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Ch.17 Circle of Friends

Aqua and I walked back into the Control Room, immediately talking to the Grand Councilwoman. "The Unversed in the Prison Block and ship exterior have been destroyed," I reported. "Good. Dr. Jumba and Experiment 626 have been spotted. They were last time wandering around the launch deck. Will the two of you see to it that they are secure?" she asked. "Is Experiment 626... really that dangerous?" Aqua asked her. She replied "We must assume so."

I raised an eyebrow. "Must assume? Why?" I asked. "Dr. Jumba was convicted of experiments to try and create living weapons, with 626 being his six-hundredth and twenty-sixth experiment. 626 was designed to be an unstoppable destructive machine, capable of no thought except destruction. Now he has escaped, and until we learn of any alternative motives, we must assume 626 is acting with hostile intent," the Grand Councilwoman explained. "All right then. We go there now," Aqua said, and I nodded.

We walked through the halls of the ship, and I asked Aqua "What will we do if we have to fight 626?" She was silent for a moment, before saying "Then we'' just have to fight him. But only to weaken him enough to take him into custody." I nodded; the plan was unappealing, but worked. With that the two of us kept going, until we reached the launch deck, where we saw Jumba and saw 626. Dr Jumba was short and stocky, with four eyes and wearing a pair of prison clothes.

He walked towards 626 and said "Is time to give up. Then I will fix abnormality, and ridiculous behavior stops." "Hold it right there!" I called, jumping down. "Dr Jumba, Experiment 626, we have orders to take you in," Aqua called. He saw her holding his Wayfinder, and shot towards us calling "Terra!" He snatched from her hand and I drew my Keyblade, but instead of attacking he nuzzled his head against the Wayfinder and purred. "So it really does belong to you. Where have you seen that shape?" Aqua asked.

"Is copy of good luck charm that boy Terra show him. Said friend gave him charm, was very protective of it," Jumba said. I gasped and looked at him. "He actually said that to you?" I asked. "Yes," he replied. Aqua smiled. "Then you're still okay, Terra." "Yeah, and a good thing too," I added. "Is not good thing! Now because of Terra and his little bauble, my creation is hesitating in his genetically programed destructive instincts. Just look at him!" Jumba exclaimed. I did, seeing 626 admiring his Wayfinder and I smiled.

But my smile disappeared when I saw a huge laser blast almost hit him, which he dodged. Aqua and I looked up to see Gantu standing there, his gun smoking slightly. "What are you doing?! Our orders are to capture them alive!" Aqua called. "I've decided to take a new approach. All right you two... any last words before I blast you into a million pieces?" he asked. 626 yelled "Lala pittoogee!" Gantu yelled "I'm just big-boned!" and jumped own, chasing after him and yelling "Freeze!"

626 kept running and dodging laser, but eventually Gantu backed him into a corner. Aqua and I couldn't watch anymore and ran forward, summoning our Keyblades and calling "Stop it!" Gantu looked back at us and said "I'm warning you two, stay back!" "I guess we have to do things the hard way," Aqua said. 626 jumped over him so he was beside us and drew his lasers. "You asked for it!" I called, before using Chaos Blade. I charged into him and the force of the blow made him take a step back before I attacked again.

When I was done he had several cuts along his legs, and he grunted before shooting at me. I dodged and Aqua cast Fission Firaga, hitting him at the some time 626 fired pair a laser shots. Both attacks hit him at the same time, and the resulting blast actually knocked him off his feet. Now that he was vulnerable Aqua use Magic Hour, rising up before diving and hitting him with a pillar of light over and over.

Gantu growled and said "I'm getting tired of this!" before he shot at aqua, this time hitting her. "Aqua!" I called, but I couldn't help her since Gantu fire at me. "You fool! Take this!" I called, casting Meteor. He saw it and shot a laser at it, and while that stopped the meteor from hitting him it also made it explode sooner. I smiled and cast Triple Firaga, hitting him three times from behind. He glared at me and swung, punching me square in the chest hard enough to send me flying.

Experiment 626 shouted and ran over, catching me as a was just about to fall. He gently placed me back on the ground, and I looked at him. "Thanks. You're a lot stronger than you look," I told him. He nodded before curling into a ball and bouncing around, and I knew what he wanted me to do. I grabbed him and spun around, yelling "Hey Gantu!" He dodged an Ice Barrage from Aqua and looked at me, and I stopped spinning and threw 626. It hit him straight on the face, and Gantu shouted in both surprise in anger.

"You vile beast! Get off my face!" he yelled, trying to pull 626 off. But he had a grip like iron, and wasn't going anywhere. "I don't see that working. But this will!" I called, using Chaos Blade again. He said "Not this time!" and pulled 626 off before throwing him at me. The two of us hit each other and fell to the floor, while Aqua frowned before using her Shotlock, Prism Rain. A salvo of rainbow-colored missiles fired at Gantu, and hurriedly jumped out of the way. But while he was so focused on the first volley, he never saw the seconds, and was hit in the side.

Gantu growled before saying "Curse you all!" and he started spinning like a top, shooting out lasers at rapid fire speed. I tried to use Thundaga Shot, but it was shot away and the three of us had to keep running to avoid being hit by any shots. Eventually we had to hide behind a block, and Aqua asked "He's not going to give up. What do we do?" 626 jumped in front of us and started acting. He made it like his fist was falling to the ground, then he was pointing a sword or something a firing a shot, then he was acting like he was shooting his lasers.

Aqua looked at me. "I didn't understand that at all. Did you?" I was silent for a moment, until it clicked and I said "You want us to all hit him with a shot at once?" he nodded, and I said "Alright, here's what we'll do. 626 will jump out and catch his attention, while Aqua casts Fission Firaga and I cast Meteor. Then he'll fire his lasers, and all three attacks will hit him at once hard enough to knock him down. Got it?" They both nodded, and we waited for a moment before 626 ran out and starting yelling.

Gantu stopped spinning and looked at him, glaring. "Trying to give yourself up are you?" he asked. 626 just smiled, and I called"Now!" Aqua nodded and fired Fission Firaga, 626 his lasers, and I cast Meteor. He looked around and saw all three attacks, and he wasted just a split-second too long trying to decide which one to block. Then all three hit him at once, and he was sent to his knees from the combined triple explosion. For a second he just stood there, until he jumped up and slammed into both me and Aqua. We both fell back, but recovered quickly.

626 turned into a ball one more time and both me and Aqua threw him. He hit Gantu and covered his eyes, who grunted and yelled, trying to pull him off. He succeeded and threw 626 on the ground. Gantu slowly walked toward him and pointed his laser, saying "It's over." Aqua and I ran to him, and just as he was about to fire we heard a voice say "Enough!" All four of us stopped, and turned to see the Grand Councilwoman walking towards us. "I observed everything on the monitor," she said, looking at Gantu.

He said "I... I can explain..." but she had already turned towards us. "You've been of great service Aqua. Thank you. And Dexal, your attempt at escape never happened," she said. I bowed my head in thanks, and she said "Captain Gantu. You will escort Experiment 626 to the asteroid to which he is banished. When you return, you're back on patrol." "Not patrol..." Gantu whined, walking toward the exit. I felt I had to do something, and when I looked at Aqua she nodded, felling that same.

The Grand Councilwoman had begun to leave with both Jumba and 626, but Aqua said "Please Your Highness. Would you consider sparing Experiment 626?" She stopped and looked at us. "Spare him? He's an extremely dangerous creature. I cannot release such a such menace," she said firmly. "But I think he's at least trying to make friends. And dangerous or not, I really believe he can succeed," Aqua said. She was silent for a moment, before saying "Very well, Aqua. If he behaves himself, then I will consider reducing his sentence." We both bowed our heads and said "Thank you ma'am."

We walked over to 626, who looked up at us as we approached. I got down on one knee and said "That's a nice good-luck charm. Who had one like it?" "Terra," he said, and Aqua got down too. "Do you think... our circle of friends could become yours? My name is Aqua, and his is Dexal. Our friends re Terra and Ven." "Ah-koo-wa, Dexal...fren. Terra... Ven." We both nodded, and I looked at Aqua. "I guess this is where we part ways." She nodded, and said "I'll see you later Dexal." "See ya," I said, before summoning my armor and Glider and leaving.

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And that takes care of Deep Space! Sorry the chapter was so short; I'm trying to come up with some ideas for Neverland. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

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