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Chapter 26: Return to Cyber Cite part 2
The Autobots and the rest of the Keybladers sat near the spacebridge waiting for Jack, Arcee, Riku, and Aqua to return.
Mickey remembered what he had seen when they first arrived, Kairi giving Riku something and him seeming very nervous about it. "Kairi," the mouse approached her, "When we first got here, you gave Riku something. He seemed nervous… what was it exactly?"
"That… that is for Riku to tell. It's a very touchy subject for him but I'm sure he will tell you since you and him are so close."
The King nodded.
Suddenly, the communication system picked up an incoming transmission. "This is Breakdown calling spacebridge command. Your latest status report is overdo!"
"Uh oh!" Sora gulped, "it's the Cons!"
Bulkhead reached for the computer panel to answer but Ratchet stopped him, "No! He would recognize your voice…"
"I can make it lower… higher?"
"He would recognize mine as well," the medic sighed.
Breakdown's voice came over the system again, "Spacebridge command respond… don't make me come down there and dent some engine blocks!"
"Somebody say something!" Lea tapped his foot nervously.
Ratchet looked down at him. "Yes…" his large servo scooped up the pyro and set him on the control panel, "You can do it."
"What?!" Lea sighed and prepared to respond.
"You have one nano-click to respond or…"
"This is spacebridge control… situation normal." The pyro tried to keep his voice calm.
"Normal," Breakdown asked, "You sure about that?"
Lea quickly thought of an excuse, "We were just… calibrating the subsystems and we… uh… had a surge… but its fine now. How are you?"
Everyone caught their breath. "Lea!" Kairi wished she was up there so she could smack him upside the head, "you idiot!"
But, to everyone's surprise, Breakdown replied, "Uh… uh… never better. Keep up the good work…"
"Will do… control out." Lea looked down at the Princess of Heart. "Idiot huh?" Kairi just stuck her tongue out at him.
(With Xion)
The girl and Optimus looked at the screen. The bot sighed in exasperation, "Why would the Decepticon archives be so heavily encrypted?"
"Remember what I said…"
"I do, Xion." He began typing, the encryptions falling before his skills. The image of 'Optimus Prime' began to change. The bot's optics widened, "How could I possibly be, Optimus Prime?" The image changed to one of himself.
"I told you… things are not all that Megs tells them to be." She smiled, "Now, we just need to figure out what to do now."
(With Riku and co.)
The quartet came out of the spacebridge onto a dark, ruinous, metal planet. Jack was amazed, "Wow! I'm on another planet! I'm actually on another planet!"
Riku looked at the devastation; if he had not been to other worlds, this would have been amazing to him. But, this planet was in sad shape.
"Arcee?"
The femme's optics were full of sorrow, "This isn't how I wanted you to see my homeworld…"
"Arcee…"
"In the fog of war it's hard to see beyond the next leg of the mission or the next punch of a fight. We fought to save Cybertron, but when the fog finally cleared, there wasn't much left to save."
Aqua looked up at her, "I'm very sorry, Arcee."
The femme shook it off, "Let's just concentrating on getting Optimus back."
"So how are we supposed to find Vector Sigma?"
"Ratchet said the keycard would guide us," Jack pulled out the card and it began to glow, he moved it around and it began to glow brighter as he pointed in in a certain direction.
Riku smirked under his helmet, "Well, we have our heading." He and Aqua summoned their gliders as Jack got onto Arcee. They drove/flew through the dead planet. Jack continually guided them along their way.
"Hey Riku," Aqua asked, "Do you know why Kairi went to talk to Lea and Sora alone?"
He nodded, "I think so… Kairi has just begun to remember her past in Radiant Garden. Apparently, Lea was her best friend and was like a big brother to her."
"So, Kairi forgetting him and vanishing was just like him losing his little sister…"
"Yea…" Riku looked down; his hand involuntarily went to where his pocket would be, "… losing a little sister…"
"Riku…?"
"I'm fine…"
Jack's keycard glowed brightly, "It's that way!"
"Towards Kaon?" Arcee sounded surprised.
"What's Kaon?"
"The Decepticon capital." They kept going until they drew nearer to the formidable structure.
Arcee stopped and Jack got off. As she transformed, she said, "We go on foot from here." The Keybearers dismissed their gliders. "Don't want engine noise to attract the wrong kind of attention."
"Who, Decepticons?"
"No," the femme snarled, "vermin…" The four began walking along a long causeway towards the Decepticon capitol. Riku, the entire time, had the strange feeling that something was following them and he could not shake it.
At the entrance to Kaon, there was a large statue of Megatron. Riku smirked, "Well, someone certainly has an ego."
They entered a large round courtyard; Jack's key began to glow brighter than ever. The ground began to shake and crack beneath their feet, out of the ground rose a large metal structure. The door glowed like the keycard and opened before them.
"So, Vector Sigma's in there?"
"Kaon didn't always belong to the Decepticons," the Autobot femme explained, "Megatron took it as their capitol apparently without know what lay beneath their feet."
There was a rumbling above them; they looked up and saw a beast-like robot jumping down at them with a shriek. They jumped out of the way and looked at the foursome; it noticed the Autobot insignia on Arcee's shoulder plating. With a shriek, it charged her, knocking her back.
As the Keybearers ran to her aid, Jack called back to base, "We're being attacked by some sort of 'bot-beetle'!"
"An Insecticon!"
"A what?!"
"Why are there still Decepticons on Cybertron?"
"A few remained behind… in stasis should the, enemy return."
Riku fell back to where Jack stood. "Arcee and Aqua want us to go on ahead."
June Darby's voice came over the com, "Without Arcee! She's his guide!"
"No Nurse Darby," Ratchet told her, "The keycard is his guide."
Arcee looked back at them and yelled, "GO!"
Both boys hesitated but June spoke again, "Jack, you've made it this far. Optimus is counting on you."
"Roger that, Mom." The two boys went inside with the door closing behind them. Before the two girls were lost to sight, they saw the Insecticon slam into both of them.
(With Xion)
The girl sat in her hiding spot watching as Optimus continued his work on Megatron's project. The door swished open and the Decepticon leader himself entered. "Orion," he said, a growl evident in his voice, "have you made progress with Project Iacon?"
"It seems I'm a bit rustier than I thought," the red bot said.
Xion hoped he was fooled, but there was no such luck. "Would that have anything to do with the nature of your 'after-hours' research?" Megatron touched a key on the computer and the information on Optimus Prime appeared.
"Why does history portray me siding with the Autobot aggressors? And why did Starscream call me a Prime?" he did not mention Xion, to her relief. "I must know… who am I?"
"You are my clerk;" the Decepticon replied dangerously, "Now get back to work."
Optimus looked back at the computer and glanced briefly at the hidden human before replying, "No… I would rather erase my findings then make them available for your questionable use." He pressed a few keystrokes and all information was deleted from the computer.
He turned to leave, guessing that the human would follow him in the shadows. Megatron laughed behind him, causing the bot to halt in his tracks. The Decepticon pressed a button on the keypad and all the research appeared on the screen, much to the horror of Optimus and Xion. "Did you really think we wouldn't be watching AND recording every iota of your invaluable research?"
"Dang…" Xion murmured in annoyance, but stopped when the Decepticon leader looked right at her hiding spot.
"And don't think I am oblivious to your little friend here." His servo shot out and wrapped around the girl. "I knew there was someone driving your thirst for knowledge; one of the Keybearers…"
Xion's eyes glared at the Decepticon, "Go ahead… kill me… I'm not afraid!"
His hand was stayed as the door swished open revealing the faceless Decepticon, Soundwave. His visor showed a picture of Cybertron. Megatron looked at him and growled, "One of our sentries was activated… on Cybertron?"
"You told me our planet was dead…"
"That is beside the point! GUARDS!" Two Vehicons entered, one carrying a large clear capsule with a magic seal on the outside. Megatron approached a now frightened Optimus, "You will finish project Iacon by the time I return…" He engaged his sword. "Or I will carve out your spark before your very optics." His red optics looked down at the human struggling in his grasp, "After, I terminate your little insect friend."
He took the capsule and dropped Xion into it, sealing her in. The girl's eyes looked to Optimus in fear as she was handed over to one of the guards.
Megatron left, with his two captives under guard.
(With Aqua)
The Keyblade Master and Autobot femme continued to battle the enormous bug/bot. It transformed into a giant rhinoceros beetle and slammed into the two of them, knocking them out.
Before her world went completely dark, Aqua saw the Insecticon rip open the door that Jack and Riku went into, and went after them.
(With Riku)
The two boys walked along, the dark passage only illuminated by Jack's keycard. As they walked, a tiny clinking noise seemed to follow them. It made Jack nervous. "Do you know what's making that noise?"
"I think so, and it's not good." He reached over and pulled a loose metal bar from the floor.
They went further into the depths until they arrived a large circular room. In the center of a platform was a large space, the size of the key's original size. Jack set it down and the key grew to fill up the space. Suddenly the platform under their feet began to move back and turn upright. The boys jumped off and watched as the floor behind the key opened and a large, swirly, ball of energy rose up out of the floor.
"Whoa…"
Jack stared in awe, "This is… wow!" Streams of light began rushing into the key. "Download commencing… I think…"
(With Xion)
Xion had only felt this helpless once before, and that was back in the Organization; she sat in the capsule, only able to watch as Optimus continued with Project Iacon.
If the red bot looked over at her or his servo strayed too close to her, the Vehicons would point their blasters at him. Finally, Optimus stopped. "No one told you to stop, Pax!" The guards drew their weapons again.
Optimus turned around to them and tried to appeal to their good nature, "I believe Megatron intends to use whatever he finds in project Iacon to harm the Autobots. Please, we can warn them." But the guards attacked him, slamming him to the ground.
Xion stood as the Vehicons punched and kicked at the helpless bot, "OPTIMUS!"
"Silence, fleshling!" A guard turned around and pointed his blaster at her.
(With Riku)
The boys still stood there, watching the download continue. Riku sighed, "This is take a while…"
"Of course it is," Ratchet said over the comlink, "We are talking about the collective wisdom of the Primes!"
Suddenly, the clinking noise from before grew louder and was quickly replaced with a whirring noise. The two turned around and saw a horde of tiny, metal, creatures with razor mouths.
"WHAT THE!" The creatures passed them by and began chewing and eating Vector Sigma.
"Jack, what's wrong?"
"Scraplets!"
Riku looked at the things, "Scraplets huh…"
Ratchet sounded worried, "If they manage to chew through Vector Sigma…" Then the comlink went dead.
(With Sora and co.)
Jack reported in the problem of Scraplets, causing worry among the defenders.
"If they manage to chew through Vector Sigma…"
"So," a gravelly voice said behind them, "Vector Sigma is more than legend!" Everyone turned and saw Megatron exiting a groundbridge and coming straight for them.
"Megatron…"
He snarled at the group, "You Autobots have gone to impressive lengths to recover your leader, even leaving a human to assist him in escaping me, but rest assured, I will not underestimate you again."
"What did you do with her?" Roxas brandished his Keyblades. "WHAT DID YOU DO TO XION!?"
"The human… she still lives." He clenched his fist, "but only until her usefulness is spent. Now… I assume the one called Arcee will be stepping through that portal with the reloaded Matrix of Leadership."
Ratchet glared at the warlord, "We hold the spacebridge at all cost!" Everyone brandished her weapons and charged the warlord.
Lea and Roxas, in a rage over Xion, were the first to make contact; blasting him with fire spells. Sora followed them up, going into his final form.
Kairi stood near to the spacebridge with Naminé; suddenly, as Kairi began to charge, Naminé glowed. The glow went to Kairi and swirled around her. The battle came to a halt as a bright light filled the cavern.
It subsided and Kairi was changed. She was now dressed in a short white dress that flared out at the bottom; on her upper torso was a breastplate of yellow armor and around her waist was a yellow belt. She had long, white fingerless gloves that went past her elbows and yellow boots. Her Keyblade was now elongated to about five feet long with light surrounding it.
Sora's mouth dropped as he stared. His thoughts were interrupted as Ven pulled him out of the way of Megatron's strike. "Lover boy! Focus!"
The Princess ran forward and struck with her longer sword. Megatron blocked it but her light shone and she was able to keep him subdued. "You're going down, bucket head!"
Ratchet came in for a strike, but Megatron used his other arm to grab him and slung him into the others.
The Bots and humans were eventually put down by his pure brutality. Sora crawled over to Kairi; both were knocked out of their forms. He wrapped his arm around her shoulder and cast Cure. Neither of them could move still, due to the pain. They could only watch as Megatron awaited the return of Jack, Arcee, Aqua, and Riku.
(With Aqua)
The girl and femme both awoke at nearly the same instant. They heard a crunching noise; they looked up and saw a single Scraplet, chewing on Arcee's foot. Aqua blasted it off with a Blizzardza spell.
"The Insecticon went after the boys!" the femme stood over the girl.
Arcee transformed, "Let's roll!" Aqua got on and they drove into the passage.
(With Riku)
Jack, using his metal pole, smashed the Scraplets while Riku hacked and slashed at them, but there were too many. The raven-haired boy looked up and saw how close the Scraplets were coming to the key, "Oh, no, no, no! Don't quit now!"
"Jack, listen…" there was a humming like that of an engine coming towards them. "Arcee and Aqua! They must have beaten the Insecticon!" But coming towards them was not their friends, but the Insecticon itself. "Crap!"
The monster transformed and approached them; it looked up at the key and stopped, its optics trained, in fear, on the Scraplets. Jack noticed this with a smirk and grabbed one of the tiny creatures. "Hey guys! The main course!" He threw the Scraplet at the Insecticon; the large Decepticon immedietly panicked. The rest of the tiny creatures noticed the large bot and attacked.
"Whoa!" As the Insecticon stumbled towards the edge of the causeway, the Scraplets chewed, disconnecting its limbs just as the whole thing plummeted into the abyss below.
Behind them, the key lit up brighter and a loud beep filled the air. The room returned to its original state and the boys retrieved the key.
The noise of an engine roared up behind them as Arcee and Aqua entered. Aqua and Riku summoned their gliders as Jack got on Arcee. "I have the Matrix!"
"Let's go then!"
The quartet zipped back down the passage and towards the open spacebridge.
(With Xion)
The human could just watch as the two Vehicons attacked the helpless Optimus. One of them, most likely smirking under his mask, said, "You gotta admit… it's a privilege to stomp the former leader of the Autobots."
The red bot looked up and locked eyes with the frightened girl who pointed to the image of 'Optimus Prime' on the screen. He took a quick glance at it before the guards began their torment again.
"No!" he pleaded, "Please! Enough!" To Optimus's and everyone else's surprise, his servos changed to blasters. "I'm… I'm armed!?"
Xion gasped as the drones drew their blasters at him, "Optimus! Look Out!" They began shooting at the Prime but he shot back, albeit his optics were offline. Surprisingly, he dispatched them rather swiftly. "You did it!"
"I… I did…" He stood up and released Xion from the capsule. "You were right, Xion."
She smiled at him, "Now, let's go help the Autobots!"
(With Riku and co.)
The foursome arrived at the still-open spacebridge portal. "Ratchet, we're coming through." When there was no answer, she stopped and let Jack get off. As she transformed she commed in again, "Ratchet?"
"Something's wrong…" Aqua dismissed her glider, with Riku following suit.
The dark Keyblader slowly approached the swirling portal, "We have to go through, there's no other choice."
(With Sora and co.)
Sora and Kairi, still lying on the ground, watched as Megatron waited outside the portal. "Come Arcee, that I might end the lineage of the Primes forever."
"I cannot allow that to happen Megatron," a strong voice rang out. The two looked to see Optimus Prime exiting a groundbridge with Xion on his shoulder plating.
"And why should you care, Orion Pax?" Megaton asked, "You are no Prime."
The red bot looked at him, "That may be true, or yet another deception, but this much I do know: my sympathies lie with the Autobots, and you are not one of us!" He dispatched his blades, one of which was broken in half, and charged the warlord.
Xion leapt off him and aimed Dim Memory directly at Megatron's face. The large bot reached up and grabbed her. "I should've killed you when I first had the chance!"
Roxas looked up and saw her in Megatron's grasp, "No…"
"I will not make that mistake again!" He drew back his arm and threw her across the room, towards the steel wall.
"NO!" Roxas got to his feet and jumped upwards, intercepting the girl. He wrapped his arms around her, and the two of them crashed into the wall with Roxas taking the brunt force of it.
"Roxas!" Xion touched his face, "don't do this!" She closed her eyes and cast Curza. He remained unconscious but his wounds healed. She looked up and saw Optimus battling Megatron near the entrance to the spacebridge.
The red bot took a knee to the gut and fell. The Decepticon leader stood over him, "Your spark may be in the right place, Orion, but you have much to learn if you ever hope to stand against me again." He activated his blade. "A moment, sadly, which will never come."
From behind Megatron, the roar of an engine came. Arcee barreled through the spacebridge alongside Riku and Aqua; the three slammed into Megatron, knocking him across the room.
As they battled, Jack came through the portal behind them to where Optimus knelt. He held up the key to Vector Sigma. The humble archivist asked, "Are you certain, I am worthy?"
"You have no idea!" He held up the key and a beam of light shot out of it into Optimus's spark chamber.
As this was going on, Megatron battled Riku, Aqua, and Arcee. He managed to knock the two humans away and grabbed Arcee, slamming her against a column, "So nice of you to join our little reunion. Now if you please, the Matrix!" At that moment, he noticed Jack.
His optics went wide with surprise before narrowing in anger. He tossed the femme away and ran at the Prime and boy.
The keycard stopped shooting light into Optimus and rose up into the air, landing in Optimus's hand.
"NO!" Megatron leapt forward, sword poised to strike. Optimus turned and caught it between his servos.
"Megatron!" His battle mask engaged, "Be gone!" With that, Optimus stood and began punching Megatron. Everyone around looked up just in time to see the restored Autobot leader trounce Megatron. As they gathered around the Autobot leader, he asked, "Ratchet, how did we arrive here?"
"Long story old friend."
Lea snickered, "Gotta love amnesia…"
"Ratchet," Agent Fowler's voice came over the comlink, "We're reading five Autobot life signals down there. Is Prime with you?"
"And Jack!" The Autobots fired constantly at Megatron while the Keybearers launched spell after spell at him. A groundbridge portal appeared beside them. "It's ours!" Arcee scooped Jack into her servos and jumped through with the other organics following behind.
Lea helped Roxas and Xion through just as Bulkhead mocked, "This time, he's coming with us!" Everyone went through the portal and walked out into the Autobot base.
Behind them, Optimus came striding in, tall and proud as ever. Raf approached him timidly, "Optimus…?"
"Hello, Rafael."
Miko jumped for joy, "The Big Guy remembers us!"
Optimus's smile faltered as he noticed the Decepticon insignia on his shoulder, "Though it seems there's much I do not remember…"
"Optimus," Ratchet said," It truly has been our darkest hour, but know this: from every indication your spark never ceased being that of an Autobot!"
"Yes," his optics drifted over to the trio of humans gathered on the catwalk; he focused on the raven-haired femme. He approached, "I may not remember exactly what took place but, I remember that you risked your life for mine."
"I just wish I could've done more to help," Xion blushed.
"You did more than enough… thank you."
Suddenly, the key to Vector Sigma lit up. "Xion," Roxas smiled, "I believe you should do the honors." The girl lifted her Keyblade and sealed the Keyhole.
"So, you guys have to leave again?"
Mickey nodded, "Yup! But don't worry, we'll come back!"
"That's right!"
"Bye!"
(On the Gummi Ship)
Mickey found Riku sitting alone in the cockpit, staring into space. "Riku…"
"Oh, hi Mickey; I didn't hear you come in."
The mouse king sat down near him. "Riku, I saw Kairi give something to you when we first arrived on Cyber Cite. You seemed nervous about it."
Riku grew slightly pale, "I guess… I need to tell someone. Keeping it inside for this long is not a good thing."
"What do you mean?"
"All the people we thought were lost or dead, they're all coming back. I'm really happy for that but… I just get reminded of someone I lost that can never come back." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a small object.
He opened his hand and Mickey looked at the small thing. It was a little girl's hairclip; it was a red heart with two spreading angel wings behind it. "Who does it belong to?"
"Kikyo…"
"Who's Kikyo?" Mickey had never heard this name before.
Riku looked down at the hairclip, "My little sister…"
"Gosh Riku, I didn't know you have a sister."
"HAD a sister… as in past tense." His eyes closed, "she died when I was eight."
"Oh… I'm sorry."
Riku looked at his friend, "To be perfectly honest, her death was one of the principle reasons why I gave into darkness so easily the first time."
"Huh?"
"I blamed myself for her dying, saying that I could've saved her but I wasn't strong enough. I vowed I would never loose anyone close to me again, no matter what. I saw the darkness as a way to keep that promise."
"Gosh Riku," Mickey felt sorry for his friend, "It bothered you that much after all those years?"
He nodded, "I would carry this with me to remind me of my vow. I bought her this hairclip for her birthday, only a month before she died." He gave a small smile as he placed the clip back in his pocket. "You might find this hard to believe, but I was not always like I am now. I used to be bouncy and excited about almost everything, not as much as Sora but still. Kikyo had me wrapped around her finger. I would do anything for her and she would follow me anywhere and do anything with me. I guess that only made it worse for me when she died."
"How did she die, if you don't mind my asking?"
Riku looked at the stars outside the ship. "She always loved sea creatures, especially great white sharks. One day, we were out at the play island; I allowed her to go out with some of the other kids to look at the reef. While they were out there, a great white shark tipped over the boat; the others managed to get on while Kiki… I mean, Kikyo could not. I tried to get to her in my own boat, but when I was about five feet from her, the shark came out of the water. It bit her legs off…"
"Gosh…"
"I tried to get her to shore as fast as I could but… she bled out right before the paramedics got to her."
Mickey bit his lip, "I'm so sorry Riku. I didn't know."
"The memories have been haunting me a lot lately. I really think that if my sister were here she would be proud but… with my dark past, I don't really know."
"Riku," the king sighed, "I've told you before, you can't let your past control you. You shouldn't let the death of your sister be a reason to seek more power. I know it must have been hard but would she want you to be like this?"
"No… she wouldn't. That little angel probably would put on her best pouting face and tell me she was made at me for being mean to myself; she did that every once in a while…" He chuckled at the memory. Again, he pulled out the hairclip, "You're right… I need to let it go. I won't forget her, but I'll let her memory drive me to be a better person like she would want, and not to gain power."
"That's it Riku!"
The Keyblade Master smiled at his friend and Mickey could have sworn he saw a rare sight, tears in Riku's eyes. "Thank you, Mickey…"
CRAP I'M CRYING! It probably didn't help that I'm listening to 'In the End instrumental' while writing this but whatever.
Now we know a bit more about Riku and why he accepted darkness so easily in game 1.
Kairi's new form takes power from Naminé to create it. It is called Draw form.
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Next time…
The group goes to a world familiar to most of them. An enchanted palace where one so hideous tries to win the love of one so fair. But, will another lover destroy this romance or will one of Xehanort's men destroy this world's chance forever?
In… Beast's Castle!
Human Transformers
Riku, a hero, Keyblade Master, a great friend, and (may I just say) absolutely gorgeous. He has had his struggles in the past but none more than his unspoken one.
His sister died and he was there, that event changed him. He became closed off emotionally. He was transformed by his circumstance!
Things can transform you, for the good or for the bad. Look at Lea/Axel, he was Sïax's helper; he took people out while his friend went to the top. Then, he met
Roxas and Xion. Those two transformed him.
If you are a believer, you also need to be transformed, by God. Look at my name here on fanfiction: Rom12.2-2Cor4.6. I didn't just pick some random letters and numbers
for that. Rom12.2 or Romans 12:2 is the verse for this devo. It reads, "And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God."
We are God's children, we are in this world but we should not be of this world. We should not conform to what the world wants but ask and allow God to transform us. By doing that we can prove to this world what the will of God is.