Reinforcements

Disclaimer: Same as before.

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Akima awoke the next morning and cautiously opened the bedroom door. Cover Girl's bed was empty, and she didn't hear the profusion of noise, mayhem, and destruction that was characteristic of the Misfit household at almost all times. She threw her clothing on and walked downstairs, finding nobody in the house.

She could hear a coffee pot brewing in the kitchen and saw Bilby pouring two cups. He offered one to her, which she accepted. "Where are all the others?" Akima asked.

"Training." Bilby said, "I was about to head out with them until Fetterman gave me the day off to look after you."

"But wouldn't that get you in trouble?" Akima asked.

"Technically no. Under the regulations you classify as a displaced person and that technically places you under the charge of my world and that makes you a de facto resident. In English that means that whatever relationship I had with you I can resume." Bilby replied.

Akima took this in, and it was several seconds before she completely grasped what Bilby was saying. Legalese aside that meant no more furtive sneaking about, no more subtle gestures. In effect the gates were wide open and Captain Fetterman gave his man his full blessing to continue the relationship. She looked up at Bilby, casually sipping his coffee. He looked so different out of uniform, wearing a gray Tour de France t-shirt, black cargo trousers with a pair of sunglasses worn over his head.

"So what say you and I go around and do some stupid touristy things around the Pit until lunchtime, where I'll take you over to the Enlisted Club, and then go catch a flick at the base movie theater?" Bilby asked.

"I don't have any complaints." Akima replied.

They finished breakfast, chit chatting about old times, making updates on their respective lives. They walked outside, it was a warm late spring day, flowers were in full bloom, tress and grass sported young and full greenery, and butterflies flapped about through the flowers.

"So then this biker girl's boyfriend threatens to throw Stoney and his moped into the retention pond." Bilby finished his tale of the Orlando vacation he, Stoney, Hedaya, Falk, Morgan and Link had gone on six months before.

"What about you?" Akima asked, "How was your trip?"

"It was alright." Bilby replied.

"Really?" Akima asked, with a raised eyebrow.

"Not really. Actually the guys were trying to comfort me that week." Bilby replied, "I'd never gone on so many blind dates in my entire life."

"I'd like to hear some of those stories." Akima replied.

"Well, there was this one exquisitely well proportioned waitress that was serving us at King Henry's feast. Falk and Stoney chatted her up, pointed me out and set me up for a dinner date later that night." Bilby replied, "Well, things were going smoothly, I found her to be a charming, intelligent young woman as well."

"How did this one turn out?" Akima asked.

"Disastrously." Bilby replied.

"How could you call a date like that a disaster?" Akima replied.

"I'm getting there." Bilby replied, "It was during dinner, when I asked her name, she said it was Pierre. I was mildly intoxicated and a little blitzed but I was sober enough to realize that Pierre is the name of a French male. I made some lame excuse and hot footed it all the way back to my hotel."

Akima laughed, "So Falk and Stoney set you up with a French transvestite."

"Yes, exactly." Bilby replied, "Lets just say that we had a massive food fight that rivaled the Misfits and really put more items on our bill. I'd never thought that Stoney could fly until I saw him get thrown fifty feet into the cacti patch."

Akima was regaining her breath when she said, "I still can't believe Stoney - "

Her sentence was broken when the sound of an aircraft flying overhead drowned out her woods. Looking up she could see the sleek lines of a spacecraft from her dimension. She recognized it as the Valkyrie.

"Where's the airfield?" Akima asked.

"I'm heading that way right now." Bilby replied.

As the ship docked, Akima and Bilby saw two very familiar faces disembark. The first was a kangaroo like alien with powerful legs, and the second, a short, squat alien with glasses. "Gune. Stith." Akima grinned excitedly, running up to them. The trio embraced as Bilby stood off to one side, uncertain where he belonged.

Two more figures emerged from the gang ramp. They belonged to none other than the court wizard, Donald, and the captain of the guard, Goofy. Bilby, as well as every Gamma soldier, was briefed on first contact procedures. He immediately contacted Captain Fetterman by radio.

"Gentleman. The mission commander should be here any minute." Bilby replied.

Gune and Stith were greatly surprised. Akima was supposedly dead, but here she was, standing before them in the flesh. Akima caught them up on how she had been replaced by a double and had been alive all the time when a jeep pulled up with both General Hawk and Captain Fetterman.

"Greetings Captain." Donald said, "After centuries of searching we have found the wielder of the Keyblade."

"The Keyblade?" Hawk asked.

"Do you know what this means sir? It means that the war could be well on the way to its end. The prophesy of the Keyblade was that the wielder would return when the companions of Sora appeared again." Fetterman replied.

"What is this Keyblade? Are you saying one of my men may be its wielder?" Hawk said.

"It's a weapon of awesome power that can lock the doors or open the doors to any dimension." Donald explained, "With it, we can keep the Heartless from attacking any more worlds, and also the bearer can use it to fight the Heartless in worlds they already infest."

"Very likely, General." Goofy said, "Donald's staff is blinking like crazy."

Donald took a few steps down the runway and the staff started to blink even more. "That's in the direction of Shipwreck's house." Bilby said.

"You're saying that Shipwreck could be the Keyblade wielder?" Hawk replied.

"God help us." Akima replied, "If that's the case."

The staff kept beeping and blinking with more and more vigor as it approached the house. As evidenced by the vehicles in front, all the Misfits and X-men were back. "Whoa, who are the strange new guys?" Toad asked.

"Toad, these are Stith, Gune, Donald, and Goofy." Bilby replied, "I served with Gune and Stith during the Titan mission. Donald and Goofy, I've never met before, but they are going to help you guys fight the Heartless."

Donald's staff beeped wildly as it steered him towards the Misfits, "One of your number, pure of heart shall the Keyblade choose as its bearer."

"That excludes the Misfits." Scott Summers said, "We all know how impure of heart they are."

"Gawrsh, doesn't that old saying go that people in stone houses shouldn't throw glass." Goofy said.

"That's people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones Goofy." Donald replied.

"Are you implying that we aren't pure of heart." Jean protested.

"Exactly." Donald said, pointing the staff at the X-men, the vigorous beeping and blinking of the gem atop the staff began to decrease in intensity and stopped altogether when pointed at Scott, Jean and Ororo. The blinking picked up as Donald pointed his staff at the Misfits.

It really intensified when Donald pointed it at Lance. "You, bearer of the Keyblade, it is our mission to accompany you on your quest against the Heartless."

Lance stood there, stunned beyond all possible belief. Yet it was true, the wizard with his staff seemed a hundred and ten percent convinced that he, Lance Alvers, was the one to take the fight for the Heartless.

"We must talk privately about this Lance." Spirit said, leading the stunned Alvers away.

"Wait a minute?" Scott protested, "How does Alvers have a more pure heart than any of us?"

"Lance is a diamond in the rough." Donald said, "Apparently the way you treat those whom you regard as inferior is less than stellar. You act imperious, with your noses held high in the air. Arrogance is as bad as evil."

"I'm not ready for that kind of responsibility." Lance protested, "Bilby told me what the task of the Keyblade wielder entails."

"The Keyblade will come to you when it feels you are ready." Donald replied.

"Yeah, hyuck, in the mean time it is our job to keep you safe." Goofy said.

"Great, now I've got bodyguards around me. Can my life not get any more bizarre?" At that moment, the short, squat little green alien with glasses, Gune, was turning a cassette tape in his hands. "Hmmm, primitive human musical storage device. I wonder what sort of music it contains?"

Gune, a scientist and an individual known for experimentation popped the tape in and immediately the Martian Hop sounded across Shipwreck's massive stereo system into the house.

"Eeeeeeeeeee-eeeeee-eeeee! The Martian Hop!!" started playing.

"Oh God no! Not the Martian Hop!" Lance replied.

"What idiot decided to play that song." Jean replied.

They turned to see Gune standing in front of the radio bopping in time to the music along with both Barney and Claudius in their little playpen, "Eeeeeeeeee-eeeee-eeee!" they all screeched.

"What is that awful racket?" Stith asked.

"I believe it's music." Bilby replied, "Utterly annoying music, but still music."

"It's times like this where I'm the Drej had destroyed a lot of our music." Akima replied.

Scott turned off the radio, "Wait, I was just enjoying the nice music." Gune protested.

"Enjoy it some other time. That song is EVIL!" Peter replied, pushing Gune out of the way.

"Hey! Nobody messes with Gune and LIVES!" Stith shouted and, balancing on her tail, kicked Colossus with her powerful legs.

Scott Summers tried to yank Stith off of Colossus but wound up getting kicked instead. Jean tried to telekinetically lift Stith off her feet but Akima shoving her distracted her aim, with a single punch from Akima Jean hit the ground. Scott tried to yank Akima off of Jean, but wound up eating the carpet for desert after getting a knuckle sandwich, courtesy of a hard right from Bilby.

"Can I borrow your whiffle bat Barney?" Roadblock asked.

"If you idiots don't cut it out I will kill you in cold blood!!!!!" Roadblock shouted, chasing mess of fighting X-men, Misfits, and Valkyrie crewmen with the bat. It was a long time and prompted the arrival of Law and Order before any semblence of peace was restored to the Misfit household.

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So there you have it. Lance Alvers is the one who shall wield the Keyblade. Many thanks to Red Witch for letting me use her characters. Don't worry, this tale is FAR from over.