Chapter XXIX: Island Adventure
While making her way across the island, the sun had set. After a day full of searching, Ushio believed something ahead would be worth it. Walking through the trees, she spotted some sort of building. Sneaking closer, there appeared to be guards protecting the place.
"I'm guessing they aren't the friendliest people." Ushio whispered to herself after seeing them armed.
As she got closer, the girl thought she saw something move in the shadows. To her surprise, a guard on the second floor fell.
"Hey, hey. We got a man down!" a guard called out.
"Come on, let's go." another said.
Taking the opportunity, she crouched closer to the building. There seemed to be a large door of sorts in front of her. Getting closer to it, she saw someone else Dart out of the jungle. He ran to the door and tried finding a way in. Not wanting to be spotted, she ran to the side of the door while keeping hidden.
In an instant, the door opened upwards, taking the man with it. A vehicle of some kind came out on tracks, leaving some room for Ushio to get past. Using the small window, she rushed the open door and snuck inside.
As the door closed, she saw the man drop down in front of her. Checking to make sure the door was closed, he spotted her.
"Woah, I'm not an enemy!" she quickly defended herself. Looking closer, the red outfit seemed vaguely familiar.
"Then who exactly are you?" the man questioned, prepared to fight if necessary.
"My name's Ushio. I've been on this island trying to look for anyone. All I've seen was some guy in black hunting someone and you."
"And why should I trust you?"
"No offense, but do I look like any of those guards."
"Point taken." he said.
Before they could get acquainted more, ten mechanical creatures appeared before them. They were small, robotic things with whitish yellow highlights.
"So the Heartless are guarding this place. Looks like I've got the right spot." Ushio said.
"I don't know what you just said, but these guys look like trouble to me." the man replied.
The Strafers readied their cannon arms at the pair as they blasted. Ushio and the man dodged the blasts as they charged the foes. Ushio's keyblade made easy work of the Heartless as they appeared to be weak things. The man seemed to take care of them just as easily with his punches. In no time flat, the ten were gone.
"That's taken care of." Ushio said.
"Good work there." the man said to her. "I guess we can work together."
"That's great." she responded.
"You can call me Mr. Incredible." he said, extending his hand.
With pleasantries out of the way, the two ran further into the building. Going through several doors and passageways, they seemed to enter into the main section of the building. Still keeping up the sneak approach, they waited as a cart of guards hovered by. Ushio followed Mr. Incredible's lead as he lead her down the hallway to a room with a stone door.
Glancing inside, the room seemed safe as they rushed into it. Ushio immediately spotted the huge lava fall wall illuminating the room. Other than that, nothing seemed out of the ordinary. Mr. Incredible seemed to stare at the lava for a second before heading to one of the large stone faces in the room. To her surprise, he lifted the thing up and seemed intent to use it to part the lava. However, before he could, the lava parted by itself. Both parties immediately hid as a woman walked out of the parting.
The lava began to close as Ushio and Mr. Incredible ran to make it. Ushio took up the front as Mr. Incredible followed. The walls pushed closer and closer as the pair barely made it. A sliding door came down, ushering them into a room of pure blackness. Yet, the darkness soon faded as small lights turned on and lead to a console. The two approached it as Mr. Incredible sat down. A large screen lit up the wall in front of them as the word PASSWORD appeared.
"So, uh, do you know any of this?" Ushio asked.
"I…think." he answered.
Typing KRONOS into the keyboard, it seemed to do the trick as a menu came up. It seemed to be the workings of the computer as Mr. Incredible scrolled down to the SUPERS tab. Clicking it, the screen showed a series of superheroes and robots. The wording implied that they'd been pitted against one another as the words TERMINATED appeared on their pictures before pulling up the next one. The screen kept showing names as Mr. Incredible gasped in shock. Ushio felt an uneasy feeling as she continued to gaze at the screen. If what the screen had said was true, Aster was right in proclaiming that they'd found more competent partners. Truly, Ushio wasn't going to have as easy a time as before.
Looking back at the screen, Ushio notes as Mr. Incredible began to look up specific names. He seemed relieved as the first came up negative. Searching his own name, it came up as TERMINATED.
Clicking on the robot, it pulled up a plan for the so called Omnidroid. It seemed to be set to launch at a city and planned to destroy it. A timer appeared onscreen with a little over eight hours until the plan was to begin. The pair knew what they had to do as Ushio and Mr. Incredible started to run out of the room.
However, a beeping began on Mr. Incredible's suit. Alerted to it, Ushio turned around.
"What's that?" she asked.
Before she had a chance to get an answer, the lights came on as cannons deployed from the walls. An alarm blasted as the cannons shot strange balls at the two. They seemed to stick to them as they inflated in size.
"Get this off of me." Ushio said as she tried to shake it. Yet her efforts proved futile.
Taking Mr. Incredible's lead, they started running once more as the cannons continued to pelt them. Both of them tried their hardest as the black orbs overtook them. Before too long, they were covered in the things as unconsciousness fell over them.