So here I am, coming down with the flu, my throat is sore, my body aches, I have a temperature of 100.4, and what do I do? I say to myself, 'Ya know, you'd better update!' I must be delirious. I have the flippin' flu! Update! Are you joking! 'Nope' ….. Fine then…..
'Dead!' Sora thought wildly. 'How could she be dead!' It wasn't possible. Kairi couldn't die. Not after all they'd been through. He wouldn't accept it. Kairi could not be dead!
Sora opened his eyes. The Unknown above him were scrambling, shouting at each other, obviously shaken about the enormous pile of rubble behind them. "Where is she!" One of them shouted.
"I can still sense her heart! Go retrieve the girl now!" That same Unknown shouted. Sora stood up. 'She not dead? They can still sense her! Kairi's okay!' Sora was instantly relieved, and was just as quickly on edge again. The Unknown had regrouped.
"Now, where were we?" The leader took his place again. To Sora, this might have been funny in a different situation. However, it was also slightly unnerving at the same time; despite all the dust, dirt and gravel that was hurled into the atmosphere during the collision, their suits remained a shiny black, devoid of all filth.
Sora smiled. "I was about to beat you guys, save Kairi, and go to destroy the Heartless once and for all."
The Unknown started to laugh again. Sora's eyebrow twitched. "That sounds like quite a task young one, you'd better get started." The Unknown crossed his arms. "What was that first one…? Beat us down, I believe it was?"
The ground beneath Sora's feet shook, and assorted Heartless began to surround the trio. Donald visibly tightened his grip on his wand, and Goofy raised his shield. Sora ran straight for the Heartless, the Keyblade knocked aside the first few attackers, and then the battle was on.
Sora swung the Keyblade in wide swipes, destroying numerous Heartless, but also leaving a decent opening for attack. A hovering Gargoyle hurled a dark blast straight for Sora's chest. The Keyblade master just barely missed the blow as a Shadow's claw against his leg forced him to drop down in pain.
Another Shadow slashed at him but he rolled away, and into the clutches of nearby Wyvern. The beast's talons dug into his left shoulder. Sora cried out as he felt blood trickle down his arm and as he was lifted into the sky.
At a good height of 15 ft, the Wyvern was destroyed by a seemingly random bolt of lightning. Sora dropped and landed on his left side, further aggravating his shoulder. From here, Sora could see Donald standing with his wand aimed at the space where the Wyvern had just been.
Sora needed a small amount of time to recover and get back to his feet, but five heartless Soldiers were apparently rather impatient. They rushed at Sora attempting to use his moment of weakness to their advantage.
Goofy smashed through them from the side, taking each Soldier down before any more damage could be done. He came to stand in front of Sora and Donald, his shield still raised. He looked over his shoulder. "You guys okay?" He asked.
Sora shrugged to his feet. "Nothing permanent." Donald simply nodded. "Ha!" The Unknown yelled. Sora, having forgotten him, quickly looked up, to see the Unknown raise his hands.
"Quantum!" The middle one yelled. Almost instantly, the air around another Unknown began to ripple, as a strange energy emanated from him. Sora felt a jolt run through his body as an invisible force took hold of him and brutally threw him into the air. Donald and Goofy were with him too.
And just as quickly, they were all slammed back into the Earth below them. Then, a wide blast of energy blew the trio back. They rolled, bounced, and slid across the floor.
Sora's body was racked with pain. Panting, he slowly rolled to his back and gave the world time to stop spinning. 'Well, we could have thought that through just a wee bit more….'
"Hahahahaha! Maybe your list needed some editing?" The leader of the group was now down on their level, however was still far away. Too far for the exhausted Keyblade Master. The Unknown shrugged. "Maybe you'll have time to re-write it in the next world over."
On cue, the Heartless moved as one, one dark mass of destruction. Sora could do nothing but prop himself on one elbow, and raised his Keyblade in a feeble defensive position.
Sora painfully shut his eyes. Once again, he was faced with certain death. Once again, their was no conceivable means of escape.
Sora slid open an eye. The Heartless were gone. Instead, a cloaked figure stood in Sora's view, a figure with incredibly large ears, and a golden Keyblade shining in one hand.
Yeah, I know it's a short chapter. Impossibly short. Tremendously. This was actually supposed to be longer, But what d'you expect! I've got the flu! 'Quit yelling.' And I'm talking to myself! Just…go get me a Kleenex okay?