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Chapter 5 The Rising Darkness
"I've had enough of this." said the voice from the black statue. "Die warrior of the Light!"
A black stream of energy erupted from the statue. Sora went to make a barrier again, but Caeruleus pushed him out of the way. The energy struck Caeruleus and he screamed. His scream was the worst Sora has every heard in his entire life. The energy then began to drag Caeruleus towards the black statue.
"Caeruleus!" yelled Sora. He ran and jumped at Caeruleus, only grabbing his hands. Sora dug his feet in what was considered the ground and fought the statue's pull with all his might.
"Sora!" cried out Caeruleus. "Please don't let go!"
"I won't!" promised Sora. Sora looked into Caeruleus's eyes and saw that they were completely black now. They then had a blue pulse, and then returned to being black. "I won't let that thing have you! I swear on my life!"
"Sora, please protect him!" yelled Caeruleus.
"Protect who?!" asked Sora.
"You will not deny me my freedom you insignificant Keyblade Wielder!" yelled the statue's voice, interrupting Caeruleus's answer. The statue gave off another pulse of energy that went straight through Caeruleus and into Sora. Sora felt such an intense pain that he wasn't sure if it lasted a few seconds or a few hours. But the attack fulfilled its purpose as Sora let go of Caeruleus.
"SORA!" screamed Caeruleus as he was absorbed into the statue.1
At the exact moment Caeruleus was fully absorbed, the black statue of the eight winged angel blew up. The explosion was of pure Darkness. It was more like a contained hurricane, whirling around faster and faster. Black lighting, fire, ice, water, and earth flowed within the explosion. There were remnants of the chains, and swords of Light, but they faded far too quickly. The only thing keeping the Darkness contained were the seven other crystal statues.
"HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!" laughed Maleficent and Mumm-Ra together. Riku, King Mickey, Donald, and Goofy were on the ground, lying in defeat. They just stared at the dark tempest of evil.
"You FAILED Sora!" yelled Maleficent with glee.
"Our Master is free!" screamed Mumm-Ra with joy.
"Lord Unicron is free!" They yelled together in victory.2
The cyclone of Darkness spun even faster and gave off pulses of energy. The ancient, primordial language circled the cyclone like a double helix. In a matter of moments the cyclone turned into a tower of pure energy. The tower then condensed in on itself into a single point. That single point then transformed into the shape of a human body, composed entirely of Darkness.
"We have to stop that thing!" yelled Mickey. He fired of several Pearls from his Keyblade, of which Maleficent and Mumm-Ra didn't even bother stopping. Before Mickey's Light magic came remotely close to the Dark body, the dissipated. The King kept firing off Pearls, only to meet the same results.
"Sora, snap out of it!" yelled Riku as he shook Sora. Sora was crying. He broke his promise. He said that he would protect Caeruleus, but he failed. Riku then punched Sora, knocking him to his senses.
"Riku, I-I promised him…" said Sora.
"I know you did Sora." said Riku. "But we can only avenge him now and destroy that thing."
Sora looked at Riku with watery eyes. Riku hated seeing Sora like this, and Sora hated having people see him like this. The brunette nodded at Riku and steadied himself. They ran over to Mickey and they all pointed their Keyblades at the black body. The Keyblades released thin white lasers. Donald fired every spell he knew at the body of Darkness and Goofy threw his shield. As the attacks drew closer to the body, the form released on last pulse of energy, destroying the attacks from the Warriors of Light. The pulse of energy blasted Sora and the others to the ground. Sora was the one get up, and used his Keyblade as support. He looked right at body of Darkness and saw that it was fully formed.
It was a teenage boy, looking around the age of eighteen. He had spiky black hair. His face wasn't visible as it was in his hands, like he was weeping. His skin was slightly tan and he was decently muscular. He wore robes that looked really light. They were solid black with gold detailing and dark purple patterns. Under his robes was a black body suit with sleeves. The teenager levitated off the ground and curled up into a ball. Darkness flowed out of his back and wrapped around him and then was pulled back. The Darkness formed eight black angelic wings, darker than the deepest Darkness any of the Warriors of Light have ever seen. Each feather was detailed with crimson. As the teenager landed he removed his hands from his face, revealing that his head was wrapped in a chain of Light.3
"Lord Unicron," said Maleficent and Mumm-Ra. "We are happy-"
"Hold that thought for a moment." said Unicron, raising his hand. He grabbed his chin and the back of his head, and then twisted first one way then the other. A sickening popping was heard as he groaned in pleasure. He stretched his arms, legs, and wings, each movement causing his bones to pop. "Oh that feels so good. You have no idea of how sore it got for me after a while. I think I even have a Charlie horse."
"Um, my Lord." said Mumm-Ra. Unicron looked right at Mumm-Ra. "I was… thinking…now that you're free-"
"Silence." said Unicron calmly. Mumm-Ra instantly lost his voice and grabbed his throat in desperation. Unicron looked around stared at each of the other seven crystal statues. He walked to a statue of pink haired girl with her hand over her chest. Unicron levitated to be at eye level with the statue. He caressed her cheek warmly. "How I've missed you. All of you."
"Lord Unicron-" started Maleficent.
"What do you want?" asked Unicron in monotone.
"You promised us power." said Maleficent. "We want it."
"Oh, why didn't you just say so?" said Unicron nonchalantly. "I keep my promises. You want power? Then have some."
Unicron pointed at Maleficent and Mumm-Ra. From his finger shot out two purple lightning bolts. The lightning bolts hit the two sorcerers and they began glowing in power. At first they started laughing with the power flowing through their veins, but then they started screaming. They screamed louder and louder. Their eyes and mouths glowed in a black light. A few moments later their bodies crumbled into crystal dust.
"How could you kill them?!" screamed Mickey. Unicron looked at Mickey and shrugged. "They were loyal to you! They freed you!"
"Your point?" asked Unicron. "I fulfilled my side of the bargain. It's not my fault they couldn't handle the insignificant amount of my power. Now if you all excuse me for a minute, I have some business to deal with."
Unicron walked to the center of the seven statues. He slowly turned in a circle, looking at each and every one of them through his bound eyes. Once he got back to the pink haired statue, he spoke up.
"Thank you all for being by my side for the past…I don't know how long." said Unicron. "I have enjoyed your company. You can say it was just like old times. However, you're all more trouble than you're worth. And I'm sorry."
Unicron snapped his fingers and the seven statues cracked and shattered into countless shards. Where the statues used to be standing, there were seven intact crystals floating in mid-air. There was a red rose, a jagged blue heart, a bright yellow star, an orange feather, a pale yellow-orange apple, a pink fang, and a golden red spear. Unicron raised his hand in the air and it began to expel Darkness. As Unicron's hand expelled Darkness the seven crystal fragments flew into his palm and disappeared.
"I'm going to miss you all." said Unicron with a sad sigh."
"Where is Caeruleus?!"yelled Sora. Unicron looked right at Sora and cocked his head slightly.
"Who?" asked Unicron.
"Caeruleus." said Sora. "The guy with the black hair, the last person you absorbed. Where is he?!"
"Oh…him." said Unicron. "He's dead."
"AHH!" screamed Sora. He charged at Unicron and performed Bladecharge. His Keyblade became surrounded by Light and extended with an aura of Light.
"Oh please…" said Unicron not feeling a threat. He didn't even move from his spot, he just stood there with his arms crossed. Sora swung his Keyblade at full force, but the blade stopped an inch away from Unicron. "Can't you do better than that?"
Sora screamed in anger and swung his Keyblade as fast as he could. Unicron dodged all of the attacks, moving so fast that he didn't appear to be moving at all. Unicron had a look of boredom upon his face.
"I know what you're thinking Sora." said Unicron. Sora's eyes went wide. "You're wondering why I am capable of dodging while my eyes are bound shut. It's simple really. I can see the energy that your Hearts expel. Sort of like how a bat sees with echolocation. However, a real warrior doesn't need his eyes to see. But there is no need to worry, the chains are weakening. They'll be gone in about…hmm, ten minutes."
"You're not going to live that long!" yelled Sora. He jumped back and rammed his Keyblade at Unicron. Unicron lifted his leg and stepped on the Keyblade, plunging it into the ground. He then spun kicked Sora.
"So this is what the Keyblade has degraded into since I have been imprisoned." Unicron said as he picked up the Keyblade. "What a cheap imitation."
"Give that back!" yelled Sora. The Keyblade Master ran at Unicron in an attempt to regain his Keyblade. When Sora got close enough, Unicron kicked him in the stomach. Sora coughed up blood and sent flying. Tossing the Keyblade next to Sora, Unicron walked to the hurt boy.
"Get away from him!" yelled Riku. Riku and Mickey were in the air and ready to do a cross slash. They brought their Keyblades down on Unicron but the black winged angel teleported out of the way.
"Where did he go?" asked Mickey.
"So many fake Keyblades." said Unicron as he appeared behind them. Riku and Mickey quickly turned around and slashed with their Keyblades. Unicron waved his hand and the two Keyblade Warriors were thrown back. Unicron then teleported behind Mickey and grabbed his tail. Mickey was spun around by his tail and when Riku came to help his friend Unicron threw the mouse into the silver haired teenager. Unicron felt a bit of wiggling in his hand and realized that he still had the tail in is hand, which he immediately let go. "Ew. I'm hardly being warmed up with this. Come on, give me a challenge."
"Hyah!" yelled Sora from behind. He was using Bladecharge again and Unicron was hit. The attack didn't break his skin. "Wha-"
"Is that the best you can do?" asked Unicron. In a flash Unicron grabbed a hold of Sora's throat. "You're pathetic."
Black electricity flowed out of Unicron's hand and blasted Sora into the air. While Sora was blown back Unicron transformed his wings into thin streams of Darkness. These streams whipped around him and stabbed through Sora. Sora was even able to scream he was in so much pain. When Unicron retracted his black streams and they changed back into their wing form, Sora was still in the air, levitating.
'SORA!" yelled Mickey and Riku. "You're gonna die!"
They ran at Unicron again, not caring that it wouldn't work. All they could think about is saving Sora. As they were about to strike Unicron, he calmly raised his hand to his ear. Riku and Mickey stopped in mid-air and their faces seemed to compress and return back to normal. Their noses started to bleed. Then a red surge of energy blasted them away.
"You two will have a turn in a minute. But right now it's Sora's turn." Unicron said.
Unicron grabbed Sora by the hair and slammed Sora's face into his knee, then threw him on the ground. Sora laid there motionless, his breathing just visible and his nose bleeding profusely. Unicron looked at Sora for a moment, and then stepped closer. Unicron put his bare foot over on Sora's head and began to push down. Sora started screaming as his skull began to break.
"Sora!" quacked Donald, who finally plucked up the courage to fight back. Donald raised his staff and summoned the largest amount of rockets he has ever has. "Flare Force!"
The rockets flew right towards Unicron and then stopped. Unicron looked right at the rockets curiously. Unicron then started laughing.
"*Scoff* Baby magic." said Unicron.
Unicron raised his pointing finger and made a circle. The rockets turned around and pointed at Donald. With a smirk, Unicron pointed his finger at the mage and the rockets blasted at Donald. Donald ran as fast as he could, but the rockets crashed into him. A massive inferno enveloped him, effectively killing the Royal Magician. When the fire died out Unicron walked to the charred body of Donald, allowing Sora to pass out in pain.
"I can't remember the last time I had something to eat." said Unicron. He bent down and grabbed a hold of Donald's burnt leg and started to pull it off. Then he was hit in the head with a shield, thrown by Goofy. Unicron picked the shield up and teleported. Goofy looked around and started to back up, only to run into Unicron. As Goofy turned around his maw was grabbed tightly by Unicron. "Bad dog."
Goofy became really cold, then freezing. Ice started to cover Goofy's body, the ice spreading from Unicron's hand. Goofy never got a word out of his mouth before his entire body was frozen solid. Unicron then threw Goofy's shield at the frozen statue causing it to break into thousands of pieces.
"Goofy! Donald!" screamed Mickey. With absolute wrath flowing through his Heart Mickey relentlessly attacked Unicron.
Mickey went right into Unicron's face and swung his Keyblade. In an arc of Light, the King slammed Unicron to the ground. Mickey then released several Pearls that hit Unicron. Mickey then jumped into the air and spun. Light began to expel from his Keyblade like a white rain. His Keyblade then shot out several bullets of Light that crashed into Unicron. The King then dove straight down in an attempt to stab Unicron through the chest. When the smoke cleared, Mickey saw that his Keyblade was imbedded in the ground, right next to Unicron's arm.
"Is that it?" asked Unicron, not even having a scratch after Mickey's assault. The chain of Light around his head was dimming. "Well, it was hardly impressive."
Unicron grabbed Mickey by the throat and pushed him into the air. As Unicron stood up he brushed himself off. The dark angel then flew into Mickey's trajectory. Unicron raised his right hand and created a small sphere of black energy. When Mickey got close, Unicron shot the energy, instantly vaporizing the King and carving a scar into the dark, blank realm.
"No…Mickey…" cried Riku as he cradled Sora in his arms. Riku used every last potion and elixir he had on him to heal Sora and himself. "Please Sora, we need to fight."
"Riku…" said Sora as he regained consciousness. "What happened?"
"Mickey…Donald…and Goofy…" started Riku with tears in his eyes. "They're-"
"Dead." finished Unicron as he walked to the two teenagers. Sora and Riku glared at Unicron. "Oh what did you expect? They fought against me, so their deaths were bound to happen. Now, there are only you two left. What can you possibly hope to do against me?"
"We will…TAKE YOU DOWN!" screamed Sora and Riku.
The two Keyblade Masters summoned their Keyblades and rushed Unicron. They used every last bit of power they could muster. They used Eternal Session, jabbing, slashing, and stabbing as fast as they could. They shot a series of fireballs several times. Unicron had absolutely no trouble dodging their attack. When they ended their attack, Riku distracted Unicron with a barrage of Meteors and Dark Firaga. Unicron zipped around the attacks easily. Sora climbed the meteors as they fell. When he got close to Unicron he started to use his solo Trinity technique, but Unicron back handed him into the ground.
"You can't defeat me Sora." said Unicron as he descended. "I am Darkness incarnate. I have seen Creation itself. And until I have destroyed all of Creation, I will never be defeated."
"We'll see about that!" yelled Riku.
"Some people never learn." sighed Unicron. "Paradise Lost Punch!"
Unicron turned around and pounded Riku with a flurry of punches. Riku wasn't able to defend himself. He could only hold on to his Keyblade. When Unicron was about to continue his attack, Sora ran at him. Unicron quickly switched his target and punched Sora rapidly. Unicron then kicked Sora in the jaw, sending him flying straight up in the air. Appearing above Sora, Unicron grabbed his ankles and put his feet on Sora's arm pits. When they reached a certain height, the two of them began to fall. The fell faster and faster. When they were just over the ground Unicron teleported away and Sora plunged into the ground. The impact made a crater and a shockwave.
"So-So-Sora…" said Riku.
Riku had several broken bones. Blood was spilling from his mouth and open wounds. He attempted to get up, but he fell due to his broken bones. In an attempt to get to Sora, the silverette crawled to the crater. When he arrived he looked down and saw Sora. Sora was in much worse shape than Riku. He was bleeding profusely. He had a huge gash on his head and several bones were sticking out of his skin. Blood was dripping from his mouth and his eyes were glazed over.
"Y'know Sora," started Unicron as he floated in above Sora. "There's something awfully familiar about you, but I can't place where… It must have something to do with your Heart….oh, what have we here? A powerful source of Light, very powerful and very bright. Let's change that, shall we?"
Unicron levitated Sora into the air. He then lifted his hand and transformed it into a Claw of Darkness. In a motion far too fast for the human eye to see Unicron plunged his clawed hand into Sora's chest. Sora began screaming in pain. Darkness began to pump into Sora's chest. Black veins slowly crawled up Sora's body.
"This amount of Darkness is like poison." said Unicron. "It will kill you. And it will be painful, I promise you that."
"Stop it!" yelled Riku. He cast Curaga on himself then slammed his Keyblade into Unicron's arm.
"Oh…you're still alive." Unicron said as he ignored Riku's attack. Unicron withdrew his claw but let Sora remain floating in the air.
"Thundaga!" Riku screamed. A large bolt of lightning appeared and struck Unicron. He just took the spell and continued walking towards Riku. "Firaga! Blizzaga! Ars Arcanum!"
The spells Riku fired from his Keyblade did absolutely nothing towards Unicron. When Riku performed Ars Arcanum Unicron grabbed his Keyblade and kicked him into the wall of the crater. Unicron examined Riku's Way to the Dawn, and then scowled.
"All of these Keyblades are imperfect replicas of the one true Keyblade." said Unicron.
"You mean… the X-Blade?" asked Riku.
"The X-Blade isn't what you believe it is, nor is it as important as you were led to believe." said Unicron. "It is more of a distraction keeping everyone from the true, original Keyblade. The Keyblade that was forged at the when I destroyed the Old World, a Keyblade forged from… Oh I see what you're doing. Distracting me, getting information out of me that you think will help you defeat me. Well, it's not you're not getting anything more out of me."
Unicron grabbed ahold of the Way to the Dawn at the handle and blade. While staring right into Riku's eyes Unicron snapped the Keyblade in half. Riku starred at him in dis-belief, eyes wide.
"What did I tell you?" asked Unicron as he threw the broken weapon in front of Riku. "A fake. Now die Riku, and embrace the Silence."
Unicron fired black lightning from his hands into Riku. He then punched and kicked and slammed Riku in every place imaginable. Riku's wounds became much worse. By the time Unicron was finished, Riku was unrecognizable. Sora had been screaming at Unicron to stop, but he just wasted his voice. Unicron then picked Riku up by the hair and dragged him to Sora.
"Please…" Sora begged with a hoarse voice. "Let him go."
"No." said Unicron as he lifted Riku up and transformed his hand into the Claw of Darkness again. "Say goodbye to your friend, Sora."
Unicron plunged his claw into Riku's chest. He then pulled out with Riku's Heart in his grasp. Riku's body then began to fade away into Darkness. Before he disappeared, Unicron crushed Riku's Heart in his claw, destroying it. Riku screamed as his body crumbled into crystal shards that blew away into nothingness.
"RIKU!" screamed Sora.
"Shut up." Unicron said as he back handed Sora.
"What did you do?!" yelled Sora.
"Are you blind?" asked Unicron. "I can say that I am because of this dammed chain, but you? Screw it; I'm going to kill you now."
The black winged angel stabbed his Claw into Sora's chest again. He continued to pump Darkness into his Heart. The black veins spread all over Sora's body. Sora made noises like he was choking. Out of Sora's open wounds sprouted dark purple crystals. When he realized that Sora wasn't dying, Unicron removed his hand from Sora's Heart.
"It's amazing that you're even alive Sora." said an amazed Unicron. He grabbed a hold of Sora's hair and dragged him to a Crack. "But you are dying. It might take a bit for you to just give into Death's sweet embrace, but in the end, you will die. I don't care where you'll end up, but you should be dead before you arrive. Good bye Sora."
Unicron lifted Sora and tossed him into the Crack. Sora didn't even scream while was thrown. It was like he lost the will to live. The chains around Unicron's head started to flicker. He reached up and pulled the chains off. This removal allowed two small black wings to open up and point to the back of his head. Unicron then opened his eyes, revealing black eyes with crimson irises.
"Finally." said Unicron out of relief. "Now…to end all of Creation."
Putting his hand out in front of him, Unicron made a sphere of energy. He tossed it into the air and it exploded. The explosion shook the entire realm and shot out black and crimson lightning. The realm cracked apart and disintegrated. Stars were revealed during the process. Soon the entirety of Unicorn's prison was obliterated. Unicron was now floating in the space among the stars. Countless stars were in the formation of a sphere.
"It's good to be free." chuckled Unicron.
1. Play Das Omen by E Nomine at this part. Here's a link: watch?v=NRlUBgkWp-U
2. His name was always going to be Unicron. I just love it and it sounds so evil.
3. Unicron's design is slightly based off of Lucemon from Digimon.