Ant Island
Author's note: Sorry, this took a lot longer to write than I thought it would. There were just so many things I wanted to put in it, including…actually, I let you read it. Enjoy.
"I'm sorry it had to come to this," said Elsa, leading Sora into a cell below the castle. "But we have to keep you from submitting to the darkness completely. And now, Ace is…"
"I know," said Sora glumly. "If there's anything I could do to get him back, and I mean anything…"
"We just need you to learn to keep the darkness in check," said Elsa. "In the meantime, we'll need to keep you from any outside influences, so you'll be kept down here…"
"Oh, the darkness isn't that bad of a thing. I mean, look how I turned out," said a cocky voice from the entry to the cellblock. Sora and Elsa turned in shock to see Axel leaning against the door.
"Sora, stand back," said Elsa, marching forward. "This creep's mine."
"But Elsa…" started Sora, but Elsa knocked him into the cell with a powerful icy blast.
"Why did you come here?" demanded Elsa, firing large balls of ice at Axel. "And what happened to Judy? She was meant to be on guard…"
"The rabbit?" asked Axel, casually dodging Elsa's attacks. "She's fine. A little more crispy than before, but fine."
"GET OUT OF MY CASTLE!" yelled Elsa, firing a powerful blast at Axel.
"Sorry Your Majesty, but I'm not leaving without him," said Axel, sidestepping Elsa's blast and indicating Sora. "Boss's orders, you know."
"I'm not going with you to Xemnas," snarled Sora, wisps of dark purple aura starting to surround him.
"Xemnas? Oh, nonononono, you misunderstand me Roxas," said Axel, still strolling towards him. "I meant MY boss."
"I don't know what you're talking about, but Sora's not going anywhere," said Elsa, summoning several large snowmen like Marshmallow. "So get lost."
"Hmm…nah," said Axel, clicking his fingers. Flames shot out of the floor where the snowmen were standing, leaving behind large puddles of water in their place.
"GET! OUT! OF! HERE!" yelled Sora, purple aura completely engulfing him. Sora drew his keyblade and swung at Axel.
"SORA! STOP!" yelled someone, and before anyone could react, Kairi was standing between Sora and Axel, blocking Sora's attack.
"Kairi?" said Sora, purple aura suddenly diminished.
"Kairi? Where did you come from? And why did Sora's darkness disappear? And why are you helping Axel?" asked Elsa, thoroughly confused.
"It's…kind of a long story," said Kairi, putting her keyblade away.
"Trust me, I'm very curious," said Elsa. "Come on, I'll get everyone together and you can explain yourself."
"So Kairi, where have you been this whole time?" asked Penny. The group was gathered in the main control room, most of them eyeing Axel with suspicion.
"Well, after Nemo was captured, I left to try and get stronger, since Sora is so powerful," started Kairi. "I soon managed to get to dry land and out of my fish form, but it was kind of awkward, because…well…"
"Hey, there are no problems with my outfits," snapped Edna. "Only problems with wearing things under them."
"Anyway," continued Kairi. "Luckily I met Riley, who gave me some clothes to borrow because someone didn't think I'd need them."
"Keep that snark up dahling. See where it gets you," said Edna.
"After that, I began training in an abandoned warehouse, trying my hand at learning magic," said Kairi. "But I couldn't shake the feeling that Riley might be important somehow. Unfortunately, I was right, as I think you're aware."
"Of course they know. I told you they were there," said Axel. A few people glared at him. "Jeez, tough crowd."
"I tried to stop Zexion taking Riley, but he tricked me with his illusions," said Kairi. "But then something weird happened: Axel killed Zexion."
"WHAT?!" said everyone in the room, looking to Axel.
"Hey, a simple thank you is enough," said Axel nonchalantly.
"But why did you kill him? He was your ally, wasn't he?" asked Hiro.
"Was being the key word, kiddo," said Axel, sitting down next to Kairi. "Ya see, once upon a time, I was best buddies with Roxas over there."
"My name is Sora," corrected Sora.
"Yeah, now it is," said Axel. "But before that you were known as Roxas, a thirteen year old kid created by an evil scientist with the power to help us Nobodies regain our hearts."
"What?" asked Sora. "I…I was created?"
"That's right," said Axel. "But in order to have a power like that, you'd need a bit of light in you. Mostly darkness, yes, but enough light to allow you to help us. Initially, we thought the best plan would be to destroy exact moments in time, but we soon learned that we needed some happy kids from those moments to help us get our hearts back."
"Wait, I destroyed moments?" asked Sora. "What…what moments did I…?"
"Heh, isn't it obvious?" asked Axel. "Your friends here? You destroyed their homes." Sora gasped in shock. "What? Hadn't you figured that out yet?"
"But…no…I couldn't have. Could I?" stammered Sora. "Guys, I…"
"Don't worry, I forgive you," said Penny, giving Sora a hug.
"That's because he didn't destroy your moment," said Rapunzel.
"That's right," said Axel. "He was about to, but he had a change of heart before he could do it, which is when he ran off to find Naminé."
"But…you said that six of you had to flee here," said Sora, turning to face Elsa. "If Penny isn't one of you…"
"There's someone I haven't told you about," admitted Elsa sadly. "And I didn't want to. I had my suspicions that you were the one who destroyed our times, the one that Naminé tried to change. I was concerned seeing her again might upset you too much."
"Who?" demanded Sora.
"Moana," said Elsa. "Me and her, we were leading this group to hopefully find a way to stop the Organization. When you were being converted, we found out the Organization were on their way, so Moana decided to fight them, hoping to buy us some time. She told the rest of us to flee. They didn't kill her, but she hasn't woken up."
"Will…will she ever?" asked Sora, visibly concerned.
"I don't know," admitted Elsa. "She's so young, and now she's…"
"Hey, don't mean to break up this little pity party, but we do have more pressing matters at hand," said Axel. "The Organization will stop at nothing to take all of us down, especially me. Do we have a plan?"
"Find them. Beat them," said Edna. "It seems to have worked well so far."
"Not against Xemnas," said Axel matter-of-factly. "His attribute is Nothing…"
"That doesn't sound so bad. He doesn't have any special ability," said Rapunzel.
"No, as in he controls what doesn't exist," said Axel. "And before you say anything, it means he can create anything out of nothing. You think the guys you've fought so far are tough? Xemnas puts them all to shame."
"Then how are we supposed to beat him?" asked Kairi.
"No idea," said Axel. "My best bet would be the keyblades. Those things only allow themselves to be used by those with light in them, so they'd be very effective against him. Beyond that, you're on your own."
At that moment, the computer sounded an alarm. "That Organization," said Hiro, running to the screen. "Come on, we have to check this out. And just in time too, I just finished my robot." Hiro went to a corner and carried a red box over to them. "Ouch." The red box suddenly began unfolding, revealing a white balloon-like humanoid.
"Hello. I am Baymax, your personal healthcare companion," said the balloon. "Hiro has asked me to accompany you on your journey and offer my assistance whenever possible." A shiny orb appeared in Baymax's hand. "Here, please take this, and call me if you are ever injured."
"Thank you Baymax," said Sora, taking the orb. "Kairi, Axel, are you coming?"
"Who said you were even going?" asked Judy, grabbing Sora's wrist. "You can't control your darkness yet. I can't let you…"
"He doesn't have to," said Kairi. "I am the pure light hero. No darkness can exist unless I allow it."
"Wait, how do you…?" started Judy before being interrupted by Elsa.
"Let him go," ordered Elsa. "Kairi, can you really keep him from going to the darkness?"
"Of course," said Kairi.
"Then get going," said Elsa, before turning to Axel. "I'm not sure that I trust you…"
"Your Majesty, I wouldn't trust me either," said Axel. "But trust me…oh wait, you can't. Well, guess you'll be hoping for the best then." Axel followed the group going on the mission out to the time machine.
"Please tell me this isn't going to end as badly as I think it will," sighed Elsa.
"Here we are at Ant Island," said Lewis as they exited the time stream.
"Whoa, look at the size of that tree," said Sora. "And the grass too. This place hasn't been touched in years."
"Actually, it's all normal sized," said Lewis. "We're just small."
"You mean like when we went to that kid's room?" asked Sora.
"Like that, except we're even smaller than then," said Lewis.
"How small?" asked Kairi, eyes narrowing.
"We…might only be the size of ants now," said Lewis. "Okay, gotta go. Good luck." The door to the time machine opened, and Lewis turned the vehicle on its side so that Sora, Kairi, and Axel fell out.
"Darn it Lewis," said Kairi, landing with a roll when she hit the ground.
"Hey, hopefully the Organization members are also only this size," said Sora.
"Flik? Is that you?" asked someone, and the group turned to see a purple ant come through the grass. "Oh, you're not…what are you?"
"Well, uh, we're…" started Sora, unsure how to answer.
"We're humans," answered Axel.
"Axel, what are you…" whispered Kairi angrily.
"Humans, huh? Never heard of a bug called humans," said the ant. "Well, gotta go find Flik. He's been acting strange recently."
"Strange how?" asked Sora suspiciously.
"I don't know, but it's like he's hiding something," said the ant. "Hey, if you see him or the warrior bugs, could you tell him that Princess Atta is looking for him?"
"Can do," said Kairi. "Come on guys, let's go." Kairi led the way out of the clearing, disappearing through the grass.
"Guess that's where we're going then," said Axel, following her. Sora shrugged and followed the two of them.
"How long have we been travelling?" asked Sora about half an hour later.
"We've travelled about twelve feet from where we started," said Kairi.
"WHAT?! It feels like miles," moaned Sora.
"That's because we're tiny, genius," retorted Axel. Suddenly his ears perked up. "Hey, did you hear that?"
Sora and Kairi listened carefully. "Hey, yeah," said Sora. "It sounds like a girl's in trouble. Come on guys." Sora ran through the grass and soon appeared on the edge of a cliff. In the ravine in front of him was a small purple ant trying to fly, but struggling a lot, and was cautiously watching a nearby bird that was coming towards her.
"Oh no, DOT!" cried someone nearby, and Sora turned to see a blue ant watching the commotion. "Guys, please help her."
"Forget it Flik. We don't want to end up a bird snack," said a stick insect next to him.
"I'm too thick and juicy. It would love to get me," said a caterpillar with a thick German accent.
"Guys, she's just a child," said a black widow spider next to them.
"Do you guys need a hand?" asked Sora, approaching the group.
"Yes, please. Help us, PLEASE!" begged Flik.
"What do you mean 'us'?" asked a ladybug.
"Come on Francis, we have to do something," said the spider. "Dim, you think you can help out?" A rhinoceros beetle laughed nervously as the spider and Flik climbed aboard.
"I'll help too," said Sora, exiting his hiding place amongst the grass.
"Sora, wait," called Kairi as Sora jumped off the ledge. He then proceeded to make use of his Falling with Style by not falling straight to the ground.
"THUNDAGA!" yelled Sora, drawing his keyblade and shooting a large lightning bolt at the bird. As the bolt struck its target, the bird changed its focus and flew straight at Sora. "Uh…what do I do now?"
"AEROGA!" yelled Kairi, flying up beside him. The bird opened its beak to swallow the two of them, but a powerful blast of wind stopped the bird in its tracks. The bird recovered, and attempted to attack again, but couldn't get through the barrier.
"Hey, this is great," said Sora. "If the bird can't get us, the others should be safe right?"
"Exactly," said Kairi. "Unfortunately, I can't hold this shield forever, so you'll have to get ready to attack when it falls."
"Sure thing," said Sora. "When's it going to…?" At that moment, Kairi's wind shield fell. The bird, realising what had just happened, flew at them again.
"FIRAGA!" yelled someone, and Sora and Kairi turned to see Axel throwing a fireball straight at the bird before landing on its back. "Get to safety, I'll handle the bird."
"Gotcha," said Sora, grabbing Kairi's hand and pulling her back towards the cliff. "Hey look, Flik and the others saved Dot." Above them, Flik had pulled Dot aboard the flying rhinoceros beetle. Unfortunately, Sora pointing caught the bird's attention, and it turned its attention to the rescue party.
"Hey birdbrain, they're not your snacks," said Axel, hitting the bird with another fireball. The bird squawked angrily, before turning upside down and throwing Axel off. Axel grabbed onto the back of the bird's neck for a moment before falling off, seeming to take a few of the bird's feathers in the process.
"Oh Mr. Birdy," yelled someone from the ground, and the bird turned its attention to Heimlich, who was being held up by Slim. "Nice and juicy bug for you." The bird dropped down to the ground and began to move towards him, when a brightly coloured moth (Gypsy) flew in front of it, stunning it with her wings. The bird, realising it wasn't getting near the fat caterpillar, changed course and went back to chasing Flik and the others.
"Hey, back off," said Francis, flying in front of the bird in an attempt to distract it. Unfortunately, the bird was so focused in its target it completely disregarded him, knocking him to the ground.
"BLIZZAGA!" yelled Sora, pointing his keyblade at the bird. A large snowstorm shot out at the bird, distracting it for a few seconds while the rhinoceros beetle flew into a thorny bush. The bird tried to follow, but couldn't get a grip on the thorns. "Good, they're safe."
"Now for us," said Kairi. "Hank, we need you." A white glow appeared before them, and when it faded a red octopus sat before them. Sora quickly noticed it was missing a leg.
"Let me guess, you need to be hidden?" asked Hank.
"Please and thank you," said Kairi. Hank sighed, and spit some ink at them. Before Sora's eyes, Kairi vanished. "Sora, you head back up and talk to Flik. I'll get the other bugs and Axel to safety."
"Gotcha," said Sora, climbing up the cliff side. When he reached the top, he worked his way through the bushes until he found Flik and the others.
"Hey, thanks for that," said Flik. "I'm Flik, by the way. And you are…"
"I'm Sora," said Sora. "And me and my friends were sent here by Princess Atta. She said you'd been acting strangely."
"Strange? I'm not strange, you are," said Flik, almost too quickly. Sora folded his arms and waited a moment. "Okay, I have a confession to make," said Flik. "But you can NOT tell Princess Atta. You see, I told her these bugs are fierce warriors, but they're actually circus bugs."
"Why would you tell her that?" asked Sora.
"I didn't mean to," said Flik. "You see, we need some tough bugs to help fight off these grasshoppers, and I found these guys, and they looked really tough, then I found out they're not warriors, and now everything's a huge mess."
"Hey, not everything's a huge mess," said Rosie the spider. "Your bird idea might just work."
"Bird idea?" asked Sora.
"Yeah, Flik got us to build a bird to scare Hopper and his gang away," said Rosie.
"That's assuming nothing comes up to reveal that I failed to find any real warriors," said Flik.
"That's where you're wrong," said Sora. "I reckon me, Kairi, and Axel can handle Hopper and his gang."
"Pfft, yeah, the three of you against about thirty of them," said Flik.
"Well, how many ants are in your colony?" asked Sora.
"About three thousand," said Flik. "Hey, wait a minute…"
"Sora," called Kairi, returning with the other bugs and Axel. "So, what's happening?"
"Well, we may have a fight soon," said Sora.
"I'll say," said Axel. "Look at this." In his hand was a charred rose thorn. "That bird wasn't going after Dot intentionally. That bird was being controlled by Marluxia."
"What? A master of flowers? Pfft, bring him on," said Sora.
"Laugh if you want," said Axel. "I'd just like to remind you that we are surrounded by plants, and we are the size of bugs."
"Oh, right," said Sora.
"So, who else are we fighting?" asked Kairi, leading the group back towards the ant colony.
"I still don't know why you had to announce your presence to them," said Lexaeus, watching Axel retreat with the others into the grass.
"Because they only expect me right now," said Marluxia, sitting back in a tree. "Plus we have our own little army to help us."
"Hey, I am not 'your' anything," said a large grasshopper with a blind eye. "We're assocites at best."
"Of course, of course," said Marluxia calmly. "Remember, we want the humans and the young princess. They are not to be killed. At least, not by you. Xemnas is going to want some words with the one in black. Sharp, painful words."
"Fine, whatever," said Hopper. "But you can't touch the queen or older princess. They're ours."
"Absolutely Hopper," said Marluxia.
"Err, Hopper?" said Molt. "Some of the guys were a little…concerned about the…err, dress code, for the fight against the ants."
"What's wrong with it?" asked Hopper, tying a flower to one of his arms.
"It's just…you know, flowers?" said Molt.
"Who's got the problem?" asked Hopper, walking towards the group of grasshoppers. "Is it you two? It's you two, isn't it? What were your names again?"
"I…I'm Loco," said one of the grasshoppers. "And this is…"
"I don't care," said Hopper, turning back to the Organization members. "Well Marluxia, it seems someone isn't convinced about your power. If you wouldn't mind…" Marluxia flicked his wrist without a word, and Hopper began to glow purple. Loco gulped as Hopper jumped a long way into the air, landing very hard on his friend's back. Before Loco could leave, Hopper struck out his fist, sending him flying out of sight. "Anyone else have some concerns?" Every other grasshopper shook their heads. "Then put on your flowers AND GET MOVING!"
"Thank you all for coming to the feast," said Princess Atta. "We are gathered here today to honour the warrior bugs that will help us finally rid us of the tyranny of the grasshoppers, and Flik, for finding these brave warriors and engineering the bird that will surely get rid of them." At this, Flik smiled and waved nervously to the sound of applause. "I'd also like to thank Sora, Kairi, and Axel, for coming, and helping save my sister Dot from the bird." Again the crowd cheered. "As we know, the grasshoppers are due to return when the final leaf falls, which means they could be here any time now, so we need to…"
"Your Highness…" said Dr. Flora, running up to the princess. "There's something coming."
"The grasshoppers," gasped the princess. "Places people. This is not a drill."
"It's not the grasshoppers," said the doctor. "It's…" Before she could finish, a couple of cookie boxes on wheels pulled by a pair of millipedes rolled into the clearing.
"Uh oh," whispered Francis.
"What's wrong?" asked Kairi.
"That's P. T. Flea's circus van," said Slim. "He'll ruin everything."
"That's not good," said Sora. "Hey Heimlich, can I take this bay leaf?"
"Sora!" snapped Kairi. "This is serious. Flik's about to get kicked out of his colony."
"I know, but Linguini needs some of this," said Sora. "I've almost got everything for him."
"Hello ants," said P. T. Flea, bouncing into view atop his van. "I'm looking for my star performers. I need them back for my new act, so I can become rich, Rich, RICH!" P. T. Flea coughed, then continued. "So, uh, have you guys seen these guys?" The ringmaster unrolled a piece of paper with the pictures of each of the circus bugs on it. Flik was sweating nervously, as the circus bugs began to sneak away from the proceedings.
"Flik? What is going on?" demanded Princess Atta.
"Err…uh…well…you see…" started Flik.
"Hey, there they are," cried P. T. Flea, pointing a spotlight atop his van at the circus bugs.
"Flik, is this true?" demanded Princess Atta. "Are they really circus bugs?"
"Uhh…they can be warrior bugs too?" said Flik hopefully.
"Warrior bugs? Are you kidding? These guys couldn't beat a fly," said P. T. Flea.
"You lied to us Flik," said Princess Atta. "You lied to the whole colony. I don't think you should stay."
"But Princess Atta…" begged Flik, but Atta had already turned away from him.
"What about you three? Did you know about this?" asked Atta. Sora's nervous grin was all the answer she needed. "Then get out of here. All of you. I never want to see any of you again."
Sora was about to object, but Kairi just shook her head and guided him over to the circus van. "Jeez, tough crowd," said P. T. Flea. "Oh well. Let's go." The rest of the group entered the van, and began rolling away.
"So, we're really just gonna let this stop us?" asked Axel after they'd been travelling for a while.
"Well, what else can we do?" asked Kairi.
"We should be there," said Axel. "Marluxia would probably have teamed up with those grasshoppers everyone's worried about, and they'll be heading straight for the colony."
"How would you know?" asked Sora.
"Well, there's that, for one thing," said Axel, pointing up at the sky. Sora looked for himself, and saw the army of grasshoppers flying towards the colony.
"We have to go back," said Sora. "Who's with me?"
"Why bother?" asked Flik. "Princess Atta hates me. She'll never let me back."
"What if your bird works?" asked Kairi. "She'd have to let you back in if you saved the colony."
"But how are we supposed to get back in time?" asked Flik.
"Leave that to me," said Rosie, climbing out of the van. About ten seconds later they heard P. T. Flea scream, and about five seconds later she reappeared, carrying the ringmaster in a thick spider web. "Okay, let's get going."
"It's not that hard of a question, Your Majesties," said Marluxia. "Where are the keyblade wielders?"
"And I keep telling you, I don't know," snapped Atta, struggling against Lexaeus's grip. "I banished them. They could be anywhere by now."
Marluxia sighed. "I didn't want to have to do this," he said. "Bring out Thumper and the young princess."
"NO!" yelled Atta and her mother, trying to free themselves from Lexaeus and Hopper. One of the grasshoppers dropped Dot on the ground in front of them, as two others led a feral grasshopper into the clearing.
"She's just a child. Please leave her out of this," begged the queen. "Take me instead."
"A tempting offer," said Hopper. "But no. This will be more fun." Thumper drew himself up to his full height, towering over Dot who was trying to back away.
Thumper roared at Dot, and lifted one foot to crush her. As he began to bring it down, something flew in and blocked his foot. Thumper looked down to see Dim holding his foot up, with Dot fleeing from the fight. Dim roared, the caught him on his tusk, swung him around, and threw him out of the clearing.
"What?" demanded Hopper, then turned to face his minions. "Well? Attack!" The grasshoppers all began to converge on Dim, when a pair of brightly coloured wings appeared between them and him.
"CHARGE!" yelled Manny, leading the circus bugs into the clearing.
"Are you sure those guys will be fine without us?" asked Sora, as he, Flik, Kairi, and Axel climbed into a hollow in a tree where the fake bird was hiding.
"They only have to stall them for a few minutes," said Flik, helping the group into the bird. "Once we get flying, they won't have to do much." Flik ran up to the back of the hollow, and pushed a rock down a slope. The rock began rolling towards a stick that was holding up the bird, and Flik just barely made it into the bird in time. "Here we go guys." The bird began to move towards the opening of the hollow, before falling straight down at the ground.
"This is the end, Your Majesty," said Hopper, raising his foot the crush the queen. Before he could react, there was a loud screeching sound. Hopper turned to see, to his alarm, a large bird flying straight at him. "B-b-b-b-BIRD!" he screamed, throwing himself at the ground. The other grasshoppers saw what he was screaming about, and threw themselves at the ground.
"Why's that bird out at night?" asked Lexaeus, watching with interest.
"Hmm…" pondered Marluxia, before drawing his scythe. As the bird made another pass, he jumped up, and sliced the bird's head clean off. Inside the bird sat Sora, Kairi, Axel, and Flik. "As I thought. Now, let's get you out of there, shall we?" Marluxia waved his hands a little, and the leaves that covered the outside of the bird fell away. The group inside the bird fell to the ground. "So Axel, you dare show your face again after what you did to Zexion?"
"Nice to see you too Marluxia," said Axel, dusting himself off. "How's the Organization?"
"Joke if you want, the Organization is just two children away from completing its goal," said Marluxia. "One once we take the young princess here."
"That's not gonna happen," said Sora, pulling out his keyblade. "You'll have to go through me first."
"Suit yourself," said Marluxia, waving his hands. Several blades of grass shot out at Sora, tying him up. "Now, where was…"
"FIRAGA!" yelled Sora, and a burst of flames soon freed him. "You were about to fight me, that's where you were."
Marluxia sighed. "Fine," he said. "Hopper, would you mind?"
"Gladly," said Hopper, dark purple aura surrounding him. Around him, all the other grasshoppers began to glow purple too.
"Oh, that's not good," said Axel. "Wait, does that mean…" Axel quickly scanned the grasshoppers, and noticed each of them wearing a flower. "As I thought. Sora, go for the flowers. Marluxia's giving the grasshoppers energy through them." Axel drew his chakrams, and ran at Marluxia.
"Where are you going?" demanded Sora.
"While all his energy's in the grasshoppers, might as well take him down too," Axel called over his shoulder.
"Of course," said Kairi. "Hey Sora, I bet I can take down more grasshoppers than you."
"Bring it on," said Sora, running into battle with her.
"Come on guys. We need to help them," said Flik, waving to the ants to help out.
"But Flik, there must be thirty grasshoppers there," said Princess Atta.
"And how many of us are there?" asked Flik.
"About three thousand," said Princess Atta. "But what does that have to do with…" Suddenly, Princess Atta's face lit up. "Oh, I see." The princess turned to face the rest of the colony. "Come on guys, we outnumber them a hundred to one. Between us, we can defeat the grasshoppers once and for all." The ants cheered at the speech, and advanced onto the battlefield.
"Oh, you think some pretty words are gonna be enough to stop me?" demanded Hopper, pushing Flik to the ground. "Well, let me tell you something…" Before he could finish, several ants grabbed him and tried to pull him to the ground. "What the? Get off me." Hopper threw the ants holding him off, only for more to grab him. It seemed every time he got rid of one ant, two would come in their place.
"So this is the source of your power, huh?" said Flik, grabbing his flower. "Let's see how well you do without it." Flik threw it to the ground and crushed it. The purple aura surrounding Hopper vanished.
"NOOO!" screamed Hopper, as more and more ants advanced on him.
"I won't let you win, Axel," said Marluxia, ducking his chakram again and swinging his scythe at Axel's neck.
"Please, who said anything about winning?" asked Axel. "I just want to weaken you for Sora to finish you." Axel shot a fireball at Marluxia, which caught him right in the chest. "Though, if I do beat you myself…" Axel held a hand out, and the ground below Marluxia began to glow white hot.
"NO!" yelled Lexaeus, throwing Marluxia out of the circle just as it erupted into flames. Unfortunately, Lexaeus was caught in the explosion, and when the flames vanished, so did he.
"Huh, didn't see that coming," said Axel. "Well, your turn."
"Not yet," said Marluxia, opening a dark portal. "Until we meet again." Marluxia fell through the portal, and closed it behind him."
"Damn, guess we'll have to take of him later," said Axel.
"It's okay Axel," said Sora, running up to him. "You got rid of Lexaeus. That's one less of them to worry about."
"I guess," said Axel. "Still, I feel like he wasn't as bad as he'd have you believe. I mean, he did sacrifice himself for Marluxia."
"He was just sacrificing himself for a friend," said Sora. "Isn't that what everyone would do?"
"Not us," said Axel. "We Nobodies have no feelings, no emotional attachments to anyone or anything. Not unless we try to feel."
"Then why are you helping us?" asked Sora.
"Let's get back to base. I'll explain everything there," said Axel, just as Lewis appeared with the time machine.
Author's note: I told you I'd try and get Moana into this.
