Alf Meets Kingdom Hearts: Getting Prepared
Welcome back! Now let's continue with our adventure! Here we go!
Continuing where we left off last chapter: the Tanner kids and Alf had just been told the wonderful news that they could be helped after all! Let's check back on them, shall we?
"This is great!" exclaimed Brian with glee. "They finally decided to help us!" "Yeah!" Lynn agreed. "We're finally gonna save our parents!" "We're gonna be heroes! We're gonna be heroes!" Brain, Lynn, Jake and Alf sang with glee as they danced around while holding hands. "OK you four." said Sora laughing. "We should probably get going if we plan to get anything done." "Right!" the four soon to be heroes replied in unison. "Now… Take us to where you live!" commanded Sora. "It's not that far!" said Brian. "C'mon!" he added, as he led the way. "Alrighty then!" said Sora. "Let's go!" Brian was in the lead, followed by Lynn, then Jake, Alf, Sora, and finally, Kairi. They were so excited, that they didn't even notice the two mysterious characters watching them from afar.
"There they are!" whispered one of the characters. "Should we summon the Heartless now Eilix?" "Not yet Teaka." her partner replied. "We need to keep a low profile… For now." Teaka nodded. Then she gave what appeared to be a brief look of sadness. Still, she thought, I have this strange feeling deep inside of me! Master Xemnas said that there are two types of Nobodies: the kind that have all their memories, but don't have real emotions; and those that have no memories, but have true emotions. What...What if Eilix and I are the second type? She gave a deep sigh. I might as well bide my time. …I shall look for the answers later… Yes…the answers. What is my purpose for being here? I will find out! I must find out! I must! And with that she vanished along with her partner.
Meanwhile, far away on the other side of the town, our heroes were just half a block away from the Tanner household. "We're here!" announced Brain when they arrived at their destination. Brain grabbed the key from under the welcome mat and they went inside. "Well," said Lynn, "what do you think?" "It's…very nice!" said Sora. "You should see their garage!" Kairi commented. The others all fell down anime-style. "No time for that right now Kairi! If we're gonna save Lynn and Brian's parents, and Jakes aunt and uncle, then we gotta get a move on!" Sora replied.
"He's right Kairi!" Lynn chimed in. "These are family members we're talking about here! Not some unknown strangers!" "Uh...oops! Sorry!" Kairi said in embarrassment. "That's OK." replied the others. "OK guys," Sora told Kairi, Donald and Goofy, "we should probably help them get ready. I'll go help Brian and Jake; Kairi, assist Lynn; and Donald and Goofy, you'll be lending Alf a hand!" Sora's friends nodded.
"OK, let's go!" the Keyblade wielder said. "Right!" the others replied, and they walked away. Goofy suddenly stopped in his tracks. "What's wrong?" asked Donald. "Hey!" said Goofy. "Have any of ya guys noticed that Riku hasn't been with us since the Gummi Ship incident?" Suddenly everyone halted where they where. "Riku…" said Kairi, as she, Sora, Donald and Goofy exchanged worried looks.
"Who's…Riku?" asked Lynn in confusion. "He's another friend of Kairi and me." Sora replied. "We've been best friends since childhood." "Really?" asked Brian. Sora nodded: "Yes." "So tell me Sora," said Lynn, "what's it like on the Destiny Islands?" "It's…nice" "It's beautiful!" Kairi corrected. "It's our home! It's where we belong!"
"Yes," added Sora, "but that wasn't always the case; especially that incident that occurred nearly two years ago, when Kairi and Riku…" "What happened?" asked Lynn worriedly. "It's…a long story." Sora replied. "Oh, I'm sorry." "No problem. Now we should probably get to work." And with that, the heroes began getting ready for their big mission.
"Brian? Do you want your Space Invaders tee-shirt?" "I guess so Sora." Brain replied "But why would I really need it?" "Because Brian, this journey may take a few days. Some of the adventures I went on have!" "OK then." "Right! So… You got everything you wanna bring?" "Yup!" "OK!" said Sora. "Now I'm gonna go over to help Jake at his house. You gather up your things and bring them downstairs, OK?" he added, as he turned to leave.
"Um…Sora? We are downstairs! This house only has three floors: the basement, the floor we're on now, and the attic!" A huge sweat drop appeared on the back of Sora's head. "OK sorry! I forgot! Just caught up in the moment is Just bring your supplies to the living room then. Could you do that?" "OK, I will." Brian replied with a smile. Sora gave him a thumbs up and headed out the bedroom door, closing it behind him. Brian watched him go out, and then he went back to organizing his stuff.
"Ooh! How about this one Lynn?" "I always did love that skirt, that's for sure!" Kairi turned her gaze to a picture of an all boy band. "Wow! Who are these cuties?" she asked. "My most favorite music group in the whole world: The Hot Tamales!" "They certainly live up to their name! What hunks!" "Hey! Maybe we could listen to them! I have their latest album! Say Kairi, does the Gummi Ship have a radio/disc set?" "Yes! I think it does!" "Then it's settled! I'll bring the CD!" "Oh boy! I can't wait! You're a great friend Lynn!" The two girls gave each other a big friendly hug.
Meanwhile, up in the attic:
"Alf will you please hurry up? We're running late as it is!" "In a minute Donald! I have a lotta stuff to pack you know!" "Gwarsh! He does have a lot of stuff! Hyuck!" Goofy commented.
"Oh Alf… May I say something please?" asked Donald. "Shoot!" the alien replied. "THERE'S NO WAY THAT ALL THIS STUFF CAN FIT INTO THE GUMMI SHIP YOU FREAKING IDIOT!"
"Well! Someone obviously took a grumpy pill this morning!" "THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME BEING GROUCHY!" "Gee Donald, maybe you should calm down!" said Goofy. Donald sighed. "OK, fine! I'll go do those deep breathing exercises that Daisy suggested I should try when I lose my temper."
He looked at the others. "If you need me, I'll be over in that corner." "Say what's with your friend there Goofy?" "Don't worry too much about him. He gets this way a lot! Hyuck!" "I do not!" the duck retorted. Wanting to avoid another argument, Goofy turned to Alf and asked, "You all done packing there Alfmiester?"
"Almost! Oh look, there's my suitcase! I must have dropped it when Brian, Lynn, and I went through that portal of darkness!"
"Portal of darkness?" Donald and Goofy exclaimed in shock. "Yeah! That's how we escaped being turned into Heartless; and it's all thanks to this guy named Axel!" "Axel?" "Wait…do you know him?" "Hyuck! We most certainly do!" replied Goofy. "He's an ex-member of a shadowy group of guys who call themselves the Orphicination XIII!" "Gah! It's pronounced 'Organization XIII' you dunderhead!" shouted a rather annoyed Donald.
"Gwarsh, sorry about that Donald!" Donald just groaned. "All right, whatever! Can we just finish packing please?" "Yeah, yeah, yeah." Alf muttered. They all went back to work.
Soon everyone was all ready to go. Now all they had to do was wait for Sora and Jake to be done. It wasn't long before the two boys came out of Jake's house carrying several bags. "OK!" said Sora.
"We're ready!" "Great! So are we!" replied Lynn. "OK then, let's go!" And with that, they headed off toward the Gummi Ship. When they got there, they began marking off the supplies. Each had a job to do: Sora went over a list off the stuff they had packed; while Kairi checked them off; and finally, everyone else helped to put the stuff into the cargo hold. "Food and drinks?" said Sora. "Check!" Kairi replied. "Blankets and pillows?" "Check!" "Clothes?" "Check!" "Suitcase with little air holes?" "Ch—What?" "Little air holes?" exclaimed everyone except Alf. "Alf!" shouted Lynn. "If that's what I think it is, then you can just march right back there, and—" "I don't think we have time for that." Kairi replied. "Look!" She pointed up toward the sky. "Whoa! Looks like a big storm is brewing!" exclaimed Alf. "That's not a storm!" Sora replied in shock. "That's a sign that one of the most powerful Heartless is about to come!" "And who would that be?" asked Lynn in a rather frightened tone. Suddenly there was a loud rumble, a bright flash of light, and when it was over, there, looming over them was the biggest Heartless they ever saw! It leaned back, opened its mouth, and let out a bloodcurdling roar! "Darkside!" exclaimed Sora, Donald, Goofy and Kairi. Everyone gasped in horror.
To be continued!