Chapter 17
Hallow Bastion
We arrive at the market place in the exact spot we did last time, I felt uneasy being here. A small group of heartless runs by.
"Wait a sec... I thought everything was supposed to be under control here!" Sora said.
"What if it's the organization again?" I ask,
"We better go see Leon." Sora said as we quickly run over to Merlin's house, the heartless all looks different from the last time we were here, almost as if they were made by a computer. After we defeat the heartless we walk into Merlin's house, everyone was there except for Leon.
"Where's Leon?" Sora asked,
"He went on over to Ansem's study to find out what all the ruckus was about." Cid explained, "Turn's out the MCP is using the data in that computer to crank out heartless."
"That MCP sure doesn't know when to quit, does it?" Yuffie said.
"Our plan is to destroy the MCP from the inside, were in the process of combining magic with science to give Tron a boost... but we lost contact with him hours ago." Cid explained,
"Looks like we're visiting Tron." Sora said,
"Do I get to come this time?" I joked as we began to head to Hallow Bastion, I was trying to imagine what the inside of a computer would look like.
"Yeah, you'll like Tron, he's really cool." Sora said
"I hope he's alright." Goofy said,
"Than let's hurry!" I said as we run in to Ansem's computer room, all of the computer monitors have the words posted Ignorant users Obey the MCP.
"We'll be there soon Tron," Sora said. we all get in front of the large camera on the other side of the room and Sora pushes a button on the computer and run's up next to me.
"Is it going to hurt?" I asked now second guessing my decision to come with them.
"Not at all." Sora said as a flash of light hits us and we're transported to the Data Stream. we arrive in a small room and the first thing I notice is that our outfits changed, we were all wearing black and neon blue, everything around us was outlined with neon colors either blue or orange.
"Where could Tron be?" Goofy asked,
"Let's head for the game grid, the MCP might have trapped him there." Sora said, he walks up to a strange terminal and presses a button and were transported. Right in front of us was a man fighting a bunch of heartless that looked similar to the ones we saw in town.
"Tron!" Sora said,
"Careful...! Watch out!" Tron warned us. We quickly get rid of all the heartless, "Quickly! We gotta stop the MCP!" He runs out of the arena and we fallow.
It felt like hours went by with the amount of heartless that kept getting in our way. "We're almost there." Tron said as another group of heartless stops us.
"Outta the way!" Sora said as they are quickly defeated, we run into a large dome room with a device in the middle.
"What are we waiting for again?" I asked,
"Leon is going to put in a program that will defeat the MCP." Sora explained, \
"Oh..." I said
"I'm sorry, I never introduced myself, I'm Tron." He said
"I'm Sara, Sora's twin." I said,
"Nice to meet you." Tron said,
"You two," I said as we look up waiting for something to happen.
"Come on! Leon!" Sora said impatiently, the ceiling begins to glow,
"There!" Tron said jumping onto the platform.
"Alright!" Sora cheered. Tron takes a disk off his back and holds it up in the air and it floats to the ceiling. after a minuet it floats back down into Tron's hands.
"What's it like?" Goofy asked,
"This is very strange," Tron said,
"That's Merlin's magic," Donald said, I could tell it was giving off magical energy.
"There's a power booster for me!" Tron said putting the disk on his back, "And flight routines for the solar sailor!"
"Meaning... we're set?" Sora asked,
"Well, like you users say... we won't know till we give it a try." Tron said jumping off the platform. We all nod in agreement, "We need a sailor to reach the MCP, so let's get to the simulation hanger!" Tron said as we all run out of the room and head straight to the solar sailor. We all climb inside and Tron gets to work. We set sail and make out way to the MCP.
"Sora, I need to tell you something." I said
"What is it?" Sora asked, still distracted by the ship.
"It's about why Father and I never came back." I said, Sora's face expression completely changed.
"Go on?" He said, very intrigued,
"The reason why I never came back was because Father kept me imprisoned in the mansion we were living in. After I got the Keyblade he had scientists conduct experiments on me." I explained,
"That's why you didn't like the Doctors lab in Halloween town." Sora pieced together, I nodded in response, "But why did he keep you locked up?"
"I don't know, he always treated me like I did something terribly wrong... that's why I left." I said
"You've got to keep a lookout. The MCP isn't going to just let us waltz in." Tron said,
"Sorry," I said as we both smile. A bunch of heartless jump onto the ship, we defeat them easily.
"See! Nothing to worry about." Sora said
"There's one more thing, Sora..." I said, Sora looks over at me. "Father came looking for me and found me the last time we were here in Hallow Bastion." I said,
"What?" Sora said beginning to freak out, "Why didn't you tell me sooner!" He yelled,
"Because... I didn't want you to hate him." I said,
"I think it's a little late for that." Sora said,
"What?" I said confused,
"I've hated him since the day he took you away." Sora said
"Sora..." I said, it kind of explained why he's so nice to others. He used up all his hate on Father.
"Were here." Tron said, we both look over at a large building that had a red beam shooting out of it. "The MCP is straight ahead." he said, Sora grabs my hand.
"We'll talk more later," He said with a smile, "Now it's time to settle this for good!" Sora said, we head inside. A man slowing red approaches us.
"Who's that?" Sora asked,
"Sark, the MCP's number two." Tron explained.
"Tenacious little bugs! your time is up. Prepare for de-resolution!" he said,
"What does that mean?" I asked,
"No idea... let's get 'em!" Sora said as we fight him and win.
"You're very persistent, Tron" Sark said,
"I'm also better than you." Tron said, he must of learned comebacks from Sora...
"We... would have made a great team..." Sark collapses,
"Now for the MCP!" Tron said pointing towards the red thing spinning in the middle of the room.
"That's the MCP?" Sora asked,
"That's it, ugly, isn't it?" Tron said and we all laugh.
"Tron..." The MCP spoke. "Don't you understand? We don't need the users. We've advanced- they're superfluous. Be a part of me, and together the world will be ours to control!" Tron just shook his head.
"MCP, you still don't get it, do you?" Tron said placing his head on the ground and the MCP disappears.
"Well... that was easy," I said, Tron jumps in the air
"We did it!" He cheered,
"I see Tron has a silly side, too." Sora said
"I learned it from you. Of course I do have my silly limits." Tron joked,
"Okay, then I'll tweak your program when I get back to the user world." Sora said, I was surprised to hear him say something like that... he doesn't know how to use computers.
"You? maybe we better not try that." Tron said getting worried,
"Aw... How 'bout it? Singin' Tron? Dancin' Tron! Sound good?" Sora teased,
"Yeah!" Donald said,
"Okay, okay, fine. But before I crash- Sora, Sara, Donald, Goofy... and all the users out there... Thank you... You really helped me. You made me so much stronger. You taught me what friendship is truly all about. And I'll never forget it. As soon as I met you, I knew we were going to defeat the MCP and free the system." Tron said giving Sora a big hug,
"Uh..." Sora was taken my surprise at what just happened.
"Isn't this what users do when they're sorry to say good-bye?" Tron asked,
"Uh... It's a first for me." Sora said
"No it's not." I laughed,
"Right, well it's been a long time since then..." Sora said
"Gawrsh, Tron, it's like a promise that we'll see each other again real soon." Goofy said.
"Okay, well then..." Tron give us all hugs. "I promise..." He said backing up away from us.
"Where are you going?" Sora asked ad Tron jumps into the empty hole in the center of the room.
"Tron..." Sora said as everything gets bright. We all open our eyes to see that we're back in Ansem's computer room.
"You're here!" Aerith said
"Welcome back!" Yuffie said.
"How's the town?" Sora asked, still shocked at what Tron did.
"A- okay!" Yuffie said.
"Not a single trace of the MCP, either. Everything's back to normal. We made it." Aerith said.
"Hey, why the long face?" Yuffie asked looking at Sora, "What happened?"
"Tron just disappeared." Donald said.
"And he promised he'd see us again..." Sora said, the computer alarm's begin to go off.
"What's happening?" I asked as we all look at the computer.
"Greeting's friends." Tron's voice came out of the computer. "System is up, and ready for user input."
"Tron!" Sora smiled,
"Stay in touch." Tron said,
"We promise." I said as Donald runs up to the computer.
"Oh boy, oh boy!" He said as he began to press buttons.
"Hey, stop that! It tickles!" Tron said.
"Tron is ticklish?" Goofy said, Sora grins as Goofy and I giggle.
"How 'bout this?" Sora started pressing multiple buttons.
"Please, stop that!" Tron said laughing.
"I think Tron's been hanging around those guys too long." Yuffie said,
"What does that say about me?" I asked,
"You don't wana know." Sora said as we all laugh.
"W-wait, wait just a minute." Tron said as Sora stops. "I want to show you something I dug up from the system archives. You can see the town back when it was first built." Tron said. We all go outside and watch glittering lights fall from the sky,
"You know, this town had another name once." Aerith said, "Radiant Garden."
"What a pretty name." I said.
"Well... We better get going." Sora said, he looked sad,
"What's wrong Sora?" I asked
"We've been to every world twice and we still haven't found Riku or Kairi..." Sora said, "We're at a dead end."
"what about that picture we found?" Goofy asked referring to the picture of Haner, Pence and Olette with Roxas.
"Oh yeah!" Sora said,
"Let's go find this mansion is Twilight Town!" I said as we head out,
"Come back soon!" Yuffie said as we wave good- bye, we run to the Gummy ship only to be confronted by a man in a familiar outfit.
"You don't know when to quit." I said as he walks up to us.
"Dad?" Sora said,
"Hello son," He said, I could already tell that Sora was getting angry, "I'm sorry, but Sara needs to come with me." He said as we all get ready to fight.
"No way!" Sora yelled, I knew we stood a chance if we all fought him together,
"Darkness to light..." He said as I fall to my knees.
"Sara?" Sora looked at me confused,
"What's wrong?" Donald asked,
"I... can't move..." I said, I forgot about that safe word father told me about last time I encountered him.
"I'd be troublesome if she used her power to its full extent." Father said, "Sorry Son, but I have to defeat you and take Sara back home." He said,
"Not gonna happen!" Sora said as they all start fighting, I began to focus the Darkness within me to help me muster the strength to move. Sora and the others collapse. "It's not possible..." He said unable to move.
"It had to be done..." Father said as he knocks Sora unconscious.
"Sora!" I yell as I use the Darkness to get to my feet, "I'm... not going with you...Anywhere!" I screamed as I summon my Keyblade and charge at him. He dodges my attach, the Darkness began to manifest around my body,
"No..." He said as he grabs my wrist and pulls my close.
"What are you?" I begin to struggle, I could feel the warm light coming from him. I feel a sharp pain in the side of my neck, everything became blurry as I begin to lose control and the Darkness dissipates,
"it's alright Sara..." Father said as I slowly drift asleep...