The following was written by a good friend, Greymon Leader Baxt Flashpoint (Dragon's creator) he wrote this for me and asked if I could post it here. Thanks so much for this and I hope you guys enjoy!
Reconnected: In A Galaxy Far Far Away
But you can't stop the change, no more than you can stop the suns from setting."
"Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate and hate leads to the dark side."
"The boy is dangerous. They all sense it. Why can't you?"
"It's very dangerous, putting them together. I don't think the boy can handle it. I don't trust him."
"The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural."
"So this is how liberty dies, with thunderous applause."
"What have I done?"
"You're breaking my heart! You're going down a path I cannot follow!"
"Don't lecture me! I see through the lies of the Jedi. I do not fear the dark side as you do. I have brought peace, freedom, justice, and security to my new Empire"
"You were my brother, I loved you."
"I HATE YOU!"
Kairi's eyes opened in shock as she held her blanket close to her chest. Her face sweating and her mouth gasping for air still in a state of shock from the nightmare she just had.
"West?" She asked as she looked down the bunk beds in her room to see the young thief sleeping soundly in the lower bunk.
Kairi decided to disturb her as she was slowly beginning to get herself under control again. She took a quick look around to see the rest of their quarters.
It was a small room with just two bunkbeds, a table, a wardrobe, some chairs and a bathroom.
The reason why Kairi was looking around the room was because after her dream she was expecting a show or a dusk to just appear and attack.
She slowly shook her head as she realized she just had a very bad nightmare and it had caused her to stress. Still a nightmare was a nightmare just something her head concocted from seeing all the enemies through the teams current journey.
She laid down and put her head on the pillow and held her blanket closer. It was a matter of seconds till sleep took her once more.
Once morning came Kairi got dressed and went out of her and West's shared room. She looked around the cabin corridor to see that the rest of the crew had gotten up.
She smirked all of them were probably having breakfast in the mess hall. Her face then turned green today was Lea's turn in cooking food, she still had not gotten the taste of his frog eggs special out of her mouth.
She slowly walked to the control room since it was on the way to the mess hall. She hoped to Sora or Riku since out of all the members on the ship she felt closet to those two. Maybe they could help her understand the nightmare better.
Once the door's opened she was surprised to all the crew there looking at the view screen.
"Eh hey guys what's with the blank stares?" She asked.
Donald told her to shush while Sora got her closer to him.
"When Goofy got here first thing, he found out that Cid sent a communication request to the ship."
Kairi nodded "Okay but how come everyone else is here? The last time Cid sent us a request it was for a check-up. Max took it while everyone was just doing their own thing."
Sora just scratched his head "I know, I know this probably is nothing. You see the message it was a urgent request, the king explained that if it has urgent in everyone listens."
Kairi smirked "It's not because of the Frog eggs?" She asked playfully while Lea muttered something from the distance from hearing her.
Mickey then put hand forward "Alright fellahs where getting something."
He pressed some buttons on the controls and the screen showed Cid sitting on chair eating some sushi with chopsticks.
"Alright you guys finally replied geez you know how to take your time." He said annoyed.
"You know we were asleep right." Max replied back.
Cid looked at his watch "Dang did I do a full nighter again." He then threw his clock away and with one massive clang anyone could have known it was broken.
"Well now that you sleeping beauties are awake we can get to business." Cid went on not caring about his clock.
"What's going Cid?" West asked as she yawned and stretched her arms.
"Well for your information tails we found something exciting for you." Cid smirked as he put his hands behind his back.
"What is it?" Riku questioned.
Cid went forward looking at the few screen "Well you guys know what a wormhole is right?"
Sora took guess "wasn't it those speed holes we took on our first journey to save time?"
Cid was waving his hands "those were small fry's, what I found was the motherlode of them all." He said grinning from his accomplishment.
The team got intrigued now "What does it do Cid?" Mickey replied.
"Well I don't know just reduces 7000 years of space travel into 5 seconds." He said softy grinning at each word.
"WHAT!" Everyone gasped.
"7000 years!" Leas gawked.
"5 seconds!" Goofy shouted.
Cid couldn't keep it in anymore as he burst out laughing "Oh boy I couldn't wait to see the reactions on your faces ha." As he put his finger near his taking away a tear.
Mickey was more curious then ever "7000 years distance. Golly that's incredible Cid."
Cid nodded to the mouse king "Yep it is and that's why we want you to go through it."
"For real!" Sora and West screamed in excitement.
"Hang on you two." Riku said as he got in-between them. He looked up at screen "I admit going through the worm hole to explore an uncharted area of space does sound amazing, but with everything going on do we have time to take a detour in a part of space that no one has clue about?"
"Aww come on Riku." Whined West "I know we have a lot of stuff happening at the moment but it's not like we haven't taken detours before just look at all the worlds we visited." She countered.
Goofy put touched his chin and became to think "You know if we don't check it out maybe Xehnort and Maleficent could."
Mickey nodded "Your right Goofy we have no idea what's on the other side of that hole, for all we know there could be weapons that make Keyblades look like toothpicks."
Donald shuddered "We can't take the chance."
Riku sighed "Fine we can go but that doesn't mean I feel comfortable with this."
Cid's face changed from smiles to seriousness when he heard Riku "Well you see snowflakes, there is one more detail I need to tell you guys."
"What is it Cid?" Mickey asked.
"This ain't just an explore mission, it's also a rescue mission," Cid said seriously.
"Rescue mission?" Lea smirked "Who's the damsel in distress?"
Cid got to the point of the communication "You see we did send an investigation team through the wormhole 3 days ago."
Cid typed on his computer to show a picture of a blue Gummi ship "We let them use the Pegasus, it's been 3 days since have last heard anything from them."
"When was the last time you got any communication from them?" Sora asked.
"Before they went into the wormhole." Cid said grimly.
The team felt a cold breeze coming in after hearing what Cid had just stated.
Mickey shook his head "Come on fellahs we've been to a lot of dangerous places. Whatever is on the other side of the wormhole I'm sure we can take it on together." Mickey smiled.
The team nodded agreeing with the king.
Sore looked up at Cid "Can you send us the coordinates on how to get there?"
Cid smirked "Already did hedgehog."
The Highwind soon came to area in space were Cid had reported the wormhole. The wormhole's area was in-between Pocahontas world and Woody's – Buzz's world.
When the Highwind got into place a giant spark of light beeped and in its place a giant hole opened. The hole had a sunny orange light arura in its middle and a sky blue mist surrounding the orange part of the hole.
Team Destiny for a brief second were mesmerised by the wormhole's beauty, in the distance they could hear Goofy taking a picture of it with his camera.
Without wasting any more time the Highwind went through the wormhole excited about the new worlds they would discover.
After a few brief seconds the Highwind appeared on the other side of the wormhole.
Max was on the controls, he was looking into the new space till he heard a beeping.
"Your majesty." Max called out to Mickey as the King walked to the young Knight in training.
"What is it Max?" Mickey asked.
Max explained "I was able to do a search on the ships radar to see if we find any detection of the Pegasus." Max showed the bleep on the radar "The readings are the same as the Pegasus power signature it has to be it."
Mickey looked at the readings "Your right. According to the ship the Pegasus landed on that world." Mickey pointed a wasteland looking world.
"Should we land?" Max asked a little unsure about the world since it was in an unknown part of space.
"Of course Max, the Pegasus crew are depending on us we can't just leave them behind because of were unsure." Despite saying those words Mickey heart did agree with Max, he couldn't place it but that planet did give him a dark vibe. Something about it did not settle well with him.
Max understood the orders from his king and nodded "Everyone to the transport room where going to be making a landing."
While everyone was entering the transport room the rest of the team noticed that Donald and Lea were bickering about something.
"Disney Castle." Donald squawked.
"Radiant Garden." Lea shot back.
"Disney Castle." Donald squawked.
"Radiant Garden." Lea shot back.
"Disney Castle." Donald squawked.
"Look Duck its Radiant Garden or we have fried duck tonight." Lea retorted having enough of the argument.
"How about fried dummy for dinner." Donald retorted back to the ex-nobody.
"What are you two fighting about?" Riku asked a little curiously.
The rest of the team noticed that Lea and Donald where both holding flags with a wooden pole attached to each of them. Donald's blue flag saying Disney Castle with the Kings Seal on it while Lea's purple flag saying Radiant Garden and having a picture of the world on it.
Lea decided to explain the situation "You see me and Donald as new comers to this area of space wanted to introduce our new 'neighbours'." Lea put up and down two fingers when he said Neighbours "That we come in peace."
"And?" Riku asked back.
"We deciding which world should represent the team. It should be Radiant Garden because simply were the best."
"Oh no you're not." Donald screamed back "Disney Castle is way better we have airplanes, magic brooms and..."
"Infected Ice cream." Lea sniggered back.
"Infected... Wait shut up." Donald screamed back Lea showing his very red face.
As Lea and Donald continued their bickering West whispered into Riku's ear "Shouldn't it be Mickey and Kairi's job to be you know ambassadors?" She asked the silver haired teen.
Riku just shrugged "Honestly I have no idea."
Goofy looked at the two then back at Sora and Riku "Eh do you two want a flag for Destiny Islands?"
Sora sweat dropped as he made a no sign with his hands "I think we can skip this one Goofy."
Mickey finally having enough had to walk down the matt and take both Lea's and Donald's hands and walk back to the matt.
Even after transporting the two didn't stop arguing about the flag and which world the team would represent.
"Disney castle and that's final." Donald replied.
"Over my unnatural red hair it's Radiant Garden." Leas shouted back.
"Guys?" Sora whispered.
"The ship was made by Disney Castle so it Disney castle." Donald shouted.
"Your world used Radiant Garden tech so it's Radiant Garden."
"Guys." Sora said more sternly.
"Our town looks better." Donald quaked.
"Our food is better." Lea retorted back to the wizard.
"Guys shut up!" Sora shouted at his two friends.
"What!" Lea and Donald said at the same time as they turned their heads to look at their party.
But when they saw their friends faces instead of seeing excitement for a new world they just shock, worry and fear.
"Guys what's going?" Lea asked a little taken back by the team's facial expressions.
"Turn around." Was all that Max could say as he pointed forward.
Donald and Lea did just that and in that moment their hands just let go the flags they were holding and their faces became the same as their comrades.
In front of them was the Pegasus a blue version of the Highwind, it had been broken in halve. Both parts laying on the ground both damage with a broken dome, destroyed engines and missing pieces along with black smoke coming from both parts. It was clear this ship was never flying again.
But what got Team Destiny rattled was the crew of the Pegasus. They were wearing the same uniforms that Dillan and Aeleus worn back at Radiant Garden however the difference between them and this crew was that the crew dead.
Each member was laying on the ground eyes open with cold skin and in their chest's a hole where their heart should be.
The team walked slowly taking in the destruction and death that had occurred. It was horrible seeing all the corpses. Each member went to check on all the crew members to see if maybe just might have survived.
Kairi looked sadly at one of the dead bodies as she bent down "Who could have done something like this?"
"The Heartless?" Sora suggested.
Riku shook his head "No I still sense these people still have their hearts in them. The Heartless don't kill they steal hearts to make more of them by killing a heart they lose that chance." Riku stated as he examined a body.
"So this was proper killing." West confirmed.
"What about them Dusks?" Goofy asked.
Lea shook his head "They can kill but only if ordered. According to Cid the only people who went in the wormhole was us and the Pegasus. Maleficent and her cronies had no clue about its existence so they couldn't have sent any of their guys here."
Mickey was thinking "It couldn't have been the Unversed?" He whispered.
"Did you say something your Majesty?" Donald asked.
Mickey shook his head "No Donald let's just do some more examining." Mickey replied sadly.
West bent down to look at one of the bodies "Who could have done something like this?"
"I killed them. I killed them all. They're dead, every single one of them. And not just the men, but the women and the children, too. They're like animals, and I slaughtered them like animals. I HATE THEM."
Kairi put her hands on head, from all the times that nightmare she had needed to play up. She slowly messaged her forehead from the headache.
Sora looked at the sky trying to figure out who was reasonable for this atrocity. The sky was brown similar to world where he had thought the Lingering Will a year ago. He could argue this was that same world due to the sky and the fact he had no idea where that portal in Disney Castle led.
However he noticed some differences, for starters next to the Pegasus was a waterfall with very clear water. The water itself was leading to a cliff and down a second waterfall. There also some planets and flowers on the ground.
The world where he met the Lingering Will the world was baron as far as the eye could see. It had no life on it while this world did. It was clear to him that this was a different world all together and that the Will was not responsible for this.
This on other hand did not give him any peace my mind since he still did not know who was the murderer of the Pegasus crew.
"Help!"
Sora was taken out of thought when he saw someone come out from behind a tree.
"Everyone look!" Sora shouted as he pointed to the stranger.
He was a young boy with brown short hair and green eyes. He was wearing the Radiant Garden guard uniform but when the group looked closer they saw that the man in question missing his left hand.
"Oh no." Lea shuddered releasing what had happened to the young man.
The young man ran to the team and fell to the group from lack of energy. The team got closer to him as Kairi and Riku used a healing spell on him.
Sora helped the boy up "What happened? Who did this to you?"
The young man was shaking, he looked scared out of his mind "He's here, He won't leave me alone."
"Who is after you?" West asked.
"Tell us we can get you off this planet." Mickey suggested trying to calm the frightened young man down.
"We can't leave he will just follow us, we can't leave he will just follow us, we can't leave Vader will just follow us." The young man kept repeating the same words and crying at the same time.
"Vader?" Donald wondered.
"Is that his name?" Max questioned.
Before the young man could continue he put his hand on his throat.
"What's happening are you okay?" Riku asked in worry.
The young man's face was turning red as the rest of his body started to levitate in the air.
"He's choking!" Donald squawked.
"We have to help him." Riku agreed.
"How?" Asked Kairi.
Before anyone could do anything the young man's face was turning red was the loss of air. Tears coming down his face from the suffocation. Then with one final snap the Young Man's eyes became still and emotionless.
He stopped levitating and fell straight down to the ground.
Lea went to check the body as he checked the young man's pulse. After a few seconds he shook his head sadly "He's gone."
With news everyone's heart was saddened with what had just transpired. Failing in their mission to save the Pegasus crew along with finding every member killed and just to put sand in the wound seeing member they could have saved be killed in front of them made this whole experience horrible.
"Death is a natural part of life. Rejoice for those around you who transform into the Force. Mourn them do not. Miss them do not. Attachment leads to jealousy. The shadow of greed that is."
Kairi put her hand on her head again from another voice in her head. That nightmare she had was starting to get to her even when she was awake. Maybe if she talked to Merlin he might be able to help her clear her head.
Goofy looked sadly at all the dead bodies "What do we do your majesty?"
Mickey sighed sadly "We will transport all the bodies to the Highwind. We then take them back to Radiant Garden."
Sora agreed "I think we should do that quickly then. Whatever killed this guy is likely still here."
Riku nodded "An enemy that has the ability to kill without showing themselves tells me we need to get off this world."
Mickey looked at other members of the party who agreed with what was said "Okay everyone, try to put in a line and huh?"
Mickey stopped he noticed something had been thrown onto the two halves of the Pegasus.
Lea walked a little further to see what had they were. By getting closer he could see two black balls with a silver middle. Then suddenly the silver middle began beep red continuously.
Lea's eyes widened "Everyone get back now!"
Before anyone had time to react both halves exploded into massive quantities of fire. The group was able to get back getting closer to wall of the waterfall's mountain while Lea stayed closer to the fire looking directly at it.
"Lea get back here." Kairi ordered "It's not safe."
"Not now Princess." Lea told her back as he kept looking at the fire "Those things were bombs there is no way that was accident."
Sora was about to comment until he heard something. It sounded like breathing, deep breathing.
"He's here." Sora turned around to see that Kairi was the one spoke "It's him."
The team looked at the heart of the fire to see that the middle area of the flames had died down. In its place a dark figure was walking through it.
"He was the one who did this." Thought West.
"He killed all those people." Thought Max
The figure had black armour along with a black cape with chain keeping on his neck.
"I don't like the looks of that there Vader." Goofy thought
"Oh I wish I was with Daisy back at the Castle." Donald Thought
The figure had black leather cover his entire body additionally with black boots, black leather gloves and a silver metal plating covering the top of his chest with black lines.
"He stinks of Darkness its sickening" Riku thought.
"This guy is going to pay for what he did to the Pegasus." Lea thought.
The figure also had a square metal box that had red, blue and white buttons in the middle section of his chest. A silver belt around his waist with metal device attached onto it. Additionally a long black skirt covering the back of his legs.
"I don't who this Vader is. All I know is that he has caused a lot of destruction, he's no different to Xehnort and like him I will stop him before he hurts anyone else." Sora thought
"I've seen a lot darkness in my life. The darkness I'm sensing from him is ground breaking the same level I would expect from Maleficent. Oswald, Pluto, Minnie, Yen-Sid, Farther please don't let him take us down." Mickey thought.
The final features on this figure was his helmet. His helmet was black, the front was carved out to fit around his head and show his face. This helmet had a raised ridge that ran from between his eyes to the back of his head. Two less jagged ridges swept, curving, over the eyes of the figure's mask proper and served to accent them.
Underneath the helmet was a mask. The mask itself went halfway around figures head, the mask's appearance was given a similar appearance to a skull. The top of this mask was crowned with a circular interface dotted with an array of square slots around a disc of silver. This disc seemed to serve as an interface between the mask and the helmet.
Kairi took a breath in, should didn't know why but she could feel a strong sense of darkness from him. Judging from the figure's breathing she could tell the mask was created for medial purposes but judging from the design it was meant to install fear.
The darkness emitting from him was suffocating. She didn't know it was because of her role as a Princess of Light or because the intimidation that Vader was bringing. All she knew was she and the rest of her team like the crew of the Pegasus had stumbled upon something very dangerous.
Lea walked forward to give a piece of his mind to guy who had just tried to kill him and the rest of the team "You're him aren't you? You're Vader."
At first Vader just continued his deep breathing as he was examined each of the world explorers.
He soon replied to the ex-nobody "I am Lord Vader." He spoke a dark manner yet had a strength in his voice "However I am more commonly known as Darth rather than Lord."
Lea rolled his eyes "And I should care why?"
Vader continued with his deep breathing "Because I am the last person that you will ever see."
Having enough of his mind games Lea summoned his Chakrams in both his hands "You're going to pay big time bucket head for killing the crew."
"You have to be more specific I have killed a lot crews." Vader replied coldly.
That was the last straw for Lea "Screw you!" Lea threw both his Chakrams at the cyborg.
"Lea wait!" Sora shouted as he, Donald, Kairi and Goofy were running towards Lea. They had no idea who this guy was. They all shared Lea's feelings about the dead they wanted a piece of Vader for what he did.
However they couldn't just go into battle with an enemy that was unlike the others they though before.
Unfortunately Vader was going to make this lesson very clear to them. With simply moving his hand up both of Lea's Chakrams stopped in mid-air right in front of Vader's face.
"What?" Lea asked not understanding why his attack didn't go through. As a result he kept shoving his forward repeatedly trying to get his Chakrams to continue their assault but all they did was fidget and keep in the same position.
Lea looked back at Vader "What did you do?" He demanded to know.
Vader still keeping the Chakrams turned his head to the ex-nobody "You have no idea of who you are dealing with do you?" Vader asked.
Vader using both his hands sent the Chakrams to different directions. The left Chakram was positioned so that its front would hit its objective instead of its spikes. Before they had a chance to react Kairi, Donald and Goofy were pushed back by the Chakram and sent into the river.
Sora's eyes widened "No!" He screamed seeing three of his best friends going near the waterfall.
Before he or Lea or any of the members could react the second Chakram was flung right into Sora's stomach. The young Keyblade master was knocked out by the weapons thrust and pushed into Lea's arms.
As for the waterfall victims, Goofy was trying to swim against the tied but ultimately failing while Kairi and Donald where using gravity spells to make all three of them too heavy for the tied to push them back.
The other party members wasted no time, Riku and Mickey summoned their Keyblades preparing to transform them to gliders. But before they could the 3 members gave one massive scream as they fell down the waterfall to what appeared to be their untimely deaths.
The members on dry land felt as if a gust of wind had just passed them. Max collapsed letting the tears come down his face realizing his farther was no longer with him, Mickey was frozen in his place trying to mutter words and failing at the same time to think of the words to say.
Riku just punched the ground with tears rolling down his eyes his best friend someone he promised always to protect had just met her fate before her time was up. All those times on that stupid island playing wooden swords, swimming, building the raft and sitting on the tropical tree. He never knew how important those memories had just become.
West slowly walk to the silver haired master and put her hand on his shoulder. In the time she joined the team she started to slowly become closer to the departed three. She hated that this had happened wishing it didn't happen at all. All she could at the moment was try and help the young man and those within her group to cope with the loss.
Lea still holding Sora looked at the waterfall "This is all my fault" he said, "if I didn't rush in they…"
Mickey walked up to Lea and put a gentle hand on his leg "it wasn't your fault Lea. We had no idea what was going to happen when we got to this world. All we can do for them now is just hope they are in a better place." Mickey spoke trying not to let his own sadness come out.
"Trust me mouse compared to what is in this galaxy death was the best solution." The group's sadness turned into scowls as they looked at the being that had caused this heartache "What I did for them was charity."
Riku growled as he got straight up and summoned Way To Dawn in his hand and got into his fighting position.
"So it seems you didn't learn from your first mistake. Do you wish me to teach you what happens when you cross me?" Vader asked to the young maker.
Riku didn't let Vader got to him "I'm going to give you two options; one is you come with us to stand for your crimes at Radiant Garden."
And the second option." Vader wondered.
"We end you." Riku threatened as Mickey got out Star Seeker, Max got out his skateboarded, West her knife and Lea once putting Sora near a tree re summoned his Chakrams.
Vader examined each of his opponent's weapons "Two magical swords, a dinner knife, a toy and weapons that failed the first time." Vader shook his head "No wonder you're accomplices fell so easy."
"At least we have the heart to fight what do you have?" Max shouted back to his father's killer.
Instead of answering the knight in training Vader reached his belt to grab the metal tube attached to it. He slowly moved it a fair distance away from his body. Then with one press of a button a red glimmering beam shot right out it. The vibrating sound being produced from it almost felt as if the weapon was alive.
Team Destiny felt a little chill looking at the weapon. Seeing its red colour felt as if it was designed to seek out and destroy their blood and even their hearts.
"Any ideas what kind of weapon that is?" Max asked.
Mickey shook his head "Never seen it before in my life."
"It's called a Lightsaber." West answered surprised she knew what it was.
Riku turned his head slightly to look at the young thief but also keep an eye on Vader "How do you know?"
West pondered "I don't. I have no idea why but something in my gut is telling me what he has is called a Lightsaber."
"Whatever it's called something tells me it's going to give us trouble." Lea retorted.
Put his second hand on his Lightsaber getting into his full battle stance. With one gush of air he leaped straight into the sky.
The group looked up to see if they could find him. Unfortunately the dark being jumped so high it was as almost as if he had vanished.
Sweating a little Riku closed his eyes. Soon everything lost its sound; the ship fire, the water and even the air itself. Soon Riku felt a small sound of darkness; that sound got louder and louder until "Everyone move now!" Riku ordered
Vader came crashing in at high speed with his Lightsaber raised. The team was able to jump out of the way but Vader slammed his Lightsaber right into a rock making a complete cut leaving only burned marks into its halves.
"Wow." Max breathed.
"Now that is a super sword." West gasped.
Vader only composed his stance once more ready for the opponent that was ready to die next.
Lea got his Chakrams ready "Alright now we get started." Lea jumped at Vader aiming his right Chakram as his neck. Vader used his Lightsaber to block the attack from the ex-nobody. Lea then tried to use his Left Chakram but Vader quickly grabbed his arm while using his Lightsaber to keep his right Chakram at bay.
Lea tried to break Vader's guard and hold but then he felt immense pain in his arm. Vader was squeezing his arm so hard the pain was becoming more and more intense.
Lea didn't know if it was the pain talking but he felt as if he was being crushed by a bull dozer. With quick thinking he took a deep breath in his mouth and blew fire out of it like dragon.
"Ugh." Vader grumbled as he released Lea. The Ex-Nobody jumped back and slowly had his two Chakrams circle him in mid-air. Soon he was absorbing all the fire from the Pegasus remains into his body building up some intense heat within himself.
"Alright you human gas mask it time to BURN!" Lea got his Chakrams and stabbed them into the ground creating a circle around him and Vader with fire acting as walls along with the ground turning into a lava like substance.
Lea jumped into the wall fire and vanished. Vader kept his stance looking around the fire barrier getting ready for the Ex-Nobody's attack.
Vader then turned around and blocked Lea's behind attack locking their weapons together. Vader pushed Lea back into the fire wall and jumped onto it.
Soon both opponents were trading blows with their weapons while skidding on the Fire wall just like Lea did when he thought Roxas. Soon they both jumped from the fire wall and Vader used his feet to ram down on Lea's stomach.
Lea was grounded rendering him out of commission and causing his Chakrams and fire cage to disappear.
Vader landed right next to the fire master. He slowly raised his Lightsaber to end the Ex-nobody's and within seconds he swopped down for the kill.
Instead of hearing the gutting of his victim he heard a clang. Vader turned his head to Mickey had intercepted his Lightsaber with Star seeker.
Vader just eyed the mouse king "You know you remind me of a green fool I once knew."
"Funny you remind me of hooded creep I still know." Mickey insulted back.
Soon both figures jumped back from each other. Vader soon rushed into Mickey, Mickey jumped onto Vader's shoulder and tried to attack his mask but Vader grabbed the King's leg and flung him off.
Mickey briefly stepped on the ground as he jumped back up to attack Vader's head. Vader looked up and blocked the attack with his Lightsaber seeing Mickey on top of him in mid-air. Vader then turned around and aimed for Mickey's heart but Mickey quickly swatted the attack back.
Vader used his powers to push Mickey back, Mickey in return went into a guarded stance as Vader rushed to stab him. Quickly Mickey jumped out of the way and used a light attack to hit Vader's back.
Vader grunted from the pain. He turned to Mickey as they soon locked their weapons in a struggle. Mickey soon was able to break off and attack Vader's arm but Vader got wind of this; putting his hands together he shot out what looked like a bubble made from air containing electricity towards Mickey.
Before Mickey had a chance to act the electric bubble hit shocking the mouse in his position. Once stopped Mickey's cloths were burned and had smoke coming out of them, he himself looked like he was going to pass out.
Closing his eyes Mickey fell to the ground with his Keyblade vanishing.
"You're Majesty!" Max screamed from shock.
Vader lifted his Lightsaber to end the King this time with no interference. "Keep away from!" Max ordered as he raced to stop Vader from his attack. Getting on his skateboard Max zoomed into the dark warrior.
Vader turned to see the knight in training in training and punched him in face. Max was shoved at immense speed straight into the waterfalls wall colliding with the actual rock leaving his body print on the wall knocking him out from the pleasure of Vader's attack.
Vader turned back to the king "Now where we?"
Vader raised his weapon to strike down until he heard "Shield!" Riku teleported in front of Vader creating a glass shield in-between themselves forcing Vader back.
Riku went towards Vader as their weapons clashed. Riku jumped away from Vader and used his dark fire attack on Vader. As the blue fires reached the dark lord Vader took his Lightsaber into one and raised it above his head spinning it like a helicopter blade reflecting each of the blasts at Riku.
Riku seeing the attacks coming back at him used reflect to protect himself. Vader seeing that Riku took his focus off him. Vader took the moment and clenched his fist pointing at Riku and sent the young teen crashing to the ground.
Riku jumping back into stance saw Vader rushing towards him. Quickly he blocked Vader's Lightsaber attack with Way To Dawn but Vader wasn't repenting as he was pushing Riku. Riku tried to keep a firm grip on the ground but ultimately was failing as the cliff was getting closer.
"Get away from him!" Riku saw West running into the dark lord holding her knife up and stabbing Vader's left hand.
Vader groaned as some electricity came out of his hand stopping him in his tracks. Riku took the opportunity to back away from him to give some space between the two warriors.
Vader raised his head getting his focus back. West was about to take the knife out his hand but Vader grabbed her shoulder and flung her to a tree branch. With her stomach coming into contact with the branch West was out of cold as her limp body fell down from the branch.
"West no!" Riku screamed seeing what transpired. Turing shock into rage Riku was about to go into another round with Vader. Vader quickly took the knife out of his hand and shot it into Riku's right leg.
Riku cried in pain as his Keyblade vanished. He soon lost his balance and succumbed to the ground trying to take as much weight from his leg as possible.
Vader stormed towards him with Lightsaber ready to end the young Keyblade master. Once the space between the two was shortened Vader moved his Lightsaber near Riku's chest ready for the stab.
"Your comrades have either fallen or died. It seems the dark side has given you the luxury of being the fourth to meet their end." Vader breathed.
Riku snarled back at him "I'm not scared to die."
"Then you will die braver than most." Vader declared as he raised his Lightsaber into the air ready for the kill.
Riku closed his eyes ready for the inedible. However instead of feeling Vader's red blade going through his heart he heard the dark lord growl.
Riku opened to see that Vader had been pushed back a fair distance from. He also noted that Vader's cape had some blue smoke evaporating almost as if he had just been hit by a blizzard attack.
Riku turned around to see where the attack came from and too his surprise and joy he saw Sora Kingdom Key in hand pointing at Vader "Keep away from my best friend you tin heard."
Vader soon recovered from the blast "So it seems you have come too however." Vader regained his stance "Your victory shall be short lived."
"We shall see." Sora then began running into Vader. Vader seeing this used his powers to fling some rocks into the young man. Sora sensing this used his Keyblade to slice each one of them. As Vader was about to move some more objects Sora had bear hugged his chest and pushed Vader off the cliff. Vader quickly grabbed Sora's hood and took him down with him.
While falling at immense speed the two warriors got off each other. Using the wind to their advantage both glided into each other slashing and clanging their weapons into one another.
While the two were fighting in the air the distance between them and the ground was being shorter by the second.
Vader seeing this used his powers to push Sora in front of him so he would take the fall first. Before Sora's feet could touch the ground he cast reflega creating a glass bubble around him saving him from crash.
Once Vader was in clear view of Sora he tried strike the ball and in return was given an explosion causing the dark lord to retreat away from Sora.
In short time both warriors were able to get their bearings and return to the stances. Both looking at each other examining the situation.
Sora feeling the sweat coming down from his face needed to get something off his chest "Why?" Was all he asked the dark lord.
"Why what?" Vader asked in return wanting more detail in the question.
"Why did you do all of this. Kill the crew, kill Donald and Goofy…. kill her." Sora said sadly as he closed his eyes but soon turned into anger "Why did you do all of this!" Sora demanded.
Vader just kept breathing calmly like he always did. This only added onto Sora's anger "knock that off and give me an answer."
"This planet is occupied by the Empire. We use it to test out our military projects the whole planet put under lock down banning all civilians." Vader explained.
"That's it?" Sora cried out "That's why you did all of this because we broke your laws!" Sora screeched out.
"Those who go against the empire only deserve the swiftest of punishments for their transactions." Vader augured.
"They were explores!" Sora argued back "This was new territory for them they had no idea about you or your stupid empire. You could have oh I don't know explain the rules instead of blowing their ship down." Sora growled.
"If that a voice of reason?" Vader asked.
"It's a voice of common sense. Where do you get off being judge, jury and executioner? Its guys like you that help the darkness. Just by looking at you I can tell that's the only thing your heart knows it's pathetic" Sora exclaimed.
Vader just started at his Lightsaber "Hero's, Villains, Good, Evil, Light, Dark it does not matter which of these roles we take. The binds everything together is not our hearts it's the fact that we all just monsters inside. The difference between us is that I've accepted it while you use the light as an excuse to keep blind to that fact."
Sora looked at his Kingdom Key "I have had my fair share of darkness. I've seen people who have been consumed by it. I also have seen people who have come back from it."
Sora looked back at the Dark lord "Everything is made from Darkness and Light, it what we do with it that defines us not our inner demons."
Vader just shook his head "So naïve." Vader went for another attack. Sora was able to block him and go for an attack himself but Vader was able to block Sora's attack. They both raised their weapons above their heads and clashed weapons.
Soon they broke their weapons apart from each other. Both went to attack the other, Sora was hit Vader's arm while Vader was able to use his Lightsaber to attack and slightly burn Sora's arm. Both grunted from the pain.
Sora and Vader clashed their weapon's one more using more force only to end with both of them loosing grip of their weapons and seeing both Lightsaber and Keyblade flying out of the air.
Before Sora could re-summon Kingdom Key Vader tried to grab him but Sora saw this and collided his hands with Vader's resulting in a grip match. Both of the looking at each other's view holding onto the other hands with everything they got.
Vader squeezed Sora's hands causing the young Keyblade master the whelp in pain as he felt his hands breaking. Sora soon pushed Vader off him breaking their hand lock, he quickly looked at his hands seeing some red colour merge with his black gloves. Given how purple his fingers looked he didn't have the guess what that red colour was.
Quickly he re summoned Kingdom key before Vader could regain his weapon. "Thunder!" Sora shouted as a bolt of lightning hit Vader.
Once the attack succeed he heard Vader growl from pain as he saw an electrical current pass through his body. Sora guessed that electricity was his weakness.
"Thunder!" Sora called once more and succeed with his attack causing Vader this time to lose his stand and bow on the ground with the second electrical current passing through his body.
Seeing that outcome Sora knew his next thunder attack would disable Vader allowing him a chance to end the Dark lord.
"Tundphh!" Sora didn't have time to finish his attack as Vader quickly recomposed himself and at super speed grabbed Sora's mouth and having Kingdom key vanish from his hand.
Vader lifted the boy from the ground so they were in eye view of each other. Balling his hand into fist Vader wasted no time punching Sora continuously. For Sora each punch felt like his face was colliding with a ton steal.
After giving Sora a massive dose of pain the Young Keyblade master who had gained bruises on his face slowly lost conscious. Vader opened his hand to watch the young man fall to the ground.
Vader eyed the boy and used his powers to have his Lightsaber re-enter his hand.
Once returned he activated it having red beam come out. He slowly walked to Sora "You have shown much potential. It's a pity you decided to waste it on the wrong side."
Vader kicked Sora's body so he see his front. Vader stood straight as he kept his Lightsaber's beam inches from Sora's heart "Just like I did." Vader stated and he lifted his weapon up and prepared to jab Sora in the heart.
Oh no ya don't." Vader looked to his left to see Goofy's shield only for it clash with his elbow causing the dark lord to lose his composure due to the pain.
He turned to see Kairi wielding Destiny's Embrace along with Donald and Goofy next to her with their respective weapons in hand.
Donald raised his staff "Fire!" soon hundreds of fireworks were summoned and started to fire at Vader. In retaliation Vader used his Lightsaber to block some of them however a few were able to make a hit causing some of Vader's body to emit smoke.
Kairi rushed to Sora to check his condition. "Heal!" She shouted as her spell went on him curing some of wounds but still not enough to wake him up.
Kairi sighed sadly but when she turned to Vader her face become one of determination.
She got up and got into her battle stance as did Donald and Goofy "You have a lot to answer for Vader."
Vader breathed "So do you, how did you survive the waterfall?"
"Once we fell from the cliff I was able to convert my Keyblade to its glider mode. I was able to get Donald and Goofy along with myself on it." Kairi explained.
"Then why didn't you join your comrades on the top?" Vader asked.
"We were but when we got a quarter closer to the top I saw you and Sora falling from it. So we decided to come here instead and finish this whole mess once and for all." Kairi spoke getting ready to fight.
Vader just looked at the three new victims that had decided to challenge him "You will only meet the same end."
"I know we might but then again you might your end." Kairi responded to Vader's threat.
"Hmm." Vader sent a massive wave of his power towards the three. Kairi, Donald and Goody where trying to keep a firm stand from the heavy wind.
Kairi trying not to get overpowered by the wind pointed Destiny Embrace at Vader "Light!" She shouted as a ball of light hit Vader in chest cancelling his attack in the process.
"Good work Kairi." Donald complimented.
"Don't suck up yet." They turned to see Vader who had recuperated quickly from the attack get into his fighting stance once more "One small use of power doesn't make you the victor." Vader explained.
Kairi looked at her options. She, Goofy and Donald could go and try to put everything they got into beating Vader. However that plan felt too much of a kamikaze mission since Vader despite the whole in his hand didn't look that effected from the fights he just had he still looked in shape.
Kairi sighed, even if the remaining three fighters were able to continue Vader would likely squash them as he did their friends.
She looked at her Keyblade trying to figure out a solution. Then it hit her, she looked once more at her Keyblade then at Donald and Goofy.
"Donald, Goofy." She whispered them to come to her. They complied as she whispered through their ears.
Both of their eyes widened "Aww you sure it will work?" Goofy asked.
Kairi nodded "It seems like our best choice at the moment."
"But you haven't had much training in that form you'll use up the energy quickly." Donald pointed out "Even Sora had some trouble balancing it out when he unlocked it."
Kairi understood their concerns "I know but right now I think we need to use the big guns." She looked at Vader "Considering he's taken out all our other ones."
Goofy and Donald looked grimly at each other but soon looked determined "Alright Kairi were with ya." Goofy said.
Kairi smiled seeing why Sora spoke so fondly of these two when he told her and Riku about his adventures.
Vader on the other hand was getting bored of the situation "Use whatever useless technique you wish. It will only delay the eventual outcome."
The three warriors broke apart from their chat, Kairi looked right back Vader "We don't have any useless techniques. We have this GIVE ME STRENGH!" Kairi roared as Donald and Goofy held hands and a giant glass bubble surrounded her and shattered.
Vader checked what the Princess had done.
Once he had gotten into a clear view he saw that Kairi's cloths had changed colour from pink to a silver like white along with black pattern on her clothing. She was floating in mid-air with Oblivion and Fenrir routeing behind her.
"What is this?" Vader asked.
"Final Form." Kairi stated.
"Seems a fitting name." Vader mused.
The moment Vader had met this group the one that sparked his interest was the red haired girl in front him. He felt something different in her that separated her from her comrades and even those who wielded the key weapons. She gave off her an aura quite unlike anything he saw before, it felt warm, good even welcoming. That's why he tried to get rid of her first this light inside her it was unnerving the darkness within himself.
They both heard some thunder coming from the sky. Neither of them moved at first but when a single rain drop touched and evaporated from Vader's blade both Princess and Lord moved at super speed heading straight for each other.
With another clang of thunder Vader had his Lightsaber locked with Kairi's weapons that she kept in an x position keeping his weapon at bay.
Neither one of the felt the rain that was starting to come down on their bodies. Kairi forced Vader off her Keyblades, she then shot Oblivion at Vader who was able to swipe it away. She then attack with Fenrir. Vader got wind and block it but didn't notice that Oblivion had attacked his back.
Vader losing his guard saw Kairi fly to him with both Keyblades he used his powers to push her to cliff's wall. Vader then threw his Lightsaber at Kairi who saw the attack and threw Fenrir at the beam weapon causing both to briefly touch before returning to their owners.
Vader balled both his fists and levitate huge quantizes of mud and shaped them in the form of four giant balls. He threw each of them at Kairi.
Kairi was able to move before the first one hit her. She did a clean cut on the second and third balls with her Keyblades. As the final ball came she blocked causing it to return to Vader hitting him and sending him flying,
Kairi leaped off the wall and flew in mid-air caching Vader and sending a couple of fire balls at him. Vader quickly got his arms into an X position and sent a shockwave of his power killing the fire balls and grounding himself and Kairi.
Vader then jumped and tried to stomp Kairi but she glided out of the way in time. She then attacked with hey Keyblades using every combo she could in final form but Vader blocked all the attack. Kairi then sent a Blizzard attack at Vader which hit him. Kairi went in for a swoop attack but Vader pulled a 360 and strike her back. Kairi quickly used reflect blocking Vader and attacking him causing him to go limb in mid-air.
Kairi jumped and slashed him with her Keyblades to activate Final form's attack combo but Vader quickly trapped her blades in the middle of the combo with his trapped swiping them away of him. Both fell down softly to the ground.
Both looked at each other reeling other their fight.
Vader soon recovered "This game has gone for a long enough."
Kairi sighed looking like there was going to be a round 2 "I'm not going down Vader. Not when my friends are in danger."
"You are not strong." Vader warned.
"I'm strong enough to up to you." Kairi retorted.
"Physically you show promise but let's see how fair mentally." Vader responded as he put two fingers on his helmet.
"What do you AHHHHH?" Kairi screamed as she grabbed her forehead. She was seeing images horrible images of her home being burned. White armoured soldiers shooting her farther and other residents of Destiny islands. She then saw a horrible looking old man cackling as he watched the destruction.
Vader stopped with his mental torture. Kairi was breathing harder and sweating from the images she saw. Was that what Vader had in store for her side of the universe if they didn't beat him.
Vader looked at the young princess "Did you like the preview of what is to come?"
Kairi slowly got up recovering from the attack "They were just visions it doesn't mean it will happen."
"Don't be impudent." Vader threatened "All things will soon bow down to the empire."
Vader was about to do another mental attack "Unless you need another lesson."
Before Vader could redo his mental attack Kairi swished and touched his chest. A light was coming emanating from her hand.
Vader grabbed her hand with both of his trying to pull her off him but she was almost glued to his chest "What are you doing!" He demanded to know.
"You took addable into my head now it's time I took one in yours." Kairi responded.
"Don't you darughhh." Vader groaned submitting to her.
"I will come back and free you mom, I promise"
"I hate you"
"I should be more powerful."
"Attachment is forbidden. Possession is forbidden. Compassion, which I would define as unconditional love, is essential to a Jedi's life. So you might say, that we are encouraged to love."
"He's jealous. He's holding me back."
"I feel lost."
"Something's happening. I'm not the Jedi I should be. I want more. And I know I shouldn't."
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Kairi couldn't take any more of it and relinquished her hold on Vader and back away at the same time.
She looked at Vader horrified at what she had seen "It was you" she murmured "Those visions the dream that was you?" she felt sick to her stomach.
Vader just breathed ignoring the question.
"How could you betray them!" Demanded Kairi.
"You looked in my mind. Considering the actions I have committed against your colleagues its strange you found what I did then surprising." Vader retorted.
"You're a monster." Kairi breathed.
"I'm a realist." Vader retorted "They were weak and corrupted the Empire has brought peace and justice to this universe."
Kairi shook her head "that's wrong and you know what the sad thing is? Even you know what you say is a lie. You that the moment the suit was put on you."
Vader having enough of his discussion raised his hand and levitated Kairi into the air choking her additionally in the process.
"You are nothing more than a mere child." Vader clenched his fist "You are not the first to fall by my hand and you will not be the last. I have chosen my legacy while this is where yours will end."
Kairi clutched her throat trying to break free from Vader's grip but to no avail. She quickly closed her and eyes and screamed "STOP."
Vader's body had been frozen in time with a clock symbol appearing on top of him appeared quickly then vanished.
With the dark lord briefly having no mobility Kairi took the chance to make her final attack. As she circled his front she casted two fire attacks, as she went to his behind she casted two blizzard attacks. She then backed away from the motionless Vader and casted Thundaga combining it with the clouds in the sky gave sent a massive bolt of lightning at Vader consuming his body completely.
As smoke built up from the aftermath of the lighting attack, Kairi saw a small black item jump out from the smoke.
It crashed into the ground a few feet away from Kairi. When she got closer to it she could make a clear review of what it was.
The black metal was the left eye piece of Vaders mask. Kairi sighed with relief as she put the piece into her pocket.
This was all the evidence she needed to tell her that the monster she thought had been destroyed. She looked through the rain back to the waterfall.
She needed the others and take them back to the ship and warn Radiant Garden about what lurked on the other side of the wormhole.
As she was about to make her move she stopped. Without a second thought she turned around and blocked Vader's Lightsaber. The Lightsaber then returned to the smoke vanishing.
Kairi's eyes widened "No."
As the smoke cleared down she saw the dark lord. His suit had been damaged heavily, his cape was torn, the top and bottom of his suit had been so damaged she could see his actually body. While some of the suit remained on him she was still able to see that his skin was grey, a skinny stomach and metal implants most notably his metal hands and metal legs.
But what got her the most was his eye. It was yellow like Xemnas's but the lower part of his eye looked scratched and darker from lack of sleep. His eye kept staring at her almost as if it was looking into her very soul.
Kairi moved back slowly "What are you?" She asked "What on earth are you?" She said once more with a hint of fear in her voice.
Vader staggering soon was able to get into is stance and with his damaged breathing he said one word.
"Death."
Kairi breathing in and out after hearing that shuck her head and got her act in order "Fine I guess were going for round what?"
Before Kairi could continue her fight her silver clothing had turned back into pink. She fell due to loosening her levitation abilities and saw Donald and Goofy appearing also collapsed next to her.
"What happened?" Kairi huffed.
"We ran out of Drive energy." Donald panicked.
Kairi looked to Vader and then back to them "Do we have any recovery items?" She asked.
Goofy looked through his pouch. After a couple of seconds he found a yellow orb with a circle in the middle of it.
"We only have the one." Goofy told her "It's good enough for Valour form or Wisdom form." He explained.
Kairi wishing she could go Final Form again sighed "Okay give it to me. We weakened him enough maybe Volar form could AHHHH!" Kairi cried out in pain as she fell on her front showing her back had a burnt slice slashed into it.
Vader took the opportunity when his victims were planning their next attack headed towards her and slashed her back with his Lightsaber.
"KAIRI!" Donald and Goofy screamed in terror seeing the weakened dark lord next to their friend.
Before they could get their weapons out Vader moved his hand and started to choke the wizard and Knight.
Kairi saw this grabbed Vader's boot "Stop this please." She begged.
Vader in return just kicked her away from him. Kairi still in pain from Vader's Lightsaber watched in horror as she saw Donald and Goofy's faces turn red from the lack of oxygen.
This was it. In her mind this was the end. Everyone had gave it their all and they failed Vader had won and now he was kill each and every one of them.
Despite this she was not going to go down without a fight. She summoned Destiny Embrace and tried to use it as a walking stick to help her stand despite the severe back pain she was not going to die like a worm.
She steadied her Keyblade lifting it but staggering from the pain so that it could point at Vader "Hey you leave them uh?"
Out from the sky Cloud appeared with his Buster sword in hand. He went in for Vader causing their weapons to lock.
With Vader distracted Donald and Goofy where free from his choke hold. They were about to join Cloud in his duel with Vader but before they could a hand touched their shoulders.
Both turned around to see Lean behind them carrying Sora on his shoulders "Get Kairi now." He ordered.
Both nodded as they ran to the young wielder. Kairi seeing them up close let go of her Keyblade as it vanished. She draped her arms onto Donald and Goofy's shoulders as they carried her to Leon.
Once they were next to Leon Donald asked "How did get here?"
Cloud was able to Vader off him and get next to them "Riku was the only one apart from you guys who wasn't knocked out." He explained "He was able to transport himself to the Highwind and sent out an SOS to Cid."
"We came here as soon as we heard." Leon continued.
"What about Maxie and the others?" Goofy asked with concern.
"Don't worry the others have been taken on bored the Invincible. It was the ship Cid used to take us here, we were able to connect to the Highwind and get ready to leave to the wormhole. You guys are the only four left." Leon explained.
"Meanwhile." Cloud said as he turned to Vader "What is that thing? Some kind of Heartless?" He asked.
"Doesn't matter." Leon replied as he summoned his Gunblade "It dies today." He started shooting bullets at Vader.
Vader moved his Lightsaber reflecting each of the hits but at the same retreating into the darkness of the storm. Within seconds the Dark Lord had vanished.
Cloud and Leon quickly examined the area, the storm had made the clouds to dark for any of them to see anything. Better to be safe than sorry they teleported with the four remaining members back onto the invincible.
What they didn't was that Vader had hit under a rock. He knew the girl had weakened him to point where fighting the two new warriors in his current condition would likely have led to his end.
As he saw them transport he just looked up into the raining sky wondering where their ship.
"We shall meet again girl." As lightning struck right next to him.
Meanwhile on the green gummi ship the Invincible that was currently connected to the Highwind just returned from the wormhole back to their original part of space.
In the Invincible's cockpit Leon, Cloud and Cid watched the wormhole repaper in front of their ships.
"Do it." Leon ordered.
"Ye sure cause once we do it that's it." Cid questioned.
"We already have enough to deal with Maleficent and Xehnort. We don't need to add anything else on our plate." Leon stated.
Cid nodded and agreed. He pressed a button on the controls.
The Invincible let out 5 red sphere bombs come out of it middle section. Once the bombs connected with the wormhole and massive explosion resulted causing the wormhole to collapse on itself and with a final flash of light it was gone forever.
With that completed the three men went forward to the mess hall. They had brought Lulu and Aerith with them to help with healing team Destiny. In the meantime the mess hall was to act as a temporal medic wing.
"So what do we tell the families?" Leon asked.
"We tell them the truth." Cloud responded "They were on a mission and by chance discovered a monster. They thought valiantly giving their lives for their world but ultimately the monster won."
Soon the three men came to the mess hall and opened it to see Lulu, Aerith and Donald healing all their team members. Goofy sat with his son while Mickey, Lea, Riku, West and Max had bandages on their heads, stomachs, legs and arms.
Leon sighed seeing the injured "How bad was it?" He asked.
Aerith replied to him after she banged Lea's stomach. "The injuries were quite severer. Most of them had broken bones while Sora was beaten up and Kairi had that burn mark on her back."
"Speaking of which were those two are?" Leon wondered not seeing them on the mess hall.
"Those two got the worst of it." Lulu replied after she was finished fixing Mickey's arm "Whatever weapon this Vader used it really left a mark on her back. We were able to heal it and shrink to make less visible but some it's going to stay." Lulu explained sadly.
"What about Sora." Cloud questioned.
"He lost a lot of blood given to the damage to his face and shoulder." Lulu explained "It took three of us to cure his wounds." Lulu said.
"They were the first two to be healed. So they decided to go and wait on the Highwind, I think they may have wanted some space given the situation." Aerith explained as she bandaged Riku's leg.
"You're telling me." West complained. She then banged her hand "After everything we have gone against how did some tin man makes us the same level as some puppies." She frowned as he crossed her arms.
Max agreed "Yeah I mean that weapon, his strength, that floating power of his he just owned us. It sucks." Max grumbled.
Leon nodded his head "I understand that you're frustrated."
"Dude frustrated doesn't even come close." Lea said as he got up "He killed some out people and then tried to kill us. I say we get Roxas, Merlin and every single person we got and give him pounding he won't forget."
Leon shook his head "That's not an option anymore."
"Why's that" Lulu asked.
"Because we just destroyed the wormhole." Cloud plainly stated.
A moment of silence past everyone. Once it was up Mickey took hold of conversation "I think that was the best you fellahs could do."
Donald helped Mickey walk around the mess hall "I know we are all feeling a mixture of negative emotions that Vader got away without paying for his crimes against us and the Pegasus crew."
Mickey sighed "But the fact is fellahs Vader scared me. I felt a darkness in him that was deep, it felt like an abyss. There was a good chance he would have found the wormhole's location and come here with a whole group of guys just as bad and powerful like him."
Donald helped Mickey take a seat on a chair "With the wormhole closed we won't have to worry about him anymore. Cid told us that there is a 7000 year gap between us and Vader's part of space. So any chance us meeting again seems very unlikely, we should just count our stars he's gone for good and we can focus on the bad fellahs we have now cause if we go on some revenge mission the worlds are going to pay for our choices."
Riku smiled looking at his friend "Couldn't have said it better myself." Then he frowned "But how are Sora and Kairi dealing with all this mess."
Meanwhile back at the Highwind. Sora went into the cabin section of the ship, he had a few bandages on his face and a little bruising on his eye and kept his left hand on his stomach to minus the pain.
He soon came to Kairi's and West's room. He slowly sighed as he knocked on the door.
"Come in."
Sora opened the door to see Kairi laying on her front in the bottom bunk bed. Her back had been completely covered in bandages.
Sora walked slowly to her and took a seat next her on the bed "How you feeling?" He asked.
Kairi sunk her head in a pillow "terrible."
"Is it because of the back?" Sora looked at her bandages.
"No." Kairi replied "It's about the fight."
"Why?" Sora asked surprised "You did more damage to him than any of us did. If it wasn't for you fighting him Riku wouldn't have had the time to send an SOS."
"It's not fighting him that's the problem." Kairi responded "It was his heart."
Sora realised what she was getting at. For having a heart of pure light it must have been a shock to a fight a heart of pure darkness a heart that went against hers.
"I was able to look at it." She went on.
"What did you see?"
"I was able to a make out what kind of man he was."
"An evil one." Sora said angry with what Vader had done to his friends.
"Not evil." Kairi replied surprising Sora.
"Sora Darkness and evil will always be two different things all together. What I got from him was sadness, hate, depression, anger, broken inside, self-loathing, regret, pain and loss." Kairi listed.
Sora looked concerned "What kind of man was he then?"
Kairi carefully moved from laying down to sitting up like Sora "Someone who really hated himself." Kairi said sadly.
Sora then put a hand on her shoulder which caused her to look at him "Listen to me. I don't have the first clue to what Vader was. All I know was at the time I though he killed you."
Sora looked down sadly "I hated that feeling knowing you were gone. All I wanted to do was make him pay for what he did. He kept going on with some mumble jumble about the light being lie."
"Maybe he's right maybe he's wrong." Sora turned to her again "I hate him for putting me in that position Kairi where he made me even think those thoughts. When I saw you back on the ship I was happy so happy it felt as if he was just a bad nightmare."
Sora sighed as he bent down "I can't bare loosing you Kari. If I lost you or anyone else then I don't know how I would cope."
Kairi quickly took Sora and gave him a hug. She kept her hands on him as much as she could "Don't worry." She kept saying. "We won he lost, we have each other and he has nothing."
Sora put his head on her shoulder "I feel tried. Three of this and every time the enemies we face get stronger and stronger. I'm just glad we don't have to deal with him ever again."
Kairi nodded as she held his head and patted it "Don't worry once we beat Xehnort were home free. We can do whatever we want." She slowly took out Vader's eye piece from her pocket. "I wonder if you will ever be free."
Meanwhile in Vader's part of the galaxy there was a giant silver triangle ship that was orbiting the planet where Vader had thought team Destiny.
In the ship Vader in a new set of amour walked to a secret room with two white troopers. In the room there was silver and black lining metal wallpaper with a metal circle in the middle.
Vader and his two troopers bowed as the circle created a holographic image of a black hooded being.
"Lord Vader." The figure said in a raspberry voice "You have recovered."
"Yes my master."
"What news do you have?"
"The opponents I thought wielded a strange new weapon." Vader explained.
"What is it?"
"It is called a Keyblade."
"Ah so they do exist." The black hooded image said "The Jedi archives said long ago a war was waged by those who processed these Keyblades. The myths have stated they are very powerful."
"They are my master. I have experienced them at first hand."
"Did you bring any prisoners?"
"No they eluded me." Vader stated.
The black hooded image snarled "You have failed me apprentice."
"I do have information to help the empire locate these Keyblades."
The hooded image paused in his anger intrigued once more "What evidence have you found."
Vader looked at the troopers and had them stand up showing two flags to the image "I believe we can find more information on these Keyblades in the plants known as Disney Castle and Radiant Garden."
Thanks so much for reading you guys and be sure to send your kudos to Greymon Leader Baxt Flashpoint. Im working on the latest chapter of Reconnected now so hopefully that'll be out soon!
