Kingdom S.T.A.R.S.
Prologue:
Chris Redfield, leader of S.T.A.R.S. Alpha Team
"Once both Bloody Valentine Wars had come to an end, Logos hadn't fallen completely and began supporting various anti-Coordinator terrorist groups and other corporations that wanted war to continue. A vast majority of nations that were forced into the economic blocs of the Earth Forces regained their independence except for nations of the Atlantic Federation. Other nations fought to help the nations that were trapped by the Atlantic Federation's iron grip. S.T.A.R.S. played a vital role in securing independence for those nations breaking free from the Atlantic Federation. After a while many of the Logos bought politicians wormed their way into political positions of power. So the Coalition of Freedom and Justice began a long campaign to hunt down and destroy the surviving Logos members or bring them to justice. As the campaign began, the Umbrella Corporation began to make its move and began backing Logos and any terrorist group not caring if they were an anti-Coordinator or anti-Natural terrorist group. The S.T.A.R.S. unit was hard pressed in combating the Umbrella Corporation and the terrorist groups. We were fortunate that ZAFT, the Orb Union and other nations provided much assistance and even sent their own forces to us to be trained so they didn't have completely rely on S.T.A.R.S. for all their bioterrorism problems. After Umbrella fell in Cosmic Era 77, the terrorist organizations quickly took hold of Umbrella's weapons. This is one mission that didn't involve terrorists or bio-weapons or so I thought."
L3 Colony region
Shiva Bio Research Colony
"Chris, are you sure this is where they're trying to revive Wesker?" asked Joshua as he shot a zombie in the head.
"Intel indicates that this where the Black Devils are hiding and we've got only five hours before ZAFT comes in and unleashes Gamma X-rays into the colony," replied Chris Redfield.
"Well the chamber is like three levels below us and plenty of strange bio weapons to guard them," said Billy Cohen as he aimed his shotgun at a Crimson Head as it charged at him with quick speed.
"Well I guess we need to hurry so we can link up with Jill, Rebecca and Sheva and head down there," said Chris as he switched to a his BR55HB SR Battle Rifle and put a small burst into a Licker's head before it got to Joshua.
"Only one thing left to do," said Billy. "And that's to mimic the Zombie Slayers' famous run and gun."
"I have to admit, watching those four ladies doing that run and gun made carrying a shotgun look sexy," added Joshua while Billy burst out laughing.
Chris gave a slight nod and switched to an M90 Close Assault Shotgun and led the charge towards the elevator. The three men of the Alpha Team ran and started gunning down any undead bio-weapon in their way and to the sides Billy and Joshua suddenly got in front of him and made into the elevator. Chris unfortunately noticed a vortex that was sucking him. He tried to side step it only to get sucked in it and disappear to an unknown world.
"Chris, Chris respond!" shouted Joshua only to hear static from his earpiece. "Damn it! We lost Chris's signal."
"Don't worry, we'll meet up with him soon," Billy assured Joshua. "But let's get in contact with Rebecca and Bravo Team."
"Good idea," said Joshua as he changed frequencies. "Rebecca, come in Rebecca; we have an emergency situation please respond." Joshua got no response from Bravo Team either.
"Jill, Sheva, its Joshua please respond," requested Joshua only to hear static. "Damn it what's going on here? First we lose Chris and now we can't reach Bravo Team either. It's like they disappeared without a trace." The elevator finally opened only to reveal another mysterious vortex, like the one Chris disappeared.
"Crap, it looks like we're going to disappear without a trace too," said Billy before he got sucked into the vortex and then finally Joshua couldn't brace himself and got sucked into the vortex.
Chris Redfield, S.T.A.R.S. Alpha Team leader
Unknown World
When I woke from my unconscious state I noticed a castle and what looked to be like a training ground. The world I came to seemed like an inviting place to be; but it wasn't the Shiva Bio Research Lab in the L3 Colony region so I decided to familiarize myself with my surroundings. As I explored the area, a kid ran past me as he went to watch meteor shower that was happening right there.
"Excuse me," the kid said to me as he ran past me.
"Hey wait a minute kid," I said as I followed the kid to where was going to.
"What want a piece of me?" the kid asked some training device as he used a Keyblade weapon much similar to Commander Kaiou's Fairy Tsunami Harp Keyblade. The kid whacked the training device a few times before moving on. I just ran past the training device and the recently emptied treasure chest as I continued to pursue the kid. The kid finally stopped and watched the meteor shower for a few minutes until two older kids came and joined him for some training. But as they approached the younger kid, the oldest one spotted me and I came out of my hiding spot and revealed myself to the three of them.
"Who are you and what are you doing here?" demanded the older kid.
"Terra, calm down," insisted the girl next to him.
"We don't know who he is and you insist that we calm down?" asked the older kid named Terra.
"Chris," I answered Terra. "My name is Chris Redfield. I'm the leader of S.T.A.R.S. Alpha Team.
"Well, that's a start," the girl said with a small smile on her face. "My name is Aqua. The older boy is Terra."
"Hey," said Terra as he gave a slight nod. "Sorry about being hard on you."
"It's okay, it's nothing really new to me," I replied to Terra.
"And the youngest boy is Ventus," Aqua said as she gestured to the kid I had been following.
"Nice to meet you," said Ventus as he extended his hand out to me. I took his hand shook it.
"So how did you get here?" Terra asked me.
"I'm not sure how I got here," I answered Terra.
"Well do you remember the last thing that happened?" asked Aqua.
"Yeah, I was leading a mission hitting a research facility at the L3 Colony region," I explained. "We had gotten rumors that a group calling themselves the Black Devils were trying resurrect a man I once knew named Albert Wesker."
"What would someone have to gain resurrecting this Albert Wesker?" asked Aqua. "Was he a bad man?"
"Yeah," I answered as I went into detail about everything. "He was once the boss for a group called S.T.A.R.S., which I now lead. He sent one team to investigate some murders that were happening in the area and most of them ended up getting killed by monsters that were created by the Umbrella Corporation."
"That's terrible," said Ventus.
"When we didn't hear from Bravo Team, Wesker and the rest of us in Alpha Team went in to investigate Bravo Team's disappearance and we ended up getting caught in the middle of an experiment that Wesker set up."
"What kind of experiment?" asked Terra.
"He wanted to see how trained soldiers like myself and my partner could stand up to Umbrella's bio-weaponry," I answered Aqua.
"Bio… weaponry?" Aqua asked in confusion.
"They were artificially created weapons by Umbrella," I continued to explain. "They used other humans for their sick experiments as well as animals as well.
"And they did it just to make a profit," I finished bitterly as I recalled watching Joseph getting eaten alive by Cerberus bio-weapons and having to kill Forrest with my own hands.
"You're one strong guy!" exclaimed Ventus. "It must've been cool to fight all those monsters!"
"Not really Ventus," I said. "It's no fun when have to point the gun at your friend and have to shoot him in head after they've been turned into the undead." Terra and Aqua cringed when I said the word undead.
The four of us sparred for a little bit and Aqua gave Terra and Ventus… I'm sorry, I meant Ven and good luck charm. Once the meteor shower was finished, Aqua offered to let me stay in their home until their master could sort some things out for me. I accepted the invite and followed them to their home, which happened to be a castle like it was from Europe. The kids' master, Eraqus was kind enough to let me stay as I gave him the same story I gave Aqua, Terra and Ventus outside the castle.
"That's quite a story you've told us," said Eraqus. "How long have you been fighting these monsters?"
"We've been fighting them for a little over seven years," I answered Eraqus.
"I see," said Eraqus.
"My mission right now is to stop the resurrection of Albert Wesker," I said.
"What did this Albert Wesker do?" asked Eraqus.
"He killed my teammates, an executive officer of the Umbrella Corporation, innocent people who didn't deserve to die and tried wipe out humanity altogether," I answered Eraqus. "He tried to play God and ended up melting in a volcano after a teammate and I sent a pair of rockets to his head.
Flashback
"Suck on this Wesker," said Chris he readied a rocket launcher and aimed it at Wesker's head.
"Your time is up you son of a bitch," added Sheva as she too aimed a rocket launcher at Wesker's head.
Both Chris and Sheva fired their rockets at Wesker, who was struggling to escape his fate of melting alive in the volcano. Both rockets hit home and killed Wesker leaving the rest of his body to fall in the volcano.
End Flashback
The next morning everyone awoke, had breakfast and sparred for a couple of hours as Terra and Aqua had an exam that day. Ventus and I helped them out so they could pass the exam. Once the sparring session ended, we went to the throne room where we met Eraqus and an old man who looked like he had seen better days during his travels. Aqua introduced me to him as a teacher named Xehanort. Xehanort just gave me a curt nod and continued staring and waiting for the exam to begin. Eraqus then entered the throne room as Ventus stood at attention.
"Today we begin the Mark of Mastery," began Eraqus. "Not one but two of the Keyblade's chosen stand before all of us. And I'm sure that our honored guest Master Xehanort didn't come all this way to our two brightest students fall short of the mark.
"Only one or neither of you will pass," finished Eraqus as he produced his Keyblade, focused power and created orbs of light. "Let the exam begin."
Before Terra and Aqua could begin the exam, I noticed Xehanort using his fingers and caused the orbs to be tainted with darkness as this alarmed everyone, but Xehanort.
'Maybe he's just testing these kids,' I thought as Xehanort put his hand and watched examination unfold.
As I thought this, a tainted orb floated towards me and this startled me, but I caught it with my bare hands and counterattacked by shoving it back and putting my fist through it. My counterattack amazed Terra and Ventus as well as Eraqus.
"Whoa, that was awesome!" exclaimed Ventus as he swung at a tainted orb that came at him.
"Now that guy has some punch power," Terra said with a grin on his face.
"Indeed," agreed Eraqus as he sat down and watched with interest.
"Ven, it's dangerous here," Aqua said to Ventus, "go wait in your room."
"No way," responded Ventus. "I've waited for this and I'm not gonna miss seeing you guys fall short."
"Don't worry," Terra said to Aqua. "He can take care of himself. He's been training just as hard as we have."
"Looks like I'll be joining you," I said as I pulled out my Samurai Edge Pistol aimed for a tainted orb.
"Are you sure?" asked Terra as I joined the fight.
"If I can handle zombies and other types of monsters, then I can handle tainted orbs," I answered Terra.
The exam progressed as Aqua, Terra and Ventus were cutting down tainted orbs left and right. I switched to my other weapons to conserve ammunition and had to avoid using my shotgun because I didn't want to hit the kids by accident with scattering shells. So I used my Samurai Edge, a silenced SMG that the Commander Kaiou provided her ODSTs for covert missions and my BR55HB SR Battle Rifle. I mostly used my Samurai Edge pistol and did enough damage and destroyed a few orbs with it. The kids destroyed most of the tainted orbs as it was their exam and not mine. I just picked off the stray orbs and others that would've hit the three kids in the back.
"That was truly remarkable," said Eraqus as he looked at both examinees, Ventus and then to me. "Especially from you Mr. Redfield; you've definitely backed up your words with your training and it shows."
"Thank you sir," I said to Eraqus.
"But that was a troubling circumstance, one which I allowed to continue and with help from and Ventus and Mr. Redfield both of you were triumphant," added Eraqus.
"Now Terra and Aqua will face each other in combat," continued Eraqus. "Remember there are no winners, only truths. Truths that will be revealed in this fight. Begin!"
Terra and Aqua charged at each other as clashed and collided Keyblades with each other different times. Both of them exchanged blows and neither of them gave the other any ground. During the fight, Terra seemed to have emitted a dark aura from his wrist. Terra took notice and suppressed it quickly as Aqua closed in and finally got him. Eraqus ended the match and deliberated with Xenhanort for a while as we stood and waited for their decision.
"We have deliberated and have come to a decision," said Eraqus. "While you performed admirably, only Aqua has shown the Mark of Mastery." Aqua's eyes widened in shock as she figured that Terra would've shown the Mark of Mastery.
"Terra, you failed to keep the darkness within you sufficiently in check," Eraqus said to Terra before turning to Aqua. "Aqua as our newest Master you are entitled to certain knowledge; so wait here for further instructions."
"Yes Master," acknowledged Aqua.
Terra walked off with Ventus running behind him as Aqua stood there with me standing around waiting with Aqua. Eraqus then came back and shooed me away as the information he was telling her was for Keyblade Masters only. As he was finishing up with Aqua, everyone heard a bell chime and Eraqus went to a communication device and spoke into it. Terra and I came back into throne room when we heard the bell chime.
"Yes, I understand," Eraqus said into the communication device that looked like a jewel. "I'll send my pupils to… there's another group out there? What is this group called?" Eraqus turned to me as he looked concerned. "I see they're called the Black Devils." My eyes widened when Eraqus mentioned the Black Devils. I knelt down and put my fist on the floor which got Aqua and Terra's attention.
"From the look of things, I'd say you've heard those Black Devils that the Master was talking about," assumed Terra.
"Yeah," I answered Terra. "They're the terrorist group we tracked down to the L3 Colony region at a bioresearch lab called the Shiva Bioresearch Laboratory."
"What do these Black Devils want?" asked Eraqus as he finished talking on the jewel.
"Resurrect Albert Wesker," I answered Eraqus, "and unleash Uroboros on the Earthsphere."
"Uroboros?" asked Terra in confusion.
"Uroboros is an artificially created virus developed from another virus that was intended for use as a biological weapon of destruction," I explained to the group. "It's very dangerous and if they succeed in resurrecting Wesker, he'll use them unleash Uroboros on the Earthsphere and many other worlds if he gets a foothold."
"We won't let it happen," Aqua said to me as faced me as did Terra. "If we come across these Black Devils, we'll defeat them and any monster they send at us."
"Are sure?" I cautiously asked Aqua. "The monsters aren't going to be like what you've trained to fight." I then pull out extra Samurai Edge pistols and tossed them to Aqua and Terra.
"Here's a tip, aim and shoot them in the head," I instructed them.
Eraqus brought focus back to the group and briefed Aqua and Terra about creatures called the Unversed. Apparently these Unversed fed on negativity of the human heart and came from somewhere no one knew where they came from. Once Terra and Aqua were given their assignments, Eraqus spoke to me.
"You're going to need all the help you can get," began Eraqus. "I would like you to accompany Aqua and assist her in dealing with the Unversed. And to make sure you don't run out of bullets for your weapons, I will make sure that they keep firing and don't require you to reload them as well your armor being closer to you then having to change out of it and leaving it behind somewhere where it might get lost." Eraqus produced his own Keyblade and used its power on me and my weapons glowed for a split second and then a part of my armor appeared on right arm.
"Use these gifts wisely," Eraqus instructed me.
"I will," I said as I slightly bowed to Eraqus.
Once I left the throne room, I went to join Aqua on her mission when we saw Ventus activate his armor and watch as his Keyblade turn into some kind of surfboard in which he zoomed off after Terra.
"You two must get him," Eraqus urged us both. Aqua activated her armor as did I. Aqua's armor was unique and my armor still looked like the MJLNOIR armor that the SPARTAN II's wear. I joined Aqua on her Keyblade ship and we chased after Ventus.