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Ch.16 Taking out the Trash
"Take that!" I called, swinging my Keyblade across the front of a Monotrucker and watching it fade into darkness. Beside me Aqua smiled as she defeated another Unversed, and once we did we both took a stop to rest. The two of us had been at this for a while; it seemed the entire ship was filled with Unversed. The Grand Councilwoman said that the largest amounts of monsters were in the Turo Prison Block and on the ship's exterior. We decided to go for the one's outside first, and began waking our way that direction.
"How much farther do we have to go?" I asked. Aqua frowned in thought and pulled out of a map of the ship, given to us by a very reluctant Captain Gantu. "Let's see... We are here, in the Ship Corridor. To get outside we have to keep going down this hallway until we reach the Durgon Transporter. After we defeat all the enemies in that room, we're free to go outside," she told me. That was all I needed to know, and I re-summoned my Keyblade as we walked to the Transporter.
Once we were at the door we got on wither side of it, and I held up five fingers. "Five... four... three... two... one... now!" I said, and we both burst through the door. On the other side were a dozen Jellyshades, nine Sonic Blasters and five Tank Topplers. I rolled my eyes and said "Oh joy. More trash to take out," but sucked it up and used Chaos Blade, aiming for the Jellyshades. Lucky for me while the Jellyshades could hit good, one good hit and they were down. So by the time I was done their were all gone, with five Sonic Blasters gaining up on Aqua.
I was a little worried, especially since she just stood there, but once they were close enough she cast Zero Graviga. All five of them were sent into the air, flailing around without any source of direction. She cast Fission Firaga and the ball of flame exploded, hitting them all and sending them flying. On my side of the room three Tank Toppers came closer to me, sure that I wouldn't be able to handle all of them at once. Boy, were they wrong. I just waited until they were ice and close before using my favorite spell- Meteor.
From above appeared a huge flaming rock, flying downwards. Just as the Topplers reached me it landed, exploding into flaming pieces of ruble that destroyed all three of them and one nearby Blaster. Now there were only two Topplers and three Blasters, one of which Aqua quickly dispatched with Ice Barrage. I cast Triple Firaga and the fourth Toppler, hitting it three times with three separate balls of flame. Before it could attack me Aqua hit it from behind and used Magic Pulse, dealing massive damage in one blow.
Now all that was left was one Bruiser and two Blasters, and I decided to have a little fun at their expense. I waited until they ere all together before using Chaos Blade, attacking all three of them. The beauty of Chaos Blade was that not only did it allow me to hit my enemies more time than a regular Sonic Blade, but whatever enemies were hit were inflicted with either blindness or confusion. By the time I was done all three of the enemies were confused, and they proceeded to attack one another.
The Toppler fired a blast of steam at the Blasters, who responded with laser beams. Aqua and I laughed; the sight of a group of Unversed not getting along was somehow funny. All three of them kept fighting, not even noticing us, until we both had our fill of amusement. "I think we should put them out of their misery, don't you?" I asked Aqua. She nodded and ran forward, casting Zero Graviga and sending them into the air. Once they were I hit them with Thundaga Shot, the fact they were off-balance increasing the damage that mush more.
All three Unversed vanished in a burst of shadows, and I smiled. "That wasn't too difficult," I said. Then caused Aqua to laugh, and I looked at her. "What's so funny?" I asked. "Dexal, you do realize what fighting outside the ship means, right?" she asked, and I shook my head. "It means we'll have to fight with our Gliders." My eyes widened. I had always fought with my Keyblade while it was in blade form. But with my Keyblade as a Glider? No experience.
Still, I had to do this if I wanted the charges for my escape dropped, and I wanted to help my friend anyway. So we walked to the purple room before the door to the exterior, and behind us the door slid shut, locking the air in. Aqua tapped her shoulder and I pumped my fists together, the acts creating our armor and Gliders, which we both climbed onto. The door opened with a hiss and we flew outside to the ship exterior.
A total of six Glidewinders were outside, and it looked as if some poor security guard had tried to take them on. Now he was being chased around the area, the left engine out and smoking badly. "We have to help him!" Aqua said, and I nodded. We flew forward and and Aqua concentrated for a second before firing a trio of magical arrows at the Glidewinders. They saw them coming and dodged, but when they did I rammed into one and slammed him into the side of the ring, destroying him. One down.
Their attention turned to me and gave the guard time to escape, while Aqua fired more arrows. They spun to dodged and I came forward, but one of the Unversed slammed into me, the force of its attacks sending me spinning until I was about to hit one of the three pillars. I closed my eyes and waited for the impact, but just when I thought it would all of a sudden I felt like I was being pulled. I opened my eyes again and I wish I hadn't; I was being spun around the pillar while connected by a cord of energy.
"Let me go!" I yelled, and it did just that, tossing me and sending me spinning across the room. As I spun I hit another Unversed who fell beneath the force of my attack, but before I could celebrate I was grabbed by another pillar and spun even faster. Couple that with the fact we were in a no-gravity zone, and I was starting to feel pretty nauseous. As I spun I could briefly see Aqua take down two more Glidewinders with her arrows, leaving only two left.
The pillar released me and sent me spinning, but before I could hit one of the last Unversed it hit me , knocked me off my Glider. "Dexal!" Aqua called, but I yelled "It's okay! Just get 'em!" She paused for a moment before nodding, and I summoned back my Glider, which returned to me in the form of my Keyblade. "Great, now what do I do?" I asked. Then I saw one of those annoying pillars and I got an idea. Pointing my Keyblade at it I fired Thundaga Shot, and once the shot connected the pillar automatically grabbed me by the wrist and began spinning.
This time I had a lot more control, and I waited until one of the Glidewinders was right in front of me before I let go. The force of the toss sent me through despite the lack of gravity, and as I passed by the Glidewinder I slashed it horizontally all the way across its side. It died, and Aqua defeated the other with another arrow. Both of us were silent for a moment, until I declared "I am never fighting Unversed on my Glider again."
Although I couldn't see her face I could tell Aqua smiled, until we both saw a flash and an object was floating in the center of the ring. We flee and Aqua grabbed it. I recognized the shape and asked "Hey, isn't that a Wayfinder?" "Yeah, it is. This must be the one Experiment 626 was carrying around," she said. "But if it's out here, then where is he?" I asked, and she said "I don't know. We'll just have to look. Next is the monsters in the Prison Block, right?" I nodded. "Then we had better be going that way."
With that the two of us flew back into the room we came from, and once the door behind us had closed we dismissed our Gliders and armor. The room was full of Unversed like usual, but Aqua and I were able to deal with them easily. Once the room was clear we used the Transporter in the center, which took us straight to the Prison Block. Like before we waited on either side of the door, and on the count of five we both rushed in. "Say your prayers, Unversed!" I called, but stopped when I saw that the entire room was empty.
"What the-?" I said, and Aqua asked "Where are the Unversed?" Then suddenly an alien dropped own onto the ground, and I started at him. He was small, probably only as high as my knee, with blue fur, antennae, and huge ears and beady black eyes. He was wearing some sort of suit, and it might have been my imagination, but I could swear I saw a tag with the number 626. "Well, we know where he is," I said. Aqua nodded and stepped forward. "You must be Experiment 626. I have orders to take you in," she said.
Then suddenly he said "Terra!" Aqua and I both gasped, and he went back to searching along the ground. We followed, and Aqua said "I think we need to talk." 626 kept searching, until a few Floods jumped out of the ground. He jumped back and snarled, while more appeared and surrounded all three of us. "I think I found the Unversed," I said, stating the obvious.
Aqua nodded and looked at 626. "We'll talk later," then she turned to the Unversed "but first things first." I nodded and said "Come and get some!" There were five Floods, three Scrappers, and five Sonic Blasters. Without waiting I cast Meteor, instantly destroying all of them, only for a second wave to appear. 626 pulled out a pair of laser and began firing, hitting an Unversed that came close. Aqua used Magic Hour, repeatedly jumping up and diving to create a pillar of light.
The move combined with 626's rapid fire lasers destroyed all the Floods, leaving only the Scrappers and Blasters. I cast Triple Firaga followed by Thundaga shot, destroying one of the Scrappers and injuring the others. Aqua slashed at a Blaster and it tried to hit back with a laser, but before it could ^26 shot it out the air. Now that it was on the ground I used Chaos Blade, hitting it twice before I turned and went after the other Unversed. Aqua cast Fission Firaga on the mother two Scrappers at the moment I hit them, our combined attack destroying them both.
Now only four Blasters were left, one of which was immediately shot by 626. Aqua used Ice Barrage to destroy another, and with one more Meteor spell I destroyed the last two. Once they were all gone I smiled, before dismissing my Keyblade and saying "Cakewalk." Aqua smiled and 626 just went back to searching on the ground. "Thanks. We own you one. What exactly is it that you're looking for?" Aqua asked him. He looked up at her and said "Ter... ra."
"Yeah, about that. How exactly do you know him?" I asked. But he just jumped onto the wall and began climbing. "Wait, I just need to ask you-" Aqua started, but I said "Too late. He's gone." "But how does he know Terra?" she asked. I was silent for a moment, before saying "Well, it's possible that Terra was on the ship before we got here, and came in contact with 626. If so, then that could be where he learned what a Wayfinder looks like. In either case, or work here is done. Let's head back to the Grand Councilwoman."
Aqua nodded and we both turned to leave, unanswered questions still bouncing around in our heads.
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(Sigh...) The Unversed never seem to end, do they? But in either case, I hoped you enjoyed this chapter.
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