How's the new summary? Any better? No? Yes? I'll probably end up doing another one later….God I hate summaries….
The Master Unknown sat in a very relaxed position behind a large table. His gloved hands were interlocked and resting on his stomach, and his feet were on the table, crossed. It was extremely rare to find the Master in such a state, and the Enigmatic Man did not wish to disturb him, however someone always has to be the bearer of bad news.
And, as he was the leader of Phase 1, it was his job. "Master" He said, announcing his presence. "What is it?" The Master asked without shifting his position. "We have come across a minor problem"
"Oh? And what is this problem?"
"We sent a collection of Heartless controlled ships to intercept the unknown being you warned us of."
"The Heartless have failed. Is that what you've come to tell me?"
Enigmatic Man nodded underneath his hood. "All ships were destroyed in the encounter, and the individual escaped."
"So send another, larger team of Heartless."
"Impossible, we've lost the tracking system due to a large group of explosions in the battle. We no longer know where this person is. And, before that, we had noticed a third ship en route to our location. The occupants are a mystery."
The Master lowered his feet to the ground, stood up, and clasped his hands behind his back. "You disappoint me. However this problem can still be controlled. Quantum is part of your team correct?"
"Yes. He is very talented at shifting the forces of time and space to his will."
"Good. Have him slow the Keyblade Master down and allow the other two ships to arrive. We will deal with those problems at once when they arrive."
"Yes sir." Enigmatic Man turned on his heel and strode from the library immediately. Out side, he saw the Unknown Quantum waiting for him. He always seemed to know when he was needed.
'Your instructions?' One always heard Quantum within their own heads.
"Slow the boy down. We've encountered a problem." Said E.
"Where do you want me to send him?"
"Anywhere but this world, just take care of it."
Quantum bowed slightly and moved out onto a nearby balcony. Enigmatic Man watched with mild interest as Quantum raised his arms to the sky….
Sora's eyes snapped open as a jolt went through their Gummi Ship. He looked around, but there were no asteroids or space-debris. "Did you just feel that Donald?" Sora asked, as his feathered companion was the only other person still awake.
"Don't worry about it," Donald replied. "It was probably just some drifting magnetic waves or something." Sora was still skeptical. "You sure?"
Donald huffed, he was starting to get annoyed. He got rather cranky when he was tired. "Look, the ship's readout says that everything's fine. No damage anywhere. Now quit bothering me and get back to sleep."
Admitting defeat, Sora shrugged and closed his eyes again. However, as soon as he did, there was another, even larger jolt that ran throughout the ship. "Okay, seriously. What was that?!" This time, even Donald looked confused, and Goofy's eyelids flickered.
Suddenly, space stopped moving. Sora himself looked over the layout and found that the engines were still operating at full blast, they just didn't seem to be going anywhere….
Between the jolts and the sudden lack of motion, Goofy finally managed to sit up in his seat. "Whassgoinon?" He asked.
"Don't ask me" Sora and Donald said in unison. They looked at each other, appalled, and then stared at the bright tunnel of light that had just opened up around them. Sora looked around in wonder. "Wtf?"
The ship started to shake, slightly at first, but then much more violently than either of the past two jolts. Sora's mind couldn't take it all in at once. The world was spinning out of control as the trio were hurled through the vortex.
As if from far away, Sora vaguely realized that somebody was yelling….Really loudly. As his mind cleared, Sora realized that the yelling person was himself. He instantly stopped. Goofy and Donald were re-arranging themselves shakily. They both looked rather dazed.
Sora decided to yell just one last time: "WTF?!! What the heck just happened?!" Donald shook his head. Goofy still didn't know where he was.
But, to that point, no longer did Sora. When he checked the computer's navigation, all he received was the simple message. "Error. Location unknown." Donald scratched his head. "The ship's still okay. Absolutely no damage done."
"But we don't know where we are!" Sora said. Donald however was shaking his head. "Yes we do. I know exactly where we are." Goofy finally seemed to place his attention in the conversation.
Sora waited…..And did some more waiting….And some more after that….Finally he broke. "Weeelllll?! Where are we then Goofy?!" Goofy smiled and stated the next sentence as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
"Someplace other than where we just were."
Sora's jaw dropped. Then he started laughing. A mad, sarcastic laugh that proved that he was not happy at all. "Are-you-serious!" He choked out between breaths, "Are-you-seriously-serious?!!"
Sora stopped laughing and laid back, covering his face with both hands. "You're an idiot."
Goofy's ears drooped. "I was only trying to help…" He whispered sadly. Sora sat up, laughing again. "Oh? Is that what you were doing? Ha! Ha hah ha ha ha HA! That's really funny…. 'Cause it looked to me like you were just trying to really PISS ME OFF!!" Sora screamed.
"Hey!!" Donald yelled back. "Why do you gotta be so angry?! Do YOU know where we are?!" Sora was silent. "Exactly! So calm down! Look!" Donald said pointing. "There's a really bright star over there. Its probably a new world. Let's see if they know where we are."
Sora sat and crossed his arms, refusing to look at his companions. "Whatever, let's just go already."
Donald started the engines.
"It has been done" Quantum said. He turned to where Enigmatic Man was standing. "They won't be able to escape. I made sure of it."
Despite himself Enigmatic Man (from now on known as E.) was interested. "Where did you send them?"
E. sensed that Quantum was smiling. "It is my most genius arrangement yet. I found an empty pocket of space in the universe and then began the process of temporarily filling it in. I used worlds from parallel universes. With their World Barrier still intact, they have no knowledge of outside worlds and therefore it was possible to move them without their knowing.
"The Keyblade Master will be able to pass through the worlds due to a spell I place upon his ship, however, as he is isolated from regular space, he will not be able to escape back to this realm.
"But with a warp of this size and complexity, that pocket will eventually break down, and the worlds will return to their natural places. That area will become very unstable over a short period of time. Even I cannot be sure as to what may happen there. So be swift in solving your problems, because when the worlds return to their order, The Keyblade Master may be trapped forever." Quantum vanished.
E. was not surprised. Quantum always disappeared to some remote area after warping matter, probably to recharge or something of the like. Even though he did not let on, controlling portions of the Universe took enormous stores of energy.
E. did not truly care, he had other matters to attend to. The Enigmatic Man walked off to prepare for his guests.
From out of the shadows, the Blindfolded Unknown stepped. He seemed to look out into the sky and he murmured one name. "Sora." He stepped back and returned to the shadows.
"Well," Donald said. "That was fast." They were hovering above the new world; the world was barren and held a metallic look to it. "There are a lot of explosions going on down there." Donald said worriedly, "Are you sure we should descend?"
Sora shrugged his shoulders. "Might as well. We aren't learning anything up here and my legs are starting to cramp…." Sora said, rubbing his calf. "Let's check it out for a second."
"Okay." Donald said. "Fasten your seatbelts everybody, we going down."
Sora and company crunched through the gravel on the ground. Sora tripped, but managed to stay upright. He looked down to inspect what his foot had hit though. "Holy- Guys! Look at this! It isn't pieces of stone we're walking on…." Sora's eyes widened. "It's bone! We're walking on bones and skulls!!!"
Before anyone could react to this new information, a nearby explosion sent them diving for cover. Sora did a double take of the world around them. Ahead was a strange scene. Metal machines were marching toward a group of retreating humans. A war of man vs. machine. It looked like something that belonged in a cheesy movie. Maybe a series of cheesy movies.
Sora heard pieces of what someone was yelling. "Skynet!-Advancing- Run!- They-coming!-Hurry-Terminato-" Another explosion, and the man could be heard no more.
"Screw this!" Sora yelled over the explosions to Donald and Goofy. "This world sucks! Let's get back to the ship!" Donald and Goofy had no problems with that plan. They all scrambled to their feet and rushed back to their Gummi ship.
Back in space, where they could float and talk safely: "Well that was useless." Sora moaned. Donald patted Sora on the shoulder. "Don't worry" the white duck said. "Scans show a string of close worlds. We can check for a better one."
"Whatever. Let's just get away from this place." Donald turned toward the next world and revved the engines again.
BHK guided his ship through the potential death-trap of an asteroid field. During his journey, he had defeated two more minor groups of heartless ships, but avoided most of the battles by going slower and taking some of the "roads less traveled" as they say.
But now, he was a mere half hour from the Hollow Bastion. In fact, he could see the reflected light the world was giving off from its sun. And, as he approached, his feeling that Kairi was there intensified.
Just a bit more…. Just a bit more…. BHK crept forward. His destination was just outside of his reach….
"Okay guys!" Sora called out. "New world: Take two." Goofy looked down at the world. It was seemingly normal, it had a forest, modernized cities, and a mountainous area which they were floating above now.
"A hyuck! Maybe this world will be better." Goofy said encouragingly. Donald nodded enthusiastically. "Anything would be better than the last world." He said. "Here we go!"
As it turned out, there was a battle raging on here as well, though it was only between two beings. Beings with red fur that dominated their torsos.
Sora and the others landed not too far from them. "What are they?" Sora wondered quietly. "Monkeys? They're moving on two legs….And now they're flying!" Sora exclaimed as one of the furred men took to the sky and hovered.
Both beings seemed to be firing high-energy blasts at each other. One dodged, disappeared, then reappeared behind the other. "They're fast…." Goofy said in awe.
"You guys would fit right in here." Sora whispered. "Walking animals and all…" Donald kicked him. "Ow!" Sora said, rubbing his shin. "Why don't you go over an talk to them Donald?" Sora asked.
"No way!" Donald yelled back. "I'm not going over there! Why don't you go?!" Sora shook his head. "I'm not going…." Sora and Donald looked over at Goofy. But before they could urge him to move-
"KAKAROOOTTT!!!!" Screamed one of the flying monkeys. "Carrots? What the heck is he talking about-?" A large energy ball collided with the Earth and created a massive explosion that blew Sora, Donald and Goofy away until they finally hit a rock wall.
When the dust cleared, Sora could finally see the results. One of the monkeys was lying face-down in the middle of a brand new crater. Sora gaped at the power of these beings. And his jaw dropped even further when the being on the floor stood up, dusted himself off, and flew up to meet the other one again.
"More explosions?!" Donald screamed. "We're outta here." Sora found himself nodding. "Ye-yeah….Let's go…." Sora muttered numbly. He was starting to wonder: Were any of these new worlds safe?
Three hours and two worlds later, Sora was still wondering the same question. But before, he was willing to find out. Now, the Keyblade Master no longer cared. He just wanted to get out, to escape, he had to get back to Kairi! She needed him. He could feel it.
Donald entered the atmosphere of yet another world. (This one was criss-crossed with massive highways.)
Donald and Goofy led the way while Sora dragged far behind them, lost in his own thoughts and wishes. The trio soon came upon a strange scene. Two animals, one blue and one black, seemed to be fighting over something.
Both beings were incredibly fast, however the blue (Hamster, porcupine? Sora couldn't place them) could not catch the other. Every time the he tried, a jewel would flash in the dark one's hand and instantly, he would teleport to safety.
After one of these teleportation's, the dark one landed on a roof top, far out of harm's way. The blue started shouting: "Hey! Give back that Emerald, you lousy fake!"
The dark animal laughed. "Ha! Only in your dreams will you be able to harness the power I possess. The Emerald is useless to you! And so I will use it for whatever I wish!"
The Dark one flipped the jewel in the air and caught it. "Chaos-!" The Bluerushed at the other. "Not if I can help it!!"
The jewel erupted in a huge flash of light, and when Sora could see again, both animals were gone.
Donald sank to the ground. "Another dead-end" he said glumly. Even Goofy seemed to be wearing down. But Sora was suddenly overcome by rage.
"Damn…." He said under his breath. Donald looked up at him. "Damn it all!!!" Sora summoned his Keyblade and started slashing at the air. "Let me out! Let me out of here!!"
Sora raised both hands above his head and smashed the Keyblade to the concrete. The resulting vibrations were so fierce that Sora nearly dropped the Keyblade. Soon after, a low rumbling shook the ground.
Donald jumped to his feet and stared at Sora. "What did you do?!" he demanded.
"Hey! It wasn't my fault!" Sora yelled back defensively. The rumbling grew into a roar and the earth shook so horribly that the group had to go to their knees to keep from falling over.
Sora looked up and stared. "We are so screwed…."
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