The leader pulled a lever on his throne, and one of the walls moved, revealing a large holding cell. Inside was a 3ft. tall mouse, with round floppy ears, clown like shoes and a red jacket to match his pants and white gloves. It was King Mickey! "You won't get away from this." The king yelled. "Oh, but I will!" The Leader said." Even if that rag-tag team makes it to the great forest, they will never stand a chance against the evil demon which lurks inside." The King sat down in his cell. His only hope was the Disney Warrior and his team. "Oh don't feel bad you Majesty…" The Leader said. "You'll have a place in my Kingdom, as my servant!" The leader laughed as he pulled the lever and the wall closed up again. The King sighed. "Aw, I hope those fella's are okay..." The King said to himself. "The Syndicate is a very powerful group; I just hope the legend is true…"
Chapter 14: When in Rome do as Romans do.
The gentle waves of the ocean drifted the Black Pearl silently into the docks of an ancient city. "What are we doing here?" Alex asked. "China can't have been THAT close to Paris" The team walked off the ship and into town. "Well, we WOULD continue to China" Jack said. "But we need to stop here because we're low on food supplies thanks to a certain SOMEONE!" Everyone turned to Stitch who responded by burping. "Where are we anyway?" Ariel asked as she looked around at the stone pillars next the streets. "We are in the land of Greece" Jack said. "I've been here before, nothing of really great value…" Alex gave him a suspicious look. "And how would YOU know that Captain Jack?" Jack stammered a bit. "Um, uh….." Suddenly, a purple light began to glow from Alex's pocket. Alex removed Frollo's cufflink from his pocket. The black gem began to glow. "Do you think this means that a Syndicate member is nearby?" Alex asked. "Its possible mate" Jack replied. "Okay guys; let's ask around town to see if anybody has seen someone with a black gem around" Alex said. The team began to ask the locals in town, no one had seen anybody with a black gem. "Okay, whoever this is, is keeping a low profile if no one has seen someone with a black gem." Alex stated. Jack looked to his side and saw a massive Coliseum. "That's a place we haven't checked yet." Jack said as ran towards it. Alex just shrugged as Ariel and Alex followed.
They walked into the large lobby. "What's this place for?" Ariel asked as she gazed up at the stone pillars holding up the ceiling. Stitch leapt off Alex's shoulder and sniffed around. Stitch continued to sniff about while the team walked across the marble floor, trying to find somebody. "The place is dead…." Jack commented. Suddenly they heard the distant sound of a crowd cheering. They followed the sound until they came to a huge double door. When they opened it, they came upon a huge arena. "Wow, it looks like a fight is going on" Alex said as he watched man fight off some giant creature.
Alex yawned. "I could do better…" Jack gave him a weird look. "Really?" He said in a not impressed tone. "Don't gimme that look!" Alex said. "I've fought a giant octopus, a python, pirates, and Frollo!" Jack glared. "You can't even imagine the monsters I'VE faced!" Jack retorted. "Guys will you cut it out?" Ariel said standing in between them both. The fight in the arena seemed to end as the two fought. Alex was the first to notice. "So, did that guy win?" Alex asked. "Apparently so…" Jack said. They noticed he was leaving the arena. "Guys, let's follow him, maybe he knows something." Alex suggested. The team agreed and secretly followed him throughout the seemingly endless halls of the coliseum. At one point the man stopped to fix his shoe, at which point, our heroes stacked up on one another to hide behind a pillar. Jack was on the bottom, on his shoulders was Ariel, on her shoulders was Alex, and on top of Alex's head was Stitch. "Jack, he's on the move forward march!" Ariel said. The problem was that the weight of Alex and Stitch caused the makeshift tower to be top heavy and Jack wobbled from side to side trying to keep a steady balance. That, and the fact that he drank a bottle of rum he stole a few minuets ago. "Jack! Quit fooling around and move!" Alex called from up top.
Jack continued to wobble. "I'm trying!" Jack called. "Having that bottle of rum doesn't help either!" But things went from bad to worse as Jack lost his footing and stumbled toward a pillar. Everyone braced themselves for impact, but at the last moment, Stitch grabbed onto the pillar they were going to hit, and pushed away from it, sending them into another direction…..straight into another pillar. By now the man had noticed his stalkers, but watched them stumble about for amusement. This time Stitch couldn't push off the pillar before they collided, and Alex and the team came crashing down in a heap. When Ariel recovered from the fall she noticed the man watching them. "Guys" Ariel said. "We've been spotted" Jack groaned as the weight of his comrades crushed him. "Should we run for it?" Jack asked. Alex squirmed a bit. "Okay, but Ariel?" Alex asked. "How about getting off?" Ariel noticed she was sitting on Alex's chest. "Opps" When Ariel looked back she saw the man holding out his arm to help her up. "Do you guys need some help?" He asked. "Help….would be appreciated…" Alex gasped for air as Ariel was cutting off his oxygen.
After the man helped them up, they learned his name was Hercules, and he was a local hero. "So, why were you following me anyway?" Hercules asked. "Well, we wanted to ask you about something." Ariel replied. "You know anything about this?" Alex took out the cufflinks with the black gem which were still glowing dark purple. Hercules took them in his hand. "I've seen something similar to this not to long ago..." He said as he thought. Suddenly he had a memory, but it was not a happy memory, no, it was memory of an enemy. "Hades…" he mumbled. "Who?" Alex asked. "Hades, he's been trying to do me in for a long time, he's the lord of the underworld." Hercules answered. Jack shuttered a bit. "So what?' Alex said with confidence. "I can take him, so long as I have this!" Alex pulled out the Disney Blade. Hercules took it from his hand and looked it over, and as always the blade of the sword disappeared, leaving only the handle in his hands. "It's a magic sword, only I can use it!" Alex said. Hercules was impressed. But he felt nostalgic in a way; Alex's courage to take on Hades reminded him of when HE was Alex's age. "Okay, I'll take you to the gate of the Underworld, but after that, you're on your own." Hercules warned. "We'll be fine Herc! Count on it!" Alex said excitedly.
Hercules led them across the town to a massive mountain known to everyone as Mount Olympus, at the base of the mountain, was a large Double door. It was the Gate of the Underworld. "You can still walk away." Hercules said. Alex grinned. "No way…" he said. Hercules looked at Ariel, Jack and Stitch. "What about you?" He asked. Ariel latched onto Alex's arm. "If he's going, I'm going!" She said. Stitch ran over and climbed up on Alex's shoulder. "Stitch go too!" Stitch added. "As if I had a choice?" Jack said as he walked over to the door. "Before you go" Hercules said. "Remember this; a true hero is measured not by the strength of neither their sword nor fists, but the strength of his heart" Alex nodded. "I'll be sure to remember that"
The door slowly opened up revealing a long dark staircase. "Wow…" Ariel said looking at the stairs. "Well guys, here go!" Alex said running down the staircase. Ariel and Stitch followed, as Jack reluctantly walked down the steps, into the black abyss of the Underworld.
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