Soul Eater Brotherhood Part 8
"Wh-where am I?" the young man said to himself, confused.
As he raises his hands, he can only see a pair of metallic gauntlets in front of him.
"What is this?" he said in shock.
Your body has been taken...
When he looks at the mirror, which suddenly appeared in front of him, he sees himself in body armour, from top to bottom.
"How is this possible? Why am I back in my armour?"
"NO!" he cried.
The young man appears at the clinic with two guys, their face were serious but worried at the same time.
"Take it easy Al" the guy with dread locks said.
"Where are we?" he asked.
"We are in a clinic, I suppose" the guy with spiky hair replied, "We have to get out of here. I have a bad feeling about this."
"Zampano, you should take it easy also" Al said, "After all, we had heatstroke anyway, so there's no problem."
He sniffed. "My animal instinct tells me that this place is dangerous" Zampano said suspiciously, "Do you smell the air, Jerso?"
Jerso nodded. "I smell it alright" he said, "And it ain't pretty."
Someone opened the door. "How are you all feeling?" Nygus asked kindly.
"Yikes, a mummy!" they cried in unison, "Is this place a freak show?"
"Err..." Al muttered, ignoring his friends' horrified faces, "Miss, do you know where we are?"
"This is-" before she could explain, Zampano and Jerso grabbed Al by the collar and ran away, jumping through a window.
"We are getting out of here!" they cried.
"He-hey!" Al argued.
Nygus took the phone and told Stein, who is the one in charge of the clinic. "The patients are escaping!" she called, "They have taken a fellow patient as hostage! This is even worse than Mr. Edward's arrival."
"Don't worry Nygus" Stein said reassuringly, "I will deploy Maka, Kid, and Black Star into the field."
Jumping high 30 feet in the air is not normal for a human being. For a chimera, it's natural.
"Whew. We manage to get away from her" Zampano said in relief.
"I sense that mummy was strong" Jerso added.
"Could we at least tell them that we're leaving?" Al suggested.
They look around the city site. Every building is bizarre, peculiar even. Even though it reminds them back in Amestris, it was extraordinary. Another strange thing is the sun is laughing at them; its jolly face brightly shines at them.
"These buildings remind me of Big Brother's" he commented.
"Tell me about it" Jerso remarked, "He has bad taste in art."
Before they went down to the city, Maka, Kid, and Black Star arrived in front of them, their partners in weapon forms prepared.
"Which one is this 'Alphonse'?" Soul asked, "Because I doubt those two buff guys are not him."
"I think it's the guy with golden eyes" Maka replied, "I hope he's not as strong as his brother."
"Stand down you two" Kid said, "Let go of the hostage we will let you go as you please..."
Zampano and Jerso were confused. "Hostage?" they mumbled, puzzled.
Al approached to them. "I think they meant that I'm the hostage and you're the kidnappers" he whispered.
"Oh..." Zampano mused.
"I think they're mistaken" Jerso said. Then he smiled deviously. "But that's a good idea."
Zampano grabbed Al suddenly. "Don't do anything funny or stupid" he warned, "Or we will eat him then kill him!"
"Isn't that too literal Zampano?" Al asked hysterically.
"Just play along kid" he said.
He gulped. "I hope you're correct" Al said.
Suddenly, Jerso did something surprising to the three meisters: his dread locks disappears, his shirt rips off as his body mass inflated, turning himself into an ugly, green-skinned, frog-like creature.
"What are they?" Kid asked, surprised at Jerso's transformation.
"It doesn't matter what they are" Maka replied.
"Those guys are ugly!" Black Star remarked in disgust.
Jerso chuckled. "I love when they are terrified at our transformation" he said, "Zampano, run quickly with him while I slow them down"
Zampano nodded and left with Al.
"No! They're getting away!" Maka cried.
As she charges at Zampano, Jerso spits a barrage of his saliva and hits Maka, causing her to be immobilized.
"You're not going anywhere" Jerso warned.
"Kid, Black Star, go get the hostage" Maka requested, struggling to free herself. "I'll handle this guy."
"On it" they said.
Quick as a flash, Black Star runs like the wind, jumping from building to building while Kid rides with his skateboard called Beelzebub, flying across the streets, looking for Zampano and Al.
Zampano, while carrying Al, is running downtown. "Where do you think Ed is?" he asked.
"He didn't mention where Death city is" Al replied, "If you and Jerso jumped into the window with me being dragged in the way, the nurse could have told us where we are."
He shrugged. "Can't help it" Zampano said, "My animal instincts tells me that those three children are powerful-"
As he was about to finish, Kid arrived first, his twin guns were about to fire behind Zampano. "-Especially the lad with three, half lines on his head" he finished.
Kid flinches. "Did that guy call my hair 'half'?" he questioned.
"Yeah?" Liz said, puzzled.
Kid fell to the floor, moaning very badly. "Why does everyone observe my hair?" he cried, "Is it really that special?"
The twin pistols transformed into Patty and Liz. "Well you see" Liz explained, "Statistics shows that you are the most popular guy in DWMA. Not to mention the entire world loves you for your moves, style, good looks, and your crazy obsession on symmetry."
"That's not helpful" Kid groaned.
"Kid is popular!" Patty hollered cheerfully.
Zampano turned around, seeing Kid sulking behind him. "What's his problem?" he asked.
"I think you just hurt that guy's feelings" Al replied.
"You forgot the amazing Black Star!" Black Star yelled, appearing in midair, "And say hello to my god fist!"
He forcefully palms his hands against Zampano, causing him to fly into a nearby building, crashing into the structure while bits of debris fell on him.
Black Star approaches Al cautiously. "Say, did you like my performance" he asked cockily.
Al blinks at him. "Err..." he muttered.
Before he could say anything, a volley of spikes was shot out of nowhere. Black Star accurately dodges the spikes, and it hits at the buildings, breaking and piercing random objects.
Zampano emerges from the broken debris, but his appearance was even stranger than Jerso: he transformed into a grey, boar-like creature with spikes protruding behind his back. His expression is now angry, eyeing at Black Star with extreme annoyance.
"Now I'm pissed!" Zampano cried.
He continues to shoot a volley of spikes at Black Star, but he easily dodges the attack. "Is that it?" he sneered, "I've met ugly creatures that are stronger than you!"
As Zampano continues to fire spikes at him, Jerso, still in his frog form, is heavily injured and confronts him and Al. "That lady over there is a tough cookie" he remarked.
Seeing that Zampano is still busy shooting at Black Star and Jerso is injured, Al has no choice but to use his powers.
"Get behind me" Al requested.
They obeyed. He claps his hands and made hits them on the floor, creating a humongous wall made from the ground.
Maka arrives with Soul (in scythe form). "We manage to injure that creature" she said "How are things-?"
Her jaw fell. In the midst of chaos, Kid is lying on the floor, moaning about being symmetrical; Black Star is still busy avoiding Zampano's shots; and almost all of the buildings are wreck by the aftermath of the fighting. What's even more surprising is that the hostage created a wall to protect his would-be kidnappers.
"What on earth is going on?" she questioned.
"What does it look like?" Black Star replied in an obvious tone, "I'm fighting this freaking pig for crying out loud!"
"I'm a boar, you dimwit ninja!" Zampano cried.
"That's enough!" Soul said, "How about we do Chain Resonance at them so we can end this quickly?"
"I don't think we should do it in the street in this kind of situation" Tsubaki said, "We should stop them at all cost."
"Now you're talking Tsubaki" Black Star agreed.
Together, Black Star and Maka were about to unleash their most powerful attack. But it was interrupted by a fast fist and it hits them. Both of them recovered but they're still stun by the sudden
"What was that?" Soul asked, "I recognize that attack!"
"Is it him?" Maka replied, confused.
"No, it's that guy" Black Star pointed out.
It was Al who made the fist. "I don't know who you are" he said sternly, "But don't hurt my friends. I appreciate if you know that I am an alchemist. This is a warning."
"You don't scare me!" he blurted, "I am Black Star and I fought a midget worse than you, alchemist!"
He charges at Al. "Soul Resonance!" Black Star cried, "Demon Sword Mode!"
His kusarigama transformed into a double-edge sword, ready to strike at him.
"Run!" Jerso said, "Do something Zampano. I'm too weak to defend him!"
"I don't have any spikes left" Zampano argued.
As Black Star is about to strike Al, a shadowy figure appeared out of nowhere. "You dare strike my brother?" it questioned.
"What?" Black Star responded in surprise.
It made an uppercut at him, sending him flying up to the sky. The figure faced Al.
"Big Brother?" Al asked.
Ed smiled. "Yup" he replied, "The one and only. Did those guys were giving you the trouble?"
He scratched his head, embarrassed. "No actually" Al said, "Zampano and Jerso made a little misunderstanding between them."
"Sorry" they said apologetically.
"By the way" Al said, "Where are we?
"You're in Death City" Ed said, "Ironic isn't it. Come on. Let's go inside and after we treat frog face's injury, let's drink a cup of coffee."
AL and his inhuman friends are in Death City. What do you think they will do next? Find out at the next Soul Eater Brotherhood!
*Sorry for the looong wait. Put a lot of thought on this story and there are a lot of distractions involved. Reviews and comments are welcome.*