After some time travelling through the bowels of Uraya, the group arrived at Fonsa Myma, the kingdom of Uraya. But once the party entered the city, Rex noticed a long row of people standing in front of two soldiers that are handing out small bags.
"Wonder what's going on?" Will wondered soon noticing the scene himself
"It's a distribution centre. The government tries to ration out what little resources they have. In practice, it's just first-come, first-served." Vandam explained.
"That's a little depressing…" Isamu said, rubbing her arm. While Spark who is on top of his partner's head looked worried at the girl.
"No kidding, not only they have to worry about the war back in their homeworld, now they have to survive in thus whatever world it is," Will said.
"Let's just hope we are not directly drawn into the conflict… because if it happens the chances are high some of us will die horribly. Or with projectiles in the heads." stated Kuran with crossed arms "Was caught in a few wars before. Not a fun experience."
Just when the group was about to leave, Rex noticed a blue-haired young girl getting pushed aside by an Uraya soldier and took the bag what was meant for her. immediately he and Pyhra run her side, checking to see if she was alright.
"What do you think you're doing? She's just a child!" Pyra said, angry at the soldier.
"Not to mention you got soldiers rations" stated Kuran as he came to their side "Taking it from somebody who really needs it is just greedy and immature of you. Not to mention makes you weak as you have to prey on those below you for your own ego."
"H-huh? Who the hell are you?" The soldier asked while the rest of the group came.
"You should be ashamed of yourself! You can't just take someone belonging just because you're a soldier." Estelle schooled.
"Estelle is right. Being an adult isn't just about barking orders. Sometimes you need to help someone weaker!" Rex add.
"Shut your face! You don't know what the hell you're talking about!" The soldier drew his chakram like weapons as a beast-like blade came to his side.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you. in case you fail to realize: we outnumber you." Verb stated. "So I would suggest backing away before you get the sad excuse of an adult ass kicked."
"If you're lucky," Will added. "They'll never find your body. and if they did, they won't be able to recognize it as yours."
"He's kidding…. right?" Karol asked.
"Looks dead serious to me," Nia said, turning to Kuran. "Does he always threatening someone like that?"
Kuran shrugs "Well I never found any bodies. So… take how you wish to take it. I just never were twice in most places where he placed that threat."
"Shut up! You think I'm scared of a-" But then the soldier noticed Pyra's core crystal, starting to sweat buckets. "Wait, the colour of that crystal…. are you?!" The Uraya soldier then starts running away in fear, with his blade behind him.
"Hey, he took off!" Karol said, surprised that the soldier's reaction.
"Not good. He'll be bringing other before ling." The tiny Titan that rest in Rex's helmet known as Azurda stated.
"The rumours about Pyra must have travelled pretty far. Even grunts like him have heard 'en." Vandam said, rubbing his neck.
"So Will, how does it feel that Pyra is more intimidating than you at the moment?" Nia asked.
"If I wasn't already married I'd probably propose." He replayed.
"But who spread the rumour?" Popi asked.
"Perhaps one of your friends?" asks Kuran simply "Like, don't know somebody you normally trusted in the past but are now suspicious about them?"
"From what I heard, it came from a fancy-pants Nobon merchant," Vandam told.
"So where do you think the merchant heard that?" Will wondered.
"Fancy Pant Nopon…" muttered Rex and put a hand on his chin in a thinking pose.
Just then, the young girl walks to Vandam as the mercenary immediately recognized. "Oh! Well, if it isn't Iona! You grew a fair bit! How's Grandpa Cole doing?" The girl looked down with a sad expression on her face. "Ah, no too good, then."
"What's going on?" Will asked
"Uh? Ah, this is Iona. That old friend of mine takes care of her." Vandam introduced the little girl. "C'mon. Let's beat it before those soldiers show up." He said as the group quickly make their way before the military arrived.
Where are we going?" asks Kuran in curiosity "And who is that friend?"
"You will see soon enough. My friend's place is a good hiding spot for us. As long if there is a play going on." Vandam answered.
"So a Theater" he mused "Was a while since I saw a play. But don't ask me about making popcorn. Or we have big trouble."
It didn't take long for the group to arrive at the place of Vandam's friend.
"Here it is, this is where the guy we're here for leads the troupe here," Vandam said, checking on one of the posters. "And right now… they're in the middle of a show…. Well? Wanna take a quick peek?"
"What do you think Will?" asks Kuran and turns to his friend
"Sounds like fun," Will responded.
"What's the name of the play?" Estelle asked.
"The Heroic Adventures of Addam." Dromarch, Nia's Blade read the poster out loud. "Might be interesting."
"Then let's head in" he smiles and gestured to the group to guide in.
The gang quietly sit at the back row while watching the play, as the storyteller explains about the legend of Addam and how the Agis burn away the darkness, but in turn, sunk a titan to its doom. Once the play was over, everyone heads toward the backstage until Isamu asked Will.
"Hey, do you think Pyra is going to be okay?
Will looked over to Pyra a bit. "hmmm…..Ok enough to keep going at least. There was something about that play from what I can see." He stated.
"I have the feeling that the story is missing something. Like an additional character or so" stated Kuran with crossed arms "However I am not sure how well Pyra is taking it in the long run."
"She doesn't seem like she doesn't want to talk about it...probably best if we leave it at that," Will suggested
"Shouldn't we listen to what Vandam-chi's friend have to say?" Spark asked, sitting on his partner's head.
"I think it would be best for them to listen, after all, we're not form their world," Yuri adds, joining in the conversion.
"True to that.." nodded Kuran "How about we stroll at the market some more before hitting the hotel?"
"I'll tell Rex and the others about the plan." His friend responded and went to the rest, explaining the idea to split up.
The next morning, everyone is asleep in their respective rooms until someone knocking on their door. Kuran was getting up and groans "Who is it at this time?" and moves to the door, unlocking it.
He saw an old robbed man, looking excused and panicked. Vandam immediately recognized the visitor and running towards him. "Old man! What happen?"
"Iona... She's gone! It must've been… them" The old man pant.
"Them who?" Rex asked, exiting his room.
"After you leave, Malos… and two other guys paid me a visit." He explained.
"Malos? Isn't that the guy you told us about, Rex?" Kuran asked.
"Yea, it has to be him," Rex answered.
"But what about the other two? How do they look like?" Nia asked.
"Didn't catch their names. But one of them wears red glasses and the other has a helmet-like mask" The old man explained.
"That must be Akhos!" Nia snarled.
"A Helmet like mask... Goddammit! That has to be Null!" Kuran shouted loudly "WE got to hurry before hell breaks loose."
"Damn it where could they have gone to!?" Will added, hearing Null's name as he dashed out of the male's room.
"Can't you sense their aura?" asks Kuran but then stopped "Wait. Where is Pyra?"
"What? She is not with you?" asks Nia in surprise "I thought she was already here, as she wasn't in our room as I woke up."
"It could be Pyhra must realize what happens to Iona?" Rex wondered.
"Nai, did she leave a note or anything behind?" Will asked.
"I would have noticed that." stated the Gormotti simply and crossed her arms "So I think Pyra went off without planning to let us know."
"Ok. What kind of place could have any meaning for Pyra and the Torna to have a meeting?" asks Kuran "Because I think they will go to such a place just to lure Pyra there." While spreading his arms.
"That is some serious thought here." stated the mercenary among the group "Old enough is that Titan here and close to some places people prefer not to think about." and looks at his old friend "Got any clue regarding that claim of the dark fighter here?"
"I know where… I think it could be Olethro Ruins. It's where Addam led his army of resistance from. 500 years ago. It's the place where the Aegis woke up, too." He answered.
"I know where it is" stated Vandam. "Let's head there and bust Pyra out of there." After gathering the others Vandam guiding the group, stairs up. Until they got to a cross-section of four sets of stairs and he points the way up.
Kuran and Rex stare up and the two looked at Vandam "Don't tell me it is up THERE?"
"Sorry lads. It is!" was his reply.
"Better get climbing…"Will sighed
"Hold on, before we go. We need a plan to save the bystander." Verb suggested.
"The dragon got a point. So any suggestion guys?" Yuri asked.
Kuran holds up a couple of balls "Smoke bombs, will runs in, grabs her and runs out?" he suggested "While the others make a hell of a noise"
"Then me, Isamu and Spark will get the girl save." He adds. "Considering that Spark hasn't gone back to his child state and Isamu can't fight without my R.O.C.K System. We'll just slow you down."
"Hear that? No crazy stunt like from before." Kuran told while pointing at the silver-haired girl.
"I know, I know!" Isamu sighed.
"Good. Let's get up, rest for a few seconds and then enact the plan." stated Rex with a raised fist "Let just hope we got the time to get up those stairs."
Meanwhile, at the Olethro Ruins, Pyra stands in front of a tall man with black hair and armour while he looked at the ocean. "Quite the view, don't you think? A body of liquid as far as the eyes can see. Bet the humans of our world would go nuts if they see this." The man chuckled, turning around to face the Blade of flame. "But more importantly; how long will keep using that form? It's so lame."
"That's none of your concern! I am who I am! Where's Iona?" Pyra asked.
"Akhos is the second meanest son of a bitch I know." The man answered as he gestured behind Pyhra as the girl turned around to see Iona lying unconscious on the ruins' seats.
"Hear that, Akhos? I stole your place of being the best son of a bitch." A voice said as Null appeared sitting next to the young girl. As Akhos, who stand on the other side of the platform, shrugging it off.
"You know what we're after, don't you?" The man asked to Pyra.
"Jin… Is he on your side too?" Pyra asked.
"I exist for his benefits." The man answered. "Also before you ask: Yes, he's also here in this crazy world." The black-haired man and his lizard-like companion start give out a yellow glow as he readies his weapon, attacking Pyra while she blocks all of his attacks. THought at one point her defend failed and she got hurt… while Rex with the others groans in pain and holds his arm as they were running up to Pyra.
"Rex?!" Kuran called out to the Aegis user.
"I am OK. But Pyra's fighting alone." Countered Rex.
"Then we need to hurry before something bad will happen to Pyra!" Karol stated.
"What is she thinking?" muttered Kuran as they keep running "That sounds suicidal going ALONE against a Terror Group that works with Null!"
"We can get the full story after we save her, just get those smoke bombs ready so we can save the kid," Yuri told.
"I know!" Kuran and starts creating balls of darkness in his hands at the size of tennis balls and hopes that one factor doesn't come into play.
Will transformed into his dragon form before flying at Pyra's attackers sending them flying back a bit
"W-Wil!?"
"Sup. Not really sure what is going on in your head but you clearly did not think it through." Will said to the man.
Kuran appeared from above and threw his balls which explode in mid-air, covering the entire field in black smoke as he fell in as well.
"You gotta be kidding me!" Null said in frustration looking around.
"I know that's you, Kuran ...Damn it why can't I find him!?"
"What is wrong?" shouts Akhos "Why are you not keeping on the script? The plan was that you kill some of those unwanted actors!" While he tried to see anything as well and called to his blade "Obrona! Why can this guy use a Dark Blade Art? I thought you are blocking the Ether Flow!"
"Didn't get the memo?" Yuri called out, slashes his weapon through the air, which sends a blue blast through the air at Akhos, forcing him to dodge the attack. "Our little misfit of a group doesn't need Blades to fight the likes of your group."
"Everyone!" Pyra called out, seeing the rest of her group heading to her side.
"Great, he got people from other worlds in his group." Null snarled until he senses a present heading towards him and the girl, a present that felt very familiar to him. "This aura…. could it be?" He turned around, reaching out his hand and grabbed Isamu's arm as he yelped in pain.
"Let me go, you freak!" She yelled, struggling to break free.
"Well, this is a surprise! Potential candi-" But before he could finish his sentence, the dark being felt a sharp intense pain between his leg as Spark curls himself into a ball and does a jump-tackle to Null's jewels.
The small quadrupedal Digimon jump-off, while Isamu broke free from Null's grip as Spark warn him. "I'm not letting you hurt Isamu-chi!"
"You little mu-!" Null was about to curse Spark, only to get kicked in the same spot by Kuran who snuck behind him while getting another kick in the face by the silver-haired girl, sending him rolling down the stadium.
"And don't think I'm some damsel in distress type! That seat is already taken!" Isamu told, sticking her tongue out at Null who lay on the ground, groaning in pain.
"Got the girl!" Verb told the group, as Vandam pick up Iona.
"Good! We'll take care of these guys!" Rex points his sword at Null's group.
"Be very careful, Null can't die!" Will warned, while Vandam, Ismu, Spark and Verb quickly leaving the soon to become a battlefield.
"But we at least know that he can be hurt. A few magic arts at his weak point should keep him quiet for a while." Rita stated, readying her spell.
"I must admit, you're new friends are interesting, Pyra. But I don't think you can beat the 'four' of us." The man smirked.
"Wait, four?" Estelle wondered.
"Who did you bring along with you to get his face smashed into the ground?" asks Kuran while he got an axe in hand.
The answer came in the form of a demon tower erupting from the ground next to Null. Everyone quickly put their guard up as they heard laughter from the swarm of heartless.
"Heh heh heh heh! It's been a while…. Yuri Lowell!"
"W-wait! That voice!" Estelle gasped.
"That can't be…." Karol adds as he, Estelle, Rita and Yuri shared the shocked expression.
The swarm vanished and in its place was a man with pink hair with yellow and black bangs, wearing a brown bodysuit with red vest along with a heartless symbol on his chest, his left mechanical arm has a green glowing marking with a demonic design.
"Oh, you have got to be kidding me. How the hell are you alive, Zagi?" Yuri asked the newcomer, gripping his sword tightly.
"Does it matter Yuri? All that matters is that we're reunited again! Now come, let us bathe in each other's blood! Until either of us drop dead!" Zagi screams in delight, drawing his two daggers from the scabbards, and dash towards the black-haired swordsman.
"You first!" Yuri blocked the madman's attack as Repede leap towards him when suddenly Zagi's right arm extended, slapping the dog away. "The hell?!" Yuri cursed in surprise, before receiving a kick from his opponent, but quickly recover from the blow.
"What's going on? Zagi couldn't do that before." Estelle state, healing Repede with her healing arts.
Meanwhile, Will turned to Kuran.
"So...are we like... a stuck fight that demon tower or something?"
"More like some kind of mutation. And look like Yuri and the others know about that heartless too." Kuran stated, blocking an attack form Akhos's twin swords.
"Ah, yes. Null was the one who, and he quote: brought him back from a place called Tarqaron, I believe. Must say, in all my life I never meet such ... human so wild as him." Akhos told.
"You mean such a psychopath!" Countered the Darkness user while pushing him back and counter-attacks, with own set of dual swords, exchanging blows without either getting a proper advantage, thought Kuran notes that Akhos seems to care less about being hit than Kuran would assume a NORMAL human would be in the same position.
Akhos smirked, moving out of the way as rushed toward Kuran, throwing a few combos at the dark user. "Null has been talked quite a bit about you and your friend, so you don't mind if we tango a little?"
"Like your going to give us much of a choice," Will said in a dry tone
"How come you seem to not care if we hit you or not?" asks Kuran with gritted teeth while blocking two overhead strikes at once from his opponent.
"Either he can't feel pain or he's a masochist who gets off on it," Will commented. And then Kuran manages to give a nasty cut on the check… and watches as it was healing FAST "Or he is like you Will" deadpans Kuran
"Only one way to really find out," Will said before managing to blast their opponent in the face with a firaga.
Meanwhile, Yuri, Rex and the others are fighting Zagi and Null, but with the violence barrage of the two opponents, they are a force to be on the defensive while Rita and Estelle casting their spells keeping Null and Zagi on their toes.
"Damn it! Those two tough." Rex groaned, blocking an attack form Null.
Yuri, on the other hand, kept dodging Zagi's attack until he saw an opening and stab him in the chest with his sword, but to his surprise, the madman simple laugh, swinging his dagger at the black-haired swordsman as he backflips just in time before the blade could hit him.
"Is that the best you got?!" Zagi taunts to Yuri.
"Well, sorry. Kinda hard to fight when you more monstrous and crazier than before." Yuri comment, shooting out another blast to Zagi as Estelle used light magic to give additional damage as Zagi snarled in pain.
"Crazy man is in more pain than before! Doesn't like Estelle, light magic!" Tora noticed, slamming his shield to Zagi's face. While Karol slammed his back with his hammer.
"Maybe it's because Zagi is now heartless?" Karol wondered while Kuran manages to break off Akhos to threw a dagger that impacted with Nulls shoulder before he had to go back to the blue armoured enemy.
"Gah! son of a-" Null suddenly found himself blocking an attack from Rex.
"How about you give up here? We outnumber you!" declared Rex while pressing on with his fire boosted sword.
Null only chuckled as he just stood there letting rex attack. And he attacked with enough force to cut Null in half, gasping loudly as he saw what he just did. "Wha? But… but…" and steps back horrified at the gore.
"What's wrong kid? not used to getting your hands dirty?" Null's top half mocked. To which Rex jaw fall down in shock of Null not dying from that.
A new set of legs suddenly sprouted from Null's torso before the masked heartless ran at the boy, slashing at him with his sword. To which Rex shouted in pain as he flew back, with Pyra shouting at the same time, acting like she was hit with the blade.
"Rex! Pyra!" Will shouted in concern
"Dang. That doesn't look good!" stated Kuran while locked blades with his opponent again.
Will rushed over managing to knock Akhos away "Okay seriously what's YOUR deal!?" Will then asked him.
"Let's just say I have the time of my life, courtesy to that 'old man'!" He answered.
"What old man?" Will asked, attacking his alternate self. While Rex is facing Akhos.
"I must admit, I've enjoyed playing my part in this hackneyed tale but…" Akhos rejust his glasses, when Obrona swoops in, taking Akhos blades flying towards the sky as she spread her wings while starting to glow red.
"I am not liking that." muttered Kuran and grips his blades harder with narrowed eyes "Not the slightest at all." His fears came true when the weapons of the drivers start to flicker and saw that Akhos caught Rex's attack using on one hand.
"What… what is going on?" asks Rex in shock as he saw that Pyra's blade was inactive out of the sudden and as he saw that it is the same with the other Blades and Drivers pair he paled "That's…."
"What the hell?" Will noticed before Null kicked him in the stomach with enough force to send him flying a few feet. Before Kuran was engaged with the Heartless self, forcing him to go into the defence for now while his two Dream Eaters entered the field to cover for the ones that lost their ability to fight. Until Zagi came, attacking the two Dream Eaters by extending both arms. Mimi jumped on the arm and hopped forward to their enemy. While Nocturn dodged the attack and roared sending two dark clones forwards to strike him as Zagi countered with a dark energy shot from his robotic hand.
"Come on! Is that all you got!" The assassin taunt.
Nocturn roared loudly at him and rushed physically at him as he tanked the dark energy and strikes with his claws, damaging one of the arms.
Meanwhile, Vandam and his blade came into the fight, saving Nia from Akhos in a nick of time. As Akhos explained the capital of Uraya was ready to invade Mor Ardain and called them and every corner of their world is defined by the people who he would deem vermins. While the man is also known as Malos adding that the human from his world hasn't changed in over 500 years and mention about his father abandoned them.
Pyra didn't believe that, saying that their father never wished to wipeout innocence life, as Malo's counters, asking why father made them in the first place, adding that he and Pyra are made to eliminating humans from their world, releasing a burst of dark energy from his body.
Kuran then managed to kick Null off a bit and then slams his blade into the body of Null and let's go, blowing it up, sending him at the edge of the arena. He looked at Malos, who made short work on the Rex and his friends.
"That guy…. he and Pyra said father…." Kuran mumbled "But have different views on what he wants…" and then he rushed to them and blocked one of Malos's long-range attacks and shouts "You two have different views on what your father wants! How about you tell me who your daddy is and how you can claim to know what he wants?"
"Something tells me it's more complicated than just sitting down and talking about it," Will mentioned.
Malos turn to Kuran and said. "If you want the details, you can try to ask the real 'her'." He points at Pyra. "And you shouldn't let your guard down, you'll get stab on the back."
And just as he said, Zagi rushed to Kuran, ready to strike him down from behind. Only for Mimi jumping out of Kuran's shadow and catapulted herself against the attackers head. Causing Kuran to grin "I got back up" before throwing a dagger towards Zagi, hitting the chest and let the weapon explode for extra damage and pushing him back off. Before turning his attention back to Malos but kept an ear out for Zagi.
"That hurts…." The assassins mumbled, starting to laugh maniacally. "I'm going to have so much fun killing you!" Zagi leaps towards Kuran, stretching his arms as he releasing a fury of slashes.
"I am not sure if I should take that as a compliment." stated the darkness user while holding up a big pair of shields to block off the slashes while Mimi tried to attack from behind to interrupt that madman's assault on her human.
Yuri quickly came to Kuran's side, slashes Zagi from the front, then phases behind him nearly instantly, striking the assassin once again with another slash, knocking him away. "Trust me, he'll be after you, no matter where you go. Speaking of personal experience."
"Oh, joy. As if this odd guy that hides in black is not enough." he groaned with a loud tone. "Think you can either handle him or that one who blocks the ether here?" asks Kuran while blocking an attack from Malus.
"Like I have a choice." He answered. Keeping Zagi busy for Kuran. Who manages to break off his opponent and blast him off with a makeshift bomb made of darkness and rushes for the winged blade that kept up their current predicament, throwing daggers at him as Will rushed to strike from behind.
"Ooohh, this is so much fun! Let's amp things up!" Zagi yelled, summoning a flood of Demon tides, storming through the battlefield forcing the groups to separate from each other.
"Oh come ON! like this whole thing couldn't get any more insane…" Will cursed.
"Come on!" Shouts Kuran "Are we now in one of those Isekai stories were one has such an overpowering ability that its turns the whole thing into a joke?"
"I have no clue what you're talking about, but it looks like Zagi's overpowering ability has also become a pain in the ass for them too." Yuri state, pointing to Null and the members of Torna, avoiding the steam of heartless.
"At least something good out of-" he stopped "THEY ARE HEADING FOR THE STAIRS!" shouts Kuran suddenly and points at the direction the monsters are going.
"Dang it!" muttered Yuri and together with Kuran they rushed over intending to cut off the exit as far as possible. "Why is everybody we run into such population murdering psychopaths?"
"We have to worry about that later, the others aren't in a really good shape to fight. And Estelle can't keep up with the healing in this situation." Kuran state. "We have to get out of here!" and pulls out a gem "And I am going to unleash something but that won't help for long. Especially with those masses!"
"Might as well give you a hand then," Will said
"What exactly are you planning with this gem?" asks Yuri on the other hand and Kuran sighs loudly "You'll see."
"Things are going to get a little more chaotic in a bit," Will added before transforming into his dragon form, he then held up his katana as it started to glow taking on the form of his Keyblade and engulfing him in a silver-hued flame-like aura.
Clenching, Kuran holds the gem at his chest and starts grunting before he was covered in a huge pillar of darkness before a roar came and as a big monster tried to hit Kuran within that pillar with the first, it stopped… the mist dispersed and revealed Kuran in his Dragon form, the wins spreading wide and the tail slamming on the ground, with a big and loud growl.
"What… what happened there?" asks Akhos as he saw that this monster was stopped so easily… before being punched so hard it flies over everybody, off the titan and down to the sea.
"Looks like they have more freaks then we have," Malos answered, barely dodging an incoming attack from Kuran, who landed right in front of him. "Aren't you an ugly bastard. But I wonder how long you can control that power!" Malos swing his sword with dark energy, knocking the dragoon off his feet. Thought to resist the dark energy, he recovered fast and roared while slamming his head at Malos.
"This isn't getting us anywhere!" Rita yelled, casting another spell to the horde of heartless. "We got Pyra, so how about we get the hell out of here?!"
"We need to make an lend a fatal blow to that Zagi fellow. If he's gone, so will the Heartless!" Will said.
"All we can do is holding down the line until we get close to that sick bastard," Vandam said, slashing one of the heartless down.
"But we can't hold it for long. We're starting to get worn down if this keeps up." Karol add.
"Not to mention that most of the holding is Kuran throwing his attacks like a mad monster," stated Rex while making a slash and cut a Heartless in half. "But whatever he did, it won't last long," added Pyra in nervosity. "I can feel the strength… but also the balance he has to keep."
The merch snarled, knowing the situation that they are in. Even with Obrona blocking the connection between the blade and the drivers.
Kuran was roaring and attacking once again but had to block a striking form Malos in the last second, rendering his effort to cause heavy damage on the Heartless null.
"Rex," told Vandum "Take a good watch. This will be my final lesson for you. I will buy the opportunity to get that guy down."
"Vandum?" Rex asked in confusion. Seeing the mercenary running towards Zagi, trying avoiding the incoming heartless's attack.
Zagi noticed Vandum heading towards him, drawing his daggers as he dashes towards the merc. "Ready to have a death wish?!"
"I could ask you the same question!" To everyone's surprise, even Zagi who stopped at his track as he sees Vandum stabbed himself own weapons, before he could react, the merch send the assassin flying to the ocean with a jet of compressed air shot from his hands.
"Is he… charging Ether through the weapons?" asks Yuri in surprise.
"It's a suicidal act! If Vandam continues using ether like that, he will die at any moment!" Azurda warns.
"What?!" Rex asked, quickly look at Estelle hoping that she can heal Vandam, but saw that she's exhausted with healing the wounded during the heartless ruthless assaults.
"Don't worry about me, Rex!" Vandam yelled, fighting off the remaining heartless. "Just kill those Torna bastard before more pop up!" Thought he shouts in pain as Kuran was tossed against him, courtesy of Malos as he used a moment of Kuran having to stop his tracks to reign in control… and that throw not only broke Kuran out of his Dragoon form but pushed one of the sickles in Vandam's body so far that he spat out blood.
"VANDAM! KURAN!" shouts Rex but was suddenly pressed on blocking the rushing of the heartless, unable to move to position a strike. And on the other fronts, the situation doesn't look better, none of them can perform any meaningful moves.
"Don't waste your breath. The old coat is at death's doorsteps." Malos told with little care with his weapon resting on his shoulder. "So, how about we get back where we started, brat?"
Rex snarled, ready to attack Malos until he heard Vandam's voice calling out to him. "Rex, don't let that guy get under your skin!" Rex gritted his teeth but concentrated back on the task of keeping the Heartless at bay, despite his urge to go after Malos instead, while Malos just laughed and rushed in, hitting Rex blade in a way that he was completely open for the follow-up. And that strike is aimed to kill.
"REX NO!" shouts Pyra as the gem on the chest and on the tiara began to glow.
"What… happening?" asks Vandam as he is clenching his wounds, helped by Kuran.
The darkness user grits his teeth "That light… I think we get the chance to see Pyra's true power." to which Vandam grins "Well… if this is the last thing I see… it's worth it."
Once the light died out, in place of Pyra is a long blonde woman wearing white/black dress with golden trims standing in front of the group.
"P-pyra?" Rex studded, seeing his sword turning into a mechanical white broadsword giving out yellow light.
"Y-you can't rewrite the act now! It's too late!" Akhos yelled as he charged the woman only to get blasted away by a beam of light from the skies. More beams of light shot down from heaven, the Torna to avoid all the attacks.
"I am not Pyra" stated the woman "I am Mythra. Pyra… she is the other personality I constructed" and the gem of her Tiara began to glow brighter and the heartless got vaporized by beams of light that strike from the sky.
"W-Whoa..nice to know I'm not the only one with a separate individual," Will muttered.
"HA! Funny." Null responded only to note a second later… that Mythra marked him as a target as well. As he was hit by such a light and is vaporizing his body.
"And definitely more powerful than Pyra." Will sweatdropped, kicking Mythra's sword to Rex. Who caught it and brandished it. Clearly ready to use this new opportunity.
"Time to turn this around!" declared Rex loudly.
