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Kingdom Hearts Trinity Sight

Episode III: The lost Silvite City

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The following is a work of fan-fiction. This means that it contains characters, locations and other things drawn from various sources such as books, movies, television shows, anime and video games, none of which I own the rights to. In this episode they are Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts, Chain of Memories, by Square-Enix Inc, Skies of Arcadia Legends, by SEGA/Overworks, as well as Stargate SG-1.

Deep within the ruins of the old Silvite city of Soltis, a gate very much like those in the old Witch's Castle and Castle Oblivion sat, long forgotten. Now for the first time since long before the City was built, that gate began stirring to life. One by one the lights along the outside came on, while the inner circle turned, pausing occasionally while a slider surrounding the light on top came down briefly, bracketing one of the strange symbols on that inner wheel. When this had happened nine times, the inner circle stopped, and a surge of what appeared to be water erupted from the hole in the center, accompanied by a 'Kawhoosh' sound. Then the 'water' settled down into a rippling pool, apparently suspended within the gate. A moment later two figures stepped out of the pool, after which the lights on the gate's outer edge went out and the 'water' broke up and disappeared.

Immediately afterward, it became apparent that the two beings were somewhat uncomfortable in the new environment. They gasped, having to put more effort into breathing, as if the very air had suddenly become thicker than normal.

One of the beings, a large humanoid mouse who was about three feet tall, held his oversized, even for a mouse, black ears and said. "Uh, Riku, what is, this place?"

Riku, the silver haired boy beside him replied, with effort "I, don't know, the old man, who gave me, those symbols, didn't say."

Neither of them could say anything else for a few minutes, as they both had to sit down and rest for awhile. Eventually as their bodies adjusted to the higher pressure, Riku and Mickey could get up again and move around more normally.

"Ah, that's better" Mickey said as he rose. "For a minute there I thought we were going to be crushed flat."

Riku said nothing, but looked around taking in everything. Mickey continued saying "Well anyway, maybe we should leave here?" waving a hand back at the gate.

"Where to?" the young man asked, "That was the 'gate address' the old man gave me, and it's pointless to go back."

Mickey thought for a moment then said, "Well, he could be wrong about this 'treasure', couldn't he? After all it's a myth of a rumor of a legend."

"Well, he didn't say it was here, only that we would find out something about it. You're right though nobody seems to have been here for awhile." Riku observed.

"So then?" the Mouse King asked.

"I'm not going back, yet" the silver haired boy told him. "I want to see what's here"

Mickey simply shrugged his shoulders. He had learned years ago that his friend was not the type to take advice easily. Still, the Mouse King had a feeling that something was not right, something to do with the air here, something in an old story that he had heard a long time ago. He couldn't remember exactly what, so he couldn't tell Riku what it was. It was enough to make him uneasy, and so he said. "Okay, let's make it quick.

With no further comment, the young man started off toward the doorway, which fortunately was open. Mickey had no choice but to follow if he wanted to keep track of his friend. Right outside of the gate room, the two came upon a large circular chamber, a shaft really, that was ringed with walkways, one of which they now stood on. Looking up and down, the duo could see more walkways above and below. There were also a number of large artifacts, machines maybe, in the center of the shaft on several levels. After taking in the view, Riku turned left, following along the walkway, which slanted slightly upwards. He came upon and opened a couple of doors like the one he and Mickey had come out of, however there was nothing of interest, since one was an empty room and the other contained only what appeared to be an empty treasure chest. On he went, Mickey following, until he reached the end of the platform, where there was a slightly raised platform, circular in shape, with three small blunt triangular projections spaced evenly around the rim.

Mickey, who had caught up to the boy commented "Well, it looks like a dead end doesn't it?" Riku said nothing, so the Mouse King continued, "It doesn't look like there's any stairs or elevator, does it?" Riku still did not answer, instead stepping onto the platform, which began to hum with power as he did so. A second later the young man was surrounded by a silver glow and then with a 'whoosh' sound, vanished. Mickey was shocked for a second then realized what had happened and stepped onto the platform to follow him.

When both of them had gone through, they found themselves on a different walkway. They could tell this because nearby was a doorway different from those they had checked before, due to it's being a large, lopsided hexagonal shape (narrower at the top than the bottom). Entering it, they found themselves in a long tunnel, the floor of which was cracked in places and with small pieces of it missing altogether. As they walked along it, they passed by small, flat, square metal boxes secured along the edges of the tunnel. Eventually, they reached the end of the tunnel and out of another hexagonal door, and entered a passageway which curved off to both they left and the right.

Riku had started exploring to the right of the doorway when he noticed movement. He alerted his companion tersely, just saying "Mickey, I see something!"

"A way out?" the mouse asked.

"No." the young man answered simply.

Floating in front of Riku were three strange creatures, all made of some silver-gray metallic substance, or maybe stone. Two of them had the appearance of some sort of elongated helmet, flattened in the front, with two rings floating in front of that, each a little off to either side. Floating in front of the rings were the creature's hands. The third creature was larger and shaped like two blunt cones connected at their small ends, set so that their large ends pointed up and down.

Mickey, upon seeing them commented, "Well, at least they aren't Heartless."

That may have been so, but it didn't matter, since the smaller 'helmet' creatures began maneuvering to surround the companions, and the large one fired a beam of silver light right at Mickey! Riku quickly moved to knock the mouse down, saving him from being hit. Quickly getting up, the young man summoned his weapon, the Soul Eater blade.

Mickey, who had gotten the wind knocked out of him by Riku's 'save', nevertheless gathered himself up as quickly as possible, gasping "Uh, thanks pal!"

Riku didn't answer, instead moving toward the 'helmet' creature on his left, ducking its claw and slashing at it. This was not very effective, since the monster was indeed constructed as solidly as it appeared. Meanwhile, Mickey had risen, summoning his own Keyblade, and fended off the other helmet creature that had come after him.

The double cone creature fired again, just nicking one of Mickey's overly large ears while the smaller creature in front of the mouse struck out with its floating hands, striking him in the left shoulder, staggering him. Riku meanwhile lashed out at his own opponent with a short jab at what he hoped was a hole or joint in the creature's armor. The bat wing shaped blade did connect, chipping out a small chunk of whatever the monster was made of. Not enough to really hurt it, but enough to prove that with persistence they could damage the creatures.

Mickey by now had rolled out from the 'helmet' creature's attack and risen again, although his ear stung and his shoulder was numb. Being hard pressed by the two monsters, the Mouse King tried to sidestep, circling behind the smaller of the two in hopes of finding a weakness there. Both it and its larger companion were very quick however, and both monsters simply pivoted to keep Mickey in their sights. They attacked again, narrowly missing. Becoming more desperate, the mouse swung his Keyblade, attempting to hit the helmet creature's hand in hopes of disabling it. It missed, passing beside the hand, but the tip of the blade did graze the floating ring that served at its 'wrist', causing little damage but sending up a few sparks.

Riku was still 'chipping' away at his opponent, trying to wear it down while avoiding its counterattacks. One last swing and then finally, CRACK! A fist sized piece of the helmet creature's armor had broken away, exposing whatever was inside of it. Taking advantage of the new situation, the young man concentrated his attacks on the weakened area, trying to get into position for a lunge.

Mickey was not so fortunate, as he was slowly being forced to the edge of the walkway. Now, the larger double-cone creature fired yet again, this time hitting the Mouse King in the shoulder, making it painful for him to move his arm.

"OUCH!" Mickey exclaimed, as the bolt hit him, breaking his guard and giving the enemies an opening to move in. Meanwhile Riku found an opening, lunging forward and plunging the Soul Eater blade into the chink in his enemy's armor. Sparks, as of electricity erupted from the creature and as the young man pulled out his sword and backed away, the helmet creature began to smoke then a moment later fell to the ground, still.

Mickey the other two creatures still advancing upon him, fended them off as best he could, wielding his Keyblade in his good hand. Being slowly forced back toward the edge of the walkway, the Mouse King found his situation becoming more desperate. Calling out he shouted, "Hey Pal! I could use a little help here!"

Riku, having finished off his own opponent and was now looking in the direction of the other creatures anyway answered, "Yeah, I can see that!", as he moved to engage them. Moving toward the larger double-cone monster he told himself, 'We've fought larger and more powerful monsters than these, not to mention Ansem. The trouble with these is that they have much better armor. I'd better pull out the stops and end this quickly."

Gathering up the Dark Energy he had accumulated during the battle, Riku brandished the Soul Eater in front of him and shouted out 'DARK MODE!' Instantly the robe he was wearing disappeared, to be replaced by dark gray balloon trousers and jacket, both with silver piping. Also, the young man was now surrounded by a dark aura. Sheathing his weapon momentarily, he held out his hands in the direction of the double cone monster and shouted 'DARK FIRAGA!' after which a great ball of deep purple fire formed in his hands and launched toward the creature. Striking the monster, Riku's fireball punched a hole in its armor and entered, burning enough of its interior workings to partly incapacitate it. Riku immediately drew the Soul Eater again, following up with a strike through the monster's wound, completely disabling it.

The noise and shockwave of its companion's destruction did not fail to get the attention of the remaining helmet creature, which turned to face the greater threat of Riku, leaving Mickey alone. Seeing the situation, something in whatever it used for a brain clicked, and a moment later it issued a mechanical sounding howl, which might have been either one of rage, fear, or a call for reinforcements. Although startled briefly, neither Riku nor Mickey took any time to find out, instead simultaneously resuming the attack on one hand and on the other, beginning a combo healing and shockwave technique. Riku once again cast Dark Firaga, while Mickey painfully took up a spread-limbed stance and two seconds later shouted "MICKEY MOUSE MIRACLE!" Between these actions the creature quickly went down, the secondary shock wave from MM Miracle tearing through the hole created by Riku's fireball, even as the technique healed Riku and Mickey's wounds.

As the creature expired, Mickey gave a sigh of relief, "Whew that was close!", he said.

"Yeah, they were tough." Riku agreed. "What are they made of?"

Mickey didn't offer any answer to that, so Riku continued saying "Well, at least you're okay, aren't you?"

The mouse tested his arm, moving the shoulder through a quick range of motion exercise, then said, "Well, it's still a little stiff, but I think its okay, thanks."

"Well, just watch out for more of them." the young man told him, as he sat down beside the mouse, facing the opposite direction to 'watch his back'.

Author's Note: I'm sorry that it took me so long to update. Believe it or not, Riku is pretty hard to write for. I'm also sorry that this installment is a little shorter than the previous ones.

Next Time on Kingdom Hearts Trinity Sight: Fallen from the Tree

Cordially Yours: Talanane.