The Portal
The psychedelic heart of Hollow Bastion was now a faded pastel. Dark patches in the color squirmed as heartless ripped into the world itself. Sora broke through them with the Sleeping Lion, Leon and Vincent bringing up the rear. Sora ran to the Keyhole, but was stopped as an enormous shadow lifted itself from the ground. The Darkside stood at its full height, guarding the Keyhole. Sora jumped back, rejoining with Leon and Vincent. The other Heartless stood back, as if waiting for the fight to unfold. Defenders and Large Bodies blocked the heroes from the spectators. The Darkside's fist crashed into the ground, sending a shockwave at the group, causing the Heartless crowd to squirm with excitement. The attack was easily avoided and countered as Vincent let a couple shots off at the monster's head. The Heartless stumbled back, also allowing Leon an open shot at the titan's weakness. It fell to its knees, Sora quickly jumping onto its back. The Darkside stood, Sora holding onto the wild hair of the Heartless. If he let go, he would fall a good 200 feet or so. Instead, he took the Keyblade with one hand and began slashing at the back of the Darkside's head. It didn't seem to have any effect. "Sora!" Leon shouted up. "You can only injure it's face! Let go of the Heartless."
"But I'll-"
"Just let go!" Leon shouted. Sora looked down, the reluctantly let go. Vincent jumped backward, grabbing Sora and shooting the Darkside's face in one motion. He let Sora down, reloading the gun.
"This is taking too long. They're starting to breach the Keyhole." Vincent pointed behind the Darkside, where Heartless were beginning to reach the inside of the Keyhole. Leon shot one of the Soldiers off, which fell onto a couple others.
"We have to end this fast." Sora looked up. "And I think I know just how we'll do it." He told the two about his plan while they shot Heartless off the Keyhole.
"That just might work." Leon nodded to Vincent, who confirmed the plan. Vincent stepped onto Leon's hands, and then was thrown into the air. Quickly, Leon gave Sora the Gunblade and threw him up also. Vincent shot the Darkside, who staggered, leaving an opening for him to throw Sora up to the face. Sora drove the Gunblade into the forehead of the Heartless, and then began to hack at the face with the Keyblade. Vincent landed, squeezing out some carefully aimed shots. The Darkside stumbled, then fell to its knees. "Sora! Get down!" The Darkside's heart-shaped hole began to glow, charging up for an attack.
"No. This is what I want!" Sora drove the Sleeping Lion into the forehead, putting his feet between the weapons. The Heartless shook as a large ball of dark energy shot out of its stomach. The attack looped around to Sora, who pushed off, removing the weapons from the Heartless, falling down for Leon and Vincent to catch. The dark ball hit the Darkside's face, causing it to stagger back. Black and purple flames glowed from behind the enormous hands as the Heartless fell to its knees for the last time, the disappeared as it collapsed over the trio. The audience seemed outraged, bursting out from behind their bodyguards to attack the victors. They rushed from all sides, never slowing down. Leon turned to Vincent.
"Can you do it?"
"I should be able to." A dark aura surrounded Vincent as he grew to a size close to the Darkside's, transforming into a gargoyle-like monster. The roar of the beast was enough to destroy the lesser Heartless, severely throwing off the larger ones. Sora took that opportunity to run to the Keyhole, destroying any Heartless crawling around its opening. He raised the Keyblade, a beam of light shooting out into the hole. There was a loud clicking as the hole vanished in a bright light, sealing the heart. Leon gestured up to Vincent, who was destroying Heartless of all kinds with simple sweeps of his monstrous hands. He jumped back, reverting to normal as Leon and Sora reached the entrance to the castle.
"Ready?" Leon looked down to Sora, who gave a thumbs up, then back to Vincent, who nodded.
"Magnet!" Sora rolled out into the fray, a magnetic force appearing over him. The Heartless were pulled up, having no way to anchor themselves. Leon and Vincent moved into position opposite each other around Sora, shooting up into the mass of Heartless. Finally, Leon gave the ceasefire and jumped up into the mass.
"Lionheart!" He rapidly unleashed blow after lethal blow. Vincent rolled to the side of the attack, as not to shoot Leon. Finally, Leon touched ground, no Heartless remaining in the area. Together, they walked through the portal back to the castle.
