Sora and Donald both yell "Fire." Fireballs shoot towards Aimala. Aimala dodges them. She then yells "Zero Gravity" causing Sora and Donald to levitate in the air. Goofy throws his shield towards Aimala knocking her back. She yells "Fira" a larger fireball shoots out of her staff and Goofy is blown back despite using his shield to block most of the attack. She then yells "Wall" surrounding herself in a sphere barrier. The Zero Gravity wears off and Sora and Donald proceed to shoot Fire and Blizzard at Aimala. The magic tires out Donald and he is unable to shoot anymore. Aimala saw this as a way to gain the upper hand. She spins her staff around and yells "Thundera" clouds appear above Donald. Three lightning bolts strike Donald taking him out. Now it's Sora and Goofy vs. Aimala. Goofy spins around in circles rushing towards Aimala. Aimala does her best to jump out the way of the attack. Sora manages to hit Aimala with a blizzard attack. Aimala aims her staff in the air and yells "Heal." Before it could take effect, Goofy throws his shield knocking Aimala's staff out her hand. Sora then rushes to Aimala trying to takes her out with the keyblade. Aimala then takes the cloak off and flies high in the air. She summons her staff to her hand then aims it at Goofy. She yells "Fira" and sends a giant fireball at Goofy. Goofy manages to block but is thrown back by the impact. Sora then yells "Thunder" causing lightning to strike Aimala in the wing. This makes her fall to the ground. Sora and Goofy rush to finish her off when Aimala aims the staff at Sora and Goofy and yells "Firaga." With that, a massive fireball comes out the staff and hits both Sora and Goofy. They are both taken out from that. As Sora is on the ground looking defeated, Aimala gets up and is about to land a killing blow. She is suddenly hit in the back of the head by Cloud and is knocked unconscious. At that moment she disappears in a puff of smoke and a large three headed dog comes out of nowhere and stomps on Cloud. Aimala reappears in Hades arms.
"Nice try little bird" said Hades "But luckily I have a back up." He disappears in a puff of smoke leaving everyone else to fight the giant three headed dog.
He teleports to the courtyard just outside the coliseum. Maleficent was there as well. She appeared concerned when she sees Aimala.
"She's only unconscious" said Hades "My pet is handling the rest. Didn't expect Cloud to knock her out."
"It appears he's just as stubborn as Terra was" said Maleficent. She taps her staff on the ground and Aimala disappears in a green fire. "I'll let her rest for a while."
"Great" said Hades "But don't worry about the kid. I'm sure by now my pet mad mince meat out of him and his friends."
"I doubt we will be so lucky"
"Back at the castle, Aimala appears in her room on the bed. Riku is there sitting on a chair. Aimala slowly begins to wake up.
"Are you alright" asked Riku
"I think so" said Aimala "My head hurts a lot."
"What happened?" asked Riku
"I got backstabbed by someone I thought was a comrade."
"Did you find Kairi?"
"Not yet, but I did meet Sora. He has gotten real strong."
"Sora has gotten real strong?"
"Yes and without a keyblade I doubt you could beat him."
"I find that one hard to believe."
"Trust me the Keyblade makes him very difficult to deal with."
Riku let his eyes drift down to the floor. "I wonder if Sora will find Kairi"
"He might the next time you meet him." Aimala sits up in the bed "But I wonder if his new friends will let her go with them?"
Riku turns to Aimala "What do you mean?" he says
"They probably let Sora join them because he has the Keyblade. What would have happened if you still had the keyblade? Would they even look in Sora's direction? Would they just abandon Sora?"
Riku sits there in silence.
"Also" said Aimala "Sora seems to be getting attached to them. They have great teamwork."
"Maybe you're over thinking things" said Riku. Riku paused for a minute "Why don't I just go talk to him myself?"
"You sure you want to do that?"
"He's my friend. I'm sure he will enjoy seeing me again. Besides I would like another look at my keyblade."
Back in the meeting room, Maleficent, Hades, and Jafar have a discussion.
"You see this is exactly the kind of thing that I warned you what would happen" said Jafar
"Geez lighten up" said Hades "It's not like she lost to Sora. She was taken out by he own ally."
"Which should have never happened if she wasn't so inexperience?" said Jafar
"Be that as it may" said Maleficent "She should rest for a day or two to recover"
"She shouldn't be that exhausted" said Hades "The underworld makes it so that she would never get tired as long as she accepts darkness."
"She's been in the open visiting worlds more times than she did in the past" said Maleficent "I feel she needs to rest."
"In the meantime why don't you use that Riku boy" said Jafar "I'm sure letting him in on our plans will prove beneficial rather than having him cooped up in this castle."
"Riku must be handled delicately" said Maleficent "I don't want him turning against us. But maybe you're right. After all, my daughter seems to be making his darkness grow." Maleficent cracks a smile. "I think it's time we have him reunite with his old friend."
