Thailog kicked down another barrel of oil, spilling it's contents over the deck. The dark Gargoyle laughed his bone chilling laugh, when suddenly, he heard a "thud" behind him. Thailog whirled around to see Sora and Goliath standing behind him.

"Thailog," Goliath shouted, "There is still time. We can wipe the slate clean... start over!"

"Over my dead body!" Thailog growled, pulling out a silver flare gun from his belt. A stream of flame was shout out of the gun directly at Sora and Goliath. Sora dodge rolled out on the way and Goliath leaped to the side.

Thailog roared and fired again at Goliath. Again, Goliath leaped out of the way, but this time tackled Thailog, causing him to drop the briefcase of money that this whole scheme had been about.

"Goliath, look!" Sora shouted, pointing.

He was pointing where Thailog had fired before. The flare had caught onto a patch of oil and was now growing into a blazing inferno. The fire quickly began to spread and Goliath leaped to his feet.

"Come on, Thailog," Goliath called to the dark Gargoyle, "We must go or we shall be immolated!"

"Not without my money!" Thailog hissed as he ran to retrieve the briefcase. As he picked it up, the flames reached him and he disappeared into a blaze.

"NO!" Goliath shouted, heading for Thailog.

Sora grabbed Goliath's shoulder.

"Goliath, no," Sora yelled, "He's gone and we will be too if we don't hurry!"

Goliath growled and nodded and took flight with Sora in his arms. Xanatos and Sevarius looked on at the blazing oil rig. Xanatos hung his head, believing that Goliath and Sora had perished in the blaze.

"Look sir!" Sevarius exclaimed. He point at a dark shaped gliding towards them. Xanatos glared at the object.

"Is it Thailog or Goliath?" Xanatos pondered out loud.

With a large thud, the shape landed in the boat. Sora and Goliath stood before the two men. Xanatos smirked.

"I should have know no copy could top the original," Xanatos said.

Goliath roared angrily and grabbed Xanatos by the collar of his shirt.

"That copy was a living being!" Goliath growled, "And we all failed him."

"We have company..." Sevarius said pointing at two black forms flying ahead.

Brooklyn, Lexington, Donald, and Goofy landed on the boat.

"What did we miss?" Brooklyn asked, eying the oil rig.

"Let's just say it's been a long night," Sora replied.

"We had a busy night too!" Donald interjected.

"Yeah we learned a lot about Thailog," Goofy added.

"So did we, guys. So did we..." Sora said, deep in thought.

Upon arriving at shore, Sora sealed up Manhattan.

"It was nice meeting you guys," Sora said, "Hopefully next time we can hangout on more casual terms."

"It was good to meet some new human friends," Lexington said.

"Yes," Goliath added, "We hope your voyage is a safe one!"

Sora, Donald, and Goofy waved good-bye to their new friends as they took off in the Gummi ship, broken windshield and all.

Xanatos and Sevarius were riding back in Xanatos's limo.

"It's a shame about Thailog," Sevarius said, "All of that research and money put into him, all gone!"

"What makes you sure he's gone?" Xanatos replied.

"What do you mean?" Sevarius asked, puzzled.

"It's just occurred to me that if I was in that situation, I would have had a contingency plan to escape that oil rig. I would have known that faking my death was the optimal way of escaping scott-free with the money," Xanatos explained.

"You mean Thailog is still out there, he has the money, he's stronger than Goliath, and smarter than you?" Sevarius asked.

"Sevarius," Xanatos began, "I think we've created a monster..."

Thailog popped up from the water a mile from the rig. The money in hand, he walked onto shore, making sure that no one was watching. He darted quickly into an alley way and opened the briefcase. The money was slightly damp, but all there in perfect condition.

"Impressive," said a female voice from behind him.

Thailog whirled around to see a woman wearing a cloak of purple and black with a headdress of horns. Her skin was pale green and she held a golden staff in her hand.

"Who are you?" Thailog question.

"Let's just say that I have an offer you won't refuse," the witch stated. Thailog smirked. This could be a useful development...

AN: And so the plot thickens. Don't worry, I'm not going to forget about that broken windshield. I hope you enjoyed the first new world of the fanfic. Stay tuned, I've got some great surprises coming up.