City of Keyblades and Big Shoulders
Our story opens its first page on The Pentagon, the center of all intelligence that the United States has at their disposal. 24 hours a day, agents work to ensure national, and sometimes global security. Each hallway leading to an increasingly important room until we make our stop at the office of the commander in chief. Two case files are on his desk with the word classified written in bold red lettering. A rising layer of tension can be felt throughout the room. 8 Generals surround the table where the President is reading the files. After what seems to be a awkward silence, one general steps toward him.
"Mr. President. For precisely 8 months the Hubble space telescope has been capturing the image of a large asteroid like figure. Based on the photos in our report, the asteroid possesses certain properties that exceed the human understanding of phenomena. To make matters worse, the asteroid's trajectory is directly in line with the earth. We estimate impact within a year." The General stated.
"What's the estimated casualty rate?" Asked The President.
"Depending on where the target touches down, the lowest is about 2 million people."
The number echos through the building. The president stares intently at the file and is quiet for a while. Finally, he gets up and takes a huge breath as if to calm himself down. His demeanor changes from shocked, to stern and demanding. An expecting silence hushes the entire building. Finally, he raises his head and says,
"I want to know everything possible about this asteroid. Composition, size, shape, you think it, you find it. We need to know what this thing can do and how can we stop it. Worst case scenario, we evacuate and save as many people as we can. As for now, this is on a need to know basis, do I make myself clear?"
The generals and agents all stand in attention "Yes sir!"
"If the public gets any information on this, I'll see to it that you'll be caught before you can say Guantanamo"
With that, he turned on his heels and began to leave the room.
Before exiting he softly muttered under his breath, "I hope to God that Mickey got my message"
As the doors close, the agents quickly scramble and the interns sprint from cubicle to cubicle. The controlled chaos of our intelligence gathering machine runs at full force. But the true story begins about 3,000 miles inland. Going from the glorious monuments of capital hill, to the magnificent buildings of the Windy City.
As the sun dipped under the Chicago skyline, the city came to life with a flurry of lights. Forget New York, Chicago truly never sleeps. Speaking of not sleeping, a small child curiously looked out of the window of his apartment and gazed at the night sky. High above the streets of Ravenswood, a small light shined above the city's skyline. At first, he figured it was the 10:45 to O'Hare, but something fishy catches his eye. The light isn't moving straight, it's almost swaying, dancing even. That's when it hits him.
"Oh! A shooting star! Hmmm..." he closes his eyes and ponders for a moment. "I wish I finally had someone to play with. All the other kids hate me and beat me up, I just want someone to be there for me."
As if the asteroid heard him, it seemed to turn in his general direction. Excited, his eyes widened as he stared at the potential incoming friend. But what started with joy ended with fear as the light got larger and brighter. The whole complex started to shake and twitch as the star came closer. After slowly backing away, he was on a full sprint to his room. The large light roared as it barely skimmed the roof and landed with a crashing BOOM! Car alarms, and barking dogs could be heard in the distance, as the shaking in his apartment went away. Using every ounce of bravery, he meekly peered over the window to see that it had landed in the local park. Even though it was past midnight, the child put on his jacket on and went to investigate. His older sister was out working so she'd never notice he was gone.
For a city full of lights, it was surprisingly dark outside. The icy winds from the lakefront chilled his body to the bone. Slowly he trudged through the snow towards the park. Just as he got past the swings, he approached the huge, glowing crater. Before he could even step forward, a loud hiss came from the crater as smoke filled the air. He could make out 3 sillouhettes and heard loud coughing. Then, he heard approaching voices.
The first voice he heard was a girl's voice. She sounded about the same age as his sister.
"Hey Kairi! Hey Riku! Watch this!" she mocked, "I bet I can land this thing with no hands!"
Then he heard a smoother, older voice. "You know, most accidents are preceeded with the words "watch this"".
Then he heard a voice that sounded like a kid's, only deeper.
"Hey! In my defense, those birds are a lot ballsier than the ones back at the islands. I thought they would get out of the way!"
As the sillouhettes began to take shape, the child stepped back, mouth agape. He saw three people. on the left he saw a very pretty girl with red hair who's face resembled his sister's when he left the lid up. On the right, he saw a tall, suave looking guy with silver hair, and he wasn't 60! Then in the middle he saw a smiling boy with brown spiky hair walking toward him with his hands behind his head. He looked familiar but he couldn't remember why.
"hey there kid, my name's sora, you think you could help us? We're a little lost." said sora.
The child stood there motionless as a plethora of thought raced in his mind.
Who are these people? WHAT are these people? I thought aliens were green?...DID HE JUST SAY HIS NAME WAS SORA!? Why is everything going bla-
The last thing the child remembered was feeling faint and hitting the ground.
"Real nice Sora, not even five seconds in a new world and you make the locals faint."
"Shut up Riku"
Hey so what do you think? A little main story, a little introduction and bing bang boom! Please review and tell me what you think and how you might want this to play out! Next chapter, POV's will switch around. I thought ballsy was the best term to describe pigeons in Chicago. There will be many allusions to the city that I will attempt to explain. Please tell me if you don't get something or if you want to provide constructive criticism. This takes place after the probable events of kh3. Also in this version of earth I may or may not make kingdom hearts the game exist. Leave a review if you want it to or not.
Big thanks to mistress pandora, T3rran, and The Unknowing Herald.