Chapter 6: order 66
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Right. It's time to put order 66 to click into place. Everyone knows how it went with revenge of the Sith. Anyways, be sure to lookup the "order 67" joke by robot chicken.
With that out of the way, here's the next chapter. Enjoy!
"Excuse me. Have you seen a woman with short brown hair and a blue dress go by here?", Sora asked the Moogle selling hot-dogs in the street. The Moogle, realizing Sora wasn't buying anything, hit him on the head with a spatula. "Ow! Okay! I'm leaving!", he shouted as he ran away.
His search wasn't exactly going smoothly. So far he had been attacked by four Moogles, been laughed at by a group of teenage girls, and two Stormtroopers had called him "spiky". All to find some strange women who somehow had shown him the past.
It took him a while, but he eventually figured out that what he saw was indeed the past. The letter he saw the King launch was the same letter he, Riku, and Kairi had received on Destiny Islands instructing them to come here. He felt tears come to his eyes as he remembered seeing Donald and Goofy's cheerful faces. This vision gave him a glimpse of what had happened to them. He saw it when he bumped into the mysterious woman. If he could find her, maybe he'd be able to find out were Donald and Goofy had disappeared to.
But more than that, he wanted to find out about the large armoured man he saw wielding a Keyblade. He must have had something to do with their disappearance. From what he saw, it looked like they had seen the man before. Also, it seemed that he was solely interested in the King's Keyblade. Well, maybe once he finds the girl, he could get more answers.
He walked up to a teenage red haired girl. Hopefully, she wouldn't laugh at him. She wore brown cargo pants and a tight black top that exposed her midriff. She was leaning against a wall, apparently waiting for something. "Excuse me," Sora asked. She turned her attention to him. "Have you seen a woman with short brown hair and a blue dress?", he asked, hopefully.
She smiled and shook her head. "No, sorry. I haven't seen anyone like that." Sora's face fell.
"Oh, okay," he said dejectedly. At least she didn't laugh. He was about to continue on, when he felt something stir within his collar. The whiskered face of Rufus popped out from his over shirt.
"KP!", Rufus exclaimed upon seeing the red-head. He jumped out of Sora's collar to land on the girl's shoulder.
"Rufus!" the girl said happily. The hairless rodent rubbed his cheek affectionately against hers. "Where have you been? Do you know how worried we were?", she said crossly. Rufus grinned sheepishly.
Sora watched this strange reunion in awkward silence. "Does Rufus belong to you?", he asked.
The girl turned back to him and shook her head. "No, he belongs to my friend Ron, who has been worried sick about him," she said, looking at Rufus. "I'm Kim. Kim Possible." She turned to Rufus again "Rufus, Ron has been looking all over the city for you. There's nothing that would've stopped him from finding you."
"Kim! Denzel stole my taco! Ow! And he's kicking me!" an immature male voice rang out.
"Did not!", a young boy's voice said.
"Did too!", a little girl's voice said.
"Marlene! Whose side are you on?"
"Give me my taco!"
"Hey get off me!"
"I paid for that taco! Well actually Kim did, but that's beside the point!"
"Denzel, give it back!"
"But I'm hungry!"
"Vile heathen!"
Sora, hearing this meeting of the minds, had a very confused expression on his face, while Kim merely sighed and shook her head. She made her way through the newly assembled crowd to reach the cause of all this commotion. In the middle of the crowd was a boy, about the same age as himself, with blond hair, the same pants as Kim, and a long-sleeved black shirt. He was grappling with the same little boy and girl he had seen in the citadel. The girl was clinging to his back, while the boy was hanging on his arm. They were making quite a scene. Kim put two fingers in her mouth and whistled shrilly.
This caught their attention and they froze on the spot. "Guys, stop making a scene!", she nearly shouted. The three kids all stood up straight and in line, like they were in a military inspection. "Hey Ron, looked who I found!", she said, gesturing to Rufus. The bald mole-rat waved.
"Rufus!" the blond teenager exclaimed, running over to Kim. As soon as he was close enough, Rufus jumped into Ron's hands. "I looked everywhere for you! It's like you completely disappeared! But did that stop me? No way! I searched high and low, not once even thinking about giving up!" Rufus eyed him skeptically, eyes turning to the taco in Ron's hands. "Oh, this? Well, uh, you see...this, this is for you! Yeah that's it! It was for when we found you! So, uh, here you go!", he said, handing the taco to Rufus, who gobbled it in one bite.
"You give the gerbil your taco, but not me?", the little boy questioned.
The crowd was now dispersing, their free show over. Kim gestured to Sora. "This guy was actually the one who found him." Sora grinned and put his hands behind his head.
Ron's eyes widened when his eyes turned to Sora. "Dude! You're him!", he shouted.
"Uh, I am?"
"Yeah you are! You're Sora! Saviour of the worlds! Wielder of the Keyblade! Representative of bad hair across the universe! Okay I made that last one up. But seriously, dude, get a comb!" The little boy and girl's eyes widened.
"You're Sora?", the girl asked, in awe. Sora smiled and nodded. "Wow!"
"I can't believe I'm meeting the Sora," the boy exclaimed. He and Ron both whipped out their autograph books and pens out of nowhere. "Can I have your autograph?", they both questioned.
"Uh, hold on! I don't even know your names yet!", Sora said waving his hands in front of him.
"Oh yeah. I'm Ron Stoppable. You've probably heard of me." Sora looked at him awkwardly.
"I'm Marlene Barret!", the cute little girl said. "This is my best friend, Denzel!", she said gesturing to the boy.
"Hiya, sir," Denzel said, respectfully.
Kim looked at Sora, examining him. "Wow. You're Sora. I thought you looked familiar. You're certainly a hero around here." Sora smiled.
"Well I certainly couldn't have saved the universe alone," he said softly, his eyes growing misty eyed. Everyone looked at him curiously. "Never mind. Marlene did you say your name is Barret? Are you his daughter?" Marlene smiled sweetly.
"Yup! That's my daddy!" Sora looked at her, comparing her to her father. They looked nothing alike. She must be adopted.
"So, dude, what are you doing out with normal haired people liked us?", Ron asked.
Sora shrugged. "Just taking a walk. A lot's changed since I've last been here." Denzel raised his hand as if he were in school.
"Hey, why don't you come with us? We can help show you around.", he asked hopefully
"That's a great idea!", Marlene said. Ron nodded.
"Yeah! Kim and I are just babysitting these little ankle-biters for Barret. You could help us out!", he said. Rufus nodded.
"No Ron, I'm babysitting. You're babysat," Kim said giggling. Denzel and Marlene laughed, too.
Sora grinned and put his hands behind his head. "Sounds like a plan!" he said cheerfully. He went with them down the street, completely forgetting about the mystery woman.
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"Well, we certainly made an impression," Darius said dryly. They were now in Chief Bast's private quarters, with Bast sitting nervously in a corner of the room. Anyone would be slightly freaked out if you had two of the deadliest men in the universe in your room. "By the way, Bast," Darius began, making the Imperial officer sweat. "You failed to mention that the blockade shot down the Keyblader on his way here. Unless they were a Rebel Alliance ship, I don't believe they were ordered to that," he said icily
"W-w-well you s-see I o-ordered the Star Destroyers to s-shoot down anyone w-w-who didn't have an identification code. S-so you see-"
"It doesn't matter anymore," Vader interrupted, gaining the attention of both men. "These people no longer concern me. They've played their part and their usefulness has ended. It is unfortunate, though, that the King could not also join us. Once we have Sora though, he will reveal to us the location of Disney Castle. Then we can take it by storm."
He turned to General Darius. "General, the time has come." Darius and Bast knew exactly what his next words were. "Execute Order 66." Darius chuckled, which frightened Bast more than anything else.
"With pleasure."
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In his study, Leon sat behind his desk, deep in thought. What had happened in the conference room could not be left alone. For one thing, Darth Vader was no ordinary man, that's for sure. He had some kind of power, and he was sure it wasn't limited to just choking loud-mouthed ninjas. The other thing was, he believed that Sora was in danger. Vader was intent on bringing Sora to see the Emperor, for whatever reason. The Empire had helped restore Radiant Garden, and for that he was grateful, but if they wanted to harm one of his friends, he had to stop them.
He was interrupted from his thoughts when he heard a knock at the door. "I said I don't want to be disturbed," he shouted, through the closed door.
The door was then blown off its hinges in a small explosion. Leon covered his face from the smoke and debris that followed. Through the now open door, several Stormtroopers marched and they all faced Leon. He jumped from his seat, angrier now than he already was. "What's the meaning of this?", he shouted. The troopers didn't answer, but merely pointed their rifles straight at him.
"In the name of the Galactic Empire, you are under arrest," the lead trooper said. Leon balked.
"On what charge?", he demanded.
"High treason. Along with everyone else in this pathetic citadel. Now, enough questions. You're coming with us." The Stormtroopers moved towards him. Leon didn't respond, but slowly reached for his Gunblade hidden behind the desk...
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"Oh confounded contraption!" Merlin shouted frustratingly. He was in the citadel science lab with Shalua. Beakers and flasks bubbled with their unknown substances and Merlin was currently trying to concoct a substitute for pudding, but having little to no success. Shalua, however, was researching the Heartless gene for future purposes. "Oh well. Ron will have to settle for this sticky black stuff I made. I'll tell him its tar flavored!", he said, smiling at the last part. It was then that several Stormtroopers entered the lab. "Oh hello! What can we do for you lads?" In answer, they pointed and cocked their rifles at Merlin and Shalua.
"You can come with us. You're under arrest," one trooper answered. Merlin and Shalua looked at each other confused.
"Under arrest? What for?" Shalua asked, walking toward the Imperials. The leader cocked his rifle again, stopping her from coming any closer.
"No questions. You're coming with us."
Shalua turned to look at Merlin. A moment of understanding passed between them before Merlin nodded. Shalua nodded back. In a swift movement, Merlin whipped out his wand and in an instant he and Shalua were covered in thick blue smoke. "Fire!" the lead Stormtrooper shouted. The other troopers obliged and opened fired on the blue fog. They couldn't see if they were hitting anything, so just fired blindly. They kept up the barrage for several moments until they were ordered to cease. When the fog cleared, both Merlin and Shalua had disappeared. Several laser marks were burned into the wall opposite and several beakers had been blasted as well, their contents spilling on to the floor. "Find them!", the leader shouted.
As they walked off to do so, one of them muttered, "Good soldiers... follow orders..."
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Wade typed away at the large computer that was the Radiant Garden Central Control Network. He was currently having quite the problem. Everything depended on his next move. After this there was no going back. Life or death, baby. "Check!", Wade said smugly, moving his virtual knight into position to take Tron's virtual king. "Your move," he said leaning back in his chair.
"Checkmate," Tron replied. Wade fell of his chair. "Another game?", the computer program asked. Wade picked himself back up and sat in his chair, chuckling uncertainly.
He then heard the click of a rifle behind him. "You, and rest of Radiant Garden are under arrest," the unmistakable voice of a Stormtrooper said. Standing behind Wade were a squad of Stormtroopers, all armed with blaster rifles.
Wade didn't turn around yet. "Oh, okay just a minute," he said, slowly reaching under the terminal. He then rounded on the troopers and pressed a button on a small remote device before they had any time to react. A large electric current then shot out of the device. It coursed through the armour of the troopers and all let out a painful scream. They then collapsed where they stood, unconscious.
Wade then turned back to face the computer screen. "Thanks for the heads up earlier, Tron," he said. After Tron had showed him the events in the science lab through the security cameras, he prepared for the imminent visit. Imperial soldiers were arresting everyone throughout the citadel. "Now we gotta warn Kim and Ron!"
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"Can we get some ice-cream?", Marlene asked sweetly. Her big puppy-dog eyes were impossible to say no to. Kim, Ron, and Rufus had gone off to find some lunch, so Sora was looking after Denzel and Marlene on his own until they got back.
"Okay," Sora said, giving in. He, Marlene, and Denzel walked up to the ice-cream store and ordered three sea-salt ice-creams (courtesy of Scrooge McDuck!). He didn't notice the two Stormtroopers sneaking up behind him. As he handed the treats to the children, and began to enjoy his own, one of the troopers prepared to knock him out with the butt of his rifle. He reared back...
And his helmet was bashed in by Riku's Way to the Dawn Keyblade. Sora whipped around to catch Riku knocking out the Stormtrooper that was about to attack him. The soldier went down with a loud thud. The other soldier aimed his rifle at Riku's exposed side, but out of nowhere, Kim came down and delivered a flying kick to the face. The second Stormtrooper was down.
After that, Kairi and Ron (with Rufus) ran up to meet them. "Just in time," Kairi said. Sora, Denzel, and Marlene all had astonished looks on their faces.
"Why did you hurt those guys?" Denzel asked staring at the unconscious troopers.
Riku walked up to Sora and looked at him sternly. Then his mouth formed a smirk. "I hate to say I told you so," he said.
However, before Sora could respond, a Stormtrooper ran over to arrest them. On instinct, he someone performed a judo chop on the stormtrooper before they notice him.
"Just in time," A new voice spoke up. Everyone turned to see the doctor fishing up his job as he walked over to the group, "Sora, it's good to finally meet you..." Before wondering, "Or is it, it's good to see you again..." He then told the boy, "Forgive me, time travel can be hard to keep up on these things."
"Time Travel?" Sora tilted his head.
"Ah, so it's the former then," The doctor smiled, "Either way, we should get moving if we wish to save the others."
"Wait," Riku aimed his Keyblade at the Time lord, "Who are you?"
"Ah, forgive my mannerisms, I never properly introduced myself," He greeted the group with a bow, "I'm the doctor by the way." He then points to where leon and the group are staying at, "basically run for your life!" and so they did.
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Cid ran down the hallways of the citadel, as fast as he possibly could, Stormtroopers hot on his tail. "You guys couldn't hit a wall if it wasn't in front of you!", he shouted. A laser then whizzed past his hair, setting the tip of it aflame. He then spotted the door leading to his room and pulled his final sprint. He jumped in and locked the door behind him. He slumped against the door and sank to the ground, panting heavily. That door wouldn't hold for long though.
He jumped up and went to his closet. "Now lets see, where did I put it?", he wondered aloud, as he began to throw out the things in his closet. "Pink flamingo, boxing gloves, Ps5, protractor, secret cigarette stash, coin purse, unused deodorant, broken iPhone, award for most cynical jerk ever, Lord of the Rings trilogy, I love that Gollum. Aha!" In his closet, right next to the blow up mannequin, was a long metal spear. He grasped it firmly.
The door was then blown open with an explosive charge, and the Stormtroopers filed in. Cid turned to face them, smiling smugly. "Alright boys," he said, twirling his spear skillfully. "Who's first?"
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Yuffie's giant shuriken whizzed through the ranks of the Stormtroopers pursuing her, bringing down some, but rest continued coming. Her shuriken returned to her after doing its job and then she turned tail and ran. "I think I liked it better when they were on our side!", she said, fleeing, the troopers right behind.
As she ran down the hallway, a door swung open and another squad of Stormtroopers emerged to block her way. "Freeze!", they shouted. Yuffie didn't stop or even slow down, but jumped and somersaulted over the surprised Imperials. She then ran on and turned a corner, with the soldiers right behind.
When the soldiers turned the corner however, they were met with a large man with a metal hand, which transformed into a cannon. "Howdy," was the last thing he said before he opened fire. Rapid fire bullets shot down the hallway towards the still startled Imperials. Every Stormtrooper in the hallway was brought down by his fire power. Barret's cannon then transformed back into his metal hand.
Yuffie bounded up beside him to see his work. "Nice work, Barret!", she said. Barret looked down at her and grinned.
"Don't mention it. Now come on, lets find the others!" Yuffie nodded and they both ran off to find their friends.
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"Is that all you've got?", Adelbert shouted as he swung Lula to cut down the Stormtroopers. "I can take down all of you with one eye-No! Both eyes shut! Your not so tough!"
"Of course not. I'm the one doing all the work!", Lula shouted among the battle. "And could you try to hit a little lighter? My head hurts."
"You call yourself a sword? Why of all the other talking swords I've met..."
"Guys!", Tifa shouted while punching and kicking among the Stormtroopers. She was a flurry of powerful blows and quick reflexes. "Could you maybe focus on the task at hand?" She dodged a Stormtroopers rifle, and then smashed his helmet in with her fist. "Like staying alive!"
"like we've nothing else better to do." Said lightning slashing the stormtroopers like stormtrooper sushi.
"Yeah,.yeah," they both said. Adelbert pointed Lula's blade at a pack of Stormtroopers and sent a blast of blue energy towards them. The blast scattered the troopers all over the training area, knocking them unconscious. "Take that, you jerks! I never liked you guys anyway!" Adelbert shouted before jumping back into the fray.
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Leon cut down another Stormtrooper as he made his way to the CCN, his Gunblade gripped tightly in his hand. He had to get a message out to Radiant Garden. The Empire had turned on them. How could he have let this happened? He had practically given them the city on a silver platter. Police, security, even tech-support, all run by the Imperials. This wasn't their city anymore. It was the Empire's.
"Leon!" a voice familiar voice shouted. He turned to see Aerith running towards him. "Leon. The Stormtroopers. They tried to attack me. What's going on?", she asked worriedly. Leon bowed his head in shame.
"What have I done?", he asked.
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Sora, Riku, and Kairi, along with Kim, Ron, Denzel, and Marlene were now rushing through the streets of Radiant Garden. Stormtroopers were now herding the citizens of the city into their homes. Anyone who resisted was arrested. The streets were now completely bare, save for the Imperial search parties looking for them.
They were now nearly to the citadel. Sora and Riku had their Keyblades drawn, and Ron and Kairi were carrying Denzel and Marlene on their backs. "Halt!" the Stormtroopers guarding the gate shouted. Sora and Riku took no heed and smashed their Keyblades onto their heads.
"Take that you meanies!" Marlene shouted from Kairi's back. They then came to the massive gate and, with a little effort, opened it.
They were met with the clicks of about thirty rifles. Waiting for them in the citadel foyer was a large squad of Stormtroopers, all aiming their rifles at the group. Ron gulped nervously. "Well, I'm up for surrendering. Who's with me?" Everyone glowered at him. "What?"
"YEEEHAAAAA!" a loud voice hollered. Everyone turned their eyes upward, just in time to see old Cid jump down from the rafters into the thick of the Imperial soldiers, wielding a long spear. Catching them by surprise he swung his spear into the side of a soldier's helmet, then brought the hilt into another's chest, winding him, then catching him in the chin. He swung left and right, up and down with finesse and skill. He smashed it into troopers' armoured chests, bashed it against their skulls. No one could stop his primal fury. Within a few moments, all the Stormtroopers were on the ground, Cid standing among them twirling his spear in triumph. "Just like the good old days," he said.
Everyone stared at him in slack jawed amazement. 'Cid. That was incredible!" Sora gaped, while Cid smiled proudly. "And all ths time I thought you were just some grumpy old mechanic!" Cid's smile was quickly replaced with a scowl.
"Cid what's going on?" Kim asked.
"Heck if I know. I was just reading my collection of Icha Icha Paradise, when the boys in white said me and everyone else in the citadel is under arrest! Whatever it was, it wasn't me."
"No it wasn't you," Riku said. "We need to get to Leon!"
Cid rubbed his stubbled chin. "Well we could contact him with his communicator. We need to get to the CCN to do- HOLY FRIJOLES! I FORGOT WADE!", he shouted.
"Wade?" Kim and Ron chorused.
"Oh, crap! How could I forget Wade? He can't take care of himself! Have you seen the size of him? Come on, let's go!" Cid then took off up the stairs, the others following behind.
They encountered a few Stormtroopers on their way upward but they were taken care of easily enough. Kim, they discovered, was quite the martial artist, and Ron... well Ron had Rufus! As they neared the CCN they noticed that the door had been blown off. "Oh no! They took Wade!" Ron exclaimed. "Oh Wade is gone and we'll never see him again! He was so young! Take me instead!", he shouted to the ceiling.
At that moment, the body of a Stormtrooper was flung through the door and slammed against the wall opposite, and slumped down to the ground. Everyone looked at this with surprise. Through the door walked the robot cat, Cait Sith, brushing his hands together. Behind him walked Wade.
"Wade! You're alright!" Ron shouted. Wade, seeing them all, smiled.
"Hey guys! You better get in here quick!", he said motioning them in. Walking inside they saw the many bodies of Stormtroopers strewn about the room, all unconscious. Everyone turned to look at Cait Sith, who chuckled and rubbed the back of his head. "Still think he was a bad idea?", Wade asked Cid. Cid slapped his forehead in disbelief.
"Wade, we need to contact Leon." Sora said urgently. Wade nodded with understanding.
He went to the CCN terminal. "Everyone has a communicator, so I should be able to patch them all in, if they weren't arrested." They all looked nervous after that. After some quick typing and a deep, hopeful breath, the voice of Leon came through.
"Hello?", he asked.
"Leon!", everyone shouted.
"Hey who's there?", Barret's deep voice said.
"Daddy!", Marlene exclaimed.
"Marlene? Is that you? Are you alright? Is Denzel with you?"
"Yeah daddy, I'm fine. So is Denzel, thanks to our new friends." She smiled at everyone.
"How did you manage to escape?" leon wondered "the empire caught us completely unaware.
"This guy in the trench coat called the doctor warned us," Riku answered, "Apparently, he's a time traveler like Merlin. long enough to help us escape."
Soon Tifa, Quistis, and Merlin came through. They were all on and all listening. "Leon," Sora began. "Why is the Empire after us?"
"They're not after us Sora. They're after you," Leon sighed
"Me? Why?"
"Who knows? Probably because of your Keyblade. That's the only reason the Empire came here in the first place. They didn't want to help us at all. They just used us to get to you. Now that you're here, they don't need us anymore. It was an invasion from within. Darth Vader is intent on getting you to their Emperor. Speaking of Vader, he isn't a normal man. He has some kind of strange power. We don't know what he's capable of." Sora clenched his fist.
"So what do we do now Leon?" Quistis asked.
For a long time, Leon didn't answer. Everyone held their breath as they waited to hear his answer. "We have to get out of here," he finally said through the communicator. "We have to abandon Radiant Garden."
"What!", everyone shouted. "We can't just leave this place to the Empire!", Sora shouted.
"It's already theirs," Leon said solemnly. "We can't fight them and win. They outgun and outnumber us. We have to retreat, to fight another day. They want you Sora, so we must get you out of here as soon as possible." No one said anything. They knew he was right, but it just felt so wrong to let the Empire have their way.
"Alright. But I don't like it.", Barret grumbled. Everyone else agreed as well.
"Okay. Everyone head to the Gummi ship hanger and-" The transmission was then suddenly cut off. A crackled speaker was all that remained.
"Leon?" Cid called.
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