Here's the next chapter!
Well, I'm kinda laid-up for a while. I sprained my ankle and so I'm supposed to stay off my foot. This means I have lots of time to write… but because I'm a hyper person, sitting around for a long time makes me bored.
Hopefully, I get lots of crap done.
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Chapter 14: Cyber Cite- End Game
The Keybearers drew their Keyblades, staring down the army of robot zombies that lumbered towards them. Optimus's hands turned into a blaster, and he began shooting. The shots, that normally would have killed anyone else, only seemed to stun the approaching zombies.
"Optimus, if these guys are already dead… how can we possibly defeat them?" Lea asked nervously, as the enemies drew nearer.
"Ratchet, Lea, Riku, Aqua, Mickey retreat; bridge yourselves back to base."
"No!" Ratchet exclaimed, his hands turning into small swords, "I shall stand with you, Optimus."
"As will we!" Riku held up his Keyblade as the other warriors tensed up for battle.
The doctor stepped up beside his leader, "You may require a medic when this is all over." The group launched into the fray.
For the Keybearers, because of their size in comparison to these titans, they teamed up on their opponents. Aqua sliced a zombie's arm off and into numerous pieces. After a moment, the pieces stopped working. "I recommend dissection! The smaller the pieces, the better."
The Autobot leader changed his guns out for swords, "Sound advice." The group tore through the legion, cutting the zombies to pieces.
Megatron's glowing eyes glowed, fixed on the six below him, "I have mastered Dark Energon; when you fall Optimus you too shall join my army."
Donald cast Shieldza, protecting Jack and Raf as the Decepticons on the ship began shooting down at them.
Bulkhead transformed and drove between the boys and their attackers. "GET IN, NOW!" The two climbed inside; Miko, Donald, Goofy, and Ven were already inside. Bulkhead began to drive away from the battle, stopping behind a rock to let the organics out. "Ven, could you please stay with them?"
"Yes, Donald Goofy go with him, I can handle this." The two remained inside Bulkhead's vehicle form as the bot drove off.
The Autobot drove towards the Cons as fast as he could, drawing their fire away from where the kids were. He went around behind the ship, towards a rock wall; Bulkhead transformed and began to climb upwards with Donald and Goofy on his shoulders. Climbing until he stood level with a ship, with a great leap, the bot lunged across to the ship. All the Decepticons turned their attention to them, but not before the Disney Town residents and Autobot began their assault.
As the last Decepticon fell, the three heard a loud banging from inside Bulkhead's chest-plate. The plate opened to reveal Miko, hiding in a small compartment in his chest. "Miko?"
"I heaved on your floor mats," the girl gasped, "sorry…" She looked ready to 'heave' again as she climbed into the bot's hand.
"What are you doing here Miko?" Donald squawked angrily.
The girl shook her head. "Remind me never to do that again!"
Bulkhead fell forward as another Decepticon drone tackled him from behind, causing Miko to fly from his hand; he threw it off and Donald struck it with Thundza. As Goofy ran to Miko's side, two more drones came up from the ship. As one reached for the human girl, Goofy hit it in the face with his shield. More Decepticons appeared, training their weapons on Bulkhead.
The Autobot grabbed a huge satellite dish off the warship and lobbed it at the Decepticons, crushing the smaller bots underneath it. He picked up Miko just as more enemies began to shoot at him from behind. "Donald, Goofy, come on!" They leaped into an open hatch and disappeared into the ship.
Jack, Raf, and Ven looked on from behind the rock below the ship; Ventus wanted to go up and help, but he couldn't leave the other two boys without protection. His eyes followed the battle until the four slipped inside the ship.
"You boys shouldn't have run off!" Jiminy huffed, still catching his breath as he had followed the boys through the groundbridge, but couldn't keep up very well.
"Think they forgot about us?" asked Raf, ignoring the cricket.
"Don't worry, Raf," Ven smiled, "They won't forget us."
"Oh really?" The Keybearer tensed at a sneering, familiar voice. He spun around; every cell in his body tensed as he saw Vanitas(1). The dark version of himself had his arm around Raf and his Keyblade at the boy's throat.
Two Decepticons stood there as well, weapons pointed at the boys. Ven's face contorted in anger. "Let him go!"
"Sure, once you surrender."
"Wh-what's going on!?" Jack shuddered. "Why does he look like that Sora guy? Who is he? What does he want?"
Ven laid a hand on the other boy's shoulder. "Vanitas, let him go and I'll surrender."
The black-haired boy grinned. "Get over here, then." Ven walked over, glaring at his counterpart; Vanitas glared back before pulling back his Keyblade, smashing the hilt into the back of Ven's head, rendering him unconscious.
Miko sat in Bulk's hand as he ran through the ship; the other two stood on his shoulders. The girl bounced, her face contorting as she held her stomach, trying to keep herself from throwing up. They came around a corner and found themselves faced with two Decepticons.
Bulkhead slid the human girl across the floor and under the Cons, allowing him, Donald, and Goofy to attack, bringing down the drones in moments.
"Uh, I'm gonna heave again." Miko gagged as Bulkhead picked her up and kept on running.
Ven groaned, his focus coming back in slowing as his head throbbed from Vanitas' blow. He tried to move, only to see his arms and legs bound tightly with a thick metal wire. His struggles alerted the Decepticon drone who carried him, and it tightened its grip around the boy. Ven looked around, and he could see another Decepticon carrying Jack and Raf; Jiminy hid in the collar of Raf's shirt, seemingly unnoticed by the Decepticons.
"Bring them to the brig," the one holding Ven said, "Commander Starscream is keeping the other human there."
"Fowler…"
A roar of engines echoed down a hall to their right as Arcee and Bumblebee came roaring towards them; the bots transformed, Bumblebee holding Sora and Kairi. The slammed into the Cons, knocking them down; Arcee caught Jack and Raf while Bumblebee caught Ven.
The bots set the humans down, and Bumblebee began undoing the wires around Ven as Arcee sighed. "Appreciate you clearing the front door for us, but storming the Decepticon warship was not on the activities list."
"Tell me about it!" The group ran down a long hallway and stopped at a corner. Arcee bent around, gun out, and found herself staring at Bulkhead.
"Friendly!"
"Hello!"
"Brought the others huh?" Kairi asked.
"You try getting them to stay behind!"
"We need to find Fowler and get these kids out of here!" Arcee crossed her arms, an annoyed look crossing her features.
"Uh," Ven, Jack, and Raf stuttered, "He's in the brig."
The organics, still fighting the robot zombies, felt their strength slowly falling away. Normally fighting for this long wouldn't exhaust them, but something sapped their strength. Even the two Cybertronians seemed sluggish.
"Optimus," grunted the medic, "This prolonged exposure to Dark Energon is sapping our strength."
Mickey nodded, "It's the same with us."
"We cannot falter now," the Prime encouraged.
The zombies began closing in on Mickey and Riku; Optimus, seeing this, stood over them and the dark creatures clambered onto the Prime and began weighing him down. The same thing happened to Ratchet.
Megatron was very happy about the way this fight was going. Beside him, a dark portal opened and a man in a black coat stepped out, "How interesting. I am surprised that they have held their own against your dark army. This dark matter is very useful."
"Indeed human, and I must thank you for guiding me to the first shard off-world."
"I did so because I knew it would be of help to myself." The man looked down, eyes locking with Lea. Under the hood, Lea saw an x-shaped scar between the glowing golden eyes(2).
Optimus's blade shot out through the pile of zombies atop him. He began blasting all those on top of them and broke out in a fury. The group ran over, pulling Ratchet from under his pile of zombies. "After all these years Optimus," Megatron praised, "Still at the top of your game."
The vessel of Xehanort turned to leave; Lea ran forward and shouted, "ISA! ISA!"
The man stopped, a gust of wind pulling back the hood slightly, so the others could see the unemotional golden eyes and the strands of blue hair. "Isa…" Riku may not have known the young man, but he knew that Isa was innocent. A tool in Xehanort's plan, like Riku himself, had been.
"Megatron is working with humans?"
"It is only a temporary arrangement." The blue-haired man opened a dark corridor and vanished.
Optimus had heard enough talk, he charged Megatron and the others followed. "My legion," Megatron ordered, "Finish them!"
The inside the Decepticon warship made it to the bridge; the Autobots shot the guards who stood inside, clearing the room. "Clear!"
Jack and the other two kids came in, looking around the room as Sora walked over to them, "Wait in here."
"But Sora…"
Bumblebee chirped something in protest as well, but Arcee held up a hand, "They're slowing us down and they're easy targets! They'll be alright in here, as long as they stay put."
The three kids stood behind as they all walked in the door. Kairi felt Sora take her hand in his, "Kairi, could you stay here with them?"
"Sora?"
He looked her in the eyes, "Please, they're scared, and they need someone to watch out for them. Who better than you?" She nodded and stood over beside the other three as the others left.
When the door to the bridge closed Miko vibrated with excitement and leftover adrenaline, "That, was intense!"
"Was?"
Jack turned on her furiously, "It's your fault that we're stuck in this intensity! What were you thinking Miko?"
"Uh, did I ask you to follow me?"
"You wanted us to be a band! Doesn't that usually mean playing together?"
"Well, maybe I decided to go solo!"
"Well, maybe I have some regard for your safety!"
"Oh," Miko rolled her eyes, "Is your name Optimus? You can leave my protection to Bulkhead, THANK YOU VERY MUCH!"
"Ah!" Little Raf clenched his fists, and Kairi saw tears of fear in his eyes. "STOP IT! BOTH OF YOU!" He ran over to a giant step and sat down.
Kairi came over and sat beside him; Jack and Miko, their fight abandoned, did the same. "Have a little faith, Rafael. The Autobots have noble hearts, they will not leave any of us behind." Jiminy leapt up on the boy's shoulder, patting it, "They will come back."
"How do you know?"
The cricket opened his mouth to answer, but Kairi suddenly piped up, her eyes staring upwards at a computer screen, covered in alien writing. "Hey Raf, what do you make of that?"
They all looked up at the screen. Raf stood up, adjusting his glasses as he walked towards it. All fear gone, replaced with determined curiosity, "It's important, real important!"
Sora and the others continued to battle their way towards the brig and finally stood right outside the doors. The brown-haired boy gave a big smile and knocked hard on the big doors. Bulkhead held up a dead drone, to make it seem like they weren't there.
A slim silver bot, the same one who destroyed the Energon mine, opened the door. Fowler hung from chains behind him. "Well?"
Bulk dropped the drone and pointed his blaster at the bot. Ven and Sora shot up and destroyed the only drone in the room. "Who is that," Sora asked, looking the silver bot up and down, taking a second to snicker at the bot's high-heeled feet(3).
"Well the drones who had me, Raf, and Jack mentioned a Commander Starscream, this could be him," Ven concluded. Bee and Bulk came in after the two humans, weapons at the ready.
Starscream's arm changed into a blaster and he pointed it at Fowler, "Not so fast!" He paused as another blaster tapped the top of his head.
He looked up and there he saw Arcee, Donald, and Goofy, hanging from a vent, with weapons aimed at his head. "I wouldn't."
"Oh," seeker snarled back, "But I might."
Kairi and the others stared up at the formula before Raf turned to them. "We've gotta get this to Optimus!"
Miko sighed, "How do you know it isn't just a recipe for space nachos?"
"I know math when I see it, and that is one serious equation!"
"Can you download it?" Kairi approached the boy, looking around for any sort of port to download the data from.
"I've got a flash drive!" Raf dug through his backpack and pulled it out. "But I don't see anywhere to plug it in."
"Um Raf," Kairi sighed, "I don't think they had human tech in mind when they designed this thing, sorry."
"Yea, this tech is way alien!"
"There you are." They all turned at the sly voice and saw a figure in a black coat behind them. "I was wondering where you went off to."
"You again," Jack began to back away. "You're the guy who captured us!"
"Heh, that was just for fun. I came here to get a little more acquainted with some of my new friends." The man took off his hood and Kairi stared into the golden eyes of Vanitas. "So, you must be Princess Kairi."
"Princess?"
Vanitas walked a circle around them. "You know, Princess, I can understand why Sora has a thing for you. You're quite the looker."
"Ugh!" Kairi summoned her Keyblade. "Stay back, you pig!"
The young man summoned his own Keyblade, "Good! Let's see what you're made of."
Sora and Ven looked up, their eyes locked on Fowler who still hung by chains, at gunpoint. Starscream grinned, "Now, Agent Fowler and I will take our leave."
As the seeker moved to leave, Fowler let out a loud, half-conscious groan. "The emu says 'YYEEEEAAA'!"
Sora had to stop himself from laughing as Starscream, who turned and looked at the human; Ven took the opportunity to jab his Keyblade into the Decepticon's leg. The Con gave a frightened and pained shriek as he turned and the others began to attack him.
In a desperate attempt to escape he transformed into a sleek jet and shot out, blowing Arcee and the two on her shoulder flew back.
Vanitas lunged forward, slashing at Kairi. The girl blocked, getting in a few hits before he jumped back. "Not bad for a princess. Now, stop holding back and give me all you've got."
"If that's what you want!" Kairi charged him a bright light extending from her Keyblade as she slammed her blade into him.
Vanitas laughed, glancing over at the other three children who stood to the side, watching in horrified fascination. "Hey, catch!" He launched a Dark Fiagara spell towards Raf.
Jack pulled the boy out of the way just as the spell hit the ground below the boy's feet. "Miko take a picture!"
"Great idea!" She pulled out her phone and yelled, "Hey spikes!" Her phone clicked as she snapped a picture of Vanitas.
"Miko," Kairi yelled, "Not of him, of the formula!"
"Oh!" She took a quick photo before the three kids ran for the door.
Vanitas shrugged. "Whatever. I just wanted to test your strength girlie. When we meet again, Princess." He backed into a dark corridor, leaving behind blue monsters with red eyes.
"Crap!" Kairi turned, following the three kids out the door as fast as they could. As they stepped into the hall, a car horn sounded behind them. They all turned to see the three Autobots, with the others inside, driving towards them.
"I told you to stay put!" Arcee growled as the humans got on or inside the bots.
Optimus and the others finished off the last zombies, taking a moment to catch their breath as the Dark Energon continued to sap their strength.
"Bravo Optimus," Megatron praised, "Though this is but a prelude. You may wish to save your strength for the main event!"
The Prime put away his sword and began climbing the cliff wall towards Megatron. "You will not prevail Megatron. Not while Energon still flows through my veins."
The Decepticon leader grinned wickedly, "Fitting, for it is Dark Energon which flows through mine." Optimus leaped at him, but Megatron transformed and flew off.
Ratchet climbed up beside his leader, with the organics on his shoulders. "If this wasn't Megatron's end game, what is?"
Everyone sat in the Autobot base, fixing their wounds and thinking over the events of the last few hours. Fowler lay unconscious on a hospital bed; a Cure physically healed him, but it did not replenish all of his energy.
Miko looked over a Riku who sat, casting the healing spell over a gash in his leg, "What happened to you guys anyway?"
"We engaged an army of undead Cybertronian warriors."
Sora glanced over at him, eyes wide, "You guys fought robot zombies?" Riku nodded. "Wow, and I thought we had it rough."
"Zombies!" Miko gasped, "You fought zombies and I missed it?"
Lea got up, firmly grasping her shoulders, "Miko, do you understand? Every single one of us nearly got killed!"
"Bulkhead, you exercised extremely poor judgment in allowing Jack, Miko, and Raf to accompany you," Optimus quietly reprimanded the large bot.
"It won't happen again Optimus, I promise."
Miko came to her guardian's defense, "But it wasn't Bulkhead's fault!"
"Miko please!"
"And check it out," the girl pulled out her phone, "recon!"
Optimus bent down, staring closely at the photo, "Ratchet, take a look. It could be of some importance to Megatron."
Kairi looked over, "Megatron's back?"
"That's really bad news, right?"
Miko held up her phone for the medic, but Ven could see that she accidentally changed the picture. "I don't understand."
"Oops," Miko realized her mistake, "That's the creepy dude who fought Kairi and tried to blast Raf with black fire. At least before Kairi chased him off with her Keyblade!"
"Miko!" Jack yelled, "Raf was almost killed! This isn't a game! When are you gonna get that through your thick skull!"
"Um, we were all almost killed, Jack! You, me, Raf, even them!"
"Well, if this was just an average day with the Autobots then I don't wanna be a part of it, not anymore!"
Every eye fixed on the angry and scared boy; Optimus knelt down to the boy, understanding in his eyes, "Jack, putting you in harm's way was never our intent. However, it is no longer the safety of you three that is at risk, but the safety of all humans on this world. We will respect your decision if you wish to leave."
Ratchet swiftly opened up the Groundbridge, "No point in long goodbyes, here's the door."
"Jiminy," Kairi whispered, "can you say something to him, to make him change his mind."
"Sorry, Kairi. He's made his decision."
"Come-on Raf," Jack said turning to the younger boy.
But Raf looked over at Bumblebee and frowned, "I'll be ok Jack, see you at school."
"Sure thing." Jack went down the catwalk, only to be stopped by Arcee. "I know, you don't exist."
"Don't make me hunt you down." She sighed. With no other words, the boy left through the groundbridge.
Lea looked up at Optimus and quietly said, "After Miko and Raf go home, the rest of us will just camp out here and stay out of the way."
"Alright, Lea."
After the other kids had left and the rest of the gang went to bed, Riku, Mickey, and Aqua stayed up with Optimus, explaining their mission and Xehanort. Ratchet stood at the computer console, working on the schematics from Miko's phone. "It can't be… Optimus!" The leader came over, the Keybearers following. "These are engineering specs for a space-time vortex generator."
"Megatron's building a spacebridge if he hasn't already."
"Spacebridge?"
"Groundbridge, but travels further." Ratchet quipped.
Bulkhead huffed, "The sooner he leaves the better!"
"Bulkhead," Optimus said, "A space bridge runs in two directions. Megatron may not be using it to leave this world, but to bring through his conquering army."
"The main event Megatron referred to, but the only place Megatron could possibly recruit that many fallen warriors…"
"Precisely," he answered the medic, "Cybertron."
Aqua looked up at the Prime, "Optimus, we are willing to help. If there is anything we can do, we will do it. And because of our presence here, this world has a new danger, the Heartless and the Organization. We know that today two of our enemies are here and have already interfered in this world's affairs."
"They too could use the space bridge to their advantage; we will allow you to assist us in this battle."
"Thank you, Optimus."
We cannot allow Megatron to send Dark Energon through his space bridge. If we fail, the dead of Cybertron will rise, swarm through its vortex, and invade this world, bending the humans to Megatron's twisted rule."
"Optimus," Ratchet interjected, "I've pinpointed the location of Megatron's space bridge, high in this world's orbit."
Ven sighed, "Out of your reach. We have our gliders and the gummi ship, but you guys need to get up there as well."
"Ok, so you guys don't fly," Miko leaned against Bulkhead's leg, "But can't you just Groundbridge there?"
"I think it's called a 'ground' bridge for a reason, Miko."
Ratchet agreed, "The Groundbridge has limited range. Stretched all the way into orbit its vortex could snap and scatter us to the stars."
Optimus laid a hand on his medic's shoulder, "Since Megatron may already be in transit, I'm afraid we must take that risk. Reaching the spacebridge first is our only means of stopping him."
Then, to their surprise, Arcee drove inside, with Jack. The boy got off, took off his helmet, and grinned sheepishly, "Hey! Guess who's back?"
"Autobots prepare for departure."
Arcee, who missed the conversation, asked, "Where to?"
Miko answered it for her, "The final frontier!"
"Space! I thought they didn't have any way to get there?"
"They don't," Raf admitted, "really…"
Jack looked up at his guardian, "Be seein' ya."
Ratchet set in the coordinates and turned on the Groundbridge. The Autobots transformed; Ven and Aqua activated their armor and summoned their gliders as the others teleported up to the gummi ship.
Sora leaped into the pilot seat, feeling Jiminy hop off his shoulder and start up the engines; the ship roared to life, and the boy flew it towards a giant metal ring as the groundbridge opened. The bots fell through, standing on the ring. Aqua and Ven flew around them. Those inside the gummi ship opened up communications and could hear everything that the others said.
Across from them stood the giant Decepticon warship. It sat there stationary, for a long while. "Well, what are they waiting for?"
Optimus studied the ship carefully, "It appears the Decepticons have sustained serious damage to their interstellar navigation system."
"Huh, that's my handiwork," Bulkhead beamed.
"Good going Bulk!"
"Yes," Aqua agreed, "Without the dish, Megatron won't be able to lock onto Cybertron!"
Donald asked the comlink, "Don't the Cons know where their own world is?"
"Naturally!" the medic scoffed, "But Cybertron is many light years away, to reach their target their aim must be astronomically precise."
"Well if Megs went to the trouble of coming here now, then he must have another way to lock on."
"Yes Ventus, he must have a remote system somewhere on the planet."
Ratchet scoffed, "From what I know of this world's technology I doubt there exists a single radio telescope dish on this planet powerful enough to pinpoint Cybertron."
"But what about a whole lotta telesoaps?"
"Telescopes!"
"Sorry telescopes," Goofy fixed his words.
"Yes," Raf agreed, "Like the giant size array in Texas."
"Zip-ip-ip-ip! This is not child's play!"
Optimus, however, backed the boy up, "Good thinking Raf. Ratchet, have Agent Fowler alert the array staff to the security hazard."
They just barely heard Fowler's, disoriented voice over the comm, "You soldier! You're out of uniform! Put on some pants!" This sent the Keybladers into a frenzy of laughter.
"That may be a challenge."
"I can't get past the array's firewalls," they heard Raf tell Ratchet; "They're too thick!"
"Wait!" Lea exclaimed, "You actually think you could keep the Decepticons out?"
"Maybe, if I could get in."
Jack offered the solution, "Wait… Raf, what if we could get you all the way in, like inside the building in?"
"I could log into their internal network on the other side of the firewall."
"The risk is too great," Optimus objected, "The Decepticons will be there, perhaps even on site."
"Optimus, with all due respect, you said it yourself this is bigger than the safety of three humans," Jack calmly countered.
Miko added, "Yea! If we let the Cons win we're fragged, along with everyone else on our planet!"
"Raf?"
There was silence, and then the boy said, "I wanna give it a shot!"
The comm went silent as a large dark mass rose up from the Decepticon warship. The creature unfurled a large metallic tail from around its body and spread two metal wings out wide, giving it the appearance of a large metal dragon. Then the Heartless symbol appeared on its wings. The Cyber Killer Heartless gave a roar and flew at the small band of defenders(4).
"Scrap!" Bulkhead stared at the monster, "How are we supposed to beat this thing?"
Riku grabbed the comlink. "Follow our lead."
Sora tightened his grip on the ship's controls as they shot forward, towards the approaching monster.
The Heartless roared as the Autobots and the gummi ship began firing on it. Ven and Aqua flew in close, swiping at it with their gliders
Ven flew above the creature, turned his glider nose downward, held onto the back, and sliced the creature's tail right off. With a shriek, it whipped around and caught the boy in its mouth.
"VENTUS!" Optimus fired a blast directly into the Cyber Killer's eye, causing it to roar and giving Ven the chance to escape its crushing jaws.
"Thanks, Optimus, I owe you one!"
Those in the gummi ship used every gun on board to attack the creature, making it angrier and angrier. Arcee lunged forward as it got close, driving her blade into its throat, followed up by Aqua slashing across the back of its neck. The Heartless let out a roar as it vanished into the darkness.
As soon as the Heartless faded, the warship swarmed with Decepticons, all gunning for the Autobots and Keyblade wielders.
In the middle of the battle, the spacebridge shuddered. While only the Autobots felt it, the movement was so great, it attracted everyone's attention, "What's going on?"
"The Cons must be locking onto Cybertron!" Aqua gasped. "Hopefully Raf can keep them from finishing."
Minutes later, the device shifted back to its original position. Everyone grinned as Bumblebee jumped, letting out whirls of excitement."
"Indeed Bumblebee, this can only be Raf's doing!" Optimus agreed.
Again, the spacebridge shifted, but this time it did not turn back. The whirling green light spun into existence as the Decepticons locked onto their homeworld.
"What'll we do now?"
Everyone looked at the warship and saw Megatron holding a humongous Dark Energon shard. "At last!" The Decepticon leader threw it towards the vortex. As it flew overhead, the Keyblade wielders flew at it to knock it away, but the Cons held them back with blaster fire. The giant shard of Dark Energon vanished into the space-time vortex.
Ven hung his head, "We… we failed."
"No!" Aqua shouted, "There's always a way!"
In the gummi ship, Riku fixed his eyes on Megatron, "What's he doing?" The Decepticon leader stood there, with two auras glowing around him; one, the purple glow of Dark Energon and the other, the black aura of darkness. "Whether he has a human-like heart or not, darkness has invaded it."
"ARISE MY LEGION!" Megatron spread his arms out wide and grinned savagely.
"So, how do we beat a whole planet of the undead?"
Ratchet's voice came over the comlink again, "Optimus! I'm registering a rapidly expanding mass in their spacebridge vortex, one with a peculiar energy signature."
"Dark Energon."
The Prime took but a moment to think, "Ratchet, we must destroy the spacebridge! There's enough live Energon coursing through it to achieve detonation."
"But we don't have the firepower to ignite it," Lea sighed.
"If I knew how the spacebridge was engineered," Ratchet grunted, "I might find a technical way of accomplishing that feat."
Sora then heard Rafael's cheerful voice, "Would schematics help?"
"Again, way to go Raf!"
Ratchet did not speak for a moment, but a dark sadness rang in his voice when he finally said something. "Optimus, I must say, the spacebridge is our sole hope of ever returning to Cybertron. Are you certain its destruction is the only option?"
All eyes turned to Optimus, "I am afraid so."
"Then, by all means, let us light our darkest hour!"
"Autobots and Keyblade wielders take your positions and follow Ratchet's lead, while I make my stand!"
The Autobots and two armored Keybearers went to their positions while those in the gummi ship shielded them from the blaster fire of the remaining Decepticons.
"Ratchet, we're in position."
"Arcee, pay close attention."
She turned back to the others, "Cover my back, ok?"
"Got it!"
They all stood, weapons at the ready while the femme followed the medic's orders. They heard none of the instructions, only Arcee saying, "I see it." Then she grunted and turned a gear of some sorts, "Current reversed!"
"I'll ready the Groundbridge!"
"Look out!" The group looked up and saw Megatron flying straight towards them. The gummi ship laid down heavy fire, but the leader paid it no mind as the blasts speckled his armor. He began to shoot down at those on the spacebridge; most of his shots missed but two made their mark, on Ven and Arcee.
"Ven!" Both started floating off the spacebridge.
The spacebridge began to shake once again, this time more vehemently. Underneath their feet, Energon glowed and ignited, causing explosions and electrical currents of unimaginable strength to come their way.
"We need to go now!"
"Autobots," Optimus came running up, "Jump!"
Off the edge of the spacebridge opened the Groundbridge. As they headed towards it Bumblebee grabbed Arcee, and Aqua grabbed Ven.
"Megatron is not going to make it," Lea said, "He is not going to leave, he's too stubborn." They all looked back to see him standing at the center of the bridge, looking inside before the group flew away and teleported back to base.
Those in the gummi ship arrived back at the base just as Bumblebee helped Arcee stand. Ven sat nearby, rubbing chest where Megatron shot him.
"What about Megatron?" Miko asked.
"Not even he could have survived ground zero."
"Prime!" called out Agent Fowler, who now looked fully awake, "I didn't get to thank you bots for the save. I owe you one… we all do." The elevator closed as Agent Fowler left.
"So," Jack looked over at Sora. "You guys sticking around?"
Sora sighed, "We're glad we could help out, but it's time we moved on now. We have a war of our own after all "
"You shall be missed."
"Hey," Miko yelped, "What's going on!?" Her cell phone lit up brightly and floated into the air.
"Who wants it?"
Lea summoned his Keyblade, "I believe it's my turn." He sealed the Keyhole and explained to the surprised bots and kids. "That means a new world is waiting."
"Then we'll be seeing you."
Optimus knelt down to the Keyblade wielders. "Thank you for your assistance. If there is anything we can ever do to assist you, let us know."
"We will," Sora gave him a thumbs up.
"Goodbye!"
The group said their goodbyes and went back to their ship.
Kairi laid back on her bed, looking up at the ceiling. Her hand went to her back. "Wings… where did they come from? What made me black out?" She closed her eyes, concentrating.
In this, the girl slipped into a place between dreams and wakefulness. A kind voice spoke in her mind. "Hey there, Flower Girl. Miss me?"
"Come on," spoke a deeper and slightly annoyed voice, "Let's get ice cream! Sound good, Kairi?"
The girl's eyes opened. "I know those voices… but I just can't, place them." Her hands went to her head. "What is going on? I'd ask Lea, but I get the feeling that he won't tell me… I'll just have to wait for Lara to find some info back on Radiant Garden."
"Kairi?" Sora's voice came on the other side of the door. "May I come in?"
Kairi sat up, quickly straightening her rumpled locks of hair. "Yeah, come on in."
"Hey," Sora came in, smiling, carrying a small plate covered by a cloth. "I made some cookies, used my mom's recipe too."
"Yes! Your mom makes the best cookies!"
"Did I hear that someone made Mrs. Kumo's cookies?" Riku poked his head in. "Give me some."
The other two laughed. "Here, I thought it might be fun for us to have some sweets."
Riku snatched up a cookie and ate it. "Man, I have missed these. Remember that your mom would make them for every birthday: yours, mine, Kairi's?"
"I know!" Sora bit into a cookie, smiling.
Kairi took a bite of hers before pausing. "Do you guys miss home too? I mean, I've been trying to remember my past from before the islands, but I miss my parents on the islands too. I haven't seen them since I left for training."
"I know, I miss my family too." Riku sat down. "I need to go back and… well, you know." He pulled a small object from his pocket. Everyone looked at it with a sad expression.
"I'm sorry, Riku."
Ven sat up, late into the night, his mind plagued by dark memories of his past. Ever since he and Vanitas merged thirteen years before, his old memories, his life before Master Eraqus, Terra, and Aqua, returned(5).
All the old pain. He'd dealt with it while inside Sora's heart, but the pain still remained and tormented him in the night. Now he sat at the desk in his small gummi ship room, drawing.
He remembered his conversations with Naminé, inside Sora. He'd told her all his past and all his memories that surfaced. She taught him to draw his memories in order to help deal with them. Sometimes he thought about asking Jiminy for help... but he always talked himself out of it.
So, that is what he did. The drawing in front of him, it was the same as a drawing he'd made when he was a little boy. He drew himself standing beside a man and woman, both with blonde hair, like his.
For a moment, he stared down at the drawing. His hands trembled as he crumpled it in his fists and threw it across the room. "Why should I care anyways…?" Throwing himself onto his bed, the boy curled up in a ball as he forced himself to sleep.
I hope you guys enjoyed this one!
I do not know if there will be a return trip. I'm trying to use the system that Kh3 is using and do fewer worlds, but make them at least two chapters in length.
If you would like them to return here, let me know.
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Footnotes:
(1) It was Young Xehanort in the original story, but I changed it.
(2) In the original, it was Braig here.
(3) If you follow the TFPrime show, you know that Screamer is the butt of every joke, and we love making fun of his high heels.
(4) This Heartless is based on the Predacons in season 3 of the show.
(5) I AM NOT going to what has happened in KHux. I know what is going on there, but I had this planned out before all that, so I am keeping my old plan.
Final Say
If you live in the USA, there has been an issue that has come up lately, and while I won't say what it is, it does have to do with sports… that should give it away.
Now, there are strong opinions on both sides, and I'm not going to condemn either side in this.
Now, a lot of hatred about this has been coming from Christians, or more those who claim to be Christians (check earlier Devo for something on that). As Christians, if we see an injustice, we are to help correct it.
And if people do something that we don't understand, we should look at why they are doing it and not just assume they're doing it to tick off people.
And those who may be doing the action, make sure that your message is clear and try to help others understand why you're doing what you're doing. I am not saying that those involved haven't clearly told their message, but I am saying that some people do not know.
More than anything, no one needs to show hatred to someone. If someone disagrees with you, then you should still love them.
Did the Bible say we would always agree with our neighbor? No.
Did the Bible say that our neighbors would believe the same things as us? No.
Does the Bible say to love our neighbors? YES!
That should be the final say in how we treat others. No matter if we agree or not.