Hey everyone, It's been a few months since I've done anything with this story, well almost a year. The e-mails really pissed me off and then I basically stopped writing anything. I finally beat the freakin' game about a month ago with a level 63 Sora using the oblivion key blade. All I can say after seeing the ending is FUCK! There goes my damn storyline! Oh well, on with the story… finally =)
Chapter 10: Escape
The Authorities had practically taken over Traverse Town, all of the rooms were taken at the hotel for officers, all the items were confiscated for the soldiers, and all of Cid's Gummi Blocks were bought with a 100% discount ordered by the man in the blue suit. The room that Tidus had rented was taken and the safe house was no longer owned by Leon, forcing everyone to live in alleys. Cloud, Aeris, and Cid disappeared seconds before all Gummi ships were commandeered. Jei, Leon, Yuffie and Sora had taken refuge in an alley behind the hotel, and Riku, Kairi, Selphie and Jeiko were able to stay with Gepetto (the only house not taken by the authorities).
"I can't believe they took the ship!" shouted Sora as his group stood around a tree near the hotel, "It's just not fair! The Kingdom can get any Gummi part they want but they're too lazy to build their own ships,"
"Calm down, Sora, they took everyone's ships," replied Leon coolly,
"They didn't need to take our weapons too," muttered Jei, he may have been half dead, but he could still have used his icy muscles to heft his broadsword.
"Yea, that's true," said Leon, missing the weight of his gun blade.
"Quit your complaining!" shouted Yuffie who hadn't suffered any great losses from the authorities, "lets just go and get some food then we can start formulating a plan to get everything back," They all got to their feet and started off for the first district.
* * *
"These gloves are great!" said Jeiko as he spun his blade around his body, "how'd you make 'em?"
"It's easy!" laughed Gepetto, "Gummi's can protect from outside elements, thus enabling Gummi travel. I took that fact and poured Gummi extract into a mold and created the gloves, so now your hands can heal and you can still use them,"
"But what about the color?" asked Jeiko, grimacing at the pinkness of them,
"I'm still working on that…" said Gepetto as an old-man giggle escaped him.
"Well, thanks anyway," said Jeiko as he sheathed the sword and left with Selphie.
* * *
Sora was awe struck, not even Ruby's Café was safe from the authorities! They had threatened to arrest Ruby if she didn't do a table dance for them, so she was currently red in the face dancing on a table. Soldiers cat called and slapped her butt as she passed them. Sora stared wide eyed, Leon spat and Jei growled,
"Why can't we walk over there and kill them?" growled Jei,
"That's wrong!" shouted Leon but the soldiers paid him no attention, "well scratch eating," they all turned but Sora,
"why don't we wait 'till she's done!" he said attentively. Leon smacked him, then grabbed the boy by the shirt and pulled him away.
* * *
"Something's wrong," said a shadowy figure with a badly slurred voice, "The real king is gone, along with all the old court but us,"
"Well waddoya wanna do about it?" asked another
"We need Sora, he'll help us!"
* * *
Leon and Yuffie caused a little trouble with some soldiers as Jei stole food for everyone and Sora had wandered off to look for Kairi and Riku, who had split off a while ago.
"Where could they be?" wondered Sora as he trudged on to the Gummi ship docks,
"Psst! Sora, come here!" whispered a voice from the alley,
"Donald?"
"Will you just be quiet and come here!" said the duck. Sora smiled and ran into the alley where the voice came from.
"Why are you guys here?" asked the boy,
"Mickey is gone again, and th' new king is really crackin' down on everything," explained Goofy. Sora took the news rather well, and nodded attentively at everything. After the two royal guardians explained the situation Sora frowned.
"What do you want to do about it? Are the heartless coming back?"
"What? Are you crazy?" screamed Donald, "We beat the hell outta them! We need to find Mickey." The ducks shouts alerted nearby soldiers, three had started running towards the darkened ally, "Here, take the key blade, its all we managed to save from the king!"
"Good luck Sora, yer on yer own," sighed Goofy. Donald shooed Sora away just as the soldiers reached the other end of the alley, and Sora ran to find his friends.
* * *
Sora quickly found Leon and his group, and together they found Riku and Kairi outside Cid's empty Gummi shop but Tidus and Wakka were no where to be found, they all sat in a circle contemplating their next move.
"We need to get us a Gummi ship!" said Jeiko, who received a glare from Leon,
"No, we should stay here and get screwed over by the damn Authorities. Of course we need a Gummi ship!" he yelled, "The only question is, how can the eight of us storm a dock filled to the brim with soldiers?"
"We could go get Ruby to help!" exclaimed Sora, who received another smack from Leon,
"I think we should just storm the place and get the Archimedes or the Highwind," murmured Riku, who stood with Kairi. Everyone agreed, and they all headed towards the Dock.
* * *
The man in the blue suite lay lifeless on the hotel room's floor and a small blonde boy stood over him. A commando in blue and gray fatigues burst into the door,
"What is it?" demanded the blonde boy in a rich, deep baritone,
"We found the body you requested, but it has no left hand, sir" said the commando,
"Good, put the body in the cryo-chamber in my ship," blasted the boy as another form walked into the room, "Ah, Akra as returned! Does this new form suite you?"
"Yes, for now," said the tall boy dressed in yellow and tan clothing, "But I keep wanting to say 'ya' after every sentence,"
"That's quite all right, I have an urge to whine but it is easily suppressed. We need to get the other one for you, I will inhabit the body of Jei as soon as we find the hand, now, let us be off to the docks!"
* * *
They had no weapons, but they still stormed the dock, or at least tried too.
(HELL YEA! I'M BACK!)