time.”
[Azul swings at Shelke; she leaps back, shocked]
Azul: “You’re no longer required.”
Shelke: “No longer…?”
Azul: “You’re no different from the others. Your weak body is nothing without Mako. Your only skill is collecting data from inside a virtual reality. It makes me sick to even think of you as a member of the Tsviets! Weiss has ordered your termination."
Shelke: [stunned] "Weiss?"
Azul: "Your mission was to identify and locate the keeper of the Protomateria. That is why we uploaded the doctor's data into your neural network. But now we no longer need it. And we cannot let it fall into the hands of the WRO. Your fate has been decided, Shelke. It is time for you to return to the planet."
[Azul starts to walk towards Shelke; she pulls out her materia and halts Azul; Shalua suddenly grabs her hand]
Shalua: “Vincent! Shelke! Let’s get out of here!”
[Shalua runs towards door and opens it; Vincent runs in ahead as Shalua tries to pull struggling Shelke with her]
Shalua: “Come on.”
Shelke: [tugging at her arm] “Let go of me!”
Shalua: "I don't think so. We have ten years to catch up on. I'm not gonna let this end here...”
[suddenly the 'blast' doors start to shut; Shalua gasps and Vincent runs towards them]
Vincent: “Shalua!”
[Shalua barely manages to wedge her false arm between doors; Vincent tries to pry the doors open; Shalua’s arm starts to crack; she groans]
Shelke “Why are you doing this?”
Shalua: [pause] “You can still get through.”
Shelke: “Huh?”
Shalua: “Go on.”
[pushes Shelke through]
Shalua: “Shelke...”
[false arm starts to break under the pressure; doors slowly closing as Azul approaches from behind]
Shalua: “I'm sorry I let you suffer... for so long. Vincent... take care of her, will you?”
[Vincent still trying to pry doors open]
Vincent: [voice strained] “Wait!”
Shalua: “Shelke... I'm glad I was able to find you. And remember, I'll always love you.”
[arm finally crushes as the doors close; Vincent pounds his fists once against the door in frustration]
Shelke: [taken aback] “Why?...”
[a loud bang from the other side of the doors shakes everything; fluid seeps under the doors]
Shelke: “Why did she... Why?” [looks down] “…Shalua...”
[Azul bangs against the doors again; Vincent grabs Shelke's arm and pulls her down corridor]
[Reeve is sitting amongst the wreckage of his headquarters; he looks up as Vincent approaches]
Reeve: “I’m so ashamed. I’m supposed to be a hero of the Jenova war. But look at me.”
Vincent: “Don’t take all the blame. Reeve.”
Reeve: “Huh?”
Vincent: “You’re not thinking of giving up, are you?”
[Reeve looks down; Vincent crouches down next to him]
Vincent: “I used to be nothing but a stone in the river of time. But three years ago, it was you and the others who taught me I had to move ahead.”
Reeve: “Vincent...”
[Vincent stands and walks away]
[Vincent enters the room where Yuffie is sitting on a computer desk; they both look at Shalua's lifeless body in a container]
Yuffie: “They... they say she won't wake up. She suffered too much trauma to her head. Unless there's some kind of a miracle, she... she's not...”
[Yuffie pounds desk]
Yuffie: [angry] “Vincent! You were there! Why couldn't you save her?”
Vincent: [looks down] “I'm sorry.”
Yuffie: [anger deflates completely] “No. I didn't mean to...”
[Shelke enters the room and looks at Shalua]
Shelke: “She was a fool.”
[Yuffie gets up and slaps Shelke across face; Shelke doesn’t move]
Yuffie: [upset] “You have no right to call her that! You don't know...! You don't know what...!”
[Vincent grips Yuffie’s shoulder and pulls her away from Shelke; Yuffie stops]
Shelke: “Why...? Why would she do something so...?”
[almost about to cry, Yuffie walks out room]
Vincent: “Before, when I asked Shalua what she was searching for, she answered ‘her reason to live.’ It was you, Shelke... You were her reason to live.”
Shelke: [slowly] “So? I don't understand... how someone could give her own life for that of another. Do you understand, Vincent Valentine?”
[Vincent turns away]
Vincent: “Hm. I can't answer for your sister. But...”
Shelke: “But?”
Vincent: [walking slowly forward] “When a person has someone they care about that much, giving their life is sometimes the least they can do. And maybe that's what makes us human.”
Shelke: “Someone they care about...”
Vincent: “Although,” [turns] “It seems like there are a lot of people around me who don't need a reason to risk their lives for that of another.”
Shelke: [walking forwards] “And are you...”
[Shelke stumbles, almost falls to the floor; Vincent catches her and holds her shoulders; her head whips up; she stares up at him; screen goes white]
Lucrecia: “—cent?...Vincent? Vincent!”
[Past Vincent wakes up under tree with Lucrecia looking down at him]
Lucrecia: [playfully] “Fall asleep here, and you might catch a cold.”
[Vincent starts up guiltily]
Lucrecia: Why are you so surprised? Is my face that hideous?”
Vincent: [flustered] “No, I didn’t… I’m sorry.”
Lucrecia: “And how are you supposed to be my bodyguard if you’re up here sleeping?”
Vincent: “Uh… the warm breeze… I was only going to rest my eyes for a minute.
Lucrecia: “Hmm? Well, I have to admit, the breeze is quiet comfortable. However, I think you’re in my seat.”
Vincent: [looks down at ground, then back at her] “Huh?”
[Lucrecia pulls picnic basket from behind her back]
Lucrecia: “Care to join me?”
[screen goes white; Vincent’s still holding Shelke’s shoulders; she backs away]
Shelke: “I’m sorry…”
[turns away and walks a few steps and pauses]
Shelke: “Why are her data fragments… responding?”
[door opens and Reeve walks in]
Reeve: “Vincent.”
[Vincent looks away from Shelke to Reeve]
Reeve: “I agree with you. This is not the time for us to give up. But I need to know something; those data files you recovered from Shinra Manor… are you sure there were not any more?”
Vincent: “I’m sure.”
Reeve: [looks troubled] “I see.”
Vincent: “What’s wrong?”
Reeve: Well… the Omega Report…the file was incomplete. To make any sense out of it we’ll going to require the other half. If possible I wanted to know more about our foe before we launched the attack on Midgar.”
Shelke: [turns slowly] "Are you speaking of Dr. Lucrecia Crescent's findings?"
Reeve: "Yes. But how did you...?"
Shelke: "A large quantity of her mnemonic data fragments has been uploaded into my neural network. It was my prime directive to use this data to locate and retrieve the Protomateria. However, not only was the data incomplete, but part of her consciousness began interfering with my own thought processes. It was believed that the missing fragments may have been the reason for this. I can attempt to upload the WRO's files on the Omega Report. By combining it with the data I possess, you may obtain a clearer picture of what you will be up against. And perhaps I can regain control of my mind.”
[Vincent and Reeve look at each other; Yuffie’s voice comes over loudspeaker]
Yuffie: “Vincent, Reeve! You’d better get out here!”
[Vincent and Reeve walk outside and join Yuffie; Yuffie starts jumping up and down and waving her arms at sky]
Yuffie: “Ciiiiiiid! Hey! Over here!”
[Cid lands with a whole fleet of ships with him]
Yuffie: “Wow!”
[inside ship]
Cid: “Hah! What the hell we waitin’ for? It’s time to get up and go! Come on, get on board! Heheh!”
[inside Cid’s airship; crew member are running the ship; in main hanger]
Crew Member: “Forward visibility approximately 95%.”
Crew Member: “Communications channels clear!”
Crew Member: “Radar, functioning normal.”
Crew Member: “Network terminals online.”
[in the engine room]
Crew Member: “G 9 friction levels are up to 0.024.”
Crew Member: “Operating the lower valves!”
Crew Member: “Main propeller at 80%.”
Crew Member: “Propeller speed at 0.3%!”
[Vincent boards; Cid sees him from helm and steps away from steering wheel]
Cid: “Heh-hey, Vincent! Long time!”
Crew Member: “Captain!”
Cid: [seizes steering wheel] “Whoa, sorry ‘bout that. As much as I’d like to sit down and reminisce ‘bout old times, you’ll have to take a rain check. Why don’t you have a look around my bird until the meeting?”
[Vincent’s inside Cid’s airship in the room they placed the container holding Shalua; Shelke’s typing on the computer]
Shelke: “After the assault begins the headquarters facilities will no longer be available.” [looks over at Shalua] “And to think, just a few days ago I was the one in there.” [turns back to computer] “No, forget I said anything.”
Vincent: “What are you working on?”
Shelke: “I’m in the process of modifying this equipment so I can perform an SND, a Synaptic Net Dive.”
Vincent: “Synaptic Net Dive?”
Shelke: “My specialty within the Tsviets. While retaining consciousness, I project an image of myself into a virtual reality called a network. I can also use this ability to negotiate with data on the subconscious plane of sentient life forms. However, this often involves a great risk to my own sanity. For Shinra, the success of the SND project was crucial for their next step in…”
[Shelke pauses, and turns to Vincent]
Shelke: “I’m sorry. I seemed to have gotten off track. Simply put, I’m creating a personal network terminal within the airship’s main control console” [notices Vincent’s looking at the floor] “What?”
Vincent: “Nothing. You just remind me of your sister.”
[in the main hanger of Cid’s airship]
Cid: “Alright, our old buddies and the remaining WRO squads will lead the ground assault.”
[a lone truck is driving through the Wastelands. Barret’s driving; Tifa’s in passenger seat; she picks up radio]
Tifa: “I see it!”
[the back of the truck opens; Cloud is on his motorbike; he puts his sunglasses on]
Cloud: “Time to go, Fenrir.”
[he drives out the back of truck and races ahead]
Barret: “All right!”
Tifa: “Yeah!”
[panshot shows many more trucks following]
[in main hanger of Cid’s airship; Yuffie’s holding ice pack to her head because of her motion sickness]
Yuffie: “...while we launch our attack from the air.”
Cid: “Right. So Reeve… you ready?”
Reeve: “Yes.”
[Cait Sith is in the room with Shelke]
Cait Sith: “Alright, take it away, Shelke!”
[Shelke places a helmet connecting to a machine on her head and lays back]
Shelke: “Very well. Data fragment link, successful. Commencing Synaptic Net Dive in three… two… one…”
[Shelke jerks and the screen goes black]
[Cid, Reeve, Yuffie and Vincent are all in the main hanger when everything goes black; then the globe in the middle of the room starts to glow]
Yuffie: “Wow!”
[Suddenly it throws the hologram of stars out, so now the group is surrounded by a galaxy]
Cid: “What the… are we in…?”
Yuffie: “What…. what…!”
[Lucrecia’s voice echoes around them]
Lucrecia: “Just as we return to the planet when our lifelight has faded, the planet returns to the cosmos when her time has come.”
[galaxies whip past them]
Yuffie: “Wow!”
Lucrecia: “Anything that has definite shape will one day cease to exist. The same is true for this world.”
[shows the planet burning]
Lucrecia: “Before she takes her final breath, the pure Lifestreams that flow freely beneath her crust will be brought together into one by Omega—the ultimate lifeform.”
[shows the Lifestream gathering above the planet]
Lucrecia: “His purpose: to gather all life, sentient and non, and lead it into the sea of stars where it will embark on a fabulous journey along a road untraveled.”
[the Lifestream zooms away into the galaxy]
Lucrecia: “However, when Omega has lifted the life from this planet, all that will remain will be an empty shell destined to die silently in the limitless void of space.”
[shows the planet cracking slowly and drifting apart]
[Vincent’s leaning against wall; suddenly in loudspeakers he hears Lucrecia’s voice, which turns into Shelke’s]
Lucrecia: “Omega is—”
Shelke: "–the same type of life form as the Weapons we encountered three years ago. The planet gave birth to these creatures to protect itself just as the planet will ultimately give birth to the final Weapon, Omega, when the end of the world is imminent. In essence, Omega is an elaborate safety mechanism designed solely to maintain and protect the flow of life. Normally, Omega poses no threat to us. It only manifests when the planet has detected something that may cause her danger."
Reeve: "However, Deepground is attempting to awaken the beast early. Thus the kidnappings."
Reeve: “By slaughtering thousands of innocent souls, they are creating a pure Lifestream in order to trick the planet into thinking the end is near.”
Cid: [explodes] “Yah!! Why those conniving…! I don't know what this Weiss character is tryin', but he's crazy if he thinks we're gonna let him get away with it!”
Reeve: “Right. Omega is being revived deep beneath Midgar, in Mako Reactor 0. To increase the output of Reactor 0, all the other reactors have been tied into its mainframe. Our objective is to destroy 1 through 8 and slow the reanimation process. Mission details for each squad will be relayed separately.”
Cid: “Alright, we still got some time before the big show. You got anythin’ needs tending to, do it.”
Cid: [debriefing Vincent] "Vince, don't worry about the reactors. We'll take care of them. You work on those four wackos. I don't like lettin’ you have all the fun… but you know I can't leave my baby here alone. Cloud and the others will be shuttin’ down the power, and there's no way we're lettin' Yuffie go down there by herself. Sorry buddy. Looks like from here on out its Vin versus the Tsviets. "
[claps Vincent on shoulder]
Cid: “We’re counting on ya, old pal.”
[Vincent is talking with Reeve]
Vincent: “So, no costume today?”
Reeve: [laughs] “Headquarters was pretty much destroyed by the Deepground forces. But I was able to salvage a few things.”
[Cait Sith patters up]
Cait Sith: “Number 6, ready for action!”
[optional dialogue]
Vincent: [speaking to Cait Sith] “Tell me, Reeve.”
Cait Sith: [tilts head] “Huh?”
Vincent: “Who’s backing your operation?”
Cait Sith: “Ohh, that.”
[jumps up on seat and sits; Reeve laughs]
Reeve: “Actually, I’m not sure. I’ve only met with… a representative. However, the WRO is crucial to this planet’s survival. I’m not concerned with the reasons this person has for helping us as long as he continues writing the checks. Though, I have a feeling it is probably someone who believes he is in debt to the planet.”
[Vincent is in room with Shelke, who is still reclining on the chair where she preformed the SND]
Shelke: [slowly] So… tired. Vincent Valentine?”
Vincent: “What?”
Shelke: “This feeling… is this what you meant… by doing something for someone… you care about?”
Vincent: “Hmh. It seems so.”
Shelke: [drowsily] “Dr. Crescent’s data has begun defragmenting within my mind. I can see many different images. Images she experienced with you. Interference... Recovery... So… so tired...”
[falls asleep]
Rosso: “Aah. Still alive, I see. And you call yourself human?”
Vincent: “More human than you.”
Rosso: [smiles] “More human than I?”
[laughs]
Rosso: “Tell me something I don't already know, darling. I'm a Tsviet! I traded in my human weaknesses for power long ago. It is the path I've chosen. And the path I'll tread. Until I've sucked all life from this pitiful world!”
[brief pause]
Rosso: “And I'm not going to let you get in the way. You've lived long enough, Vincent Valentine. And I'll make sure you don't come back this time... by slicing you into pieces!”
'[Shelke has taken a defensive position]
Nero: “And what do we think we are doing?”
Shelke: “I... I don't really know. However, since coming here I have realized one thing. I don't want to let down anyone who's counting on me.”
Nero: [long pause] “Pure nonsense.”
Shelke: ”Nonsense?... Perhaps.”
[power's her weapons up & fights him]
[Vincent tries to call Shelke, but can't reach her; almost instantly after he hangs up his phone rings; a little puzzled, but he answers; sounds of 'battle' in the background]
Tifa: “Hey, I got through!”
Vincent: “Tifa?”
Barret: “What? You got through?”
[speaking so loud Vincent has to hold the phone far from his ear]
Barret: “Yo-ho-ho! Vincent! You still alive?”
Tifa: “Oh course he is, we're talking to him, aren't we? And do you really have to shout right next to my ear?”
Barret: [laughs, Vincent flinches away from the phone again] “Sorry 'bout that, Tifa...”
Tifa: “I apologize, Vincent. Here's Cloud.”
[brief pause as she passes the phone to Cloud]
Cloud: “Vincent?”
Vincent: [slight pause] “Cloud. It's been a while.”
Vincent: [on the phone] “Cid's airship?”
Cloud: “We lost contact about 15 minutes ago. I don't think we have to worry, though. “
[sword clanging in the background]
Cloud Strife: “Those two should be fine.”
[more sword clanging]
Vincent: “Yeah. And what about you?”
Cloud: [half laughs] “What do you think?”
Tifa: [brief pause] “Right! You can count on us!”
Barret: [once again loud enough for Vincent to have to hold the phone away from his ear] “When I'm through, there won't be a single sucka standing!”
Vincent: [smiles briefly] “Right.”
Cloud: "And as for you?"
Vincent: "Don’t worry. Leave Deepground to me.”
Cloud: [sounds like he's smiling] “Can you hold on a second? Tifa."
Tifa: "Got it! [beat] Vincent, I’m sending you a map of the Shinra Building.”
[we see a map layout of the floor he's on]
Tifa: “Deepground is below the complex. Take an elevator as far down as you can. Good lu....”
Barret: [shouting] “Give 'em hell, Vincent!”
Tifa: “Barret, I thought I told you to...”
Cloud: “Don’t go getting yourself killed, now.”
[they hang up; so does Vincent, walks to the elevator]
Reeve: "Omega is being revived deep beneath Midgar in Mako Reactor 0. To increase the output of Reactor 0, all the other reactors have been tied into its mainframe. Our objective is to destroy 1 through 8 and slow the reanimation process."
Vincent: "This is Weiss?"
Yuffie: "It's--he's--it's dead?"
Nero: "But not for long."
Weiss: "Vincent Valentine. And so we meet again."
Vincent: "What?"
Weiss: "Still in the dark? Three years ago, while I was still running about looking for Sephiroth, I took it upon myself to distribute my data-- my mind, my knowledge, my inner being, across the worldwide network. And even though my body had died, and the world had been left in ruin, I survived in a virtual reality. When the network was restored, the scattered data regrouped and I was reborn. A neo-Reunion, you could say."
Vincent: "You..."
Weiss: [laughs, but his voice begins to morph to someone from Vincent's past] "That's right, boy. It's me. Hojo!"
Vincent: "Hojo. I said I've heard enough."
Hojo: "What!?"
Vincent: "It's time to end this. Right here. Right now."
Hojo: "You insignificant fool!"
Nero: "Let us become one. Let us come together, so that none may ever tear us apart."
Weiss: "Yes. Let us... Let us go join him."
Nero: "Weiss..."
Weiss: "Nero..."
Hojo: "No! Stop it! You can't! This is my body now! No!"
Shelke: "Omega has awoken. And Chaos has been drawn out of the shadows to serve as a counterbalance. Or so it would seem."
Past Vincent: "Talk! Why did you let this happen!?"
Hojo: "Silence."
Vincent: "You!"
Hojo: "Silence!!!" [Hojo shoots him; Past Vincent falls down, staring at Hojo's boots as his vision blurs.]
Hojo: "Why can't these people just keep quiet?"
Vincent: [narrating] "All I did was watch. I didn't even try to stop her. And then..."
[shows Lucrecia walking, when suddenly she collapses, as we see flashes of Jenova &, as she holds her stomach in pain, Sephiroth]
Vincent: "That was my sin. And this... this... is my punishment."
[we see, through his eyes, his 'waking' to realize he's transformed into the creature know as Chaos, the first time it happens; after the initial shock, he screams in horror at what he's become]
Vincent: "But I never blamed her. All I wanted was to see her smiling face. But that day, the light left her heart."
Lucrecia: "But I'm so happy you survived." [disappears]
Vincent: "Lucrecia!!!"
Shelke (as Lucrecia): "Take this... Vincent."
Cloud, Tifa, Barret, Yuffie, Cid and Reeve: "Vincent!"
Vincent: "Guess I have no choice. It's time... to save the world."
Vincent: "Lucrecia. Everything's alright now. Omega and Chaos have returned to the planet." [stands] "Thank you. It was you. You were the reason I survived." [As Vincent leaves a tear slides down Lucrecia’s cheek ]
WRO soldier: "Sir. I've been spending time analyzing the data retrieved from the files of former weapons development administrator Scarlet. Deepground. It used to be a medical facility for injured SOLDIER troops. Military personnel would be sent there for care and rehabilitation. However, over time, it evolved into a laboratory for madmen content on ignoring all laws of man and nature. And supposedly this evolution took place because of the existence of one rogue SOLDIER—a man known only as "G." However, that's all we were able to retrieve."
G: "It is not yet time for slumber. We still have much work to do... My brother."

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