Quickie, folks! Not a long chapter, just a bit of a... foreshadowing one.
kingdomhearts soar: Yay! You're back! I'm sorry that your laptop crashed. Oh, and don't worry about the long review. I tend to ramble, too.
crystalfeathers: Don't worry, it'll be out almost as soon as the last chapter of this baby's posted!And now for the crappiest chapter in the whole dang story:
Chapter 12 - Return of...
Tlaboc and Cobalt stood next to the makeshift podium, wrapped up in some sort of conversation. Tlaboc, naturally, was silent the whole time, and Cobalt could be heard muttering softly in response. Finally, they both nodded and stepped up before us.
"Attention, fellow Imperfects and Bodies," Cobalt opened, an unusual thing for him to do. Usually, it seemed that Tlaboc got the first word. "I have recently spoken with a small team that entered the castle last night and picked up word from Sora himself. Maleficent was, indeed, defeated during the night."
Cheers erupted from the small army. Tlaboc held up his hand, and complete silence soon filled the room. However, our troubles do not end there. A man by the name of Ansem still stands high. He is said to be more powerful than Maleficent herself, and, from what we have been able to figure out, he is the source of all Heartless.
Now, we all began to gasp and murmur amongst ourselves. I looked around and saw all my friends: Cherry, Midnight, Mauve, Truff... but where was Coral? I continued to scan the crowd for any sign of her, but I found nothing.
Don't worry, Calil silently said as she skater up next to me. Your friend is fine. She's just a bit... occupied right now.
Calil silently said as she skater up next to me.I looked up at her and blinked. "Occupied?" I whispered, tilting my head.
Before she could reply, Tlaboc commanded silence again. You all realize what this means, right? There are still Heartless among us, and we must continue to fight. No matter what it may take, no matter what the cost, we have to keep battling for the sake of good!
Our final reaction to the speech was a round of applause. "Now," Cobalt began, looking over to Midnight. "Midnight, if you will, please share with us your plan for the upcoming battles."
The Black Fungus proceeded up front, but he was soon halted by something whizzing over his head. I gasped as the green bolt flew over to the podium... and stuck Tlaboc right in the chest.
"What the?" I gasped, looking behind me as several others crowded around the unconscious Body. Evil, female laughter was heard echoing through the cave. Laughter that sent chills through everyone's spines.
Maleficent's laughter.
"Everybody, run!" Midnight commanded.
"How is she even alive?" Mauve shouted over the commotion.
"I'm supposed to know that?" Truff yelled, trying to avoid getting trampled by the other ones of his kind
I, however, was frozen with fear and confusion. Mauve was right – how was Maleficent still alive? Sora killed her the night before, right? In the midst of my thoughts, I did not see a staff being aimed right toward me. I also failed to see the green magic being cast at me. Luckily, a certain male friend of mine did see it just in time to shout out my name and push me to the ground.
I grunted as my back hit the stone floor. A dark purple figure was on top of me, his arms wrapped around my middle. I was breathing hard for a moment, then I finally calmed down when my brain caught up to me.
Midnight had just saved my life.
"You okay?" he whispered, getting off of me. He took my arm and pulled me up.
"Yeah, I... I'm fine," I replied. I could feel my heart rate go up by several beats. "Thanks."
The Black Fungus nodded before turning to the entrance, where several Imperfects were weaving their way around the vile witch woman. "Come on!" he ordered, dragging to the entrance. "We gotta hide!"
I nodded and followed him into the sunlight... Well, what there was of sunlight, that is. I suddenly felt a hand grabbing my back. I shrieked until I heard a familiar voice. "Don't worry. It's just me."
I looked back and sighed in relief when I saw that it was only Litra. "Oh, thank Walt," I muttered, looking over to see that she had grabbed both of us. Several other flying Imperfects were carrying those without wings and/or levitation skills. The Bodies were either using their quickness or their ability to skate to escape. Calil and Thgindim were right below us.
"Okay, I'm lost," Litra rasped. "Cobalt said that Maleficent was killed, and yet here she is, chasing after us like – ah!" Litra swerved in mid-air to avoid an oncoming Heartless Wizard's attack. "And now she's got backup. Dammit!"
"What do we do?" I gasped, looking around to see an entire Heartless army coming our way. "There's way too many of them!"
Midnight regained his composure (or at least as much as he could for someone being carried by a Wizard) and inhaled deeply. "Lilac, let me ask you something. Were there too many of them when they found our stronghold? No. There's not too many of them now, either, especially since we have double the numbers than before!"
You'd better listen to him, Lilac, Calil transmitted. You'll be doing a lot of that in the future.
Calil transmitted.I blushed so much that my black face actually changed colors to a dark magenta. "You're right, Midnight!" I narrowed my eyes and inhaled until my lungs were full to bursting. "EVERYBODY, LISTEN UP!" I shouted at the top of my lungs. Nearly everybody glanced at me for at least a second, some even locking their eyes with mine for a long moment. "We can't keep running like this! We're gonna have to fight!"
"Uh, Lilac," Mauve began, flying in next to me with Cherry and Truff in hand, "have you lost it?"
"Hey, it's either fight or get ourselves killed in the middle of the night!" I looked around and saw the still-unconscious Tlaboc being carried by one of the few Imperfect Wyverns on our team. "Is he okay?" I asked. Yes, total subject change.
"Hopefully," Cherry mumbled, looking down at the ground.
"Lilac is right!" Midnight called. "We can't just run away everytime Maleficent knocks on our door. We have to take her down somehow, especially since Sora's not here to help us anymore! It's time for us to stand up tall and fight a true battle for justice!"
I sighed softly and smiled. He was so good with words...
Litra lowered to the ground and dropped Midnight and me to the ground. "Everybody, turn around and drop your companions! It's time to stand up and fight!"
A few, namely Mauve, fell in line and prepared to battle, but the others were quite hesitant. "Come on!" the Search Ghost shouted, throwing his hand at an oncoming Heartless. "We can't do this alone!"
Maleficent cackled in the devilish way she could. "You fools! You can't win! Prepare to die under my wrath!"
To be continued...
Holy feck, what's wrong with me? Ah, whatever. At least I updated, no matter how suckish the chapter. Hopefully, with the battle scene and all, the next chapter will be better.
By the way, this story is 35 Word Pages long, and several chapters are missing from the main document. I'll be sure to fill those in and give you the final page count.
