Chapter 14: The Mysterious Tower Part 2
Sora finished his tea and looked up at the ceiling, processing what he had just learned. Master Yen Sid also finished his tea and placed his good china on the table.
"And that is what truly happened. And now, you have a good picture of what Xehanort is. It is really up to you to decide for yourself is he is friend, or foe." said Yen Sid.
Donald quacked. "If you ask me, I think he needs to be stopped. He is a mad man! He wants to destroy the galaxy as we know it!" cried Donald.
Goofy and Sora didn't say anything. Instead, Goofy stood up and excused himself to walk outside. Donald looked up and followed him. Sora noticed and watched as Goofy sadly walked out of the door. Donald was close behind as if he knew what was going on. Sora turned to Master Yen Sid if he too noticed something, but he was looking at Sora.
"Now that you have a bright picture of what is expected of you child, what will you do now?" asked Yen Sid.
"Well in my honset opinion, I still have some ill will towards Xehanort. But it's funny to know that I no longer hate him. Instead, I feel sorry for him. And at the same time, I feel like I understand him a bit better. But even though his life turned upside down, that's no reason to take it all out on the worlds." said Sora.
"And that is why the Keyblade chose you. Or, perhaps someone gave you the power?" asked Yen Sid.
"I think there was. My brother, Ventus. He passed the power to me." said Sora.
"He chose well." replied Master Yen Sid.
Just then, Donald came in and whispered in Yen Sid's ear. Yen Sid looked at Donald with stern eyes and quickly got up.
"Excuse me. Please wait for me here. I have to go check on something." said Yen Sid.
"Everything okay?" asked Sora.
"Everything is fine." said Donald.
"Where's Goofy?" asked Sora.
Donald didn't answer. He left the room with Yen Sid and Sora couldn't help himself. He decided to follow him.
Outside the Mysterious Tower, a large group of Heartless began to attack. And three masked figures stood side by side. In the middle stood a young man with a shiny helmet, and next to him were also young men that wore the identical armor, in red, black and blue.
"Vanitas!" screamed Yen Sid.
"Yo Master! I have come to pay you a visit." said Vanitas, the one in the middle.
"You are not welcome here! You or your cohorts!" said Yen Sid.
Donald and Goofy were side by side with their weapons.
"Are you okay?" asked Donald to Goofy.
"Not really." replied Goofy.
"Of course your not. It's him isn't it?" asked Donald.
Goofy didn't answer.
Sora then came out and saw the three armored young men right there with the Heartless.
"Here too! No way!" cried Sora as he got his Keyblade out.
"Sora, get into the building. They are powerful!" cried Yen Sid.
One of them quickly got a sword that looking like a wing, and flew into the air to attack. Sora quickly used his keyblade to block him from attacking Yen Sid.
The third armomred one summoned a long pole with a spear in the end.
"This one's mine. Stay low Goofy." said Donald.
"No. I'll handle it. He won't hurt me. He just won't." said Goofy.
"He'll hurt you! He's not the same! Don't be stupid Goofy!" cried Donald.
Goofy didn't listen. He summoned his shield and attacked the armored one with the pole.
Sora then went over to attack the other armored one with the winged sword and they both began to fight. However, Sora noticed the fighting was eerily familiar. And he didn't like it.
Donald and Yen Sid threw a ton of spells at all the foes and they disappeared, dropping a ton of gems and money on the ground.
Vanitas stood there and began to laugh.
"Xehanort will be pleased to know you are destroying his pets. Agent PL! Agent Land! Retreat! We gathered enough data." said Vanitas.
The sword winged person retreated from Sora and Goofy quickl grabbed his opponent's arm, trying not to let go.
The one with the pole looked at Goofy and quickly hit him on the stomach.
"Goofy! Get away!" cried Sora as he quickly hit the armored one with the pole.
Goofy got up and walked back. "Everyone! Look!" cried Goofy pointing at the sky.
A large black cloud came upon Mysterious Tower and Yen Sid began to chuckle. "Xehanort is desperate to kill us all. Everyone, return to your Gummi Ship. I will handle these idiots." said Yen Sid.
"But we can't leave you here!" cried Sora.
"Now is not the time to be sentimental child. Do as I say and save the worlds!" demanded Yen Sid as he threw his hands on the air, stopping the cloud with his powers. Goofy and Donald quicklky pulled Sora.
"Let's go! We have to listen to him!" cried Donald.
"But Yen Sid..." protested Sora.
"He'll take care of this. You can trust him." said Goofy with a wink.
Sora felt at peace with his friends and he knew he could trust them. With that, they run towards the Gummi Ship, escaping the Mysterious Tower. Meanwhile, Vanitas and his two armored cohorts were in the same bridge of their own dark version of a gummi ship. He looked at both of them.
"Nice Work. Report to Maleficent and Xehanort. Tell them we have the data." said Vanitas with a twisted smile as he removed his helmet...
