Chapter 10: Forces Uniting

"BRING ME SOME MORE WINE AND MOVE THAT STATUE OVER THERE!" Yzma hollered from Kuzco's stolen throne.

"Right away your majesty," the guard panted, running out of the throne room.

Yzma leaned back in the chair patiently to relax while two guards slowly waved large feathers above her head. Now this was exactly how she pictured herself as ruler, after all those years living under Kuzco's shadow as the advisor. With him out of the way and no more spirit left within him, his palace was now hers as she always dreamed of. Soon the guard arrived with her second glass and extra bottle of the red wine she demanded. Yzma watched with pleasure as a few villagers and guards kept on slaving away to keep remodeling this kingdom to replace Kuzco's face with hers on every object.

"Now that I'm the new ruler here, I think I'm gonna enjoy every moment of this until the end," Yzma boasted, taking a sip of her wine. In her other hand she had been swinging some sort of dark crystal tied in a leathery string.

Meanwhile within the hidden chambers underneath the palace, Kuzco managed to sneak his way in without anyone seeing him, in case a guard might report this to Yzma. He most certainly didn't want to risk being spotted too soon or else it might have made this situation more complicated than it seemed.

"If Yzma thinks she can take over my palace like this, oh then she's messing with the wrong guy," Kuzco muttered confidently to himself as he made his way up the chamber stairs. "I'll show her who the real ruler is. I'm the real emperor, not her. Uh, uh, no way. Ain't gonna happen while I'm still alive…I hope."

His tone had turned from courageous to nervous when he uttered those two last words. But he was not about to let that or anything else talk him out of saving his friends. He had to do what was right, even if it meant risking his life to stop Yzma, no matter what type of power she possessed to force his people to slave for her. By the time Kuzco reached the top of the secret stairs, he was just about ready to pull on the secret switch before hearing a familiar croaking voice behind the stone floor above.

"I wonder how Maleficent is dealing with Mickey at this very moment." Kuzco recognized that voice as none other than Yzma. "Maybe I should thank her for this dark crystal she gave me to control everyone."

Kuzco's ears perked up when she mentioned something about a dark crystal. Unless he was mistaken, that must be what's causing his people to obey her against their will. Only problem was, how was he to ever get close to Yzma without getting himself caught under that spell if she tried using it against him? Waiting until she fell asleep would not have been a smart option. He needed to bring reinforcements as soon as possible or else it might have been too late.

"Eh that can wait until she's done. Now to check and see how my slaves are doing."

Kuzco waited for a few seconds to listen carefully to the footsteps as they disappeared to wherever she had gone. Then he pulled on the lever and whispered to someone who had been following him the whole time.

"Come on, it sounds like the coast is clear."

The stone ceiling above him opened up for him and the other companion to crawl out and take a look at their surroundings. Kuzco cringed at the sight of how tacky and awful the designs appeared in every direction.

"Ugh, talk about bad taste in style," he said sarcastically for a moment. Then he remembered the mission. "Uh anyway, here's what we should do."

Minutes later Yzma returned to the throne to relax. Just when she thought she'd be having a peaceful moment all to herself, a deep voice broke the silence.

"YZMA!"

"AAGGH!" Yzma gasped, sitting up from the seat. "Who's in here? Show yourself!"

"I cannot, for I am the spirit of a long forgotten emperor," the voice rumbled. "And I am not happy with what you have done to take the throne from another! Am I right?"

Yzma remained silent for a moment, feeling more suspicious than scared as she should have been. She sensed that something fishy was going on and decided to play her own little game with this so-called ghost voice.

"Then tell me something long forgotten emperor," she said icily. "Why else have you returned here other than trying to haunt me?"

"I…uh…as I mentioned before, I have been watching you all this time, how you and your lackey tried to poison me…uh I mean the emperor…the emperor all so you could have the throne all to yourself and…"

"OH ENOUGH ALREADY!" Yzma exploded. "So I tried to overthrow an ungrateful, wretched excuse for an emperor, so what? He never deserved to be ruler anyway." Then her voice turned calm as she maintained mockingly. "And even if he dared to return here, what makes him think that he can stop me when I possess extreme power over all his people? He's a spoiled, ungrateful little worm who grew up with no real friends and no loving parents to hold him or tuck him in at night."

The ghostly voice turned silent at that.

"No response for that huh," said Yzma, turning her head up to take an interest in a familiar foot hiding above the colorful cloaks. It couldn't be who she thought it was, but she went on. "And why do you think he had not a friend in the world?"

"Uh…well because…" the ghost voice was losing its grim eeriness.

"I'll tell you why that is, as I mentioned before, he was nothing more than an arrogant, pampered palace brat so full of himself which explained why none of the other children would ever consider playing with him."

The ghostly voice was silent again as if it was stung by those hurtful words.

"Aw, what's wrong," she cooed mockingly up at the ceiling of curtains. "Did I hurt the poor spirit's feelings?" Her right hand had slowly touched a holder where the ends of the curtains were tied. "Or should I say…" that was when she untied the knot to watch and hear the yelp from someone's voice as he came crashing down on the floor, holding a large shell in his hand that he used to imitate the ghostly voice. "…Kuzco!"

"Ow!" Kuzco moaned from the painful fall. "That really hurts."

"Really, does this hurt?"

"Huh?"

The next thing that happened in an instant was Kuzco seeing himself engulfed in pink smoke. He had not seen that Yzma had thrown the same pink formula that Kronk had accidentally used last time that transformed him into a llama.

"AAAHHHH! I'm a llama again!"

"And now you're about to be incinerated!"

Uh-oh, time to move on to Plan B. Kuzco thought anxiously as he watched Yzma pull out the dark crystal. "CANNONBALL!"

"Cannonball?" Yzma was puzzled.

CRASH!

She had never looked up in time to see a huge shadow loom above and come crashing down on top of her. It was Mrs. Calloway!

"Thanks, thought I was a goner," he said.

"Really, and you said you had it under control the whole time," Mrs. C teased, still sitting on top of Yzma.

"He he, well you never know in case the plan backfires," Kuzco admitted. "Nothing wrong with a little backup. Well let's go save my friends."

"In that form?" Mrs. C was referring to his llama transformation.

"No time to worry, we gotta get reinforcements. Come on." Kuzco burst out the doors hastily.

To avoid interference, Mrs. Calloway stomped on the dark crystal with all her strength, breaking it into bits and pieces. Then she quickly left the throne room to help Kuzco before Yzma regained consciousness.

Down in the city of Atlantis, Milo Thatch was able to make it back in time first by taking a sub pod in the ocean and flying through the caverns on the flying stone fish. He was both stunned and furious to find that Rourke and his troops were holding Kida and the crew captive and preparing to leave with the Mother Crystal. The genius had taken them by surprise with the blue energy blasts, powerful enough to destroy the pod the crystal was held in and knock the weapons out of Rourke's troops. He had been full of the same anger and determination within him that helped to save Princess Kida and Atlantis. Now he was going to use them to save Mickey and the others from an untimely defeat at the hands of the villains. He refused to let any negative feeling stop him from doing the right thing.

"Over here Rourke!" Milo shouted from above on the stone fish. "Catch me if you can!"

"Hold still you fool!" Rourke demanded, holding his own dark crystal up in the air to try and blast Milo out of the stone fish with its dark blast.

So far Milo managed to avoid each blast as he got closer to Rourke and somehow snatched the dark crystal out of his grip and used the flying fish to throw him against a stone pillar to knock him out while he made the move to untie the crew, including Kida.

"Boy am I glad to see you guys again," Milo said as he untied Cookie. "Come on, we gotta get back to the surface to help Mickey."

"But Milo, where have you been this whole time?" Audrey questioned.

"I'll tell you all about that later. Gather as many equipment as you all can and make sure you have your crystals. Hurry, we might not have much time."

Jim Hawkins sailed back to Montressor on his solar surfboard to help out Captain Amelia, Doppler, Morph, B.E.N., and Silver who were doing their best to fight back against the space pirates on the RLS Legacy. So far, they managed to drive off at least twelve dozen pirate ships. But when Scroop and his men refused to back down, even knowing that they could no longer overpower them, his last words were "See you back at Tomorrow Land" before his ship blasted off. Jim knew he and his crew had to get back to Disneyland right away to help the rest of the heroes and somehow get that black crystal away from Scroop before he caused any further damage.

Although there had been no villain in Brother Bear, Kenai and Koda had gathered all the bears at the salmon run, fetched Rutt and Took, and the villagers to fight alongside the animal heroes in Adventure Land and Frontier Land. They figured that Bambi, Bagheerah, Baloo, King Louie, Simba, Timon, Pumbaa, and all the rest of the canine and feline heroes would need a helping hand against Shera Kahn, Kaa, Scar, the hyenas, and the rest of the animal villains.

For the cows, Maggie and Grace had returned to Chugwater hoping that they were able to handle things, even if Mrs. Calloway wasn't with them. But to their surprise, Alameda Slim wasn't anywhere to be found and staring at the damage on Patch of Heaven was heartbreaking and upsetting enough to shatter their hearts. Yet there was still the job to do of gathering allies such as Buck, Lucky Jack, and a herd of cattle that was lucky enough to not fall under Slim's yodeling spell. When asked where Slim ran off to, none of their friends knew other than about him returning to the park. But the girls reckoned that there was one place more likely where Slim and his goons could be. And their guess was Frontier Land.

Meanwhile at the Magic Kingdom, the battle against the villains was growing more intense for the heroes and heroines almost every minute. Tarzan, Aladdin, Mulan, Simba, Robin Hood, Little John, Quasimodo, Prince Phillip, and John Smith were losing their strength, unable to handle things any longer. When this happened, the heroes were left crawling helplessly on the ground, still refusing to believe that they would ever be defeated at the hands of their enemies. How could this happen to them? They were always able to handle the villains well in the end before. Why weren't they going down?

"Let Jasmine go…Jafar!" Aladdin panted, struggling to get up and save Jasmine. The sand inside the hourglass had now reached up to her waist. "I'm not finished with you yet." An intense pain inside his ribs brought him back down on his knees.

"Sorry street rat, I don't have anymore time to waste hearing you beg for your princess to be spared," Jafar mocked, tapping the hour glass with his staff. "I've won, so just admit that you're far too weak to fight me any longer!"

Aladdin tried once more to get up. But the more he moved, the greater the pain became, which proved too much.

"That's what I thought. So long street rat. I've got some other business to deal with somewhere. I'll be taking your genie with me if you don't mind."

He watched the royal vizier float away carrying the captive genie in the enchanted crystal ball. The only thing for now on his mind was crawling toward as quickly as possible to crack open the hour glass before finding another way to stop Jafar.

On the other side of the park, Prince John had his rhino guards capture Robin Hood, Little John, and all his merry men in ropes to lead them back to Nottingham to be locked in his dungeon. Frollo had Esmeralda tied to a stake in preparation for execution while his guards kept the gypsies, Djali, and Phoebus locked in cages to watch helplessly. Quasimodo, having no more strength to fight had been restrained in chains between two pillars. Maleficent's goons had captured Prince Phillip with ropes and were ordered to take him back to her lair. The Wicked Queen had enchanted Snow White in the sleeping death in the hopes of imprisoning the prince and the seven dwarves in her dark castle. The same could be said for Aurora, also cursed up in the same tower along with her people. Madame Medusa had captured Bernard and Bianca in a small cage to take to her swamp where her two crocodile pets awaited for a nice snack. Stromboli had imprisoned Pinocchio in a wooden cage inside his wagon while the wicked coachman was determined to take away the donkeys on his ship to sell for a fortune. Mcleach had captured many wild animals big and small in cages and the strongest nets over in Adventure Land, including Tod, Copper, Big Mama, Dinky and Boomer, and the whole gang from Winnie the Pooh before loading them onto his truck. The Headless Horseman had been chasing Ichabod Crane through the dark forest on his black steed, determined to go for the victim's head. The whole cast of Lady and the Tramp, 101 Dalmatians, Aristocats, and Oliver and Company were left either running for their lives or being captured by Cruella Deville, Edgar, and Sykes. There were too many enemies for them to fight beyond their understanding. The Horned King had Taran, Eilonwy, Fflewddur Fflam, Gurgi, and Hen Wen captured by his guards as the Cauldron Born were wandering amongst the park in the hopes of overpowering whatever heroes and allies were left. Professor Ratigan had Basil of Baker Street and Dr. Dawson tied to a mouse trap where other deadly weapons awaited to finish them off at the end of the song. Even the Reluctant Dragon and Elliot were beginning to lose their fire breathing attack from using it for too long. Who knew how long this battle would last and how the villains can ever be defeated.

The villains were about to realize that their long awaited victory was soon to come to a halt. Before any of them could finish off the heroes and heroines, a few blue blasts from out of nowhere had knocked them off the ground along with their powerful weapons. Everyone stared up at the nighttime sky to witness the oncoming approach of numerous Atlanteans riding stop their flying stone fishes with Milo and his crew leading the way. Also flying next to them was the RLS Legacy ready to fire their cannons and rifles. The villains couldn't believe their eyes when they discovered that the banished five had suddenly returned and were ready to save the day.

"NO IT CAN'T BE!" Hades barked. "YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE BANISHED!"

"GUESS AGAIN HOT HEAD!" Milo retorted as he swooped down below right passed the God of the Underworld to shoot into the eyes of the Titans, allowing Hercules to take care of the rest.

"LET US FREE THE PRISONERS!" Kida ordered.

She and the crew swooped down among the villains to break open the cages and release the binds off of the captured characters, allowing them to fight once again.

"WILL SOMEBODY DO SOMETHING?!" Hades yelped, bursting into red flames.

The Ice Titan being the only one not blinded by the blue blast from Milo had blown his ice breath toward the sky, causing icicles to multiply. The Atlanteans successfully avoided these blasts and aimed their blue lasers toward the Ice Titan, driving him backward for Hercules to deal with. Their planned mission was to help out the fallen heroes who had lost their strength in battle and heal them with their crystals while still fighting off the enemies. The RLS Legacy fired off at the Cauldron Born making the job of fighting easier for Taran who was lucky not too feel too exhausted. Basil of Baker Street was finally able to lead Ratigan in a showdown above a clock tower using his wits. The Greek Gods had gained the strength to defeat the Titans and free Zeus from his rock prison. He then conjured up fresh lightening bolts at Maleficent's goons, sending them running off in a panic. Being as stupid as they were, Hercules had finally grabbed hold of the Wind Titan to vacuum the rest of the Titans before they caused more damage. Then the son of Zeus whirled them around like a lasso to hurl them out into space in a big explosion. That takes care of them for now. Now there was Hades to deal with, who had apparently taken Meg captive, bound in smoky chains.

Kida pointed over to the midst of Main Street. "WE GOT TO HELP EVERYONE! HALF OF YOU GO THAT WAY! THE REST OF YOU FOLLOW ME!"

The Atlanteans fanned out in every direction to save the fallen heroes. By the power of their crystals, the painful wounds had healed up as if they were never there before. Jasmine was set free from the hour glass by the time Aladdin regained the strength to move again. The other revived heroes that had no time to celebrate thanked the Atlanteans for the recovery and allowed them to fight alongside to stop the villains.

The RLS Legacy hovered high above Tomorrow Land in a showdown against the aliens and space pirates where Scroop had continued his treachery. Needless to say, Captain Amelia, Doppler, Morph, and Silver were able to overpower them aboard after Jim finally snatched away the dark crystal from Scroop on his surfboard. The hardest part had been attempting for him to get closer to the spider-like creature while dodging every blast and shot from the pirates' weapons. But he succeeded in the end.

The jungles of Adventure Land were overrun with deadly snakes, venomous spiders, booby traps inside the temples, and other dangerous animals prowling the areas, battling their own enemies long enough to hopefully tire them out. Yet most of them refused to back down, even when it seemed like all was lost. Then coming out of nowhere, a pack of bears, mammoths, and moose were heading toward them in a stampede. Kenai and Koda had been leading the way. With their help in the battle against the villains, the animal heroes were able to stand a better chance without any worry of losing their fighting strength. The bears had given Simba and his friends a helping hand with the hyenas. Throughout the fighting, lightening flashed, and parts of the dry areas below turned into a sea of flames.

In Frontier Land, the cows found Alameda Slim standing atop the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad attraction, commanding the bewitched cattle to attack. For the girls, the attempt to snatch that dark crystal from his neck was extremely difficult with all these hypnotized cattle either pushing them back, charging at them, or head butting them in the side, causing the girls a few minor injuries. As if that wasn't bad enough, Frontier Land was scattered with dangerous coyotes, cougars, vultures, evil spirits from Indian tales, and needle shooting cactus. But despite the tough challenge, they refused to quit too soon as they dodged and kicked back while making their way up to the attraction.

"And now for the final blow!" Maleficent bellowed in triumph. "Say goodbye Mickey!"

Before she could cast another deadly blast from her evil staff, her pet raven Diablo flapped next to her head, uttering something that only she could understand. A look of shock and anger crossed her face.

"NO!" she howled. "IT CANNOT BE!" The evil sorceress waved her staff and transformed herself into energy of swirling black magic as she transported over to the midst of the park, leaving an exhausted Mickey Mouse where he was.

Mickey didn't stay down for long as soon as Kida came forward on her stone fish and hopped off to heal him with her crystal. It did the trick as she watched him able to stand up on his feet again, ready to do battle again. He thought his tired eyes were deceiving him when he took one look at who had come to his aid.

"You...you came back?" Mickey said happily.

"We all came back," Kida told him.

This time Kida gladly gave him a ride back inside the park where he was prepared to defeat Maleficent in the final showdown to save his entire family.

AN: Well it looks like the final showdown between Mickey and Maleficent is on the way. Sorry to rush some things a bit, but I just wanted to make sure there wasn't anything slowing the story down as I wrote this chapter. Now that Maleficent knows that the Forgotten Five have returned, how will they be able to handle it? I'm not sure how long it will take me to get the next chapter up, but hopefully not too long. I want to make sure it's believable enough. Feel free to give me some ideas in a review if you want. Let's hope that Mickey will make it back in time to stop Maleficent from hurting any members of his family.