Chapter 61: Door to Darkness
(World of Space Paranoids)
(Field Theme: Space Paranoids)
In what looks like a different and digitizing area Ky, Noel, and Sora are on the ground slightly unconscious but the three get up.
"Ugh…what happened?" Ky asked.
"Are we…dead…?" Noel asked.
"I don't think so." Sora said.
"Why do I feel so…different?" Ky asked as he looks at himself.
Ky's body is now converted into data and now has a blue tint.
Noel's body is also now converted into data and has a blue tint.
Sora's body is also converted into data and has a blue tint.
"Just what happened to us?" Sora asked.
"Sora! Ky! Noel!" A voice called and the three see Donald and Goofy whose bodies are also converted into data and have blue tints and are surrounded by digital Heartless.
"Donald! Goofy!" Noel said.
"Go on! Show 'em who's boss!" Sora said.
Just then someone appears and it's a man who is made of data and has a red tint.
"Who're you?" Ky asked.
"I am Commander Sark." The data man named Sark introduced.
"A Heartless Commander?" Sora asked.
"Hmph. Observe." Sark said as he electrocutes Donald and Goofy.
"Please stop!" Noel said.
"Okay! You're the boss!" Sora said.
"Yeah. We get it." Ky said and Sark smirks.
(Space Paranoids: Pit Cell)
Later on Ky, Noel, Sora, Donald, and Goofy are now sent into a cell and are trapped.
"Man, what kind of world is this anyway?" Sora asked.
"I wonder why the others aren't with us." Ky said.
"You're inside a mainframe computer system." A voice said and the group turn to see a data man with a blue tint.
"A…what?" Noel asked.
"What system?" Sora asked.
"A computer system…for processing data. This system is a copy of one created by a corporation called ENCOM. The original program was destroyed, but this copy was acquired by another User. The new User updated and customized the programs, renaming the system 'Hollow Bastion OS'. He used the system for town maintenance, and to advance his private research." The data man said. "My name is Tron. I'm a security program, but now I'm under arrest, same as you." Tron said.
"Did you guys get any of that?" Sora asked.
"Not…really. Everything is so complicated here, my brain is starting to hurt." Ky said.
"Um, well, why don't we share our names?" Noel suggested.
"Yep!" Goofy said.
"I'm Ky." Ky introduced.
"My name is Noel." Noel introduced.
"I'm Sora." Sora introduced.
"And I'm Donald!" Donald introduced.
"Nice to meetcha, Tron! I'm Goofy!" Goofy introduced.
"With that configuration, you must be Users." Tron said.
"Users?" Sora asked confused.
"You'd better get out of here quickly. Who knows what the MCP will do to you?" Tron said.
"MCP?" Ky asked.
"The Master Control Program." Tron said.
"Just like that voice that warned us…" Noel said.
"It controls the whole system. If you idle here, you will be de-rezzed." Tron said shocking the group.
"De-rezzed?!" Donald asked shocked.
"How do we get outta here?" Sora asked.
"This terminal could've gotten you back to the User world, but the MCP cut the power fifty microcycles ago. If we could bring the energy core in the canyon online, we could power it back up again. The problem is we're stuck in this cell. We're not going anywhere unless we unlock the energy fields." Tron said.
"Unlock you say?" Ky asked. "Noel? Sora? Ky asked as he takes out Dawn of Hope.
"Yeah!" Sora said taking out Kingdom Key.
"This could work…" Noel said taking out Radiant Salvation.
Ky, Noel, and Sora start attacking a digital wall with their Keyblades and unleash clusters and the three use the clusters to unlock the wall.
Meanwhile Sark is speaking to someone and it's a giant face looking figure.
"Master Control. Why not just de-rezz Tron?" Sark asked.
"I still haven't located the password to the dataspace." The Master Control Program said.
"What about a logic probe? With all your processing power…" Sark was cut off.
"Out of the question. The current environment hampers the processing power needed such an analysis." The Master Control Program said.
Just then an alarm is sounded.
"You're dismissed, Sark. Stop any remaining anomalies in the system…or else. End of line." The Master Control Program said.
"Acknowledged." Sark said.
Back at the pit cell Ky, Noel, and Sora unlock the way out of the cell.
"Remarkable… It seems you have some unique functions." Tron said.
"Uh, thanks…" Ky said.
"I'll go with you to the canyon. You'll need someone, who can interface with the energy core, right?" Tron said.
"I think it's a good idea." Noel said.
"If you say so, Tron…" Sora said.
"Thanks." Ky said.
(Tron has joined you!)
Weapon: Identity Disk
The group leave the pit cell and they get on a lift and make their way for the next area.
(Space Paranoids: Canyon)
The group arrive at the canyon and they start finding the core energy and later find a pillar with some red cubes at the top and a computer at the bottom and so the group activate the computer.
"This is the energy core." Tron said.
Just then cubes appear around the group and circle around them and they later find the same red cube and so the group attack it to make it stop and Ky, Noel, and Sora levitate the cube and send it into the top of the pillar with the other red cubes and the pillar starts to go down and everything starts glowing and back at the pit cell the terminal is online.
"Mission accomplished?" Sora asked.
"Yes." Tron answered. "Now, will you do something for me?" Tron asked.
"You got it!" Sora said.
"Yep!" Ky said.
"Don't you want to hear what it is first?" Tron asked.
"You helped us!" Donald said.
"So, it would be fair if we return the favor." Noel said.
"You all really are Users. Your actions are totally illogical." Tron said.
"I'm not sure if we should take it as a compliment or an insult…" Ky said.
"Let's hurry back to the pit cell." Tron said.
"Where's that again?" Sora asked.
"That's the sector where we met." Tron said.
"Oh, right." Ky said.
"Roger!" Sora said.
The group make their way back for the pit cell and later on they return to the pit cell and go for the terminal and Tron starts working on it.
"So, what did you want us to do?" Sora asked.
"Find my User. He'll give you the password to access the DTD." Tron said.
"You bet!" Donald said.
"So, uh…the DTD?" Ky asked.
"DTD is the name my User gave to the dataspace. Copies of all the original system programs are stored there, along with anything that's sensitive or restricted." Tron explained.
"Is there stuff about the Heartless or Organization XIII?" Goofy asked.
"Or maybe about the Black Xetis or the Brotherhood of Disharmony?" Noel asked.
"Hmm…most likely." Tron said as he continues to work on the terminal. "A number of my functions were appropriated when I last took on the MCP. That's why I need the password. If I can get inside the DTD, I can access my original backup program and restore all my functions. Then, I'll be able to put this system back the way it was before the MCP got control and changed everything. The way it was supposed to be…a free system for…the Users." Tron explained.
"Gee, Tron, ain't the MCP one of those programs too?" Goofy asked.
"Do you know who it was who created it?" Noel asked.
"Actually…I don't know." Tron answered.
"Okay, we'll just have to find your user and ask him." Sora said.
"Who is your user anyway?" Ky asked.
"You mean you don't know? My User is the user of this system: Ansem the Wise!" Tron said.
"Ansem?! Sora, Donald, and Goofy asked shocked.
"No way…" Ky said.
Just then something is happening to the terminal.
"Looks like the MCP is onto us. I'll keep this terminal up and running. You better exit the system now!" Tron said.
"Sure, but Tron…Ansem is…" Sora was cut off.
"We'll find him and ask for the password." Noel said.
"Yeah!" Donald said.
"Okay. You're good to go!" Tron said.
Ky, Noel, Sora, Donald, and Goofy go for the terminal and they are transported out.
Back at the computer room Tails, Bentley, and Leon are working on the computer while the rest watch with worry but just then the beam appears and reveals Ky, Noel, Sora, Donald, and Goofy who revert back to their normal forms shocking everyone.
"We did it!" Donald cheered.
"We're back!" Ky said.
"KY!" Elena cheered as she hugs Ky so tightly.
"Pika!" Storm cheered as he runs for Ky and hugs him.
"Yoshi!" Lucky cheered as he runs for Ky and nudges him.
"Eevee!" Grace cheered as he goes for Noel and hugs her.
"You're all back!" Lucas said.
"What a relief…" Max said.
"What happened?" Tails asked.
"Where have you been?" Leon asked.
"Well, uh… There's a…world inside this computer, where these programs lived, and…" Sora explains what happened and so do Ky and Noel.
"So in other words…Ansem's research data is off-limits unless we know the password." Leon said.
"That's about right." Noel said.
"But, Sora, you've already defeated Ansem…" Leon said.
"Gawrsh, maybe we'll never find the password." Goofy said.
"Well, this is just great." Bentley said.
"That means…this is all a wild goose chase." Leon said.
"You're chasing what now?" Someone asked and they see the same woman.
"You again." Sly said.
"Well, well! A hidden room! Guess I'd better take another look around." The woman said as she leaves.
"C'mon!" Ky said as the group go after the woman.
The group return to the study and they see the woman start ransacking the place.
"She just won't give up…" Sora said.
"Neither will we!" Ky said.
"We gotta look for the password!" Goofy said.
"We promised Tron we would." Noel said.
"We'll help you do just that." T.J. said.
The woman then finds the portrait.
"'Cuse me." The woman said as she lifts the portrait and sets it down revealing something on the wall which is a marking and then the woman delivers a punch at the wall but nothing and the woman shrugs and walks away again.
The group take a look at the marking on the wall and examine it.
"What's this doodle?" Sora asked.
"Hmm…Hollow…Main…Security…Tron…Door to…" Tails reads some words on the wall.
"Must be a diagram or somethin'." Goofy said.
"Door…to…darkness…?" Tails reads more of the words.
"Oh! Ky! Noel! Look! D…T…D!" Sora said.
"DTD!" Ky and Noel said at the same time.
"Hooray!" Donald and Goofy cheered.
"Is that good?" Zatch asked.
"Yes!" Ky answered.
"What's up?" Leon asked.
"Look at this! This must be the dataspace! The DTD! See? The Door To Darkness!" Sora said.
"What do you know… That still leaves the password." Leon said.
"Say, fellas! Did someone say the Door To Darkness?" A voice asked.
The group turn to see what looks like a small hooded black figure with big round ears.
"Organization XIII!" Ky said taking out Dawn of Hope.
"Wait, Ky! I don't think that's our enemy! I know who this is!" Sora said.
"Huh? Someone you know?" Noel asked.
"Your Majesty!" Donald and Goofy cheered.
"The King?!" Max asked shocked.
The hooded black cloaked figure shushes them and closes the door and then takes off his hood showing the face of a mouse and Donald hugs the mouse and Goofy hugs him as well.
"I can't believe it… It has been a while!" Max said.
"So, that's their King…" Ky said.
"Long time no see!" Sora said but the mouse shushes them.
"The Organization might be listening, and same for the Brotherhood!" The mouse said.
"He's right!" Noel said.
"Now, you mentioned the Door to Darkness?" The mouse asked.
"Yes, sir! Ya see, we're lookin' for the secret password." Goofy said.
"Password?" The mouse asked.
"Wow. How stupid." Ken said but Elena hits him.
"Show some respect!" Elena yelled.
"What they mean is we're looking for a code." Ky said.
"Oh! That makes sense!" The mouse said. "Well, ya see, the Door To Darkness can only be opened by the seven princesses. There's Snow White, Jasmine, and Belle…" The mouse explained.
"Of course!" Leon said.
"Just like what Rixla said…" Noel said.
"But it's not only the seven princesses that are needed to open the Door To Darkness. There's just one more, and it's known as…" The mouse was cut off.
"The Prince of Light!" Noel said making the mouse look at her.
"Gosh. That's right! And the Prince of Light's name is…" The mouse was cut off.
"Virtus." Ky said making everyone look at Ky.
"How do you…?" The mouse stops talking.
"Because…I'M the Prince of Light! My real name is Virtus." Ky said.
"Ky…?" Sora asked.
"No way…" Leon said.
"It's true, Your Majesty. I was with him last time, and we learned the truth about who he is from our last enemy, Zervik." Max said.
"Gosh…" The mouse said. "So…what're you tryin' to do?" The mouse asked.
"With that password, we can get access to Ansem's research data." Sora answered.
"So that means you might be able to find out where he is!" The mouse said.
"Find out where he is…?" Noel asked.
"Stop joking around, Your Majesty! Donald, Goofy, and I defeated Ansem. You know that." Sora said.
"Looks like I got some explainin' to do." The mouse said.
"We're listening, Your Majesty!" Donald said.
"Okay, but first, I got a question, and it'll involve you too, Ky." Sora said.
"Sure. Ask away." Ky said.
"Hey, guys. Isn't Tron waiting for you?" Leon asked.
"Damn…" Ky said.
"Don't worry, I'm not goin' anywhere. If those Heartless or those Black Xetis show up, I'll stand and fight with everybody here." The mouse said.
"Yeah! We will too!" Sora said.
"Same here!" Ky said and everyone nods.
"Then let's talk more later." The mouse said.
"It's a promise!" Donald said.
"I'll see you all when you get back." The mouse said.
The group start to leave.
"Hold on! I would like to know about this boy and this girl first." The mouse said.
"Oh, well…" Ky stops talking.
"I never thought I'd meet the Prince of Light himself. I guess Fulgur and Oswald were right after all." The mouse said.
"You know Fulgur and Oswald?!" Ky asked.
"Yep! They, along with Sonic, Princess Peach, and Mario are excellent allies to me." The mouse said.
"Do you…know where they are…?" Noel asked.
"Gosh, they said they had things to do, and it involves with the Brotherhood." The mouse said.
"Well, although I am called Virtus, I go by Ky. That's what my friends call me. These are Elena, Tails, Blaze, Shadow, Storm, Kiyo and Zatch, Lucky, T.J., Sly, Bentley, and Murray." Ky introduced himself and his friends who wave and bow to Mickey.
"And I'm Noel. These are Ken, Grace, Zuko, and Lucas." Noel introduced herself and her friends who also wave and bow to Mickey.
"A pleasure to meet you all. I'm Mickey! You already know that I'm Donald's, Goofy's, and Max's King from our world." Mickey said.
"Yeah. Sora, Donald, and Goofy were trying to find you." Ky said.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, King Mickey." Noel said.
"Please, just call me Mickey! Now then, one more thing, I'd like to give you three some new powers for your clothes. Ky, Noel, these are from Fulgur, Oswald, Sonic, Peach, and Mario." Mickey said.
"Really?!" Ky and Noel asked.
"For us?" Sora asked.
"You bet! Sora, you've done so much, so just consider it a thank you present. Ky, Noel, my friends told me a lot about you, and asked me to send these to you." Mickey said and their clothes start glowing with power.
"Thanks, Your Majesty!" Sora said.
"Yeah! Thanks a bunch!" Ky said.
"We should head over back to Tron." Noel said.
"We'll stay here with the King, and fight with him!" Elena said and everyone else nods.
"That's right!" Max said.
"Okay. Be careful." Ky said.
"You too." Zuko said.
"We'll see you when you get back." Kiyo said.
"Bentley an I will hold the fort at the computer room, and make sure nothing goes wrong in there." Tails said.
"Thanks! Let's go!" Ky said and he, Noel, Sora, Donald, and Goofy leave the study.
(Obtained: Master Form: Ky, Noel, and Sora)
Ky, Noel, Sora, Donald, and Goofy make their way back for the computer room and they later find something.
"What's that?" Noel asked.
"Hmm…" Sora said he picks it up.
(Obtained: Ukulele Charm: Sora)
"It looks like another summon charm." Sora said.
"Hang onto that. C'mon! We gotta go back to Tron!" Ky said.
The five return for the computer and access it and then the giant beam comes back and digitizes the five and are sent back to Space Paranoids while Tails and Bentley go for the computer.
"Okay, they should be going back for this Tron, and give that password to him." Tails said.
"Agreed. I just hope nothing will go wrong for this Master Control Program they talked about from Tron." Bentley said.
There you go! New chapter done! I hope you enjoyed this! Another chapter finished. What'd you think of this one? Next time, Ky, Noel, Sora, Donald, and Goofy return to the program world for Tron, but they deal with the MCP's madness, but use the password, and battle for the safety of Hollow Bastion from the system. I'll see you all in the next chapter! Take care, and goodbye for now! Don't forget to favorite, follow, and review! Bye!