Kingdom Hearts: Before the After

Chapter 12: War with Existence

"We have no existence, we have been cheated from our right to exist, those who exist now are alive because we failed to exist in their place. But we will not submit so easily to our sorrow, we will not allow our need for existence to cloud our minds. We are all, orphans, forgotten shadows, unborn children, trash, but we are, now and forever...a family. We unite together as one, and right the wrongs that were committed by these heretics, these creatures! We will return from the grave, and bring a war to those animals! And to guide us, to liberate us, is the opposite of human life, the ones born from light AND darkness, they who grow off of negative emotions from the existing ones...the UNBIRTHS!"

The crowd of hooded people young and old applaud the speech, spoken by their leader, Deorc. The proud leader takes the hand of one of the Scrapper Unbirths, and kisses it's hand, showing the crowd how loyal the Celestial Movement was in joining the Unbirths.

Watching from the sidelines, Heolstor smiled, "Deorc, you just love the spotlight, don't you?" While he was watching, a hooded figure dressed in the same cloak as Heolstor approached him. "What's wrong? Aren't you satisfied with the Unbirth's and their willingness to follow us?" Heolstor replied, "They're just dogs, you incompetent asswipe."

Heolstor walked past the hooded figure, "All those dogs want is a treat, and Deorc gives them plenty to fatten up on." The hooded figure shakes his head, "Brother Heolstor, the Unbirths are devouring the existing ones much faster than those useless things called the Heartless. Can't you rejoice just for once in your life?"

Heolstor turned around to meet eyes with the hooded figure, "Bite me, Genip! If I wanted to be all happy and dimwitted, I'd had joined the crowd over there! And by the way, what's with all this 'brother' crap your spitting out? We're not related, we don't even like our boss that much!"

Genip removes his hood to reveal his thick brow, brown eyes and red-ish brown hair. "Geez, I'm just trying to fit in with the crowd, you prick." Heolstor chuckles, "That's the paranoid piece of shit that I call Genip!"

Genip rolls his eyes, "(sigh) I came to deliver some troubling news." Heolstor stopped laughing and puts his serious look back on, "Trouble? Be specific, Genip. What kind of trouble?" Genip picks at his ear while telling Heolstor the news, "There was a slaughter, 37 of our men were killed, in 10 seconds."

Heolstor realized the situation wasn't something to joke about, "10 seconds? A fleet of our men, killed in 10 FRICKIN SECONDS?" Heolstor slams his fist into a wall, leaving a large crater. "How was this possible Genip? Tell me who did this?" Genip scratches his head and replies, "Not who, what. There was a steel-skinned monster that came from the ground, as if it was emerging from Earth"

"Lucky for us, this info came from a survivor of the attack. The creature let out a shriek that killed most of our men, and that included most of the people that already existed in the world." Heolstor interrupted Genip's report, "What the hell? Hah, so our men were killed by some butt-ugly demon, who kills anything, and anyone in it's way? Hah...AWESOME!"

Genip was confused, "Awesome? This monster was a threat to our armies, and you think it's awesome?" Heolstor grinned, "Why not? That thing could blow anything to pieces, even the wallet! I don't know how, but I'm gonna find that power, and use it for myself. Heck, not even the Great Clock can stop me."

Genip warns Heolstor, "You should mind what you say, my friend. Any attempt at betraying your oath to the Celestial Movement will result in your immediate execution." Heolstor was about to respond when he suddenly felt a chill.

"Genip...it's just you and me in the back, right?" Genip gave a confused look, "Heolstor, what do you sense?" Heolstor replied, "I...I hate this feeling. I felt it before, but that was..." Genip realized who he was talking about, "Here...now...of all places?"

As the two looked around, they heard a bone chilling chuckle, "...heh, heh, heh...Well, well, what could the two of you be chatting about so intently?" Heolstor and Genip stepped back away to get a better view of the dark-winged figure, flying over them with bony, devilish wings. The demon dropped to the ground and sneared, "Can it be that someone escaped the destruction of their world? That was what you were going to say...wasn't it Genip?" Heolstor shook off his feeling of terror and spoke out to the demon, " Doviculus...the Demon King, such a pleasure."

End of Chapter 12