Hello everyone. As I have said I am trying to upload more. So here's hoping this chapter comes out before January.
Star: Wow you're actually getting a head start for once.
Yep. I'm trying to write whenever I have free time and Christmas Break seems like a better time than any.
Star: Can't wait to see what the new world we are in is like. What we've seen so far makes me kinda spooked.
Speaking of which the name of this world was recommended by skeltol03. Thanks for the name recommendation. And you are about to find out so let's go.
Spector Town Part 1
(In the Castle that Lynn, Clyde, and Lola are staying)
"And you are absolutely sure about this?"
"For the last time yes. I swear one of the Princesses of Heart as ended up on my world. The problem is out of any one she could have ended up with she is the Phantom boy and his idiotic friends. I can't get to her withought raising suspension." A man's voice responded. He wore a silver suit with a red underlying, has pale blue skin, black hair spiked liked horns with a gray stripe in the middle, and glowing red eyes. He looks more like a ghost than man.
"You are half ghost are you not Plasmius? Surely you could sneak in and grab her withought anyone noticing."
"Fenton has a ghost sense and his parents are ghost hunters. I can't get to close. I need a distraction where he or his friends won't see me. As much as I like to call myself a genius, even I'll admit that my record of beating the boy is not….as high as I would like it. If one of them so much as sees me, they will be on my tail before I could get the Princess to you."
"Hmmm. You have a point. This may be a good time to try out my new spell on those brats. Can't you hire someone to get her?"
"That is the second reason I'm here. I just received word that these keyblade wielders and their idiotic friends arrived in my world. They are still in the Ghost Zone as of now and Skulker, a mediocre ghost hunter, is after them as we speak."
"Then time is of the essence. Do what you must to distract the ghost boy and his friends. I will send one of the brats to get the princess in the chaos."
"As you wish."
(Meanwhile in the Ghost Zone)
"What is this place?" Janna asked. Now that the portal that brought them here disappeared, they were looking at the…. dimension maybe? That they are now stuck in. "Because it looks sick." She said with a grin.
"If by sick you mean dangerous then yes." Lincoln replied.
"I'm with Lincoln on this one." Steven agreed. Said boy and Star are trying to wake up Marco who is still passed out from seeing what appeared to be ghosts. They seemed to be ignoring their ship for now but who knew how long that would last.
Lana got out of her seat and walked over to Lincoln. "So, what's the plan now?"
"For now we have to keep a low profile and find a way out of…wherever this place is." Garnet replied. Try to avoid the random portals. We don't know where they may send us."
Upon closer inspection everyone else saw that there were indeed other portals that looked like the one that brought them here. Garnet was making sure to steer clear of them driving the ship as slowly as possible as to not attract attention.
"This place is weird. Kind of cool but weird." Lana commented looking out the window. She turned around to see Marco still passed out. "And is Marco, okay?"
"Yeah. I think the motion sickness mixed with seeing a place that's mostly green is making him so sick to his stomach he keeps passing out. The ghosts may also be a part of it." Star thought outloud.
"How are we even sure those are ghosts?" Steven asked.
"They're flying, most of them are green, have red eyes, and most of them don't even have legs. And a lot of the ones that do all have octopus legs for some reason." Janna observed.
"Where to now then?" Star asked.
"Oh, that's an easy solution. One of you will be coming with me." A sinister voice said. Everyone jumped in freight calling their weapons. Unfortunately, Star and Steven forgot that they were holding Marco and he fell face first to the ground. This did seem to wake him up again though.
"Ow. What happened?" The boy asked getting up. Seeing everyone with their weapons up he got in a defensive position ready to fight.
"Whose there?" Lincoln asked standing in front of Lana. Garnet realized that they are still on a ship and set it for auto-pilot so she could help.
"Who I am is of no concern for you. I am only hired to grab what I need and go. What happens to the rest of you I…" Up until this point the voice seemed to be all around them as if it was moving as it spoke. As the voice spoke everyone spread out waiting for a strike. The room wasn't too big, so they were still pretty close to each other.
Suddenly the voice appeared behind Star as someone seemed to appear out of thin air! "…could care less." He suddenly raised his arm and fired some kind of net at Star who was not able to react in time due to the short distance. This also caused Star to drop her wand as the net made her fly all the way to the wall!
*Thud* "Hey what's the bug idea!?" She yelled. She wanted to rub her head, but the net was too restricting. She then realized that her wand was on the ground.
"Star!" Marco and Jann yelled as they tried to run to her. Before either of them could take two steps a green energy blast was shot at their feet cutting them off.
"I wouldn't take another step if I were you. That was a warning shot. That goes for the rest of you too." The intruder warned. He had picked up Star's wand and now had it hanging on a belt. Now that everyone was standing still, they got a good look at their intruder. He's at least six feet tall, seems to be made out of metal, wearing a battle suit with several unknown weapons, and has green fiery hair and goatee. His eyes are glowing green.
"And why shouldn't we?" Lana challenged trying to show that they weren't scared of this new attacker.
"Otherwise, this will happen." The attacker warned hitting a button on his wrist. Suddenly they heard what sounded like electricity coming on and then Star started to scream in pain!
"Ahhhhhh!" She screamed not expecting the shock. Everyone turned around to see that Star was being electrocuted by the net! It turned off after four seconds. Star seemed to still be conscious but just barely.
"Don't worry that was a lower setting. Nowhere near enough to make her a ghost like me. Much like all of you, my supplier prefers her alive."
"Why are you doing this?!" Garnet asked. She was getting ready to charge.
"Simple really. I'm a bounty hunter. Normally I hunt ghost or rare finds, but I'll take an occasional job as a kidnapper. Spice things up you know." He said casually. Before he could say anything, else Garnet hit the bounty hunter in the face knocking him back!
"Way to go Garnet!" Steven yelled.
There was a loud *thud* as metal armor hit a metal wall. "How dare you!? Do you know how much it costs to get dents out of this?" They heard him mumble something about a "ghost boy" being annoying but no one knew what that meant. He seemed to regain his composure and faces Garnet,
"Oh, and I would not bother with the gauntlet or any of your weapons again. You won't be able to hit me."
"Then what do you call what just happened?" Garnet smirked.
"Me being sloppy. But that won't happen again. To prove it to you I'll allow any of you one free hit." Garnet and the others all looked confused. He would let one of them attack him? It sounded like, no, it was a trap. But was it worth the risk was the question? Garnet already standing in front of the hunter and arguably one of the strongest in the ship quickly pulled back her fist, gauntlet and all, and swung as hard as she could at the man's chest!...
…only for it to go straight through hitting nothing but air and almost causing Garnet to fall. The area of the hunters body seemed to of disappeared except for a thin outline of the armor. Shocked Garnet looked up at the hunter seeing him trying to hold back a laugh.
"Y-you know. I've always wanted to pull something like that." He then proceeded to walk straight through Garnet ending up behind her! "Intangibility is a very useful power to have if you ask me." Withought another word he pointed his arm at Garnets face another weapon of some kind coming out of his wrist. Before Garnet could move a literal missile! was shot at her knocking her back to the spot he was laying down at a moment ago!
"Garnet!" Steven yelled wanting to run to her but the hunter stop him before he could take two steps firing another green blast like he did to stop Marco and Janet. Once the smoke cleared it was shown that Garnet was still conscious but down on one knee and breathing heavily.
"I'm surprised that did not knock you out. I'm almost tempted to take you as another trophy, but I can tell you are going to be more trouble than you are worth. Oh and if any of you try to do anything..." He pointed to the button that activated the net and did not even need to finish his sentence as everyone got the message.
"What do you want?" Lincoln asked. He was standing closest to Star since she crashed into a part of the wall that he was standing by. Lana was standing right behind him. Like her brother she had her keyblade, but it was hidden behind her brother. The hunter turned to face the white-haired boy smirking like he already won.
"I want the one in the net. Let me take her and I'll leave the rest of you in peace."
"We would never do that!" Marco yelled
Up to this point Steven had been sneaking behind this bounty hunter. Thanks to Lincoln distracting him the hunter seemed have forgotten about the boy and was getting ready to trap him himself. Just as the hunter was making his demand to take Star again, Steven got ready to trap the attacker hoping that he would be able to hold him.
"Gotcha!" Steven said has he formed a bubble around the hunter. Not prepared for this the hunter jumped hitting his head against the sheild.
"Good job Steven." Garnet congratulated. Shakily getting up.
"Marco, help me get Star out of the net." Lincoln called over. The two boys started to reach for their friend but as they did the net was turned back on shocking not only Star but Lincoln and Marco as well! The boys fell on the floor still conscious but badly injured. This time Star seemed to be knocked for good.
"Owwww!" Both boys yelled holding the hand that was holding the net when the electricity went off.
"Lincoln! Marco!" Lana yelled grabbing some of the potions she had on hand and giving them one each.
"I don't know how you are doing this boy, but it will not hold me." The hunter yelled. "No one is able to defeat the great Skulker of the Ghost Zone so easily!" Once again, the hunter now named Skulker turned intangible. He then proceeded to walk out of the bubble like it wasn't even there!
"Not the brightest move on your part. Pro tip, if you want to capture a ghost make sure it is something that they can't walk through." He mocked. "I'll be taking my target know of it is all the same to you."
"We'll never let you take her!" Marco yelled running towards Skulker. He tried to get the jump on him, but Skulker just turned intangible again and Marco went flying through him! At the last second he turned tangible again and grabbed Marco by the foot and through him towards Steven causing Marco to crash into said boy and then the two hitting one of the chairs headfirst.
"Same thing goes for trying to hit a ghost as well." He continued walking towards Star as Lincoln and Lana both stood in between him and Star.
"Can we even hit him? He is a ghost." Lana asked.
"Maybe the keyblades will be able to hit him even if he turns tangible." Lincoln replied. "Either way we have to try."
"I don't think they will. Even with how powerful they are I don't think the keyblades can hit him when he becomes intangible like that. You'll have to hit him when he is tangible." Liberty explained.
'Just great.' Lincoln replied.
"Did you say Keyblades?" Skulker asked. He looked at the two siblings studying the weapons. He then seemed to look at Lana specifically. "Well then it seems that there has been a misunderstanding." Skulker said.
"What do you mean?" Lincoln asked not liking where this was going.
"It would seem then that I have the wrong target. I don't need the one in the net. I need you." Skulker said aiming another net at Lana! Unlike with Star there was enough space for her to react and she formed her shield around herself. The net bounced off and laid harmlessly on the floor.
"How did you make that?"
"I'll be honest I don't completely understand how it works either." Lana replied. "I'm just glad to have it."
"No matter. I will get my target on way or another." Skulker then got in a fighting stance pointing his (ecto) plasma blasters at Lincoln and Lana as they were in front of him. By this point both Steven and Marco had gotten back up and they joined Garnet to surround Skulker.
"Even with your powers we still outnumber you. You can't grab any of us withought someone interfering." Janna retorted. Seeing her by herself Marco quickly ran to her in case Skulker got any ideas. The Hunter did not seem to care as he thought of what Janna just said.
"None of you have delt with ghost that much, have you? No matter. In any case you do make a good point. Perhaps it would be better to even the playing field." Skulker suddenly snapped his fingers and ghost started to appear in the room! But these didn't look like the ghost outside of the ship. These ghosts were mostly round except for a tail behind them. It almost made them look like a text box. They had crimson red eyes and are completely black except for a familiar symbol that was half on the chest and half on the belly. They also have very sharp teeth with some kind of goo dripping from the top of their mouths to the bottom.
And there was at least twenty of them that could be counted at the moment.
"Heartless!" Steven yelled being the first to see the symbol.
"That's right. These little guys were temporarily given to me by my supplier for if things got a little…out of control. I'll let you have your fun. Goodbye." That was all Skulker said before turning tangible once more and flying out of the ship.
"Where are you going?!" Lincoln yelled trying to chase after Skulker before the new Heartless started to surround him. "Get out of this ship!" Lincoln yelled doing an upward spin attack to hit as many of the Heartless that were around him. He has his new keyblades (Which are now dubbed 'Key Elements') equipped which felt a lot lighter than his original blades. Something he did not notice when using them last. His swings were much faster, and they seem to make his elemental attacks just slightly stronger.
Lana stayed near Star to who is still passed out from the shock. She was able to give Star a potion to heal her injuries, but she was still passed out from the shock. Steven and Garnet stood back-to-back hitting any heartless that got to close. Some of them charged by chomping their mouths but the two were able to easily block their attacks.
Marco was having some of the most difficulties. Not only was he by himself, as there are too many Heartless to reach anyone else, but he is having to protect Janna who does not have a weapon or anything to defend herself with. And that was becoming increasingly difficult as the heartless kept turning invisible like they were actual ghosts! They kept disappearing and reappearing in random spots trying to give the element of surprise. Because of the tight space though any that got near Janna or Marco were quickly taken care of.
"Hey Marco, not that I doubt your abilities or anything, but can we try to group up with one of the others?" Janna asked in a semi joking but mostly serious way.
"Trust me I am trying. Lincoln! Think you could join me halfway!?" Marco replied.
"Meet you there!" The white-haired boy replied. The three are on opposite sides of the room meaning that a majority of the Heartless are in-between them. Lincoln slashed his way through the Heartless hitting all that he could. As it turned out once one of these things turned invisible and basically teleported, they became temporarily invulnerable. None of their attacks, by keyblade or otherwise worked on them! That or they were just really unlucky when trying to hit where they may be. And Lincoln honestly wasn't sure which he would prefer.
"Really? You can't decide if them becoming temporarily invincible to the keyblade or not being able to guess where they are is the worse between the two?" Liberty asked sarcastically.
'Well, it's basically the same result either way so yeah. Kind of am.' Lincoln retorted.
"….I see your point. Now that they are all around you, I'll let you know if any come out behind you after turning invisible."
'Got it thanks.' Lincoln replied has he got closer to Marco. All was going well until Liberty spoke to him again.
"Six o'clock!" Lincoln quickly jumped up in time to dodge a charging Heartless ghost. He quickly slammed both keyblades down on the Heartless causing it to turn to dust.
"Eight and nine o'clock!" Lincoln quickly jumped to his left and saw two more ghost floating to him. He pointed both keyblades at the two ghosts and concentrated.
"Fire!" Both keyblades each fired a fire ball and hit the two ghosts who turned to dust.
"Your magic is improving. That's good."
'Yeah, but I wish I could use more spells. Fire is cool but I would like some Ice magic as well.'
"Don't worry. You will get there one day. Now pay attention you're about to catch up with Marco." Liberty replied.
Lincoln looked up and sure enough Marco destroyed the last ghost directly in front of him, Janna right behind him. As quickly as he could Marco grabbed Janna and put her in between him and Lincoln the two acting as a barrier. Despite how many ghosts the two had destroyed to reach each other there are still a lot more. Both were pretty sure that only more had been appearing as they were destroyed. They were surrounded on all sides barely able to see Steven, Garnet, or Lana who was still protecting Star.
Suddenly Lincoln had an idea. "Hey Marco. How think you'll be up for a team attack?" He grinned.
"What's the plan?" Marco asked. Lincoln quickly explained has they attacked the closets Heartless to them.
"Got it. Janna get down." Marco warned seeming to forget that she heard the plan herself. He looked behind him only to see that Janna was already laying on the floor head down. She gave a thumbs up to the two.
"Alright. Let's do this." Marco said. Lincoln swung his keyblade at a Heartless ghost that charged him turning it to dust. He then jumped over to Marco who caught him by his feet. Before Lincoln could fall below Marco's shoulders, he started to spin in place using his momentum to swing Lincoln like he was a sword. Which was not too far off since Lincoln held both keyblades straight out in front of him. Marco started to spin/swing as fast as he could making Lincoln go so fast that he looked like a blur!
Lincoln's keyblades hit any and all Heartless withing range of his keyblades. Marco started to move a little in any direction to try to hit any Heartless out of range. Marco started to get a little too dizzy and threw Lincoln in the air making sure not to throw him against the roof of the ship. Lincoln quickly slammed his keyblades down on the remaining Heartless near them making a small shockwave destroying the rest. Any stragglers were taken out by Steven, Garnet, or Lana. And just like that all of the Heartless were finally gone and the room was quiet.
"I thought they would never stop coming." Lana said as she grabbed herself a potion. Everyone else also got one as they were all exhausted and did get a few scratches. Garnet getting the worst of the damage from being hit by the missile.
"you said it. But where did that big guy go?" Steven asked.
"I don't know but we should be careful. He's after Lana for some reason." Lincoln looked at his sister to make sure she was okay.
"Yeah, but why? Who here would even know about the keyblade? Wherever here is." Lana looked out the window trying to figure out if they have moved or not as much of this strange place seemed the same.
"Hey Janna, can you help me get Star?" Marco asked.
"I thought you would never ask. I'm surprised she's still passed out." Janna said worriedly.
"I gave her a potion so any injuries she may have gotten should be gone. She was still electrocuted though. We may be able to wake her up, but we may want to lay her down on her bed first." Lana suggested.
"There's also the problem of that hunter ghost still in possession of her wand. I don't want to know what he may do with that." Marco pointed out. He and Janna finally pulled the net off when suddenly Skulker's voice was heard again.
"So you managed to actually defeat all of them. I'm somewhat impressed." His voice almost sounded mocking. "Before you celebrate further, I have released more of those Heartless across the ship. You can either fight your way through them all or give me what I want. In which case I'll call them off. Either way I will get what I want." Skulker threatened. Appearing in the middle of the room again. Lincoln, Lana, and Marco are on one side with a still unconscious Star, while Garnet, Steven, and Janna were back at the ships control side.
"We would never do that!" Lincoln yelled standing defensively in front of Lana. The others also got ready for another fight.
"Wait, you mean you won't fight a bunch of monsters or you won't turn over the girl?" Skulker asked seeming genuinely confused.
"Turn over my sister you flame head!"
"You know I keep thinking this guy might be some kind of genius but then he says things like that." Liberty replied not sure what else to think after that exchange.
'You and me both.'
"I suggest you give up now. While you still can." Garnet warned.
"Well then you have seemed to have made your decision. Have fun." Skulker then disappeared withought a trace.
"So, what's the plan now?" Steven asked.
"We take out the Heartless in the ship. Make sure someone is with Lana at all times and chase this ghost out." Garnet replied. Everyone nodded getting ready to clear out the infestation on their ship.
"Janna I have to ask you to stay here." Marco told his friend. "We need someone to stay with Star if she wakes ups and this seems to be the only safe room on the ship now."
Said girl looked like she was about to protest but one look at Star made her change her mind and she nodded in agreement. "Just be safe." She said giving Marco a hug.
"No promises. Not exactly the safety kid anymore. And we have handled with worse." Marco replied.
"Everyone ready?" Lincoln asked having both keyblades out. He was standing in front of the entrance/exit of the control room.
"Yes!" everyone else replied.
"Alright. Lana make sure to stay close to someone and if anything happens yell for one of us."
"This puts a whole new meaning to stranger danger you know." Lana joked.
"We'll try to stay together but if we do spilt up try to stay in groups of two or three. And yes that includes you Garnet." Steven called out to the gem.
"Of course." She replied in her kind of sarcastic voice. She was laughing a tiny bit though.
"Let's go." The group quickly ran out going room to room swiftly taking out any heartless. It seems the Skulker decided that just the ghost ones were not enough as now there was shadows, soldiers, and Blue Rhapsody's. (The ones that float around and shoot ice.) The smaller rooms like bedrooms were pretty easy. While others like the living area, which is bigger than the control room above, were a little harder.
Marco and Steven charged into the kitchen expecting a fair amount of Heartless to be there but instead found a quiet room with a board looking Glossaryck eating a chilidog.
"There weren't any Heartless in here were their?" Marco asked the floating being.
"Hmmm? Oh yes, there were a few but one of them tries to take my food. And that is a line that you do not cross." That was the only explanation they would get.
"You going to help us?" Steven asked.
"Oh trust me you can take care of this. But if it does help, I believe in you kids."
"Glossaryck!" Marco yelled.
"Fine, fine. If you really need help, I'll come when you call. But you really shouldn't need my help. Just think of this like training."
"Good. Also, can you go check on Star? When we left she was still unconscious when we left. Janna is with here."
"I'll be right there."
"I'll be honest I forget he's with us half the time." Steven admitted.
"You and me both." Marco agreed. Suddenly Glossaryck appeared in a puff of smoke.
"I heard that!" He said before disappearing again going to check on Star.
After that awkward moment the team took care of the rest of the Heartless on that floor.
"I was honestly hoping that the ghost Heartless would be the only ones to deal with." Marco said dodging a blast of ice. Lana jumped over Marco and swung at the Blue Rhapsody quickly taking it out. That also happened to be the last one in the room.
"Keeps things from getting too ghostly at least." Steven punned.
"Good one." Lincoln commented. "I think the only room left is the training room. And I bet that Skulker guy is waiting for us there. So, we better be careful."
"I'll take the lead then." Garnet claimed not leaving any room for argument.
The group went down to the finial room Garnet standing in front ready to open the door. The others were one either side of the door in case there was some kind of attack waiting. Lincoln thought how it felt like he was some king of cop.
Garnet opened to door guard up for any attacks. But nothing happened. Looking across the room she found it was empty. No Shadows, Soldiers, or ghost Heartless. There was also know Skulker.
She walked in to get a closer look the rest following her lead. "I don't like this." Garnet said.
"He said that there was Heartless all over the ship. Did he not know about this room?" Lana suggested.
"I don't think it's that simple. Either this is a trap or just a distraction." Lincoln deduced.
"What if I told you, it was all of the above?" Skulkers voice suddenly rang out. He appeared on the opposite side of the training room obviously expecting them.
"Meaning?" Marco asked for clarification.
"Meaning I do hope that those two girls in the control room are okay. Be ashamed if one of them went missing."
"You wouldn't dare!" Marco yelled running towards the ghost hunter. Before he could make it halfway across the room something fell in front of Marco. It was humanoid in shape, walking on all fours, its green body covered in stitches including its mouth looking like it was sown shut. It also had black beady eyes and was eye to eye with Marco. The last thing of not was the ever-familiar Heartless emblem on its head stretching between its eyes.
Marco quickly did a backflip his fight or flight instincts kicking in. Flight won. "What do you think?" Skulker asked. "I call this little Heartless a 'Regret.' Because it will make all my enemies regret ever fighting me."
"That sounds like a you problem. But do you really expect just one, admittedly creepy, Heartless will stop us?" Lana mocked.
"Oh, it's not alone. He has friends." Skulker said pointing up. Everyone looked up to see that the ceiling was crawling with these new Heartless! As if on cue they all fell to the ground looking at Lincoln and Lana specifically. "This is you're last chance. Give me what I want, or I go ahead and take that girl I captured earlier."
Lincoln grabbed Lana's arm and pulled her to his side in a protective hug. Given the circumstances Lana didn't protest. "And what's stopping us from going back to Star and Janna right now?" Marco asked. The Heartless had not moved yet apparently waiting for their master's command.
"I thought you may ask that. You see I have a little something here I heard you talk about before." Skulker held up Star's wand for them to see. Before anything else could be said he threw to one of the 'Regret' Heartless whose mouth was not sown shut and the Heartless ate it!
"If you wish for the wand back then you must fight all of these Heartless to find it. But you better hurry. My patience is running thin."
"Lincoln what do we do?" Marco asked.
"If we could I would say split up, be he won't let us leave. We could try to trick him but that seems too obvious at the moment. Best choice we have is to fight the Heartless and hope we can get Star's wand super-fast."
"So same plan as before?" Steven asked.
"Basically. Don't let that Skulker guy near Lana."
"I don't think that will be a problem bro. I think he left." Lana pointed out.
"What?" Lincoln looked over to where Skulker was and sure enough he was gone. "Great. Let's take out the guys real quick then." Lincoln said transforming the Key Elements blades into their glider form. He held the double edge sword in front of him ready to fight. Only problem was that there are way too many of these 'Regrets' in the room. There was barely any room to fight.
"Steven. Can you make a bubble around us?" Lincoln asked as the Regrets started to charge.
"Sure thing!" Steven yelped not prepared for how the Heartless started to charge. These were by far the scariest Heartless yet. Steven made a shield surrounding the five of them before any Heartless could reach them. "What now?"
"You can make this bigger right? Like make it expand?"
"Yeah but wh-Oh I get it. We need more space to fight right?"
"Bingo. Push as many of the back as you can." Lincoln confirmed. While they were talking many of the Heartless started to leap or claw at the bubble shield trying to break through. They almost had a manic way of moving. Steven quickly pushed the bubble out in all directions causing the Heartless to crash into each other and other to back away to avoid getting hit.
"Steven bubble down. Everyone look for the one that has Star's wand."
Garnet quickly raised both of her gauntlets and fired them like rocket launchers taking out at least three Regrets each. Steven went to the closets regrets charging with his shield in front of him, running straight through them like they were nothing. Lincoln and Lana were using the long-range approach using either magic (fire for Lincoln and ice for Lana) or strike raids (throwing their keyblades in a spinning motion) the cover Marco as he charged in. After summoning back her gauntlets Garnet quickly jump into where the Heartless were heaviest to see if she could find the one that had the wand.
Lincoln and Lana kept up the long range for as long as they could, but they could both feel their magic powers starting to drain this being the most have either used magic in one go. "I'm not sure how much longer I can keep this up bro." Lana told Lincoln.
Lincoln himself was having trouble casting any fire. And if Lana was running out of magic, then they needed to come up with something. Suddenly Lincoln remembered something. "Lana take this." He said handing her an ether.
"Uh thanks bro but I already have some potions." Lana replied confused.
"It's not a potion. Back at Aang's world I found a moogle selling these things. It's called an either and refills you're magic." Lincoln quickly explained.
"Why didn't you just say that in the first place?" Lana used the ether and instantly felt her magic come back to her. Lincoln used one as well ready to continue.
"I wasn't sure how likely we would actually need them, so we only have three left. Try not to go through your magic too fast." Lincoln warned. The two siblings charged together running towards the closets Heartless that happened to be where Marco was. Because of the way that the Heartless moved and attacked, mostly scratches and leaping attacks, everyone had to be more on the defense. Lana and Steven excelled at that, but the others were not able to make magical shields that completely protected them and were at a slight disadvantage.
Lincoln made a swing at one Heartless misjudging how far away it was from him. He did hit the Regret. But much like the name Lincoln would regret what was about to happen. When he hit the Heartless he hit the stitches holding it's mouth together. The Heartless looked right back at Lincoln showing a manic grin with very sharp teeth.
"I guys." He said getting Marco's and Lana's attention. I don't know what I did, but I think we may want to run."
"What do you me-" Before Lana could finish that sentence the three heard an other-worldly scream that stopped them in their tracks! It was so unexpected that it caused all three to cover their ears dropping their defense and in Lincoln's and Lana's case causing them to drop their keyblades.
"Ahhhhhhh!" The Regret continued to scream, wailing would also be a good way to describe it, pushing the three to their knees! What it did not know is that Garnet saw what was happening and quickly leaped over to where it is standing landing right on top of it and turning it to dust!
The damage was done however, and Lana and Marco were both completely passed out. Lincoln was still conscious, how Garnet did not know, and was standing in front of his sister and Marco holding two keyblades again instead of one. He was breathing heavy however and looked like he was about to pass out himself.
"Keep it up Lincoln. If you use a potion, you'll be as good as new!" Liberty cheered.
'You're the only reason I am still awake. You're voice helped me completely passing out.' He told her.
"I was always told I had a bit of a loud side to me. But that does not matter right now. You need to deal with these Heartless. Grab a potion already!"
'Yeah, about that. I ran out of the potions that I was carrying. I divided them between the others remember?"
"And counting Star three of them are passed out…you really need to learn healing magic next."
'There's healing magic?!' Lincoln almost yelled in his head. During this conversation he was hitting any Heartless that got too close making sure to not hit the stiches for their mouths again. Garnet joined him at some point, Lincoln honestly didn't notice until a moment ago, and was fighting those coming from behind.
"Yes there is but it takes a lot of magic power and concentration. It's not something beginners can use. Even Star may have trouble using it. At least more than once." Liberty quickly explained. She would have told Lincoln that she would explain later but her talking was one of the only things keeping him from passing out aside from adrenaline.
"Lincoln are you okay?" Garnet asked.
"About as good as I c-can be." He answered truthfully. He was having a little trouble speaking out loud. "I ran out of potions. I-if Steven can get to us, he should have some. Not to mention Marco but we are too surrounded. For either of us to grab from him."
"Steven!" Garnet called out. Said boy looked over where the others are and saw the state that most of his friends were in. He was so focused on the enemies in front of him that he hadn't noticed what had happened. He was about to run over when suddenly another wail was heard and was aimed at Steven! Steven instantly brought up a shield to block the noise seeming to greatly deflect the wail from this Regret.
"Dang it." Lincoln mumbled.
"Wait. Steven didn't cut that one. That's the one with Star's wand!" Garnet realized. She quickly took out the Heartless around her and Lincoln to give them some space. At this point about half the Heartless had been taken out giving those still standing some relief.
Garnet quickly grabbed a potion from Marco's pocket and tossed it to Lincoln. He used as fast as he could instantly recovering as if nothing happened. "Thank you Garnet." The boy smiled.
"No problem. Stay with these two while I go get that Heartless with the wand."
"You got it!" Lincoln yelled back as she jumped away.
Garnet jumped next to Steven behind his shield. The entire time the Regret was still using it's wail to keep Steven at bay.
"That's the one with the wand." Garnet quickly explained.
"I had a feeling." Steven acknowledged. While his powers were definitely stronger, he was not use to blocking against this long of an attack. He was clearly wearing down.
"I got this." Garnet reassured aiming her gauntlet at the Heartless. "On the count of three let down your shield and move out of the screaming range." Garnet instructed. Steven nodded in understanding.
"One…' Garnet made sure she was aiming right in the center of the Heartless. "Two…' She looked at Steven to make sure he was ready. "Three!" Steven let the shield down jumping as far as he could to where Lincoln was. Garnet fired the gauntlet as soon as the shield was gone hitting the Heartless in the face taking it out in one hit! And right there on the floor was Star's wand. She quickly ran to it and picked it up before any of the Heartless could grab it. She got it but that lead to another problem. She was surrounded by too many of the Heartless.
"Lincoln! Catch!" She yelled throwing the wand to the white-haired boy. Thankfully there were not as many Regrets where he and the others were at in the room as most of them had swarmed where the one with the wand was at. Lincoln quickly ran to the wall near him using it to push himself higher in the air. He unsummoned the keyblade in his right hand keeping the one on his left. He soared over the few Heartless still nearby catching Star's wand midair. He quickly attached it to one of his chains so he wouldn't lose it. Resummoning his keyblade he did a grand slam taking out three more Heartless!
"Nice!" Liberty congratulated.
'Thanks. I'm still trying to get use to having this much stamina.' Lincoln chuckled to himself.
"Good catch Lincoln." Steven commented. Taking out the last two Regrets in the room. Garnet had taken care of the ones around her rather quickly as well.
"Thanks. You have any potions left? I need some for Lana and Marco."
"Sure do." Steven confirmed. The two went to their passed-out teammates. Using a potion for each of them both started to wake up as Garnet walked over.
"Did we win?" Lana asked.
"Yep. We destroyed all the Heartless and got Star's wand back." Lincoln informed.
"Great. Let's get back to the control room. Janna and Star are going to be waiting on us." Marco said standing up. Suddenly Marco froze as what he said seemed to finally sink in. "What did that guy say about Star and Janna?" He asked the others making sure he wasn't the only one panicking.
The others then realized that Skulker had threatened to kidnap Star or Janna if they did not turn over Lana. This made the group make a beeline for the door but before they could reach it Janna herself busted in the room causing everyone to stop in their tracks.
"Finally, it opened! Guys we have a problem." Janna exclaimed catching her breath.
"No." Marco said already seeing where this is going.
"He kidnapped Star." Janna confirmed.
So what do you guys think? I know we have not seen much of the new world but trust me the next chapter will have more. I wished I could have gotten this out sooner but hey it's out. I'm pretty sure that even with how little of the world we have seen most of you know the world from the two villains alone.
I'm trying to take a slightly different approach with this world. One compliant many people have in Kingdom Hearts is how the characters are just inserted into the story but don't change anything. So with some worlds I am trying to have some side stories happen before or during the main plot of the movie or episode. We'll see how this goes.
Also two new heartless! Both of these are original. The first I actually based of the ghost from the opening of the show this world is based from. Haven't come up with a name yet.
The "Regrets" were made by 1. I had to have some kind of actual spooky Heartless for this. I hope everyone liked them.
Lincoln: And now to the comments!
RonaldM40196867: I see her as the kind of person that would. I won't spoil anything but what do you think?
skeltol03: Glad you like it. And congrats your suggestion was used for the world.
Gamelover41592: Thank you. And they needed it.
1: I almost used your name suggestion trust me. And I'm glad you liked Four Nations.
OmegaDelta: Thank you. I will. And well I think you will have a good idea.
Delquea: Yeah it should have been but I was afraid it wouldn't get any attention if I put it in the x-overs section. But I decided it would make more sense for it to be there. Which is why I did put it there now. If you follow the story you can find it easily.
Theheroneeded: You're not wrong and with some worlds I probably will do that. I just thought it would be fun to have some more creative names for the worlds.
HEROS Central: I'll have to think about the dalmatians. Love Owl House and Amphibia! Haven't really seen the other shows.
Guest: Thank you.
Gundamvid: I hope you like the new world. First was Sephiroth. Now we have Sora in Smash!
Insert name: I have thought if that actually. And I'll leave it at that.
Guest: I decided to make them Boyfriend Girlfriend for the story mostly because of the relationship of Sora and Kairi.
Guest: I didn't think about that when writing the chapter but honestly knowing Lincoln's luck that would have happened regardless.
Guest: Each individual game is not. But Kingdom Hearts 3 was said to be the end of a saga do there is that.
Guest: The guest plot will make more sense as the stories continue.