Friday, April 22, 2005

Ack, don't want to go home this weekend. :P

And, I started crack!fic. Again. Crossing RK-02 with FMA = weirdness. Also, since it's crack!fic, I'm using my Catie character so it's kinda self-insert. (I dunno if my Catie character is even considered Mary Sue because I tend to beat her up and then leave her out of the story for expanses of time just because I'm mean like that.) So... crack!fic ahoy!


"What," Catalina Storm said slowly, disbelief spreading across her face rapidly, "is that?"

Edward Elric glanced up from where he had been crouched, kneeling at the far side of the small dingy room that had been commonly termed 'the coal room.' "It's an array," he said, matter-of-factly as he smacked chalk dust off of his hands.

"I can see that it's an array," Catie said, standing in the door and trying to read the complicated glyphs that spiraled around the complex circle. She gave up halfway through ... she hadn't stolenread enough of Edward's books to even begin to comprehend the sigils. "What is it doing in Karen's basement?"

Edward rose then, stretching his arms over his head as he glanced over his work. "It's a test," he said. "I want to see if the magickal energies of this world can parallel the alchemical energy we use in mine."

"You can harness some energy for your alchemy," Catie pointed out with a frown. "If you couldn't, your arm and leg wouldn't function ... you yourself pointed that out."

Edward bobbed his head. "Yes, that's very true." A pensive expression crossed his features. "But, I can't seem to harness it for much of anything ... small transmutations here and there, or anything related to my automail seems to be okay, but anything large and I..." he closed his fist. "I fizzle out."

"So you're going to see if using an array will actually boost your alchemy skills," Catie said, an eyebrow raised.

"Not quite." Edward stepped delicately over some of the lines until he was standing in the center of the smallest circle on the array, which was surprisingly not in the middle.

"What's this fuss about?" Kenshin Himura wandered up behind Catie, yawning. She had left the reincarnated battousai asleep on the couch in the den, where they both had been reading more of Edward's alchemy books. The subject, while not boring in the slightest, did tend to drop lids faster the later it was in the evening. He peered at the white chalk all over the floor of the coal room and gave a low whistle. "Karen's gonna have your hide when she sees that, chibi."

"WHO'S SO SMALL--!!!" Edward's face had turned very quickly a shade or two darker than his favored coat.

"Ya, ya." Kenshin waved a hand and yawned again. "We all know the routine. What are you doing?"

"Blowing himself up," Catie supplied helpfully.

"Trying something." Edward didn't seem interested in elaborating further, he just crossed his arms and glared at the two red-heads in the doorway.

"Well, I want to see the results of this, if only to immeaditely inform Karen and seal your doom," Catie said, crossing her arms as well and leaning into the doorframe.

Edward rolled his eyes at them, but seeing that they weren't interested in leaving, he instead sighed, then clapped his hands together once, before slamming them down onto the line closest to him.

The coal room was instantly lit by a dazzling blue light as it spilled out of the array. Catie and Kenshin both nearly shut their eyes at the brilliance, but Kenshin threw up a broad hand to block out a lot of the light. They could hear Ed muttering in the middle of the array ... 'no, no...that's not right at all, I need an array sealed with fire then to draw out the Phoenix...'

Kenshin gasped. Since Kenshin rarely showed a lot of surprise or fear, Catie glanced to him, then to the area where Kenshin's attention was raptly fixed. "What is it, 'niisan, what do you..." Catie's words failed then too as Edward gave a muffled shout... somewhere between an exclamation of triumph and one of total fear. She had heard tell of this monstrosity from Edward before, but hadn't quite known what to make of it. Now that she could see it, though, there was no disputing its existence....

They were staring at The Gate.

It was huge. It was taking up more space than the wall could possibly give it, and dimly Catie knew that there was no more walls. They were standing in a white void, staring and obsidan gates that seemed to resonate with the cries of a thousand voices. What the hell is that? Catie wanted to ask, but found herself voiceless. Kenshin's strong presence was still right beside her, and if she glanced to the right, a way aways, Edward stood entranced.

The doors started to creak open, and they knew. They knew that they didn't want to be here, that this was Edward's territory and not their place to interfere. Yet they were here and there was nothing to be done as the black hands curlicued out of the darkness and wrapped Edward in their dark grasp. Catie couldn't find voice to shout out her consternation, and then the eyes God there were thousands of them oh God don't let them see me turned towards her and Kenshin, and the hands that had drawn Edward into the darkness were coming for her too and there was nowhere to run or anywhere to go but DARKNESS

***

The muffled thump shook the 'Sou to its very foundations. Kennichi Himura followed Karen Kansaki into the basement, yawning and wondering why she had been so adament about thrusting the sword into his hands.

"What the hell was that noise?" Sanji Harris asked, stopping halfway down the basement stairs. "It sounded like one of Kat's explosives. Muffled, but one of hers."

"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS MESS?"

Kennichi sighed as Karen came stomping back, ranting about children drawing in chalk all over HER GOOD FLOORS dammit and where the HELL was that ingrate bastard alchemy otaku he was going to CLEAN UP HIS MESSES after she got through with him! Sanji rolled his eyes and yawned hugely at Karen. "You have fun finding the chibi," Sanji said cheerfully. "I'm going to back to bed."
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