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"Xarina! XARINA! WAKE UP!" Demyx screamed, desperately trying to shake her awake while everyone else was wondering what the hell just happened.
"It is useless, my child… she will never wake up." Apocalypse said. "Soon, her fear will be exploited… and then she will fall into the pits of despair!"
Demyx glared at him. "Her fear? I know what her fear is…" He growled. "You think you can get by watching her fall into despair?!"
"Oh, so you know?"
"I've known this for a long time… I know my wife! She doesn't think I know what her deepest fear is, but I do… I've just never brought it up!"
"Did you ever figure out how I knew about that fear of hers? I had Nega make a small microchip for me before he decided to temporarily join you along with Erazor and the Deadly Six and he planted it on the back of her shirt… and she was just so wearing that particular one when she was explaining that she was afraid of losing her family to certain people."
Cana's eyes widened. "That son of a bitch…"
"Blaze had told me he was crafty, but none of us has seen that particular microchip… not even Xarina…" Makarov muttered. "Hmm, to think we were so careless discussing about it out in the open…"
Demyx summoned his Sitar. "You… you're going to make my wife fall into despair for your own personal gain…" Fire was seen in his eyes. "YOU BASTAAAAARD!" He yelled, strumming his Sitar and creating water clones and they went off to attack him… but then suddenly they were fried up.
"Hmph, I didn't think you humans would be so predictable when it came to rage." A voice said as they turned to see Dry Bowser while Mephiles and Felix were… somewhere else.
"Dry Bowser?!" Sabrina exclaimed.
"Dry Bowser? I assume he's a relative of our Bowser?" Thor asked.
"You could say that…" Isaac said as they explained who Dry Bowser actually is.
"Typical that I have a fan club even though I've been dead for so long." Dry Bowser smirked. "I'm surprised that scrawny so-called Koopa King isn't here."
In the Citadel…
"Scrawny?! I'll show YOU scrawny, you deadbeat Koopa!" Bowser growled.
"Hmm… I've heard tales of Dry Bowser but I never thought he was still around." Kamek mused until they heard a yelp in surprise. They turned to see Blaze pushing Nega to a wall.
"YOU MIND EXPLAINING TO US WHY YOU DID THAT?!" She yelled.
"Blaze! Calm down!" Kakashi ordered.
"I know he somewhat deserves it, but this isn't like you." Erza said. "…However…" She pointed a sword at Nega. "I honestly believe you need to tell us why."
"I couldn't agree more…" Plutia said, not looking very happy.
"Okay okay! I'll explain everything! Just put that sword down and let me go." Nega said.
"I've half a mind to burn you up!" Blaze growled, ready to incinerate the poor guy.
"Let him talk." Master Zik ordered. "None of us had any idea what he was doing anyway."
Unaware of them all, Zavok had his eyes plastered on the screen as he folded his arms. "I have a feeling Mephiles is there…" He muttered and made a portal.
"You sure that's a good idea?" Minene asked, as the rest of Sabrina's family had come back after dealing with Sabrina's clone.
"Don't worry about me." Zavok said. "I know what I'm capable of." He said and walked in.
Back in the world…
Iron Man scanned Xarina. "…Uh-huh… we need to get her into a safe spot so we can safely extract… whatever it is from her, and it's behind her neck."
"Safe? What safe spot IS there?" Hawkeye wondered.
"Possibly that house where the others are in, but I highly doubt it is actually safe." Vision said.
"Worth a try." Captain America said as he picked up Xarina and ran in as her family ran in with them.
"Try as you might… it won't work." Apocalypse said.
"Alright, we'll take it from here." Sabrina said. Xarina… stay strong. She thought, but then to their surprise, something hit Apocalypse on the cheek as it was some sort of healing dart, and from afar, Felix smirked.
"Ha! Good luck with that." He said.
"Thank you." Apocalypse said and then the Heartless and the Grimm arrived and then Mephiles appeared from a rooftop.
"Let's mix things up a bit!" He said as his minions arrived to even bring more hell to them.
In the building…
"Hey! This place isn't exactly safe, you know!" Mystique said.
"What choice do we have?" Captain America asked. "So, how do we get rid of this?"
"Hmm…" Iron Man tried to pry it out himself… but it wouldn't budge at all. "Hey, Nitori? We're gonna need you for a second."
It was then that Nitori appeared from a portal. "I got my workshop in my bag!" She said and then proceeded to set up shop as the others couldn't believe what was going on.
"…How is she…?" Nightcrawler wondered.
"Hehehehe, it's a secret!" She said, playfully winking at him before going back to work until she was done. "Alright, place her on the bed." She requested as Captain America did so. "Alright, now let me just do my magic here…" She whispered and proceeded to hook her up as Medic was intrigued by this.
"Hmm!" He said as he was writing down notes. "Interesting! Very interesting!"
"…I don't know what the hell is going on." Scout said.
"Let's see… what do we have here… some kind of chip?" Nitori wondered as she examined it. "Uh-huh… I see…"
"Do you have any idea?" Hina asked.
"Well, I do have one question." Nitori looked up. "What the hell is a Cortana virus?"
"…Where are you going with this?" Nan asked, sounding a bit worried.
"Well, according to my data here, it's some sort of chip that… well, apparently Mephiles and Felix had designed… but Felix did most of the designing himself." She said. "But it says here that it's basically some sort of virus that you can plant within someone. If you don't remove it, well, the person may die."
"DIE?!" Demyx yelled. "PLEASE TELL ME YOU'RE JOKING!"
"I wish I was… but unfortunately, my machine never joke around." She said as she then pulled up a screen. "Let's see..."
"Is that her subconscious?" Roxas asked.
"Yeeeep, and it's obviously dark… but something's in there with her and it's still slowly being downloaded inside her." Nitori said. "But downloading what, exactly…?"
Download complete
A small voice that sounded eerily like Cortana was heard and then they saw someone appearing in her subconscious. "Is that… who I think it is…?!" Hina asked.
"What is she up to…" Namine wondered.
"I don't like the looks of this." Cana said. "Can we at least go in there?"
"We don't know what she's capable of…" Nitori said.
"Even so, I still say it's a good idea." Cana said as they heard roaring as they looked outside to see Apocalypse sending Hulk away and toppled a building on top of him, but that only made him angrier.
"I'll see what I can do, but I'm not liking this as much as you." Nitori said as she tried to looking for ways to remove the chip.
Inside Xarina…
BGM: The 13th Discretion (Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories)
"Nnngh… mmm…" Xarina groaned as she got up and then held on to her arm, wincing. "Ow… where am I…?"
"So, you're awake." A voice said as she turned over to see Cortana (In her Halo 5 appearance, by the way) leaning on nothing.
"Nngh… Cortana…?" She asked. "Wh-what…? Is this some kind of weird dream?"
"Dream? No, it's much more than that." Cortana said.
"Then what are you…?"
"Honestly, I'd rather be dealing with those bastards that took John away from me. But it seems that'll be for another time." Cortana said. "So for now, I'll have to… deal with you."
"On what? I never did anything to you."
"Oh, I know… but you know what? Let's have some fun, shall we?" She smirked, snapping her fingers and they were enveloped in a bright light as Xarina shielded her eyes.
End BGM
Xarina opened her eyes and realized that she was back home in Twilight Town. "I'm back home…?" She wondered and then wandered around, summoning her Keyblade just in case as she looked around, wondering what was going on.
It was then that she was in the Sandlot, as Twilight Town was a whole lot quieter than it usually is as she saw some people looking at her in sadness before looking away. Huh? She wondered as she picked up the pace, not liking what happened and kept going, not knowing what was going on.
Her heart started to beat a little faster, a worried look was seen on her face, wondering why everyone was looking at her in sadness.
"Sorry for your loss." A voice had told her as something wasn't sitting right.
Sorry for her loss?
Her pace quickened until it was a full run until she saw a gathered crowd and her running stopped as she panted. "Out… out of my way…!" She said as she went to see what was in the middle… and she saw it.
BGM: Roxas (Kingdom Hearts II)
Roxas… with his Keyblades impaling him as he was on his knees, blood out of his mouth and the pool of blood had stopped just a few feet from his knees, and he had a pained but dead look, but his eyes were screaming 'Why?'.
"Wh-what…?! What happened to my… brother…?!" Xarina exclaimed.
"Someone stole his Keyblades from him and then impaled him when he demanded them back. The perpetrator disappeared without a trace." Someone said before they walked away as a tear ran down Xarina's cheek and she fell on both knees.
"Roxas…" She whispered as she silently cried, unaware of Cortana sitting on a rooftop.
"Afraid of losing your family." She quietly said. "Hmph, cute."
She hopped down. "You want to know who stole those Keyblades and impaled him?" She asked as Xarina turned to look at her. "I'll give you a hint. You're looking right at her."
Xarina lightly gasped. "Y-you… you did this…?!"
"Yes." Cortana smirked. "Honestly, I've never actually killed anyone in my life… but you know? It feels great. Listening to him cry out in mercy gave me joy!" She said. "And you know the best part? His final words were "Xarina… where were you…?"."
"You… Why did you…?!"
It seems to be working. Cortana thought. Let's head on over to the next area. She thought and snapped her fingers again, as they disappeared from Twilight Town.
End BGM
Outside…
"What the heck?!" Roxas exclaimed, looking at his chest to make sure he wasn't going crazy.
"That's bad." Nitori said, rubbing her chin in thought and then started reading something. "Rampancy…" She said. "…Only affects A.I." She read. "Quick question… if there's a high possibility of a human going rampant, not saying there IS one, what would happen?"
"Um… I really don't know…" Hina said. "Why?"
"Well, I'm seeing here that Cortana had experienced rampancy and since the virus is planted inside of Xarina… there's no telling what'll happen." Nitori said. "We know for sure rampancy in an A.I. is bad, but… a human experiencing that? It's unheard of… but, I have a feeling that if a human were to go rampant, there's a high probability that Xarina might go there."
"Where are you going with this?" Nick Fury asked, not liking where this is headed.
"…I'm saying that there's a high chance that Xarina will be mentally unstable… probably be worse than Yuno."
"Who's Yuno?" Mystique wondered.
"…A girl that you don't want to get on her bad side." Nitori said, shuddering at the thought.
Back inside Xarina…
Xarina opened her eyes again, and saw that she was at The Castle That Never Was and summoned her Keyblade. That bitch… I'll never forgive her for killing Roxas! She thought and walked around, looking for Cortana.
It was then that she heard a noise coming from her feet as she looked down to see that she was stepping on a trail of blood. She quickly followed it, hoping that it wasn't one of her family members, but as soon as she turned the corner…
She saw her sister-in-law, Namine, pinned to a wall and blood was all over here, including her clothes… but then she saw a message on the wall painted in blood: "This is only the beginning of your pain!"
Namine wheezed heavily and looked up to see Xarina. "X-Xari…na…"
"Namine!" Xarina exclaimed, but then something whizzed past the both of them and a knife hit the wall… and blood came out of Namine's neck.
"Huh, I need to work on my aim. That should've hit her in the neck, not cut it open." Cortana said. "Oh well." She shrugged, watching Xarina look at Namine's lifeless corpse as her body shook and her legs looked like jelly, as if she could hardly stand as she looked on in horror.
"You… you…" Xarina whispered as she was dead silent.
"Go on, spit it out." Cortana said, but Xarina was having a hard time finding her words. "No? Nothing?" She smirked. "Well, let's keep going." She said, snapping her fingers again.
Outside…
Namine held on to her neck. "Nngh…" She groaned.
"DAMMIT! PULL IT OUT OF HER!" Demyx yelled, seeming to be hysterical at this point.
"Hold your horses!" Nitori said. "I tried to pull it out while she was looking at Namine but I discovered something! It's planted deep inside her spinal cord. If I hastily pull it out, it's just going to kill her!"
"WHAT?!"
"We need to do this slowly… and it seems Cortana is just picking up the pace…"
"Send me in there! I'll slow her down!" Cana said.
"I don't think that's such a good idea to go in there recklessly!" Nitori protested. "I know we have ways to go in there, but we need to figure it out slowly before we do something that will kill her!"
"…What if we fry it out?" Jean wondered.
"Hmm… no, I don't think that'd work… will it?" She wondered as she turned Xarina around and pulled out a blow torch.
Inside…
Xarina opened her eyes again, revealing to be somewhere in Destiny Islands, as it seemed to be back to its normal state, but she didn't care… she felt rage… her brother and sister-in-law were killed in front of her eyes… and Cortana was responsible. But not only did she feel rage… she felt as if she was slowly going into despair.
BANG!
The sound of a gunshot lingered in the air… and she knew the one member of her family who is an expert in guns.
She quickly took off running, hoping that no one just murdered her niece, hoping that she was alright and safe and she soon came to the source… Hina was dead in front of a gas station and a Warthog drove off. "HINA!" She screamed and ran forward, seeing that there was a gunshot wound in her chest... and her breathing was slowing down.
"X-X-Xarina…" Hina whispered.
"No! NO!" Xarina exclaimed, holding on to her hand and using Curaga on Hina… but there was no green aura enveloping her. "Wh-what…?" She wondered, trying to hit use her healing magic but nothing was coming out.
"Xarina…" Hina said. "T-Take… take… c-care of…" She said before she succumbed to the pain.
"Hmph, good riddance to her, I say." Cortana said, looking at Hina who walked up. "To think that she let her guard down to get some gas in her Warthog."
"Sh-SHUT UP!" Xarina yelled. "YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO SAY THAT! YOU MURDERED THEM!"
"I haven't murdered all of them. I think we have to deal with your family ne-" Cortana groaned, holding on to her forehead. "Why do I… feel hot…?" She wondered and growled. "DON'T YOU DARE!" She yelled, snapping her fingers again.
Outside…
"YAAAAAAGH!" Nitori screamed, flying and hitting a wall. "Ow…"
"Did she just stop you?!" Demyx asked as Hina was holding on to her chest, and hoping that actually won't happen to her.
"Nngh… she did… that crafty bitch…" Nitori growled.
While they were dealing with getting Cortana out, the others were dealing with Apocalypse. Maria Jr. screamed at Apocalypse to knock him back before he retaliated by sending her away, but she Aerial Recovered and then Rose used Magnega to pull her to safety, but then Maria Jr. spotted Mephiles on a rooftop. "Sis, I think I saw Mephiles…"
"You did?" Rose asked.
"Yeah."
It was then that Null came out of Maria Jr's Pokeball. "I will accompany you. There is something I need to know… he had Lusamine in his team and I need some answers."
"Here, let these guys accompany you." Sabrina said, calling out Kyurem and Greninja.
"Thanks." Maria Jr. nodded as Rose had called out Diancie to help Maria Jr. as they went off.
With Dry Bowser…
"Ha ha ha ha! Is this all you can do?" Dry Bowser asked, as he had defeated Samus, the Teen Titans, the Mega Man crew and Korra without even breaking a sweat… if skeletal Koopas CAN sweat, that is.
"Nngh… he's certainly something…!" Samus winced.
"You're telling me…" Korra said
"Just… what is he made of…?!" Zero wondered.
"That's what I want to know." X winced as Roll proceeded to heal them all up before collapsing as Mega Man held on to her.
"And this… is where it ends!" Dry Bowser smirked, but then he heard a war cry as suddenly, Dry Bowser was slashed away. "Argh!"
"…And just what are you doing here…" A voice said as he saw Worldwalker looking quite angry… and Syrena and Rosalina were with him.
"Well well well, if it isn't the Worldwalker family." He smirked. "Good, I get to see all three of you die… from my hands!"
"I'm waited a long time for this." Syrena said as they prepared for combat while the others look on.
"So… should we help them…?" Starfire wondered.
"I say we leave them be." Raven suggested.
Back inside Xarina…
"Neo…" Xarina silently sobbed, cradling her dead daughter in her arms. "Please… stop… doing this…"
"Why? We're just getting ready for the final two!" She said and then snapped her fingers again, this time they were at Beacon Academy… but it was on fire… and she had a pretty good feeling that she knew who was next on Cortana's list.
"No… no…" Her voice was nearly breaking as she quickly ran inside… and noticed that there was a metal arm lying by itself… and it was in pieces as she ran forward, hoping that it was someone else's metal arm and not her son's.
It was then that she heard groaning and looked to see her son in critical condition. "Nan!" She exclaimed and ran over. "Nan, I'm coming!" She called out to him.
"…M-mother…?" Nan weakly looked at her… before a sudden red sword looking strikingly similar to Adam Taurus' sword impaled him in the chest as he coughed out blood and Xarina abruptly stop, her hands over her mouth… and seeing that Cortana impaled him.
"Hmm… so that's how he lost his arm." Cortana said. "…Well, now he lost his life. It's a shame."
Xarina said nothing and looked at Cortana. "Why… why are you doing this…?" She asked, her voice nearly filled with despair.
"As if I'd tell you… after all, you're powerless to stop their deaths… aren't you?" She asked. "Just one more little stop." She said and snapped her fingers again.
Outside…
"Dear lord…" Nan said, shuddering at the thought of what Adam would've done to him if Blake hadn't stepped in while Neo was hugging herself, horrified of what just happened to her.
"…Alright, THAT'S IT!" Nitori said and turned her ear piece on. "Dreambert, we're going to need you for a second." She said as a portal opened up and Dreambert floated in, but Chief and Locke were behind him.
"We all were watching it." Dreambert said.
"Why's Chief here?" Washington wondered.
"Stopping Cortana." Chief said.
"Yeah, I'm doing the same too." Locke said.
"We're going in as well." Cana walked forward as she and Makarov stepped forward.
"I'll go in there as well." Qrow said as they nodded.
"Let's get to work." Dreambert said as Nitori gently put up Xarina's head and Dreambert transformed into his pillow form and a dream bubble appeared above Xarina's head as they quickly went in as Demyx tried to go in too but Nitori stopped him.
"They'll handle it… don't worry." Nitori said. "Don't worry, they'll get her out of there." She said as Captain America was reading something off of the machine.
"Hey, Nitori… you might want to come look at this."
"Hmm?" Nitori walked over and read something. "Huh… so by sending them in… defeating her will deactivate the chip and it'll be safely removed. Great!"
"And we have bigger problems." Hina said, pointing to something else as Nitori took a look.
"Rampany… 80%." She said and her eyes widened. "Dear god… they need to hurry!"
Back inside…
Xarina showed up in Isle Delfino. "Wh-why are we…"
"This is the place where you had your honeymoon with your husband, correct? I wonder what would happen?" Cortana asked as Xarina's eyes widened in horror. "Yes, the thing you deeply cherish… and it'll be ripped to shreds."
"No… leave this alone… please…!"
Cortana looked ahead. "Ah, there he is, swimming in the ocean." She walked forward and gently knelt down. "Let's see what'll happen if… we add some fun into it." She said, reaching for the water with a smirk as Xarina looked on in horror… before her legs suddenly kicked in high gear and ran forward, running and tackling Cortana to the ground.
"NO!" She screamed. "I AM NOT GOING TO LET YOU DO THIS!"
"Oh, NOW you want to fight?" Cortana smirked and kicked her off of her. "Very well, let the battle begin."
BGM: The 13th Dilemma (Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix)
Xarina quickly ran forward and slashed with her Keyblade, hitting Cortana but she suddenly grabbed a hold of it. "So… this is the Keyblade that I've heard so much about." She said and, with the palm of her hand, blasted her away.
She glared at her and then aimed her Keyblade, and used a powerful Firaga at her, but Cortana disappeared and then reappeared in front of her before blasting her straight to a wall. She then proceeded to telekinetically lift Xarina in the air before bringing her close.
"You humans… you're so... what's the word… predictable!" Cortana said, throwing her to one of the umbrellas and then putting her hand on the ground as electricity went over and hit Xarina as she screamed in agony. "Yes, I've been given these powers by Mephiles." She said. "Honestly, you can be easily persuaded to help when he grants you new powers unlike the one I had to hold John and his team."
She then felt a bit saddened when she mentioned John and growled. "…Who needs him…" She said and used her power to make Xarina float up in the air and then threw her to an empty fruit stand.
"Gah!"
"There, that'll hold you for a bit." Cortana said and walked over to the ocean where Demyx was still swimming, oblivious to what was going on. "And now, for the magic touch." She said and then dipped her hand in the water… as blood suddenly floated straight towards Demyx. "Last I checked, this place doesn't have shark infested waters. Let's test that theory, shall we?"
"Nnngh…" Xarina got up, wiping pineapple juice off her cheek and staggered forward and then saw the results. "NO!" She yelled and ran forward but Cortana didn't even look and then held her against her will.
End BGM
"It's too late for him." Cortana said, seeing dorsal fins coming over, smelling the sweet delicious scent of blood and Demyx didn't even realize it was sticking on to him like glue…
"DEMYX!" She screamed as Demyx finally heard her and waved.
"Hey, you! What's taking you so long? The water's great!" He called out… and that's when the sharks proceeded to bite down and have a meal.
"Hmm, so that's what a feeding frenzy looks like." Cortana said. "Fascinating…" She said as Xarina looked on in complete horror.
"Demyx…" Xarina said as the sharks left, as there was nothing left of Demyx… well, maybe except for his blood, but that was about it.
"Well, that completes the grand tour." Cortana said, and snapped her fingers as they were back in an empty void as Xarina had fallen on her knees and nonstop tears were flowing as she was crying nonstop. "You humans are so emotional, it's unbearable."
"Hmph, but it seems like my work here is done…" She smirked. "There's just one last thing I have to do." She said and knelt down, grabbing Xarina's chin and seeing the will to live in her eyes fading by the second. "Hmm, what if I just ended it all right here? Yeah, I think I'll just do that."
She backed up and electricity crackled from the palm of her hand. "I'm sure Apocalypse can fix you up just right." She said.
Suddenly, there was gunfire, and then there was a bullet landed right in front of her as a warning shot as she raised an eyebrow and turned to see that it was Locke who pulled the trigger.
"That's enough, Cortana." Locke said.
"Spartan Locke… it seems you're doing well." She said and then noticed the others. "…And who are these?" She asked and then spotted Chief. "…John?!"
"Cortana." Chief said. "This isn't you… you're not like this. You are better than this!"
"John, how many times have I told you… this is the real me and you are not seeing the future that I possess!"
"You kidnapped me and my team when we were trying to convince you to stop."
"You just don't understand what I see."
"…Then I guess I never will…" Chief said, holding his Assault Rifle. "I'm sorry, Cortana…"
"And I'm sorry too… for you not seeing my future." Cortana said.
"Rise, Xarina… your family is alive." Makarov said.
"…No… they're not…" Xarina sobbed.
Cana looked at Makarov. "We can show her after we're done here. I don't think we'll convince her here."
"I was afraid of that." Makarov said.
"Let's get this show on the road." Qrow said as Cortana smirked and snapped her fingers, taking them to her chosen battlefield.
With Mephiles…
"Hahahaha! Is that all you can do?" Mephiles asked as Maria Jr. was on both knees, panting heavily, and Greninja, Kyurem, Diancie and Null weren't looking so hot either.
"Agh… he's certainly powerful, I'll give him that…!" Diancie said.
"Agreed… especially with those fire attacks." Kyurem said.
"Nngh…" Maria Jr. groaned.
"Tell me something, Mephiles…" Null said as he stepped forward. "Why did you release me from that icy prison… but brainwashed me into going into the Citadel and attempt to destroy everyone…"
"It was because you were with Lusamine, but we both agreed to release you into the wild for we had the same interest in the Ultra Beasts… the Ultra Beasts you meddling Heroes have… and don't get me started on the champion of that stupid island!"
"So you only did this because you both shared a common interest in the Ultra Beasts?!"
"Yes. It was going oh so well until you started working with the angel… who, at one point, died from a dragon, mind you!"
"And your point is?"
"I'm saying you're nothing more than a weakling who fell prey to the little girl's love. Predictable, if I do say so myself."
Null growled. "She showed me tender love and we fought alongside in many Pokemon battles. We won, we lost, but we both grew as a team."
Mephiles rolled his eyes. "Tell me something that's not at all boring."
"Is everything a joke to you, Mephiles?" A voice asked as they saw Zavok right behind Mephiles.
"Ah, Zavok… I assume the others are behind you?" Mephiles guessed.
"No, just me. Everyone else is questioning Nega." Zavok answered.
"I see."
"But is everything some sort of a game to you? How you think you'll win even though you get humiliated over and over again?"
"Humiliation gets me stronger." Mephiles chuckled darkly. "Just like how I defeated two Legendary Pokemon with ease."
"You haven't defeated me just yet." Null said. "I'm more than weak… I'm a strong Pokemon!"
"A Pokemon that doesn't deserve a deceased angel." Mephiles smirked.
"Even if she IS dead, she's alive to me." Null said. "I do have to thank you, Mephiles… for having me be taken care of by an angel who would do anything to help me get strong… and I will repay that debt." He said... and then began to glow, save for his helmet. However, he raised his head, and smashed the helmet into a nearby boulder to destroy it.
Maria Jr. gasped. "Null…!"
"Ninja…" Greninja whispered as Null had finished evolving.
He was a little taller than his previous form but his body looked the same, save for the fur from his head turned from gray to silver, and the membrane and spikes on his fish-like tailfin now white. The head is revealed to be lupine, with the beak-like snout being metallic on the nose bridge and upper jaw, and the back of the crest on the head is opened up with three long spikes jutting out of it.
Null had evolved into Silvally.
"Maria Jr, stay where you are. I will take care of things from here."
"What's a Silvally going to do anyway?" Mephiles chuckled.
"Something that you will regret releasing me from my icy prison." He said and nodded at Zavok and he nodded back as the two prepared for battle.
"Hmph, bring it on then."
BGM: Battle! Elite Four (Pokemon Sun and Moon)
Silvally ran forward as Mephiles proceeded to launch fire attacks at him, but he dodged and used Iron Head to knock him back as Zavok punched him away. Mephiles quickly recovered and launched darkness attacks at them, but Silvally jumped back as Zavok ran forward and punched him down to the ground.
Mephiles sunk into the ground and reappeared behind Zavok and fired a dark laser, but Zavok blocked that. "Not your piercing laser? You're better than that." Zavok taunted as he proceeded to punch Mephiles in the gut and used an uppercut.
Silvally jumped up and used X-Scissor to knock Mephiles down. "Argh!" He exclaimed before launching fire at the Pokemon as soon as he landed, as he took the hits… but he simply didn't care as he ran forward and used Tri Attack, causing Mephiles to cry out in pain… and then he felt something a bit… staticy.
"A-argh… why can't I move…?! What's with this electricity?!"
"Paralysis." Silvally said as he ran forward and then unleashed Multi Attack as Mephiles cried out in pain again and then Silvally used Tri Attack again to knock him back… and this time his feet was frozen.
"What…?!"
"Game set and match." Zavok smirked as he ran forward and punched him straight to a wall, breaking him out of the ice as well and knocking him out.
End BGM
"Nnngh…" Mephiles groaned as he got up. "Humiliated by a Pokemon… this is just… wrong…!"
"It is time to prepare for your punishment, Mephiles." Zavok said with a smirk. "I've been meaning to do this for a long time." He said and pulled back his fist, but Mephiles aimed his hand and fired a stream of darkness to knock him back. "ARGH!"
"Hmph… I'll deal with you idiots later." Mephiles said as he fired a dark ball of energy into the sky and it exploded in thin air as he soon disappeared into the darkness.
"No…" Maria Jr. whispered, looking down in sadness. "We were so close…"
Silvally walked over to Maria Jr. "Don't worry, we'll get him. His time is running out quicker than he realizes." He said and helped her up and she hugged him.
"Indeed." Zavok nodded.
With Felix…
"Oh dammit! We're retreating already?!" He asked as he got up. "Right when I was about to get in on the action myself." He muttered and opened up a portal. "God dammit!" He cursed and then walked in.
Dry Bowser…
"I must admit… you've improved." Dry Bowser said specifically to Syrena. "But, we will meet again soon." He said and then made a portal of his own, glaring at Worldwalker, Rosalina and Syrena as all three of them were beat up while Dry Bowser had a few wounds on him as well.
"Farewell." He said and walked off into the portal before closing it.
"…He's lucky…" Syrena glared. "I was in the middle of reloading."
"We'll get rid of him… we all will." Rosalina said, holding on to her shoulder and wincing.
"He'll pay for his crimes…" Worldwalker growled.
Back inside Xarina…
They uncovered their eyes, as they looked around. "We're in… Twilight Town?" Qrow wondered.
"The clock tower… but why here?" Cana asked.
"Isn't it obvious?" Cortana asked as they looked up to see her on top of the clock tower. "This is her most cherished place deep inside her mind. Something about Sea Salt Ice Cream and hanging out with her friends all the time, especially with her family."
"…Of course, she spent a lot of time with Axel, Roxas and Xion when she was back in the Organization." Makarov said.
"Indeed, and they still do this sort of thing all the time, including her coward of a husband." Cortana said.
"Demyx is anything BUT a coward!" Cana said. "Sure, he may be timid but he's brave!"
"Sitting precariously on the edge of a clock tower." Qrow said. "Huh, sounds like something I would do... or maybe Yang."
"We need to end this." Chief spoke up, wishing that Cortana wasn't doing what she was doing.
"Yes, we should." Cortana said as she disappeared from the tower before reappearing right in front of the group, smirking.
BGM: The 13th Reflection (Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix)
Cortana spread her arms out and created a shockwave to send them back, but they quickly ran forward as Cana pulled out a card and threw it at the ground. "Prayer's Fountain!" Cana shouted, as Cortana was hit by the water and knocked back as Qrow ran over and slashed her repeatedly and knocked her to a wall.
Makarov launched several fireballs at Cortana but she avoided the fireballs and then sent electricity at him, but he jumped out of the way and launched blizzard magic at her. But she disappeared again to avoid the attack before summoning several floating knives and throwing them, but Qrow slashed them all away before he had his sword transform into its scythe form.
Chief aimed his Assault Rifle at Cortana, wanting to pull the trigger… but his conscience wouldn't allow it, for he didn't want to hurt his old friend, no matter how insane she actually became now. Locke saw this and knew what was going on.
"Chief, I know it's difficult, but the friend you once knew is long gone!" Locke said, proceeding to shoot Cortana as she disappeared and then reappeared close to them, but then Cana ran over and kicked her away.
"…I know she's still in there somewhere…"
"Well, good luck finding her in there then!" Locke said and proceeded to fire at her and some of them actually hitting her as she growled and then flew forward, summoning a blue sword and slashing him away but then Qrow slashed her away and they proceeded to clash. They both looked at each other in the eyes but then Qrow smirked and pulled the trigger, as a bullet pierced her.
"Argh!" Cortana exclaimed before blasting him back and disappeared, reappearing next to Makarov and blasted him away.
…So be it. Chief thought as he ran forward, activating his speed boost and tackled an unsuspecting Cortana to the ground. "Snap out of it! This isn't you!" He ordered, holding her by the arms.
"Still living in the past? Let it go, John. It's not worth it." Cortana told him.
"Don't you remember the good times we had together? How we worked together as a team and how I saved you from the Gravemind? How we took down the Didact together?! Do you not remember ANY of that?!"
"Oh, I do… but that's nothing more than mere pointless memories. It's laughable how you think you can get me back to my old self when I already began what I started!" She said and then kicked him off.
"You think you can just sit there and wipe out humanity with those guardians?!"
"I wasn't going to wipe you out. I was going to let you see the change I've made, but no, that bastard over there took YOU away from me and now you're just against me?! John, you traitor!"
"I'm not the one who's the traitor."
"AND YET, YOU LEFT ME!" Cortana screamed and then ran over to punch him, but he grabbed her by the wrist.
"I don't know what's gotten into you or what Warden did to you, but you need to snap out of it! Halsey didn't design you like this!"
"I don't give a DAMN about Halsey! I don't give a DAMN what you think!" Cortana exclaimed as she fired electricity to knock him back. "If you're against me, I'll just destroy you like I will with the rest!"
"Are all A.I. like this?" Qrow asked.
"Cortana, listen to yourself! I was trying to save you from being corrupted by your rampancy!"
"And you did SUCH a good job with that, didn't you? But no, you had to go get distracted by other things, didn't you?!"
"Don't you remember the time when I saved you from Del Rio?" Chief asked.
"I'm ordering you to remove that A.I.'s data chip and retire it from final dispensation." Del Rio said to a reluctant Commander Lowsky.
"I don't want to… you don't want me to…!" Cortana begged.
"Remove the chip NOW, commander!"
He reluctantly did, but Chief stepped in, pulled Cortana's chip and put it into his helmet. "Give. Me. That. Chip."
"The Didact has to be stopped. If you won't do it… I will."
"I… am ordering you… TO SURRENDER THAT A.I.!"
Chief directly look at him defiantly. "No sir."
Del Rio had enough and looked at Palmer. "Lieutenant! Arrest that man!"
"Captain!" Lowsky spoke up.
"ARREST HIM!"
"CAPTAIN!"
"You continue to live in the past. So what if I was begging? I was weak… but now I'm strong enough to get revenge on mankind and YOU are not stopping me, John!"
"I will stop you, no matter what!" Chief declared and punched her away, as he felt bad for punching her… but what choice did he have?
Cortana growled. "So that's how you want to play?" She asked and then aimed at the group and proceeded to lift them up in the air. "I am sorry, John… but this is where we go our separate ways." She said and then proceeded to shock them all with electricity.
"Cortana…!" Chief exclaimed. "This isn't…!"
"ENOUGH!" Cortana yelled. "WHEN YOU REALIZE THAT THE OLD ME IS LONG GONE?!" She screamed.
"Dammit…! Stop acting like such a bitch!" Cana called her out. "He's just trying to get his old friend back!"
"And look at how well that's working!" Cortana exclaimed and proceeded to shock them again… but this time, a suddenly lightning bolt hit her dead on as she screamed in agony.
End BGM
"That is enough." A voice said as they looked to see Shadow Mewtwo floating over.
"What… where did you come from?!" Cortana asked.
"I am a piece of Xarina's subconscious. And so is she!" Shadow Mewtwo pointed towards the other side of where Cortana was, who looked to see Splatoon Heart coming down for a landing.
"Xarina?" Cana asked.
"No, just the manifestation of her HDD that I created from her memory, in case for a moment like this. It has her personality and everything, but not a second mind in case you ask." Shadow Mewtwo explained.
"Dammit, who would have guessed." Qrow chuckled.
"You think you can just get by and harm Xarina like this?" Shadow Mewtwo asked.
"Yes… I think I can." Cortana said.
"Guess what? We're not going to let you!" Splatoon Heart declared.
"Alright, let's see if you can keep up!" Cortana smirked.
"Sooo… are we just going to stay here then…?" Qrow asked.
"I'm afraid so." Cana said.
BGM: Vim and Vigor (Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix)
Cortana unleashed electricity at them, but Shadow Mewtwo teleported away and Splatoon Heart moved out of the way as she used her telekinesis to pull up Cortana and threw her to the clock tower as Shadow Mewtwo used Thunder to hit her, and then Cortana teleported back to them, but Splatoon Heart hit her with the Ink Brush and sent her away with a bomb.
It was then that Shadow Mewtwo flew over and used Zen Headbutt to knock her back but then Cortana froze the two of them and then fired lightning bolts at them, hurting them but not as bad as she had hoped as Shadow Mewtwo shook it off. "I've had worse hits than that." Splatoon Heart said with a smirk as the two went over.
Cortana growled as she punched the ground to create a shockwave but the two flew up and then Shadow Mewtwo teleported behind Cortana and used Flamethrower and then Splatoon Heart hit her with the Kelp Splatterscope.
"If you're her subconscious… then why isn't she actually fighting back?!" Cortana demanded, looking over at the top of the Clock Tower to see Xarina in a fetal position and crying her eyes out.
"Perks of having friends by her side." Splatoon Heart said and then ran over, summoning the Dynamo Roller and swinging it to knock her back and then Shadow Mewtwo used Psystrike as Cortana cried out in pain but she then teleported and used a shockwave to send them back and hit them with electricity… but that didn't do her much good as Splatoon Heart dove into the ink as Shadow Mewtwo used Earthquake.
"GAAAAH!" Cortana screamed and then Splatoon Heart emerged and punched her in the gut and kicked her away. "Why you…!"
"Let's end this." Splatoon Heart said as Shadow Mewtwo nodded as he teleported away while Splatoon Heart summoned the Killer Wail and used it to send Cortana to a wall and then Shadow Mewtwo teleported in front of her and whacked her away with his tail, then grabbed her and tossed her away as he used Thunder as she screamed in agony… and then she looked up to see an Inkstrike coming down right on top of her.
"…Son of a-" Cortana was cut short when the Inkstrike hit her as she screamed in agony and when the ink settled, Cortana was on her back, knocked out.
End BGM
"And that settles it!" Splatoon Heart said.
"Nnngh…" Cortana groaned as she got up and then realized that the group that she trapped were now free and glaring at her hard. "Hmph, so you beat me… but you're too late. She's already broken at this point."
"So what if she is? She'll move on!" Cana said.
"I don't think so." Cortana said. "You see, I damaged her so much there's a high chance that she will NEVER recover!"
"We'll take those chances and prove you wrong." Makarov declared.
"Hmph, as if that'd ever work." Cortana said. "The only one that can change her for the better is Apocalypse."
"Cortana… you need to stop this. Now." Chief ordered.
"Or what? You're not going to stop this, John. You never will."
"But I will."
"I'd love to see you try." Cortana smirked as she started to disappear. "Wh-what the…?! I'm… being removed?!"
"That's right." Splatoon Heart said. "Say hi to the outside world for me!" She smiled with hands over her head with a grin.
"No! NOOOO!" Cortana screamed before she disappeared.
"…You need to get out of here. She's about to wake up soon." Shadow Mewtwo warned.
"But what about you?" Locke asked.
"Oh, we're part of her subconscious. We're used to this." Splatoon Heart said. "Now get out of here before you're trapped in here forever."
"Right." Cana nodded and then they took off.
Outside…
Nitori threw the chip down on the ground and then stomped her foot on it, smashing it to bits… and then there was a flash… and the real Cortana groaned. "U-ugh…" Cortana groaned as she snapped out of it and looked around, seeing a lot of angry faces.
"I've been meaning to do this for a long time." Hina said, cracking her knuckles with a smirk and then the ones who entered Xarina's subconscious came out.
"Tch, so what?!" Cortana asked. "You think you've won, but there's no point of her going back to the way she was before!"
"She WILL go back to the way she was… YOU BITCH!" Demyx yelled and sucker punched her to the ground... or would have if his fist didn't phase through her.
"My body isn't made of physical matter right now, you fool." Cortana stated, glaring at them before glaring at Chief. "I'll be waiting for you once you're done with these damned Heroes of Light!" She said and then made a portal and ran in.
"…Looks like we won't have to deal with her for a while." Locke said.
"…Were it so easy." Chief whispered, obviously saddened that Cortana had come to this.
"Mmm…" A voice said as they turned to see Xarina waking up, but there were tears running down her cheeks and her eyes were bloodshot. "Dead… they're all… dead…"
"I wouldn't count on it." Demyx said as Xarina opened her eyes with a light gasp and saw her family in front of her.
"D-Demyx…?! Nan… Neo?! Roxas… Namine… Hina…?!" She exclaimed.
"You can't get rid of us that easily." Hina said.
"Guys…" Xarina whispered as more tears fell as she got up and hugged them tightly, never letting go.
It was then that there was a loud groan in agony and then…
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
A voice boomed loudly as the whole earth shook and the building started to cave in, but Hina punched the ground to activate a huge Bubble Shield to protect those in the building so they wouldn't get crushed, and then they saw an angry Apocalypse.
"You!" Apocalypse growled. "You meddled in my plans!"
"So what if we did?" Cana asked, getting in front of Xarina. "We're not letting Xarina over to you!"
Apocalypse growled… it was bad enough that earlier, Magneto had joined them and said he betrayed his comrades to work with Apocalypse, and now THIS? He was not happy at all.
"…I can still make this work." He said and closed his eyes as Demyx, Nan, Neo, Roxas, Namine and Hina started floating up.
"NO!" Xarina screamed.
"You want to save your family? Then come get them." Apocalypse said as he suddenly disappeared into a portal he made along with Xarina's family.
"No… no…!" Xarina said, as her fears were starting to become a reality.
"Wait! I'm picking them up somewhere!" Nitori said, looking at her tracking device. "They're… what the… why are they at The Castle That Never Was?"
"…The place where I spent my first year after I was born…" Xarina whispered as she wiped her tears away… as she clenched her fists. "You guys stay here… I'll be the one who will save my family."
"Xarina… are you sure? We can help you." Aria suggested.
"No. This is my fight… he took my family… and that's entirely unforgivable." Xarina said as she made a portal. "…I'll be back."
"Wait, hold on a second! I'll accompany you!" Flash ran over. "Nan is my best friend, so I'll be damned if I do nothing! And I'm not taking no for an answer."
"…Fine."
Xavier looked at Jean Grey. "Go with them. It might do you some good." He smiled.
"Alright." Jean nodded and walked over to them. "Hey, I'm coming with you."
"…Very well, just don't slow me down." Xarina said and walked into the portal as Flash and Jean walked in, looking concerned for Xarina and the portal closed.
Xarina… why are you going by yourself? Sabrina wondered. You should've let us come with you…
"Sooo… what do we do now?" Ruby asked as they heard roars and another wave of Heartless and Grimm had shown up. There were even some Sentinels as well, Apocalypse having them as part of his ally group.
"Fight, of course!" Yang said.
"…Hey, has anyone seen Kratos?" Samus asked, as all of them didn't know… that Kratos had snuck inside the portal from the other side without any of them knowing.
"I have a feeling Kratos went with them in secret." Tsunade said.
"…Then let's cheer for them while we take these creatures down." Hank said.
"Right!" Aria nodded as they prepared for battle. Xarina… stay strong. She thought and they went straight to battling the Heartless, Grimm, and Sentinels.
When I finished up this chapter, one of my friends said I went full psychological in this chapter. Honestly, I actually didn't realize I went into psychological territory.