Seventh chapter. Boy...this is almost short.
SSB (c) Nintendo/Sora
Kingdom Hearts (c) Square-Enix/Disney
Cole (c) Himself
The seven reached inside the damaged Great Fox in a second. Roy looked around to see a hidden object in the helm. Then the mark of the Smash Force started to shine in the middle of the helm. With a big grin on his face, Roy almost laughed at the other's faces.
"Ha, ha, ha," Roy started to laugh. "Your faces are priceless!"
"What is this, Roy?" Cole asked before Terra's spirit came next to him.
"I think this is a way to a new area." Terra suggested to the group.
"Well...do you all trust me on this portal? Marth told me of a secret hideout the others used...and this should lead us to it." Roy said before jumping into in.
The others followed to the general to see a large room with the world map on top. A spare room with beds and a study area. On the right was a training hall with dummies of the orcs and harpies. When Cole steps on the switch, which looked like the Smash Force symbol, the entire lights were glaring under them.
"Well, what do you think?"
"What is this place?!" Maria asked to see a book in Roy's hands.
"It's the Smash Force Headquarters! When Subspace, the fake one, invaded, the warriors like Mario and Pit used this ancient room to turn it into their own headquarters. Marth told me about the secret entrance from the Great Fox. But look at the outside," Roy saw the others following him to see many warp paths like Sora and Roxas did with Cole. "These are warp paths. Since the worlds combine, the map combined as well."
"So we can get to Traverse Town from here!" Cole said with Roy nodding no.
"Sadly not...the warp stones are sealed. After we find paths like it, we can teleport from here to there. I'll open the one in the Mushroom Kingdom and the Flare Wall." Roy used his magic to unlock only two of the stones. "Also Cole...I'll give you this." He handed the assassin a stone that glimmer with the light.
"What's this?"
"A warp stone. It allows you to teleport from one place to here, in case you need to switch party members. It's best to make a party of three, again if you want to summon your spirits."
"Well..." A dark voice echoed in the room.
"If you want to summon, you need to find the others." A lighter voice said before they showed themselves to the party.
"VEN, VANITAS!" Terra was shocked to see them together in one place.
"Oh great, it's Mr. Rockhead." Vanitas joked to the party. "Only Cole and Britt are allow to summon us into battle, and sadly for us, we're are forced by Britt to team up with Cole."
"Really? Thanks guys." Cole smiled in exchanged to his thanks.
"Welcome...anyway, the mountains to Traverse Town are weak to fire. I think it will be best for me, Roxas, and Terra to stay here as protection."
"In other words, the spirits themselves run the place." Sora said with Vanitas agreeing with the spirit.
"Correct. Don't forget that some of us are elemental spirits. I'm darkness as Terra is earth."
"Ok...thanks guys...Ven, Sora are you with us?" Cole asked to the two warriors.
"We're with you." Ventus said smiling with Sora.
"Ok, for the actual party, Roy and Maria should come."
"That's right, combine with us and the spirits, we can take down anything!" Roy said with Ven next to him.
"So head back to the fortress uh?"
"Yep. That's is where we'll take the path inside to reach Traverse Town."
"Ok, Peter and the other spirits your on guard duty."
"We'll keep this fort on its feet." Peter said with Terra sitting in one of the chairs.
Cole used one of the paths to the fortress to see the sky orange than blue. He snorted and ran down to the mountain path. He heart race. Only he and Roy have success their comrade's mark. The others must've had their own marks similar to the originals.