A/N: Hey there readers. I know its been almost half a year since the last update DON'T KILL ME! Its a long story that started with me having been focused on the Keeper Christmas fanfiction in December. For Christmas I got a new laptop and my dad didn't transfer the files until February. Aside from that, on Christmas my cousin taught me how to work Tumblr and that took over my life. I got sick 3 times during cold season. February-early April I was doing my school musical. There was a period of time when I was getting really busy with school work. Plus, when I did try to work on the chapter I was experiencing horrible writer's block. I wish I had better excuses but most of this accounts to my laziness. I'm really sorry guys I won't let it happen again. On the pus side, WASNT DARK PASSAGE EHRMAGOD AMAZING?! If you'd like to talk about it, you can private message me cause Id love to talk about it, I just don't want anyone who hasn't read it to get spoiled. Well, without further ado, I present chapter 32!

Willa and Philby walked out of Mrs. Angelo's car. They would have gotten on a monorail and had Philby start it up, but after what they had just experienced, Willa's mom had offered to drive them.

"Thanks Mom!" Willa shouted. Mrs. Angelo forced a grin. She still wasn't comfortable with keeper activity, especially after her only daughter had almost died multiple times, but considering that someone else's life was in danger, she had let Willa go.

"I'll wait right here for you. Be safe"

"Umm mom..." said Willa

"Yes"

"We're gonna have a lion with us when we come back, so um... you don't have to wait."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes I'm sure"

"I just want to be here to make sure you're okay." Willa could sense the worry in her mother's voice and it was understandable. Willa climbed back into the car and gave her mother a hug.

"I'll be fine mom" she said. "Philby and I, we can do this. Trust me; we keepers have been through plenty of adventures. A late night trip to the Animal Kingdom shouldn't be that much of a problem"

"Okay" said Mrs. Angelo reluctantly. "I'll see you back at the railroad?"

"Yes" said Willa. "I promise"

Willa forced the words out of her mouth. She knew that on keeper adventures, there was never a 100% guarantee that you would live; there was always great risk involved. Willa held back tears. After the summer she'd been through, Willa didn't want to leave her mother any more than her mother wanted to leave her. In all honesty, right now she just wanted to go home and cuddle up on the couch with her mom, watching movies and eating junk foods just like normal times; but these were not normal times. Willa knew she had to do this. She had to do this for Wayne. Philby grabbed her hand. They looked at each other and ran through the gates of the Animal Kingdom as Mrs. Angelo drove away.

"Come on Finn!" shouted Olivia as the two ran to the emporium. Finn tried hard to keep up. He was too stressed and tired to run as fast as he usually could. He sighed as he heard Olivia shouting. That girl could run! "Come on!" she repeated.

"Just give me a second to catch my breath" he said, breathing heavily

"We don't have time for that!" said Olivia. "We have to save your friend come on!"

Finn picked up his pace for a second and reached Olivia. They were only a few feet away from the emporium so they slowed down to a fast walk.

"His name's Wayne by the way" Finn said.

"I know" said Olivia. "I just forgot"

"Well let's go in"

"Um…Finn?"

"Ya?"

"The door's probably locked"

"Oh right, that" Finn thought for a moment

"I got it!" he said

"What?" said Olivia.

"I'll go all clear and walk through the door. Then I can unlock the door and let you in."

"Good plan." said Olivia. "See you in a bit"

"Yup" said Finn.

"Oh and Finn?"

"Ya?"

"Be careful."

"I will"

Finn pictured a pinprick of light at the end of a dark tunnel and let all fear and worry wash out of his body. It was difficult. He had so many things to worry about. Of course there was biggest one, the fact that Wayne was in trouble and could die. Forget that, it had been a few minutes since Finn and Olivia left the train station, Wayne could already be dead. Aside from that, the rest of his friends could be in danger, how was he to know? Also, there was the fact that he had screwed up big time with Amanda. How could he have been so stupid?! Now, he had paid the price. She didn't want to be in a relationship with him again, and it hurt. He cared so much about her, he didn't want to be with anyone but her, never wanted to feel the kiss of anyone else but her ever again, but now he never could. But he had to forget all about that now. Right now all that mattered was saving Wayne and to so that he had to get into the Emporium .Finn concentrated and soon he felt that familiar tingly sensation. He was pure light. He looked back at Olivia and walked through the door. Finn opened the door and Olivia walked in. Then, he closed it behind him.

"It's dark in here" said Olivia

"Ya" said Finn. "Being in the parks at night all the time, you get used to it. At least my DHI glow is letting off some light. Let's try to find a light switch."

"Good plan" said Olivia. Olivia and Finn walked around, reaching for the walls, trying to find a way to get some light. Suddenly Olivia screamed.

"What's wrong?!" exclaimed Finn, alarmed.

"You scared me half to death! Don't do that again!" '

"Don't do what? What did I do?"

"You tapped me on the back" Finn's eyes grew wide

"Olivia" he said "I didn't tap you on the back" Olivia suddenly started shaking terrified. Just then, all of the lights turned on. Olivia screamed.

Maleficent glared at Charlene and Maybeck, so many of her minions unconscious at her feet.

"Silly children" she cackled. "I don't know where the rest of your companions went, or why they left you here alone, but no matter. That just makes it all the easier for me to kill you" Charlene looked at Maybeck nervously. Maybeck gulped. Charlene made some motions with her hands and Maybeck nodded.

Just then the two charged, Charlene at Maleficent and Maybeck at a pack of green eyes, including Luowski. The two started going crazy, trying to knock down as many OT s as possible. Maybeck punched Luowski and Hugo Montcliff to the floor. Charlene, ever the one to knock people out with grace, did a back walkover into Maleficent, knocking the fairy over and leaving her unable to fight back, at least for a short while. The two keepers smiled at each other and continued to attempt to take on their enemies.

Olivia screamed; because standing in front of her was an army of plush dolls, all fashioned to look like the Disney villains.

"Finn" she said, her voice quivering. "This isn't good is it?"

"No" he replied. "In fact, it's very, very, bad." Olivia turned the other way to run, but found herself unable to move. Her feet were being held by some of the dolls.

How do plush dolls have such a strong grip? she thought. It didn't really matter if it made sense, it was happening and Olivia had to find some way to get out of it…fast.

"Remember that Small World experience that was in the stories about us, the one you thought was fictional" said Finn.

"Ya"

"Well, this is like that, but considering that the dolls depict Overtakers, I'd say this is much ,much worse."

"Gee ya think?"

"Hey no need to get snippy!"

"Sorry" Olivia said. "Let's just try to get out of here!"

"Good plan" said Finn. Just then, more of the dolls started jumping off of the display. They began piling themselves on top of Olivia and Finn. Soon, the two kids were ankle deep. Olivia gave Finn a terrified look. This could not be good. Not at all.

Willa and Philby arrived in Animal Kingdom and couldn't believe their eyes.

"Whoa!" said Willa

"I know!" said Philby. "The animal characters, they're everywhere!" Philby's jaw hit the floor as Balloo from "The Jungle Book" walked past and waved. Willa ducked, smiling as Scuttle flew over her head. Then, she suddenly remembered why she and Philby were there.

"Come on" she said, shaking off her excitement. "Let's head to the lion's habitat"

"And where would that be?" said Philby.

"Geese don't you remember anything from our day here? It was only like what, a year ago?"

"Well sorry I'm just blanking out right now. I'm tired and stressed and aggravated and scared. And I was tired, stressed, aggravated and scared then. Geese now that I think about it is there ever a time when we're not tired, stressed, aggravated and scared?"

Willa giggled. "I guess OTs will do that to someone huh?"

"I guess so" said Philby, laughing. A few seconds passed and he suddenly broke the silence

"Um…are you gonna answer my question because in all seriousness I have no idea where we're going"

"The seaweed is always greener…" Willa began to sing

"OOOOH!" said Philby. "Right." Willa laughed and grabbed his hand. They continued to walk for a bit, there connected arms swinging in between them.

"I'll tell you one thing I do remember from that day though" Philby said.

"And what would that be?" said Willa

"When you and I fell asleep"

"Oh please don't remind me of that" Willa's voice had suddenly lost its voice and humor. She was obviously being serious

"What's wrong" asked Philby. Willa looked down at the ground.

"Not exactly my finest hour." she mumbled

"It wasn't mine either" said Philby. "We all make mistakes"

"I was so careless! If I had just been more careful..." Philby cut her off

"It was not your fault. You were tired, we all were, and you fell asleep. I however failed to pay enough attention to see if anyone was sneaking up behind me. How lame is that?!"

"I don't know" said Willa, now not looking up at all. "I just, sometimes I just feel like I'm not a good asset to the team, that I drag you guys down. I mean I get into trouble. I fell asleep that time in Animal Kingdom. Less than a year ago I nearly died and Finn and Maybeck had to come get me."

"And that one was definitely not your fault. That one is to be blamed on my stupid cat for turning off the bandwidth alarms."

"I just…sometimes I feel like I'm just a body on the team. How can I help you guys? I mean, look at all of you. Finn's the leader; he can get us out of any situation in the snap of a finger. Charlie and Maybeck, Charlie especially, can do these crazy awesome things in battles that save our butts many times. And you, you're great with computers. Without you, we'd be finished."

"No." said Philby, suddenly stopping walking, turning Willa towards him and putting his hands on her shoulders. He held her chin gently and picked up her head so that she was looking at him.

"Without you we'd be finished." he said. "Look at you. You saved our skins this summer, all by yourself, you saved us all. I don't know of many people who are strong enough inside to survive what you went through emotionally. You're strong Willa. Without you, we'd all be dead. What do you contribute to the team? You're a great thinker, always solving puzzles and coming up it ideas. It was you who figured out that Chernabog was in torpor. Even I didn't know that one. Willa, you've gotten us out of a ton of sticky situations with your brains and your whit, more times than you know.

"And that's just in missions. As a group of friends, of people, you contribute to us even more. You're kind at heart and you're a great friend. You're a peace maker. If I know you, you'll always want to avoid violence as much as possible. That's a quality I consider wonderful, amazing. Willa you're beautiful, you're amazing, you're supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! And I love you"

The two keepers looked at each other. There was a tear rolling gently down Willa's cheek. Then, suddenly, the two were kissing, their lips gentle against each other's. Just then they heard something and broke apart.

"Simba!" said the voice. "I think we've got visitors"

Charlene struggled to catch her breath as she kicked down yet another green army man. Every minute there were more and more Overtakers flowing in. As soon as she and Maybeck defeated one fleet, there was a new one ready to fight. Maleficent and the green eyes had begun to get back on their feet and with all the green army men keeping them occupied, Charlene and Maybeck didn't have time to knock them down again.

"This is endless!" Charlene screamed to Maybeck.

"You're telling me!" he said as he judo flipped one of the green army men. "Where the hell are Finn and Olivia with those jump ropes anyway?"

"I don't know" said Charlene. Dozens of green army men lay at her feet. She didn't see another troop coming in yet so she stopped to catch her breath. "But they better get here soon because I…can't…breathe."

Charlene clutched her stomach and closed her eyes in exhaustion. As she wiped sweat from her brow, little did she know Maleficent was sneaking up behind her. Just then, Maybeck glanced up and saw the evil fairy approaching

"CHARLIE LOOK OUT!" he screamed, but by the time Charlene realized what was happening, it was too late. She was being tightly held in the evil fairy's clutches with a green wrinkled hand covering her mouth.

"NOOOO!" Maybeck screamed. Maleficent let out an evil cackle. Maybeck's eyes grew wide as Maleficent was surrounded by a purple smoke. Suddenly, Maybeck could hear Charlene's screams. With every scream she made, he felt more and more pain inside, not able to bear hearing them. Maybeck winced. When he opened his eyes, he no longer saw Maleficent, but a hideous purple dragon. With Charlene still in her clutches, Maleficent flew to the edge of the train platform and flew up higher, until she must have been four stories high, a fall that would surely kill Charlene.

"LET HER GO" Maybeck screamed. He tried to stop tears from forming in his eyes, he wasn't one to cry, but soon he felt the hot liquid streaming down his cheeks. Maybeck charged.

"SEIZE HIM" Maleficent screamed. Suddenly, Maybeck was being restrained by Luowski and Hugo.

"Now I want you to listen to me very carefully boy" said Maleficent. "I am a generous woman. I've decided to give you the chance to save your little friend, because after all Terry…" she said his name maliciously, as if mocking it "…I believe you are a great decision maker, and a brave warrior like you deserves to use his talent.

Now Cruella is standing by the controls to start our little choo choo train going again. The task is simple. You will tell her either to pull the lever, or not to and she will follow your command"

Maybeck could tell that something was up.

"What's the catch" he said.

"Oh there's no catch dear" the evil fairy cackled. "There is however, a condition." Maybeck didn't like where this was going. "You see Terry, if you command Cruella to pull the lever, the train will go off the edge and your little white haired friend will undoubtedly die. However, if he dies, I will deliver your little girlfriend to you unharmed. If however, you choose to tell her not to pull the lever, letting your little white haired friend live, Miss. Turner hear will take a very hard fall" Maybeck felt as if he was going to puke. Charlene was crying. Wanda was still banging on the railroad doors.

"Your choice" said Maleficent.

A/N: Well did ya like it? Did ya? Did ya huh did ya? Once again sorry for the wait I know it was awful and SORRY for the cliffie! It just felt good and plus, I wanted to get this chapter to you guys. Now for the sneak peek trivia

What theme song from an old Disney Channel show contained these lyrics "This is life with Lizzie, Edwin, George and Nora, Marney and Casey"

As always, first three to get it right get a sneak of chapter 33. Bye guys! Best wishes!

-KingdomKeepers365