Chapter 16

"You three will come with us." One of the Stormtroopers ordered, still having his gun pointing to the Keepers.

"Like hell we are." Maybeck picked up a chair closest to them and threw it towards the Stormtroopers. Hitting them directly. Knocking their weapons out of their hands.

"Run!" Finn cried out before the three of them ran towards the door. While Finn used his DHI form to go through the soldiers. Jess and Maybeck did a 'leap frog' over the kneel soldiers as they were reaching for their guns. The three of them made a mad dash down the corridor. Hearing footsteps of the Troopers following in fast pace behind them. Firing their laser guns at them.

They all reached outside, with the three Keepers running towards Echo Lake. Trying to avoid getting hit by the lasers. But just as they were about to reach the lake, their paths were blocked again. This time by the Green Toy Soldiers.

"Great! This is just great!" Maybeck sarcastically spoke as he and the others inched back away from the soldiers. With the Troopers closely behind them. They were surrounded.

"Please tell me you have a plan to get out of this." Maybeck said to Finn as his eyes were focused on the soldiers that inched closer to them.

"Thinking of it!" Finn said in response. Of course he didn't have a plan. He should have realized how dangerous this was. He should have realized that this was a trap.

…..

Philby watched on the screen of Finn, Maybeck, and Jess getting trapped by the Troopers and Soldiers.

"They're in serious trouble. We need to get down there and help them." Nikki said as she grew worried.

"That we will do!" Philby stood up quickly and was already heading for the door. Nikki was about to stand up and also head for the door with Philby and Willa till something on the screen caught her eyes. One of the screens that was showing the Keepers was shut off.

"What the…" Nikki raised her eyebrows. Trying to get the screen to turn on by pressing buttons. "Philby, we lost them-"

The screen was turned back on and a hologram hand reach out and grabbed Nikki by the shirt. She let out a scream as the hand was pulling her hologram form further into the screen.

"Nikki!" Willa cried out before Philby ran over and wrapped his arms around her waist to pull her back into the room. But the grip of the hand was too strong for him and he was also pulled towards the screen.

Willa grabbed the back of his belt that held his pants up to pull both of them back. But no matter what, the hand was gaining the stronger hand. Philby was losing his grip on Nikki. Watching in horror as her face was the first to get sucked into the screen. His grip slipped and he and Willa fell backwards onto the floor. Nikki's entire body was then pulled into the screen and then it turned off

"Nikki!" Philby called out. Rushing back to the camera and managed to turn it on. But it was too late. There was no sight of Nikki or the hand that grabbed her. He pressed the keyboards to get access to the server of the computer. Trying to find a way to get Nikki out of there.

"Philby…." Willa watched with a sad glance.

"Not now!" He cried out as his focus was on the screen and tapping hard on the keyboards.

"Philby stop!" Willa placed a hand onto his shoulder to stop him. Tears streamed down her face. "There's nothing you can do. Not even you can get her out of there."

Philby hit his fists on the keyboards and turned to Willa. He couldn't shake off the guilt. He blamed himself for Nikki's abduction.

"All we can do is to find the others." Willa said. Philby just silently nodded before they both rushed to the door and ran out to find the Keepers before the OTs did.

…..

Finn thought of a few plans into his head of how they could escape. He thought of them going DHI and going through the soldiers, but worried that it wouldn't work for long. They were already filled with fear. Even though he was putting on a brave face for his friends. He had to protect them. If only he had his sword from Epcot. He also wondered what happened to the rest of the Keepers. Hoping that they weren't in the same position they were in at the moment.

"One last chance. Surrender yourselves." The Trooper called out again in his robotic, emotionless tone of voice. The soldiers scooted in so closely to them that it made it harder for them to slip to the side of them.

Suddenly a lightning bolt hit each one of the Troopers, knocking him out. Along with a blast of wind that blew in and began to knock the toy soldiers down like they were dominos. Finn smiled as he saw the face of Amanda running towards them. Along with David and Charlene following behind her.

Charlene ran over, hugging Maybeck and placing a kiss onto his lips. "I'm so glad you're alright, Terry." She said as she smiled.

"You too, Charlene." He smiled as he held her.

Finn and Amanda exchanged hugs towards each other. Finn almost didn't want to let go of her in fear of losing her again. But he did so to give her space.

"Let's hurry and find the rest of our team." Amanda said as they were all about to head for the control booth. They didn't get far though, seeing Philby and Willa heading towards them. Each of them had a grief look on their face. Also, Finn notice that Nikki wasn't with them.

"What happened? Where's Nikki?" Finn asked. David also noticed that something was wrong when he didn't see Nikki.

"Something grabbed her and pulled her into the screen. I tried to get her out, but I couldn't reach her. She's…gone." Philby explained with a heavy heart. Will placed an arm around him in comfort.

All of them were silent, staring at each other in shock and grief.

"What do you mean she's gone?" David questioned Philby. "Did you see who grabbed her?"

"I don't know. It just looked like a human hologram hand pulled her in." Willa added.

"A hologram hand?" Maybeck raised his eyebrows.

"You don't think it's a OTK in DHI form that took her, do you?" Charlene asked with a sad glance.

"I don't know. But we have to get her back." Finn said in a serious tone. Realizing that Maleficent's threat was coming true. Nikki's capture could have been the start to the Overtaker's plan to get all of the Keepers. Getting them all one by one.

"But how, Finn?" Amanda asked with a concerned look.

"By jumping into the computer." Finn coldly said. Which shocked all of the kids.

"Are you crazy, Whitman?!" Maybeck exclaimed. "Do you know how dangerous it is?" Now he was sounding like Finn's mom. Worse, he was sounding like his Aunt Jelly.

"I know, but we can't just leave Nikki. She's part of our team. Our family." Finn explained.

"He's right. We can't just abandon her." David said. "She could be lost in the computer forever. Or worse, she could be in the hands of the Overtakers." He didn't like those words coming out of his mouth. He hated to think of Nikki in that situation. He remembered how scared she was when both of them were trapped in the coffins in the Haunted Mansion. And he hated to think of that when she was trapped with the OTs. He was willing to do whatever it takes to get her back.

"First, we have to find the fob and get back. And we quickly find Wanda to help us." Finn said, giving a glance to David. He was going to help him get Nikki back. As a leader, he felt that it was his responsibility to not only lead the team to their missions and the defeat of the Overtakers. It was also his duty to make sure each of the Keepers were safe from harm and so they wouldn't get stuck in their DHI forms. He already failed with Nikk's captured. But he made a promise to himself that he would not fail to find Nikki and bring her back home.

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When she opened her eyes sightly, all Niki could see was the blurriness around her. Her head ached, feeling it spinning uncontrollably. The first thing she noticed was that there were lights above her as she felt movement. Not realizing that she was being carried bridal style. It clicked that she was somewhere in the underground tunnels under Walt Disney World.

Without showing any movements in her body, she glanced up a little. Staring into the blurry of Greg Luowski. She thought she was dreaming. This couldn't possibly be real. Luckily, her eyes were mostly closed. But she was still weak and tired. Unable to move her body to struggle or run. Or even go into her DHI form.

Luowski then stopped. He was staring at someone before speaking. "I captured this one through the computers." If he wasn't blurry, she could see that he was smirking as he said this. Then another form stood above her. The blurry green face of Maleficent was now staring down at her.

"Good. Very good." She said with a smirk before looking up at Luowski for a moment. "Have her transferred."

She then turned down at Nikki, putting her hand up. "Nighty-night, little Nikki." She coldly said as she placed her hand onto Nikki's forehead. Before reacting, Nikki found herself in complete darkness again.