Kingdom Come 4
"We must leave here immediately," Sid said quietly from where they hid, unnoticed by the demons surrounding them. "it is only a wonder that they have not spotted us yet."
"No, we can't leave," Sora said. "They're destroying everything. We have to help stop them, and find Hercules, and-"
"You do not understand, Sora," Sid said forcefully, cutting Sora off. "Whether by chance or by fate, the Legion has found its way here. That means two things. One, my traitorous friend will soon be following, as well as the commander's of the Legion. And second, if the gods of this world have not stopped the demons already, then they never will. Your friends in this world are doomed. There is nothing we can do for them."
To Sora, everything grew much quieter, even the sound of the destruction. He just couldn't believe that there was nothing he could do for Hercules and the others. After all he had been through with them, he could not help them one more time. And now, it was too late to do anything at all.
"I know this is a blow for you, but if we leave now, we can fight them again another day." Sid said.
"I know," Sora said, looking down. He could not face the others right now. "Let's go."
"Sora, look." Goofy said and pointed. Up in the sky, one of the flying demons had noticed them, and headed in their direction. More followed behind it.
"The Doomgaurd." Sid said. "I'll stop them." He whispered some words of power and the front line of flying demons caught on fire. Those fell to the ground, but more filled in the gap. And the demons on the ground had noticed them as well, and began to head towards them. They were surrounded on all sides. "We must go. Now."
Sid reached out to grab Sora and the others, who in turn reached out to Sid. But no one noticed the fire hound sneak up behind Sora. No one, except Donald.
"Sora, look out." Donald said. With his staff, he summoned a lightning bolt which struck the demon.
"Donald, no, it's a felbeast!" Sid said. Normally, a bolt of lightning would have destroyed the creatures. But this creature was special.
It fed off magic.
Twin tentacles popped out of the demon's back as the bolt struck. The lightning arced into them, and was absorbed by the felbeast. The demon charged at Donald.
"It senses your magic now!" Sid said, and rushed to grab onto Donald. The felbeast's tentacles rushed toward Donald as Donald grabbed Sid's hand.
Then it was all over.
Donald doubled over, and no sound that he should ever have made escaped his mouth. His feathers turned black and fell off in places. The skin underneath dried out. Then, Donald fell over, an empty shell.
"Donald!" Sora shouted, and tried to run over to where his friend fell.
"No, Sora, is too late for him." Sid said, also summoning as spell to wipe away the felbeast and some surrounding demons, buying them precious time. "If you go, the same thing will happen to you. You command magic as well. And if they absorb me, you won't be able to escape."
"Goofy.." Sora said. Goofy let go of Sid. "What are you doing?"
"I'm staying behind." Goofy said, his back to Sora.
"No, you can't!" Sora said.
"If you don't get out of here, then what happened to Donald will happen to you too." Goofy said. "I'll hold them off until you can escape."
"Thank you Goofy." Sid said. Sora grabbed onto Sid, tears streaming down his face. "There's no other way."
Sid and Sora phased from the destroyed Coliseum. And the last thing Sora saw, before he left the world, was Goofy fighting the demons as they poured over him.