Chapter 26 The Darkside of the Moon Part 2; The Homunculi Attack
Disclaimer: I don't not own any of the characters except Maximus obviously
Master Yen Sids Tower
Sora, Kairi, Riku and Xion stood in front of the hill next to Master Yen Sids tower, they were looking out towards where their school was, it was now nothing more than a pile of rubble. "They're going to pay for this" said Sora as he clenched his fists and frowned in anger.
Xion looked close to tears "All of our lives nearly, were spent in that building" she said as she held onto Riku's hand.
Kairi didn't say anything; she just continued to look livid. "You know that there is a chance we might not make it through this" said Riku coldly as he looked towards Sora, "Does that bother you?" said Sora, Riku smirked "Not a fucking chance, if I'm going down I'm going to take as many of those bastards as I can" they then heard a cough and turned round to see Reno, he looked annoyed.
"What happened?" said Sora fearing the worst, "Slight change of plan" said Reno as the others looked round and waited what he had to say, "Turns out all of Mickeys Star Shards were destroyed during Vanitas's attack" he said, Riku cursed in frustration as Kairi looked at him "Is there an alternative?" she asked, Reno nodded "Yeah there is, Samus knows of a mode of Transport we could use but it'll take longer to reach our destination and we're already short on time as it is"
Kairi turned to Sora in desperation "Well can't you use Instant Transmission to get us there", Sora shook his head, "I use only a basic form of the technique, I can only go there if I follow someone's signal or if I know the place well and since I don't know anyone whoes there nor do I know what it even looks like, we kinda don't have that option" he said as Riku sighed "What about you Reno?" he said as Reno shook his head.
"Trust me I was never good with that thing no matter how much Maximus tried to teach me" he said scratching the back of his neck as Zidane and Garnet walked up and joined them, "You ok know?" said Sora, he had seen the wound Zidane had suffered at the hands of Loki. "Yeah I'm fine, in fact we may have a lead" he said grinning.
"Loki can take us to their base on the moon" said Garnet, Sora and the others all whooped with joy, "However" she said quickly breaking their excitement.
"He can only transport four people including himself and Thor; he doesn't want Loki out of his site. The question is which one of us goes" said Zidane as Kairi and Riku looked to each other.
"I think Riku should go" said Kairi grinning at him as he pretended to look hurt, "So willing to send your dear friend to his demise in this day of reckoning?" he said in a fake dramatic voice.
She only rolled her eyes "Please, you and I both now that you're a stronger meister than me and besides you said you wanted to be first to hit the action" she said as Sora looked at her like she was mad, "Kairi this isn't a field trip on who decides to climb Jacobs Ladder, this is war and Riku could very well die if he's not careful" he said seriously earing him weird looked from everyone.
"What?" he said as looked round at the others amused faces "Watch out Xion I think you've got some competition" said Riku as he started laughing, "Oh fuck you! Do you know what, go and die for me please?" said Sora flipping him the bird. Riku shrugged and then put Sora in a playful headlock, "Oh calm down dude, I'll be fine and besides it'll give you some alone time with Kairi" he said as Sora broke out of the headlock.
"Actually we already shagged" gloated Sora, Kairi punched him hard on the shoulder, her cheeks flaming red. Riku let out a whoop of laughter as Xion looked at them shocked, "Since when?" she said with her hands on her hips, "Spur of the moment, won't happen again" growled Kairi as she crossed her arms and looked away from Sora.
He wrapped his arms around her from behind and grinned goofily, "Oh I'm sorry my sweet, I'll make it up to you" he said as she scoffed. "As much as discussing your sex life could be fun and possibly hilarious we really need to make a final decision" said Garnet as Zidane whispered something in Riku's ear, Riku laughed as Zidane crossed his arms.
"You accept the challenge boy?" he said as Riku whispered something to Xion that made her blush heavily "Damn straight but you've got no chance" said Riku as Garnet looked at them puzzled, "You know what? On second thought why don't you go Kairi? I'm not sure I'm just ready yet" he said as he grinned cheekily.
Kairi just looked confused, "Ok then" she said slowly before looking to Sora who just shrugged, "You sure about this?" he said to Riku, Riku nodded in fake seriousness. Sora only shrugged and looked back to Kairi, "Ok then Kairi I guess it's us, let's get a move on already!" he said loudly as he grabbed her hand, "Sora" said Xion, he turned round to her "Take care, we'll be there soon" she said as she smiled at him.
He nodded and then they both walked away, "So I'm guessing we'll all be travelling together?" she said as she saw Riku and Zidane give each other funny looks, "What's with you two?" she said as the two quickly looked away, "Nothing" they both said, "Come my darling" said Zidane grabbing Garnets hand and pulling her away. Xion shook her head only to find Riku staring right at her, "Ummm do I have something on my face?" she said amused.
"Did I ever tell you that your beautiful?" he said in a husky voice, she looked shocked "No, it aint happening" she said and quickly pulled away from him as he gave chase.
"Wonder what's up with them? said Kairi as they approached Loki and Thor, "You two will be coming with us?" he said as he looked at the two, they both nodded "I warn you the trip will be perilous say your goodbyes to your friends, it may be your last chance" he warned.
As Thor was talking to the other Avengers Judge Dredd turned to Samus, "How come you're not using your own ship?" he asked, "My ship was damaged in the battle, it is in no condition to fly right now" she retorted, "Figures, we stand on the brink of annihilation and we're putting our faith in a bunch of inexperienced kids" he growled as he watched Riku and Zidane joke around while Xion and Garnet were in deep discussion.
"They're not as weak as you might think" she said looking to Riku, "Admirable" said Dredd before he walked away. "Samus!" said Reno gaining her attention, "Just like old times eh?" he said as she walked past him, "Don't remind me" she said as he chuckled and walked next to her "Oh come on!" he whined as she pushed him away.
"You ready for this?" said Sora as Thor prepared the handcuff like device he had strapped to Loki, Kairi took a deep breath and tried to relax her muscles, "As I'll ever be" she said as Thor looked at them, "Ready" he said, they both nodded. He placed his hands onto the device and motioned for Sora and Kairi to do the same, then there was a flash of light and they were gone.
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Twenty Minutes Later
After waiting for only a few more minutes after Sora and Kairi left a large ship entered the atmosphere. Riku and Zidane stared at it in awe, it was huge. "Holy shit" said Riku as it landed, it was much larger than any ship he had ever seen. Nearly the size of a football pitch with four huge engines it obviously some kind of space freighter, Riku could see the word Nostromo painted on its side.
"You're looking at the Nostromo the most powerful ship constructed by the Weyland industry, until they were bankrupt and forced to sell all their old ships to pay for their debts, I bought it in case I ever needed to transport more than just myself" Samus explained.
Riku looked impressed, "How the hell were you able to afford this?" he said as the hanger doors opened. "Being a bounty hunter pays off" she said as she entered the ship.
"Dude I need to become a bounty hunter one day" said Zidane, grinning at the ship. Riku laughed and shook his head as he walked after Samus "You'd be a shit bounty hunter" he said as he dodged an attack from Zidane.
"Hey! How come?" said Zidane annoyed, Riku smirked "Bounty hunters have to actually be threatening" he said as Zidane transformed into his Trance form, "Fucking bring it silver head" said Zidane, "Guys stop it!" said Garnet as Dredd walked past them, "I hate kids" he said just loud enough for them to hear.
Zidane pulled a face at him as Riku shrugged and walked after him, the ship was noisy and he could see several small crab like robots scuttling around the ceiling and ventilation shafts. He followed Dredd up to what he assumed was the bridge. He saw Samus sitting at the controls and she was checking different readings on the charts in front of her.
"Nice place" said Zidane as he sat down, Riku could practically smell the sarcasm; the ship didn't exactly make him feel the most welcome. "Apologies regarding the state of the craft" said Samus as Iron Man and Captain America joined the others, "Mickey told me to give you this" said Iron man as he threw a black orb to him.
Riku caught it and looked at it curiously, "What's this?" he said as he inspected it, "He told us Master Yen Sid requested you take, supposedly it'll will help you in the battle" said Captain America. "Take off in one minute, everyone ready?" said Samus, everyone sat down and strapped themselves in.
She powered up the thrusters and lifted off cautiously, then when they were high enough she activated the warp drive and then they were gone and into the realm between worlds.
They were cruising at the fastest speed the Nostromo could muster; "So Reno, where exactly are we going?" said Samus as the redhead plopped down beside her. He pulled out a small card from his pocket, "Nicked this from Wesker while I was fighting him, plug it in there" he said gesturing down to the computer on her left.
She took it from him and inserted in into the computer, up came several different planet but one was glowing, it was white and covered in thousands of red exe shapes. "What planet is this?" she said in confusion, "The moon" said Reno simply, "You mean a moon? The moon of what?" she said in annoyance, "No not "a moon" the moon, the moon of the universe, right bang in the center. The moon you can see from nearly every planet in the universe" he explained as she nodded in realization.
"And that's where we need to go" he said pointing to an exe that had "Devils Machine, location" printed on it, Samus nodded and put the coordinates into the navigator. "We should be there in a few hours" she said as she set a course for the planet. "Question" said Reno suddenly, "Hmm?" said Samus as she concentrated on flying the ship.
"Is there anybody else who works on this ship?" he said as he looked at the scanner, "Aside from us? No, the ship has an autopilot that's how it got here but I don't have anyone else on apart from the crab cams" Reno pointed to the scanner, "So how come there are two extra life forms on this vessel" he said as she looked over, just then the ship shook as they heard an explosion from deep in the bowels of the ship, "Ah shit" said Samus as the lights went out.
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"Riku! Seriously give it back!" shouted Xion as she tried to grab her top, which Riku had removed while they were making out in a cabin Samus had let them rest in. Riku jumped over the bed and shook his head, "Come on Xion, I'll be as quick as I can" he said pouting. "No, we're in the middle of a serious crisis and all you and Zidane can think about is sex?" she said embarrassed.
Before he could say anything the ship shook and they cried out in surprise and Xion fell onto the ground and Riku smashed the back of his head into the wall. "What the fuck was that?!" he shouted as he rubbed the back of his head, Xion grabbed her shirt from him just as the light flickered out and then on again.
"Shit" she whispered as Riku heard the a knock on the door, he walked over nearly falling over as the ship seemed to tilt, "Yo!" he shouted as he opened the door, he felt something wrap around his throat and pull him out, Xion wasn't paying any attention as he boyfriend was dragged away.
"Riku?" she said as she turned round, he was standing at the doorway looking at her. "Hello? Earth to Riku?" she said amused as he looked round and then coughed "Sorry, zoned out for a minute" he said, Xion couldn't help but notice his voice sounded different.
"Riku, honey you ok?" she said as she got closer to him, then the ship shook again and Zidane came bursting into the room, shirtless and crashed into Riku, Xion looked over and could see Garnet across the hallway peeking out from behind the door across from theirs.
"God dammit!" shouted Zidane as he picked himself up, "Hey Riku….?" Said Zidane as Riku laughed and then morphed his hand into a blade and stabbed at Zidane, Zidane dodged and leapt away as the fake Riku cursed in frustration.
Then his arms extended and he climbed up into the ventilation system and was out of sight, "What just happened?" said Xion in confusion as she looked to where her boyfriend had just been.
"Dammit, its Envy the Homunculus how the hell did he get on board?" shouted Zidane as he jumped out of the room and into his own, "Garnet c'mere we got a Homunculi to hunt" he said grabbing her hand and pulling her out of the room, "But Zidane I'm still in my underwear!" she shouted as she transformed, Xion ran after him.
"But if that was Envy then where's the real Riku!" she shouted in alarm, "Hell if know" shouted Zidane as he kicked open the door ahead of him and ran into the bridge, Reno and Dredd were fighting with a man with long silvery hair, he had red neon like blades that were coming out his palms, he sliced through Dredd's gun and kicked him away as he blocked Reno's attack.
Samus was desperately trying to regain control of the ship, "Zidane! You go after Envy, me and the others will handle Pride here!" shouted Reno as he flipped over Pride's attack, "Here!" shouted Zidane and chucked her his knife, "Won't you need it?" she shouted and he jumped into the battle, "Nah I'll be fine!" he shouted and he head-butted Pride from behind.
Xion held the Orichalcon in her hand as she walked down the dark hallway, the emergency lights had come on but she could hardly hear a thing , she could hear something scuttling around and she kept looking behind her, "Xion" Envy said in a sing song like voice, "You humans really are so pathetic, just give up you'll never be able to beat us" he said as she spun around.
Riku was standing in front of her, "Xion, you ok?" he said concerned as she smirked and held the Orichalcon in front of her, "Oh please whens it's just me and Riku he calls me by my nickname, Xi-Xi" she said as he jumped back and morphed into Envy's usual form, "So you two are that close huh?" he said, "I lied" she said before smirking before throwing the knife so that it hit him right between the eyes.
She then ran forward and kicked him away while pulling out the knife, "Ow! That hurt dammit!" he shouted as he flipped back while his wound regenerated, he smashed his hand into the floor changed it into a tentacle which tunnelled through the floor and stabbed up at her, it cut her hand and she dropped her weapon, "You really annoying with that thing" he said as he kicked it away, she ran forward and punched at him.
He dodged easily and spun round and kicked her in the face before kneeing her in the gut and punching her, she was sent crashing through the wall and into the cargo hold, "You're gonna pay for that!" she shouted as she swung a punch at him, he blocked and did several back flips, "Keep trying Xion, I'm much stronger than you!" he shouted as he flipped up high onto another balcony.
Xion scowled at him and jumped up at him only for him to grow spider like legs from his chest and scuttle across the wall before leaping down and grabbing the Orichalcon with his tentacles, "Finally I always wanted to get my hands on one of you academy weapons" he said as he twirled the knife in his hands.
Then blood shot out of his mouth and he screamed in pain as the Orichalcon glowed red and Garnet appeared with blood coming out of her nose, Envy cried out on frustration as he pushed her away and leapt onto Xion who screamed as his legs wrapper around her arms, "I'm gonna rip your fucking limbs off one by one you little human scum bitch!" he shouted as he mouth transformed into that of a shark, then he was blasted with a fireball and he was lost in the blue flames, "Dark Firaga!" muttered Riku as he sent another fireball toward the Homunculus.
Envy was sent flying and crashed into the wall as he writhed about in agony, "What the fuck do you think you are doing to my partner?" he said in a calm voice that honestly scared Xion, his eyes had turned amber and he was wearing his dark suit.
He shot another fireball at Envy, he screamed out in pain as his flesh was burned right to his bone. "You hurt my Xion you must be glutton for punishment!" he shouted as he grabbed Envy by the hair and slammed him against the wall before scrapping him against it and throwing him away.
"Fools I'll show you real punishment!" screamed Envy as he charged towards Riku who calmly fired another Dark Firaga that hit him directly in the eyes, as Envy writhed around in pain Riku turned to Xion "Xion come here" he said holding his hand out to her.
"Only if you calm down!" she said as she backed away from him, "Dammit Xion, I'am your meister, we don't have time for this bullshit!" he shouted as he glowed dark smoky wisps appearing out of his body. "Riku! Calm down and look at yourself!" shouted Xion as Riku yelled in pain and grabbed his head, "Fuck of!" he shouted as Envy picked himself up and transformed one of his arms into a long blade.
"Pathetic really" he said before stabbing at Riku, Riku caught the blade with his hands and tossed him away before shooting another fireball at Envy, "Riku!" shouted Xion as she walked up to him, she scowled at him as he glowed purple "Stop it, calm down" she said slowly, Riku took several deep breaths and closed his eyes, when they opened they were normal again.
"There, now that's better" she said as Garnet came beside her, "Hey you ok?" she said to Garnet who was holding her head in pain, her nose had stopped bleeding but it was still present on her face, "I'm fine let's get out of here" she said, "What about him?" said Xion gesturing down to Envy who was groaning and cursing in pain.
"Let's finish him now" said Riku, Envy looked up at him in fear before smashing into the wall and slithering away, "You coward!" shouted Riku as he attempted to catch him. "Dammit!" he shouted as he punched the wall in frustration.
They heard a colossal thud from a few floors above "Zidane!" said Garnet in alarm, "We'll find Envy later, right now we need to help Zidane and Reno!" shouted Xion as she grabbed Riku's hand and dragged him back to the bridge.
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Zidane flipped over Pride and kicked off the ceiling and drop kicking him in the face as Reno charged forward and elbowed Pride in the back, Pride cried out in pain before swinging both his blades and hitting them both away.
"It would seem that our master was not entirely lying about the capabilities of this Academy, I misjudged you, I'll have to be sure and correct that next time" he said as Reno came at him with his stun rod, he disappeared so that Reno ran right through him and nearly hit Zidane who dodged at the last second.
"You gook! You could have killed me!" shouted Zidane as Reno pulled a face, "It's not like I had a….incoming!" he shouted as Pride appeared and swung at them, "Dammit, I knew letting Garnet go off on her own was a stupid idea, god what was I thinking?" thought Zidane as he flipped and dodged Pride's attacks.
Samus was still trying to control the ship, the thrusters had been damaged and she had sent Iron Man and Captain America to help deal with it. Iron Man was outside and was welding together a damaged piece of the motor when Captain America was attacked from behind; he grabbed Envy by the throat and pushed him against the air lock door.
"Hey Tony one Homunculus coming your way!" he shouted before holding his breath and pushing the button that opened the air lock, he held on tight as Envy was sucked out of the ship. Iron Man grabbed him by the leg and pushed him into the engine, "Burn in hell" he said as the thrusters came back online and the engine roared with life, Envy could only scream as he was incinerated by the engines.
Samus turned the ship hard causing everyone to lose their balance, she then whirled round and latched onto Pride with her grabble beam, "Do it!" she shouted as Reno jammed his stun rod into Prides chest, Zidane grabbed him around the waist and threw him into the ships only escape pod and used it before anyone could stop him, "Be seeing you pal!" he shouted as the escape pod shot out into space, there was a huge explosion and Pride was no more.
"You moron that was our only escape pod!" said Samus in annoyance as she piloted the ship back onto its main course. Zidane chuckled awkwardly and placed his hands behind his neck "Yeah sorry about that, spur of the moment you know?" he said as Riku rolled his eyes. Iron Man and Captain America returned from the engines, "Envy?" questioned Riku.
Captain America shook his head, "Dead" he said quickly as Riku sighed in frustration but shrugged, "How much longer until we reach our destination?" said Captain America to Samus, "Less than two hours, get as much rest as you can, you'll need it" she said.
A/N Yeah kinda shit way to kill off Envy and Pride but in all honesty they didn't really contribute that much to the overall plot, the next Chapter will focus on Maximus and Terra again but the one after that, everyone will come together for the final battles.
As always Reviews and stuff are appreciated, the next chapter will be The Darkside of the Moon Part 3; The Thanos Imperative