DDR HEARTS 2:
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A/N: DDR HEARTS is finally back, and so am I after so long. Here's the continuation and well, I'll explain things in due time (just check the profile).
As always, I don't own what isn't mine, and those things that are copyright are copyright there own creators. Obviously, read any of the stories in my profile that come before this or you shall be lost.
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Unknown Location
"Ryan…time to wake up."
An image was in Ryan's mind…an image of, well; he couldn't determine who or what it was because all he could hear was his name being shouted loudly.
Shaking his head, he opened his eyes and saw Dark and Reps.
"What the?" Ryan said, his voice sounding very tired, "Where are we?"
Apparently Ryan was in some sort of pod which had begun to open up.
"Ugh!" Ryan said, jumping out of the pod and stretching, "I feel like I've been asleep for five years."
"Heh, you always did say you wanted to catch up on your sleep one day if I recall." Dark said with a laugh.
"I don't mean to interrupt the brotherly bonding here, but do you know where we are?" Reps said.
"Huh…let's see…we defeated Ansemian. Had that big tournament on Earth and defeated, or sorta defeated, Sephiroth…and then…I remember this grassy plain." Ryan said, "It all goes blank after that."
"Hmmm…I can't seem to recall how we got into those pods either." Reps said, "That's rather mysterious."
"What I don't get is, where is Scott? And Charmy and the others?" Dark said, till a piece of paper fell out of his jacket, "Hello, what's this?"
"What did you find Dark?" Ryan asked.
"It says, "Thank Jessica." and has some scribble on it in Japanese. Guess that's Scott's way of saying he's okay as well." Dark said.
"But who's this Jessica?" Ryan asked, "I…I…This all so weird. Well, let's get out of here and find out where we are."
"Agreed." Reps said, finding a doorway and leading them out of it.
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Mansion Grounds
"Man, this place seems weird. Especially that sun, I do not like how it hasn't moved an inch." Ryan said.
"Hmmm…perhaps this world is caught in the in-between." Dark said, "That could explain the perpetual twilight."
"I just want to see if there are any people here." Reps said, "If we find people we can find some means to continue onwards."
"Right. We aren't getting anything done here." Ryan said, walking through the forest and coming upon a town.
Dark looked around and felt something about this town.
"Dark? You okay?" Reps asked, "You seem a little distracted."
"Oh, it's, it's nothing…I just…this place seems familiar for some reason." Dark said, "But I know I've never been here."
"Really? Good. I'm glad I'm not the only one getting this bizarre sense of déjà vu." Ryan said, "Well, let's go this way."
Ending up at some dead end, they wandered into a clubhouse of sorts.
"Huh? This place looks…different." Ryan said.
"Hey! Who are you guys?!" said a mysterious voice.
Turning around, the three heroes were confronted with two young men and a young woman.
"Oh, is this your place? Sorry…we were just looking around and didn't mean to snoop." Ryan said, "I'm Ryan. That knuckle-head in the shades is Dark, and our robotic friend here is Reps."
"Well, my name is Hayner. He's Pence, and her name is Ollette." Hayner said, "I haven't seen you guys before, are you new to Twilight Town?"
"Twilight Town? This is what this place is called, eh?" Dark said, "It fits. Anywho, we're looking for someone, but hey, we'll stop by again. You three seem like you'd get into all sorts of fun trouble."
"Yeah, we have our fair share of mischievous acts." Pence said with a laugh, "You're welcome anytime guys. Take care."
"Hmm…that looks like a train station over there. We might be able to find some clues there." Ryan said.
"And you're basing this on what?" Reps said, following after him.
"Just a hunch." Ryan said, walking towards the front of the train station, "See? It's all…good?"
"Ryan? What's wrong?" Dark said, turning around and noticing some bizarre, white creatures.
"What the hell are those things?" Reps said, "They don't look like Heartless and I don't have records of anything like those in my databanks."
Ryan stared at the symbol on their heads and couldn't shake a feeling of…déjà vu.
"Well, whatever they are." Ryan said, dodging one of them and pulling out his Kingdom Keysaber, "They don't like us and frankly, I could do without them! Let's take 'em out!"
The next five minutes was basically an orgy of violence as Dark, Ryan, and Reps beat the ever-loving crap out of these white creatures. However…
"Man, we can't keep this up. They just keep coming." Ryan said, blocking a blow and getting knocked back into Dark and Reps, the three falling into a heap.
"Damn, what now?!" Dark shouted.
Up above, a cloaked figure watched and decided to make his move.
Just as these creatures went in for the final blow, he jumped down and aced them in one quick move.
"Eh? We're alive?" Dark said, before recognizing the figure, "Scott?!"
"Shhh!" Scott said, before tossing Ryan a pouch, "I'll deal with these guys. Take the Blue train and it'll show you where to go. Now hurry!"
With that, Scott ran off leaving our three heroes to be quite confused.
"How did he get a Keysaber? I'm so lost!" Ryan shouted.
"Forget that, at least we know he's okay. We just have to trust his judgment right now and take that train." Reps said, getting up and walking into the station.
"Yeah, he knows what he's doing." Dark said, paying the ticket man and joining Ryan in the train.
"Wait!" Hayner shouted, "I don't know why, but…it felt like we should be here to say goodbye."
"Yeah. Something felt like we had to." Ollette said, noticing the pouch Reps was holding and making an odd face.
Seeing this, Reps was rather confused, but wrote it off as nothing.
"We said we'd come back again guys. So it's not like a final goodbye." Ryan said.
"We know, but hey…our hearts told us to be here." Hayner said, "You guys take care out there."
"Thanks, we will." Ryan said, before crying, "Eh? Why am I…"
Shaking it off, Ryan got into the train and sat down while it took off towards its destination.
"So, where do you think this train is taking us?" Reps said.
"Who knows, but if I know Scott, it's taking us to someone who can fill us in on what the hell's happened while we were sleeping." Dark said.
Ryan sat there contemplating what the heck happened.
"Ryan?" Dark asked, sensing his discomfort, "Oh, you're wondering why you cried aren't you?"
"Yeah, it's odd. We just met and yet…" Ryan trailed off.
"Well, I had those feeling too, so I'm confused as well." Dark said, "But who knows? We can be sentimental at times after all."
"Heh, yeah, you are right." Ryan said, "Oh, looks like the train is at its destination."
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The Tower
"That is one tall tower." Reps said, "I wonder who lives here?"
"Yeah, must be someone important I suppose." Dark said, walking around some.
Ryan turned around and watched the train disappear, "Heh, looks like our ride just took off on us."
Spying someone peeking in the entrance, the trio walks over and initiates a conversation.
"Hey? What are you doing?" Ryan asked.
"Well, there's this jive turkey that lives here who's supposed to be really knowledgeable, so I'm trying to make him into a Heartless for Ansemian." Said a man wearing a purple leisure suit.
"Ansemian?" The three said, just looking at each other before laughing loudly.
"Dude, hate to break it to you, but not only is she dead, but her reincarnated self turned good till she sacrificed her life." Ryan said, "You're out of luck."
"What?!" the man said turning around quickly.
"You!!" shouted Reps, "Why are you here?!
"Hah! So the lost little android is still alive is he?" shouted the man, "And you two…you've given us all a lot of trouble as well haven't you?"
"You know this guy Reps?" Dark said, "He looks familiar…but I can't place him."
"That's Boldo…he was always a creep but when he joined up with G.U.N. he got even worse. The archives say he disappeared one day, but I guess we know where and why now." Reps said.
"Boldo?! From DDR?" Ryan said with a huge laugh, "You've gotta be joking."
"Hey! I can be evil you silly white boy!" Boldo shouted, "Feel the power of my heartless!"
Snapping his fingers, Boldo summoned a mess of Heartless and ran off.
"Now these are enemies I can fight!" Dark said, slashing through them.
"Let's go!" Ryan shouted, striking a pose with Dark before unleashing their Limit move, Strike Flash.
"Hey, watch it you guys!" Reps said, jumping out of the way from the flurry of Keysaber slashes, "Tsk, show offs."
"Heh, just like old times." Ryan said, holstering his Keysaber and opening the door to the Tower.
"Heartless here, Heartless there." Ryan said, killing more of them, "Didn't closing that damn door do any good way back?"
"I suppose." Dark said, "It probably slowed down the influx of them at the least."
"True…true." Reps said, "From what you guys told me, the other side of that door was pretty…unfriendly."
"Yeah, it wasn't pretty looking." Ryan said, "Hey, we made it to the top."
Opening the door, the three were a bit surprised to see a man in a yellow disco suit, sporting a huge Afro.
"Wait, you're this "jive turkey" Boldo was talking about?" Dark said in disbelief.
"Damn right, baby!" Afro shouted, "I heard you guys finally woke up and knew that Scott would want me to fill you in, so let's get it going!"
"Um…okay." Ryan said, "So, we've been asleep for a year, right? What the hell's going on? Why are there all these Heartless still roaming? And what's with those white creatures?"
"Well, you crazy cats, it is true you closed the door, and thus prevented all them wacko Heartless from overflowing. However, it would seem they are still using the passageways of darkness to go from world to world." Afro said, "As for those white fools you ran into…"
Opening up a panel, Afro displayed a 3D image of said white creatures.
"These funky dudes are the Nobody. When a Heartless is made, these Nobody dudes appear as well and are the Body and Soul discarded." Afro said, "This is the variety known as Dusk and it's doubtless you'll rumble with them many times baby!"
"Ok…that explains who those guys were." Reps said, "But what about Scott? What happened to him?"
"Well, as it turns out, there is this uncool group of fools called Organization XIII that are made up of incredibly strong Nobodies that kept their form after becoming Heartless." Afro said, flipping another panel.
"Huh? That's odd. Scott was wearing the same type of cloak." Dark said, "I have a feeling this is going to be a fashion statement this time around, eh?"
"Don't ask me, I just know their threads are way beyond funkification!" Afro shouted with a pose, "Anyway, it would seem you're in need for some new threads yourself."
"Hmmm…I did think the clothes were a little baggy." Ryan said, "I guess a year asleep will help you lose the weight fast."
"Well, baby, I can hook you up with the greatest threads this side of the galaxy." Afro said.
"Um…how about you just get us some smaller clothing but in this style?" Dark said while sweatdropping, "I'm rather attached to my clothing style."
"Huh…fine baby, you out of time anyway!" Afro said, snapping his fingers and a whirlwind of movement later, Dark and Ryan were somehow in better-fitting versions of their clothing.
"What the hell was that?!" Dark shouted.
"That would be my pep squad baby!" Afro shouted, "They take care of all my needs."
"If I can interrupt, how the heck do we go from world to world now if we closed off Kingdom Hearts and therefore closed off all connections to the world?" Reps asked.
"Well, there are still ways to travel." Afro said, suddenly quite serious, "By finding specific items, you can open up pathways of Light and travel those much like the Heartless travel the pathways of Dark."
"Huh? Okay, so how do we do that?" Ryan asked.
"With this tricked out, super funky ride!" Afro shouted whilst posing yet again.
"That didn't last long." Dark said with a laugh, "But hey, that's not the Gummi Ship."
"Yep, that crazy fool Cid done won himself a funked out new ride and left it in our care." Afro said, "Said you crazy cats would end up needing it at some point."
"Heh, that's Cid for you. I wonder how those guys are doing anyway?" Ryan said.
"Well, one way to find out." Reps said, "Let's dash like a flash of funk baby!"
"Oh dear God, now he's doing it!" Dark said, grabbing Reps and jumping out the window into the ship.
"Afro, it's been real! Thanks for the help and watch out!" Ryan said, joining Dark and Reps in the ship.
"May the funk be with you brother! Never lose the way of the Dance!" Afro said, funking out as the ship set off into the distance.
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Space
"So, this is some fancy ship." Ryan said, "Afro said Cid won it…I wonder from whom?"
"I don't' know, but let's get to the cockpit. It seems odd that this ship is taking off by itself." Dark said, opening a door.
"Greetings. Oh my, it seems I do not have your files on record." Said a mysterious voice.
"Hey, who said that?!" Reps said, looking around.
"Why I did of course. I am this ship's main computer." Said the mysterious voice; "You may call me Gilliam."
"Gilliam, eh? Heh, at least you aren't uptight like some computerized organisms I know." Dark said, staring at Reps.
"Hey now, what's that mean?" Reps said, staring back.
"Now now, as I have no information on you, I think it would be prudent if you were to state your names so I can register you as the crew." Gilliam said.
"Well, I'm Ryan and I'll probably end up being the captain, so put me down as that." Ryan said.
"I'm Darkness Shade and I'll handle the weaponry and navigation." Dark said.
"And I'm Reps. I suppose if I can interface with you, I can help assist in whatever else is needed." Reps said.
"Obtained and acknowledged. You are the new crew of the Outlaw Star." Gilliam said, "So, as all preparations are now complete, would you please take your seats so that we can move out?"
"Um, sure…you've got to loosen up though, Gilliam. This isn't going to work out unless you do." Ryan said, jumping in the captain's seat.
"Hmmm…you remind me of the last captain." Gilliam said, "This should be most interesting then."
"Hey, Ryan." Dark whispered to Ryan, "Doesn't the name Outlaw Star sound familiar?"
"I want to say yes, but let's not worry about that for now." Ryan whispered back.
"Um…where do I sit?" Reps asked.
"Hmmm…as you are a bio-android, or at least you seem like one, enter that hatch there so you can interface with the ship systems." Gilliam said, "You should be able to help control the ship and keep the systems in line."
"Sounds easy enough I guess." Reps said, crawling in the hatch and closing it behind him.
"Hey, where the hell did Reps go?" Ryan said, before Reps shot up in a capsule.
"Connecting, connecting, connecting…I am now connected to this ship's systems." Reps said, "Why am I floating in water?"
"Wow, that's both very cool and very disturbing at the same time." Dark said with a laugh.
"Oh boy, just like the old crew. Let's just hope you don't lose me in a poker game like they did." Gilliam said, "So, what course are we plotting then?"
"Well, it seems there's only one course open at the moment, so let's head there." Ryan said, "And hey, it looks like we get to see what Cid and them are up to sooner than we thought. That's Hollow Bastion on the map!"
"Sweet…I wonder if they've been able to reconstruct things after a year?" Dark said.
"I would assume so, as all the records I have of these people from your stories seem to indicate that they are rather resilient." Reps said.
"Indeed they are…bunch tough bastards at that." Ryan said.
"Oh, you're just still sore you lost to Leon back then." Dark said with a laugh.
"Gilliam, let's just get going." Ryan said with a sigh, "I tell you…no respect."
"Oh my, what have I gotten myself into this time?" Gilliam said.
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Hollow Bastion (Orbit)
"It seems we've arrived at the destination. I'll maintain orbit of the planet while you take care of your business." Gilliam said, "And do try to avoid any trouble."
"Hey, do we look like we'd make trouble?" Dark asked.
"After my previous crew's actions, I find it common place to say that. So don't take any offense." Gilliam said.
"Look, let's just get down there and see what's up." Ryan said, activating the teleporter and beaming down to Hollow Bastion.
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Hollow Bastion
"Ansemian!" Boldo shouted, his voice echoing off the emptiness of what was once Hollow Bastion's grand castle, "Hmmm…maybe they did finish her off."
Walking around, Boldo began to get quite frustrated.
"Damn those fools…eh? What's this?" Boldo said, picking up a jet-black feather, "Where did this come from?"
Boldo's ears heard something from behind him and as he turned he saw…
"Hmmm…looks like things are coming along pretty decently." Ryan said.
"Well, maybe we should find Leon and the others…" Dark said, before trailing off.
"What's the matter?" Reps said.
"Those!" Dark shouted, pointing to a pair of Soldier Heartless that disappeared shortly after being seen.
"Dammit…more fighting I suppose." Ryan said, "Well…we are a bit rusty after all that sleep."
"Yes…but still…" Dark said, "Anyway, let's go and find the others and catch up on what's happened in the last year."
"Hmm…you think they're this way?" Reps said, as the three walked into the boroughs.
"I suppose…they probably have a house set up as a base of operations most likely." Ryan said.
"Yeah, yeah…that's wonderful and such. Can we just find them? I'm getting bored." Dark said with yawn, "Eh? What's that?"
"That little device happens to be the town's defense mechanism." Said a female voice.
"Hey, I recognize that voice." Ryan said, looking upwards, "Yuffie!!"
"Look out!" Yuffie shouted, just as a group of Nobodies appeared.
"You wanted action Dark…" Ryan said, pulling out his Keysaber, "Well, I guess you got it."
"This is more like it!" Dark said with a laugh, plowing through the Nobodies.
Eventually, the threat was extinguished.
"Heh, seems like you're in top form as usual." Yuffie said, "But…who are these guys?"
"Maybe we should meet the others before introducing them, but needless to say, they're on our side." Ryan said, "Where are the others anyway?"
"They're this way." Yuffie said, leading them to a house, "By the way, where's Sonic and Shadow? And Charmy for that matter?"
Ryan blinked and just stood there a few minutes before going crazy.
"Oh crap in a hat!!! I forgot all about them! Where could they be?!" Ryan said, going into a panic.
"Ryan, chill dude. They're most likely okay. They know how to take care of themselves after all." Dark said, "So don't fret. We'll probably see them eventually. They aren't the type to sit back and just chill."
"Yeah, you're right. They'll be fine, so I shouldn't worry." Ryan said.
"Remind me again why I ever joined up with you guys?" Reps said with a laugh as he joined the others in the house.
"Meet the Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee!" Yuffie said loudly.
"Ryan, it's good to see you guys are okay." Aerith said, "After Cloud and I left, we detected something strange coming from your world."
"Yeah…he's back. No doubt Cloud already knows, so I'm going to guess that's where he's at." Ryan said, "I hope he doesn't do anything reckless."
"This Cloud we're talking about." Aerith said.
"Yeah, that's what has me worried." Dark said with a laugh.
"So this is that Dark fella and Reps you were telling us about eh?" Cid said, "They seem pretty on the level."
"Yes…I also had a feeling we'd see you guys soon." Leon said, "A little while ago everyone here began remembering about you."
"Huh? That's odd." Ryan said, "Wonder what happened to cause that?"
"I don't know, but where were you guys anyway?" Yuffie asked.
"Well, believe it or not, we were sleeping." Reps said.
"For a year, jeez. What, were you guys in cold storage or something?" Cid said with a laugh.
The three of them just rubbed the back of their heads and looked embarrassed.
"Well, whatever the reason, you're here now and that's good." Aerith said.
"Not all of us though…Sonic, Shadow, Charmy…they weren't with us when we woke up." Dark said, "Yuffie reminded us of that fact a little while ago."
"I wouldn't worry about them." Leon said, "They'll be safe. They are tougher than they look."
"So…you guys haven't happened to see a guy taller than me going around in a black trenchcoat have you?" Ryan asked, "You remember Scott, right Aerith?"
"Yes…is that who you're talking about?" Aerith asked.
"Yeah…for some reason he wasn't with us when we woke up and then he saved us from those nasty white creatures with another Keysaber." Dark said, "He sent us off to meet Afro and then just disappeared."
"Well, we haven't seen this Scott fellow, but we'll let you know if we do." Cid said, "In the meantime…"
"Yes…there's a problem. A big one." Leon said, "Nobody and Heartless type problems."
"Sounds like just the job for us." Ryan said with a laugh.
"I expected nothing less…especially from you." Leon said, folding his arms.
"Hey…just what are you getting at?" Reps said.
"Oh, that's just how Leon compliments someone." Dark said, "Don't let it get to you."
"Okay then, follow me to the Bailey, I have something to show you." Leon said, walking out the door.
"Wait…there's something for you." Aerith said, pulling out some cards, "We made these up and thought you might like them. We have some for the others but…"
"Don't worry, like Leon said, they'll show up and then you can give them to them." Ryan said with a smile, "So what is it?"
"Here." Aerith said, handing each of them a card.
"Hollow Bastion…" Ryan said.
"…Restoration Committee…" Dark said.
"…Honorary Member." Reps said, "Ah, I feel so special."
"I'll have to thank Leon." Ryan said, turning around, "Where did he go? Impatient as usual…he left without us."
"Well, we'd better go catch up then." Dark said, "Thanks guys!"
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Bailey
"Look at that." Leon said, pointing towards the remains of the Grand Castle.
"DAMN!" Dark shouted, "Where did all those Heartless come from?"
"Yeah, we want to make Hollow Bastion what it was…maybe even better." Leon said, "We can handle everything except for that…and that."
Ryan looked downwards as he saw Nobodies walking around in the distance as well.
"We can take 'em!" Reps said, "So don't worry."
"Good…but do you know what's going on?" Leon said, "We're still a bit baffled by all this."
"Well…this guy named Boldo, he's gathering up Heartless. He's not too bright though, so I don't think we need to worry about him too much." Reps said.
"Yeah, the Nobodies and Organization XII are who we need to deal with the most." Ryan said.
"You called?" Came a mysterious, deep-sounding voice.
"The hell?!" Dark shouted, "It came from over here!"
Rushing to the otherside of the entrance, move voices chimed in.
"You're doing well." Came another male voice, slightly lower in pitch than the other one.
"Show yourselves!" Ryan shouted, pulling out his Keysaber.
"This calls for a celebration…" came the same, deep-sounding voice.
A wave of Dusks appeared and separated Ryan and Leon from Dark and Reps.
"You ready to rumble?" Ryan asked Leon.
"You better believe it. You aren't the only one who's still in top form." Leon said, pulling out his gunblade.
"Well that was fun." Ryan said, rolling his eyes.
"As always. It's always a party with you guys here." Leon said.
"Was that a joke? From you?" Ryan said laughing.
"The Keyblade…such a marvelous weapon." Resounded the deep-sounding voice, "Were it only in more capable hands."
An echo of laughter soon erupted.
"Show yourselves you cowards." Dark said.
Columns of darkness soon began appearing as six trenchcoat clad figures appeared.
"It's them! Organization XIII!" Ryan shouted, "What do you want?!"
"What a shame…and here I thought we could be friends." Said the deep-sounding voice before they began to disappear.
"Stop!!" Reps shouted, charging towards them before another Organization member appeared and blocked the path.
"Oopsy-daisy!" said a surfer sounding voice, "Now do you think that's polite, shutting me down like that?"
"Move!" Dark shouted, his aura flaring.
"You can talk all you want, but that won't change a thing." Said the surfer voice.
"Fine! We'll make you move then!" Ryan said, readying his saber.
"See, that would work---if I was just any old dude." Said the surfer voice, "Except I'm not. I'm with the Organization. Nothing "any old" about me."
"Tough talk since you sat on the sidelines bud." Reps said.
"I think you got the wrong impression." Said the surfer voice, "Why don't I remind you how tough the crowd you're dealing with really is?"
"Remind me?" Ryan and Dark said, then looked at each other.
"That's right. He gave me the same exact look." Said the surfer voice with a laugh.
"He's just trying to psyche you guys out." Reps said.
"Hmmm…be good now boys." The surfer voice said before disappearing.
"Dammit…he got away." Dark said, "Stupid…"
"Still…what was he on about…?" Ryan said.
"He was just trying to confuse us." Reps said.
"Yeah, only one of me…sorta." Ryan said, reading the card, "See?"
Just then the card began to glow and floated from Ryan's hands.
"Hey…you don't think?" Dark said.
Ryan concentrated on the card, jumping back as his Keysaber began to glow.
Shooting a beam of light at the card, a shower of lights announced a new path was open.
"Hey, I bet that's what Afro was talking about." Reps said.
"Leon, hate to bail on you, but we've gotta get going." Ryan said, "Other worlds are calling on us."
"Organization XIII…they look tough." Leon said, "Be careful out there."
"Right…see you guys soon." Dark said, "And keep on a lookout for Scott for us."
"Right." Leon said, waving them off as they beamed up to the ship.
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Outlaw Star
"My, you're back already." Gilliam said, "That was fast."
"Yeah…seems a new path opened up, so we've gotta go." Ryan said, "I have a feeling we'll be back soon though."
"Quite. Regarding that town we came from, I started picking up some weird readings. It seems as if it vanished." Gilliam said.
"Vanished?" Dark said, "That's not good...hopefully nothing's happened to Scott."
"Oh well." Reps said, climbing into the AI chamber, "We've got to get a move on to the next world."
"Right. Gilliam, bring up whatever new paths have opened up." Ryan said, hopping into the pilot seat.
"One moment please." Gilliam said, processing the new data, "It would seem two paths have appeared. I would recommend the Asteroid Sweep path as it would seem that one is giving off the weaker energy signals of the two."
"All right. You heard the man…ship…thing." Dark said, hopping in the navigation seat, "Let's go!!"
"Right!!" shouted the three of them as the Outlaw Star blasted off.
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Asteroid Sweep
"It seem so lifeless in space sometimes, doesn't it?" Ryan said, "I mean, we haven't hit any Heartless ships at all. It's almost too quiet."
"You know…you shouldn't say that." Dark said.
"How come?" Ryan asked.
"Warning! Boogies detected coming from multiple points! Please take your stations!" Gilliam announced.
"That's why." Dark said, "Gilliam, what kind of firepower are we packing in this thing?"
"Thing?!" Gilliam said in disbelief, "I'll have you know that I am a prototype…"
"Gilliam, not now!" Ryan shouted, "I need to know what we have that we can use to fight with."
"This ship does have a stock equipment of missiles as well as four laser turrets located on the top and bottom of this ship." Gilliam said.
"Anything else?" Dark said, "You know, in case that isn't enough."
"This ship is also capable of close range combat through two grappler arms located at the front. The armaments for those right now consist of one blaster and one heat axe." Gilliam said, "If that's not enough, I'm not sure I can fathom what you guys are fighting."
"That works. Dark, you deal with basic weapons while I help pilot. If worse comes to worse, I'll take over with the grapplers and let you and Reps deal with navigation." Ryan said, "Let's go!!"
With that, our intrepid heroes blasted off on the start of a new adventure.