Kingdom Hearts Alpha

After everything going on in the world right now, (*cough* electoral college results and the Aleppo tragedy *hack wheeze*) I think it'd be good to ease the minds of those following my stories with a new chapter. I hope everyone enjoys this new update.

Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts or any of it's characters and settings. They belong to Square Enix and Disney.


Chapter 44: A Suite Day in the Life

As Sora and the group returned back to Traverse Town, they saw Aerieth waiting to greet them at the center of the 1st District.

"It's good to see you again, Sora. I understand you found Pinocchio's father somewhere."

"Yeah," Sora explained. "I hope they made it back here safely, after all they've been through."

"Don't worry, Sora," Leon assured as he joined up with the group and told the heroes that after Han Solo delivered the puppet and his father back to Traverse Town, Leon and the others helped find them shelter. "On the other hand, though, there's a new group that might benefit from your help."

"Huh?" Donald and Goofy asked. "Where are they?"

"Down at the hotel, if I remember correctly," Leon replied, as the team set out to see what happened that they were needed.

"Hello?" Sora called out once the group entered through the hotel doors, seeing the empty hallway. However, when Donald, peered down, two young boys skateboarded past them, nearly hitting Donald's foot.

"Gangway!" one of the boys called out, as they sped out the door and further into the Second District.

"What's the big idea?!" Donald squawked.

"Sorry! No time to explain!" the other boy told the group as he left their line of sight.

"Zack, Cody, come back!" another voice called from the other end of a hotel room door, before the door opened, and a blonde-haired woman in a sparkling red gown started to run after them.

"Carey, wait!" the manager said from behind the red curtain drapes at his desk. "You have an important performance ahead, and our guests can't wait any longer!"

"My sons are out there heading out into the sewers alone; I can't just ignore that!" Carey rebuked.

"Don't worry, we'll help!" Goofy spoke up, as the manager popped his head out from the curtains in surprise, revealing his reddened face with black hair and an unsightly wart on his left cheek.

"Say what?" the manager squeaked.

"Oh, what is that on your face?" Donald quacked, as Sora clasped Donald's beak shut.

"It's a beauty mark, thank you kindly, and who may I ask are you?" the manager replied flatly.

"Oh, we're Aqua, Sora, Donald, and Goofy." Aqua told the manager and Carey as she pointed out who she and the others were. "We'd be happy to help get them back."

"Really? Thank you so much, this really means a lot!" Carey told her. "Oh, my name is Carey Martin by the way. The two boys who skated out of the hotel are my kids Zack and Cody They couldn't have gotten too far."

"Wait up!" a nearby engineer called out as he came up towards the others. "Let me help them out! It's kind of my fault they ran off to begin with."

Carey then turned towards the engineer, with a disappointed look on her face. "Arwin, what did you do?"

"I- I merely suggested that I saw something shiny down in the sewers by that mural of the moon, and one thing led to another..."

"C'mon then," Sora sighed, allowing Arwin to come along.

"Something shiny? How come I didn't know about this?" a young woman shouted as she ran up in her high heels and carrying a very expensive-looking purse. "I wanna come! I wanna come too!"

"But Miss London Tipton..." the manager urked out before the woman walked next to Arwin and the heroes.

"I guess we don't have a choice, do we?" Aqua and Sora groaned before resigning themselves to the fact they had two tagalongs in their rescue team. "Fine... you can come, London."

"Ah! Yay, me!" London squealed ecstatically while the team left the hotel and set out towards the waterway, looking for clues that would point where the kids were, prepared to battle swarms of Heartless if need be.


Jiminy's Journal

* Zack Martin- A young boy living with his twin brother Cody and his mother Carey at the Traverse Town 2nd District Hotel after their home was lost to the darkness. More of a mischief-maker and a slacker of sorts compared to his more dignified brother, Zack is always looking for some fun or a way to make a buck. Even through all this, Zack still genuinely cares for Cody, and would hate to see anything bad happen to him. Zack really liked to live it up starting in "Disney Channel's The Suite Life of Zack and Cody" (2005).

* Cody Martin- Zack's brother, who lives with him and their mother Carey at the Traverse Town 2nd District Hotel after their home was lost to the darkness. His idea of fun is often a quiet evening reading up before spending time with his brother. Of course, wherever the two go, trouble seems to follow. It's pretty clear the two are inseparable especially when the going gets tough. Cody stumbled into his share of adventures in "Disney Channel's The Suite Life of Zack and Cody" (2005).

* Carey Martin- Zack and Cody's mother, and the current longue singer in the Traverse Town hotel. Divorced from her husband- who was a little too carefree for her liking- she does the best she can to juggle her new job and watching after her twin sons. Like any other parent, she only acts strict towards the kids when they get into trouble out of a deeper family love. She really brought the house down in "Disney Channel's The Suite Life of Zack and Cody" (2005).

* London Tipton- The heiress of the Tipton hotel back in her world before it was swallowed by darkness, this spoiled girl lives a simple kind of lifestyle: waited on at beck and call any moment of the day. However, when the Heartless started attacking, she showed a more hardened side while she began learning how to defend herself and those she cares about. She was really great in "Disney Channel's The Suite Life of Zack and Cody" (2005), and deserves the opposite of hate (which is love).

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