Sora and his friends stopped at the edge of the collapsing wall and looked out over the violet plateaus around Hollow Bastion.
"Whoa…" Sora breathed.
A veritable sea of armored Heartless were marching towards the city, others floating above the ranks of their allies. More approached from the cliffs surrounding and jumped down, joining the horde. Sora could see Yuffie, Stitch, Cloud, Leon, Tifa, all of his allies fending off the hordes of dark creatures to keep them away from the town.
"Leon, everybody – hang in there."
Sora started forward, but Ignus suddenly appeared in front of him. "Sora, you said you wanted to go find Riku and Kairi, right? Get going."
"But Leon and the others are my friends too!"
"Don't worry, they can handle themselves. And either way, I'll help them out."
"But I promised Leon…"
"Donald, Goofy! Take him and go!"
"Riku, Kairi…" Sora muttered to himself. "Give me a little more time, okay?"
Ignus scanned the battlefield as Donald and Goofy talked Sora into leaving. Suddenly, all three ran past him and jumped to the ground below.
"We're sorry!" Sora called back up.
Ignus sighed and dove after them. "Just stay together and watch each other's backs, okay?" He pointed. "Go down that canyon, I'm going to go give Yuffie a hand." He ran off and jumped over a boulder, disappearing from sight.