Chapter 11: Flight Turmoil

"I'm driving," Donald exclaims, as they approach the Heartless swarming in the distance.

"There's so many..." Vex says. "How will we be able to stop them?"

Sora exhales greatly and replies:" We'll have to try. If the keyhole is where Jerild says it is, then we can stop the Heartless from entering this world."

"And if we don't?"

Sora hesitates before answering:" I don't know."

Wessler's voice comes booming through the speaker:" Everyone, ready?"

"Ready," Donald answers.

The Elwardragon and Kingdom fly high into the air to give space for the fighters to battle in. The closer they get, the more distinct the Heartless become. The Darksides were indeed present. About five of them were with three on the ground and two flying. And they knew what those giant beasts were capable of, which worried them more. But the fighters didn't care as they began starting the battle by firing comet lasers at the Heartless, their destructive beams tearing through each one that came in contact with them. They follow up with a barrage of shots from their Thunder-Gs, which are able to take out a great amount of the creatures with little problem. But the attacks inflicted on the Darksides did but little damage, and each time they were hit, they seem to grow angrier and more aggressive.

Jerild:"We'll have to keep behind the fighter's front if we want to be able to get through them."

Donald:"I was afraid of that."

The two ships position themselves in their designated places behind the fighters and prepare for a rough ride. The three Darksides on the ground take flight and immediately make their way toward them with great haste. The fighters react by getting into a circle formation and fire laser after laser at them. But their assault does not slow down the beasts, resulting in them ordering a seperation.

Jerild:"They're going to seperate! Looks like we'll have to maneuver around the Heartless. Stay behind us as best as you can!"

Donald:"Don't worry about us."

Vex looks over to Sora with a worried look, and the keyblade master returns the same expression. But no one is more frightened than Goofy, who is cowering behind his seat while he rapidly bites his finger nails. The fighters execute their new formation and fly around the Darksides as they continously fire on them, but one of the gummi ships unfortunately gets knocked out of the air by a single swipe of claw, sending the ship down into the fleet of ground Heartless, who begin to engulf the ship with relentless approach.

Jerild:"They ate a ship!"

Sora, Donald, and Goofy were just as surprised themselves. They couldn't believe how powerful the Heartless had become. It was as if they were given a super pill that made them...Super Heartless. But only an idea as this would spawn from the mind of the paranoid Goofy. The Elwardragon and Kingdom swing down under one of the Darksides and dive lower to the ground, keeping their distance from both. Yet, the much smaller Heartless were now advancing on them, which beared the purple Heartless emblem that they saw on the possessed Griffin back at Wintrel.

"Alright," Wessler says. "It's time to take out the trash!"

With a push of a button, numerous lasers are shot from Elwardragon at the advancing flyers, relinquishing many of them into a smog of violet. Some of them grab onto the ship with their claws, but Jerild deals with them by firing on them with the free-moving Thunder-G weapons they had. Although Kingdom is left to deal with the ones that got past them, Donald impressively evades them with rolls and twists. However, the daredevil maneuvers cause Goofy to become a little sick in the stomach and his face begins to turn green.

"Don't you dare," Donald warns his ill friend.

They look ahead and see the small Heartless stretching from miles and miles in view. The only welcoming sight was the sight of Elward Town.

Wessler:"We're almost there, guys. Just hold on a little bit longer."

Jerild:"Uh-oh. Trouble!"

Behind the two ships, a Darkside was pursuing, its eyes glowing increasingly orange with rage and its massive wings flapping the air with thumping sounds.

Jerild:"You have another one of those slow effect missiles, Wessler?"

Wessler:"...no, I'm afraid not."

Jerild:"What are we going to do?"

Wessler:"We'll just have to do it the old fashion way. Evasion."

Donald:"I'm ready when you are."

Jerild:"Ah, man, we got another coming right behind it!"

Tailing the Darkside was a flying figure that resmebled the creature...yet, it was smaller.

Wessler:"Hmph. Two shouldn't be a problem."

Donald:"That's what you think."

Kingdom was now moving right and left as it evaded swings from the giant hands of Darkside. One of its attacks makes contact, breaking the ship's shield immediately.

Donald:"Our shield is gone!"

Goofy:"One more hit and we're done for!"

Sora:"Stay focused, Donald! You can do it!"

Vex was now holding his head, scared of what may happen next. He was beginning to feel weak. His despair was staring to return again. He wanted this nightmare to end. To end now!

Wessler:"Wait. That's not a Heartless...it's a giant bird!"

An image of the strange animal is shown to Kingdom, and what it is shocks the four heroes.

"It's Teloges!"

The elf was gaining on the Darkside with speed unlike any other thanks to his brother's griffin.

Jerild:"Who's Teloges?"

Sora;" He's a Wintrel Elf. A friend we met in the Wintrel Village. We thought he left, so what is he doing here?"

The griffin catches up with Darkside, positioning itself over the Heartless's head. Teloges, then, jumps from his feathery friend while he spawns his keyblade and lands on the creature's back. He takes his weapon and slashes the right wing, having the monster shake to get the annoying elf off. Teloges reacts by jumping off himself with the griffin catching him on the way down.

Vex:"Woah, look at him go!"

Sora:"And he's using the keyblade!"

The griffin flies ahead and turns back toward Darkside. Teloges chants "Blaze Keiro", which causes his weapon to suddenly ignite. WIth his weapon power-up, he slashes through the mosnter's arm as the griffin flies right past it, causing its limb to catch fire for a few seconds.

"Let's finish this," Teloges says, raising his keyblade into the air. "Ramuh Strike!"

A puff of clouds in the sky begin to form above them and grow darker. Thunder can be heard rumbling though the puffy material. At the same time, the Darkside turns to its attacker and flies toward him. But a lightning bolt strikes his keyblade, which creates a sphere of electricity at the tip of the weapon. But more bolts of lightning strike, causing it to increase in size.

Wessler:"What is he doing?"

Goofy:"Hey, Donald. That looks sorta like that Thunder spell you have."

Donald:"Yeah, but more powerful!"

After the spell is done, Teloges points it toward the approaching Darkside and releases the sphere of thunder. But the shadow monster doesn't back down, still charging at the elf with complete rage. But when the projectile comes in contact, sparks of electricity run down Darkside's body before diminishing it in a puff of smoke.

Goofy:"It's..."

Sora:"Gone!"

Teloges grins and has his griffin fly ahead of Elwardragon and Kingdom.

Sora:"I think he wants us to follow him."

Wessler:"Next stop...Elward!"

Donald:"That's what I'm afraid of."

They zoom over the Heartless and head straight into Elward Town...