DISCLAIMER: Don't own kingdom Hearts
She created a monster! That's what Dr. Frankenstein created. Well maybe he's a monster. We don't know and won't know until another chapter comes along.
Sorry if it seems like a wait to get to the adventure, but that is all over now.
Our heros are setting out!
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Chapter 7: One Last Adventure
The last of their bags was piled on the truck by goofy.
"Alright, we're all set and ready!, he called out.
Two days after Sora had lost the hair, King Mickey sent a letter asking him and his company to meet up at the pier. the infamous Gummi ship would be waiting there for them. They were to head immeadiately to Radiant Garden to discuss the matter. Sora had some concerns about leaving the island to the heartless, but the king was way ahead of him. He insisted that they are not after the island's people, just after the keybearer and his helpers. He predicted wherever he'll go, they will follow. Sora considered this neither good or bad.
A man called Billy offered to drive them to the pier. They were loading up the last of their supplies, well, Goofy's and Donald's sleeping equipment. After reading the urgent letter for the third time, Sora stuffed it in his pocket and joined Riku and Kairi.
"Ya
ready?"
"Yep."
"Let's go Sora and be
careful."
"Don't worry Riku, you're here with me."
They grinned at each other and got into the back of the truck with Goofy and Donald. There was only room for one other person upfront, so Kairi took that seat.
"Okay everybody," cried Billy,"Off we go!"
He headed down to the pier. Sora stared at his fingers, curious about how dangerous his mission would be this time and what new moves he would have to acquire. He looked around at Riku, who had his arms crossed and looked asleep.
"Shouldn't be that hard," he mumbled,"We'll have help once again."
Sora considered this and watched as the island passed by. He wasn't looking forward to getting there that quick, because it would mean another long goodbye from his home. He looked to the front and saw Kairi looking out the window. She had the same feeling too. Goofy and Donald, were laying down, gathering a bit of rest before piloting once more. They were thrilled about it. Sora could only imagine.
"Are they here? Do you see them?"
"Pipe down Selphie. It's gonna take some time ya know."
Selphie, Wakka and Tidus were waiting at the pier for Sora and company. While they were waiting, they explored the exterior of the Gummi ship that would take off to another world. Tidu suggested that they could hide inside and come along with Sora to help, but Wakka informed him of the possibilities of being over run by heartless. Tidus changed his idea to dueling practise instead. Selphie wasn't too eager about studying the ship, she was too nervous about saying her goodbyes and good lucks to her friends. She sighed and kicked out her feet.
"They just got here Wakka and already they're leaving. That's not fair."
"Hey, as long as there are heartless, they'll have to keep leaving us."
This comment from Tidus didn't make her feel any better about the situation.
"Come on Selphie, cheer up. Look on the bright side, the longer they stay away, the better off we'll be."
Selphie looked at him with a hurt expression.
"Ah wait! That didn't come our right! Aww-"
Wakka pounded him on the head.
"Nice goin' Tidus."
"Aww, well how was I suppose to know she'd-"
"Look! There they are!"
Selphie jumped up and ran up to the approaching truck. It slowed down and allowed it's passengers to exit.
"Kairi!"
Selphie ran up and hugged her.
"Oh, I'm gonna miss you."
"Same here."
Tidus and Wakka walked up to the boys to wish them a farewell.
"Alright then, I guess this is goodbye."
"See ya. Drop us a postcard, ouch. Wakka!"
Riku and Sora laughed at Wakka's attack on Tidus.
"We'll be back sooner than you think," Sora insisted.
"Yeah, and don't worry about Kairi. We'll look out for her."
"We
know you will."
"Yeah."
Goofy gathered their supplies and headed for the ship.
"Gosh, it's better than I remember."
Donald nodded as he loaded their stuff into the back of the ship. They didn't drive the ship to the island, they were dropped off. The king had apparently asked Chip N' Dale to send it here by auto pilot. Meanwhile, the ship's little mechanics were busy fixing the security surrounding Disney castle.
Once they were finished loading, they started the engine and called out to Sora.
"C'mon you guys! Let's get going," cried Donald. Selphie was giving a last round of hugs to Riku and Sora, before giving a second to Kairi. "Be safe you guys."
"We will."
"Good luck."
Sora, Riku and Kairi made their way to the ship. Donald and Goofy popped out to wave goodbye and as soon as everyone was settled in, they took off for another adventure. In Sora's mind, their last adventure; hopefully.
Virgo sat in a chair in her lab, mumbling a made up song. It's been four days and her project was still being formed. She predicted at the rate it was going, it would take at least seven to eight days for it to be complete. Right now the download said 45. She sighed and looked up at the cylinder. She had recently added a giant curtain to cover the transforming heartless from unwanted eyes, including her own. She felt tempted at times to release it, for as long as it was taking to complete. Leo had come in, curious of her progress and asked why she couldn't just take it out. She knew of course, it would be dangerous to do so. It wasn't fully developed yet and it might lose its form. By now, the shadow was no longer a shadow, but a flesh colored version of a human. More specifically, the human version of Sora. Yes, a clone, she called it a heartless clone. The hair had done an excellent job of mirroring Sora's appearance, from face to height to weight. A copy, but how exact? Watching the shadow take shape took longer than watching the download. If she recorded from the start of the shadow's first look to its Sora look now, she would have to fast forward its progress to really enjoy its development. 46. It needed 50 to stabilize its shape. Ever since the small shadow morphed into Sora, she spent more time than needed in the lab. What a cute face. So gentle, so strong. She was glad she kept those curtains up, otherwise, she might have been tempted to yank out the Sora in the cylinder, but if she did that, most likely, it would fall apart. It was like shaping clay. It hadn't quite hardened, so you wouldn't want to mess with it right now.
The other 50 was forming the interior of the being. Filling it with all that it needed. There was no need to make the insides look like that of a human. Who would know? It needed its strength, its character and a brain for its own free will. Aries allowed Virgo to scratch the idea of putting control on it like he did on the regular heartless. She convinced him that he was still a heartless and that he would follow instructions just as he had before.
"That's right Virgo. He is still a heartless, not Sora. Keep that in mind."
Although, there is that hair. The hair was used to give it shape, but after that, its broken down structure settled in his chest. The read outs on the computer insisted that it wasn't anything to worry about, nor was it that strong. For some strange reason, it had formed into a space of light and through the computer's X-rays, it formed the outline of what looked like a heart. Weird. Maybe I should have removed the hair, but it's too late for that now. The vines still held him up in the air in the clear pink liquid. By this time, the vines had injected millions of needles into his arms and legs. It's how his internal make-up was formed into him.
She sat back and looked up at him.
"Still a long ways to go."
"Sora?
You okay?"
"Huh?"
Sora had fallen into a deep thought and was woken by Kairi.
"Yeah,
just thinking."
"Well you can stop now cause we're
here."
She pointed out of the window and saw their destination, Radiant Garden. Sora rememberd after being reunited with Kairi, she told him she had lived there once when it was called Hollow Bastion. She didn't remember much about it.
"Hey Kairi? Anything look familiar?", Sora teased.
She giggled,"Not really. It's Radiant Garden now isn't it?"
"Yeah,
but it's still a nice town. You'll like it."
"Oh boy. I
wonder how everyone's been doing," said Goofy as he and Donald
safely set the Gummi ship in for landing.
"Do
you think the king is here?"
"He's gotta be,"
Donald answered.
Once the ship reached its landing site, they readied themselves for the walk to Merlin's house. On the way, Sora once again, thought about his next adventure to come. As they were walking, they noticed a couple of heartless, mainly shadows, who kept as far away from them as possible. They were just watching them--spying on their every move. In the letter, King Mickey warned them about their spying ways and told them not to bother with getting rid of them, unless of course they attacked.
"It's creepy ya know, having all these heartless just watchin," Goofy stated.
Riku moved forward a bit.
"Yeah well, we don't have to worry about it remember. Just keep moving. The longer we stick around, the more they'll know. The more their master will know."
"Master?," Kairi asked.
"You don't think they're acting like that on their own do you? The king might be right. This is going to be different."
When they reached Merlin's home, King Mickey greeted them at the door. He shushed them so they wouldn't make any noise. Once they were inside, he nodded and let them know it was safe.
"Did you make it here alright?"
"Yeah,
no problem."
Sora looked around at the sound of tapping--he
didn't even notice Cid at the computer, or Aerith, Yuffie and Merlin,
who came over to greet him.
"I see you're still sharp," Yuffie joked.
"Oh...right."
Cid scoffed and walked up to him and started tapping him hard in the shoulder.
"You have to be more focused. This is different than the last tim. Can't have your mind wondering off."
"Um,
I'll keep that in mind."
Cid looked up and took notice of
Kairi and Riku.
"I see you brought help."
Mickey stepped forward to explain. "These are Sora's friends Riku and Kairi. I told Sora it's okay if he brought them."
"Really,
you sure a girl can do this job."
This sad remark from Cid,
created an instant fit among Yuffie and Kairi.
"Excuse me? What did you say!"
Cid scratched his head and grinned.
"Maybe you forgot old man, but I took on plenty of fights, there's no reason why I can't do it again. Me and Kairi can handle it right?"
"That's right. I have a keyblade of my own."
Riku moved away, not wanting to discuss her keyblade. He moved over to the table where Aerith was sitting, looking lost.
"Hey are you okay?"
She looked up at him.
"We've never really met have we Riku?"
"No we haven't." She smiled kindly at him.
"Don't worry about me. We have other matters to get to."
Donald became even more determined.
"She's
right. Your majesty, have you found anything that could help
us?"
Mickey bowed his head down and sighed.
"No, we still haven't found the cause of all this. I've been in contact with Master Yen Sid, to track down any abnormalities in the other worlds." Sora had almost forgotten about the heartless being in other worlds.
"Oh
yeah, how is everyone?"
"Fine for the moment. So far,
the heartless seem to be positioned here, Disney Castle
and-"
"Destiny Island."
"Right. There haven't been any problems with any other worlds, so we haven't been able to tell who's up to trouble."
Goofy suddenly had a bad feeling.
"Gosh, it couldn't be Xemnas, could it?"
Riku straightened up.
"No, we defeated him, me and Sora. Though I did most of the work."
"Hey!"
"No, I don't think it's Xemnas. It's obviously someone we don't know about. They're in such secrecy, it's hard to get any leads. That's why I sent you here."
Sora was confued by this. What's the point in bringing us here if you don't know what we're suppose to do?
"But
your majesty, if there's nothing we can do, why are we here?"
"In
case there is. Right now, nothing is amiss and we've got to keep a
look out."
"Can't we just go there ourselves?"
"No.
I don't want you attracting trouble. Those heartless are spying on us
for that very reason. I'm sure they are reporting to their boss of
anything we do. We were the ones who stopped the darkside many times.
They're being extra careful, whoever or whatever they are. Like I
said before, Yen Sid is keeping track of the other worlds, so at the
first sign of trouble, I need you all to be ready to deal with it."
Everyone looked at one another.
"For now, just rest here."
At that moment, Leon entered the house. Aerith jumped up and looked at him expectantly. He shook his head and walked away, not even noticing Sora and company. Sora noticed how worried he looked.
"What was that about?," he asked Merlin.
"I'm
afraid bad news. Cloud's whereabouts have been unknown for quite some
time. You see, he was dealing with the heartless that brought on a
sudden attack in another part of town. We haven't seen him
since."
"No."
Sora looked at his companions, sad at the news they had just heard. Aerith sagged back into a chair and remained motionless, while Leon leaned against the wall and folded his arms. Silence settled around the room. Everyone was thinking about Cloud and what could have happened to him, especially to them when they took on this journey.
The only noise that broke the silence was Leon stomping his foot.
"Damn those heartless."
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Finito.
Alright, we've gotten past all the talk. Now the next chapter we will finally be getting somewhere. Keep reviewing please.
