OMFG! I know it has been forever since I last updated and I am sorry xD I have no excuse, I guess I just kind of lost interest for a while and then eventually forgot about it. Hehe. Anyway the writing style may have significantly changed (I hope improved) So… FINALLY here is the next chapter! :3

My eyes widened in complete awe as I stared out at the scenery before me. I seriously considered turning around and darting back into the safety of the castle, but the sound of the door being slammed shut destroyed that idea.

"Whoooaa." We all said at once. That was all that could be said at the moment.

My eyes were stinging with tears again as I looked at my once beautiful world. Everything around me was coated in darkness. Everything was still around; it was all just… darker. As if someone poured a bucket of black paint over everything.

"I don't know about this…" Goofy said, unsure of the situation. Everyone was clearly nervous. I guess Sora and his buddies had never seen something like this before. Too bad. I had hoped that they would know how to handle this situation.

"Janine!" Alyssa shouted, gripping my bicep tightly. "Do you recognize this place?"

"What? No…" I replied. Then I looked around and shuttered in realization. We were standing in the middle of the freeway and to the right of us was the little convenient store where we last saw our parents disappear into.

Mom…Dad… This was almost too much to bear. I could feel as if I might faint at the shock of it all, but i mentally slapped myself.

Then I spotted our little car in the parking lot. Without even thinking, I slipped out of Alyssa's grip and ran for the car. I could hear the others calling out to me, but I ignored them. I pulled the passenger door open and reached in and pulled out my green tote bag. I snapped it open and looked inside. All of my stuff was still in there, and they were all still normal looking. I sighed with relief and ran back to the others.

"Janine!" Sora yelled. I looked up at him as I approached him and saw that he seemed a little bit pissed.

"Don't you ever do that again!" Donald yelled, clearly a bite more that pissed at me.

"You gotta be careful Janine. Don't go runnin' off like that again." Goofy scolded. He just looked relieved that I didn't get hurt.

Alyssa wrapped her arms around me, not saying a word.

"Sorry." I replied. "I couldn't help it."

Sora just put a hand on my shoulder and smiled. "Don't ever leave my side again, ok?"

"Uh… yeah…" I replied. Okay…

He smiled and nodded. Then he summoned his keyblade. "We've got to be on our toes. Everyone, be ready. Let's find that keyhole."

I stepped away from Alyssa and also summoned my keyblade. I looked at Alyssa, who seemed a bit more nervous than the rest of us, holding a meek looking little sword given to her from King Mickey.

We are SO not ready for this. I thought.

"Wack!" Donald quacked in surprise. "Look out!"

We all looked at Donald, who was pointing down the road from us. We followed the direction of his pointing… finger? Feather? Yeah, well we followed it and saw an ominous looking, inky black cloud forming. It was growing from the ground up and getting bigger and bigger until it loomed over our heads like a large building.

"Uh oh." I squeaked. I had to hold the keyblade with both hands, but it still shook in my grasp.

Then, out of the cloud, it seemed like a million pairs of glowing yellow eyes shot open inside the black cloud and stared down at us. I felt my heart skip a beat.

"We can't fight them all!" Alyssa screamed. I nodded my head furiously, though nobody was looking at me.

Sora glanced over his shoulder at us. "Run!"

He didn't have to ask me twice. We all made a run for it, dashing across the parking lot and through the streets of the small town. Donald and Goofy led the way, me and Alyssa in the middle, and Sora bringing up the rear.

I heard Sora grunt and shout, and I could hear the sound of his keyblade knocking back Heartless.

"Sora!" I called. I slowed my pace a tad, planning to help him.

"Don't help me! Help Alyssa!"

I realised he was right. Alyssa could hardly keep them away, as they were coming in from the sides too! I pushed myself to keep pace with her, and attempt to protect her from all of the ugly bug eyed creatures.

I could only keep it up for so long. After about a couple minutes I could really feel the burn in the back of my legs. Alyssa had gotten a fair distance ahead of me and I was heaving pretty loudly. Curse my lazy American lifestyle!

"Keep going!" Sora demanded.

"I-I can't!" I cried.

"You have to!" he shouted. He caught up to me easily and grabbed my hand, pulling me forward. I dared to sneak a peek behind me and instantly regretted it.

Swarms of heartless were trying to chase us down. It was as of an active wasps nest was smashed open with a baseball bat. A very BIG wasps nest, and we were the idiot holding the bat. Awesome.

I fought back the urge to vomit and pushed myself twice as hard as before. No freaking way I'm gonna stop for THAT!

Ahead of us, Donald and Goofy were looking this way and that way as they ran. They suddenly stopped for a moment and made a sharp left turn. We followed them into what looked like a park.

The park was very small. In the distance you could see a teeter-totter and a swing set and slide. Cement pathways weaved around everything. It was all coated in darkness, like everything else in this world. All except one thing was black.

A fountain sat in the center of the park. It was circular and very tall, with little figures of stone fish spouting black water and creating three waterfalls over the stone. Behind those waterfalls was a keyhole. The outlining of the keyhole glowed slightly.

"There!" Sora shouted. He knocked back one more heartless and raised his keyblade towards the upcoming keyhole. I copied his movements and pointed at the keyhole. As we kept running, a single stream of light came from the two keyblades and hit the keyhole. They keyhole glowed brighter for a moment, and then it just disappeared.

That was it. Now all we had to do was make it back to the door.

We reached the back entrance of the convenient store and entered closing and locking the door behind us. Thank God there was no creepy crawlies inside, but not for much longer. We raced down an aisle and through the front entrance to the parking lot.

Crap.

The door was still there, but it was completely surrounded by heartless. The barrier protecting it could be seen being slowly scraped away.

"They'll get through!" Donald quacked.

Sora wasted no time and quickly shot lightning out of his keyblade, destroying the door. A huge piece of whatever hope was left in me dissipated as the door crumbled to the ground. I felt Alyssa grab my hand for the hundredth time that day and pull me onward.

We backtracked for a bit, back into town. Then Alyssa looked at me, a slight mischievous grin gracing her face. "What say we trick the little bastards?" she said.

I nodded when she told me her plan. It was not the best plan, but it was something. At least something to buy us some time.

"Hey!" we both shouted at the three boys ahead of us. We stopped running, and when they looked back they stopped too. I made sure to have their attention before I motioned for them to follow us and we dashed off the street and through someone's yard.

We reached the parking lot again, and just as suspected the whole herd of heartless were now behind us. The parking lot was currently deserted. Except for our little black car.

"Alright!" Alyssa and I cheered. We ran for the car and Alyssa darted into the back seat. I quickly ran around and into the driver's seat. Sora crept into the passenger's across from me, and Donald and Goofy sat on either side of Alyssa. I pressed a button and heard the ka-chink of all the doors being locked.

"Shh!" I hushed, bringing a finger to my lips.

All was completely silent now. All I could hear was the sound of my own breathing and rather quick heartbeat.

Then the heartless came. They crawled all around as they poured into the parking lot. They reached the car and crawled all over it. I sunk back into my seat a bit.

I heard a click and turned around to see Alyssa… with her seatbelt on… gripping the arms of Goofy and Donald with all of her might.

"Really?" I whispered. "What? Do you feel safer now Alyssa?"

"Can they see us?" Sora asked in a barely heard whisper.

"No." I replied, pointing at the windows. "Tinted glass. Now shush!"

The worst part about this whole thing was that we were basically waiting for nothing but our own end. Eventually they would discover we are in here and break in and turn us into heartless. I was waiting to die, and that was it.

Time went by slowly. It seemed like forever we had been sitting there. By then my fingers were gripping the edge of the seat so tightly that they began to tingle and go numb. I was gonna go crazy any second now.

Alyssa's finger appeared between mine and Sora's head's. She was pointing. "Look!" she whispered.

In the sky far ahead of us a light appeared. Two lights in fact. Two identical lights were slowly lowering themselves down to the ground. They were headlights.

"It's the Gummy Ship!" Donald cheered. "We're saved."

I leaned forward and gripped the steering wheel. "But how will we get to it? It's at least a hundred yards away." Then I looked down at my hands on the wheel. I stared at them for a minute.

Face palm! Why the hell didn't I think of it sooner!

I half stood up and reached into my back pocket. I pulled out a shimmering solver key and stuck it into the ignition. It turned and the engine roared to life.

"Oh baby!" I shouted. That was the best noise I've ever heard!

I floored it. The wheels squealed against the ground and lunged forward. I laughed maniacally as the car bumped around from running over the little black demons.

"Buckle up!" Alyssa screamed. I laughed again and steered the car toward the space ship thing that just landed on the highway in front of us. Hundreds of soldiers were pouring out of the entrance.

Heartless clung to the sides of the vehicle. I thought whatever about it until one literally sunk through the metal. I screamed and the car swerved violently. A ball of fire appeared and destroyed it. I turned and smiled my thanks at Donald, who was holding his wand above his head, ready for the next one.

"Janine! Watch the road!" Alyssa squealed.

I faced the front and slammed in the brakes when the Gummy Ship appeared right in front of us. Even though I had no freaking idea what I was doing, I shifted gears and sharply turned the wheel. We drifted to a halt, slamming into the side if the ship and sending all of the heartless flying off of us.

I couldn't let go of the steering wheel. I was completely bewildered at myself. My mouth hung open and I stared forward. I turned my head and saw everyone else looked the exact same way.

"Jan…" Alyssa muttered.

I smiled and kicked the door open. "Alyssa! That learners of yers can kiss my ass!"

A soldier looking guy in metal armour appeared before us when we all got out and stood in a group. He was wearing an insignia on his chest which I assumed was the Disney Castle insignia, being there was a mouse head in the center.

"Our royal Highness has sent for your rescue, young heroes." He announced, saluting us. "We shall remain and try to save what can be saved from this world as you continue on your quest."

I sighed in relief. Donald and Goofy quickly ran into the Gummy Ship. Sora followed them and I began to walk in behind him.

It wasn't until I was inside that I realised it. I whipped around and saw Alyssa beginning to run towards the all-out war playing out in front of us.

"Alyssa!" I squealed. Fear welled up inside me, giving me enough energy to catch up to her and grab her by the shoulders. "What are you thinking!"

"Let go, Janine!" she snapped, trying to break free.

"No! Get on the ship right now!"

She smiled softly at me. "I have hope, Janine. I have hope for this world. I have hope that it can be saved. That our parents can be saved. Somehow… I know this is what I have to do."

Tears began to pour down my face. "But…"

She pulled me into a tight embrace. I hugged her back as tight as I could. There was no way I was going to let her face these things alone. "I'll stay with you then. I'll help you find Mom and Dad."

"No." she replied. She took a step back and wiped the tears off my cheeks. Jeez, you'd think I was the little sister and not her. "You have to go with Sora. That keyblade you hold in your hand chose you for a reason. You need to help Sora. I want to do what I can here, but you have to go."

My lip quivered in defeat. There was no changing Alyssa's mind when she had her heart set on doing something. She was just too stubborn.

I hugged her again. "I'll find you." I whispered.

She laughed. "Not if I find you first." Then she stepped away and gave me one last smile before disappearing into the crowd.

I sniffed and rubbed my eyes before returning to the Gummy Ship.

"Gummy Ship Engineers to your posts!" Donald was barking orders as two little chipmunks ran around all frantic.

I sunk into a seat by the window and hugged my knees to my chest. A final tear ran down my cheek as I gazed out window and watched the ship slowly lift off of the ground. It hummed as it built up speed. Soon I could see Earth slowly getting smaller as we got farther away.

"Janine…"

I turned and saw Sora sitting next to me. He looked worried. Clearly he could tell that I was crying again.

I wiped that tear off and sighed shakily as I looked up at him. "Alyssa stayed behind." I admitted weakly. I had left my sister behind. It made me feel like I was a terrible person.

Sora said nothing. He leaned and pulled me into a warm hug. I sighed again and wrapped my arms around his waist. The hug felt really good and it was just what I needed at that moment. I held onto him for what felt like minutes. Then my eyelids grew extremely heavy and I eventually drifted to sleep.

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