AN: Well here is chapter 2 of the Epic Mickey story, I hope you enjoy it as you have with the first chapter, now if you have any questions leave it in your review, or PM me. Let the chapter start off with The Mad Doctor doing the disclaimer oh Doctor, Doctor

The Mad Doctor: Thank you Storyteller, Storyteller222 does not own Epic Mickey or any characters you read here they are all property of the Walt Disney Corporation. If he did I would be brought back sooner and Epic Mickey would have been different, now if you excuse me I have to get that MOUSE!

Chapter 2: Welcome to the Wasteland

Mickey's feet pounded against the floor as he ran through the castle. Everything was demented and twisted. Some staircases banked to the side and tilted even! Despite all this, gravity seemed to follow it. One staircase was even upside down, yet Mickey was able to run up it (Or…down it)

Mickey dared not to look back, in fear that he would see Dr. Ivanko coming after him with some sort of slicing machine.

After running through a flight of stairs that twisted in a corkscrew fashion, Mickey finally found himself in a normal looking hallway.

He stopped to catch his breath and he slowly looked back. No one was following him. He sighed in relief at the realization that he had a considerable lead on his pursers.

He then looked at the paintbrush in his hands. Its tip was shining with a splotch of glittering, rainbow paint.

"Yen Sid's brush…" He murmured as he looked at it. "I remember seeing this before I ended up here…but how did it get here?"

Mickey looked over the brush with interest. He then held it and traced a circle in the air. A trail of paint hung in the air that followed the brushes movements. When Mickey finished the circle, the magic floating circle morphed into a small yellow ball with a blue stripe and a red star.

Mickey chuckled a bit in amusement, nearly forgetting that there was a mad scientist after him who wanted to dissect him.

What snapped him back into reality was the sound of rapid footsteps coming up the stairs, The Mad Doctor was hot on his trail!

Mickey panicked and did the only thing he could think of. He kicked the yellow ball into the stairwell.

He listened and heard what sounded like the crazed scientist slipping on the ball, and rapid thumps that slowly grew distant, indicating that he had indeed slipped on it, and was now falling all the way back down.

The mouse couldn't help but chuckle just a little bit as he continued to run. It felt…strangely good to be mischievous for once.

As he rounded the next corner, Mickey entered what looked like a holding facility. There was a bunch of cages lining the walls and a few hung from the ceiling.

Mickey gasped at the sight of what was in the cages. Inside them were what looked like fusions of animals and robots.

Some looked bizarre, others looked half dead, and some were just plain dead. The body of a cyborg gorilla lay at one side of the room. Its right arm was completely metal as well as its right foot. Its chest had metal plates on them and a few lights were attached to its left arm.

Mickey eyed it strangely, it looked almost…familiar.

"…That couldn't be…"

Mickey, being the Disney's number one star, knew all of the Disney family, and he could swear that this gorilla…it almost looked like…

"….Kerchak?"

The gorilla seemed to respond to the name and it slowly woke up. Mickey was horrified when he saw that it's eyes were red and robotic.

"Kerchak…is that you?"

The gorilla snarled and lunged at Mickey. Mickey screamed and jumped back to avoid a swipe from its metal arm. It tried to reach for the mouse, but was stopped by a thick chain that was wrapped around its neck and kept it attached to the wall.

"Kerchak!" Mickey pleaded. "It's me! Mickey! Mickey Mouse! Don't you recognize me? Do you remember Tarzan?"

Kerchak didn't seem to be in the mood for talking, he just pounded his fists against the floor. The pounding caused a few papers to come loose from the walls.

They fluttered down and scattered a bit as one landed at Mickey's feet.

Ignoring the angry ape, Mickey picked up the paper and looked at it. He arched a brow as he glanced at its contents. It appeared to be a blueprint of some kind for some sort of ride. He saw a few Imaginer notes on the side, as well as the Disney corporate logo at the bottom right corner, so it was definitely Disney blueprint.

"'Tarzan's Swinging Adventure'?" Mickey read the title above the blueprint. "I don't remember Disney making a ride like this..."

"That is because it was never made…" A sudden voice said.

Mickey jumped a bit and looked around. By this time, the robotic Kerchak had calmed down and was just watching him.

"Who said that?" Mickey asked.

"I did!" Came the voice again.

Mickey spun around and saw a strange looking creature in a small cage. It was very small, about at least 6 inches bigger then a certain cricket Mickey knew. It was dressed in a red suit and wore goggles over it's eyes.

"Who are you?" Mickey asked.

"My name is Gus..." the creature said, stroking it's toothbrush-like mustache."And I'm a gremlin…"

Gremlin. That sounded familiar to Mickey somewhat. Mickey decided to figure it out later and he held the blueprints up to the gremlin.

"What do you know about this?" Asked the mouse.

As Gus was about to answer, Mickey heard footsteps approaching. The Mad Doctor was coming!

"Quick! Free me and I'll tell you once we get out!" Pleaded Gus.

"But I don't have a key!" Mickey replied.

That's when Mickey got an idea. He held up the paintbrush into the air and quickly drew a small skeleton key in the air. The trail of paint transformed into the key and Mickey stuck it into the lock and unlocked the cage, setting Gus free.

"That's quite a remarkable device there!" Gus commented as he floated in the air in front of Mickey's face.

The footsteps grew louder and Gus tugged on Mickey's ear, begging him to go.

"But what about Kerchak?" Mickey asked, looking at the ape.

"That is not the same Kerchak YOU know!" Gus said. "I promise I'll explain later, but we have to go!"

Mickey gave one last look at the robotic ape before following Gus and running down the hallway and towards the large double door. Mickey opened it and found himself in what looked like a destroyed castle.

There were no walls or ceiling, and he could see the outside…which did not look pretty.

The sky was an evil dark purple and the ground outside looked cold and black with several geysers of steam shooting out.

The only thing for Mickey to walk on was a stone floor which slowly slooped down to the outside ground. The only part of the castle left was some odd-looking stained glass window that had a rabbit on it, with a crown.

Mickey was snapped out of his trance when he heard footsteps from the other side of the door. He turned and realized that The Mad Doctor was about to catch up to him! Mickey quickly ran to the door and painted a giant padlock across the handles of the double doors.

The door tried to swing open, but was prevented by the padlock keeping the doors shut.

The Mad Doctor's angry voice could be heard on the other side as he screamed and pounded on the door. Mickey, with Gus on his shoulder, ran down the slope and past the odd stained glass window and onto the cold, black stone ground.

Mickey looked back at the laboratory to see that it was a half destroyed castle. He then looked and saw that they were in fact on an island! The ocean surrounding it was a shaded thinner green. Mickey looked and could see several dark looking islands dotted around the thinner sea.

"…Where ARE we?" Mickey asked Gus

Gus just sighed as he sat on the mouse's shoulder.

"Welcome to the Wastelands, Mickey Mouse…".

AN: Well that is the end of the second chapter of my Epic Mickey story, I hope you will enjoy it and now you have seen some of my other changes to the story, expect more as the story progresses. This is Storyteller222 signing off

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