Crossover Fan Fiction / Bleach Fan Fiction / Saiyuki Fan Fiction ❯ Aint Nothing But Magick (reverse) ❯ Chapter 24 ( Chapter 24 )

Title: Ain't Nothing But Magick (Reverse)

Authors: J'dee, Mabelle, & Tobias

Rating: PG-13 some smoking and drinking refs…

Genre: Drama / Humor/ Action / Adventure / Romance

Author's Note: The original ANBM was a fic where 25 authors + were pulled in to the DBZ/GT world, the reverse is just that… a reverse where a select number of anime characters are yanked in to the real world, with not a true reason why, and no idea how to get back to their home…

 

Chapter 24

 

J'dee sat at the table watching as Ed and Goku on the couch playing the budokai game again, the shower going in the background signaled that Belle was inside. J'dee looked to the imposing figure of Vincent standing in front of the bookcase looking over the books, she eyed the red cape. She turned and looked in the room. It was pretty much bare save for Ed, Goku, Vincent and Grimmjow, with Sanzo on the balcony smoking his fifth cigarette in a row.

 

With the game over Ed stretched and Goku handed the remote to Grimmjow for his turn, J'dee sighed. “About me getting kidnapped can you please not mention that to Belle?”

Vincent looked at her. “You were kidnapped?”

“I'm not complaining. I got to meet Cloud, despite how much I didn't want to a few weeks ago. I got to see him see he was alright for me… that was enough.” She looked down. She didn't feel so bad about seeing him again despite him calling her Aerith.

“Belle deserves to know.” Vincent stated.

“Yeah.” Goku seemed to echo. “Why wouldn't you want her to know?”

“Easy I don't want her worrying.” J'dee stated.

Ed looked at her for a moment and J'dee frowned at the look.

“Don't give me that look.”

“We lost her and we nearly lost you, at least you knew where she was…” He pointed out. “We were worried we didn't know where you where.”

“Please just don't…” J'dee whispered. She looked at her phone as it began to ring the mission accomplished tune. She picked it up looking at Zack's number and her heart seemed to clench in memory at having to leave him behind. “I have to tell Belle about Zack though…” She sighed before flipping the phone open. “Hey Cloud what's the update?” She asked.

She froze hearing Cloud's apologetic voice on the other end.

“There's a shadow minion shaped like Sephiroth here.” Cloud whispered.

“A Sephiroth shaped shadow?” J'dee thought for a moment then remembered her impaling by a shadow minion and her hand slipped over her stomach.

“I'm sorry I lost Zack to him, he took him.” Cloud sounded close to being defeated.

“He took Zack…” She whispered.

“I'm sorry Aerith… I understand if you're upset with me.”

Her eyes closed and she sighed. “No I'm not mad with you Cloud... just do what you can…”

“Did your friend get back from my world?” Cloud asked.

J'dee smiled. “Yeah we did she's okay looking really pregnant though, so my guess ShinRA helped with the booster shots but someone else followed her though the porthole.” She looked up at Vincent.

“Is it bad?” Cloud asked. “You're both not hurt are you?

“No… I'll put him on.” She looked at Vincent and held out the phone. “It's Cloud.”

Vincent moved from his spot on the wall and took to phone. “Cloud…” He spoke walking outside to take the call.

J'dee let out a sigh. “I'm going to have to tell Belle about Zack.” She looked up at the ceiling. I wonder… if she got to meet Rufus, Tseng and any of the others.”

 

~*~*~

 

Belle sighed as she stepped out of the shower. The bulge in her stomach was obvious and she couldn't stop rubbing it. Except for the intense horniness, Belle had never felt more right than she did now. As she wrapped herself up in her robe there was a sudden flutter inside of her. Belle yelped and quickly sat down on the toilet. The door opened and Vincent's form filled the doorway.

“Are you alright?” Vincent asked as Belle sat there, eyes wide in shock, tears welling up. “What's wrong?” Belle watched him kneel in front of her and she smiled as she grabbed his clawed hand and pressed it to the swell of her stomach. The first tears slid down her cheeks.

“He's moving,” Belle whispered as she wept. “I can feel him move.” Vincent was silent as he watched Belle weep from joy as he felt the flutter of life inside of her.

“He is strong,” Vincent said and Belle wept with joy, hugging Vincent as she shared a miraculous moment in her life.

 

~*~*~

 

“You kids don't go too close to the shore!” An elderly man said. He had been taking his grandchildren to the lake for the day when something crashed into it, sending up a huge wave of water that crashed into the shore, sending people scrambling for cover at the sudden wave of water drenched the lunch crowd. People had been frantic calling 911, and some had even called local news stations. Now an hour after the TV crews had left, NASA had commented a small asteroid had crashed into the lake. News stations were calling it a miracle that no one was hurt. Now the grandfather tried to finish the outing to lake with his grandkids, while trying to come up with a good reason to keep them out of the water.

 

“Grandpa!” His granddaughter screamed. He whirled around to see his granddaughter standing over a man who must have just come on shore. He was wearing a strange suit, was collapsed on his back. He hurried over and saw blood was coming from the man's side.

 

“Jenny, run up to the lifeguard station! Tell them we found some one who must have been hurt when the asteroid hit!” The elderly man said. The girl hurried off to do as she was told. The old man had been a medic in a past life and quickly ripped off part of his shirt to press to the man's worst wound, a large puncture on the right side of chest. When he did the man opened his eyes, a bright blue they were. He tried to speak but coughed up blood instead.

 

“Easy young man, help is on the way.” The elder assured the younger. The man's left hand came up to claw at a pouch on the front of his suit on the let side. The older man opened it with his free hand. A wallet fell out. Keeping pressure on the gaping wound, the elderly man opened the wallet with his free hand. He felt relief when he saw a driver's license and a medical emergency card. He smiled at the younger man and nodded.

 

“I'll make sure the ambulance driver's get this, Mr. Fiften.” The old man said.

 

Tobias slumped against the sand. He was home and everything was going to be okay.

 

~*~*~

 

Belle smiled as she watched Edward explain the Kingdom Heart game to Vincent. Luckily Ed was not very good and hadn't gotten to any of the good cut scenes. Belle smiled as she rubbed her belly. Alphonse movements had been wonderful and Belle was unable to explain how right it felt.

“You look content,” Hakkai said from the table and Belle grinned.

“It feels so right, like this is what I was meant to do,” she said as she got up and headed to her bedroom to change out of her clothes. Abel was teaching her classes until she gave birth and could head back to school.

Belle noticed Gojyo harassing J'dee further down the hall and thought about interfering when the phone rang.

 

~*~*~

 

Slipping past Gojyo in her room J'dee jogged to the phone and answered quickly.

“Allo allo allo!” She greeted then blinked hearing an unknown voice on the other end. “No way! She exclaimed then motioned at a pad and pen. Gojyo handed it to her.

J'dee took the address of the hospital down and the details.

Belle probably knew where it was but she had a thing with taking directions just incase. It gave J'dee a little bit more sense of direction the country was still really big in comparison to what she was used to.

 

The door to her room opened and she looked at Belle looking inside. She could have giggled at Belle, normally when Belle peeked round a corner it was just her head and she'd do a floating head routine for a bit. But this time it was like her pregnant stomach was peeking around the corner in curiosity too. It was an amusing image a floating head and a floating belly it made her smile despite such irritating news.

“Sure we'll be there.” J'dee replied. “Thank you for calling.” She hung up the phone and laughed. “Does Alphonse what to hear the news too?” She motioned at Belle's stomach.

Belle looked down and grinned. “Maaaaaaybe.” She laughed and opened the door.

“Anyway.” J'dee rolled her eyes. “It's time to get your rope babe we need to start the Toby lynch mob… He's back… and in hospital.” She stated trying to keep calm. “Karma for bailing without telling us a word if you ask me.” She huffed.

 

~*~*~

 

“Calm down, please.” Doctor Anderson held the large group at bay. There was shouting in the room and calls for supplies or certain things to be done. One nurse focused on keeping Tobias conscious as they worked. “I know he's you're friend but I need to verify the medical information on the card. Now which ones of you are Belle Boleyn and J'dee Ross?” The doctor trailed off looking at his clipboard.

 

“I'm Belle and she's J'dee.” Belle said stepping forward.

 

“And his only medical condition is his allergy to penicillin?” The doctor asked. Belle nodded.

 

“Is Tobias involved in any medical or scientific experiments?” He asked.

 

“He's an inventor; he said he was going to test a new type of diving suit today.” Gene spoke up. Dr. Anderson nodded.

 

“Yes, that explains the strange suit we found him in. I'm afraid we had to cut it off him so it's been damaged. We'll see that it's given to you.” He replied, marking something down on his clipboard.

 

“So how bad is it?” J'dee asked. Dr. Anderson hesitated.

 

“Perhaps we could step into a room down the hall…” He began. Misato grabbed his arm.

 

“Just tell us, damn it!” She screamed, and the doctor sighed.

 

“Very well.” He mumbled and looked down at his clipboard, flipping a page. “He has multiple broken bones, the most severe being his ribs which are broken in several places. The ribs just below his heart are scratching his lung, causing the lung to fill with blood. His appendix ruptured from a sudden impact, and his right shoulder is dislocated and the entire right arm his broken in multiple places, even his clavicle and scapula are broken. There are numerous breaks in his humerus, ulna, and radius. His right leg is also broken at the femur. The worst however is his right lung.” Dr. Anderson swallowed, hesitant to talk about this final blow to his patient. “The right lung was punctured by several objects. We're working to re-inflate the lung but the broken ribs are severely hampering our efforts. If he hadn't come from the lake where that asteroid hit I'd say he'd been ejected from a car at extreme speeds.”

 

~*~*~

 

J'dee blinked for a moment then looked at Hakkai whispering. “What's an ulna?”

“Honey.” Gojyo looked at her with flat eyes. “What did you do in school?”

“I bunked, smoked and slept around.” J'dee replied looking at them. “Why?”

“Hey Sanzo can you eat an ulna?” Goku asked tugging on Sanzo's robe.

Sanzo let out a breath with a shuddering sigh. “I'm surrounded by idiots.”

Gojyo blinked looking at J'dee his mouth moving. “Man I should have gone to school with you. Was it Catholic and did you have a uniform?”

 

*WHACK!*

 

Sanzo pulled the fan back.

The doctor blinked and looked at Sanzo who was shooting Gojyo a deathly glare.

J'dee laughed whispering trying to keep a straight face. “Actually yes to both.”

“Don't tell him that!” Sanzo snapped pointing at Gojyo.

“Ooooh yeah question number two. Do you still have it?” Gojyo grinned.

Hakkai apologized quickly to the Doctor grabbing Gojyo and pulling him off and away from the doctor.

“Hey are you going to eat now? I'm hungry Can we eat?!” Goku asked chasing after them.

Sanzo's hand pinched the bridge of his nose. J'dee gave him a consoling pat on the shoulder.

“I feel your pain I really do.”

 

~*~*~

 

Belle stared at Toby and her eyes were wide as she felt her power swell. Toby was hurt badly and something in her body said she could do something to help. She couldn't concentrate, right now she was furious. She walked back to the waiting room to see Shinji. She approached him.

“Where's Washu?” Belle demanded and Shinji looked worried. “She rigged that damn machine and now its thrown Toby to a point where he's near death. I want to know where she fucked up!”

 

~*~*~

 

“Washu's disappeared.” Shinji whispered to Belle. Belle's eyes widened.

 

“What?!” Belle growled, not wanting to draw attention to them from others in the waiting room.

 

“What you mean she disappeared?” Belle hissed.

 

“Me and Melfina went to get her like you asked, since she wasn't answering her phone. Her lab was torn up and she was gone.” Shinji informed her sadly. Belle groaned. “But she finished something she called a regen tank a week ago. Belle could that work on Toby?”

 

“If Washu built it and if could we could get Toby there everything should be fine. But he might die if we can't keep him alive long enough to get home. The machines in his room are what are keeping him alive.” Belle replied, nodding down the hall to the ICU where Tobias resided. They were silent for a bit before Jim, began to grin.

 

“I have an idea.”

 

~*~*~

 

“Which machines do what?” Gene asked as Belle entered the room. Jim was typing into a computer hacking into the hospital's database. Belle looked over the machines, her heart breaking slightly at the sight of Toby on a respirator.

“This machine is monitoring his heart-rate, this is giving him the medication that keeps him unconscious, this is a blood transfusion, and we shouldn't move him till this is administered. This machine is keeping him breathing,” Belle said as she approached Toby.

“So the machines are keeping him alive? Damn how long can he last without the machine, cause it will take a while to get his deadweight into the tank.” Gene asked and Belle nodded. She placed her hands on Toby's arm and suddenly she could feel the water in his body. Toby might be the Fire of the group, but he was still a biological creature and all biological creatures on Earth were water-based. Belle was in charge of water now and she stared at Gene.

“I can keep him alive when we take him off the machines and get him into the tank,” Belle stated and Gene stared at her. “Don't ask, I don't feel like explaining it right now.”

“Alright, we'll do it once Jim alters the records,” Gene stated and Belle nodded as she began to focus on Toby's body. She forced the blood to move as she wanted it to move, to keep moving through his body, forcing his diaphragm to move. She could do this they just needed everything to work right in the computer.

 

~*~*~

 

Air sat crouched on rock sediment looking down, watching the water pool showing them the outside world. He looked to Water standing there arms crossed.

“His timing totally sucks.” Air commented. “Cutting your attack on the girl short.”

Water shot Air a look. “At least she hasn't physically escaped my hold.”

“Hey at least I had her in my grasp!”

“And I note the word had in there…” Water commented looking to the pregnant woman in the water as the groups seemed to be organizing some kind of plan to get Fire's target out of the hospital.

 

Air growled. “Hey I'll get her back! I got her once she'll be easy to grab again…”

Water glared at Air again. “Don't get cocky. We have enough problems with Fire as is.”

Air jumped down from the rock landing next to Water. “Tell me about it that bitch is pissing me off. God I wish you and I could just do this alone.”

“We need for the powers of all of us… combined, for the plan to work.” Water commented.

“Yeah yeah I got ya.” Air shoved his hands in the pockets of the robe. “But we need to make contact with them soon.”

“And we will… have patience. Just remember the contact has to be all at the same time. We will do this right…” Water pointed out.

“Yeah stupid Earth skipping the gun.” Air grumbled. “Did I mention I hate her too?”

Water looked at Air. “Speaking of hate… Can I ask why the lair was empty allowing the Shinigami in?”

“I was busy?” Air shrugged.

“And you took all the shadow minions?”

“Yeah.”

“For one girl?”

“Yeah.”

“Leaving the place unguarded allowing them to waltz on in and take note of what was inside our headquarters?” Water asked.

“Uhhhh…”

Water looked at him with an icy blue glare. “You bring a new meaning to the word Airhead you know that?”

 

~*~*~

 

“Okay, I got the transfer order in. Now everyone will think Tobias was transferred to a newer hospital. Are you ready, Mel?” Jim asked. Melfina nodded, and behind the curtains, where the mobile tank lay next to Tobias. It was built horizontally on a set of wheels.

 

“This is what I get for letting you spend so much with, Washu.” Gene muttered.

 

“The regen tank is based off the Outlaw Star's navigation system and she asked me to help since I have all of the ship's schematics memorized. She only made this one so she could have one as a baseline. The next tank we built didn't need Mel to work and could heal people at an accelerated rate. The first tank was mobile so we could move it around her lab.” Jim said, making a final adjustment as Melfina stripped. “Now quit bellyaching, we're working on a limited time frame.”

 

“But why do they have to be naked in it?” Gene whined. Everyone rolled their eyes.

 

“Because clothes interfere with the healing, now shut up! We don't have enough power to heal Tobias here. The best we can do, is keep him alive until we get him to Washu's lab!” Jim snapped.

 

“I wish we could figure out how she opens those portals.” J'dee muttered, clenching her hands around each other.

 

“I don't think we have enough time to.” Jim said. He nodded as the tank's readings were all in the green. “Time to get in Mel. We'll put Tobias in right after you.”

 

~*~*~

 

“I'll keep Toby going, Gene start unhooking him, I'll keep him alive,” Belle said as she grabbed Toby's arm. She began to use her powers to keep Toby's body alive while Gene pulled out the respirator. Aisha stood to the side while Belle and Gene danced around each other, pulling off the medical equipment on his body. “What the hell is that?!” Belle looked over to see a tube coming out of Toby where she'd never wanted to see Toby.

 

“Catheter, it's to put his urine in that bad, pull it out and thank God he's unconscious for that,” Belle stated as she concentrated on keeping Toby alive.

 

“Damn, how much is there?” Gene growled as he pulled the tubing out of Toby's dick.

 

“Just do it,” Belle snapped.

 

“Okay, Jim.” Melfina said. Now naked, she was hidden from view by the curtains. She climbed into the tank, and lay down. Aisha gently lifted Toby and placed him next to her. Belle was keeping Toby breathing as she moved his blood through his muscles. She even managed to get him to accept the liquid in the tank.

 

“Okay, we need to hurry! Melfina can only keep him out so long and we only have an hour at most on the batteries!”

 

~*~*~

 

J'dee stood outside cigarette in her mouth with the local “smokers” group keeping watch as the tube with Toby inside being taken out in the “fake” ambulance and she blinked the memory of seeing Ichigo and Kyo floating in the liquid of the tanks in the hide out flashed across her mind.

She looked away swallowing, her fist clenched at her side

 

Cloud had been on one of those things too and she shivered in the thought of being stuck inside her claustrophobic side would never allow that. The fear of being trapped in an enclosed space always scared her.

She stubbed her smoke out standing up and stopped seeing Belle walking up to them her hand over her stomach and she blinked seeing Belle's look.

`Oh she looks pissed… I would be too with that stunt Toby pulled.' She thought to herself then blinked seeing the look was directed at her. `Oh no…' She thought there was a mixture of anger and concern on her face.

J'dee saw Goku and Ed's head pop around the corner to look on and she shot them a glare.

“I just heard something interesting from, Ed and Goku…” She commented.

J'dee looked to the side and pulled out her cellphone. “Oh look at that a text from Sephy…” She began walking away.

“You are so busted honey.” Gojyo snickered.

 

~*~*~

 

Belle glared at J'dee and Vincent to one side, Ed and Goku behind her, and the rest of the group slowly slinking away from the glare.

“How could you lie to me like that?” Belle asked and J'dee looked guilty.

“I didn't want you to worry, you're kind of pregnant,” J'dee stated and Belle shook her head, rubbing her large stomach in her agitation.

“I told you everything, I told you about the monster, I told you about absorbing Lucrecia, I told you the second I couldn't get back to our world,” Belle stated as she moved to cross her arms.

“I just…you know…” J'dee said and Belle nodded she knew, but she was still pissed.

“You don't think this is important, to know that you've been to their hide out, to know who was there, to know that you could have found out who's going to get hit next for me or for Toby?” Belle hissed. J'dee looked down and sighed. “I know you didn't have time, but the fact you got to see them, got to meet them. You should have considered us. I'm so mad at you right now. You could have at least told me, instead I had to find out from Ed and Goku right after I put Toby into his jar.”

“I'm really sorry,” J'dee said and Belle smirked.

“You can say that again, you are lucky I love you or I might not talk to you for a long time for this,” Belle sighed. “You are so on hand holding duty when I go into labor.”

“Man,” J'dee whined and Belle shook her head, she didn't have the energy to fight more than this, not and help Toby. Belle could pick her battles for now, she had a feeling there was a big battle approaching where she wouldn't have that advantage.

 

~*~*~

 

`I'm floating.'

 

Giggling.

 

`Yes, you are. Now sleep, Toby.'

 

`Mel? What are you doing here? Didn't I die?'

 

Laughter this time.

 

`No, Toby, but the others may kill you when you're better.'

 

`The others? But does that mean I'm home?'

 

`Yes Toby. You're home, with us.'

 

Tobias felt like some one was hugging him from behind.

 

`My family…'

 

`Yes, Toby. We're family.'

 

“Hey look!”

 

Everyone in the trailer looked to the tank. Melfina had her arms wrapped around Tobias, and she was hugging his from behind. Tobias had taken his good hand and placed it on Melfina's hands.

 

And they were both smiling.

 

“Mel's talking to him right now.” Gene surmised. “She did the same thing to me on the Outlaw Star when I was hurt.”

 

“You're not worried?” Misato inquired, feeling a bit jealous at what she saw. Gene grinned at her.

 

“Nope, because since the events in the Leyline I can feel a bit of what Mel does. And right now, all I get is a big sense of belonging.”

 

“Belonging?” Belle questioned. Gene nodded at her with a grin.

 

“Like someone who's finally back with his family after a long trip.”

 

Everyone smiled.

 

~*~*~

 

The transport successful, and the group were finally back at Toby's place. J'dee didn't really know what to do or say she hated anything medical. It always brought back bad memories, she had seen too many people die on her and she had seen her fear share of dead bodies that weren't her fault either… just passed by them. She let out a breath looking up at the ceiling.

“Did you see his face?” J'dee looked to the voice. No one really had time to question her on her kidnapping.

She looked at Havoc and shook her head. “Not really just a hood.”

Havoc nodded. “Same. I think Zack is the only one who has seen what they really look like.” He commented. His trademark unlit cigarette dangling from his lips.

“You're not going to be smoking that in here are you?” Shinji looked at him.

“Hm?” Havoc looked over then to the smoke. “Oh right… Yeah I'll be outside… Sanzo.”

“'Tch.” J'dee saw Sanzo and Gojyo all walk towards the door and leave.

“They all smoke way too much even for me. If I smoked that much I'd smoke myself sick.” J'dee commented.

Roy lent an elbow on her head and she sighed. “On second hand I might as well go join them…” her eye twitched in agitation.

“I'm holding you for that dinner tonight.” Roy stated.

Belle shot him a dark look.

J'dee held up her hand. “It's okay Belle... it's the least I can do. It was Roy who got me back safe and sound. One dinner doesn't mean I'm going to sleep with him.”

 

~*~*~

 

Water was looking at the other world. He glared at the red-haired figure who was swaggering into the bar like he owned the world. It was clear that the figure was one of them.

“You're the one, you smell of the proper pheromones,” Water said. It was rare but on occasion they met another of their respective kinds. This one was a remnant of another Water and he was nearing completion of his own soul. Water glared at the other remnant, he knew that his bitch had met this one on her travels and he had done something to bring her to head. Her power clung to him, it reeked of desire and sex.

“Good job idiot, you've put her into artificial heat, she'll want to breed as soon as she spawns that artificial child of hers,” Water hissed. “Let's see how she reacts to your corpse on her balcony. Reno shivered without being aware of the malice aimed at him.

 

~*~*~

 

“He'll be fine now.” Jim said, checking the settings on the regen tank. “According to these readings he'll be fine in three weeks.”

 

“That long?” J'dee asked, surprised. Considering Washu was a genius that was a damn long time.

 

“Considering the extent of his wounds, he's lucky that he made it to the hospital alive.” Jim said, frowning. “According to some of Washu's notes here. Washu wanted to use that lake for a landing point because she had an emergency recall in it for Jehuty.”

 

“For a genius that was stupid,” Belle stated and the group stared at her. “At the speed of re-entry in an emergency where Jehuty couldn't slow down, hitting water is no better than hitting cement. Toby's lucky he's as damaged as he is, he should be paste floating on top of the water feeding the fish.

 

Jim's grin died. “Anyway Washu planned ahead. If this is accurate I may be able to get access to Jehuty's black box.”

 

“Well what are we waiting for? To the hanger, Batman!”

 

~*~*~

 

Air stood in the cavern looking at the empty two tubes and he let out a breath. “I'm going to need to grab that damn pervert soon.” He looked up to the ceiling. At least he didn't have to jump any more dimensions to grab the last two. Cloud and Gojyo were both in this one.

He looked over his shoulder seeing the shadow move and it crept up to him and he heard the whispering on the wind of its report and he nodded.

“Predicted this weekend he'll wake up… then we have a week till we can meet properly… I can't wait.” He looked over his shoulder. “Any sign of Misaki's soul yet?”

The shadow shook its head.

Air flicked Ichigo's tube. “Where the hell is your old lady's soul… and what's taking her so goddamn long?” He growled.

 

~*~*~

 

“Are you saying Toby went through the cockpit canopy?” Ed said, staring at horror to the shattered canopy top.

 

“It's explains why he was hurt so bad.” Jim replied from inside the cockpit. “If ADA had lost the reentry data like she indicates, then Toby would have had to make all the calculations from scratch. And he's no pilot. He's damn lucky he didn't burn up on re-entry.”

 

<I was able to obtain general angle of re-entry to avoid such an occurrence.> ADA replied. <However, without guiding beacons sophisticated enough I was not able to get an precise fix on ground level and what velocity to use. I'm afraid Tobias's calculations were off.>

 

“No shit.” Misato mumbled.

 

<May I dump the metatron load from my vector trap? I would prefer to make repairs from that supply rather then draining my reserves. I would also like to recharge my reserves.> ADA asked. Jim let out a shout of triumph as he got the black box out of the cockpit. He hopped out and checked behind the mech. There were multiple empty bays behind the mech.

 

“Go for it, ADA.” Jim said, focusing on the black box.

 

<Dumping vector trap cargo is 3…2…1.> ADA responded. The air seemed to shimmer behind Jehuty before 20 thousand tons of metatron ore exploded out and dumped into the hanger, filing up half the hanger. A small section of metatron glowed blue before, merging with Jehuty. The cockpit fixed itself and numerous gouges and scratches healed before their eyes.

 

<I now have enough metaron to run for approximately two thousand years, two hundred forty-eight days, and seven hours, at peak performance. Is this acceptable?> ADA asked over the speakers. Everyone twitched.

 

~*~*~

 

J'dee lent outside the wall of the barn Belle next to her, they had slipped away to compare their `adventures'.

J'dee was jealous that Reno made a move on Belle, she admitted the red head was smoldering hot and he knew it. Then having dinner with Rufus and Tseng that was like a dream come true for her.

“But the wrongness of that world…” Belle whispered, her hand rubbed her arm subconsciously and J'dee watched.

“Wrongness?” J'dee asked.

“This…feeling of the grossest thing ever, invisible but you can feel its slime on your skin like another layer.” Belle explained.

 

J'dee closed her eyes thinking.

“The life stream is damaged.” Vincent's voice interrupted them. “It started three days before Cloud was taken. Reeve was going to have Cloud, myself and the rest of AVALANCHE look in to it. Reno was bringing over a map the night before we were due to leave on the locations where it was at its weakest and we were to leave the following morning.” He explained.

J'dee nodded. “I can feel it here a shimmer of it it's attached to Aerith's soul… so when she was pulled from the life stream and your world it could have ruined the balance. Then when they took Zack, it made it more noticeable. Then kidnapping Cloud just completely made it snap.” She stopped looking up at Vincent. “You being here could-”

“I know.” Vincent spoke. “The worlds will collide I'd rather not sit back and watch because if everything dies there I'm the one who will be left living in it alone.”

 

~*~*~

 

“This is bad,” Belle said, part of her belonged to Vincent's world and she knew they had to save it. “We need to get into gear…I shouldn't have much longer with Alphonse.”

“What's happening in our worlds?” Ed wondered out loud and Belle felt horrible. They needed this to end and soon.

“There is no way of knowing,” Vincent stated.

 

~*~*~

 

“Okay, I've hooked it into the DVD player, so we should be able to view it like a movie. According to ADA it records the actual data on a different format so we should only see the camera recordings. And since the cameras only run when Toby is in the room, we should be good.” Jim said. Everyone was gathered in Tobias living room, everyone eager to see the video recording, for very different reasons.

 

“Play it.” Belle growled. Jim hit the play button on the DVD remote. The screen went to snow for a moment before it snapped to a black screen. It stated the day of the mission start. Everyone saw Tobias sitting in the cockpit. They watched him take off and then withstand the initial thrust.

 

Gene couldn't stop laughing when Tobias passed out from the g-forces.

 

~*~*~

 

“Hey can we get popcorn while we watch this?” Goku asked looking round. “I'm hungry you guys!”

“When aren't you stupid monkey?”

 

*BAFF*

 

Gojyo booted Goku in the head knocking him off his chair.

“Hey ow asshole that hurt!” Goku shouted from the ground sitting up rubbing his head shooting Gojyo a glare.

Gojyo stole Goku's seat and grinned. “So ladies, which one of you cares to give me a lap dance?”

 

*WHACK*

 

Sanzo snapped his fan back in to his robes glaring at Gojyo.

“And you slept with that?” Belle looked at J'dee with a sigh.

“It was a moment of stupidity on my part…” J'dee let out a sigh rubbing her forehead.

 

~*~*~

 

“Ugh.” Tobias moaned, opening his eyes as he regained consciousness. “I hope no one finds out I passed out.”

 

<We have successfully reached escape velocity.> ADA informed him. <I will run a system check and monitor for any anomalies in our path.>

 

“Okay, thanks ADA!” Tobias said. Before unbuckling himself, he placed a couple of photos of his friends on the dashboard, for luck. Then, grinning to himself, he unbuckled from the seat. He floated up and couldn't help his grin getting wider. He pushed against a wall and sent himself spinning in place.

 

“Sweeeeeet.”

 

~*~*~

 

J'dee looked at the screen with flat eyes before rubbing her temples. She was getting a headache the mere thought of heights made her sway in dizzy spells.

“That looks like fun!” Goku motioned at the screen.

“Not for me I suffer vertigo.” J'dee mumbled.

“You will need to get over that.” Roy commented. “Air can fly remember?”

“Hey I climbed that ledge to get to Cloud.”

“Still while Tobias is recovering we will need to put you under some training.” Hawke-eye pointed out.

J'dee nodded. “Hey I was sparring with Goku this morning. Cause I need to work on my staff work though… I thought with this Aerith thing I'd be able to use it a bit better guess I'm more like Tifa… I talk with my fists.”

“You're such a thug.” Belle teased.

J'dee lent back in the couch sticking her tongue out at Belle.

 

~*~*~

 

Belle shook her head as she watched the video. She just didn't get this at all, Washu was a genius, why didn't she just keep Toby in a suspended animation and wake him up in time for the arrival to Mars? Oh well, maybe Washu wasn't as great a genius as they all thought.

 

~*~*~

 

Tobias stopped spinning himself and then made his way from the cockpit; into the hatch to living area Washu had helped design. It had a bike peddle setup for exercise, a bed strapped to ceiling with velcro holders to keep him in bed, a small bathroom with packets of water for bathing, and a kitchen. In the area with the bed was television with a computer beneath it. There was a bookshelf with a closeable door that held dozens of books.

 

“This is going to be a boring trip.” Tobias muttered.

 

~*~*~

 

“'Tch…” Sanzo scoffed. “And for those of us watching this. He looked at J'dee and flipped out his Gold card. “Go get me some smokes.”

“Whhhhhhhat?” J'dee looked at the Gold Card. “What do I look like?”

“Ooooh can you pick up some of those tangy candy things?!” Goku asked turning round from where he sat on the ground looking at J'dee.

J'dee sighed and she stood up. “Yeah sure…” She looked at Belle. “Company and bodyguards please?”

 

~*~*~

 

“I suppose I could lend you Abel to watch over you,” Belle sighed dramatically.

“I think she wants you to go with her,” Abel counted as he looked at Belle and she pouted.

“But I'm comfy,” Belle stated.

“You're getting fat,” J'dee stated and Belle glared.

“That's playing dirty, I'm pregnant,” Belle growled as she got up with Vincent's help. “I'm holding the right to bitch every step of the way.”

“When don't you?” J'dee teased and Belle stuck out her tongue at her.

 

~*~*~

 

“I'm too sexy for shirt.” Tobias sang along with the music playing on the TV, of the entertainment system Washu had made.

 

“So sexy it hurrrrrrts!” Tobias crooned, thrusting his boxer clad pelvis out.

 

~*~*~

 

Air looked in to the pool of water watching the two female targets and a couple of their bodyguards each following behind as they walked through the grocery store looking for some snack foods.

He looked up at Water as Fire entered she glanced at the two of them.

“You called?” She sighed, hand on her hip looking irritated.

“This Sunday.” Water stated. “We make contact simultaneously this Sunday.”

Fire let out a breath her hand dropping to her hip. “Will he be well by then?”

Water smirked. “Trust me he will be.”

Air looked up seeing the flash of navy blue, black and blonde before it vanished, he let out a breath. “I'm going to have to do something about that guy.”

“Leave him. So long as we have Zack under our control he won't leave.” Water stated.

Air smirked. “I'll make him wish he should have left…” He started floating up.

Water pinched the bridge of his nose with a sigh his hand shooting up and grabbing Air's ankle yanking him back down.

“I know you're bored and itching for contact, but if you want to fight… you have Sephiroth's soul to go play with.”

Fire looked in to the water seeing the group watching Tobias's video logs while Belle and J'dee grabbed snacks.

“Booooooring.” She huffed turning round walking out.

“Yeah go file your nails or something that's sooooooo much more exciting!” Air shouted out after her.

Water looked at him hitting him over the back of the head. “Cut it out.”

 

~*~*~

 

“Ah choo!” Tobias sneezed, propelling himself into the wall as he shivered again.

 

“ADA, can you turn up the heat in here a degree or two? I think I'm getting a cold.”

 

<Compliance.>

 

~*~*~

 

J'dee found the tangy candy things Goku wanted then put them in to the cart, she looked at Renji looking at a box on the shelf before tipping it upside down he was entertained by the image on the front.

“This… thing what does it do?”

“It grinds coffee beans now put it back.” J'dee pointed.

Renji slipped it on the shelf and she blinked seeing him look at her.

“You're not how I imagined Kurosaki's mother to be.”

J'dee raised a brow and he smirked. She let out a breath. “Different part of the soul.”

“Well at least I know where he got his temper from now.” Renji snickered.

J'dee sighed. “Will not kill a shinigami will not kill a shinigami will not kill a shinigami.” She muttered as she walked behind him.

“There you are.”

J'dee let out a sigh seeing Roy. “What is it?”

“Belle's at checkout.”

J'dee left the isle and headed to the checkout with the small things Goku's candy and she looked at the gold card in her hands. Sanzo would probably want a carton of smokes instead of a single packet. She hoped they had them here.

 

~*~*~

 

Belle sighed as she rubbed her belly, her hormones were acting up. She didn't notice them as much when she had been using her powers on Toby, but as the time had moved on she was getting more and more flustered. Alphonse was going to kill her at this rate. She couldn't wait to get him out of her and to get her hormone levels back to normal.

 

~*~*~

 

“Bored.” Tobias muttered to himself, as he stayed in his Velcro bed on the third week of his trip. “Bored, bored, bored, bored, bored!”

 

<Perhaps running another training simulation in the cockpit might relieve your boredom?> ADA suggested. <Or perhaps you could shave your genitals again as you did a week ago? That took you most of the day.>

 

“Hey! That was only because I was worried about cutting them off!” Tobias snapped at the computer.

 

<Yet you refused to stop screaming for twenty-seven minutes when you nicked yourself.>

 

“Hey, if you had testicles you'd scream if you nicked them too!”

 

~*~*~

 

Cloud sat on the ledge where Aerith had helped propel him up to impale Air against the wall. He let out a breath, the elements had chosen to leave him alone for the time being. He concluded they knew he wasn't going to be leaving Zack any time soon so they left him alone. For the first time in a long while he'd managed to sleep if even for a couple of hours at least he got sleep.

He pulled out Zack's phone looking at the low battery. He flicked the phone off as much as it pained him to do so. He had no choice until he needed to call them. The most news he could report was an attack on them this weekend and that they had access to watch them through Water's pool.

 

Cloud had mapped out where each of their rooms were located and taken a brief look in each of them while they were otherwise occupied. He had been hoping to find out more about their origins but Water was the only one that held any books. Earth's room had alchemist and other hieroglyphs on the wall that he couldn't translate but he assumed by the imagery that they were going to open something big once all four were dead, but what he couldn't tell a new world perhaps? He wasn't too sure.

Looking down he caught several of the shadow minions just sitting round playing some odd looking game with human and animal remains. It looked like they were gambling for bones and other solid parts of the remains.

 

Curiosity made him look down and watch for the moment, then he watched as the winner pulled the bones and other parts to him and the shadow seemed to shimmer for a moment and Cloud froze seeing a human looking face on the creature.

“They were once human.” He whispered.

Meaning the longer Zack and Sephiroth were shadow minions they would eventually loose all shape and form.

 

He felt the Air pick up suddenly and he slipped back watching Air walk into the cavern and look around.

“ZACK!” He shouted. “Got a mission for you!”

 

Cloud sucked in a breath, he looked round trying to figure out which shadow down below was Zack then he watched as out of the wall a shadow appeared the form shifting to that which he remembered. His fist clenched at the side.

“Do you really think you can save them both this time?” The smooth voice spoke from behind and Cloud froze, his hand gripping the buster sword his eyes looked over his shoulder at the shadow of Sephiroth standing there.

He looked back seeing Air and Zack leave the room and he looked behind again seeing Sephiroth step back the shadows of the wall swallowing him up.

“I do…” He whispered.

 

~*~*~

 

“About damn time!” Tobias said, easing into the cockpit. The top formed above him. “I was going stir crazy.”

 

<The return trip will still take a week.> ADA informed him.

 

“Better then four weeks! ADA, how long until we enter Mars's obit?” Tobias asked.

 

<Approximately two minutes.> There was a pause before a light began to blink rapid on the center monitor and numerous dotes appeared on her radar. <Warning! Enemy orbital frames are in our path! They are taking combat position! I track two hundred unmanned orbital frames! One hundred Raptor models, fifty Mummyhead models, and fifty Cyclops models! *** I also have one large frame of unknown type hovering near Phobos!>

 

“What?!” Tobias screamed. ADA brought the image up on the main viewer. Tobias felt his eyes widen at the sight.

 

“This was a fucking trap!” Tobias snarled. He entered the commands to jettison the living quarters. “ADA I'm jettisoning the living quarters. How long until we enter their combat range?”

 

<Approximately one minute, thirty seconds.> ADA replied, and Jehuty jerked as the living quarters separated from Jehuty, floating off.

 

“Enter full combat mode five seconds before we enter their combat range.” Tobias said. The lights in the cockpit dimmed and numerous combat screens popped up.

 

<When we enter their threat range we will have just begun our decent into the Martian atmosphere. In full combat mode and making our entry approach we will have approximately seven minutes of combat time before my energy reserves run dry.>

 

“Cut off power to all non-essential systems including life support.” Tobias said as they began their entry into the Martian atmosphere.

 

<Warning! Cutting off life support->

 

“I know the risks! Do it ADA! I won't have to worry about breathing if we get blown to hell!” Tobias snapped. The closest squad of Orbital frames suddenly shot down towards them, igniting their weapons.

 

“Try me.” Tobias growled.

 

~*~*~

 

They had returned part way through this segment of the video feed and J'dee had given Sanzo his carton of smokes to which he had promptly left to go outside and probably smoke about ten of them in a row.

J'dee had plunked down in Sanzo's vacated seat and looked at the screen.

“So is it giant stomping robot time yet?” She asked.

 

~*~*~

 

Belle slipped away from the group, moving to the regeneration tank. She stared at Toby for a moment. Her eyes glowed bright blue as she stared. She raised a hand and placed it against the glass, activating her power. She no longer saw Toby but she saw his blood and cells and those pieces of him she could control. She pushed his platelets into action, forcing them to move to his bones. She forced them to knit, cell by cell.

 

~*~*~

 

Jehuty dodged out of the way of the first Raptor, grabbing it by the head and throwing it into the closest threat. Tobias forced Jehuty into a series of tight circles as the Mummyheads opened fire. Jehuty fired a wide spread blast of energy beams destroying the squad when another three squads descended in them, with dozens more following. Jehuty deployed its blade and began cutting frames down, but they surround the orbital frame in a 360 degree bubble. Jehuty was bounced back and forth a blast still caught it hard, Tobias tried to move Jehuty through the barrage of fire. He was thrown forward and then was jerked back, slamming his head on his seat, biting his tongue as a blast caught them from behind.

 

“To hell with it!” Tobias spat. He charged large energy shot and aimed it at the group in his way. He launched it, destroying the mechs in his way and forced Jehuty into a hard burn, accelerating towards the Valles Marineris.

 

<I have dected-!> ADA began.

 

“Not now ADA!” Tobias replied, as the big mystery orbital frame came zooming down to join the fight. It was huge, easily twice as big as Jehuty. It looked like ancient roman figure in robes. But that image was destroyed by the large guns where its hands would be.

 

“Overpowered idiot.” Tobias muttered, dodging blasts. He was cut off guard as one of the guns suddenly shot off the arm towards Jehuty and caught it squarely in the head. Tobias heard a loud crack and saw to his horror that half of Jehuty's head was missing.

 

<W-w-waaaarnnnning.> ADA said, skipping. It was obvious she had taken heavy damage. <Power r-r-re-re-reserves depleted. Sever-er-ere AI damage. ADA program reverting to back-u-u-u-p file wh-wh-when power is re-re-re-restored.>

 

“ADA? Come on ADA, we need to move!” Tobias jerked on the controls, but the engines just sputtered. Jehuty groaned as the joints and damaged areas creaked and ground, as Tobias tried to force the damaged mech to move. His eyes widened in horror as the big mech appear in his view, and raised its remaining barrel and brought it down on what was left of Jehuty's head. It sent them careening down into the trench where they crashed.

 

~*~*~

 

J'dee was pulled up from her seat and she looked at Sanzo glaring at her. “Okay, okay I get the picture.” She let out a squeak as Gojyo pulled her down on to his lap. “You can sit on my lap honey.” He flashed a grin.

J'dee let out a sigh. She caught Roy looking at her before he tapped his watch and she let out a breath. “Okay fill me in later… a promise is a promise.” She stood up.

“Where ya going honey?”

“Dinner.” Roy flashed him a grin his arm slipping round her shoulder as he led her out.

“Dinner!” Goku jumped up.

 

*WHACK*

 

“Sit down and shut up!” Sanzo growled.

“Ow…” Goku rubbed his head.

 

~*~*~

 

Tobias's eyes flickered open and he groaned. His head was pounding and he winced as he saw bright pulses of blue shooting through the cockpit. He shook his head, trying to clear it. He looked around and noted the controls were coming back online. As his view of the outside was restored he gaped in shock as he noticed some of the rocks were also glowing.

 

“Well I'll be dipped in shit.” Tobias said, grinning to himself. “ADA detected the deposit of metatron.”

 

<AI functions are restored, and vector trap is now stored with metatron ore.> ADA informed him.

 

“Welcome back ADA.” Tobias said, forcing Jehuty to stand. The powerful orbital frame stood, healing itself in seconds with the abundant supply of metatron.

 

<I am pleased to be fully operational again. I have some data corruption on the re-entry data for our Earth approach and several keys systems are still being repaired. My shield and sword functions are still being repaired.>

 

“So close combat is out huh?” Tobias muttered. “How many of them are left, and can they still monitor us, ADA?”

 

<My sensors detect only the unknown orbital framer. The others did not survive atmospheric entry. The metatron should also be masking our presence.>

 

“Well then, I have an idea of how to get rid of our big friend. ADA, prepare to deploy the vector cannon.” Tobias said, entering the proper commands and releasing the locks. Energy gathered around the shoulders of Jehuty and in front of it. The energy over the shoulders and back formed into two large cannons. The energy in front became a large ring of metals discs which began to spin. Large cables shot out of Jehuty's legs and body, stabilizing the mech on the ground.

 

<Shifting to vector cannon mode.> ADA informed him. Tobias made sure his straps were tight and reached back, grabbing the target reticule from behind the seat, and shifted it over his eyes, like a pair of glasses. He gently adjusted the angle and locked on the large frame which he could just barely see threw the gape in the trench.

 

<All energy lines connected.> ADA informed him as the energy was transferred to large cannon. <Landing gears and climbing irons locked.>

 

“One hot blast coming your way.” Tobias murmured, easing his hand onto the trigger.

 

<Inner chamber pressure rising normally.> ADA said as the energy meter began to slowly rise. <Light ring has started revolving.>

 

<Ready to fire!> ADA called, and Tobias pulled the trigger.

 

Jehuty was rocked back, carving a large trench in the rock as the huge energy blast shot out, heading straight for the mech. It caught the mech and its pilot by surprise, and blasted them both up into the upper atmosphere. The cockpit ejected, before the mech exploded and was vaporized. The weapons and cable disintegrated back into metatron, which was then reabsorbed by Jehuty.

 

<Canceling vector cannon mode. Enemy has been destroyed. Reserves are being refilled by local metatron.> ADA said, and Tobias sighed in relief. He placed a hand on his left side, feeling the adrenalin settle in his system. He ribs throbbed on the right, and he was worried they were bruised or worse, broken. He sighed again and looked at the pictures of his friends on the dash.

 

“Let's go home.”

 

~*~*~

 

Roy held the chair out as J'dee sat down slipping it in as she sat and he moved to his seat sitting down and he looked at her as she looked round the place.

“Not used to being taken out to dinner?” He noticed that almost instantly.

“Not really KFC and a movie are the most `dinner' I've really gone out for with previous guys.” She laughed sheepishly.

Roy smiled. “Well then I'm glad to be the first.”

J'dee nodded slowly. “I bet you are.”

Roy looked over the red halter top number she had thrown on, low cut worked for him. Clasping his hands in front of himself he watched her as she seemed to take in the trappings of the French restaurant.

 

The waiter came to the table slipping a menu in front of them.

“Can I get you any pre dinner drinks?” He asked pulling out a pad and pen.

“Oh…” J'dee looked at the drinks menu quickly, she wasn't a big wine or beer drinker so that put out about three quarters of the drinks menu.

“Red or white meat?” Roy looked at her.”

“Red of course.” J'dee smiled.

“Two red wines.” He looked to the waiter.

J'dee frowned at him after the waiter left. “I don't drink wine.”

Roy smiled. “Would you rather lemonade?” He teased.

J'dee let out a sigh. “Stop mocking me. If I'm drunk before the end of the night I'm blaming you and I'll sick Belle on to you.”

Roy chuckled. “I won't complain with that punishment. She has a nice glow at the moment and you know what they say about pregnant women and hormones.”

 

~*~*~

 

Two ribs were fully healed, each cell right where it belonged, there wouldn't even be evidence of the breaks. Belle was proud of her work until she staggered. She shook her head as she started to fall only for strong hands to grab her. Belle looked up to see Vincent holding her.

“You shouldn't strain yourself,” he said and Belle blushed.

“I do less tomorrow,” Belle said and Vincent nodded.

“We could do that,” he said and Belle smiled as he picked her up and carried her back to the house.

 

~*~*~

 

<Beginning final approach. Cloaking system activated.> ADA said. Tobias stretched and groaned.

 

“I guess all that's left is to pray, huh ADA?” Tobias muttered. He hoped his numbers were right.

 

<I-I hope they are as well. You are superb runner and I have no wish to lose you until I am returned to Len Stenbuck.> ADA said.

 

“That's high praise coming from you.” Tobias said as they made their entry. All seemed fine, until they were trying to slow down.

 

“Oh shit! ADA we're coming in too fast! We'll hit the water at 200 miles! Can you slow use down?” Tobias cried panicked as he saw their air speed.

 

<I am already using as much as possible to decelerate. We will still hit the water at 172 miles per hour!>

 

Tobias eyes widened as he saw the large lake getting bigger in the cockpit.

 

“Oh this gonna suck.”

 

~~End Recording~~

 

~*~*~

 

It was Saturday morning when J'dee got the early morning phone call from Jim stating that Toby's wounds were healed and in about three hours time the liquid would be drained from the tank.

J'dee had resorted to staying up late most nights, texting Cloud. He had told her the battery in the phone was low and of course being a cave there were no ports to recharge so each night past midnight for two hours she would text him and he would update her that way. She had started going through Zack's things in Roy's apartment and come across a spare battery. She'd sent Hisagi off to deliver the battery that morning so Cloud could resume regular phone call updates and bring the old one back so she could charge it, Zack was lucky she had so many damn cell phones she found one it fit in to charged it up that way and she would get Hisagi to take it out to Cloud that night so he could swap it over when the time came.

 

Still despite the late nights and early morning wake up and her tired mind she dressed quickly in to jeans and a t-shirt slipping her scuffs on she had grabbed a jacket and followed Belle promptly out the door, teamed with Misato it was time the three of them gave Toby a royal smack down and she couldn't wait to get her hands round his throat and ring his neck.

 

~*~*~

 

“I don't know how, but Washu must have made some changes after we last worked on it,” Jim stated. “He's two weeks early in healing.”

Belle smirked as she stood in front of the tank, she had done this. Vincent moved behind her and Belle smiled at him. He nodded at her and Belle turned her attention to Toby. She had repaired him from a cellular level. It had taken hours each night, but she had done her best to undo all the damage he had experienced with his idiotic idea to go into space for a piece of artificial intelligence.

 

~*~*~

 

Tobias coughed up the liquid from the regen tank as he was gently lowered to the bottom by the receding liquids. The tank opened and he stepped out, though his entire right side felt ginger. He grabbed the towel and bathrobe that had been hung up beside the tank door, and wrapped the towel around his waist, and put on the bathrobe. He heard some one cough and looked up to see most of his friends there, watching him. Most of them were grinning at him but Belle, J'dee, and Misato looked angry.

 

“Um….hi?” He squeaked.

 

To be continued…