Chapter 8

Ururl continued to watch as the events progressed. It was very unexpected that the young Jedi would think to make a Force whirlwind and blow the Heartless a way. Ururl had been sure that the Shadow Heartless were more than enough to take down both Jaina Solo and Sora, but apparently they were not. He would not make the same mistake again.

After Jaina had blown the Heartless away, Ururl had instantly summoned more Heartless to the streets. There they had begun to attack the bystanders and convert them into Heartless slaves. Now these new Heartless were going to deal with Jaina and Sora.

But what to do about the others? Ururl thought to himself. There are, of course Sora's companions, Donald and Goofy, and the rest of the Skywalker and Solo family.

He laughed to himself.

I think it is time to deal with them as well.

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Donald was woken up by some loud beeping sound. He woke up, flapping his arms both with surprise of his very loud alarm and realizing that he was on the floor. In the other bed, Goofy was still snoring.

"Wake up, Goofy." Donald said, but when Goofy did not, he tried again louder. "Wake up!" But this time, Donald used his lighting magic to wake Goofy up.

"Ouch!" Goofy yelled, waking up. He yawned, still tired. "What's the matter Donald?" He asked.

Artoo then came rolling into the room, apparently the source of the constant beeping. At the sound of the beeping, Threepio powered on as well.

"Artoo, what is the matter with you?" Threepio asked.

Artoo responded with a series of bleeps.

"A strange creature appeared out of no where?" Threepio asked, very puzzled.

Then, behind Artoo, a hunched over black creature came waddling into the room.

"A Heartless!" Donald and Goofy shouted in unison.

"Oh, my, how horrid!" Threepio exclaimed.

Goofy jumped up and grabbed his shield, and ram the Heartless into the main room. Donald then zapped it with his lighting magic to destroy it. More Shadow Heartless, however, began to materialize from the shadows. They nearly filled the entire room.

"Oh, my." Threepio said, then after he looked out the window. "OH, MY!"

Donald, Goofy, and Artoo also turned to peer out the window, and each jumped back. Outside, there were several Heartless flying through the air, some were carrying people, while others were just doing as much damage as they could.

All four of them then turned their attention back to the room, where even more Shadows had begun to gather. They were surrounded. The entire group slowly backed up as the Heartless began to advance. Donald brought up his staff to get ready to attack, while Goofy hid behind his shield, also getting ready to attack. Artoo even whimpered a little as the Heartless continued to surround them.

"We're doomed." Threepio aptly said.

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Leia screamed, and in an instant later Han, Luke, and Chewbacca came rushing into the room.

"Leia," Luke said. "What is it?"

"Something," Leia said, looking out the window. "Just flew by." Something went by again. "Look, there it is!" She said, pointing out the window from her chair.

Han, Luke, and Chewbacca turned to look out the window, and saw a huge, red, bird like creature hovering outside staring back at them.

"What is that thing?" Han asked.

"Look, Han," Luke said, pointing to a corner of the room. "Over there."

Several weird creatures came up out of the darkness in the corner, strange hunched, black creatures. Leia jumped up at of her chair and ran to where Han and Luke stood. Luke drew his lightsaber, and Han drew his blaster as well.

Han fired at the first creature and hit it, but it still kept on coming, completely unphased. Han looked confused for a moment, and fired again, but the creature kept on coming. Luke went toward another of the creatures and slashed at it with his lightsaber, but though he cut it in half, it just reformed itself.

"Han, what's going on?" Leia asked, but no one had any answer.

"I don't know," Han said, but then something dawned on his face. "Wait a minute, maybe these are those Heartless creatures Sora was telling us about." He fired at another of the creatures.

"But," Luke said, slashing at another creature only to have it reform a second later. "How did they get here?"
"I don't know," Han said. "But I'm sure Sora knows. Let's get out of here and find him. Do you know where Jaina took him?"

"No," Leia answered. "But hopefully she has her comlink with her."

"Well, let's hurry and get out of here," Han said. "And get the droids and Donald and Goofy as well. We can't leave them here, not with these things crawling around." He shot at another one. "Let's go."

All four of them ran out the door, and crashed into Donald and Goofy.

"Oh, thank the maker! Mistress Leia! Master Han!" Threepio exclaimed, trying to catch.

"Threepio?" Leia asked. "What's going on? Why are you out here?"

"Some Heartless appeared in our room." Donald said. "And we had to fight through them to get out."

"So those things are Heartless?" Han asked, as more Heartless appeared. "Nevermind, tell me later. Right now we got to get out of here. Leia, try to contact Jaina, and ask her where she is. We have to meet up with her and Sora."

"Right, Han." Leia said, getting the comlink out, and added under breath. "I just hope she's alright."

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Jaina grunted as she swung her lightsaber at an attacking Invisible. It tried to parry her blow, but even a sword made of darkness cannot stand against a sword of light. Jaina's blade cut through the Heartless, but the Invisible just reformed itself and began attacking Jaina anew.

"What's going on?" She asked out loud to herself. "I cut that thing in half and its still coming!"

Sora, on the other hand, was having his own problems. Several Darkballs and Wyverns kept on attacking, and though he kept on beating them back, they were beginning to overwhelm him.

"Jaina," Sora called to Jaina. "I don't think I can keep this up much longer!"

"Neither can I!" Jaina called back, after slicing the Heartless once again only to have it form back. Suddenly she heard a little beeping sound, and, realizing it was her comlink, picked it up.

"Hello?" She asked, in between strikes.

"Jaina?" a voice on the other side said.

"Mom?" Jaina asked relieved. "Is that you?"

"Yes, Jaina its me." Her mom answered. "Where are you?"

"About a block away from the apartment," Jaina answered as she ducked a blow. "Where are you?"

"Leaving the apartment. We are all here." Leia said. "These creatures appeared in the apartment and we had to leave."

"Mom, where can we meet you?" Jaina asked her mother.

"The Falcon isn't far from where you are." Leia said. "Meet us there."

"Okay, Mom." Jaina said, and hung up the comlink. She called to Sora. "Sora, that was my mother. We're meeting her at a safe place, but we have to go now!"

"Okay," Sora said, fighting off another Heartless. "Hey, Jaina, do you think you can make another whirlwind?"

"I don't know, I can try."

"No," Sora said. "Don't try, just do it or don't do it."

For an instant, Jaina looked amused, and thought. Has he been talking to Uncle Luke? But then focused her mind on what she had to do.

There were many more Heartless now than before, so she would need a larger whirlwind. She concentrated, feeling the Force flow through her. She did not need to push the Heartless for away, just summon enough wind to clear a path for Sora and herself. With all her might, Jaina altered the wind flow, controlling it, until it became a strong enough gust of wind to blow the Heartless away. It worked, though not all the Heartless were blown away, but enough for a safe retreat.

"Let's go!" Jaina called out to Sora, and together they ran toward safety.