Yeah! It's finally starts to get exciting in this chapter! :D
*I don't own ANY of the Kingdom Hearts characters or Keyblades or items. I only own Katelynn/Katie Heart and her cat, Venitas.
Katie peaked behind from Terra and her heart nearly stopped. It WAS Master Xehanort! "X-Xehanort…? In my house?" she started to pinch herself. "Please tell me this is some messed up dream and I'm still in my bed…!" Katie realized this is NOT a dream. It's a living nightmare.
Xehanort laughed at Katie's attempts to figure out if this was really happening or she's stuck in a dream, "This is really happening, girl." He laughed again. Katie HATED his laugh, always had. She clutched Terra's arm, like a little kid would.
Terra looked at Katie's scared face; she was so terrified that her eyes were watering. He put a comforting hand on her shoulder, trying to make her calm down. Katie just sniffed and stayed behind him. "What do you want, Xehanort?" He asked the dark Keyblade Master angrily.
"To take back what is mine…" Xehanort wielded his Keyblade and pointed it at Terra. "I never expected for your heart to return and take your body away from my own." He looked at Katie, who had her head sticking out from behind Terra, "You have something of mine also…"
'Something of his? What?' Katie opened her mouth to protest but Terra shook his head, "Don't fall for his tricks. He's trying to mess with our heads. And I WON'T fall for them again!" Terra yelled. He charged at Xehanort with his Keyblade charged with electricity.
"Terra! Wait!" Katie reached out her hand. She had a pretty good idea what Master Xehanort was up to; she can't let Xehanort's Keyblade get near Terra's heart! But what could she do? She looked around; then it came to her. Her baseball bat! She jumped over the bar and ran to her room as fast as she could. 'I may not have a Keyblade but I got something just as good!'
Terra blocked Xehanort's powerful Thundaga attack, but barely. One of the bolts hit him on the arm and left a black mark were it grazed him. He charged at Xehanort again, he jumped high and swung his Keyblade at the old Keyblade Master's head. Xehanort teleported away with the darkness, just as Terra's Keyblade was half an inch away from his head. Terra looked around angrily, 'Where did he go?' He half gasped when he didn't see Katie anywhere, either. 'She must have run off to find somewhere to hide…' He saw a flash of darkness in the corner of eye, he turned around and blocked Xehanort's death blow. Xehanort growled and disappeared again. Terra didn't have time to identify where the dark Master would reappear. Xehanort sent Terra flying with an Earth-based attack from behind.
Master Xehanort smirked as he walked slowly towards Terra, "You're body will become mine once more…" Terra pointed his Keyblade at him but the old Master smacked it away. Terra's Keyblade slid across the tile floor, out of Terra's reach. Xehanort pressed the edge of his Keyblade on Terra's throat. "No wonder you failed the Mark of Mastery Exam…you're weak. Too weak to wield the Keyblade, too weak to keep your friends safe, too weak to even keep our own body!" He swung his Keyblade at Terra's heart. He heard a clank of metal and his Keyblade almost fell out of his hand. "What?"
"If you want Terra's heart, you'll have to go through me first!" yelled a determined voice. Katie stood at the other end of the house; she held a black shot-gun in her hands. She cocked it and an empty shot-gun shell clattered onto the floor. "Take one more step towards Terra; I'll blow your brains out, Grandpa!" Katie aimed at Xehanort's head, just like she threatened. "I'm known to never miss a target and always get a bullseye. I have deer antlers and practice sheets in my basement to prove it."
"You meddling, little brat…" Xehanort pointed his Keyblade at Katie, "Even though you're female, you'd make an excellent vessel." Xehanort walked slowly towards Katie.
"Uh-oh." Katie pulled the trigger and her shoulder jerked back from the shot. Xehanort deflected the shell back effortlessly, which surprised Katie. It's been YEARS since she missed her target. She quickly cocked her gun again and fired once more. Xehanort simply stepped to the side and the shot whizzed past his head. He slowly got closer. Biting her tongue, she cocked and fired her gun one more time. Xehanort stepped aside, letting the shot hit the wall behind him. Katie pulled the trigger but only heard clicks, she ran out of ammo. "Scheiße!" She cursed. Xehanort smirked and swung his Keyblade at Katie. Katie threw her gun to the side and pulled out her metal baseball bat. She blocked Xehanort's attack just in time. She groaned under the pressure Xehanort was pushing on her bat, Xehanort started to push Katie's defense and made her get on one knee. Sweat dripped down Katie's face; she won't be able to block his attack anymore soon. "Terra…!" she cried.
Terra held onto his side as he got up to Katie's yell. He looked at his hand as he grabbed his Keyblade; his wound broke open. He didn't care at the moment, he had to save Katie. Terra charged, "Leave her alone!" With his Keyblade glowing with a dark aura, he swiped his Keyblade on Xehanort's back. The old Keyblade Master yelled in pain and took his Keyblade off of Katie's bat; Katie collapsed from the sudden pressure taken from her hands. Terra helped her up, "You okay?"
Katie nodded, "I'm fine." She pointed her bat at Xehanort, "HA! You're Keyblade skills are getting rusty, old timer! Your ass just got whopped by a couple of teenagers old enough to be your grandkids!" She laughed; she always wanted to say that!
Xehanort slowly got up, "You think so, girl?" He wielded his Keyblade.
Katie squinted at his Keyblade; it looked different. 'Isn't that the Keyblade Young Xehanort uses in Dream Drop Distance? God, what's it called…?' "Hey, why do you have the No Name Keyblade? I thought your younger counterpart wielded it."
Xehanort grunted, "He does. I haven't been able to wield my own Keyblade ever since Terra came to your world." He smirked. "This reminds me, it's time for the Heartless and Nobodies to take over this planet…" He pointed his Keyblade at the floor, shadows slowly bubbled out the floor. A dark portal also formed behind him. He started to go into the dark portal.
"Wait!" Terra dismissed his Keyblade and walked over to Master Xehanort.
Katie cocked her head to the side, "What are you doing, Terra?"
"There must be a way to keep this world sealed away from these so called Heartless and Nobodies." Terra tried to reason with the dark Keyblade Master. "…I'll go with you."
Katie gasped and grabbed Terra's arm. "No! Terra! Don't go with Xehanort into the Darkness! He'll try to take over your body again! I can't let you do this!" she cried.
Terra turned to her and looked into her eyes, "I have to. It's the only way to keep your world safe from the Darkness…it's the only way to keep you safe from the Darkness." He took Katie's hand and placed an orange star-shaped charm made out of glass and metal in her hand. "My friend Aqua gave this to me before we took our Mark of Mastery Exam. It's a good luck charm called a 'Wayfinder'. I want you to keep it."
Katie looked at the Wayfinder, then at Terra, "But-!"
Terra placed his hands on her shoulders, "I know. Thank you for helping me, by the way. You're a good kid." He ruffled Katie's hair and joined Master Xehanort. "I'm ready." Xehanort smiled evilly and let Terra pass him. Terra paused and looked over his shoulder; Katie's eyes were tinted red and had a single tear fall down her cheek. He turned back around to continue down into the dark portal, but something didn't feel right. He heard Katie scream, he whipped around and saw odd white creatures wrapped around her and held her down. "No!" Before Terra could run to her, the dark portal he was in disappeared.
Xehanort kneeled down to Katie and smirked evilly, "Not so old now, aren't I?" He waved his hand and darkness swallowed Katie whole. She screamed as the portal started to fade away. Her cat, Venitas, hissed and jumped into the portal right before it disappeared. Xehanort slowly laughed to himself and opened another dark portal, he slowly walked through. He snapped his fingers and Heartless and Nobodies flooded the house and outside. He smiled to himself. His work here was done.
Tell me watcha think! Also, should Terra and Katie's relationship be like a brother/sister relationship or a...(don't smack me)...boyfriend/girlfriend relationship? Write a review down below! Thank you! ^-^
