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Chapter 3
It was a beautiful morning. Sora, seemingly back to normal, sat at a table eating breakfast with Kairi. Goofy, meanwhile, sat near the fireplace drawing something.
"Care for some more bacon?" Kairi asked.
"Yes, please." Sora replied. Kairi placed the bacon on his plate as he read some more from the book, which he had brought up from the private library. "'As the minuteness of the parts created a hindrance to my speed,'" He read. "'I resolved to make the creature of a large stature.'" Sora thought for a moment. "Of course, that would simplify everything."
"I other words…" Kairi added. "His hands, his feet, his organs, everything would have to be increased in size."
"Exactly."
Kairi mulled the thought over in her head a moment and gasped. "He would have an enormous schwanstucker!"
Sora suddenly stopped mid-bite. "…That… goes without saying."
Kairi's eyes widened for a moment. "Woof…"
"He's gonna be very popular." Goofy added.
Sora cleaned the crumbs off his face and stood up to look out the window. "So," He said. "What we are looking for is a being approximately seven feet in height, with all features proportionate."
"Something like… this?" Goofy asked, holding up the picture he'd drawn.
Kairi and Sora moved closer to see it was a picture of a tall man with silver hair and large, muscular arms.
"I think you have something there…" Said Sora, looking carefully at the picture. "Crude, yes, simple, yes, perhaps even overly fan-girl worthy, but yet something inexplicable tells me… that this might be our man…"
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The rain fell down heavily, as a tall figure swung from the gallows, his face covered by a black hood. The executioner cut him down and he was carried to the cemetery, where an officer watched as the cemetery workers buried him.
"Alright, alright," The officer said gruffly, once they had properly covered the dead criminal. "That's good enough for the likes of him."
Meanwhile, Sora and Goofy watched from the shadows, awaiting their chance. Goofy moved out a little, trying to get a better look, but Sora pulled him down. "Get down you fool!" He whispered.
The officer and the grave diggers finally left, leaving the cemetery empty. Goofy and Sora nodded to each other and immediately ran to the grave, digging quickly with their shovels.
Later, after they had removed the dirt, Sora and Goofy got into the grave and slowly pushed it up and out.
"What a filthy job!" Sora grumbled, dusting himself off.
"Could be worse." Goofy said optimistically.
"How?"
"It could be raining."
Suddenly, there was a clap of thunder and a heavy rain fell right on top of the two of them. Sora glared at Goofy who grinned sheepishly.
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Goofy and Sora managed to lift the coffin onto a cart and were quickly carrying it down the street, just as the rain ended.
But with the streets still wet, Goofy slipped and the cart fell over. The coffin broke, so that the arm of the body was hanging out.
Sora and Goofy went to pick the coffin up, when they suddenly heard footsteps.
They had gotten the coffin back on the cart and covered, just as a man wearing a constable uniform walked up. "Can I give you a hand?" The tall, muscular man asked.
Sora turned to the man, the body's arm sticking out as though it was his own. Goofy had hidden behind the cart. "No thanks, already got one." He replied. He turned to pull the cart away.
"Wait a minute." Said the man, stopping Sora. "I know everyone who lives here, but I've never seen you before."
"Oh, that must be because I'm new here." Sora explained, picking the body's fingernails as though they were his. "I'm Doctor Sora Fronkensteen, newly arrived from Radiant Garden."
"Oh yeah, I was told about your arrival. I'm Constable Hercules, nice to meet you." Hercules held out his hand.
Sora stamped his foot and Goofy moved the body's hand to shake Hercules'. "Very nice to meet you Constable."
"Whoa, you're freezing cold." Hercules commented, letting go of what he thought was Sora's hand. "A nice warm fire'd do you a world of good."
"Yes, yes it would." Sora agreed.
"Well then, if everything is alright, I'll say goodnight." Hercules saluted Sora.
"Goodnight Constable, and thank you." Sora stomped his foot again and Goofy raised the arm up to Sora's head to return the salute.
Hercules walked away, and once he was out of sight Sora and Goofy hurriedly pushed the cart away.
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Some time later, Sora and Goofy looked down at the body from where it lay on the operating table, covered by a cloth.
"Just think," He said. "With this magnificent specimen for a body, all we need now is an equally magnificent brain…" He turned to Goofy. "You know what to do?"
"I have a good idea." Goofy replied.
"Good man -er- dog… whatever you are." Sora smiled and placed a hand on Goofy's shoulder, but was surprised when he realized his hump was now on his left shoulder, instead of the right. "Didn't… didn't you used to have that on the other side?"
"What?" Goofy asked.
"Your um… oh never mind!" Sora walked away. Strangely, Goofy grinned mischievously as he followed. "Do you have the name I gave you?" Sora asked.
"I have it written down." Goofy replied, holding up his hand to show the writing on the palm. "Hans Delbruck…"
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Goofy came to a door and read what was painted on the window, "BRAIN DEPOSITORY: After 5:00 p.m. shove brains through slot."
It was through this slot that Goofy slipped his arm, reaching inside to unlock the door and walk in. There on a nearby counter he saw a row of brains in jars.
Tiptoeing over to these jars, he looked at the labels under each till he found the right one that said "Hans Delbruck: Scientist and Saint."
Goofy checked the name on his palm and smiled. He picked up the jar and carried it to the door. He only got halfway, however, before a bolt of lightening illuminated the room and he was scared by his own reflection in a mirror. He screamed and raised his hands defensively, dropping the brain in the process.
Goofy looked down and grimaced at the smashed remains of the brain. Thinking fast, he grabbed another brain and ran off, only glancing at it label, which read, "Do not use this brain: ABNORMAL!"
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Finally, all the preparations had been made. The brain had been placed in the body, all its organs were in order, and it was even dressed in a dark yellow vest, white shirt, and baggy black pants.
Sora and Kairi, dressed in white surgeon coats, looked down at its face. It actually wasn't bad looking, with its silver hair and boyishly handsome features. That is, if you could look past the stitched up scar around his forehead, the scars on either temple, the zipper placed in the neck, the bolts, and the unnaturally green skin.
"He's so… weird looking." Kairi gasped.
"He's beautiful." Sora corrected. "And he is… mine." He blinked. "And… that sounded so wrong." Sora looked up to an opening in the ceiling. "How are you doing up there Goofy?" He called.
On the roof, Goofy was tying off some kites for some reason. He wore a yellow rain coat, as a storm was approaching. "Are you sure this is how they did it?" He asked, looking down at Sora.
"Yes, it's all in the notes!" Sora called back up. "Now hurry up and tie off the kites and come down!"
"What's the hurry?"
"With the storm coming up there's a possibility of electrocution, do you understand?" Sora called, but Goofy was still on the roof, looking down. "I said there's a possibility of electrocution!" Sora called louder. "Do you understand?.!"
"I understand, I understand," Goofy replied, somehow standing right next to Sora now. "Why are you shouting?"
Sora and Kairi turned with a start to see Goofy. Sora did a double take from the roof to Goofy. "Did… did you tie off the kites?" He asked, still in shock.
"Yes Master." Goofy replied.
"Oh… Well… Good job." Sora put a hand on Goofy's shoulder, and was surprised to see the hump back in its original place again. "Um… let's uh… let's get started."
Sora and Kairi stayed near the body, while Goofy checked the machines. Sora examined the body once more and grinned. "At last, the moment has finally come…" He said.
"Oh Sora." Said Kairi, gently holding his hand in hers.
"This is it Kairi…" He said, looking into her eyes. "This is the moment… Elevate me."
Kairi blinked in confusion and looked around awkwardly. "What? Here, now…?" She asked.
"Yes, yes, raise the platform." Sora replied.
"Oh, the platform!" She laughed. "Oh that, yeah."
Kairi and Goofy both took their stations at a large crank, as Sora stood next to the table, prepared to do or die. He placed his hands on the body's chest and began to speak dramatically. "From that fateful day when mankind was born, our greatest dread has always been our own mortality…" He said, as Kairi and Goofy raised the platform, with him and the table on it, up to the roof. "But tonight, we shall ascend into the heavens. We shall mock the earthquake and command the thunder… and penetrate into the very womb of impervious nature!" The platform rose to the roof, where a large machine hooked to several lightning rods stood over the body. "When I give the word, throw the first switch!" He called down.
"You've got it Master!" Goofy replied, moving to the switches and readying himself.
Sora put on ridiculous looking goggles to protect his eyes. "Get ready… get set… GO!"
Lightening struck the lightning rods, and Goofy threw the switch. Electrical energy passed through the machines and struck the body.
"Throw the second switch!" Goofy did so, and more energy surged into the body. "Throw the third switch!"
"Not… the third switch!" Goofy gasped.
"Throw it I say! Throw it!" Goofy did as he was told, and threw the switch. An eruption of sparks came from the machines as a wave of electricity burst into the body. It even began to glow with an eerie green light. "Life!" Sora shouted. "Give my creation… LIFE!.!.!" The creature continued to glow, as Kairi and Goofy looked up in awe at the spectacle.
"Turn everything off and bring me down!" Sora called after a moment.
Goofy turned the machines off and he and Kairi quickly lowered the platform.
Sora, once on the ground, used a stethoscope to check the body's heartbeat. He listened for a moment, but didn't hear anything. He pounded the chest in an attempt to jump start the heart, and listened again, but all he heard was… "Nothing." He slumped sadly over the body.
Kairi and Goofy walked up and Kairi placed a hand comfortingly on Sora's shoulder. "Oh Sora…"
"No, no," Said Sora, lifting his head and smiling sadly. "Be of good cheer… if science teaches us anything, it is to accept our failures, as well as our successes, with quiet… dignity… and grace…" Sora smiled and lovingly placed his hand on the body's face. He walked away, as did Kairi and Goofy, and they all began to walk away. Suddenly, however, Sora turned back and jumped on the body, strangling it. "SON OF A BITCH BASTARD, I'LL GET YOU FOR THIS!.!.!" He screamed, as Goofy and Kairi tried to pull him away. "WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME!.?.!"
"Doctor, stop!" Kairi shouted, trying hard to pull Sora away. "Stop it, you'll kill him!"
Sora finally let go, but pounded savagely on the body's chest. "I DON'T WANT TO LIVE! I DO NOT WANT TO LIVE!" He broke down sobbing, and finally let Kairi and Goofy carry him away.
"Quiet, dignity and grace." Goofy scoffed, with a roll of his eyes.
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In the village, meanwhile, a town meeting was going on. All the villagers argued fiercely amongst themselves.
Sitting at a desk at the head of the assembly was an odd little man wearing a long top hat, and it almost seemed like there was a second face on the back of his head. He pounded his gavel loudly. "That's enough!" He called. "I will not have this meeting become a free-for-all! My goodness, you can't expect me to put up with this, I'm only an elected official! These are very serious charges you are making, and all the more painful to me, your mayor, who still has nightmares from five times before."
A villager stood up and faced the Mayor. "He's a Frankenstein!" He shouted. "And they're all alike!" The others cheered. "They can't help it, it's in their blood. All those scientists are alike. They say they're working for us, but what they want is to rule the world!"
The villagers cheered again, but the Mayor pounded his gavel. "Settle down now! I don't think we've heard from the one man qualified to judge the situation fairly." All eyes turned to the back of the room. "Inspector Duck, will you talk to us please?"
Everyone looked at a short duck, wearing an eye patch and a monocle over the same eye, and an inspector's uniform. He used his left wing to move his right wing, which ratcheted, showing it was fake, and moved the wooden finger into the nearby fire place. Using his finger he lit a cigar, then doused the finger in a glass of water.
Taking a puff of the Cigar, the duck turned to the villagers.
"A riot is an ugly thing…" Donald quacked, barely understandable with his normal voice and a German accent. "Und once you get one started, there is little chance of stopping it… short of bloodshed." He waddled closer to the villagers, looking around at them. "I think, before we go around killing people… we had better make DAMN sure… of our evidence. We had better confirm the fact that Young Frankenstein is indeed… Wallowingin'isRandfader'swoodstops!"
"WHAT?" Everyone shouted.
Donald turned to face them. "I said, following in his Grandfather's footsteps! FOOTSTEPS!"
"Ooh!"
"I think what is in order…" Donald continued. "Is for me to pay a little visit on the good Doctor… and have a nice… quiet… chat."
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Here's a special bonus chapter! A sneak peek at my upcoming Story, "Kingdom Hearts: Dark Side."
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Bonus Chapter
Sora gasped as he lay on his back, still stunned from the terrible blow he'd received. Slowly, he placed a hand on the right side of his face and felt something warm and wet. He looked at his hand and saw it was blood. But what scared him more… was that he couldn't see out of his right eye.
"Sora!" Donald and Goofy cried in concern.
"What a fool you've been!" Riku scoffed, standing over Sora with the Keyblade. "You came all this way for nothing!"
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As Kairi's body began to fade away, Sora cried in despair.
"No…" He whispered to himself. "It can't be… You can't die… KAIRI!"
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As she swam along, Ariel noticed something in the water, and soon realized it was a person, sinking into the abyss. She didn't recognize him at first, with his clothes, and his large yellow shoes, but once she saw his face she hurriedly swam to him. "Sora!"
She grabbed his hand and pulled him out of the water and onto a nearby beach. She had no idea why he was a human now, or how he had received so many injuries, but she did know he needed her help desperately.
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Riku felt the presence within him, speaking to him inside his mind.
"Get out…" He growled.
"Not just yet Riku…" the voice within replied. "I need your body for now. But don't worry; there is another body, better suited for me somewhere close by. Help me find it, and I will give you what you long for… Revenge."