The group sat around the fire for a while, until some water flowed by and put it out. Axel looked around, "Hey! What happened?..." BHK(Ted) looked over where the water had come from, "Uh oh...Monstro's mouth is opening..." Larxene's eyes widened, "We better get ready then...we don't want to be washed away. "Hey! Up here!" they heard a voice, and saw that Sora, while they were talking, had climbed up on a large pile of timber. "Sora thinks it will be safe up here!" he called down to them. BHK(Ted) nodded, "Yeah...climbing up on the piles of wood have kept us safe before..." and started climbing up. Axel and Larxene followed, and they all sat on the top of the pile, waiting for things to calm down. They watched Monstro's mouth open, and to their surprise, a Gummi Ship flew in crazily. BHK(Ted) blinked, "Hey...listen..." everyone stayed silent as they listened, and they could hear insane yelling from the Gummi Ship. Sora looked at the others, "Sora thinks that whoever is in there is in trouble..." Larxene nodded, "Yeah...it sounds that way... Poor guy sounds like he is screaming in pain..." Axel nodded, "We need to help him out..." BHK(Ted) looked at the others, "Yeah, but we have to wait for the water to go down, or we'll get washed away, and can't help him..." The water slowly decreased, and the Gummi Ship landed at an odd angle on a bit of dry land. The group quickly climbed off their perch and ran over to the Gummi Ship to see if they could help. They stood around, not sure what to do, when the door suddenly popped open. "Whooo-hooo! That was awesome!" a voice yelled, then a guy with spiky blonde hair jumped out of the ship, looking rather pleased with himself. Axel, Larxene, BHK(Ted), and Sora all blinked. The newcomer looked at them all, "Oh, hello there! You must be fellow thrill seekers, pleased to meet you!" Larxene looked at the guy, "So...you're not hurt?" The guy laughed, "No, I never get hurt while Whalesurfing!" Larxene blinked, "Whalesurfing?..." The guy nodded, "Yeah, Whalesurfing is the newest extreme sport. What you do is fly your Gummi Ship around the whale, get it to open its mouth, then you fly in. If you make it out again alive, you win!" the guy grinned. Larxene looked at him, "You. Are. Crazy! We all got stuck in this stupid whale by accident, and you just put yourself in here on purpose! Why would you do something so stupid!" The guy laughed, "You have no sense of adventure... Whalesurfing is just that! Relax and enjoy the ride." Larxene smacked her head, "We are all probably going to die in this whale, and you are enjoying it... great..." The guy laughed, "Die? I think not!" Larxene glared at him, "You're being annoying. Stop it." The guy looked at Larxene, "I've Whalesurfed before, there's nothing to it. When the whale opens his mouth again, you just fly right out, good as new." Larxene blinked, "You think you can actually fly out of here that easily?..." The guy nodded, "Sure!" Larxene then pointed to his Gummi Ship, "Better change your thinking, your Gummi Ship looks like it could use some help..." She was right, for when the ship had landed, one of the wings had gotten bent and it broke. The guy smiled, "Oh, that? That can be easily fixed with some whale rubbish and some equipment in my ship." He walked over to it, "By the way, I haven't introduced myself yet, my name's Cloud Strife." Sora smiled, "Sora is glad to meet you Mr. Cloud, Sora's name is Sora." Cloud blinked, "Uh...Sora?... You can just call me Cloud." Sora nodded, "Ok, Sora will call Cloud, Cloud!" BHK(Ted) nodded, "Hi Cloud, right now, my name is Ted." Cloud blinked, "What do you mean, right now?..." BHK(Ted) sighed, "I forgot my name, so they dubbed me Ted. It's better than Googlbrxl..." Cloud nodded, "I see..." even though, he didn't really get it. Larxene looked at Cloud, "The name's Larxene, it's nice to meet you...I guess." she still thought he was an idiot. Cloud nodded to Larxene, then turned to Axel. Axel was staring at him. Cloud looked at Axel, "And your name is?..." Axel continued to stare. Cloud waved his hand in front of Axel's face, "Uh...hello?..." Axel kept up his unwavering stare. Cloud blinked, "Dude...what is your problem." Axel then opened his mouth, closed it, opened it again, then finally spoke. "You. Have. A. Last. Name." Cloud blinked, "Ooookaaayyyy..." Axel looked at Cloud, "No one else here has a last name..." Cloud blinked again, "Annnddd..." Axel nodded, "It's weird." Cloud sighed, and decided to drop the issue, "What is your name, anyways?" Axel grinned and looked pleased with himself. "I'm Axel!" he announced. Cloud nodded, "Ok then...we've got Sora, Ted, Larxene, and Axel, right?" The group nodded. Cloud stretched his arms, "Ok then...well...I'm going to have a snack..." He climbed into the Gummi Ship, rummaged around, and came back with a box of Cocoa Krispies. Axel twitched. Cloud looked inside the box, "I have just enough left for a few mouthfuls..." Axel twitched again, and suddenly, Cloud found himself flat on his back, with Axel sitting on top of him. Axel had the box of Cocoa Krispies, and was staring at it insanely. "Mine." he said. Cloud growled, "Hey! What do you think you are doing! That's my snack! What are you doing on top of me anyways!" "Mine!" Axel responded. Larxene sighed, "Axel is addicted to Cocoa Krispies, forgive his behavior..." She snapped her fingers, "Shadows!" A few of Larxene's Heartless followers appeared, "Get the Cocoa Krispies, please." The Shadows nodded and walked towards Axel and Cloud. Cloud blinked, "What are those Heartless doing here!" Larxene looked at him, "Relax, ok? The Shadows think I am their leader, so they will do what I tell them." Cloud sighed, "I don't really trust you...but if they'll get Mr. Crazy off of me, that's good enough..." Axel was staring at the Cocoa Krispies, when the Shadows grabbed it. "Mineminemine!" Axel hollered, and the Shadows squeaked a bit. They played tug-of-war over Cloud's head for a bit, when, suddenly, the box broke. The small amount of Cocoa Krispies that were left fell into Cloud's mouth. Cloud quickly ate the Cocoa Krispies, and grinned at Axel, "I win!" Axel twitched, "Nooooooo!" he looked like he was going to attack Cloud, but then BHK(Ted) pulled Axel off. "Stop it!" Axel sniffed, "Co..Cocoa...Kri..Krisp...Krispies..go...bye bye..." he burst out sobbing. Cloud stood up and brushed himself off. "That was certainly interesting..." The Shadows looked up at him. He scowled at them, "Scoot, you little buggers..." The Shadows just stared at him. "Eh...Larxene...what are they doing?..." Cloud asked nervously. Larxene looked at the Shadows, "Hmmm? Oh, yes! Shadows, good work. You can go about your business now." The Shadows nodded, then melted into the darkness. Cloud looked at Larxene, "They really do follow your every command..." Larxene nodded, "Yeah...they're kinda...dumb." Cloud laughed, "Most Heartless are..." Meanwhile, Axel was still sobbing. Larxene rolled her eyes and sighed. BHK(Ted) then walked over to Cloud, "Hey, Cloud!" Cloud looked at him, "Yes, Ted?" BHK(Ted) looked at Cloud, "Well...I was wondering, could you give all of us a ride out of here on your Gummi Ship?" Cloud sighed, "I would love to, but I've only got enough room for two passengers..." BHK(Ted) sighed too, "So two of us would have to stay here..." Cloud nodded, "Yeah..." Larxene looked at Cloud, "Hey! You can fix any Gummi Ship, right?" Cloud nodded, "Most of the time...why?..." Larxene nodded, "Good...see...Axel crashed our Gummi Ship inside the whale, over there..." she pointed to a large heap of metal. Cloud blinked, "My goodness! It certainly looks crashed..." He walked over to it, "Hmmm...but not unfixable...most of the important stuff is intact, with the equipment I have, and stuff we can probably find...I can most likely fix it in a short amount of time." Larxene smiled, "That's great!" she looked at BHK(Ted), "Ted, that means nobody will be left behind, me and Axel will leave in our ship, and Cloud can take you and Sora!" BHK(Ted) cheered, "Hooray!" Sora heard too, "Sora is so happy now!" he smiled. Axel, was still sobbing. Larxene walked over to Axel, "Hey, Axel!" Axel looked at her, tears running down his face. He sniffed, "What?..." Larxene smiled, "Cloud can fix our Gummi Ship!" Axel shrugged sadly, "So?..." Larxene sighed, "If he fixes it, we can go home." she thought for a minute, "And you can get some Cocoa Krispies when we get home." Axel perked up immediately, "After we get out, I can get some Cocoa Krispies?" Larxene nodded, "Yep! First we have to go to Traverse Town to finish our mission, then you can have all the Cocoa Krispies you can eat." Axel cheered, "Hooray!" He ran over to Cloud, "Fix it! Now!" Cloud looked at Axel, "First, I have to fix my own ship, then, I'll fix yours." Axel pouted. Cloud sighed, "Look...it'll take a while, you'll have to be patient." Axel continued to pout. Cloud groaned, "It won't take forever, I promise, you'll get your Cocoa Krispies soon." Axel smiled, "Okay!" and walked off to stand with the others. Cloud walked back to his own ship. "First, I need some rest, I've been flying for a while." He got into the ship, and closed the door. Larxene smiled at all the others, "Just think, soon, we'll be out of here!"