Chapter 25: Jump City
Noel, Ken, Grace, and Zuko return to Tower of Remembrance and are in a different silver room and they look around for anything and just then someone arrives and it's Noel Replica again.
"Hey, Coward. Miss me?" Noel Replica asked.
"Oh, yeah! We missed dealin' with you, you evil bitch!" Ken yelled.
"You want to fight me again? I don't have time for that…" Noel said.
"Oh, don't worry. You won't have to worry about fighting me, because I'll just flat out kill you with my power!" Noel Replica said as she fires a dark fireball at Noel.
Noel blocks the dark fireball with Radiant Salvation and but it knocks her back.
"Noel!" Zuko said holding Noel.
"Hahahahahaha! This is going to be so EASY! Say goodbye, you little bitch!" Noel Replica said as she charges to strike but just then a bright light appears and blinds Noel Replica. "What?!" Noel Replica asked as the light pushes her back.
"What is…" Noel stops talking as the light is clearing and it reveals to be Peach with her Keyblade in hand. "P-Princess…?" Noel asked.
"I will not allow you to harm Noel here!" Peach said.
"Dammit! You showed up just to interfere?! The Count won't be so happy now, but I'll get my shot to kill you again." Noel Replica said as she leaves the room.
"Yeah! Keep runnin' bitch! We'll kick your ass soon!" Ken said.
"Th-Thank you. I didn't expect you to come here, Princess." Noel said.
"How did you know we were here?" Zuko asked.
"My heart led me here, as I sensed that Noel was in danger. I'm glad I was here in time." Peach explained.
"Um, why'm I lookin' right through you? You died and became a ghost?" Ken asked.
"No. I can only send some of my power to this place." Peach answered.
"Oh. Is that all then?" Ken asked.
"Actually, there is another reason I came here. I have two requests. One is from Sonic." Peach said.
"Sonic? What happened to him?" Noel asked.
"Don't worry. He'll be fine. He's still somewhere in the Realm of Darkness with Mario." Peach answered.
"So, what are these requests?" Zuko asked.
"First request: I understand that you have darkness in you. No matter what darkness lies in your heart, never let go of who you are. Remember to fight the darkness. It might be hard, but when there is darkness, there is always light as well." Peach said.
"Yes. That's right. I have no intention of letting the darkness change me for who I am." Noel said.
"That's great. Now for the request from Sonic: He's aware that you are attempting to discover the truth about yourself. Whatever you do, don't allow what truth holds bring heartache to you, and don't allow the truth change you. Do your best and retain a positive attitude as you learn what truth you find." Peach said.
"I will." Noel said.
"We actually planned that a while ago." Ken said.
"Good. Sonic and I will try to reach you. Do your best to stay strong, like you always have. It's obvious this tower is run by someone of great evil." Peach said as she takes out her hand and Noel tries to touch the hand but she phases through it.
"You're…an illusion?" Noel asked.
"Not to worry. We shook with our hearts. We're all connected." Peach said.
"You're right." Noel said as Peach vanishes.
"We should keep going if we want to keep trying to find your truth." Zuko said.
"Right." Noel said.
Noel makes her way through the silver room and goes for the next floor.
Meanwhile in the dark room Raphael is sensing something and it's Noel again.
"Damn that girl! I should have expected no less from the Count's daughter." Raphael said.
"No matter what obstacle she's facing, she is still going through." Makoto said.
"She's survived long enough. She must know the meaning of suffering." Raphael said.
"What about the Count's orders of standing by?" Makoto asked.
"Wait again, until our time for this comes." Raphael said.
Meanwhile Noel and her friends arrive at the next floor and they look around the current floor.
"Are we almost high in this damn tower? 'Cause I'm already tired of goin' through this place. How hard is it to find this truth?" Ken asked.
"Your complaining is not even helping with this." Zuko said.
"Piss off, Scareface." Ken said.
"We'll be there when we'll arrive. I just hope it's soon." Noel said.
Noel goes for the next door and then examines her remaining two cards and decides which to use next and later on Noel chooses the Jump City card and unlocks the door and Noel goes through the opened door.
Noel and her friends arrive at downtown Jump City and they explore around the city but while looking around the city the group see five people being surrounded by Robot Heartless and those five people are the Teen Titans.
"Hey! It's the…illusion Titans…" Ken said.
"They're in trouble either way. I have to help them." Noel said as she runs to the scene and is now with the Titans. "I'm here to help." Noel said taking out Radiant Salvation.
"Thanks a ton!" Robin said.
"These things just keep on annoyin' us." Cyborg said.
(Enter Battle!)
The Robot Heartless fire laser beams at Noel who dodges and uses Mystic Raid but the Robot Heartless fire more laser beams at Noel who counters and delivers triple slashes with Radiant Salvation and then summons Grace who uses Tackle and disappears but the Robot Heartless unleash bombs at Noel who cartwheels out of the way and then uses Leaf Strike and then uses Ether Slash but the Robot Heartless fire more laser beams but Noel dodges and summons Ken who casts Blizzard and then unleashes magic music waves and then disappears and then summons Zuko who delivers flame kicks and then disappears but the Robot Heartless unleash more bombs but Noel dodges and finds a card and it has Robin on it.
"ROBIN!" Noel called and Robin appears.
"I have you!" Robin said as he throws his birderangs at the Robot Heartless and disappears.
The Robot Heartless fire missiles at Noel who dodges the missiles and then uses Drill Blade but the Robot Heartless unleash more bombs but Noel slashes with Radiant Salvation and then delivers a flip slash with her Keyblade but the Robot Heartless fire laser beams but Noel dodges and finds another card and it has Cyborg on it.
"CYRBORG!" Noel called and Cyborg appears.
"Gotcha!" Cyborg said as he fires a laser beam from his arm cannon and then disappears.
The Robot Heartless fire more missiles and then fires more bombs but Noel counters and uses Bubble Storm and then uses Poison Edge but the Robot Heartless fire laser beams but Noel cartwheels and finds another card and it has Starfire on it.
"STARFIRE!" Noel called and Starfire appears.
"This ends now!" Starfire said as she fires her star bolts and then disappears.
The Robot Heartless unleash bombs on Noel who dodges and delivers two horizontal slashes with Radiant Salvation and then delivers two diagonal slashes with her Keyblade but the Robot Heartless fire more missiles but Noel dodges and finds another card and it has Beast Boy on it.
"BEAST BOY!" Noel called and Beast Boy appears.
"I'm gettin' wild!" Beast Boy said as he transforms into a green tiger and attacks with his claws and then disappears.
The Robot Heartless fire more laser beams at Noel who dodges and then uses Shadow Orb and then uses Dark Raid but the Robot Heartless fire more missiles and unleash more bombs but Noel dodges and finds another card and it has Raven on it.
"RAVEN!" Noel called and Raven appears.
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" Raven yelled as she uses her black energy to lift the Robot Heartless and throws them and then disappears.
The Robot Heartless keep firing laser beams but Noel dodges and then delivers four slashes with Radiant Salvation and then delivers a swing slash with her Keyblade and then casts Thunder but the Robot Heartless fires missiles but Noel cartwheels and then delivers a cartwheels slash with Radiant Salvation and finishes off the Robot Heartless.
After the fight the group begin talking to the Titans.
"Thanks for the help." Robin said.
"Those things were a being a real pain." Raven said.
"It was nothing." Noel said.
"I didn't think a giant key would actually beat those things." Beast Boy said.
"Never mind that now. We gotta get back to our mission." Cyborg said.
"Cyborg's right. We have to hurry to that abandoned factory." Robin said.
"Uh, what mission?" Ken asked.
"And why the factory?" Zuko asked.
"Someone has planted a giant bomb in an abandoned factory, and will go off any minute. It could wipe out this entire city." Robin said.
"We have to hurry and disarm it before that happens." Cyborg said.
"Is it okay if we help?" Noel asked.
"You wish to be of assistance again?" Starfire asked.
"If that's okay…" Noel said.
"Sure. We'd like some more help." Robin said.
"Great. Let's go find that factory." Ken said.
"I know the way there. Better hurry." Cyborg said.
Noel makes her way through Jump City while fighting off Black Xetis and Heartless in her way and keeps going through the city while following Cyborg through the city and later on the group arrive at the outskirts of Jump City and arrive at a factory that looks damaged and they search around.
"Oh, no…" Noel said.
"What?" Ken asked.
"This was the same place I was tricked into, and lost to Odium…" Noel said.
"That's right, but Noel. That's past now. Odium won't bother us anymore." Zuko said.
"C'mon. Let's help the Titans find that bomb and disarm it." Ken said.
"Right." Noel said.
The group search the factory and later on they find a room and they see a black and yellow giant bomb.
"This must be the bomb. Cyborg, we'd better disarm it." Robin said.
"Way ahead of you." Cyborg said.
Just then Zombie Black Xetis appear.
"Super. More like them." Raven said.
"You gotta be kiddin' me." Cyborg said.
"We'll hold them off for you while you disarm that bomb." Noel said.
"That's good. Thanks, Noel." Robin said.
"We will also fight them off." Starfire said.
(Enter Battle!)
The Zombie Black Xetis attack Noel with their limbs but Noel cartwheels out of the way and then slashes with Radiant Salvation and then casts Fire to burn the Zombie Black Xetis but the Zombie Black Xetis throw their arms but Noel counters and uses Fire Raid to strike and then summons Starfire who fires star beams and disappears but the Zombie Black Xetis spin attack with their arms but Noel counters and delivers two 360 slashes with Radiant Salvation and then uses Bubble Storm but the Zombie Black Xetis attack with their limbs but Noel summons Ken who casts Thunder and then throws magic music bombs and then disappears and then summons Raven who unleashes black energy beams and then disappears but the Zombie Black Xetis dig underground and then rise up to attack Noel who dodges and then uses Plasma Slash and then summons Beast Boy who transforms into a green gorilla and delivers giant punches and disappears but the Zombie Black Xetis throw their arms but Noel casts Erath to strike and then summons Grace who uses Bite and then disappears but the Zombie Black Xetis spin attack with their arms but Noel counters and then delivers two horizontal slashes with Radiant Salvation and then swing slashes with her Keyblade and defeats the Zombie Black Xetis.
As the fight is over Robin and Cyborg finish disarming the bomb.
"Boo-yah! That bomb is just as done!" Cyborg said.
Just then an explosion occurs and the entire factory is destroyed but the group is okay due to Raven's black energy barrier.
"That was close." Raven said.
"Quick thinking, Raven." Zuko said.
"I don't understand. I thought we disarmed the bomb." Robin said.
"But how was this possible?" Starfire asked.
"Something's not right. I made sure the bomb was disabled." Cyborg said.
Just then Noel finds something on the ground.
"Um, guys. There's something here." Noel said as she picks up what she found and shows it to the group.
"What's this?" Robin asked and it looks like a tiny metal piece with the letter 'S' on it. "This can't be it…" Robin said.
"What's up?" Ken asked.
"Let's go back to the tower, and investigate this thing Noel found." Robin said.
Noel makes her way out of the destroyed factory and goes back to the city and makes her way through the city while fighting off more Black Xetis and Heartless in her way and keeps going through the city and later on the group arrive at the Titans' Tower and are in the quarters room and Robin starts using the metal piece for investigation and later on the computer reveals something.
"I should have known! There was another bomb in the factory." Robin said.
"A second bomb? How come we didn't see that one?" Cyborg asked.
"It wasn't just a bomb, but a tiny grenade. Guess who is responsible for this; Slade." Robin said.
"That's no surprise." Raven said.
"What is he up to now?" Starfire asked.
"I'm not sure, but whatever it is, we can't let him get away with it." Robin said.
"But where is Slade now? How can we…" Noel was cut off by the alarm going off.
"Now what?" Cyborg asked.
"There's a disturbance at the museum! My guess is that it's those monsters that have been appearing recently." Robin said.
"It's the Black Xetis and the Heartless again. We have to go there and stop this." Noel said.
"She's right. Titans, move out!" Robin said as the Titans start moving out of the tower.
"Let's go." Noel said as she, Ken, Grace, and Zuko leave the tower.
Noel makes her way through the city and the group later arrive at the museum and they see two more bombs inside the museum.
"Two more?!" Cyborg asked.
"Slade is trying to make things even more difficult." Raven said.
"How're we supposed to disarm them at the same time?" Beast Boy asked.
"Cyborg, you get one bomb while I handle the other." Robin said.
"Got it!" Cyborg said.
Just then Werewolf Black Xetis and Large Body Heartless appear.
"Not this AGAIN!" Beast Boy said.
"We can handle them again." Noel said taking out Radiant Salvation.
"Deal with the Black Xetis and the Heartless and Cyborg and I will handle the bombs." Robin said and Noel nods.
(Enter Battle!)
The Werewolf Black Xetis attack with their claws while the Large Body Heartless deliver double punches but Noel dodges and slashes at the Werewolf Black Xetis with Radiant Salvation and then casts Gravity at the Large Body Heartless but the Large Body Heartless jump and land on the ground and unleash shock waves while the Werewolf Black Xetis bite with their fangs but Noel summons Grace who uses Growl and then disappears and then summons Beast Boy who transforms into a green bear and slashes with his claws and disappears but the Werewolf Black Xetis unleash howls but Noel delivers two vertical slashes with Radiant Salvation and then delivers a flip slash with her Keyblade but Large Body Heartless body charge at Noel who gets behind and slashes at their backs and then summons Starfire who throws star bolts and disappears and then summons Zuko who unleashes a jet of fire and then disappears but the Large Body Heartless start to get mad while the Werewolf Black Xetis enter their frenzy mode and attack Noel who counters and uses Ether Slash and then summons Ken who shoots magic music notes and then casts Thunder and disappears and then summons Raven who uses her telekinesis to attack and then disappears but the Werewolf Black Xetis attack with their claws while the Large Body Heartless charge but Noel uses Mystic Raid on the Werewolf Black Xetis and then casts Earth on the Large Body Heartless and defeats them.
After dealing with the Black Xetis and the Heartless the group see Robin and Cyborg disarming the two bombs and the bombs are disabled.
"That's done, but what if another grenade goes off?" Cyborg asked.
"There!" Noel said as she sees another tiny grenade and so Noel quickly runs for the grenade and takes it and then throws it outside in the air before it goes off and explodes.
"Good work, Noel. Looks like the museum is safe." Robin said.
"What about Slade? He could be around anywhere." Raven said.
"That's true. Our priority now is to find and stop Slade from causing more destruction." Robin said.
"Oh, I would love to see you try, Robin." A voice said and the group see someone on a roof of a building and it's Slade.
"Slade!" Robin said with hostility.
"I see you have stopped my other bombs and my grenade. How impressive, despite failing to stop my first grenade." Slade said.
"What are you up to this time?" Beast Boy asked.
"You're in for a big surprise, Beast Boy. However, you will not be able to stop what is to come." Slade said.
"If it's another bomb or another explosion device, we will…" Robin was cut off by Slade.
"Oh, it's something like that, Robin, but unfortunately for you, time will not be on your side. I've hidden the next bomb. You had best find it before the city is doomed, and it will be on your hands, Titans." Slade said as he leaves the roof of the building.
"Damn him! We gotta find that last bomb so you guys and disarm it!" Ken said.
"But where could the last bomb be located? It is obvious that Slade did not establish the location." Starfire said.
"He forgot I can track. I'll just try to determine the bombs location, and we'll discover it, and Rob and I will disable the thing in no time." Cyborg said as he tries to determine the bomb's location but something is not right. "Oh, man!" Cyborg said.
"What happened?" Zuko asked.
"I can't get the location of the final bomb. It's like Slade knew what I was doing." Cyborg said.
"I guess we'll have to find that bomb the old fashioned way. Let's just hope we'll find it in time." Robin said.
"I'm sure we'll find it. Hopefully before that bomb goes off." Noel said.
Noel makes her way through the city while fighting off Black Xetis and Heartless in her way and keeps going through the city while searching for the final bomb but so far there is nothing but Noel keeps searching the city for the bomb and later on while the group are searching the city for the final bomb Noel sees some Black Xetis and Heartless going into a manhole.
"Why are they going down the manhole?" Noel asked.
"I'm not liking this." Ken said.
"Should we follow them?" Raven asked.
"When there is a Black Xeti, Heartless, or both, it can't be good. We should follow them and see what they're up to." Zuko said.
"Then into the manhole." Robin said.
"Oh, man! Do we really have to be in the sewer?" Cyborg asked.
The group jump down the manhole and the group are now in the sewer.
"The Black Xetis and the Heartless have to be around here. Let's go follow where their path is." Noel said.
"If you say so." Beast Boy said.
"Let's go find out what they're up to now." Zuko said.
Noel makes her way through the sewer while fighting off Black Xetis and Heartless and then keeps going through the sewer and later on the group arrive at a bigger sewer area with many pipes that are pouring down sewer water and the group search around and then the group find something.
"Look!" Noel said and the group see a big bomb.
"That must be the bomb!" Raven said.
"Boo-yeah! And we're not too late!" Cyborg said.
"Let's hurry and disarm this bomb." Robin said.
Just then Robot Heartless and Phantom Black Xetis appear.
"No you don't." Noel said as she slashes at the Phantom Black Xetis and the Robot Heartless with her Keyblade and defeats them. "Hurry!" Noel said.
"Yeah! Gotcha!" Cyborg said.
Robin and Cyborg begin to disarm the bomb and later on the bomb is disabled.
"That's done." Robin said.
"Not yet. What about that…" Ken was cut off.
"There!" Noel said as she finds the tiny grenade and makes her way to get to it and then grabs it and throws it into the water causing an explosion while the sewer water rises up and makes little sewer rain until it ends.
"Well, that's done." Zuko said.
"Now let's…" Robin was cut off by something coming to the group and it's Slade who delivers a kick but the group manage to dodge.
"Slade!" Noel said.
"You never cease to surprise me, Titans. You and that girl just keep trying to protect the city." Slade said.
"Why are you doing this?! Are you this sick, Slade?!" Robin demanded.
"Come now, Robin. Did you think I did all this for fun? No. This was an attempt to destroy both the city and all of you." Slade said.
"Too bad that didn't work, you evil masked bastard!" Ken said.
"It's over, Slade. Your plan has failed. You can't take all of us on." Noel said.
(Theme: Face It)
"Foolish little girl. I always have things up my sleeve." Slade said.
"Oh, so you're gonna fight us now?" Beast Boy asked.
"That cannot work well for you, considering we will work together to defeat you!" Starfire said.
"Just admit defeat and get out, Slade." Raven said.
"I think not. It's time for the Titans to finally cease to exist." Slade said.
"You brought this on yourself." Noel said.
(Enter Battle!)
(Boss Theme: Fight For My Friends)
Noel is standing face-to-face against Slade who takes out a pole and prepares to fight Noel.
Slade attacks Noel with his pole with a swing but Noel dodges out of the way and Noel triple slashes with Radiant Salvation but Slade delivers a roundhouse kick but Noel dodges and delivers three horizontal slashes with Radiant Salvation and then delivers a 360 slash with her Keyblade but Slade throws grenades but Noel uses Drill Blade and then casts Aero and sends Slade in the air but Slade recovers and delivers multi punches at Noel and then delivers a strong kick but Noel recovers herself and then summons Raven who unleashes her black energy to strike and then disappears and then summons Beast Boy who transforms into a green lion and attacks with his claws and then disappears but Slade throws more grenades at Noel who cartwheels out of the way and then uses Rainbow Surge to strike and then summons Zuko who unleashes a barrage of fireballs and then disappears but Slade attacks with his pole and then delivers a roundhouse kick but Noel dodges out of the way and then delivers four diagonal slashes with Radiant Salvation and then casts Blizzard but Slade delivers a swing with his pole and then delivers a somersault kick but Noel dodges and delivers a 360 slash.
Slade retaliates with a pole slam on the ground at Noel who cartwheels out of the and then delivers three vertical slashes with Radiant Salvation and then delivers a horizontal slash but Slade parries Noel's attack and strikes back but Noel manages to dodge and then summons Aang who unleashes whirlwinds and disappears and then summons Morgiana who delivers a leap kick and disappears but Slade throws a smoke grenade at Noel to blind her but Noel dodges and uses Triple Blizzard but Slade delivers two punches and then delivers a roundhouse kick but Noel counters and slashes with Radiant Salvation and then summons Cyborg who fires his laser beam from his arm cannon and disappears and then summons Starfire who shoots star bolts and then disappears but Slade delivers a quick uppercut but Noel recovers and then uses Plasma Slash and then summons Grace who uses Tackle and then disappears but Slade triple swings with his pole but Noel counters and delivers a flip slash with Radiant Salvation and then uses Leaf Strike but Slade parries again and strikes back but Noel delivers three diagonal slashes with Radiant Salvation and then delivers a cartwheel slash with her Keyblade but Slade delivers three strong punches but Noel summons Carmelita who fires electric shots from her shock pistol and disappears.
Slade multi strikes with his pole at Noel who dodges the multi swing and uses Ether Slash but Slade throws more grenades but Noel dodges them and summons Cream who throws Omochao Bomb and it explodes and disappears and then uses Shadow Orb but Slade delivers two strong punches and then delivers a somersault kick but Noel counters and delivers three horizontal slashes with Radiant Salvation and then casts Thunder but Slade slams his pole to the ground but Noel dodges the pole slamming and then summons Robin who attacks with his pole three times and then disappears but Slade throws ten grenades but Noel dodges the ten grenades and then summons Katara who throws ice daggers and disappears but Slade delivers a series of punches and then delivers a strong flip kick but Noel counters and delivers a flip slash with Radiant Salvation and then casts Fire but Slade throws smoke grenades to blind Noel but Noel avoids the smoke grenades and then uses Mystic Raid to strike but Slade delivers four punches and then delivers two roundhouse kicks but Noel counters and delivers two 360 slashes with Radiant Salvation and then delivers a downward slash with her Keyblade and then summons Ken who unleashes magic music waves and then casts Earth and disappears but Slade retaliates with a multi pole swing and then delivers a powerful kick but Noel counters and then delivers four horizontal slashes with Radiant Salvation and then delivers a diagonal slash with her Keyblade and finishes off Slade and is defeated.
After the battle a card appears before Noel and it transforms into an ability.
(Obtained: Dancing Blade)
After the battle against Slade the group and the Titans return to the tower.
"We managed to stop Slade, but he got away." Raven said.
"That doesn't matter. If he shows his face again, we'll be ready." Robin said.
"At least the city is safe for now." Noel said.
"Yep. It is. Thanks for the help, girl." Cyborg said.
"Yes! We are truly grateful for what you been doing." Starfire said.
"For helping us out, Noel, we've decided to make you and your friends honorary Teen Titans." Robin said.
"Thank you, Robin." Noel said.
"Hey, now that we helped enough, it's time to go?" Ken asked.
"Yes." Noel answered.
"You guys're goin' already?" Cyborg asked.
"Where will you guys go?" Beast Boy asked.
"I have a path to follow. What I'm looking for is still far, but I'm willing to find it." Noel said.
"Really? Well, whatever you're trying find sounds important." Raven said.
"Well, I hope you find what you're looking for." Robin said.
"We wish you all good luck!" Starfire said.
"Thanks. We'll see you around." Noel said as the group leave the tower.
Noel makes her way through downtown Jump City and later on she finds the same door and so Noel goes for the door and later on Noel reaches the door and then Noel goes through the door and then leaves Jump City.
To be continued...