The Experiment
Doctor Toshiaki Nagashima leaned over his culture flask. He spent the last six months cultivating these cells, and the results were incredible. They were multiplying faster than normal, and seemed to be growing with an intelligent design pattern. If he didn't know any better, he would think they were actually thinking of how to grow. However, he refused to even entertain such a notion. Other people thought his experiment was insane, but he didn't listen to them. Only he understood how important those cells were. They were his wife's cells. Kiyomi's cells. His wife died in a car crash, and was declared brain dead a half-year ago. After that, he asked for a sample of her liver cells, which he cultivated, so he would always have her close. The mitochondria were what amazed him. They were reproducing and multiplying at amazing speeds. He loved science. Suddenly, there were footsteps outside. He closed the flask, taking it out from the clean bench. The door opened. Toshiaki couldn't get a word out before he froze over, his body coated in a layer of ice. Vexen stepped over the statue, taking the flask from the counter. Zexion walked in, stepping around the doctor. "Did you get it?" Vexen held the specimen to the light, observing its fleshy coloring.
"Of course." He stared at the tape on the top, labeled "Eve 1".
The group walked through the streets. A light snow fell, while lights were strung all around in vast colors. An enormous tree stood in a park, people walking around, talking and laughing. Stores were lit up almost as much as the streets. There were people singing in choruses on the sidewalks and in the parks. Adults carried large bags, some carrying boxes. Sora looked at Riku. "It's Christmas here."
"Yeah." He replied. "I wonder if it's like this back home." They looked in store windows, where toys of all kinds were displayed for young eyes to see. The air seemed cheery, the citizens not even aware of the threat they're all facing. They looked up at the lights, but Sora caught a glimpse of a shadow on the rooftops. It slipped away, Sora running after it.
"Sora! What 'cha doin'!" Goofy yelled as they chased him.
"The Organization's up there!" They all ran to a fire escape ladder, where they could easily access the rooftops. At the top, Vexen waited by the opposite edge. His golden hair blended with the various colors below, the robe's silver decorations flashing with brilliance.
"Sora, so nice to see you again. I see you survived the Predator." Sora remembered back to China, as the mysterious Heartless attacked their camp.
"It's pretty easy to fight something that's blind. Now what do you want here?" Vexen held the culture flask up, the glass reflecting the Christmas colors from the lights.
"I already have it. Mitochondrial sample 'Eve 1'." Sora, Donald, and Goofy looked with shock at the Number Five.
"You're reviving Eve?" Vexen openly laughed at the idea.
"Eve? Why waste energy? She was a pathetic being. What I want is her full potential. The Ultimate Being."
"Vexen." Riku held the Way to Dawn up, ready to attack. "You fiend." Vexen pointed at the boy.
"You call me a fiend, yet you walk the line of light and darkness." Riku paused, then charged. Vexen snapped his fingers, and white lights flashed in front of him. White Nobodies wearing what seemed to be coats landed between them, their gloved hands raised to fight.
"Alchemists, attack." Vexen stepped back off the building, landing on a car. He jumped down and smoothly walked away. Riku looked at the Nobodies. They were about half his height. One snapped its fingers, fire shooting at Riku. He jumped out of the way, landing on a patch of ice another created by slamming its hands into the ground. The third reached through the concrete ground, pulling a metal pipe out. Lightning flashed across it, and the Nobody fashioned it into a spear. Sora pulled out the Sleeping Lion, slicing through the second Alchemist. Riku blocked the spear attack, then cut through it, finishing its wielder off. The third charged for Sora's back, the King intercepting with his inverted Kingdom Key. The five of them stood on the rooftop, snow covering them as they rested.
For those of you who haven't made the connection yet, I'm creating the New York world by combining the Parasite Eve book and game. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, look it up. You are online after all.
