Spike remembered all his memories of his life as he held to the rope from the Resistance's Airship, today was the big day that he would save the planet. He, Hikari and Sergeant Jones held on to the rope of the airship with one hand as they flew towards Jirak's castle, their other hands holding their weapons. Jones held his sword, Hikari held one of his guns and Spike held on to his Keyblade. They were completely suited in their Resistance uniform, a purple top cut at the arms and green jeans to show that they were part of the Resistance, which Spike had renamed to Laguna in memory of his old friend and leader.
"Remember, as soon as we get above the run way, we jump down and run towards the castle. If any Heartless come we take them out to make a clearer path for our troops. You got that?" Spike said,
"Yeah yeah we remember what we have to do to get you in to the castle, but what do you intend to do once we're inside and we're taking out Heartless?" Jones asked,
"You'll know when it's done." Spike replied much to Jones' dismay.
"If you intend to end this by yourself Spike, you cant. You can't deny help from others." Jones began to plead with Spike.
"There it is!" Hikari said, "The castle"
Spike and Jones looked and sure enough, there it was. The castle had become a dark shade of purple thanks to the Heartless' presence. They were bubbles of darkness raising on the castles surface and as each one popped, no less than a hundred Heartless poured out of it. Several minted later they could see the runway,
"There it is. You two ready?" Spike asked,
"Yeah" Jones answered as Hikari gave Spike a nod.
"As soon as we can, we jump from this rope hanging from the bottom of the airship and land on that runway, then we run towards the castle gates and destroy any Heartless that comes close to us. As soon as we're in we continue to fight and wait for the rest of the troops to get inside. I'll lead since I have the Keyblade, Hikari will follow as the Heartless can not harm him and Jones, you will follow behind us." Spike told them, "Understood? Good. We're nearly there"
Spike held his walkie talkie to his mouth and spoke to the rest of the troops, "As soon as you land and see that we have entered the castle, you all jump off and follow us in to the castle. If you see any Heartless, kill it"
"Apart from me!" Hikari yelled,
"Apart from Hikari." Spike said.
The airship was now above the runway. Spike's team of 3 jumped from the rope they had held on to for their life and began to run up.
The moment they landed, no less than five hundred Heartless appeared from the sides of the runway,
"And here I was hoping we'd have a party, and all we get are what? 600? Geez…" Jones joked.
Spike ran at a group of Heartless coming at them as he swung his Keyblade around from right to left, the Heartless were each defeated by the first strike. Jones did not get it that easy however, his sword had no advantage against the Heartless so he rarely destroyed one. But he fought with his heart, and the memories of the ones he had loved who were taken by Heartless, and that was enough to keep him alive. Hikari could fight without fear, the Heartless were completely ineffective against him as the Heartless could only unlock Hearts and bring out the darkness in them to turn it in to a Heartless, but Hikari was already a Heartless so he fought with no fear as he used his hand guns to shoot through Heartless. The bullets did not have much effect on them but it did slow them down which was all that was needed for their plan to work. It only took about 10 minutes for Spike to reach the castle gates, so he cleared the area with his Keyblade until Hikari and Jones reached them.
"Hikari" Spike heard the voice,
"Who was that?" Spike asked, he turned around to see a Heartless, but a different Heartless, unlike any he had seen before,
"No… a NEO Shadow!" Hiroshima said from the Airship which had landed, "Dammit"
"So Hikari never told you about me?" The Heartless said, "My name is Drake,
"Who are you?" Spike asked, "Were you cursed too"
"In a way, but I have overcome that curse. But I did keep the ability to talk though. Jirak helped me with that." Drake answered. "Now… I must take care of Hikari." He said as he began to walk past Spike.
"No you're not." Spike said as he back flipped to face Drake, he held his Keyblade to Drakes chest, "You got me to take care of first"
Spike swiped at Drake but he jumped over the Keyblade and kicked Spike who then back flipped twice and lunged at Drake hitting his arm with the Keyblade.
"That was just luck." Drake laughed as he began to throw balls of darkness at Spike. Spike deflected the balls for a while but eventually got hit by one.
"Shit!" Spike shouted, "What the hell are they"
"Little iddy biddy balls of darkness, complete and utter darkness." Drake answered,
"Damn you." Spike replied as he held his arm that was hit by the ball, " I swear I'll destroy you"
The battle continued as Spike swiped his Keyblade at Drake as he continuously dodged it, eventually Drake got the upper hand and threw Spike to the floor.
"Ready to become… me?" Drake retorted as he put his hand to Spike's chest and started to unlock his heart. Suddenly Drake let go of Spike as he was attacked by something. It was Hikari shooting bullets at him.
"HIKARI!" Drake yelled,
"Now! Spike! Use your Keyblade!" Hikari yelled, Spike stood up with his Keyblade in hand and gave Drake a little grin.
"Now, for real. You thought you would beat me?" Spike mocked as he slashed Drake in half with his Keyblade, "Thanks Hikari"
"No problem." Hikari replied, "Hey, where's Jones"
Jones was having some trouble with a group of Heartless, they were too strong for him and his sword. Not even his heart would be enough to keep him alive this time.
"Dammit. This could be it. The end." Jones cried as he hit the floor, the five Heartless began to circle round him.
"Sorry, Maria. I couldn't avenge you"
One of the Heartless jumped on to Jones chest and raised its hand, Jones life flashed before his eyes as the Heartless' hand lowered to go through his chest in to his heart. He remembered his wife, Julie, and his daughter, Maria who were both taken by Heartless. He remembered Maria's smile and Julie's touch. A blinding flash of light filled Jones' eyes, and as the light went away Jones saw Spike fighting Heartless away from him.
"Come on" Spike said to Hikari as he picked up Jones and put him on his shoulder, "You take him back to the airship"
"NO!" Jones shouted, "I will fight!" He crawled out of Hikari's grasp and ran to the castle, knocking Heartless out of his way.
"NOW! Come on!" Spike shouted as he signalled the troops on the airship to start their run down the runway.
Thousands of troops jumped from the airship and began their run, knocking Heartless out of the way as they ran. Some were taken by Heartless, others actually managed to destroy some. Hiroshima followed closely casting spells to defend the troops and to attack the Heartless. As Spike and Hikari caught up with Jones they began to ran up the castle gates, defying gravity itself. As they reached the top, they jumped over and knocked the gates down to clear the path for the troops.
"Jirak! You are going to die today!" Spike yelled out, in hope that Jirak would hear him, "And it will be by MY hand"
"I hope you do, Spike." Hikari said confidently, "But don't underestimate him, he has the power of darkness as his bitch monkey"
"He's right" Jones agreed. "He may be a Heartless, but he's right"
"I know," Spike also agreed, "But I'm still gonna kill him"
They ran in to the castle leading the troops, and as all the troops were finally inside the Heartless built a wall over the entrance of pure darkness.
Meanwhile, in another part of the castle…
"It would appear, your highness, that they have foolishly fallen for our trap. As predicted." Said a hooded figure,
"Yes. But that does not mean that we will win." A voice came from the throne in front of the hooded figure,
The hooded figure replied, "You sound a little less confident than usual, Jirak."