Prime Time

Ward stared at Sora. Sora was much shorter than he, Ward, but their keyblades were exactly the same. Golden handles, silver blades.

"I think some explaining is in order," Ward said.

"Long version or short?" Ward asked.

"Better make it short," Samus said. "We need to get going if we're going to save this planet."

"O.K.," Sora replied. "Basically we are from another universe…" But the short one in blue interrupted him.

"Sora!" he screamed, jumping on Sora's foot.

"OUCH! Donald, what the heck?" Sora asked.

"I think this is a story better left for the Gummi, wouldn't you?" Donald said.

"A-hyuck, Donald is worried about meddling again, ain'tcha Donald?" Goofy replied. Donald nodded.

"If you are worried about speaking of the other worlds around me, don't worry. I am a Universal Bounty Hunter. I travel to the different worlds on a regular basis." Samus replied. Donald's jaw dropped. Sora smiled (although no one saw it).

"Basically we're from another Universe," Kairi said. Samus stared at her.

"I think you'd better wait in the ship," Samus told her.

"Why?" Kairi asked.

"Because you'll only slow us down. It's going to be a fast paced fight from here on, and we won't be able to stop every other minute to wait for you."

"You won't have to worry about that," Sora said angrily. "Kairi's been on more adventure's than you! She knows how to fend for herself."

"I seriously doubt that." Samus said. Just then, Kairi pulled out her own keyblade, Rose.

"No need to worry about me," She said. Samus grunted and turned. Samus started walking towards a giant blue door. The others followed. Sora looked over at Ward.

"I'll give you the long version later," he said. Ward nodded. He didn't even know Sora, but for some reason, he knew he could trust Sora.

Donald and Goofy had practically swarmed Luigi. They were quite intent on getting to know their counterpart, and seeing which of them he was more like.

"Surely you rely on your magic more than brute force?" Donald asked.

"Well, I do know quite a lot of spells…" Luigi started, but Goofy interrupted.

"Well sure, but I know you get a thrill from bashing a heartless every now and then, right?" he asked.

"For sure," Luigi said. He was clearly embarrassed at all the attention he was getting.

"Quiet," Samus said. "My ship is a safe haven. The heartless, as you call them, cannot penetrate this area, due to a crystal of pure light energy. I borrowed it from a previous adventure for safekeeping. But beyond this door, that's another story. Get ready for whatever comes next."

"Wait!" Sora said. They all looked at him. He dug in a pocket and pulled out the Photon Debugger Keychain. "A space mission calls for a space keyblade, does it not?" He attatched it to the blade, and watched it change into the powerful one that Tron had given him.

"Where do I get one of those?" Ward asked.

"Sorry, my universe exclusive." Sora laughed. Samus sighed and turned around. She aimed her gun at the door, and shot a single blast. The door opened.

"Welcome," Samus said, "To Tourian."

Scene Change (for those of you who have trouble noticing them in other chapters)

Deep in the heart of Tourian, at the very core, was a gigantic cylindrical tube. In this tube, was a brain. A brain the size and weight of a car. An eye opened, and the reflection of the heroes shone on it. Most notably, Samus.

"Ridley, why don't you greet our new guests," The brain said. The fearsome winged beast leapt off its platform and soared away.

Scene Change

The heroes trodded through the decrepit remains of what might have been a beautiful civilization. There was no life anywhere. No noise of any kind.

"It's creepy here," Kairi said, moving closer to Sora.

"Shh," Samus said, pausing. She pressed a button on her arm cannon, and it changed. A small chamber came open on the top, and seemed to be filled with freezing cold energy.

"You two," She said to Donald and Luigi, "ready your ice magic." They nodded, and pulled out their weapons. There was a gurgling sound, and suddenly, Ward's, Kairi's, and Sora's keyblades jumped into their hands.

"What the…?" Sora mumbled. Usually when his keyblade jumped out, danger would attack instantly, but nothing was happening yet. They stared into the darkness, waiting for something, when all of a sudden, the most frightening thing happened.

It wasn't much larger than Ward, Samus, or Goofy, but it was scary. It looked like the Jellyfish that Sora used to poke on the beach when he was a kid, only he wasn't scared of the Jellyfish. It was a greenish color, with red orbs on the inside. There was three spikes protruding from the bottom.

"Heartless?" Donald asked, as he barely dodged the surprisingly fast creature.

"Worse," Said Samus, following the creature with her cannon. "It's a metroid." Ward tapped his HUD and turned on the scan visor.

"Metroid-Zebes breed," It read, "Used in scientific studies by the space pirates, this fearsome creature has the power to suck the life energy out of its victim. The best way to kill it is by freezing it first. If you don't have a means to freeze it, then hope it's alone. If it latches onto you, go into alt mode and attack it. If you don't have an alt mode, then you're already dead." He about choked when he read the last part.

Donald and Luigi were running and jumping trying to freeze it, but it was too quick. Finally, Samus hit it with a charged shot from her cannon.

"You three!" Samus said to the Keyblade bearers. "Everything you got, now!" Sora, Kairi, and Ward ran at it with tremendous speed and all three attacked at the same time, shattering the creature.

"That was really scary," Kairi said.

"Well, they make remarkable pets if you hatch them yourself," Samus said. They all stared at her. "Experience," She said shrugging and turning round.

"I get the feeling that wasn't the last we're gonna see of em, either," Goofy said. And as always (or so it seemed) Goofy was right. The next area they came to was full of them. They were gorging on what was left of a battle between the pirates and the marines. When they had finished killing every metroid in sight, (Goofy was unlucky enough to get much of his life sucked away at one point before Donald froze it) Sora said, "Why do I get the feeling the Metroids were the end of this battle?"

But just as everyone was putting away their weapons, a new batch came out.

"Circle around Goofy until we have a chance to heal him!" Samus said. But Goofy was officially the least of their problems. The heartless had finally appeared, and with them, Ridley.

"Ridley!" Samus called. "I kill you at least twenty times and you ALWAYS come back!"

"Because you never really kill ME," Ridley said, "You usually get cheap imitations, and one time you managed to defeat my own son. Well now I'm here for real, although I doubt that I'll need to take you down, I'll leave that to my new friends here." with that, he turned around and flew back out, locking the door behind him. The heartless sprang to life, but did not go for the heroes. They went for the metroids. The two powerful entities struggled for control, but eventually, the heartless won. They took control of the metroids, who in turn formed together to create one giant Metroid. Ward scanned it.

"Metroid Prime-Heartless Version," The HUD displayed, "Seemingly born from the fusion of Heartless and Metroids, this being has no visible weak points. Good luck."

"Great," Ward thought, "Not only do we stand no chance, but my HUD has a sense of humor."

"Someone better heal Goofy," Samus said tensely as the giant being (which looked more like a crab than anything) charged. "We're going to need all the help we can get."

OTO I Know some of you are saying "Finally!" but don't worry, I plan to get back on this thing, a chapter a night if I can.