The Legend of the Keyblade
Chapter Eighteen: Kill Them Before They Kill Us
The Keybladers
"That is a good question mate, one I'm sure many people are wondering about." Jack replies. Jayson looks at him and shrugs.
"But it's just a theory, I mean there could be another reason why you guys haven't aged, died, or felt time pass. Maybe time flows differently in the different worlds."
"Nice try mate, but I don't buy that." Jack says.
"And why is that?" Jayson asks.
"Because it isn't bloody logical."
"Is anything that is happening to these worlds logical? I mean come on, the best hero in this world is a pirate, tell me that that is logical." Jayson points out. Jack shrugs nonchalantly.
"Anything is possible really. I mean between cursed Aztec gold to this Organization-"
"Did you say cursed Aztec gold?" Jayson asks.
"Yes."
"Maybe that's why you haven't been affected maybe the curse has been taken on in a different manner, but only seemed to go away, and it might not even be that curse, what if all of the worlds were cursed some how, so that time didn't move, or moved very slowly."
"I never thought about that." Jack replies slowly.
"But that's just a theory too." Jayson says with a sigh.
"Who really knows anything?" Jack replies.
"Not me, maybe Sora did, but he appears to be dead or missing. And no one seems to want to fill us in on what's happening which is getting old, very quickly."
"How far will you go to get your answers?" Jack asks.
"As far as it takes." Jayson replies confidently.
"What if you don't like the answer you receive?" Jack asks.
"I don't know. Maybe I'll go home, maybe I'll continue on or go into denial. I haven't thought about it, why Jack? Do you have my answers?" Jayson asks.
"No mate, just wondering."
"So am I. I don't know how far I'll go before I break, or one of the others break. Maybe we aren't meant to beat the Organization, then again maybe we are. I just don't know."
"Sometimes the questions are worse than the answers." Jack says. Slowly the little Shadow Heartless appear on deck.
"It seems for now, we're done waiting." Jack says. Jayson feels the keyblade drop into his hand as he stares at the small heartless. Then the silvery nobodies appear and start to sway towards him.
Jayson? Jayson shook his head, it had sounded like Eden.
Jayson?! It sounded like Ivory then. He rubbed his eyes and ran into the fray of fighting crew members and nobodies/heartless.
--
Eden looked at Ivory. Ivory's face was pinched with worry.
"Do you think he heard us?" Ivory asks.
"I have no idea. We don't even know if it worked. I mean I always knew that we were connected, but-"
"You didn't think that we could actually call to each other." Ivory finishes. Will and Elizabeth look at them with confusion.
"Maybe it's the keyblades." Eden says.
"I never thought of that." Ivory says, and Ivory shivers.
"What?"
"I just felt like something tapped me in the stomach."
--
Jayson leaned over as one of the shorter heartless rammed into him, knocking the breath out of him. He wheezed a second before breathlessly taking the heartless out.
"You alright boy?" Jack yelled over to him
Jayson waved an arm at him, unable to speak as he gulped air into his lungs. Jack took the sign for what it was and continued to vanquish heartless and nobodies from his beloved ship. Jayson throws his keyblade at a nobody that was about to attack one of the crew member back and summons it back to his hand. The crewmember looked relieved and went on what he was doing. Jayson looked around for another easy target and realized slowly that for everyone they took out five appeared.
We're so screwed.
The Organization
"Hello ladies." Eden and Ivory turn around and look at Axel and Demyx who were standing at least ten feet away from them, Eden summoned her keyblade and clutched tightly enough that her knuckles when white. Ivory summoned her own weapon and held it in her hand loosely.
"What do you want?" Eden asks.
"This and that." Axel says.
"What?" Ivory says confused.
"But mostly, that." Demyx points to the Black Pearl and then each of their keyblades.
"You'll have to take them then." Ivory says bitterly, with a strange faraway look on her face. Eden looked at her for a moment and got the same faraway look on her face.
"What are you doing?" Axel asks curiously. They didn't respond. Axel moved to take Ivory's keyblade but her eyes abruptly regained their focus and she slashed her keyblade at him.
"Back off." She snaps. Eden regains her on focus and looks at the two Organization members in undisguised anger.
"You thought you could trap us." Eden says. Axel and Demyx stare at them for a moment.
"Where is Jayson?" Axel asks.
"Not here." Ivory says.
"Well that's obvious!" Axel snaps. Ivory glares at him.
"What are you doing?" Demyx asked curiously. Ivory looks at him as Elizabeth and Will hit the two Organization members over the head with a large plank of wood.
"Distracting you." She says as they fall limply to the ground.
The Keybladers
Jayson!! A voice shockingly like Ivory's yells.
JAYSON!! Eden's voice yells inside his head.
Eden? Ivory?
It's a trap! They spilt us up so they could defeat us separately. Come back! Ivory's voice pleads inside his head.
"Jack!"
"What!"
"There are too many of them! It's a trap!"
"What?!" Jack yells. Jayson rolls his eyes.
"You heard me!" He yells. Jack bodily throws a nobody over board in frustration. Jayson refrains from laughing at the pirate.
"Then how the bloody hell are we going to get out of this," he looks at the crowded deck.
"How the hell am I supposed to know?" Jayson yells.
"You're the Keyblader; you're supposed to have all the bright idea's." He replies.
"What? Who the hell made up that rule?" Jayson replies.
"Mates this all good and dandy, but could one of you come up with an idea to save our sorry ass's!" One of the crewmembers yells.
"How about we kill them before they kill us." Jayson yells.
"Sounds good." Came a unanimous reply.
--
"Where is he?" Eden yells.
"I don't know!" Ivory replies in a much calmer voice.
"He should be here! What if he's trapped on that damn boat!" Eden says.
"What if he is? There is nothing either of you could do about it, short from stealing a ship." Eden and Ivory look at each other and a small but crazed grin appears on their faces.
"A ship you say?" Eden asks innocently.
"That's stealing!" Will says aghast.
"Not stealing commandeering." Elizabeth says with a knowing smile. Will sighs in defeat and they all go to the docks, dragging the two unconscious Organization member behind them.
--
"What's that noise?" Jayson yells.
"Cannons!"
"Who the hell is firing cannons?" Jayson yells.
"That ship over there!" A crewmember yells. Jayson and Jack both look over a the ship that was speedily gaining on them. Not more than five feet across from them, Will, Ivory, and Eden jump over the side of the ship and onto the Pearl and start taking out the 'enemy'.
"I think our odds have just evened out!" Jayson yells.
--
After the fight and when they were back on land Ivory and Eden explained how they captured the two Organization members.
"You know they can just get away when they wake up."
"That's not the point." Eden says.
"So you didn't see any Organization members?" Ivory asks in confusion.
"No, I think they were hoping to overwhelm me with sheer numbers." Jayson says with a shrug.
"Well." Eden says.
"Do you think we should leave now?" Ivory asks.
"Now is as good as ever." Jayson replies with a shrug. As they were walking back to the Gummi Ship Jack pulls Jayson off to the side.
"Are you going to tell them your thoughts?"
"No." Jayson opens his mouth but is cut off.
"I will not tell them, but I hope that you will."
"You're a pirate, what do you care about truth?"
"A lot, its good to know what's behind you." Was his reply. He slaps him on the back and Jayson slowly make's his way onto the Gummi Ship.