A/N: I had a lot of fun writing this chapter, and I'm sure you'll see why. I included the times at the beginning of each scene since I keep switching characters here, and a couple don't go in chronological order. Enjoy…

"I've got a Nightmare to remember
I'll never be the same.
What began as laughter
So soon would turn to pain.
The Night was clear and frigid
The air was thick and still
Now I'm not one to soon forget
And I bet I never will"

Nightmare to Remember, Nightwish

Chapter 7: Battle of the SS Tipton, part 1

Monday February 8th 7:20PM

Zack continued standing on top of the sky deck alone with his thoughts. He stared up to the sky above as it slowly shifted from the blue of day to the black of night, with all colors in between. It seemed a fitting symbol for his life. It never seemed to stay the same for long, always changing like the colors of the sky. They had really been through a lot. As he thought about his life and his argument with his brother, the audacity of his jealousy occurred to him. His pride of always wanting to be the best had got in the way of admiring Cody's strength, instead of just wanting to surpass it.

Several loud screams startled the older twin out of his thoughts. He got up from his chair and looked around, trying to find the source of the shaking. His eyes widened as he looked over the balcony and onto the main part of the sky deck.

The guests ran franticly from the monsters that filled the deck. The fiends came in many different forms, some humanoid wielding swords and axes. Others resembled zombies with razor sharp claws which easily sliced through the tables and chairs, along with any people unfortunate enough to be close to them. There were also the beasts which looked like black wolfs, only bigger. One thing all the monsters had in common was their pitch black skin.

Zack couldn't believe his eyes. He was horrified with the sights of the monsters spilling blood of anyone close to them. The ear piercing screams of their victims letting loose their last breath made him want to run away, but he knew he had to do something. Even though he would be outnumbered and possibly outmatched, there was no way he could just stand back and do nothing.

The dimensional leapt from the balcony and onto the sky deck, brining his sword out as he landed on one of the wolves. Two of the zombies came at him, but with a quick swipe of his blade, he cleaved them in two. Looking around, he guessed the fiends numbered at least 50, way too many to take down while preventing them from claiming any more victims. "Hey uglies!" he taunted, "Why go after them when you can have some fun?"

Just he as thought, most of the monsters charged at him. The twin parried an axe that was aimed at his face, before slicing the monster across the chest. He let his power take his speed to its maximum as he ran through the monsters, leaving a slash across most of their bodies. Their discolored blood began dripping along the ground, but most of them seemed unfazed by the attack.

Another axman ran at the twin, who sidestepped the attack before swiping his blade across its back. However, in his attack, he didn't see the wolf coming from behind him. The monster brought it's dagger like claws across the older twin's back. The searing pain brought the twin to his knees while the other monsters continued to surround him.

"I can't lose this easily," he declared, feeling the blood pour down his back. From his knees he managed to block the claw of a zombie before removing the fiend's arm. He saw another wolf charge at him, which he rolled out of the way to dodge, and then hopped back onto his feet, ignoring the pain that told him to stay still.

He knew the blood loss from his wound would finish him soon if he didn't find a way to stop it, but at a time like this he only had one option, win. He wished he had Cody's ability with time to reverse the wounds, but instead he'd just have to use the gifts he had to end the battle quickly.

Zack jumped back to avoid the claw aimed for his head, and nearly slipped when he landed on a beach towel. He knew that even with his speed, he couldn't keep dodging the attacks when there were still so many enemies after him, but the towel gave him an idea.

Zack picked it up, tying one end of the towel to the end of his sword. He tightly gripped the other end and swung the towel through the air, carrying the sword with it. As the sword spun, it looked like the blades of a fan. He smiled as he ran at the monsters, allowing his sword the slice the fiends in half. Those lucky enough to survive one blow couldn't stop the continuous spinning that reduced the army of monsters to nothing.

The dimensional fell to his knees from pain and exhaustion, after exerting such a force in that attack. He was breathing heavily not ready to fight anymore. Fortunately, the attack had destroyed his targets; otherwise he might not have been able to defend himself. He looked around; hoping for someone who could help him, but no one was there. In a way he was grateful, the others had taken the chance to flee while he killed the beasts. Now he could relax, knowing the innocents were out of danger.

However, he had no chance the rest when he heard screams coming from the other side of the ship. "No rest for the weary," he said to himself as he struggled to get back to his feet.

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7:23

None of this made any sense to Cody. "You said your name is Bailey?"

"Yea," she said as he helped her back to her feet.

"But you're a girl."

"Ya think I don't know that?" she snapped at him.

"Sorry, it's just that my brother has a roommate named Bailey, and he's a guy."

"Uh, is he an Asian with short black hair, black eyes and about 5 foot 10?"

"Yea, that's him." Cody's eyes began widening as the pieces began falling together.

"That's the guy that did this to me!"

"Let's go!" he exclaimed as the two of them ran out of the storage closet and down the hall way. Their steps echoed against the metal floor as they rushed to the elevator. Suddenly, the sound of more steps on metal was heard, this time much heavier, and in much greater number.

"Someone's coming," Bailey said.

"Back up!" Cody ordered and she took several steps back. He focused his body, not knowing who it could be, but knowing it might be the imposter. If it was, he'd pay; Cody would make sure of that.

The door to the staircase burst open and a group of horrifying figures ran into the room. "What are those?" Bailey asked.

"I'll handle this," Cody said firmly, allowing his power to take over his body. Just like the sky deck, the monsters were of different types, some zombie like, some wolf like, and the others humanoid. Cody's heart began beating rapidly. If his mind wasn't focused on saving Bailey, he would have been scared. "Get back to the room," he instructed.

"But they'll kill you," she said worried.

"Don't worry; I can handle this."

"Okay," she said nervously. She couldn't see how her savior could survive against monsters, but all she could do was to trust him. As she began running back as he instructed, one of the wolves changed at her.

Cody saw the fiend rush past him, but wouldn't allow her to fall victim to its claws. Before anyone could see what happened, he had kicked it into the wall. Two of the zombies then ran at him, now seeing the threat he could pose. One tried swiping his razor sharp claws at him, but before they could strike, he had delivered a powerful uppercut to its jaw, knocking the fiend to the ground. Cody turned to the enemy beside him spinning though the air and delivering a mighty kick to its side, knocking it into more of the approaching monsters.

Several of the wolves ran at the young dimensional, but he wouldn't yield to them. As one tried swiping a claw at him, he responded with a mighty kick to its jaw. He jumped back to avoid one that jumped at his throat before slamming his fist into its face. One of the warriors then ran at him, swinging its axe, but Cody ducked to dodge it. He grabbed the fiend by the arm and tossed it onto its back. He tried prying the weapon from the monster hand, but as he did, one of the wolves latched its jaws onto Cody's left arm. It ripped a large piece of flesh away as it pulled away.

Cody fell to his knees in pain, seeing blood cascade down his arm. Tears began flowing down his cheeks, and he knew he had to end the battle fast. So far he had held back, not wanting to either harm Bailey or cause damage to the ship's structure. No more though, if he didn't strike with everything he had, both their lives could be in danger.

The dimensional jumped back, dodging another axe aimed at him. He held out his right palm at them, harnessing the fullest extent of his power. A blue light began glowing in his hand. "Get away!" Cody yelled as he sent several pulses of the light at the monsters.

As each blast connected, the monsters were shot back in an explosion of blue sparks. Anyone that tried to charge at Cody was quickly met with a blast of the destructive energy. The fiends knew they couldn't defeat such power, but they had another target.

One of the wolves ran past Cody as he was blasting other fiends, and aimed its claws at Bailey. "Cody, help!" she screamed as she reached for a broom to try defending herself. She blocked its claw with the wooden handle, but it shattered into a million shards.

Cody saw he let his guard down, so he let up his assault to rush back to Bailey. He grabbed the wolf by the neck and tossed it back to the remaining monsters. Even if it took everything he had, he would stop these beasts. He formed a large sphere of the destructive power in his hand, nearly a foot in diameter. He blasted it at the monsters, causing a large explosion, rocking the entire ship and eradicating the remaining foes. He then fell to his knees in exhaustion.

With his adrenaline fading, the fearsome pain in his arm made itself known once more. Cody gathered what little power he had left in his hand and placed it over the torn flesh. Slowly the muscle and skin began reforming, but as his power faded, there was still blood pouring out.

Bailey rushed over to him, wanting to do something to help her hero. "Are you okay?"

"I've been better," he replied, mentally yelling at the pain to go away.

"Can you walk?"

"I think so," he said as she helped him to his feet.

"We need to get you to someone to take care of that arm."

"I don't think this battle is over yet though," Cody said, somehow knowing his brother was also in a fight for his life. "I don't know if I can beat any more of them.

"Well, we can't be unprepared then," Bailey said picking up a sword from one of the corpses. "If they come after us, I can stop them."

"They're too dangerous though; it took everything I had to survive that."

"So, none of us having a way to fight them is a better idea?"

"You're right," he said as they entered the elevator. He was glad that it was still working after all the attacks he had fired off in that direction. Channeling that much power through his body had completely drained him. If it weren't for that fact the ship was still in danger, he would have collapsed and taken a nap, right there on the elevator.

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7:29

London sat in her room, reclined in her chair as she carefully painted her toenails pink. The boat began shaking, causing her brush to slide off onto her toe. "I'm going to have a word with the captain in the morning about his bad driving," she said before returning to her nails. She glanced over at her unwrapped text books and remembered something important that happened in class. Chelsea sent her a text message telling her that she was coming next week. This wouldn't work at all for the heiress. Her current room was smaller than her shoe section of her closet. There was no way she'd ever live through something so humiliating.

As she was racking her brain for a way out of this, she heard a knock at the door. The heiress shrugged her shoulder; it was probably just another rabid fan trying to take over her life, so she ignored it. The knocking got louder; almost sounding the like the door was about the fall over. "Fine, I'm coming," she said aggravated as she walked to the door.

On her way there though, the door fell in, revealing several creatures, just like the fiends that attacked the other decks. London couldn't believe what she saw.

"Wow, I know why you came here," she said with utmost confidence. "You came here for beauty tips, and believe me, you need it. You guys are ug-ly." The heiress obliviously turned around and went to her makeup closet for some conditioner.

While she did that, the monsters burst in the room, sensing their target was close. One of the wolves ran past her, into her closet and began dragging its claws through her clothes. "Hey, those are my babies!" London protested before kicking the fiend in the side of the head.

The creature turned its head to London, which caused the heiress to jump back in fear. She started to run out of the room, but her path was blocked by a couple of the zombies. "Uh, can I help you?" The wolf growled to the other monsters as it emerged from the closet with a large red gem its teeth. "Hey, Daddy gave me that as a Hanukah present! That is a one of a kind priceless ruby from the mines of Peru, and it doesn't go at all with your black fur."

Outraged that the monster could take something so valuable, London found only one option available. Disregarding her fears, she charged at the monster, kicking it in the face, making it drop the orb. Using her martial art skills, she rolled along the ground grabbing it, before shoving the fiend into her bed. The two zombies ran at her to get the orb, but she kicked one in the face and delivered a powerful upper cut to the other. London stepped back, noticing her attack barely fazed them.

They ran at her again, and she was backed into a corner now. "Get away!" she screamed holding the orb forward. The gem began to glow a brighter red and flames came out of it, consuming the zombies. The wolf jumped at the heiress, who replied with a powerful flaming kick to its side, killing it as well. "Wow, I knew I was hot, but nothing like that." She then left her room to find Moseby, figuring he should know about the damage to her wardrobe.

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7:10

Altinia pushed the throttle of her jet-ski as far as it would go. Her sources had indicated the captain would begin his attack on the SS Tipton any moment. If she didn't get their fast, there would be no way to prevent the orb from falling into enemy hands.

A shadow covered her, and she looked up to see three dragons flying over head. She fired several shards of ice at them, but it didn't do anything to slow them down as she sped away from them. After what seemed like an eternity of travelling, she finally reached the ship. Using the moisture of the ocean, she made an ice bridge and leapt onto the deck to begin the battle.

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7:35

Zack contemplated just staying there to rest after the fight, but knew not all the monsters had gone after him. There were others in danger, and he had to do something to help. If he could find Cody, that would make this a whole lot easier. His brother could tend to the wound on his back, and then they'd be able to fend off the other monsters together. He had covered the slash across his back with a towel to try to slow the bleeding, but doubted it did much good.

The dimensional walked to the front of the ship and was shocked to see his roommate surrounded by several of the zombies. Immediately, he knew he had to do something to save his friend. Tapping into his powers once more, he charged at the zombie, slicing its head off, before turning to the other and kicking it off the side of the ship.

"So, my hypothesis was correct," he said glancing toward his friend, "You are a dimensional."

"Wait, how do you know about us?" Zack asked. He never recalled telling his roommate about his powers, and was certain Cody didn't.

"I have a slight confession to make, I've lied to you."

"What?" Zack said confused.

"I've enjoyed the few weeks with you, but I am not Bailey Picket. My name is Ryo Zhou, lieutenant of Hakalahs' second division. He held his palm out and lightning coursed through his fingers. "Now my friend, I will give you a choice."

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A/N: So many questions here, and you might get some answers soon. I plan to update part 2 tomorrow, so please review!