Author's Note: Tada! This is a fabrication based on a game from Disney and Square Enix. Blaster, Nox, Xarch, Pegasus, and the Seekers are original characters.

Chapter X: The Olympus Coliseum

The Pegasus slowed down as it approached Olympus Coliseum, turning to go into a low orbit, undetectable by the human eye. Sora, Riku, and Kairi returned to the bridge after successfully disposing of a Shadow Heartless, followed by Nox and Goofy. The damage control was worth it because a hairline fracture happened to be just inches from the aft shield generator, and needed to be replaced. Xarch and Donald remained in the engine room to try and repair the hyperdrive engines when the ship arrived at the intended world.

"Alrighty folks," Blaster said, standing up and walking behind his chair where there was enough room for everyone to gather in a circle. "We are about to teleport right to the surface, hopefully right in front of the coliseum doors."

In a flash of light, everyone stood before the doors of the coliseum, including Xarch and Donald.

"Ladies and germs," Nox said, spreading his arms wide as he looked at the gates to the coliseum. "Welcome to Olympus Coliseum."

(Insert Title Sequence: Three arcs of light accompanied by the sound of swords slashing something bring up the title "Olympus Coliseum in the same block letters as in the two previous games. The two Gladiators facing each other, swords drawn, stand like their giant counter parts over the doors of the coliseum above the name. Below the name is the dark cavern-esk stalactite formation that symbolizes the Underworld. The title remains for about 5 seconds before disappearing.)

"Yes," Xarch said, smacking Nox on the back of his head again. "We have already established that about two hours ago."

"Did I ask what the verdict was on the hyperdrive?" Blaster asked, turning to Xarch and Donald.

"Damage will take about two or three hours to repair, another 6-10 to get back to peak efficiency," Xarch replied.

"Well, we shouldn't be here more than a day," Blaster said. "Besides, we have all the time in the world to find the cure to this Dark Heart Curse."

"You should know," Nox muttered as he followed Donald, Goofy and Sora towards the doors to the coliseum. Blaster rolled his eyes, before he joined in with Xarch, Riku, and Kairi in following the "original crew" and Nox. Sora reached to open the doors when they began to open by themselves. On the other side of the doors was the one and only strongman in the coliseum: Hercules.

"Sora!" Hercules exclaimed as soon as he saw the group. He and Sora grasped each other's hands in a firm handshake. "Donald! Goofy! You brought friends?"

"Yes," Sora replied. "This is my friend, Riku," he said gesturing to Riku on his right, behind Goofy. "This is my other friend, Kairi," gesturing to her on his left, behind Donald, "and some new friends. This is Xarch," who was behind and to the left of Riku, "and Nox," who was behind and to the right of Kairi.

"And who is that back there?" Hercules asked, looking behind Sora. On the ground, writhing in pain with tendrels of darkness flying out of his heart, was Blaster.

"BLASTER!" Sora shouted, running to help Blaster. The tendrels of darkness floated as if they were underwater plants. However, this time was different. "Blaster? Can you hear me?"

Blaster opened his eyes for a second before he closed them again and shouted in pain.

"Let me try," Kairi suggested, Island Memories out and aimed at Blaster. "Sora, back away!" Everyone jumped out of the way as Kairi approached, tip pointed at Blaster's heart. "LIGHT!" Instead of transforming into her Valor Form, her blade emitted a ball of white energy that, once it hit Blaster, rippled through his body and eradicated the tendrels in a single shot. Blaster gasped, but didn't stand up. His breathing soon became more regular before he sat up. Donald was at his side in a heartbeat.

"Blaster?" Donald asked, checking Blaster's wristband for his health stats. "Are you okay?"

"I am now," Blaster replied. "What happened?

"That would be Kairi," Sora replied. "She fired off some sort of curing spell that healed you. It was a ball of light that just blew the darkness away."

"Like King Mickey's Pearl attack," Blaster said. "But it heals instead of injures."

"I have been working on some simple spells in secret," Kairi said. "I'm not the best magician in the world, but, it was as if that spell had been in me all along."

"A healing spell of Light," Blaster said, standing up, "that was buried in Kairi's memory? Kinda sounds like it was a manifestation of your element. You wanted to see what you could do to heal me, but couldn't find nothing, until your heart showed you what to do."

"Never thought of it that way," Kairi replied.

Blaster got a good look around before someone started talking at him.

"Still getting into trouble, aren't we?" Hercules said, standing behind Sora. "Long time, no see, Blaster. Didn't see you last time."

"I took a short break," Blaster replied. He then looked at all the leader boards from his last adventure. "I see you still haven't taken down the championship cup ranks. We still on top?"

"Why, yes we are," Sora replied after looking at the lists behind him. Sure enough, on the top of each list, Sora's name stood out, followed by Donald's, Goofy's, then Blaster's. There were two more names up on the lists as well. One was of his friend, Cody, and the other was that of his best friend, Char. Blaster reached up, and, with ease, touched the two names.

"I'll be back," Blaster muttered to himself. "I promise."

At that point, Blaster looked down and noticed that he was floating about 3 feet off the ground. Blaster dropped back down when he noticed that everyone else was staring at him. Hercules was the most shocked.

"Are you a descendent of the gods?" Hercules asked.

"No," Blaster replied. "It's something a little bit more complicated than that. What we really need is Phil's help. We are in need of…additional training."

"Heartless and Nobodies?" Hercules asked. "Maybe Organization XIII."

"Heartless and Nobodies yes," Sora replied. "Organization XIII…no."

"Although I wouldn't be surprised if they returned," Riku added. "I mean, if Maleficent could return, I'm sure that they could find a way to make a reappearance."

"I would love to get Phil to train you, but he up and left on me," Hercules said.

"Why?" Sora asked, flabberghasted.

"Oh," Hercules replied, "he seems to think that Meg is still working for Hades. I think it's all in his head."

"Where is Meg?" Donald asked.

"That…I don't know," Hercules replied.

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"So, lemmie get this straight," Hades said, looking at the Blizzard Seeker. "You are telling me that the ever so famous Titans are currently sitting in a prison somewhere in the ocean?"

"Yes, Hades," the Blizzard Seeker replied. "And, with them, you could take over Mount Olympus."

"Problem," Hades replied. "You are expecting me to release these guys from prison. If it was anything like the Underdrome, it'll be locked tight."

"Yes," the Blizzard Seeker said. "But you have two options. Wait until the planets align, or let me deal with the lock." She summoned her keyblade, which looked a whole heck of a lot like the Pumpkin Head mixed with her own personal touch of darkness and ice.

"Another problem," Hades said. "That idiot Wonderboy and that Key-brat and his friends would most likely get in the way."

"Then you make a deal," the Blizzard Seeker said, dropping her blade to her side. "Take away Hercules' strength, then take away their Keyblades. I have a special device devoted to just that."

Hades thought for a moment. Then, he and the Blizzard Seeker smiled at each other.

"I would need something that would benefit them if I want it to work," Hades said. "And I know just the perfect candidate." Hades snapped his fingers, and Meg appeared, surrounded by ropes of darkness.

"And when you get rid of Sora and his pesky friends," the Blizzard Seeker said, "we will both have something off our backs."

The smile on Hades' face grew.

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Blaster looked at the coliseum, which was full of training equipment. Each one was being used: Sora kept swinging his Keyblade at the training dummies, Kairi, was testing her agility by having plastic-tipped arrows flung at her by automatic crossbows (kind of like the ones from The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor), Riku was fighting alongside Sora, but from a different direction, and using different moves, Goofy was at the "Whack-a-mole" area, smashing his Save the King + into some of the training moles and throwing it like a discus at others. Donald stood in the center with Nox, each one in a friendly skirmish against each other, using only magic to attack. Xarch was standing near Blaster, working on her defensive technique with her Katana Aerial Blades against a sword swinging machine that Phil somehow created. Hercules was in the corner, working on a bar-bell, lifting well above his normal weight (probably about 100x).

Blaster stood in a corner, taking in as much data as he could so that they could continue to train while on the Pegasus. Blaster watched as he mentally began to talk to his ship.

I have no idea what to do, Blaster said to his ship. I am the fastest and strongest person in my universe and I cannot defeat one Seeker. What was I THINKING using the same element as him?

"We all make mistakes, Blaster," Pegasus replied. "Besides, you haven't used your Blast Arrow in a while. If you could use it against them by using it at the most opportune moment…"

But why? Blaster asked. If I were to keep my Blast Arrow secret, what purpose would it fill? I doubt any of them have a weakness to that type of energy.

"True," Pegasus replied. "But what if you were to combine your Blast Arrow with another element, like creating a Blizzard Blast Arrow. Would you be able to do that?"

That's a possible option, Blaster said. I'll give them a taste of the regular Blast Arrow next time they show up.

"Well, sensors are indicating that one is on the move," Pegasus said. "Looks like they will be arriving at your location in the next few seconds."

Before Blaster could even raise the alarm, fire erupted from between Nox and Donald, when the smoke cleared, Hades was standing, his blue flame hair blowing lightly in the wind. Next to him, a tower of ice appeared, which shattered seconds later, revealing the female, Blizzard Seeker.

"Hello guys," Hades said, looking around. "We need to talk."

(Scenes from the next chapter.)

ON THE NEXT "INTO THE FIRE": The Lord of the Dead has an offer no one in their right mind would take ("Hercules gives up his strength, and you two Key-Brats give up your blades for 24 hours, okay?" Hades asked.). So why have Sora, Blaster, and Hercules agreed? ("Alright," Hercules said.//"Okay," Blaster said.//Sora nodded) Tune in next week for an all new chapter of "Into the Fire." Fridays at 9/8c.

VIRTUAL JOURNAL:

HERCULES: Strongman of Olympus Coliseum, and son of Zeus and Hera. Once again, Hercules is training and facing off against the monsters Hades brings up. Looks like a hero's work is truly never done. He muscled his way into the big screen in Hercules in 1997.

HADES: Lord of the Dead and arch-rival of his brother Zeus. Since Hercules was born, he's been trying to get rid of the strongman to make sure that his path isn't impeded on his way to conquering Zeus. He has fallen short on many occasions. He first appeared in Hercules in 1997.

BLIZZARD SEEKER: The only Female member of the Seekers. She seems to control the element of ice. What could she want?

NOTES:

I am sorry about last week. My computer decided to catch a not-so-nice virus that turned into mal-ware that locked up Ad-Aware, and I really didn't want to risk corrupting any of my files. In response, this chapter is coming out about an hour earlier. I hope you enjoy this story, and please review/comment. Flames will be disposed of in the nearest Recycling Bin.