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Chapter 11
Rogue
Onyx paced within the halls of his room on the Vanishing Planet, worried about the current state of the war at the present time. Things hadn't exactly been going as planned. For sure, he had all but anticipated Sora and the others rallying together to save and secure the defenses of the princess of heart worlds but this troubling alliance he had not any idea of. That was what disturbed him the most and that was why he had proceeded to Notre Dame. His plans had not been going at all the way he wanted them to. He had searched for the meaning behind the breach in the Realm of Nothingness but could not find anything, even as he listened for whispers. And now, now he had stooped to waiting on the skin of his teeth. For all the powers of the universe at his disposal he was still here because his plans required the utmost of precision and timing. Regardless, he was hoping and waiting for the connection and communication that may change his fortunes in this war. At last, there was a chime on the viewing screen that was within his room.
He quickly strode over to the console and toggled a few switches and the viewing screen lit up and the silhouette of a young man appeared on the screen. There were no distinct features that appeared on the screen as the man's face was shrouded in darkness...and appropriately so, for to bring their plans into the light would ultimately destroy everything. But that was immaterial now.
"What's taken so long? I expected a status report over and hour ago!" Onyx screeched to the man on the other line, his anger and impatience fully playing into his voice. The man on the other line scoffed.
"Well excuse me almighty and powerful but I'm on a short leash here if you didn't notice!" cried the voice on the other end clearly irked with whatever was going on. But Onyx didn't care in the slightest.
"Then cut that leash! We are running out of time, understand?!" Onyx told the man and he saw a hand move across his face and a small chuckle.
"Last time I checked you asked me to do this and I can only stall as much as possible, Onyx." Came the voice, even more agitated now than it had been when the conversation started. "And do you understand what cutting that tie means for us?"
"Perfectly well, in fact, this is my plan. But we have no more time for playing games...it's time for you to decide where your true loyalties lie." Onyx said and the man on the other line sighed out of exhaustion.
"Whatever...I'll do it soon then." The man responded and Onyx nodded his head, knowing full well that the other man could see it. "But I'm still...uh...concerned. This other plan of yours, do we really need to go through with it? I mean, it seems overkill and it just seems...I don't know, cruel." Onyx snickered a bit in the background.
"Are you questioning me and my plan?" Onyx stated, his eyes narrowing towards the man. The man didn't respond at all, afraid of what Onyx might do if he did. "Cruelty is a matter of perspective, I would trust you to understand that."
"But ripping flesh from bone is just..." the man tapered off and Onyx finished the sentence with his own prepared answer.
"Part of the plan. What would you do? Rip out his arm or his legs, kill the man instead of making him truly suffer? That displays weakness!" Onyx spat and the man recoiled. "Understand this and understand it well. Limbs can be replaced and life can be sown. But skin cannot grow back and neither can hope. Hope is a fragile emotion; easily broken and easily taken away."
"I still don't..." Onyx didn't care for the man's lack of vision and so decided to explain it all in the easiest terms possible.
"Think of it like this, when you remove the skin all you are left with is a skeleton, a skeleton that will break with a single touch. Killing one man invigorates those who remain, I have seen it with the Huntsmen of Prydain. Removing a limb causes one to compensate in their strength and zeal. But how can you continue to go on when nothing remains." Onyx turned his back on the man. "Make your move...and make it soon...I'm sick of waiting." With that, and a flick of Onyx's hand, the connection terminated and now he would go back to waiting.
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"All in all, the siege in Halloween Town is going well, Antonio?" Melissa asked over her connection in the briefing room at Crown Fortress. Melissa, after being tasked with ruling the Order once both Riku and Antonio had left, now made it her personal duty to oversee the current state of the war. She hadn't contacted Riku, but Antonio was one she didn't feel bad about communicating with.
"Yes, with luck, we can eradicate the Unbirths here in about a week. It's become remotely more difficult since Jack Skellington left with Sally, Dr. Finklestein, Lock, Shock, and Barrel after the Interstellar Academy stopped by but regardless..." Antonio tapered off. Melissa nodded her head, glad that, on some front, the war was going well against her brother. "How are things in the Order?"
"Oh same as ever...though we haven't had any attacks lately and it's starting to make me uneasy." Melissa stated with a slight amount of trepidation in her voice. She lowered it slightly so that anyone else who might have been listening wouldn't here. "You don't think Onyx is planning something do you?" Antonio gave a short laugh.
"I wouldn't know how your brother thinks Melissa...perhaps if Edge was here we would have but he's not. I don't know what he's up to, but I know we need to stop him." Antonio told her and Melissa responded with a simple grunt that acknowledged the statement. "What about Cothius? What has he been up to?"
"So far as I know...he's been pretty silent but that doen't make him any less dangerous. I still think he could be planning something big." Melissa said and Antonio flashed his eyes. "Whatever it is, I'll find out. Crown Fortress may be big, but not big enough to hide a stench like Cothius'."
"Very well then, may your heart protect you Melissa. I'll see you when I get back." Antonio said with a small chuckle and salute while Melissa returned the gesture and switched off the viewing screen. She groaned a bit from exhaustion and left the briefing room. She strode down the abandoned hallway in order to reach the staircase at the end that would take her up to her room when she saw somebody approaching from the opposite end of the corridor. Instantly, Melissa noticed the gray hair of Cothius and she scowled to herself. She didn't want to deal with this right now. But Cothius had already seen her and a small smirk was etched onto his face.
"Melissa...what a pleasant surprise I must say." Cothius said as he stopped right in front of her, blocking her passage down the corridor, his gray tunic shimmering ever so slightly in the light of the corridor.
"Too bad I can't say the same, Cothius Cratus." Melissa said with absolute venom, portraying her extreme dislike for the man.
"Oh, on last name basis now are we?" Cothius said with a snicker. "Forgive me, Ruby, I had no idea." Melissa scowled at the mention of her family name, the name she had discarded two years ago, the name that tied her to her brother. It had been tradition in their family to name children after a type of stone and color. Her mother's name had been Sapphire and so she chose the name Ruby for her daughter.
"It's Melissa." She stated with conviction, indicating how strongly she felt about all this. "And what are you doing down here in this corridor, Cothius?" Melissa asked, hoping to perhaps glean a piece of information regarding his plan.
"Just walking. Is it such a crime for me to do so? If it is, I suppose we should just tack breathing onto that list." Cothius said with a smile as he began to pace in a circle around her. "But you'd love that, wouldn't you? If I just dropped dead like a fly. I presume I could guess what you were down here for: to talk to Antonio."
"What's it matter to you?" Melissa snapped, already fed up with this man and his antics. "I have a job in case you didn't notice. Riku left me in charge and that's how it is. You have no right or authority to be questioning me!" Cothius gave a hearty laugh, as if he knew something that she didn't.
"Of course...Riku left you in charge, how could I forget?" Cothius said, his tone simpering. "But he doesn't know the things I know now does he?" Melissa narrowed her eyes and moved away from him, keeping in step and forming a perfect circle. She had no idea what Cothius was talking about at all, but she was determined to find out. "You and Marcus." Melissa's breath caught in her throat as he had barely whispered Marcus' name. There was no way that anyone like Cothius could have known.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Melissa suddenly snapped to defend herself but Cothius' smirk stretched even wider.
"Don't think I don't know about the dark things you two have done in the night. What dark things you've moaned out to the darkness." Cothius said, placing particular emphasis on the word "moaned". He turned his back on Melissa with a great smile on his face at this moment. "Oh, it's quite easy to see and I perfectly understand. All is fair in love and war is it not? So I suppose you just decided to have your love during the war." There was suddenly a whooshing sound as suddenly Rising Sun appeared in Melissa's hand, it's blade pointed at the back of Cothius' throat.
"Give me one reason not to chop your head off right here?" Melissa said with ferocity unimaginable. Cothius now gave an even louder laugh.
"So what I've said is true. The dirty things you do, Melissa, it shames me and the Order. To have a name such as your own taint us." Cothius whipped around, Eclipsing Dusk appearing in his hand and he knocked Melissa's Keyblade away. "You can't kill me, Melissa Ardintous, you lack the strength and conviction. Just as you lack the strength to show everyone what you and Marcus have been doing together during your little time off." Melissa swung her Keyblade and Cothius, who blocked it, and he sniggered loudly. But before either of the two proceeded to fight, a third Keyblade broke into their midst and knocked both of them down. They snapped their heads to look at the imposing figure of Donato.
"And what exactly is going on here?" Donato asked, concern and worry in his face and voice. Cothius merely dismissed his Keyblade and shrugged his shoulders.
"Nothing Donato, merely chatting." Cothius said. With one more flash of his eyesbrows towards Melissa he departed. Melissa and Donato both dismissed their own Keyblades and Melissa began to stalk off.
"Melissa, a word." Donato said quickly and Melissa stopped, her back still facing Antonio's twin. "Be careful around Cothius, he wants to hurt you and demoralize you. We don't know what he's up to and picking a fight like that was very foolish."
"I'm twenty eight years old Donato, I don't need lessons from you." Melissa snapped angrily, bitter after her encounter with Cothius. "Not to mention that Riku left me in charge of the Order, not you."
"Yes, well, I have other things to do but Melissa...we know." Melissa gave a start but didn't say anything. "There was no need to say anything about it but remember...just remember the Tragic Tale of Gentai Tanaka." Melissa scoffed at the mention of the Key of the Future's name.
"Gentai Tanaka was a weakling who couldn't handle losing someone he loved. I'm nowhere near as weak as him." Melissa stated resolutely and she walked off, leaving Donato standing in the hallway.
"Yes...but he lost much more..." Donato stated as he watched Melissa retreat and his heart filled with misgivings.
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We all thought we could be decent men, in an indecent time! A time where there is darkness to plague our lives! A time where we still have to fear the darkness!"
"But if you fight with us, then we don't have to fear the darkness!" Sora yelled, trying to reason with this boy. "Come back, Gentai!"
"How can you ask that of me?! After everything, I was the only one who had everything taken from me! I was the one who caused a reign of chaos the likes of which these worlds have never seen and you ask me to come back." A tear slid down Gentai's cheek and his body started shaking harder. He began to sob. "No…I wanted to be a hero, I really did, but now I know that for me, there's no such thing."
"There is if you strive for it." Riku answered, his voice having gained the strength to speak to him. Gentai shook his head.
"No…not for me…not anymore. All that's left for me and my legacy is to make sure I can end the darkness…" There was silence that pervaded the halls after he spoke those words. "WITH ME!!!"
Riku's eyes suddenly snapped open, ripping him from the dream he had been having. Even after all that had happen these dreams were still plaguing him every night, as though it were a message being spoken to him in some way. He sat up in the captain's chair on the R.G.S. Twilight and rubbed his eyes. He was already on his way back to Radiant Garden with members of the army in tow...but still, so much had already happened. To him, he felt that all of it was his fault and so he would never forget that day.
After they had left Radiant Garden their ship had been attacked and they should have suspected it then but Riku was too blind to realize it. It wasn't that far away when the first wave of Unbirth ships appeared and at first Riku thought nothing of it but within moments he was swarmed with countless numbers of them that eventually damaged the warp drive of the ship and left them practically helpless. Riku quickly fired off the Ultima-G attached to the ship and the fleet finally scattered but their plans to head to Nomanisan was completely ruined at the moment. he set Sikaru and Juthias to repair the warp drive (mainly because he didn't trust Pete) while he contacted Sora and became the bearer of bad news. So it took them days to finally reach their destination and it was late at night on that day when they finally beamed down to the surface of the world.
"It's dark..." Sikaru commented wittily. Riku gave a sour laugh at this statement.
"That might be because it's night." Riku stated and Sikaru rubbed the back of his head. Riku glanced at Pete and saw that he didn't look too happy to be here right now. Juthius turned to his former master.
"Well, what now, Master Riku? You have more experience with this stuff than any of us do, so where do we go from here?" Sikaru questioned. Riku scratched the back of his head slightly in confusion, not really sure where thy should go until Pete yelled out something.
"Hey, there's someone over there and they look pretty beat up!" Pete yelled and Riku snapped a look. Without thinking, the silver-haired Keyblade wielder ran forward and saw three collapsed forms on the beach, two of which belonged to children. His other three companions ran up behind him and were slightly appalled at the sight before them. The larger form of a woman with red hair stirred a bit.
"Get them up you guys!" Riku yelled and everyone, including Pete, rushed over and picked up the three people. "All right we gotta find a place to bring them. Hold on." Riku closed his eyes and sniffed around searching for a place that he might be able to hide them. Along one edge of the island he smelled darkness circulating and he figured it would be best to avoid that area for now. But further into the island that he realized they were now on he smelled nothing and sensed a closed space. He nodded at his companions and the four quickly set off with Riku leading the way.
Riku's intuition proved to be right and they arrived at a cave in the middle of the island. While Juthius and Sikaru set about healing the people they had found Riku stepped outside. It was too dark to see anything and he quickly decided that they would need fire. With a few quick shots of some Dark Aura he knocked down some branches and brought them inside the cave where Sikaru started a fire. Soon after this, the three people woke up.
"Where are we?" groaned the older woman. She rubbed her eyes and noticed the four travelers there. She backed up a bit. "Dash, Violet, wake up and get behind me, now!" The two children stirred a bit and got up but didn't acknowledge what seemed to be their mother's order.
"It's okay. We're not your enemies!" Riku yelled defensively, not wanting to get on the bad side of anyone who might be an ally in this world. "We found you on the beach and brought you here to heal you. My name is Riku, and that's Sikaru and Juthius. We're wielders of the Keyblade and members of the Order of the Crown, a peacekeeping order. That's Pete, our...ally." Riku had spat this all out rather fast to avoid being interrupted, though he had struggled with calling Pete and ally. The woman considered him a moment and then decided that he was truly not an enemy and extended her hand to him.
"I'm Helen Parr and these are my kids Dash and Violet." The kids greeted Riku and the others but Riku had not yet taken Helen's hand for he was in slight shock. True, she had extended her hand but that was from all the way over there and it reached all the way over here. Riku gaped like a fish out of water. "I'm sorry Riku, does the hand scare you?"
"No...I've just never seen anything like it." Riku said, shaking himself from his initial surprise. "Is it a super power of some kind?" Helen nodded and soon explained everything to Riku. How she was a superhero once known as Elastigirl until the supers were forced out of hiding. This was after she had married Bob Parr a.k.a. Mr. Incredible who they discovered was on this island, so she had left her son Jack-Jack at home and Violet and Dash sneaked aboard her plane. Riku sensed some trepidation behind those words but regardless he let them pass.
"I think that Bob may be in trouble." Helen confided to Riku and the others after they agreed not to tell anyone about their secret identities. Violet, a black haired girl with a bit of hair dangling in front of her face, finally spoke up.
"If you haven't noticed mom, we're not doing so hot either. We kind of just got blown out of the sky a couple hours ago." Violet said and Helen scowled a bit.
"I'm going to look for him." Helen said as she stood up but Riku stood up with her.
"Look, you shouldn't go alone. I can sense darkness and there is some deep darkness on the island." Riku stated and Helen cast him a worried look. "Look here, Juthius and Sikaru can go with you and help you out while Pete and I remain here and look after your kids, okay?" Helen thought about this for a moment and soon decided it was okay.
"All right. Violet, Dash, take these." Helen said, handing her children black masks. "Your identity is your most valuable possession. Protect it and if anything goes wrong, use your powers. Forget what I said about not using them because the guys out there are not like the ones on Saturday morning cartoons. They will kill you, even if you're children." Dash and Violet nodded as Helen hugged them. And so, Juthius, Sikaru, and Helen all left to go and search for Bob. Pete humphed a bit when Riku sat back down.
"I could've gone with 'em too, ya know." Pete complained loudly to Riku and the man threw him a disgusted look.
"I want you somewhere that I can keep my eye on you." Was all that Riku said, and all he had to say for Pete to shut up. After about a half hour of waiting, everyone in the cave was starting to feel extremely bored. Violet sat up and started using her power (or so Riku presumed) to created a force field around the fire and make it blaze higher. "Interesting power...what about you Dash?"
"Oh, he can run super fast." Violet said quickly before Dash could answer. "He wants to go out for track but mom won't let him."
"Why not? That sounds pretty mean." Pete said loudly.
"And you'd know mean, so shut up Pete." Riku said and nobody said anything more. After a bit more waiting, Dash stood up.
"Well, not that this isn't fun, but I'm gonna go look around." Dash said.
"You're not going anywhere." Riku said with a stern look but it didn't seem to faze Dash at all. When Dash didn't respond to Riku's look, Violet stepped in.
"What do you think is going on here?" Violet yelled. "You think we're on vacation or something? Mom and dad's lives could be in danger or worse...their marriage."
"The bad guys are trying to wreck mom and dad's marriage?" Dash said, completely unconvinced at this notion. Violet just passed him off as calling him immature while Riku understood it completely. Pete, naturally, was lost. Regardless of this, Dash took off into the cave, promising he wouldn't leave it, although Riku didn't trust him entirely. They had only been sitting there for a few minutes when something made a twinge in Riku's scent and Dash came running back, screaming for Violet.
"What did you do?" Violet yelled before they all saw flames come rolling at them.
"Behind me, now! Pete, now would be a good time to use that shield thing." Riku yelled at his companion and Pete jumped in front of them, nodding. He quickly erected a shield in front of all of them and the flames suddenly buffeted it. They were forced backward and thanks to Pete creating a round shield they were soon rolled out of the cave and back into the jungle. When they made it outside and the shield finally broke all of them were sore. "Pete, you weigh a ton." Riku complained as he pushed the longtime foe-now ally off of him. He was worried now that if that much had happened since they came here he could only imagine what would happen before the night was out.
But nothing happened throughout the rest of the night. Riku and Pete, along with the kids they were supposed to be watching soon dozed off to sleep. No one found them and no one came back for them so all four of them didn't stir until morning came at long last. Dash was the first one to wake and very soon after that, Riku found himself being shaken awake by the young boy.
"What do you want?" Riku said, getting up and stretching out his limbs. Dash quickly dragged all of his now-awake companions to look at a robotic bird that was perched on one of the jungle trees. It kept chirping out "Identification please" "Dash, it's just a talking robotic bird. Wait...Oh crap."
"What? What's going on Riku?" Violet asked agitatedly, now worried at the large change in Riku's voice. before he could say anything there was suddenly an alarm sounding all over the island.
"Umm...two words for all of us." Riku said. "Run."
"But that's only one word?" Pete complained and Riku shot him a glare before he finished up his statement.
"Fast." Nobody needed telling twice and they all took off, Pete wheezing and stumbling for breath as he lagged behind them. And it was that small delay that caused misfortune for them for soon they were cornered by a number of men both on the ground and in the air. "Great job, Pete. Real great job. Thanks for getting us captured."
"Hey, I tried my best. At least I'm not tryin' to capture you!" Pete yelled out at Riku.
"That's the bad point. If you were then I know we'd stand a chance at escaping." Riku said, aiming the crack at Pete who scowled but took it head on. "Don't get me wrong, we can still get out of here if we Dash." Dash's ears perked as he caught his name and somehow he knew Riku was trying to send him a message. Violet also caught on quickly though Pete was left in the dust.
"Yeah if we used our powers and ran as fast as we could." Violet emphasized to her brother and her brother smile. Without a moment's hesitation, Riku summoned his Keyblade and all three of Violet, Riku and Pete erected a shield around the area while Dash ran straight out as fast as he could.
"He really is fast..." Riku commented but h knew that there were more pressing matters to deal with. The guards sent the flying machines after Dash which left only the ground troops for the rest of them to deal with. Riku kicked behind him and quickly sent those guards sprawling backwards. He looked to his left and noticed that Violet had disappeared. But he didn't take time to wonder about this as he fired off some shots of Dark Aura that immediately hit the guards and knocked them out. Pete threw some bombs out and soon all the guards were down but not before they heard another speak a distance away.
"I know you're there, Little Miss Disappear." Said a voice and Riku and Pete set off in the direction of it, fearing the worst when they heard shots being fired. But before they reached there, Dash blazed past them and suddenly started hitting the guy, telling him not to touch his sister. Riku and Pete broke into the clearing when more guards showed up. They erected their shields and so did Violet.
"All right people, let's get moving." Riku said quickly and Dash took off with Violet floating in front of him with her shield, asking how she did it. Riku smirked when he noticed that Pete still had his shield up and he sent a kick to it, knocking Pete forward. Riku then took off. Nobody noticed how long they were running for but before long they soon ran into a clearing where Helen and a man that Riku supposed was Bob entered ahead of them and Juthius and Sikaru emerged from the right.
"Nice way to start the day Master Riku!" Juthius said with a tone of humor and Riku laughed dryly.
"And what happened with you? Separated from Helen?" Riku asked and his two apprentices nodded. Suddenly the guards burst into the clearing but Helen and Bob were already on the uptake. Helen quickly grabbed one of the flying machines and flung it into another with her elastic arm and Bob used his super strength to do the same thing. Soon they approached Riku and the others. Helen quickly introduced Bob to everyone just as more guards arrived. They all leapt forward into action but suddenly everybody found their bodies frozen in a pale blue light.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hey time out!" cried the voice of a man and Riku shifted his head, surprised that he could because no one but he, Juthius, and Sikaru could do it. Soon a man with a cape flew in. He had bright red hair that stood up in an almost curly sense and had a great S on his chest. "Wait a minute...you married Elastigirl? And got busy?!!"
"Who are you?" Riku demanded, glad to see that he, at least could still talk.
"Huh? Who are you? And how can you still talk after my zero-point energy immobilized you?" the man asked.
"Maybe it's a Keyblade thing, now answer me." Riku demanded and the man chuckled loudly.
"I am Syndrome, Mr. Incredible's arch nemesis." The man, Syndrome cried out. "Now wait a minute...you look familiar...oh yeah!" Riku arched an eyebrow at him. "I saw you almost thirteen years ago when you came here with another kid, about sixteen. I was a little younger but still I had begun to plan."
"Yeah...well, I don't know you." Riku answered defiantly, trying to not remember his travels with Gentai.
"Oh but you will know me! The whole world will know me!" Syndrome cired and Riku rolled his eye. "You see, I launched a robot that landed in the city and it will proceed to destroy the city. Then, when all hope seems lost, Syndrome will come in and save the day. I'm gonna be a bigger hero than even Mr. Incredible and without their so-called powers. I tested my drones on plenty of other supers and now it's ready for action. After all that, I can sell my own technology and everyone can be super."
"Let me guess, then you won't be downgraded because when everyone's super, no one is?" Riku question and Syndrome laughed evilly, not responding and all eight of the companions were dragged off and hooked up to a machine where they were held captive. Riku struggled to find a way out but for the most part they were dejected, especially Bob Parr.
"I'm sorry...to all of you...this is all my fault. I've been a lousy father." Bob admitted to everyone but Dash and Riku soon noticed that Violet was sliding out of her confinement using her force field. "I was so tired of being undervalued that I undervalued all of you. I was so caught up in the past that I almost missed my greatest adventure: you guys."
"Well, I think dad has made some excellent progress today but I think it's time we wind down now." Violet said and they all snapped a look to her as she freed them from confinement. Without further ado they quickly set off. The plan was set: they needed to get back to the mainland. When they got into a hanger they found a trailer there and Bob, with the help of Riku, quickly took out all of the guys inside. Next came the tricky part. Helen grabbed onto the outer shell of a rocket and attached herself onto the trailer which everyone else got into and used the coordinates from the last launch to fire themselves forward. It was hard work for Helen to be sure, but Riku was sure that she'd make it. When they were close enough to the ground, Helen let go and Bob began to drive the trailer to find the giant robot which was apparently in the financial district.
"I take seventh right?" Bob asked of his wife.
"No you take Traction."
"But that'll take me downtown."
"Forget directions!" Riku yelled. "How hard can it be to find a giant robot?!" The answer came soon as they wheeled into the financial district.
"Everyone but Riku, stay here and keep hidden." Bob ordered when a huge burst of protest came out. "Look, the kids need to be kept safe."
"Not a chance. You're my husband...for better or worse." Helen told Bob but he insisted he needed to do it alone.
"Geez guys, solve your marital problems later. Bob, my best friend Sora is married to another Keyblade wielder and trust me, he usually doesn't keep her on the sidelines. I know you're afraid to lose Helen but you'll lose her even more if you don't let her fight!" Riku screamed at him. This seemed to snap Bob back to reality, even more so when Helen kissed him. Suddenly there was a large scream and everybody whipped around to see the robot aiming right for Violet and Dash. Violet tried to protect them with her force field but it was looking rought.
"Oh no ya don't!" Pete yelled and he ran straight over to them and created a shield. "We need these two to help us fight cause their tough. There's no way we're gonna lose 'em now!" Helen quickly extended her arms and grabbed Dash and Violet out when the robot broke Pete's shield and suddenly threw him into a building.
"Wow...who knew he had it in him?" Sikaru said jokingly. "Now let's stop that robot." The robot came and rolled in front of them when suddenly a burst of ice came forth and froze part of the robot.
"Frozone!" Bob yelled and Riku turned to see a rather skinny black man dressed in a blue and white outfit skating towards them on ice. He landed next to them and Frozone was introduced to everybody.
"Hate to cut across the meeting time but that robot has Order members, Pete and Parr family on the menu so let's run." Riku said and everybody agreed. The droid whipped its arms around in an attempt to hit them. Riku erected a shield in front of himself and blocked the blow before leaping backward. Then he heard Bob yell.
"Syndrome's remote!" Bob yelled and it hit them all at once...the remote controlled the robot.
"Dad, here!" Dash yelled and Bob tossed the remote to Dash as the droid began firing shots at him. Riku ran forward and fired a Dark Aura at the droi's guns. One of them broke off and suddenly exploded while Helen picked up a sewer top and tossed it at the other gun, effectively taking both of them out. Then the droid wheeled on Riku and fired a claw at him. Riku easily leapt away from it and the arm was now sailing towards Bob who barely caught it. Dash and Frozone soon arrived next to Riku, Helen, and the rest who had mostly been dodging at the time. Helen took the remote and all of them debated on what buttons to push. After a few pushes Bob yelled out.
"Wait, press that last button again!" Bob yelled and Riku turned to him, quickly calculating what his plan was and he nodded at Helen. The droid started approaching them and they all prepared to fight when Helen pushed the button and Bob went shooting forward. He let go of the arm and it plunged straight into the droid, destroying it.
"That's right! We can beat 'em all!" Pete yelled and Riku laughed. If anything, Pete was good for a laugh. An hour later, all eight of them were inside a rather large limo (Pete taking up the most room) talking with a lawyer.
"We've frozen all of Syndrome's assets. If he even sneezes we'll be there with a hanky and a pair of handcuffs." The lawyer said. "The people of this country are indebted to you."
"Does that mean we can come out of hiding?" Bob asked the lawyer but he shrugged and said the politicians would figure that one out.
"Don't worry Bob, I'm head of the Order of the Crown and I'm good friends with the two most powerful kings in the galaxy. We'll figure something out." Riku stated confidently and Bob thanked him. Suddenly, Helen nudged Bob from across the car. Riku leaned back in his position between Juthius and Sikaru and relaxed a bit before he heard what was said.
"I'm not fine Mrs. Parr!" cried a very frantic girl's voice over the phone. "Put that down! No, stop it! You need to call me! I need help, Mrs. Parr!" Riku sat up and arched his eyebrow before a new message played. "Hi, this is Kari. Sorry for freaking out but your baby has special needs. Anyway, thanks for sending a replacement sitter."
"I didn't send a replacement sitter." Helen said, suddenly concerned as the limo pulled into their street.
"But if you didn't, then who did?" Riku asked. He got his answer seconds later when he saw two Keyblades crossed at his throat. One of them was Juthius' and the other was the black and white marble of Pale Twilight: Sikaru's Keyblade. Riku was silent for a moment, in a complete state of disbelief. "I can't believe this...you, traitors."
"We're not betraying anything but putting the world back to the way it was meant to be." Juthius said.
"And how is that, traitors first?" Riku spat. He didn't move his head any which way and every eye in the car was fixed on him as they pulled up to the Parr house. "You were my best apprentice but I should have seen it...you probably were with Onyx from the start."
"I do my best Master Riku, and the Land of Dragons was perfect. It was me who set up the invasion of Radiant Garden, me who disclosed the knowledge of the worlds you were visiting to Onyx. I am his highest lieutenant." Juthius proclaimed with a sneer on his face.
"And Sikaru? I never thought you would be that hungry for power. I suppose Juthius convinced you back in Wonderland, huh?" Riku said and Sikaru didn't say a word, only tightening the grip on his Keyblade at Riku's throat. "Never in all my years...I betrayed Sora, but not like this. I would've expected Pete to betray me but not you."
"Hey, I resent that!" Pete yelled out, the first to move on his side for a while.
"Shut up, Pete!" Riku said angrily, a plan beginning to form in his head for how to get out of this mess. And it all depended on what Pete did next.
"Yeah, shut up, or his head rolls." Juthius said with a glance to Pete.
"I just don't think it's fair to assume that I'm the one that-" Pete began but Riku cut him off.
"I said SHUT UP!!" Riku roared and in the time-space of a few seconds Riku had summoned his Keyblade and deflected the attack, made a hole in the roof of the car, order the Parr family out, and jumped out of the roof. He landed on the Parr's driveway, Juthius and Sikaru right behind him. They faced him, their Keyblades extended out. Pete soon ambled up and stood right next to Riku.
"Bring 'em on!" Pete said and Riku gave a short curt nod. He ran at Juthius and fired off multiple shots of Dark Aura which Juthius managed to deflect easily. He then rushed at his old master and spun around, taking his Keyblade with him. Riku parried the blow and jumped back before leaping into the air. He sent his power into his Keyblade and tossed it at Juthius. Juthius held up Nature's Wrath and managed to bear the brunt of the blow with ease, but part of his arm was sliced in the process. Sikaru, meanwhile, was taunting Pete who kept missing him with his bombs. "Fine then!" Without warning, Pete jumped into the air and slammed down on the ground, sending such a great shockwave that Sikaru was knocked off his feet.
"Looks like your new apprentice is having problems." Riku chided Juthius whose lips twitched for a second.
"Don't worry, you'll get yours. Sikaru, we're leaving!" Juthius flung his Keyblade behind him and opened a portal that he and Sikaru soon leapt into. Riku ran for it, but before long it had disappeared. Then came the explosion near the Parr house, but it didn't faze Riku because they had been betrayed. Not even Gentai had betrayed them this badly because now they were at a true disadvantage.
And those were the events that brought them here. They had explained the situation to the Parr's and Frozone and the five joined them. Turned out Syndrome was dead but, as Riku stated to Pete, he was working with Juthius and Sikaru in the first place so it didn't matter. But still, they had succeeded in their mission but Riku felt empty. How was he going to explain that they had been played since the day Onyx got Kingdom Hearts? He banged a fist on the console out of anger but got himself under control. It was true, Juthius and Sikaru had betrayed him but now it left a new flame in his heart.
When next they met, he would defeat Juthius because the apprentice could no longer live. And besides, if there was one good thing that came out of their visit to Nomanisan, it was this: he knew that he could trust Pete and Maleficent for Pete had helped him in the fight against his old apprentices. And that was worth more than two of Onyx's men any day.
Author's Note: Completed that at last. My plan is to write one chapter a week and this was a toughie...Sorry if my adaptation is a little off but I don't have the movie right in front of me. So, how many of you were expecting that ending? Sorry if it was a little rushed but still, I know you guys guessed Juthius was a traitor but what about Sikaru? If I ever re-edit this, the fight will be longer but for now it's as is. Now we've completed 2/4 worlds and are almost halfway done. The number of chapters is finalized at 23 chapters and an epilogue. So, please review on the four main parts: Onyx, Melissa, the adaptation, and the betrayal and Dare to Be Silly.
