Kingdom Come 13

It took a while, but Sid managed to create and summon his fire elementals. They could be seen coming across the barren plane for miles away. At first it was only a shimmering of the heat in the air, but then the gathered heroes saw the approaching figures of flame. Like their wind cousins, they too were shaped as small cyclones, except they were made of flame. They joined the earth and wind elementals, all soundless and emotionless soldiers.

Luke was the first to sense something was wrong. He did not say anything to others at the moment, not wanting to worry them. Besides, they were busy enjoying the clam before the storm. Instead, he approached Sid, who was already standing by himself, staring at the horizon. Behind them all stood the elemental army. Luke approached Sid and stood next to him.

"You have felt it, too." Sid said after a pause.

"Yes, a great disturbance." Luke said.

"You have a special gift, Master Skywalker. You can sense things before they happen, see things before they happen. I only felt the demons approaching because of their evil aura's but you are able to sense their very lives. Though not much of lives at that."

Luke did not respond. What Sid was saying did not need a response. The horizon began to shimmer.

"You said you saw my arrival in a vision. Tell me, Master Skywalker, what do you see for us now?"

Luke closed his eyes, searching through the Force to gaze into the future. After a few uncertain moments, he opened them again.

"The future is constantly in motion," Luke said. "There is no set path that we shall take from here. All is very uncertain, except for one thing. I do sense a great darkness approaching, one that threatens to destroy everything if not for us."

"Truly a dire vision, Master Skywalker," Sid said. "Let us hope that the darkness you see will not come to pass." There was another moment of silence, and the horizon began to shimmer and disappear as if in an extreme heat. "They are coming."

"Yes."

"It is time to inform the others." The two approached the others. The other four noticed them as they approached, noticing their serious expression, and listened to what Sid said. "The demons have arrived, and fallen into our trap. Here, we must make a stand against them, and prevent them from going any further. In this way, we shall fight through their army, and reach the portal from where they come from. There I will have the knowledge I need to create a spell to prevent them from ever finding Kingdom Hearts. Fortunately, they will still need Sora to accomplish that, so we have the upperhand.

"Why did you not just do that before back in the Coliseum or back where we found Ed?" Sora said.

"I would have, except for this spell to be precise, their had to be a direct connection between the world where we were, and the Nether realm where the Legion resides. That was not the case before, but now because this plane is directly forcing them to come here, that is so. Now is, and may be our only, chance. Our only other solution would be to completely destroy the demons, down to the last, a near impossible feat, especially with our limited resources. But that will be our last resort." Sid gave them a moment to comprehend what he just said. "We must now go greet the demons at the front. This shall be our plan."

Sid explained their plan of attack to the others, and then gathered them and the army of elementals. Then the demons first appeared, stretching across the horizon, though not completely eclipsing it. First to come were the Felgaurd, the massively tall warriors of the Legion. Even from the distance, their massive horns and massive pikes and halberds could be seen. In the sky above flew the Doomgaurd, slightly less powerful but just as bloodthirsty. Far behind them, were massive creatures which Sid knew to be called Infernals, golems of rock and fire. And though they could not be seen, Eredar warlocks and felhounds walked the ranks as well, ready to cause trouble for any spellcasters, something Sora never wanted to happen again, after witnessing Donald killed by one of felhounds.

The army approached, and when they saw the gathered defenders, roared in anticipation. It was deafening roar that shook the ground. Then they gathered speed for their attacks, and the battle began. Ed walked in front of the defenders, as per Sid's plan. He waited until the Burning Legion army was at the appropriate distance. He then clapped his hands and put them on the ground. There was a flash of light. From the very front ranks to the further ranks of the Legion army, spikes of stone emerged from the ground, skewering many demons, taking many by surprise. The gigantic stone spikes stuck out of the ground from different angles, not only slaying many of the Legion but also creating a temporary barrier to some. Some were fortunate enough the have a quick death, while others still alive slowly slide down the spikes, widening their wounds.

The spikes shattered as Infernals charged through. There were three of them, followed by a flood of Felgaurd and felhounds. With another clap of his hands, Ed performed more of his deadly alchemy, Instead of creating more spikes, he did something much more simple. He simply used his alchemy to displace the rock underneath the Legion, creating a gaping crevice where the front lines of the Legion had stood. They plummeted to their death, screaming. Unfortunately, the gap did not stretch far and was easily passable. Doomgaurd flew down on the defenders, Ed's alchemy not reaching them, though he did prepare himself by transmuting his automail arm into a short blade. He swiped as one Doomgaurd approached, and then another. Harry fired a spell from his wand, knocking the Doomgaurd flying back and down, where Sora dealt with them. Inuyasha used his attack to send hundreds of diamond spears into the approaching flying demons, tearing through their first wave. Within moments, the first wave of Doomgaurd was gone.

"Now the second part begins." Sid said, as the demons finally moved around the gap Ed created. They were much closer now, though they were close already. Within moments, they would all be fighting up close, but that was phase three. Sid began speaking words of power, summoning up a spell, one he had been saving for this moment. As he spoke the last word, he waved his hands over the approaching demons. Where his hand passed over them, there were huge fireball explosions, both above and below the demons, taking many of them out. He then summoned the spell again as the demons continued pass their fallen comrades, sending even more of them to their death. But as he had told the others, that was spell would exhaust him. But the demons continued on, never stopping, nor did Sid expect them to. What they faced now was their main host, and it would take many more attacks before they could approach them. The portal from where they came was closer than it looked, but it would still be difficult to approach. If they had tried to seal the portal immediately after it had opened, the demon host would have swarmed them within moments. At least this way, they had a chance to improve their odds.

Sid waved his hand forward, signaling the elemental army. The fire, earth, and wind creatures moved pass the other defenders. There were hundreds of them, all equal in power to the demons. Unfortunately, there were far fewer of them, but what they looked in numbers they made up more than in skill. Earth elementals slammed into demons, their rocky hides barely taking a scratch. The wind elementals blew foes up into the air, even catching some of the flying Doomgaurd in their wind storm, and sent them crashing back down to the ground. Fire elementals attacked any foes they first saw, setting them ablaze. Though this continued to last, their numbers were beginning to be cut back. Infernals made rubble of the earth elementals. Warlocks cast spells to dissipate the living wind beings. Felgaurd cut down the living fires. But still they fought, until Sid saw something he did not expect.

The demon army stopped moving forward.

With that in mind, he signaled the others to attack. They prepared themselves and charged in. Ed first used alchemy to create more spikes, then ran into the first Felgaurd he saw and cut away at it. He then moved onto the next and the next. Inuyasha mainly used his Windscar and Adamant Barrage, obliterating both the ground and air demons, only using his other attacks if the demons got to close. Harry concentrated on any warlocks, as Sid had described them to him, before they could cast any spells. Luke protected him from being consumed from the felhounds, slicing at the demonic dogs as they approached. Sora weaved in and out from attacking Felgaurd and felhounds, using his Keyblade skills and magic. At one point, he used a magnet spell, gathering many demons together, at which point Inuyasha fired his diamond spears and killing all the gathered demons. Sid helped as much as he could, casting smaller but powerful spells until he could fully recover. And then, to his surprise once more, something incredible happened again. The defenders began to move forward and push into the now diminishing demonic army.

Sid realized that this was a fortunate turn of events, the only problem was that it should not be happening.

This body of demons they fought should have been the main host. Countless demons should be pouring from the portal, more so than they could almost handle. He was still intending on summoning more elementals to help them, but that appeared unnecessary.

The demon host should be much larger than this, Sid thought. This should be the main demon host. But then why is it being pushed back so quickly?

As Sid tried to decide what was going on, he continued fighting, planning for whatever may lie up ahead. But whatever lay ahead, it would have to be victory.

-

There was a reason for Sid's doubts.

The demons they fought were not the main host.

Though he did not know it, Sargeras, lord of the Burning Legion, had magic Sid never knew about. The demon god merely played with Sid, sending only a large portion of his army. Other he sent on other missions.

To conquer other worlds.

Sargeras had still opened portals to other worlds. He still had the ability to, though Sid would never know. His plan to isolate the Legion had failed. Yes, the plane of Rath directly connected with the realm of the Legion, but it did not separate it from the rest of the worlds. There was always a way to breach worlds.

There was no way to stop the Burning Legion.

-

Worlds fell as endless swarms of demons over took them. Citizens were taken by complete surprise, even some of the most powerful warriors did not stand a chance against the near unending numbers of the Legion.

Portals opened up everywhere possible.

Sargeras watched all as everything unfolded. The warriors destroyed. Sid would never realize it until it was too late.

Sargeras had won, and Sid had lost.