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Chapter 27 – A Failed Rescue

I was standing in the in-between. All was quiet; the Nobody symbols were flowing across the ground and sky as usual.

"Megan" came a voice from all around me. It was Riku's.

I turned in all directions, looking around, but couldn't find its source. It seemed to be coming from the sky.

"We're coming to get you. Meet us at the highest point of the castle, at the Alter of Naught" Riku's voice continued.

I opened my eyes. I was lying in bed in my castle room. They were coming. DiZ was coming to the castle. I knew what I needed to do.

Heading out the door, I went toward the room of thrones where meetings were conducted. The Round Room I think they called it. I took the route I remembered Axel showing me from my room. Coming to the double doors, I opened them, and walked inside.

Stepping up on the central platform, I looked up. Xemnas was sitting up high on his throne. I looked at him confidently.

"Xemnas" I said. "DiZ is coming".

Xemnas' face showed a hint of satisfaction, but only for a moment.

"Where" he said slowly, but calmly.

"The highest area of the castle; at the Alter of Naught" I responded.

"Go. We will not be far behind" he said as he reached out his hand, and opened a portal beside me.

I nodded at him, and then walked through it. Coming out on the other side, I was high up above the castle, standing on one side of the Alter of Naught. Kingdom Hearts was shining large and bright to my right. It was the only thing illuminating the dark sky above.

I looked around. There wasn't anyone else there yet. I looked at the ground, bowing my head slightly. DiZ was not to be trusted. Of that I was sure. He had kept too much from me. I didn't know what his true objectives were.

I wasn't sure if Xemnas could be trusted either, but there were good people in the Organization working toward a noble goal. They were trying to get hearts of their own. Roxas and Axel were working toward that goal too. They were my friends, and I would protect them. Protect them from whatever plans DiZ had in mind. Even if that meant working for Xemnas.

I heard a portal open across from me, at the other side of the alter. Two figures walked through. One dressed in red, the other in black. DiZ and Riku. Riku's hood was down, and he wore a blindfold. His long silver hair flowed out behind him. Kingdom Hearts shone brightly in the space between us. I didn't lift my head, instead continuing to look at the ground.

"Megan, come!" urged DiZ. "We must leave quickly!".

I didn't move, but instead reached out my right hand to the side, and summoned my Keyblade. DiZ and Riku's heads fell back in shock. There was silence for a few moments. Then I heard thirteen people appear out of the darkness a few paces behind me. All thirteen members of the Organization had appeared in a wide grouping reaching from a short distance to my right, to the same on my left.

"Megan, what are you doing?!" asked DiZ incredulously. I looked up at him.

"Xemnas told me everything" I began seriously. "You kept me in the dark my whole life; supressed a part of me. How could I ever trust you?". I paused, and then continued more passionately. "You're trying to destroy all Nobodies. Not all of them are bad! They deserve to exist!".

I slowly backed up a couple paces, coming to stand just in front of the Organization. Standing with them. Xemnas smirked behind me.

"Megan, you don't understand–" DiZ began, but was interrupted when Xigbar stepped up to my right.

"Oh, she understands perfectly" he said. "You kept her in the dark about her powers because it would mess with your plans".

DiZ gritted his teeth. "Grrr…" he said. He then turned his head toward Riku. "Riku, we must leave. This is not the time for this".

Riku opened a portal next to them, and they departed. Once the portal disappeared, I took a deep breath, calming a bit of the adrenaline I felt. Xemnas walked up to my left side, and placed his hand on my shoulder.

"Well done, Megan" he said calmly.

I looked up at him, surprised that I was getting a compliment from the Superior himself. He returned with a look of reassurance and confidence.

"Come. Let us go back inside" he said.

The others teleported away, leaving myself and Xemnas. He opened a portal, and motioned for me the enter. I looked up at the large Kingdom Hearts one last time, and then went through.


"We waited too long!" cursed DiZ, banging his fist against the table of monitors. "They've filled her mind with lies!".

"Calm down" said Riku. "We'll get her back. It'll just take more time".

"Time does not seem to be a luxury we have" said DiZ. "They've turned her against us. She will not come willingly".

"We'll figure it out" said Riku.


I came out in the common area. Everyone was either sitting on couches or standing around making small talk. An arm suddenly wrapped around my neck from the left.

"Welcome to the team, Megan!" Xigbar said cheerfully as he shook my head from left to right.

He was clearly having fun at my expense. I looked up at him after a few seconds, still in a headlock, realizing what he had just said.

"The… team?" I said, confused. He smiled.

"Yeah! You've just proven your loyalty!" he replied.

I didn't know what to say. I just stared at his one eye. Axel and Roxas walked up to us. We both looked up at them.

"Xigbar, let her out of the headlock, will ya?" said Axel nonchalantly, scratching his head. "I don't think she's enjoying it very much".

He was right. My neck was starting to ache from being held in a horizontal position for so long. Xigbar grunted and released me. I rubbed my neck slightly. He walked off, smiling and waving.

"Later, Megan!" he said cheerfully.

I turned to Axel, still holding the back of my neck.

"Uh, thanks" I said. "He's really got a strong grip…".

Axel half laughed, smiling. "Yeah, well… he's used to doing it to guys. He tried it on Larxene once, but she scared him half to death with her temper after that, so he's never tried it with a girl again until now".

I chuckled. "I could see that coming from Larxene" I said.

There was silence for a brief moment. Then Roxas spoke.

"Those were some strong words you said up there" he began. "I didn't realize that's how you really felt".

I blushed. "You guys are my friends. I wouldn't want anything to take that away" I said shyly. "Nobody or Somebody, it doesn't matter. You still deserve to have a life of your own".

I looked at them. They looked back at me proudly.

Saïx walked into the middle of the room clapping to gain everyone's attention. "You all have missions to do" he said. "I still expect them to be completed by the end of the day".

I heard a few groans as members began opening portals to leave for their missions. The room slowly cleared out. Saïx walked up to Axel, Roxas, and I.

"The three of you will be together on a mission today" he said to us.

"Three? That's a rarity" said Axel surprised.

Saïx' expression didn't change as he continued. "It's been reported that there's a particularly large population of Heartless in Twilight Town, as well as a strong, larger Heartless. Your mission is to take care of all of them".

With that, he walked away. I looked at Axel and Roxas excitedly.

"We get to go on a mission together! The three of us!" I said.

It was like a dream come true. I remembered in the game that Roxas and Axel had had to beg Saïx to go on a three-person mission with Xion to cover up the fact that she didn't have her Keyblade. It had been really hard. Here, it had just happened on its own!

"Well, you ready to go?" asked Axel with kindness to me.

It was like even more walls had come down between us now. His emerald eyes looked at me the same way he looked at Roxas.

"Yep!" I said cheerfully.

He turned and opened a portal. The three of us walked through together. Coming out on the other side, we arrived at the far end of Station Plaza. The train station building was to our right. It was a large open area.

I had no doubt a bunch of Heartless would appear here, and I was right. Three groups appeared in the space in front of us. A group of Shadows, a group of Soldiers, and a group of Scarlet Tangos floating in the air.

"Time to get to work!" said Axel.

Roxas and I summoned our Keyblades on either side of Axel, as he summoned his chakrams. Roxas ran at the Shadows, Axel at the Soldiers, and myself the Scarlet Tangos. We moved in unison, attacking all three groups at once. We made a good team.

I took out the first of the three Scarlet Tangos that had appeared, but the others proved troublesome. They always loved to float out of the way every time I went in for an attack. I jumped out of the way just as one of them sent a fireball at me, and then turned and took it out. The last one floated a short distance away.

"You're not getting away from me!" I said as I ran at it.

I leaped into the air, and took it out with a strong final slash, coming to land with one knee bent. That was all the ones in my group. I turned around to see Axel and Roxas just finishing off theirs. As they took out the last ones, we all turned to face each other and smiled.

"Alright! This'll be a piece of cake!" said Roxas.

"Nice teamwork everyone!" said Axel.

I smiled. This was going to be the best mission ever. We walked up to each other and gave high fives all around. It was a cheerful start to the mission.

As we continued on down Station Heights, there were a few groups of Heartless scattered here and there, but nothing much for us. Taking them out with ease, we continued on. We proceeded down to Tram Common. Entering the large area, I knew there would be a large population of Heartless. With so many nooks and crannies to explore, they were bound to be hiding around every corner.

As we entered the large open area with a cylindrical building, groups of Heartless appeared everywhere. These ones were different. There were Mega-Shadows, Deserters, Air Soldiers, and even Dire Plants. I thought I had had enough fun with them in the Underworld…

"Wow. That's a lot of Heartless. Everybody ready?" asked Axel.

Roxas and I nodded. Keyblades and Chakrams at the ready, we each ran at a different group. I came across a group of Deserters, and slashed at the first one. It disappeared no problem, but its' companions moved out of the way before I could land a blow. I tried slashing at a second one, but it moved out of the way too quickly. The next thing I knew, all four-remaining ran at me at once from all directions.

The one from behind struck first; I didn't even see it coming. It hit from behind, causing me to fall forward slightly, just narrowly avoiding the one attacking from the front. I turned and parried a blow from the one to my left, and took it out in a single slash. Then, lifting my Keyblade up in the air, I yelled "THUNDER!". The lightning bolts took out the remaining ones.

I looked around. There were still other groups to be taken care of. Heading toward a group of Dire Plants, I shot fireballs at them from a distance. They were engulfed in the flames in all of a few seconds.

As Axel and Roxas finished off their few groups, we rejoined each other and pressed on. We checked every nook and cranny in the area, and took out any Heartless that appeared. They were EVERYWHERE. Once we had finally cleared everywhere we could find, it was down to the Sandlot we went.

Coming to the large open area, I immediately sensed a dark presence. Something big was coming.

"Guys, be on the lookout. Something's coming. Something big" I said.

"How do you know?" asked Roxas.

"It's the same feeling I had when that Darkside appeared in the underground on our last mission together. I've been able to sense large Heartless ever since" I replied.

We all looked around anxiously. Suddenly, a large gust of wind swept across the area. We all lifted our coat sleeves up to stop the sand from getting in our eyes. As the wind died down, we lowered our arms to see what had caused it. A Powered Armour was now standing in the middle of the Sandlot. It looked exactly like the one Sora had fought in Traverse Town.

"Had to be one of those…" muttered Axel, as he poised for battle. "Roxas, Megan, take the legs! I've got the torso!" he yelled.

"Right!" Roxas and I yelled back in unison.

I ran at the right, as Roxas ran at the left. Slashing at the leg as much as I could before it moved to attack, I leaped back. It began stomping around, sending shockwaves through the ground. I stepped back a few paces further to avoid losing my balance. I could've really used a health bar on it, but I suppose that wasn't happening in real life.

After it finished its' tantrum, I ran back in for another attack. Again slashing at its' legs, I was relieved when it finally disappeared. I took a brief look over at Roxas, who was still working on the other leg, before beginning a barrage of attacks on the arm. I jumped and slashed as much as I could before coming back down to the ground.

Taking a different approach, I backed up a few steps, aimed my Keyblade at the arm, and yelled "Fire!". A ball of flames went straight at the arm and connected. Axel went in for another attack on the torso right after the fireballs connected. It moved violently just as he came in to strike a blow, causing him to miss. He backed away to where I was standing, Roxas doing the same just as he took out the other leg.

"I think we pissed it off…" Axel said.

"Ya think?" I replied sarcastically.

"Here it comes!" yelled Roxas.

The Armour leaped up in the air, and headed straight at us, coming down for a body slam. We all leaped out of the way, Axel and I to the right, Roxas to the left. It landed between us with such force that it shook the entire ground. Right after it landed, we all went at it, taking advantage of the fact that it was down.

Taking out the arms in two seconds flat, all three of us began working on the torso. It wasn't long before it got back up. Even without legs or arms, it still stood tall in front of us.

"Go for the head!" yelled Axel. "Without that, it'll be easy to take out the torso!".

That was really high. Could I jump that high? Might as well try and find out… I got a running start, and leaped up into the air with my Keyblade, slashing as I went. I hit the torso on the way up, and to my surprise, vaulted off that to get up to, and attack, the head. I managed to get in a few blows before landing back down on the ground.

I had done it, but it had taken a lot to get up there. Hang on a minute… I thought. I can use the darkness to attack it head on from down here!

"Clear the way!" I yelled to Axel and Roxas.

They both jumped out of the way after landing their last blows. I stepped my foot back, and thrust my hand forward.

"Hah!" I yelled as a ball of darkness erupted from my palm, and went straight at the Armour's head.

It connected head on, and destroyed it. Darkness was powerful. After the head disappeared, we made quick work of what was left of the body. It disappeared with a few more attacks from each of us, eventually falling to the ground and evaporating into thin air. A large pink heart was released. That was that. We came together in the center of the area, and dismissed our weapons.

"Wew!" said Roxas. "That was a tough one!".

"You're telling me!" I said back.

"Time for some well-deserved ice cream!" announced Axel.

"I'm gonna need, like, five after that battle" I said laughing.

"Don't blame me if you make yourself sick!" said Axel.

"I was kidding!" I said back.

"Ahaha" Roxas laughed.

After getting ice cream, we each took our places on top of the clock tower. I happily took a bite out of my popsicle. It tasted all the sweeter after such a hard battle. Looking over at Axel and Roxas, I saw that they seemed to be enjoying theirs as much as I was.

"So" said Roxas. "You're officially with us now".

"Oh! Yeah, I guess so" I said.

"Xemnas won't officially induct you 'cause you're not a Nobody, but it's good to know you're on our side" said Axel contentedly.

"I'm glad that's settled…" I sighed. "Does this mean Saïx is gonna get off my case now?".

"Who knows?" said Axel.

"Hey, what d'you think her new name would be? If she was officially inducted into the Organization?" Roxas asked Axel.

"You mean my name as an anagram with an 'X' in it?" I piped in. "That's a weird thought".

"Hmm… I dunno" said Axel thoughtfully, holding his chin and looking at the sky.

"Hey! Don't be making any terrible guesses! My name's fine the way it is!" I yelled at them sarcastically, sticking my tongue out.

They both laughed at me.


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