DJ returned back with Oswald, quickly waddling behind him. His large rabbit feet moving quickly to match the wielder's speed. "About time... Are we setting sail or what?" Riku asked. Sora and Kairi looked at him with curiosity as well. Oswald went ahead onto the ship, leaving DJ to deal with them. "Yup, that's what I said, I'll just uhh..." DJ focused on Sora for a moment. He didn't know what bringing a younger version of the legendary wielder would fair. Kairi being a princess of heart also made things troublesome There was already a lot they had on their plate. Shiro approached behind DJ and patted him on the back. "Now now DJ, the kids want to go off on their next venture. We have to make it as easy for them as possible." he hardily laughed. "What's that supposed to mean?" Sora asked in offense. "Oh I meant no offense by is sirrrrr-a....Sora...." Shiro was used to addressing the boy's older self as his superior. It was a strange time for everyone. "I know from personal experience how difficult a journey can be without the help of adults. Back when I was your age, I worked hard here and raised money by doing local errands. Eventually I accumulated enough gummi scrap to build a ship and set sail. Some of the best years of my youth." He turned around and gestured the trio to follow. "Anyways, we should probably get going now." "Hey! Who says we can't do this ourselves?" Riku argued. "Yeah! We can work and raise the money. Build our own ship!" Kairi pouted. "Guys! What if we stayed behind and did things our way!?" Sora chimed in. "Welly golly gosh... I never even considered you'd want to do it the hard way... Are you sure your don't need a chaperone?" Shiro asked. DJ smirked and rolled his eyes. Shiro was very blunt and forward with people but there were times he could show a deceptive side. "No way! This is our story!" Riku nodded, waving by to everyone. Sora and Kairi followed suit and waved their goodbyes. DJ turned to Shiro. "Was all that true?" "Well, some of it...." Shiro replied, still waving to the kids. "Besides, Traverse town is one of the hardest places to find, making it one of the safest... You can only find it when you're lost or in need of refuge. Something our villainous adversaries don't seem to grasp... Quickly now, he have a base to reclaim!" The ship's engines began firing as the group left the world of Traverse Town behind them.. Onward to return to Central Haven.... It had been one year's time since the fall of Central Haven. Shiro at the pilot's helm slowly approached the world. "DJ?" He asked in concern. "I know... something's wrong. All the world's defenses are down... I scanned for the lockdown device but it's gone too... This is too easy... Be on guard just in case... Reinforcements are almost here...." "Reinforcements?" Shiro asked. "You didn't think I was gonna go in with just one ship did you?" He turned on his comm link and looked around for any other vessels on his private frequency. "K-04 Online.. Anyone out there?" There was a small hush of radio silence before a gargled duck's voice came in earshot. "Where have hyou beeenh!!" Donald yelled out. "Donald and Goofy checkin' in! A'huk!" Goofy added. "SOS to Black Coats?" DJ replied. "Respond." "There was a harsh static before a loud voice was online. "I know how to work a dang tele!" Finlay shouted. "BLACK COATS ARE HERE! AND SO IS FINLAY! READY TO WRECK SOME HIGH BROWED, SELF POSESSIVE-" DJ cut him off before he rambled on. "Move in with caution. Radio silence..." DJ sat next to Shiro as their ship edged into the world ahead. CENTRAL HAVEN The party of over a dozen walked through the emptied echoed halls of their former base. The base was abandoned.
Aux leaned away from the wall he was pressed against and walked passed the destiny islands trio. "I'll be back soon," He was very to himself on the trip over, still wondering what it was that would make him happier after seeing his family. He decided to stretch his legs off the ship and explore for a bit. Sora looked to Faust after his question was asked. "We were floating across the ocean for a while until DJ found us and picked us up." "So what brings you guys here?" Riku asked. "And where have you been since you left Monstro?" Kairi added. ------------------------------------- 2ND DISTRICT Aux began to walk about, looking at all the shops as he strolled about. He stopped in front of a store that had the mad hatter on it's sign.Aux squinted, trying to remember where he last saw that goofy looking face. A brief flash of memory happened where he saw Beuce and Luna in Wonderland. But why did that happen? He'd never been to that world before... He looked to the store window to investigate further and saw the plethora of hats and outfits that were being showcased. He caught another hint of his reflection. He ran his fingers along his bangs and noticed they were starting to cover his face. He then looked at his old, beaten gloves. He was due for a change of clothes. He reached into his pocket and took out a small pouch of munny, causing a few items to fall out in the process. As he bent down to pick them up, he seemed visibly confused. The first item he dropped was the burnt up lion that Kaida made for him, but the second was a cracked whittling of a wolf. Why did he have two of them? He recalled stepping on one of them and burning the other, but he didn't know why. Maybe Kaida would know when he got back to the ship. He decided to put them back into his pocket again and opened the door to the store.
Aux looked at the screen windows on the main deck. He stared out into the vastness of the empty space between worlds. He caught a glimpse of his own reflection and notice his eyebrows were naturally furrowed. He had just seen his family after so long and still looked angry. The remnant was gone, his family was safe, and he was on a better enough standing with everyone. Why was he still so mad? It had been a while since he saw himself in the mirror without his hat. His hair had gotten a bit longer, as did the patch of beard on his chin. He'd gotten older, stronger, wiser in the last five years.... but not happier. It was a few hours or so before they approached a new world. "LAND HO!" Shiro called, as he gave a hardy salute to the world DISTRICT 1 DJ left the cockpit and began going on a stroll of the town. "This'll be quick," he told the others as he left the ship and headed for the first district. He marched along and looked up at the night sky noticing there weren't many stars out tonight. HE began to worry as he sighed heavily. "Ain't lookin' too good, pops..." he said, talking to himself. "Hey!" Riku's voice called out to DJ, as the master was approached by Sore, Kairi, and Riku. "You said you'd be back to get to get us after you found your friends! We're supposed to be exploring other worlds!" Riku demanded. "Oh yeah... That is something I said... Have you finished exploring the town already?" "Yeah, we've been through all three districts. Now we're bored..." Sora whined. "Look, I have to find Oswald, if you wanna look at the ship, you can, but I'm not gonna be here long." "Oswald? Like the rabbit?" Kairi asked. "Yeah." "He's in disrict three. Come on, let's go see the ship! Race ya!" Sora told Riku as the three of them darted to the ship. DJ smirked and shook his head, almost envious of their simple adventures, before he made his way to district three. DISTRICT 3 DJ banged on the door with a fire symbol on it. "Oz, I know you're in there..." There was no reply. "I could just cast a fire spell and open the door, but I want you to come out on your own..." No reply. DJ thought to himself before speaking again. "Knock knock," "Who's there?- DANG IT!" Oswald cried out before opening the door. "What do you want?" "There's a lot more work to do. Dream Team needs a leader and until they find Mickey, you and your keyblade fit the bill." "Why me? Daisy's smart enough and they got a lot of help enough as it is." "She's doing an amazing job. But they need guidance. You helped run your world for years. I know you'd do great at it. "Yeah... and I need to keep looking for those pages, because that's my motivation. Their problem isn't mine." DJ looked more frustrated. "You've been gone a while so let me catch you up to speed... After you were thrown in darkness and Mickey was cast to the void, they took Minnie and Pluto. Daisy took over the ship, and Donald and Goofy can't rally everyone by themselves. If the bad guys get ny more princesses of heart, then nobody get's their happy ending." "So you do it." Oswald replied. "I've helped them all I can, but they need me at Central Haven with the S-O-S," he paused. "A lot of the people on that ship are missing worlds too you know... Some can't just find lost pages.. Their worlds are lost." "Well... I'm needed here too... Heartless are running this place into the ground. Besides... I'm not Mickey Mouse. I can't just smile and give everyone a pat on the shoulder." "I'm not asking you to be Mickey. I'm asking you to be Oswald. The Lucky Rabbit with a good hearts who gets things done... And they could really use some luck right about now." Oswald sighed looking at the District. "What about this place? And the lost people that need protecting?" "Leave that to me..." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- S.S. BEACON Sora, Riku, and Kairi opened the hatch door to the gummi ship and showed mixed reactions on their faces. "Hey, it's the people we met in the whale!" Kairi cheered. Sora seemed a bit distracted, holding onto his heart for some reason. Riku noticed, and turned to him. "What's wrong?" Sora shook his head. "I dunno... It's like this weird feeling I haven't felt since I was little.."
Aux turned back to his mother. "I know you say you're proud of me... but I still have some things I need to do before I can be proud of myself." His mother smiled, trying to hid back tears as she gave him a big hug. "I love you both." Mari pulled on Aux's scruff of beard, causing him to wince silently in pain. After everyone finished their goodbyes, Shiro summoned everyone to the docking bay. Castur and Stratos chose to stay behind for the time being with Aislinn agreeing to keep things running smoothly aboard the Sanctuary. Aislinn has left the party! Castur has left the party! Stratos has left the party! Quill has joined the party! "ALL ABOARD THE S.S. BEACON!" yelled Shiro, addressing the rest of the S.O.S. "DO YOU SEE WHAT I DID THERE?" he asked DJ. "Yeah.." "BECAUSE WE SHINE LIGHT!" "I get it." "THROUGH THE DARKNESS..." he proclaimed. DJ went on board to pilot the ship. On his way tot he cockpit, he passed Alex in his own isolated room, who was sitting quietly with his hands bound. "What're you looking at?" he asked offended. DJ shrugged and stared at him with dismissing eyes. "I don't know yet." "You expecting an apology?" "Not really... besides, dealing with you isn't my priority right now.." DJ left Alex, who rolled his eyes after he left. "Pfft... shocker..." he scoffed. DJ activated the Gummi Ship, as the engines began to fire. Ventus passed out next to him in the shotgun seat. Everyone boarded, waving goodbye to their allies, Noctis, Prompto, on their families. Aux waved bye to his mother as his mother and sister waved back. He smiled faintly before turning back to take a seat. Ananta, AJ, Aux, Beuce, Faust, Kaida, Karina, Kel, Luna, and Quill all took their seats Shiro addressed them at the main deck aboard the ship. "I KNOW THINGS HAVE BEEN MOVING FAIRLY QUICKLY LATELY, AND A LOT OF YOU MISS YOUR HOMES. I'M VERY HUMBLED TO STILL HAVE ALL OF YOU FIGHTING HERE." He pulled out a small piece of crumpled paper. "WHILE SEARCHING FOR YOU IN OLYMPUS, I FOUND THIS NOTE FROM ONE OF YOUR ALLIES. I FELT IT BEST TO READ ALOUD." He cleared his throat as he read the contents. To anyone from the S.O.S. I've traveled alongside you for some time now. I always felt I didn't have a place at times and felt invisible. Before I met you, I was on my own path. But the more I got to know all of you, the further away my goal became. I know the worlds are important. And as a keyblade wielder, I should be helping... But just because I wield the key, doesn't mean I'm meant to fight forever. I found a new path that could hopefully lead me to my goal and help me learn more about myself. One by one I've seen allies come and go. Ignis... Glen... Base... D'daear. I feel like they left not because they didn't care, but because they had something more pressing at hand. I'm the same way. That's why I have to leave you for now. I hope that one day, you'll understand why. Just know, that I'll be there when it counts. Steel, "FIRST, WE NEED TO MAKE A PIT STOP IN TRAVERSE TOWN, THEN WE MAKE WAY FOR CENTRAL HAVEN." ---------------------------------------------------------- VANITAS' LAIR Vanitas punched a wall angrily. "We were so close!" he punched the same wall again. "Would it kill you to lower the decibel?" Sho complained, tinkering away at his pad. ""They have the remnant! They have Ventus! And two of the order members are still alive!" "Please... Our odds of successfully defeating them as this juncture was the equivalent of-" "I don't care! We got nothing out of that stupid mission!" "I wouldn't say nothing..." Sho smirked. He scanned passed the profiles on his pad. "Knowledge is power, And I just obtained the majority quotient." "Don't tell me we're going to try kidnapping their families again?" "No, that's a redundant task. Besides, I just checked, and that DJ kid upgraded the security. They're gonna be more on guard now. I'm referring to the enemies of our adversaries." "Explain..." Vanita ordered. "We try attacking their weakness. That made them stronger. So with that in mind, what counteract their variable of love making them stronger?" "Hate." Vanitas replied. "Bullseye... And I just so happen to find some candidates who fit that bill." He showed the profiles of some of the people aboard the sanctuary. Vanitas grinned. "Hate is a powerful motivator... Now I remember why I keep you around." "My calculations are flawless.. and our victory? Will be absolute..." --------------------------------------------------------------------
Mari giggled as Kaida and Ananta made Aux turn more red. "Pusheeebahhh!" Mari smiled. Aux's neck creaked as he turned to Kaida. 'WHY?' he would over-emphasize, mouthing the word. "Sorry to have doubted you Ananta," his mother replied to Ananta. "Anadaaa" Mari spoke. Iso shook Kaida's hand while holding Mari with the other. "It's lovely to meet you Kaida, I'm Iso." she looked to her son. "Do you actually hurt this girl." "No!... Well, it's kind of a long story..." "Pusheebahh!" Mari repeated. After Ananta asked her question of returning with them, he turned back to his mom. "Don't look at me... I know where I'm needed right now. Regardless of your choice, I'm your mom. I'm proud of you no matter what." He tilted his head down somberly at Mari. A small four year old that already tugged at his heart strings. He put his hand over her hatted head, as the toddler grabbed his thumb and pinky, pulling his large fingers like another hat over her head. He smiled faintly, turning back to Kaida. "What do you think?" he asked Kaida.
THE SUMMIT (Under Reconstruction) "YOUR HEART IS YOuR GUIDING KEY, MS. AISLINN," Shiro replied. "ONLY YOU KNOW WHAT IS TRULY BEST FOR YOU.... THAT BEING SAID, IF YOU DO DEPART, YOU WILL TRULY BE MISSED." He was soon after approached by AJ, who asked if they should pursue the red society. "AN OBJECTIVE WE CAN POSTPONE. RIGHT NOW, WE NEED TO MAKE A FEW MORE PIT STOP BEFORE RECLAIMING OUR BASE OF OPERATIONS." He turned to face the rest of the S.O.S. crew. "WHICH BRINGS ME TO ANOTHER POINT I WISH TO MAKE. YOU'VE ALL GROWN EXPONENTIALLY IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS. SOME OF YOU HAVE STAYED TRUE TO THIS CAUSE. AND OTHERS HAVE MOVED ON TO MORE PRESSING THINGS. BUT THE JOURNEY FROM HERE ON OUT WILL ONLY BE MORE DIFFICULT. AND IF YOU WISH TO STAY BEHIND OR CHART YOUR OWN JOURNEY, NO OFFENSE WILL BE TAKEN. WE ARE APPROACHING THE FINAL STAGES OF MASTER NO HEART'S PLAN..." DJ stepped forward to add onto Shiro's bittersweet speech. "You guys made a lot of sacrifices and responsibility that was never yours to bear. IF you need a break, we understand. IF you're still in it for the long haul, we'll be departing in the next hour. Say goodbye to your loved ones and take care of any extra business you still have." He looked to Kaida. "I'm gonna go check on Alex and Ven on our ride out of here... let me know when your team is ready to eject." DJ turned to prepare their departure in the docking bay. As the members of the order finished their instruction, Aux had seen that Quill appeared to be joining them. He pouted pettily at Beuce's comment regarding his face and was honestly just more irked by that. His eyes wandered to the back of the auditorium where he saw his mother giving a gentle friendly wave. Her eyes were happy to see him, but she looked like she was going to grow. Aux swallowed the lump in his throat as he slowly started moving towards her, further away from the group. He didn't even know what to say to her. It had been nearly five years and he honestly didn't know what the first thing would be. He recalled all this letters he planned to write her, but none of it was resurfacing. HE had run out of time, now only being a few feet away from her. He took a deep breath in and looked her. "Mom, I-" He was cut off as his mother quickly rushed in to hug him. He head just reached his chin as Aux was taken aback. He stood a bit shocked but eventually patted the back of her head and hugged her back. She was so much smaller than when he last saw her. "Oh I'm trying not to cry," Iso spoke through fainted laughter. She stepped away and dried her eyes looking up at her son. "You've gotten so much bigger. It's like you took my son and replaced him with a tree hehe." Aux nodded. "Heh, yeah..." "Oh, that was the wrong this to say, wasn't it... oooooh Iso, why are you calling your son a tree?" she fretted to herself. It was almost a relief to see his mom being her old scatterbrained self. Only time she ever looked calm was when she was working on a project. "It's fine, mom. Really. I'm sorry I lost touch.... I thought about contacting you all the time, but Kurt was always insistent on-" "Speaking of, where is your grandfather?" He didn't want to make matters worse with the whole Orion situation. "He uhh... passed away not to long ago. I'm sorry." Iso nodded and sighed heavily. "I mean, I never really knew him and my mother never liked him. But you got to know him at least... and I'm sorry you lost some one like that. He'll be missed" He couldn't believe how naive he was back then. He was just an old man with tall tales, and promises of making Aux a strong warrior. He had no idea just how corrupt that man was. "Not as much as I missed you..." He looked around noticing his father missing. "Where's dad?" Iso looked down for a moment. "When the falls fell, your father went missing. I joined the Sanctuary arc hoping to find him. We haven't heard anything yet." she seemed a bit worried. Aux was saddened by this, but his father was still resourceful. He tried to be optimistic for his mom. "He's out there. We'll find him soon enough," he let off a little smile to her. "Oh how I missed these little dimples!" She went into mom mode and began pinching his face. "Oh but the beard is new... You are just the spitting image of your father, aren't you?" He smiled again, before his eyes trailed off to the small blue haired girl staring at him next to Iso. She had been doing so for a while. "Is that another of Asilinn's?" "Oh! I'm so sorry sweetie, I forgot to introduce you." His mother kneeled down and brushed her hair back, smiling at her. She picked her up in her arms as she turned back to Aux. The little girl was still tightly hugging her pink stuffy. "Aux.. this is your baby sister Amare... 'Mari' for short." Aux and Mari stared blankly at each other not knowing how to react. "She's not here to take your place, but.. she makes quite the cute addition," she said smiling to her daughter. The little girl's face was pretty neutral for the most part. Aux tried to think of something nice to say to her. "So uhh... That's a nice bunny you have- Hey!" Mari quickly snatched the hat of Aux's head and put it on her head. Aux got overly defensive before he watched her put it on. The hat was pretty old, but it got a nice smile out of her and she giggled to herself. It's like whatever attachment he had to it faded, when he saw how happy it made her. Spoiler "Mari, that was rude. Please give it back." "No it's okay... She uh... she can have it." He put his large hand on the hat she sore and patted her head. "An overdue gift from your big brother," he smiled, folding his arms. His head felt a bit lighter. Still flat, but lighter. "That's so sweet... Mari, say 'Thank you Aux." "Thankou Ausshhhh" She sweetly replied, pulling down on the hat till it covered her eyes. She took it off on her bunny to see how it would look, smiling at it. Her mom smiled happily, looking back up at Aux. "Some days I would wonder if I ever saw you again, you know. I always thought about what I would say if I saw you again... but when I saw you, I didn't care. I'm just so happy to see you before you leave." "Why do you think I'm leaving?" he asked concerned. "Because you set out what you wanted to be. Some one I could be proud of. And I've never been more proud." She nudged her head over to the rest of his team. "Your friends over there think you're strong enough. Certainly confident." He thought back about all the wrong he did to get to that point. "I'm just... making up for a lot of time I wasted." He looked at Mari. "Part of me wants to stay and make up for lost time with my family though." "Well, it's your decision in the end sweetie... You know I will always support what you do. I sleep easier knowing you have all those people looking out for you..." Aux looked back at them, and gained a bit of a new introspective on his relationship with them. "So which one are you dating? It's the one in the purple dress isn't it? She's very beautiful." she giddily winked. "What?" he asked embarrassed. "It's your business I know, but you're telling me you didn't get all that muscle for a girl? Is it the blonde?" "Mom..." "Just tell me if I'm close... Xares' girl?" "Please stop..."
DOCKING BAY A "THEN WE'VE NOT A MOMENT TO LOSE!" Shiro carried Kel like an infant in his arms and raced to the elevator. "Fellow master DJ! Assist me by taking the reverse route!" DJ quickled rushed after me as they went to opposite sides of the prison. PRISON BLOCK E Shiro burst in immediately with Kel in hand. "I HAVE COME TO ASSIST! DOES ANYONE ELSE REQUIRE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE?!" PRISON BLOCK K "Honestly, when did people become so unnecessarily involved in my family's affairs?" he calmly asked aloud. "I'm going to go and check in with the rest of my security team... I'll get this cleared up soon enough." PRISON BLOCK T While Aux guarded for his life, he yelled back at Luna. "What did you do to piss her off?!" The woman's eyes glowed as more and more chains pushed them to the wall with Quill. She grew more furious as her hair began to rise with her power output. "Elle a pris ma lumière!" She walked forward, her eyes glowing brighter ans brighter. "J'étais l'un des sept. Puis ma lumière m'a quitté ... Et a trouvé son chemin vers son cœur ... " Before she planned to take the hostages, she sighed as she heard Hotel's voice on the comm link. "Tu es un voleur. Et un jour bientôt ... je prendrai ce que tu chéris." She released her chains and stepped back into a portal of darkness. She looked back at Luna's brother and friend and shook her head. "Not close enough to her heart... she muttered under her breath as she left. Aux breathed heavily as he pulled his back away from the wall... "Let's just find the others without anymore interruptions please..." DJ ran into the hall and looked at all the damage. HE readjusted the glasses to see if he could spot anyone. "Yo.... anyone here in the S.O.S by chance?" Aux groaned. "If you joined the enemy side I'm gonna scream..." DJ raised and eyebrow and looked at him judgmentally. Aux has switched sides at one point after all. "Yeah yeah, I know..." Not long after, everyone was recalled back to the Summit auditorium to recall the past events and how to move from there. An announcement over the intercomm summoned them all back to a more private meeting with only high ranking Sanctuary personnel. Everyone was reunited with their lost ones. THE SUMMIT (Under Reconstruction) Captain Cranston stood in front of the large group of reunited SOS members with DJ and Shiro directly in front. "I understand, much has happened in the last few hours. Everyone on the ship is still in a frenzy, but we've managed to help re-imprison those who've escaped. A few are still at large, but personnel are working diligently." Shiro gave him a hardy salute. "YOU ARE DOING A PRIME JOB CAPTAIN!" "So from what you told us, Orion has just been playing you for his own gain. He's the one who really betrayed the Order. Not Kaida." DJ turned back to Kaida. "Honestly, you're probably the most productive master we have on deck. Nice work," DJ gave a quick thumbs up for appreciation. "I see, well under the circumstances, I will have her released. The others however..." "Are to be released." DJ interrupted. "The people you see before you have been an invaluable resource to keeping order, saving worlds, and restoring balance. If the Order knows anything, it's where to find the light. And this lot is full of it." This was actually the most confident DJ had been in a while. "Excuuuuuuse me?!" A shrill voice from the back of the council rammed herself forward. She looked a little roughed up from all the damage and her glasses were now cracked. "When Judge Karen Miller makes a sentence it is final! I don't care what organization you're from, no snot nose entitled little brat has the right to question my-" Shiro lumbered over in front of Karen. "EXCUSE ME MADAME! BUT I WILL NOT HAVE YOU BELITTLE MY FRIEND AND CO-WORKER IN SUCH A MANNER." He pontificated. Karen looked up at Shiro in disgust. "What thinks you have the right to question the hammer of justice!" She waved her gavel very close to his face, but he did not falter. "WELL WITH ALL DO RESPECT MA'AM." He held out his hand and summoned the hammer form of his keyblade. "MY JUSTICE OUTWEIGHS YOURS." He placed the hammer delicately beside him. "These guys are involved with Central Haven, No heart and a whole mess of other nutty stuff. That makes it our jurisdiction." DJ adjusted his glasses. "Should you still wish to battle the dispute, simply give us a court date and we'll get back to you when it suits our schedule." Karen turned beat red, looked at all the children and left swiftly from embarrassment. "And... the rest of the order?" The Captain asked hesitantly. "Currently MIA." DJ replied. "Ive been working on a way to communicate with them, but it's not ready yet. Mizu, Lea and Yue just need to wait a little longer. As for Orion, we'll deal with him when we find him..." "My apologies to the rest of your team... Speaking of which, I have to get to mine... A lot of chaos to fix and only so much time. If any of you wish to stay and help, we'll gladly take it..." Captain Cranston turned to Karina's father. "Speaking of fixing errors, Xares? A word in private." He nudged the general to follow, but Xares didn't like that tone. He looked back to his daughter and glared before following The Captain and the guard of the Sanctuary out of the Summit room. Shiro turned around and his professional demeanor immediately fell. "I'M SO PROUD OF ALL OF YOU! EVEN IF I DON'T RECOGNIZE SOME OF YOU..." "Yeah, roster's definitely changed a bit since we last saw you guys," DJ agreed.
PRISON BLOCK E "Kid? I'm like... a year younger than you... friggin' *kupo*...." Alex scoffed. Soon after his legs were frozen by Ananta to which he groaned. "Shoulda Portales out when I had the chance..." The chief engineer Izo looked down to Zeke and her child and tried to comfort them. "So... there any chance you're both gonna repress or forget what you saw here?" They both looked unsure of what that meant, but regardless, they both shook their heads. "Yeah, I didn't think so..." she sighed. The blue haired woman took Zeke and her daughter's hand and walked over to Ananta. "Umm excuse me, not that I'm ungrateful, but... what's going on exactly?"
PRISON BLOCK T Aux glared his eyes at Quill. He didn't like the chummy vibe he was giving off by calling him 'big guy.' He turned to the Elven eared fellow and shrugged his shoulders. "Better than whatever happened to you... sheesh," he whinced at his beaten up appearance. But as Quill went on to talk about Minamimoto, Aux chimed in again. "Whatever Sho did to the system, we have someone working to counteract it. We should be fine provided no one else from the Red Society-" "Princess Luna!" Whiskey called out walking into the room, her high heels echoing through the hall. Aux groaned loudly. "You have something that... belongs to me," she mustered out, trying to keep her English well pronounced through the french accent. She leashed out a chain towards Luna, causing Aux to react, He placed his healthy arm in front of the chain while he covered Luna. As Whiskey's chain glowed white, Aux's dark aura activated. The chain's glow faded as Whiskey receded in disgust. "AHH! Sinner!" she yelled out him. "Hey! I don't go calling you names!" He let out his keyblade and fired a gravity spell, to where her down. He turned back to Luna and called out; "Get your family out of here!" ----------------------------------------------- DOCKING BAY A Sho Minamimoto grunted as he met up with Hotel, Vanitas and the Remnant. "What's your damage?" Vanitas asked. "Were the computer games too boring?" "What happened up there?" Hotel demanded. "MY coding is flawless! In the next five minutes, the virus I uploaded will open the exit portal again. Faster than whatever wannabe plebian is trying to counterhack me!" "Faster we get out the better," Hotel pressed his com link in his ear to verify. "Everyone! We're porting out in 5 with or without you, grab what hostages you can, and let's motor." He let go of his ear comm as a ship docked quickly into view. He turned to Minamimoto in a fury. "You said exits were sealed!" Sho quickly typed on a small electric device on his arm. "It's the zero who's been messing my plan... Signal's coming from his ship!" Hotel quickly summoned his pistol. "Get outta yer ship before I start blastin!" he called out. The hatch door to the gummi ship opened as DJ stepped out, his hands awkwardly above his head. "Uhh... don't shoot?" Hotel grimaced. "I thought X-ray took you out!" "Oh he definitely got close... Honestly I'm just as surprised as you." "Whatever, just waste the loser. It's four against one," Vanitas yelled out. Hotel let lose two ice shots at DJ, only for them to hit a spacial barrier in the form of a spinning record. DJ lowered his hands as two glowing energy record disc were placed onto a turntable that manifested itself. "May wanna check your math again..." DJ had activated his level three sound aura while the roof of his ship popped open. Shiro jump from the roof of the ship and landed quite loudly in front of the antagonists."Forgive the intrusion, but we cannot permit you to take our comrade. Are you alright Sir Kel?" Vanitas raced forward at the opportunity to take an order member out. "That's not part of the plan!" Hotel yelled out. But it was too late, as Vanitas made up his mind.Twisting his body, Shiro summoned his keyblade and transformed it into a hammer. Thinking he could catch him off guard, Vanitas appeared behind Shiro. Unfortunately for him, Shiro had already made the turning motion and made a powerful 360 motion smashing Vanitas to the other side of the room. He twisted his hammed and swung it over his shoulder, cracking his neck in the processes. "Bad form," he spoke with a more serious tone. In quick response to Vanitas' defeat, the remnant leapt off Kel and ran towards Shiro . "Uh-uh, not this time.... " DJ reached into his pocked and throw a small empty orb at Shiro. "Shiro! Twist and release!" he yelled out, throwing the orb to Shiro, As the remnant jumped to Shiro, the large master did as DJ instructed and twisted before opening the small spherical object. A large vacuum of darkness came from the object as a large screehing sound was made, the remnant covering his helment in pain. The dark armor corroded off Ventus' body as it was sucked into the orb, causing Ventus to unconsciously pass out. Shiro put the orb containing the remnant into his pocket, DJ had made a good plan for most of the threats they would face. "After Central Haven fell I made sure to take several precautions... What else you got?" Sho slowly backed away from the fight, gritting his teeth. A small beeping sound from his gauntlet went off. "Virus is out, Time to divide by zero!" He twisted pressed a device on his glove and gltiched out of the room. Vanitas, held his ribs as he looked to the now normal Ventus. Nothing had went the way he so childishly bragged about. He scowled before silently stepping back into a portal of dakness, leaving the ship. "Plan your next action carefully Mr. Harland," Shiro spoke. Hotel looked back to Kel with his good eye before looking to the two members of the order. Hotel quietly put his finger to his ear comm and uttered. "Everyone retreat, Regroup at base." A portal appeared behind Hotel as he stepped slowly backwards, leaving Kel behind."We're still watching Bravo... ain't nowhere you can go without her knowing..." He disappeared and fled the scene. "KELFORD!" Shiro quickly raced up to Kel and grabbed him off the ground by the shoulders. "ARE YOU ALRIGHT! DO YOU REQUIRE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE?! WHERE IS THE RES OF YOUR SQUADRON?!" He shook the poor boy vigorously with his hands. "Shiro, dial it down buddy!" DJ yelled out, dispersing his aura. PRISON BLOCK E Gilgamesh grabbed Kaizo by the collar and lifted him off the ground. "What- WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" he barked at Gilgamesh. "Moving the plot forward," he blankly replied, stepping backwards with him through a spacial rift and disappearing from the scene.
Prison Block K After the group with Kaida, Beuce, Karina and Ananta ran past a few more cell blocks, They came across a cell with five people. Karina's mother; Joanne, and her brother; Eric. The otger side had Aux's mother; Iso, her baby daughter, and Aislinn's nephew; Zeke. Before any exchanges could be made, Victor and X-Ray showed through A PORTAL. Victor immediately armed himself as X-Ray sighed. "Aww man..." he whined as he quickly hopped on his skateboard-like key glider. PRISON BLOCK E The prisoners ignored the instructions and all escaped into elevators, clearing the area. The group of Castur, Aislinn, Aj, Faust and Stratos instead moved on to the next area where they found Alpha and Kilo. "Hey, we got the season 3 and onward cast!" Gilgamesh yelled out. "You'll have to excuse him..." kilo sighed. "He's not exactly well in the head." "Well yeah, thats why I'm a BAD guy..." The cell had inside it 2 people; kel's father, karinas father. "Hey, let us out of here so we can help you!" Commander Xares instructed.
DOCKING BAY A "Son, you're really not in any position to make demands. Besides... you've been Bravo since the Deep Jungle. You just haven't realized it yet..." Hotel stepped forward to the disarmed youth. "Do you really think it's a coincidence that Nequa always ended up in the same world as you? You think they always kept finding you by chance? Really think about it...." Deep Jungle... Nottingham... Land of Dragons... Camelot... Hotel crossed his arms. "Those moments you thought to be sarcastic praise was simply her choosing you to be her insurgent. She even branded you while you weren't looking... She made it feel more painful than a muskeeta bite so you wouldn't even take notice..." He lifted his shirt to show a branded scarlett colored 'B' on his right shoulder. "You've been a marker for us without even knowing it.. Bravo." Vanitas smiled. "Hah! Look at his face... It's like you turned his entire world upside down." ----------------------------------------------------------------- PRISON BLOCK F Castur, Faust, Stratos, Aislinn and AJ went to Block F. They were met with mostly rioting prisoners that escaped their cell. PRISON BLOCK H Beuce, Karina, Ananta and Kida went to Block H. The cell was empty.
PRISON ELEVATOR "I'm fine," he groaned as he yanked himself away from her.. He hid his pain as he walked on his own two feet just fine. His arm was pretty hurt, but he continued to clasp it as he was navigating where they were. "Kaida and the others were being put into prison block G," he said, as he examined the map next the elevator. As she mentioned her father, he rebuttled quickly. "I don't run. Besides, you're prioritizing you dead's threat level way too high right now..." He led her into the elevator and pressed 'G.' The two stood silently as the elevator took them to higher levels of the prison cells. DOCKING BAY A As Hotel was disorriented and Kel was making his escape, a portal opened up behind one of his legs while he ran. The hand grabbed his leg and caused him to trip into a skid on his side. "Too slow,' Vanitas spoke as he rose from the ground. The remnant soon followed as it picked up Kel by the collar and bound his wrists together. The rmenant was powerful, tightening the grip on his hands the more Kel would try to struggle. "I'd drop the keyblade.... The remnant doesn't exactly have any idea of restraint.." Vanitas snickered. Hotel caught up with them as he cracked his neck. "You really gonna need to learn how this works Bravo..." THE SUMMIT Noctis and Prompto left with the others to the Prison Cell block as medical personel stayed back t tend to Luna. PRISON BLOCK G Two guards looked around cautiously before entering the room. One of the guards waved to Kaida. "Uhh high... you don't really know me, but I'm the voice guy from the voice system," he said pointing to the system. He had a grainy, high voice as he spoke. "And I'm the other guy. I'm Private Wedge, That's private Biggs," the second guard replied. He spoke with a more of a voice reminiscent of Ray Romano. "Dude, I told you to stop calling me that!" "Well, put down the fork once in a while and I wouldn't have to," he said, poking at his partner's belly. He handed a small tablet to Kaida. "Things are kinda going crazy right now and we got an encryspted message that was only sent to this tablet." The tablet read; "Kaida, Stopped the bad guys from escaping. Your friends' friends are being held in the other Prison Blocks. Hang in there, help is on the way. DJ. As the doors opened on both end, Biggs and Wedge immediately drew their Aux and Karina came from the left, as Beuce, Ananta, Aislinn, AJ, and Faust came from the right. "Everyone okay?" Aux asked as he entered. "Hey, it's the angry guy you kept shocking," Wedge joked as he nudged Biggs. "Dude, shut uuuuupp!" Biggs replied. "That was you!" Aux angrily stepped forward before wincing at the pain in his side. "Whoa, you don't look to good... Maybe we should get you a a doctor." :First off, I'm fine. Second... who even are you?" he asked puzzled. "Friends of Luna," Noctis replied. "Come on, Luna's there too.. you're not in any condition to fight," "I told you I'm fiiiiiiinNNneee...." Before he could finish his sentence, Wedge shot a dark at his arm. "DUDE?!" Biggs yelled at him. "Oops.... They should really put a safety on these," Wedge said examining his gun. "You know he's gonna kill you when he wakes up, right?" Biggs asked. "Yeah, but right now I just numbed him with a mood stabalizer, right bud?" Aux looked down at his hands. "WhY aRe mY hANdS sooooooo biiIIiGgg?" "Okay big guy, let's go see you buddy Luna, okay?" Prompto asked. He and Noctis took him carefully to the elevator. "ShE's thE onE tHaT SlAps me... sHe's goT lOOnGG WhiTe hAiRR...." Aux spoke in a very dazed and lazy slurr as the two led him out. As she finished reading the letter, the doors from both sides of the cell blocks opened.
Aux used MP gift on Beuce
THE SUMMIT As Kel spoke out to his comrade, Hotel took the opportunity, and fired to ice shots to immobilize his hands and feet. He leapt forward and grabbed the young man aggressively by the collar. He tapped an earpiece to communicate with his other red society members. "Package secure.... Let's high tail it outta here..." Hotel opened a portal and quickly jumped through his portal. Luther gave a cocky salute before walking backwards into his escape portal. "Yo, Whiskey! Orders are orders, you can deal with them later...." Alex barked at her. The raven haired woman gritted her teeth as she continued to drain light from Luna. "Dude!" He repeated. She looked to Luna and dropped her onto the floor, letting out a very aggravated scream before leaving through her portal. Alex followed shortly after. The auditorium was destroyed and mostly empty. Several guards were escorting the council members out. Orion had also gone missing. Aislinn, AJ, Ananta, Beuce, and Luna were left to reconcile what to do next. PRISON BLOCK G Once Alex got his order, he sighed at Kaida. "This isn't over..." He retreated through his portal. Gilgmesh looked around as well after Hotel spoke through his earpiece. "Aww man... just when it was getting mildly entertaining..." Gilgamesh stepped back through his portal as well. Quill, Stratos, Kaida and Castur were left to reconcile what to do next. ----------------------------------------------------------- DOCKING BAY A Hotel, X-Ray, Whiskey, Victor, Kilo, Kel, and Alpha made there were from their respective areas. "Head count..." Hotel announced as he looked around to see who was missing. "Where's Zulu?" Sho's voice rang in their ear piece. "That zero got nullified hardcore... Vanitas and his remnant took him out." Hotel sighed as he groaned to himself. "Great... we got a man down and the kid won't keep his new dark toy at bay. This was supposed to be a quick pick-up..." Victor sighed. X-Ray looked around. "Yeah... speaking of which- Aren't we supposed to be on like, our ship or something?" "Sho?" Hotel asked in a change of tone. Sho typed away rapidly. "Some Zetta son of a digit is counter-hacking me! I still have control of most functions, but he's not letting you leave... All hatch doors, docking exits... guy even rerouted your portals." "CONVENIENT, (cough, cough), excuse me..." Alpha coughed loudly as he spoke the word. X-Ray scoffed. "Thought you were supposed to be a computer whiz or something..." "What happened to the prisoners then?" Kilo asked. Sho typed away at the keyboard. "They were rerouted. They're in one of the Cell blocks... He's blocking my signal though... This guy is becoming a real pain in my cosine..." "We have Bravo though," X-Ray said as he looked to Kel. "Why don't we jet?" "Because without their close friends and family, we have nothing to use against them in the future." Victor replied. Hotel thought to himself as he ran his finger over his eyepatch string. "New objective. Five of you go after the hostages.. I'll stay here with Bravo." "The Princess... is mine..." Whiskey spoke in her accent. "Dibs on the lemon head," Kaizo added. "I got the one armed woneder..." Victor chuckled. "When do I get a Rival?!" Alpha argued. "ENOUGH!" Hotel barked. "Go the Prison blocks, find our hostages and get back here ASAP! No fighting unless you're provoked.... NOW GET TO IT!" Everyone silently understood as they fled through their portals again. He activated his ear piece and spoke to Vanitas. "Vanitas, change in plan, you and the Remnant get to Docking Bay A... Got a situation and we may need back-up..." MAXIMUM SECURITY Vanitas shrugged as he looked to Karina after hearing Hotel's order. "Not that I would take orders from Hotel, but, I doubt I'd have much fun here... Remnant! We're leaving!" Vanitas portaled out. The Remnant wasn't paying much attention as he was continuing to pummel Aux. Loud bursts of contact were heard as the Remnant moved from place to place and tossed Aux back on the ground. you.... abandoned.... me.... There was a silent voice that only Aux could here. "What?..." Aux asked as he breathed heavily. you.... betrayed.... me.... Aux put up his hands in a boxing pose to shield himself. i gave you everything... now i will take everything... The Remnant did as Vanitas told him and portaled out. Aux slowly picked himself up and looked at Karina as he staggered towards her, holding his side with his broken thumb. "We have to find the others..."
THE SUMMIT The woman's eyes widened, offended by Luna's question as she was offended by her question. She lifted her hand into the air, controlling the chains around Luna in the process. She dropped her hand hard, slamming Luna into the ground and then towards the west well of the auditorium, crashing several seats in the process. "Je vais te purger!!" She grabbed the chain with her hand and swung her into the other wall. Prompto threw chair at Whiskey, having her summon another chain and bind Prompto to the floor. Noctis leapt forward trying to use anything as a defensive weapon. "Who are you!" She breathed deeply, trying her best to speaking English. "I... am Princess Amelie... of Ridania." Her eyes narrowed to Luna. "And you... took somsing from me..." She tightened the chain around Luna. ------------------------------------------------------------- With his good eye, Hotel fired, two shots, crystallizing and immobilizing Aislin's lower half. He then took his other pistol and fired a powerful snipe shot through the Aero spell, shattering "You're hardly in the position to be making demands son..." Hotel instructed. "I got a strict blueprint here, so unless you've got a death wish, I got a schedule to keep. Now..." He pointed his gun more towards Kel. "I'ma need you to come with me." He turned to Alex. "X-ray... take care of the magic man and the blonde kid..." -------------------------------------------------------------- MAXIMUM SECURITY Zulu cackled. "Stil playing the ignorant I see... no matter. I care not for your teasing ways any more... I have ascended to a level of power beyond your comprehension..." "What? You got weaker?" Aux mocked. "Hmm hmm hmm.... ever the failed antagonist. You lost your road to darkness and ran back to the light. But not me... I have become darkness itself.. And my revenge on the world will finally-" He was cut off as a loud stabbing motion was made in his back. The swift assassin was to their surprise Ventus. His eyes were open, but there was no light in them. "My creation?" Zulu uttered. "My... dark... backstory...." Zulu uttered, trying to find his breath. Ventus removed his blade as Zulu staggered forward. Darkness began evaporating from his body, signalling that he would soon fade back into nothing. "But... I was supposed to be there.... I wanted to be in the final thirteen! Mistress... Why?!" He fell to his knees as the rest of his body returned to darkness. Vanitas opened a portal as he strolled through. "Sorry about him. Necessary pawn and all... To weak for the big boy league though... You wouldn't believe just how much work it is to put all your loved ones all over the ship. Both your mothers looked quite worried when I introduced them to their new prison cells." Aux was bothered by his attempt at tricking them. "Your lying is getting real old..." Vnitas scoffed. "I'm sure your right. But she really is quite a looker... Long blue hair, brown eyes, and a beauty mark on the left side of her chin-" Aux charged forward as the description was so exact in detail. Vanitas would have never known about his mother, and she was on this ship the whole time he was there... As he lifted his keyblade to slam down on Vanitas, Ventus quickly raced in front of him and blocked the blow with his blade. Aux looked in chock. Ventus was so much stronger than her looked. With his thumb injury, he was struggling to keep it together. "Ventus?" He walked up next to Ventus. "And I wouldn't be trying to talk to my better half here... His fractured heart left him and went somewhere else. But don't worry," Vanitas smirked. "He's a vessel for an old friend of yours..." A dark black aura surrounded Ventus as a black and white armor formed around him similar to Vanitas'. "The remnant?" Aux ask in shock. The remnant punched Aux in the chest throwing him to the back of the wall. Aux grunted as he fell to the ground. "It wasn't too happy about being abandoned by you.. but don't worry. I'll show it the darkness that you never could." Vanitas turned to Karina. "I'm afraid I'll be your opponent for the time being. It's better if we let those two sort things out..." The remnant dispersed it's keyblade and cracked it's knuckles, walking menacingly towards Aux. VANITAS + REMNANTvs AUX + KARINA
1K Bonus achieved! Congratulations players of Kingdom Hearts SOS! You have reached another 1,000 replies. All players have been awarded 2,000 Munny for their dedication! 1,000 Posts - Anora - Nottingham - July 27 2012 2,000 Posts - Steel - Castle of Dreams - February 25 2013 3,000 Posts - Etrius - Kingdom of the Sun - September 14 2013 4,000 Posts - Beuce - Camelot - April 17 2014 5,000 Posts - Raisor - Central Haven - September 11 2014 6,000 Posts - Base - Wasteland - January 7 2016 7,000 Posts - Gwendolyn - San Fransokyo - February 25 2017 8,000 Posts - Aux - Shibuya - February 28 2018 9,000 Posts - Kaida - Ohana Island - June 21 2018 10,000 Posts - Arctus - Monstro - January 21 2019 11,000 Posts - Aislinn - Sanctuary - April 29 2020 THE SUMMIT While the Summit continued and more world leaders were prepared to ask questions, something very off putting happened. Everyone's bracelets were deactivate and fell off their wrists. Several of the board members noticed and began to recognize the stirring of many audience members. "Remain calm everyone, I'm sure there's just a simple malfunctions. However as a precaution, everyone please return to your rooms as orderly as possible," the Captain ordered. Guards began evacuating people from the room, with more then half the audience already gone. Board members were were definitely puzzled and beginning to grow concerned. What happened next only confirmed their worry. The P.A. system blasted with the voice of Sho Minamimoto. "Greetings you brain-dead binomials.. This is your new captain; Sho Minamimoto speaking... And you've all just entered the new and improved game of yours truly..." All the screens aboard the ship began to flash with a new symbol. Several technical engineers began to try and regain control. All however, were subdued as the consols shocked anyone who tried to pinpoint his location. "Ah ah ah... Not so fast you zeta sons of digits! For most of you, consider this a small bit of turbulence on your otherwise pleasant voyage... but for a certain band of inferior key slinging hectopascals- The game has just begun.... but first... let's remove any extra pieces from the board..." Several dark purple portals appeared around the sip taking several people. Iso Zia and her baby have been taken. General Xares has been taken. Zeke has been taken. Nathan Siegend. Lucian Kiatespira and Iliana have been taken. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PRISON BLOCK G Vanitas' cell door swung open as he tore off his collar and bracelet. The same happened for everyone else, but their shock collars were still on. They could summon the keyblade again at least.They were still however stuck behind their bars. He cracked his neck as he walked out. "About time Pi-face." As he looked around, a portal showed up under Meso, causing him to disappear. "Well, I held up my end of the bargain... they're all yours guys," he smirked, slowly stepping into a dark corridor. The doors opened from both ends of the prison hall. Kaizo walked through and looked at Kaida's cell. "We meet again little bird..." From the other door, Gilgamesh appeared, strolling nonchalantly. "And I am here also." ALPHA + KILO vs KAIDA + CASTUR + STRATOS + QUILL ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MAXIMUM SECURITY As he heard Sho's announcement, Aux groaned. "Great... this guy again." He threw his keyblade at her door mechanism, smashing it, and causing her cell to disable. As he walked towards her, he put his hand under her hair and began to grip her collar. Large shocking bursts surrounded his hand as he made sure it wouldn't make contact with her neck. His thumb was still throbbing in pain as he managed to bend the hinge, and used his keyblade to tear the rest of it off. He took his stance in front of her and looked at the door. He grew a little more concerned as no one had entered the room yet. "Where are all the guards?..." "Oh I'm afraid they are quite preoccupied." A puff of smoke appeared as Zulu emerged from the settling dust. "Prepare to meet your doom..." Aux squinted at him. It was the overdramatic former SOS member. He still couldn't remember his name. "Lars?" ZULU vs AUX + KARINA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE SUMMIT Two portals appeared in the auditorium. Guards and board members were busy escorting everyone away from the threat. As more guard reinforcements were rushing to the seen, several bullets were fired from one of the portals. As bullets hailed through, guards were dropping like flies. Hotel stepped through one of them as Alex glided through on his electric key glider acting as a skateboard. Hotel inhaled his cigar as his hands summoned dual pistols from his keyblade transformation. A red 'X" appeared on Kel, AJ, Faust and Aislinn. "Think very carefully what you wanna do next, folks..." HOTEL + X-RAY vs KEL + AISLINN + AJ + FAUST White chains shot through the other portal as Luna and Ananta were wrapped in chains. A woman with long black hair. She seemed very elegant and proper as she glided across the floor in her heels. "Rends le...Fause princesse..." she gritted, speaking french through her controlled rage. WHISKEY vs ANANTA + LUNA Before Beuce could jump in to help his friends, Victor stepped through the portal and cut him off. "Where do you think you're going?.... Hope you're ready for round two..." VICTOR vs BEUCE Sho's voice blared again. "Now that all our data is present... let the rave begin!" FIGHT! (yes, this is the fight music he chose)
THE SUMMIT Whispers began to circle in the audience, but Orion didn't waver. "Your suspicion is not without cause young man. No Heart is a threat we hadn't accounted for and were thus unprepared to combat. But with swift nd tactical precision, we will be able to subdue, capture, and negate his abilities before he is able to use them. The same tactic that was used against said eleven keyblade masters. No bodies will be piled... no sacrifices made... simply a battle that will end before it begins. And as far as his allies are concerned, we will slowly dwindle and use the same tactic until each one of them has met justice." The audience seemed to be appeased and calm, lowering their chatter. Xares stood behind Orion. "I assure you, the team aboard Sanctuary are fine men and women who will keep peace and safety no matter the risk. You are all safe here." CONFISCATION ROOM - ELECTRONICS DIVISION The small USB drive that was confiscated from Vanitas sat in a row of lockers. The locker it was place it began to spark from the inside. Flashes of bright neon light blue neon light emerged as Sho Minamimoto digitized from this locked box. He cracked his neck loudly and stretched his arms. The two guards in place of the room locked their guns on to him. "How'd you get in here?!" One of them asked. "Neutralize him!" the other commanded. Before either could take a shot though, Sho raised his arms. Distorted static electricity emerged from his fingerprints, shocking both guards and lifting them off the ground. They cried out in pain before falling to the ground motionless. "Pfft... basic." he scoffed, walking over their bodies. He looked around to the nearest terminal and walked over to the hub in front of the gate. He pressed a key that had a passcode screen presenting itself. "Password?" Sho chuckled. "Prepare to be iterated..." Static emerged from his fingers into the consol. The irises in his eyes turned black as green numbers begaan scrolling through his eyes. "Now... let's see your secrets..." As he said this, the profiles of all SOS members appeared on the screen along with several of their family members. Lucian Kiatespira. Nathan Siegend. Alexander Xares. Iso Zisa.
THE SUMMIT "A very good question Mr. Alexander," Xares replied. He waved his hand to Orion who approached the inner circle of board members. "Orion Krowley, the last true and loyal member of the order is helping me build an assault on his base of operations..." Orion approached the bench as he cleared his throat. "While my other order members are currently missing or indiposed, I hope that they would value and appreciate the allies we have made here today. General Xares has been gracious enough to provide his support in finally being rid of this threat. Once he is dealt with. We hope to return all of you back to your worlds... And for those who have lost your worlds, the order will be more than happy to help you find a new one." A large applause was heard commending the two for their efforts. MAXIMUM SECURITY "Whatever, I'm over it..." Aux replied. He was still distraught about th whole thing, but with his hands now free, he would hopefully be able to do more than he thought possible. "Just gimme a sec..." Since the power was out and his collar and the dampening bracelets were removed, he tried to summon his keyblade. Large particles of light summoned the key in his hand. A bright light that the cameras couldn't ignore. A loud blinking red siren alarm went off in the jail cell. Aux, with keyblade in hand, groaned at the new obstacle. "Aww crap."
MAXIMUM SECURITY "Well SORRY for trying to the right thing!" he snapped at her. "I already passed on where you were, so I thought maybe. JUST MAYBE, I should make sure you were okay and not by yourself. But my entire roll in this group has just been 'the idiot' I guess. Since I've been in this group I've been bitten, slapped, punched, shocked and mocked to no end. So how about cutting me some slack for once, huh?! I'm tired of trying to the positive one. It sucks!" Aux continued fuming as he tried to calm down. "My collar didn't shock.." he whispered quietly. He put his hands around his collar and tugged at it to try and see if it would stop him with a shock. It did nothing. "I think your dad short circuited my collar when he shocked me... It hasn't recharged yet." He looked down at his hands and sighed. He knew the next part was gonna hurt. He stood up and turned away from any of the cameras. He looked down at his hand and began to put pressure on of his hands. He held in a very explosive grunt as there was a loud crack from his hand. He dislocated his thumb and slowly slid out of one of the handcuffs and his dampening bracelet before looking to Karina. "Ow..." he groaned through his teeth. --------------------------------------- THE SUMMIT As everyone took their seats, and old man with grey hair and a captain's uniform approached the pedestal to speak to everyone in the room. "My name is Captain Leonard Cranston. I am the pilot of this fine ship and have lended control of the cockpit to my crew so I could address you here today... Ladies and gentlemen... Thank you for your time and patience during the voyage of the Sanctuary." A small round of applause followed as he held his hand to slowly silence them and continue on. "Through the hard efforts of the men and women on this ship, we are able to bring together and cultivate the necessary resources to help save as many worlds as we can. This colony has only thrived this past your thanks to the people that make it possible... Next month marks the one year anniversary of our departure. But we wouldn't be able to make it this far without the leadership of the following individuals." He looked down at some cue cards. "Ms. Violet Green and her team have created a wonderful garden that allows us to harvest and Dr. Rachel Oliver's research has allowed us to increase production even further to keep everyone well fed and healthy." A small round of applause followed. "The ship has been able to run as smoothly as it was by the our head of council; Admiral Terry Hart, head of our economy and the one who has formed the board of leaders you see before you..." A woman with short black hair down to her neck stood up in her Naval uniform and bowed before sitting back down.Applause followed. "Resident Chief engineer Iso Zisa; who has kept the ship running below deck running in prime condition." Another applause followed as a blue haired woman stood up with a toodler in her arms, waving to everyone with her little girl's hand before sitting back down. "Dr. Noah Grewal, head of the computer science department whose crew has kept us up to date on all the latest technologies." A dark skinned man with glasses nervously stood up and waved before quickly sitting back down before his applause ened. "And General Alexander Xares... who has helped us create a defensive stance against any and all threats. His team even recently managed to imprison several of No Heart's accomplices." A resounding applause was heard as the General stood up and saluted before sitting back down. The Ship's captain cleared his throat before continuing. "This month's summit is here to report that we have rescued and salvaged the people of over 52 worlds this month. We opened up new positions and jobs for those in need of income. More information can be found on level two..." He looked down at his notes. "I open the floor now to the world leaders... and any new questions they may have."
MEDICAL BAY The nurse examined Ventus' health reading and looked puzzled. "Everything seems to be in order... but it seems this young boy is still in a comatose state. His vitals are healthy, but it's almost as if he's not entirely there... like his consciousness has left his body.... Another strange anomaly is his heartbeat seems to stagnate every now and then. Nothing to an alarming degree... Just a shocking sensation that changes his heart rate." She turned to AJ and quickly realized he wasn't supposed to be here. "Oh, I'm sorry sir, but unless you are a family member, you can't be allowed in here..." ------------------------------------------ FOOD COURT Kel's father smiled only to quickly fade at the mention that his son was not involved with someone. "You still haven't denied it and as your father I have the right to pry until you do," he smirked. He looked at his watch and quickly shoveled down the rest of the cobbler. "Aww nuts, Summit's about to start. Take the plate to go, son." He quickly shoved the pie in a bag and gave it to his son. "C'mon Aiss, we're gonna be late for the summit.. You too Mr. Zeke." He grabbed the small boy and put him on his shoulders. He led Aislinn and his son to the elevator so they could go to the top floor for the summit to take place. ----------------------------------------- THE SUMMIT The summit took place in a large auditorium, with a small group of higher ups of the Sanctuary in the center of the room. Around the stage was another circle of nearly a hundred seats. These were reserved for several world leaders that were permitted access by their bracelets. Close to a thousand seats were placed outside that circle for common folk and other spectators. Nathan Siegend took Aislinn, Zeke and his son to a small row in the back of the auditorium. ----------------------------------------------------------------- MAXIMUM SECURITY It was a lot to take in, but Aux tried not to focus on the messed up marriage arrangement and try to get her spirits up a bit. "If there's anything I learned while travelling with you guys is that patience is one hell of a virtue. Take you for example. You're a different person now then you were back then. So am I... You keep talking like all the hard decisions have to be on you. But they're not. You have a whole group of people you can depend on." He leaned back against his cell wall and looked up as he noticed she was avoiding eye contact. "But I think so far you made all the right calls... You tried to do what was best for your friends until you or us got hurt... And you managed to communicate with one of our inmates that allowed me to come find you... I wouldn't have purposely gotten in here if you weren't worth rescuing y'know. Now we just have to rely on the others or wait for the power of convenience..." A he let out a sigh, he followed it immediately with a quickly. "Heh, still can't believe you stabbed your fiancee with scissors. Did he cry?"
