Crimson Heart
Prologue
From the very first time I laid eyes on you… I became a shadow… and a sinner…
My life has been nothing more than a sinful existence ever since that day. The day my light died and I became the shadow of the man I once was.
I was out from her room waiting for the child of that other man to be born, but I could barely control myself, her screams were tearing my soul to pieces. Right at that moment I wished to kill the man that did this to her and run to her aid. Sadly, I can only do one.
I entered the room and ran toward her side taking her hand into mine. She was covered in cold sweat and panting, “How are you doing, Lucrecia?” I asked, worry glued to my tone of voice. She laughed bitterly, “I don’t think I can do this… Not… without… you… My dear… blood red rose…” I chuckled at that last sentence. Ever since we became close she had called me her “blood red rose” because of my eyes, which are unnaturally crimson just like blood. I remember once before, that I told her that little nickname she gave me made me look gay. She laughed so hard after I said that, it was full of life unlike now.
She winced in pain and squeezed my hand strongly as a contraction wracked her body, “I can see a head!” shouted one of the doctors. I took my free hand and I caressed her forehead, whispering, “It’s almost over, I promise…” How I wish I had talked to her before this, how I wish I wasn’t some ******** up coward and told her what that b*****d, Hojo, was doing to her. But, sadly, I never told her anything and that… that cost her, her life.
After the child was born I confronted Hojo with the little courage that little boy gave me, but sadly my attempt ended with a bullet in my stomach. After that, the night mare begun…
After turning me into a beast, Hojo thought he had won but a strange disease hit me and I was at death’s door until… she… gave her life for me… She went behind Hojo’s back and saved my life by giving me a compound only know as the G-Substance and she gave it to me. Sadly, Hojo found out and killed her slowly by poisoning her bloodstream with MAKO. When she died something in me snapped broken and I ended up transforming into a monster that I’ve come to hate and grow fond of at the same time… Chaos… It was because of this fiend that I locked myself away from human eyes… that is only to be woken up by Cloud and his friends… With them I finally had my revenge against that mad b*****d and I was finally able to meet my beloved’s son… even if in the end I had to raise my weapon against him… But still there’s this hole in my chest that I cannot close. I do know that it was me who made this happen… and that I couldn’t change their fates even if I wanted them to… I believe that the day this world changed was when Shinra went into war… destroying everything.
Of course everything started anew but I… I remain the same…
Even now that I don’t recognize anything, I remain the same… a sinner nonetheless…
I come here looking for redemption and you gave it to me in your embracing arms…
