Chapter 2
Unexpected Allies
Another loud explosion, this time sending debris down the hallway. Sora stood up now, growing anxious to find out if what was happening was good or bad. Suddenly, Riku ran by, skimming all of the cells and almost not noticing Sora.
"Riku?" Sora called.
"Oh, there you are!" Riku cried. He was holding a piece of pipe, probably one that had fell off the ceiling or a wall. He easily broke through the cage and released Sora.
"What's going on?" Sora asked.
"I don't know. Someone is firing at this place," he said quickly, pushing Sora in the direction he planned to escape from.
"Are they good?" Sora asked.
"I don't know Sora!" Riku snapped. "I mean, judging by the fact that the two places they hit were points farthest away from the cells, I think so." They turned a corner and saw one of the creatures ripping apart a man who was also escaping due to the confusion.
"Ahh-" Sora screamed, quickly being muffled by Riku who drug him back around the corner. It was too late. The creature heard them and was shuffling towards them.
"It heard us," Riku said, stating the obvious.
"Should we attack it?" Sora suggested. Riku looked at the wall ahead of them. It was vibrating. A loud propelling noise grew closer.
"I don't think we're gonna have to," Riku said. He grabbed Sora's arm and pulled him down the hall as the creature stopped to observe the vibration. A giant machine plowed through the wall, catching the creature in one of it's propellers. Riku was trying to pull Sora away, but Sora intently stared at the huge machine, examining what it could be.
"Come on!" Riku yelled. Sora finally complied. They ran down the confusing corridors that seemed like they were going nowhere.
"Riku? How the hell are we going to get out of here!" Sora yelled, becoming extremely nervous.
"I don't know, just keep running," he replied. As they ran down a much wider corridor, something was beginning to come out of the ground in mass quantities.
"Riku?" Sora said quietly.
"Is it-" Riku started, but his question was answered before he finished. The monsters erupted out of the ground and stood in two single filed lines. They stared at them.
"It must be one of the exits if they are guarding it this closely," Sora said.
"I don't think that helps us because we can't fight them," Riku said. "Run!" They both turned to sprint as the creatures made their first move. Riku had turned completely, but Sora looked over his shoulder. A sudden explosion of rock from the ceiling and a man dressed in a black cloak with sliver hair to his feet and a single wing from his back dropped to the ground. He pulled out the longest sword Sora had ever seen in his life and drove it through one of the lines, piercing all of them on that side. Sora stopped in shock.
The creatures on the other side turned to view the man and they began screeching in disgust. A second man fell from the ceiling, landing harder than the first. He had blonde spiky hair and carried a large, thick sword that looked impossible to carry. He swung at some of the monsters, driving them into the wall. The first man lifted a hand and sent some kind of magic at the remaining creatures turning them to ash.
"Are they here to save us?" Riku asked. Creatures sprouted from the wall now and jumped at the men who began fending them off back to back.
"Let's find another exit," Sora suggested, hoping that whatever monsters in this building would come here and would leave the others exits open.
They sprinted down what they thought was a different path. They turned the corner and met a door. Riku opened it and stepped inside, holding the door for Sora.
"Thanks," Sora said, appreciating his manners, even at a time like this. This room looked like a cafeteria.
"I don't know if this is going to lead out of here," Riku said.
"What's that?" Sora asked, pointing to a large circle in the middle of the room that was rising up and down, as though taking in breathes.
"I don't-" The circle now rose up to growl. It resembled the same creatures except this one was rose to nearly touch the ceiling which was about three stories tall.
"Umm..." Sora stuttered. The door closed behind them.
"Excuse me," a man said. He had darker silver hair and wore black, but the strange thing about him was his red, flaring eyes. He jumped all the way up to the creatures head and pulled a spear from nowhere, slicing through its thick skin. Smaller creatures began forming off this larger one and dropping to the ground, waiting for the man to come down. The sound footsteps came behind them once again. This time, a pale woman in a large black dress, held together with several belts at the bottom with fur trimming at the sleeves, on the chest, and on the bottom. She held a doll with a orange nose and X's for eyes. A type of antennae grew from the head and had a red ball at the end.
"You know, we aren't doing this to entertain you, you could help," she said with calm, enchanting voice.
"We don't have weapons," Sora protested. She reached behind her and pulled out two small swords and handed them over, keeping her doll close to her at all times.
"Thanks," Riku said.
"Don't mention it," she said passing them, holding her hand up in the air. As she did, her doll mimicked her. Lighting started to shoot down at the monsters. As some began approaching them, they held their new swords at a ready position. Three monsters charged at them. Riku made quick work of two, cutting them into submission. Sora had trouble hitting his, as it evaded quickly. It tried spraying acid at him, but sudden burst of water knocked it from its path.
The woman smiled as she sent a lightning bolt at the creature. The man was now attaching some kind of hitch to locations on the large creature. When he finished, he fed a cable through each one. He then grabbed both ends and pulled with so much force, it severed the creature in several locations. A creature popped out of the wall and tackled the woman. She dropped her doll and it rolled a bit before stopping itself. As the woman tried to stand, the creature landed on her, hissing violently. The doll waddled over and kicked it in the leg, providing no help whatsoever, but trying desperately to help it's master. Sora ran over and drove his blade through it's head.
"Thank you," she said, standing up and brushing herself off. The doll hugged Sora's leg. "My moogle seems grateful as well." She outstretched a hand and it jumped up to her, returning to it's rightful place.
"Sora," Riku called, noticing another large creature coming from the wall.
"You two should go, now. Head out and make two lefts and two rights. Look for a hole in the wall. Go," she said.
They followed her advice, quickly leaving. They made the correct turns and found the hole. As they approached it, a creature popped up and blocked their way. They stood, ready to attack with their swords, before an arm appeared from behind the wall, holding a gun to it's head. It grew limp as it prepared to be shot.
Before the gun shot, a woman from the other side with short sliver hair, wearing a back outfit with boots with large heels, came up to the creature and violently twisted the creatures head around with a uncomfortable snapping sound. Sora twitched.
"Paine!" the woman holding the gun cried.
"You take too long," Paine stated bluntly. "You two seen a girl named Riku? Blonde hair, skimpy outfit, kind of insane." They shook their heads.
"Paine, she is not here. I told you to let it go. She didn't make it okay. Why are making this harder on me?" the girl said, revealing herself. She wore a whit shirt with a strange symbol in the center and half of a blue and white skirt that tied around her shorts. She had tall boots that were laced to the top.
"Because she isn't dead Yuna," Paine stated.
"Look, can you get us out of here?" Riku asked.
"Yes," Yuna stated.
"No," Paine stated at the same time.
"Paine! Of course you can. We are here to help," Yuna said, guiding outside through the debris. The giant machine that they witnessed crash through the wall was sitting outside. These people had set up a small camp as they battled their way through the compound.
"We will be leaving shortly. I appears our little run in with guns blazing idea failed terribly. Only four people survived including you two," Yuna told them.
"Yuna! Let's go!" a familiar voice yelled. It was the woman with the strange doll.
"Oh no," Yuna said. The rest of the people that were fighting inside were now rushing out. The only one Sora did not recognize was a man with a strange sword combined into a gun.
"Cid set another damn explosive, the man with spiky blonde hair said angrily. The man he spoke off was now charging out. Everyone was boarding now. Sora and Riku followed everyone to the spacious cockpit. The machine began to start up. The man named Cid walked in laughing.
"Damn I'm glad I found those explosives," he said happily, helping with the lift off.
"What is your obsession with blowing every thing up!" Yuna yelled.
They took off quickly and you could the vibrations of the explosion. Sora suddenly thought off what Yuna had told him. Two other people made it. He looked around for someone else belonging to Destiny Islands. He found them. Neither of them was his mother. He sat on the ground. His mother had been killed. And he was now traveling on board with some kind of lunatic freedom fighters. All he had left was Riku.
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