Thank God for the clones. If it weren't for them, I wouldn't be here writing the next chapter. And don't worry… this is the real me writing this chapter. Though I am missing out on some pies, which I can go for right about now. Oh … crap, if I say his name now, then I wouldn't be able to get on with the story. And then I don't have any plans to say his name again until later on. Crap.
So anyway, as I was trying to say last chapter, this one is going to feature yet another Cartoon Cartoon classic, this time taking place in the oh so perfect realm of my favorite stuff in the world… NIGHTMARE FUEL! Wanna take a guess where the Eds are heading? Too bad, just read on!
Legal Stuff: I DO NOT own Ed, Edd n Eddy, anything within Kingdom Hearts, or anything else. The Eds belongs and are copyrighted by the great Danny Antonucci and his team at AKA Studios, the Kingdom Hearts series belong to Square Enix, and anything else belongs to their retrospective creators. I do, however, own any original content mention in this story.
Chapter Six – Out in the Middle of Nowhere
OOO
With the radar picking up no detection within the ship's range, the Eds are sailing through space with no worries whatsoever. As their Gummi ship travels on to the next world, the boys are feeling glad that they got their first world safe from Heartless taking over and destroying the heart that is Washington, D.C. With only Eddy and Double D sitting at the helm, the two are looking out into the vastness of space to see the countless stars before them and nothing else beyond that. The small Ed has his feet kick up on the dashboard and Double D got his charm out that he obtained from Washington, flipping it over to see the name of the charm written on it.
"So what is up with that?" asked Eddy, looking over to see the charm in Double D's hand.
"I'm not sure," the smart Ed replied. "I think this may have a connection with that ghost back in Washington, D.C."
"And speaking of which, how's Ed doing?"
"He seems to be fine after getting him from that ghost," Double D said, recalling the events that led to Ed being captured by a hooded ghost and taken away to a hidden location. "I'll give him a few minutes and he'll be back to normal by the time we hit our next destination."
"So is there anything else in this universe?" Eddy asked. "If I remember, there were those other planets that we visited."
"But those planets were several light-years away, and there's no way that this ship's capable of traveling at light-speed."
"You will be amazed by what technology has advanced in these days," spoke a familiar voice. On the monitor in-between the Eds', there is the familiar sight of the boy genius Dexter.
"Oh. Hello there Dexter," said Double D. "How are things going back in Traverse Town?"
"Everything is going smoothly on this side," Dexter replied. "We are currently experiencing some minor nuisances from the Heartless and a computer program we have been slaving away at, but all in all, not much is really exciting here."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, big deal. Why exactly are you calling us?" asked Eddy.
"If you must know, I do have access to the Midnight Hummer from here so if there are any problems to the ship, I will know about it. Plus, I can add any special programs that may aid you in your travel."
"So you are calling that you are adding something?" Double D asked.
"Of course! What I am adding is a little program that will help you locate your friends," the boy genius responded. "You can use your radar to locate them with no problem now."
"But that isn't going to help if we don't have a map," Eddy pointed out.
"Look buster, these things take time and I would have added a map if I knew you three were coming!" snapped Dexter.
Eddy growls at this statement as the two Eds can hear some beeping coming from their radar. They look towards the radar to find that the device is picking up a blue blip, only blinking for a second before beeping and blinking five seconds later. The two look at each other, figuring out that this must be the new feature and they can tell that they are getting someone on the radar. With a course set for them, Double D aligns the ship so that they are on a straight path towards the next world.
Eddy looks over to Double D, where he notices that the smart Ed is twitching slightly. "Is there something wrong?" he asked.
"Wrong? Why, what makes you say that?" replied Double D.
"You're twitching. It's making me nervous."
"What... this?" He takes a hand off of the controls to study his hand. "It may be some sort of reaction, possibly from being out here for so long."
"Or it has to do with the Keyblade of yours," the greedy Ed said. "What happened after it flew out of the computer?"
Double D takes his free hand and places it on his forehead. "I'm... not quite sure on that. As soon as I touch the grip, I begin to see a raining binary code in my eyes, seeing all sorts of data flash before my eyes, and I notice that I learn how much health the Heartless we fought had left, including that robot's as well. Plus... I saw this light glowing from the Keyblade... as if it was some sort of..."
The ship begins to jerk, rocking slightly as sirens are trip from the impact. Double D checks the monitor to see what the Eds hit, only to see that the ship has taken some damage from a shot, but on the radar, there are no signs of a Gummi Heartless anywhere. But then a red blip appears from the bottom, telling the Eds are getting an enemy ship from behind them and the ship rocks again, this time coming from a stream of shots. Eddy got up from the co-pilot seat and rushes towards the turret that controls the guns on the wings.
As the small Ed got into the compartment, he rotates the barrels to aim at the enemy ship and he got the monitor on to see who is attacking the Eds. Once the screen is warm enough and a clear image is displaying, Eddy can see that there is barely nothing out there, only getting a trace of another Gummi ship floating in space. There are hints of the ship being out there, but the color scheme of black does not help the Eds one bit with dealing with an unknown force. Eddy tries to shoot down the near invisible target, but the ship out-maneuvers the stream of fire bullets and return fires its own.
As the Eds are taken damage, Double D is struggling to keep their ship align to their target, all while trying to dodge the incoming fire. He reaches for the intercom and he got the system going with the microphone level crank up high. "Ed, we need you on the large turret immediately!" he ordered. "We got company and they are not happy with us being out here!"
"All ready to go!" the tall Ed shouted, hopping out of the guest room and up into the corridor for the gravity cannon. Once in, Ed got the turret aiming at the target, with one shot ready to go, but the enemy Gummi ship quickly recognizes the incoming attack and moves his ship out of the way. Ed fires the cannon, shooting out the heavy round above its intended target, and the round explodes, sending a damaging shockwave across space and inflicting damage to the enemy ship.
"Way to go Ed!" shouted Eddy.
"Eddy, we are not quite done here," stated Double D.
Eddy looks out to notice that the Gummi ship is still flying, even after taking the shockwave of an explosion. The pilot of the ship straightens out his ship and returns fire, sending two streams of fire attacks at the Eds and Double D struggles to get away from the bullet stream, due to that the wings have taken some damage. Eddy sends a counterattack at the enemy Gummi ship, using their own turrets to take the ship down, but nothing. Ed once again got the gravity cannon ready, getting a round into the barrel and aiming it at the enemy ship, and once he fires the shot, the enemy ship fires a single blizzard round, colliding with the gravity round and set off the explosion.
With one fatal blow from the enemy ship, the Midnight Hummer rocks violently and starts to veer off course, heading straight for a world nearby. The Eds that are controlling the turrets bounce out from their stations and skid around the main cockpit, as Double D puts a death grip onto the controls to keep himself from flying. Eddy manages to gain some footing as the ship stops its heavy rocking and he looks to see that a world is coming into view.
"We're heading there?" the small Ed asked.
"Apparently," replied Double D. "That's where one of our friends are, and we're going in for a crash landing!"
The world that the Eds are heading for is a large orange ball of dust, with only a farmhouse and a windmill on top and what appears to be some sort of cat head shaping the bottom of the world. The Eds can feel their ship rocking as they start to enter the atmosphere, and the Gummi ship from behind fires one more shot from its blizzard turret, sending the shotgun-like blast into one of the thrusters and shutting it off for good.
"If only I had that one scam to go right, we wouldn't be in this situation!" shouted Eddy.
"If only I had got the chance to confess my sins to my parents!" stated Double D.
"If only I had a bar of chocolate!" yelled Ed.
As the Midnight Hummer descends on the world below, the Gummi ship that fired at them slows to a stop and watches the ship get closer and closer to the ground. "So much for them," he said, getting his ship ready for travel.
OOO
The desert world is nothing more than a stretch of barren prairie fields, dried from lack of moisture in years, maybe decades. There is sand and dirt for miles, with only a small town fill with the necessities and some people living here, and a stretch of road that stretches the same distance as the wasteland. Out far from town sits a farm, consisting of a barn, a chicken coop, a windmill, a hand-crank water pump, a pick-up truck and a farmhouse. There is nothing really special going with this farm, as there is no real livestock, except chickens, roaming the fields and nothing growing for crops.
This world is nothing, if not... boring.
At the farmhouse, the screen door opens up and a dog is being held up back the back of his neck and he is sent out across the yard, flying for a few seconds before crashing back down to earth for a rough landing. The poor dog tumbles around for several more feet, all before coming to a skidding stop using his face, and the dog plops to ground flat. The dog only lets out a strange laugh before moaning in pain from the injury it took from the landing. As it is lying there, he recalls the events that led to him being kicked out, only for this dog to done nothing wrong to his master.
The dog himself is not like a normal dog, as his fur is an unusual color, being pink, and he has three black spots on his back with one having a white spot inside the large spot. The dog is a small dog, not much bigger than a typical dog of any the smaller breeds, with him being one of the few to stand on his hind legs and walk with two legs. He also has a small stubby tail slightly wagging, and he has thin brown ears and a large brown nose on his snout.
How come I always get the boot from that farmer? the dog thought to himself. If he doesn't know any better, he definitely needs a major attitude change.
The dog begins to pick up the scent of smoke in the area and he notices a pile of junk rising up in the distance. The dog is curious upon seeing this, as he is familiar with the land around him and this is recently new, so using his standing legs, he walks all the way to the junk pile. Upon arriving, he lets out a loud gasp, finding the pile to be a crash site of a space ship and three boys lying on the ground unconscious. He walks up to the one in the gray jacket to poke the boy to see if he is still alive, only to get no movement from them.
Ooh, this is serious! the dog thought, letting out a howl in real-life. I better get them to Muriel and fast! Maybe the doctor if I'm desperate... and I'm not.
The dog begins to think on how to carry the boys, only to take a look at the wreckage of the ship and starts to see something that he can use. The dog walks up and tugs on a piece of the Gummi wing that he can use as a stretcher for the three boys, and he got all three on with two being fairly easy and the last one hard to tug due to his weight. Once on, the dog grab some cables and he strings them together, making a pulling rope that he can use to drag the wing across the barren ground and up to the farmhouse.
Upon arriving at the farmhouse, the dog drops the rope and he walks up the porch to get to the front door. He got inside and notices his master sitting in their chairs, with an elderly woman rocking back and forth in a wooden chair and an elderly farmer lounging in a comfortable red chair with a newspaper in front of him. There is a television playing, showing a random movie on the screen, and the dog walks up to the woman to tug on her apron, hoping to get her attention.
As the dog is tugging, he is making whining noises, which causes the farmer to fold up his paper and look over at the pink dog. "What are you doing back in the house?" he asked sharply. "I thought I kicked you out."
"Now Eustace, don't you think Courage had enough for today?" the woman asked nicely. "He's been out in the sun for too long and he needs to cool off."
"He doesn't need to cool off," the man said, getting out of his chair so that he can grab the dog by the neck. "He's just a lousy, sweaty dog that needs to be in the heat, so out he goes!"
"Eustace Bagge!" shouted the woman, getting out of her chair so that she can take a rolling pin and smack the farmer on the head.
Upon impact, the man drops the dog from his grip and he is rubbing his head. "OW! What did I do?" he asked in a painful tone.
"You should know better treating Courage like that," she said, waving the rolling pin in front of the farmer. The woman can feel her apron being tug and she knows the dog pulling at it. "Now what is it, Courage?"
"Help, help!" the dog babbled, pointing out towards the front lawn.
The woman and the farmer look outside through the screen and they can notice nothing within the seven miles they can see, all except for the three boys lying on the wing unconscious and badly hurt. The two notices the boys and they walk outside to take a closer at the boys, noticing that they are breathing and they have cuts and bruises all over their bodies.
"Oh my, they look seriously hurt," the woman said. "Eustace, we better get some help here."
"Nah-uh, I ain't calling the doctor," the farmer protested.
"Eustace, for goodness' sake, these boys are hurt! At least help me get these boys in the house."
"Nope, ain't gonna do that neither," the man grunts. "All I want is breakfast."
The woman lets out an irritated sigh and she turns to the dog. "Courage, can you help me with this?"
The dog returns a nod and he went to work helping the woman carrying the boys into their home and onto some furniture. The woman takes the fallen Ed and places him in the red comfortable, and the farmer protests about this before backing away from the woman's rolling pin, and the dog takes Double D and places him in the rocking chair, leaving Eddy on the rug in the middle of the room. With all three Eds lying where there are now, the woman and the dog look in discern as the farmer is grumbling under his breath about Ed is sitting in his chair.
"Oh my, if there was something that we can do to help," the woman said.
"I gotta an idea," the man said, reaching behind his chair to grab something. He pulls out a large goofy mask and places on his head. "Boo-ga, boo-ga, boo-ga!"
The dog lets out a scream, terrified from seeing the mask and hearing the farmer's cry, and the dog's fur is standing on ends as he is screaming. The dog calms down after the farmer removes the mask, only to see that the boys are still out, and the man mumbles some more. "Maybe me mallet will do the trick," he said, tossing the mask aside and going upstairs to go get the said item.
Once the farmer is gone, Ed's hat Normadomus begins to stir and the dog notices the hat moving, letting out another scream. The hat looks over to the dog and he unzips his mouth to speak. "Don't worry doggy, I'm not going to hurt you," the hat said.
The dog scurries right behind the woman and starts to tremble, making the woman's clothing vibrate. The elderly woman looks at Ed's hat with curiosity as she approaches the unconscious Ed to look at the hat closer. "Excuse me, but did you just speak?" she asked.
"It's a long story ma'am, but rest assure, I'll get these boys back into shape," Normadomus said.
The hat jumps from Ed's head and lands onto an end table, turning so that he can have all three Eds in his sight. He opens his mouth, causing the inside of his mouth to grow green, and he jumps up to perform a somersault, releasing the green glow from his mouth. With a clear shout of "Curaga!" the green light radiates the room and the Eds' wounds begin to heal and disappear. The woman and the dog watch in awe as the wounds disappear and the Eds begin to wake up from their slumber.
Normadomus jumps onto the red chair and he got back onto Ed's comfy head as the boys got back to reality and realize where they are at. Eddy leans up from being on the ground and he cracks his spine back into place.
"For all the reasons to be on the floor, this isn't one of them," the greedy Ed groans.
"Well, you could be like Ed and be sitting in a more comfortable chair," said Double D, pointing over to the said Ed.
Ed is getting himself deeper into the chair, reclining deeper than he ever gone before. "This doesn't feel like home," he said.
"Well, at least I am glad that you three are all right," the woman said. "If you were beat up severely, who knows what could happen."
The Eds look at each other and they recall getting shot down from that mysterious Gummi ship and crashing onto this planet. They are lucky to survive all of that, even if Normadomus did use a Reflect spell to cushion their fall and use Curaga spell later to heal them. The woman walks out of the living room for a moment and returns with three cups of hot tea, and she presents each one of them a cup for them to drink out of.
"Drink up as much as you like," she said. "I know that you three must have a traumatizing event and you might like to take some time off. My name is Muriel, by the way."
"Please to meet you," said Double D, "and thank you for the tea."
"It's nothing really," Muriel replied. "Now, if you excuse me, I better go get Courage's lunch ready."
The woman known as Muriel heads out of the room to get to the kitchen, leaving the dog alone with the Eds. The dog looks at the Eds nervously, mainly Eddy due to his irritated face, but he relaxes when he sees Double D and Ed. The tall Ed motions for the dog to get up on the boy's lap and the dog kindly accepts Ed's offer and jump up on the Ed's lap.
"Aw, he's so soft," said Ed, petting the dog's fur. "You're name's Courage?"
The dog nods in response. "That's kinda lame for a dog that looks so timid," said Eddy.
The Eds can hear the sounds of footsteps from behind, and they look to see a man walking down with a large mallet in his hand. The man is mumbling something under his breath and he turns to face Ed. Once the man realizes that the Ed is fully awake and seeing the dog Courage sitting in his lap, the man raises his mallet.
"What are you doing in me chair?" the man asked, getting ready to use his weapon.
"Your chair?" asked Ed.
"Yes, my chair, and what's that dog doing in me chair as well?"
"Excuse me mister, but aren't you being a bit rude?" Double D asked, getting out of the rocking chair.
"Well no one asked you to even be here," the man replied. "I want you out of the house or else I'll use me mallet on all of you."
Courage lets out a yelp and the Eds got themselves ready for what the man is going to dish out, but Muriel steps into the living room with an angry look on her face. "Eustace Bagge! Why are you going about and threatening these boys?" she asked forcefully. "Courage brought them in and they are still not feeling well."
"Actually, I feel much better now," said Eddy.
"We don't need them here," said the man Eustace. "They're solicitors, and we don't need solicitors."
"Solicitors?" echoed all three Eds.
"And if you say you are feeling better, then you better high-tail it out of here," said Eustace, pointing to the door. "And take that dumb dog with you while you're at it."
Muriel walks up to the man and she whacks Eustace straight across the head with her rolling pin, allowing the man to let out an "Ow! What did I do?" Muriel gives a hateful glare into Eustace's eyes, with both staring at each other for a bit before Eustace gives up. "It appears I am not wanted here," he said. "I'm going out. And when I get back, there better be some food on the table."
Eustace got to the front door and quickly leaves while slamming the door. The Eds watch through the screen and through the window as the man walks up to the truck and got inside, only to start it up and drive away. The boys got back to where they were and Muriel walks up to them with a much happier look.
"I am really sorry about that," she said. "Eustace isn't always like that. I guess it has to do with the strange occurrences lately."
"Strange occurrences?" parroted Double D.
"Oh yes, we have been seeing this strange creatures outside and people going missing because of these creatures."
"What kind of creatures?" asked Normadomus.
"Well... they look large black balls, and some of them look like mummies, and others appear to be ghosts, and I did see one flying about like a bird I have never seen before, and there were these short black things that look cute upon closer..."
"Heartless!" shouted all three Eds and Normadomus.
Muriel shoots the boys a confused look. "Excuse me?"
"Those things you were describing were Heartless," explained Double D.
"Oh dear, that sounds terrible," the woman said. "Who knew such things could go about and not have a heart."
"Uh, they do have hearts," said Normadomus. "I believe you are talking about the Nobodies. They are the ones without a heart."
"But why are they called Heartless when they have hearts?" questions Muriel.
The boys look at each other and they give each other and the woman a shrug, with even Ed's hat doing his best at doing a shrug. They simply do not know the answer, as they are not truly familiar with why the Heartless are call that when they possess hearts. Muriel understands the situation and she offers the boys some food, and the Eds give her three yeses, so she walks out of the living room to prepare the Eds their meal.
As Muriel leaves the room, the Eds look towards Courage, who is shaking like a leaf and causing Ed to shake as well. The tall Ed picks up the startled Courage and got the dog to face him. "What's the matter doggy?" asked Ed.
Courage starts to jabber something, but the Eds can not understand what the dog is saying. The dog points to the ground and Ed gently lowers Courage on the ground so that the dog can walk up in front of everyone and present to them what he is trying to say. Courage is still babbling, only that he is shape-shifting into different forms, each one resembling much like the Heartless Muriel described. After Courage is done, he reverts back to his normal dog form and he continues to babble on.
"Uh, what is he saying?" asked Eddy.
"Wait, I think he's speaking words!" stated Ed.
Courage stops his babbling and he smacks himself on the forehead. You know, this would be a lot easier if I were able to talk, he thought to himself, but apparently I am stuck like this. I will like to get my hands on the people who did this to me.
"Still, it probably wouldn't matter what Courage is saying," said Double D. "We are going to meet these Heartless in the first place and maybe while we're out, we'll find our friend and hopefully get off of this world."
"And speaking of which, how are we going to get off of this world?" asked Eddy, offering a good question. He does make his point that the Eds do not have a ship that can send them off, and the surrounding area proves to be barren, lest the Eds go explore the world to find any help that can get to fix the Gummi ship.
"We can rebuild it ourselves," offered Ed.
"Ed, this isn't like building a scam," replied Double D. "We haven't dealt with Gummi material before, so this isn't like using normal building blocks."
"But aren't Gummi blocks like building blocks?" the tall Ed asked.
The boys decide to leave this unanswered until they check out the wreckage for themselves. They got up from where they were and got their way outside, where they can see the barren desert that makes up this world. Upon seeing, they can see the seven miles that they can from the ground and nothing else beyond the horizon. All that they can see is a chicken coop, a water pump, some smoke coming up in the distance, the windmill...
The Eds look out into the distance to notice a thin column of smoke rising up into the atmosphere and they can hear the faint sound of a tractor going. With this in mind, the Eds got into running mode and they hurry themselves to check out who is driving this tractor and see if this person can help them get off of this world. They are running for quite some time and it appears that the tractor is getting closer to them, and as they are running, they can see that the wreckage of their ship is in view.
The boys stop in their tracks and they begin to shout and wave at the approaching tractor, hoping for whoever is driving the vehicle to stop. Once the driver can see the Eds, he got the red tractor to a stop and the Eds walk up to see who this person is, only to find a shocker of who it is. Sitting at the wheel is a tall boy, his skin tanned from working out in the fields, wearing a yellow shirt with a red stripe going around his waist, baggy blue jeans and long red shoes, and his hair is blue.
All three of the Eds' mouths are hanging open upon realizing who this driver is. "ROLF?" the boys shouted as once.
The said boy looks towards the surprised Eds and he gives them a warm smile. "Top of the marrow, strangely dressed Ed boys," he said as he is getting down from the tractor. "Fancy meeting you all out here in the middle of Nowhere."
"But... how did you end up here?" asked Double D.
"Is it not simple to you, overly complicated Double D Ed by," replied Rolf. "Rolf got sucked into that swirling black vortex much like you, leaving Rolf a deep slumber before waking up fresh and new out here."
"Rolf, you do realize that there's absolutely nothing out here," Eddy pointed out.
The tall boy takes notice of his surroundings, only noticing the farmhouse, the wreckage, the Eds, a road and the barren wasteland from outwards on. "Yes, but there is nothing like this field can do without some food."
"Rolf, isn't it obvious that this land is unsuitable for anything to go out here?" questioned Double D. "Besides, are there any signs of any rain clouds in the area whatsoever?"
"Rolf will make due with what little water Rolf has to work with," Rolf said with confidence. "Rolf will make sure that this land will be the best you Ed boys will ever see!"
"Is it me, or is this boy missing a few marbles?" whispered Normadomus.
"I'm missing a few myself," replied Ed.
"So Rolf, how's about you come back with us once we leave this world?" asked Eddy.
"Now why would Rolf leave here?"
"Because there is nothing out here, and if you stay out here exposed like you are, the Heartless are going to get you," explained Double D.
"Nonsense! Rolf knows how to handle Rolf well better than one Ed boy can," the tall boy replied.
"All right Rolf, it's your funeral," said Eddy, walking away.
"Eddy!"
"What Double D, it's not like we're going to leave him here. Besides, we can't get off this world in the first place because our ship's wrecked!"
Double D glances over to where the wreckage of their ship is. "That's true," he responded. "That being said, we should go find someone with some knowledge about how to..."
The Ed stops his sentence as they can hear the sound of static coming from the wreck. Eddy and Double D walk to the junk and notice that the monitor is still working, and they can see the face of Dexter on the screen, but the image is distorted. Eddy gives the monitor a good pound and the image is clear for them to see Dexter and clear for the boy genius to speak.
"What is going on over there?" asked Dexter. "I have been trying to contact you for the past few minutes and nothing!"
"We're sorry Dexter, but we got into a bit of a snag," Double D responded.
"What kind of snag?"
"Someone shot us down and we've crashed onto some world," answered Eddy. "We don't have a way to get off of this world now, and none of us know how to rebuild the ship!"
"Well this is a pickle indeed," said Dexter, adjusting his glasses. "I should send you a replacement, but I am not sure that it will get to you in time. I can only suggest finding someone that knows how to use Gummi blocks and get him or her to rebuild your ship."
With that, the screen went blank and Double D places the monitor down on the ground. The two Eds look around their surroundings, hoping that they can see someone, but all they can see is Ed and Rolf. Then they notice a man towards the road, and they got the thought that this man may be the answer they are looking for. The two begin to run towards the man, allowing Ed to be with Rolf a little longer.
"Hey! Hey mister!" shouted both Double D and Eddy. "We need help here!"
The small Ed stops in his track and Double D continues on, only to collide with the man. The man himself is an Asian, wearing a white shirt, blue shorts and sandals with pink straps and flowers on them, and Eddy snickers at this. The man is wearing a pair of sunglasses over his eyes, concealing his eyes and he has jet black spiky hair.
"Watch where you're going, ya fool!" the Asian man shouted, shaking a fist at the smart Ed.
"Uh, I'm sorry about that sir," Double D said, backing away from the man. "I... we were just looking for someone that can help us with our ship, and..."
The Asian man places a hand on his chin, looking at the Eds before looking at the wreckage through his sunglasses. He walks up to the wreck, with the two Eds following behind, and he picks up a Gummi block, giving it a good squeeze and then moving on to the next. It was not long before the man is through checking the wreckage and going back up to the Eds with his feedback.
"It looks like I can fix this," he said. "Nothing too big that I can't fix. But it'll have to cost you."
"How much?" asked Eddy.
The man reaches into one of his pockets and pulls out a calculator. He looks back at the wreckage and begins tallying up the total into what the Eds are going to need to pay for the repair. After a few keystrokes and a tear of paper, the man scans over the paper and hands it over to the Eds to read.
"What! We can't afford this!" shouted Eddy. "We don't even have that kind of Munny!"
"No Munny, no repair," the Asian man stated.
"Eddy, I believe that we may have earned some Munny while he defeated some of the Heartless," said Double D. "We can use all that we earned and use that."
"But how much do we have?"
"1,756," said Normadomus, remembering the total they have.
"That'll do," said the Asian man, stretching out his hand.
The Eds reach into their pockets and grab all of the Munny they have on their personnel and hand it all over to the Asian man. Once the man got the money, he made sure that he got the total Normadomus pitched and pockets the change. Out of the same pocket, he draws a wrench and walks over to the wreckage to begin his
"It should be a while," the man said. "Might be hours or days, give or take."
"It's all right," replied Double D. "We don't have much to do anyway."
With the nods from the Eds, the Asian man twirls his wrench and got to work on the ship, grabbing block after block to rebuild the Midnight Hummer.
"And now we need a distraction," said Eddy. "Where exactly can we find some Heartless to fight?"
OOO
Out far in the desert world, the truck that Eustace is driving is still traveling on the road, with the farmer at the wheel gritting his teeth and mumbling under his breath. In his mind runs many hateful things, many which contains about Courage and a few about his past life, but he is too busy focusing on the road to worry about what is in his mind. All that matters to him is that he gets something in his stomach and try to get rich. Being a farmer in a location unsuited for growing is not a profitable way to learn your living.
A sign passes by the truck advertising a local business, and Eustace catches a glimpse of the name of the business, remembering something about that name. In the distance, he can see it and in a few short minutes, he reaches the establishment. The farmer pulls into the empty parking lot and got his truck to a stop and he got out so that he can check this business out. From what he is seeing, it is a pet store of some sort, with a sign hanging right above the double glass door reading "Katz Pets."
With a grumble, the man enters the store, allowing the bell to ring and to notice the contents inside. Inside some of the cages that are out, there are several black creatures, mainly resembling Shadows, with a few that look like mummies and ghosts, and one large dark brown eagle-like Heartless with large legs, torn wings and a spiked club tail. Eustace walks up to the large eagle Heartless to study it, but the Heartless snaps its mouth near Eustace, with only room to spare to prevent his heart from being torn from him.
"Please, do not feed the Heartless," said a calm British voice. "Save it until after you buy something."
Eustace looks towards the counter with some fear on his face, only to notice that there is no one there. He walks up and rings the bell on the counter a few times to allow whoever is there to hear it. Once the ringing is stop, a red cat rises up from below the counter, with a stern look in his cat eyes and a tail rhythmically swaying back and forth.
"Welcome to Katz Pets," the cat said calmly. "I'm Katz. What can I get you?"
Eustace looks over to the eagle looking Heartless before focusing on the cat. "How much for that thing?" he asked.
"I'm sorry, but that Dustflier is not for sale," the cat so specifically named Katz replied. He begins to take notice of Eustace. "Say, do I know you from somewhere? You look very familiar."
"Yeah, same goes to you. Oh. I believe it was the time when we tried to get rid of that stupid dog by trapping Muriel and getting that dumb dog into a game of dodgeball!"
"Ah yes, I remember now. You're that dumb farmer," Katz said. "Well, since you're here, why don't I show you a special Heartless?"
Eustace mumbles something, which Katz takes for as a yes, and the cat got away from the counter to lead Eustace to the back room. The farmer and the cat got inside, walking down a dimly lit hallway line with cages reaching to the ceiling. In all of the cages, ravenous Heartless are reaching out from beyond the bars at Eustace and Katz to try to get their beating hearts, and the two pay no mind to these starving creatures of the darkness. Instead, they are focusing on the very back of the hallway, which opens up to be a very spacious room but completely in shadows. All there is of this room a single light hanging above in the very middle of the room, and a large puddle of water slowly expanding from the shadow.
Katz walks towards the end of the light, right at the edge of the puddle, and Eustace stands on the opposite end of the light. He can hear the sound of the hungry Heartless in the back, but he can also hear the sound of faint breathing coming from the shadows behind Katz. There is the sound of chains rattling and metal banging, and Eustace starts to shake in fear of whatever this cat is hiding in the shadow.
"Now what I have here is a Heartless that will definitely eliminate that dog from our lives," said Katz, not worrying about Eustace's current state. "I got it from my employer, stating that this will take care of any sort of annoyance that stands in my way."
"So how much are we talking here?" asked Eustace.
"Free, of course."
"Works for me!"
"Would you like a demonstration of what Prison Keeper can do?"
Eustace nods his head yes before realizing what the Heartless is called. As soon he dawns on him, a snap of metal echoes off of the walls and a long arm reaches out from the shadows. Bony fingers latch onto a terrify Eustace and drags the man into the shadows, with his only defense is to claw at the hard concrete floor below. Katz watches in amusement as a towering Heartless with a soul-looking dark gray head – with a stitch going in-between two spiral eyes, and a bandage tip on its head – a cage dangling below it, a metal chin holding up the cage, and two long arms with bony fingers emerges from the shadows and swallow Eustace whole.
Once inside, Eustace drops down into the cage and the large Heartless starts to grow very angry. With this sudden anger, the room begins to rock violently and the cage bang against each other to add more noise to the room. Then, with several small explosions, the locks on the cages shatter and the doors swing open to allow the Heartless to roam free from their cages.
Katz wrings his paws in amusement. "And that's the power of Prison Keeper," he purrs.
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"This stinks, I'm bored."
"Come now Eddy, there is something that we can do that will pass the time by us. There are plenty of things to do on this world, and we just need to discover what those things are."
"I forgot to wear my underwear."
The Eds are sitting on the edge of the road, waiting for any signs of Heartless for them to fight and for the Asian man to finishing working on the Gummi ship. It was Eddy's decision to sit out by the road and wait for Heartless while it was Double D's proposition to go find the keyhole on this world, and Ed's... Ed's option of doing something should not be mention, due to sheer amount of ridiculous. All that can be said is that it involves the mummy Heartless they heard about from Muriel and Evil Tim. That is all.
In the background, Courage is digging through the yard, searching for any item that he buried during his youth. During his salvage, he discover a lost photo of Eustace and Muriel, a leftover sandwich that reeks of vinegar, a bag of money, a bone, an anchor, and a ladder. Courage looks in his hole in disappointment, sad that he did not find the item he is seeking, and he starts his climb out of the hole.
As he is getting out of the hole, he can feel the ground beneath him shaking. After it stops, he looks around his setting to check where the source came from. The Asian man is getting through halfway of the Gummi ship, the Eds are arguing about something, and there is nothing in the hole Courage made that can cause the earth to move like that. And he knows that Nowhere does not get earthquakes, and he should have known that the earth was going to shake, but it did not appear to be a natural earthquake.
Now I know something is up, or my name isn't Lloyd Cody Floyd, said Courage. And thank goodness it's not.
The ground shakes again and Courage looks towards his right to notice a disturbing sight in the horizon. He lets out a scream, which cause some of his teeth to fly out and his eyes shooting out of their sockets and he snaps back to normal to continue screaming and running in the opposite direction of what is coming towards him. The Eds look behind them to notice Courage running towards them and the pink dog latches onto Ed, clinging on to his dear life as the dog trembles in fear.
"What is it doggy?" asked Ed.
Courage backs away and he starts his babbling, all while shape-shifting once again. The Eds watch as Courage cycles through some of the forms he can turn into.
"Oh great, this again," moans Eddy.
"Hold on, I think the dog is trying to warn us here," said Normadomus. "And by what he is saying... he's trying to tell us about the Heartless!"
As Courage continues to babble and change forms, Normadomus begins to read off some of the forms the dog is turning into. First the hat starts with a brown headed ghost with a white body and yellow hands, a "Living Pod," follow by another ghost with a blue head, dark blue body and white hands, a "Grand Ghost," which leads to a small black creature that is shape like a Shadow, and a large round ball with three antennae, a "Darkball," then a mummy call a "Wight Knight," and finally a large brown eagle-like with a club tail Heartless call a "Dustflier."
"Oh my, this is bad," the hat said. "A Darkball, a Grand Ghost and a Living Pod are bad. Darkballs are dangerously unpredictable, which can lead them to attack without warning and when they strike, they go into a frenzy. Grand Ghosts, however, can't be defeated by normal means. You got to use some sort of healing spell or item to take those Heartless down. And Living Pods..."
"Yes?" all three Eds asked.
"Well, it's best that you stay away from as best as possible."
"Why?" asked Ed.
"Because if a Living Pod catches you in its sight, then it will chase after you and drain every single ounce of energy that is driving your body! It's best that you take it down from far away, probably with a Fire spell."
"So then, what exactly is that?" asked Double D, pointing towards the horizon.
Normadomus focus on the horizon, trying to see what is coming towards them, but notices that the large group is aiming at the farmhouse. The hat grows a disturb look, upon realizing that the very large Heartless leading the group. The hat tries to mutter something, only to choke on his words before Ed gives his hat a good whack in the back.
"Prison Keeper," he muttered.
"What?"
"That Heartless," Normadomus mutters. "That's Prison Keeper. But... what is it doing out here?"
"Well, whatever it is doing, it looks like it's going for the house," stated Double D.
Oh no, Muriel is in there! Courage shouted in his mind. Don't worry Muriel, I'll save you!
Courage begins to run towards the farmhouse, where he stops dead in his tracks as Shadows surround him and a Dustflier swoops in to drop in the red cat Katz. Courage lets out yet another scream, this time in fear of seeing the one being he does not want to see. Katz, on the other hand, is staring down at Courage, not worrying one bit about the dog's concerns.
"Hello dog," said the cat. "Fancy meeting you like this."
"Hey, get away from him!" shouted Eddy.
Katz looks up to notice Eddy's shield flying towards the cat. Katz did not bother to move at all, only to have a mummy Wight Knight to catch it with its long fingers and to tug on the shield. Ed grabs onto Eddy's shirt and pins the Ed to the ground, allowing the shield to recoil back and pull the Wight Knight along. A Living Pod decides to hitch a ride, and Ed stops this by letting a Thundara go loose, zapping both Heartless.
The greedy Ed catches his shield and he notices Double D running forward, with hopes that he can save Courage. But out of nowhere, a Darkball jumps right in front of Double D, surprising him from below as the Heartless goes into its frenzy and tries to rip the Ed with everything it owns. Double D blocks with its attacks with his Keyblade, but the Darkball proves to be strong for the Ed. He backs away, allowing some space between him and the Darkball, and he tries again to attack.
The Darkball spins around and Double D got his hit, slicing right through the Heartless and allowing the shadow being to disappear into thin air. The Ed lands on the ground and he looks up to notice the towering Prison Keeper floating behind Katz, with several Dustfliers circling around the giant Heartless and Eustace sitting in the cage. With a few Heartless moving towards him, Katz orders for them to stop and the cat walks up to the Ed in a hypnotic way.
"You there, boy. I believe you have something valuable that employer seeks," the cat said. "Hand it over."
"You're also seeking the Keyblade, too?" Double D asked. "Well, you can't have it."
"You won't give it up, will you? Well, allow me to demonstrate something to you. As you can see, this Heartless hovering behind me is call Prison Keeper and it can absorb whatever power from whomever it swallows."
To demonstrate its powers, Prison Keeper raises its hands to its head and starts to concentrate. The air around them starts to vibrate and the ground is rumbling, as Prison Keeper is struggling with whatever it is concentrating on. As the Heartless tenses, the area continues to vibrate, and everyone is trying to keep their ground before every stop moving and they can hear a loud bang. The Eds look in the direction of the explosion, only to notice the top half of the farmhouse hovering in the air before slamming back down and locking into place with its lower half.
The Eds are baffled by such power can do that sort of thing, even to allow a heavy top half to float in the air before coming back down and lining up with its lower half without crushing it. "... Physics are weird," mutters Eddy.
Muriel walks up onto the porch, carrying a mixing bowl in her hands, and she takes notice of her home. "Now what exactly is going on out here?" she asked.
Prison Keeper turns to face Muriel and it reaches out to grab her with its bony fingers. Muriel lets out a scream in terror, all before being swallowed by Prison Keeper. Courage looks in horror as his most beloved owner is eaten whole and he tries to let out a scream, only for his body to fall back and leaving his jaw floating in the air. The bones eventually fall to the ground and every single teeth scatter upon hitting the dirt.
"That's disgusting," said Ed flatly.
After swallowing Muriel, the woman falls into the cage and Prison Keeper begins to change, jerking its head back and forth to appear as if it is choking. Then the Heartless opens its mouth and out comes a barrage of burning green acid, which hit a few flying Heartless and some on the ground, and the Eds, Courage, and Katz got out of the way to prevent the acid from burning them. Once a puddle is set, the boys take notice of the acid's stench, and Ed reaches down to stick a finger into the acid to put a glob into his mouth.
"It's... vinegar?" he stated, a bit confused about what he tastes.
"Vinegar?" echoed Double D. "Now that can't be right. Vinegar isn't that strong of an acid in the first place. Its pH level has to be low enough to be considered corrosive, and it is nowhere close to that."
"Unless you have in concentrated amounts," said Normadomus.
"But why vinegar?" asked Eddy.
"Perhaps it has to do with me putting vinegar in all of my recipes," Muriel stated from the cage.
The Eds look at each other in disgust, remembering some of the food Muriel offered to them before. Double D, Eddy and Normadomus begin to spit out some of the food they ate, though it is a feeble attempt as the food is now in their stomachs, and Ed is smiling as always. He does not mind the vinegar in the food, though he will mind that if it contained some gravy.
With this distraction in play, the Heartless make their move on the Eds and Prison Keeper got busy to deal another acid attack. Normadomus notices the wave coming towards him and he throws up a Reflectaga to protect all three boys from the Heartless and soon to be acid. Katz looks in anger at the boys protecting themselves, until it hit him that he can use this power to his advantage. Seeing this, he orders for Prison Keeper to remove Eustace and toss him away. With the order set, the large Heartless got to work and remove the man from the cage.
"Hey, what's the big idea?" he asked.
No one answered his question as Prison Keeper spins around one time before chunking Eustace across the landscape. Everyone watches as the man is sent packing and no one really cares that he is sent flying. Once out of sight, the Heartless turn to attack the Eds and Katz moves in on Courage to deal with him, but Courage got a running starts to his home, all with him screaming at the top of his lings. Katz watches as his target enters his home, and he allows his tail to sway back and forth.
"Well, it doesn't matter," said Katz, being lifted up by Prison Keeper. "I need to get the boy's weapon and hand it over to my employer. Then I will focus on the dog and get rid of him permanently."
With that motion in play, Katz order Prison Keeper to lower an arm down and the cat got onto the hand to be raise up to Prison Keeper. Once on, Katz orders the Heartless to go up into the sky, in hopes that they can be safe from the Eds. The boys are dealing with the Heartless that are towards the ground, taking each down one by one, as the Eds look up to notice Katz moving away from the battle.
"Oh great, now we have to go chase him down," moans Eddy.
"We need to do something about that Heartless," said Double D. "If it continues to spew acid at us, we'll be crisp in no time."
Courage is now in the attic of his home, where this is a couple of cardboard boxes sitting in a corner, a window staring out to the front yard, and a desk with a computer on it. Courage hurries towards the computer, grabbing a bucket for him to give him a boost and he got the computer running. Once on, the dog rapidly types on the keys, getting his message in as the computer processes the message.
"So... you want to get help on these so-call 'Heartless?'" the computer asked in a British monotone.
Yes, yes! Courage stated as he furiously types away.
"Searching... Oh my... you seem to have quite a lot of results here, mostly stuff you shouldn't be reading," the computer replied. "Try being more specific."
Courage shoots a disgusted frown at this and he went back to typing. Black... Creature... Heartless... Thingies.
After hitting enter, the dog waits for the computer to get the results, only to receive... "I got nothing. Please try again."
Sheesh, and I thought you have something, you useless piece of...
"Oh, there is something here," the computer said. "If you want to defeat these Heartless, all you need is something call a Keyblade or some form of magic, but how can you do that when you're just a twit?"
Courage shoots a raspberry at his computer. "Touché," is the computer's response. The pink dog only waves the computer off as he walks up to the window to check on the progress outside. He can see that the Eds are making little progress with Katz, as the villainous cat is using his Heartless to easily knock the Eds down and to toss Eddy up to the attic of the farmhouse. The small Ed crashes right through the wall, only to land on the other side of the room, and he quickly recovers from his fall.
Eddy walks up to the hole and then over to Courage. "All right doggy, you're coming with us," he said, picking Courage up.
But I don't wanna, Courage whines in his mind.
Eddy drags Courage down as he skids along the farmhouse, using the roof of the porch to launch himself off and straight at Prison Keeper. The large Heartless notice the Ed flying towards it and he takes a free hand to snatch Eddy, but the Ed uses his shield to deflect the grab and fall to the ground. Courage, however, is sent flying up into the air and Prison Keeper reaches out to grab the pink dog and swallow him up. The Eds watch as the Heartless begins to change to its new power, taking up a supersonic screech similar in sound to Courage's screams.
Ed rushes in and catches Eddy in time, and he lowers the defender as Eddy catches his fallen shield. The Eds look up to notice that Prison Keeper is charging up a screech, as a few Wight Knights drop down from passing-by Dustfliers. Double D got his Keyblade ready and he bats the Wight Knights in time to allow the mummies to go flying towards Prison Keeper and get caught in its screech. With the mummies gone, Katz orders Prison Keeper to keep on attacking the Eds with its screeching and the Heartless charges up for one more, but everyone notices that Courage is hanging outside of the cage.
"What the...? How did he get out of there?" asked Katz. "No matter. I will deal with the dog personally."
"Eddy, he's going after Courage!" shouted Ed.
"Well are we going to do something about it?" questioned Eddy. "I rather not go near that thing if it is going to eat us alive."
"Then how about I'll go and save Courage?" offered Double D.
"But how? You don't have anything that can defeat that cat or that Heartless?"
"I did mention that I saw a light coming from the Keyblade, so maybe I can use that to take down this Heartless," the smart Eds said, holding up the Keyblade with both hands.
On top of Prison Keeper's cage, Katz got the cage rocking, knocking Muriel around inside and Courage to flail about. Once the cage comes down, Courage is shaking all over upon seeing the red cat staring back down on him. "I don't know how you got out, but since you are out, how about some sport before you die," said Katz.
"Courage, don't do it!" stated Muriel. "If you do it, you'll fall to your doom!"
The dog looks down and he understands what his master is saying. It is a bit of a drop to the ground, as it will cause severe bone fractures upon the landing. But Courage did not worry about the drop, as Katz tugs on the dog's arm and reels him on top of the cage, where the cage rocks back and forth from the force and the two animals are lock in whatever Katz is planning.
On the ground, Double D is discussing a plan that will bring down Prison Keeper, defeat the surrounding Heartless and Katz, and rescue both Courage and Muriel. Once formulated, the Eds break and they begin to focus on the Heartless towards before turning to Prison Keeper. For the plan, it is to take care of the Grand Ghosts, Living Pods and Wight Knights on the ground and leave the Darkballs and Dustfliers in the air. With those in the air, Double D will use whatever light he has in the Keyblade and use it against Prison Keeper and hopefully bring the Heartless down.
Double D gives his Keyblade a spin before running towards the Heartless. One Living Pod takes notice of the charging Ed and begins to creep towards him, but Eddy flashes a Fire spell from Ed and knocks the ghost down. Double D jumps up onto a Darkball while dodging its fury attack, and he leaps onto a Dustflier by grabbing onto its tail. Once on, he got momentum to fling himself up at Prison Keeper, and he got himself spinning with the Keyblade sticking out.
"Oh, I don't think so old chum," said Katz, grabbing onto the chain and getting the cage to rock.
Once in motion, the cage got energy to deflect the incoming Double D and send him back towards the ground. The Eds on the ground notice the spinning Ed heading right for them and they begin to panic about what to do. Ed realizes that he is wielding the right item for this situation and he steps up to use the Nerd's Tools as a bat. With Double D spinning towards the Eds, Ed swings his staff and whacks the smart Ed back up to the Heartless. Now going faster than before, the spinning Ed casts his Light spell and starts to glow brightly as he gets closer and closer to Prison Keeper.
The Heartless begins to retract in fear of the incoming light, since the being fears the pureness of light, and the people that are on the cage are clinging on as Prison Keeper is moving back. Katz is keeping his posture straight and Courage is clinging on to his dear life, terrified by the turn of events, while Muriel is clinging onto the bars inside of the cage. Prison Keeper decides to open the cage and grab Muriel once again, only to swallow her and taking her power once again. The Heartless spits out its acid but Double D cuts right through the acid and keeps on spinning.
And he makes contact.
Right on the face, Double D collides with Prison Keeper right on its stitch, and the impact creates a small explosion of power to knock both beings back. Double D is flying back in success, noting that his Light spell added a boost to his attack and brought the Heartless' health down dramatically, while Prison Keeper is heading towards the ground in defeat, knowing that the Light spell is too strong for it and it brought down its health to dangerous lows. As for Muriel, Courage and Katz, they are hovering up in the air and gravity kicks in to drop all of them back towards the ground.
Katz takes this opportunity to reach over and grab onto Courage's neck to strangle him. "If I am going down, then I'm taking you with me!"
"Lay your hands off of my Courage!" shouted Muriel.
"Try and stop me!"
The Eds on the ground notice the situation in the sky and they begin to think of a way to rescue all of them, san Katz, without them crashing into the hard earth. They notice something up in the sky, in which they can see a glowing ring of fire dancing around Katz. The ring closes in on Katz, burning the cat up and releasing his grip on Courage. Everyone looks towards the source of the fire, only to note that Double D is the one that caused the fire ring to form around Katz and burn him up.
As soon as Courage, Muriel, Double D and Katz are near the ground, Normadomus casts an Aeroga right below the Ed, master and pet to cushion their landing, while leaving Katz to impact the hard earthy soil below. After a few minutes of riding on a cushion of air, the three drop down and the others gather near to check up on how well they are doing. The group turns their attention to the burnt Katz, who is twitching from being burned and landing on the ground.
"... I wish you hadn't done that," is all the cat can mutter.
"Well good riddance to that cat," said Muriel. "Trying to go hurt my poor Courage. What nerve."
She pets the now calm Courage, feeling relieved after the trauma he went through and the dog lets out a sigh of relief. In his mind, he is glad that this nightmare is over and that he is in the hands of a trusting master. However, this leaves the Eds still stranded on this world, with no possible way of getting off...
The sound of a horn is blaring in the open air, and everyone turns to see the Midnight Hummer coming up over the horizon, with the ship being towed by the Asian man's red convertible. Inside of the car is the man who repaired the ship and the tall foreigner Rolf, and the both of them wave to the Eds, and the Eds reply to this by returning their own waves.
"Hello Ed boys!" shouted Rolf. "Rolf now wishes to leave this world, as Rolf finds no luck in getting anything to grow out here."
"All right, you heard Rolf," said Eddy. "Let's leave this world!"
"Now hold on Eddy," said Double D. "We still need to find the keyhole."
As of saying that, the smart Ed can feel the sensation of a keyhole nearby. He looks over to the farmhouse, where the sensation is at its strongest, and he walks towards it only to lead him towards the sides of the house. He got himself to the doors leading to the basement of the house, and he opens the door to where he can feel this sensation more than ever. After he opens the door, light begins to gather at the bottom of the steps, forming the shape of the keyhole, and Double D takes out his Keyblade in order to seal the lock.
Aiming his weapon at the keyhole, a beam of light shoots out from the tip and enters the lock, allowing the beam to travel on and a click emerges. With that, Double D releases his grip and he returns to his friends with a smile on his face. Now that they seal another world, it is on to the next world and hopefully on to another adventure. The Eds board the ship and Rolf follows behind, and the boys stop to give a wave to Muriel and Courage, all before disappearing into the hull and closing the door on them. The ship begins to take flight, hovering off of the ground and the Midnight Hummer takes to the skies once again as it shoots off into the atmosphere.
"Such a nice bunch of children," said Muriel. "I wonder if we'll see them again."
Courage gives a small shrug, having the same knowledge as Muriel about the Eds. Muriel turns to face her home and she begins to walk, and Courage takes notice of a Wight Knight rising up from the ground. The dog lets out one of his scream and he got himself straighten out look at the Heartless seriously.
"Now hold on a minute! I know that I shouldn't be talking out loud, but I got this one little thing to say," said Courage. "I said this once before, and I said it some time ago, so I'll say it again for a third time: This shouldn't be happening to a dog!"
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Eustace is still sailing through the air, with his frail body rocketing over a town and out farther than he ever traveled before. Gravity finally decides to allow the man to drop back down to earth, but his landing is about to send him sliding across a bed of jagged rocks and into a farm of cacti. The momentum of his toss is immense as he collides with the ground, sailing right through the rocks and the cacti as he pushes onwards, only for the cactus field to end and come up to an edge of a cliff. Eustace only stops with half of his body leaning over the edge and the other half keeping him from going over.
The man is missing his hat from going through the cactus field, which makes it perfect for a black duck to land on his shiny bald head. With a quack, the duck flies off and Eustace begins to lean in, all with an egg perch on his head. The man starts his descent by hitting the first ledge and falling off to hit a spiky ledge. Repeat the fall and he hits a bonfire, which is then leading to an oddly placed fire hydrant. On the next ledge sits a blueberry pie and he lands in it to cover his face, all to lead to a goat knocking the man into the air.
While in the air, a cloud comes into a view and strikes a lightning bolt down on Eustace, electrocuting Eustace as he travels on down to the ground far below. On the cliff sits a chicken with a laser gun, and he takes aim at Eustace, getting his shot to hit the man right in the chest and closer to the ground. After a few short seconds, Eustace collides with a rock and slides down to his final resting place. He lets out a laugh in pain, only for the egg to peg him in the head.
And the man spontaneously roars into flames.
With the flames blazing, a brief rain storm forms overhead and washes out the flames, only leaving the ashes of Eustace behind. Then the Midnight Hummer sails above where the ashes lie and the draft following behind the Gummi ship blows the ashes away, leaving only the glasses of Eustace behind.
"Stupid dog!" shouted the voice of Eustace.
Limit Break(s) introduced:
Magic Shield – a move Eddy uses that takes his shield and allow him to use magic. Acts much like a reflector overall, but makes use of the magic spell.
Magic Spire – a move Double D uses that is similar to when Sonic the Hedgehog spins. Basically a spinning move that equips whatever spells Double D wants to use.
Well, it ain't much scary do to the fact that there are no visuals... but come on, there are some Heartless that'll scare the bejeepers out of you, even without being on this world. Well... Shadows are cute, but some of the others... yeah, that's for you to decide. I much rather drink my Nightmare Fuel and enjoy it.
So for this, I was having a hard time to decide whether or not to have Courage speak in this, since he did speak back in Season 1, but the executives made Courage into a gibberish speaking dog with only a few lines. Again, that's for you to decide. I rather liked the talking Courage (that, and Ringo doing the Duck Brothers), but it's all about taste.
And it can't be Courage if I didn't "accidentally" kill Eustace, bring back our favorite psychopath of a cat, and that one Asian punk. ... Does he even have a name? Oh wait, he does, but I'm not going to put it in here. It's not like it's going to make any difference with the story in the first place. And speaking of which... you noticed Double D has picked up some new moves, one being Light and the other Scan. Scan is necessary due to its nature of reading the health of opponents and Light... I am not forgetting to add the Limit Breaks and this magic spell is going to be part of one.
And speaking of which... this marks the first time a Limit Break is use in this story. Every time that one is going to use, it gets mention at the end, giving the title and what it can really do. So you'll see single character moves, Eds-centric moves and the Eds teaming up with other characters to use their moves. I'll probably keep on saying this: this ain't your typical EEnE/KH crossover.
So once again, I like for you to review, thank you very much. It seems like I am forgetting something... oh wait, I am. Well, you'll see what I mean in the next chapter.