A/N: New story so yeah, heh...This follows, around, five years after my current story, I Would do Anything for Family and since that story is still in progress, I'm gonna work on that one more...I just had to get this idea out of my head...so enjoy the first chapter.
Desmond, a young Fire Pea, sat next to his Fire Flower mother in the small rail terminal as he awaited the train that would take him to where L.E.A.F had assigned him. His ghost Peashooter father floated next to his mother, he promised to watch over Desmond while he was away on the mission he had been assigned. After a few minutes, the train rolled into the station, the old steam locomotive had smoke billowing out from it's ancient smokestack as it slowly came to a stop. Desmond and Alison stood up, mother and son hugging for the last time for however long Desmond was going to be away. When the two plants stepped away from each other, Alison handed her son a gold ring that had black, gold and red feathers attached to it, it was a gift to Pete, Desmond's ghost Peashooter father, from their late mother. Pete's ghost was bound to the object and Alison said.
"I'm gonna miss you son. Remember, don't lose the ring, your father is bound to it and if the ring is destroyed..." Pete interrupted Alison by saying.
"It won't get destroyed. I'm protecting our son who, in turn, will be protecting me...technically." Alison shook her head and said uneasily.
"Well, alright. I will see you next time I see you two. Please come home to me in one piece and not in a casket." Desmond placed a pod on his mother's shoulder and said softly.
"I promise mum. I'll see ya when I get back." With that, Desmond and Pete hopped onto the train that was bound for a place neither plant had ever been.
After an arduous, six hour long journey, they arrived at a small train station that was covered in snow. Desmond frowned slightly, he may be a Fire Plant but the cold would be uncomfortable and, if cold enough, weaken him. Desmond grabbed his bag and, with his father, stepped off the train and onto the icy platform where he was approached by a Commando Peashooter who smirked and said smugly.
"Didn't know they were letting murderers join L.E.A.F. Tell me, how did YOU get a position in L.E.A.F?" Desmond refrained from getting angry and said cooly.
"Worked for it." The Commando Peashooter sniggered before saying.
"You, work for something? Highly unlikely. You probably...WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!" Pete was floating behind his son and was glaring at the Commando Peashooter. Desmond looked at his father before looking back at one of his childhood bullies before saying.
"My dad...I recommend NOT pissing him off." The Commando Pea stared at Pete in shock before an apprehensive, male sunflower asked.
"D-Do any of you know a...uh." The Sunflower pulled out a small document before continuing . "Know a Desmond, Zachary, Florence and, or Andrew?" Desmond looked at the cautious Sunflower and said.
"Well I'm Desmond." The Commando Pea sighed and said quietly.
"I'm Andrew." The Sunflower smiled slightly and said in a slightly more confident voice.
"Nice to meet you two...I'm Faris. Oh my...w-what's that." Faris was pointing at Pete who simply rolled his eyes and said.
"Desmond's father." Faris stared at Pete and said in a terrified voice.
"Y-You're a ghost...are you gonna possess me?" Pete laughed and said.
"Of course not. I think you've watched too many movies. I'm only here to protect my son and whoever else I can." Desmond smiled at his father and said.
"Nice one." Pete nodded at the three plants that stood on the icy platform before he disapparated, the golden ring that Desmond wore on his arm began to glow slightly.
After a few minutes, a flustered looking Fire Chomper, who was wearing a scarf, and an injured looking Ice Pea ran up and onto the platform. Faris squeaked slightly when he saw the blood running lightly down the side of the Ice Pea's stem who said.
"So, you're the other recruits. The name's Zachary and the Fire Chomper is Florence." Desmond looked at Florence and the flame on his head started to change from it's customary light orange, to a dark red. Florence must have noticed Desmond since she giggled slightly and asked.
"Hey, Fire pea, you alright?" Desmond nodded slowly and stuttered.
"The-The n-name's Desmond." Andrew rolled his eyes while Zachary and Florence laughed at the embarrassed Fire Pea. Desmond turned from the plants and a few seconds later, his father, Pete, apperated beside his son and he growled at the plants that were laughing at Desmond. Zachary and Florence immediately stopped laughing, the crystals on Zachary's head lost their blue tinge and began to look clear while the flames on Florence's head went white in fear. Zachary stepped in front of Florence and said in a voice coated in fear.
"W-What are you?" Pete replied angrily.
"One angry ghost. You better have a good reason to why you laughed at my son." Desmond turned around and said sadly.
"Dad, it's fine." Pete calmed down and disapperated, the golden ring on Desmond's arm began to glow again. Zachary smiled slightly and said.
"Heh...your father seems nice. Look, Desmond, I'm sorry for how I acted." The colour began to return to Florence's flames and she also apologized.
"Sorry Desmond...But hey, you really don't look good, would you like to borrow my scarf?" Desmond nodded at Florence and replied.
"Sure, thanks Florence. Oh, and apology accepted." Andrew rolled his eyes again before asking.
"So, now that we're all here...where are we heading?" Faris squeaked slightly when everyone looked at him and he said apprehensively.
"We...we're going to uh..." Faris pulled out the document he had but Zachary said before Faris could.
"We're going to this place called Scott Base." Faris looked down and placed the document back in his satchel. Desmond went over to the glum looking Sunflower and said.
"Hey, Faris, don't be so glum." Faris looked at Desmond and said.
"Why? I can't do anything." Desmond smiled at the Sunflower and said.
"We don't know this for certain. Beside, you'll be helpful during a fight, you'll see." Florence approached Desmond slowly and placed her scarf around Desmond's neck as best as she could. Desmond looked up at the Fire Chomper who smiled shyly at Desmond who smiled back. The group of plants set out along a snow covered road towards their new home.
After an hour of walking , the moans and groans of the undead grew louder and soon, they were being ambushed by a large number of browncoats, thankfully there weren't any elites...yet. It took the group of plants ten minutes of intense fighting to push back the browncoats, Desmond, Zachary and Florence ended up covered with a large mix of bruises and cuts which Faris could barely heal. When they thought the assault was over, a ZPG flew at them from nowhere and vanquished Andrew. Faris panicked while everyone else looked around for where the rocket had come from. Before anyone could react, a strange sensation overcame the plants and a ring of skulls began to fly around them. They all looked around in shock, except for Desmond who was used to the feeling and the skulls, and found Pete floating in the center of them, a look of concentration on his pale face. After a few seconds, Andrew sat up and gasped while a barrage of green pellets that should have injured Zachary passed through the Ice Pea, leaving them unharmed. Zachary simpled looked around in shock, until the skulls around them shattered as they were shot. As soon as the last skull was destroyed, the strange sensation disappeared and Pete disapperated. Soon they were being charged by a group of foot soldiers and a chainsaw wielding super elite. The group of plants scattered, Desmond and Zachary hypered towards the group of zombies to distract them while Andrew grabbed Faris and lead him to a grove of trees where Faris could hide. Florence burrowed into the ground and chomped a straggling Arctic Trooper before she caused some of the foot soldiers to scatter as she chased them, fire being sprayed from her large mouth. Just as Desmond and Zachary were in range of the large chainsaw the super elite wielded, Pete apperated beside them and summoned the skulls again, this time though, they only protected his son and Zachary. The Chainsaw Elite growled as the chainsaw they swung passed through the Fire and Ice Peashooters. Desmond began to realize that in the environment he was in, his fire peas wouldn't be as effective so he opened his right pod and let the short, thorn covered vine snake it's way out. Desmond leaped at the Chainsaw Elite and began leaving a large number of lacerations in the super elite as he used the thorn covered vine to do the damage his fire peas wouldn't have been able to do.
It took Desmond and Zachary a few minutes to finally bring down the Chainsaw Super Elite, the foot soldiers were cleared out by Florence and Andrew not long after. When the final zombie fell, Pete caused the skulls to dissipate and disapparated himself. Andrew went and got Faris and soon the group of plants were walking down the road again towards Scott Base.