We're Back Folks!
And let me just say that I am so so so so soooooo SORRY! I'm very truly sincerely sorry my fellow readers. I can't believe how long it took me to write this.
About two to three weeks ago my air conditioner broke and it took the maintenance crew of my apartment complex so long to fix my air. Ajd living in Arizona during a very hot summer with no cool air can make a guy like me very sick. But thank God Almighty that it's over now. My air conditioner was fixed. I've fully recovered and I'm back to work on this story.
Speaking of this story. I've decided to something different about they're second visit to Hollow Bastion. If I ever said that Huey, Dewey and Louie wasn't going to be based on Ducktales 2017. I take it back! YES! I'm going to use their versions from the Ducktales remake! Scrooge can be included if you want. But seeing how his original version is pretty much the same. Then yeah that can include the remake version of him as well.
"What about Webby?" Maverick asked.
NEVER THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF HER!
Also instead of show horning Stitch into Hollow Bastion like the game did for the sake of a summons move. I'm going to include some characters from the Final Fantasy VII remake. And yes. Officially, Aerith, Cloud and Tifa will be losely based off of their versions of the game. Including Sephiroth. Which means Aerith and Cloud will have their FF 7 appearance. Including Tifa and her sexy gymnastic outfit she wore. But since Yuffie looks pretty much the same way. I'll still keep her in her KH version. But I will give her the new look she had in KH III.
And since KH II didn't bother to develop those Gullwings. I will not include them in this story. Especially since I barely know anything about their FF versions. But... If anyone has any ideas of how I can use them later. With a back story for them. I'm all ears.
Okay. Now to answer some comments and reviews.
Haxorus Knight: Yes. But Aiden doesn't know that. All he knows is that the Nobodies are nothing but trouble and they killed his mother before banishing him from his home world. He holds a personal grudge against the Nobodies. But I can promise you that will change. But not soon in the way you think.
olehbilenko93: Thank you. I appreciate your support as always.
RustyPete12: Thank you! You read my mind about Hayner getting his hands on some of Aiden's weapons. Aiden will regret it but not in a tragic way. Just a hilarious way. And it will be when they return to Twilight Town. I can't tell you what but there's a hint for it in this chapter. Also yeah. I always had Roxas and Namine in mind when thinking about the song 'Rewrite The Stars'.
SPYRO 101: Thank you! Don't worry. There's a light at the end of Roxas and Namine's dark tunnel. I'm glad you enjoyed their singing segment. As I stated before, Roxas and Namine were voiced by actual singers. Also wait no further. You'll enjoy what happens next.
Alright. Now that we're all here!
LET'S GET DANGEROUS!
Return To Hollow Bastion.
The next morning in the Mav Club…..
Aiden was on the phone talking to Hayner as he stood at his weapons hall. Staring at one of the shelves with a raised eyebrow look. He had trusted Hayner, Pence and Olette to go and investigate the old mansion in the forest back in Twilight Town. And told them to take a few weapons with them for protection.
Of course Hayner would thin out the definition of 'a few weapons.'
"So tell me again how many did you take and what kind? Because my shelf is missing three quasar emitters. Several phase shifting pistols. Neo missiles launchers and ice grenades.
"And a combo glove!" Hayner cheered in the background while on the phone.
"I only grabbed two weapons. But Hayner went overboard and talked Pence into it." Olette said on the phone in her defense.
"WHOOOHOOOO!" Hayner cheered in the background.
"Hayner don't-" Pence tried to stop him.
*Booom!*
"Woah woah woah! What the hell was that?!" Aiden was startled by the sound of an explosion.
"Hayner…..Kind of….blew up the gates to the old mansion." Olette nervously stated over the phone.
"The gate was unlocked." Aiden deadpanned.
"That's what we told him! But he said 'Raw Power can't be too careful' before pulling the trigger." Pence mocked Hayner's quote over the phone.
"Hayner put that down! That's a live grenade! NO DON'T THROW IT AT THE FRONT DOOR!" Olette screamed at Hayner who was going
*Booom!*
The sound of an ice grenade went off on the phone.
"Oh crap! Uh….Sorry Aiden, we gotta go! Everything's fine!" Pence said anxiously and hung up.
"I knew I should've made them sign the waivers in my name." Aiden muttered as he walked away.
Down in the Mav Club Briefing Room…
The Guardians of the Multiverse members were each seated around a large table with the Maverick's M logo on it. Sora was seated next to Kairi on his left with Donald and Goofy on the right. While Aiden and Victoria were seated together facing Sora. And Baby Groot was seated on top of Victoria's shoulder.
"Okay. So here's what we know so far and currently. One. The Organization is having some fallout with their staff and they're now shorter than thirteen members. And two. The one member that they seemed to be paranoid about is this hotspot with a diet attitude named Axel." Aiden said as he leaned on the table fading his team.
"Who is also the jerk that tried to kidnap me." Kairi added.
"Noted. And three. A girl named Namine. Who is responsible for waking Sora up from his summer long power nap, was kidnapped by the blue haired prick that got personal." Victoria said with an edge in her voice.
She never liked it when anyone tries to screw with Aiden's personal scars.
"Also for some reason they want Sora to keep on takin out Heartless." Goofy mentioned.
"Could be a ruse." Donald suggested. "Or a distraction."
"We don't have enough proof if that's what they want." Victoria dismissed the idea.
"And we don't have enough proof that it's not what they want." Aiden told them and sighed. "Look. We're at a dead end with those assholes. They took the only girl with answers and we have no leads or a trail on where to go next."
"I am Groot." Baby Groot looked down sadly.
"But I do know this. They're not going to just sit in whatever underground realm and do nothing. So as far as I can tell, they've been doing more action these past few weeks than they ever did in the short life that I've known them. If we don't make the first move, they will. And when they do. If they so much as go get dry cleaning for their stupid robes. If they so much as go attend the church of Charles Manson. Will find out and be on them like a dog and a rotten steak." Aiden stated sounding serious.
"That's a charming image, Aiden." Victoria deadpanned sarcastically.
"Give me a break Vic, my quips get sloppy when I act serious." Aiden said in response which made her grin.
"What are you thinking Sora? You've been quiet all this time." Kairi said out of concern.
The entire time the team had been debating about the Organization. Sora was looking down in deep thought. Frowning as he was thinking about his best friend. The one Saix warned him about.
"Sora? Are you okay?" Kairi asked again which snapped him back into reality.
"Huh? Oh, yeah I'm okay. I just, I can't stop thinking about Riku." Sora admitted.
"I am Groot?" Baby Groot asked in a compassionate tone.
"Groot asked something that….Well with an answer that's obvious." Victoria said while looking at Sora and translated what Baby Groot. "You really do care about Riku, don't you?"
"You have no idea." Sora sighed.
"I might have an idea." Aiden nodded in understanding.
"Riku and I grew up in the same orphanage together. Back on the Islands. We didn't meet Kairi until I was maybe five or six years old. But Riku was the only other person in my life that I could consider family." Sora admitted.
"Me too Sora." Kairi placed a comforting hand on his shoulder.
"Don't let what that blue haired turd said get to you Spike. For all we know he could've been lying." Aiden said to Sora with his arms crossed.
"Hmmm….Aiden has a point. Master Yen Sid did say that the Nobodies can fake feelings." Goofy recalled.
"Yeah! Maybe he was trying to trick you to get you distracted." Donald agreed.
Sora nodded and took a deep breath.
"That's a mistake I won't make again." Sora stated.
"Don't make promises you can't keep Spike." Aiden warned him.
"What do you mean by that?" Sora inquired, sounding offended.
Before Aiden could answer, the warning screen came up on the table. Interrupting their conversation.
'Maverick. I'm receiving reports of the Heartless and Nobodies being sighted all around Hollow Bastion. I recommend an investigation.' IRIS alerted the team.
"See? Like I just said. They'll act first." Aiden grinned.
"Are the Restoration Committee aware of this?" Victoria asked the computer.
'Affirmative. They even called in some backup from Midgar.'
"Midgar?" Kairi asked, wondering what that is.
"It's the neighboring city next to Hollow Bastion. And it's the only city in Aiden's homeworld district that wasn't destroyed by the Heartless invasion all those years ago." Victoria answered Kairi.
"Except Midgar can't be trusted. Their main economy is under the control of a power company called Shinra. They run Midgar by sapping the planet's resources, And they're so hard at it that Earth Day is considered to be a drought for their wallets." Aiden said his opinion about Midgar. "The whole area outside of Hollow Bastion is nothing but desert because of them."
"So why would Leon and the others call them in?" Victoria asked.
'The backup I was referring to wasn't anyone from Shinra. The Restoration Committee called In Avalanche.' IRIS clarified.
"You mean the group that Shinra dubbed as Terrorists?" Victoria inquired.
"Okay now that I can get back." Aiden smirked, clasping his hands together and leaning forward. "Anyone that can make Shinra get a nosebleed are my kind of people."
"Then let's head down there and meet with them. Hopefully we can get ahead on whatever the Organization is up to down there." Sora suggested and the others agreed.
"We'll take the space bridge." Victoria said as she stood up.
"IRIS, once the refurbished Highwind is ready. Be sure to send it over to Hollow Bastion. Let it remain on standby until we're ready to leave." Aiden told the Artificial Intelligence.
'Yes Maverick' IRIS obeyed and continued modifying the Highwind.
Chip and Dale were also there supervising and assisting in construction of their renewed Gummi Ship.
But until it's ready. The Guardians of the Multiverse are going to be busy on Hollow Bastion.
Down in Hollow Bastion…
The guardians beamed down from the Mav Club's space bridge. They appeared in the open alley in the marketplace. Once there Aiden looked around with a blank expression and decided to push aside how much this world makes him uncomfortable. Too many memories and too much sorrow. But none of that matters now. What matters is protecting the other worlds from whatever the Organization has planned. Including this world.
The team looked around the open market area and saw that everything seemed fine. People were going about their business. Even Donald's nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie were there selling products at the market with their own vendors. And they were selling everything. Drinks, snacks, souvenirs, directions or lemons….For lemonade.
Unfortunately their stock was a courtesy of all the ducks' cheap uncle, Scrooge McDuck.
"Souvenirs folks! We got 'em all! Bobble heads that don't bobble! T-shirts with smiley faces made from actual desk Ink! And marbles that are each in its own pack of one, for a dollar! Every five dollar purchase you get a nice bottle of lemonade made from fresh two week old lemons!" Huey was advertising as the Guardians walked by. In fact everyone was walking by him with no interest in his product. Which frustrated Huey enough to scream. "OH COME ON! A JUNIOR WOODCHUCK'S GOTTA MAKE A LIVING IN THE DOG GONE MULTIVERSE!"
Then they passed by Dewey. Who was not doing any
"Need directions?! Advice?! Counseling?! You got it all here in these tourist flyers! Come to Hollow Bastion with no trouble of finding where you need to go!" Dewey enthusiastically spoke like someone who doesn't know how to make money, but thinks he does. He even offered to a passing tourist that just ignored him. "Hey pal, you wanna take a picture for your first time in Hollow Bastion?! No? Well that's okay there's no film in the camera. Oh Darn it that was supposed to be a secret!"
The team was feeling both weirded out and sorry for these kids. Then they passed by Louis who was the only one in the trio that knows they're soon to be bankrupt selling this crap.
"That's right, people. Louie Mobiles has the best prices in town for generic brand Gummi Phones, best reception, best customer service too. sign up today to get a free gummi phone…..cover." Louie offered in a bored hopeless tone with an annoyed droopy look on his face. Hunched over the counter of his vendor until he slouches down under the table in defeat.
Donald was walking on the other side of the team so his nephews wouldn't spot him. He didn't want to be shamed in public for those kids making cheap fools out of themselves. No matter how much he loved them.
"Crap. Were they always below average when it came to being salesmen?" Victoria asked, looking at Huey, Dewey and Louie failing to sell their merchandise.
"Big deal. It still doesn't compare to them being customers." Donald muttered while scowling, thinking back to a time when his nephews were seven year old trouble makers.
Four years ago in Disney Town…
Back then when Donald would have weekends off from his duties as the King's loyal wizard. He would either sit back on a boat and relax while fishing. Or he'd volunteer to help out Daisy with tremendous favors. And 'volunteer' means he'd cave to his girlfriend's obnoxious plea to help her out.
Daisy's Aunt was sick and needed help running her sweet shop. So Daisy asked Donald to take the first shift at the counter while she was out shopping for medicine to give to her Aunt. Donald of course was doing well with running the counter. Taking orders and making purchases. Despite how reluctant he was at first. Things were turning out better than he expected…
Until his nephews showed up.
Huey, Dewey and Louie came up to the counter. Looking younger than they are in the present and all three wearing the same article of clothing with their own respective matching colors.
"Oh Hello there boys. How can I help you?" Donald greeted them with a smile.
"Hi Uncle Donald." His three nephews replied.
"I would like to have 5$ worth of gummi bears please." Huey ordered first with a polite tone.
"Okay. 5$ dollars worth of gummi bears, coming right up." Donald smiled and nodded before he turned around and looked at the many selections of different candies on the shelves. "Let's see…."
Donald quickly looked around all the selections in the lower shelves but didn't find any gummi bears. He could find a jar of marshmallows, licorice, jelly beans, gummy worms. But no gummy bears.
Donald stood and pondered with his hands on his hips and tapping his foot. Then he looked up and his eyes widened.
"Wak! Oh no." Donald crooned seeing the jar of gummy bears all the way up on the top shelf.
The shelf was high enough for anyone to fall and break their neck if not the jar. So Donald grumbled as he went back to grab a ladder and he used it to climb up the shelves. He struggled as he grabbed the large jar of gummi bears. He struggled to hold it while he was losing balance on the ladder.
"Careful careful…...Careful…..Careful…." Donald muttered while he was taking a few steps down. Then he slipped. "Care- Wak! Ow! Ow! Oof! Gah!" Ow! Ow! Ow!"
Donald fell down the ladder with his bill hitting each of the steps as he fell fast. He fell on his bottom but quickly shook himself to focus as he quickly caught the large jar of gummy bears before it could fall and break.
Donald sighed in relief as he hummed to himself while sitting the jar on the counter. He takes out five dollars worth a bag size. Measure it to see if the amount is correct. Then he hands the bag to Huey.
"Thank you Uncle Donald." Huey hands him five dollars.
"You're welcome." Donald said optimistically despite what he just endured.
Donald placed the money into the cash register and took a deep breath before he carried the jar of gummy bears back up the ladder. Sweating and groaning as he did considering the jar is heavier than it looked. Once he placed the jar back up on the top shelf. He felt relieved as he slid down the ladder and was glad that it was over.
"Okay…." Donald sighed and smiled at Dewey. "Now then Dewey. What would you like to have?"
"I would like to have 5$ worth of gummy bears too, please." Dewey asked politely as they weren't phased by what Donald just went through.
Donald's smile dropped as well as his daw, which hit all the way below and pass the counter.
"Ah nuts." Donald groaned as he grumbled feeling irritated as he brought the ladder back up on the shelves and climbed up quickly to get this over with.
Donald made it the top again. And grabbed the heavy jar of Gummy bears. Only this time as he held it with both hands to balance it as it was tilting. He didn't account for holding on to the ladder.
"WAAAAAAK!" Donald screamed as he fell off the ladder and hit the ground. While the nephews were just watching and acting unfazed.
But thankfully Donald had his arms up while holding the jar of gummi bears so it didn't break or bust all over the floor.
Donald in frustration went through with getting a five dollar bag of gummy bears to Dewey who paid him. And after Donald placed the money in the register, he walked over to pick up the jar. As his hands were on the jar. He realized he could go through all of this again.
"And I suppose you want 5$ worth of gummy bears too?" Donald inquired with a suspicious tone.
"No thank you Uncle Donald." Louie said cutely and politely.
"Awe…." Donald coed as he felt relieved and flattered that he helped raise three polite nephews.
Or so he believes.
So after struggling to carry the jar back up the top shelf and making sure not to fall like he did twice. Then once the jar was back up where it belonged. Donald slid down the ladder and stood at the counter huffing and sweating looking tired and worn out. With that whole ordeal over with. Surely what Louie wants will be a breeze and something on the bottom shelves. Right?
"Okay…...Okay. Now. What can I get for you Louie?" Donald asked while forcing a smile.
"I would like to have 2$ worth of gummy bears, please." Louie asked politely.
In reality. They were always mischievous.
Donald's smile froze. Then it broke off his face like shattered glass as his face turned red and steam blew out his ears. And he glared at his nephews.
"WHY YOU! WAKWAKWAKWAKWAKWAKWAKWAK!" Donald bellowed in anger as he chased his nephews out of the store and across the block yelling incoherent words that may or may not have been verbal.
Back in the present in Hollow Bastion…..
Donald shuttered remembering that day. He was so glad Daisy's Aunt got better the day after.
"So do you wanna go and say hi?" Sora asked Donald.
"No thank you!" Donald sarcastically stated as he walked away.
Aiden had a mischievous smirk as he looked over to Huey, Dewey and Louie. And called over to them. "Hey boys! Your Uncle Donald is back with a receipt for better merchandise!"
The nephews gasped as they ran over to Donald who looked pale. "UNCLE DONALD!" They cheered.
"WAAAK!" Donald yelled as he was tackled by his nephews to the ground.
"I am so glad you're back! Things have been so gray without you!" Huey dramatically stated as he hugged Donald's neck.
"And your boat couldn't stay afloat due to the massive hole from a night light that might've been a firecracker!" Louie protested as he hugged Donald's waist.
"WHAAAT?! YOU SUNK MY FISHING BOAT?!" Donald bellowed in anger.
"Louie did it." Huey and Dewey both said simultaneously while pointing at Louie.
"Hey!" Louie scowled at his brothers.
"We were gonna buy you a new one with the money we'd earn." Dewey admitted.
"So we went with the next best thing and found one that was available for free." Huey showed Donald a picture of his brand new fishing yacht.
"Woooow." Donald was blown away by the image.
"And by 'found' we mean borrowed from one or King Mickey's ex employees." Louie mused.
Somewhere in an undisclosed location….
Pete was sniffing and wiping tears as he held a memorial picture of his prized steam boat that he had refurbished and redesigned into a luxurious yacht.
One day Pete found it missing from his abandoned garage.
"I'm gonna miss ya Old Reliable." Pete sobbed and hugged the picture.
Back over with Donald and his nephews…..
"Awe….Thanks boys." Donald smiled and hugged his three nephews who hugged him back.
"That's so sweet." Kairi gushed at the sight while the others were just admiring the tender moment.
While they were hugging. Louie was slowly reaching for Donald's wallet.
"Don't even think about it." Donald warned while they were hugging which made him chuckle nervously.
Aiden thought of an idea that would not only help the nephews out with their own independent businesses. But also benefit him and the team.
"Hey Duck Tales." Aiden got Huey, Dewey and Louie's attention after they finished hugging their uncle, Aiden grinned down at the three nephews while he held a catalog of special merchandise. "I've got a proposition for the three of you."
After that moment the team walked on. And even passed Scrooge McDuck who grimaced at the ice cream bar he just tasted. He sighed and tossed it in a trash bin.
"Ach! I was so close to recreating that flavor." Scrooge sulked sadly.
"Hang in there Richie Rich." Aiden quipped as they walked on by.
"Ah go jump in a spotlight ya glory seekers!" Scrooge snapped at him with his fist waving.
"What's the deal with him and Scrooge?" Sora asked in a whisper.
"Aiden and I were looking for someone to help finance some Guardians of the Multiverse toys and other themed merchandise. Scrooge offered to do so, if he got the bigger cut." Victoria answered.
"Darn. I'm guessing things didn't sit well with that?" Kairi figured.
"Exactly." Victoria nodded.
They all knew Scrooge McDuck has a good heart. But Aiden and Victoria figured that sometimes, it's not bigger than his wallet.
Just as they made it to the stairs. They spotted a young man leaning on the side wall with his arms crossed and his eyes closed. The young man had a lean and toned built body, with spiky blond hair. His uniform comprised indigo pants with a sleeveless shirt and a belt. He also was wearing brown boots, gauntlets with a pauldron over his left shoulder and a SOLDIER band in his right wrist.
Sora, Donald and Goofy turned and recognized him.
"Oh, Cloud!" Sora greeted him as the team walked up to the guy named Cloud.
Cloud glanced up at them for a second before looking back down.
"You know this guy?" Victoria asked the trio.
"Yep. We met Cloud here back on our last adventure, at the Olympus Coliseum." Goofy answered.
"Cloud and Sora were competitors until the Coliseum ended up being attacked." Donald added.
"We left on good terms though." Sora assured them before he asked Cloud. "What are you doing here, Cloud?"
"I'll get him, this time we settle it." Cloud muttered while not looking at them. "Me, and the one who's responsible for all the darkness in me."
"I am Groot." Baby Groot said while standing on Victoria's shoulder. Translate: "No wonder his name's Cloud. He likes to keep his head up there."
"Uh huh…...I thought you'd look kinda different Cloud." Donald said while sounding weirded out and confused.
"If I do. It's his fault." Cloud said to them.
"Whose?" Sora asked.
"Sephiroth." Cloud answered grimly.
"Sephiroth? The former Shinra soldier?" Victoria asked as she and Aiden recognized that name.
"One and the same." Cloud confirmed. "He and I were partners. Until the fallout of the Genesis War, four years ago."
"Genesis War?" Sora asked, looking at Aiden.
"The war between Shinra and a power tool army called Genesis. Let's just say Midgar was and is still separated into several sectors and factions." Aiden gave him the short version.
"Why would Sephiroth be all the way out here?" Victoria asked Cloud.
"That's what I'm here to find out. And to settle a score with him." Could said grimly while standing up straight and looking at the team.
"We'll be on the lookout in case we run into him." Sora stated with a nod.
"What does he look like?" Kairi asked.
"Silver hair. Carries a long sword." Cloud described him.
"Sure. Well, be seeing you Cloud." Sora said goodbye as the team was about to head down the stairs.
"Be careful. He'll mess with your head to make you think darkness is the only way." Cloud warned them.
"Right he'll 'Cloud City Vader' us. We'll keep that in mind." Aiden noted with a quip.
Just then they spotted Aerith who came up the steps and greeted Cloud.
"Is something wrong?" Aerith asked as Cloud walked by her.
"Uh….." Sora was awkwardly lost.
"I'm sensing some history between them." Kairi mused.
"It's nothing." Cloud said while he turned to face her. "I don't want you involved."
"You mean. You don't want me there when you go away again?" Aerith asked amusingly.
"I just….Listen. If I go far away. I'll come back." Cloud promised.
"Do you mean it?" Aerith perked up.
"Yeah." Cloud said while he wondered if he could keep that promise.
"See? You don't look so sure?" Aerith teased.
"Remind you of someone special?" Kairi whispered to Sora making him blush.
This was similar to how Sora to went away to defeat Ansem and promise to come back to Kairi. Cloud seems to be in the same boat now.
"Well. Okay. I understand. Go, get things settled." Aerith said softly to Cloud.
"Huh?" Cloud was a little surprised that Aerith was okay with his journey.
"No matter how far away you are. Once you find your light. I'm sure it will lead you back here again. Right?" Aerith stated with faith.
"I suppose." Cloud nodded.
"So I'll stay here. And I'll cheer for you. Okay Cloud?" Aerith smiled.
"Okay." Cloud said before he turned and walked away.
Sora walked up to Aerith as she watched Cloud walk away. With a wary heart but with hope that he will return.
"Wonder if he'll be okay." Aerith sighed while feeling worried.
"He'll be fine. I'm sure there's some light in him somewhere." Sora assured her.
"I believe there is more than some light. As long as he has someone there to wait for him. He'll come to you. Or in time you'll go to him." Kairi stated with kind and honest words.
It was easy for Sora and Kairi to see the similarities between them and Cloud and Aerith. They may not know the whole story. But they know a relationship is blooming when they see it. The heart never lies.
"Thank you." Aerith smiled at Kairi.
"You're welcome. Oh and I'm Kairi. The Guardians newest recruit if you're wondering." Kairi giggled lightly.
"I know. Merlin told us. And Sora spoke a lot about you." Aerith smiled.
"If we had a 100 dollar bill for every time we've heard that. We'd have enough to buy Spike here a marriage license." Aiden quipped, making everyone laugh while Sora and Kairi blushed in embarrassment.
"Hehehehe. Right. I almost forgot to say. But everyone is at Merlin's house along with some new allies." Aerith informed them.
"We'd better go meet up with them then." Sora stated with the others agreeing.
Down at Merlin's House….
Cid was sitting in a chair while typing on the terminal computer while Yuffie was standing there watching. Once the Guardians came in, Yuffie turned and smirked at them.
"Took you all long enough." She snorted teasingly.
"Hey, going from one world to another isn't like doing weekend chores." Sora mused
"Yeah yeah." Yuffie shrugged and smirked seeing Kairi. "And I see you brought the girl of your dreams this time."
"Why does everyone assume Kairi's my girlfriend?!" Sora hung his head back and groaned.
"Spike, if the whole universe is rooting for you and Rosebud to ship. I think your denial is outnumbered." Aiden quipped which made Yuffie laugh.
"I'm Kairi." Kairi offered a handshake.
"The great Ninja Yuffie." Yuffie accepted the handshake while greeting her.
"Ninja huh? Cool. I happened to have earned a pretty nice black belt while I was training back on Destiny Islands." Kairi smirked.
"Really. What degree?" Yuffie grinned with an eyebrow raised.
"Third degree." Kairi stated. Which is a belt
"That fast? Now I'm impressed." Yuffie amused. "Maybe someday you can show me some of those moves on the dojo."
"I'll pencil in a schedule when I'm off duty from slashing at Heartless." Kairi smirked.
"Deal." Yuffie winked.
The sound of Kairi and Yuffie combating on a dojo would sound like a epic paradise for Sora to imagine how awesome that would be.
"But getting back to why we're here. We received reports of the Heartless and Nobodies roaming around here. What is that all about?" Victoria asked.
"We have several volunteers already on it. We saw them roaming around Ansem abandoned fortress. It probably has something to do with picking up some old breadcrumbs." Cid remarked.
"And these volunteers. They happen to be the new 'allies' that our flower girl from the market mentioned?" Aiden inquired.
"Damn straight." They heard a deep voice say.
The team looked to the left to see a big muscular black man with a brown sleeveless leather vest. A dark shirt with a bullet proof vest underneath. Green camo pants and brown boots. The left hand had fingerless gloves with several armbands and his right arm was missing, with a large combination minigun as a replacement.
"Boys I like you to meet Barret Wallace. The leader of Avalanche." Cid gestured to the big guy who was grinning.
"Say wha?" Aiden's eyes widened while the others were shocked to hear that.
"You came all the way out here to help us?" Sora said, looking almost as shocked as Aiden.
"That depends. Are you a friend of Shinra?" Barret narrowed his eyes to them.
"No. We despise what they do to this world as much as you do." Victoria stated with honesty.
"Good. An enemy of Shinra is a friend of ours. So yeah. We'll help you." Barret grinned. "But really we're here for Ansem's top secret files. Our troops are short on firearms. No pun intended about me."
"Ansem?" Sora inquired.
"Yea. We were just about to get to that." Cid said while turning on his chair to face them. "We found Ansem's computer."
"Shut the front door!" Aiden's eyes widened looking excited. "I've spent almost a decade in my short lifespan trying to find that frickin terminal!"
"Why? What's on it?" Donald asked, looking confused.
"What?! Boy I oughta knock you to the next region for sayin shit like that!" Barret screamed in anger which made Donald and Goofy flinch.
"Easy Heavy Duty. It's obvious Ducky Momo didn't get the memo." Aiden eased him.
"That computer holds info on everything Ansem knew, learned, worked on and associated with." Victoria explained to the team.
"Even the associations of his associations. If there's anything that can tell us all about the Heartless, the Organization or the even dark realm. It's going to be in that terminal." Aiden explained while taking hold of Sora's shoulder. "Spike. We're close to the finish line."
"You're serious?!" Sora's eyes widened.
"Dead, dog, serious." Aiden affirmed.
"Could we maybe find Riku using that computer?!" Kairi beamed.
"Or the king?!" Donald and Goofy asked in excitement.
"Here's hoping." Cid stated.
"But I wouldn't go rushing in like a last minute shopper if I were you. The entire castle's being scouted by Armored Knight Heartless. And they're an elite class bitches of darkness." Barret stated to the team with a serious tone.
"He's right. Leon is down there right now looking for a clear opening without too many Heartless patrols. If they spot you. They'll lock the place down and probably destroy Ansem's computer before you can get there." Yuffie said in agreement.
"Ah man…." Sora sulked as the rest of the team sighed.
"Which is why we already have a plan of how you can get in. If you're up for it." Barret said as he went up to the team.
"And you think you'll find what you're looking for on the computer also. Am I right?" Aiden figured.
"Hell yeah. All the weapons and war machines Ansem had on record. Avalanche can rise to the ranks with the info Ansem collected over the years." Barret stated.
"Ansem never used any big was always researching the Heart and all of those other big mysteries surrounding Kingdom Hearts" Aiden pointed out.
"I knew that. But he hired contractors to do the violent work for him. Companies like Genesis or even Zanderhall." Barret revealed.
Aiden felt an uneasy chill hearing that last name.
"Yeah….My mom was a secretary for Zanderhall Industries." Aiden winced saying those words.
"Then you know what I'm talking about." Barret figured.
"I'm not going to say don't use they're work. Despite the fact that Zanderhall's company has a lot of blood on their hands. They're weapons can be useful but some of them are seriously dangerous." Aiden warned.
"Weapons like Lash?" Sora figured.
"Bingo." Aiden affirmed.
"We know about Lash. But he's not what Avalanche is after. I'm more interested in weapons that don't have a brain." Barret assured the team.
The team looked at each other and nodded. As they were in agreement of what happens next.
"Alright. We'll help you. If you'll help us. You see any of the weapons on file. They're yours." Sora made a deal. "While anything related to the Organization or the Heartless is ours
"But if any of those weapons in the category are Lash or any of his inspired relatives. Burn them. Deal?" Aiden added with a firm tone.
Barret chuckled and offered his only hand to shake their hands.
"Deal." He shook hands with each of the Guardians members. "Now here's the plan…..."
Later down at the Castle Postern…
The Guardians and Barret stood on the roof of the abandoned castle as they looked down at the Heartless patrolling the area. The Heartless had set up gates and barricades to keep the law and civilians away and even used Holo Heartless to pose as actual town guards. Given that the Holo Heartless can holographically change themselves into any given form.
The team went by what they had discussed back at Merlin's house.
Barret: The entire area will have double the amount of security due to Leon making it there first due to an opening made by some of my associates earlier. But they only made it as far to Ansem's Study. And he can't leave for risk of alerting the Heartless. Which is why I'll make some noise to draw them away.
Barret looked at Sora and Aiden as they nodded to each other. Then those two shifted into their armored forms. With Kairi and Victoria shifting into their armored form.
Barret ran down to the back of the roof and jumped off using a parachute to glide away from the area.
Barret: The Heartless can communicate to each other through a mystical link like a network. But if you get them far enough from each other. They can't alert the others that are still around the castle.
Sora: I remember seeing an abandoned gas station about 30 miles out from the castle. That should be loud enough to get hundreds of them far away from us.
Aiden: Good thinking Spike.
While they waited for Barret to reach the gas station far out. Maverick and armored Sora reconned the area to see what would be the safest route into the castle. The base entrance of the postern was blocked off by debris. But they saw an entrance to the castle corridors which was wide open. The only problem was they needed to deal with the dozens of Armored Knight Heartless patrolling the area.
Just then.
***BOOOM!***
An explosion went off in the distance. Which was Barret's distraction. The yellow eyes of the Armored Heartless turned red as they were alerted and they ran off to go investigate the disturbance.
Barret: While I'm keeping those assholes distracted miles out, it should be a clear shot through the Corridors. You'll just have to deal with only a few of those armored creepy crawlies guarding the place.
Yuffie: I'll go with you guys, you'll need a stealth expert and a guy to help you through those tunnels. It's like a maze down there.
Victoria: Technically I'm the stealth expert of the team, but sure. One more can't hurt.
The Great Ninja Yuffie was crouched down with the team on the roof as she was the first to descend down using her reflexes and ninja skills to jump and flip as she landed from point to point. Then she uses shadows to her advantage as she flipped in the air and tossed two shurikens at two different heartless that were patrolling around the postern ramps.
Then Blaze was in stealth mode as she hovered across the walkway and used her electric touch to vaporize five heartless while Yuffie ran across the ramp. Leading the team into the corridors.
Barret: After that it will be a matter of reaching Ansem's study before you're spotted.
Through the Castle Corridors…...
Yuffie directed Victoria on where to go as they were well hidden. One cloaked while the other skilfully stayed hidden. Maverick followed as he was camouflage. And he used his super speed to take three Heartless out as they appear. He couldn't use his speed to take them out because they're linked together and they only need half of a second to appear in Ansem secret lab and destroy the computer. And Maverick can't see the whole area. So he would only use his speed to take out a few at a time.
Maverick was able to run across the walls in a few milo seconds and touch one Armored Knight Heartless on the head to shatter it. Then he would slash his keyblades at a few more.
Yuffie held her two large Ninja throwing stars to use as hand weapons. As she ran down the second hallway to slash at four different Heartless, without being alerted. For a young teen, she sure knows how to do it like a true ninja.
Sora, Donald and Goofy ran up from behind while following the others. Even though Sora is great with direct contact. Stealth was never his specialty. Kairi was with him while she held onto Baby Groot who was staying quiet.
This continued on from hallway to hallway until they finally made it to the end thanks to Yuffie guiding them to the end.
Barret: By the time you make it to the study. Find the hidden control terminal and use it to restore Ansem's anti-darkness defenses. One of those features will send a shock wave across the castle that'll take out all the Heartless. Trust me. Ansem had one just in case.
Inside Ansem's Study…..
Once the team made it inside. Maverick and blaze shifted back into Aiden and Victoria while Sora and Kairi shifted out of their armored forms. Then they found that they were standing in a room filled with shelves that were half empty or otherwise filled with old books. Empty chemical containers on top of the shelves. Some that were broken or turned over. The walls and desks were covered in dust and cobwebs. Broken glass and books scattered all over the floor. With a desk and chair in front of the room.
Hanging on the walls were study charts about the Heart and diagrams about keyblades and other things related to other worlds. As the leader of Hollow Bastion Ansem was strict about keeping his city safe. But as a professor obsessed with understanding the heart. It drove him into the ground with forbidden knowledge that even tempted his followers.
Until it was his end.
On the wall in front. Hanging behind the chair was a large portrait of a man with long white spiky hair, and a lab coat. Sora, Donald and Goofy recognized him as the enemy they fought on their last adventure. The one responsible for all their problems last year.
"Ansem." Sora said looking at the picture.
"That's Ansem?" Kairi asked, looking at the pictures.
"He looks a lot different than how I remember him." Aiden gave the picture a weird look while he and everyone else looked around for a control panel.
"Why? How do you remember him?" Sora asked.
"It's kind of a blur. But I recall him looking much older. With a beard. And a Christopher Lee type voice." Aiden described the best he could.
"I've never really seen him back then. Either that or I never really paid attention to the news being a little girl and all." Yuffie mused as she tossed books off the shelves looking for a secret control panel.
Kairi was the first to find it. She found the control panel underneath the lamp on the old desk.
"Guys. Over here." Kairi gestured them over.
"A little bit obvious, wouldn't you say?" Victoria criticized the hiding place for being cliche.
"Ah who cares? Type in the code I found." Yuffie told Aiden who was already turning the control panel on.
The panel looked like a computer screen on the desk with a digital keyboard. But it was asking for a security code.
"And the code is?" Aiden asked.
"A113." Yuffie answered which Aiden typed in.
The screen beeped and granted him access as Aiden typed in the command features.
"Alright…..And engaging Anti-Darkness defenses…" Aiden muttered as he gave in the command feature he was looking for.
Back outside...
Just then the large metallic tower standing above the castle outside. Began to circuit and build up a massive surge of light energy. Then.
****BWOOOOOAM!***
A large electric light wave bursted and emitted around the castle like an EMP, as it surged around the castle, every Heartless in the area was vaporized immediately. Thus the castle was secure.
Aerith was outside as she made it to the postern, she looked up and smiled as she knew who did it.
"Great job guys." Aerith beamed.
Back inside...
Aiden smirked as he could see on the security cameras that all the Heartless were destroyed in the area.
"And thus this abandoned castle is pest free!" Yuffie beamed.
"I am Groooot!" Baby Groot pumped his fists in the air happily.
"Yeah!" Sora cheered.
"Whoohoo!" Kairi cheered with him.
"WHOOPEE!" Donald and Goofy cheered as well.
"Great job with those typing fingers babe." Victoria shared a quick kiss on Aiden's lips.
"Mmm….And you say I make everything sound dirty." Aiden teased as he received the kiss.
"Shut it." Victoria grinned.
"Anyway great job Dear Hearts. Though I think our Action Jackson friend from Avalanche and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Vixen did most of the work." Aiden complemented Barret and Yuffie.
"Awe he called you a mutant. So sad." Yuffie teased Donald with a fake sad face, the duck or course grumbled in response.
"But let's save the best cheers for the bigger victories." Aiden gave suggestions after complimenting the team.
"He's right. We still need to find Ansem's computer. I'll go search around those corridors and see if we missed anything, like maybe a second entrance or something." Yuffie agreed as she left the room.
While the team took their time to search around the room which took a while. Aiden tried looking through the panel on the desk. But all it had were controls for the castle's security.
"Ah. Best not to mess to change anything here then." Aiden said as he inserted a pwnbox into one of the panel's ports and activated it to take control of the panel. "IRIS. confirm that we now have control over the Hollow Bastion castle's defenses."
'Affirmative. I will sweep the server and set up a firewall to ensure that no one takes control of this castle security but us.' IRIS confirmed command.
"Alright well that's one problem dealt with. Any luck Spike?" Aiden asked Sora.
"Not yet. If Ansem had a secret lab door hidden here. He hides it better than Donald's secret stash of licorice." Sora answered while he was still searching.
"Hey!" Donald yelled.
"Come to think of it. Didn't the others say that Leon and the King would be here?" Goofy recalled while searching.
"Good point. Where are they?" Kairi wondered.
"Hey you!" A voice alerted them as they turned to the door.
Standing there was a young light skin woman who had pretty red eyes. Black hair that was about mid back length. She was wearing a black sports bra underneath a white tank top. A black mini skirt with pleated segments to make it easier for fighting. She wore black leather fingerless gloves with metal plates on the back and knuckles, while the elbow pad on her left arm has been supplemented by a red-and-black leather vambrace. The red sections of her vambrace and the larger metal plates on the back of her gloves had runes engraved on them. She wore a pair of black and red boots with long black leg protectors like stockings.
This girl goes by the name Tifa Lockhart, a member of Avalanche and a bartender back at the sector 7 slums under Midgar.
Aiden recognized her from the files he pulled up earlier.
"And you are?" Victoria asked the woman with a skeptical tone and looking ready to attack in case she was trouble.
"Easy Vic. She's a prominent member of Avalanche." Aiden eased his girlfriend with a hand on her shoulder.
"Glad to know my reputation precedes me." Tifa smiled.
"How do you know?" Sora asked Aiden.
"I read the files Barret gave us earlier. Did any of you?" Aiden asked Sora and his team.
"We didn't have time for reading." Victoria and Kairi deadpanned at the same time.
"Well…. I mean yeah! I read them! I just wanted to make sure you did." Sora back sassed Aiden trying to sound smart.
"ACHOO!" Aiden faked a sneeze and sniffed. "Sorry I'm allergic to baloney."
"Sorry Ma'am. You were saying?" Kairi greeted Tifa with a handshake.
"Thanks. I'm looking for somebody. Have any of you seen a guy with spiky hair?" Tifa asked while describing.
"Well as you can tell by the dude with a size 20 skechers and the portrait, spiky hair is all the range." Aiden quipped while Sora was rubbing his own hair. "Could you be a little more specific?"
Tifa snickered "Spikier. He also carries a large metallic sword." She added more details.
"I am Groot." Baby Groot quipped while standing on the desk. Translate: "Who wouldn't be carrying a large sword looking at your outfit?"
"Groot!" Victoria scolded the little tree while Aiden chuckled for a moment at Baby Groot's innuendo, but stopped when he saw his girlfriend glaring at him.
"Oh wait, you mean Cloud?!" Sora realized.
"Yeah! Have you seen him?" Tifa confirmed and asked.
"We bumped into him back at the market. But he went off looking for some guy named Sephiroth." Sora told Tifa.
Tifa sighed and facepalmed herself. "Typical. He'd tried to settle that crap on his own." She shook her head and then asked them. "Mind if I take a look around?"
"By all means, make yourself at home in a dead guy's office. It's what we're doing." Aiden allowed her to look around and the others agreed.
Tifa came up and knocked against the walls in hopes of finding something hidden. She tried the same tactics they did earlier but went a little bit further. Looking under the desk. Searching through the shelves. Then she tried the wall to the left side of the room. She slammed her leg into it which caused the room to shake. Much to the team's surprise.
Tifa found nothing and sighed.
"Sorry to bother you all." Tifa said to the team.
"It's no problem." Sora responded.
"Good luck finding Cloud." Kairi wished her luck.
"Thanks." Tifa smiled before walking out.
"How did she just…" Victoria was weirded out by Tifa causing the room to shake.
"Her file says that she's stronger than any average woman on the planet, due to the materia on her gloves and overexposure to martial arts training." Aiden explained.
Kairi whistled as she was impressed. "She should give me a few pointers." She remarked with her hand on her hip.
"So you made it." They heard a voice say.
The team turned to see Leon leaning against the wall.
"Leon?! Where did you come from?" Sora was surprised to see him pop in out of nowhere. "Isn't the king with you?"
Leon gestures for him to be quiet before saying. "You'll see him soon enough." He stated and grinned at Kairi. "So you brought the girl after all."
"If we had a $500 bill for every time we've heard that. Spike would be rich enough to order a marriage license." Aiden quipped.
"Hey!" Sora hissed while Kairi giggled and blushed.
"Anyway. This ought to tide you over." Leon said.
Then he turned to the wall. And he placed his hand on a secret scanner which lit up. Then the wall suddenly lit up and vanished. Revealing a secret entrance to Ansem's lab. Much to their shock.
"How did you figure that out?" Victoria inquired.
"You can ask the others inside and sorry for keeping you waiting. We had to sweep the area to make sure it was secure." Leon stated as she gestured to the team to follow him inside.
Inside Ansem's Computer Room…..
The lab had a metallic theme to it. As they walked across a short glass balcony to a view of what appeared to be a large hanger. which was miles long with many floors up and down. Across the hanger walls set in rows and sections were giant empty metal container vessels. They probably used to contain hearts or other experiments. In the distance of the hangar was a bright light like at the end of a tunnel. Probably due to a large door being left open. Or maybe it was a window. Either way what was surrounding the lab wasn't the team's main concern. It was what was up ahead that they were looking for.
"Alright. The computer room is through there. Remember computers are delicate. It's okay to touch them but don't goof around." Leon cautions them.
"Yeah. Don't worry. We own a pretty big computer back home." Victoria assured Leon.
Once they were inside. They saw a big computer terminal with multiple screens hanging above. In view of a window to the hanger. The computer was metallic and retro in Aiden's taste. With a large keyboard with a variety of different features. on the other side was a ramp that led to a sealed door. On the back wall were many screens and large electric tubes surrounding some kind of optic array that looks like it can beam lights or anything else it's for.
The Guardians were also greeted by two more newcomers from Avalanche who were waiting for Leon to come back.
One was a heavy weight guy who appeared to be in his early twenties. He wore a red bandana. A beige shirt, a brown leather belt, dark blue shorts, and armored boots. He also wore a leather harness, a bandoleer across his chest. And metal shoulder pads. And grenades on his belt. In addition He wore a black undershirt and black knee pads while holding a large firearm in his hands.
The other was a young woman with a slender build body. Fair skin, brown eyes, medium-length reddish-brown hair tied in a ponytail. The woman wore a red headband, a metal breastplate with a black shirt underneath, some black wristbands, silver stud earrings, a blue undershirt, metal-plated brown gloves with red bands, a brown leather belt and holster, knee-length green capris, and armored boots.
Aiden recognized them as two more well known members of Avalanche.
"Well it's about time. I was almost ready to die of boredom." The woman playfully stated as she was glad to see some help finally arrived.
"All of the Heartless outside have been dealt with by Sora and his team here." Leon gestured to the Guardians.
"Woah. I didn't know the cavalry had young recruits." The big guy remarked seeing the team.
"Watch it Bub." Victoria warned while pointing at him.
"Kidding. Just kidding." The big guy held his hands up in defense.
"Sora. Everyone, this is Wedge and Jessie. They're from Avalanche and they helped us locate this room." Leon introduced them.
"And you're the Guardians of the Multiverse am I right?" Jessie smirked at them while she was leaning agathe wall looking spunky. "I got to say, for a group so young you all sure know how to make the stars tumble."
"You know about all of us?" Kairi asked them.
"Are you kidding?! Everyone in Avalanche knows about the Guardians! But don't worry we honor the world order by not letting the public know about you or where you're all from." Wedge stated feeling excited to meet them. "But I gotta say I'm a huge fan."
"Thanks. Well we can only hope we're the right people for the job." Sora admitted feeling modest but flattered.
"Oh you are. Definitely." Wedge said with confidence.
"You're the boy that closed the Door to Darkness. that's not an easy task or even the biggest legends to do." Jessie complemented Sora.
"Yeah. And this guy right here! Oh he's just packing with possibilities!" Wedge gestured to Aiden who just grinned in response.
"Easy Wedge. They have their War Of The Worlds to deal with. Let's not try to recruit them." Jessie eased her partner.
"Well we can see about that, after we're done with this mystical journey we have to deal with." Victoria assured them.
"You probably won't need to. As soon as we get these blueprints and files on Zanderhall's weapons and artillery. We'll finally be able to finish off Shinra with a grand finale." Jessie gestured.
"Speaking a which. What were you able to get from it?" Sora asked them.
"Nothing. The terminal locked us out and we have no way to bypass whatever's blocking us." Wedge stated as they stood around the computer.
"I was going to suggest using dynamite, but then I figured that's outdated." Jessie remarked.
Jessie does have her way with explosives.
"The screen keeps saying the terminal doesn't have enough power for some reason." Wedge stated.
"Well then I could just-" Victoria was about to suggest using her electric powers to charge the terminal.
"No no no. Wait a second." Aiden halted her.
Then Aiden took a look at the computer and his eyes glowed blue and green as he started typing like a pro. Everyone watched as Aiden was able to get access to the terminal.
"How did you do that?" Leon asked.
"Do you think I see it was made from a 3-D printer? The terminal already has more than enough power. It's the security now we're trying to keep you out or keep something in." Aiden stated as he was typing.
"Come to think of it. Aren't heartless usually dumber than a sack of all old diapers? How were they suddenly smart enough to keep this place safe from us?" Jessie wondered.
"Sue's got a point." Donald said.
" That's because those were your typical Armored Knight Heartless." Sora concluded which Aidem agreed.
"The Nikes Hobbit is right. They originate from the Grid that's this entire facility. For a place that's slightly old fashioned. This computer is operating something much bigger than a large classified folder." Aiden stated while he was typing.
Aiden had managed to bypass the firewall and began to hack through the computer's server. and tried to rewrite it's binary code. Sora was looking confused seeing Aiden's fast typing and going through rows of words and digital letters across the screen.
Just then they were alerted by the sound of a digital alarm.
"What the hell was that?!" Wedge panicked.
"ATTENTION CURRENT USER. THIS IS A WARNING." A deep computer-like voice spoke from the intercom. "FURTHER INTERFERENCE WITH THIS TERMINAL WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE DEFENSIVE ACTION."
"Who's there?!" Sora called out.
"I AM THE MASTER CONTROL PROGRAM." The computer spoke.
"Ah so you're the glorified bee queen that sent out those Heartless Hornets to keep everyone out of here. Am I right?" Aiden remarked as he continued typing.
"I AM MANY MORE THEN YOU CAN IMAGINE. MAVERICK." The Master Control Program responded.
"It knows who you are." Kairi said in shock.
"Uh huh…." Aiden humorously responded as he resumed hacking the computer.
"Wait, what are young doing?" Leon looked surprised that Aiden was still typing on the terminal.
Aiden typed in a hack code with the words 'LSU-123….Activate'
The Master Control Program responded. "THAT ISN'T GOING TO DO YOU ANY GOOD MAVERICK. I'M AFRAID YOU…." The Master Control faltered as Aiden snickered as he began inserting an algorithm so he could be granted access to the Master Control. "STOP. PLEASE. YOU REALIZE I CAN'T ALLOW THIS."
"Yeah….How do you plan to do a digital new world order if you can't even deal with the badass nutcase in front of you, huh?" Aiden gloated as he was close to shutting the Master Control Program down. "Come on big boy, let's see what you got."
"I LIKE TO GO AGAINST YOU AND YOUR COMPANIONS. AND SEE WHAT YOU'RE MADE OF." The Master Control responded back at Aiden.
"You know you don't look a thing like your pictures, if you have any." Aiden remarked.
Sora looked back to see the beam from behind him and the team was starting to turn on.
"Aiden wait!" Sora tried to stop him.
"Not now Spike. I'm onto something." Aiden dismissed him.
"I'M WARNING YOU. YOU'RE ENTERING A BIG ERROR, MAVERICK." The Master Control Program threatened him.
"Your grand daddy's a big error." Aiden quipped while he was hacking.
"Aiden-" Sora tried to interrupt.
"Not. Now Spike." Aiden hissed while he was still hacking.
"I'M GOING TO HAVE TO PUT YOU ON THE GAME GRID." The Master Control stated as he was powering up the Shiva laser right behind Aiden.
The laser targeted Sora and all the main members of the Guardians there. Sora noticed and the rest of the team did as well. Their eyes widened as Aiden was the only one that didn't notice.
"Games? You want games? I'll give you-"
"AIDEN!" The team screamed.
"LOOK OUT!" Leon yelled with his hand out.
Leon. Jessie and Wedge watched in horror as it was too late. Guardians were immediately zapped by the shiva laser and it began to freeze the Guardians and the beams ran down their body's and erase them right before their eyes. What was happening is that the team was suddenly digitized into codes. And then they were sent inside the mainframe.
Until the Guardians of the Multiverse woke up inside the Grid.
THAT'S ALL FOR NOW FOLKS!
Sorry to leave on a cliffhanger-ish ending. But if you've played the game and know which film the MCP is from. Then GET EXCITED! Because in the next chapter Sora and the Gaurdians are going to the Grid! To team up with TRON! WOOOOOHOOOOOO!
And for those of you who were fans of FF7 whether it was the original or remake. Or both. You're very welcome. Including characters like Barret, Jessie and Wedge became a priority after playing that game. Forgive me if I didn't get certain details right. Like I said their backgrounds were loosely based on the game which gve me breathing room to add a few miner changes while staying true to the FF7 spirit.
Also of I got any of their personalities and traits wrong. Forgive me. Recovering from two very hot weeks was a pain. So hopefully I've impressed you all with what I've written.
Oh ans that flashback to Donald running his Aunt's candy shop was a parody of a Jerry Lewis film called 'The Errand Boy'. My Mom is a huge fan of Jerry Lewis so I had to add that scene somehow. If you see the candy store scene. You'll know why I was reminded of Donald and his Nephews.
But getting back to Tron. I do have to ask. was the game version based loosely on the first movie or after the first movie? And does anyone have any ideas on how I should proceed? Do you have any ideas for The Grid AKA the world of Tron?
Let me know in the comments section below! Also thank you for reading! Let's me know your thoughts and don't forget to leave reviews in the comments.
And as always Disney/Sqaure Enix fans!
FISTBUMP!