Hey everyone I can only offer this quite short chapter today because my computer is still on the fritz so I hope you enjoy for now... I'll update as soon as I can!

Disclaimer: I own Dav, Craxte and their storylines but regretfully I do not claim ownership to Kingdom Hearts, Disney or any Final Fantasy characters. The OC's belong to their respective owners.

Chapter 12: Its a Dark Knight Tonight

Dav and Cloud both landed on the grey, stone floor of the giant room and were immediately attacked by the Heartless that were swarming. Several Striker Heartless were rising from the floor around the duo in shadowy patches and then launched an attack at them. Dav immediately side stepped an attack from one the Striker blades and delivered a strong right hand into its shadowy features which stunned it, allowing him to duck another blade swipe and then thrust his Great Blade into its chest and then drag it upwards, slicing the Heartless in half. He then swung his Great Blade in a horizontal motion which cut through three Strikers and a Soldier form, they all disappeared in the usual fashion.

Meanwhile Cloud had engaged Soldier Heartless which he easily eliminated by jumping into the air and holding his Buster Sword downwards. He plummeted to the ground and his swords tip pierced the very stone and sent the ground cracking in all directions. Large jagged pieces of rock then rose from the ends of the cracks and drove straight through the Heartless in the immediate area. He then ran toward Dav who had just destroyed more Heartless and stood back to back and then uttered the words "...Just wing it". Dav nodded in agreement and then they both closed their eyes despite the Heartless gathering around them.

Out of Cloud's back a single black wing sprouted and then flexed into full size while Dav released both his wings with one coloured black and one white. He was surrounded with a soft blue aura that even surrounded his Great Blade whose hilt was clutched in his right hand. Cloud had a sharper red colour aura surround him and his Buster Sword and like Dav's rose towards the ceiling. They both opened their eyes almost in unison and both yelled as the auras surrounding them swelled in mass and then shot out in all directions. This caused blue and red shockwaves to race through the large stone room and cut through whatever Heartless got in the way.

Across the room Aaron and her brother Andrew were striking down Heartless after Heartless with their daggers that resembled each others. Andrew thrust both of his slightly longer daggers into a Wyvern Heartless that missed a swooping dive attack and was close to the floor. As it disappeared a Soldier Heartless flew through the small shadowy cloud the Wyvern created toward him using their main attack, a flying spinning kick. But before it could strike Andrew, Aaron launched herself at the Heartless and kicked it away by launching a powerful jump kick into its helmet clad head. It fell to the floor and disappeared as Aaron landed by her brother's side and pulled him into a tight hug despite the fact that Heartless were heading toward them. Andrew hugged back as Craxte spun around and with a tornado slash attack took out a number of Heartless forms that swarmed around them.

Terri was fighting on the steps that lead up to the small alter with the keyhole above it. She parried a Striker swipe and fought off her attacker by hitting iton it's head with her katanas hilt. A Shadow Heartless leapt at her from the bottom of the steps but she drove the sharp blade of her katana straight through the middle of its body, as it disappeared the room began to shake violently.

All the Heartless in the stone hall disappeared in a multitude of dark flashes and everyone in the room looked around as if in shock.

"Um... what just happened?" asked Dav with a puzzled expression on his face.

"I don't know... they all just vanished, but why?" added Aaron with even greater curiosity than Dav.

"Looks like the battle has only just fully began.." informed Craxte as he rested his axe on his shoulder.

"What do you mean..." But before Terri could finish a black portal appeared in-front of the giant silver keyhole which caused her to leap from her position on the steps and land in front of Aaron and Andrew.

A large big built figure began to materialise out of the dark rip in the air. A huge suit of armour stood in front of the alter with a massive long sword in its equally massive hand. It looked and was built just like a 20 foot medieval suit of armour, the only difference being that it had the Heartless symbol on its chest and the actual metal was tainted with a dark shade of colour. It seemed to be transfixed upon Dav for a minute and then raised its sword for an attack.

Everyone scrambled into their battle stances and then began to attack the Dark Knight. Dav and Cloud charged toward it with their swords held high but were knocked away by a shockwave as it stomped on the floor. Aaron and Andrew both primed silver grenades that Aaron used in her match against Dav and threw them at their enemy's feet, however they did little to no damage. Terri uttered some kind of incantation and caused surging winds to swirl around the large Heartless but it was too heavy and the winds subsided. Dav ran to Donald and Sora who were stood near the wall opposite to the Dark Knight.

"Hey guys try aiming different spells at its head and torso to see if that works.."

Donald and Sora both nodded in agreement and began to launch a combination of Fira, Blizzara and Thundara spells toward the large Heartless across the room. It stumbled backwards a bit but soon regained its posture and drove its large sword down toward the floor. Aaron jumped up, bounced off the wall and launched herself at the Knight's head, Andrew mirrored the move from the opposite wall.

Both Andrew and Aaron used their Daggers to repeatedly slash away at its head and cause a surprisingly large amount of damage but then were thrown off when Dark Knight began to move quite quickly. Dav shouted over to Craxte and then they both jumped into the air and caught Aaron and Andrew. Dav landed back to the floor, grinned and then said:

"We should really stop meeting like this you know!" Aaron laughed and then responded by punching him in the arm.

"Hey, what was that for!" Dav said surprised and faked hurt by pouting and then grinning in a dopey fashion.

Cloud however sprouted his black wing again and took to the air and began pounding the Dark Knight in its head with his large Buster Sword. Terri held her katana high in the air as it glowed a brilliant white and then a single white beam of energy was let off from the tip of blade and struck the enemy's head once again.

The giant Heartless began to stagger and then dropped to one giant knee which caused a slight tremor in the ground. As everyone closed in on the boss Heartless it rose back to its feet and held its longsword in both hands, raised it above its head and struck the floor that sent a huge shockwave through the large room. It knocked all the people in the room against the hard stone walls of the makeshift temple and they all blacked out. Only Terri remained conscience and she looked at the boss Heartless who now stopped moving, a large crimson coloured Heart rose from its back and disappeared in the air. Its body disappeared as the air distorted where it vanished and Terri finally slipped out of conscience.