The Eternal Beyond
Act 2: The Final Defense
Alan and Nadia stood victorious over the last of the remaining Viraltroopers, extinct and disappeared from the universe all together as they held their keyblades together like the Three Musketeers (which will be featured in their next adventure as well in the future) and Alan said, "Together nothing can defeat us." As the smoke cleared from their absorption of power from their friends from other worlds, Nadia nodded and as she did, both Alan and Nadia noticed from far ahead just about twenty feet away from them was Tyrannil walking with his head to the ground towards them. As he arrived, Alan crossed his arms and Nadia held her hands clenched together as a sign of sympathy as the former Knight of the Realm said, "Alan, Nadia…I am so sorry for what I have done." Alan raised his hand as he said this and said, "It's not your fault though Tyrannil. Obeion is to blame for all of this. He and he alone is the main enemy here this time." Tyrannil nodded and Nadia asked, "So you have a plan on you on how we're actually going to go through and confront this guy?" Alan held his right hand to his chin thinking, "He certainly is a tough cookie. Just rushing him won't distract him like the Viraltroopers and quick agile attacks, like what we used to do against you and the Knights of the Realm…" Alan waved his left hand to Tyrannil and continued, "won't work this time. We're going to have to trick him."
"I wouldn't place a dollar on that bet Alan.", Tyrannil said. Alan and Nadia looked at him as he said, "You may have defeated the Viraltroopers as such, but there is still a greater danger that lies before you. I tried that as well on him, but it was in vain. Obeion can predict what you can do without even flinching. He's that smart. He's also got my magic to aid him as well. What's more after hearing from his conversations he's after two great artifacts this galaxy bears in the Eternal Beyond: The Moon of Eternity and what Obeion, you guys and Aranse have called Kingdom Hearts apparently. Should either fall into his evil hands he could prove to be unstoppable. If he were to get the Moon of Eternity, he would become immortal and if he were to get the power of Kingdom Hearts, he would gain even more power within his body mind and soul making him the most powerful man in the universe and through time and space. What's more he could use that power to invade other galaxies too." Alan then asked, "He wants to rule in other galaxies?" "Oh yes. It was never just Aragon, or just this world he wanted to conquer. Believe me there are other worlds beyond the Solar System and all across the universe that he wants under his iron fist. We have to stop him here before he can get even a whiff of either of those entities' powers and talents.", Tyrannil added.
Alan and Nadia then shrugged their shoulders as Nadia asked, "How? He's so powerful. We could never just simply kill him." Tyrannil then said pointing to a set of three crystalline blue pillars joined at a single base. The center pillar was pointing straight up, the one to its left was bent at a 45 degree angle left and then the other half was pointing straight up while the smallest one to the right was bent at a 45 degree angle right and the other half was pointing straight up. The center pillar was the highest at 300 feet from the ground the one to its left was the second highest at 150 feet from the ground and the one to its right was the smallest at 75 feet from the ground. Tyrannil then said, "My brethren and I were lucky to even get here before when we were just friends and not fighters or scientists. Obeion could never get here because of his lack of knowledge about this place. Now that's a different story. He will likely appear the same way you two did in the exact same spot from a portal since it's the only way to get here. Our only chance at defeating him is to lock him away in that set of three pillars there, the legendary Axis of Eternity." Alan paused as he gazed upon it and noticed a sword on each of the pillars. One was black and glowed with darkness upon it, one was white glowing with light inside of it, and the last one was brown and glow a brown aura.
Tyrannil then added, "There are three swords up on those pillars: The Sword of Darkness, the Sword of Light, and the Sword of Balance. They are very unique and precious: key to the safety of your galaxy as well as countless others. If they were to fall into Obeion's hands we'd all be doomed. But that's not the only secret the Axis of Eternity holds." Tyrannil ran further as Alan and Nadia ran with him to catch up. They reached the center of the base of the pillars and there was a large crystal door that when opened had three sets of stairways leading up to each of the three pillars. Tyrannil said, "There is a large black hole that exists inside the Axis of Eternity and is a one way in, no way out prison. Obeion would be forever trapped in there should we be successful. Luckily I already used the Sword of Balance to start the process." Nadia then asked, "Process?" Tyrannil answered after a pause, "Yes. It takes time to open the prison and to do the enchantments right. All you have to do is hold the swords high into the air and focus your mind on the sword and only the sword. After that we should have some luck at defeating Obeion. Now you two should go. I'll distract Obeion once again, but this time I'll use the Sword of Balance to do so." Alan held Tyrannil's right shoulder as he went to the door on the right and he said, "Tyrannil…you're a good friend. Despite what has happened to your comrades, you're still a good and noble guy. I don't know how I could ever thank you for what you have done for us."
Tyrannil looked upon Alan through his helmet and said with a hint of compassion under his rough manly attitude, "You already have Alan. You set me and my comrades free from Obeion's wrath. Now the last thing I could ask for is to set my people free of his tyranny once and for all." Alan and Nadia nodded as he ran off and up the stairs to the Sword of Balance. Alan took the central stairway up to the Sword of Darkness and Nadia took the stairway up to the left and towards the Sword of Light. Nadia reached the Sword of Light after ten minutes of walking up the stairs and held the Sword of Light with such respect and ease. It was a transparent sword, glowing with bright light in its essence and made her feel closer to heaven. She concentrated on its energy with all of her might and her keyblade appeared, but she didn't summon it. It flew high into the air and the black hole that Tyrannil said that appeared began to grow just being over 200 feet above the Axis of Eternity. Alan finally arrived at the Sword of Darkness as well after a half hour of walking and put all of his concentration into the sword as he held it high above him. The Sword of Darkness glow the essence of pure darkness and evil inside of it, the power of evil was too irresistible for most beings to resist, but Alan was stronger than that.
Then his Kingdom Key, like Nadia's pink keyblade not being summoned went high into the sky and they collided together and became one single weapon. The Kingdom Key gained Nadia's light and retained Alan's darkness, forever having the ability like no other: to choose a person not for good or evil, but rather on the strength of his/her heart. The black hole was two hundred feet in diameter and three hundred feet circumference and dark as the sky on Earth is during a new moon. As they both headed down the stairs and outside, the keyblade returned to them and it floated in between both Alan and Nadia and as they grabbed the keyblade, its powers were divided equally into the Sword of Darkness and the Sword of Light. Alan then said, "Such a great weapon has no place here in our galaxy. I think I'll send it off to the same place that Aranse sent Kingdom Hearts: the universe of Kingdom Hearts."
Nadia nodded as the keyblade summoned a white portal and was sent into it, off to meet its destiny as a weapon to save and destroy worlds in the future as was Kingdom Hearts sent there as well. Then they both heard a stomp as the portal closed, Obeion was standing right in front of them with anger written all over his face. "So the keyblade is no longer in this galaxy then and neither is Kingdom Hearts. No matter. I shall conquer this world and search until I reclaim the keyblade. After that Kingdom Hearts will be mine for the taking." Alan and Nadia drew up their new weapons the Sword of Light and the Sword of Darkness as Obeion said this and Alan said, "That's what you think." Meanwhile high above them was the Moon of Eternity clearly in sight just a hundred feet above the Axis of Eternity as our heroes, Alan and Nadia stared down Obeion preparing for battle. Then it began.
(Not bad of a chapter if I say so myself. You already noticed obviously that I included the Swords of Balance, Darkness and Light in this story too since oddly enough it is a crazy parallel of Kingdom Hearts in a way. Although I am not doing a story about the future games to come, I feel that my stories are kind of similar to that of the Kingdom Hearts timeline as you'll soon find out. There's more to come as the final battle with Obeion commences so stay tuned.)
(Next Time: The Eternal Beyond-Act 3: The Ultimate Sacrifice.)