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Heartless Attack

Ventus roared and blasted the darkness with flame. Beside him, Saphira roared in response, smoke curling around her snout. Never mind the hotness and humidity of Surda; the fire greatly reduced the Heartless population.

Saphira! I need some help here! Eragon called as he rolled behind a Large Body and punched him. The force was strong enough that his fist protruded from the Large Body's chest. It stood there, shocked, before disappearing into black vapor. Before Eragon could even take a breath, another Heartless charged at him.

Arya was not having the best time of her life either. Every time she killed a Heartless, another took its place. The incessant hordes of dark beings seemed to engulf her as she swung her bow around like a club, catching a Soldier's helmet and throwing it into a Shadow. Both of them crashed into a tree and disappeared.

Grunting, Nasuada jumped and sliced the wing of an Avalanche in half. Shrieking, it skidded to a halt on the ground. Dodging the occasional ice crystals it hurled at her, she jumped on it and stabbed it where its heart was supposed to be. She heard more screeches and looked up. Nasuada stared at the sky in disbelief as more Avalanches flapped towards her, no doubt drawn by the previous shrieks of the dead Avalanche, already vaporizing.

As five dragon Heartless flew towards her in a V-shape, a louder bellow drowned out the smaller screeches. Nasuada smiled as Ventus dropped from the sky in a fury and dug its claws into the last Heartless, and flinging it into the ones in front of it. Ventus's fire breath easily melted the ice pelts from the other two, swallowing them in flame.

"Thank you. I would never have held out long enough if you didn't come in time," Nasuada said, bowing low to Ventus. He bowed his head in acknowledgement.

Where are your bodyguards? Ventus asked, licking one of the scratches on his right wing.

"They were killed by the fusillade of ice hail from those dragon Heartless."

Hmm…do you know where Roxas is? I tried to contact him, but he wouldn't respond.

"That I do not know. I am very sorry."

I will try again. Ventus stretched his mind out to the dormant one of Roxas and attempted to wake him up. It took a few minutes before there was a little buzz in the back of his mind, showing that Roxas was waking.

"Ventus, is there something wrong?" Roxas asked, jumping down from the tree he was on.

Of course there is something wrong, you idiot! I wake up, to find you nowhere in sight and the whole camp in near ruins! Roxas cringed at the voice in his head.

What happened? Roxas asked, running back the way he had come.

A huge mob of Heartless is attacking the camp. Go help Arya; she is injured and has no reinforcements. I'll stay here with Nasuada. Don't worry about Eragon and Saphira, they are together! Just get yourself to Arya, you slacker!

Ventus hung up on Roxas as he saw the tents in front of him. They were strewn which way, and women and children were screaming as the Heartless pursued them. He didn't know which to do first, save these innocent people or go help Arya.

He made a split decision and summoned his Keyblade. Roxas ran on towards the weak signal of Arya. He shook his head and tried to swallow his guilt. He'll never get over the fact that all of those people would be hunted down and killed, but Arya is more important and her loss will be greater.

Roxas approached Heartless gathered around a central point. At his arrival, some Heartless turned around and lunged for him. He quickly casted Aeroga on himself and slashed quickly through the Heartless. More and more creatures started to come at him. At least he was diverting the attention from Arya.

"Take this!" he yelled before sending a Blizzaga spell at the Heartless in front of him. The remaining ones scampered away or sank into the ground. Running over to Arya, he casted Curaga.

"Uh…where's Eragon? Is he safe?" she asked, lifting her eyes to Roxas's worried face.

"Yes, don't worry," Roxas answered. Arya grunted in response, and fell unconscious.

Roxas carried her to a nearby tent and set her gently on her cot. He called for Eragon, who came in a matter of minutes and set about to make Arya comfortable. Roxas looked at Eragon as he dabbed her face with a damp towel. His eyebrows were furrowed so much that creases formed between them, and his forehead was wet with sweat.

"Thank you for healing her," Eragon threw himself down in a chair, panting. "That fight took so much out of me."

"You don't trust me, do you?" Roxas turned away, hearing the doubt in his voice.

"Of course I do! You are a Dragon Rider, and you and Ventus have never betrayed us-"

"That's not what I meant. Did you see anyone not in the Varden?"

"I did see a man who was dressed up in a black cloak, a lot like when I first met you." Roxas whipped around.

"What?" he bellowed. Eragon flinched for the first time in years, staring at Roxas's clenched fists. He started to storm out of the tent.

"Wait, Roxas, where are you doing?"

"I'll be back in a few days," he answered, feeling that he needed to talk with the Organization. Damn that Xemnas! He had to go and mess up this place too. He grabbed his cloak and hurriedly put it on, nearly ripping it in haste and fury. A whoosh of wind told him that Ventus was watching him.

Where are you going? Ventus asked as Roxas opened a dark portal.

"What?" he barked in response. "I'm just going to give that stupid Xemnas of the Organization a lecture on how many innocent people he killed tonight using those Heartless!"

You told me that they could only control Nobodies.

"They also have an ability to control Heartless, but not fully." Roxas zipped up his cloak.

It's too dangerous, Roxas! Who knows what could happen to you?

"Look, when I was trying to get to Arya, I saw Heartless slaughtering countless people! I was furious and I wanted to wipe them out, but Arya was in deep trouble too! You don't know how bad I felt!" He ranted. "I can show you the place if you want to!"

Roxas-

"Don't stop me! More innocent people will die if I don't stop Xemnas! Galbotorix and Murtagh are enough, why should we add the Organization in it? So shut up, will you?" Roxas yelled.

Ventus recoiled as if he had been struck. He took off and disappeared with an angry face. Roxas sighed and turned towards the portal.

"Here we go…" he said as he pulled up his hood and let the darkness consume him.

Eragon: That was interesting.

Saphira: Ventus wouldn't see me for days. Treat him better, Roxas!

Roxas: ...

organizationkhII: Stop blaming each other. Besides-

Murtagh: Hey! When will I be appearing in this story?

organizationkhII: Very soon, along with Thorn and maybe Galbotorix.

Galbotorix: MWAHAHA!

Eragon, Saphira, Roxas: ...

organizationkhII: Did you just have to add that, weirdo?

Xemnas: Oh, and because organizationkhII is very busy these days with school, she probably won't be updating for a while. All those tests and stuff.

organizationkhII: Screw you, Xemnas. Who invited you?