Chapter 32 The Darkside of the Moon Part 8; You Cannot Grasp the True Form of Giygas Attack!
Disclaimer; The penultimate chapter! It's the final battle against Giygas!
All across the universe the skies went black; the worlds became surrounded by a black mist like energy. Darkness seeped into all the worlds and everyone began to feel the effects, in the world of Halloween Town Jack and all the others collapsed to their knees, "I've never felt terror like this, it's truly horrifying" said Jack as he collapsed to the ground.
At the Poison Apple were all of the old members of Maleficent's group now live they started to fall to their knees, "It's the end, I fell nothing but despair" said Jafar, "I always enjoyed the darkness but even this is too much for me" said Oogie Boogie as he crumpled to the floor, "This might be the first time where I've actually been truly afraid" said Hades as he felt as his god like powers disappear.
"All Judges report! What's your status!" shouted the Head Judge in Mega City One, all of their screens went black and then were replaced with the face of Giygas as his darkness slithered into the room, they could only scream as they started to mutate and change into Shadows.
"Maka! What's going on!" shouted Soul Eater as the two meisters lay with their own friends in the halls of the DWA academy, "I don't know what this is, it's even greater than Asura madness wavelength, I fell all my energy draining away" said Maka in fear as the room filled with black mist and started to choke the light out of them.
Across the plains of the Great Hunting Ground in the cabin of the Jenny Haniver Tom and Hester lay huddled up together in the tiny bed they had made for themselves, they had survived London's destruction and were now drifting peacefully, Hester could feel the dark energy making its way towards them but she didn't care, she was with the one she loved and she would die happily knowing that at least for a moment she was happy.
Mickey struggled to stay awake as the darkness crawled its way into the remains of the academy, "Kairi, Sora, Riku, Xion, Zidane, Garnet, Maximus, Terra, please fight on. You're the only hope we have left" he said weakly as he collapsed into unconsciousness, Master Yen Sid saw the stars become clouded in darkness all across the universe, "Even in the darkest of hour I know that your light will prevail, fight on my brave warriors" he said before he too was lost in the darkness.
All across the universe, the various worlds that Kairi and the others had visited their friends thought of them. "Zidane you can do it, I know you can!" thought Kuja as he melted away into the darkness, "You promised to protect the Princess and I will never forgive you if you fail, do you hear me Zidane!" shouted Steiner as the town of Alexandria became a dark cloud.
"Riku, I have faith in you" thought Samus as she collapsed next to all the others that had joined them, "Maximus you better not even think about letting this guy win" said Rocket Racoon as he and the other Guardians watched the castle from afar become surrounded with a black crystal.
Reno smirked and lay down on the ground next to the others, Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and even Loki had all fallen into unconsciousness. "Those guys are all that we have left, Max don't let me down, I know you can do it" he said as he closed his eyes and fell into the darkness.
In the void of Maximus's heart Aht put her hands together like she was praying and closed her eyes, "I gave Max all of my power, I just hope that'll be enough" she thought as she pulled out her flute and started playing her favourite song, it was the song she played for her family back when she lived on Historia.
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Back in the outside Giygas Prime had sealed everyone inside a giant dark crystal like container, "Woah, guess he doesn't want us going anywhere" said Sora as Kairi started shaking, "I know I have to stay strong for this but I can't help but be frightened, this is unlike any Soul Wavelength I've ever felt, it's pure evil" she thought as Giygas Prime roared loudly.
"Take this!" shouted Zidane as he jumped and landed down on the monsters head with his knee as Riku charged forward and sliced through one of Giygas Primes legs with his Way to the Dawn, Maximus ran upper cutted the monster sending it flying into the crystal, Kairi aimed her keyblade at the creature, "Firaga!" she shouted and fired a giant fireball towards him, there was a tremendous explosion as the fireball collided with Giygas Prime.
"Did we get him!" shouted Zidane as the creature fell back down to the ground with a crash, Maximus frowned and then looked shocked "No he's still alive!" he shouted as Giygas Prime slowly got back up on his feet, his damaged leg regrew and all the burn marks on his body completely disappeared, his exoskeleton looked like it was brand new.
"All that and there's not even a scratch on him!" Kairi shouted as Giygas Prime roared in triumph, "Kairi, Kairi, Kairi, Kairi" it whispered saying her name over and over again, she looked in fear as its eyes glowed and it opened its mouth "It hurts!" it shouted as it fired a laser beam like attack straight towards them, they jumped and flew out of the way as it charged forward and swiped at them with its mandibles.
"Wow this guy's quick!" shouted Maximus as he flipped out of the way of the mandibles, Riku fired a Dark Firaga blast at the monsters face causing it to back off, "I'm…..happy" it said as it fired a barrage of missiles from the missile launched in its back right at them, "Its looks like he had all of Metroid Primes attack plus some of his own, this isn't going to be easy" said Riku as he flipped away and landed next to Kairi.
"What do you think Kai?" he said as he pointed the Way to the Dawn at the creature, "He keeps regenerating from our attacks but I think I might have an idea that just might work" she said as she concentrated her energy. "Keep him busy for me would you Riku" she said, he grinned and his suit glowed purple "Like you even had to ask, you ready Xion?", "Aye sir!" she shouted as he charged forward and fired a Dark Firaga right into the creatures eyes.
"Final Flash!" shouted Maximus as he fired a beam directly at the same spot where Riku's attack hit, "Meltdown!" shouted Terra as she fired a barrage of fireballs at the same place, "Get ready for a surprise!" shouted Zidane as a treasure chest dropped down in front of Giygas Prime, it opened an there was a gigantic explosion "Thievery!" he shouted as he skidded across the ground on his knees while doing an air guitar with the Orichalcon.
"Zandatsu!" shouted Kairi as she ran forward and sliced, vertically, straight through Giygas Primes body, she appeared on the other side and looked back with a grin "How did you like that?" she said.
The charred and melted remains of Giygas Prime slowly melted away, for a moment everyone relaxed until it started moving again and started to reshape itself into the form of Metroid Prime, its armour was cracked and not all of its mandibles regenerated but it was still on its feet, it scuttled forward and smashed its limbs into the ground, drilling through them until they burst right out of the ground and smashed right into Maximus, Terra and Riku, pinning them against the crystal.
"Oh man this is bad!" said Sora as Zidane powered up to his Trance form and smashed straight into the side of Giygas Primes body, "Leave them alone!" he shouted, Giygas Prime swatted him aside with one of its limbs and he was sent flying, "Zidane!" shouted Kairi as he landed with a crash against the concrete.
"Damn you Giygas!" shouted Kairi as she ran towards him, he looked towards her and shot a purple beam towards her, it coiled around her like a snake and she cried out in pain as it tightened its grip on her, "I can't break free!" she shouted as it squeezed harder and harder, she dropped her Keyblade which transformed back into Sora.
"Kairi!" he shouted as he tried to rip the beam of her, Giygas Prime hissed and unleashed a wind like blast sending Sora flying away. Zidane groaned as he tried to pick himself up, he felt Garnet change back into her human form, "Hold on Zidane" she said as she used a Cura spell on him, his injuries healed and he stood up and looked towards the monster.
"This guy's something else I'll give him that, none of our attacks are doing anything. No matter how hard we hit him he just gets back up" he said in frustration as she grabbed his arms, "I think I might have an idea" she said as she wrapped her hand round the crystal at the end of her pendant.
Riku struggled and tried to get free of the limb that had pinned him to the crystal wall, "Dammit!" he shouted as he let go of the Way to the Dawn as he punched at the limb. "Riku!" shouted Xion as she transformed back to her human form as she fell down to the ground, "NO!" shouted Riku as she kept falling, Sora caught her before she landed.
"Sora!" shouted Garnet getting his attention, "What?" he said as he let go of Xion as he awaited what she had to say, "I need you to free Terra otherwise my plan won't work!" she said. Sora nodded and looked to Xion, "You ready?" he said to her, she nodded and transformed into her Way to the Dawn form, due to them being family they could resonate easily.
He launched her like a spear towards the limb that had Terra pinned, it tore straight through it and she was set free, she prepared to help Maximus when she heard Garnet shouting her name, "Terra! I need your help with this!" she shouted, Terra looked back to Maximus he nodded to her "Go, I'll be ok" he said, she nodded and flew down towards Garnet.
"Ok Garnet what's the plan?" she said as she landed in front of her friend, "I'm going to summon Alexander" she said, Terra looked her shocked "Are you sure? You were only able to summon him that one time when Bahamut attacked Alexandria" she said. Garnet frowned and nodded in determination.
"I know but if you use your Esper powers I think I might have a chance to fully summon him, with that much light producing from him Giygas won't stand a chance" said Garnet, Terra grinned and nodded. "Ok let's do it!" she said, she transformed into her Esper/Trance form and Garnet took her hands.
They both closed their eyes as Garnet she called out to Alexander in the Esper world, "I call upon the great Alexander, the most powerful of the Espers to bestow his great light upon us on our darkest hour!" she said. Giygas Prime looked towards the two and prepared to slam one of its mandibles down on them, before it could hit them Zidane blocked it with his arms, "Girls Hurry up!" he said as it forced down on him, he was struggling to keep it up.
Then a beam of light shot down from the sky and hit Garnet and Terra, Sora and the others watched in wonder as a giant fortress like robot appeared in front of them, it had four giant angelic wings producing from its back. Giygas Prime pulled its limbs of Maximus and Riku as it faced the giant Esper that was in front of it.
"What the hell is that thing!" shouted Riku as Maximus looked in surprise, "That's Alexander the most powerful of the Espers, I didn't think Garnet could summon him again" he said as Alexander started to flap his wings, steam rushed out of him as his body started to twist and turn like a jet turbine, Giygas Prime roared and fired several missiles at Alexander.
The rockets had no effect as Alexander started powering up, "We gotta move!" shouted Zidane as he grabbed Terra and Garnet and flew away from the two giant beings and back to the others; they all took cover behind a magic shield that Terra and Kairi created as Alexander fired a golden white beam at Giygas Prime, Giygas Prime fired a dark red and black beam at Alexander.
The two beams collided and pushed against each other, the centre of the struggle shot out red lightning that bounced off Terra and Kairi's shield and torched the ground around them. They watched the battle in awe, "Alexander is putting all of his energy into his attack!" said Garnet in panic as Alexander's beam started to overpower Giygas Primes.
The beam pushed itself down against Giygas Prime as he struggled to push it back, the beam overcame Giygas's, and the entire body of Giygas Prime was completely disintegrated as Alexander exploded into thousands of white feathers. Everyone started cheering while Garnet placed her hand over her heart in respect for Alexander.
"We did it!" shouted Sora as he and Kairi hugged as did Riku and Xion, Terra tried to hug Maximus but he stopped her and looked towards where Giygas had vanished, "I don't believe it" he said a fear as he looked to where Giygas's remains where. Red tentacles shot out from the charred and burned remains of Giygas and began to dig into the ground, the ground gave away as everyone stared down into a giant hole.
They all floated above it as they held onto their partners as the warped and screaming face of Giygas appeared in the hole, then it began to inhale and they started to get pulled towards its open mouth, the force was too strong for them to fly away. "He's going to eat us!" shouted Zidane in panic as he tried to fly away with the others but it was useless.
They all screamed as they were pulled into Giygas's mouth, Maximus grabbed Terra's hand and pulled her close as they both closed their eyes as did all the others. They held onto the ones they loved as they were pulled into the eternal void of Giygas's madness.
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At first all they could see was an endless void of black and red, they were all floating above the endless darkness as the form of Giygas materialised before him, he stretched and convulsed just like he did in Sora's mind whenever he had fought Vanitas.
"What is this?" said Riku as he looked around in fear, "My guess this is the inside of the Devils Machine and what we're seeing in front of us is the true form of Giygas" said Maximus. Riku felt Xion grab his hand and squeeze it tightly, "Riku, I'm scared" she whispered as he held onto him tightly, "Hey relax Xion we're going to be fine" he said as she looked away from him.
"No you don't understand Riku, I'm really, really scared" she said as she looked away from him, "Xion?" he said in confusion as he grabbed her and made her face him, he yelled in horror as he saw her eyes, they had changed into the same face of Giygas that they could see outside in the void.
"Xion!" he shouted in horror as she started flailing around like she was possessed, "What's the matter with her?" said Kairi in panic as she turned to Sora and screamed in horror, "What's matter Kairi, scared?" said Sora, his eyes had changed too and he had a grin on his face that was deformed and physically impossible.
"Sora, Xion what's happening to the two of you?" said Kairi as she felt tears come into her eyes as her two friends started to laugh maniacally. "We kill you now" they both said in unison as Sora's hair went black and a white aura surrounded them as they both grinned at the others and flew back away from them and closer to Giygas. "Sora! Snap out of it buddy!" shouted Riku as he tried to reach for them, Maximus grabbed his wrist to stop him.
"No, don't Riku their being mind-controlled by Giygas somehow, we need to destroy him to set them free" he said as he frowned and looked towards the warping face. "But I have no idea how we're supposed to fight this thing, it has no physical form it's just a weird face thing now but we have to try something!" he shouted as he fired a beam attack towards Giygas, the attack was absorbed by the face and Giygas retaliated by unleashing a yellow shockwave that electrocuted everybody.
"I'm sooooo…happy" it said in that same demonic voice as they struggled to get back to their feet, "Damn that hurt" growled Zidane as Sora and Xion laughed in disturbing clown like cackle. "Kairi do you have an ideas?" shouted Riku as Giygas unleashed another shockwave that sent them all flying back.
She closed her eyes and thought back to when they had fought him in his Giygas Prime form and then an idea hit her, "Pray!" she said. Everyone looked at her in confusion, "What? You want to pray him to death?" said Riku as he looked at her like she had grown a second head. "Giygas was hurt by Alexander's attack and he's a holy being right? We're the light to put out the darkness, that's what I think Fu So Ya meant" she said as she closed her eyes and put her hands together.
"Well it's better than doing nothing" said Zidane shrugging, Riku sighed but gave in, "Ok then it's cheesy as hell but let's do it!" he said enthusiastically, "I'll use my Soul Perception to talk to everyone but I'll need a boost, Max do you think you can use your Trance powers to charge my Soul Perception?" she said, Maximus nodded and placed his hand on her shoulder.
"Terra, Zidane you guys can help too" he said, they placed their hands on his shoulders as Riku stood in front of Giygas and the possessed Xion and Sora, "I'll hold these guys off so that you can concentrate!" he said as he clenched his fists and went into a fighting stance.
Kairi closed her eyes and thought of all the people she had met on her journeys, "Everyone please help us, we call to all of our friends to give us the light to stop this great evil" she said loudly in her head as she started to glow.
Outside the crystal where Reno and all the others were laying they began to stir, "Don't why I was taking a nap like that" said Reno as he stood up, he could hear Kairi's voice in his head. "Praying isn't exactly my thing but if it's the only things that'll stop this guy then I guess I have no choice" as he closed his eyes and prayed for the safety of Kairi and his friends.
All across the universe everybody could hear the desperate plea of the young girl, "Kairi" Mickey said as he prayed for the safety of the children he had helped raise after all the terrible things that had happened in their past. "Come home safely" said Goofy, "We believe in you" said Donald as they both joined Mickey, "Our lives rest in your capable hands" said Yen Sid as he joined them.
Back inside the inside of the Devils Machine Giygas shook and began to deform it changed into an even more disturbing form where Riku could swear he saw the silhouette of a human foetus. The possessed Sora cried out in pain and grabbed his head as did Xion, "Kairi I think it's working, keep going!" said Riku as he dodged and flipped away from the possessed Sora's attacks.
"Die, Die, Die, Die, Die!" screamed Giygas as more and more people answered Kairi's call, "Fight on" said Samus as she prayed with all her heart, "Don't let us down Max" said Captain America, "We put our faith in you girl with red hair" said Thor, "Please don't lose, cause that really wouldn't be good" said Iron Man. "Show them true Judgement" said Dredd, "Maximus don't fail us!" shouted Star Lord as he and all the other Guardians thought of their friends.
Giygas kept getting more and more unstable he began to expand and contract as red lightning shot out of him, Sora and Xion went back to normal and collapsed to the ground as Giygas started to expand and convulse even more erratically, "He's gonna blow!" shouted Riku as he grabbed his two friends and ran away from the exploding monster, "Everybody run!" shouted Maximus as they flew away, "But how do we get out!" shouted Zidane, they couldn't see an exit anywhere.
"U…..U….." said Giygas as he continued to explode, "Ul…ti…ma" it whispered and then there was a colossal explosion that sent everyone flying, all they could see was white and a light brighter than anything they had ever seen which pulled them in like a whirlpool. Kairi grabbed Sora and held on tightly as she and everyone else was dragged into the deepest and darkest place in the universe, Giygas's heart.
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At first there was silence and then the sounds of moans filled the air as everyone lay paralysed on the surface of what looked like a giant Gladiators arena, all across the columns were eyes that stared at them as they struggled to lift themselves.
They could hear the painful moans of what sounded like thousands of people crying out in utter agony, "What is this place" said Kairi, she was the only one awake, she could see lifeless doll like body's making their way towards them as the moaning noises only intensified. "You now stand before me on the Gate of all things" came a deep and dark voice from the shadows.
"Who are you!" she shouted as the others got to their feet, "Where are we?" said Riku as he looked around in fear, "I don't know but why do I get the feeling I've been here before" said Zidane as he looked around, "I'am the Darkness of Eternity" came the voice again as more and more walking corpses made their way towards Kairi and the others.
Sora transformed into his Keyblade form as the others weapon partners transformed too, "You defeated Giygas and released him of his hatred and fear but now I have the strength to continue my philosophy. All life fears death from birth. Life fears death, but lives only to dead. It starts with anxiety. Anxiety becomes fear. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. The only cure for this fear is total destruction" came the voice again as the ground lit up.
The symbol of the Heartless appeared on the ground as a great blue light exploded from it, "The symbol of the Heartless but this is impossible, we destroyed Giygas! I thought he was supposed to the Heartless that the Alliance had been working to resurrect" shouted Kairi.
"And you were gravely mistaken; Giygas was merely another piece of the formula that would bring back my full power. His destruction at your hand was inevitable right from the beginning as was your battles across the worlds, my Shadows have collected the prime data need to destroy everything and everyone, once then I shall reshape the universe in my own manner" said the voice as something slowly ascended from the symbol on the ground.
It had giant blue angelic like wings attached to a male white skinned humanoid with its arms crossed and its legs together, its head, shoulders and feet were surrounded by spinning rings as two giant mechanical arms unfolded from beneath his back, his eyes were black holes on his emotionless face and his mouth was a vertical tear that leaked out black mist as it spoke.
"And so I thank you for giving my long for birth, but why do you defy your fate? Is the will to live that powerful? In a world of nothing, fear does not exist. Which is what all life desires and I shall give you this as your saviour" it said as it flapped its wings and sent everyone flying back, strangely everyone felt their injuries heal and their power being restored to their maximum, "What's happening?" Kairi said as she looked around in confusion.
"Come and join me in your final battle that will decide the fate of your pitiful universe" said the monster as they all stood in a line and pointed their weapons at the creature, "Tell us who you are first!" shouted Kairi as the creature grinned and raised its arms up triumphantly, "My name is Necron and by my hand the universe shall know salvation"
To be Continued….