Chapter 4: Welcome to Justice City
In a city, a girl with brown hair, chocolate eyes, wearing a green shoulder less shirt with a green top jacket, blue pants, and brown boots notices something in the sky and she's shocked and a boy with jet black hair, brown eyes, wearing a black collared shirt with a black long jacket, blue pants, and red combat boots turns to the girl.
"What is it, Colleen?" The boy asked, calling the girl Colleen.
"Look, Jeremy. Another star is going out." Colleen answered, pointing at the sky and the boy named Jeremy looks up to see a star disappearing.
"Crap. Not another one. C'mon, Colleen. We need to find Brian and Laura." Jeremy said.
"Okay." Colleen said and the two start to move.
Just then, the two see two other people coming their way.
One is a boy with brown hair, some freckles, wearing a red cap backwards, a white T-shirt with a green jacket over it, blue pants, and red tennis shoes.
The other is a girl hair tied to two short pigtails, wearing an orange beanie, a red shirt with a black jacket over it, red skirt, black and red stockings, and black boots.
"T.J., Spinelli. What're you two doing?" Jeremy asked.
"You two seen it too, right? The star disappearing?" The boy named T.J. asked.
"Yes. At this rate, the darkness has a chance of winning." Colleen said.
"We're looking for Brian and Laura. You two return to the professor and Gretchen." Jeremy said.
"But..." T.J. was cut off by Jeremy.
"That's an order." Jeremy said.
"Yes, sir." T.J. said and Jeremy and Colleen leave while T.J. and Spinelli leave as well.
(World of Justice City)
Meanwhile, in what looks like a house, a girl with a mix of brown and blonde hair, wearing a tan shirt, blue pants, and brown boots is talking to another girl with short bobcut brown hair, green eyes, wearing a yellow hoodie, pink skirt, and glasses on her face.
"Are you sure he'll be fine, Ms. Morgan?" The girl asked.
"Don't worry. He'll be under my care. I'm so glad that you and Mikey and Gus managed to find him and bring him here." Morgan said.
"He would've drowned if we didn't do anything." A boy with short spiky blond hair, wearing a green shirt, grey pants, and glasses named Gus said.
"You three go back to the professor's lab." Morgan said.
"What about that boy?" Another boy with blond hair, wearing a white shirt, and wearing brown pants named Mikey said.
"I'll let you how he's doing." Morgan said.
"Thank you so much, Ms. Morgan." The girl said.
"C'mon, Penny." Gus said and the three leave.
"Poor boy...I can't imagine how he's feeling now. He must have lost his world like the rest of us." Morgan said with worry.
Meanwhile, T.J. and Spinelli enter a house and arrive at what looks like a lab, where they find a man with white hair and mustache, wearing goggles, and a lab coat working on something and at his side is another girl with brown hair tied to two low pigtails, wearing a blue and white outfit, and glasses on her face working on something as well.
"Um, Professor, Gretch? Is this a bad time?" T.J. asked.
"Oh, Theodore and Spinelli. How nice of of you two to drop by." The professor said.
"Is there something you two need?" The girl named Gretchen asked.
"Well, Spin and I just saw another star go out. Jeremy and Colleen also saw that happening." T.J. answered.
"Heavens no. More worlds are disappearing one by one by the darkness. This is horrible." The professor said.
"Our only hope is finding this Keybearer so this madness can end." Gretchen said.
"That's what I'm gonna do." T.J. said.
"It's too dangerous. Brian and Laura are probably doing this task. More and more Heartless keep appearing." The professor said.
"I may be Jeremy's student, but I'm not a baby. I can fight." T.J. said.
"Jeremy told us to stay here, Teej." Spinelli said.
"C'mon. When it comes to being a warrior, you gotta face the danger head on. That, and I hardly listen to Jeremy anyway. Let's go." T.J. said, as he leaves the lab and Spinelli follows.
"T.J. is so impulsive." Gretchen said.
"This worries me. I'm even worried about Penny." The professor said.
"I'm sure they'll all be fine, Professor." Gretchen said.
(Morgan's House)
Back at the house, Morgan is staying in Ky is out cold on a bed after his drop from the portal Pax summoned, but as he's still unconscious, he slowly opens his eyes and starts to get up.
"You don't want to get up now." A voice said and Ky turns to see Morgan standing outside the room. "After that fall into the water, I don't think you're in fine condition." Morgan said.
"I'm fine. Really." Ky said, as he gets off the bed. "See?" Ky asked, but he falls to the ground. "That doesn't prove anything." Ky said, as he gets up and Morgan giggles.
"You're so stubborn. Anyway, I'm glad you're awake. Do you have a name?" Morgan asked.
"I'm Ky. Do you know what happened?" Ky asked.
"Well, Penny, Mikey, and Gus told me that they saw you falling from the sky and landed in the water, but they found you and brought you over to me to take care of you." Morgan explained.
"I see. Well, thanks for helping me. I gotta go." Ky said.
"Wait. You can't leave now. It's dangerous outside. There are monsters." Morgan said.
"I think I can take care of myself. I'm not a coward. I also wanna find my friends and my mother." Ky said and Morgan sighs.
"If you think you're capable of taking care of yourself, I won't stop you. If you ever run into trouble, you may come back here." Morgan said.
"Thanks, uh..." Ky stops.
"Oh, where are my manners? I'm Morgan." Morgan introduced.
"Thanks, Morgan. I gotta go." Ky said.
Ky leaves the house and is now in the city.
(Field Theme: Justice City)
(Downtown Justice City)
"I wonder where I am. I should've asked Morgan that. Whatever. I'll just find Griff and my mother. Hopefully, I'll find Pax and Nex too. I just hope I don't see those two maniacs again." Ky said.
Ky starts exploring around the city and he's never been around here before, but he still wants to find his mother and his friends, but as he looks around he finds a shop and decides to enter it.
(Shop)
In the shop, Ky finds a man with orange hair, brown eyes, wearing a grey shirt, green pants, and yellow shoes.
"Oh, someone's here. Welcome to..." The man cuts himself off as he notices Ky. "Oh, it's just some kid." The man said.
"Don't call me a kid! I'm Ky!" Ky said, irritated.
"Okay, okay. Calm down. What's wrong, Ky? You lost?" The man asked.
"Yeah...I am. Where am I?" Ky asked.
"You're in Justice City." The man answered.
"Really? So have you seen my friends or my mother?" Ky asked.
"I'm afraid not." The man answered.
"Oh. I'll keep looking. Thanks anyway." Ky said.
"Don't worry, Ky. I'm sure you'll find them. Listen, I'm Johnny and if you need help, ask me." Johnny said.
"Thanks." Ky said, as he leaves the shop.
Ky keeps exploring around Justice City and arrives at a park.
(Park)
Ky is searching around the park, but just then, shadow creatures appear, much to Ky's surprise and horror.
"Those creatures from Requiem City!" Ky said.
The shadows attack charge at Ky, but just then, his key weapon appears and it slashes at the shadow creature.
"I see...this weapon can kill them." Ky said, as he gets into his fighting stance while holding his key weapon backhanded (A/N: He wields his Keyblade like how Ventus wields his.) and attacks the other shadow creatures.
The shadow creatures attack with their claws, but Ky attacks with his key weapon followed by a spin slash, but one of the shadow creatures sink into the ground and goes behind Ky. Ky swipes his key weapon, but the shadow creatures keep attacking, only for Ky to slash with his key weapon, defeating all of the shadow creatures and Ky puts his key weapon away.
"Glad that's over with. I'd better get back to finding my mother and Griff. I really hope they're okay. Same thing for Pax and Nex." Ky said, as he keeps searching.
Meanwhile, a boy with tan skin, jet black slick hair, brown eyes, wearing a green shirt with a black jacket over it, black finger less gloves, green camouflage pants, and black shoes and a black furred dog wearing a grey collar are searching around for Justice City.
"We gotta hurry and find that Keybearer, Spike. This world and the others will be screwed if we don't find him soon." The boy said and the dog named Spike is picking up a scent, but nothing so far. "Let's keep going, boy." The boy said.
Just then the boy sees Penny, Gus, and Mikey.
"Hey, it's Brian." Penny said.
"Penny, Gus, Mikey. What're you three doing out here? Don't you it's dangerous out here?" Brian asked.
"I know, but we saw someone drowning in the water unconscious and we couldn't ignore him." Penny said.
"We took him over to Morgan so she can take care of him until he can move again." Mikey said.
"You did good, but I think your uncle's getting worried, Penny." Brian said.
"Yeah. We're on our way back anyway." Penny said and the three leave for the lab.
"I gotta keep finding that Keybearer before things get outta hand." Brian said and Spike starts to bark. "Spike, what's wrong, boy?" Brian asked and Spike points at a rooftop to find a figure running on the rooftop and with him are three black phantoms. "That guys looks dangerous." Brian said and just then something is ringing and Brian picks it up. "Laura, what's up?" Brian asked.
"Brian, the Heartless are surrounding me. I know you're trying to find the Keybearer, but..." Laura was cut off.
"Hang on, Laura. I'm on my way." Brain said, as he turns his phone off. "The Keybearer will have to wait, Spike. Let's help Laura first." Brian said and Spike barks in agreement and they move.
Meanwhile, Ky keeps searching around through Justice City to continue his search while fighting off shadow creatures that keep appearing and he defeats them and Ky keeps looking until he finds what looks like a hotel. Kydecides to enter it to see if his mother and friends are here, but he doesn't see anyone, so he decides to leave the hotel and he keeps searching through the city, but so far there's no luck finding his mother or his friends.
"Man. Where can they be? It's such a big city. It's also easy to get lost in. Maybe someone knows where..." Ky was cut off by a scream. "Huh? What's going on?" Ky asked and another scream is heard. "I'd better find out where that scream is coming from." Ky said.
Ky goes through the city to find out where the screaming is coming from, but another scream is heard and Ky keeps going.
"I bet that scream is coming from the park." Ky said, as he makes his way to the park.
Meanwhile, at the park a girl with long light blue hair, blue eyes, wearing a violet sleeveless top with pink trims, orange skirt, pink shoes, pink bracelet on her left arm, and a ruby amulet around her neck is running away from something until she stops and turns to face a cloaked figure wearing a mask over the face and at the figure's side are the three black phantoms.
"I'm warning you! You'd better stay away from me!" The girl warned.
"Oh, come off it, girly! I heard that a girl managed to survive the invasion by the darkness and you must be the only girl I'm looking at." The figure said and it's a male twisted voice.
"Yeah. I might have survived the darkness' invasion of my world, but you've got the wrong girl." The girl said.
"Really? Because I don't see anyone else from your world. One of my leader's Black Xetis told me that someone is here and you must be it. Now come with me or else I'll use force. You'd hate me when I'm angry." The masked male said, as he opens his palms to open one slit eye on each palm and mouths open, showing slithering black and red forked tongues on each palm as well. "My body yearns for human flesh." The masked male said.
"I'm not going with you! Go ahead and kill me." The girl said.
Ky arrives at the park and he sees the girl being confronted by the masked male figure.
"That girl looks like she's being attacked. I gotta help her." Ky said.
"You must have a death wish, little girl. Very well. I'll eat you alive. It's been too long since I've had human flesh." The masked male said.
"Do what you want! I'm still NOT going with a creep like you!" The girl said.
"Stubborn child. Come're." The masked male said.
"Leave the girl alone!" A voice demanded and the masked male turns to see Ky.
"Aren't you adorable? I'll deal with you later. Let me eat this girl first." The masked male said.
"I said leave...her...alone!" Ky demanded.
"I was going to save you for later, but I guess I'll eat you, then the girl." The masked male said.
"Bring it." Ky said, as he summons his key weapon.
"Time for dinner!" The masked male said.
(Battle Theme: Night of Fate)
The masked male lashes with one of his tongues, but Ky dodges and tries to attack back, but the masked male lashes with another tongue, only for Ky to attack with his key weapom. The masked male figure dodges and spin lashes with his tongues, but Ky blocks and tries to attack with his key weapon, only for the masked male to slither away and then attacks with snaky moves followed by another tongue attack, getting Ky, despite him blocking the attack and Ky gets knocked back to the ground from the attack.
"Are you giving up already?" The masked male mocked.
"No way!" Ky yelled as he charges at the masked male.
Ky attacks with his key weapon, but the masked male strikes with his tongues, but Ky dodges and slide dashes, only for the masked male to slither to move and then flip kicks followed by snaky attacks. Ky recovers from the attacks and attacks with his key weapon, but the masked male grabs Ky and then sends him to the ground and kicks Ky, who retaliates with another slide dash and then delivers a spin slash, but the masked male counters with his tongues, but Ky dodges and strikes with his key weapon.
"You little brat. I'll admit you're not bad, but you have no chance against me." The masked male said. "Black Xetis! Attack!" The masked male commanded and phantom Black Xetis appear and charge at Ky, who swipes with his key weapon, but the phantoms turn invisible.
Just then, something holds them and they turn to see the girl levitating them.
"What the...?" Ky asked.
"I'll hold them off. Go!" The girl said.
"No way! I'm not leaving you." Ky said, as he slashes at the phantoms, destroying them.
"Heh. Not bad, kid. So he's the one the Dark Lord wants. Good." The masked male said, as he attacks with his tongues, but the girl throws a fireball at the masked male. "How irritating. PHANTOMS!" The masked male called forth more phantoms and they attack.
The phantoms attack, but the girl manages to get herself and Ky out of the phantom attack.
"C'mon. We can get out of here without them knowing." The girl said.
"Okay. Let's go." Ky said, as they get out of the park.
"You know, this day just keeps getting better. First, I found the girl who survived the invasion and now I have found the punk kid with the Keyblade. I'd better inform the Dark Lord." The masked male said.
Meanwhile, Ky and the girl have managed to escape from the park and they stop at a town square.
(Town Square)
"That was a close call. Thanks for the save." Ky said.
"Actually, I should be thanking you. If you hadn't shown up, I would've been dead or eaten by now." The girl said.
"I just hate seeing an innocent person getting hurt." Ky said.
"Thanks. By the way, I don't think we've introduced. I'm Elena." Elena introduced.
"Nice to meet you, Elena. I'm Ky." Ky introduced.
"So tell me, Ky. Is this your first time in Justice City too?" Elena asked.
"You could say that. I'm from Requiem City." Ky said and he starts explaining about what happened during the night in Requiem City, the shadows that attacked Ky, two evil people appearing, and being separated from his mother and his friends.
"Wow. That's some story. I'm sorry that happened to you." Elena said.
"No prob. What's your story?" Ky asked.
"Well, I'm from Platinum City and last night, it was invaded by not only those shadow creatures you mentioned, but those phantom creatures that masked freak commands. All of my friends and family were...killed during the invasion and I somehow escaped." Elena explained.
"Sheesh. I'm really sorry." Ky said.
"It's not your fault. Hey, since you're looking for your mother and your friends, I can help you." Elena said.
"Thanks, but you don't have to." Ky said.
"I don't, but you helped me and I want to return the favor." Elena said.
"I bet you won't take no for an answer. Okay. Let's go together. We'll be safe if we stick together." Ky said.
"Yeah. Let's look around. I'm sure they're here somewhere." Elena said.
"I hope so. We should watch our backs for those shadow creatures and that masked freak we saw earlier." Ky said and Elena nods and the two search through Justice City.
Meanwhile, Brian defeats the Heartless and saves Laura.
"Thanks, Brian." Laura said.
"Glad you're okay." Brian said and just then they see Jeremy and Colleen. "Jeremy, Colleen. What are you two doing here?" Brian asked.
"Looking for you." Jeremy answered.
"Don't need to. I was searching for the Keybearer." Brian said and Spike is picking up a scent and starts barking. "Spike, what is it, boy?" Brian asked.
"I think he's trying to lead us what he found." Colleen said.
"C'mon." Jeremy said.
"Lead the way, boy." Brian said and they move.
Meanwhile, Ky and Elena continue to search until they find the shop Ky found earlier and they enter again and they find Johnny.
"Oh, hey, Ky. Good to see you again. Who's your girlfriend?" Johnny asked.
"Elena's not my girlfriend, she's my friend." Ky said.
"That's a shame. You two would make a good couple. So any luck finding who you were looking for?" Johnny asked.
"No. Not yet, but we're still finding them." Ky said.
"I see. Let me know if you need help." Johnny said and the two nod and they leave the shop.
Ky and Elena leave the shop, but just then, they hear a voice.
"You have no idea where we're going, do you, Teej?" A voice said and they see T.J. and Spinelli.
"Maybe not, but I'm still searching for this Keybearer." T.J. said.
"We've been through this city, there's no way that..." Spinelli stops talking, as she bumps into Ky. "Hey, watch where you're going!" Spinelli yelled.
"You're the one who was distracted while walking!" Ky yelled.
"Spin, are you..." T.J. cuts himself off as he sees Ky and Elena. "Who're you two?" T.J. asked.
"Name's Ky and this is Elena. What do you want from us?" Ky asked, pointing his key weapon at the two.
"Hey, relax. I was just..." T.J. cuts himself off, as he sees Ky's weapon. "Spin, you see what I'm seeing?" T.J. asked.
"Yeah. I think that's it." Spinelli said.
"What are you two talking about?" Elena asked.
"You. Why'd the Keyblade choose you?" T.J. asked Ky.
"Keywhat?" Ky asked, confused.
"That thing in your hand is a Keyblade. If you keep wielding it, those creatures will keep coming after you and your girlfriend." T.J. said.
"Elena's not my girlfriend! She's my friend!" Ky yelled.
"And what do you mean by those creatures coming after us if Ky wields that weapon?" Elena asked.
"Look, we're looking for the Keybearer and that happens to be you." Spinelli said.
"You two are coming with us. I'm bringing you to my master." T.J. said.
"Your...master? You're working for that Zervik guy! He sent you attack me! We're NOT coming with you!" Ky sanpped, getting into his fighting stance.
"Fine. If that's how it's gonna be..." T.J. then takes out a knife.
"Elena, stand back." Ky said.
T.J. attacks with his knife, but Ky dodges and attacks with his key weapon, only for T.J. to jump back and slashes with his knife followed by a roundhouse kick, but Ky dodges and attacks with his key weapon followed by a spin slash. T.J. strikes back, but Ky moves and side dashes, only for T.J. to throw a knife, but Ky blocks with his key weapon and then attacks with his key weapon. T.J. jumps back and attacks with his knife again, but Ky counters and attacks back, but T.J. roundhouse kicks, only for Ky to attack with his key weapon followed by another slide dash, but T.J. throws his knife again. Ky dodges the throwing knives and delivers one final strike with his key weapon at T.J., making him get on his knees and he breathes heavily and Ky does the same.
"N-Now...I-I'm...gon..." Ky stops talking, as he falls to the ground.
"Ky!" Elena cried and T.J. gets up.
"You okay, T.J.?" Spinelli asked.
"Yeah. He's kinda tough for a Keyblade newbie." T.J. said.
"What's the matter, Teej? You slipping?" A voice asked and T.J. turns to see another boy who is dark skinned, has black hair, wearing a white shirt with a green jersey over it, grey shorts, and black shoes walking to him.
"I just went easy on him, Vince. That's all." T.J. said.
"So what now?" Vince asked.
"There you are!" A voice said and they see Jeremy, Colleen, Brian, Laura, and Spike appearing. "T.J., I can't believe you disobeyed me again! You and Spinelli were supposed to stay at the lab!" Jeremy scolded.
"I just wanted to help..." T.J. said and the four see the unconscious Ky.
"What happened?" Brian asked.
"Well, Spin and I found this boy and that girl and we realize that he has the Keyblade and we wanted him to come with us, but he thought we were evil and attacked. I only fought to defend ourselves." T.J. explained.
"So you found the Keybearer. Still, it looks likes things are getting worse than I thought." Jeremy said.
"What do you mean?" Elena asked.
"We need you to come with us. We're not gonna hurt you. We're actually trying to get this kid and you to safety." Jeremy said, picking up Ky. "Let's get to the lab." Jeremy said and they all leave.
Well, that's it for this chapter. Did you like it? I hope so. Doing my best to make this story awesome. Next time, Ky wakes up and he and Elena understand what the creatures are and what Ky's weapon is. Don't forget to review. I'll see you all next time.