Wonderland : Journey into the Darkness Wonderland : Journey into the Darkness is the first episode of " " . Story detail . Prologue . " Final Fantasy : Unlimited " begins on a dark Japanese night at a dock town . A dock worker is annoyed when his radio broadcast fades to static , moments later a strange black pillar appears on the horizon , stretching into the sky . While science labs nearby are thrown into chaos by the strange appearance , the rest of the town freezes to watch . Two such scientists observe the pillar from a balcony ; Joe and the pregnant Marie Hayakawa . There is a sudden flash of light and the pillar branches off with a small appendage . A red dragon appears a few seconds later , hovering nearby . The navy and the air force arrive to destroy this threat , but the fleets are destroyed in moments . It is then a second appendage and a second dragon appear , white this time . The two dragons engage and destroy each other . The Subway . Several years later , the town seems to have continued despite the destruction faced at the appearance of the pillar , which still stands off the coast . Two children are seen exploring an abandoned subway station , discussing rumors of subway workers ' disappearances ; they sit and wait for a train in the ruined station , and it ' s revealed they are looking for their parents . They ' re amazed when a bizarre looking train appears and its doors open for them ; after a moment ' s hesitation , they board it . Just before it departs , a dark figure can be seen boarding further down . The train speeds off , vanishing in a flash of light ; inside , it is empty of people , and not a sound but the engine can be heard . The Station . In the car behind the children a female hiding in the shadows attempts to report to someone , but doesn ' t seem to get a response ; as she attempts to regain the signal , she ' s noticed by the girl , who calls out to the boy . While the girl remains suspicious of this woman , the boy explains they ' re following their parents in an attempt to find them . Reaching into his bag , he draws out a book on Wonderland with Joe and Marie on the cover ; stating that his parents wrote this book , he introduces himself as Yu Hayakawa ; the girl is his sister , Ai . The woman gives her name as Lisa . Ai continues expressing her misgivings about Lisa , but the train suddenly begins shaking violently . When the train finally stops they discover it ' s parked vertically in a strange station consisting of a spiral staircase and four support pillars . As they disembark and climb to the surface , Lisa avoids answering why she ' s in Wonderland in the first place . Wonderland . The children emerge in what appears to be a city of some kind , but devoid of people once more ; after briefly scouting around they find everything to be made of plants and bugs , with man - sized bugs living within the buildings . As Yu searches he comes across an ostrich - sized yellow bird which he attempts to befriend with a chocolate bar , but when Ai turns up it attempts to eat her hair instead . After shaking Ai around and dazing her the bird flees ; Yu gives chase , recalling an entry for it in their parents ' book . As he does so , he comes face to face with a man dressed in black , bound to a wall by roots . Ai and Lisa catch up to Yu , and the man slowly opens his eyes , asking where he is , and reveals he ' s searching searching for someone , but has forgotten his name . . . Before they get any further , a strange , blimp - like ship appears in the sky and begins dropping bombs on them . Rather than exploding , the bomb releases a mushroom - esque creature that attacks Lisa and the children , though Lisa is able to stop the giant creature ' s blows and send it flying with seeming ease . She describes this as her " Kigen Arts , " similar to a martial art , but the creature rises again , this time larger , before she can give any more details . Lisa claims it ' s to large for her to defeat , and they run for it , the monster hard on their heels . Just as it seems the monster ' s about to kill them , the man in black reappears . Revealing a strange golden tube covering one arm , he calls out " Soil is my power , " causing the tube to sprout four turbine fan blades , then reassemble itself into a three - barreled gun with a beating black heart at its core . This , he calls the " Magun " . Loading three bullets into the gun , he aims and fires . A cloud of smoke erupts from the barrel , followed shortly after by three shafts of light which spiral towards the creature . It attempts to block them with one fist , but the creature ' s body begins to twist and distort until fire erupts from within it , and a fiery bird emerges from its ashes . As the group admires the man ' s power , another strangely dressed man watches from afar . He utters a single word : " Unlimited . " Soil . The Soil and Magun are introduced in this episode , with the first combination used being : This summons Phoenix ; a fiery bird that enters the target ' s body then explodes in a brilliant flash of fire .