Nick was having a vision about what would happen if they failed. Nick saw a Dark blood meteor fly through an activated Realm Gate. The dead warriors of Keyblade Graveyard rising and destroying the worlds by causing chaos everywhere.

"We cannot allow Nexus to send Dark blood though his Realm Gate. If we fail, the dead of Keyblade Graveyard will rise, swarm though it's vortex, and invade the worlds. Killing the life inhabiting them to Nexus' twisted rule."

A few minutes later, Yen Sid said something to the Heroes from his place at the computer, "Nick, I have located where Nexus has his Realm Gate. High in Radiant Garden's orbit."

"Why would Nexus target a world that has both the power and technology to fight back?" Roxas asked, crossing his arms.

"We will find out later. Right now we must figure out how to get to the Realm Gate first." Nick told him. Xion pointed to the Portal. Nick hesitated, "I don't know about that. It might not work. We are using coordinates from a location in space, not a world."

"Well, we have to try." Sora told him.

"True."

"But even if it does work, how are we going to be able to breathe in space?" Riku asked him.

"Our Keyblade magic should take care of that."

"Alright."

"Ventus, lock on to the Realm Gate's coordinates and activate the Portal." Nick ordered. Ventus nodded and walked over to the Portal and prepared it for activation.

"I really hope that nothing goes wrong." Namine said, extremely worried for them.

"You are right to be worried, Namine. But since Nexus is already likely to almost be there, I am afraid we must make that risk." Nick told her with a sad smile. "Reaching the Realm Gate first is our only means of stopping him. Heroes, prepare for departure." Ventus activated the Portal as everyone summoned their Keyblade cycles and raced through the Portal.

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Space: Realm Gate's location

A Portal opened and everyone drove out of it. They all banished their Keyblade cycles and flew over to the gigantic structure that was the Realm Gate. Using magic, they magnetized their feet to the metal structure so they couldn't be affected by zero gravity. Terra had some trouble keeping balance, "Don't look down. Or up. Or left."

Aqua laughed as Xion said, "Don't worry. You're fine." Terra nodded. Just then, a huge shadow appeared above them. It was Nexus' Warship.

"Whoa." Roxas said shocked.

"That's their base of operations?!" Xion asked extremely shocked.

"Where did he find a giant ship?!" Sora asked.

"That Warship was one of the ships used to send away the relics during the Keyblade War." Nick answered.

"So Nexus is packing enough Dark blood to raise Keyblade Graveyard's dead?" Aqua asked Nick.

"And since we do not have the means of disabling the Realm Gate, nothing gets in or out!" Nick said as everyone summoned their Keyblade blasters and aimed at the Warship.

XXXX

Nexus was watching the Heroes though a small computer terminal at the front end of the bridge. He chuckled a bit.

"Nick never disappoints. Unlike you, Aros."

"How was I supposed to know that our navigation system was destroyed?!" Aros groaned.

"Maybe because you accidentally shot it." Vanitas smirked.

"That was your fault!"

"Enough!" Nexus yelled.

"No need for concern though, Nexus." Vanitas started causing Nexus to glare at him. "With our back-up plan, we are locking onto Keyblade Graveyard's coordinates."

XXXX

The Heroes were waiting for the Dark Seekers to make a move.

"Well, what are they waiting for?" Xion asked.

Nick's pupils dilated as he zoomed in on a certain part of the Warship, "It seems that the Dark Seekers have suffered excessive damage to their navigation system." Nick's vision zoomed out and his eyes returned to normal.

XXXX

Yen Sid and Namine were listening to the conversation from the computer.

"Without the dish, Nexus will be unable to aim the Realm Gate at Keyblade Graveyard." Nick said.

"So, why are they there if they can't activate the Realm Gate?" Namine asked confused.

"If Nexus went to the trouble of rendezvousing with his Realm Gate, he must have an alternate targeting system. A remote one."

"But on what world is there a radio telescope dish powerful enough to target Keyblade Graveyard?" Yen Sid wondered.

Just then, the computer began to receive a call from Radiant Garden. Yen Sid answered the call and a live video feed of Leon and the others appeared. "We have a problem here."

"What is it?" Nick asked.

"We're being hacked." Cid told them.

"Well, that answers my question from earlier." Roxas said.

"How are you being hacked?" Aqua asked.

"We recently installed a radio telescope dish to monitor any kind of radio frequencies and help us with communication." Leon told them.

"And who or whatever is hacking my computer is using the dish to target a far away world with unidentified technology." Cid added.

"Well now we know where Nexus found his alternate targeting system." Sora said.

"Cid, shut it down." Nick ordered.

"It keeps overwriting my commands." Cid told him.

"Keep trying. Right now we are about to have company."

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Nexus' Warship

"You know, Your Majesty. Something tells me that the Heroes are up to something." Aros said.

"Really, Aros?" Said Nexus as he got into Aros' face causing him to step back. "And what do you suppose we do about that?" Aros' response was hitting a large grey button in the center of the control panel. "Crush them!"

XXXX

A large group of soldiers flew at the Heroes in their jets. "Here comes the welcoming committee." Terra said as everyone began firing at them. The soldiers fired back and, as soon as they got close enough, landed on the Realm Gate and caused the Heroes to fight close distance. Soon the Realm Gate moved and everyone noticed.

"What just happened?" Ventus asked.

"The Dark Seekers are locking on to Keyblade Graveyard." Nick said gravely.

XXXX

With Leon and the others at Radiant Garden

"I have managed to hack back in to the dish but both of us have control." Cid said as he typed furiously on the keyboard.

"The dish is aimed at Keyblade Graveyard." Yuffie said, looking at the screen.

"Not for long they're not." Cid said with a smile as he hacked the dish.

XXXX

The Realm Gate moved again. Many of the soldiers were defeated but the Heroes fought the remaining ones.

"They did it!" Ventus yelled happily.

"Indeed, Ventus. This can only be Cid's doing." Nick said after he killed another soldier.

XXXX

Nexus didn't know what happened, but he intended to find out. "Aros. What is happening?!"

"U-uh?" Aros turned to the computer, "What is happening, you idiots?!"

XXXX

A few of Nexus' soldiers were standing by the giant dish in Radiant Garden. A soldier was kneeling by an open panel of the dish, which was plugged into a tablet that allowed them to hack it. The soldier narrowed his eyes when he saw an alert message indicating another hacker in the system. The soldier turned to the others and pointed in the direction of Merlin's house. They ran to investigate and take care of the problem.

XXXX

"The dish is aiming back at Keyblade Graveyard." Lea said annoyed causing Kairi and Yuffie to elbow him. "Ow!"

"I see that!" Cid told him as he tried to change the dishes target.

Nobody noticed that the door slowly opened and that five soldiers were aiming their blasters at the group. "Goodnight, hacker."

Leon sensed something behind them and turned to see the soldiers, "Whoa!" He pulled out his gunblade and managed to reflect an energy bolt that was about to hit him. Yuffie, Kairi and Lea joined Leon in fighting off the soldiers as Cid tried to hack into the dish again. Leon and the others killed the soldiers and ran to the location of the radio dish.

XXXX

The three soldiers were keeping watch to stop anyone who tried to interfere with their mission. The three soldiers fired at Leon and the others, who were running towards them. Knowing that they could lose, the soldier disconnected the tablet from the dish and was about to retreat but evilly smiled when he saw an axe hanging on the side of the dish in case of emergency. Leon and the others watched as the soldier raised the axe above a cord that connected Cid's computer to the dish. They ran to stop him but he brought down the axe and cut the cord. He and the other remaining soldiers summoned their jets and blasted away back to the Warship.

"Why are they leaving?" Kairi asked confused.

Leon walked over to the cord and bent down to examine it, "The damn soldier cut the hard lines. The dish is locked on to Keyblade Graveyard. For good. And there's no time to repair it."

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Nexus' Warship

"Now, Aros?" Nexus asked with an evil smile.

"Now." Aros said, pushing the activation button.

XXXX

The Heroes finally killed the last of the soldiers when the Realm Gate activated. Nexus appeared at the top of his Warship carrying the Dark blood meteor on his back, "At last!" And with a roar, he threw the meteor in the direction of the Realm Gate.

Nick saw the meteor and fired at it. But it was to fast so all of his shots missed their target. Nick and the others banished their weapons and watched as the Dark blood meteor disappeared.

The Dark blood meteor hit the center of the Keyblade Graveyard and spread throughout the entire world, causing the dead warriors to rise. Nexus' eyes glowed black with bright purple irises and his chest glowed so bright that you can barely see the symbol on his shirt. "ARISE, MY LEGIONS!"

"So, how do we defeat a whole world of the undead?" Riku asked Nick.

"Nick, I am detecting a rapidly expanding mass in their Realm Gate vortex. One with a particular energy signature." Yen Sid reported.

"Dark blood." Nick said. "Everyone, we must destroy the Realm Gate! There is enough live energy coursing through it to achieve detonation, but we lack the fire power to ignite it."

XXXX

"If I knew how the Realm Gate was engineered, I could find a much better way of accomplishing that feat." Yen Sid said to him.

"Hey, would schematics help in anyway?" Leon asked, holding up a flash drive. Leon and everyone else Portaled to Mysterious Tower to see if they can still help them.

"Yes, they certainly would." Yen Sid said with a smile.

XXXX

"Heroes, take your positions and follow Yen Sid's lead." Nick ordered, and they all left to complete their mission. Nick turned away and looked at a flying object in the sky. "While I make my stand."

Nexus banished his jet and landed far away from Nick, "Your fellow Heroes are wise, Nick, they know when to retreat."

"I hold no illusion about engaging your army, Nexus. But I might derail it's objective, by removing it's head." Nick said, summoning his Keyblade.

Nexus let out an evil laugh and said, "Highly unlikely, Nick, as I am infused with their very might!"

"One shall victorious, one shall vanquish." Nick said as Nexus narrowed his eyes. After three seconds, Nexus summoned his Keyblade and let out a mighty cry and charged at Nick. Nexus clashed his Keyblade with Nick's before he attempted to chop his arm off. Nick dodged it before jumping over him and kicking his back. Nexus staggered forward before whipping around and swinging his Keyblade. Nick dodged the attack before throwing a punch at Nexus' face making him slide back and using his Keyblade to stop himself. Nick ran forward and brought down his Keyblade but Nexus blocked it and gritted his teeth and glared up at Nick. Nexus attacked again and the battle continued on.

XXXX

"Uh guys, these things keep getting closer." Lea said, referring to the hundreds of energy signals on the screen.

"Yen Sid, we're in position." Xion said.

"Xion, Aqua, pay very close attention." Yen Sid ordered as he looked at the Realm Gate schematics on the screen.

XXXX

Nexus punched Nick in the face causing him to stagger back. He then punched Nick in the stomach and delivered an uppercut to his jaw causing him to fly back, but Nexus grabbed his leg and slammed Nick into the metal ground behind him before spinning around and throwing him far away from himself. Nick tried to get up but could only get onto his hands and knees. Nexus walked over to him and raised his Keyblade to deliver the killing blow. Nexus was just about to kill Nick but was interrupted.

"Your Majesty?"

"Aros, what is it?!"

"I do not wish to question your all-seeing wisdom, but I believe that the Heroes are up to something again. Beneath your Realm Gate this time."

"Ah, misdirection, Nick. You would have made a fine Dark Seeker!" Nexus said. He brought his Keyblade down but Nick blocked it and looked up. Nick's bright blue eyes looked right into Nexus' black and purple ones.

"I chose my side." Nick said before transforming his Keyblade into a blaster. He aimed it right at Nexus' chest and fired a powerful energy bolt that sent him flying back. Nexus floated in the air and dodged Nick's energy bolts and summoned his jet and blasted away.

"Aros, my army approaches. Rendezvous with the Realm Gate for pick up."

XXXX

Meanwhile, the Heroes were guarding Xion and Aqua as they prepared to destroy the Realm Gate.

"Now follow the fuel line leading to the energy pump. There should be a valve." Yen Sid said.

"We see it." Xion told him. Aqua pushed a button and the valve rose up so they can turn it.

"Good. Now turn all that power against itself. All you need to do is reverse the current."

Xion and Aqua worked together and managed to turn the valve, and thus reversing the current. "Current reversed." Aqua said.

"I'll ready the Portal." Yen Sid told them. Nexus flew down to them and rapidly fired energy bolts at them. The Heroes all fired back but Nexus was to fast. One of Nexus' energy bolts hit Xion and she cried out in pain before loosing consciousness and drifting away into space.

XXXX

Nick saw that the Realm Gate began to cave in on itself and ran away.

"Nick, the Portal is ready and waiting." Yen Sid said.

"Heroes, jump!" Nick said before jumping into the Portal. Everyone else followed after him but Roxas grabbed Xion before following. The Portal closed.

XXXX

Nexus flew to the very center of the Realm Gate and banished his jet. "My legion." His voice was quiet. He noticed something was wrong and turned around. "Aros, where is my ship?!"

"We'd never make it, King Nexus! Don't be a fool, take flight and retreat!"

But Nexus didn't. He looked up when he heard the Realm Gate caving in on itself and drifted closer to the vortex, "No!" He reached for the closest zombie and his hand was only two inches away before the Realm Gate exploded and took him with it.

XXXX

"Dark Seekers, it is with deep sorrow that I note for the log: Nexus' heart has been extinguished." Aros closed his eyes and shook his head. But then he opened his eyes and evilly smiled, "All hail Lord Aros."

XXXX

Everyone was waiting in front of an open Portal. Nobody came through. Namine turned to Yen Sid, "Do you think they're..."

Yen Sid looked at the monitor, "Nine life signals. One very faint." Nick came through first followed by the others. Roxas came through last with an unconscious Xion in his arms. The Portal closed behind him.

"No." Namine whispered as everyone felt upset. Roxas knew one thing that could help. He looked at Nick who nodded, knowing what Roxas was thinking. Roxas leaned down and pressed his and Xion's lips together in a kiss. After a moment, nothing happened and Roxas broke the kiss. Roxas closed his eyes and shedded a single tear.

Xion moaned and slowly opened her eyes. She smiled. She was going to be okay. Yen Sid turned to Nick, "And Nexus?"

"Not even he could have survived ground-zero." Nick told him, not taking his eyes off the scene in front of him.

"So, Nick..." Sora started. "Is this where we all say goodbye and you return to your own world?" Everyone looked at Nick, wanting to know his answer.

"Without a means of leaving this world, we Heroes of Light take strength in the bonds we have forged with each other. All of them are true warriors. Weapon in hand or not. I am Nick Manus, and I send this message: Though I did not choose to be of this world, it seems that I am here to stay. And if you approach my family with hostile intentions, know this: We will defend ourselves. We will defend the worlds. We will defend our homes."


A/N: Is this the end? I'm not sure. I'll have to think. (Thinks for a minute.) Okay, I've decided. This is not the end. We still have a long way to go! Remember to follow, fav and review! :-)

Nexus is dead. Aros is leader of the Dark Seekers. Xehanort and Maleficent are still on the loose. What will the Heroes do now? Find out! :-)