The Warners Invade Hollow Bastion
Chapter 4: Sinister Shadows
Leon, Aerith, Yuffie, Cid, Tifa, and Cloud raced towards the restoration site. Everyone stopped dead in their tracks when they reached the gate. They stopped and stared as multitudes of heartless came stampeding out from the castle's postern. Heartless were crowded within the restoration site.
"This looks bad!" Cid exclaimed.
"I've never seen this many heartless before!" Aerith said, "Not since Hollow Bastion was destroyed nine years ago!"
"Not to mention when Organization XIII was on the scene" Yuffie added.
Leon drew his Gunblade and readied it.
"Looks like we're going to have to do some major fighting!" he said, "EVERYONE, CHARGE!"
With that exclamation, everyone drew their weapon and raced onto the battleground.
Leon slashed away many heartless with one slash of his Gunbalde.
Cloud also did the same, if not more, damage with a slash of his Buster Blade.
Yuffie threw her 4-Point Shuriken forward, which destroyed a great number of heartless as it flew forward and around back to her.
Cid knocked away heartless after heartless with his Javelin.
Tifa stuck with basic martial arts, punching and kicking away heartless.
As for Aerith, she used most of her time healing her teammates with white magic spells, although she would occasionally fight away the heartless with her Princess Guard staff.
The fight ensured as multitude after multitude of heartless stormed out of the castle. The seven managed to hold their ground, defeating a great majority of heartless. But no matter how much of a good fight they put up, the heartless only managed to grow in number.
Standing atop a tall wall, the Warner siblings looked down upon Leon and his friends as they tried to stop the heartless advances.
"Fascinating" Yakko said, doinghis Captain Spock impression, "It seems that—these--creatures are multyping—at a very alarming—rate! Now! How to deal—with this--situation! Suggestions?"
Dot then pulled out two large feathered fans.
"Perhaps I could distract them with a fancy fan dance!" Dot suggested.
"That's—not going to work" Yakko replied, "There's—nothing we can do. We're—doomed!"
"Actually, Captian!" Wakko interrupted. "If we we're to take a ridiculously large vaccum cleaner…"
Wakko then reached into his gag bag and pulled out such a vaccum.
"Like the one I have here," he continued, "We could be able to suck up these creatures in a greater rate than they are arriving at."
The three then threw the vacuum below onto the ground and then jumped on top of it.
"Looks like we have some major sucking to do!" Yakko said loudly.
"And not the bad type!" Dot added.
With that, Wakko switched the vacuum cleaner on. The hose flaied here and there as it began to suck in everything in sight. It managed to stay steady, as the heartless were sucked into it. A vast amount of heartless was swept up into the vacuum cleaner. Soon, all the heartless were gone. The three switched the cleaner off and jumped down.
"All gone!" the three cheered.
They then began to look around.
"Where are Leon and the others?" Dot asked.
On that note, the sound of screams and protests became heard from inside the vacuum. The siblings looked on it embarrassments.
"Oopsie!" Wakko said.
He walked over to the cleaner and kicked it. Soon the vacuum was in reverse, as dust came flying out of the hose. Soon Leon, Cloud, and the rest were spat out one by one from the vacuum cleaner. Wakko then kicked the vacuum again once everyone was out.
"All better!" Wakko announced.
The seven lay in a large pile, moaning slightly in pain, nausea, and confusion. They soon came to their senses and got up!
"Now I know how a dust ball feels like!" Cloud said, holding his head.
"At least the heartless are gone!" Yuffie said, back in action.
"But where did they all come from in the first place?" Tifa asked.
Yakko, Wakko, and Dot then approached the gang.
"Yeah, it is funny!" Yakko commented, "Seems like these guys arrived the same time we came into town!"
On that note, the seven looked down sternly upon the three, some with hands on hips and others with arms crossed. The trio just laughed nervously.
"It sure is funny!" Cid said, slightly tense.
"Hey!" Dot protested, "You don't honestly think it's us, do yah?"
"She has a point!" Yuffie said, "These three may be annoying, but they're not evil!"
"Point taken!" Tifa said, "But we still don't know who did this!"
"Whoever did must still be in the castle!" Cloud said.
"Right, Let's split up Gang!" Yakko announced. "Velma, Daphne and I will check out the haunted mansion while Shaggy and Scooby search in the graveyard!"
Everyone looked upon the Warners dumbfounded.
Meanwhile, in the castle, Brain watched the ten on the computer screen as they head towards the postern.
"Curses!" Brain uttered, "Seems that I underestimated the town's forces!"
"Not to mention the Warner Brothers and Sister showing up!" Pinky added.
"Those three foul up everything!" Brain said. "No matter! I'll just create a batch of new heartless!"
Brain then began to tap on the keys a few times. A red error sign appeared upon the screen.
"System Overload!" the computer stated, "Heartless Manufactory temporarily disabled"
"Seems that we overdid it with the Heartless Manufactory machine!" Brain said, "We must have overheated it!"
"You think a cold glass of lemonade will fix that up?" Pinky asked.
"I highly doubt that!" Brain snapped. "Even if we let the machine rest, the others will be here before we could do anything!"
"So now what!" Pinky asked.
"We're going to have to make a hasty escape!" Brain replied, "However, considering the only exit is the same entrance the town's resistance and the Warner siblings are taking, such escape is impossible"
Brain was typing on the keyboard with his feet whilst talking. Suddenly, a window popped up on screen.
"Digitalization into Hollow Bastion OS?" Brain read. "Pinky! Are you pondering what I'm pondering?"
"I think so Brain!" Pinky replied, "But I still don't see why they released Final Fantasy VII as such, being that the last Final Fantasy game released in America was titled Final Fantasy III! Why the change in numbering?"
Brain just glared at Pinky.
"Why I even ask is beyond me!" he retorted, turning his back. "Come Pinky! We're taking a trip!"
"Where Brain?" Pinky asked.
Brain then hit the enter button. The power system began to heat up behind the two.
"Inside the computer!" Brain answered.
"Goody!" Pinky cheered, 'Just like Code Lyoko!"
The Warners, the Restoration Committee, Tifa, and Cloud have reached the entrance to the castle postern. They are mere steps away from the entrance when suddenly a white beam of light hits the ground before them, startling everyone. The light vanished, revealing Sephiroth whom was kneeling down. He stood up before the group and drew his Masamune, pointing it at Cloud. Cloud glared at him.
Dot leaned over to Cloud.
"Who's that gorgeous hunk of man?" she whispered.
Cloud drew his Buster Blade.
"Sephiroth!" he exclaimed.
"Can you ask him for his phone number for me?" Dot asked.
"I understand that you've been looking for me!" Sephiroth said.
"Once I get rid of you, the darkness will go away and my light will return!" Cloud answered.
"Can you do it?" Sephiroth asked, staring Cloud down "That darkness comes from your own dark memories. Do you think you can erase your past?"
"Shut up!" screamed Cloud.
"Face it!" Sephiroth replied, walking slowly towards Cloud with sword ready. "You turn your back on the present and live in the past. Because the light of the present is too…Omph!"
Sephiroth was suddenly hit on the head with a flying potato. He fell backwards on the ground and went cold and unconscious. Cloud was shocked by this. Everyone else, except the Warners, just stared at the sight speechless. Everyone then looked at the Warners, the three wielding a large PVC potato gun.
"Homemade Potato Cannon!" Yakko said.
"Never leave home without it!" Wakko said.
Cloud soon became slightly upset.
"What did you three do that for?" he exclaimed.
"That guy was boring us" Wakko said.
"So we decided to end this dull piece of monologue so we can continue!" Dot finished.
"I'm supposed to deal with Sephiroth!" Cloud stated, "You three shouldn't have interfered!"
"Interferring is our middle name!" Yakko retorted.
"I thought it was Tracy?" Wakko asked.
"Besides!" Dot said, "We need to see what's going on!"
Cloud then calmed down. He turned and stared down at the unconscious Sephiroth.
"I'll deal with you later!" he said, as he continued onto the castle.
Everyone followed.
Everyone navigated the dusty corrdors of the castle. They soon came upon Ansem's study, where they noticed the secret passage open.
"Someone's snuck into Ansem's Computer Room and the Hearltess Manufactory!" Yuffie said.
"At least we know where the heartless camer from!" Leon said.
"You think the MCP has anything to do with this?" Aerith asked.
"Doubt it!" Cid answered, "Sora, Donald, Goofy, and Tron took him down long time ago!"
"Don't forget that the passage is open!" Tifa said.
"It's definitely trespassers!" Cloud said.
Everyone walked to the passage entrance and stepped through.
They all made their way to the computer room and manufactory. Leon then noticed something written on the screen. He raced over and read it.
"Don't bother looking for us." He read, "We have escaped to a place you cannot follow us to. Hollow Bastion shall be under my control. Resistance is futile. Signed…The Brain? P.S.: Don't forget Pinky, Narf?"
"Pinky and the Brain!" Yakko, Wakko, and Dot exclaimed.
Leon looked at the three.
"You know these guys?" he asked.
"One's a genius!" Yakko answered.
"The other's insane!" Wakko added.
"Those two are always trying to take over the world and stuff like that!" Dot said.
"This seems serious" Leon said, facing the computer. "Where did they run off to?"
"Well the only way out of here is the same way we came in!" Yuffie replied.
"You don't think they went into Space Paranoids, did they?" Aerith answered.
"The only possible answer!" Leon said, as he began typing on the computer, "And if they think we won't follow, they're completely…"
A red error screen then popped up.
"Right?" Leon asked. "Hmm. Looks like the Brain is named well: he managed to disable the digitizer!"
Cid then walked over to the computer and read the screen.
"Not quite!" he said, "According to this error message, the digitizer has been limited so that only three can enter the computer once. After that, it's a one-way trip out!"
Leon and Cid then turned and walked back to the group.
"So we're going to have to send three of us into the computer so that we can capture these intruders and bring them back here!" Leon said.
"Too bad Sora and the others went to Twilight Town to defeat Xemnas and the rest of Organization XIII!" Tifa replied.
"So who's going to go in?" Cloud asked.
"Uh, guys!" Yuffie interrupted, "Where's Yakko, Wakko, and Dot?"
Everyone then stared over at the computer where the warners were busy playing with it. The trio hysterically pushed every button, pressed every key, and pulled every switch.
"You think we can play Bejeweled on this thing?" Dot asked.
"STOP MESSING WITH THAT!" Cid shouted.
The three turned to everyone.
"Sorry!" the trio said.
Just then, the power system before the three started to glow. Leon and the others stare at this. Leon glances at the three.
"RUN!" he shouts.
It was too late! The power system shot a laser at Yakko, Wakko, and Dot. The three froze in wild poses as they were locked on into a grid. The laser then began to scan the Warners, digitizing them into the computer. The three were digitized into the computer in a matter of seconds. Leon and everyone else just stared with mouths agape.
"So I guess our fates lie within the hands of these three!" Leon said, breaking the awkward silence.
"We're doomed, aren't we?" Cid asked.
"Yep!" Cloud answered.
The Warners are trapped in Space Paranoids, and Buttons and Mindy are trapped in the Hundred Acre Woods! What ever will come of everybody? Stay tune to find out.
As of now, we're halfway through this fic. Only a few chapters more until I wrap this fic up! The bext chapter, I'll be honest, isn't going to be the best one in this story. I sort of had writer's block for the next two chapters. I mean I knew the main plot, but I knew nothing about the major details. In short, don;t expect uch out of the next chapter. You've been warned!