Chapter 28 The Darkside of the Moon Part 4; The Leviathan Seed
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"Holy shit!" shouted Riku as the ship shook again as they entered the atmosphere of the moon. The clouds were dark purple and shot out red lightning. As soon as they had entered the atmosphere the ship had been struck by the lightning and they were falling down to the surface at an alarming speed.
Samus was trying to control the ship but it was useless, the lighting had fried the thrusters. "We're going to crash!" shouted Xion in panic. Reno looked out of the window and saw what looked like a giant blue crystal sticking out of the surface; he could see an opening just big enough for the ship to enter. "Samus head for that crystal thing!" he shouted as she looked to where he was pointing.
"Are you crazy!?" she shouted as she moved out of the way of an approaching Space Pirate freighter, it shot a barrage of missiles at them.
They felt the air being sucked out of the ship as a giant hole appeared in the side, "I'll drop out here!" shouted Iron Man before he jumped out and flew away, Captain America grabbed a parachute and stood at the edge, "We'll meet up with you guys later, until then stay alive!" he shouted before he too jumped out.
"Hang on!" shouted Samus as she moved into the direction of the crystal, "It's just like when Prima Vista crashed in the Forest of Mist eh Garnet!" shouted Zidane as he held onto a pole next to the wall, Garnet stared at him in bewilderment as she held onto the same pole for dear life. "Now maybe not the time for a nostalgic memory Zidane!" she shouted as the ship got closer and closer.
"Geronimo!" shouted Reno in excitement as Samus put her helmet on and braced herself, Dredd remained in his static sitting position, he didn't even seem remotely faze by what was going on. Xion transformed and Riku held onto her tightly as the ship crashed straight through the wall of the crystal and tumbled down and down until eventually landing on the surface with a crash.
Riku was flung up and smacked the back of his head against the ceiling as the ship landed, Zidane was flung across the room and smashed straight through the front windows, Samus had changed into her morph ball form as Reno had taken cover behind the her chair.
Garnet had been flung forward as well but she landed against the sitting figure of Dredd who didn't even flinch as she crashed into him.
"Sorry" she mumbled in embarrassment as he stood up and rolled his shoulders, "Alright whoes not dead?!" he said as he heard several groans of acknowledgment, "Yo" said Reno weakly as he picked himself up, Samus changed out of her morph ball mode and checked the only working monitor, "Ship is completely fucked, so much for our escape option" said Samus in frustration.
"Well at least we're all still alive" said Reno with a slight chuckle. Garnet then looked around in concern "Wait a minute, where Zidane?" she said in panic. "You guys have got to see this!" they heard Zidane shout from outside, "Zidane!" she shouted in surprise as she moved toward the exit.
Samus flicked the switch and the hanger opened allowing Garnet to run outside, she shrieked in disgust as she stood on a puddle of bluish goo.
The entire room was like the inside of a cave, the walls and the floor were covered in red and blue pus like markings. She jumped and hopped over the pus as she looked round in disgust, Zidane was rubbing the back of his head as he looked round grinning widely.
"Zidane!" she shouted happily as she flung her arms around him, "You ok?" she said as she looked at the cut on his head, he grinned and looked over to where the others were coming out. "Hey guys!" he shouted as Riku shouted in disgust.
"What the fuck is this shit?" he said as he stumbled and nearly slipped. Zidane laughed as Riku slipped and slided towards him. Samus and Dredd walked towards them without reacting as Reno slipped and fell straight on his back, "Oh shit" he groaned as he stood up and carefully made his way over.
"Any idea what this is?" said Reno as he looked round in disgust, "Kinda looks like the inside of the Impact Crater" said Riku as he looked to Samus, she nodded in agreement. "Yeah I see what you mean" she said as she knelt down and scooped up some of the blue goo with her finger and scanned it with her Scan Visor.
"Chemical recognised as Phazon, this is an extremely weak version of the substance but should still be avoided; scans suggest that the liquid is being produced from a hive of some kind. Pure Phazon is extremely dangerous and must be avoided, this weaker solvent has been infected with other compounds to make it safer to use, and direct contact is still not advised" she read out loud from her scan as the others moved away from the weak Phazon.
"So this is what they must be using to channel all those Shadows" said Riku as he looked up to the surface, there were several tunnels ahead of them and the only exit was hundreds of metres above them. "We can't fly up there, we'll have to just go through the long way" said Zidane as he looked to the cave, "You kidding me? I ain't going in there!" said Riku.
"Yeah, what if we get turned into a Heartless! That is what Phazon does to you isn't it!?" said Xion, she was still in her Way to the Dawn form and didn't like the idea of going into a cave filled with a potentially lethal substance.
"No, Phazon can be used to create a pure Heartless but it takes more than just that, trust me. Besides this looks more like waste than actual Phazon, we should be fine as long as we get out and back to the surface quickly" said Samus.
Riku grimaced, "Great so we're essentially heading into a sewer" he said as Dredd walked forward and pulled out his gun, "Anything is better than standing around and listening to you kids yapping all day, now let's move" he said before he head down the first cave.
"Hey wait!" shouted Zidane but he was already gone, Samus cocked her arm cannon and followed after him, "Come on, I'll keep you safe" she said to them.
Reno sighed and walked forward and pulled out another stun rod, "This is going to get messy" he said in annoyance as he followed after her. "Come on then" said Zidane as Garnet changed into her weapon form and he stretched his arms and flexed his shoulders, Riku sighed and the two walked off to follow the others.
ROS
Above the caves where Riku and the others where, was a giant city, it looked far more technologically advanced than anything Sora had ever seen. It was where he and Thor had landed with Loki and they hadn't seen anything since arriving, for being such a huge city it seemed almost like a ghost town.
"Stay alert" said Thor, he was holding onto Loki's restraints with one hand while holding his hammer with the other, Loki just smirked and followed them in silence. Then a round blue orb flew past them, it stopped in front of them for a few seconds before flying away before either of them could react.
"What the hell was that?" said Kairi in her Keyblade form, Sora gripped the handle tightly as he looked around for oncoming enemies, "Probably nothing good" he said out loud as Thor pointed his hammer toward the building adjacent to them, "We'll head for that building, I don't think the streets are safe enough for us to traverse" he said.
He led Loki toward the building while Sora kept a look out, he was completely unaware of the small crab like robot that was watching him. A screen of him came up on a giant monitor, two small gear shaped robots with faces looked up at the monitor and saw Sora, on another monitor was the image of Maximus and Terra as well as another of Riku, Zidane and the others, the other showed Captain America and Iron Man who were fighting Chitari.
"It's definitely them, my lord Machinedramon!" said one of them before it turned round to its master. It was nearly thirty feet tall and shaped like a theropod dinosaur, it was made completely out of metal and had two giant rail gun like cannons on its back, its silver and black shining metal skin was covered in hazard warnings and it spoke in a demonic whispering robotic voice.
"Let me put this in words you can understand, send units to all of those locations and blow them up" it said as the two smaller robots cowered in fear. "Yes sir, all units dispatch to these locations and lay waste to all enemies of our lord and master" they shouted into a microphone.
The roads in the city opened up and out came several tank like monsters, they had large guns for hands and a single large cannon for a head, they started chanting out as they all started making their way to where Sora and Thor were.
On the other side of the street a giant stadium like building opened up and two serpent like monsters flew out. "Finally some action" said one as they both flew towards the building.
"Where the hell did they come from?" shouted Sora as Thor summoned a lightning bolt and destroyed several of the tank like robots, "We need to move" said Thor as they ran into the building.
"Fire!" shouted Machinedramon as he watched what was going on, the tanks fired out to the building and it started shaking as the glass shattered and bits and pieces fell off and the columns collapsed. "Run!" shouted Sora as they ran through the main hall of the building and out through the back door.
The building collapsed behind them, they saw the serpent like dragons fly over them but it didn't look like they had spotted them. "What is this?" Thor said to Loki in anger, Loki smirked. "You landed in the wrong place brother, now you will be purged by Machinedramon and his metal army of death" he said grinning.
"Machinedramon?" said Sora as they heard the chanting of the tank like robots, "He was originally supposed to be the new Devils Machine but we found a better replacement and he is now the controller of this city, there is no place to hide. He will find you wherever you are and he will kill you" said Loki.
More robots smashed through another building and headed up the street towards Sora and Thor, "Keep going, we need to find a way to get out of this city" said Sora as they kept moving away, Sora pointed his Keyblade towards them, "Graviga!" he shouted and several robots were crushed by a giant black orb that appeared above them.
"Don't waste your time fighting them off, there's too many just keep moving" said Kairi as Sora groaned in frustration. "Aye I hear ya!" he shouted as he ran after Thor.
ROS
Riku, Zidane, Reno, Samus and Dredd kept moving through the Leviathan seed, every so often they would heard strange noises and see small maggot like creatures slither across the ground but other than that they hadn't seen any other life forms.
As they progressed further and further through the tunnel they began to see dried out husks of giant beasts, one of them looked like the Parasite Queen Riku had fought on the Orphism while others looked like the exoskeleton of Metroid Prime.
They heard an almighty shriek and Dredd told them to take cover, several armoured Space Pirates walked past, they were covered in neon orange like armour and they were carrying several tubes each containing a Metroid.
Dredd aimed his gun at one of them but Samus motioned for him to seize fire, she rolled into her morph ball mode and rolled up until she was right underneath them, then she set off a Power Bomb. It seemed like all hell broke loose, two of the pirates were killed instantly while the other flailed around in blind anger as most of its face was burned off.
It didn't have to suffer long before one of the escaped Metroids latched onto its face and drained him of his energy completely. Riku could hear the shouts of several other Pirates; he saw the Metroids head in the direction of where the Space Pirate had come from.
While the Space Pirates were distracted Riku and the others sneaked their way through the other tunnel. They found themselves in a long cave filled with various blue eyeballs that watched them and followed them as they walked through the tunnel. "This is freaking me out" said Xion as Samus stopped them as they reached a barrier.
It looked like a long deformed tentacle with a glowing blue ball at the end encased in crystal. Dredd fired several bullets at it but it wasn't affected in the slightest. Samus switched to her X-ray visor and then shot a Plasma beam shot at the orb, the creature screeched and convulsed before collapsing and disintegrating. "I gotta get me one of those things" said Zidane as Samus kept walking.
Eventually they reached the end of the tunnel, in front of them was a much wider area; it almost looked like an arena. There were cilia covered holes on the edge of the arena and the floor seemed to pulse and shake. Samus jumped down onto the floor and the others followed. Riku couldn't help but feel uneasy, he had the strangest feeling they were being watched.
Samus walked forward as the others looked round, she then jumped back and pointed her gun to one of the holes. "I know your there Ridley!" she shouted and seconds later the dragon flew out, he landed on the floor and skidded along towards her before standing on his legs and walked towards her with his fists clenched.
He roared at her before trying to snap her in his jaws, she dodged and went into morph ball mode as he breathed out a wall of fire, she boosted away from him and morphed back as the others joined her, they all pointed their weapons to the dragon.
"Should have known he'd be here" growled Riku as Ridley backed off and stretched his wings, "Welcome, I see you decided to die before everyone else in the universe, all the more fun for me" he said as he sharpened his claws and waved his tail in a swiping motion.
Riku clenched his Way to the Dawn tightly as Samus aimed her cannon at him. "No Riku, he's mine" she said, he frowned but nodded and backed off.
She walked calmly towards her nemesis as he dropped down on all fours, he roared and stretched his wings before leaping to the side and firing a barrage of fireballs towards her. She dodged and fired several blasts at him, the shot bounced off Ridley's enforced armour, Samus decided to use another strategy. She waited until he let loose a breath of fire before strafing and firing a blast into his mouth.
Ridley shrieked and fell back onto his backside; she then used the Grabble beam to rip open the weakened piece of armour on his chest. The sheer force of her tearing open the armour caused Ridley to stand up on two legs and swat blindly at her as she fired a Super Missile into his chest.
Ridley stepped back and covered his weak point as she clenched his fists and absorbed Phazon from the ground, his chest was covered in a new piece of armour that looked stronger than the previous one. Ridley then conjured two energy balls in his hands and began charging them; Samus didn't give him the chance.
She fired two charged shots at each of the energy balls and they exploded, knocking Ridley off his feet. She then used her X-ray visor to shoot away at the weakened hinges at the corners of Ridley's armour, the armour broke and Ridley took to the air and flew away.
"Coward!" Samus and Riku shouted as Ridley flew in and out of the arena firing beams of plasma at her.
She dodged and flipped out of the way and waited for a chance to hit him, he eventually stopped and tried to launch a fire ball at her but she was too quick and fired a shot directly into his chest, Ridley dropped the ground and got up weakly on his hands and knees and Samus moved closer to him.
She aimed her cannon at his head and prepared to fire, he smirked at her "Go ahead and shoot, I'll be back Samus, I always come back!" he shouted gleefully, she charged her shot and was about to fire, he then sighed "But dying is such a bitch" he muttered before she ran forward, thrusted her cannon into his mouth and let loose a blast directly into the back of his throat, the back of Ridley's head exploded and he collapsed and went still.
"Alright Samus!" cheered Zidane as Riku smiled as Samus gave them a nod and walked back to them. Then Riku saw Ridley begin to glow blue and started to float, "Oh no you don't" said Samus as she noticed Riku looking at Ridley's fallen body, Phazon enveloped his body and seemed to melt him into the floor, Samus relaxed as Ridley became nothing more than a bloody puddle of Phazon.
"So he's really gone?" said Riku as he watched Ridley decompose, "Hopefully" said Samus before she turned her back on her enemy, "Come on, let's get moving" she said. The centre of the room began to glow and they watched it as it shot out a small blue light it travelled up, leaving behind a trail as it reached the top, and it seemed to go up until it reached the surface.
"I think this is an elevator!" Zidane said in excitement as he walked forward onto it, it glowed and Riku grinned, "Yeah I think your right, come on everyone" he said. They all stepped on and it glowed again before lifting up and travelling to the surface.
When it reached the top they found themselves on a desert plain, on the horizon they could see a large city, it looked like Mega City On but a lot more advanced, "I'm guessing we're heading there" said Dredd and he cocked his gun, "I look forward to finally shooting something" he said as Reno chuckled.
"Definitely looks like the place where someone would want to hide a super powerful cosmic entity capable of wiping out every single living being in the universe" said Reno as Riku rolled his eyes.
"Brilliant observation skills there Reno" came a voice from behind them, they all turned round to see Terra, Maximus had his arm over her shoulder and it looked like she had just carried him a few miles.
"Terra, Max!" said Zidane and Garnet in joy as they ran towards their best friends, "What happened to him?" said Zidane amused as Maximus sat down on a rock and groaned, "Ah fuck" he slurred before his eyes rolled back and he collapsed again, "Not again" Terra said weakly as Zidane helped Maximus back up onto his feet.
"He used up too much energy and now he's acting like he's fucking drunk or something" said Terra and gave Maximus an annoyed look, "Thank god I found you guys, so where is everyone else?" she said.
Then there was an explosion off in the distance in the city, "Probably there" said Riku grinning, "Then let's get a move on!" shouted Terra.
A/N And Ridley is gone, only a few members of the Alliance left. There dropping like flies huh? We're nearly halfway through the finale, sad times. Actually to be honest I've kinda lost my interest in this story, not that I think it's bad or anything but it defiantly deserves a remake.
I'll probably do the remix, (I'll do what they do with Kingdom Hearts and call it Resonance of the Soul ReMix) hopefully that will be better; I'll have to go and fix a lot of inconsistencies and grammar mistakes.
The next chapter is The Darkside of the Moon Part 5; City of Death