InterLUDE: A Quest of Rings

By THE Xenomorph

Disclaimer: I own only Perfection and Wraith.

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Universe: Spliced-Verse

Unwelcome Invader

"This is my cue to leave..." Perfection said as he quietly vanished.

Captain Planet, Sora, Riku, King Mickey and the others were all standing ready to fight. Every last one.

"Whatever help you need, we're here." Mister Fantastic said.

"Yeah, Flame on!" The Human Torch exclaimed as he lit himself on fire.

"Nice." Captain Planet smiled. "But mines bigger, hotter and brighter." Captain Planet embraced himself in a flaming tower. "Come on Darkness, lets go!"

"Hey!" Darkness snapped, "This is totally unfair! I need some back up!"

"Then back up you shall have." An ominous voice called from a small tear in reality. Several shadows and Neo Shadows poured from the crack before the world sealed it once more.

"That was creepy." Wheeler admitted.

"That was Xemnas!" Riku and Sora said as one.

"He can't be alive!" Sora gasped.

"It'll have to wait." Riku said as the Shadows and their larger cousins charged.

"Captain Planet, can you handle Captain Darkness alone?" Kairi asked as she approached the flaming hero.

"Looks like I'll have to." Planet admitted.

"No you won't." Sora smiled to Riku.

"Right I'll take the heartless." Riku smiled back.

"Donald! Goofy!" Sora shouted and his friends quickly saluted. "Let's show'em what Final Form can do!"

"All right!" Donald said in his warbled voice.

"We're here for ya Sora!" Goofy smiled.

As they finished speaking both of them were absorbed into Sora's body and his black clothes became white, he floated off the ground and he had two Keyblades, one his normal the other longer and much more intimidating. The Keyblades however simply floated to the side of his hands as if invisible hands were holding them from his back.

"We're ready!" Sora said excitedly, a hint of Goofy and Donald's voices were in his own. "Let's take this creep down!"

"All right!" Wheeler shouted. "We'll help with the Heartless."

Captain Planet and Sora quickly took to the sky and charged Planet's darker and more twisted doppleganger. Planet fired a bolt of ice at his evil twin which Darkness managed to dodge with ease. Sora came at him with his own attacks, several powerful swings that Darkness again managed to dodge. Planet then came in from the side with a fist made of rock. Darkness allowed himself to take the blow, but was surprised when the fists was filled with lava. Darkness flew back in pain while his gray skin boiled up, agitated by the natural power.

"He's strong, we can't take him even with the two of us at full power." Sora grunted as he watched Darkness' reaction.

"Who said I was using full power?" Captain Planet smiled. "Planeteers, I need the power of the spirits!"

Kwame heard this below as he and wheeler were using their spirits to provide an advancing wall on several shadows. He looked up and nodded to the Captain.

"Quickly focus our spirits on Captain Planet." Kwame said. "Golem to our friend's aid!"

Wheeler gulped, but knew that Captain Planet would need the power. "Agni, help'em out!"

"Ariel to Captain Planet!" Linka said with confidence as she kicked a shadow into a stone.

"Leviathan!" Gi shouted as the spirits finally condense.

Golem sprang from the earth and enshrouded Captain Planet's arms and legs in a crust like armor. Agni sprouted from where Golem did and encased his Fists and feet. Ariel swirled into existence and created an almost invisible shield around him while Leviathan sprang from the sea, passed through the shield and quickly became a composite armor for Captain Planet's remaining exposed body.

"One more to go!" Captain Planet shouted.

"But I don't have a spirit." Ma-ti said.

"You do Ma-ti, he's always watched over you." Planet looked to Kezqua.

"So be it." Kezqua said. "Big Q, could use your help here..."

Without warning the sun let off an intense wave of heat as the god Quetzalcoatl descended to earth and ripped his servant's body asunder in a powerful blast of solar energy.

"Well now this just sucks..." Kezqua grumbled. "I better get a new body after this!" He shouted to his patron deity. "Do it kid, I'm all right."

Ma-ti blinked before raising his ring. "Kezqua help Captain Planet?"

"Sure, why not." Kezqua's spirit shot forward and as it passed through the shield it formed into a spear of light in Captain Planet's hands.

"OH COME ON!" Darkness shouted, "What are you a Power Ranger?!"

To his left Deadpool's familiar face exited a dimensional tear. "Becareful what you say man, they'll hear you and then you'll be stuck like me, a Deadpool in a Power Ranger's school." He then grabbed Darkness by the collar. "GET ME OUTTA HERE! WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE A SECOND TRIP HERE?" He then promptly disappeared.

"Let's just get this over with." Darkness groaned as he shot forward a single condensed beam of darkness at both Sora and Captain Planet. It hit both dead on, and sent Sora sailing to the ground, Goofy and Donal materialized as he fell. Captain Planet however was completely unfazed.

"That wasn't nice." Planet said as the voices of the spirits condensed along with his own. "We don't like that." The shield around Planet suddenly extended ad the spear shot into it and created a net like filter. As it expanded outward Captain Darkness touched the edge and reeled back in extreme pain as his left hand burned itself to a stump. The net continued extending outward as Darkness backpedaled in fear, the shadows and Neo shadow's caught in it's wake were obliterated as it ripped them to pieces. When it touched Sora, Donald and Goofy however they were revived from unconsciousness, but still very weak. As the light finished spreading over the island Captain Darkness growled in disgust and tore open a dimensional hole and vanished into it. Soon after holes opened up behind the other Eco-Villains and they two vanished.

Captain Planet then descended to the earth as the spirits promptly returned to their rings, but Kezqua merely took a new physical body next to Ma-ti. When Captain Planet reached the earth he looked to the Planeteer and smiled. "The power is yours!" He said as he broke apart and returned the basic power of the rings.

Soon the island had calmed down and a lot of the people who were visiting had left. Only Pyro, Larry, Toad and Althea remained behind. Sora and his friends were given rooms on New Hope Island and were even given a quick tour. In the evening Sora was sitting on the docks with Kairi and Riku when Ma-ti and Larry approached with the other visiting Misfits in tow behind them.

"Hey." Sora stood up as did Riku and Kairi. "Nice to finally meet you." Sora extended his hand for a shake.

The groups exchanged their official greetings and sat down along the pier. Riku was mostly silent as Ma-ti and Larry asked Sora questions about the creatures they had seen in Larry's visions.

"You know you spoke to us in our dreams." Riku said. "Never seen Sora so determined to help someone, but then again that's just what he does."

"Aw..." Sora blushed. "Thanks Riku."

"You mean you were really talking to us?" Ma-ti asked.

"Yup." Sora smiled "In my dreams."

"Were they nice dreams about a certain little brunette?" Althea asked teasingly. Sora and Kairi simply blushed.

"They were visions." Riku said, "And you barely avoided the first death in what could be a huge list of casualties."

Ma-ti shook his head somberly. "No we didn't. Dr. Blight's heart, she gave it to the darkness for more power."

"Better an enemy than an ally." Riku said.

"Come on Riku, you know that's not true." Sora said, a slightly depressed look crossed his face.

"I know, but in this war, just about any normal enemy is a better loss than him." Riku said.

"Why me?" Ma-ti asked.

"You don't know." Riku smiled.

"Know what?" Ma-ti asked.

Sora tossed hiss key blade to Ma-ti in response. Ma-ti caught it, but instead of removing itself back to Sora's hand it simply stayed. "You're a key bearer."

"But..." Ma-ti handed the Key blade back. "I don't have a Key blade... and I could never use it." Ma-ti said with a look of slight disgust.

"Key blades aren't just weapons." Kairi said with a smile. "They can heal and help others, they're only weapons as a last resort."

"Yeah." Sora said with a smile, "Don't think of it as a weapon, it's more like an all purpose tool."

"An all purpose sneak outta your room at night tool I bet." Todd smirked.

"How'd you know that?" Kairi and Sora said at the same time and then blushed.

"Awwwwww!" Todd snapped to attention. "I knew it!"

"We all did Toddles." Althea smiled.

"Ah!" Pyro jumped back, everyone looked to see Kezqua standing over him.

"No playing with fire on the wooden docks, sawdust for brains." Kezqua grumbled.

"You know... he's like the Planeteer's own Logan." Larry said.

"Yup, X-Men have Logan, we have Low Light, Maximals have Rattrap, the turtles have... uh... no one. And the Planeteers have Kezqua." Todd smiled.

"I need a stiff drink..." Kezqua groaned as he walked away with Pyro's lighter in hand. Pyro was quick to follow.

"So is it starting?" Althea turned to Sora.

"No, we just came ahead of schedule." Sora smiled.

"And as such..." Wraith appeared at the end of the dock where three shadowed forms walked out from behind him.

"No way..." Sora blinked.

"It can't be." Kairi gasped.

"Who are they again?" Riku asked.

"Roxas, born into this world for real." Roxas smiled as he charged up several energy balls. "And I'm a mutant." He walked over to Sora and gave him a a hand shake.

"I'm Naminé, also born into this world for real." She smiled and ran up and hugged Kairi. "Wraith's letting me use magic."

"Name's Axel..." A tall red headed man smiled. "Got it memorized."

"He's still a jackass." Wraith and Roxas said together.

"But seriously, I'm what you might call a balancing act." Axel smiled. "This time around I'm human, just like I should have been all the time. Heart and all."

"We all have our own hearts and souls now." Roxas said.

"No life should be with out it." Wraith said somberly. "But others take the wrong routes to get them."

"Xemnas." Sora's face narrowed.

"Yes, he and several others cheated me and this time I will take them." Wraith said. "For now though, rest and be merry." Wraith's eyes had a somber smile as he faded into his own realm.

"Well now, where's some food. I'm starving." Axel said as his stomach growled.

"Who is he?" Kezqua came up behind Axel and grabbed him by the scruff of his neck.

"Name's Axel, got i..." He was cut off my Kezqua putting him straight up against his fang filled face.

"Finish that sentence and I'll make sure your dinner is burned..." Kezqua growled as he sat the human down. "Ma-ti, show your new friends to some more rooms..." He began to grumble as he stomped off. "And tell your damn monkey to stop messing up my room!"

"Less than a day old and it's like it never changed." Althea smiled.

"I think I need new pants." Axel whimpered.