And now, our heroes have to rescue the Crystal. Enjoy!
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Sora, Riku, Kairi, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Terra, Ven, Aqua, Roxas, Lea, Naminé, Xion, Isa, Myde, Minnie, Daisy, Max, Oswald, Ortensia, Audrey, Vinny, Mole, Cookie, and Mrs. Packard followed Milo as the linguist led them to a large, abandoned fish-shape vehicle.
"What is that?" asked Daisy.
"Something that can help us." replied Sora.
Sora, Mickey, and Milo climbed on top of the vehicle.
"Follow our lead." said Mickey.
Milo placed his crystal in the slot the way Kida had. The vehicle then rose into the air.
"Whoa!" Ven, Lea, Roxas, Myde, Max, and Oswald said in awe.
"Quackers!" exclaimed Daisy.
"That is so cool." said Xion, amazed.
"A-hyuck! Flying Fish!" Goofy commented.
"Well, I'm impressed." Packard said sarcastically.
"It's simple," said Milo. "All you gotta do its-"
"Let me drive!" Donald, who had been thoroughly amazed, interrupted Milo as the mage climbed up with the trio and tried to press the panel.
"Donald, wait!" Sora exclaimed.
"Donald, NO!" cried Mickey.
But it was already too late. Donald had slammed his hand onto the control panel. The vehicle flew swiftly in reverse and slammed into the wart behind it. Everyone cringed at the sight. Sora, Mickey, Donald, and Milo quickly recovered while the vehicle was shut off.
"You guys ok?" asked Naminé.
"Yeah, we're good." Sora replied as he rubbed his head.
"Donald, you gotta be careful with these things." Mickey told his Court Magician.
"Hey Milo? You got something sporty? You know, like a tuna?" Vinny asked sarcastically.
"So how do these things work exactly?" asked Terra.
"The crystals power them up." said Sora. "Kida showed us earlier."
"Then let's get some of those things flying." Lea smirked.
"Are those equipped with weapons?" asked Aqua.
"Yeah. Kida told us before she gave us a tour." said Kairi. "Why?"
"Because they'll come in handy when we're fighting the soldiers." Aqua replied.
"Got it." nodded Sora.
Milo used his crystal to power up various vehicles. Before long, a large number of fish-shaped vehicles were airborne alongside a few hammerhead shark ones. Sora, Mickey, and Milo were in a single shark-vehicle, Kairi, Naminé, and Xion took another, as did Audrey & Sweet, Minnie & Daisy, and Oswald & Ortensia. Roxas, Lea, and Isa handled the large fish vehicle, as did Riku, Terra, & Ven, Max & Mole, Aqua, Donald & Goofy, Myde & Vinny, and Cookie & Mrs. Packard.
Within minutes, they were all hovering above the Atantian city.
"Alright this is it!" Milo declared. "We're gonna rescue the princess! We're gonna save Atlantis!" Or we're gonna die trying! Now let's do this!"
"Lead the way!" said Goofy.
The vehicles were soaring away within seconds.
The Atlanians cheered for the heroes.
"Hey man, make love not war!" Stan called to them.
"Uh… you got it!" Sora called back.
Despite the fact they were about to fight a whole bunch of mercenaries, nothing would stop them from saving Atlantis.
In the volcanic chamber, the Heartless had helped Rourke, Helga, and the soldiers with their escape plan. They helped reuse some of the totaled machinery by taking it apart and remade into various things. Among them was a truck made into a plane launcher. Helga ordered the soldiers, human and Heartless, to construct small battle planes in case anyone showed up to stop them from their escape.
Some of the human soldiers made makeshift cannons and pulled the trigger, sending a small rocket up the shaft. The fireball collided with the top of the tunnel and sent a series of falling rocks. Everyone managed to avoid being crushed.
Rourke emerged from his hiding place behind the boulder and strode up to the rocks and gazed upward. In the middle of the ceiling far above them, the blue sky could be seen and the sunlight was shining down.
"I love it when I win." Rourke evilly smirked.
Back outside, Sora, Milo, and Co. were flying towards the entrance to the tunnels. But then, Mickey thought he saw something up ahead.
"Fellas! We got company!" he called.
"What is it Mickey?" asked Roxas.
Suddenly, numerous Heartless flew out of the tunnel. There were Rapid Thrusters, Flutterlings, Possessors, and Water Cores flew towards Atlantis.
"More Heartless!" exclaimed Isa.
"They're heading for Atlantis!" exclaimed Milo.
And he was right.
"No doubt Ansem and Xemnas are behind this." said Lea.
"Lea's right! Look!" said Terra.
Everyone stopped their vehicles and saw Ansem standing on the other side of the gap.
"Where's Xemnas?" asked Myde, confused.
"Doesn't matter." said Mickey. "We have to get Ansem out of the way before we can go into the tunnel."
"I'll handle him!" said Sora. "The rest of you can stop the Heartless from attacking the Atlanteans."
"I'll help you Sora!" said Ven.
"Me too!" said Roxas.
"Then the rest of us will handle the Heartless!" said Milo.
With that, Sora, Roxas, and Ven summoned their gliders and flew towards Ansem while everyone else went to stop the Heartless.
Sora, Ven, and Roxas landed on the land and summoned Kingdom Key, Wayward Wind, and Two Become One.
"Splitting up, are we?" Ansem asked with an amused smirk.
"You're not standing in our way!" Sora said firmly.
"Now get lost!" said Ven.
Ansem chuckled as he summoned Heartless Blade. It had gotten upgraded a bit as it now had a purple glow, purple wisps on the red guard, a blakc chain with dark symbols with some red lining attached to the Heartless-symbol keychain. (1)
"If you want the Crystal back, you'll have to get through me." Ansem smirked as he got into a fighting position.
"Fine by us!" said Roxas as the three look-alikes got into fighting positions.
(Ansem Final Boss Fight from Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories plays)
Mission: Defeat Ansem
Playable Characters:
Sora
Ventus
Roxas
Ansem conjured up several pillars of darkness and they floated towards the three. Sora, Roxas, and Ven were able to dodge them before they casted orbs of light back at Ansem. Sora and Asnem charged at one another and clashed Keyblades before Ansem kicked Sora back. Roxas came to Sora's aid and casted Firaga against Ansem, hitting him in the chest. Ansem snarled as he fired Dark Firaga back at Roxas, the former Nobody braley dodging it. Sora ran at Ansem and slashed him several times before he fired Pulse Tracer against the special Heartless. Ansem growled as he slashed Sora's chest, only to get struck by Ven with a Wateraga spell. Ansem conjured up more orbs of darkness at the trio, which they quickly slashed away before Roxas fired Perlza at Snem, striking him in between his chest and stomach.
Ansem glared as he fired Raging Storm at the trio, sending them hurling into the air. Ven quickly recovered as he fired Deep Freeze against Ansem. Roxas took that opportunity to slashed Ansem multiple times before he upper-kicked him in the chin backwards before he casted Crawling Fire at him. Ansem seethed as he casted Exo Spark, electrocuting the three. Sora was able to escape the spell three seconds later as he fired Blizzaga back at Ansem. Ven took that chance to casted Wind Tracer before suddenly getting slashed back by Ansem twice before he fired Thunder Tracer at the blonde. But Ansem failed to see Sora come back and cast Triple Pursuit against Ansem. Ansem tried to fire back with more orbs of darkness, but Roxas beat him to it by firing Transcendence back at him.
Sora turned to Ven.
"Ven!" he shouted.
"Let's go Sora!" Ven shouted back.
Sora and Ven summoned their Ultima Weapons and rushed at Ansem together and both unleashed the Fever Pitch Command Style, surrounding themselves in green aura. Both their Ultima Weapons glowed with orange and green light and used the Ars Arcanum technique. They unleashed a flurry of 7 rapid slices that stopped Ansem in his place before unleashing 5 a bit slower but more powerful strikes, pushing the Heartless back.
"Wind!" they shouted in unison.
Ven unleashed a Tornado spell that sent Ansem flying through the air and Sora casted an Aeroza spell that engulfed the Organization member, dealing further damage and making him shout in pain. When it subsided the both of them reeled back their Keyblades.
"Come on!" they yelled.
Sora and Ven used the Wind Raid technique. They tossed their Ultima Weapons as they spun faster than a hurricane and became engulfed in green wind energy. Their Keyblades repeatedly slashed Ansem and he screamed in pain. The both of them motioned their Keyblades to go up and then back down. The two Keyblades struck Ansem in the gut and sent him crashing to the ground. But he was able to get up and hold his Keyblade up high. Sora and Ven caught their Keyblades and smirked at each other.
"Ready?!" asked Sora.
"You bet!" Ven replied.
Their Keyblades enlarged in coatings of orange and green auras and leapt up to blast off towards Ansem faster than jet.
"It's over!" they shouted.
They spun their Keyblades and they combined, forming an energy cyclone they used to fly towards Ansem and pushed him back even further before flipping and gathered energy to use the Last Word technique.
"Light!" they shouted.
Sora and Ven used the accumulated energy to move around faster than the speed of sound, launching 5 slashes in random directions that engulfed Ansem in 10 crystallised columns of light that condensed into a crystal sphere of light that trapped him. Sora and Ven gathered light energy in the air.
"Light!" they yelled.
The both of them blasted off like a couple of rockets and unleashed a spin slash through the crystal, making it explode and sending Ansem crashing into the ground, knocking him unconscious.
(Ansem Final Boss Fight from Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories ends)
Sora, Roxas, and Ven panted as they regrouped. Then, Xemnas appeared through a corridor of Darkness.
"Where were you hiding?" snarked Roxas.
"Ansem was meant to tire you out." Xemnas replied. He then summoned Ethereal Superior.
Sora smirked. "We've taken on several of you at the same time before." he shot back.
"You forget. Like you, we train." said Xemnas.
Sora, Roxas, and Ven swapped their Keyblades for Kingdom Key, Oathkeeper & Oblivion, and Wayward Wind as they got into fighting positions.
(Xemnas Data-Rematch from Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix plays)
Mission: Defeat Xemnas
Playable characters:
Sora
Ventus
Roxas
Xemnas launched his ethereal blades at the trio. Sora, Ven, and Roxas slashed them away as Roxas jumped into the air and fired Blizzaga at the old Organization's Number 1, right in the chest. Xemnas glared as he slashed Roxas back and then casted Dark Firaga against him. But Xemnas failed to see Sora slashed him in the back. Xemnas growled as he and Sora clashed Keyblades. The Superior of the In-Between tried to strike Sora in the head, but Sora was able to duck as Ven struck Xemnas with a Thunder Tracer spell. Xemnas jumped up and summoned an ethereal blade and slashed Sora and Ven several times across the chest before narrowly blocking Roxas trying to slash him. But Sora had recovered and blasted Xemnas using an Aeroga spell, sending him into the air as Ven jumped up at him and then casted Thundaga Shot against the vessel.
Xemnas growled as he summoned more ethereal blades and threw them at the trio. But this time, they were a bit faster this time and managed to strike the three a few times each. But Ven recovered quickly and casted Wateraga against Xemnas. Xemnas casted Firaga onto ven, which he barely managed to dodge as he tried to get out of the way. Sora slashed Xemnas across his back twice before he casted Triple Plasma against the Nobody. Xemnas leaped through the air and casted an Ignite spell at the trio, sending them flying against the ground. Roxas recovered and fired Raging Storm against Xemnas, making him fly back farther. Sora then leapt into the air and fired Firaga Burst. Xemnas blasted him back with Perlza, but Ven came to his aid and blasted Xemnas with Exo Spark.
As Ven landed on the ground, Sora turned to Roxas.
"Roxas!" he called.
"Let's do this Sora!" Roxas shouted with a determined grin.
The two of them flew towards Xemnas and launched a barrage of high-speed double strikes and slashes like shooting stars that made him stumble back in pain.
"This is it!" shouted Sora.
"You're finished!" yelled Roxas.
They both flew along the ground circling around the Organization member via trails of light and consecutively tossed their dual Keyblades on opposite sides. The two Keyblades were engulfed in white and dark light energy as they spun and slashed Xemnas across his whole body. Sora and Roxas repeated this a couple more times before taking to the air.
"Come on!" they both shouted.
They both launched dark chains of light from Oblivion to ensnare the Nobody before unleashing multiple orbs of light that sent Xemnas shouting into the air. Sora used Oathkeeper to launch a barrage of light arrows and Roxas used Oblivion to send out dark energy boomerangs that all pelted the Nobody and sent him flying back.
"It's over!" Roxas and Sora shouted.
The original and the former Nobody spun Oathkeeper and Oblivion above them, gathering energy before the pair of dual Keyblades floated beside them glowing with light as they unleashed cosmic shooting stars of pure energy that sent Xemnas crashing towards the ground. The two of them got ready to unleash the grand finale.
"There!" they shouted as they pointed at Xemnas.
Sora and Roxas both aimed their Dual Keyblades into the air, unleashing four blinding beams of light that form a seal of darkness in the sky and a seal of light on the ground. Xemnas was between both seals and Sora and Roxas floated in the air with their Keyblades in hand.
"LIGHT!" they screamed.
The both of them unleashed hundreds of columns of pure white and dark light within the seal that engulfed Xemnas, making him scream in pain as he was dealt a lot of damage, making him fall unconscious, Ethereal Superior vanishing as it hit the ground.
(Xemnas Data-Rematch from Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix ends)
With Xemnas defeated, Sora, Ven, and Roxas dismissed their weapons just as their friends came up.
"All the Heartless are gone!" said Oswald.
"That's great! Now let's go get that Crystal back!" said Sora.
Mickey and Milo helped Sora back onto their Atlantean vehicle. Lea & Isa and Riku & Terra did the same for Roxas and Ven.
Soon, the whole fleet soared through the tunnels towards the heart of the volcano. The cavern was still dark aside from a strange red glow.
Sora steered the vehicle ahead with Milo and Mickey helping keep watch.
"Ok here's the plan." Milo called out. "We're going to come in low and fast and take them by surprise."
"I've got news for you Milo." Audrey called back from nearby. "Rourke is never surprised and he has a lot of guns."
"Great. Well, do you have any suggestions?" Milo asked.
"I do. Don't do anything stupid!" Lea called.
"Yeah, like get shot!" Vinny added in agreement.
"We'd still better be careful with armed soldiers and those big Heartless." said Aqua.
"I'll handle the Heartless." said Sora. "Anyone care to join?"
"I will!" said Lea.
"Me too!" said Terra.
"Then the rest of us will deal with Rourke, Helga, and the soldiers." said Riku.
"Alright, lead the way!" said Naminé.
With that, they soared on ahead.
As everyone prepared to go up, one of the soldiers pulled a lever, making the truck's compartment open, causing an enormous airship to inflate. The airship resembled a giant, red hot-air balloon with two matching, smaller balloons. A propellor on the bottle helped the airship rise vertically. Rourke helped left the container up while Helga secured it to the airship using a winch. As the airship started to carry the Crystal upward, Rourke's grin intensified.
Suddenly, Roukre stared in shock and disbelief when he saw Sora, Milo, and their friends fly in on their fish-themed vehicles.
"There they are!" Milo shouted.
"Got ya now ya mercenary bastards!" Lea smirked.
"Let's get 'em!" Mickey declared as he summoned Kingdom Key W.
Sora summoned Wheel of Fate, Riku summoned Knockout Punch, Kairi summoned Destiny's Embrace, Terra summoned Ends of the Earth, Aqua summoned Master's Defender, Ven summoned Wayward Wind, Roxas summoned Twilight Blaze, Naminé summoned Shooting Star, Xion summoned Lost Memory, Lea summoned Flame Liberator, Isa summoned Blue Moon, Myde summoned Mystic Water, Donald summoned Unbound and Fantasista, Goofy summoned Royal Radiance and Captain America's shield, Minnie summoned Starlight, Daisy summoned Spellbinder, Max summoned Fenrir, Oswald summoned Classic Tone, and Ortensia summoned Zero/One.
"We got company!" Rourke called as he quickly climbed the airship to the metal landing Helga was at.
The soldiers began to fire at the ships.
"You guys cover the soldiers!" said Sora. "Leave the Heartless to us!"
"Got it Sora!" called Audrye.
"Good luck kid!" said Vinny.
Sora nodded as he, Terra, and Lea hopped off their vehicles and landed on the ground, using Zero Gravity to slow their jump. The Novashadows came up to them.
"You guys ready?" asked Terra.
"I'm always ready." smirked Lea.
"Then let's go!" said Sora.
(Shadow Roxas Fight from Kingdom Hearts II plays)
Mission: Defeat all the Heartless
Playable Characters:
Sora
Terra
Lea
Sora started the fight with an Exo Spark spell on two Novashadows, electrocuting them in place. Terra slashed one several times before he destroyed it with an Ignite spell. Lea took on the other Novashadow, throwing balls of fire at it before he finished it off with a Dark Firaga spell. Sora slashed at a Novashadow twice before he finished it with a Blizzaga spell. One Novashadow tried to attack him, but Terra blasted it away from Sora with a Thunder Tracer spell. Terra slashed it several more times before he destroyed it with a Triple Blizzaga spell. Lea summoned his chakrams and slashed away at two Novashadows. He then held Flame Liberator up and unleashed Triple Firaga to destroy them.
At that time, Sora and Terra were surrounded by some Novashadows.
"Sora!" called Terra.
"Come on Terra!" Sora called back.
Sora and Terra both casted Quake spells, trapping the Heartless.
"Come on!" yelled Sora.
"Take that!" shouted Terra.
They begin breaking through the rock formation by repeatedly using Sonic Blade until it exploded and obliterated the Heartless.
"It's over!" shouted Sora.
"Say goodbye!" called Terra.
Terra morphed End of Earth into its Ultima Cannon form and Sora floated above him with his Keyblade outstretched, gathering red energy at its tip.
"Light!" they yelled.
Terra's cannon gathered energy and released all in the form of a massive ball of electrifying energy which Sora powered up by unleashing his Ragnarok shotlock. A flurry of red energy bullets infuses with the energy ball, turning into a mixture of red and brown before crashing into Heartless and exploding on them.
"Nice work Terra!" praised Sora. "Let's call that one Ultimate Ragnarok!"
Terra chuckled. "I like it."
Terra then lunged at another Novashadow and casted Thundaga Shot against it. In it's weakened state, Tera slashed it across it's chest before he destroyed it with a large orb of darkness. Lea jammed his chakrams into the shoulders of another Heartless before he upper-slashed its chest with his Keyblade. Dismissing his chakrams, Lea finished it off with a Pulse Tracer spell. Sora fired about a dozen orbs of light at two Novashadows each before he casted Zero Graviga against them. Sora then casted Firaga Burst to destroy them for good. Terra jumped into the air to fire a Crawling Fire spell at two Heartless, knocking them away. Landing, Terra spin-jumped into the air, slashing the Heartless away. Lea used Blackout to blind two more Novashadows. Lea then casted Flame Fall twice to finish them off. Sora used Transcendence to lift three Novashadows into the air before he destroyed them with Raging Storm.
But after that, Sora and Lea were surrounded by five more Heartless. Sora switched out for Bond of Flames and he and Lea floated back to back.
"Lea!" he called.
"Let's turn up the heat!" Lea smirked.
Sora and Lea unleash an explosion of flames from their bodies and the tip of their Keyblades, destroying the Heartless surrounding them.
"Come on!" shouted Sora.
"Burn! Baby!" yelled Lea.
They rushed around in a circle at high speed, grinding their Keyblades along the ground to create a ring of fire that surrounds a bunch of Heartless before teleporting on opposite ends of the ring to smash their Keyblades on the ground, causing a pillar of fire to erupt, engulfing all the Heartless.
"Let's go!" yelled Sora.
"Blast away!" shouted Lea.
Sora and Lea tossed Bond of Flames, Flame Liberator and the two chakrams inside the pillar of fire, making it larger and more vicious as their weapons spun together, cutting a lot of Heartless to pieces. They then teleported in front of the fire and held out their re-summoned Keyblades.
"FIRE!" they yelled.
Sora and Lea launched a Fission Firaga spell that exploded inside the pillar which also exploded as a result, obliterating a multitude of Heartless in the process.
Sora and Lea landed on the ground.
"Now that was a combo!" said Sora, impressed.
"I think Furious Fire suits it for a name." mused Lea. "Got it memorized?"
Sora chuckled.
The three then noticed that the last of the Novashadows were approaching them.
"I'll let you two finish this." smirked Sora.
"Lea! You and me!" said Terra.
Lea nodded. "Combo attack! Let's go!" he shouted.
The two got ready as the last of the Heartless came towards them.
Terra unleashed his Rockbreaker command style, surrounding himself in brown aura while Lea unleashed Firestorm which makes his aura flaming red. Terra floated above Lea as he spun his flared up Flame Liberator. The redhead unleashed a variation of Firaza, Triple Firaga, Fission Firaga and Firaga burst and Terra launched consecutive Dark Firagas. The combos of fire-based spells exploded on the multitude of Heartless coming at them.
"BURN BABY!" Lea chortled.
"Come on!" yelled Terra.
Lea switched to his twin chakrams and spun them, making them flare up while Terra summoned 12 large shards of rocks that circled around him before raising Ends of Earth to send them flying in all directions. Lea tossed his blazing chakrams which flew in circles not only cutting down the Heartless but also destroyed the rocks, making them crush the Novashadows.
Terra flipped back and held End of Earth to his side, morphing it to its whip form.
"Let's take it up a notch!" he called.
He spun his whip before wrapping around Lea who held out his chakrams before Terra spun him fast as a cyclone. Lea left a trail of flames as he cut down as many enemies as he could before Terra threw him up into the air where Lea floated and charged his Chakrams once more.
"It's showtime!" the pyro smirked.
Terra morphed Ends of Earth in it's Ultima Cannon form which he held over his shoulder and took aim at the last of the Novashadows. Terra's cannon charged up with energy and Lea floated down directly above him.
"SAY GOODBYE!" the two yelled.
Terra sent out a huge ball of electrical light energy and Lea sent out a stream of huge flames from his Chakrams which infused with the blast, making it more reddish and adding the element of fire. It exploded the moment it made contact, destroying the last of the Heartless.
(Shadow Roxas Fight from Kingdom Hearts II ends)
Sora turned to Terra and Lea.
"Now to deal with Rourke, Helga, and the soldiers!" he told them.
"Then let's get back on some flying fish!" smirked Lea.
Sora, Lea, and Terra summoned their gliders and took to the air. They switched them back into their normal Keyblades as they landed in the vehicles they were in earlier.
The Atlantean AirForce battled against the soldiers as they tried to fire at them with their guns. Sora and his team used their Keyblades to fire multiple spells at the soldiers. Milo, Audrey, Sweet, Cookie, Vinny, Mole, and Mrs. Packard took turns using their vehicles' blasters to fire at the soldiers as well when they weren't steering. Mrs. Packard even took some pictures when she was firing as well.
Suddenly, the soldiers launched some make-shift planes into the air.
"Here comes their own AirForce!" called Myde.
"Take 'em down!" shouted Mickey firing a Blizzaga spell at one plane, destroying it.
Isa used his claymore to summon a moonbeam to destroy another plane. Terra casted an Ignite spell on two more, making them crash onto the ground. Lea threw his chakrams towards another plane, slicing off its wings as it crashed against the mountain wall.
Suddenly, the soldiers in their planes began to open fire themselves.
"Heads up!" shouted Oswald as he dodged some blasts by ducking.
One plane nearly blasted Sora, Mickey, and Milo's plane as they barely dodged it.
"Holy smokes!" Milo exclaimed. He turned to Audrey who was below him, Sora, and Mickey. "You told us he only had guns!"
"What I said was 'He's never surprised'!" Audrey argued.
"Just keep firing back!" shouted Sora as he used Thundaga Shot on another plane.
Naminé and Xion combined Blizzard spells to freeze another plane altogether, causing it to crash and shatter against the wall. Kairi fired a beam of light from her Keyblade at another plane, striking it right through the engine, making it explode. Minnie used her Faith magic to strike another plane right through the hull. Riku fired orbs of darkness at the soldier driving another plane, striking him in the head, which led to him accidentally crashing his plane into another down below. While Vinny steered, Myde used his sitar to send a water pillar crashing into another plane, destroying it completely before the pieces and soldier fell to the ground.
But not long after he did that, another soldier down on the ground tried to shoot at them with a gun. Myde and Vinny tried to avoid the shots while accidentally bumping into each other, causing both their hands to touch the panel on their fish-vehicle. A surge of blue-colored electricity flew from the fish's mouth and struck two trucks, making them explode, killing more soldiers.
Everyone on the vessels were amazed.
"Ok, now things are gettin' good." Vinny grinned.
"You can say that again." nodded Myde.
"That's it!" exclaimed Riku. "Strike them down on the ground!"
"Good idea Riku!" said Sora.
Sora casted Wateraga at three soldiers, followed by Mickey with a Tornado Tracer spell that struck them down. Roxas casted Double Firaga at another truck, making it explode, the result killing two more soldiers trying to shoot at them. Max steered around as Mole got out his gun and fired rapidly at another truck with two more soldiers in it, making it explode. Ven unleashed Raging Storm on three more planes coming up behind him, Riku, and Terra, destroying them instantly. Cookie and Mrs. Packard fired their guns down below, making six soldiers run for cover until they were in a group. Cookie nodded at Packard, who nodded and used the blaster on their fish-vehicle to blast the soldiers into oblivion.
"Ground support is almost gone!" Cookie called out.
"We just gotta get rid of the plane launchers!" said Sweet.
"Leave that to us!" said Aqua as she looked at Donald and Goofy, who nodded.
Goofy threw Captain America's shield at the truck with the plane launcher, slicing both in half instantly before it returned to his grasp.
"Now or never fellers!" Goofy called.
Donald and Aqua nodded as they conjured up purple shadow-magic energy in their right hands, just like Lena taught them. They then threw their magic at the truck's engine, making it explode and kill the soldiers launching the enemy planes.
"Yes!" Aqua and Donald cheered as they high-fived each other before high-fiving Goofy.
Oswald and Ortensia blasted away another enemy plane with their vehicle as Max destroyed another with Fission Firaga. Daisy casted Exo Spark on another plane, overloading its power and destroying it. Packard was back at taking pictures while Cookie shot down more planes.
Myde and Vinny blasted away another plane in front of them, the smoke from the explosion briefly covering their faces in charcoal. Sora, Mickey, and Milo flew up on their left and Minnie and Daisy on their right.
"Myde! Vinny!" said Milo. "The seven of us are gonna distract Rourke!"
"We're gonna be decoys." Daisy smirked.
Milo turned to the rest down below.
"Audrey, Sweet, Aqua, Donald, Goofy, Kairi, Naminé, Xion! Fly up underneath that thing and cut her loose!" he called.
"We're on it!" Sweet said with a thumbs up.
"You got it Milo!" said Goofy.
"Let's go!" said Kairi.
"What about the rest of us?" called Lea.
"Take out the rest of the planes!" said Sora.
"That we can do." nodded Max.
While Roxas, Lea, Isa, Riku, Terra, Ven, Oswald, Ortensia, Max, Mole, Cookie, and Packard dealt with the planes, Sora, Milo, Mickey, Kairi, Naminé, Xion, Aqua, Donald, Goofy, Myde, Vinny, Audrey and Sweet flew towards the balloon where Rourke and Helga were using every weapon they could use against the Atlantean AirForce.
Below them, Donald, Goofy, Xion, and Audrey were trying to cut the chain holding the container. Donald was using Nobody Lance, Goofy was using Captain America's Shield, Xion used Lost Memory, and Audrey used Sweet's saw. The others stood i n their vehicles on standby. But none of them could break the chains.
"And I thought vibranium was tough!" Goofy grunted as he remembered Steve using his shield against Ultron.
"Not even my sharpest staff either!" grunted Donald.
"I thought you said this thing can saw through a femur in 28 seconds!" Audrey exclaimed to Sweet.
"Less talk, more saw!" Sweet ordered back.
At that time, Sora, Mickey, and Milo zoomed past Rourke as he tried to shoot them with his machine gun, but to no avail. Helga tried to shoot down Minnie and Daisy, but they evaded every shot. Suddenly a surge of blue electricity appeared from above and crushed the weapon out of Rourke's hands. The commander looked up and saw Vinny wave at him with a smirk as Myde gave a taunting smirk as well.
As Helga threw her empty gun to the side, Rourke looked down and saw Kairi, Naminé, Xion, Donald, Goofy, Aqua, Audrey, and Sweet trying to gut the container from the balloon.
"Looks like somebody's workin' overtime." he commented.
Helga nodded as she went to the railing and pushed off a small torpedo off the airship. It flew down and nearly hit Donald, Goofy, Xion, and Sweet.
"Uh oh!" cried Xion.
"We're outta time! C'mon!" called Kairi.
Everyone scrambled back onto their vehicles as Helga pushed the other torpedo after them.
At that time, Sora, Mickey, and Milo came towards more planes as they neared the airship.
"Ok guys, this is it." said Milo. "Any last words?"
"Nope." shugged Mickey.
"Not me." said Sora. "You?"
Milo nodded before confessing, "Yeah, I really wish I had a better idea than this!"
Sora turned to Mickey. "Mickey, help the others! Me and Milo will handle Rourke!"
Mickey was taken aback. "Are ya sure?" he asked, worried.
"We'll be fine! Trust me!" said Sora with a smile.
Mickey smiled back.
"Alright. Go get 'em!"
Taking the controls, Mickey steered the shark-vehicle towards the balloon. Sora and Milo jumped off and grabbed the ropes around the main balloon while Mickey soared right through one of the smaller ones, bursting it.
Rourke was furious when he saw Mickey destroy the balloon before he noticed that the vessel was starting to descend.
"We're losing altitude." he said to Helga. "Lighten the load."
Helga threw off an extra fuel container off the balloon before shoving some crates over the railing.
"That's it unless someone wants to jump." she informed in a sarcastic tone.
Suddenly, Rourke snuck up behind her and grabbed her arms. "Ladies first." he smirked before shoving the surprised lieutenant over the railing.
Helga grabbed the edge of the platform and jumped back up, kicking a startled Rourke in the mouth and knocked him back.
"You said we were in this together!" Helga yelled furiously at Rourke's betrayal before kicking him twice. "You promised me a percentage!"
Rourke suddenly grabbed her foot. "Next time get it in writing." he smirked as he threw her overboard.
Helga screamed in alarm and panic as she fell to the volcanic ground below, narrowly missing the blades.
"Nothing personal!" Rourke called.
Sora and Milo stared in shock and horror at what Rourke did. Betraying his own lieutenant.
"Bastard." Sora snarled. "Ready Milo?" he asked the linguist.
"Ready when you are Sora." Milo replied back.
Sora and Milo untied two pieces of rope and swung down towards the unsuspecting Rourke, both using their legs to kick the commander towards the lower platform, narrowly missing the blades.
Roruke smirked as he got back up and looked at Sora and milo.
"Well I have to hand it to ya both, you and all your friends out there are bigger pains in the neck than I ever would've thought possible." Rourke commented. "No wonder Xehanort wants all but seven of you Keyblade Wielders dead."
"In your dreams, you bastard!" sneered Sora as he back flipped back up.
Sora attempted to punch Rourke, but the commander suddenly punched Sora in the face then gutted him in the stomach before kicking him to the side. Milo growled as he attempted to punch Rourke as well, but the older man grabbed Milo's fist, punched him back in the face, and kicked him against the railing, breaking it as he fell, only to stop as the railing jammed the repellers underneath them. Sora got back up, but Rourke grabbed him by his shirt and jacket, and threw him off. Luckily, Milo caught Sora just in time and helped him grab the railing.
"I consider myself an even-tempered man. It takes a lot to get under my skin." Rourke continued as he looked down at Sora and Milo with a sinister grin, an aura of darkness seeping around him. "But congratulations! You've just won the solid-gold kewpie doll!"
Sora and Milo jumped down to the chains attached to the container.
On the ground, the hurt Helga groaned as she managed to turn around to face the commotion happening above. Feeling betrayed by Rourke, she weakly took out a large pistol from the back of her belt and aimed at the balloon. Revenge was all she wanted now, even if it was her last.
"Nothing… personal…" Helga muttered before she fired a blast at the balloon.
The blast crashed into the main balloon, making the whole vehicle burst into flames. Rourke was shocked and appalled. Growling, he punched a small red box, crushing its glass as he pulled out a fire axe, climbing down to where Sora and Milo were with an evil grin. He swayed the axe at the two, making them duck out of the way at opposite sides. Then, Sora had an idea. Without Rourke noticing, he climbed the side of the container and severely climbed up the chains.
"Tired Mr. Thatch?" Rourke taunted as he swayed at Milo again before he tried to hit him in a downward angle, only to miss as he smashed the axe into a small porthole-shaped window on the container, causing some pieces of glass to fly around. "Aw, that's a darn shame, because I'm just getting warmed up!"
Milo then noticed that one of the glass shards had a piece of the Crystal tainted on it. He then remembered the Crystal responding to the darkness Rourke and Helga possessed inside them when they were near it. Getting an idea, Milo snapped the tainted glass off and glanced up at Sora. The younger brunette saw the tainted glass shard and nodded at Milo, who nodded back.
Sora then quickly summoned Kingdom Key and fired Firaza at one of the chain links above him and grabbed it.
Suddenly, Rourke grabbed Milo by his shirt collar and held him up high, ready to strike him with the axe. Then out of nowhere, Sora swung down by the chain he had cut, kicked the axe out of Rourke's grasp, much to his shock, caught the axe in his left hand, swung around the two, and landed on the container. With determination on his face, Sora grasped the axe with both hands and jammed the blade into Rourke's back, making the evil commander scream in pain.
Sora took out the axe and threw it down below before quickly looking up at Milo and yelled, "NOW!"
Glaring at Rourke, Milo sliced the glass shard along Rourle's left arm, making him yell in pain again as he let Milo go and grasped his cut. Seeing his chance, Milo quickly climbed up the chains with Sora following close behind.
Rourke glared up at the two in poure anger. Suddenly, he felt a very unusual and painful sensation spread into his arm where Milo had cut him. To his horror, he saw his arm suddenly become crystallized. He tried to stop it, but it was no use. It spread to his neck, chest, and head before covering him entirely in blue crystal with red veins and yellowish-red eyes. Rourke screamed in pain, his scream sounding very disturbing.
Sora and Milo reached the top just as the blades became unjammed. They held on for dear life as they looked down at the crystallized Rourke, who seemed to be frozen. Sora was instantly reminded of Sa'luk as a gold statue before remembering the same thing happened to Riku as well, luckily temporarily.
"Thank heaven." Milo panted
"You fellas ok?"
Sora and Milo looked and saw Mickey next to them, holding onto the chains.
"Mickey?" Milo asked.
"What are you doing here?" asked Sora.
"I had my vehicle crash into another enemy plane after I saw Rourke start to hurt you." said Mickey. "I hopped off to try and help but seeing you two ok, I guess things are fine."
"Yeah. Yeah they are." Milo muttered.
Mickey looked down at the transformed Rourke in surprise while also seeing a crystalized wound in his back.
"Did you too…" Mickey trailed off.
"Yeah, I axed him." said Sora.
"And I crystalized him." added Milo.
"Well… at least that makes things easier." Mickey said with a sheepish grin.
Sora and Milo chuckled.
Suddenly, a large muscular arm appeared, making Sora, Mickey, and Milo scream in alarm, making them lean back as the crystalized Rourke climbed up with a glare on his face, some orangish light coming out of his veins. Sora then saw the blades spin above them and quickly had an idea.
"Grab on and jump!" he yelled.
Without question Milo and Mickey followed Sora as they lowered themselves, making the section Rorujke was on go higher. Rourke saw too late as he neared the baldes, screaming before the blades sliced him into small crystal pieces, which broke the chains attached to the container, making it fall down against the ground hill, along with Sora, Mickey, and Milo.
Sora, Milo, and Mickey landed onto the volcanic ash before hitting the container. Then, they saw the blazing remains of the airship fall down toward them.
"Oh great!" Milo complained.
"Just push!" Sora shouted as the three clambered onto their feet and pushed the container with all their might. They sent it rolling down as they dashed after it.
Just then, the flaming airship crashed onto the ground, resulting in an explosion. Sora, Mickey, and Milo fell face-first against the ground. They stood up just as Riku, Kairi, Roxas, Xion, Naminé, Lea, Isa, Terra, Aqua, Ven, Myde, Minnie, Donald, Daisy, Goofy, Max, Oswald, Ortensia, Audrey, Sweet Mole, Vinny, Cookie, and Packard landed their vehicles around them.
But while everyone was relieved that the battle was over and the Crystal was safe, they weren't out of the woods yet.
To be continued...
Now the Crystal is saved and the bad guys are no more!
But now our heroes have to get out of the volcano fast. And there's one last battle before this world concludes.
Special thanks to Super Sayian 3 Odd for the Ultima Ragnarok and Furious Fire combos.
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