Soo, the original plan was to release this earlier in the month. But then, Bioshock Infinite came out, and I got a little bit sucked in to that. I might write something about that later, if anyone's interested.
Tron: "0100001011110100010101010010101001001111010100101 01011010."
This apparently means that I own nothing. Frankly, I don't know why he didn't just use English for the disclaimer.
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Chapter 130: Cyber-Space Showdown
Spirit and Rain rushed down the streets at a full gallop, Sora and Kairi maintaining a good balance despite the lack of saddles or reins. Paine's car was trailing them by several meters.
"You'll have to do better than that!" Sora called back to them, waving with the hand that wasn't clutching Spirit's dark mane.
Rain suddenly picked up speed, and had soon pulled up, becoming perfectly even with Spirit. Kairi winked at Sora, who smirked. The challenge was on, now.
Kairi pulled ahead a few feet, and Sora leaned down to talk to Spirit. "Are we going to let our girls do that to us?"
Not a chance.
Spirit picked up speed, and caught up to his mate within seconds. "You'll have to go a bit faster" Sora said to them.
Kairi quirked an eyebrow. She leaned forward as close as she could get to the horse beneath her, and they picked up the speed still more, rushing ahead of Sora and Spirit by several feet.
"Woah..."
That's what I thought.
Sora and Spirit accelerated, barely managing to catch up with the two females. Sora was about to make a comment, when there came a distant 'whoomp'-ing sound. He looked up, and juked with Spirit to the left just in time to avoid a blast of bright scarlet energy that blasted a crater into the street behind them.
"What was that!?" Kairi asked.
Sora looked ahead of them. The shot had come from the castle. They were fast approaching the high walls to the courtyard. There were automated laser turrets emerging from the top of the walls, and now they began firing rapidly at the approaching 'intruders.'
Red bolts splattered onto the pavement, and the horses and their riders were forced into evasive maneuvers. Sora and Kairi summoned their Keyblades, and smacked aside any bolts that came close enough to cause any possible harm.
Still, they continued the ride to the palace, losing only a small amount of speed for their evasive actions. From somewhere behind them, a small barrage of blue bolts shot forward at the hostile turrets.
Sora turned his head just long enough to catch a glimpse of the armored car far behind them. A turret had appeared in between the seat rows, and Wakka was manning it. He and the turret both shook as the bolts shot out of the barrel.
A few of the automated turrets on the walls then began to fire at the car, and for the most part shrugged off the bolts that hit them. A few fell to the fire, exploding into burning shrapnel that rained down on the nearest streets and buildings.
"Just a little farther!" Sora urged. The gates were getting closer by the moment. He grimaced, seeing that they were closed tight.
Sora thought hard, trying to think of a quick way to get through the doors. He considered calling for their turret to blast it open with a heavy barrage, but realized that it probably lacked the firepower. He was about to ask Kairi to transport them over with platforms of pure Light, but then realized that it would have taken a dangerous amount of energy out of her.
He arrived at a solution that had a narrow chance of working, but would definitely get the job done.
He closed his eyes, and took a deep breath. He dismissed Oblivion from his hand.
Sora looked deep inside himself, trying to find the strength to do what needed to be done. He looked for nearly a full minute. And despite the fact that he didn't have any idea how to do this, he found it, like a fire in his heart.
Carefully, with his eyes still shut, he stood up on Spirit's back. He opened his eyes slowly, and gazed calmly at the rapidly approaching gate.
In an instant his hands were enveloped in silver and gold fire. With a shout, he thrust his hands forward, launching a massive ball of flame forward. It roared through the air, and smashed into the gate.
The thick gates blew open completely. The flaming pieces flew into the large courtyard, leaving a nice big hole for the party to enter through.
He smiled to himself, feeling exhilarated. Of course, it was followed up by a feeling of exhaustion at having used such an unexpected amount of power at once. He practically fell back into a sitting position on the horse's back, and sagged slightly while he caught his breath.
They rushed headlong through the now open gates, and successfully out of the target sights of the automated defenses on the walls above. But they soon discovered that the courtyard behind the wall was crawling with the now hostile Tron 2.0s.
Kairi wasted no time in acting, and continued to urge Rain forward. With her Keyblade pointing out in front of them, she fired balls of Light out into their midst. They exploded upon contact with the ground or the machines, and took out several of the robots with every explosion.
Once Sora caught himself, he joined in on the fun by calling down powerful bolts of lightning from the mainly clear sky to reduce them to piles of smoking metal. Paine's armored car rolled in behind them a few moments later. Its turret whittled away the ranks of the Tron 2.0s.
Their attacks began to form a clear path toward the castle's entrance into the lower levels.
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Axel was having a really bad day.
About ten minutes before, he had gotten cut off from the rest of his unofficial team by the appearance of a Behemoth Heartless. When it had attacked, it had thrown him completely from the narrow path they had been fighting on, and down several feet into a gorge.
It had been a mixed blessing when he hadn't fallen the full two hundred or so feet and instead had hit the side of a cliff, and bounced the rest of the way down.
There were now fierce pains in both his chest and left leg from where he had struck the rocks. And unfortunately for him, the same collisions had also smashed the potions he had been carrying in his jacket pocket before he could use them.
So now he was up alone against several Heartless, and injured. He had been able to hold his own for the past few minutes, but the creatures had scored more hits to his damaged body than he would have cared for.
A Soldier rushed toward him, and Axel beheaded it before it could get too close. But in his moment of divided attention, a Surveillance Robot fired three laser bolts into his back.
The former Nobody grunted in pain, and fell to one knee. A Neoshadow leapt at him, and Axel raised his free hand, setting it ablaze. He threw one of his chakrams behind him to slice the Surveillance Robot that had hit him in half.
Before Axel could get back to his feet, there were no less than three Large Bodies standing over him, ready to bring their massive fists down to smash him into a fleshy pancake. He gritted his teeth, and grunted. Was this really how it was going to end?
A sudden barrage of Light rained down onto the Heartless looming above him. Two of them burst into black smoke in just seconds, and the third lost an arm. Something solid then shot down from the sky, and sliced it vertically in half before it had a chance to recover.
Axel looked up, and was met with the sight of his old friend, holding both of his Keyblades in hand. Another old ally landed behind him.
"I can never leave you alone, can I?" Roxas asked, smirking.
Roxas stabbed one of his Keyblades into the ground, and held out his hand to help Axel up. He smiled, and grasped it gladly. The younger one pulled him back to his feet, and helped him keep himself stable when he stumbled. He handed him a potion he had picked up from Sora before leaving, and Axel gladly accepted it.
"How did you get here?" Axel asked, applying the magic substance.
"Long story short: Syndrome attacked, Sora and Kairi are up and running, and we're fully human again."
"Wow, and you didn't even have to kill yourselves to do it."
Namine chuckled, but then raised her blade. The Heartless were beginning to surround the three again. Roxas grabbed his second blade, and Axel summoned his chakrams back to him.
"Just like old times, huh man?" Roxas asked Axel.
"Well, the short blonde girl is a new twist."
"I'm average height, slim." Namine grinned.
"I have a high metabolism." Axel chuckled.
The first Armored Knight leapt at Roxas, chopping at his neck. He barely had to move his blade to cut it in half before it reached him. He rushed forward, his Keyblades spinning around his body. None of them came within three feet of him without getting chopped to pieces.
Namine adopted a similar fighting stance to Kairi, holding her shining blade out before her with a steady, two-handed grip, though she held it slightly closer to her body, in a more defensive position.
A Shadow leapt at her, and she smacked it aside when it came within reach of her blade. She drove it into its head before it could get back on its feet, and then ran forward, slicing a charging Dark Ball in two.
Axel threw his chakrams into the air, slicing a few Rapid Thrusters apart before they could attack. He thrust his hands forward, hosing more of the mob of creatures with fire.
Roxas rushed by him, and leapt at a Large Body. He crossed his blades in front of them, and sliced the creature's head off in one swift movement. He leapt off of its remains before they faded completely and sliced at a group of Rapid Thrusters rocketing toward him. Most of them fell instantly, and he landed lightly on the ground again.
An Invisible rushed down to fight him itself, and delivered a vicious chop at his head. Roxas brought his Keyblades up in an 'X' position, and caught the Heartless' sword between his. He tossed the blade off of his, and sliced the creature in half at the waist.
A beam of Light fired directly over his head, holing the chest of a leaping Armored Knight that had leapt at him without him realizing. He flashed a quick thumbs-up to Namine as she ran past him, slicing apart the Heartless with quick strikes from Reminiscence. A Surveillance Robot fired at her back, and she blocked its bolts with her blade. She shot out her hand, and fired a ball of Light into its face.
Two Soldiers rushed at her with their claws raised. They slashed at her back, only for her to knock their clumsy blows aside. Namine stabbed one through the chest, and tore her blade out of its body to behead the other one.
They soon turned the tide of the battle in the gorge, but the battle as a whole was far from over.
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Sora had hoped that after they had gotten into the castle sublevels, things would have gotten at least a little easier.
No such luck.
It seemed that the closer they got to the computer room, the more determined the Tron 2.0s became to stop them. The narrow corridors in the lower levels were packed with the robots, and their laser blasts were firing so frequently it was amazing that they hadn't shot each other in the chaos.
Their opponents cut through them like a blade, with Sora and Kairi in the lead. They had abandoned the armored car at the entrance at the borough, positioning it directly in front of the doorway to block the Tron 2.0's on the outside from coming in. Spirit and Rain had returned to their own world, for now.
"Almost there!" Sora spurred them onward, slicing a robot in half, and then firing a bolt of electricity through two more. Tidus, Kairi, and Paine were on either side of him, forming a line that pressed the Tron 2.0s in front of them back down the hallway. Every strike of their blades brought down another robot.
Goofy's shield flew past them, slicing into the mob of robots, and sticking into the far wall. Kimahri rushed forward, swinging his spear in wide, devastating arcs, utterly destroying the things in his path. Yuna leapt forward just past him, her pistols spraying a steady stream of bullets into the robots.
She dashed forward, still unloading her guns into them. Rikku joined her, slashing deep into the carapaces of the Tron 2.0s with her claws. She plunged one of them into the face of one, and used her free hand to wrench Goofy's shield from the wall. She threw it back to him, and he caught it, just as Donald shot a powerful Firaga spell down the hall.
Within minutes, they were at the door to what had once been Ansem's study. Not surprisingly, a thick metal plate had slid out from the wall to cover it.
Sora quickly dispatched the three robots guarding the entrance, and then plunged the Keyblade into the metal as far as he could. He grunted, and pulled it free, deciding on a different tactic.
"Cover me!" He shouted to the others.
While the others engaged the robots still behind them, he transformed his blade into the Keyfist. He then muttered, "Firaga." His fist ignited, and he drove it as hard as he could into the doorway.
He left behind a significant dent, and he noted with satisfaction that the metal he had punched was blackened, and weakened. He reeled back again, and drove it still harder into the doorway. A tiny hole appeared in the very center of the structure. He punched one more time, and opened up a three-foot diameter hole in the metal.
Sora smiled to himself, and used his blade to slice open what was left of the metal to create a wider hole. "Come on!" He beckoned to the others.
Still fighting, they all rushed through the hole and spilled inside into Leon's study.
"Uh, you could have just unlocked it, you know..."
"Love what they've done to the place..." Sora commented, ignoring Yuna's observation, and looking around the room at its new contents.
"Where's the computer room?" Kairi asked.
Sora ran over to one wall. After a bit of fumbling, he found the correct spot to press to make it disappear. They ran through the now empty space, and into the humungous room beyond.
The sounds of grinding machinery and battle hit them like a ton of bricks. On the walkway that came before the computer room, they looked out in shock at the dozens of digital Heartless swarming the manufacturing area of the castle.
"This is bad." He heard Selphie say.
"We have to get Tron back." Sora agreed. He turned to the computer control room to his right, and ran over to it. He tapped the end of Oblivion against the sealed door, and it hissed open immediately.
The instant it was open, a purple mass struck him, throwing him backwards before he could enter the room.
"You're screwing it all up!" Randall snarled, punching Sora in the side of the face.
Unfortunately for him, that was all he had the time to do. A beam of Light struck him in the back of the head, throwing him into Kimahri. Randall struck his chest, and immediately slumped to the ground, as though he had run head-first into the side of a building.
Yuna was on top of him inside of a second, one of her pistols held to the base of his neck. "I wouldn't try anything else, if I were you."
Sora groaned, and got to his feet, rubbing the side of his face where Randall had punched him. He thanked Kairi, Kimahri, and Yuna quickly before rushing into the control room. He ran to the other end, and tapped the opposite door with the end of his blade like he had with the first one.
It slid open, revealing a second walkway. It was here where Zell, Luxord, and the dazed-looking Cid were defending themselves from the Heartless. He was just in time to see a Devastator float into the air, and launch a massive burst of energy at the trio.
One of Luxord's massive playing cards appeared in front of them to catch the blast. The force of the attack destroyed the card, but it left them unharmed. The Nobody then shot out his hand, launching a trio of normal-sized, viciously sharp cards at the big Heartless. They shot completely through it, and it fell messily to the ground.
"Over here!" He shouted to them.
They wasted no time. Luxord called up several more of his giant-sized cards to cover them as they escaped, and they ran back into the control room. Sora shut and sealed the door the second that they were safely inside.
He breathed calmly for a moment. "Okay... Cid, can you get us back into the Dataspace? If we can get Tron back in control of the computers, it'll solve a lot of our problems."
"Alright." Cid sat back onto his chair, after taking a moment to wipe it off after Randall had stolen it. "Which of you are goin' in?"
Sora looked at Donald and Goofy. "Ready to see Tron again?"
"You bet!" Donald said.
"Count me in!" Goofy added.
"I'm coming, too." Kairi said.
"You'll love it." Sora grinned. "Okay Cid, a round trip for four?"
"Gimme' a minute..." Cid started typing away on the keyboard. "This'll be a lot harder since we're not in control..."
A few stressful minutes passed. Donald conjured up some thick ropes for use in tying up Randall. Zell then promptly punched the lizard-thing in the face, and sent him into unconsciousness.
"Was that necessary?" Tidus asked him.
"Nope!" Zell replied casually.
"Done!" Cid said, punching his fist in triumph.
The massive red 'eye' on the back wall began to glow. There was a low humming noise as the machinery powering it came to life.
"The rest a' you stand back." Cid said. "I'm not about to try and pull anyone out a' there that doesn't wanna go."
Sora, Kairi, Donald, and Goofy positioned themselves in the center of the room, directly facing the eye of the machine.
"So, how does this work?" Kairi asked.
Before she could get an answer, the 'eye' let off a bright flash of light which blinded them for a second. Four bright beams of light shot out from it, striking Sora, Kairi, Donald, and Goofy in the chests.
They all froze, and Sora soon felt the familiar, slightly uncomfortable tingling feeling, as his entire body was taken apart one particle at a time, and converted into data.
Everything went black for the next several seconds.
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Various hues of blue and grey greeted Sora the moment he could see anything again.
He rubbed his eyes, as they were still irritated by the consistent color scheme all around him. He looked around, and after a moment realized that he was standing on a slightly elevated platform. He hopped down from it, and recognized the interior of the I/O Tower. A computer terminal was set into the wall not too far from them.
He turned around, and saw Donald, Goofy and Kairi getting to their feet.
All of their clothing bore a similar appearance. It looked as though they had maintained the same shape, but had been cleansed of all detail, and turned grey. The only thing standing out was the array of light blue circuit lines streaking across their clothing. Also, their skin had turned a blue-grey hue.
Sora tapped himself on the top of the head, feeling the helmet that was now there over his now grey hair. A pair of bright glowing 'fins' protruded from the back. Sora looked at Kairi, who was looking a bit dazed, and seemed to be having a bit of trouble standing up straight.
He rushed over to her, and helped her steady herself. He took her appearance fully in. She didn't seem to have her outer robe on any more, but her remaining clothing slightly resembled a more feminine version of his own. She also had a helmet on, though the fins were spaced farther apart.
She froze, when a lock of her hair fell into her eyes. It was now a dark blue-grey.
"Tell me these effects aren't permanent." She squeaked.
Sora laughed. "Relax. You'll be just as beautiful as ever when we get out of here... Though you don't look so bad right now..."
"Still, I'd prefer my red over grey."
"Agreed."
"Where's Tron?" Goofy asked, interrupting the moment.
Sora looked around, seeing nobody but the four of them in the high room. The pulsing blue light of the computer terminal caught his eye, and he rushed over to it. He stared into the screen for a moment, trying to see if he remembered how to use it.
He drew a blank.
"Oh, shove over." Kairi said, nudging Sora out of the way. "You three are lucky I took some computer courses in school..."
She began typing a few simple commands into the terminal. "What exactly are we looking for?"
"Uh, I don't know? Whatever's happened in the last few minutes?" Sora suggested.
Kairi typed furiously, her eyes flying across the computer screen. "Some program was transferred onto something called the 'Game Grid' a couple of minutes ago."
"That must be Tron!" Donald said.
"That's not good." Sora said. "If he's there, he's probably fighting for his life right now. Kairi, can you take us there?"
"Um, I think so..."
She typed in a few more commands, and smiled to herself at the sight of a new window that had popped up, reading, "Ten seconds until transfer to Game Grid."
"Good going, Kairi!" Donald congratulated.
"Too easy." She said.
In ten seconds, they were teleported out of the I/O Tower.
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They reappeared on the edge of a very large, flat plain. It was divided into large squares every few feet by glowing blue circuit lines. In the distance, past the featureless walls that formed a square out of the scenery, they saw what appeared to be blocky mountains and cloud shapes.
Very, very far off in the distance, they saw what could only have been a battle. Dozens of digital Heartless were converging on a single, blue and grey figure.
"Tron!" Sora exclaimed, his voice echoing for several virtual miles.
As if his shout was a signal, three unusual masses started to form in front of them.
Sora grinned, recognizing the light cycle he had used to ride. It was long and blue, with big 'metal' tires. An identical pair of them had materialized directly in front of Kairi, and Donald and Goofy.
Wasting no time, Sora jumped onto his cycle (which he realized looked alarmingly similar to Cloud's motorcycle Fenrir) and grasped the handlebars in front of him. Upon pressing them, the circuit lines on the bike lit up, and it hummed.
Kairi got on her own cycle, and followed his lead, making it hum to life beneath her fingers. She grinned excitedly and double checked that her hair (which had grown a significant length since the start of their journey) wouldn't get into her eyes. Donald and Goofy copied her as best as they could, with Goofy sitting at the driver's seat, and Donald sitting behind him, holding his staff.
Sora thrust forward, enjoying the ride almost as much as he had the wild one he had just experienced on Spirit's back. Kairi, Donald, and Goofy followed him.
He drove at the Heartless in the distance. When he got close enough, his suspicions were confirmed when he saw Tron in their midst.
He was fighting with his identity disk- a flat, round piece of his armor which stored data, and attached to his back when not being used in combat. When he threw it, it spun through the air like a glowing blue discuss, and sliced through the Heartless. Rather than turning into Dark clouds, the digital Heartless just exploded in bright light when they were struck down.
AKA: Derezzing.
Sora smiled, and summoned Oblivion (which had blue circuit lines on it) in one hand. His bike roared forward, and he ran over a few of the smaller Heartless before they even had time to acknowledge his presence. Kairi, Donald, and Goofy ran over their own share of them before stopping.
They each hopped off of their bikes, their weapons drawn. Their initial surprise attack had destroyed about half of the Heartless present, and now the remaining ones were aiming at them.
A Strafer cruised toward Sora, who sliced his blade upward, removing its oddly-shaped arms in one strike. He finished it with a horizontal slash at its waist. He dove to the side as a Magnum Loader sped at him next, and Sora ran right back at it.
He leapt just before the wheeled Heartless could hit him, and landed just behind it. Before the Heartless could turn around, Sora stabbed behind him, running the Heartless completely through.
A Devastator stomped slowly toward him, gathering energy in front of it to fire at him. Sora rushed at the Heartless, arriving in front of it just one second before it could launch its attack. He drove the Keyblade into the top of its head. When this failed to finish it, Sora stabbed another three times even as it tried to dislodge him. But, to no avail, it perished soon after.
Goofy's shield whizzed past his head, slicing three Strafers, and a Magnum Loader before flying back into his outstretched hand. A Devastator set him in its sights next, and fired a massive burst of energy at the knight.
Goofy raised Save the King, and caught the blow before it struck his body. He stumbled backwards a few paces, but remained otherwise unharmed. He rushed forward at the Heartless, his shield raised in case it tried to attack him again.
Just before it fired a second time, he arrived right in front of it. He thrust the flat end of the shield upward with enough strength to actually knock the massive creature ten feet into the air. He jumped up after it, and smashed the shield into its face, sending it sprawling.
Donald was shooting massive fireballs (which had taken on a blue-white appearance due to their environment) all over the place. Almost every one of them struck a Heartless. One Magnum Loader that he happened to miss streaked toward him with a zmmmm noise. He shouted, "Reflega!"
A magic barrier appeared around him, and the Heartless bounced off of it, flying into the air. A quick lightning bolt finished it before it hit the ground again. Donald then fired a similar spell into a trio of approaching Strafers, frying them in an instant.
Kairi's Light-based attacks still maintained their bright silver color, and they tore through the digital Heartless with ease. Her Keyblade (which was now adorned with circuit lines like Sora's) sliced cleanly through a pair of Strafers, and then she threw it directly into the face of a Devastator.
It stuck there for a moment, and she clapped her hands together.
A massive burst of Light erupted from the blade, tearing through the digital flesh of the Heartless in one blinding instant. With a twitch of her fingers, Destiny's Light reappeared in her hand. A Magnum Loader rushed at her, and she sliced it in half just above its wheel. A Strafer came at her back, and she took its head off with an almost casual sweep of her blade.
Tron's identity disk shot past her head with a faint buzzing sound, and sliced completely through another four Strafers. It floated (not exactly flew) back to Tron's hand. The program brought the disk up before him to deflect a blow from a Magnum Loader. He shoved it off, and sliced it through its head.
The fight ended a few short minutes later.
"Thanks for the assistance, Sora." Tron said, with a smile.
"Ah, no pro-"
Tron immediately crushed Sora in a large hug, and cut his sentence short. That was when Sora remembered that the program was still learning about User social behavior, and naturally assumed that everybody hugged each other upon meeting.
"It's most nice to see you again, friend." He said, parting from the Keyblade Master.
"Yeah, you too." Sora said, grinning.
Donald and Goofy received similar treatment from the program, receiving tight hugs which they gladly returned.
Then, he turned to Kairi. Rather than simply hugging her, he gave her a deep, slightly exaggerated bow. "Princess Kairi, I am humbled to be in your presence. How may I serve you?"
Kairi looked flustered, and a bit embarrassed. "You can start by treating me like you would any other randomly conceived User." She said. "I don't consider myself a real princess, and I don't want anybody to treat me like that. I'm not used to it."
Tron stood back up straight again. "Are you certain I should think of you as any randomly conceived User? If I set my parameters to such a purpose I might inadvertently treat you as I would Maleficent, or one of our other enemies. I'd hate to resort to attacking you simply because of a miscommunication."
Kairi wore a confused, uncomfortable expression for a moment, and Sora laughed. "I should have told you, Kairi. Tron has a tendency to overthink on comments like that."
"Excuse me, Sora." Tron interrupted. "But my programming merely leads me to ensure that I follow all User commands to the letter for optimum performance. So, I must question every possible command to see that I do exactly what is intended of me."
Sora raised an eyebrow.
"You think I'm doing it right now, don't you?"
"Pretty much, yeah."
"Okay, Tron... How about this?" Kairi said, choosing her words carefully. "You can just treat me like a Keyblade-wielding teenage warrior girl User who is taking on the Heartless with a group of her crazy friends, and boyfriend. Because that's exactly what I am. You can also treat me as your new friend."
"Alright, Kairi." Tron replied. They all noted the change in his demeanor from serious to casual, as well as the fact that he hadn't used the title 'Princess.'
"So, Tron." Sora said. "I can't help but notice that the Dataspace is getting a little messed up again."
"Someone has loaded a virus into the Dataspace. Whoever created it definitely knows what he or she is doing. It completely bypassed the firewalls I had established, and took over the main controls for the entire area. It then cut off almost all of my access to the systems of the Dataspace. I'm down to minimal functions, and the virus that took over sent me to the Game Grid. You've probably also noticed that it's reconfigured the functions of the manufacturing machines, and turned the defenses of the town against their proper controllers."
"How do we make it stop?" Goofy asked.
"We need to get to the Central Computer Core and destroy the virus there. Afterwards, I should be able to take back control of all systems."
"To the Solar Sailor then! Let's get going." Sora said, hiking a thumb over his shoulder to their waiting light cycles. He and Kairi got back into their own, while Tron took over control of Donald and Goofy's. A pair of virtual sidecars appeared on the right and left sides of the cycle, and the two residents of Disney Castle climbed inside.
Before they took off, something blasted a bright orange ball of energy into the ground directly in front of Sora's bike. The five of them looked up.
"What are those!?" Goofy exclaimed, pointing at their new attackers.
The Viral Heartless looked something like a flying combination of tanks and satellites. They were bright red, and rectangular in shape. A half-sphere was on the underbelly, with a long barrel protruding from it. A pair of small yellow eyes were on either side of the cannon. What looked like solar plates stuck out from either side of the main body. Each plate had a large Heartless emblem on it.
And there were eight of them gunning for the party below.
"Let's get out of here!" Donald shouted.
They didn't need telling twice. The three bikes shot forward across the virtual plain, dodging the energy attacks as they struck the ground all around them. They rushed toward the closest wall, working out ways to punch a hole through it to escape the Game Grid.
Sora was the one who came up with the successful idea. He stood slightly on the bike, and held his blade high. "Reflega!"
When the next bolt from a Viral shot at him, he didn't attempt to dodge it. His magical barrier appeared, and deflected the ball of energy into the wall ahead of them. Just like he had expected, an opening large enough for the three bikes to speed through was created.
They rushed right in.
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Hope you enjoyed! Next time I update will be on my five-year anniversary!