Just for clarity as far as the timeline goes: the scene on Morag takes place right as Maleficent is attacking Turo, while the Treasure Planet scene occurs the day before.
Chapter 6: Morag:
Morag – Unchained Laboratory:
Damn him! Praetor Gao fumed to herself as she stormed through the corridors of her currently besieged laboratory. Stone is clearly preparing to take advantage of my misfortune in order to enhance his own powerbase. Very well. If I have to keep clawing my way to hold onto my position, then so be it! Gao had originally started out as a low ranking Legionnaire back when the Unchained Legion was first formed. She was one of the last to be recruited by Foreteller Ava before her untimely murder at the hands of the Foreteller Leopardos, and her fellow Legionnaires had looked down on her during the Keyblade War as a "latecomer."
Her fellow soldiers' smug superiority over having been chose before her always made her blood boil. So she had spent the last eight millennia clawing her way to the top of the pyramid. She fought to improve her own station within the Legion, and she had come too far to let sabotage and sneak attacks by the corrupted Princess and her fallen fiancé destroy her power base now. Her monologuing was interrupted by the sound of one of her lab technicians calling out for her as she marched towards the compound's command center.
"What is it!?" she sapped as the technician scrambled to catch up to her.
"Our inner defenses have been breached," the nervous tech answered, shaking in fear of his commanding officer's wrath. "That boy and his compatriots have broken through into the compound itself. The laboratory has been compromised." The trembling researcher ducked as Gao slammed her fist against the wall of the corridor in rage.
"NO!" She roared. "HOW DID THEY GET INSIDE!?" The stuttering lab technician took several seconds for him to work up the courage to answer her enraged question.
"Th.. the…. They had access to security codes…. My Lad – " the researcher was cut off when Gao slammed her Keyblade through the man's chest. While forcing your subordinates to reincarnate was frowned upon by the rest of the Legion due to the temporary reduction of resources, Gao was beyond caring at this point. The seat of her power was under attack! She had no time for sniveling flunkies. As the man collapsed to the floor, her mind was already calculating the implications of the news. The false defenders of light had access to Unchained security codes. That could only mean that there was a leak in their communications network.
While it was always possible that the traitors Rose and Natasha had left the codes behind as leverage in the event of their capture, their spies indicated that Rose had been out of the loop for too long to maintain accurate knowledge of the Legion's security clearance codes. And while Natasha Romanov kept herself hacked into the communications network constantly, she kept her past as an Unchained to herself and withheld knowledge of the Legion from her colleagues. In any case, while she may have been able to tell her fellow "Avengers" what the facility on Morag was for, she'd been locked out of the network for the past two weeks so she would not be able to tell them how to get in.
That left Stone as the only possible source of the leak. It was just like the commander of the Chaste to pull a stunt like that to increase his own power. While their shadow war against The Fallen Ones and their followers was an important priority, Stone was an imbecile for believing that the Endgame was irrelevant next to the Hand. It was also no secret that he disdained her proposed method of cleansing the Earth of infidels and irredeemables for the Endgame. Putting all those facts together, it was perfectly in character for him to leak enough information to their enemies to allow for her laboratories to be destroyed and her support base crippled. Only now, it appeared that he was finally going for the full court press to destroy her power base all together.
Fool, she cursed to herself as she resumed her march to the command center. All you've done is shine a spotlight on the Legion and draw all of our enemies right to us. Unfortunately, when she arrived in the central hub of the base, the company was entirely different. Instead of being greeted by weary but loyal Unchained Legionnaires, she found herself face to face with the warriors who had spent the last hour tearing through her base. Oh hell, she groaned silently to herself as she drew her Keyblade and slid into her customary fighting stance.
"I suppose I should congratulate you all on getting this far," she remarked calmly, her face not even registering a hint of her barely restrained anger. "After all," she went on. "It's not everyday that the Avengers or one of the famed heroes of the Xehanort War."
"Great," Iron Man sarcastically retorted. "The scary immortal Keyblade Master knows who were are." Gao fought to keep the surprise off her face. While their spies had confirmed that Vanitas' group of C.I.N. agents had made it to Earth and were currently aiding S.H.I.E.L.D., their sources did not say that they had made contact with the Avengers as well. Sora had already been transported to Earth by the time Rose had outed them to the Coalition, so that was the only way they could have learned of the Unchained's existence.
Madame Gao didn't say anything in response. She only grinned like a shark as she realized the perfect way to eliminate these intruders once and for all. From the folds of her robe, she produced a cluster of transformation potions she had been working on to deal with subjects who were not worth the effort of turning into livestock or game animals. Insect potions for those who needed to be destroyed once and for all. Everyone had clearly recognized what they were dealing with, for the former American Dragon immediately transformed into his disgusting reptilian form while Sora prepared his Keyblade and the traitorous Asgardian prince began swinging his hammer.
"I'm afraid that I cannot allow you to leave this facility alive," she explained. "My rival is busy attacking the galactic capital, and I must punish him for his latest attempt to undermine my power base. Unfortunately for you, I must grind you under my heel like the insects you are." With they, she wound up to throw, but before she could let the potions loose, three things happened. The first thing was that the American Dragon spat a ball of fire at the vials, causing them to explode and spill the potion all over her instead. The second was as she was shrinking down and transforming into a small insect, Thor flung his hammer at the space where she had been standing. He'd thrown overhand, so he missed where her head was standing and smashed down on her insectoid form. The last think Gao knew before her soul left her body for her next incarnation was the oozing squish of Mjolnir crushing down on her head.
Treasure Planet – Benbow Inn; One Day Before The Invasion of Turo:
"You're sure that the defenses will be minimal?" Kairi asked as she sat in a small corner table facing Vanitas' informant once more. They'd arrived on Montressor a week ago and had been staying at the Benbow Inn while Captain Amelia was busy acquiring the necessary travel documentation for her passengers. The cat-like alien had just called to inform them that she was on her way back to Montressor with the papers and that they would be ready to set off for Turo that evening. After a week of sitting around checking the galactic news for any sign of Sora doing what he did best, they were all anxious to get back on the road.
"Positive," Loki answered as he sipped his tea. "Maleficent's forces will be concentrating their firepower on Turo in order to draw the Legion out of their shell. She doesn't trust Malekith and his conspirators, so she's going to keep them by her side at all times. In the meantime, only a token garrison will be left behind to defend the Titan's Sanctuary. This will be the ideal time for you to infiltrate the facility and strike. With such a sudden attack on her seat of power, Maleficent will be forced to divert part of her fleet away from her invasion of Turo in order to protect the Sanctuary."
"But then who will deal with the Unchained and the other half of Maleficent's fleet?" Kairi retorted. "Us?" While Kairi had come far in her Keyblade training and she had two Keyblade Masters by her side, she doubted they'd be able to handle three separate armies all on their own. On the opposite side of the dining room, Donald and Goofy helped Mrs. Hawkins wait tables while Riku and Rose were having a sparring match out in the backyard.
"No," Loki replied with a chuckle. "I have it on good authority that your fiancé and my brother's friends from Earth are making their way towards Turo as we speak. The Unchained and the Club will cripple each other's fleets, Sora and the Avengers can mop up the rest, and you and your friend can have your happy reunions with your beloveds." Kairi blinked, stunned at the admission. Is he serious? She thought to herself nervously, although buried beneath the layers of compounded disappointment, the tiny ember of hope in her heart began to swell up into a raging fire once more.
"He's already on is way?" she repeated hopefully. She was anxious to find Sora again and if she hadn't imagined what Loki just said, she'd be seeing him much sooner than she had expected. While she was speaking to the Jotun sorcerer, Donald and Goofy had finished carrying plates and were making their way towards her. They had overheard her exclamation and were eager to see Sora again as well, although for entirely different reasons. Meanwhile, Riku and Rose had come in from their sparring session and were heading towards the table to ask Kairi what was going on.
"He is," Loki answered with a knowing smirk. "They should arrive at Turo shortly after the attack begins by my estimations. Here are the coordinates for the Sanctuary." He moved a slip of paper with a series of numbers and letters scribbled down on it. "Now if you'll excuse me," he went on. "I need to return to the staging area before Maleficent takes notice of my absence." With that, the prince of Asgard stood up and faded away in a glow of green light. Almost as soon as he had left, Captain Amelia walked in and announced that they had the passports they needed.
"Change of plans," Kairi told her. "We're going to be making one last detour on our way to Turo." Just a little bit longer, Sora, she thought to herself. We're almost there.
So yeah, the outline of the battle has been established: half of each battle chapter will focus on Sora, the Avengers, and the Guardians of the Galaxy fighting off the Hellfire Club and the Unchained Legion, and the other half will be Kairi's team launching a sneak attack on Maleficent's lair. Originally going to have Terra, Aqua, and Ven show up to help with a whole fleet of Gummi Ships and fight off the armada in time for Sora to swoop in and save the day, but after killing off Ven and Yuffie and deciding to have Maleficent move bases one more time, so I had Kairi attack the Sanctuary to divert the Hellfire Club's forces away from Turo and force them to abandon the base.
And yes, Kairi will meet Lily and talk about the fact that her parents are megalomaniacal conquerors. That will certainly be an interesting conversation as Kairi will have to wrestle with the question of how to react to that little revelation. Anyway, now it's beginning to look as if the Unchained believe that there's a traitor in their midst, or at least a leak somewhere in their communications network. All of those affected have different ideas about who it is (Gao thinks it's Stone, for instance, while Stone has his own ideas), but what exactly is going on will not be revealed until later in the story.
