"Well that's a GREAT plan!" Larxene snapped back sarcastically, "Look at where we are! In the bottom of a cave! AND we have no clue how deep it is! We could have fallen for days. What makes you think your wings can get us up that far?"

"You can fly by yourself…" Lorenzo shrugged off the shouting, "If you hold on we could probably fly faster and get back to the others in only one tenth the time."

The idea was plain and simple, but it could work. Larxene slapped herself mentally. From the get go she had been heckling and harassing Lorenzo. Maybe by working together with her then they would plow the path for the Organizations goals.

Maybe that's what Vexen wanted.

Taking a breath Larxene held her arms out at her sides.

"Come on then."

Lorenzo wrapped her arms around Larxene's waist. As if in unison she gave a flap of her wings as Larxene used her power of flight.

They shot off like a cork out of a bottle. Larxene could feel the air rush past her. Even in the darkness she could tell that they were at least clocking ninety miles.

Then she saw the light above. The rip in the floor. It rushed up to greet them and for a moment it looked like a giant maw waiting to swallow them. Their eyes met shock as they went from darkness to the blinding white. Lorenzo was so struck that she tucked in her wings and they went from shooting straight up to a dive. There was a clatter as they bounced off the marble floor, hit remains of the battle, and finally crashed into the wall on the other side of the room.

Larxene was the first to pick herself up. She let out a few swear words as she rubbed her temples. Looking over she nudged Lorenzo with her foot.

"Hey, get up already, you can take a bigger beating than that!"

Lorenzo coughed and tried to stand. Her feet wobbled underneath her as Larxene grabbed a hold of her arm and pulled her up.

"I'm fine Larxene.. the light just dazzled me for a moment.. sorry about the crash…"

"Whatever, I would have only been mad had I broken something. But as for you.. you're fine, so lets get after that witch and help the Organization!"

Lorenzo gave a weak smile; once again Larxene was helping her. They were going to finish this whole mess together, no matter what happened.

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The Alliance of the Organization and the keybearer was a weird one, but formidable nonetheless. As they ran through the last few halls of Castle Oblivion, they united their powers to mow down the opposing Heartless in their path. Vexen, Namine, and Donald shot their respective magic spells at the Dark Balls and Wyverns while Zexion, Lexaeus, Sora, Replica, and Goofy charged down the Neo Shadows and Defenders.

But even with their brave change the Heartless seemed to be multiplying at an impossible rate. It looked like they were fighting a loosing battle. But something rose in the back of Vexen's mind.

The form, that woman that fought alongside Axel and Marluxia. She said that Lorenzo and Larxene were down below, fighting an illusion, a fake version of herself. What if the Heartless around them were the same?

"Don't attack them! Charge through!" Vexen lunged through the fray and seemed to disappear in the chaos that the Heartless were causing.

"Is he insane!" Replica hacked a Neo Shadow in two as he yelled, "There's too many!"

But then it hit him as well. The Shadow that he cut through, his blade seemed to slice through as if it was a hot knife through butter. A normal attack would have required him to at least make several slices. They.. were fake?

"Guys! Do what he says!" he clipped his blade to his side and dashed after Vexen.

The others caught on quickly and charged after creator and creation. Sora braced for hits from the Heartless, but when they struck him and his friends they went right through them like ghosts.

This was Vanessa's trick, Sora was sure of it. With her powers being able to create a complete copy of her monster form to fight the other two Unknowns, there was little doubt she could make "ghosts" of Heartless to weaken them and exhaust them before they even got to the final fight.

Sora smiled as he saw through the plan, and Vexen knew they were going to win no matter what.

Neither of them knew of the trial that would keep them from their goal.

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"We will scatter their torn hearts into the winds!" Marluxia shouted as they landed in the pitch-black room. He heard the tell tale sounds of Axel touching ground behind him and the thud of a black tail beside him.

"The keybearer's stronger now," Vanessa growled as she brandished her spear, "Even with your attempts to make him your puppet, he has unified with his friends! It doesn't matter if he's even wiped clean of memories! As long as someone is beside him he will be able to fight!"

"That's why we're going to kill him and rid ourselves of your stupid mistake aren't we?" Axel chimed in.

The red head had to pull his head back as Marluxia swung his scythe around.

"I KNOW THAT! Now that this plan has failed the superior will come and kill the two of us! The only way to stop them…"

"Is to work like they do.." Vanessa's scowl became an evil grin, "is there anything you kept incase this were to ever happen?"

"Now that you mention it.." Marluxia returned the smug smile, "I think I have a plan to suit our needs, it's why we came here in the first place.."

There was a snap of electricity and a faint blue light began to glow ahead of them. The blue began to run along grooves of an object hidden in the darkness. But as the blue traced along the path it brought it into greater focus.

The ship was silver and black. On both of its sides were scythes like Marluxia's, only these were much larger. On the back there were two more reserve scythes, and for the bottom of the hull there was a giant Lance.

"Behold the Redux." Marluxia held his hand out casually.

"I like it…" Vanessa nodded as she approved of the giant ship, "But I think I can add a bit to it…"

She held out her spear and the golden energy from within it poured out and fused with the silver mecha. The golden glow flowed over it and new shapes formed on certain points of the craft. When the glow faded the silver ship had been crafted with new armor and weapons. A guild of gold ran along the rivers of black metal upon the machine. The gold split near the bottom of the ship, making three skewers instead of a single large one. The gold also branched out on the side of the ship, forming giant wings and two claws that protected the two front scythes. Gold shark teeth jutted from the front of the ship and also long the sides. The Gold had also formed two cannons that rested on either side of the cockpit.

"With this power I have given to the Redux greater weapons, there is no way that the keybearer will be able to take you out now, and..." she glanced over her shoulder to Axel, "With his skills they won't stand a chance on the ground either…"

Axel threw his arms up and the familiar shurikens appeared in his hands with a sudden burst of flame.

"Count me in! They'll be dead in no time!"