In Which the Story Will Make you Throw Up(Or Die...whichever comes first)

Colt and his group of terrorists struck fast and furiously, destroying things and causing explosions.

"Oh geez," Greg said, stressed out. "It would be nice for me to be able to hold a gun and help out right now."

"Forget that! We've got this. You help everyone evacuate." Sklak ordered as she and Karin ran off with Cane, Tom, and Brody in hot pursuit.

Roy, his team, Inoue, Arakawa, Shimomura, Nomoto, and Natsue all came running up to Skylak, Karin, Brody, Tom, and Cane.

"What the heck is going on here?" Roy demanded.

"One word. Colt." Edward came up to the group and said seriously.

Roy frowned as his eyes darkened. "Colt, huh?"

"We've got to take them down. Colt might destroy Shonen Gangan! He and his goons are throwing bombs everywhere! And what's worse is that some of them are stink bombs, so it smells like a gas plant, a garbage plant, and mold combined." Nomoto groaned as he pinched his nose.

Natsue made a gagging noise.

"Hey, isn't it weird that Ochi invited Colt? I mean, he had to have known that this would happen, right?" Alphonse asked.

Everyone gasped with realization.

"You're right..." Fuery mused.

"Why didn't we realize before..." Brody narrowed his eyes.

Breda nodded in agreement. "We were stupid to think that this wasn't a trap. Just being slightly cautious won't do us good. We should have had some guards or had it in a place less conspicuous."

"Let's stop worrying about the past now. What matters now is-"

"That's right." A voice cut off Roy from finishing his sentence.

Roy and the others growled. It was Ochi. Behind Ochi, as always, stood Jo and Toko.

"We should stop dwelling on the past. However;" His eyes narrowed. "I cannot let go of my past. So for this reason, I can't let you go either. I put a series of locks around the building that can't be unlocked without my code. So, you're all stuck here." Ochi smiled deviously.

"Why are you even doing this, Ochi?" Inoue demanded.

Ochi cocked his head. "Oh, wouldn't you like to know? Well, I have my own personal reasons why, so I suggest that you just take it as it is."

Inoue glared at his response.

"Wait...so Colt can't get in here specifically?" Alphonse asked curiously.

"Correct," Jo answered.

"Well anyways. I suppose I should just say this as simply as possible. Get the owner of Shonen Gangan to give up his position to me."

Arakawa, Inoue, Shimomura, Nomoto, and Natsue all exchanged looks.

"Are you talking about the previous owner, Mr. Atsuki?" Natsue asked softly.

"Previous? Oh, that terrible man finally retired, huh?" Ochi laughed madly.

Arakawa looked down. "Actually...Ochi...."

Ochi looked down at her and his eyes slowly widened as he realized what she was saying.

"...the owner died of old age just a few months ago." Arakawa finished, emotion heavy in her voice. The owner might not have been good to the employers, but they were times when he was and people knew that this was his true side. He was only cruel to help guide the employers to get better at their job.

Ochi's eyes dilated with horror as another memory came back to him. A memory that he tried to suppress.

"Why? Why did you fire me?!" Ochi demanded quiet Mr.Atsuki.

Mr. Atsuki looked at him sadly then said, "You wanted to be the owner, right? If you want to be the owner, stop chasing after ridiculous dreams of being the owner of someone else's company."

"W-what?" Ochi stuttered.

"I'm saying that if you want to become a great owner, then make your own company. You'll probably do better than me, anyway." Mr. Atsuki chuckled.

Ochi's eyes widened then filled up with anger. "Shut up! You don't know anything!"

And the Ochi ran off.

Ochi had been wrong. The last memory he had of the owner wasn't his cold gaze set on him when he got fired, it was actually the calm and sad gaze when he ran away, turning his back on his dream.

He should have realized this sooner. If he had, then maybe things could have been different.

Ochi dropped to his knees as his eyes filled with tears. "I-I should have known better." He said quietly and softly.

Jo and Toko gave him sad looks. They knew that Mr. Atsuki wasn't alive, which is why they were against this plan in the first place. Memories can be painful.

And this memory was something more painful than anything else Ochi's experienced. Although, he knew that he had a choice.

He could choose to live with turning his back on his dream and go on the wrong path, or he could follow his dream once more and follow the advice of someone who was actually there for him all along.

"I was so blind," Ochi said as tears streamed down his face.

Arakawa and Inoue exchanged sad smiles, as did the others. They knew what path Ochi would take.

Ochi stood up and dried his tears. "Come. I'm going to stop this. And afterward, I'm going to open up my own company." He gave a small smile.

They knew it. The path Ochi would follow for the rest of his life wasn't one where he took his revenge...no, it was one where he followed Mr. Atsuki's advice and follow his old dream once more...except this time he would be the owner of his own company.