Kingdom Hearts: Apocalypse ~ Volume 1 - Space

Chapter 37

Chapter 37 - The Homunculi Trio - Central Jailbreak

Regret, Despair, and Guilt arrive at Central, the capital of Amestris. "Wow, I don't remember it being like this." commented Regret, noting the emptiness of the streets.

A newspaper flew into Regret's hands, the date of print being three days earlier. Regret read the front page article aloud:

Bandit Attacks Accelerating and Prisons Unstable

The bandit assults are skyrocketing, there have been a total of 54 confirmed attacks and 73 others still to be covered. Stay in your homes, ration all of your food, and always bring protection. The number of arrests are making the Parliament nervous and the inmates are seeming suspicious. Buy as much supplies as you can, and beware!

Regret folds up the newspaper and pockets it. "Well, let's go to the nearest jail. I haven't eaten in a while and I'm just itching for a little fun!"

"Are you sure this is ok, Regret?" askes Guilt, unsure of what to do. "I'm not sure this is right."

"I agree with Guilt, we should only kill in defence." says Despair, staring accusingly at Regret.

"Look, I'm a bit tired and I'm hungry. You don't have to do anything, I could transfer a share of souls for you to use easily. Besides, it'll benefit both us and the country because we're taking away all of the bad guys." explains Regret, trying to justify his reasoning.

"Alright, fine." accepts Guilt and Despair.

"Great, off to visit the jail." Regret pulls out a map of the city.

At the nearest jail, there is an explosion and many inmates in black-and-white stripped outfits come streaming out.

Regret smiles, then comes up with a plan. "Ok, Despair, you can now put your powers to the test. Use your ability to make the air around the inmates, the ones with the stripped clothes, so cold that they go numb. Now, that'll be effective against the skinny ones, so Guilt, use your ability to ground the big ones. You will then use that gravity-manipulation to drag the big ones and line them up on the ground. I'm pretty resistant to the cold so I'll line up the numb ones. Got it? Ok, go!"

After a while, all of the jailbreak inmates have been lined up. Several guards come running out. "What the hell?!"

Regret walks up to them, still smiling. "You can keep the ones still to be put on trial and the ones only serving a sentence. Give all of the ones on Death Row to me and put them in a pile for me, yeah?"

"No! They will be execu-" Regret grabs the guard's neck. "Y-yes, alright."

The Death Row ones were put in a pile, like Regret wanted, and the rest were escorted back into the jail.

Regret then consumes all 43 at once. "Ah, that was good." He transmutes 14 souls each into Despair and Guilt, keeping his 14 having used 1 to start the process.

"Ok, we've went along with your plan, let's do ours." Despair smiles, making Regret back away.

Regret then collapes onto the ground. "You're not getting away that easily!" yells Guilt.

"Regret," Despair says menecingly. "You're going to find us a place to stay, or else...."

Chapter 37 - The Organization Misfits - Escape from Wonderland

Zexion weaves a spell to remove the four of them from the Card Soldiers and the Queen of Hearts' minds. "My element is illusion, I've just tampered with their minds so we can do anything without moving anything else and we won't even be noticed.

The Queen of Hearts wakes up, but still sleepy. She then notices four pairs of footprints that seem to to moving. "Soldiers, strike above those footprints!"

"Uh oh," Demyx smacks a few Card Soldiers away with his sitar. "RUN!!!"

"We're stepping on the grass, they can see the grass!" cried Axel as they escaped into the strange room.

"Oh, running away from a queen's domain?" The Cheshire Cat becomes visible on the table. "Oh, and taking her propety too?" It stares at the teddy bear. "Best be off before she catches up!"

Zexion kicks the cat. "Shut up, for all our sakes!"

"That's very rude of you, mister!" scolds Alice, pointing at Zexion.

Zexion turns to Alice, glaring at the Princess of Heart. "Look, you're not the boss of me, I'm not the people-pleasing kind of guy! I could crush you if I wanted to and I could just as easily defeat the lot of that sad-excuse-for-a-queen's whole army, so shut up and obey me!"

Alice, Axel, and Demyx scoot away from Zexion. The Cheshire Cat loses the grin off its face.

Zexion drinks the bottle and grows back to original size. "Now, do the same."

They do as Zexion did and reverted to original size. The teddy bear grows as well.

"Now, let's go back to the Gummi Ship." They walk through a Dark Corridor and blast off, away from Wonderland.

Chapter 37 - The Ed, Al, and Winry Adventurers - Al's Solo Special, Underworld Edition Part 4

"WHAT?!" The sky turned dark and a parade of lightning bolts decended from the heavens.

"It's true, sir! Every soul gone, I don't even see any new arrivals!" Thanatos kept his head down, still kneeling before the King of the Gods. "A man threw a red stone and all of the souls vanished in a red glow!"

"Did you just say Red Stone?!" Ed ran to the scene.

"Oh, hey, brother." Al sarcastically welcomed. "How is your new automail doing for you?"

"Those two are lazy, completely useless!" scolded Shiva, speaking from the light-blue orb in Al's pocket.

"Shiva, we did our part in the mission." countered Ixion.

"Silence! Let the boy speak." demanded Zeus, having a quiver packed with thunderbolts by his golden throne. "Now, what of this stone?"

Ed turns to Al. "Al, I wanna ask you a few questions."

"Ok, brother." Al gets up from kneeling.

"Was it really Red Stone?" Ed was starting to get nervous.

"Yeah, an actual Red Stone." A drop of sweat fell from his chin, hitting the solid shining floor.

"Well, what is it?" asked Zeus, the god of thunder was getting impatient.

"A Red Stone is a crystalized form of Red Water, which is an amplifier of alchemy. The Red Water itself is a powerful amplifier, but a Red Stone is more powerful yet. The Red Water is made by sacrificing human souls."

"What?! Sacrificing others souls for the sake of power?!" Zeus shouted, obviously outraged.

"The thing is, Red Stone is imperfect, it can backfire at any given time. The Red Stone and Red Water is always created for one reason, to make a complete Philosopher's Stone."

"Philosopher's Stone? I think I've heard of it somewhere.... Athena!" He yelled for the goddess of wisdom.

Athena was there in a flash. "The Philosopher's Stone, it is a legendary substance that is rumored to be able to convert any metal, such as lead, into gold. Also, it may be able to create an Elixer of Life, which can make anyone physically younger to delay inevitable death." She stares at Thanatos, who sighs.

"Ah, so you have the same legend." responds Ed, impressed that there was an actual similarity.

"Yes, that and Al told me." answered Athena, chuckling a little.

"Anyway, the Philosopher's Stone-" Ed was interupted by Al.

"A simple rock, red as blood, that promised to turn pain into delight, war into victory, and death into life. It was a thinking person’s dream. Reason conquering all, and it was in difference to this that it was called the Philosopher‘s Stone." Al turned to Ed. "Thousands, if not millions, of souls are required to perfect the legenday amplifier that is the stone. Ed, the one who took all of those souls was Hughes."

Ed dropped to his knees, breathing heavily. "What.... run by me.... again...."

Winry comes in, holding a cellphone. "Hey, guys, we've just got a call from HQ and.......... did I miss something?"

Ed gets up and starts walking away. "Nothing, just nothing."

"Answer her, pathetic mortal!" cried Ifrit, talking from the blood red orb.

"Give her an answer, Edward Elric!" Zeus throws a thunderbolt at Ed.

Ed turns around, his right-automail arm reaching out and absorbing the electricity. "I've never felt so alive!" yells Ixion, from inside the shoulder. The automail begins to glow with godly radience. "I have another name, too, and it's the Fullmetal Alchemist!"

"Brother! Don't get Mr. Zeus mad!" warns Al, scared of the power that the gods possess. "We're guests here, we should be thankful!"

"No, no," Zeus says, impressed. "Mortals fear us because of our power and immortality, but we fear mortals because of their potential."

"My leige, what are you saying?" asks Thanatos, unable to comprehend what Zeus has said.

Hephaestus wheels out of his forge carrying two weapons. "I have farewell gifts for you three!"

The God of Forge throws Ed a sword. "Fragarach is its name, there isn't an armor in existance that can stop it."

He tosses a spear to Winry. "That is the Spear of Lugh, it wil always hit its intended target and will return to your hands. It has elemental properties, so it will be effective against all but the most ferocious creatures."

"What about me?" asked Al, confused.

"You, dear friend, have Dyrnwyn, the sword of fire." Hephaestus chuckled at his cluelessness.

"Thanks a lot, Zeus and Hephaestus, but we have to go!" Winry waves goodbye, summoning Ifrit, and rides her Aeon all the way down the stairs.

"Oh, no, not again! Bye, gods!" Al summons Shiva, who does the Iceman thing to make a slide on which Al uses.

"See ya, we'll be coming again!" Ed summons Ixion, who skates on the railing along with Ed.

When the three are gone, Zeus gets up from his throne. "Athena, hack into The Organization's mainframe, we have to figure out how bad the situation is."

 

No, no, it's Zott. He has nothing better to do than wait on my every whim. (Lol! XD) Bumping because this doesn't belong on the second page.

 

Chapter 38 - The Homunculi Trio - "We made the newspapers?!"

Despair wakes up in a bed, yawning and then shielding the open window's sunlight with her right arm. "Finally, a good night's rest!" She gets up, washes her face with cold water in a pan, and brushes her teeth.

Guilt rolls off her bed, then scratches her head. "Ow, I knew I should've picked the other room." She does the same, washing her face and brushing her teeth.

Regret is flipping pancakes in the kitchen. Now Russell and Flecher have another reason to kill me, we're staying at their house! He puts the pancakes on three seperate plates and put them on the table. He places the butter and syrup on the table as well, then start to pour tea into cups. "Despair! Guilt! Breakfast is ready!"

The two female homunculi run to the kitchen, immediately eyeing the pancakes.

"Ok, here you go!" Regret hands the two a fork, the pair then slathering the butter and syrup on the pancakes and start knawing on them. "Uhh, ok, I'll eat mine later." Regret goes outside and picks up the newspaper, then noticing that the whole block was filled with more people than yesterday. He scans the newspaper's front-page article:

Bandit Attacks Cease!!!​

Yesterday night, three people still yet to be identified halted a jailbreak at Jail #3 using what semed to be supernatural powers. And quote "It definately wasn't alchemy! He took all the Death Row inmates and I don't know what happened to them!" said one of the guards. Everyone from Jail #3 has been tested for drugs and mental health. All of them checked out normal. After the failure of the jailbreak, the bandit attacking spree ended.

Regret runs back inside, locks the door, and shoves the newspaper into Despair's hands. "Read the front page article, now!"

"We made the newspapers?!" shouted Despair, completely taken by surprise.

"Ok, finish your food now. We leave after the beds are fixed, the toothbrushes are cleaned, plates and cups washed, and the newspaper is shreaded." Regret starts on his plate of pancakes.

Guilt rips the newspaper into pieces. "One down, four to go."

Chapter 38 - The Heroes of Space - And you thought Cellphones were the ultimate moment ruiner!

Xemnas has gathered everyone in front of Memory's Skyscraper. He holds the microphone up close to his mouth. "We have assembled all of the Princesses of Heart, we must protect them at all costs." Xemnas hugs the teddy bear.

Kairi hugs Sora from behind. "I'm sure my knight in shining armor will take good care of me."

"Hey, Kairi!" Sora tries to shake her off.

"Will you two lovebirds stop?" Riku asks, slightly annoyed.

"Oh, come on, Riku! Let them have their fun!" suggested Kixur, chuckling at Riku's face.

Xemnas hands his microphone to Al and gives Mustang a microphone as well. "Listen well, for it may concern your lives."

"An old friend of ours, Hughes, has somehow come back from the dead and seems more powerful than ever. I don't know how it's possible, but-" Mustang sees smoke coming from a different section of the city. "I'm gonna go check that out."

Vexen runs after him. "I'm coming as well, don't think I can't run just becaue I'm elderly!"

"Anyway, the souls in the Underworld have dissappeared in a red glow and-" Al hears an explosion. "Ok, that's getting annoying. Team Leaders and smarter-than-average people, move out!"

 

Lol, that smarter than line got me rolling. Nice dude. :cheers:

 

I forgot how much I love that line! <3 The only thing that would make this better? Hyuuga Neji. But I've been on a bit of a Neji-craze lately, so don't mind me.

 

Soku, you are so lucky to be premium.

 

^ SPAM! SPAM-SPAM-SPAM-SPAM-SPAM-SPAM-SPAM!!! ^

...will you upload the next chapter when you next sign on, Zott?

 

Chapter 39 - The Homunculi Trio - The Abandoned Manor

The three homunculi emerge in front of an abandoned manor by means of a distorted-looking portal. Regret dusts his pants off. “Whew! Who knew that my warping ability could handle multiple objects?â€

Despair slaps Regret right across his face. “We’re not objects, we’re living beings!â€

“Sorry, sorry….†Regret scoots a little away from Despair.

“Why did you choose this place, out of every other place?†asked Guilt, checking the map. “I mean, this is near a town.â€

“I did pick a random place. Were did you think I was gonna pick? Siam Sid?†Regret looks around the area for anyone listening.

“Well, luck was on our side, we landed right in front of a place to stay.†Despair notes the lack of lights and thick forest. “The chance that people would come here is unlikely and this place is abandoned.â€

“Alright, if it’s abandoned,†Regret kicks open the door. “Might as well settle in!â€

Chapter 39 - The Heroes of Space - The DeLorean

Al, Mustang, and Vexen arrive in the alleyway, where there's a strange-looking vehicle crashed in the wall.

"Where's everyone else?" asked Al, clearly remembering he told the leaders and smart people to follow.

"Well, seems most of us are as lazy as Fullmetal himself." joked Mustang.

Vexen examines the vehicle's drive plate: OUTATIME. "This seems to be some sort of vehicle, I must perform some tests in the lab." He opens a huge Dark Corridor that all three help push the car into.

 

Great chapter:).