*Odd and I are in the studio's game room playing air hockey. Odd has 3 points while I have 4 points*

Odd: Man, you're getting good at this.

Me: I used to play this all the time. *I hit the puck into Odd's goal. The score is now 3-5* Yes!

Odd: Nice one.

Me: Thanks.

Sofia: *walks in* Archer, the twins are back with the sentry guns.

Me: Perfect. Tell them to set them up outside. I marked the places where the sentry guns should be placed.

Sofia: Got it. *walks out*

*buzzer from air hockey table goes off*

Me: All right! That was a great game, Odd.

Odd: It sure was.

Me: Well, I better get to work on the new chapter. You readers enjoy.

The 7 Medallions

Chapter 16: Royal Reinforcements

In Castle Oblivion's meeting room, Axel was pacing around nervously after hearing Saïx and Vexen earlier. He heard that Zexion designed a weapon that has the power to force the Princesses of Heart from Sofia's amulet.

"This doesn't feel right." Axel thought "How can Saïx and Vexen plan this? This is not good." After a while, a familiar voice walks in and breaks the silence.

"What got you in such a hurry?" a voice asked. Axel turns around and sees Larxene walking in.

"Oh, it's you. What are you doing here, Larxene?" Axel asked with relief.

"When I came out of my room, I saw you running towards the meeting room at full stride." Larxene responded "Is something on your mind?" Her response sent a chill through Axel's spine.

"What makes you think that?!" Axel asked in retaliation.

"I saw you listening to Saïx and Vexen earlier. You believe that this is not the right way to earn our hearts." Larxene calmly answered.

"How in the hell did you know that?" Axel asked.

"I don't need to know. It's written all over your mind. You don't trust us anymore." Larxene replied. This answer shocked Axel, but he shook it off.

"No matter. Luxord told me that the next Medallion is in a park where very weird things happen." Axel retorted.

"Good luck with that." Larxene said. Axel only scoffed.

"Where I'm going, luck isn't all I need." Axel replied as he disappeared through a corridor of darkness. After the portal closed, Larxene shakes his head slowly in disbelief.

In the military base south of the town of Bellwood, the heroes have just regrouped with each other and are now fighting against Zexion, the Cloaked Schemer and Xigbar, the Freeshooter. Sora's team is currently fighting Xigbar while Mason's team just found Zexion. Everyone on Mason's team pull out their weapons, Ron's being a pair of Sai daggers, ready to fight.

"If you think you can beat me, guess again." Zexion said as he pulls out his lexicon.

"A book? You're going to fight us with a book?" Ron joked, which made the others laugh. However, the laughter suddenly died down when several pages flew towards them. They narrowly evade the hostile pages. They turn back to face Zexion, who was angered from Ron's joke.

(Battle Music: Kingdom Hearts II – The 13th Dilemma)

"No one makes fun of my power!" Zexion shouted as he sent more pages at them. Mason deflects them across the base with a Reflega spell and follows with a Blizzaga. Zexion blocks it with a wall of pages.

"Clever. But not clever enough." Zexion said as he attempted to suck Crumbelina into his lexicon. Seeing this, Ron grabs her hand. This made her blush with excitement. Ron was struggling to keep her from being sucked in, but the suction was strong enough to even sweep Ron off the ground. However, before they were sucked in completely, an energy orb hits the lexicon, disabling it.

"Leave those two alone." A voice said. The heroes and Zexion looked towards the roof of the warehouse to see two figures, a boy and a girl. The boy was 9 years old and had white skin, brown eyes, and black hair. He wore an unzipped, red hoodie over a white t-shirt with the Avengers symbol on it, white Nike running shoes, blue jeans, and goggles on his forehead. He was also wielding two katana swords. The girl was 10 years old and had tan skin, blue eyes, and blonde hair. She wore a vermillion gown, a cat's eye necklace, and navy earrings. She also had a Bo-staff. Clio identified the two children.

"Drake! Ariana!" Clio called out as they jumped from the warehouse and onto the battlefield.

"Are they your friends?" Mason asked.

"I believe we are. You must be Mason, the new Keyblade wielder. I'm Drake, prince of Adrieria." Drake said.

"And I'm Ariana, princess of Cinnibar." Ariana added. "My sister, Scarlet, called us here and said that you guys need some help."

"Well, you came at the right time." Ron replied as he and Crumbelina got up. Then, they hear clashing from the warehouse.

"Ariana, you go back your sister up. I'll help these guys." Drake ordered. Ariana nods and enters the warehouse. Zexion afterwards picks up his lexicon.

"You're going to pay for what you did!" Zexion shouted as more pages surround him, ready to attack.

In the warehouse, Sora and his team are currently fighting Xigbar, whose arrow guns were frozen by FrostBlight. Kickin' Hawk charges at him and delivers a roundhouse kick to his stomach. Sora and Vanellope begin to strike his body with their swords. Jubileena throws three cherry bombs at him, but he teleports out of the bombs' range. They see him floating in the air.

"I never knew he could do that." Rancis said in surprise. Xigbar slams his arrow guns together, which shatters the ice. They gasp in horror.

"Now you're in for a real surprise." Xigbar said as he reloaded his guns, which is signaled by the flashing crystals on the grips, and aims them at Sofia. He was about to fire until he was struck by a fireball from nowhere. The team turns around and they see that it was Ariana who fired the blast.

"Ariana!" Sofia called out.

"Looks like I made it just in time." Ariana said.

"I'm surprised you answered my call." Scarlet said.

"What can I say? You are my sister after all." Ariana replied. This response surprised Sora.

"You mean that the Scarlet Warrior is your sister?" Sora asked. Ariana snaps her fingers and her vermillion gown turns into a skintight navy blue outfit that is similar to Scarlet's, only fit for her. They turn to face Xigbar, who stood up and picked up his arrow guns.

"You've got a lot of nerve hitting me like that." Xigbar said with a small chuckle. "But playtime is over!" he then begins to combine his shots together. The crystals glow a bright white and a white arrow is fired and it begins to ricochet off the warehouse walls. Remembering what had occurred years ago, Sora warped in front of the projectile and knocked it back at him with his Kingdom Key. Xigbar noticed this and teleports out of the way, only for the projectile to destroy the chains that bound Aelita to the wall. Xigbar gasps in horror and shock.

"Thank you for freeing me." Aelita jokingly thanked with a laugh. Xigbar chuckles as he slowly dropped to the floor on his feet.

"Oops. I didn't plan on aiming for your shackles there. Guess I better get going now." Xigbar said as he turned around, ready to leave. "But know this: by the time you find all of the Medallions, it'll be too late to stop us." He them prepared to teleport himself from their view.

"I don't think so!" Rancis shouted as he charged towards Xigbar, whose back was still turned.

"Rancis, wait!" James called out, but Rancis didn't listen. He jumped in the air and swung his Bo-staff at the Organization member, only for Xigbar to disappear completely before the attack made contact.

"Shoot! He got away." Rancis cursed under his breath as he sheathed his staff. Aelita approached the others.

"Thanks, you guys, for coming here to save me." Aelita thanked before noticing Ariana. "Who is this little girl?"

"I'm glad you asked. I am Princess Ariana of Cinnibar." Ariana answered.

"It's an honor to meet you, Princess Ariana. My name's Aelita." Aelita greeted with a curtsey. Ariana gives her a smile.

"Well, now that we got you out of that mess, we better back Mason and his team up." Sora reported as he opened the warehouse door to reveal Mason's team battling Zexion.

Zexion used his lexicon to attack Mason's group. He scattered numerous pages around them. Mason used a Thundaga spell to disable some of the pages. A few of the pages that weren't hit start flying towards the royals, but Crumbelina, Rook, and Odd used their projectile weapons to destroy the hostile pages. Ulrich and Kevin charged himself towards Zexion, only for him to vanish completely.

"Where did he go?!" Drake asked. Then, multiple copies of the lexicon appear around them and the pages start flying everywhere.

"What's going on?!" Ron asked, looking at the scattering pages

"I don't know, but I'm not going to stick around to find out. WIND!" Mason answered as he cast an Aeroga spell, blowing away the lexicons. When the wind subsided, they see that the lexicons have vanished. The Sugar Rush racers and young royals are surprised at this.

"They're gone!" Hildegard called out.

"Of course they're gone. They were illusions, after all." A voice spoke up. They turn to see Sora's team exiting the warehouse with Aelita.

"Aelita!" Yumi cried out with tears of joy in her eyes, happy to see her best friend again.

"I see that you freed Aelita. Zexion already escaped." Mason said as he noticed the twins, who reverted back to human form after the battle. "Who are these two?"

"I knew you were going to ask that. Everyone, this is Ben and his twin sister, Jen." Sora introduced the twins to the rest of his friends.

"You must be Mason. Grandpa Max told us who you were and about those Medallions before you came here." Jen said, pointing to the Medallion of Fire. Ron notices the pink watch on Jen's right wrist.

"What's that on your wrist?" Ron asked the female twin.

"This? It's an Omnitrix. It lets me and Ben transform into many different aliens. Mine's linked to Ben's, so some of his aliens he used before, I can transform into them as well, along with some only I can turn into." Jen answered.

"Now that you've rescued your friend and found this Medallion, do you have room for seven more?" Gwen asked. The other heroes think this over for around 15 minutes. Then, they make their decision.

"Sure. We could use some helping hands. Welcome aboard." Sora said in an accepting tone.

"You won't regret having us with you." Rook replied. With Aelita safe from and the Medallion of Fire in their hands, all of the heroes return to the Gummi Ship, place all of the Medallions they collected in the radar's power grid, and set off towards their next destination. Unknown to them, Zexion, who had just escaped from the battle, sees them depart. Zexion quietly chuckles.

"And so it begins." Zexion said as he disappeared from the desert.

Odd: Way to think on your feet.

Me: Thanks.

Rook: *walks in* Archer, Gwen's back with the cameras.

Me: Good. What happened to the fence?

Rook: My guess is that it will be here any minute.

Odd: Of course.

Me: Guess we'll have to wait for it.

Kevin: *walks in with a mile of wired fence* A likely story.

Me: Kevin, how did you get the fence?

Kevin: Gwen gave this to me to bring back here when I saw her with it and the cameras.

Me: Figures. Well, I guess we better set them up then. You readers please review. Peace!