Gluttony pushed the doors open, and he and Al entered into an enormous room filled with tubes stretching from the ground to the ceiling. The homunculus walked forward, while Al looked nervously around.
"This place couldn't get any creepier, huh?"
Gluttony waved his hands. "Hello, Father! I brought you a human sacrifice!"
Emily looked around in alarm. "Your father? Where? This is happening too fast."
There was a pode near the back of the room, and a figure came out.
The figure looked down at Gluttony and Emily. "And who is this?"
Emily peered up, and was shocked at what she saw. Nechros with a different face.
uncle?
Without warning, Gluttony began to writhe and scream in pain.
Emily looked at him, his expression shocked, while nechros looked at the scene with mild surprise.
Gluttony's portal opened, and faster than Emily could comprehend, an enormous green animal burst out of Gluttony's stomach, collapsing to the ground breathing heavily, its sides heaving.
nechros looked curiously at the animal. "Envy?"
Emily glanced at nechros , then back at the green animal. "Envy? That thing?"
He froze when he saw three people next to the animal's side, and rushed forward.
"Luz? Luz!"Emily said.
Luz opened her eyes and found herself leaning against Envy's collapsed monster body. Hunter was sitting next to her, and korra was further down. Emily was kneeling in front of luz.
"We're back in the real world." Hunter said in relief as he shared a fist bump with luz.
She stood and looked around at their surrounds. "Where did we wind up, though?"
korra froze as her gaze landed on Nechros in the middle of the room. His chi felt… weird. She couldn't place her finger on why. It was similar to how a homunculus felt, yet somehow different, too. Her eyes landed on something further behind him, and her heart jumped as she realized what it was. It was the last thing she'd ever expected to see here.
A dark spirit stood there, returning her surprised stare with an evil one of its own.
It had worked, they'd made it back! Poor Emily was shaking in relief, having thought she'd lost her favorite cousin forever. Luz hugged Emily, trying to reassure her that everything was ok.
"This is unexpected. People emerging from his stomach?" A voice came from nearby, and Ed turned to see a man. He looked like…
"uncle?" Luz gasped, hunter and Emily looked up in surprise.
nechros looked and said"You seem to be injured. Here." He reached out and touched luz's body, and he felt a warm sensation spread through her chest. Shocked, luz patted herself, feeling her broken ribs for pain. There was none. "I consider you two to be valuable resources, you must be kept in good health."
As the man backed off, luz looked around, taking in their surroundings. It looked like they were in a giant utility room, pipes ran along the ceiling and across the floor. It had a dungeon feel to it. Emily was saying something to luz, "I think this is the person the homunculi call their Father."
luz was about to reply when he heard hunter say in a quiet voice, "What is it?"
apparently too shocked to register hunter's question. After a few seconds korra jumped slightly, though, and turned to look at him. "It's a dark spirit."
"Where?" Luz asked, and she pointed.
"None of you can see it?" Korra asked, and luz and hunter shook their heads except Emily. Luz noticed nechros watching them silently with a blank expression on his face. Envy had since stood up, still in his monster form, and was watching them as well. Gluttony stood underneath him between his giant limbs.
"Show yourself, you coward!" Korra suddenly yelled. A malicious sounding laugh echoed through the room, and as he watched, the air seemed to shimmer and morph. What was apparently a spirit materialized from seemingly nowhere.
It had a dark purple body color, so dark it was nearly black. It had a body shape similar to a bear, complete with what looked like long claws. It stood on its hind legs, reaching a staggering height of around fifteen feet. Its tail was thick and long, tapering to a point. The face resembled that of a crocodile, with a snout that sported jagged, pointed teeth. It had three eyes, two where they should be and the third in the forehead. The face and neck had glowing yellow stripes, and its entire body seemed to have a misty look to it, almost like a strong gust of wind would blow its shape away.
It smiled wickedly at them, exposing more teeth in its mouth. It spoke with a deep voice, "Avatar. You should not call me names like that, it is rude." It narrowed its eyes at her. "Allow me to introduce myself. I am Bue."
"Bue. How did you get here? And why?" She demanded.
"Oh, I came here centuries ago. You need not know why; it is not important for you to know." It turned to look at nechros and addressed him before korra could respond, "It is too early. It is not yet time."
"I know. This is all an unexpected surprise." Nechros responded.
"Hold on! I want answers, Bue!" Korra shouted heatedly.
As it looked back at her, its body seemed to swell even larger. Luz couldn't help but feel a little intimidated by the thing, but like hell he was going to show it. SHe glared at the spirit instead, who didn't respond to korra.
"You've been following me, haven't you?" She accused. The anger was mounting in her voice. Her hands were fisted, shaking as she held them at her sides. "Why?!"
The spirit smiled malevolently. "I can truthfully say that I've have in every past life. The spirit's three eyes flashed in amusement. "Recall your one past lives said, Avatar. What else is even a possibility?"
then suddenly korra's rage peaked. Looking up at Bue, her eyes glowed white, and gale-force winds began to whip around the room. Luz lowered her head and brought out her armor and shield herself.
"You're lying!" Korra yelled angrily. Her voice sounded weirdly distorted. She ran towards Bue, jumping into a forward flip and sending fire flying from her feet as they swept downwards. All hell broke loose.
luz watched Envy reach for korra, but she was quicker than the giant green monster. She clapped and transmuted an ice spike from the floor, impaling Envy's extended hand. He roared in pain and turned his attention to Luz instead. Emily transmuting a giant fist which hit Envy in an uppercut punch to the jaw. Hunter was slashing his sword at Envy's legs. Hunter could see the flashes of fireballs in the corner of his eye, but he figured Ayana could handle herself. He wasn't sure he'd be much help against a spirit, anyway. He'd never fought one and had no idea if his physical attacks would even touch it.
Gluttony seemed to not want to get involved. Instead, he stood next to nechros, and both of them watched the action from afar. Good, one less monster to deal with. Emily morphed her arm into a blade as she charged Envy, slashing deep into his stomach. Blood gushed as Envy recoiled.
"Enough of this." Nechros stated in a bored tone. He stomped his foot, and red energy crackled throughout the entire room. Luz watched her cousin clap for another attack, but she saw no alchemic reaction. Envy reached for Al.
"Leave her alone!" Luz shouted as she clapped her own hands to transmute. But when he threw his hands to the ground and then she took out a fire glyph,but nothing happened. Envy grabbed them both and slammed them to the ground at nechros's feet, pinning them there with his giant green monster hands. He did the same thing to hunter shortly after.
"What's going on? We can't transmute or use magic!" Luz shouted over to Emily, who shouted back his surprise.
Whatever was going on didn't seem to affect bending, though. He spotted korra across the room and watched as she circled the spirit with golden glowing rings. Its body was slowly taking the same golden color as it stood, frozen. Dully, the word 'dispel' crossed his mind. She was trying to dispel the darkness in it.
Envy's long tail lashed around and caught her off-guard and sent her sailing into the wall, away from the spirit. The golden rings dissipated and Bue acted instantly, stretching his arms out to grab her. He must have stretched them twenty feet. Ed decided that spirits were definitely a force to be reckoned with, if they could distort their bodies at will like that. Bue pulled her back and slammed her into the ground, restraining her in the same way Envy was holding luz and her cousin.
nechros looked at hunter thoughtfully. "There may be good fortune in these circumstances after all. I could use a new test subject." He reached up to his forehead and somehow drew a red stone from his skin and dropped it into a white gem attached to a bracelet.
"You're really going to do that?" Envy sounded surprised.
"Do what?" Luz asked. She fought against Envy's weight pushing her down. He could see Ayana and Al struggling to free themselves, too, but Envy was just too heavy, and blue too strong.
"He's going to create another homunculus. A new gem is on him it will control the Philosopher Stone that is already in his the bloodstream and if it is able to merge, a new homunculus is created. More often, though, the gem kills the host."
nechros bent down over hunter. The bracelet flew out of of his hand and attached to hunter's right arm and immediately hunter started screaming and writhing in pain,
luz didn't want to watch. It was dreadful. She could see the horror on korra's face as she looked away and scrunched her eyes shut, trying hard not to listen. Al seemed riveted, unable to look away. After what felt like ages, hunter's voice finally went quiet, and lu looked back to see him kneeling on the ground, gazing at his hands. "Hunter?" She ventured.then a massive white light filled the area, a light so bright, it would have blinded anyone else in there with him. When the light subsided, all that remained was figure dressed in white and black with gold and black trim, armed with a white, black and white sword hanging on the hilt and a red visor trimmed with a black outline.
The mask hunter looked over at him. "Huh? You mean the guy I took this body from? Sorry, but your friend just checked out and left Greed this body!"
"Greed? Are you the Greed from before?" When he looked confused, luz continued, "You don't remember us? From Dublith?"
"He was my avarice before you." nechros explained dully.
"Oh. Well, if you want to hear it from me, then no. I'm not the same Greed, and I don't remember you." Greed told them.
"and hunter was an interesting kid. He gave up his body without any fight at all." Greed stated with a smirk.
luz's eyes widen for a second before objecting. "You're lying! Ling would never do that! Answer me hunter! Hunter!.
Then suddenly The door opened and what I saw in the light was a Chimera. I stared at it blankly. What was a Chimera doing here? Before it could move forward it exploded in blood and fell to the ground. Behind it stood namagem.next to him was Uzi,Charlie and Apollo. Charlie gasped and was behind Uzi.
"What's the matter?" Uzi asked hardly.
"That feeling... It's coming from that man. He's not human,witch or demon..." She whimpered.
namagem stood forward. "No he's not." He spoke now walking to them. "I don't know what any of them are."
Then a small goat that came from Emily's direction ran to Charlie in fear. "Razzle! Oh thank goodness!" She chirped hugging the small creature. "I was so worried about you!"
Greed applauded watching them. "Haho! Now that's a touching reunion right there!"
"That's the metal man and otsutsuki hybrid I never got to eat." Gluttony stated pointing at namagem and Apollo.
"a robot with it's own plans." Nechros sighed.
"Go ahead and eat him Gluttony." Envy answered. "One doesn't have alchemy,chakra or magic to try and stop you."
"Okay!" Gluttony chirped now throwing himself at Apollo first. Apollo then transmuted Gluttony with ease. He managed to attack Gluttony which shocked me. How is he able to use his alchemy?
"WHAT?!" Envy's questioned boomed.
"You'll pay for this!" Charlie screamed at Emily. "you kidnapped dazzle! She then threw her kunais at a rock and made a huge fist hit Envy. "You'll suffer for this! ALL OF YOU!"
He couldn't complain too much, though, because her transmutation punched up from the ground, sending Envy stumbling and freeing luz and Emily.
"All right, we can transmute again!" Luz yelled at Emily happily, and they both clapped eagerly. Nothing happened.
"What!? Still?" Emily asked as they both turned and ran away from the fighting.
"But why can they?" Luz shouted back. They hid behind a chunk of rubble and watched Envy and Gluttony attack Charlie.uzi,namagem and Apollo. Korra had also freed herself and was fighting Bue again. "This makes no sense. But I've got an idea!"
"I dunno... But I think this our chance to turn things around." Ed muttered running back into the open. "Namagem! Do you want to know the truth about what started the war in Silicon City, who also told Sgt knight about the reason you got taken away from your family?" And Apollo do you wanna know who is sent that to your brother Chris's parents and who sent envy to attack your village.
"In Silicon City?" Scar repeated.
"my village?"apollo repeated.
"Do you want to know the truth about who shot that child and started the war in Silicon City? And who killed your people Apollo?"He's standing right there!" Luz yelled pointing at Envy. "It was Envy disguised as a robot and his father told him to attack your village Apollo. These guys orchestrated everything!"
namagem and Apollo glanced at luz for a second before turning his gaze to the Homunculi. "I'd like to heat more details about this... In between your screaming." Apollo growled. Gluttony then jumped up ready to take a bite out of Apollo. Apollo then transmuted Gluttony with yet again ease. "Now tell me... What purpose did you chose to slaughter my people? Depending on your answer, I'll send you to join God!" Apollo then started to attack the homunculi as he spoke.Then he transmuted the whole ground making it crumble and create a labyrinth like place. Korra landed on a piece of rock next to luz with ease. "He doesn't seem to happy." I replied raising my head.
Then we saw Greed wondering around us. I glared at them. I have hunter is still alive in there. We just have to bring him back."I know you're still in there hunter." Luz muttered lowly at Greed.
Greed looked up and grinned. "Nope, just Greed." He sneered now turning his hand into its ultimate shield and took his Drago Sword.
"Greed you handle luz, nechros said.
Gluttony came up behind Uzi and Charlie screamed. "Time to eat you!" Gluttony yelled now chasing after us.
"No don't eat me I taste terrible!" Uzi whined loudly. Then they heard a loud boom near by. Charlie gasped and turned my head in the direction. It was namagem landing on his back on a piece of rock
On the other side of the room, Envy was sent flying by Apollo. He smacked into a wall and was buried under a pile of rubble.
Apollo stepped back, and unwittingly walked right into nechros.
"Let's talk a moment. How are you able to use your alchemy and magic?"
Apollo spun around and wrapped his right hand around nechros's face, attempting to destroy it.and namagem firie an energy scream.
Both their attacks had no effect at all.
"Well, you are clearly still transmuting. Physical destruction, no, decomposition, is it?"
Realizing they were in trouble, Apollo and namagem both hastily leaped away just before nechros unleashed a torrent of energy around him.
If ether me or namagem had jumped one second later, we'd of us dead!
Apollo and namagem fell to the ground with a grunt of pain.
Charlie looked at namagem in alarm.
"namagem!" Charlie screamed now getting punched by Gluttony. He then punched Uzi which made her fly and land near Charlie.
they tried to get up, but couldn't.
Gluttony leaped forward. "Time to eat you!"
"No!"
Emily jumped in and punched Gluttony, breaking his neck. She then scooped Charlie up and ran over to Scar.
"Emily!" Uzi called out.
"You two alright?" Al asked.
"we're alright now that your two are here." Uzi sighed happily. "But we need to go, now!"Emily then lifted Charlie and namagem grabbed Uzi then theyboth ran out of the room. "I never asked for you two to help me..." Uzi muttered pained.
"You didn't have to." Namagem answered.
"They kill people who they don't have any use for! We're getting you out of here!" Emily explained now turning around the corner. But the only thing we saw were thousands of red eyes in the darkness. Chimeras... Marvelous. "There's too many of them!"
Apollo and namagem then ran to us. Apollo was holding his arm with blood on his face while Hate looked uninjured. Namagem then turned his head and we saw Gluttony and Envy walking forward.
"Apollo..."namagem Can you make it to the surface with this demon girl and Uzi?" Al asked.
i wish I was able to but my blaster is damaged and I only have enough strength to carry one namagem said.
" we have to save these girl's lives Emily answered.
"What do you plan on doing?" Apollo questioned.
"I don't understand it... But for some reason I'm important to them." Emily explained. "They're not going to kill me. They said they need me alive."
"I doubt I'll be able to get that demon girl safely to the surface with the condition I'm in right now." Apollo stated and then he transmuted the water. "And I won't turn my back on this place just yet!" Steam danced around us making my eyes go wide.
"What are you doing!?" Emily demanded.then namagem was able to shot a fire blast at a pipe making fire erupt. Emily morphed into her symbiot form and put Charlie inside of her to keep her safe.
The steam stopped and cleared then Envy quickly apprehends Alphonse, and notices that Apollo and namagem had disappeared.
What where are they envy demands.
I don't know Emily answer.
Get up and track their scent Gluttony" Envy orders Gluttony, but discovers that Gluttony's stone has finally run out of power after dying numerous times.
You've used up the regenerative powers of your powers of your stone your body is dying envy said as he takes him and Emily back nechros.
Meanwhile with luz.
Luz dodged and brought her arm around for a punch. They traded blows and evaded each other, neither one really doing much damage to the other. Luz felt like Greed was toying with her; he didn't seem like hunter was fighting all out.
"Hunter! Answer me!" Luz said send dragon fist at him in the gut, but the ultimate shield prevented any damage. Greed used his drago sword fired a freeze ray and drew it like a pen in the air creating chains to wrap around luz tightly, locking him in a painful hold. Ed tried to fight but found he couldn't move without extreme pain.
"Pops! I caught him for you!" Greed called over to nechros.
"Upstairs. I want them all taken directly to Wrath."nechros
Greed allowed him to stand, and he saw Envy restraining Emily and Bue holding korra.The captives were all dragged to the other side of the room, where Ed was surprised to see an elevator. They were all shoved inside, and Envy transformed from his monster form into an metal bender policemen. He entered the elevator with them and punched a button.
They ascended slowly. The three of them looked between each other, unsure if it was wise or not to attack Envy. As angry as korra was, it probably wasn't smart to do anything right now. Besides, she was curious who Wrath was. The elevator dinged, the doors slid open…