And now a new team and they get to meet Scott and then the adventure begins. Enjoy!
The next morning after breakfast, everyone was outside enjoying the fresh air.
Donald and Aqua were teaching each other some magic.
"So when casting Water Spells from you Keyblade, you want to make sure they flow in a certain direction." said Aqua.
"Ok." nodded Donald.
Holding up Unbound, Donald focused hard in his mind. The top began to glow as he suddenly fired a Water spell from his Keyblade and it clashed againt a tree.
"Wow!" Donald exclaimed.
"Very good Donald." praised Aqua.
Donald smiled. "Thanks." He then switched out Unbound with his staff. "Now for Thundaga spells, you wanna make sure that your near your target while holding your weapon up towards the sky."
Aqua nodded as she summoned Stormfall. She held it up in the air and focused on a large log from a previous ply cut down tree. In her mind, Aqua called for a Thundaga spell. Immediately, a giant bolt of lightning struck the log and estrogen it, surprisingly, not setting the grass on fire.
"Nice one Aqua!" cheered Donald.
Aqua smiled. "Thanks. We're both really learning a lot, aren't we?"
"We sure are." said Donald. "And I know someday you'll be even more powerful than you already are. Maybe even more powerful than me."
Aqua giggled. "That might take a while, but thanks Donald. That means a lot." She then pointed to a target. "Now, try that Thundaza spell I taught you."
Donald nodded. He raised his Keyblade in the air and focused as hard as he could before he conjured up a giant lighting bolt that struck the target.
"Nice work!" praised Aqua.
"Thanks." smiled Donald. "Ok Aqua, now you try that Flare Force spell I taught you yesterday.
"Ok." the blue nodded. "But will you be ok?"
Donald smiled. "Don't worry. I've mastered that barrier spell you, Terra, and Ven taught me."
Aqua nodded aimed Stormfall at Donald. With full concentration, a Flare Force spell hot out of the tip oh er Keyblade. Donald used Mage's Staff to summon a barrier and the spell bounced off it and hit the already destroyed target.
"Good work Aqua!" cheered Donald. "You really have mastered Fourth-Tier magic very well."
Aqua smiled. "Thanks Donald. And I must say, your thunder spells are really more powerful than the rest."
Donald smirked. "Well I am called 'Mage of Thunder.'" he told her. "Thor gave me that title."
"Makes sense." said Aqua. "Does Goofy have one."
"Simply Captain Goofy." said Donald. "High praise considering Captain America gave him that title."
"Nice." said Aqua.
"Gotta say, you two are very powerful mages." came a voice.
Donald and Aqua looked over to see Dewey and Webby nearby. It had been the girl duck who spoke.
"Yeah." nodded Dewey. "It's almost like Uncle Dona"pld's standing in front of a female, human version of himself."
Webby giggled while Donald and Aqua rolled their eyes good naturedly.
"Ok yes were mages." said Aqua. "But despite our similarities, we're both different in our own unique ways."
Dewey and Webby nodded.
" Okay, okay. You both have the mage genes. The two of you used to be obsessively overprotective. And you both wear blue outfits that you wear almost all the time." said Dewey.
Aqua, Donald, and Webby laughed in amusement.
Nearby, Roxas was teaching Ven and Terra how to Dual Wield. Ven only had one experience when he, Sora, Aqua, and Terra's Lingering Will fought Terra-Xehanort.
Ven had both Wayward Wind and No Name in his hands while Terra had Ends of the Earth and Victory Line summoned.
Roxas was teaching them with both Oathkeeper and Oblivion in his hands.
"So basically, if you're used to fighting with whatever hand you fight with, you want to slash with that while casting spells with the other." explained Roxas.
"So if you're right-handed, you cast with the left one." surmised Terra.
"And vice-versa." nodded Roxas. "Ven, care to demonstrate?"
Ven nodded. "Sure."
Ven slashed with Wayward Wind before casting a Blizzard spell from No Name.
"Nice." said Roxas. "Give it a go Terra."
Terra nodded as he focused hard. He spun Ends of the Earth around and then casted a Quake spell from Victory Line.
"That was fun!" Terra said happily. He was now able to dual-wield.
Roxas chuckled. "Glad you're enjoying it. It'll come in handy during big fights."
Elsewhere, Sora and Kairi were talking to Riku and Mickey about what the computer detected last night and Ven's suggestion for another team to do it while they rest for this one.
Mickey thought it over. "Well… I don't see why we can't let some of our friends do this next one for us. Especially if they're willing to do it."
"Besides, it'll be good for them to get out on the battlefield for a while." said Riku.
"Great!" said Kairi. "Let's go tell them so the new team can get to their mission."
"Right." nodded Mickey.
With that said, the four walked to their friends. Sora summoned Kingdom Key and transformed it into a megaphone for Mickey.
"Attention everyone!" Mickey called.
Everyone stopped what they were doing and walked over as Sora dismissed his Keyblade-turned-megaphone.
"What is it Mickey?" asked Minnie.
"There's another mission in the MCU." said Sora.
"You mean that world with the Avengers and the Guardians?" asked Louie.
"Correct." said Mickey. "But this time, as per several suggestions from last night, we've decided that a new team will go to the MCU so me, Sora, Kairi, Riku, Donald, and Goofy can have a break from it for a while."
"Sounds good." said Lea.
"Yeah, don't want you to strain yourselves." Terra nodded in agreement.
"So who's on the team?" asked Hayner.
"We haven't decided yet." said Riku.
"But," Sora said with a smirk. "we did select someone to be leader of that team for the time-being."
"Who's the leader?" asked Roxas.
Sora, Kairi, and Ven smirked at one another. Ven walked up to Sora, Mickey, Riku, and Kairi and addressed everyone.
"After a discussion last night, I would like to nominate the new team leader to be… Roxas." said Ven.
Everyone except Sora, Ven, Kairi, Riku, and Mickey gasped. But none were more surprised than Roxas.
"Me?" Roxas asked in shock. "But… why?"
"Because you have just as much experience as most of us Roxas." said Sora.
"In world-traveling no less." added Riku.
"We think you can do it." said Mickey, smiling kindly.
Roxas wasn't sure about it. But the more he did think about it, the less nervous he was. He was a Keyblade Master now, and had gone to many worlds while within Sora's heart, during his days in the old Organization, and after he was given his own body.
Plus, he had seen Sora, Riku, and Mickey lead the world-travelers before, Donald leading his family during the Shadow War when they watched the memories Naminé played for them the day after escaping the World That Never Was, Goofy lead the castle's knights, Shang lead the soldiers in China, Simba lead his kingdom, Shifu lead his students, Jack Sparrow lead his crew, Hiro lead Big Hero 6, Steve lead the Avengers, Quill lead the Guardians, Thor lead his people to freedom, Nick lead S.H.I.E.L.D., and Scrooge lead many of their adventures within this world.
In many ways, they weren't so different from one another. Roxas had a look of determination mixed with appreciation.
"Thank you guys. I promise I will be a good leader." Roxas said confidently.
Everyone applauded.
"Way to go little buddy!" said Leas, patting Roxas on the back. "You're the leader of a new team!"
"You're gonna do great." said Naminé.
Roxas smiled. "Thanks guys. Means a lot."
Roxas then stepped away to address everyone. "Ok. As we all know, the MCU is a big world of worlds. So it'll need a decent team. With our original world-traveling team of 6 taking this mission off, who wants to join me to help accomplish this mission?" he asked.
Everyone traded glances.
"I will." said Lea. "It'll be like old times Rox'. I'm happy to help ya."
"If it's gonna be like old times, then I'll help too." said Xion.
Roxas smiled "Thanks guys."
"I'll come too!" said Naminé, walking towards Roxas. "I want to help too."
Roxas smiled. "Thanks Nams. I'm glad you're coming too."
Both former Nobodies were silent for a moment. Everyone couldn't help but smirk at Roxas and Naminé's relationship with each other.
Ven turned to Aqua and Terra. "You guys wanna join too?" he asked. "It'll be fun visiting a world again, protecting it, and making new friends."
Aqua and Terra traded glances before smiling. Aqua turned to Roxas. "We'll come too." she told Roxas.
"Yeah. We're happy to help." said Terra.
Roxas smiled. "Thanks guys."
"I'm gonna stay here." said Isa. "I'm still learning new techniques with my Keyblade."
"Same here." said Myde.
"Us too." said Hayner, gesturing to himself, Pence, and Olette, who nodded in agreement.
"I'm gonna stick with them." said Max.
"Then that's settled." said Riku. "Roxas, Lea, Naminé, Xion, Terra, Aqua, and Ven will head to the MCU and complete the mission."
Everyone cheered.
"Good luck fellers!" said Goofy.
"You're gonna do great!" said Donald.
"Thanks guys." smiled Terra.
"WAIT!" cried Webby. "How are you gonna get there?"
"That's right, the Gummiship's destroyed." said Huey.
Terra, Ven, and Aqua traded smirks.
"There is more than one way to travel world to world." said Aqua.
"How so?" asked Violet.
Terra, Ven, and Aqua pressed their fists to their left shoulders and they were consumed in a flash of light. When the light faded, everyone was in awe.
The three Keyblade wielders were in their Keyblade armor.
"WHOA!" everyone except Sora and Mickey exclaimed in awe.
Everyone was jaw-dropped and wide-eyed. Dewey, still in a state of shock' took a picture on his phone.
Webby's face turned to pure excitement with doe eyes that sparkled as she squealed excitedly.
"Someone's having a joy overload again." Louie teased.
"What is that?" asked Lena.
"Keyblade armor." said Aqua as the three dismissed their helmets.
"So that's what it looks like." said Kairi.
"How long till we get ours?" asked Lea.
"Well with more Keyblade Wielders around, it may take some time for Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather to get them ready." replied Mickey.
"Makes sense." shrugged Lea.
"That's not all." said Terra.
With that said, the three tossed their signature Keyblades in the air and they transformed into their gliders.
"WOW!" everyone exclaimed.
"What are those?" asked Scrooge.
"Keyblade gliders." said Ven.
"We have them too!" said Sora.
Sora, Riku, Kairi, Lea, and Mickey tossed their Keyblades into the air and they transformed into their gliders. Riku's was just like his old one, but colored silver and black with hints of blue and yellow since he had a new Keyblade.
"WOW!" everyone exclaimed together. Even Terra and Aqua were surprised.
"That's impressive." said Aqua.
"Thanks." said Sora as he, Kairi, Mickey, and Riku dismissed their gliders.
"With that said, are we ready to go?" asked Aqua.
The other six members nodded.
"Alright, let's go." said Roxas.
Roxas hopped on Ven's glider, Naminé with Aqua, and Xion with Terra. Lea rode solos.
"Good luck guys!" said Sora.
"Thanks Sora!" called Roxas.
"Don't worry, we won't let you all down!" promised Ven.
With that said, the seven Keyblade Wielders flew off and out of the sky into the Lanes-In-Between.
"Think they're gonna be ok?" asked Ludwig.
"They've done this sort of thing before with us." said Sora. "They'll be fine."
"So… now what?" asked Myde.
"Some more training and then we can do whatever." said Mickey.
"Sounds good." said Riku.
"With that said, we're gonna head back inside." said Huey, gesturing to his brothers and figurative sisters, who nodded.
"Man I'm parched." said Louie.
Lena smiled and waved her hand. Six cans of Pep! appeared and one of each landed in the six kids' hands.
"Thanks Lena." smiled Louie.
"No prob." smirked Lena.
"Anyone up for a burping contest?" asked Dewey.
Webby smirked. "You're on!"
Huey, Dewey, Louie, Webby, Lena, and Violet then ran for the castle.
"Kids." Scrooge sighed in exasperation.
"Come now Scrooge, we were all that age." reminded Ludwig.
"With that said, I'm gonna get some more targets for practice." said Sora.
"I'll help." said Riku.
"Good idea." said Mickey.
Then out of nowhere, a very loud burp echoed through the park.
*UUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRP!*
Sora, Riku, Kairi, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Minnie, Daisy, Max, Isa, Hayner, Pence, Olette, Myde, Scrooge, and Ludwig nearly stumbled to the ground in surprise.
"What was that?" asked Isa.
"Nice one Webby!" came Dewey's voice, followed by six different laughing voices.
Everyone chuckled in amusement.
MCU, San Francisco, California:
Roxas, Lea, Naminé, Xion, Terra, Ven, and Aqua landed in the MCU in a local neighborhood. Gliders and armor were dismissed.
"The Marvel Cinematic Universe." said Lea.
"Man it's been so long since I've been here." said Aqua. "Last time I was here, it was with Mickey. And Tony Stark was being poisoned by the thing that was supposed to be keeping him alive and that Anton Vanko character was trying to kill him."
"Last time I was here, I helped Tony and Yinsen assemble Tony's first Iron Man suit in Afghanistan." said Terra. "Then I had to help him escape before he was found."
"Last time I was here before my heart went into Sora's, I helped Tony save people from Gulmira." said Ven.
"Last time we were here, it was when we helped Thor, Loki, Bruce, and Valkyrie execute the people of Asgard from Hela." said Lea, gesturing to himself, Roxas, and Xion, who nodded in agreement.
"This is my first time being here after my heart was no longer needed to be safe in Kairi's." said Naminé.
"Well enjoy it." said Xion. "This is one amazing place."
"It is such a shame that the Avengers broke up." sighed Aqua.
"Thanks to Zemo and those stupid Accords." added Terra.
"Do the Accords indicate us?" asked Naminé.
"Don't think so." said Roxas.
"If they did, they'd be out looking for anyone like us." said Lea.
Suddenly, they heard screaming.
"Someone's in trouble." said Ven.
"It's coming from that house!" said Xion, pointing to a large white house.
Lea and Terra's expressions turned grim.
"I can sense the Heartless!" exclaimed Lea.
"Same!" said Terra.
"Come on!" said Roxas, summoning Two Become One.
Terra summoned Ends of the Earth, Aqua summoned Stormfall, Ven summoned Wayward Wind, Lea summoned Flame Liberator, Naminé summoned Shooting Star, and Xion summoned Lost Memory.
The seven ran over to the house and jumped over the fence and into the yard where they saw Shadow and Soldier Heartless surrounding two people. One was a grown man that Roxas and Ven recognized as Scott Lang. The other was a little girl, whom the two also recognized as Scott's daughter Cassie.
"What are they?!" screamed Cassie.
"I don't know, but we have to stay away from them Peanut!" said Scott.
"Don't worry Scott, we got it!" said Roxas as he and his friends grouped up.
"Who are you guys!?" asked Scott. His eyes then saw the Keyblades and the memory of Sora using Kingdom Key against Cross flashed in his memory. "Do you guys know a boy named Sora?" he asked.
"Friend of his." said Lea. "Now get yourselves in that house while we handle these little creeps!"
Scott nodded as he lifted Cassie up and she held onto him. "C'mon, we'll hide inside."
Scott and Cassie went inside the house as Roxas and Co. got into fighting positions.
(Lock, Shock, and Barrel Fight from Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days plays)
Mission: Defeat all the Heartless
Playable Characters/Party Members:
Roxas
Lea
Xion
Naminé
Terra
Ventus
Aqua
Roxas started the fight by slashing a couple of Shadows in a row and then fired a Blizzara spell to freeze several of them in place before slashing them into smithereens. Lea fired several Firaga spells at some Soldiers. The pyro then jumped into the air and swayed his Keyblade, firing multiple orbs of light, destroying some more Soldiers. Xion casted a Water spell at some Shadows, knowing them into several Soldiers. The former replica then held her Keyblade up and casted an Exo Spark to destroy them. Naminé casted several orbs of light at some Shadows. When she found herself surrounded by several Soldiers, Naminé casted a Meteor spell, which destroyed them. Terra fired a Quake spell that lifted several Shadows and a few Soldiers into the air. Terra then casted a Thunder Tracer spell to destroy them. Aqua casted a Tornado spell to push away some Shadows. While they were spinning around like mad, Aqua took this chance to slashed them all with her Keyblade. Ven finished off the last of the Shadows with a Wind Tracer spell. Ven then finished off the last of the Soldiers when he fired a Raging Storm spell, ending the fight.
(Lock, Shock, and Barrel Fight from Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days ends)
Soon, all the Heartless were gone. Keyblades were dismissed.
"Good work everyone." said Roxas.
"That was an easy battle." commented Xion.
"Though I bet this mission is gonna get harder as we go along." said Naminé.
"It usually always is." Aqua said in agreement.
Scott and Cassie then came out of the house.
"Thank you so much." Scott said gratefully.
"Yeah, you scared those meanies away!" said Cassie.
Aqua, Naminé, and Xion giggled at Cassie's tough attitude.
"No problem Scott." said Ven. "It's the least we could do."
Scott nodded. "So you guys are friends of Sora's?" he asked.
"We sure are." said Terra. "He told us about you Scott. About you, Hope, Hank, Cassie, and your friends."
"I'm sure he did." smirked Scott, though inside he was cringing in guilt at the mention of Hank and Hope, considering what went down in Germany got them in trouble as well.
"Anyway, I'm Roxas." said Roxas.
"As in Sora's Nobody?" asked Scott.
Roxas nodded. "Yep. But I got my own body now, so I'm able to live my own life."
"I'm Naminé." said Naminé.
"Name's Lea. Got it memorized?" said Lea, while tapping the side of his head.
Cassie giggled while Scott chuckled.
"My name is Xion." said Xion.
"Terra." said Terra.
"My name's Aqua." said Aqua.
"And I'm Ventus." said Ven. "Call me Ven."
"Nice to meet you all." said Scott.
"So are you guys here to protect our world?" asked Cassie.
The seven world-travelers nodded.
"Need somewhere to stay?" asked Scott.
"We wouldn't want to intrude Scott." said Aqua.
"Not it's fine." said Scott. "Aside from Luis, it's often lonely whenever Cassie is staying with her mom and stepdad."
"But would that be violating your plea agreement?" asked Terra.
Scott shook his head. "As long as it's not someone who's wanted." he told them.
Roxas and Co. smiled.
"Sure Scott. At least until this world is clear from whatever's attracting the Heartless." said Xion.
Scott nodded. "Good." He turned to Cassie. "Go wash up, I'm gonna get us some snacks." he told her,
"Don't forget about Uncle Luis!" said Cassie.
Scott smiled. "I won't Peanut."
Cassie nodded as she ran inside.
"Kids. Gotta love 'em." smiled Lea.
"You guys are friends with some kids right? Donald's nephews?" asked Scott.
"We are." said Ven. "Including some friends of there's that are girls."
Scott smirked. "Girlfriends?" he asked.
The seven chuckled. "Nah. Though, they do seem made for each other, despite the fact they're to embarrassed to admit it." said Lea.
"Oh like with Sora and his friend Kairi." said Scott.
"And you with Hope." teased Naminé.
Scott blushed before shaking it off. "Say after snacks, do you think you can help me? Cassie's leaving for Maggie's house later and I want to give her a little entertainment before she goes."
"What do you have in mind?" asked Terra.
90 minutes later...
"Okay. We're in." came Scott's voice.
A flashlight clicks and turns on, illuminating Scott's face. Cassie, Roxas, and Naminé were with him.
Scott shined the light around.
"Aw, this place is a maze." he mused. "Whee's the map?"
"Right her sir." said Naminé, handing Scott a map.
"Thank you." said Scott, grabbing the map and shined the flashlight on it.
"We're definitely close."
"Soon we'll be filthy rich." said Roxas, smiling.
"Are you ready?" asked Scott.
"I'm ready, Daddy." said Cassie.
"Ready sir!" Roxas and Naminé said in unison.
"Are you sure? Cause once we're inside, you show any hesitation or fear, we're done."
"I eat fear for breakfast." said Cassie, determined.
Roxas chuckled and Naminé cooed at Cassie's adorableness.
"Wow. That is super cool. Come on." said Scott, impressed.
The four crawled through the cardboard maze; a fake ant face showed up.
"Hey an ant!" said Naminé.
"It's Anton! He'll show us the way!" Roxas said excitedly.
"Anton, which way do we go?" asked Scott.
There was silence.
"Uh, Anton?" called Roxas.
"Anton!" called Naminé.
Scott sighed in irritation.
"Anton, which way do we go?!" he shouted.
Outside the maze, Scott's best friend Luis was working on the computer whn ascott's voice startled him. He quickly ran toward the cardboard maze, grabbed two strings and pulled.
Inside the maze, the ant's limbs turned right.
"Thanks Anton!" called Scott.
"Let's move!" said Roxas.
Luis ran back to his computer.
Roxas, Naminé, Scott, and Cassie continued through the maze.
"Look! The ants have burrowed into the tech facility." said Scott.
"Oh, no! Lasers!" cried Cassie.
Pieces of red string appeared with a red glow, making them look like real lasers. Cassie wiggled through the "lasers" with ease; Roxas, Naminé, and Scott got tangled by several.
"Oh! I think I got lased!" cried Scott.
"Oh it stings!" cried Naminé.
"It burns!" cried Roxas.
The four make their way through the lasers.
A green, glowing "eye scanner" appeared.
"The secret vault. Tell me you brought the contact lens." said Scott.
"Yup!" said Cassie, putting a huge paper plate with an eye drawn on it over her face.
"Perfect! Right there." said Scott.
Scott pulled a lever; the glowing disc dinged. Cassie took the lens off her face; the cardboard doors open.
"There! It's the microtreasure!" said Cassie excitedly.
It was a small trophy on a plate.
"My trophy?" asked Scott.
"It looks like treasure." said Cassie.
Scott smiled. "Oh, it is to me."
"I wanna take it to show and tell." said Cassie.
"Oh, you can't do that. Can't. It never leaves the house. It's too important. This is the best birthday present you ever got me." said Scott as he picked it up. "I'm so touched you think I'm the 'World's Greatest Grandma.'"
Roxas and Naminé looked at the plaque, which said, 'World's Greatest Grandma.' They both chuckled in amusement.
"It was the only one they had." giggled Cassie,
"Makes me wanna knit you a sweater." said Scott.
Luis lifted up the sheet covering the maze, laptop in hand, so he could face Scott.
"Oh no! The fuzz!" cried Cassie.
"I thought Terra and Aqua were the police." said Naminé, confused.
"Hey, Scotty. I was looking at the schematics for the Karapetyan buildings, and I think we have way too many security cameras, don't we?" asked Luis.
"No, no, not at all." replied Scott.
"You sure? 'Cause it's a lot of security cameras." said Luis.
"I know what he needs. Who's the security expert in our business?" Scott asked with a smirk.
"You are, but I'm running the company, and if we oversell it, he's gonna go somewhere else. I mean, we gotta land this bird." said Luis.
"He ain't goin' anywhere. And the expression is 'land this fish.'" reminded Scott.
"No. It's 'land the bird.' Just like you land a plane. You gotta land the plane to be in business." argued Luis.
"I know it's silly to get hung up on these kinds of things, but I do." muttered Scott.
"How am I gonna land a fish? It can't walk. And if it swam up on a shore, and it battled a hawk, who's gonna win?" asked Luis.
"You really turned me around on this thing. It's okay. We're gonna land Karapetyan." assured Scott. "Now, if you just excuse me, I'm in the middle of trying to steal something with my daughter and our two new friends."
"Imma go recheck it." said Luis.
Then, Aqua and Terra entered the room wearing police hats and holding flashlights.
"Who's there?" called Terra.
"Show yourselves!" shouted Aqua.
"Cheese it, the feds!" cried Roxas.
Scott pulled a string, making an alarm clock ring.
"To the escape ant." said Cassie,
A cardboard door lifted open.
"Let's bounce before the po-po come back." said Cassie,
"The po-po? How do you even know that?" asked Scott.
Roxas, Naminé, Scott, and Cassie got on a paper-mache ant. Ven sat with them.
"Is she ready?" asked Roxas.
"All well fed and ready for takeoff!" said Ven.
"Let's fly Antionette. Let's fly!" said Scott.
Ven pusheed a stick holding the ant in place, causing it to slide down the stairs. Roxas, Naminé, Scott, and Cassie screamed and whooped as the ant slid through a cardboard slide down the stairs, through the hallway, and eventually down the porch steps into the backyard.
"Crash landing!" cried Scott.
"Brace for impact!" called Roxas.
Sure enough, the ant crashed into the fence. The four tumbled into the ground in laughter.
Lea and Xion ran up.
"You got the goods?" asked Lea.
"We got 'em!" said Roxas.
"Good." nodded Xion. "Now we'll be rich."
Cassie propped herself up on her elbow.
"I wish we could shrink for real." she said.
"Oh, that is pretty cool!" said Scott.
"Being small does have its perks." shrugged Lea.
Ven, Aqua, and Terra ran down the stairs to join them,
"That was a fun game." said Aqua.
"Playing fake cops and robbers does have it's fun moments." said Terra.
"Glad you guys had fun." said Scott.
Luis stuck his head out the top window, calling out to Scott.
"Hey, I'm headed to the office, Scotty. And sorry about freaking out earlier, you know. But I feel like I'm way better. My heart is definitely beating way too hard and stuff, and my hands are shaking, but I think that's unrelated, you know?" he called.
"It's gonna be great, Luis. You got nothing to worry about." assured Scott.
"Yeah, you got this Luis." Ven said confidently.
"Yeah, yeah. I'm the boss, I'm the boss, I'm the boss... " said Luis as he shrunk back into the house, almost trying to convince himself that it's going to be fine.
Suddenly, a shrill beeping filled the air.
"What the hell is that?!" cried Ven.
"Daddy!" said Cassie, pointing.
Scott looked to see his left ankle was through the hole in the fence… the one with his ankle bracelet beeping. Scott groaned in irritation.
"Well shit." Lea sighed.
Minutes later, FBI agents were looking through Scott's house. Agent Woo looked through the house, Scott, Cassie, Roxas, and Co. following him.
"Come on, Woo! I got three days left. Why would I try to escape?" asked Scott.
"I'm sorry, Scott, but rules are rules. You trip the perimeter alarm, we search the place. Keel to stern. Soup to nuts." replied Woo.
"He wasn't even trying to escape." Ven said in irritation.
"Again, rules are rules." said Woo.
A woman accidentally bumped the lampstand, sending a glass object to the ground. Scott looked as it shattered.
"Thank you." Scott said sarcastically. "It was an accident. My foot went through the fence." he told Woo.
"Our flying ant crashed." said Cassie,
Woo looked at Scott in confusion and concern.
"We were just playing a game before Cassie had to leave." said Roxas.
"Yeah, you try entertaining a ten-year-old when you can't leave the house." saod Scott. "You know the lengths that I've gone to?"
Scott held up his hand, and flicked it, making an Ace of Spades card appear in his hand out of thin air.
"Close up magic." he said as he flicked the card away before putting his hand behind Cassie's ear and making another Ace of Spades return to his hand. He tossed it behind again. "I learned that."
"Impressive." mused Aqua.
"We've seen real magic, but that does take good skill." said Lea.
Scott smiled.
"Why can't you just leave my daddy alone?" asked Cassie.
Woo looked to Scott in amusement before kneeling down to face Cassie at eye-level.
"Oh, Cassie. This must all seem like a bunch of confusing grown-up stuff to you, huh? Well, think of it this way: Your school has rules, right? Like… You can't draw on the walls. Well, your Daddy went to Germany and drew on the walls with Captain America." he told her before forgetting that he was talking to a child. "And that was a violation of Article 16, Paragraph 3 of the Sokovia Accords. "Now as a part of his joint plea deal with Homeland Security and the German government, he's allowed to return to the U.S., provided he serve two years under house arrest, followed by three years of probation and avoid any unauthorized activities, technology, or contact with any former associates, who were or currently are, in violation of said Accords, or any related statutes. Okay sweetie?"
Woo looked satisfied with his answer. Cassie, however, had her eyes wide, trying to process all of the things he said.
Roxas, Lea, Ven, Xion, and Naminé blinked in confusion while Aqua and Terra gave Woo deadpanned expressions.
"Wow, you're really great with kids." Scott smirked sarcastically.
"Thanks, I'm also a youth pastor." said Woo.
Scott's face snapped from a smile to confusion.
"Anyway, not to be a Johnny Ask-A-Lot, but you haven't had any contact with Hank Pym or Hope van Dyne, have you?" he asked.
"No." replied Scott.
"You sure? Because it's only a matter of time before we get 'em. It was their tech, so they violated the Accords, too. And associating with them breaks your deal. And I don't need to remind you that any violation of your agreement means 20 years in prison. Minimum." reminded Woo.
"Even though they didn't sign them?" asked Xion.
"Their technology inadvertently contributed to the violation." said Woo.
"I haven't talked to Hank or Hope in forever." said Scott.
"They hate his guts." added Cassie.
"Thanks, peanut." said Scott.
Terra sighed in exasperation. "How can you guys not see that the Accords basically violate people's rights and safety?" he asked Woo. "Now I'm not trying to cause a scene here, but still, have you read them closely? They seem awfully fishy to me."
"To all of us." added Ven.
"And I don't trust Ross." added Lea.
Woo nodded. "I understand. And I'll let you all in on a small secret… I don't trust Ross either and I too think the Accords are shit." he told them.
Roxas, Lea, Xion, Naminé, Aqua, Ven, Terra, Scott, and Cassie were surprised.
"But unfortunately, I can't do anything about the Accords except follow them." said Woo. "And we don't have evidence to pin on Ross."
'Bruce would beg to differ.' Roxas thought to himself.
"We understand." said Aqua.
Woo looked around before leaning towards Scott and lowered his voice.
"How'd you do it, Scott?" he asked.
"Do what?" Scott asked in confusion.
"The card trick." Woo said, ashamed.
"Seriously?" Scott asked in disbelief.
Then, Xion noticed two people coming in.
"Hey Scott, Maggie and Jim are here." she told him.
And it was Scott's ex-wife Maggie Lang and her second husband, Officer Jim Paxton. Both were surprised that the FBI were in Scott's house.
"Oh my god! You people can't just show up here whenever you want and search the place." Maggie scolded.
"Actually they can." Jim winced.
"You need a warrant." added Maggie.
"Actually they don't." said Jim.
"Really? Wow." Maggie said in disbelief.
"It's true." said Lea. "Officers need warrants. Government agents don't." he told them, remembering what Fenton told them about his mother, an officer herself.
"Thanks." said Maggie. "And you are?"
"Friends of Scott." said Lea. "Name's Lea. Got it memorized?"
"I'm Roxas." said Roxas.
"Ventus. Ven is fine." said Ven.
"Terra." said Terra.
"I'm Aqua." said Aqua.
"Naminé." said Naminé.
"And I'm Xion." said Xion.
"Pleasure to meet you all." said Maggie.
"Nice to see that Scotty's making more friends." Jim said with a smile.
Later, Cassie was all packed up, ready to head to Maggie and Jim's place.
"Did you pack your soccer shoes?" asked Maggie.
"Yeah." said Cassie as she hugged her father.
Maggie walked up to Scott and embraced him and Cassie. "Next time I see you, will be on the outside!" she told him.
"Oh, get on the inside of this." said Jim as he wrapped his arms around the hug. Maggie laughed.
"Well that's nice." said Lea, smirking. "Father and stepfather getting along."
"Never seen that before." said Naminé.
"Well now you have." giggled Xion.
"Three days! Seriously? I'm proud of you, buddy." Jim said as he pulled away.
"Thank you." said Scott.
"You know what? Give me another one." said Jim, hugging Scott again, making the seven world-travelers giggle.
"Me, too! Freedom, business, I'm sensing greatness!" said Maggie.
"I had a fun weekend, Daddy." said Cassie as they went out the door.
"Me too, Peanut. Just wait till next weekend. Once I'm outta here, we're gonna go paint this town red. We'll have so much ice cream, we'll never stop puking." said Scott.
He mimicked retching, then put his hand to his mouth and made a barfing sound, a trail of cards extending from his mouth.
Cassie giggled as the cards scattered everywhere.
"Now that is impressive." said Terra, impressed.
"Wonder if Lena could do that." mused Ven.
"I think she can." said Roxas.
"You're getting good at that." said Maggie.
"How'd you do that?" Jim asked, amazed.
"He'll teach you once he's out." said Lea. "Got it memorized?"
"Bye, Daddy! Bye everyone!" called Cassie.
Exchanges of bye's were said as the three got in the car. Scott used the stair railing to lean himself out the door, ankle brace staying in the house.
He then closed the door and turned to his new friends.
"So what's your plan?" he asked.
"We'll do patrolling tonight." said Roxas.
"In the meantime, we'll keep you company while Luis is away." said Ven.
"So what have you got for fun Scott?" asked Aqua.
Scott just smirked. "Easy-peasy."
Montage:
("Come on Get Happy" plays)
Ven, Xion, and Scott played some toy drums. Lea pretended to play a toy trumpet. Aqua pretended to play a guitar.
Roxas, Terra, and Naminé watched in amusement.
Scott had toy pins set up. He threw a ball to hit them. The ball instead bounced over the pins. He paused, frozen in the stance.
Roxas, Xion, Lea, and Scott watched a magic trick video on Online Close-Up Magic University while Terra, Ven, Aqua, and Naminé watched "Murder on the Ortient Express."
"Snap your fingers. That gets them to look over there. Now that is misdirection." said the instructor.
The four imitates the trick shown to them, shaking the deck and snapping their fingers, making the cards change to different ones. They looked at their decks with satisfaction.
Scott had a karaoke screen on his TV, Jim and Ven singing along to the song playing during the montage, "Come On Get Happy" by The Partridge Family.
Ven and Scott: We had a dream we'd go trav'lin' together
We'd spread a little lovin' then we'd keep movin' on
Scott was crying while laying on his bed reading "The Fault In Our Stars" by John Green.
Outside his room, Roxas read "Catcher in the Rye," Aqua read "Wonder," Naminé read "The Isle of the Lost," and Terra read "To Kill a Mockingbird." Lea, Ven, and Xion read some comic books, Lea reading one of the ones about Captain America made during the 40's.
Scott perfected a yellow origami swan he hung from the ceiling. Terra, Aqua, and Xion did the same while Roxas, Lea, Naminé, and Ven watched "Johnny Dangerously."
Scott bounced a racquetball on the floor, which goes onto the wall, bounces onto the other wall, bounces on the floor and goes into a Nerf basketball hoop.
Lea, Terra, and Aqua gave him scores of 10.
Scott worked on a layout for his business, while Roxas and Co. watched "Sing."
Later, Scott was getting ready to take a bath. Roxas and his team had gone patrolling for a while.
Scott took a plastic bag and used a rubber band to seal up the bag so it didn't get wet. He slides himself into the bath and sighed.
"Easy-peasy…" he said to himself as he fell asleep.
Scott's dream:
Scott found himself back in the quantum realm. As he floated, Janet appeared with him.
Then, he was taken to a hallway in a home.
"What?" came his voice.
"I'm gonna find you, Jellybean." came Janet's voice.
Young Hope could be heard giggling. A large, red wardrobe with horses on it came into view. It was then opened by a hand extended into the camera's view. Hope was found inside.
"I found you!" cheered Janet's voice.
"You always find me, Mommy." giggled Hope.
"What the hell?" Scott asked in confusion.
There was a mirror on the inside of the wardrobe. Scott looked to see that Janet was the reflection.
Reality:
Scott snapped awake.
Later, Scott broke the wall in his room and grabbed an old, outdated phone from it. He dialed a number, and then put the phone up to his ear.
"Hey, Hank. It's been a while." said Scott. He then tried to figure out what to say next. "Umm... I don't even know if this is your number anymore... and, I'm probably the last person you wanna hear from." he said guilty. "But... I just had a really weird dream. And I know that doesn't sound like an emergency or anything, but it just felt... very real. I was back in the Quantum Realm, and... I think I saw your wife. And then I was your wife. I mean, not in a weird way...You know... hearing this out loud, I'm thinking, it's not an emergency. I'm sorry to bother you.I'm sorry for a lot of things."
Scott pulls the phone away from his ear and hung up. He then snapped the phone in two and threw it away to make sure they don't trace the call back. He was about to leave when he saw Roxas, Xion, Naminé, Lea, Aqua, Terra, and Ven sanding outide his room with sympathetic looks on their faces.
"H-How much did you hear?" Scott asked.
"We heard you talking when we came back." said Naminé.
"Are you ok?" Terra asked gently.
Scott sighed. "I don't know. I really don't anymore." he replied.
Lea put a hand in Scott's shoulder. "Hey. Whatever happens, we're here for ya until this world's safe." he told him with a smile. "Got it memorized?"
"And don't worry." added Xion. "We won't tell any law officials that you just contacted Hank."
"No matter what." said Aqua.
Scott smiled. "Thanks guys."
"Come on." said Roxas. "Let's watch something to take your mind off your odd dream."
Later, Scott was sitting on the couch in his bathrobe, eating a bowl of cereal. Terra, Ven, and Roxas sat with him while Xion sat on a rocking chair. Lea was rummaging through the fridge while Aqua and Naminé played a card game.
They were all watching an interview with Tom Hanks.
"Everybody has something that chews them up and, for me, that thing was always loneliness. The cinema has the power to make you not feel lonely, even when you are." said Tom Hanks. "If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. It's the hard that makes it great."
"Man, this guy is one of the greatest." said Ven.
"Wasn't he that character Forrest Gump?" asked Xion.
"That's the one." nodded Terra.
Out of nowhere, a bug flew by and bit Scott, Roxas, Terra, and Ven, making them wince. Then, they all fell unconscious in the couch.
"Ok, I got gin!" said Naminé.
Aqua giggled. "Naminé, we're playing Kings Corners." she told her before suddenly getting bit but the bug.
"We are?" Naminé asked in surprise before suddenly getting bit too.
Both women then fell off their chairs, unconscious.
"Ok I found all the stuff we need for s'mores!" said Lea, coming out of the kitchen with a box of Graham Crackers, a bag of marshmallows, and some king-size Hershey bars. "Who wants to-"
Lea was cut off as he was bit by the bug. Lea dropped the crackers, chocolate, and marshmallows as he fell unconscious, flat on his face.
To be continued…
And now we have entered the MCU. Stay tuned for the next chapter!