WE'RE BACK FOLKS! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰

I am sorry for two things.

E3 being canceled.

Taking so much time to write this.

My Dad was sent to the hospital due to a clogged artery making him nauseous. He would've died if we delayed one more day. Thankfully the doctors saved him and he's made a full recovery. After that I got sick with just a common flu. But everything is alright now. I'm better, Dad's better. We're all better.

NOW WHO'S EXCITED FOR THE SUPER MARIO BROS MOVIE?! 😁

WHAHOO! LET'S A GO!

But first let's answer some comments.

SPYRO 101: Thanks Pal! Oh you'll see in this chapter. And yeah. I had the Proud Family in mine for a while. Don't worry you'll all see them soon. It will be very interesting. Thanks for your help as always Buddy! πŸ‘πŸ˜‰

RustyPete12: Well. You're half right. But no Heartless has scared Monstro before. But Monstro will have further uses for later on. You'll be given a preview of 'why' in this chapter. And yeah! The Rescue Rangers is a must have for this story. Especially for Pinocchio's part in the chapter. Oh yeah, Connor might need half of his hi potion supplies if Suga Mama ever gets her hands on him. Also no. I haven't planned to since I'm not that familiar with 'Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur'. But I might make last minute plans after I check it out. Thank you for your support as always. πŸ‘

Alright! Now that we're all here!

LET'S GET DANGEROUS!


When You Wish Upon A Star.

Somewhere outside of Pleasure Island...

Donald and Goofy managed to commandeer the schooner ship that the coachman was going to use to ship off the donkeys, and got it sailing out towards the location of Pinocchio and Geppetto. As well as the location of Chip and Dale.

Donald took control of the wheel since he was an experienced sailer before becoming a magician. While Goofy stood right next to him watching where they were going. While reading a book at the same time. The Rescue Rangers were also making themselves useful. Gadget was trying to get her and Monty's gummiphone signal boosters working so she could read the rest of message Chip was trying to send them. So far she only got the half that says he and Dale were going out of the ocean to find Pinocchio and Geppetto.

Meanwhile Zipper was up on the crows nest since he volunteer to be on the lookout for anything dangerous. While Jiminy was standing on the rail behind the ship wheel. Pacing back and forth as he was anxious to find Pinocchio. But was worried if something awful had already happened to them.

"Status report, Private Goofy?!" Donald instructed like a ship captain.

"Huh?" Goofy pondered as he lowered the book. He didn't understand what that meant.

"Has anything changed?" Donald sighed.

"Nothing yet, Donald. Still haven't seen anything yet" Goofy said after looking out towards the sea before scratching the side of his head. "Hmmm, maybe we should stop and ask somebody for directions."

"That's a great idea, Goofy. Only there's one thing wrong with that idea." Donald said calmly, but with an annoyed look before exploding. "WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN, YA BIG NUMBSKULL!"

Then suddenly the signal booster on Gadget's gummi device began to light up. Only the rest of the message was filled out on Monty's phone but not Gadget's.

"Ugh! Come on...What does it say?" Gadget groaned as she was trying to get it to work.

"Oy! I got the rest of it!" Monty waved his phone up in the air before the wind blew hard and flung his phone out of his hand. Making him look awkward. "Well I had the rest of it! Said somethin about Chip, Dale and Pinocchio trying to find his Pop inside of Monstro. Whatever that is?"

"Oh no! Not Monstro!" Jiminy looked frightened from the other end of the rail Gadget was standing on.

"What's a Monstro? Is it like an evil circus?" Gadget asked curiously with her hand on her hip.

"Monstrous is the largest sperm whale in the entire world, and a nasty one at that!" Jiminy said with a panicked tone. "And he eats anything in his sights!"

"WAK!? I'M NOT READY TO BE WHALE FOOD!" Donald exclaimed in a panicked tone.

"Oooh. He means the whale of a whale. The one that swallowed Pinocchio for goin after his father." Goofy realized.

Donald slowly turned and gave Goofy a amused glare.

"You knew that even before we started sailing towards it?" Donald deadpanned.

"Nope. I only found out after we started sailin. I found the Pinocchio book on board the ship. Yes sir, the whale is famous in the book. Says so on the cover image." Goofy beamed as he showed Donald the cover image, with Monstro the whale swallowing a ship with Pinocchio on it.

"WAAAAAAAK! YOU BIG PALOOKA! I'M GONNA KNOCK YOU INTO NEXT WEEK WITH THAT BLASTED BOOK!" Donlad exploded, his face red and feathers flying as he started to chase after Goofy.

"Woah! Hey! Easy Donald!" Goofy yelped as he tripped while running from the angry duck.

While Donald was angrily chasing Goofy. Monterey Jack hopped on the rail to talk to Jiminy while standing next to Gadget.

"Just how big of a whale are we talkin?" Monty asked curiously.

"It's a Sperm Whale, Monty. They don't get any bigger." Gadget pointed out.

"And none of them are bigger than Monstro. He's a whale of a whale. Why, he swallows whole ships alive." Jiminy emphasized.

"Would they be about the size of this ship?" Monty gawked.

"Bigger! In fact he could swallow a gimmi ship if he could fly through space." Jiminy stated.

"Bzzzz bzzz bz bzzzzz!" Zipper came down and buzzed in terror as he pointed out towards the front.

Something was coming.

Something indeed. And a shadow started to cast over the ship. Not the kind that causes storms. But the kind that blocks all of the sun. Jiminy looked up and backed away in fear as he stood steadily.

"Would he also be the kind where the sun don't...shine?" Monty asked slowly as he gulped and turned around with Gadget.

And they both gasped in terror. At what they were seeing. Donald was busy strangling Goofy with his bare feathery hands. But he slowly stopped to look up at the legendary sea creature that was blocking the sky. Both Donald and Goofy gasped in terror. As the creature opened his mouth.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" Everyone screamed in terror before it happened.

Before Monstro himself swallowed their ship whole.


Back over at the Pleasure Island fun house...

Connor and Melody had just had a dramatic moment dealing with the illusion of the Shadow King himself. But they managed to escape it and went deeper into the steps down towards the underground mines below the Fun House. Connor found the secret entrance which was behind a funny mirror. Melody was staying close as they went down a long set of steps.

Connor was holding his hand up while it was glowing a bright neon blue so they could see. As the light was growing dimmer and dimmer the deeper they went.

"I'm actually pretty damn surprised that in a theme park where boys are allowed to break crap, none of them ever broke those mirrors and found the secret entrance whatever this place is." Connor said as they kept going.

"Maybe this place was so creepy, the kids didn't want to go too far in here." Melody said as she looked around the walls with a wary look.

Connor felt how uneasy Melody felt. So he used some positive banter to lift the spirits.

"Relax, Mel. Whatever's down here is more afraid of us than we are of them. If they knew how many demons and mythological monsters I took out working with the Midnight Suns, I would be the boogie man of these parts." Connor assured confidently.

"When monsters have nightmares, they're all of you." Melody said with a joking tone before she asked. "Who are the Midnight Suns?"

"They're a group of Marvel's most supernatural heroes. While the Avengers deal with physical threats they deal with mystical ones, darker than what Doctor Strange's group deals with. Think of them as Hogwarts except they burned the school down and built a militia base to replace it. If you're not a demon, a vampire or an emp that's trying to raise literal hell on humanity. Then you're not on their list." Connor answered and explained.

"Woah. Sounds mystifying." Melody said in a slightly amazed tone.

"Plus they're making a video game about them. More of a card based strategy game." Connor described.

"Ooh, maybe we can play that together when it comes out." Melody said enthusiastically.

Just then they made it to the end of the stairs and looked ahead to see a large tunnel going down across the mines. It was barely lit with no ambient light whatsoever. Fortunately Connor was still providing light from the neon powers emitting from his hand. Melody looked around and noticed that there was a railroad track with an old mine cart that was broken into pieces in the middle. And the tunnels were held up with wooden support beams.

"These are the remains of an excavation site." Connor theorized as he walked around.

"Looks like it's been abandoned for quite some time." Melody said while noticing the number of cobwebs on the walls. "Wonder what they were mining for before this place was left behind."

"My guess. Whatever cursed Pleasure Island. Maybe some enemy nation or invaders tried to take it for themselves, maybe to use it as a weapon." Connor said as he was trying to make out some of the writings on the wall. But they were written in another language.

"What, you mean like a kind of substance that naturally has darkness inside of it?" Melody asked while concerned at the prospect.

"No. I mean power. It's obvious that Coach Dickhead and his crew found power on Pleasure Island. Everyone who wants control has to have power. Just ask Attuma." Connor clarified as he formed a neon dagger and scraped some of the eroded dirt covering the written messages on the left wall.

"Do you think it was this power that allowed them to turn those poor boys into donkeys?" Melody asked as Connor continued unburying the messages beneath the dirt.

"Pretty much. Only these boys were not completely innocent. What happened to them was wrong, but they were rebellious and they shouldn't have trusted the coachman and the total strangers that worked with him. It's how the dark magic that turned them into donkeys worked." Connor answered as he kept working. But he was careful not to scrape off the letters.

"Well, either way, we really should make sure this power never falls into anyone's hands ever again." Melody said with a serious look.

"Even if we do that. These boys are not gonna be the same again. Some of them have been worked by the coachman for months, maybe years. From the look of the tracks down here. Maybe these folks had the same idea." Connor commented.

Then he was able to get the dirt off of the written message and saw the old letters. He noticed that there were a bunch of letters written in different languages all over the wall he revealed.

"Look at this. These are all the same words written in different languages. French. 12th century Latin. Ancient Chinese. All saying the same thing. 'Deliver Us From Evil'." Connor read.

"Like the prayer from the book of Matthew?" Melody curiously asked.

"Those words were written way before Matthew. He was a Jewish scribe after all. And his ancestors were slaves in Egypt saying the same thing...Wait. Look at these drawn images." Connor gestured for her to come closer.

Melody looked and noticed that they were images of people in chains breaking rocks open with hammers. Chiseled. Ax picks and other tools. But these prisoners...These slaves had the heads of different animals on each section of the wall.

Some had the head of a horse. Others had the head of a rat. Others had the head of a pig. And others of a dog. These people were cursed into becoming anthropologic animals by the curse for the worst fate possible.

"Oh my God." Melody covered her mouth in horror.

"These were the slaves that built these tunnels. Cursed to look like animals until death." Connor realized in horror.

"This is even worse than I thought." Melody said with a strained voice horrified by this revelation. "This is beyond twisted."

"This is what darkness looks like living in humanity." Connor declared as he looked a little angry.

Then Connor looked over to see a crack in the wall. Connor walked over and charged up the neon in his fist before he punched the wall. Causing the crack to shatter and reveal another opening.

"This way." Connor said as Melody went up to follow him.


Once they made it through the wall. They saw a bunch of yellow bioluminescence covering the walls and ceilings of a large cave. Something even bigger than what's normally used for bears. Like it was an ancient chamber of worship for something dark. It also resembled a desert cave with no rails or signs of man's work around the interior.

But at the center was a black pedestal with a glowing black orb connected to the pedestal. Connor instantly recognized it and held his arm out to keep Melody back.

"Whatever you do. Don't touch that orb." Connor warned Melody in a strict tone.

"Why? What is that?" Melody asked while taking a cautious step back, away from the orb.

"It's a blood drop of oblivion. This dates back to the fall of the original world. But also...This is the source of Pleasure Island's curse." Connor revealed as he understood just looking at it. "I've read and heard stories about the damage this overkill ball can do. But to see it person...I'm getting chills and not the good kind."

"This thing is what's been causing all this suffering?" Melody muttered before putting on a brave face. "What do we do to get rid of it then?"

"My Uncle explained it to me like this. That the only thing that can get rid of this orb is the blood of the biggest creature to live on the planet." Connor answered.

"Well if that's the case, the biggest creature on this world is most likely a whale." Melody said while holding her chin in thought.

"But it's not like...Nope not gonna say it." Connor quickly said and crossed his arms.

"Say what?" Melody said looking confused.

"I'm not gonna make a wild guess at an impossible solution and then have it conveniently happen out of thin air. I've done it in Thebes and Wonderland. I'm not doing it here." Connor said with his arms crossed and his eyes closed, like he was putting his foot down.

"Oh come on, Connor. What is it?" Melody asked insistently.

"Uh uh. If I say it. You're just gonna tease me later and call me a prophet or a dime store psychic." Connor denied it as he turned his back.

Melody, realizing he wasn't going to budge that easily, decided to go for a different approach, by way of sweet talking.

"Connor? Sweetie? The sooner we solve this problem, the sooner you and I can snuggle with you back on the ship." Melody smirked cutely, while giving him a kiss on the cheek. "You know I'm right."

Connor bit his bottom lip at the thought of Melody cuddling up against him. Up in his bedroom as they watch TV together. Play games. Maybe even eat ice cream. This was too tough to say no too.

"Are...you also gonna wear that new aqua blue sleeping gown I made?" Connor muttered.

The one he made from his neon and water abilities.

"I promise." Melody said softly before she pecked him on the lips.

Connor held his head back and groaned. "Uuuuugh...Goddamn my underground testosterone! Fine! I was gonna say it's impossible because there are no whales anywhere close near or on Pleasure Island." Connor exhaled in defeat.

***Gummiphone rings!***

"Que the phone." Connor said sarcastically as he answered it. "Mehello?"

Connor made sure the call was on speaker so Melody could hear too.

***"CONNOR! HELP! WE'RE TRAPPED INSIDE THE WHALE FROM THE BOOK!"*** Goofy screamed in the phone.

"And Karma reaches and shoves my mouth up its ass." Connor quipped in an unamused tone. Then his eyes widened. "Wait, what?!"

***"GET OVER HERE! WE'RE TRAPPED!"*** Donald screamed before the phone was cut off and the call ended.

"Oh my God! Were they just eaten by a whale!?" Melody exclaimed in horror at what they just heard.

"If they're still in its mouth we still have time!" Connor said with urgency as he scanned the walls with his ring to look for an easy exit. They had to get out of there fast.

"Then what are we waiting for!? We have to get out of here, now!" Melody exclaimed frantically as she too looked for a way out of there and to their friends.

Then all of a sudden. The Coachman himself spoke from the speakers around the ceiling of the cave.

***"Oy! Why the big rush? After all, you've all made it to the biggest attractions that no one has ever seen in Pleasure Island until now.*** The Coachman spoke sinisterly as he echoed from the speakers.

"Aaaand let me guess. We saw too much and you wanna bury us six feet under so you can keep selling saturated fat to all incoming jackass slaves, right?" Connor inquired with a glare as he looked around at the speakers.

"Like hell we're gonna let you keep doing this!" Melody said with an angry and determined tone. "Your child trafficking days are through, you monster!"

***"Oh it's far from over, Guardians. What do you thinks gonna happen when you blow this place to kingdom come? Do you honestly think these rebellious evil boys deserve any better than hell itself? Who do you think was on those drawings you found?"*** The Coachman declared.

"I don't know. The cast of the Purge Museum?" Connor shrugged.

***"Those workers cursed to dwell and slave here in the past. Were some of the most vile men of society. The last of the Mongrel troops who fled from the Shogun of Japan. Died here in these caves as pigs. The last of the Roman army that invaded other countries and nailed any disagreeing gents to the cross. Felt the same pain in these caves as bummy horses. The barbarians who slaughtered men. Women and children. They became goats. The French that beheaded the innocent. They became rats."*** The Coachman revealed as he turned the lights on around the cave.

To show the drawn images of everything The Coachman described right there on the walls. Images of Roman Troops becoming horses. Images of French with axes became rats. Vikings becoming goats and Mongols becoming pigs.

These were some of history's cruelest invaders. And they all died in these caves reaping what they've sown.

"The monsters of history became lower than men." Melody muttered in horror.

***"Precisely. These boys are no different. If they keeo goin on rebelling. They would just grow up to become no different. Those who start off rejecting the difference of right and wrong will become all wrong. But here. The future of better days and a better society is assured. As long as Pleasure Island takes out the trash. So what do ya say. Are you two goin to give nicely and walk away?"*** Coachman offered them an easy way out. ***"I'll even throw in that pretty stone for ya."***

Melody and Connor's eyes widened when the Coachman said that. He was talking about the pearl shard. Melody was having a difficult time processing this at first. But then she realized. Maybe she was no different than the boys the Coachman described. After all she disobeyed her parents and kept sneaking out of the castle. Constantly swimming out in an ocean where Attuma could have at any time, discovered and killed or captured her. Maybe she's as bad as other boys. Maybe...

Wrong! Look at all of the good she and Connor has done! Melody almost kicked herself for letting her self guilt compromise what's being done to these poor children. There's no way she'll let what happened to these people from the past happen to these boys.

"You can take all of that sick philosophy and shove it! You think just because someone doesn't behave all the time is a lost cause?! That's completely narrow minded!" Melody exclaimed loudly with a fierce look. "So maybe those boys were always misbehaving, but they were still little boys. There's still time for them to change for the better!"

"Besides who's holding you accountable for all the illegal shit you've done?!" Connor yelled out.

***"That's big talk coming from someone meddlin with the affairs of other worlds."*** The Coachman sneered.

"Except his actions brought relief and joy to many lives. You're just intended on causing and justifying pain and suffering. There is no justice in what you're doing." Melody said in a serious tone and spoke for her boyfriend.

"So cut the 'mind melt lecture' and get your ass down here." Connor demanded.

***"Nah. I'll leave it to my understudies. Or rather. The Shadow King's reserved resources."*** The Coachman said before he chuckled evilly.

Then suddenly. A misty fog began to form from the ceiling. As a new type of enemy spawns appeared. Over forty of these new creatures. From crawling on the ceiling. And then landing on the ground after some perfect flips. The new type of enemies appeared.

These were the Shade, monsters from the Astral Plane. They looked humanoid, but had no mouths, they were black with red markings, clawed hands and feet. And their skin looked like an animated image of the galaxy in smoke. And they had slanted gray eyes.

"What the heck are these things!? Some kind of Heartless!?" Melody exclaimed as she took a step back in caution and slight fear.

"The Shade. Mel, stand straight and get your keyblade out! Whatever you do, don't let them touch you." Orion said strictly as he could finally shift.

So his eyes glowed as he shifted into his Maverick form. And Melody nodded as she shifted into her Tsunami form.

Then suddenly the the Shade launched towards them all at once. But Tsunami slashed her keyblade at five and Maverick grabbed the sixth one and slammed it into the wall. Before he formed a water whip and lashed it at two more.

Then Maverick and Tsunami started dodging the slashing claws of the three Shade spawns and they both did a spin slash which sliced it in three inner dimensional pieces. Then Maverick flipped and twirled like a ninja as he spun his keyblade and slashed at five more Shade. While Tsunami moved gracefully to take six more down.

Then as they were moving in different directions. Maverick lunched five mini neon missles and inpaled five Shade and they blew up into twenty more.

***Booom!***

"See that?!" Maverick jibbed.

"Nice!" Tsunami beamed.

But they kept going. Maverick looked around as Tsunami kept fighting. So Maverick had one weapon he was saving for an emergency.

"Mel?! GET DOWN!" Maverick before he power up in forearm gauntlets and they glow a large green.

***LASER BEAMS!***

Maverick spun his arms around as he shot large beams of gamma lasers which slashed through all of the remaining seventy Shade spawns.

Then Maverick posed as his gamma lasers wore off and Tsunami stood up to look around in amazement.

"Huh. Maybe you should lead with that next time." Tsunami said with amusement in her voice.

"Yeah sorry, Babe. I can only use it once...It's a one off." Maverick muttered humorously as he clicked his gauntlets causing the warn out lasers to unload. Then he looked at her. "If you're wandering. We just fought the lobotomized children of the Shadow King. The Shade are his mindless minions of the Astral Plane."

"Well they seemed like a friendly bunch. So, what would have happened if one of those things made contact?" Tsunami asked hesitantly.

"Well you know how the Heartless try to attack your heart and make you one of them? The Shade is that way to the mind instead." Maverick explained as he looked for an exit.

"Yeah. I'll be sure to keep my distance from those things then." Tsunami said with a shiver at the thought of being turned into one of those monsters.

"Only they don't turn you into one of them. You're body would go into an endless sleep. While you wonder around the void of the Astral Plane. Lost in the vast boredom of nothing. It happened to me once. After the plane crash. After I lost….You know." Maverick stated as he kept looking for a way out.

He was referring to his father's death. During the plane crash.

"Really? How did you get back to your body?" Tsunami asked.

"My Mom." Maverick answered as he was glad the day he met her. Even if he didn't display it at first due to his grief.

Just then Maverick looked up at the side wall and saw light coming through it.

"Let's roll. Donald and Goofy need us." Maverick suggested.

then Maverick charged up a neon fist and slammed it into the wall.

***Smash!***

it caused the stone wall to crumble as an opening was formed to the back base exit of the Fun House. Then he and Tsunami ran out of the cave to head towards Donald and Goofy's last location.


Twenty minutes earlier Inside the Belly of Monstro...

Out among the ocean. The world's largest sperm whale. The whale of a whale named Monstro was chasing a school of fish as he began to feed on the sea life. Unfortunately one of the things he fed on in with his open mouth. Was Donald and Goofy's ship as he swallowed it whole. Zipper and the other Rescue Rangers took cover as they were brought inside. Jiminy included. Since they were all on the boat. They were brought in.

Unfortunately their boat had over turned the moment they were halfway into Monstro's belly. And The Rescue Rangers were flung into another ship. Which was left with only the upper half with no sail. But a small open shack on top.

And inside this crashed boat shack was Pinocchio's father Geppetto. His tuxedo kitten named Figaro. And his gold fish name Cleo, who was still in her fishbowl ona table inside the shack.

Donald and Goofy were having trouble maintaining their balance as they were hanging on to a wooden board of what's left of their frigate. The waters were rushing and fish were flying by. And Donald had just gotten disconnected from calling Connor and Melody for help.

"Whoaaahaoooah! Did they answer Donald?!" Goofy yelped as he was keeping his balance from the rushiny hurricane like waters.

"Yes, they answered! Whether or not they'll get here in time is another story!" Donald called over the rushing water.

Then suddenly when Monstro flipped his tail. His whole body flapped which flung them into the air.

"WAAAAAAKKKKK!" Donald screamed.

"YAAAAAH-HOO-HOO-HOOEY!" Goofy screamed as well.

Meanwhile Geppetto was busy using his fishing rod to catch some fish. Even grabbing some with a net. He sure was catching alot which was a relief for him and his pets. Because they were starving after being inside this well for a while.

"HERE'S ANOTHER ONE! STUFF HIM IN THERE, FIGARO!" Geppetto yelled.

And just by a miracle. The next large fish he caught. Not only had Chip and Dale on board. But the wooden boy Pinocchio was on the fish as well and he as well as the two chimpmunks ended up in the wooden tub of fish.

"Woah ouch!" Dale yelped as he was being slapped around by some fish.

"Ow! Hey! Easy on the tail!" Chip yelled as his butt got slapped back a fish.

All of the fish in the barrel was flappying around. But Pinocchio stood uo or at least tried to stand up when he noticed his father was right there. Alive and alright. And also anxious to get as much fish as possible.

"Hey!" Pinocchio tried to call out to Geppetto, but was slipping on the fish.

"HERE'S ANOTHER ONE!" Geppetto shouted tossing another fish behind him.

"Hey, father!" Pinocchio called out, only to be hit in the face by an incoming fish and knocked down, but still attempted to call out loudly. "FATHER!"

"DON'T BOTHER ME NOW, PINOCCHIO!" Geppetto yelled back with a wave of his hand before he paused and realized what he said and who he was talking to, making him gasp and look behind him. "Pinocchio?"

"Father!" Pinocchio cried out happily as he was wobbling on the pile of fish.

"Pinocchio!" Geppetto exclaimed happily and ran over to scoop Pinocchio into his arms, only for Pinocchio to fall backwards, making Geppetto scoop up a fish and kiss it, thinking it was his son. "My son!"

"Hey, father!" Pinocchio called behind him with a big smile. "Here I am."

Geppetto heard him, making him look back before looking to see he was hugging a fish.

"Oh! Oh yes!" Geppetto said with a laugh as the fish jumped from his arms, allowing Pinocchio to leap into Geppetto's arms up and hug him for real this time. "Pinocchio! My boy! Haha! I'm so happy to see you!"

"Me too, Father!" Pinocchio said happily as Figaro climbed out from the pile of fish and jump onto Geppetto's head before purring happily against Pinocchio. "Figaro! Oh, Figaro!"

Over by the fish bowl, Cleo jumped happily up and down out of her bowl.

"Cleo!" Pinocchio said happily seeing the goldfish as Geppetto held him over her bowl so he could wiggle his finger at her. "Oh, Cleo! You're here, too!"

"Yes! We are all together again!" Geppetto exclaimed happily as he hugged Pinocchio tightly.

"Achoo!" Pinocchio sneezed a second later.

"Oh, you are soaking wet." Geppetto said, realizing the state his son was in.

"Yes, father." Pinocchio said as Geppetto sat him on top of a barrel.

"Oh, you mustn't catch a cold." Geppetto said as he went to grab something.

"But father, I came to see you." Pinocchio said as he stood on the barrel, revealing he had a donkey tail, which he got because of the curse on Pleasure Island.

He tried to tell his father but Geppetto was too concerned for his son's condition.

"You shouldn't have come down here." Geppetto said as he grabbed the blanket from his bed.

"But father." Pinocchio started, only to be interrupted with the blanket being wrapped around him, which made him smile.

"Oh, but I'm awfully glad to see you. Hehe! Let me take your hat." Geppetto said as he took Pinocchio's hat off so his head could dry, he gasped quietly as two donkey ears were revealed. "Pinocchio!"

Both Figaro and Cleo were startled by this, making Figaro hide behind Cleo's bowl, and Cleo to hide behind the castle in her bowl.

"What, what's the matter?" Pinocchio asked, looking around, confused.

"Those ears." Geppetto said, gesturing to Pinocchio's donkey ears with a look of concern.

"Huh? Ears? Oh, these." Pinocchio said, pulling on his ears as he realized what Geppetto was referring to before standing and shaking the blanket off of him and pulled on his tail twirling it. "Oh, that's nothing, I got a tail too. Haha. Yee-Haa!"

Pinocchio accidentally Yee-Haaed, making him slap his hands to his mouth, as Figaro, startled even more, jumped and landed in Cleo's fish bowl.

"Pinocchio! What's happened to you?" Geppetto asked, greatly concerned about his son.

"Well, I..." Pinocchio started, looking down and away nervously, ashamed of his past actions and afraid of what his father would think of him. "I... I..."

Seeing his son so nervous, just gave a good natured chuckle and smile.

"Oh, never mind now. Old Geppetto has his little wooden head." Geppetto said happily as he picked Pinocchio up and held him close, making the puppet boy smile happily up at his father and hug back. "Nothing else matters."

And he truly meant it. Because he would always love his boy, no matter what.

Meanwhile Chip And Dale finale got out of the pile of fish and scurried across the floor to stand near the shack. Where they saw Jiminy standing and smiling at the sight of Pinocchio and Geppetto reunited.

They went up to him and Chip cleared his throat to get his attention.

"Ciao! Or however you say hello in Italian. You probably don't remember us but...We were the Gummi Ship operators back at the Disney Palace." Chip greeted.

"He's Chip, and I'm Dale!" Dale beamed with a wave.

"Oh, of course, I saw you both operating the the machines that brought Donald and Goofy into their ship. It's a pleasure to finally meet you both in person." Jiminy said while shaking their hands. "Also, I would like to thank you for helping Pinocchio reunite with Geppetto. I was really worried about them after I was thrown out of my world."

"No problemo. It's what we Rescue Rangers do best." Chip smiled with confidence.

"And that includes us by the way." Gadget said from behind them.

Chip and Dale turned and gasped with joy and relief to see the rest of their team.

"Gadget! Monty! Zipper!" Dale exclaimed.

"How did you all find us out here?!" Chip asked with a reliving smile.

"It wasn't that hard. You left us a text message." Gadget grinned with her arms crossed and a little female sass.

"Plus Donald and Goofy helped us get here." Monty added.

"Speaking of which, where are they?" Gadget wondered.

"We're right here." Donald said grumpily as he and Goofy tried to climb over the boat rail but were struggling a bit.

"Gee, that was a bumpy ride. Ah-hyuck!" Goofy said with a chuckle before he and Donald accidentally slipped, did a flip and landed on the boat on their backs.

"WHOA OW!" They both grunted.

Hearing this, Geppetto turned around and saw Donald and Goofy on the floor.

"Oh goodness gracious, are you two alright?" Geppetto asked as he set Pinocchio down and walked over to the two tunes. "Here. Let me help you up."

Geppetto helped the two get back on their feet.

"Gawrsh. Thanks Mister um..." Goofy guessed who he was.

"You're Mister Geppetto, right? We came to help find you and Pinocchio." Donald explained as he ringed the water out of his sailor hat.

"Oh? How wonderful. Thank you both." Geppetto said kindly to the two. "But how did you know we were in trouble?"

"Wait, are you friends of Chip and Dale?" Pinocchio asked as he walked up next to his father.

"They sure are!" Dale said which got Geppetto and Pinocchio's attention as well as the Disney duo.

"Hi. We helped Pinocchio get here. " Chip greeted.

"Actually they did. The three of us here came with those two." Gadget explained with a little chuckle.

"Long story short. We're all here to help you, but we're sort of in the same boat as you now. Heh. Literally speaking." Jiminy said to explain everyone's predicament.

"Hi Jiminy." Pinocchio waved.

"Oh? You know him Pinocchio?" Geppetto asked curiously.

"Uh huh. He's my conscious. The Blue Fairy made him my very own guide through right and wrong." Pinocchio answered with a smile.

"Indeed. Cricket's the name. Jiminy Cricket." Jiminy greeted with a tip of his hat. "Though my job has been kinda tricky to keep up. But I have no regrets in helping Pinocch so far."

"Oh my. How wonderful to meet you. Hahaha!" Geppetto said with a friendly chuckle as he leaned down and gently picked Jiminy up, letting him stand on the palm of his hand. "I cannot tell you how grateful I am for you helping my boy the way you have."

"Jiminy's been helping us, too." Donald smiled.

"Yep. Sure has. Even our other best buddy Connor." Goofy smiled as well.

"Connor? Who would that be?" Geppetto asked curiously.

"He's the Maverick. A legendary warrior from another world." Jiminy explained.

"In fact we're all from other worlds. Sir. Chip, Dale, Donald. Goofy. The rest of us come from the same world. While Connor and his partner Melody come from two different ones." Gadget helped explained.

"And they wield a legendary weapon called a Keyblade. We're on our own journey that involves us helpin folks across other worlds." Goofy added in.

"Wooow. That's amazing." Pinocchio said with wonder in his eyes.

"Yes, indeed. It all seems so fantastical. But then again, my son was brought to life by a powerful fairy." Geppetto said with a laugh. "So one could say anything is a possibility."

"Still if anything. He's being held up fighting some dark monsters that are probably stalling him." Donald figured as for why Connor and Melody hasn't shown up by now.

"Guess it's up to us probably." Goofy shrugged.

"So how long were you stuck in this whale?" Gadget asked Geppetto.

"Oh. About three days I guess. Probably four. I lost count." Geppetto shrugged and sighed he walked over towards the edge of the boat and gestured at the closed mouth of Monstro "We've only just now gotten a good catch of fish."

"Well now that were. We can get all get out." Pinocchio figured as he got up and went over to where they all stood.

"Get out? Oh, no, no, son. I've tried every way. Why, I even built a raft!" Geppetto said to his son, gesturing towards a raft down below.

"A raft?!" Donald's eyes widened as he and the others looked down at it.

It looked pretty sturdy enough for all of them to float on. Especially out in the ocean.

"Why don't we use that then?!" Dale beamed.

"Yeah! We can all get on! And when the whale opens his mouth, we can-" Chip almost suggested.

"No, no, no, no. Now listen, Everyone." Geppetto interrupted Chip, getting everyone's attention. "He only opens his mouth when he's eating. Then everything comes in. Nothing goes out."

"Oh..." Pinocchio muttered as he was thinking and everyone else was wondering how this would work.

"Hmmmm...Unless if he had another reason to open his mouth." Goofy said while he was thinking and scratching his chin.

"I'm sorry but it's hopeless. Now come, let us all have a nice meal. But first we must build a fire." Geppetto said as he was hoping to build everyone's spirits up to a nice fish meal.

Then it instantly dawned on Pinocchio.

"A fire! That's it!" Pinocchio exclaimed happily as he had an idea.

"Yes, and then we'll all eat again." Geppetto said, not understanding what Pinocchio was thinking.

"A great big fire! Lots of smoke!" Pinocchio exclaimed as he ran into the cabin.

"Smoke?" Geppetto said confused before shaking it off and followed Pinocchio inside. "Oh, yeah, sure. A smoked fish will taste good."

"Hey, Chip. Why do you think Pinocchio's so excited about fire?" Dale asked chip.

"I don't know, Dale, maybe he's always wanted to see a camp fire." Chip said with a shrug.

"But wouldn't too much smoke make it difficult to breathe in here?" Monty asked with a scratch of his head,

Zipper was zipping around in agreement.

But while they were confused, Donald, Goofy, Jiminy, and Gadget gave silent gasps of realization with wide eyes as they realized what Pinocchio's idea was.

"Of course! Smoke! That's actually a brilliant idea!" Gadget exclaimed with a snap of her fingers, earning confused looks from the rest of her team.

"Pinocchio wants to make a lot of smoke that will bother Monstro." Donald explained.

"And all that smoke will make him sneeze, making him open his mouth to do so." Goofy carried on.

"And when he does, we'll be able to escape!" Jiminy exclaimed happily, as the same realization dawned on the others, making them smile happily.

"Well, what are we waiting for!?" Chip exclaimed.

"Let's get this fire going!" Dale exclaimed.

"I'm right beyond ya!" Monty exclaimed with Zipper zipping around happily.

With that cleared up, the group ran inside to help with the fire, which Pinocchio was already getting ready for.

"Quick... some wood!" Pinocchio exclaimed, handing Geppetto a big pile of wood before grabbing a wooden chair.

"Pinocchio, not the chair!" Geppetto called out, but Pinocchio just smashed the chair against a barrel, with the others running in to grab whatever wood they could.

"Hurry, Father! More wood!" Pinocchio exclaimed as he ran about with the others adding wood to the pile.

"You heard him, Sir!" Chip said, putting some wood down.

"Keep the wood coming!" Dale said as he too added wood.

"Find as much wood as you can." Goofy said, smashing a chair down into the pile.

"We're gonna need it!" Donald exclaimed as he too broke a chair.

Geppetto then added his arms full of wood to the pile.

"Oh, what will we sit on if we-" Geppetto started but was interrupted.

"We're not going to be needing any chairs right now." Monty said adding his own wood, Zipper coming in with some toothpicks.

"He's right. We won't need them! We're getting out!" Pinocchio exclaimed as he broke a lit lantern on the the wood pile, creating a fire.

"Getting out? But how?" Geppetto asked in confusion as Pinocchio through a blanket onto the fire.

"We'll make him sneeze!" Pinocchio said before he and the others started to fan the fire, creating lots of smoke.

"Make him sneeze?" Geppetto said before his eyes widened in understanding as he looked up at the roof of Monstrous's mouth. "Ohh, that will make him mad!"

"Maybe. But will definitely get him to open his mouth for us!" Gadget commented.

"And then we'll be able to make our escape!" Jiminy added as he jumped up onto Geppetto's shoulder. "Pinocchio's very clever."

The smoke got thicker and thicker and rose up to the roof of Monstro's mouth. Once they were done and they were sure the smoke from the wood would do the rest, they all got on the raft and await for Monstro to start huffing.


Meanwhile outside and out on the ocean...

As the waves were calm out among the water of the sea. Monstro was stationary on top of the water. As he was sleeping.

But sixty miles away and coming up fast under the water. Was Maverick and Tsunami. Flying across the water as they used their freeflow and aquakinetic powers to zoom across the water as if they were flying up on air. And Maverick saw Monstro straight ahead.

Maverick signaled Tsunami to halt which she did. And then he formed a stationary wave for him and Tsunami to stand on and look straight ahead.

"There it is...And damn. That titan blubber nugget is bigger than Myrtle Beach's food supply!" Maverick gawked at the colossal whale himself.

"LAnd he doesn't look all that friendly either." Tsunami said looking up at the monstrously sized whale. "So, our friends are all inside this whale's mouth, right?"

"Yeah...Okay now that's wierd." Maverick said as he got a strange reading inside.

"What's wierd?" Tsunami inquired.

"His thermal signature is rising inside...Like..." Maverick sad as he then noticed something else.

As the birds and seagulls were squeaking and flying around Monstro. His blow hole was giving out a puff of smoke. Thick black smoke.

"I didn't know whales could smoke, did you know whales could smoke? Maverick asked Tsunami as he was weirded out by it.

"No. I did not." Tsunami said said just as weirded out. "This whale can't breathe fire, can it?"

"Don't know. Either we discovered the existence of Dragon Whales. Or this big mofo's carbs can burn themselves." Maverick quipped.

"Either way we have to get in there. Maybe the blow hole is our best..." Tsunami halted as she noticed the birds flew away.

Monstro then started to sniff real loud. Then smoke emitted from his lips. And Monstro grimaced suddenly as the smoke got thicker and all around him.

***"AH AH AH AAH AH AH AH AH!"*** Monstro huffed in a monstrous roar that echoed across the ocean.

"Ah shit. He's about to have a purple cow!" Maverick quipped as his eyes widened and he began to form a large neon shield to cover he and Tsunami.

"Well, this'll be another first for me. I don't think I've ever seen a whale sneeze before." Tsunami said as she stood with Maverick behind the shield.

"Stay behind me Mel. The colossal fish stick's about to brew and blow." Maverick warned as Monstro kept huffing.

As the neon shield was up in the form of a thick wall in front of them. Monstro's huffs got louder and louder and his mouth opened wide. Maverick looked ahead and sae something else coming out of his mouth. But he couldn't completely tell from the smoke and rushing waves going around.

And then...

****"AH AH AH AAAAAAAHCOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"*** Monstro finally sneezed real loud.

Then the raft with Pinocchio, Geppetto, Figaro, Cleo, Donald, Goofy, Jiminy and the Rescue Rangers were launched out of Monstro's mouth. And their raft landed right next to where Maverick and Tsunami were standing.

Once the waves stopped. Maverick and Tsunami looked over and were suprised to see Donald and Goofy with the others.

"Ahyuck! Gesundheit." Goofy chuckled.

"Hahahahahaha!" Donald actually laughed at that for once. Briefly.

"Hey look!" Dale pointed over to Maverick and Tsunami.

Maverick and Tsunami looked at everyone and everyone looked over at them.

"I'd take it the smoke provolone inside Pearl's mouth was ya'll's doing?" Maverick inquired.

"Uh huh! It was Pinocchio's idea." Donald said with a nod.

"He figured that if we made enough smoke, we could get Monstro to sneeze us out of there." Goofy said with a nod.

"Monstro?" Tsunami inquired.

"The whale." Gadget deadpanned as she ringed some water out of her hair.

***"AH! AH AH AH! AH! AH! AH! AH!"*** Monstro began to inhale and huff some more as the smoke hadn't cleared yet.

Monstro inhaled, he was pulling their raft in. But Maverick quickly held a hand out and extended his wall shield to block the wind from pulling them in.

"Hold on everyone!" Tsunami yelled out as Monstro's huffs were very loud.

"Also I'm Maverick The Cosmic Wonder with a badge! She's Tsunami, my inamorata! Pinocchio and Geppetto I reckon?!" Maverick yelled out from the loud huffs he kept his hands held out so the neon shield could remain.

"Yeah! It's nice to meet you!" Pinocchio yelled out.

"Your friends told us a bit about you! Guess they weren't fibbing about you being powerful people from another world!" Geppetto yelled back as well.

"Wait...Donald?! Goofy?! You broke the world order and told him?!" Maverick said as his mischievous smile formed under his mask.

"HEY! I SAID NOTHING ABOUT US BEING ACROSS THE MULTIVERSE!" Donald shouted back before gasping and clamping his hands over his mouth.

"You did just now! Ah-hyuck! Hoo hoo hoo hoo!" Goofy said with a laugh.

Then suddenly...

***"AH! AH! AH! AH! AH! AH! AH! AH! AH! AH! AAAAAAAACHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"*** Monstro let out another Monstrous sneeze.

And the oceans went crazy from the stung wind while everyone was safe behind the neon wall. But Maverick struggled a bit from the strong wind.

"Get it out of YOUR SYSTEM, FLIPPER!" Maverick screamed.

Then Monstro snarled as the water inside his mouth and then he huffed as his mouth and blow hole was clear of all the smoke.

Then. Monstro saw them all and became angry as he glared and grimaced hard. Before he swam and charged towards them.

"I told you he'd be furious!" Geppetto yelled out as they began to row away.

"Everyone stand back!" Maverick glared back as he dropped the neon shield and got ready to jump.

"CONNOR! WHAT ARE DOING?!" Donald shouted out, thinking he was crazy.

"I don't think even you can take on a whale this big!" Goofy called out cot concerned.

"At least put a shield around us!" Chip exclaimed.

"We're gonna die, aren't we?" Dale gulped fearfully.

"My life is flashing before my eyes! And there's still not enough cheese in it!" Monty exclaimed as Zipper buzzed about frantically in fear.

"You always think about cheese, Monty!" Gadget replied back with a role of her eyes.

"Young Man, get out of there!" Geppetto shouted out in concern.

"He'll eat you alive!" Pinocchio exclaimed fearfully.

"Oh, this is about to get messy!" Jiminy exclaimed.

"Connor, I hope you know what you're doing!" Tsunami shouted out to her boyfriend.

As everyone was yelling at Maverick to get down from there. He narrowed his eyes as he charged up his neon powers around his body. And then...

***Zooom!***

Maverick launched himself up into the air like a quantum leap. And Monstro locks eyes with Maverick as the giant whale leaped over the water and opened its jaw. As it roared.

Then. Maverick reeled his fist back and then...As he and Monstro were about to collide. Maverick thrusted his fist. Causing a large wave of a giant neon fist to construct. It was bigger than the whale itself. And then the giant neon slam into Monstro's jaw.

***PUUUUNCH!****

***"RAAAAAAAAAAGH!"*** Monstro roared as he was sent into the air and disappeared in the distance.

everyone was totally shocked at what they just saw. Maverick punched Monstro with a giant neon fist and sent him miles away!

"WOOOOOOOOHOOOOHOOOOO! THE SIGN SAID NO SMOKING, SHAMU! GO EAT SOMEWHERE ELSE!" Maverick exclaimed out loud as his cheers echoed.

Maverick then fell into the water and then teleported back over to the group and stood next to Tsunami.

"You won't get action like that at Red Lobster." Maverick quipped.

"I guess you knew what were doing." Tsunami quipped with a shocked tone.

"Uh, Donald? Are you thinking what thinking?" Goofy asked with a shocked expression.

"Yeah. Never get on his bad side." Donald muttered back with a shocked expression.

"That whale was larger than a football field." Chip muttered shocked.

"And yet he knocked him away like it was nothing." Dale added with a shocked look.

"The amount of force needed to make that happen is almost incalculable." Gadget muttered with a shake of her head.

"Well, it certainly makes me glad he's on our side." Monty muttered, with Zipper buzzing in agreement.

"That…..was incredible!" Pinocchio exclaimed excitedly after getting over his shock.

"Yes, it truly was an amazing sight. You really are quite strong." Geppetto nodded in agreement.

"This is definitely one for the journal." Jiminy said as he pulled out his journal to write the moment down.

"Alright, alright. Let's help you all get over that epic home run on dry land." Maverick eased as he held his wrist up to call on his ship. "FELICITY. Activate the teleporter and send us to a check point near the Pleasure Island docks."

'I'm afraid I can't, Mr Ramsey. There is too much Heartless activity interfering with your location.' FELICITY responded.

"Uuuh C-Connor?" Goofy shivered in fear as he and Donald pointed behind Connor.

Everyone else looked up in horror as Chip and Dale gulped. As a large shadow casted above everyone. Maverick and Tsunami turned to see a a very large Heartless Man-O-War Ship sailing over the waters right in front of them.

About half the size of Monstro.

This was the SS. Dark-O-War, which had a dark brown body, yellow swirled eyes on the front of the ship, a large metal spike on its front. A large metal dozer shaped jaw, a large cannon on the main deck. Wheel cannons on the sides, and fins on sides towards the back. Its sails were torn, with the front sail bearing the Heartless Emblem.

This Heartless ship was almost bigger than Monstro if not the same size. And it had its living cannons loaded. And aimed at the Maverick.

"Holy H.E. Double hockey stick." Gadget muttered in horror.

"Hey look up there!" Pinocchio point up at the man who was behind the wheel of that ship.

Everyone looked up to see the foggy shadow clear to see that it was the Coachman himself who was manning the wheel.

"Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haaa!" The Coachman let out an evil laugh.

"God damn it. Not Bozo the driver, again!" Maverick sulked in annoyance.

"Will this psycho just take the hint already!?" Tsunami exclaimed in an annoyed and angry tone.

"You've all been a delight! Truly! But I know what your after! And I can't let you go on from here and ruin my business!" The Coachman echoed over.

"Well too bad you, Bastard!" Tsunami shouted angrily as she summoned her keyblade. "Like I told you before! Your Child trafficking days end now!"

"So either step out of that glorified bath boat and stand down, or we're gonna traffic all the fat around your ass!" Maverick threatened as he summoned his keyblade and extended it into a tritonblade.

"Over me dead body, Guardians!" The Coachman yelled as he began to fire the ships cannons.

***BOOM BOOM BOOM!***

"Look out!" Geppetto yelled out.

But Tsunami blocked them with an water shield from spinning her keyblade. As she hovered on the water.

"Everyone get out of here! We'll take him down!" Maverick warned the others.

"But Connor!" Goofy and Donald replied at the same time. Feeling concerned for their pal.

"GO!" Maverick insisted as he lunched himself into the air while forming water rails to slide around the ship.

Then Geppetto and Pinocchio were the first to start rowing as Donald and Goofy began to help row the raft away as well.

Then the fight began as Tsunami and Maverick water rail slide around the Coachman's Heartless ship. The ship kept firing cannons at them. But Maverick and Tsunami's kept leaping and flipping over them. As they simultaneously slid around each other in loops and circles.

Then Maverick began to play some music to help with the rush.

(Bad Meets Evil - Fastline)

Uh, first verse, uh, I'm armed 'til I'm on an island

My life's ridin' on the Autobahn on autopilot

Before I touch dirt, I'll kill y'all with kindness

I kill ya, my natural persona's much worse

You've been warned if you've been born or if you conformed

Slap up a cop and then snatch him out of his uniform

Leave him with his socks, hard bottoms and bloomers on

And hang him by his balls from the horn of a unicorn

As Tsunami was rail grinding and shooting water cannon balls back at the Coachman's artillery. She noticed that on the sides of the ship. The steel turning wheels grew a bit larger and had faces that were spiting out fiery cannon balls.

"Connor! Aim for the turning wheels!" Tsunami yelled out

"There not the weak points of the ship!" Maverick responded as he kept sliding. "It's inside the ship!"

"Exactly!" Tsunami yelled back as she flipped and dodged an incoming cannon ball.

"Oooooh..." Maverick's eyes in realization.

Y'all ****as' intellect mad slow, y'all fags know

Claimin' you bangin', you flamin'

Bet you could light your own cigarette with ya asshole

Me and Shady deaded the past

So that basically resurrected my cashflow

I might rap tight as the snatch of a fat dyke

Though I ain't wrapped tight

My blood type's the '80s, my '90s was like the Navy

You was like the Bradys, you still fly kites daily

Maverick then jumped off a rail and swung over another before he ran and leaped across the boat. Dodging cannon balls and slashing one cannon in half and both half impacted and blew two cannons up. Then Maverick dove into the water and spun like a drill. He jumped and flipped over the water a few times. As he formed a water drill blade made from the ocean water. And the ends of the water drill were imbedded with neon.

And then he launched into the air. Just as one of the steel wheels opened its mouth. Maverick lunched inside the mouth making it gulp and gawk.

Catch me in my Mercedes, bumpin' "Ice Ice Baby"

Screamin', "Shady 'til I die", like a half a pair of dice, life's crazy

So I live it to the fullest 'til I'm Swayze

And you only live it once, so I'm thinkin' 'bout this nice, nice lady

Wait, no, stop me now 'fore I get on a roll (Danish)

Let me tell you what this pretty little dame's name is

'Cause she's kinda famous

And I hope that I don't sound too heinous when I say this

Nicki Minaj, but I wanna stick my p''' in your a'''***

The Coachman looked confused. Before the boat shook a bit making him trip.

Then Tsunami spun around the rail blades and leaped as she slashed her keyblade at the shift mass. Cutting it in half. As she rode across a water wave.

You morons think that I'm a genius

Really I belong inside a dang insane asylum cleanin'

Came to drive them trailer parks crazy

I am back, and I am razor-sharp, baby

And that's back with a capital "B" with an exclamation mark

Maybe you should listen when I flip the linguistics

'Cause when I rip this mystical slick ******

Then the boat began to shake violently as the cannons and artillery began to pop out of place all over the ship.

Then...

You don't wanna become another victim, a statistic of this shit

'Cause after I spit the bullets

I'ma treat these shell casings like a soccer ball

I'ma kick the ballistics, so get this ***k, I'ma live this

***BOOOOOOOOOM!***

Maverick blasted out of the side of the ship in a large neon hotrod thst rode over the water like a open road race track as he did some drifts and drove it through the Dark-O-War several times. Blasting it into pieces. As the Coachman yelled in terror and tried his best to not sink in the water.

I'm livin' life in the fast lane

Movin' at the speed of life and I can't slow down

Only got a gallon in the gas tank

But I'm almost at the finish line, so I can't stop now

I don't really know where I'm headed, just enjoyin' the ride

Just gon' roll 'til I drop and ride 'til I die

I'm livin' life in the fast lane

(Pedal to the metal)

Livin' life in the fast lane

(Pedal to the metal)***

"WOOOOOHOOOOHOOOOHOOOOOOO!" Maverick screamed thrillingly as he stood on his neaon racing car snd flipped up in the air and landed on a wave that Tsunami was controlling as they hovered and stood together.

Music stopped as the fight was over.


Meanwhile the passangers on the raft managed to make it near the shore. But unfortunately the explosion from the heartless ship was so hard that the momentum pushed their raft towards the shore. With everyone on board. Except for Pinocchio and Geppetto. Since they fell off the moment their raft flipped over.

Thankfully Figaro and Cleo with her fish bowl landed safely on the shore.

So did Donald, Goofy and the other Rescue Rangers. But Donald and Goofy ran to the waters and saw that their eas a gap between some hard rocks of a mountain and the ocean head.

"OVER HERE!" Goofy yelled as he waved his hands.

"HURRY!" Donald waved as well.

They could see Pinocchio and Geppetto still out at water. As Pinocchio splashed around looking for Geppetto.

"Father! Father!" Pinocchio called out through the wreckage of the raft and waves, desperately looking for Geppetto. "Oh father!"

Pinocchio found Geppetto, who was hanging on to a log while barely conscious, and swam to him.

"Pinocchio, swim for shore. Swim for shore." Geppetto moan to him as he was almost losing consciousness.

Suddenly…..Monstro appeared over the horizon as he started charging after them again. Pinocchio saw it and didn't have time to be afraid. His father needed him.

"Hang on, Father!" Pinocchio called to him as he swam over.

"Save... yourself." Geppetto gasped to him before losing consciousness, and started sinking beneath the water, only for Pinocchio to pull him back up above the water.

But then Pinocchio noticed Monstro fast approaching. He quickly looked behind him and noticed an opening in the rocky formation by the shore, realizing that was their only hope. So he began quickly swimming as fast as he could while pulling Geppetto with him, refusing to leave his father to die. But Monstro was moving fast, roaring angrily as he swam. And as Pinocchio and Geppetto made it to the rock wall, the water rose with the approaching of Monstro, blocking their escape as Pinocchio paddled as fast as he could.

But looking back, Pinocchio gasped, seeing Monstro leaping at them, making him paddle even faster as the water level lowered to the opening once again, Pinocchio still fighting the current to get him and Geppetto through in time. And they just barely made it through before Monstro crashed face first after them.

**Crash!**

The impact caused the water to shoot out the other end of the wall in tidal wave, causing Geppetto to role and wash up on shore, near the group.

"Geppetto!" Everyone exclaimed in shock and worry.

"Donald, Goofy! Go help Geppetto! I'm gonna go look for Pinocchio!" Jiminy said to the two, earning nods before the two ran towards Geppetto with Figaro following after.

"We'll help you look for Pinocchio." Chip said to Jiminy with Dale and the rest of the Rescue Rangers nodding in agreement.

"Thanks. Let's hurry." Jiminy said before he and the Rescue Rangers split up to find Pinocchio.

"Geppetto!" Donald said as he and Goofy ran over with Figaro right behind them and helped him sit up. "It's Ok now. You're safe."

"Pinocchio... save yourself." Geppetto slurred out, still out of it from the recent events, prompting Figaro to climb onto his lap and snuggle into him to try and reassure him "Don't mind me, Son. Save yourself... Pinocchio."

"It's gonna be okay, Geppetto. Jiminy and the Rescue Rangers are looking for Pinocchio right now." Goofy said, trying to reassure Geppetto as he slowly regained his senses.

Meanwhile, Jiminy was climbing over rocks, looking for Pinocchio.

"Pinocchio! Oh, Pinocchio!" Jiminy called out as he climbed over another rock, looking around. "Pinocchi..."

Jiminy gasped in horror as he finally found Pinocchio, laying face first in the water, unmoving.

In fact he wasn't moving at all. Because...Pinocchio was gone.


Meanwhile back on the ocean. The Coachman had just fallen in the water as his ship shattered into pieces and sank into the water. While the hearts of its many different Heartless cannons were floating away.

The Coachman swam up coughing and leaned onto a floating plank. As Maverick and Tsunami hovered onto the waters in front of him.

The Coachman glared and shook his fist.

"YOU THINK THIS IS OVER?! DO YOUR WORST! I'LL BE KICKIN INTO HIGH GEARS BY SUNRISE AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT! YOU'LL BE DANCIN WITH THE DEVIL BEFORE SUPPER TIME! YOU HEAR ME?!" The Coachman screamed angerly as he shook his fist.

But Maverick and Melody kept hovering as they smirked and waved goodbye at the Coachman.

"Oy! What the bloody hell are you all wavin at?!" The Coachman demanded.

Then Maverick enthusiastically pointed behind the Coachman.

Then the Coachman turned around and gasped in horror. Seeing Monstro the whale charge towards him and opening his mouth as he swam under the Coachman.

"No! NO NO NO NO NO! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" The Coachman tried to swim away when the bubbles increased around him. And then.

***RUSH AND GULP!***

Monstro rushed upward and swallowed the Coachman whole. Along with what was left of his ship. Killing the Coachman instantly as he was thrusted all the way down the whale's throat.

"Good riddence." Tsunami muttered.

"Burn in hell, Roachman." Maverick seethed.

All of the boys who suffered because of The Coachman were now given justice. And he can no longer hurt or enslave anyone ever again.

Then suddenly Monstro turned and glared towards Maverick as he snarled and growled.

***"GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR..."*** Monstro growled like he was ready for a fight.

"Connor?..." Tsunami took a step back on the stationary waves.

But Maverick took a deep breath and closed his eyes. Before he shifted back to Connor. And Tsunami who was confused followed his lead and shifted back into Melody

While they were standing on the waves that remained still. Connor held his hand out and opened his eyes as they turned into a bright gold. And Monstro stopped growling as his eyed widened to seeing Connor.

As Connor used his aquatic telepathic abilities to speak to the whale. Connor starred hard at the whale. As if he was telling it something. As he kept starting and his forehead was sweating.

And much to Melody's amazement.

The whale nodded and slowly submerged back into the water. And swam slowly away, peacefully.

Connor then dropped his hand and his eyes turned back to his normal green color as he left out a deep breath. And exhaled as it used a lot of energy for him to talk.

"He's not gonna bother anyone again." Connor said breathlessly.

"Wow. Connor, that was amazing. What did you tell him?" Melody asked in wonder.

"Only what he needed to know. That was my uncle's telepathic abilities if you were wondering. I rarely use them and to be honest. I didn't know if it would work." Connor answered and admitted as he held his hand. "Now my brain feels like a flat tire."

"But what about the Blood Drop? We still need Monstro's blood." Melody asked, concerned.

"Oh..." Connor deadpanned with a awkward expression as he looked out to where Monstro just left. "Crap. I didn't think I'd get this far."

"Oh no..." Melody sulked looking down.

And then Connor began to hold up a tube of something red.

"Well shit. Now what are we gonna do with his blood?!" Connor smirked mischievously as he held up the tube of Monstro's blood sample.

Melody's cheeks puffed up in a pout.

"That's not funny, Connor. I honestly thought we lost our chance to get rid of the curse for good." Melody said, trying to look mad, but failed because of a smile on her face.

"I did too until I just remembered that me and my glowstick abilities are more flexible. You should have more faith in me, Bay Watch." Connor teased as he pinched Melody's cheek playfully.

"Oh, you're lucky I love you." Melody pouted cutely while punching him lightly on the arm.

Connor chuckled as he wrapped his arm around her. "Come on." He said.

Then he teleported himself and her out of there. Ready to conclude their visit to this world.


Back over on the shore...

Connor and Melody appeared to where everyone else eas standing at first. But all they could see was Goofy standing there. Sulking sadly with his hat in his hands as he stood to wait for them.

"Hey, Goof Dog, what's wrong?" Connor asked as he and Melody walked over.

"Where are the others?" Melody asked, looking around, starting to get concerned.

Goofy gulped a bit as he looked at them sadly. "Um...Follow me. The others are up here." He said sadly.

Then he walked over up the steps toward a shack. Which resembled a small Italian log cabin near the docks. Connor and Melody looked at each other before they followed Goofy. Goofy slowly opened the door as he opened it only half way.

Melody looked in and gasped at what she just saw.

Inside was a small bedroom for anyone to spend the night while working at the docks. But now it was a place of mourning rather than rest. Because…There, laying on the bed, was Pinocchio. He was dead.

And there was poor Geppetto, kneeling beside the bed with his head buried in his arms on the boy, crying over the loss of his son.

"My boy." Geppetto quietly sobbed, heart broken over the loss of his son. "My brave little boy."

As Geppetto cried, Jiminy was leaning against a candle holder, quietly crying himself, trying to wipe away his tears, the Rescue Rangers standing behind him with tears in their own eyes at the sadness in front of them, and Zipper patting Jiminy on the back to try and comfort him.

On another table, Figaro sat next to Cleo's bowl, the kitten and fish both looking down with deep sadness in their eyes.

And in a corner, was a teary eyed Donald, trying and failing to wipe away his tears.

"He didn't make it." Goofy sulked quietly.

Melody gasped in horror as tears fell from her eyes.

"Oh no." Melody choked out before she turned and hugged Connor, sobbing into his shoulder as he wrapped his arms around her, trying to comfort her, even as he was saddened by this as well.

The sight of seeing a boy, even if he was made of wood. Lose his life so fast as it came was too much. But Connor. He started to feel something.

He looked up as he could sense a powerful force of life coming from beyond. As the room lit up just a bit. And he could hear the charms of a certain visitor from heaven speak. But Connor. Connor was the only one who could see the Blue Fairy herself.

A beautiful blonde woman in a blue dress sparking dress with wings and a magic wand. As smiled down at Pinocchio and caressed his cheek.

"Proof yourself brave. Truthful. And unselfish. And someday you will be a real boy." The Blue Fairy repeated her promise to him. As she waved her wand. "Awake little Pinocchio. Awake."

Then suddenly as the Blue Fairy faded away. The magic sparkles caused Pinocchio to change. As his donkey ears and tail vanished. And his wooden skin became actual flesh.

Connor looked in total shock as he saw Pinocchio become a real boy. He slowly tapped Goofy's shoulder.

"Huh?" Goofy looked over and then back at Pinocchio before he gawked in suprise.

"Mel? Look." Connor said quiet as he smiled.

Melody looked up at him confused before looking at the bed, her eyes widening as she let out a silent gasp.

Pinocchio started to wake up, rubbing the sleep from his eyes to see Geppetto crying on the bed.

"Father!" Pinocchio gasped, seeing Geppetto crying "Whatcha cryin' for?"

"'Cause... you're dead, Pinocchio." Geppetto said in his sadness, not realizing that he was speaking to Pinocchio.

"No! No, I'm not!" Pinocchio exclaimed, trying to get his attention with a smile.

"Yes, yes, you are." Geppetto said, still not clicking that Pinocchio was talking to him as he waved a hand at him. "Now lie down..."

"But, Father, I'm alive. See? And..." Pinocchio said waving his hand before looking down at his, realization dawning on him that he was now a human. "And I'm... I'm... I'm real! I'm a real boy!"

Pinocchio's loud proclamation made everyone who was not in the know at this point look at Pinocchio, smiles forming on their faces at seeing that he really was alive.

"You're alive!" Geppetto exclaimed with pure happiness and joy as he scooped Pinocchio up into his arms. "And you, you are a real boy! A real, live boy!"

"YAAAAY! WOOPEEEE!" Jiminy cheered loudly, throwing his hat into the air, the Rescue Rangers dancing about in joy as well as they cheered.

Figaro leaped into the air with joy and landed in Cleo's bowl, grabbing the fish and kissing her out of pure joy.

"He's alive!" Melody squealed out in happiness as he hugged Connor happily.

"Oh boy!" Donald cheered as he grabbed Goofy as the two hugged and spun around laughing.

"It's a miracle! Ah-hyuck! Hoo hoo hoo hoo!" Goofy cheered and laughed.

They were all glad to see this. Especially Connor. But then he dejected something else. As he looked back to see that the open main gates of Pleasure Island was becoming the actual keyhole to the world.

Melody and Connor noticed as Connor stepped forward and held his keyblade out. As he shot out a beam of light into the keyhole. And just like all of the others. The sound of a large and loud lock being turned was heard. And then the keyhole faded completely.

"Gwarsh. Why would the keyhole be from the gate's of this place?" Goofy wondered as he and Donald saw the whole thing.

"Because this wasn't a theme park originally." Connor realized.

"Huh?" Donald and Goofy were confused by what he meant by that.

"Come on. We're not finished yet." Connor said.

They knew he was right. Because they got a curse to break.


Back down in the chamber of the Blood Drop...

While Geppetto and Pinocchio remained back at the shack to recover and marvel at the joy of Pinocchio's awakening as a real boy. The Guardians of the Multiverse and the Rescue Rangers were standing around as Connor performed the ritual to break the curse.

Connor then poured the vial of Monstro's blood onto the pedestal connected to the dark orb. And it caused the pedestal to glow as it caused the blood to float and form a circle.

Then Connor looked at Donald. "Don? Since you're the Emperor's personal Wiz. You're gonna have to finish the ritual. It will only accept the commands of a true master of magic." He stated.

"You got it." Donald said with confidence as he pulled out his staff, ready to enact his magic to complete the ritual.

"Spell these words out in ancient Akkadian. By the will of the Order. May this curse ceased to be from the realm of light." Connor instructed careful.

Donald nodded and closed his eyes as he spelled rode the letters magically in the air with the tip of his wand. Once he finished. Connor and Donald waved the floating words of light towards the ring of blood. And it caused the blood to light up white. And then Connor held his keyblade up and thrusted the tip into the white ring. Causing a beam of light to shoot into the blood Drop. The orb became a bright diamond like crystal. Before it shattered into pieces and fadded away.

Thus the Blood Drop was gone. And then the piece of the Pearl shard fell from inside of it. Connor smile as he pickdd it up and looked at Melody.

"How many does that make?" Connor asked Melody about the pearl shards they now have.

"That makes six pearl shards, with only four more to go." Melody said with satisfaction.

"Hey fellas, does this mean that the Pleasure Island curse is over now?" Goofy asked.

"Let's go and see." Melody smiled as she and the others ran outside.


Back outside the docks of Pleasure Island...

While Gladiolus an the others had finished rounding up all of the donkeys that were sold off on Pleasure Island. Cor Leonis himself along with a group of local law officers were with him.

Cor Leonis was riding ahead on a caravan of horse drawn carriages up to the gates of Pleasure Island. There over twenty to thirty different carriages. Each passenger were either parents or older siblings.

As the curse broke. Gladiolus, Prompto and Ignis were standing near the gate entrance when they turned around and were suprised to see yet another miracle happen.

A bright light flashed over all of the donkeys. And all of the them were turned back into boys. They even had their clothes back on.

All of the boys cheered as they were human again. And they were free.

"Well I'll be. Looks like the curse has been broken." Gladiolus said with a big smile.

"They did it! They did it!" Prompto cheered while feeling pumped. "I knew they could save these boys."

"Yes, the Guardians truly are something else, aren't they?" Ignis said, pushing his glasses up, looking cool while doing so.

Then as this was going on. The Guardians and Rescue Rangers arrived just on time to see all of the families of the kids were running out of their carriages as the boys ran to them and jumped into the arms of their mothers and fathers as tears, laughter and sobs of joy like no other could be heard all over.

***"Oh my baby boy!"***

***"CHESTER! OH MY SON!"***

***"Oh Ashton! Thank the Lord! It's really you!"***

***"MAMA MAMA!"***

***"DADDY!"***

***"MOMMY!"***

Melody along with the other Guardians came just in time, as the Princess looked over to see Alexander the boy she helped. The boy running in the arms of his beautiful mother who was already in tears.

"Oh Mommy I'm sorry I ran away! I promise I'll be good!" Alexander sobbed in his mothers arms.

"Oh my Darling. My Alex. Shhhh. It's alright. Mama's not angry anymore...I love you so much Alex." His mother sniffed as she held him close while looking up to the stars. Like she was thanking God her son was back.

Melody smiled brightly as she sees Alexander being lifted up in the arms of his mother as she carried him to his ride. Alexander's head was on his mother's shoulder as he looked over. Smiled and waved at Melody. Melody waved back with a genuine smile.

Gladiolus, Prompto and Ignis went over and stood near the Guardians as the crowd of hundreds of boys and even more so of adults were all overjoyed with reunions of tears and warm hugs.

"Some of these boys were trapped the way they were for almost five years of their lives. Their parents however, never gave up despite all odds." Ignis said as he stood with the team.

"That must have been hell for them." Melody muttered, not even being able to begin to understand the pain and worry all these people went through. "But it's amazing that all these parents never gave up."

"I understand how they feel. If my nephews ever went missing, no force in the Multiverse could stop me from finding them." Donald said with a nod.

"Same here. All this makes me want to just hug my son Maxie so much right now." Goofy said with a sniffle.

Goofy spoke about his son Max while they were traveling on the Stingray. So they already knew about him being a father. Out of all of the Guardians. Goofy understood Geppetto's joy the most to have his son back.

Speaking of Geppetto. He and Pinocchio walked out of the shack holding hands together while Jiminy was on Pinocchio's shoulder. Figaro their cat was walking with them looking happy. And Cleo their goldfish's bowl was being held in Geppetto's arm.

"Look at this this, Pinocchio. It seems we won't be the only one's celebrating tonight." Geppetto said as he smiled at the crowd and reunion.

"Yeah!" Pinocchio beamed.

The boy could even see Lampwick, the boy he was with hugging his mother after a traumatic experience he went through. After he was done hugging his mother. He saw Pinocchio and looked suprised before he said something to his mother who nodded and he ran over to greet him.

"Hey Woodstuff! You're not made of wood anymore!" Lampwick jested as he chuckled. "Guess we're not the only ones seein some changes, huh?"

"Nope. We sure aren't." Pinocchio shook his head with a smile.

"Yeah, remember all that stuff I said about doing bad stuff and livin a little? I take it all back." Lampwick remarked.

"Same here." Pinocchio nodded.

"Well. I gotta get goin. Ma's making tonight's special to celebrate. See ya around, Shorty." Lampwick winked as he ran off to join his family.

"Bye Lampwick!" Pinocchio waved at him.

He was sure glad things were turning out well for everyone.

Connor couldn't help but wonder as something was on his mind.

"Did any of the donkeys...You know." Connor almost asked Gladiolus.

But he understood. He was asking if any of them died.

Gladiolus sighed.

"Some of them. We found their corpses. Even their bones. And brought them back here. At first we were planning to honor their memories for what they suffered and all. But...the moment you broke the curse. They rose back up from the dead along with the others." Gladiolus grinned as he gestured at the group of children who were dead.

"Gosh. I'm so glad those boys have been given a second chance to live their lives." Melody said with a smile, but was saddened hearing that some of the boys had to go through such an ordeal. "And with Coachman and the curse gone, this tragedy won't happen to anyone again."

"True. But I don't think all of them are ever going to be the same. They've been through the kind of hell most of us wouldn't dream of spending a second in." Connor said and added. "Don't try to say that three times fast."

"You're right. They've been through such an ordeal." Melody said, sad for the boys. "It'll take a long time to heal from those scars."

"Don't worry, Melody. Those boys are with their parents now." Donald tried to reassure Melody.

"Donald's right. It may take a while for them to heal, but they won't have to go through it alone." Goofy agreed with Donald.

Connor nodded as he turned around ane noticed Cor Leonis walked over and stood with Gladiolus and the others.

"Leonis?" Connor nodded with respect.

"Ramsey?" Cor Leonis nodded back with the same respect.

"So. What's next for Aquatic Guard Dogs?" Prompto asked with a smirk.

"Well we've got at least four or five more worlds to visit. Hopefully we're going somewhere warmer, linear, and where the food doesn't have high-frutose corn syrup." Connor mused.

"Well. You're probably in luck. Because we're going to the same next world you're going towards next?" Ignis revealed.

"Come again?" Connor inquired as he and the other Guardians were a little suprised to hear that.

"We've already tracked down the world where the next Pearl Shard is currently located. And it just so happens to be the same world my group are heading to towards to find more recruits for the Resistance. So we'll be there to bail you out of trouble." Cor Leonis said with a grin. "You're most welcome."

"Or the other way around. No need to thanks, just be ready to pay. Not ready just screwing around." Connor quipped.

"So, what's our rest world set in?" Melody asked them.

Since Cor's group has some recruits to go and meet. They would know.

"The old west." Gladiolus smirked.

Connor does a curly huff as he was shocked. "I need a seat. And a L-Theanine." He huffed as he hunched on his knees.

Connor is one of the biggest fans of the Old West.

Melody giggled at her boyfriend's usual antics.

"I take it this Old West is something you're gonna be looking forward to?" Melody asked with a smirk.

"Mel? Did you ever read a book or watch a mural of cowboys and horses?" Connor said while looking up at her as he was still processing the news. "Hell fricken yeah I'm looking forward to it! Is that a problem?!"

"Hehehe. Nope. Seeing you so excited about it, it makes me look forward to seeing this world myself." Melody said with a giggle.

"We'll be arriving at a small town there in the morning. We'll send you a check point we have once we get there." Ignis stated as Geppetto and Pinocchio came over.

"Is everything alright?" Geppetto asked out of concern for all of them.

"Yeah. Everything's perfectly fine, Mr. Geppetto. We were just discussing where we'll be going next." Melody answered.

"Are you going out to save more people in the sky?" Pinocchio asked with child optimism.

"Yes we are Pinocchio." Melody said sweetly while leaning down to his level. "A hero's work is never done."

"Never ever?" Pinocchio asked with curiosity.

"Precisely, Pinocch. Because as long as there's too much darkness, people will most likely always be in danger from those who will take advantage and become careless of the people around them. But there will always be heroes who will fight back. Which is why I'm gonna continue the journey with all of you." Jiminy said as he hopped on the ground and looked at the Guardians.

The Guardians were surprised to hear that Jiminy chose to finish the journey with them rather than stay in his home world.

"Jiminy? Are you sure?" Goofy asked as the others were suprised.

"But you've just gotten back home." Donald added.

"I know. And now that it's back. Especially now that Connor's sealed the keyhole. and with the quantum distortion is gone as well. My world is not going anywhere now. I have a promise to keep to Empress Minnie. Pinocchio and everyone else will be here when I get back." Jiminy stated firmly with a smile as he looked back at Pinocchio and Geppetto. "Am I right?"

"We sure will." Pinocchio smiled.

"Well, okay then." Donald said enthusiastically.

"If that's what you want to do, then welcome back aboard. Ah-hyuck!" Goofy said with a chuckle.

"We'd better head out though." Chip stated.

"Yeah, Empress Minnie will be expecting us to report back!" Dale added.

"No prob, I'll drive you two literal nut jobs at the palace before Zip and I park the ship at the local mechanic." Gadget grinned as she got the keys to their gummi ship out of her pocket.

"Bzzz bzzz!" Zipper agreed with a thumbs up.

Their RR gummi ship was pretty small for a human, but big enough for creatures of their size.

"And I'll be stopping at a local swizz shop." Monty said as he licked his lips at the thought of gorging on some more cheese.

"Alrighty then." Connor looked over at the Resistance trio. "See you at the Ranch, Boys." He winked.

Connor said that in a deep western tone. Which kinda made Melody flush.

"See ya there, partner." Gladiolus said with his own western accent.

"Catch y'all later, City slickers." Prompto said with a western accent too.

"In the words of a living legend." Ignis started as he pushed his glasses up, light reflecting off the lenses. "Yippee-Ki-Yay, Mother***ker."

"God damn it! I was saving that one! He took it out of my credit." Connor huffed and bummed out as he turned around while making Melody giggle at his antics.

Then Connor called in Felicity with his wrist device.

"Beam us up Dia Feliz." Connor mused.

'At once, Senor.' FELICITY responded as the Guardians were beamed up to the Gummi Ship.


Later that night on the Stingray...

When they returned on the ship. They noticed how nothing hapooon the ship. Mostly because Dug was watching a marathon of Full House, or as Connor liked to call it, 'the whitey white show that bleeds white in their whimsical smiles.'

And Mini-Mav was extremely busy on the Nintendo playing Legend of Zelda Breath Of The Wild. He was so busy he didn't even bother asking how the mission went. Not that it bothered them.

After dinner and a pat on the back from a job well done on Pleasure Island. Everyone turned in for the night. And Connor was in his bedroom

Connor was up on his bed wearing a pair of red pajama shorts and a white tank top with his muscular arms showing. And he was bare foot.

Connor was waiting for his lady of the hour to come in. More than likely Melody was wrapping up her shower and nightly hygiene.

And putting on the right cloths.

A few minutes of waiting later, and he was rewarded with the sight of his girlfriend Melody, who walked into the bedroom, wearing an aqua-blue silk nightgown that went down to just above her knees. The nightgown had neon fish images magically swimming across the front of the nightgown thanks to Connor's neon abilities. Her hair was loose and flowing loose from her traditional ponytail. And she was barefoot.

"So, Connor. How do I look?" Melody asked cutely with a gesture and a pose, making her look even cuter. And more beautiful.

Connor smiled as he sat up and gestured for her to come over.

"Right now. You're so breathtakingly beautiful. I wanna take your picture so I can show Santa what I want for Christmas." He flirted humorously and genuinely.

Melody just giggled and walked over to the bed and sat on his lap with her arms wrapped around his neck with his around her waist.

"I think I'd like to be your gift." Melody said with a purr before kissing him on the lips, rubbing her bare feet together.

Connor kissed her lips back. As he felt very fortunate to have someone like her. So compassionate. Soft. Gentle. Supportive. Loyal. Trusting. Beautiful. Cute. Gorgeous. Playful. Courageous.

Perfect in every way.

"I'm not gonna lie. Today was...A very hard day for me." Connor said sincerely as he held her close.

He was referring to admitting his father was dead. He never could handle reliving that moment. Especially losing his best friend.

Melo responded by laying her head on his chest. Holding him close as she cuddled close.

"I know. But you don't have to hold it in, anymore. If you ever want to talk to me about it. I'll be here." Melody said with a caring smile before it became more sly. "I'm a very good listener, almost as much as I'm a great swimmer and phenomenal kisser."

"Hehe. Yeah well. You're definitely gold in two of those. But your a hard silver in swimming. I still got the gold in that department." Connor teased as he felt a little mischievous at the moment.

"Is that so?" Melody said, a competitive glint in her eyes. "Then perhaps you won't have any issues with trying to prove it? Maybe some time tomorrow?"

Since the ship was in a submerine form and was heading to their next location via a quantum vortex under the ocean. They would probably have time tomorrow for a race.

"You're on, Babe. The winner will get to decide what's for dinner next time we're on board." Connor winked.

"Oh, it's on then." Melody said with a determined smile.

"But...For now. I'm gonna teach you how to play a video game. Starting with the first macho munchkin with a mustache I was introduced to. Mario." Connor said and quipped as he sat Melody next to him on the bed as he turned on the TV and launched his own Nintendo Switch.

Yes he has two of them. One for him and one for Mini-Mav.

"Ohh, this should be fun." Melody said excitedly as she sat with her legs crossed, holding her toes in her hands.

Then Connor took out two switch controllers. One green one and the other was aqua blue. He ended it to Melody. "Since he matches your dress. And it smells pretty damn good." He grinned.

"Hehehe. Thank you, Sweetie." Melody said as she took the controller before a question came to mind. "Hey, Connor? Would it be alright if I tell my Mom about….Well…..Our relationship? Just during the next time I call her?"

Just as Connor was about to answer. A call from Ariel was displayed on the phone. Especially since Tony Stark taught her how it works whenever she wants to call her daughter.

"Definitely. I think we should make it now. Just a hunch." Connor timidly stated as he stepped aside and sat on the lounge as he whispered. "Just act like I'm not in the room."

Melody made an okay gestured as she pressed Answer. And Ariel who was at her Secret Grotto at Atlantica was using a tablet device to call her Daughter. Once she displayed face time wise. Ariel smiled.

"Melody? How are you, Sweetie? Is this thing working?" Ariel asked

"Yes Mom. I can see and hear you." Melody said with a giggle. "How are you doing?"

"It's been somewhat tense without your Grandfather around to keep things in line. But I wouldn't be able to make through these past days without your aunts by my side." Ariel sighed with a small smile. Before she changed the subject. "But it's nothing to worry about. How are you doing? Have you and Connor made some progress?"

"Oh definitely. We just need to find four more of the Pearl Shards." Melody said enthusiastically before looking nervous and biting her bottom lip. "Hey, Mom? There's I need to tell you."

"Of course, Dear. What is it?" Ariel answered softly.

"Um, recently..." Melody started hesitantly before she grabbed Connor's hand. "Connor and I have become a couple."

Connor remained out if sight of the tablet while he held Melody's hand. Ariel couldn't see it. But she looked delighted to hear this.

"Melody. That's wonderful! Was this just today?!" Ariel asked with a bright smile.

While Melody was relieved that her mother took this well.

"Actually I think it was yesterday or at least the day before. On the world we were on when we got the fifth shard." Melody said after giving it some thought.

"Awe and you didn't think to call and tell me before?" Ariel playfully pouted with her lib quivering.

"I was going to actually, honest! I was just you know very busy doing Guardian things and-" Melody tried to explain as she mildly panicked.

"Melody, Darling relax. I was only kidding." Ariel assured and gave her a tender look. "Just, tell me. Does Connor make you happy."

Melody just put on a serene smile.

"Connor is one of the best things to ever happen to me." Melody answered before giving Connor a quick kiss on the lips to prove her point.

Connor looked nervously at the screen before he finished kissing her.

"I hope this is still legal. To be honest, she kissed me first so hopefully we'll both get the clink. Which I hear is nice. I don't know why I even get to go to one." Connor nervously quipped.

Ariel giggled and rolled her eyes playfully.

"It's perfectly fine, Connor. I'm so happy Melody was able to find an amazing guy like you." Ariel said with a smile before giving him an intimidating protective mother look. "But if you ever hurt my baby, there will be no place within the vast Multiverse that you'll be able to hide from me. Am I clear?"

"Believe me. I'd rather get my internal organs caught in a black hole and chewed on by twenty sharks while crucified, then to ever have the thought of hurting her." Connor said sincerely while hiding the somewhat fear of facing Ariel's wrath.

"A bit graphic. But I'm glad we are in agreement." Ariel said with a nod before smiling. "I'm so happy for the two of you. And that your relationship was so easily made. Believe me, I had to go against my own father's wishes and ran away from home just so I could be with Eric. I'm grateful that will not be the case with you two."

"Oh you don't know the half of it. Things haven't been easy for me until I met her. Always living incognito and having issues with the war, not to mention my dad and best friend were both axed off in a plane crash. To be honest. I haven't been this happy in a long long time." Connor said sincerely as he held Melody's hand tightly and she leaned her head on Connor's shoulder.

"My gosh. I'm so sorry, Dear. I had no idea." Ariel said with assuring condolence before giving a kind smile. "But I'm glad you were able to find happiness again with my daughter. And I would like to officially welcome you as part of the family now."

Connor nodded as he was glad to hear it. "Yeah. I'd like that. But when you really think about it. We're all of the ocean. Both part of Atlantis...Or Atlantica as you call it. We were always part of the same family. And we're all in this together." He stated sincerely.

"You're right, Sweetie. We already are." Melody said with a beaming smile as she gave Connor a one-armed hug.

"Truer and wiser words have never been spoken." Ariel said with an approving nod.

"And we promise. We're both going to bring Grandfather home. Everything is going to work out. I know it." Melody promised her mother.

"Thanks. I know you can do it." Ariel said before noticing the time. "Well, I think I'll leave you two to enjoy the rest of your night. I'll talk to you later. Goodnight you two."

"Good night, Queen Anne's Revenge." Connor mused as he gave a two fingers salute.

"Please, calling me Ariel will do just fine. Or Mom as soon as your ready." Ariel smirked.

"That name's already taken but I'll work on a nickname." Connor winked which made Ariel chuckle.

Ariel liked Connor the moment she saw him and her daughter first kiss.

"Good night Mommy. I love you." Melody said sweetly.

"I love you too, my Darling." Ariel replied with a warm smile.

And then the call ended. And they both took a deep breath of relief.

"You know this means your cursed now with convient-itis. Cause the moment you mentioned your Mom, she called immediately." Connor teased about the times Melody teased him about being cursed from his other convenient moments.

Like in Thebes.

"Yeah? Well the score that is me, one. You, five." Melody said with a teasing smirk.

"Sorry but since you're breaded with a crown, that scores a six." Connor playfully nudged her making her giggle.

"You're incouragable, you know that?" Melody giggled as she playfully shoved him back.

"And you are adorable...And the total definition of easy." Connor teased as he playfully shoved her back making her laugh.

"And you are a very handsome madman." Melody giggled as she threw a pillow at his face.

Connor laughed as he came at her.

"And you are a royal threat to my inner void and brooding tough image. You could kill Zack Snyder's edge with just your eyes!" He jested back as he grabbed her left foot and tickled the sole with his fingers.

"Hahahaha! No! Stop!" Melody laughed, pretending to struggle.

"Stop what?" Connor teased as he ran his fingers in between her toes to tickle her.

"Hahaha! Stop the tickling! Hahaha!" Melody laughed while writhing about on the bed.

Connor decide she lad enough and laid next to her with his head propped up on his elbow as he smiled. And she calmed herself before she turned and smiled back.

"Does this mean I win?" Connor mused.

"Hehehehe. We'll see." Melody said, giving him a quick kiss before smirking. "After I beat you at….Mario Party Superstar is it?"

Connor smirked back before they both sat up and tool their controllers. Connor turned on Mario Party Superstar and showed Melody how the buttons worked. And they got to enjoy the game together the moment it started.

"Is Mario the one in green?" Melody asked cutely and curiously.

"No. That would be his brother Luigi. The one who's tots are cheeper." Connor quipped an answer.

"Oh okay." Melody said while she got ready to play. And Connor showed her how the buttons work.

She caught on quickly actually.

From then on, they went on playing until they got sleepy and went to bed that night. Before they would prepare themselves for the next world in the morning.


Meanwhile out at the upper deck of the Sting Ray. Jiminy Cricket stood on the dash of the ship controls while the Stringray was on auto pilot as it cruised across the ocean. Heading towards its destination. While Jiminy admired the beauty of the ocean of his home world. He had just finished documenting the events in his journal. Before he smiled and sighed as he stood up and looked up at the ocean.

Wondering if the Blue Fairy could hear him. Wherever she dwells. He was sure grateful that his best pal Pinocchio finally became a real boy. And he knew Geppetto and he were celebrating back home. A lot of parents and children were around his world.

This night was truly a blessing for his world.

Taking off his hat in respect, he looked out the windows and up towards the sky above the ocean.

"Thank you, milady. He deserved to be a real boy. And it sure was nice of you to-" Jiminy said looking up, wondering if the blue fairy could hear him, and got his answer when s light shined in front of him, making him gasp before looking down in wonder with a big smile forming on his face.

"Well, I'll be!" Jiminy exclaimed happily as he put hat back on and looked to see a gold badge in the shape of a star pinned to his coat with the words 'Official Conscience' and 18KT underneath that. "My, my! Solid gold, too. Oh, I think it's swell!"

Jiminy shined the badge while looking up, now seeing the wishing star shining bright, even from beneath the ocean. And he felt the power of Fantasia take hold as he started to sing a very well known song.

"Like a bolt out of the blue~ Fate steps in and sees you throooooough~ When you wish, upon a star~ Your dreams...come...truuuuuuuue~"


THAT'S ALL FOR NOW FOLKS! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰

Boy this was one I wanted to do for a long long time. Giving those boys on Pleasure Island a second chance and set them all free 😁

But now it will be soon time for the Maverick and the Guardians of the Depths to head out towards the Old West. Where not only will they meet the Lone Ranger. But also…..ZORRO!

And after a lot of thinking I came to a conclusion of how it will be.

"Tom Holland playing Zorro?" Maverick teased. 😏

HELL NAH!

No offense to Spidey but a Spider-Man actor can't play everyone. We've got Uncharted to prove that. πŸ˜“

It will be an original story. Featuring the main star from 'The Mask Of Zorro'. And the Disney version of the Lone Ranger. Only with a better script for them. They'll have a better written origin story for conversation purposes. And yes. Maverick and Tsunami will be getting some decent western Cowboy and Cowgirl attire. πŸ‘

Thank you all so much for reading!

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