GW: With only this chapter and two more left, I'm almost done with this story, so I'm going to complete it first.
Sadism: Just get on with my story, wolf, or I'll introduce you to scorching fire!
GW: Yikes! And now, introducing the sadistic, savvy creep, Sadism! Enjoy the chapter!
Sadism
While the other New Homunculi were informed about the plot, two other Homunculi were still left in the dark. One particular killer is where we will focus on.
Sadism was watching like a hawk on top of a roof of a building. He was scanning the ground below for any 'friends to play with.' Actually, he was trying to find his next victim. He had been sitting on roofs for a while, waiting and looking for the right victim or victims.
Unfortunately, he hadn't seen anyone worth killing. "Aren't I going to have a real challenge today?" he sighed.
Suddenly, he heard a commotion from below. Looking down, he saw four kids challenging Heartless and chimera monsters.
"Now, there's a challenge, and I'm in luck, there's four," Sadism said snidely. He then crept off, planning to attack them.
When the monsters gone and the two chimeras ran off, the four kids high-fived each other.
The first was a teenager with dark blue eyes, black hair in a ponytail and two red streaks, and wearing a black and silver over-sized hoodie over a black sports bra and shorts, knee-high black go-go boots, silver bracelets on each wrist, black and silver fingerless gloves, and a silver heart-shaped (like the KH logo) necklace. In her hand was a Keyblade with a black handle, a silver key that had a black ivy design, and a heart keychain. This was Nemo Collins, wielder of the Kokoro (which means heart) Keyblade.
Behind her was a young girl with grey eyes, mousy brown hair with black streaks and a red butterfly hairclip, and wearing a pink and red long-sleeved shirt under a light blue vest, a blue denim skirt, red stockings, black school girl shoes, and pinkish-red fingerless gloves. In her hand was a Keyblade with a spring green handle, a light brown key, and a panda keychain. This was Nita Collins, Nemo's sister and wielder of the Hinsei (which means nature) Keyblade.
The third was a short girl with large sky blue eyes, freckles, long and wavy chestnut brown hair that was in a ponytail, and wearing a black long-sleeved shirt under a hot pink top, dark blue jeans, white and pink sneakers, and silver earrings. Instead of a right arm was automail instead. She was Sadie Hawthorne, the Water-Bearer Alchemist.
The last person was a tall boy with narrowed dark blue eyes, messy fine dirty blond hair, and wearing an outfit similar to Ed Elric's only the red coat was a sweatshirt. Instead of legs they were replaced by automail. This was Marcus Hawthorne, Sadie's little brother and the Wind-Spirit Alchemist.
"That was awesome, everyone," Nita chirped.
"I have to admit, there are a lot of monsters crawling around today," Nemo said cautiously.
"We should get out of here if there are anymore monsters," Sadie advised. But, before anyone could leave, a wall of fire appeared out of nowhere, blocking off their exits.
"What the heck!?" Nemo shouted. "Quick; in here," Marcus called as he opened the doors to a large and abandoned building. Everyone quickly entered, escaping the flames.
Unfortunately for them, the building was dimly lit and veryhuge. One might get lost in building…
"K-kowai…" Nita gulped as the gang looked around. "Maybe the fire's gone," Nemo suggested.
"Or maybe not," Marcus said seriously. "I think there's something rotten here."
"Correct, little alchemist," an eerie voice snickered. Just like that, Marcus jumped back from the fireball that was sent hurling towards him.
"Show yourself!" Sadie shouted. "Glad to, my dear." Sadism then appeared out of the shadows with a malicious smirk on his face.
"One of the Homunculus!" Sadie gasped. "The Homuncu-what?" Nita asked in a confused tone.
"Sorry, you four. But today I want to hunt…and the lucky prey is you," Sadism said to Nemo, Nita, Sadie, and Marcus.
"No way are we letting you off easily without a fight," Nemo said firmly.
"This must be my lucky day," Sadism said pleasantly before his eyes went psychotic and creepy music played in the background.
Sadism: Why does it feel like night today?
Something in here's not right today.
Why am I so uptight today?
Paranoia's all I got left
Sadism, with fast reflexes, attacked Nemo and Sadie, who got out their weapons and tried attacking, only to have to dodge Sadism's fireballs.
"Hey, you Envy wanna-be!" Sadism turned angrily to see who distracted him, only to be met by paper swallows made by Nita.
I don't know what stressed me first
Or how the pressure was fed
But I know just what it feels like
To have a voice in the back of my head
Sadism merely burned the paper birds up and kicked Nita away. "You have to do better than that," Sadism smirked as he prepared to fry Nita.
Suddenly, black ivy chains grabbed onto him as Nemo held him away from her sister. "Back off, freak!" Nemo growled.
Like a face that I hold inside
A face that awakes when I close my eyes
A face watches every time I lie
A face that laughs every time I fall
And watches everything
He just grinned as he swung Nemo around and flung her into her sister. "Thanks a lot, sis," Nita groaned in pain as Nemo laid on her in a crumpled heap.
So I know that when it's time to sink or swim
That the face inside is hearing me
Right beneath my skin
With Nemo and Nita down, he turned to Sadie, who shaped her hand into a liquid base and tried to knock Sadism down.
It's like I'm paranoid, lookin' over my back
It's like a whirlwind inside of my head
It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within
It's like the face inside is right beneath my skin
"Drink water!" Sadie said through gritted teeth. Sadism quickly ran off and managed to slip behind Sadie.
"Boo," he hissed as he kneed her in the stomach and gave her a punch in the mouth.
As Nemo, Nita, and Sadie were hurt on the ground, Sadism lit his hand on fire. "This was easy," he sighed in mock disappointment. "I really wanted to bring one of you home instead of frying you."
I know I've got a face in me
Points out all my mistakes to me
You've got a face on the inside too and
Your paranoia's probably worse
I don't know what set me off first
But I know what I can't stand
Everybody acts like the fact of the matter is
I can't add up to what you can but…
Sadism's song was interrupted when he was blown to the other side of the empty room.
Looking up, he noticed Marcus looking at him as the girls got up.
"Go and hide, you guys," Marcus said solemnly. "I'll deal with this guy."
Sadie looked concern for her brother, then nodded as she and Nemo helped Nita up and they ran off to hide.
Everybody has a face that they hold inside
A face that awakes when I close my eyes
A face watches every time they lie
A face that laughs every time they fall
And watches everything
"Just you and me, Homunculus," Marcus glared as he clapped his hands and let loose a giant sonic boom at Sadism.
"Wouldn't want it any other way, human," Sadism growled.
So you know that when it's time to sink or swim
That the face inside is watching you too
Right inside your skin
Sadism jumped up and created a ring of fire around him and Marcus.
It's like I'm paranoid, lookin' over my back
It's like a whirlwind inside of my head
It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within
It's like the face inside is right beneath my skin
The face inside is right beneath your skin
With the two boys facing off, Marcus threw various wind blasts at Sadism, missing everytime.
"For a State Alchemist, you're not very good," Sadism commented before blasting at Marcus.
The sun goes down
I feel the light betray me
The sun goes down
I feel the light betray me
Marcus dodged the blasts, but one nicked him on the leg. He looked to see his pant leg destroyed with his slightly singed automail leg.
"Nice moves, Firestarter," Marcus grimaced, but then smirked. "Get ready for this."
With that, Marcus created a mega wind blast that put out the ring of fire.
The sun
I feel the light betray me
The sun
I feel the light betray me
"Big deal," Sadism said sarcastically, but was then knocked down by water, paper birds, and black ivy chains. Getting up, he saw Sadie, Nemo, and Nita rejoining Marcus.
"Now I'm pissed," Sadism seethed.
It's like I'm paranoid lookin' over my back
It's like a whirlwind inside of my head
It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within
It's like the face inside is right beneath my skin
Sadism targeted Marcus' legs, directly hitting them with very hot temperature lava. Marcus clenched his teeth in pain as he went down.
Sadie cooled off her brother, though it did no good because the legs were melted, before swinging her now water automail arm at Sadism.
He dodged and appeared quickly in front of her as he high kicked her in the face. Both Sadie and Marcus were down.
It's like I'm paranoid, lookin' over my back
It's like a whirlwind inside of my head
Nita then created flower petals in sharp razor blades and hurled it at the Homunculus. Although it cut his skin, it didn't really do any damage.
"I'm sorry; was I supposed to be hurt?" Sadism mocked.
It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within
It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within
Nita then tried slashing at him with her Keyblade, but that was what he was expecting. He managed to avoid the blows as he swiftly kicked the girl in her ribs and knocked her down.
All that was left was Nemo. "Is this what you do?" Nemo fumed. "Beat on children for your own sick enjoyment?!"
It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within
It's like the face inside is right beneath my skin
"Uh…yeah," Sadism said as if it all made sense. He then blasted the young girl, who dodged, but was sadly met with a punch to the face and was down like her sister and friends.
"Well, that certainly worked up my blood pressure," Sadism said happily. "Now, I'm going to be nice and take one of you home with me."
He looked at each one before stopping at the now legless Marcus. Glowering at the boy, he sneered, "I really want to make you suffer, brat." He then turned pleasantly at Sadie, "So, I'll take your sister home."
Lifting Sadie up like she weighed nothing, his hand began to glow fire red. "Now time for a weenie roast."
"Hey, I'm not some damsel in distress! Put me down, jerk!" Sadie struggled, but Sadism held a tight grip.
"You're worse than any villains I've met," Nemo said angrily. "They at least know the fine line between mercy and cruelty. What do you believe in?"
Sadism paused before answering, "I believe that whatever doesn't kill you simply makes you…stranger."
He then raised his hand to let loose the fireball…
Suddenly, Sadism was impaled by a large ground spike through his chest. This surprised him so much that he dropped Sadie to the ground. "Geez, you sure know how to handle a lady," Sadie muttered sarcastically, but she got up and helped her friends up while she and Nemo lifted Marcus.
Sadism turned around to see his assailant, only to narrow his eyes in rage when he saw his sister, Masochism staring sternly at him.
"Hello, big brother," Masochism smiled dryly before wrapping a coil of stone around her older brother.
The four kids stared fascination as Masochism looked back at them. "Um…thank you," Nemo thanked awkwardly. This was odd that Sadism's partner and younger sister was helping them out, and they didn't know how to respond.
"You should be getting back to your homes now," Masochism said to them. They looked at each other, but shrugged as Nemo and Sadie rushed out of the building with Marcus as fast as they could.
Nita looked up at Masochism and bowed, saying sincerely, "Thank you for your help." She stuck her tongue out at Sadism before joining her sibling and friends outside.
"Man, Bunnie is going to be steaming," Marcus said nervously, thinking about what his mechanic was going to do to him when she saw his legs.
With the four kids gone, Masochism watched as Sadism managed to use his strength and overheat the rocks to escape from them. And, boy, did he look angry…
"Sis, just one question…" Sadism said quietly before exploding, "WHY THE HELL DID YOU STOP ME FROM KILLING THEM!?"
Masochism glowered. "Because it's not right to kill anyone unless we have good-"
"Shut up!" Sadism screamed as he threw fire balls at Masochism. She did a back-flip out an open window and was outside. Sadism promptly joined her.
"You stupid girl!" Sadism shouted. "They're just humans! Why should I spare them?!"
"Because you were a human once, just like I was, big brother," Masochism said quietly, but kept that dangerous gaze on him.
Sadism stopped himself and looked shocked, but then he closed his eyes and chuckled darkly.
"So, it looks like you kept your…pathetic humanity after all." Sadism shrugged as he stormed off past his sister. "I'll be sure to tell Envy of your weakness."
All was quiet until Masochism told him, "Being compassionate doesn't mean you're weak. Compassion is what separates the humans from the monsters."
"Hmm, well, we're not human, are we?" Sadism said cynically. "Believe what you want, sis." With that, he trudged off, leaving Masochism alone.
Sadism was grumbling as he went off, when he heard a noise from behind him. "Look, Masochism; I-" Sadism began, but stopped when he saw his usual comrades Envy and Lie grinning at him. "What do you want?"
"Just follow us. The others want a meeting with you," Envy merely said as he and Lie led a confused Sadism away.
GW: And there we have Sadism and introduction to Nemo and Nita Collins and Sadie and Marcus Hawthorne. And, yes, Sadism and Marcus are going to be archrivals.
Marcus: Great, a new friend.
Sadie: Mr. Grumpygills himself, everyone. The last chapter to introduce the NH will be Masochism and all suggestions are welcomed! Read and review!