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Chapter 2 - I'm outta here!
(Somewhere in the darkness)
"Where am I?"
A long silver haired youth examined his surroundings, he was a tall lad with a decent built, his green eyes examined all around him, finding nothing but darkness. Then he noted something on his wrists, rusty handcuffs from several centuries ago. As far as he could see, he was chained to the floor, but nothing else. His eyes were used to the shadows, but in here there was only total darkness.
Then, struck by inspiration, he slapped his forehead, "Of course, darkness…" he raised his right fist, making it ablaze with a blue flame that while radiating with beauty also held the shade of something dark and foul in it. "What the… My clothes?" he asked upon seeing his new trends. He wore a yellow vest with several zippers all around it, and with a dark blue hood, he had black pants with a yellow pouch on each thigh and from the knee down they were white, like his new matching shoes. Last, but not least, he had a pair of black laces around his hands that acted like fingerless gloves.
He shook his head, trying to think on what was more important, "No time for that… Sora and Kairi are most likely in danger." He sighed deeply and aimed his fiery fist at the chains, and with a single blast he was free from the handcuffs, but not from wherever he had been put. He increased the flame to at least find a minimal clue of an exit, only to be met with a whimper when the new light blinded someone else's eyes.
"R-Riku?" the weakened figure asked with some effort, looking at the lad with tired eyes before chuckling, "Ahyuh! Long time no see!"
The boy, now identified as Riku, stared wide-eyed at the individual before him. It was an anthropomorphic… dog? It wasn't sure to say. It looked like a canine with a long maw, with buck teeth at the end sticking out, had long floppy ears hanging at the sides of his small skull and even a small button like nose. It was the size of a boy entering puberty, and walked on two legs with very big feet. It was dressed, but not in a way Riku remembered: there were some familiar baggy beige pants with pouches and the same always clean white gloves, but now he had an olive green jacket with a turtle neck, said jacket having only the right sleeve, which was covered in zippers, while the right arm and shoulder were covered in an iron armor typical of any knight. The long shoes that kept his large feet protected had been replaced with long metal boots, and atop his head was a small, yellow and ridiculous top hat with an opened zipper similar to a mouth.
"Goofy!" Riku called to the tired knight as he blasted one handcuff that held his right ankle chained to a wall. "What happened to you?"
"Long story…" he sighed, looking down with sadness obvious in his eyes, "Me and Donald had gotten back with the King to the castle. But the instant we set foot there was this… this person, no… this monster." He looked at Riku fearfully, but then, looking at the color of his clothes for some reason he relaxed. "Oh boy… For a second I almost thought you were that thing…"
"What?" asked the baffled boy, unless… "Can it take other forms, but just in gray?"
"That's him!" Goofy said with wide, fearful eyes, "Did you see him? What happened to Sora and Kairi? Please tell me he didn't… didn't…"
"Goofy, calm down!" the boy shouted, grabbing the captain by his shoulders and shaking him to make him focus, "No, he didn't hurt me or the others as far as I know! All I remember is that we saw some… thing appear and take Sora's form before I passed out! I don't know where they are, but knowing Sora he should be fighting his way out of things, and Kairi's been through worse so I know she can keep herself safe until we either find her or she does anything she can to find me and Sora, ok?"
"But he… he… Donald… the King… They just… I couldn't… and he laughed… He just laughed when he hurt us… He was… He was hungry…" said… another voice?!
Riku sharply turned around, looking at another Goofy! He looked at the first he had been shaking, only to see him smile and then turn instantly into a puddle of black tar. And that's when he felt a horrible pain shoot through his sides, making him gasp for breath that didn't reach his lungs. He turned to where the pain had come from… he saw a smiling girl with long red hair and blue eyes holding a knife.
"Riku… Why did you hurt Sora…? Why… would you save me… by hurting us more and more…?" she asked in a moan that could only be described as a painful one, even with the disturbing grin that seemed so… so… so pleased!
"Ack!" and another stab, this time from the back, and all he could do was look as Sora's head appeared on his shoulder, looking at him the same way the redhead girl did, and talking in that same pained way.
"Riku… You betrayed us… for power… Are you truly… that… hungry…?"
Pure horror, pain and shock governed the boy and there was only one escape for him, scream: "AAAHHHHHHHH!"
"RIKU, WAKE UP!"
Riku woke up only to find himself screaming and trying to reach nothing at all with his hand in the air. He was covered in cold sweat. He had tried to escape, and now it seemed he had done so. And that's when a gloved hand pulled him out of a small crater. It was none other than Goofy, the real Goofy, pulling him out of a hole in some enormous city emptier than a black hole and with no sign of life or any activity save the fire and the smoke in the air.
The poor teen stepped backwards in horror, falling back into the crater and trying to crawl away from the dog knight when noticing that both were wearing the same clothes from his nightmare. It proved to be a very bad choice when the pain from his landing shot through his entire body from his sides and back, where he had been "stabbed" by his best friends in that horrible dream.
The horrified guy could only grab his head and ask out loud, "What just happened?"
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Dante panted, he was tired, and worse of all, he was in pain. He felt true pain just from this guy's presence, and the gray being just stood before him with a half-amused smirk. But that changed into a small shock when the monster sensed something and turned his head to the skies. "Hmm… He arrived a bit later than expected… No matter." And with that, Grey simply gave his back to the devil hunter.
"Hey, why are you running now? Your own party bored you? I can still go." the albino said with a smirk.
Grey turned amusedly at him with a cocky smirk, "Oh please, boy… You're far out of your league. Can't you just feel it?"
To further shock Dante, Grey rose his arms up in a delighted manner, his smile turned into a disgusting version of pleasure, some sick joy that made him all the much creepier. His eyes shrunk in delight, the corners of his lips curled into a sickly looking smile. It looked just like… just like a hungry guy. He was skinny enough to look like that, but the expression of his face was the one from someone starved to death finally finding a meal. And it was made clear that whatever this thing was looking for now would sate that hunger as he licked his lips.
"All I feel is the urge to show you how good kissers are Ebony and Ivory." Dante replied, aiming both guns at Grey's face.
The gray evil entity chuckled in a sickly, but humored manner, "Please, Son of Sparda… Just let me go… I need to eat far more than just your pain."
Dante's eyes narrowed, now he understood what was happening with this guy's power. He wasn't causing him pain… he was feeding from it! That explained why he was tired while this guy was still up and with more energy than necessary.
He didn't want anyone to try to face what this guy could do just to get a meal. He dashed at him, firing a rain-storm of bullets. Grey raised his eyebrows, but showed no other shock as he spun his rusty Keyblade's before him to stop, block and parry the bullets. Then his eyes widened when Dante changed tactics and returned to using Rebellion, now gliding at him with the blade posed for a powerful stab that when connecting with Grey's torso forced a lot of the black tar that formed his body to shoot out.
Dante smirked… for only a second, just one second before Grey grabbed him by the arm and, with a smile that dripped his grotesque "blood", raised up his free arm, showing it covered in that black tar his blood was made of, only that it solidified itself as it took the form of claws on his fingertips.
The white haired man needn't to know what would happen next when the claws dub deeply into his chest, right into his heart, all while Grey chuckled, "Well, I guess I could use another puppet to dance for my entertainment." He finally let go of Dante, who fell backwards, grabbing his chest where he had been stabbed while Grey looked down on him, pulling out Rebellion and tossing it to the ground while his wound closed itself with the tar sealing it and reforming both his flesh and clothes.
That's when, after one long time, the red clad demon slayer finally screamed in pain. He felt as al his veins and arteries were filled with something that burned them through their very cells. But it was an ice-burn, the blood was so cold, so painfully cold that it felt as if red hot needles dug in his being.
Grey just dusted himself and turned to the skies, watching a large shadow coming down. As he looked at it, he simply spoke up, "Do take down the boy… He can be a pain, but do bring him alive. I want to see how I could use someone like him to give me much better nourishment. When you're done, go look for Sora and bring him to me alive as well…" a large crooked smirk appeared on Grey's hungry face, "I want to be the one to make eternity for him be the most painful thing in existence… Such a pure, good heart… So much I could feed from it…"
And then, he simply lost it:
"Hehehe… Hahahahahahaha… AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
As Grey laughed and laughed a symphony of sadism and blood thirst, Rebellion had disappeared from the ground, now back in its master's hands… Its master's new hands.
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Riku and Goofy strolled through the city, trying to find where they were or some sort of lead to a safer place. All around was nothing but empty buildings, abandoned cars and chaos. Goofy was truly nervous, he and Riku hadn't spoken a word but they knew it was better to save it for later when they were at least in a safe place. But the large dog couldn't help but voice his thoughts, "This city is terrifying."
Riku couldn't turn to him, let alone talk to the friendly guardian of King Mickey's castle. How could he after what he just witnessed? It felt far too vivid to just be a dream, and it was also far too horrifying. But, if he learned one thing from Sora, aside from not entering Kairi's room without permission to avoid getting loudly yelled at, it was that friends would always be there to help you even if you were in the biggest of dangers.
"Don't tell me you're scared." The boy said with a smile, a bit forced but still one, "You were with Sora, right? Sure you can keep both of us safe if you need to."
"Ahyuh, yes!" the nitwitted captain said with a smile on his face. "I mean, I guess… I know I'm not as strong as Sora and you, Riku, but I'll make sure you and others are safe so long as I can use my shield." To prove his point the large canine extended his right arm, from which hand appeared a beam of silvery light before a large white, gold trimmed shield appeared. Its symbol was three black circles, the two smaller ones atop the first one at its sides.
"EEP!"
Now both warriors of light turned to one side, looking at the small being that had squeaked just a second ago… It was… small… It was basically a doll, a toy, it looked like a puppet he and Sora would play with Kairi when they were kids. It was a happy memory, albeit him being forced to be the bad guy or, when Kairi wanted to kick butt at her young age, the damsel in distress with Sora as the bad guy and Kairi saying some of the cheesiest of lines. Good times.
Back to the small toy like being, it was at least a third of Goofy's height, had a big, yellow cylindrical head with big eyes, a small mouth and a blue body at least twice as big as its head but too small to even be considered good to hold the "skull". And yet, its small limbs managed the balance to make it turn around and run at a slow pace away from the duo of now dumbfounded wanderers.
It wasn't until another terrified squeak from the small thing was heard that they snapped out of their trance and ran after it, finding the poor little guy trembling, grabbing his head between his legs while several Shadow Heartless surrounded him. "Someone, please, save me! Miss Tron!" the little guy squeaked in a high pitched voice, making Riku find a sinking weight in his heart, but he shook it off and ran at the hordes of dark beings along Goofy.
The two instantly attacked, Goofy threw his large, heavy shield like a Frisbee, its sharp edge slicing the Heartless to pieces. He recovered it midair and started to hit them hard with it, making them banish by the heavy force behind the strikes as well as the blessed power in the shield. Riku took a second to aim his now lit hand, focusing the blue fire in his palms at his new targets, before unleashing several balls of dark fire at them, burning and obliterating the much weaker embodiments of darkness.
The heartless had already vanished, and seeing the threat now gone the small robot raised his head to look around, "Huh? Where did those creepy monsters go?" he finally looked at the towering figure of Riku, well, towering for the little fella, who shocked by the sudden appearance fell flat on its back and tried to crawl away, backwards, "Ah! Another one?" he asked, too scared to think straight, until bumping into something on his back, that something being someone, Goofy, "AAAAAHHHHHH!" the poor thing simply screamed his head off in fear, looking from one to another, "Please, don't hurt me! In fact, even if you wanted to eat me, I'm inorganic! I'd give you a tummyache!"
"Don't worry, lil' fella, we're here to help you!" the toothy canine said with a big smile.
"For real?"
Goofy nodded, "Yeah, we couldn't let you to fend off all by yourself against the Heartless."
"Heart… less?" the little robot echoed.
"Those things we took out." Riku replied this time, "They're ridiculously annoying and highly dangerous. You should try to get home."
"Home?" the little guy echoed again, and then, for some reason, he started to tear up. "H-Home…? M-Miss Tron… I miss her so much! And the ship along the other Servbots! I don't wanna be alone without her-"
"Hey, don't cry! Geesh, it's not like I'd leave you all alone on your own, Servbot No. 16. But I forgive you because of missing little old me."
The duo and the small one now identified as Servbot No. 16 turned to look at a girl around Riku's age, sitting on a large robot. The girl was a brunette with her hair in a hairdo even weirder than Sora's, it was like two triangles where ponytails should be, sticking to the sides. She had pink shoes, which matched her shirt, which in turn had the same symbol of the little robot on the chest. Said shirt was complemented by a blue jacket, and her wide, bizarre geometrical brown hairdo coordinated with the skin–tight brown slacks she wore.
And she was sitting inside a tank of a bipedal robot, one of its arms was a tripled barreled canon and the other was a normal hand, it had the girl's symbol, a comfortable seat for her, and was painted green… And it was carrying a very large Heartless, a Large Body. Large Bodies looked like sumo wrestlers with shackles on their wrists and being near two times the girl's robot's size. She moved a few levers and her loyal stead threw the Heartless in the air before blasting its back with its arm canon.
"And you two are?" the girl asked cautiously.
"People who need a ride." Riku said plain and simple.
The girl, Tron as identified by the robot hugging her leg and crying her name, sneered at his attitude, "Hey, mind your manners. Geesh, that's no way to talk to a lady."
Riku had a vein pop in his forehead, "Hey, we saved your pet! A little thank you wouldn't be so bad!"
The girl smirked, holding the back of her hand close to her mouth as she let out a small laugh, "Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho! I'm sorry, you wanted a pirate to thank you guys?" she looked down on them, "Name's Tron Bonne, and my family has the motto of taking everything we want when we want it! And you two want my services?"
Riku was irked by the girl's attitude, before Goofy stepped in, "Aw, gwarsh, and here I thought the king would be nice to you for helping us and give you a reward."
That stopped Tron's laugh, making a glint come to her eyes, "Reward?"
Goofy nodded with a perfectly acted disappointed expression on his face, "Yeah, if the king knew some nice gal like you helped us find him, and find our way out of this world, then he'd surely want to reward you. Not to mention, there are several princesses that could be in danger… If they were to be lent a hand, you could have been swimming in dough."
Tron's imagination sent her to a world of fantasy with Rock Volnutt at her side in a butler outfit, Roll kneeling before her and her family sitting by her side, all of them sitting in a mountain of gold and jewels. Her hands couldn't grab Goofy fast enough and hug him, holding him up in her robot's arm to have him peacefully seated, "I accept! You," she aimed a finger at Riku, "get over here, we got treasure that needs me to enjoy it!"
The knight grinned and gave Riku a wink and a thumb up. The boy sighed but followed closely the robot, not even bothering to ask for a ride in that thing with the greedy, arrogant girl. But he made the mental note of yelling at Goofy, 'Pirates? Is he serious…? Well, ok, I sided with Hook, but it was because I was being lied to… I hope you know what you're doing, Goofy.'
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Meanwhile, in another place of the town, someone was starting to wake up. Her head felt like it had been spinning violently for days, but it had been just hours. Blue eyes opened in a barely lit cell with stone walls before a gentle, delicate hand moved a lock of crimson hair away from their sight. Kairi sighed as she sat, rubbed her face and brushed her neck-length hair to keep the messy locks off her face. It seemed she was fine, even her pink zipped up, short-skirt dress seemed fine, its black hoodie was wrinkled but nothing out of the ordinary. She stumbled on her pink and white shoes as she tried to get up, only to step on someone, or rather, something.
Her eyes widened when she found a small Shadow Heartless in front of her. The redhead took out her own Keyblade, given to her by Riku. Only that the legendary sword didn't appear. She tried again, but she couldn't sense it. She began to worry as the small creature crawled up to her, rubbed her leg with its head and purred… Yeah, it was purring, a strange event that left Kairi even more shocked, until she sensed something strange in this little, bug-like creature.
'This feeling… it is similar, but… it's not him. I know it's like him but it is not…' she looked at its eyes, and she felt that strange sensation she wanted to hold for so long, "Sora…?" she reached down with one hand, trying to pet it, but the sound of gates opening made both her and the Heartless' heads snap up before the little critter scurried into the darkness.
Kairi turned to the door, tensing her body, she hadn't watched Sora and Riku fighting for nothing, she was ready to give a fight and escape by any means necessary. But that was when she noticed that her leg was shackled to the ground. She cursed, now dreading even more not having her blasted Keyblade. She reached down and yanked on the chain, hoping to get it off the ground by any means necessary.
But at that moment the gates opened, and someone was thrown in. She couldn't see the figure or who it was that had violently thrown the newcomer in this damp, dark cell, but she knew by its silhouette that it wasn't human. It was a girl in a bizarre outfit, a young girl about her age. This newcomer wore a red leotard with a diamond shape under the top to show a bit of her small cleavage, with blue stockings and red heels, had short purple hair, but other than her age and outfit, her other features were striking and very beautiful, Kairi felt a bit jealous, but felt a bit of guilty pride that she had bigger-
"Ow, that dumb Morrigan had to fight that idiot and get me through this…" the girl said before looking at her companion, curiously tilting her head to one side, "And who are you?"
"Umm… I'm Kairi, pleased to meet you…" she waited, the girl in the skin-sight outfit still looked curiously at her despite Kairi moving her hands to the purple-head, motioning for her to continue and say her name. But seeing as those red eyes kept on staring, she let out a mental sigh and asked, "What's your name?"
"I'm Lilith, Lilith Aensland… Did you fight a guy with gray eyes, hair and clothes and got thrown here too?"
Kairi was a bit baffled at this girl's straight-forward attitude, but replied nonetheless, seeing as she had a companion and someone who may want to escape as much as she, "No, I just woke up here… I don't remember how I even entered this place or what happened in the first place."
Lilith pouted, "Well, this idiot appeared in front of my castle with monsters. The monsters were all black and I could sense something dark and foul in them. But the scary part was that he didn't need them. My… sister, Morrigan, and I fended off the monsters, but that guy transformed himself into a gigantic demon and started to destroy our home. He said he wanted both of us… And I don't remember much, only that there was a large black hole in the sky before I was dragged in here."
Kairi gulped, it wouldn't be easy explaining her what was happening and why. But there were more important matters to attend to, "We need to get out of here, if what you said is true then whoever was controlling the Heartless is very dangerous and all worlds are in danger."
Lilith nodded and stood up, determination in her eyes, "I don't know what you mean with other worlds, but I can't let that jerk get away after messing my room and saying I wasn't half the woman my sister is!" she pumped a fist up, making Kairi sweat-drop.
'That's a clear inferiority complex if I ever saw one.' She said, before watching as red bat wings grew out the sides of Lilith's head and lower back, showing her true form, a succubus. 'Okay… What have I gotten myself into? How did Sora ever deal with things like this? And… what's that thing rubbing my hand?'
Kairi turned, and then gasped at the small critter rubbing her hand affectionately, that little Shadow had reappeared when the guard was gone. Lilith noted him and got mad, "Ah, it's one of the monsters who totaled my castle!" she morphed her wings into large spears, but before she could impale the now terrified Heartless Kairi stood between the two of them.
"Wait! I… I…" trying to regain composure when having sharp, pointy objects three inches from your face wasn't easy, but she managed, "I think this one is a friend…"
Lilith looked curiously at the two, but nodded slowly and morphed her wings back to normal, "So, can it help us escape?"
Almost as if understanding her words, the Heartless nodded and jumped into Kairi's hand. Kairi and Lilith watched in amazement as the little critter morphed upon contact with Kairi's hand, transforming itself into a Keyblade! The design was similar to Sora's but with some differences, for starters, it was all pitch black. The guard was shaped like the Heartless symbol, but inverted with the lower part of the symbol being where the blade and the handle met. The blade was the same as Sora's Kingdom Key, blunt and with sharp teeth, but the teeth were shaped like a three-pronged crown, instead of looking like a crown missed from the silhouette. Its key-chain was, to a lesser amazement, the cute little Heartless' head.
Kairi had a winning smile with the weapon in her hand before tapping her shackles with the tip, watching in satisfaction as they opened and set her free. "Alright, little guy, you're definitely with Sora."
Lilith clapped, "Good, now see if you can get us out."
Kairi nodded and opened the door to their dungeon. However, both were unaware of the presence looking over them with a smirk on his face. Grey materialized from the shadows of the cell, looking interestingly at the fleeing girls.
"That Shadow… the remains of Sora's darkness, perhaps? Whatever made it come to Kairi?" he pondered, before deciding not to bother too much, "No matter, they are here to stay." A large hand appeared on the open doorframe, grabbing it to steady the large warden of the prison. Grey smirked, as he knew the girls wouldn't make it with this guard. "Ah, the power of the Aensland Family, so… entrancing and yet so free, always hopping from one place to the other, don't you think?" the warden didn't reply, it simply moved forward, "Huh, Wesker should try to put some personality in his pets. Those two better be alive when they come here."
He moved back to the shadows, he had a very important meeting to attend to, one with his new associates.
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And that's all, folks! Sorry for not updating in such a long class, college's killing yours truly, and I had to put this on hold for a very long time, but now that things look calmer and brighter I hope I can update faster and with good quality.
"How did you get out of your cage?!"
It wasn't easy… But you should think better when making cages out of cheese and nachos, only reason I didn't escape sooner was because they were expired.
"Okay, will have to make a mental note on that. So, next chapter is me, right?"
Be prepared to meet a cranky new ally in a bizarre world.
"How bizarre?"
It's Disney.