Kingdom Hearts Fan Fiction ❯ The Perfect Computer ❯ Chapter Twelve: Confession ( Chapter 12 )
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By: PixieDust291 
Chapter Twelve
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Chapter Twelve
Non Anime: Kingdom Hearts Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Comedy / Hentai / Fantasy / Romance / Shounen | Type: Yaoi | Uploaded On: 01.12.2009 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.5K | Visits: 302 | Status: Completed
Perfect Computer
Chapter Twelve: Confession
“Thank you.” Riku groaned as he accepted the cup of tea Leon offered him. His hair was matted and mangled, half his body wrapped in bandages, and he was wearing an old nightgown that Cloud had loaned to him. He wore the nightgown only because his own clothes were soiled and torn to shreds–though the nightgown, which was pink-checkered with white lace, did nothing for his appearance.
“So…you wanna tell us what happened? Because I doubt that you got these bruises and a broken arm from working on a computer,” Cloud said as he finished tying the bandage around Riku’s upper arm and shoulder. The blond trying so hard not to grin in amusement at the sight of Riku.
Riku sighed. “Sure…I haven’t been completely honest with you guys…”
“Well, that’s a start. Care to continue?” Cloud nudged.
Riku shot the blond an annoyed look. The silver-hair teen may have been grateful to the couple for letting him in, but that didn’t mean he was in the mood for sarcastic remarks. He felt weak and tired. He had nearly escaped the Diamond Wing Corporation by the skin of his teeth. If he had not ducked into that alley and managed to weave his way to the park, he would have been captured. Riku didn’t even want to think about what those thugs had done to Sora. They had taken Roxas away, of that much he was sure. Though what pissed Riku off most of all was the fact that he himself was a part of the whole thing.
It had all started at the beginning of this year. He had gone to a technology convention with his father for a “site observation”, which was just his father’s way of saying, “We’re going to see all the new advanced equipment and use it to our advantage.”
There, they had met Diamond Wing. Their business representative, Marluxia, had talked with his father for a brief time. Riku remembered that in that conversation his father, Sephiroth, had mentioned the alternative personality function that his corporation had just patented. He also remembered that just a moment later his father had been distracted by someone else and Marluxia had asked him–
“So, Riku, what do you think about all this? Do you find that these advancements in persocoms will incite new ideas?” The pink-haired man had always rubbed Riku the wrong way.
“No,” Riku had said. “As far as I’m concerned, persocoms will never truly reach their full brilliance until they themselves are almost human.”
Riku cursed himself inside his head. He had been the one to give Marluxia that outrageous idea, and it was only made worse by what had happened after that. And yet even then he had still not seen the signs.
A few weeks after the convention, Demyx had come to him, asking to look over some statistics and the new outlines for his company’s newest project. Riku had not thought much of it. He had always helped out other companies–in a way, he supposed, he was betraying his own father, but Riku always made sure that the corrected plans or calculations that he gave to other companies were less efficient then his father’s plans. And Demyx’s plans were nothing out of the ordinary. The plans had not shown any signs or hints of what the Diamond Wing Corporation had truly been up to.
It had not been until Riku had been informed by the corporation that one of the test persocoms had escaped (and Sora suddenly found a persocom with the company’s label tattoo on its wrist), that he had become suspicious. With the appearance of Roxas, Riku had grown rather curious, for he had been under the impression that Diamond Wing, as the newspapers had said, was having complications with their manufacturing of the new persocoms.
Yet here Roxas was, seemingly activated and running correctly. Riku had only become paranoid when Sora had mentioned that Roxas had a heartbeat. It was then that Riku began to wonder just what it was exactly that Diamond Wing was doing.
He had searched the internet and found nothing, he had showered books of persocom manufacturing and function and still had found nothing. He sent Sora to Leon in hopes of answers, for Riku knew fully well what Leon had accomplished not too many years ago with his creation of Cloud. But something inside Riku told him that Roxas was not exactly like Cloud. They had similarities, yes, but there was still one distinct difference–Cloud had been altered to be more human, Roxas seemed to be human…but showed more signs of being a computer after each passing day.
Still to this moment, Riku did not know why Roxas was the way he was. The only bit of information Riku had been able to salvage was from when he had briefly hacked into the Diamond Wing Corporation’s shipping department. He had managed to pull up a log that showed that the corporation had received copious shipments of animals in the last few months. He had also found out that recently their workers had taken a sudden interest in adopting teenage children.
That was why Riku had openly called the suits murderers in front of Demyx. Riku knew–he just knew that those kids were not alive, just as he knew that Roxas was with those law-breaking SOBs right now.
But first things had to come first. He had to inform Leon and Cloud of the situation, for he couldn’t infiltrate Diamond Wing alone. He didn’t want to just run and tell the police, for fear of Diamond Wing covering up their operation and possibly killing Roxas and any others that were still alive. Riku already felt horrible enough for deceiving Sora and not being able to stop this whole mess from happening. He didn’t want to screw up any more.
Riku took a deep breath, and for the next hour he told Leon and Cloud what had happened–all he knew and all he had done. At the end, he had hung his head and finished by saying, “There is no excuse for myself, but we need to act fast or worse will happen.”
Leon stared at Riku for the longest time before leaning back in his chair and running a hand through his brown hair. “Well…at least I know what Diamond Wing is doing…and what Roxas has to do with all this.”
Riku looked at him skeptically. “What do you mean?”
Leon looked back at him, his face emotionless. “Have you ever heard of the American film Gattaca?”
“No, why?”
“Gattaca is a movie that depicts a superhuman race. Scientists have altered the DNA code to create genetically elite super-generations. They changed DNA proteins and switched them with the enhanced abilities from animals. As a result, the new generations were physically and genetically almost invincible.”
Riku only blinked in confusion. “So what does that have to do with Roxas and Diamond Wing?”
“You said that Diamond Wing was adopting children, right?”
“Right, but only teen children. So?”
“So, Roxas is obviously one of these adopted children.”
Riku’s face contorted from confusion to full out shock.
“Exactly.” Leon frowned. “They’re taking live humans and forcing their DNA to merge with that of a machine compound.”
“But it can’t be done!” Riku slammed his fist on the table.
“It can.” Cloud spoke up softly. “I am living proof of that.”
“Yes, but it can only be done when the subject being transformed is a fetus and has the appropriate DNA code.”
“So what does this mean for Roxas?”
“What Diamond Wing is trying to accomplish is simply daft. Their meddling with the genes will only kill the subject. We need to get Roxas out of there as soon as possible. The mechanical compounds they’re giving that boy are obviously overtaking his original DNA. Once that DNA is gone, Roxas himself will cease to exist. He will either become a mindless doll, or he will die.”
“Then we need to–”
“Patience, Riku,” Leon warned.
“Did you not just say that we needed to–”
“True, we do need to hurry. But going in there without a specific plan will just surely get us all killed.”
“Then what do you propose we do?” Riku asked, taking deep breaths to calm himself.
“You will stay here. Diamond Wing will most likely be looking for you, and Sora is their link to you. Do they know about Cloud and me?”
“No, I never told them that I sent Sora to you or that you examined Roxas.”
“Good, then Cloud will go retrieve Sora. And I…have some calls to make.” Leon rose from his chair and left the room. His demeanor of utter control had never changed.
Riku gritted his teeth and leaned against the couch. “I already feel like shit because of all this, but knowing that I can’t help fix it is even worse.”
Cloud, who was still sitting by him, sighed. “You are helping by staying put. Just think of this as your form of atonement, even though Diamond Wing is more to blame for this situation, not your stupidity.”
“But I–” Riku was then slapped upside the head. “Ouch, what was that for?!”
“Stop feeling sorry for yourself. It’s a waste of your time and ours. Besides, what’s happened has happened. There’s no use whining or crying over it now. Concentrate on what you will do, not what you have done.”
Riku stared at Cloud in disbelief. Those blue eyes seemed to pierce through his self-pity. He dumbly nodded.
Cloud nodded and rose to his feet. “I suppose I’ll make us a late-night snack. We’ve got a hell of a day ahead of us.”
And indeed they did, for out of the window both men could just see the sun beginning to rise, its golden rays painting the sky in warm tinges of pinks and blues.
Leon entered his office and picked up his phone. He dialed a number and after three rings a rather tired voice came on the other end.
“Hello?”
“Zach.”
&# 8220;Squall? Is that you…? Damn it, WTF man, it’s seven in the morning.”
“It’s Leon. You know how I hate being called Squall.”
“But it’s your name.”
Leon rolled his eyes. “Get out of bed, Zach. I need you big time.”
There was silence on the other end for a moment, then, “Leon, I’m disgusted. How can you possibly be tired of having sex with that angel of purple you have?”
Leon nearly crushed the phone in his hands. Zach may have been one of his closest friends, but he didn’t like how Zach had a major crush on Cloud. He also did not like it when the black-haired journalist always made wise comments and gave advice on his and Cloud’s relationship. “Zach, don’t make me hang up the phone and call Zell,” Leon warned. Zell was Zach’s journalist archrival.
“Wow, bringing out that card, huh? Okay, what is it? You got me a story or something?”
“Oh, it’s a story, all right. And I want you to be there right next to me when we get it.”
There was another pause. “What are you saying, Leon? I detect a hint of triumph in your voice.”
Leon explained briefly the situation.
“…OMG, shut up! ROFL, I’m going to be rich!”
“What is it with you and your obsession with using computer lingo?” Leon shook his head “Listen, I need you to be over at my house no later then eight.”
“Why?”
“I want you to get the whole story, Zach. Every ounce of gore and every ounce of sympathy. I want people to read your story and be so horrified that Diamond Wing will be shut down and–”
“You don’t want any other company to get this idea into their heads, I get it. I’ll write the story. But it sounds like you need to take a chill pill. Don’t you think you’re overreacting a bit? The company will be shut down, Leon. I promise.”
Leon contemplated and sighed. “I guess I’m overly angry. No later then eight, all right?”
“You got it. TTFN.”
“Would you stop with the computer language?!”
*sigh* You readers don’t know how much DNA, transmutation, and genetic sequencing articles and books I have read in order to make this fanfic’s ending realistic. Anyway, please review! Your thoughts and opinions matter very much to me!
Sora: Hey, I didn’t get any lines!
Namine and Roxas: Thank you for all your support and stay tuned for the next chapter of The Perfect Computer!
~This Chapter was beta corrected by Airen
:Additional Notes:
Gattaca - a 1997 science fiction drama film written and directed by Andrew Niccol.
Chapter Twelve: Confession
“Thank you.” Riku groaned as he accepted the cup of tea Leon offered him. His hair was matted and mangled, half his body wrapped in bandages, and he was wearing an old nightgown that Cloud had loaned to him. He wore the nightgown only because his own clothes were soiled and torn to shreds–though the nightgown, which was pink-checkered with white lace, did nothing for his appearance.
“So…you wanna tell us what happened? Because I doubt that you got these bruises and a broken arm from working on a computer,” Cloud said as he finished tying the bandage around Riku’s upper arm and shoulder. The blond trying so hard not to grin in amusement at the sight of Riku.
Riku sighed. “Sure…I haven’t been completely honest with you guys…”
“Well, that’s a start. Care to continue?” Cloud nudged.
Riku shot the blond an annoyed look. The silver-hair teen may have been grateful to the couple for letting him in, but that didn’t mean he was in the mood for sarcastic remarks. He felt weak and tired. He had nearly escaped the Diamond Wing Corporation by the skin of his teeth. If he had not ducked into that alley and managed to weave his way to the park, he would have been captured. Riku didn’t even want to think about what those thugs had done to Sora. They had taken Roxas away, of that much he was sure. Though what pissed Riku off most of all was the fact that he himself was a part of the whole thing.
It had all started at the beginning of this year. He had gone to a technology convention with his father for a “site observation”, which was just his father’s way of saying, “We’re going to see all the new advanced equipment and use it to our advantage.”
There, they had met Diamond Wing. Their business representative, Marluxia, had talked with his father for a brief time. Riku remembered that in that conversation his father, Sephiroth, had mentioned the alternative personality function that his corporation had just patented. He also remembered that just a moment later his father had been distracted by someone else and Marluxia had asked him–
“So, Riku, what do you think about all this? Do you find that these advancements in persocoms will incite new ideas?” The pink-haired man had always rubbed Riku the wrong way.
“No,” Riku had said. “As far as I’m concerned, persocoms will never truly reach their full brilliance until they themselves are almost human.”
Riku cursed himself inside his head. He had been the one to give Marluxia that outrageous idea, and it was only made worse by what had happened after that. And yet even then he had still not seen the signs.
A few weeks after the convention, Demyx had come to him, asking to look over some statistics and the new outlines for his company’s newest project. Riku had not thought much of it. He had always helped out other companies–in a way, he supposed, he was betraying his own father, but Riku always made sure that the corrected plans or calculations that he gave to other companies were less efficient then his father’s plans. And Demyx’s plans were nothing out of the ordinary. The plans had not shown any signs or hints of what the Diamond Wing Corporation had truly been up to.
It had not been until Riku had been informed by the corporation that one of the test persocoms had escaped (and Sora suddenly found a persocom with the company’s label tattoo on its wrist), that he had become suspicious. With the appearance of Roxas, Riku had grown rather curious, for he had been under the impression that Diamond Wing, as the newspapers had said, was having complications with their manufacturing of the new persocoms.
Yet here Roxas was, seemingly activated and running correctly. Riku had only become paranoid when Sora had mentioned that Roxas had a heartbeat. It was then that Riku began to wonder just what it was exactly that Diamond Wing was doing.
He had searched the internet and found nothing, he had showered books of persocom manufacturing and function and still had found nothing. He sent Sora to Leon in hopes of answers, for Riku knew fully well what Leon had accomplished not too many years ago with his creation of Cloud. But something inside Riku told him that Roxas was not exactly like Cloud. They had similarities, yes, but there was still one distinct difference–Cloud had been altered to be more human, Roxas seemed to be human…but showed more signs of being a computer after each passing day.
Still to this moment, Riku did not know why Roxas was the way he was. The only bit of information Riku had been able to salvage was from when he had briefly hacked into the Diamond Wing Corporation’s shipping department. He had managed to pull up a log that showed that the corporation had received copious shipments of animals in the last few months. He had also found out that recently their workers had taken a sudden interest in adopting teenage children.
That was why Riku had openly called the suits murderers in front of Demyx. Riku knew–he just knew that those kids were not alive, just as he knew that Roxas was with those law-breaking SOBs right now.
But first things had to come first. He had to inform Leon and Cloud of the situation, for he couldn’t infiltrate Diamond Wing alone. He didn’t want to just run and tell the police, for fear of Diamond Wing covering up their operation and possibly killing Roxas and any others that were still alive. Riku already felt horrible enough for deceiving Sora and not being able to stop this whole mess from happening. He didn’t want to screw up any more.
Riku took a deep breath, and for the next hour he told Leon and Cloud what had happened–all he knew and all he had done. At the end, he had hung his head and finished by saying, “There is no excuse for myself, but we need to act fast or worse will happen.”
Leon stared at Riku for the longest time before leaning back in his chair and running a hand through his brown hair. “Well…at least I know what Diamond Wing is doing…and what Roxas has to do with all this.”
Riku looked at him skeptically. “What do you mean?”
Leon looked back at him, his face emotionless. “Have you ever heard of the American film Gattaca?”
“No, why?”
“Gattaca is a movie that depicts a superhuman race. Scientists have altered the DNA code to create genetically elite super-generations. They changed DNA proteins and switched them with the enhanced abilities from animals. As a result, the new generations were physically and genetically almost invincible.”
Riku only blinked in confusion. “So what does that have to do with Roxas and Diamond Wing?”
“You said that Diamond Wing was adopting children, right?”
“Right, but only teen children. So?”
“So, Roxas is obviously one of these adopted children.”
Riku’s face contorted from confusion to full out shock.
“Exactly.” Leon frowned. “They’re taking live humans and forcing their DNA to merge with that of a machine compound.”
“But it can’t be done!” Riku slammed his fist on the table.
“It can.” Cloud spoke up softly. “I am living proof of that.”
“Yes, but it can only be done when the subject being transformed is a fetus and has the appropriate DNA code.”
“So what does this mean for Roxas?”
“What Diamond Wing is trying to accomplish is simply daft. Their meddling with the genes will only kill the subject. We need to get Roxas out of there as soon as possible. The mechanical compounds they’re giving that boy are obviously overtaking his original DNA. Once that DNA is gone, Roxas himself will cease to exist. He will either become a mindless doll, or he will die.”
“Then we need to–”
“Patience, Riku,” Leon warned.
“Did you not just say that we needed to–”
“True, we do need to hurry. But going in there without a specific plan will just surely get us all killed.”
“Then what do you propose we do?” Riku asked, taking deep breaths to calm himself.
“You will stay here. Diamond Wing will most likely be looking for you, and Sora is their link to you. Do they know about Cloud and me?”
“No, I never told them that I sent Sora to you or that you examined Roxas.”
“Good, then Cloud will go retrieve Sora. And I…have some calls to make.” Leon rose from his chair and left the room. His demeanor of utter control had never changed.
Riku gritted his teeth and leaned against the couch. “I already feel like shit because of all this, but knowing that I can’t help fix it is even worse.”
Cloud, who was still sitting by him, sighed. “You are helping by staying put. Just think of this as your form of atonement, even though Diamond Wing is more to blame for this situation, not your stupidity.”
“But I–” Riku was then slapped upside the head. “Ouch, what was that for?!”
“Stop feeling sorry for yourself. It’s a waste of your time and ours. Besides, what’s happened has happened. There’s no use whining or crying over it now. Concentrate on what you will do, not what you have done.”
Riku stared at Cloud in disbelief. Those blue eyes seemed to pierce through his self-pity. He dumbly nodded.
Cloud nodded and rose to his feet. “I suppose I’ll make us a late-night snack. We’ve got a hell of a day ahead of us.”
And indeed they did, for out of the window both men could just see the sun beginning to rise, its golden rays painting the sky in warm tinges of pinks and blues.
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Leon was pissed as hell to say the least. He was annoyed with Riku for being so ignorant, but that was nothing compared to the anger he now was feeling toward Diamond Wing. Did they even realize they were killing lives? Were they such bad scientists that they could not see that their plans would never succeed? No…they were good scientists…they were just corrupted by greed. The want to succeed and be the best had obviously taken over them.Leon entered his office and picked up his phone. He dialed a number and after three rings a rather tired voice came on the other end.
“Hello?”
“Zach.”
&# 8220;Squall? Is that you…? Damn it, WTF man, it’s seven in the morning.”
“It’s Leon. You know how I hate being called Squall.”
“But it’s your name.”
Leon rolled his eyes. “Get out of bed, Zach. I need you big time.”
There was silence on the other end for a moment, then, “Leon, I’m disgusted. How can you possibly be tired of having sex with that angel of purple you have?”
Leon nearly crushed the phone in his hands. Zach may have been one of his closest friends, but he didn’t like how Zach had a major crush on Cloud. He also did not like it when the black-haired journalist always made wise comments and gave advice on his and Cloud’s relationship. “Zach, don’t make me hang up the phone and call Zell,” Leon warned. Zell was Zach’s journalist archrival.
“Wow, bringing out that card, huh? Okay, what is it? You got me a story or something?”
“Oh, it’s a story, all right. And I want you to be there right next to me when we get it.”
There was another pause. “What are you saying, Leon? I detect a hint of triumph in your voice.”
Leon explained briefly the situation.
“…OMG, shut up! ROFL, I’m going to be rich!”
“What is it with you and your obsession with using computer lingo?” Leon shook his head “Listen, I need you to be over at my house no later then eight.”
“Why?”
“I want you to get the whole story, Zach. Every ounce of gore and every ounce of sympathy. I want people to read your story and be so horrified that Diamond Wing will be shut down and–”
“You don’t want any other company to get this idea into their heads, I get it. I’ll write the story. But it sounds like you need to take a chill pill. Don’t you think you’re overreacting a bit? The company will be shut down, Leon. I promise.”
Leon contemplated and sighed. “I guess I’m overly angry. No later then eight, all right?”
“You got it. TTFN.”
“Would you stop with the computer language?!”
)()()()()()()()()()()()()(
Sorry for the short chapter. I’m working on the ending chapters as we speak and the climax of the story.*sigh* You readers don’t know how much DNA, transmutation, and genetic sequencing articles and books I have read in order to make this fanfic’s ending realistic. Anyway, please review! Your thoughts and opinions matter very much to me!
Sora: Hey, I didn’t get any lines!
Namine and Roxas: Thank you for all your support and stay tuned for the next chapter of The Perfect Computer!
~This Chapter was beta corrected by Airen
:Additional Notes:
Gattaca - a 1997 science fiction drama film written and directed by Andrew Niccol.