Nomanisan Island
“I don’t understand why you’re letting him live,” snapped Xigbar. “You heard what Saix said. As soon as the girl turned up, he ran. He’s a coward, and useless to us.”
“Settle down Xigbar,” said Xemnas calmly. “Yes, he fled, but after what happened to Luxord I don’t blame him. I can’t afford to lose too many more members. By the sounds of it, this princess would have been too much trouble for any of us to capture, so leaving her in favour of a strategic retreat was probably the best option available.”
“Still, he did help the kid get away,” said Xigbar. “We can’t ignore that.”
“We suspect he did, we don’t know for sure,” said Xemnas. “And remember what Axel did to that witch. Until I’m more convinced that he was behind it, I choose to believe his innocence. If, however, he is guilty…”
“I get to tear him apart,” said Xigbar, rubbing his hands together.
“You may have to fight Saix to have the privilege,” said Xemnas. “But yes, you may. Now, Vexen has news on a new Fixed Point, one he has great interest in. I wish to speak to him about it.”
“…and that’s all I know,” said Kairi. “Now, can you please uncuff me?”
“Judy, if you would,” said Elsa. The rabbit sighed, and took the handcuffs off the girl. “Now, how long ago did you say your memory goes back?”
“About a year,” said Kairi. “But I must be older than that, right? I must be at least fourteen, and I feel like I must have existed beforehand, but…”
“It’s okay,” assured Hiro. “But it is curious, since Sora’s memory only goes back a year as well. Do you think maybe this Riku kid…?”
“It’s a strong possibility,” said Elsa. “Unfortunately, we don’t know where he is.”
“I might,” said Lewis, looking up from a screen. “I’m picking up a signal similar to Sora’s in the time stream, and it’s at a Fixed Point too.”
“Should we go after him?” asked Judy. “I mean, we know he might be the dark one…”
“But we don’t know that he’s evil,” said Hiro. “I say we ask Sora and Kairi to check it out.” Suddenly, Hiro remembered who was in the room with them. “Err, that is Kairi, if you want…”
“Of course,” said Kairi eagerly. “I’ll go get Sora.” Kairi jumped out of her chair and ran out of the lab.
“Hiro, is it me, or are you blushing?” teased Judy.
“What? No, I…” stammered Hiro.
“Judy, settle,” scolded Elsa. “We both know he’s actually crushing on Penny.”
“That’s not…” started Hiro, as the lab door opened.
“’Sup nerds?” asked Penny, walking in and slumping down on the couch. “Anything new?”
“We may have a lead on the other keyblade wielder,” said Lewis. “I’ve gotta get the time machine ready. I’ll leave you two lovebirds to get comfy.” Lewis ran out of the room laughing before Hiro could get up.
“Shut up,” yelled Hiro after him, but looked extremely relieved when he saw Penny was absorbed in a book and listening to her iPod, not paying the two of them any attention.
“Well, as fun as teasing Hiro is, I really should see Sora and Kairi off,” said Elsa. “I have something for them. Judy, if you wouldn’t mind finding Ace, the two boys staying behind can monitor the time stream.” A glowing ball appeared in the queen’s hand, which disappeared just as fast.
“Okay guys, from what we’ve found out about this Nomanisan Island, it’s a heavily fortified science facility,” said Lewis. “As a result, I may have to drop you guys from the air and get out of there.”
“It shouldn’t be too bad,” said Sora, preparing himself for when they emerged from the time stream. “With Elsa’s new gift, we should be fine.”
“We’re re-entering the time stream…NOW!” yelled Lewis as they emerged above an island with a couple of volcanoes on it. The three of them got to admire the view for about three seconds, then the time machine started beeping. “Okay, they have missiles,” said Lewis. “Put on your parachutes and bail. I’ll return to the present. While you’re down there, either disable the weapons system or get somewhere else so I can pick you up.”
“You got it,” said Kairi, putting on her parachute. “Hey Sora, race you down.” Before Sora could respond, Kairi jumped out of the time machine.
“Hey, no fair, you got a head start,” said Sora, following her.
“They’re the ones that are meant to save the world,” muttered Lewis, setting the time machine up to return to the present.
Below him, Sora had caught up to Kairi, and the two of them were hurtling towards the island. Suddenly, the missiles raced past them towards where Lewis was. Sora looked up to see the time machine vanish, right as the missiles collided with each other, causing them to detonate.
The force of the blast sent the two keyblade wielders flying away from each other, Sora towards the north end, Kairi to the south. Sora tried to force himself back towards Kairi, but noticed the ground was getting too close. Sighing, he pulled his chute, and soon landed among the trees. Sora took off his parachute, and turned towards where Kairi was about to land. Before he could move though, ice shot out from the trees and froze him where he stood.
“Gotcha kid,” said a man wearing a skin-tight blue and white costume. “Who sent you?”
“Hey, take it easy Lu…err, Frozone,” said another man, much bigger (in more ways than one) and wearing a skin-tight red costume. “I doubt Syndrome would have sent a kid to capture us.”
“Syndrome?” asked Sora. “Who’s that? Is he with Organization XIII?”
“Who are they?” asked Frozone suspiciously. “Is there more than one villain at work here?” Frozone looked like he was about to attack, when a loud buzzing started coming from the trees. “Whatever’s going on, it can wait. We’ve got company.”
“Heh, just like old times, hey buddy?” said the big guy, preparing for a fight.
“Hey, I can fight too,” said Sora, summoning his keyblade.
“Whoa, where’d that come from?” asked Frozone, jumping back.
“Kid, best to leave this to the professionals,” said the big guy. “We heroes did this for a living.” As he finished speaking, five flying drones burst into the clearing. “Hang tight. This won’t take long.” The big guy immediately jumped up and grabbed a low flying drone and threw it into a tree, while Frozone froze another’s engine.
“I can help!” growled Sora, pointing his keyblade upwards. A burst of fire shot out of the end, melting the ice and setting Sora free. Sora looked confused for a moment, then jumped onto one of the drones. The pilot tried to punch Sora, but he dodged to the left. The drone swung dangerously as the pilot took another swing at Sora, only to crash into one of the other drones. Realising what had happened, the pilot tried to correct what happened, but only ended up swinging into the last drone as Sora jumped off, landing near the two heroes.
“Hey, you aren’t half bad kid,” said the big guy. “What’s your name?”
“I’m Sora,” said Sora. “Me and my friend Kairi were coming here to find someone, but we got separated.”
“Well, I’m Mr. Incredible,” said the big guy. “And this is my buddy Frozone. We’re superheroes here to investigate the disappearances of a bunch of other heroes.”
“If you want to tag along, you’re welcome to,” said Frozone. “We might even find your friend while we’re going. Just try not to drag us down kiddo.”
“Don’t worry, you’ll have a hard time keeping up with me old man,” said Sora, dashing off before Frozone could retaliate.
“I like this kid,” Mr. Incredible whispered to Frozone cheekily before following Sora’s lead.
Meanwhile, Kairi had landed on the beach on the south side of the island. “Great, now I have no idea if I beat Sora down or not,” she said, getting off the beach. “Guess I should head towards that building in the middle of the island. It’s as good a place as any to start looking for him.” Kairi started making her way through the trees, when suddenly there was a kid about ten years old in front of her.
“Eww, it’s another girl,” said the kid, suddenly vanishing.
“Dash, don’t be rude,” said a girl’s voice, but Kairi couldn’t see from where.
“Who… said...” started Kairi, confused.
“Oh, sorry,” said the voice, and a dark haired girl about Kairi’s age appeared from nowhere. “Hi, I’m Violet, and this is my annoying little brother Dash.”
“Violet, remember what mum said about our identities?” said Dash. “Why are you telling the first person we come across who we are?”
“Dash, she fell from an explosion in the sky,” said Violet. “I’m pretty sure she’s not one of them.”
“That’s right,” said Kairi. “My name’s Kairi. Me and my friend Sora came here looking for someone, but we got separated in that explosion…hey, what was that?”
Violet and Dash noticed it too. Twigs snapping, leaves crunching, bushes moving. “Someone’s coming,” whispered Violet, turning invisible. Dash ran away into the foliage, leaving Kairi alone when half a dozen troops emerged in the clearing, guns drawn.
“Alright kid, hands where we can see them,” said one of the men. Kairi did as he asked, raising her hands. “And where are your friends? We heard you talking to someone, and we won’t stop until…” Suddenly, the man doubled over, as if someone had just punched him in the stomach, then fell forward as if elbowed in the back of the head. Kairi used the sudden distraction to draw her keyblade, knocking one guard out with it and kicking another over.
“Say good night, girlie,” said a man as a gun barrel was pressed against Kairi’s head. Almost as quickly though, he was bowled over by Dash charging into the clearing.
Kairi turned to face the other soldiers, only to see them being beaten by an invisible opponent. As the last one slumped to the ground, Violet became visible again. “Let’s go,” she said, waving for them to follow. “I reckon we’ll have a better chance finding your friend in the facility.” The trio ran through the trees for a few minutes until they were sure they were no longer anywhere near the guards. “So, what is that weapon you’ve got?”
“This is a keyblade,” said Kairi, holding it out for them.
“Can I have a look?” asked Dash.
“Sure,” said Kairi, handing it to him. Dash took the keyblade, but almost immediately it disappeared back into Kairi’s hand. “Of course, the keyblade chooses its owner, and won’t let anyone else touch it.”
“You mean like Mjolnir in Thor?” asked Dash eagerly.
“Ignore him, he reads too many comics,” said Violet, earning a glare from Dash. “So, this Sora guy. Is he cute?”
“Wha…I…” stammered Kairi, blushing a little.
“That means you like him,” teased Violet.
“I hardly know him,” said Kairi defensively. “Besides, I’m sure there’s some guy you like I can tease you about.”
“Yeah, how are things with Tony?” mocked Dash.
“Hey, shut up you little dweeb,” snapped Violet, putting up a force field in front of Dash that he walked right into.
“HEY!” yelled Dash, rubbing his nose. Kairi and Violet stopped for a moment, then started laughing. “What’s so funny?” he demanded.
“It’s a girl thing,” said Kairi, turning back to Violet. “So, what music do you like? The Beatles are pretty cool.”
“Are you kidding? Ringo is so cute,” said Violet.
“Oh no,” Dash said to himself as the two girls chatted. “They’re talking about…GIRL STUFF!”
At the facility, Mr. Incredible, Frozone, and Sora were watching for a way in. Unfortunately, there were too many guards.
“Hey, onions,” said Sora, grabbing a few. “Linguini needs these.”
“Really? You’re gardening while we’re on a dangerous mission?” scolded Frozone, turning away with a sigh. “Any ideas on how we’re gonna get in?”
“I’ve got an idea,” said Mr. Incredible, picking up a rock. He threw it, and the rock struck a guard on the second floor, knocking him out before he hit the ground.
Several of the guards near a door ran to see what was going on, and the team took that opportunity to sneak into the base. Mr. Incredible managed to lift the heavy door up, then Frozone held it up with an ice beam. As the three of them snuck in, Sora cast a fire spell, which melted the ice, and the door closed. “So, where’d you learn that?” asked Frozone as they ran down a dark corridor.
“I don’t know,” said Sora. “Before this, all I knew was curing and summoning magic. Maybe I’m getting stronger at magic.”
“Well, as long as you can keep doing it when we need it,” said Mr. Incredible. “Because I’m pretty sure…” Suddenly, the lights came on, and at the end of the hallway stood a man with red hair in a black costume with an S on it.
“Wh-h-hoa, what have I here?” said the man. “Is that…Frozone? You know, I was so looking forward to defeating you, but then I found your buddy here. Mr. Incredible. Man, you were like my idol man, before you told me I couldn’t be a superhero.”
“Buddy?” said Mr. Incredible. “Is that you?”
“It’s not Buddy anymore,” snapped the man. “It’s Syndrome. And I have something special in mind for you two.” Syndrome then turned his attention to Sora. “As for the kid, I’ve promised him to these guys.” A door at the end of the hallway opened, and two men in black coats came in. One had long blond hair; the other had blue hair that covered half his face.
“Organization XIII,” said Sora, drawing his keyblade and getting ready to attack.
“Good, you don’t care if we hurt them then,” said Mr. Incredible. “Though I think I’ll have dibs on Bu…err, ‘Syndrome’.”
“I’ll take the blond,” said Frozone. “You okay with the little guy, Sora?”
“We have names you know,” said the blue haired one. “Not that it’ll matter. Syndrome, if you would.”
“Right,” said Syndrome, pushing a button on his wrist. The roof between the bad guys and good guys opened up, and a large metal ball landed between them. The metal ball suddenly grew several pairs of legs, and smacked the trio hard enough to knock them back outside. “Meet the Omnidroid v.10.”
“You two, take down Syndrome and the guys in black,” said Mr. Incredible. “I’ll try and distract the…” Before he could finish, Syndrome flew into him and lifted him off the ground.
“Oh no, you said you could handle me,” said Syndrome. “Now prove it.” Syndrome threw Mr. Incredible onto the ground, right in front of the Omnidroid. The Omnidroid raised its leg to crush him, but the hero rolled out of the way, only to get caught in Syndrome’s zero point energy beam. “Oh, this is gonna be fun,” he taunted as the Omnidroid grabbed Mr. Incredible and threw him into the air.
“LEAVE HIM ALONE!” yelled a woman, and suddenly Syndrome was punched by someone from across the clearing. Sora followed the arm back to a middle aged woman carrying a baby emerging from the trees, which were about forty feet away. “Looks like you boys may need some help,” said the woman, who was wearing a similar suit to Mr. Incredible.
“No way,” said Syndrome. “Is that…Elastigirl? And she has a kid? Oh wow, Mr. Incredible, you’ve been busy.”
“Vexen, that baby…” the blue haired Organization member said.
“Yes, I know Zexion,” said the blond one.
“Oh no. You’re not taking another kid,” said Sora, running towards the Organization members.
“Don’t worry, I’ve got this,” said a familiar voice. Sora turned to see Riku holding the baby in one arm and his keyblade in the other. “Anyone comes near me, I take them down.”
“RIKU!” called Sora excitedly. Maybe he could convince him to come back with him, and…
“Kid, focus. We have bigger issues than your reunion,” said Frozone, making an ice path to slide along.
“You want a fight? Here,” said Vexen, raising his arms. Several dark portals appeared on the ground below him, and the Heartless began pouring out of them.
“O…kay,” said Frozone. “Kid, I’ll take these things. You take out those cult guys.”
“We’re not a cult,” snapped Zexion.
“Right, the guys wearing long black coats aren’t in a cult,” mocked Frozone, freezing half the Heartless with very little effort.
“Let’s do this,” said Sora, swinging his keyblade at Zexion. Zexion ducked under it, and Vexen brought up his shield to block the blow. The most noticeable thing about though shield though…
“Hey, an ice shield,” said Frozone, the last of the Heartless encased in ice. “I was right to pick you as my opponent. Can’t have more than one ice user running around, can we?” Frozone jumped up about the scientist, and started firing icicles at him.
“I guess you’re right,” said Vexen, blocking Frozone’s attack. “I should be the only one.” Vexen threw his shield at Frozone, catching him off-guard. As Frozone fell to the ground, Vexen called for his shield, which came back and hit Frozone before he hit the ground.
“You’ll never beat me,” said Zexion, a book in one hand. Beside him appeared several copies of himself. “I am a master of illusions.”
“Then I guess I’ll just have to beat each of you until I hit the real one,” said Sora, aiming for one of the middle ones. The copy vanished as Sora struck it, and the ones on the ends began to flank him. Sora kept striking at the copies, but they kept disappearing, and they were circling him quicker and quicker, until…
“SORA!” came a cry, and suddenly Kairi had dived into the fight, knocking down the illusions surrounding him.
“Kairi! Thanks,” said Sora. “But where’s that Zexion guy gone?”
“He must have slipped away while you were being surrounded,” said Kairi. “They were going pretty fast, you probably wouldn’t have noticed one leaving.”
“Sora, who are you talking to?” asked someone behind him. Sora turned around, only to see…
“Kairi?” asked Sora, as Kairi arrived with Violet and (a VERY relieved looking) Dash. “But…you were just…” Sora turned back, only to see Zexion knocking down Riku while Vexen grabbed Jack-Jack.
“I told you I’m a master of illusion,” called Zexion.
“And now, we have…” said Vexen, as he yelled in shock. Jack-Jack had suddenly caught on fire, and was crawling around Vexen’s neck, leaving horrible burn marks wherever he went. Vexen desperately tried to throw Jack-Jack off, but Jack-Jack had suddenly morphed himself into some kind of demon, tearing at Vexen’s eyes. “GET THIS KID OFF ME!” he screamed in agony.
“Don’t worry Jack-Jack,” said Elastigirl, carefully lifting Jack-Jack off of him. Except…
“JACK-JACK!” screamed Elastigirl, still fighting Sydrome and the Omnidroid, but her outcry wasn’t heard, as Zexion opened a dark portal and walked through. Elastigirl stretched her hand across the clearing, but the portal closed before she could reach him. “NOOO!”
“Good work Zexion,” said Vexen, standing up, blood coming from his eyes. “But now, I must…”
“YOU BE QUIET!” yelled Sora. “FIRAGA!” A burst of flames erupted around Vexen, burning him worse than he already was. Riku took that moment to sweep his keyblade under Vexen’s legs, knocking him over, while Kairi jumped into the air, and pointed her keyblade straight at Vexen’s heart. Her aim was true, and the scientist gasped in shock, vanishing before their eyes.
“Great work guys. Now, what do we do about that?” asked Riku, nodding at the Omnidroid.
“Sora? Should we use Elsa’s gift?” asked Kairi. Sora nodded in agreement, and they put their keyblades together. “MARSHMALLOW! We need you!” A white light shot out of their weapons, and before them stood a large snowman with icicle fingers. Unfortunately…
“Do you really think that tiny thing will be enough to beat my Omnidroid?” scoffed Syndrome. “My Omnidroid, one of the most sophisticated pieces of artificial intelligence ever created? Forget it. Hey Omnidroid, crush them.” The Omnidroid lifted up its foot as though to stomp on them, then swung around and smacked Syndrome into a wall.
“Guess it realised it didn’t have to listen to him,” said Frozone. “Now, how’s about I help you with your snowman?” Frozone began adding ice to Marshmallow, making him grow bigger. The Omnidroid, seeing the (literally) growing threat, made to attack Frozone.
“Oh no you don’t,” said Violet, jumping in front of Frozone and calling up a forcefield. “Dash? We need a sandstorm.”
“On it,” said Dash, sprinting around and around the Omnidroid. Dust clouds hid the heroes from the robot, which activated its heat sensors.
“Okay guys, it’s looking for heat signatures,” called Mr. Incredible. “Which means our icy friend there is invisible to it. Everyone, spread out and hit this thing with everything you’ve got.” Mr. Incredible immediately grabbed one of its arms and attempted to remove it. Sora set fires around it, which the droid’s heat sensors confused for people. Riku had gotten underneath it and was attempting to hack through its armour with his keyblade. Kairi was engaging with two legs at once, before running under it while it was attacking to unbalance it. Elastigirl was mostly bouncing the Omnidroid’s attacks back at it, severely denting it.
“Alright, that should just about do it,” called Frozone. “You’re up, big guy.” The sandstorm began to subside, and from out of the haze rose Marshmallow, now fifty feet tall and wearing thick ice armour. Marshmallow let out a roar, and engaged the now dented Omnidroid. The Omnidroid tried to punch through Marshmallow’s armour, but barely managed to dent it as the giant snowman ripped two of its legs off.
“I think I have an idea,” said Mr. Incredible, grabbing one of the detached legs and holding it like a javelin. “Marshmallow, hold it still.” Marshmallow just grunted in response, but seemed to understand. Mr. Incredible aimed the leg, and threw it straight through the middle of the robot’s body. The leg came out the other side, holding what looked like the robot’s core. The Omnidroid sparked a couple of times, then collapsed.
“You did it dad,” said Dash, running up to his father and hugging him.
“But what about Jack-Jack?” asked Elastigirl.
“We’ll get him back,” said Sora. “Me, Kairi, and Riku are the keyblade wielders, and we’re destined to defeat those Organization guys before they can plunge the world into darkness. Together, nothing can stop us.”
“He’s right,” said Riku. “Maybe I’ll see you two when we find them again.”
“What do you mean? Aren’t you coming with us?” asked Kairi.
“Nah,” said Riku, a dark portal appearing behind him. “I’m more of a ‘work-alone’ guy. Besides, can’t have you guys slowing me down.”
“I’m coming with you,” said Elastigirl. “They have my baby. I can’t just…”
“You can’t,” said Riku. “You have to stay in your own time. Otherwise your absence could destroy the time stream.” Without another word, Riku turned and disappeared through the portal. As the portal closed, Lewis’s time machine appeared above the trees.
“Well, looks like our ride’s here,” said Sora. “I promise, we’ll save Jack-Jack and bring him back soon.”
“You promise to come visit?” Violet asked Kairi.
“Of course,” said Kairi with a smile.
“NOOO! Please, don’t,” begged Dash, getting a laugh out of everyone as the two keyblade wielders boarded the time machine.