Part I: Chapter 3 Eradication
As Sora's gummy ship neared the sector of interspace where Atlantica used to be, he began to feel strange. He cluthed his chest, feeling as if some immense force pierced through his body. It was too much for Sora's body to handle, and he passed out on the control console of his ship.
Thunk A small piece of rock hit the gummy ship's side blocks causing Sora to awaken. As he looked up, he was completely shocked and paralyzed at what he saw. It was Atlantica... or at least what was left of it. It was the strangest thing Sora had ever seen. Chunks of asteroids and rocks just floating in interspace, accompanied by spherical orbs of water. Occasionally, lightning would streak across the area in different directions. The sound of electrical current could also be heard coming from that direction.
As he looked around, he suddenly saw a flash of light coming from the direction of the largest asteroid, behind all the debris. Sora turned to fly in that direction. As soon as he turned though, a narrow beam of energy phased right through the bottom side of his gummy ship, completely destroying his shield system and one of his firaga engines. There was something on that large asteroid and now Sora was determined to take it out. As more beams shot out towards him, he engaged the ship's turbo boosters and began evasive action. He tried as hard as he could to dodge the beams as well as meteors that blocked the way. When he reached the core of the debris where the large asteroid was located, one of his wings was nicked by a beam, causing him to spin around quickly. At that point, the gummy ship crash landed on the asteroid. It's powerful front armor blocks stopped the ship from wrinkling up and crushing Sora inside, but the ship was now out of commission.
Sora has been through worse though. A little crash wasn't going to stop him. Although he was dazed and his head was bleeding from the crash, he recovered. He noticed that the cockpit windshield was blown open, and since he didn't implode or anything, he figured it was safe to get out of the ship. He kicked open the hatch and climbed out. But it wasn't safe, for as he looked up, he saw what had been attacking him. This thing that Sora was looking at... it must have been what destroyed Atlantica. It had no definitive figure. It seemed to be some kind of four-legged beast. It was made purely of darkness. It's pure black eyes had dark smoke coming out of them. And to top it all off, it was huge. Nine, maybe ten times the size of Monstro. So you can imagine how powerful this thing must be. The Heartless needed to destroy the core of a planet if they wanted to destroy it. But this thing simply smashed it to bits. And now it was going to smash Sora into bits.
Sora just didn't know what to do. His most powerful attack probably wouldn't even put a dent in the thing. The monster opened it's gigantic dark mouth and created a dark energy ball in it. It seemed to be harvesting the energy of interspace itself and the ball kept growing bigger. This action was causing a powerful gravitational pull towards the monster. Sora had no choice but to jam the Platinum Chocobo into the ground and hang on tightly to it, for he would surely be incinerated if he was caught in the energy. But perhaps it didn't matter. Surely this would be the end. Not just for him, but a blast this big would disintigrate every planet connected to the western warp zones of Atlantica. Traverse, Wonderland, Agrabah, the Deep Jungle, and worst of all, Olympia, where all his friends were at.
All of a sudden, the beast stopped gathering energy, and the ball of destruction disappeared as quick as it was made. The previous sound of electrical current overwhelmed the area now. Sora looked up and wondered what happened. The beast seemed to be looking around, as if something else was there. What in the universe could possibly cause this monster to feel a sense of danger?
The space a few meters in front of Sora suddenly began to twist. It whirled in a circular motion and as it began to take form, it looked almost like the glowing yellow warp gates that can be found in interspace. Sora thought a ship was going to come through it, because a living being stepping through a interspace warp without proper shielding from a ship or something like that would be destroyed on the spot.
But to Sora's amazement, a ship did not come through, but a person. It appeared to be male, judging from body structure. He was wearing a dark red cloak and a black blindfold around his eyes, which appeared to be trying to be trying to spew out eletrical bolts. This person floated out of the warp gate and landed on the ground in front of Sora, but facing the monster. Without a word, he began walking towards it, every step causing small cracks to form where his feet had been. Sora's eyes opened wide when he saw the monster actually taking steps backwards and away from this strange person.
As quick as this strange ordeal began, it was over. There was a whizzing sound, and the man disappeared. He reappeared underneath the monster, near what seemed to be it's chest area, and put his hand right into the darkness. A fierce, flaming red surge of energy exploded outwards from the monster's back, carrying with it a huge black formation which was probably the monster's heart or source of existance. It disintegrated in space and the monster gave out an ear shattering roar. The monster lost it's form as beams of light shot out from it's body, indicating an imminent explosion. The strange man appeared in front of Sora, but said nothing. Sora gasped and screamed as the man grabbed his arm and flung him into the warp which he originally had come through. The stranger just stood there, with a smirk on his face as the giant monster exploded and completely eradicated everything in the Atlantica Sector.
(Next time on Part I-Chapter 4: Aeterna)