Chapter 03: Allies to the Cause

I had about five hours before the Banquet was to begin which was plenty of time to gain evidence. I was so excited that I'd met Ashe and Vossler that my heart hadn't stopped beating yet. Not only that but I get to be apart of the Resistance. That's fucking awesome. But how was I going to get the evidence, I'm gonna need some help.

If I scour the city alone, I most likely will use up the time I have. But if I had people along with me to check in several different places at once. I might be able to uncover something. I could ask Kytes and Penelo for help but then again, Penelo would just try to lecture me and it'd only piss me off. Kytes mostly likely is getting chewed out by Migelo so much the old codger probably won't let the kid out of his sight.

What a fucking pain.

I dashed through the streets of East End without fear. After defeating so many Archadians I believed I'd thinned the crowd in patrols. I decided to head to the Sandsea Bar, it's where Migelo was going to send Kytes. I needed his help and if I ran into Penelo I guess I could ask her too. I didn't really know anyone else.

My sneakers slammed against the pavement, as I ran I didn't notice the sky slowly getting dimmer. It wasn't until I'd passed the Bazaar did I actually stop to look up at the sky. There was this huge magical circle glowing, purple in hue and covering the entire sky blocking off the sun. My heart dropped at the sight of it. I thought the world was coming to an end.

What was even weirder was when I'd brought my head down to look around me, there was no one in sight. A bustling street that was filled about a second ago, now empty. I raised an eyebrow as I scanned the area for any living, breathing life. "What?" I was all alone. The seal had glen with a white light and produced a beam which shot down into the city and crashed with a loud bang, like thunder.

I used my elbow to visor my eyes from the bright light...when the light finally passed.

I saw a figure, she wore a black leather coat with a hood that covered far over her eyes. All I could see were her sweet pink lips and abit of her chest. In her hand was a wide broadsword with a purple base and green hilt. "What the...?" I cocked my head to the side a little. The girl was only slightly shorter than I.

She raised her sword then pointed it at me silently.

I looked around with a grin. "What is this suppose to be? Secret boss fight or something?" I held up my sheath and drew my crimson katana slowly.

BOSS BATTLE: "?"
BOSS THEME MUSIC: "Spring Break Anthem" The Lonely Island

"Don't think I'm gonna take it easy on ya, just because you're a chick." I said and she replied by swinging her sword forward causing it to detach into a massive chain whip. I held up my blade instinctively and the chain wrapped around my weapon. With super human strength she yanked me through the air pulling me close to her.

"Ahhhhhhh!" I screamed flying forward, she swung her foot straight up kicking me in the mouth causing me to do a backflip in the air. She yanked me back down and I hit the ground head first. SNAP! For a second my vision blurred and I saw white, I tried leaning up but she was right there with a drop kick sending me sliding back and crashing into a decorative column in the street.

I wiped the blood from my lip and stood up. "Okay..." I snapped my own neck then dashed at her with sword in hand. I performed a front flip downward slash and she dodged it with a simple juke slide to the right.

She tried thrusting her sword at me and I parried it knocking it upward then coming around with a full circle spin hitting her in the chest causing her to go sliding backwards.

While she was disoriented for a moment, I dug into my pocket and pulled out a random card. It would be the first time I used the cards but I didn't have time to think about that now. With the card in hand I flicked it forward and it burst into flames shooting forth a flurry of fireballs.

The fire balls flew like homing missiles and she used her chain whip to slash them away. After that she leaped into the air flipping over me and casting a dark spell over me. The dark spell hit me but I didn't feel anything. "..." I tried to say something but my voice wouldn't come. 'Did this bitch just cast Silence on me?'

I turned around seeing her swing her chain whip at me, the damn thing moved like it was alive. It slithered through the air to try and stab me. "Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!" I screamed scrambling through my pockets and pulling out another random card. That card exploded with a white light and morphed into a golden dome that surrounded me like a shield.

Her body glen with a dark gray aura signaling her change of class. With that she cast Dispel and my barrier disintegrated. Just in time for her sword to slash me along my right shoulder.

"AHHHHHHHHH! FUCK!" I took afew steps back as the shield faded.

She bolted at me again, she's definitely more skilled than me so a direct assault would be a mistake. And she's knows saboteur magic so defense styles are no good. The only way I see myself defeating her is through a surprise attack. I had to think fast, I threw my katana at the ground in front of her which threw her step off for a second.

In that second I dashed in and shoved my elbow into her stomach, I grabbed her right hand and tried to throw her over my shoulder but she landed on her feet then picked me up attempting to throw me over her shoulder. I landed down on my feet then shoved my elbow into her face, her head jerked back then I pulled her back in and headbutted her.

The two strikes disoriented her, I quickly jolted behind her wrapping my arms around her waist then pulling her back into a german suplex. POW!

She rolled on the ground for abit, long enough for me to call back the keyblade.

She tried to get up but I slashed her across her chest and the battle was over, she dropped down like a cold stone on her side. In that instance, the sun had reclaimed the city and almost as if a veil had come off. The streets were bustling again. I looked around a bit confused then back down at the girl, she looked completely different now.

She was wearing a white sun dress with navy blue arm warmers held in place by several different belts. She had a large leather belt hanging over her right shoulder and left side which held her sword in place on her back. The girl was very skinny, short brunette hair and eyes that seemed now filled with a soul as they looked up at me.

"Well are you just gonna keep looking at me or are you gonna help me up?" She asked holding up a hand.

I clapped her hand then pulled her to her feet. "Are you...alright?"

She felt her forehead. "I think so..."

"Why did you suddenly attack me like that?" I asked.

"Attack you? I did no such thing, I just woke up here." She shrugged.

'What?' I thought.

"My name's Dez, Dez Xerxes. Nice to meet you...um..." She offered a hand.

I raised an eyebrow. "Kel Nexus." (A last name I made up by the way.)

"Well, Kel...you think you can help me back to my uni?" She asked rubbing the back of her head.

'What?' I thought again.

EPIC BOSS VICTORY!
SPOILS: Dez is now a Playable Character

Dez Xerxes, certainly was a mystery how she showed up like that. We both sat down to talk, she's apparently some university student who suddenly woke up here after meeting a guy that fits the description of the guy that brought me here. Makes sense, but what was that she road in on? It was like time in the world had stopped.

She couldn't remember attacking me, she still used the same weapon and everything. Could this have something to do with me changing the plotline of the game? Am I being punished or something?

"Oh so that's what's going on here?" Dez said as I'd just finished explaining her current situation. We both were sitting on the steps of the Aerodrome together watching several different people from all over getting off and coming into the city. Dez watched a moogle walk by and I could see her unsettled face turn blue. "Ugh...this is gonna take some getting used to."

"Yeah, I don't know when you'll be able to go back." I shrugged.

"Well I want to, don't get me wrong this is amazing and everything. And any fan of this game series would love to be here but...I've done too much work in our world for it to go to waste like this." Dez looked over at me.

"Hey" I shrugged. "I get it...it's just...I dunno how you'll get back."

"I'll figure out a way. I mean, I got here didn't I? There has to be a way back, I just have to find it." She punched into her palm.

'Hm...confident...' I thought. "Why don't you stick with me awhile?"

"Huh?" She looked back at me like I was a creep or a rapist which pissed me off a little.

"I mean, you wouldn't wanna be a place like this alone. Especially knowing the things you know and unable to relate with anyone here. Atleast I'm from Earth too, you'll have somebody to talk to." I offered. "Besides...I kinda need help with something anyway."


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