Chapter 31

"There's got to be a way out.", said Sora.

"What do we do?", asked Happy.

Both saw the Gigases activate and fired at the two. Sora and Happy screamed in fear and started to run away. Happy summon his wings, grab Sora, and lift him in the air.

"Thanks!"

"No problem!"

"Hey, you carry Natsu right?"

"Yeah."

"And he gets sick whenever he rides a vehicle."

"Yeah."

"So why doesn't he get sick when you carry him?"

"That's because I'm not a vehicle, I'm a cat!"

"Okay?"

A laser was heading towards them but Happy moved away from the laser. They both saw the Gigases still firing at them. Both of them kept flying away from them, but they just keep firing at them.

"If we keep this up, we'll never find a way out!", said Happy.

"Happy, dive towards that blue Gigas!", said Sora.

"What are you going to do?"

"When we get close, I'll takeover it and destroy the others. Ready?"

"Aye, sir!"

Both of the dove towards the blue Gigas. The Gigas was firing at them, but they easily dodge the attacks thanks to Happy's flying.

"Let go, Happy!"

"Aye!"

Happy let go of Sora, sending him falling towards the Gigas. The Gigas fired at Sora, but defelects the attacks using his Keyblade to hit the lasers away from him. Sora then landed on the robot's head, he then open the hatch and entered it. He then took the controls and began to fire at the other Gigases, defeating dozens of them.

"Awsome!", said Happy excitedly.

"Now that we have the advantage here, we can get out of here quickly!", said a determine Sora. "Come in here!"

Sora open the hatch and let Happy in.

"Charge at that guy!", Happy ordered as he pointed at a purple Gigas.

Sora then charge at the Gigas, knocking away other Gigases. Sora punched the Gigas, knocking it on a glass floor. But the glass began to crack and then it shattered. Sora and Happy then began to fall on to another platform.

"I don't want to die!", shouted Happy.

"I got this!" Sora pressed another button and the legs of the Gigas began to blast out fire, making the Gigas float and landed them safely on the ground.

Looking at all the Gigases surrounding them, Sora then said, "Alright, if we can beat these guys, we can get out of here. Are you ready Happy?!"

"Aye, sir!", Happy responded.

Inside a fortress filled with snow, Natsu and Lily were laying in the snow. Upon arriving here, they fell from the sky and crashed into the fortress.

Natsu immediately got up and said, "Alright, where is that bastard?! I'm gonna clobber him!"

"Natsu, I don't think were inside the store anymore.", said Lily as he explore his surroundings.

"Then where the hell are we?"

Suddenly, they heard footsteps coming towards them.

"Who's there?", Natsu shouted.

They then saw a woman with fair skin, green eyes and shoulder-length, silver-blond hair. She is wearing leather trousers, a long fur-lined black coat, a muted red scarf with matching fingerless glove, long heeled boots. The zipper of her jacket has a large round accessory with a red gem.

She then saw Natsu and Lily and said, "Prompto! What the hell are you doing?!"

"Wait, who are you and what do you want?", asked Natsu.

"What do you mean-ugh there's no time for this, we got to go now! You can take that Moogle with you."

She then grab Natsu wrist and they both started running towards the gate. When they exit the gate, there was a huge rumbling beneath the ground. They turned around and saw a giant mechanical worm rising from the ground.

"What the hell is that?!", asked a shock Natsu. "It's huge!"

The woman from before showed on a snowmobile and said, "Hop on!"

"No way I'm getting on that thing!", said Natsu.

"We don't have time, just get on!"

"Hey, Lily. Carry me!"

Lily then summon his wings, grabbed Natsu, and started to fly away from the creature. The woman looked shock at what was going, but she snapped out of her trance and started following the two on her snowmobile.

When she catch up to them, she said, "You're not Prompto, are you."

"No. You got someone else lady.", Natsu responded.

"Who are you then?"

"My name is Natsu and this guy is Lily."

"I'm Aranea Highwind."

"Mrs. Highwind, would you care to explain what that thing is?", asked Lily.

"The Immortalis. It was created by Verstael to destroy the world. It has to be stop!"

"So you want to stop that thing?", asked a smirking Natsu. "Then you came to the right people! Lily let's take that thing down!"

"Agreed. This might be the key on returning to the store.", Lily responded.

"If you insist.", said Aranea. "It's weak point is the center drill."

Lily carried Natsu at the center of the drill, avoiding the other drills.

"Fire Dragon King's Demolition Fist!"

Natsu punched the center of the drill with a huge amount of fire and overwhelming force, making the entire machine to fall backwards.

Suddenly, a voice came out of the machine

"Long I have waited to smite the world that denied me the glory I rightly deserve and now, all shall tremble before me and maker alike!"

"Who's that speaking?", asked Natsu.

"That must be Verstael's corrupted desires speaking through the machine. That maniac's taken 'biological warfare' to the next level.", said Aranea.

The machine fell to the ground and stopped glowing after Natsu's attack. But suddenly, all of the drills on that machine started to glow brightly red.

As it got up, Verstael's voice then said, "How can this be? I will not allow it!"

The drills on the machine began to spread apart from the others, making it look more deadly. Then, the entire machine started to glow brightly red and started firing red lasers at Natsu and Lily.

"Here they come!", said Natsu.

Lily and Natsu dodge the attacks coming at them as they headed straight towards the center again.

"I want to finish this right now!", said Natsu.

"Fire Dragon King's Roar!"

Natsu fired a large amount of power from his mouth, destroying incoming laser and hitting the center of the drill. This cause the entire machine to explode and hear Verstael's cry.

Aranea was in a state of shock while Natsu and Lily landed in front of her.

"How did you do that?", she asked.

"It's my Dragon Slaying Magic. It is for defeating dragons.", Natsu responded.

"You fight dragons?! This is-That's!" She then sighed. "Whatever, there's always crazy things happening."

"That's why they're fun!", Natsu said with a smile, making Aranea curious.

Suddenly, a white portal appeared behind them, showing an image of the game store.

"Hey, do you think it's the way out?", Natsu asked Lily.

"Gotta be.", Lily responded.

"You're leaving?", asked Aranea.

"Yup. We gotta go save our friends.", Natsu responded. "It was nice meeting ya."

"Same here. You did pretty good, kid. Now they'll have trouble dealing with this."

"Take care, Aranea."

Natsu and Lily started walking towards the portal and disappeared. Left alone, Aranea then said, "Those two are really interesting."

She then saw a familiar figure walking towards her.

Lucy woke up on a black stone floor. She woke she saw four figures battling a tall man wearing black armor. One of the fighters had trouble getting up. He was wearing a blue and white armor, had shoulder-length white hair, blue eyes, pale skin, and a tinge of purple on his lips. Seeing his struggle, Lucy got up and caught the fighter before he could fall to the ground.

"Are you alright?", asked Lucy.

"Yes.", he answered. When he looked at Lucy, he said with surprise, "Rydia, you're back!"

"Rydia?", question Lucy.

Before they could talk some more, the man in black armor summon dark energy from his hand and said, "Goodbye, Cecil."

"No, Golbez!", shouted the fighter, Cecil.

"Open, Gate of the Scorpion! Scorpio"

Lucy used one of her keys to summon Scorpio.

"We are!", said Scorpio. "So what do you need, Miss Lucy?"

"Lucy?", question Cecil.

"Get him!", Lucy responded as she pointed at the black knight, Golbez.

"Sand Buster!"

Scorpio released a large amount of sand at Golbez, which drives him back a little.

"That was good!", said Lucy. "You can return to get some rest."

"Ok, see ya, Miss Lucy!", said Scorpio as he return to the spirit world.

"Wait", said Cecil. "If you're not Rydia, who are you?"

"My name is Lucy. I got separated from my friends, so I'm trying to find a way back."

"But why are you helping us? Shouldn't you go look for your friends?"

"If I left you like this what kind of mage would I be?"

"You shouldn't have interfered, little girl.", said Golbez.

"I'm not letting you hurt them!", she said as she grab another gold key.

"Star Dress: Cancer Form!"

Lucy transform into her Cancer Form outfit holding two scissor blades.

"Let me help you.", said Cecil.

"Are you sure?", asked Lucy.

"Yes. This is my fight after all."

"Ok, Let's go!"

Both Lucy and Cecil charged at Golbez, who retaliate by firing dark spells at them. Lucy dodged the spells and attempted to strike him from above. But before she could land a hit, Golbez disappeared and fired dark energy at Lucy, making her crashed against the wall.

"Damn you!", shouted Cecil as he charge at Golbez.

He managed to land a hit on Golbez by quickly striking his chest, making him fall to his knees. Before Golbez could attack Cecil, Lucy came behind him and stab him in the back, making him grunt in pain and collapse.

"We...we did it! We defeated him!", said Cecil.

Suddenly, a white portal appeared behind the two, showing an image of the game store.

"What is that?", asked Cecil.

"My way home.", answered Lucy.

"You're leaving?"

"Yup. I gotta go find my friends."

"Alright. I thank for your assistance, Lucy."

"Your welcome and good luck on your journey, Cecil."

Lucy then began to walk towards the portal and disappeared, leaving Cecil with his friends.