Chapter 17

Finn woke up, finding himself back into his room. He knew the first thing he had to do. Getting up from his bed, he texted the others right away. Telling them that they had to meet up ASAP. Start their rescue mission to save Nikki.

A tapping sound from the window made him jump up so high that he almost hit his head in the ceiling. His attention turned to the window. Seeing the face of David standing there. Not seeing the green eyes, he signed with relief and went to open the window to let David inside.

"Sorry, I don't mean to intrude like this. But I can't just stand there and think about Nikki in danger. We have to do something. Anything to get her back.' David explained himself.

"I know. But we can't stress about it. All we have to do is to think straightly." Finn tried to ensure him.

He could see the distress that he was in since he heard about Nikki's disappearance He knew that feeling all too well. Especially when it happened to Maybeck, Charlene, and Willa. But this time, they had no idea where Nikki's DHI could be. They didn't know if she was still in the computer or she was brought somewhere to the other parks. The only thing he knew was her real body was probably still sleeping in her room. Either way, she was in great danger.

"Look." Finn placed a hand onto David's shoulder. "We're not going to give up on Nikki. We are going to get her back. We just need to come up with a plan." He tried to ensure him before his phone beeped. He was receiving a text from Philby, telling him to call him right away.

It wasn't long before Philby called Finn's phone, making him answer it right away. "What do you have, Philby? Can you find her anywhere on the maps?"

"I'm scanning all of the parks at the moment." Philby's voice could be heard from the other side of the line. "So, far, I don't see her on the screen. But there's more figures on the screen. Especially in the Magic Kingdom. It could be the Disney Cast Members. Or it could be the OTs."

David showed a worried look upon his face as he thought of something. "Finn, she could still be asleep at her house. What if her mother finds her like that?"

Finn's heart dropped, knowing all too well how that was going to turn out. Once Nikki's mother finds out that she can't wake up her daughter, there was going to be panic.

"Philby, keep an eye on the screen to find Nikki. We're going to her house to talk to her mother. She has to know what has happened to her daughter." Finn at first didn't want to scare Nikki's mother. But he remembered Philby and Willa's mothers when they had a panic of their children in the SBS. What if Nikki's mother was the same?

David felt the same. Though, his thoughts were on Nikki. Worried of what the Overtakers were planning to do with her. He didn't want to think about it, but he hoped that it wasn't too late to find her. And that she was alright.

…..

Nikki's mother couldn't sleep that evening. She stared over at the alarm clock on the nightstand. It was about 4:55am. Almost the time to go wake up Nikki. She sat there on the bed, thinking of what her daughter had said the night before. Was she worrying too much? The fact that her daughter made some friends and she was hanging out with them more? Though, it wasn't the fact that Nikki made friends that made her worried. It was the fact that her daughter seemed to be more secretive recently. And also the fact that she either kept disappearing or house more often. It didn't make sense to her. Or it did?

A knock on the front door made her lift her head quickly. It concerned her that someone would be knocking in this early hour. She rushed to put on her robe and made her way down the hall to make her way towards the front door. Peeking into the peep hole, seeing two boys standing there. She realized that these two were Nikki's friends. Raising her eyebrows, she opened the door slightly to look over at the boys.

"You boys are awfully early to be picking up Nikki." Her mother spoke up in a more serious tone.

"We're sorry to bother you, Mrs. Tyler. But it's important that we talk to you." Finn spoke also in a serious tone which surprise the mother. Making her open the door for both boys and gestured them to sit in the living room before joining them there.

"Mrs Tyler, your daughter's in danger." David was the first to speak up.

Mrs Tyler narrowed her eyes upon him. "What do you mean, David Chase?"

Hearing his full name made both David and Finn had chills go down their spines. But they had an important task to rescue Nikki. So they had to focus on her.

"Your daughter is part of the Kingdom Keepers. It's our jobs to protect the Disney Parks and-"

"Fight off the Villains that try to take over the magic of Disney." Mrs Tyler said grimly. Which made both of the boys surprise by what she said.

"Has she told you about all of this?" David asked her.

Mrs Tyler didn't say anything else. She rose up and made her way to Nikki's room. Both of the boys followed her. Nikki was still asleep in her bed. Mrs Tyler began to shake her, trying to wake her up.

"Nikki! Wake up!" She shook harder. She kept calling for her and getting even more worried. After five minutes of struggle, her mother give up. As she turned to the boys, tears streamed down her face. "Not again…" She softly spilled out as she sobbed.

Finn approached her and gently placed a hand onto her shoulder. "I'm so sorry, Mrs Tyler. But we will get her back."

Mrs Tyler sniffed, trying to wipe away her own tears. "If only I had trusted her. If only I could of told her the truth."

"The truth?" Finn stared at her with confusion.

"What do you mean?" David added on, just as confused as Finn was.

Mrs Tyler signed. "There's something that I haven't told Nikki. And I fear that the events of the past will happen again. Here, I'll show you." Mrs Tyler led the boys out of the room, having no choice but to leave her poor daughter in a deep sleep that she will never wake up from.

…..

Nikki groaned, feeling the hardness of the floor beneath her. In her closed vision, all she could see is a white light. She wondered if she has passed on into another life. But, why was she feeling so much pain.

She tried to pull herself up, opening her eyes to see where she was. Rubbing her head from where the pain was coming from. She realized the white light she was seeing through her eyelids was the only bright stage light shining down at the glass cage she was in. It remained her of the Stitch attraction in Tomorrowland. She wondered if that's where she was. But there were no chairs around her like the attraction would normally have. All she could see passed the light was a few crate boxes and a dolly. Her guess was she was underneath the stage where the Stich would normally show up. And she was in the glass tube where Stitch would be hiding before the stage rose up and he would show up before the crowds.

She tried to remember what happened before she woke up here. All she could remember was Louwski's hand reaching to grab her and pulling her into the computer before she blacked out. She also thought she got a glance of Maleficent before blacking out again. She had to get out of here.

Remembering that she could go hologram to go through the glass, she closed her eyes and just pictured a calm white light. No noise. No fear. Just calmness. Feeling her body tickling, she walked over to the glass and expected to go through it like she always did. Upon reaching the glass, she hit it with her head. Making her fall over onto the ground.

What did she do wrong? Why couldn't she go through the glass? She studied the glass. Putting her hand upon it. It was solid. She couldn't get through it. Panic spread through her that she began to be solid herself. This wasn't normal glass. The glass was covered with electrical bolts. It was like a glitch. It was made to keep her inside with no way out. The Overtakers finally knew a way to try a Keeper in their DHI forms.

Her next plan was trying to find a way to contact the other Keeper and warn them. She ran her hands into her pockets. Her phone was gone. Though she should have seen that coming. It would have been too easy for her. She felt completely trapped. With no way out and no one to call for help. And her mother… Her heart sunk at the thought of her mother. Seeing her crying over her sleeping daughter's body. The thought that she won't wake up again. While she paced around the glass prison to think of a way out, the door of the storage room opened up.

The temperature in the room began to drop as a dark figure entered. Nikki shivered as the room was getting colder. She could actually see the puff of her own breath as she was panting. The figure approached her and she could see the familiar green face of Maleficent. Seeing her evil grin made her blood went cold.

"Well, if it isn't the little girl that wants to be a Keeper." Maleficent sneered as she circled the glass tube. Nikki's eyes followed her so she wouldn't try anything on her.

"I knew somehow I would get to you. You just couldn't resist the power of the computers. And, so have we." Maleficent paused as she stared at the girl. "They have become so useful to us, just as much as it did for you. And you did this behind the Keepers and the old man's back." Her smirk turned more darkish as she said this. "I knew you were one of us."

"I'm never one of you! And I will never be!" Nikki shouted as her hands pressed against the glass, narrowing her eyes on the witch.

"Tsk tsk. Such a shame. You would have been a perfect addition to our family. But I'm afraid that we'll have to destroy you." Maleficent said coldly.

Nikki's eyes widen, feeling like she's been hit in the stomach. Destroy her? But she couldn't show her fear in front of her. She didn't want Maleficent to see that she was afraid. "You won't get away with this! The Keepers will stop you!"

Those words made Maleficent laugh. "No, they wouldn't." Her smirk disappeared and she showed her glare. "The Keepers will come, but only to meet their ends. And you, my dear will lead them to us."

"I won't help you!" Nikki cried out.

"Oh, but you won't have much of a choice, my dear." Maleficent turned away, but kept her glaze upon Nikki. "You will help us one way, or another." She then walked towards the door. Nikki could see that she was talking to someone else in the doorway. There was no doubt that they were talking about her by the way Maleficent would glace at her a few times. Even giving her a smirk.

Nikki fell back into a sitting position onto the floor, curling her legs close to her. Was she going to be the reason for the downfall of the Kingdom Keepers. Will she lose her friends because of her stupid mistakes of wanting to use the access of the computers.

"Please Keepers. Don't come find me." She softly spoke to herself. Tears formed in her eyes, but she shook them off. The last thing she wanted was to see these villains to see a little girl crying for out of fear. But, she did blamed herself for what she had caused. And the events that were about to take place.