In the strange, yet familiar amusement park, Marik and the others looked around the place, becoming a bit concerned.

"I think I remember..." Minimus began, "It's where we fought each other, huh?"

Marik sighed and nodded sadly, "I'm afraid so."

The four became a bit concerned, looking sadly at their friend.

"It's where I yanked that gopher." he sighed, "Come to think of it...I don't think I want to remember."

"Well, we're just going to have to find our way out then." Nemesis shrugged.

The others nodded a bit before moving on. After all, none of them could stay where they were now.

Just then, the group felt the floors rumbling. Everyone then dodged as they jumped away from the creature that fell. Everyone turned as they saw a familiar figure, glancing at them.

"Not this again!" Maximus groaned.

"We'll have to take it down together!" Marik spoke.

They nodded and attacked the creature. Ling Ling used her rays and Minimus with his ray gun toward the Heartless, making it screech in pain.

It used its tentacle toward the group, but they dodged while Maximus, Nemesis, and Marik dodged it, slashing each tentacle before hitting the creature with everything they had. At each side, the beast roared and screamed.

Finally, when all was done, the beast was destroyed. Then, after a card landed to the group with Maximus taking it, everything flashed white.

"Here we go again." Ling Ling sighed.

Back with the familiar three, Zhao paced around while Nappa had his arms crossed with the hatter pondering. They had pondered for some time now.

Finally, the green skinned man realized something as he spoke, "I've identified the scent. It's Marik."

He walked to the two while Nappa noticed, continuing, "He once shouldered the darkness."

"I see," Zhao began, "because he was so close to that side. The dark power given him facilitated his and his allies' escape from the realm of darkness."

The hatter put his finger near his chin, questioning, "What I want to know is why he appeared here."

"That's simple. His existence resonates with that of another hero."

The two looked at him as the hatter realized, "Then, both Delete and Atomic Betty are in the castle too?"

The black haired man nodded, "Yes, they arrived early. Jareth is already using both Cosmo and Tails to meddle with their hearts."

"Hmmm...and he didn't consult us about it."

"It seems he's dying to control the Keyblade Masters. How stupid of him. Atomic Betty, Delete, and Marik's existence may be interesting, but the one most valuable to us...is Marik, the hero of darkness."