Disclaimer: I do not own the following Disney, Kingdom Keepers, Pixar, or Indiana Jones. I do own Katherine Isabelle Disney (KID), Jacky, her friends, and her mom, Lisa, Mark, Mike, and Steve. And I partially own Tyler Oswald Disney with Twilightroxas9.
Chapter 14: Hope is Almost Lost
I felt myself being carried. My head was killing me, I hate it when I use my powers to much. I opened my eyes to see Mickey, Oswald and Pluto standing in the plaza to meet us. Where are they? Where is Buzz, Woody, and Jesse?
"No, no, not again," I said.
"It's going to be ok Kid," Ty said as he set me down on one of the concrete benches.
"Did you find them Mickey?" I said as I sat up holding my throbbing head.
"I didn't find there exact location but I know they are in the Tower of Terror," he said.
"How did they get captured?" I said staring at the stars that were above my head, trying to find Neverland.
"There was a power outage. All the lights went off and when they came on they were gone," Oswald said.
"I'm sorry Kid," Mickey said.
"It's getting late. There isn't much else we can do tonight," I said holding back the tears that I knew might come.
"Hold on are you giving up?" Finn said from the top of the bench.
"Me, give up?" I chuckled at the thought that I might actually want to throw in the towel after all that I've been through. "Might sound like it, but it's not going to happen. I can see the light on the horizon. There isn't much we can do in the next hour. Plus we are not going in there without a plan."
"She's right there isn't much more we can do tonight and we do need a plan. Mally isn't going to make their rescue an easy one. She is going to have the worst of the worst being guard," Ty said looking at the tower.
"Who is Mally?" Finn said.
"Maleficent."
"That's like calling a dragon Murphy, sounds cute and cuddly but it's still a dragon."
"Well, that's what I called her when I was little, she didn't seem all that scary with a name like that."
"On other notes we need a plan and here is not the place to make it," I said standing up. "This isn't over yet guys. We all know that we have to fight for this, we knew it wasn't going to be easy this time."
"It wasn't easy last time either," Finn said.
"Well we know when they are going to attack."
"We do?" Finn asked.
"Yes we do. Color, what does that word mean for this park right now?" I asked Finn.
"The new show? All those people will be there!"
"Yes celebrities, families of cast members, and guests are there. The seating can fit about 4,000 people with two shows a night. So use your imagination to think about what the Overtakers will do to them."
"I have a feeling that's what's been going through your head these last few days."
"Yeah."
"Lot to put on your shoulders, at least it explains why you're so out of it."
"Yeah, out of it is one way of putting it," I said trying to get a plan for the rescue.
"I mean if you weren't so worried about all of this I bet that you could've already saved the others and beat the Overtakers. Usually you would've but you're too worried. That's what the Overtakers wanted too, and you are giving them what they want on a silver platter! They want you to be weak and unsure of yourself, but you have so much power that you shouldn't ever be scared or worried about them, you just need to stand up to them and take them down!" Finn said, giving me the pep talk of the century.
I stared at him blank for second. How was it that he could get all that and it didn't even conclude to me that this was the plan all along. "Tomorrow meet here. I'll explain the plan before we go in. Be ready, don't do anything stupid today, and don't let the Overtakers get the upper hand," I said staring at the stars fade into light blues and pinks of the early morning. I closed my eyes waiting to end up as a full person and not a part of Disney.
I woke up in my bed, the warm feeling of peace spread through my body as I opened my eyes. I smiled at the idea to save my friends and got out of my bed to get ready for a day of hunting. I walked out of my room and banged on Ty's door until I heard a groan, I then continued onto the bathroom and started getting ready. By the time I was done eating breakfast Ty was ready. We walked out of the firehouse and locked the door.
"So what are we doing today?" Ty asked.
"Looking over blueprints," I said.
"For what? We need to be working on an escape plan not over new ride models."
"I know."
"Then why are we looking over blue prints?"
"Well I want to know what I'm walking into unless you want to go in there blind."
"Fine, so where do we get them?"
"Well we could Google it but I prefer to go to the real ones in Glendale."
"Glendale? We have to drive all the way to Glendale"
"Yes."
"Why? There has to be some that are here."
"There probably are some, but the last time I went to get blue prints for a ride the OT's already had them. So I'm going strait to the place where they make the rides."
"A. K. A. Glendale."
"Yep."
"So why are they in Glendale?"
"Glendale is where the imagineers work. When I have a meeting with them though it is more convenient to have it here."
"So we are shuffling through papers today, seems like an adventure," Ty said with sarcasm dripping of his words.
"It's only an adventure when they already have the prints," I said as I opened the car door up and threw the keys to Ty. "You have a license right?"
"Yes, it was the one thing that they let me get that was normal," he said as he put the keys in the ignition. "So who's car is this?"
"Wayne's."
"How did you get the keys?" he asked as we pulled out of the parking lot.
"I knew where he put them and since he is kinda not able to drive right now I thought he wouldn't mind us borrowing it."
"Yeah. So do you know where to go."
"Yep just get on the free way and I'll tell you the rest."
It seemed like forever as we drove on the freeway and exiting driving towards the lot. I was board, impatient for tonight, and had no game plan. I knew that winging it wasn't the smartest thing on Earth, but I needed something that was substantial. A plan was something that wasn't really coming to me. I tugged on my hair as we pulled into the open parking spot that was no where near the entrance to the building.
We got out of the car and walked into the building unnoticed. I really didn't need any trouble today and I definitely didn't want to be questioned on why I was here today. I walked down a few dark hallways and into a room that was filled with rolls of blue scrolls, a computer and a table with a few chairs. I looked to Ty before he hit the computer and I started scouring the walls for blue prints for the Tower of Terror.
It took forever for me to find the blue print even though it was right in front of my face. Why can't people just put thing where they are hidden then I could find them easily. Wait, that was it! The most obvious place to hide them would be where they were hidden. I looked at the blue prints and started eliminating spots for them. There was the roof, the sign, The Tip Top Club, and the rooms in the ride. They had to be hiding plain sight because the Overtakers know that I would never look there.
I smiled as I looked at the layout of the areas that they would mostly be in. I wasn't going to risk taking the elevator this trip, flying or walking was the only resort, we would have to check out the roof and work our way down. I knew that flying wasn't a favorite of every one but we would need to do it, I wasn't even going to think about risking the stairs. Suddenly I felt a tap on my shoulder and turned around with my fist ready for action.
"Hold on there," Ty said catching my fist before it made contact with his face.
"Sorry, zoned out and it was a knee jerk reaction," I mumbled as I focused back on the prints.
"Hold on there, I know that look, what are you thinking?"
"About tacos, what do you think I'm thinking about?" I said sarcastically
"So you have a plan?"
"Ty, if you were going to hide something from me where would you hide it?"
"I've only know you for a while but, I would put it on a stick with a huge neon sign right in font of your face," his expression changed from a joking smile to a face of full understanding. "They are hiding in plain sight."
"Well as you said, got to put a neon sign on it for me to avoid it. I narrowed it down to the roof, The Tip Top Club, the sign, and the rooms that are inside the ride."
"The Tip Top Club is only there at night so it really isn't in that plain of sight we might as well check it out."
"So what is your big plan for tonight?"
"How do you feel about flying?" I said.
"I defiantly don't like flying!" Ty gasped as we soared over the Tower of Terror in various forms. I hovered a few feet away from Dumbo that had Ty sitting on his back, Finn was sitting behind him shaking his head at Ty.
"Please shut up before someone hears you," Finn said.
"Why should I?" the terrified Ty said from in front.
"One, this isn't the most dangerous thing you will do around Kid. Two, you have lived with the Overtakers and are afraid of ridding Dumbo? Three, I don't want to be seen riding an elephant in a ninja suit. Speaking of why aren't you ridding one of these guys?" Finn whispered harshly.
"True, but do you realize that if this elephant gets scared the drop is over two hundred feet? And personally heights plus OTs mean pain."
"That isn't that bad Ty, you should have seen what the guys at college would do to me when I killed the curve. Finn, I can fly, I don't need to ride Dumbo." I laughed as the two stared at me. I turned my head back to see that Mickey and Oswald were on a second Dumbo not to far behind, followed by a third one for the rest of the team. This was our only chance to get them back and then regroup for the two weeks ahead.
I saw the roof and shot down at it rolled and landed on the roof. I rolled and stood up and saw the others following my example. I looked around the roof for a vent that was suppose to be sitting near the side.
"You guys see anything?" I asked in a hushed whisper.
"Nope. To the club?" Finn asked.
"Yep," I said as I lifted the vent and climbed in.
"I don't get why she always goes first. Isn't she the one we really need to protect?" I heard Ty say.
"We don't protect her from others, we protect her from herself," Finn said in response climbing in the vent. I shook my head in to response this and climbed on my hands and knees through the vent.
I looked for the small room that had a fake light on at night and was suppose to hold my friends. I saw the light coming up and looked through to hear a voice. I could hear the others coming and mentally told them to be quiet. The rustling stopped and I looked through the cold slitted metal to see Hook and Jafar. The look outs that they usually used were here that's a good thing, my friends must be close. I saw another form join the group, the black robes that held Frollo seemed to be as black as his heart. I was still as his eyes scanned the room, he could sense us better then one of the older villains.
"Who else is in here?" Frollo asked in a morbid tone.
"No one but us and the prisoners in the chains," Jafar said.
"Are you sure?"
"Of corse we are sure! Do you question our superiority? We have been in this park longer then you and part of the Overtakers longer. Don't think that just because you are part of the plan to take over and kill the girl that you are better then us," Hook yelled.
"Says the man who couldn't kill a boy," Frollo said.
"Look who's talking! Weren't you the one who was beaten by gypsies and a hunchback?" Hook accused.
"Ha, I was overthrown by many, but you two were vanquished by a mere street rat and a flying boy."
"Well just to let you know that that flying boy is now tied in chains and an anchor tied to a rope that hangs a hundred and fifty feet in the air. All I need to do is cut the rope and that boy plummets to his death. Although I can't do that due to the fact that the boy is the girls undoing." Hook rambled on.
They were outside on the sign. Peter inches from death, all because of me. They could still be in here but to be saved they at least needed a few minutes to get them free.
"Mickey, Finn, Ty, they are outside on the sign. Tink's going to be outside next to Peter, put all the people who can't or won't fly on Dumbo and pixie dust up everyone else. Peter is on a trip wire you cut him free you alert Hook, save him for last and carry him out in the chains," I whispered to the others. "I want them out of here and quick, take them to the apartment. I'll distract the meat brains. Got it"
"Kid this is dangerous," Finn pleaded in a whisper.
"What if they capture you?" Ty asked in the same hushed tone.
"Me captured? Never."
"I have to say that is false on many accounts," Ty said.
"Shut up, I'll be careful. If I'm not don't come back for me, I'll find a way out somehow."
"So how long do you think we have?" Ty asked.
"15 minutes tops, I'll be in the apartment in twenty. Good luck guys, get the job done." They started getting out of the vent as I waited for the sound of the vent returning to its position so I could start. The clatter sounded and my time started.
"What was that?" Frollo asked. I started banging on the walls to make it sound like I was coming down the vent. "Someone go check the prisoners!"
"No, wait. The girl's the only one we want, if that's her we don't want to make it easy to get them. If we capture her for the boss then we have her and her team, escape will be impossible for them," Jafar said. Showtime.
I 'fell' through the vent landing on the table looking up at the three. "Uh-oh."
"Get her!" Hook yelled.
So I ran. What else was I going to do if I wanted to get out of there alive. I could hear the shouts of "Get her blokes" and " She's just a stupid girl" from behind as more foot steps joined the three that were already following me. I didn't look back, that would only slow me down. I saw the shafts up a head that could only trap me. I ran through the mazes of cat walks and small stairs only to run into a wall.
The only thing that could stop me, solid steel trapped me from the gaining men. This wasn't the end. The couldn't be the end it had only been about five minutes. I saw the eyes closing in on me as I looked around for something that could distract them or an escape for me. My eyes darted looking for anything. Cables, shafts, and vents, there was nothing to help me. I waited with my sword out for them. They started to slow as they saw me standing with my sword out.
"Now where to go, stuck like a caged bird," Hook sneered.
"Well, are you going to fight or stand there counting your chickens before they've hatched?"
"As you wish child." He pulled out his sword as I waited for the first blow.
I didn't have to wait long for the clash of metal. I parried and thrust my sword at Hook trying to get away from the wall that could trap me. No one was joining in to help Hook, in fact where was Jafar and Frollo. I didn't want to focus my powers on them and get distracted. I focused more on Hook trying to live long enough for everyone to escape. I heard a sound behind me but before I had enough time to react four arms had taken mine.
I squirmed to get out of the holds of Jafar and Frollo as they dragged me to the side of the cat walk. It was a short push for a long fall. I looked to the side to see the men heave me onto the side of the rail knocking the wind out of me as I hit the bar. I opened my eyes a bit to see the long fall that was in store for me. This couldn't be the end, I am the chosen one and the chosen one doesn't die. I could do anything if I just put my mind to it. So why did this seem like the end? I could feel my body being shoved over as I gripped the bar for dear life. My feet were shoved over the bar as I now gripped the last bar with all the strength I had. Frollo raised his foot ready to bring it down with all his might to send me falling into the dark shaft to my death. I closed my eyes as I thought of my team and how they would miss me how someone would have to step up and feel my shoes.
"I mean if you weren't so worried about all of this I bet that you could've already saved the others and beat the Overtakers. Usually you would've but you're too worried. That's what the Overtakers wanted too, and you are giving them what they want on a silver platter! They want you to be weak and unsure of yourself, but you have so much power that you shouldn't ever be scared or worried about them, you just need to stand up to them and take them down!" Finn's voice seem to shout that at me as I looked up into the eyes of my captors. Then I saw the meaning to the words that Finn said. I'm Katherine Isabella Disney, I can fly, I took out Hades when I didn't have a clue what I was doing, and I will not die or get captured by these meat brains not ever. I smiled before I did something that could be perceived as stupid.
"No don't throw her over block heads!" Hook shouted. "Pull her up!" he yelled more for them to save me, but I let go of the rail.
I smiled as I felt the air rush pass me. I forgot what it felt like to fly, bliss. I thought of corn dogs, snow, my team, my family as I soared up onto the ledge. The faces of Jafar and Frollo were in astonishment as I stood on the bar that once threatened my hope. I flipped my sword in my hand and then I put it in its holder. My hands glowed with a familiar warmth that meant that my powers were in working order. I raised my hands and spread the open as all the pirates along with Frollo, Hook, and Jafar feel down with no way to get up. I jumped off the rail and walked over to Hook. I grabbed his face and forced hi to look into my eyes.
"Where is Wayne?" I said so seriously that I was surprised it was my voice speaking.
"He is on the sign," Hook stuttered.
"The truth Hook," I raised a glowing hand.
"In the lobby behind the desk! Please don't hurt me!"
"Who is protecting him?"
"Frollo was!"
"If you are lying your punishment will be harsh, I know that I can't hurt you, but I know animators that would love to get a laugh out of seeing Hook in a cage underwater with a crocodile and a squid for company."
"I swear on Disney, just please don't do that to me."
"Good. I hope Maleficent goes easy on you for letting me get away, I doubt she will though."
I thought of myself in the lobby. I walked behind the desk to see Wayne in ropes and gaged. I untied the ropes and helped the old man up. Like Hook said there was no trouble for us as I walked out of the Hotel. I looked up at the sign to see three Dumbos and a troop of flyers flying back to Disneyland. I
walked back to the apartment with Wayne by my side doing his best to walk. I thought of a wheel chair and he sat down graciously. I wheeled him into the apartment and opened the door to see my team smiling back at me. Hope wasn't lost and this means the fights back on.
AN ~ Hope you guys enjoyed this chap. Reviews are welcome.
Barbie =D